He first achieved success thorough the patronage of Sir Robert Cecil. It is on this occasion that Robinson would have preached on the text from 2 Samuel. This and the subsequent interlineations on this page of the MS were made by Bradford in a different ink. This document is what is referred to as the Mayflower Compact. The issue of Puritan typology--which read the Old Testament not only as a prefiguring of the New Testament, but of contemporary history as well--is also somewhat problematic in Bradford's history.
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