Answer: Simply put it God works in a mysterious way because man as a mortal being cannot just depicts the ways of God. It could be that the two people heard differently just like Samuel in the Bible that was unable to understand the voice of God from that of his master while it was truly God calling him. The later might have heard from God and practicing the right thing while the former overheard a voice similar and took off to practicing what he heard too.
Because many colonist stayed loyal to the British ^_^ <span />
In the last part 1 is "decreeing" and 2 is "endorsement" as you wrote.
Personally, I think it’s the second choice.
Everything you need to make a good meaningful sentence (and grammatically correct, of course), is to follow common rules. Do not forget to provide your sentence with complexity, but you dont have to make them too complicated, I mean you need to use key words, they will make your thought completed. And the second point is that you need to properly organize the sentence using correct word order.