USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Like fellow Puritans, Winthrop did not believe it was possible to separate church and state; the state was responsible for enforcing provisions against Sabbath-breaking, blasphemy, and the like.

Detailed explanation-2: -John Winthrop wrote and delivered the lay sermon that became A Model of Christian Charity either before the 1630 crossing to North America or while en route. It described the ideas and plans to keep the Puritan society strong in faith, as well as the struggles that they would have to overcome in the New World.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Puritans were seeking freedom, but they didn’t understand the idea of toleration. They came to America to find religious freedom-but only for themselves. They had little tolerance or even respect for the Pequot Indians, who lived in nearby Connecticut and Rhode Island. They called them heathens.

Detailed explanation-4: -Winthrop states that each member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony should display mercy and charity to the entire community. He stresses the idea of communal living, with the wealthiest people freely giving to the poor.