The Massachusetts Puritans and their Covenant Government
Covenants and contracts are all around us—some serious, some not so serious. In the seventeenth century, a particular group of colonists, the Puritans, made covenants a part of their daily living. They took the voyage to the “New World” as a way of escaping religious intolerance, with the hope of establishing a sacred, God-fearing community. A covenant was necessary in almost every facet of life- social, economical, and theological. “A central element in Puritan social and theological life was the notion of the covenant. All social relationships—between God and man, ministers and congregations, magistrates and members of the community, and men and their fa
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Approximate Word count = 447
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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