• john winthrop wrote en route to new england his vision for the puritans, a place that would continue monumental stories of biblical history

• believed if they lived together and free from sin, that they would be pardoned from hell for 3 reasons

  1. the closeknit community believed that god CHOSE them to create the colony in New England
  2. given the people of new england gave themselves to god, they had a biblical purpose for their work
  3. God would trust them to do what he wished for new england, for they were free of sin and "showed no signs of failure"

  "to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God"

without the absolute following of God, the people of New England believed all their prosperity and success would disappear.