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How Did John Winthrop A Model Of Christian Charity

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In March of 1629, The Company of Massachusetts Bay Colony was granted a charter from King Charles I to emigrate to New England. At the beginning of their new journey, English Puritan, John Winthrop, preached his sermon of "A Model of Christian Charity", as the new found governor of the colony. Winthrop's specific teachings in this sermon were God's new expected life of the Puritans. The Puritans were expected to live in this way as an appreciation to their God, if he had brought them to New England safely. Luckily, the Puritans landed in New England after all the hardships and troubled waters they encountered on the high seas. John Winthrop believed that God gave the land of New England to them to be "a city upon a hill." (101) Winthrop writes,"
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