Question

What was puritan leader and massachusetts bay governor john winthrop’s attitude toward liberty?

Answer 1

The most important attitude of the Puritans and John Winthrop for liberty was the Natural and the Moral liberty. Where Natural liberty included the ability to do whatever an individual wants to do , good or evil. And the Moral liberty comprised of the ability to do good. The  moral liberty guides men to do good rather than evil.  John Winthrop( the founder of the Bay Colony) was liable to preserve the social and political system for a very large group of People, as he became the first Governor of the Bay of Massachusetts.  

He had close contacts with leading Puritan Leaders, including the Ministers of the Church and John Cotton. Winthrop and Puritans together wanted to reform the Churches of England by proposing it to a new form of Devotion.