- The puritans of Massachusetts believed that people were completely evil and did not have the freedom to even choose their own salvation unless God chose them and initiated them (predestination).
- Second, they considered the Bible to be the supreme authority (like many other Protestants), but unlike others, they insisted that the Christian should do only what was commanded in the Bible (though they disagreed as to which interpretation of the Bible was best) .
- Third, the Puritans believed that the church should be organized on the basis of Scripture. However, they also disagreed: some advocated the model of a state church, others a church affiliated with the state, and a third a church separate from the state.
- Fourth and most important, they believed that the church should obey the law of God throughout society for glory.
Explanation:
- "In 1760 the legislature of Massachusetts passed the law that "any person able of Body who shall absent themselves from public worship of God on the Lord's Day shall pay ten shillings fine."
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