He believes their motive was ignorance.
Other Puritans were convinced<span> that New </span>England<span> could provide a religious refuge, and the enterprise was reorganized as the Massachusetts Bay Company. In March 1629, it succeeded in obtaining from King Charles a royal charter for the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.</span>
The present is a time frame that is usually happening at the moment. For example, 1850 is the past, 2017 is the present, and 2037 is the future.
The concept of predestination was a major part of Calvinism. There was actually a doctrine of predestination within Calvinism, which dealt with the amount of power that God exercised over the universe.