On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 2008 M01 31 - 288 pages Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his refusal to conform to Puritan religious and social standards, Roger Williams established a haven in Rhode Island for those persecuted in the name of the religious establishment. He conducted a lifelong debate over religious freedom with distinguished figures of the seventeenth century, including Puritan minister John Cotton, Massachusetts governor John Endicott, and the English Parliament. |
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... holy Scriptures , the commands and declarations of the Son of God " and the lessons learned from " the lamentable experiences of former and present slaughters " in the name of religion in order to refute the core as- sumptions that lay ...
... holy common- wealth worthy of God's continued blessing . 16. Richard Baxter , A Holy Commonwealth , ed . William Lamont ( 1659 ; reprint , Cambridge : Cam- bridge University Press , 1994 ) , 29-30 . 17. Letter from John Cotton to John ...
... holy commonwealth " that maintained true religion within its bounds and served its weakest members , and these faithful societies would serve as the building blocks for Christ's kingdom when he returned to earth . But God would abandon ...
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