History quotes response

1. “The definition which the scripture gives us of love is this: ‘Love is the bond of perfection.’ [I]t is a bond or ligament. . . . There is no body but consists of parts and that which each part so contiguous to others as thereby they do mutually participate with each other, both in strength and infirmity, in pleasure and pain. . . . Christ and his church make one body. The several parts of this body, considered apart before they were united, were disproportionate and as much disordering as so many contrary qualities or elements, [however, when united], it is become the most perfect and best proportioned body in the world[.]”

Response: When the people of the church work together, they create a strong community. People become spiritually closer to God when helping each other out. Politically they work together instead of being ruled by one leader. As the body requires hundred of different parts to function, so do the people as a body of Christ; everyone does their part.


2. “Whatsoever we did or ought to have done when we lived in England, the same must we do, and more also, where we go.”

Response: They were all colonist from England but they wanted something new and different. The colonist reformed England into New England, changing and reforming for the better.

3. “Thus stands the cause between God and us. We are entered into covenant with him for this work. We have taken out a commission, the Lord hath given us leave to draw our own articles. We have professed to enterprise these actions . . . . Now if the Lord shall please to hear us, and bring us in peace to the place we desire, then hath he ratified this covenant and sealed our commission, [and] will expect a strict performance of the articles contained in it.”

Response: They felt like it was guidance from God to lead a new colonization. God was expecting the people to abide by their own, strong, religious faith.


4. “[W]hen he shall make us a praise and glory that men shall say of succeeding [colonies], ‘the Lord make it like that of New England.’ For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us[.]”

Response: "City Upon A Hill" -- leaders that people look up to as an example to live by. They learned to adjust to a new way of living; looking upon a hill for trust and guidance.