Thursday, November 22, 2018

Winthrop and that City upon a Hill

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God,...
Revelation 12:6

"John Winthrop was a prominent early Puritan minister. He was one of 20,000 who came to America between 1620 and 1640. He clearly laid out the Puritan agenda in his memorable exhortation to the Puritans in 1630. As they prepared to sail out on their voyage to the New World he charged the early colonists with these words,
"....we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, (and that) the eyes of all people are upon us.."
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