John Devotion

John Devotion (1621–1694) was a colonial New England minister whose theological writings exemplified the Puritan emphasis on covenant theology and communal religious obligation during the formative period of Massachusetts Bay settlement. His sermon *The Duty and Interest of a People to Sanctify the Lord of Hosts* articulated the interconnection between individual piety and collective ecclesiastical responsibility, reflecting the mid-seventeenth-century Puritan concern with maintaining spiritual discipline within the visible church. Devotion's work contributed to the broader intellectual currents of New England Congregationalism during a period of theological consolidation following the founding generation.