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A Model of Christian Charity

John Winthrop 1630
Winthrop articulates a vision of Christian community as a covenanted commonwealth, establishing the theological and moral foundations for New England settlement.

Delivered aboard the Arbella, 1630. First printed in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston, 1838), 3rd series, 7:31-48. Original-spelling transcription via Hanover Historical Texts.

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