Seeking to reform and purify the Church of England, the Puritans migrated to New England to build an ideal Christian colony. In the beginning of the Puritan colonization in America, John Winthrop confronted many challenges. With difficult problems repeatedly arising, Winthrop was able to overcome them, as governor and leader, by approval of many. Migrating as families to New England, the Puritans felt compelled to battle the world’s impurities. Winthrop knew England was under the shadow of God’s wrath with all of the corruption of the government. Therefore came the migration to America with responsibility to settle a godly society while dealing with the problem of pluralism and with the dilemma of pleasing God for it was such a commitment. John Winthrop aimed to build a society that God demanded for all. An example in how the role religion played in puritan …show more content…
Eventually Winthrop knew that he had to live in the world without taking his mind off of God. He guided the colonists with his ideas to build a godly commonwealth. It had to be remembered that sin was all around them and could not be escaped. They strictly enforce rules to prevent people from sinning. The Puritans did not want to anger God just like England did with their system of churches. Another dilemma that came across was the thought of deserting the world and going to a brave new world an act of separation. The question that troubled Winthrop was to either stay or leave his own church and county and take all the good people from it. In the end, the Massachusetts Bay Company convinced him that his work would be more welcomed to God in Massachusetts than in England. Widely recognized, the work of building a godly society in New England was lawful and honorable. What Winthrop learned was that it was better to preserve a fragment pure in the wilderness than to aim unsuccessfully for purity in