“…And so teacheth us to put a difference between Christians and others. Do good to all, especially to the household of faith” (Mulford 239). Here he seems to believe Christians are superior to others, basically teaching that although one should be kind to everyone, one should be especially kind to one’s fellow Christians. This all goes back to Winthrop’s idea that Massachusetts Bay will be the perfect model for other future plantations. “We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies; when He shall make us a praise and glory that men shall say of succeeding plantations, ‘the Lord make it like that of New England.’ For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill” (Mulford 244). Thus, if Massachusetts Bay is the model for all succeeding plantations, and one should treat other Christians with even more respect than one does anyone else, then their Christian religion is superior and they are God’s chosen
“…And so teacheth us to put a difference between Christians and others. Do good to all, especially to the household of faith” (Mulford 239). Here he seems to believe Christians are superior to others, basically teaching that although one should be kind to everyone, one should be especially kind to one’s fellow Christians. This all goes back to Winthrop’s idea that Massachusetts Bay will be the perfect model for other future plantations. “We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies; when He shall make us a praise and glory that men shall say of succeeding plantations, ‘the Lord make it like that of New England.’ For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill” (Mulford 244). Thus, if Massachusetts Bay is the model for all succeeding plantations, and one should treat other Christians with even more respect than one does anyone else, then their Christian religion is superior and they are God’s chosen