John Winthrop a well known puritan during the 1600's was take Christianity and expanding it too America after being released or some can say kicked out of England. Winthrop's view on forced expansion was that he can't Fuck up or he would fail in his mission for his people and good he must be the most pure puritan there ever was and his followers must follow in his footsteps equally. John Winthrop must inforce these values strictly and harshly to get complete involvement out of his following to not fail. This use of controlled fear made it easier to control his following.
Winthrop is stating that in order to make America a puritans home they must never be un-holly he uses fear tactics due to the pressure placed on him by good and English officials as he dosen't want to fail his lord or be mocked for his incompetence. These fear tactics are created from religious ideas saying that they are viewed by all as the top notch or gold standard of what complete dedication to religion is they are an up and coming religious society so there was a very thin line between success and failure. These tactics can be viewed as sinful as using fear as a tool to make your followers comply to a culture is wrong in many ways but the most effective fear is these words stated by Winthrop "Shall shame the faces of many of God's worthy servants"'. Natural fear is holly controlled fear is full of limitless sinful oppurtunities.
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