Cotton, John
December 4, 1584
Derby, Derbyshire, England
December 23, 1652
Boston, Massachusetts
Puritan clergyman
"Democracy I do not conceyve that ever God did ordene as a fitt government eyt...
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John Cotton (1584-1652) was the leading clergyman of New England's first generation, a leader in civil and religious affairs, and a persuasive writer on the theory and practice of Congregationalism.Jo...
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After a career of more than twenty years in England, John Cotton joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony and became a minister of the Boston church, where he was a powerful voice, though his involvement i...
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