... to function freely, and for each member to feel an integral part of the church's operations, each congregation must be self- sufficient, containing within itself all the offices and power necessary for self regulation. New England's official apologist, John Cotton, termed this form of church government "Congregational", meaning that all authority would be located within particular congregations. Cotton's sermon at Salem ... . She held prayer meetings, where women debated religious and ethical ideas. Her beliefs that the Holy Spirit dwells within a justified person and so is not based on ...

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... tell that she had much love for her husband. I could tell how much she missed him while he was away. She believes in God; so therefore; her seeing all the evil going on in brings her down, (in her poem "Upon the Burning of Our House"); but she reminds herself that God will take care of her and that there is ... ...

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