Winthrop declared that the Puritan colonists' emigration to the New World was part of a covenant, a special pact with God, to create a holy community and noted: For we must consider that we shall be a city on the hill.
Winthrop declared that the Puritan colonists' emigration to the New World was part of a covenant, a special pact with God, to create a holy community. Winthrop noted: For we must consider that we shall be a city on the hill.