rget,however,thatmostNewEnglanderswereless\rwelleducatedoWhilefewcraftsmenorfarmers,letalonedependentsand\rservants,leftliterarycompositionstobeanalyzed,Theinthinkingoftenhada\rtraditionalsuperstitionsquality0AtailornamedJohnDane,whoemigratedin\rthelate1630s,leftanaccountofhisreasonsforleavingEnglandthatisfilled\rwithsignsosexualconfusion,economicfrustrations,andreligioushope-all\rnametogetherinadecisivemomentwhenheopenedtheBible,toldhisfather\rthefirstlinehesawwouldsettlehisfate,andreadthemagicalwords:"come\routfromamongthem,touchnouncleanthing,andIwillbeyourGodandyou\rshallbemypeoplenOnewonderswhatDanethoughtofthecarefulsermons\rexplainingtheBiblethatheheardinpuritanchurchedodefgdefgMeanwhile,\rmanysettleshadslighterreligiouscommitmentsthanDane's,asoneclergyman\rlearnedinconfrontingfolk
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