However, he wasn't a fan of completely forcing them to do so. Winthrop loved the idea of ​​people obeying specific religious rules/laws, but of course only the Puritan faith. Winthrop believed that this freedom (moral freedom) was maintained and exercised in a manner of submission to authority; it is the same kind of freedom with which Christ made us free (Foner 77). Use this example to explain the freedom presented. Christ had to submit to His (God) authority to die on the cross and make everyone free from sin (if they chose to be). Winthrop says in the same sense, we are to submit to authority so as to be likened to Christ and the governing authorities are