4: one could argue that the puritans set up a government that was controlled to a higher degree by the church than the government in England. They did not disagree with church run government, just the specific church that ran the English government. | 4: one could argue that the puritans set up a government that was controlled to a higher degree by the church than the government in England. They did not disagree with church run government, just the specific church that ran the English government. |