2. Which of the following statements about the Puritans is NOT true?
A. They were Protestants who sought to purify the Church of England and
return to a simpler form of worship.
B. They believed that the clergy and government should act as intermediaries
between the individual and God.
C. Some thought the Church of England was too corrupt to reform and called
for complete separation from it.
D. they wanted to establish a new society patterned after God's word and a
self-sustaining, profitable colony.