Not a Jeffersonian liberal. Except for allegorical interpretation of the OT, his beliefs were the same as any Calvinist. He believed in total depravity. “Freedom of conscience” was not based on the inherent goodness of man’s conscience.

• Not a Jeffersonian liberal. Except for allegorical interpretation of the OT, his beliefs were the same as any Calvinist. He believed in total depravity. “Freedom of conscience” was not based on the inherent goodness of man’s conscience.

• He was not banished to the wilderness. He was simply banished. He could have gone to Plymouth or England or any where in the world.

• He was not banished for being a Baptist. He was not a Baptist when he was banished. He became one for about half a year after he was banished when he met some Baptists in Rhode Island and established the first Baptist church in America. Then he decided that the Baptists were not pure enough for him.

• When Baptists refused to join the militia in Rhode Island because they said being equal in Christ meant that no one should be in authority over others, Williams said that “freedom of conscience” was no defense when legitimate affairs of the State were at issue.