For Winthrop, what is the benefit of a well coordinated (social, spiritual, political) body? --It is the most perfect and best proportioned body bonded by love.
Why might the metaphor of the body make sense to Winthrop's audience? --It could make sense to Winthrop's audience, because during that time, people to come over to America used their bodies for indentured servitude, so bodies could be considered a tool or a valuable thing, a work force. Also, if they were well-versed in the Bible (which I would imagine they were), then they would know that he is relating his sermon to the Bible (they speak of the church as being the body of Christ in the Bible I believe).
How might this union of separate parts create a genuine COMMONWEALTH? --If everyone participates and works together in a bond of love at all times, and comes together to make up the body of the church, the body of Christ, then they will make a perfect commonwealth.
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