He favoured broad religious tolerance, and was dismissive of churches, believing that ‘apostasy’ had set in early in Christian times; and criticized much even in the Independent churches of his time. He attacked the assumption of the sufficiency of scripture, but doubted the Trinity had Biblical support. He believed free grace had been brought forth by John Preston and Richard Sibbes, preached universal redemption, and denied the divinity of Christ. His millennarian views included a Second Coming, but realised by and within 'saints'.