Not even close, Gray, w/all due respect.  They were indeed 'bible thumpers' in extreme.  Not only did they believe in fervent prayer, but they put into stocks or exiled into the wilderness people who Didn't pray on schedule, who laughed on their holy day, who read 'secular' material . . .  and in a few decades, they started doing much, Much worse to those who didn't conform to their religious practices.  Read "The Scarlet Letter", historical research material on the witch trials, etc.  My family lived through this