Answer:
The main message about God that Bradford was trying to convey, especially with reference to the anecdote about John Howland, was that God remains in charge of the universe, controlling it through His powerful providence.
Explanation:
According to William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation," God spared the life of John Howland because He was pleased with Howland and his Separatists group. Bradford used the incident on the Mayflower, when Howland was thrown overboard but survived, to demonstrate that God approved the Separatists who were running away from Anglicanism in England and the Netherlands. According to history, the Separatists or the Pilgrims settled in present-day Massachusetts, where the Europeans established the first permanent settlement in New England.