Actually, the Puritans continued the practice of compelling "cooperation" in New England.
See the case of Giles Corey, who was pressed to death during the Salem Witch Trials while heroically refusing to plead guilty or innocent.
As with so many things, the Puritans weren't opposed to such practices, they just wanted to be the ones in charge of using them. For instance, they were most definitely not in favor of "freedom of religion" for the individual. They were in favor of the freedom of the state to impose the "right" religion on all individuals.
Good points. Thanks for clarifying. “Freedom of conscience for me, but not for thee.”?
Nevertheless, compelled testimony against oneself was common and it would seem this is a first step backwards toward that practice.