In documents showing puritan religion arguments, Michael Wigglesworth, Cotton Mather, and Jonathan Edwards influenced people by relating to their personal guilt or fear. ... Unlike Wigglesworth, Mather uses people's fears rather than guilt to strengthen his argument. ... Emphasizing that these people are "good", Mather is telling his readers that even people under strict Puritan regime can be tempted to evil, therefore warning even the most religious to take all cautions against the Devil. ... Overall, Mather gives the damnation. ... Whereas Mather uses people's fear of th...

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Some historians believe that the seed of the American culture could be traced back to the Puritan society. The Puritans were a people who believed in religious freedom and peaceful coexistence. The Puritan mind adopted revisionist and new-historical values. The Puritans" reason for migration was th...

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