They believed that life on Earth was only a test made by God to see if you get into heaven, or not. ... They saw all sins as a crime. Guilt, sin, crime, and adultery were all basically viewed the same. Today, a sin is not considered a crime. ... How did Puritans punish those who sinned/ and or those who committed crime? ...
It was the desire for holiness and the need of salvation from a world filled with sin that brought the early settlers to strive for such perfection. ... The early Puritans were tested many times in their faith. ... Trying times was welcomed as a test of ones character and devotion to God. ... "The Lord test the righteous, Psalm 11:5" (Tydale 920). ... We must explore the possibilities that our Christian/Puritan walk deeds us not to sin but it seems that without sin or the redemption of it we would not need a Savior. ...
Today, our ability to be freethinkers is constantly being tested; our lives are assaulted on a daily basis by relentless advertising and shameless consumerism. ... The Puritans view sin as a danger to the community, and Hester is ostracized for her sin and thus alienated from her community. ...
The Sovereignty and Goodness of god, a narrative by Mary Rowlandson, is a first person account though the eyes of a Puritan woman. In this narrative, Rowlandson shows a bias against the Indians because of her Puritan background. She gives both physical and cultural descriptions of the Indians but ...
Puritan Beliefs The Puritan belief system was a harsh one which felt that all men were fundamentally evil because Adam, in his original sin, had broken his covenant to God. ... The Puritans on the contrary believed that it was their divine right to take possession of all lands in his name and any resistance by the natives was God testing their mettle. ...
