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Puritan Literature

Who were these Puritans? Puritan is a broad term referring to a number of Protestant groups who sought to “purify” the Church of England which had been closely connected to its government.

Who were these Puritans? Puritans wished to return to a simpler form of worship and church organization described in the New Testament. Puritan women were not encouraged to improve their minds or express their ideas.

Leading Puritan Writers William Bradford Of Plymouth Plantation

Leading Puritan Writers Mary Rowlandson A Narrative of the Captivity

Leading Puritan Writers William Byrd – The History of the Dividing Line

Cotton Mather Cotton Mather preached his first sermon in August of 1680 – he was ordained in 1685 at the age of 22 Besides his involvemet in the Salem Witch Trials during the 1690’s, Mather is remembered as one of the most influential Puritan minister’s. He published over 400 works, ranging from the subject of witchcraft to smallpox to inoculation.

Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) and Edward Taylor (1642-1729): Puritan Poets Anne Dudley Bradstreet was born in England Her father worked for Earl of Lincoln which gave Anne access to Earl’s library and received a good education Bradstreet focused on the realities of her life –her husband, her eight children, and her house.

Not knowing, Bradstreet’s brother-in-law had some of her poetry published in London in a volume title The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America Bradstreet is credited with being the first notable American poet

Jonathan Edwards: Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God (1703-1758) This is a sermon that Jonathan Edwards gave to groups of Puritans in Massachusetts. It caused a movement known as The Great Awakening, a religious revival that went through the colonies. However, because of the extremism of the Great Awakening, it was rejected by the end of Edwards’ lifetime

Characteristics of Puritan Writing The Bible provided a model for Puritan writing – each individual life was a journey to salvation. They saw a direct connection between Biblical events (allusions) and their own lives.

Characteristics of Puritan Writing They used writing to explore the inner and outer lives for signs of the workings of God. Diaries and histories were the most common types of literature. They favored a “plain style” similar to that of the Geneva Bible and stressed clear expressions over complicated figures of speech.

Puritan beliefs Several beliefs differentiated Puritans from other Christians. The first was their belief in predestination. Puritans believed that belief in Jesus and participation in the sacraments could not alone effect one's salvation; one cannot choose salvation, for that is the privilege of God alone. All features of salvation are determined by God's sovereignty, including choosing those who will be saved and those who will receive God's irresistible grace. The Puritans distinguished between "justification," or the gift of God's grace given to the elect, and "sanctification," the holy behavior that supposedly resulted when an individual had been saved.