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The Puritan Lifestyle

The Puritan Lifestyle. Puritan Beliefs and Values. The Puritan Lifestyle. Predestination - all events are known and predetermined by God. God has determined who is to be saved and who is to be condemned. The Puritan Lifestyle.

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The Puritan Lifestyle

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  1. The Puritan Lifestyle Puritan Beliefs and Values

  2. The Puritan Lifestyle • Predestination - all events are known and predetermined by God. God has determined who is to be saved and who is to be condemned

  3. The Puritan Lifestyle • God is all-powerful and good, while men and women are sinful and weak.

  4. The Puritan Lifestyle • The Bible is the literal word of God.

  5. The Puritan Lifestyle • You are saved through the grace of God. You could feel this grace inwardly, and this was demonstrated by your behavior. After you have received grace, you are reborn into the community of saints. People would look inside themselves (self-examination) for signs of this grace; therefore, they would act in a commendable fashion.

  6. The Puritan Lifestyle • Puritans valued education. Publicly supported schools were needed to oppose Satan. Harvard was founded in 1636 to train ministers.

  7. The Puritan Lifestyle • Puritans valued plainness in religious worship as well as their writing and lifestyle.

  8. The Puritan Lifestyle • Puritans considered hard work a religious duty.

  9. The Puritan Lifestyle • Qualities that resulted in economic success were virtuous: self-reliance, thrift, industry, and energy.

  10. The Puritan Lifestyle • In addition to community worship on the Sabbath, family worship was considered important. Every home should be a “church” with the head of the house the “minister.” Twice daily the Puritans recommended the family should hear the Word read. Parents must teach their children the Scriptures, and all members of the household must be given time and a place to pray.

  11. The Puritan Lifestyle • The Church was the center of the community and the place where news was received.

  12. The Puritan Lifestyle • The form of government though technically separated from the church was a theocracy; therefore, there was a blurring of the lines separating church and state. Governments were to enforce obedience to God. Voting was restricted to church members. There was democracy in church rule that led to democracy in town meetings.

  13. The Puritan Lifestyle • Punishable offenses included adultery, fornication, drunkenness, theft, murder, breaches of the Sabbath, blasphemy, gambling, and participation in theatrical performances.

  14. The Puritan Lifestyle • Women were repressed and disregarded for their intellectual value.

  15. The Puritan Lifestyle • Women were considered morally weak because Eve was first to sin in the Garden of Eden.

  16. The Puritan Lifestyle • Women never publicly gave their opinions particularly on religious matters.

  17. The Puritan Lifestyle • Other interesting restrictions on forms of pleasure: According to Macaulay’s History of England from the Accession of James II, “It was a sin to hang garlands on a Maypole, to drink to a friend’s health, to fly a hawk, hunt a stag, play at chess, to put starch in a ruff. . .” Many Puritans considered books not of religious nature a threat.

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