Basic Puritan Beliefs
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The Puritan society in Boston is described by Arthur Miller (1995), in his preface to The Crucible, as one that was organized to withstand the harsh elements and lifestyle and those considered ôotherö: ôMassachusetts tried to kill off the Puritans, but they combined; they set up a communal society which, in the beginning, was little more than an armed camp with an autocratic and devoted leadershipö (5). Such leadership came in the form of men like Cotton Mather, a devout and zealous pastor. Mather believed Puritans were GodÆs chosen, with New England representing the new Jerusalem. Those who were different or did not adopt puritan beliefs were considered a threat to the community. Three main beliefs of Puritans led to MatherÆs support of the Salem witch trials. The first was the belief that the ôspiritual and earthly realms overlappedö, leading to beliefs of witch craft and other evils orchestrated by Satan (Hovey and Jackson 2004, 1). A second belief was the belief that Puritans were ôGodÆs chosenö, and a third belief argued that their colony was a ô
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