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To Be A Puritan A Puritan lived a life with primary focus on serving God. They left religious persecution in England. They thought the New World would be a utopia, when the English Reformation had not gone far enough in reforming the doctrines and structure of the church; they wanted to purify their national church by eliminating every shred of Catholic influence. Their lifestyles were based on relative equality, with their primary settlement in the …

…prosperity" (p.37). Winthrop along with the many other Puritans of this time were very stong on the belief that God blessed them with this oppurtunity of access to this new world, therefore it was to be used to serve God. Puritans continued to live a life that was constantly striving to be pure. With these four points I have just discussed; grace, plainess, unity, and divine mission, Puritans lived a life very structured and orderly.