Pre-Written Destiny: The Two Types Of Puritans

Puritans believed in predestination: people had been chosen from birth to be saved or condemned for eternity. Although their fate was only known by God. They led a good life in hopes of discovering the fate of their soul. Regardless of the pre-written destiny, puritans believed that your actions on Earth did mark were you would end up. Those who did good deeds had been blessed with God’s grace. Even though this was the common notion, some of the most influential Puritan priests disagreed with this, which furthers my statement that puritans were not all closed-minded peoples. For instance, In 1633, John Cotton preached that there were two types of men: "some belong unto the Election of Grace, though they be not yet called; others are not written