Was Cotton Mather A Puritan

The Puritans emphasized religious obligations and followed strict guidelines pertaining to the Bible. They broke away from the church of England and became their own religion following the teachings of the Bible as well as the Old Testament. Most Puritans settled in New England, but immigrated to the Americas to escape religious persecution. They believed that God was the only being capable of forgiving at a full capacity, the sins committed. As well did they believe that man could only forgive when there is a change in actions to pursue a more efficient lifestyle.

Cotton Mather was a Puritan minister of Boston’s Old North Church. In a particular era of his ministration, Mather was an influence to judges at the Salem Witch trial, but