Puritans The puritans thought of the bible as the true law of God that gave guidelines for church government. They emphasized Bible reading, prayer, and preaching in worship services. They wanted more personal prayers and less recited prayers. The puritans stressed grace, devotion, prayer, and self-examination to reach religious virtue. This deep sense of devotion to God would be what helped them through many hardships in New England. These hardships include, the opposition to the …showed first 75 words of 346 total…

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