puritans in English

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a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
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1. We're not all descended from the Puritans.

2. We think of the Puritans as staid people.

3. The Puritans eventually replaced Bilboes with wooden stocks

4. The Puritans became fugitives in quest of liberty.

5. And we became a nation of strait-laced Puritans.

6. The Puritans left England to escape being persecuted.

7. Lecture 18 - Street Wars of Religion: Puritans and Arminians Overview

8. Contemporary academic puritans regard studentprofessor intimacies as inherently exploitative.

9. Some have charged that the Puritans were sexually repressed and inhibited.

10. As Puritans, the Ironsides often attributed their glory in battle to God.

11. During the seventeenth century, the Puritans destroyed many decorations in English churches.

12. ‘Clashes between Conformists and Puritans resulted in the suppression of the organized Presbyterian wing of Puritanism by 1591, but the impact of Puritans on the Church at a local level remained enormous.’

13. Above all, however, Puritans sought to inculcate godly and loving character traits in their children.

14. Dustin Benge and Nate Pickowicz have showcased the lives of nine Puritans who were

15. ‘But the Puritans were too rigid,’ some may object, ‘and so were early Christians.

16. This item: Suffering and Sovereignty: John Flavel and the Puritans on Afflictive Providence by Brian H

17. The London Puritans appointed their own body of elders, consisting mostly of suspended Anglican ministers.

18. Did the Dutch "Civilise" the Puritans? Thread starter Piccolo; Start date Oct 4, 2020; Home

19. Synonyms for Bluenoses include puritans, prudes, moralists, wowsers, killjoys, prigs, goody-goodies, old maids, pietists and schoolmarms

20. As for the subjects that so enrage puritans, they will continue to form the focus of her work.

21. Conditions inside were endurable in good weather, but winter services tested the forbearance of even the flintiest of the Puritans.

22. The Puritans arrived to the region during a time of constant war between the Pawtucket and the Tarratines (Abnakis) of Maine

23. They often reviled the clergy and riled the congregations of Puritans(sentencedict .com), denouncing all worship but their own as false.

24. The first Congregational church organized in America was First Parish Church in Plymouth, which was established in 1620 by Separatist Puritans known as Pilgrims

25. The king's persecution of Puritans meant that most members of this religious group supported Parliament, whereas most Anglicans and Catholics tended to favour the royalists

26. 16 The play embodies and presents an Elizabethan homily about order and obedience, the puritans' discontent with the Elizabethan church, and two opposing images of Queen Elizabeth I.

27. First established at Plymouth, Massachusetts by the Pilgrims, the New England Colonies were some of the earliest Colonies, and they were primarily populated by British Puritans

28. 26 The play embodies and presents an Elizabethan homily about order and obedience, the puritans' discontent with the Elizabethan church,[www.Sentencedict.com] and two opposing images of Queen Elizabeth I.

29. Or Admonitioners Certain Puritans who in 1571 sent an admonition> to the Parliament condemning everything in the Church of England which was not in accordance with the doctrines and practices of Geneva

30. Pointed at, hated of the world, made a Byworde, reviled, slandered, rebuked, made a gazinge stocke, called puritans, nice fooles, hipocrites, hairbrainde fellows, rashe, indiscreet, vain-glorious, and all that naught is

31. Or Admonitioners Certain Puritans who in 1571 sent an admonition to the Parliament condemning everything in the Church of England which was not in accordance with the doctrines and practices of Geneva

32. Anything Goes Lyrics: Times have changed / And we've often rewound the clock / Since the Puritans got the shock / When they landed on Plymouth Rock / If today / Any shock they should try to stem / '

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34. Extract of sample "The Various Definitions of Freedom Coexisted in 17th Century America" Download file to see previous pages People were blocked of their rights by ascertaining classes on them like slaves, puritans, indentured servants, and many more.

35. The Puritans thought they must have trained ministers for the Church and they supported Harvard College—when the American people are convinced that they require more competent chemists, engineers, artists, architects, than they now have, they will somehow establish the institutions to train them.

36. 13 The sect of the Essenes shared with the Hellenistic Puritans who followed Pythagoras in believing “not only the dualistic doctrine of body and soul, but the striving for bodily purity, the practice of ablutions, the rejection of blood offerings, the encouragement of celibacy [becoming in effect eunuchs].”

37. ‘Later the Puritans surrender to prurience and fornicate with anything in reach: one another, members of the audience, a lifesize doll that actually does come to life and tries Clumsily, comically, to seduce a fellow in the front row.’ ‘I was Clumsily saying that maybe it was too big for her.’