ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The doctrine of total depravity asserts that people are, as a result of the fall, not inclined or even able to love God wholly with heart, mind, and strength, but rather are inclined by nature to serve their own will and desires and reject his rule.

Detailed explanation-2: -The awareness of God’s preordained elect few did not inhibit the perseverance all Puritans applied to acknowledge depravity and to try and overcome sinfulness. This concept of depravity as the cornerstone of Puritan faith became a central theme in Puritan writing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Puritans believed that humans were naturally sinful beings–so sinful, in fact, that they had been born into sin. The Puritans believed in the religious theory of “predestination, ” which means that God has already predetermined, or chosen, who is saved from the beginning.