SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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Worshipping at church
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Studying for tests
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Writing letters to the king
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Cleaning their houses
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sunday was a holy day Church or “meeting” on Sunday included two-hour services in the morning and the afternoon. Travel on Sunday was banned, except walking to and from the meeting house and for emergencies. The Puritans thought it was important to be able to read and understand the Bible.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike seventh-day Sabbatarians, Puritan Sabbatarians practice first-day Sabbatarianism (Sunday Sabbatarianism), keeping Sunday as Sabbath and referring to it as the Lord’s Day.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Bible was central to their worship. Their church services were simple. The organ and all musical instruments were forbidden. Puritans sang psalms a cappella.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cotton’s treatise offers the best rationale for the Puritan custom of observing the Lord’s Day from sunset on Saturday to sunset on Sunday. Though this practice never gained a wide following in England, it prevailed in New England until the late eighteenth century.