Arbeitsblatt: Puritans

1 Profane no Divine ordinance. Touch no state matters. Urge no healths. Pick no quarrels. Encourage no vice. Repeat no grievances. Reveal no secrets. Maintain no ill opinions. Make no comparisons. Keep no bad company. Make no long meals. Lay no wagers. The twelve good rules of Puritan behavior 2 Surely there is in all children.a stubbornness and stoutness of mind arising from natural pride, which must, in the first place be broken and beaten down; that so the foundation of their education being laid in humility and tractableness, other virtues may, in their time, be built thereon. For the beating and keeping down of this stubbornness parents must provide carefully.that the children wills and willfulness be restrained and repressed, and that, in time; lest sooner than they imagine, the tender springs grow to that stiffness, that they will rather break than bow. John Robinson God universal law gave to man despotic power Over his female in due awe. John Milton 3 Some false principles were these: 1. That man might sell as dear as he can, and buy as cheap as he can. 2. If man loses by casualty of sea in some oft his commodities, he may raise the price of the rest. 3. That he may sell as he bought, though he paid too dear and though the commodity be fallen. 4. That, as man may take the advantage of his own skill and ability, so he may of another ignorance or necessity John Winthrop, 1649 Questions Source 1: Identify the basic Puritan beliefs Do you consider Puritanism repressive and intolerant moral and religious code or as realistic attempt to face up to the harsh realities of life? Source 2: What do these quotations suggest about Puritan attitudes toward women and children? Do you consider Puritanism repressive and intolerant moral and religious code or as realistic attempt to face up to the harsh realities of life? Source 3: In what ways did the Puritans attempt to make religion controlling force in everyday life? Do you consider Puritanism repressive and intolerant moral and religious code or as realistic attempt to face up to the harsh realities of life?