Summary of the Puritans Beliefs

The puritans believed that through adam's and eve's fall all people is born sinful and god saves only a few people he selected. God's grace cannot be earned or denied. Grace is the saving and transfiguring power of god. And it is said that Jesus died for the chosen only, not for everyone. the only ones that get to live uprightly and have the full power to interpret the will of god is those elected by him and that is perserverance of the saints

The sinners in the hands of the angry god believed that not all people will be saved by god and the rest would just go to hell. The reason why the puritans believed in that is because of Adam and Eve everyone was born a sinner. They believed it was no way to earn god's grace. Like Jonathon Edwards it was up to the saints to interpret the word of god. And men are held in the hand of god over the pit of hell and god can turn them lose at anytime and the devil is waiting for them and the mouth of hell is open.

It was believed that there was nothing between men and hell but the air. if you was to act wicked it would just make pressure on god's hand and would push you down deeper towards hell into the bottomless gulf and the black clouds of god's wrath hanging over your head full of dreadful storms and filled with thunder.

On the Mayflower they arrived in harbor and brought safe to land. The children and the men cannot say "Our father's were englishmen which came ever this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the lord, and he heard their voice and looked on their adversity.