Puritans

Hers was the first name that Bunyan entered as joining this Puritan congregation, not long after his release from prison under the terms of Charles II 's Declaration of Indulgence (promulgated on 15 March 1672)...

Born into the network of elite gentry and noble families, she was even from before her marriage a fervent Puritan , more specifically a Calvinist Presbyterian in religion. Eales and others have applied to her...

In youth she acquired the habit of walking several miles each week to hear a Puritan preacher. When she was married, she and her husband considered leaving the Anglican church for the Independents, but decided...

KP came on both sides from middle-class Puritan English families. Though she married another Puritan, she grew increasingly Anglican and royalist. Though born a Londoner, she entered whole-heartedly into the Welsh identity...

Brought up in a family that was strongly Puritan , MH continued her piety throughout her life. She attended church every day (putting her public religious duty ahead even of her extensive private observances), engaged...

AB belonged to the English Puritan gentry; her faith was keen, but troubled. Her family's Puritanism shaped her life by taking her to America. Once she reached New England, it became an important factor...

She grew up in the Puritan part of the Anglican faith. She came to share some of the beliefs of the Baptist s, and later still of the Presbyterian s or Independents . She then...

Having had religious struggles as a child, AB found her heart rose (that is, rebelliously) at the Puritan community of New England. But after I was convinced it was the way of God, I submitted...

He was born of a mixed marriage, having a monarchist, cavalier father and a parliamentarian, Puritan mother. Young John was ten when he succeeded to the earldom bestowed on his father for selfless and dangerous...

Her family belonged to the English gentry class. She seems to have favoured the reformed religion, that is puritanism . At this distance of time there is no prospect of determining whether the promiscuity attributed...

JB 's spiritual struggle dated back to his unregenerate teens. Under the influence of his first wife he began attending the establishedchurch and developed exaggerated reverence for its priests, but he later saw this...

EJ 's parents came from the English landowning and professional classes. They were Anglican s and their daughter evidently later leaned towards Puritanism .

Daughter and wife of Calvinist clergymen, she was a fervent, Bible-based Anglican or Puritan .

DL came from the English gentry class. She was anti-Catholic, leaning towards the Puritan arm of the Anglican church.

She grew up in a strict Puritan , English household. Before she was ten she suffered religious fears: I was so filled with fears and doubts, that I could take no delight in any thing...