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• The Puritans were committed to search the Scriptures, organize and analyze their findings, and then apply them to all areas of life.
• Next, the Puritans said to read the Scriptures, then select a verse or doctrine upon which to meditate.
• we discover that one of John Owen’s most celebrated treatises, On the Mortification of Sin,3 owes its origins to sermons preached to a congregation made up largely of teenage students at the University of Oxford, we are likely to feel a little dizzy. But then, on reflection, we begin to understand that Owen and his comrades in arms had it right: te...
• three distinctives of a Puritan. He says, first, Puritans had a dynamic fellowship with God that shaped their minds, affected their emotions, and penetrated their souls.
• Second, Puritans embraced a shared system of beliefs grounded in the Scriptures. Today we refer to this system as Reformed orthodoxy. Third, on the basis of their common spiritual experience and unity in the faith, the Puritans established a network of relationships among believers and ministers.