Which Puritan Am I? – Episode #2

Puritan One

• I was converted under the preaching of John Preston
• I pastored a newly established congregational church in New England
• I helped establish Harvard College
• Cotton Mather called me “Pastor Evangelicus”

Puritan Two

• I was appointed to the Westminster Assembly, and was the only one who was a member of all three of its major committees
• I was the only member of the Westminster Assembly to become a bishop after the restoration
• I died of kidney stones

Puritan Three

• I immigrated to New England, and enrolled at Harvard
• I had a pastorate in Massachusetts for over 57 years
• I was a doctor, wrote poetry, and interested in botany
• I wrote metrical paraphrases of many Psalms
• My grandson was one of Yale’s earliest presidents