Which Puritan Am I? – Episode #2
October 16th, 2009
| Categories: Christian History, Puritans, Reformation
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
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