This the Puritan has always recognized. And this, precisely, it is that makes the Puritan a better emancipator of young souls than our contemporary Adamite.

The Old English Puritan was such an one, that honored God above all, and under God gave every one his due. His first care was to serve God… making the word of God the rule of his worship.

Puritans were portrayed as hypocrites, claiming virtue while secretly both sexually voracious and corrupt. 'Thus do we blind the world with holiness,' says a character in the comic morality tale A ...

It's well known that he would make fun of Puritans in his plays, and it's interesting how he criticises the Puritan state of mind, the Puritan character. Not necessarily for religious reasons in ...

My research shows that anti-puritan satire took many forms: anecdotes, poems, parodies, character-sketches, and particularly – since puritans opposed the theatre – the stage puritan. First appearing ...