The Comfort of Predestination

Predestination may have been a comforting thought for some in the 16th century./nConfessional diaries were invented by English Puritans to examine their own conduct./nThe concept of being part of the chosen people and God's support was a source of comfort for many./nEngland and Scotland were highly literate societies during the Reformation./nEducation was highly valued in Augustinian Protestantism and in the colonies established by the English in New England.