Puritans Were Selfish Essay

In this essay I am going to argue how the Puritans were selfish.They were selfish because they cared about themselves only and wanted to be best known of what they are.For example in Document B the author states “The eyes of all people are upon us” it explains how they only cared about how people’s eyes were only apon them.Puritans wanted to improve and become bigger people so everyone could see their improvement in being creative.
According to Document B “The eyes of all people are upon us”,explains how Puritans only cared about having all the peoples eyes upon them.Puritans wanted to show other people that they were way better than everyone else.They wanted attention so they would be able to demonstrate how important they are and to show them how they can make their country change into a better one. They wanted to deal falsely with their god in the work they have undertaken. …show more content…
They describe how they shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God, and all professors for God's sake.They explain how they shall shame the faces of God’s worthy servants and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon them till they consume out of the good land whither they are going.
According to paragraph 2 in the article”We shall shame the faces of many of God's worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whither we are going”illustrates how the Puritans want to persecute people who don’t follow god's rules.They want their prayers to be caused into curses until they consume out of the good land.From reading this article I am able to understand how Puritans were more selfish than selfless because they cared more about