Puritans


The Bruised Reed
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Scarlet Letter
Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices (Puritan Paperbacks)
All Things for Good
The Doctrine of Repentance
Communion with God
The Mystery of Providence
The Glory of Christ
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
The Reformed Pastor
The Heart of Christ
Overcoming Sin and Temptation
Salem Possessed by Paul S. BoyerIn the Devil's Snare by Mary Beth NortonThe Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. StarkeyThe Wonders Of The Invisible World by Cotton MatherSalem-Village Witchcraft by Paul S. Boyer
Salem Witch Trial (nonfiction)
28 books — 9 voters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Indigo Girl by Natasha BoydFollow the River by James Alexander ThomThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Fiction: Colonial America
97 books — 78 voters

Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickRoger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul by John M. BarryMaking Haste from Babylon by Nick BunkerThe Name of War by Jill LeporeKing Philip's War by Eric B. Schultz
Puritans (nonfiction)
116 books — 11 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Crucible by Arthur MillerIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Thanksgiving Reading List
29 books — 7 voters
Forever Amber by Kathleen WinsorLibertine's Kiss by Judith JamesFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du MaurierLaird of the Mist by Paula QuinnThe Black Madonna by Stella Riley
17th Century Romance (1601 - 1700)
217 books — 70 voters

Mary Szybist
The Puritans thought that we are granted the ability to love only through miracle, but the troubadours knew how to burn themselves through, how to make themselves shrines to their own longing. The spectacular was never behind them.
Mary Szybist, Incarnadine: Poems

William Perkins
Christian, show yourself to be a member of Christ and a servant of God, not only in the general calling of a Christian, but also in the particular calling in which you are placed. It is not enough for a magistrate to be a Christian man, but he must also be a Christian magistrate. It is not enough for a master of a family to be a Christian man or a Christian in the church, but he must also be a Christian in his family and in the trade which he follows daily. Not everyone who is a common hearer of ...more
William Perkins, A graine of musterd-seede: or, The least measure of grace, that is or can be effectuall to saluation

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