Why Were Devout Puritans in a Perpetual State of Anxiety

question 50

Multiple Choice

Why were devout Puritans in a perpetual state of anxiety?

• A) They never knew with absolute certainty whether they were of the saved or of the damned.
• B) They constantly worried about whether God wanted them to tithe.
• C) They could never know whether they had done enough good deeds for God to consider them candidates for heaven.
• D) They lived in constant fear that they had not shown enough tolerance toward others.

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