Puritans Beliefs

The Puritans believed in something called Total Depravity which means that because of the sins that Adam and Eve committed, all people are born sinners. They also believed in Unconditional Election. This means that God only saves certain people and there are only a few that he gives salvation to. Limited Atonement is a very odd belief to me. It is the belief that Jesus didn’t die on the cross for everyone. He only died for the ones that God chooses and nobody can earn salvation from God. The last belief they had was called Perseverance of the “saints”. This belief was that the chosen few were allowed to live their life the way they wanted to and they could interpret the word of God any way they pleased.