Would a conforming English Puritan minister, of around 1600, be expected to give a congregant a schedule of penance? I'm suspecting that this is an inclination against the minister having Puritan leanings, since I would assume the Puritans would see penance as as a relic of Catholicism, and not in accordance with the Bible's teaching on church discipline.
I'm hoping that someone here has some information on this admitted very specific question, as in some research on a specific minister I came across records of penance, and am trying to figure out if it is likely he had Puritan sympathies.
Thanks
I'm hoping that someone here has some information on this admitted very specific question, as in some research on a specific minister I came across records of penance, and am trying to figure out if it is likely he had Puritan sympathies.
Thanks