Think about major Puritan Beliefs as you read "Burning of the House". What philosophical belief about God and the purpose of human life are reflected in Branstreet's poem?
The puritans believes that the purpose of life is to live as God says. They believe in living an industrious and simply lifestyle. They believe that everything they have comes from God and God can take it away whenever he wants to. People shouldn't have too much connections with their material goods or else, they will loose their connection with God, which is the most valuable thing to have. They believe that true happiness lays in heaven, after people have died. On earth, people just have to do good and wait for their chance to go to heaven.
I think their belief contradicts itself. If true happiness is only in heaven, then most people would want to just die so they can go to heaven. Another contradiction is that if they believe only certain chosen people can go to heaven, and they these people are destined to go to heaven, they why work so hard when everything is destined?
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