Puritans, Plagues, and Promises Section 1
William E. Cole
- Puritans,
- Plagues,
- and
- Promises
- transports
- you
- back
- four
- centuries
- into
- some
- of
- England’s
- most
- tumultuous
- times.
- From
- the
- beginning
- pages,
- a
- web
- of
- intrigue
- engulfs
- the
- first
- two
- characters:
- the
- Cole
- family
- patriarch
- and
- his
- Puritan
- vicar.
- A
- participant
- in
- secret
- nonconformist
- meetings,
- the
- vicar
- is
- arrested,
- imprisoned,
- and
- put
- on
- trial
- in
- England’s
- highest
- courts.
- Standing
- firm
- for
- his
- faith,
- he
- and
- eight
- fellow
- Puritans
- reveal
- conflicts
- of
- conscience
- with
- the
- Church
- of
- England’s
- powerful
- leaders
- and
- with
- Queen
- Elizabeth’s
- hand-picked
- Privy
- Council.
- In
- the
- face
- of
- adversity
- in
- London,
- powerful
- forces
- collide—with
- consequences
- of
- life
- or death.
