Different times Different Worlds The beliefs of the Puritans and the Deists, like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson differed greatly. Puritan writers wrote private documents such as journals or sermons. Enlightenment writers such as Paine and Jefferson wrote for the public. They published pamphlets, speeches and documents to inform the common man. These writers were eloquent in speech and used elaborate language where as Puritan writers used plain language. For example, Thomas Jefferson said in …
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