The story Adam and Eve play a huge role in the Puritans view of the Old Testament. If you were a Puritan, you believed that everyone was a sinner to God. God was the only one who could choose if you were worthy enough to ascend into heaven and escape the wrath of hell. Most people's fate however was based on predestination and being born with the original sin of Adam and Eve. Under the Puritan belief- a person's destiny their path was determined at birth so very few people under the Puritan belief would be found to be worthy.

All Puritan literature, songs and way of life basically, revolved around their strict religious belief and how would be dammed to hell if they committed even slight mis-judgements or mid-deeds.

The Puritan's writing included many examples of imagery, similes and metaphors to showt God and predestination. The writings depicted the close relationship they had with God and the message of the Church in their daily life and activities. It tended to show their deep devotion and desire to better oneself. The messages were simple and to the point.

Jonathan Edwards in his article "From Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" wrote "So that this it is, that natural men are held in the hand of God over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery pit; and are already sentenced to it:..." clearly demonstrates the solid belief in predestination and how most are doomed to hell.

William Bradford in "Plymouth Plantation" also wrote of predestination when describing the grueling sea voyage to America and the first winter in Cape Cod. He described how many suffered and died but how some very special few chosen men were selected by God to not suffer and instead would aid the others:"And of these, in the time of most distress, there was but six or seven sound persons who to their great commendations, be it spoken, spared no pains night nor day, but with abundance of toil and hazard of their own health, fetched them wood, made them fires, dressed them meat...and all this willingly and cheerfully, without any grudging...showing herein their true love unto their friends and brethren; a rare example worthy to be remembered." This also set an example for others to live by. Bradford concluded that it was the Lord "upheld" these people and spared them from all the sickness and harm, clearly illustrating that only a select few are chosen.