Page 16 The New England Colonies Under Mercantilism Because of the difficulty of earning a living from the rocky soil found in New England, the Puritans of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and the surrounding states lived by their wits.
A sober-minded man of restraint is a man with a mind surrendered to Godâs control. God is looking for godly, mature men who will make it a life-long goal to resist the temptation of self-absorption in all the activities of life and instead begin to seek what God desires for their lives.
The Libertarian view-According to libertarianism, the idea that God causes men to act in a certain way, but that man has free will in acting that way is logically false. Free means uncaused. Man has free will, and his decisions are influenced, but not caused. God limits the actions of men, but not their mind or will.