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In his “Project for arriving at moral Perfection,” Benjamin Franklin gives an example of ardent Puritanism, the aim of which is to reach an angelic purity, and this makes it similar to the introspection and mediation of Puritanism. In his project, Franklin takes a step to establish the fact that he wishes to practice thirteen virtues in order to become a model of Christian charity and reach perfection.
Christian faith contains all of these percepts at its core. Franklins vision of life is certainly idealistic, but of course, no one to what extent these virtues were actually honored by him. However, this self-embossed discipline strikes the modern reader because it is an embodiment of the austere and strict Puritan moral conduct. Many Puritan figures maintained a diary in which they noted all their human failures in order to improve their religious and social behavior. In his Autobiography, in the very first paragraph in which Franklin devoted writes about “moral Perfection,” it suggests that he was probably familiar with the standard Puritan conversion pattern through the attitudes described by it, through the methodical attention it places on the displacement of bad habits, and even its terminology.
Unfortunately, much like Franklin himself his project also ended up slipping away from the grip of Puritanism. Franklin broke totally away from Puritanism, which makes it possible to point out a radical difference between his project and Puritanism. Franklin's project is radically different from Puritanism, because in his project, God is viewed as a source of goodness, while in Puritanism; God is viewed as a source of punishment and wrath. Nonetheless, Franklin never completely removed himself from the Puritanism mindset, and despite not being entirely analogous with Puritanism, it cannot be denied that his “Project for arriving at moral Perfection” was derived from Puritanism.