“Man knoweth his inward thoughts, purposes, and desires, but the frame and disposition of his heart hee knowes not, nor yet alwaies the qualities of those thoughts, whither they tend, what secreet deceit lyes and lurkes in them” - Daniel Dyke (1615) https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/06/keir-starmer-to-sign-up-for-unconscious-bias-training-amid-criticism

"Perhaps more than any other expression of Christian spirituality, English Puritanism sought to understand and undermine moral self-deception. The Puritans assiduously—at times, ruthlessly—scoured their hearts for signs of unacknowledged sin and self-deceit" - Jonathan Badgett

And as for idols... https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/07/rhodes-statue-is-going-now-universities-must-ask-what-about-john-locke-elizabeth-i-and-others

Truly, we live in a Puritan age.

The ambivalence of attitudes to the Puritan tradition is about much more than perspectives on a particular period of history...

But this point is well made. If we live in a Puritan age, perhaps it is not Puritan enough. https://twitter.com/LewisJGAllen/status/1280392017999204352?s=20