Puritanism Vs. Deism?

First off, i'm not going to do your book report for you.... but as far as the puritan vs. deist thing, i can give you a little insight.... Bradford, as a puritan, basically tried to apply the moral code provided in the bible to everything in life, and took every word in the book literally. He led a stoic and very no frills life, which to him indicated that he lived by God's law. As a deist myself, I can provide a little more insight on Franklin's possible thought process. While deists believe in and hopefully live by a moral code, it's a contradiction to us that God would give us this freedom, then deny us use of it. The belief is, if God didn't want us at least checking a certain thought or activity out, he wouldn't have made it possible. This isn't hedonism, however, since the belief is also that God gave us the intelligence to realize, after experimentation, that certain things aren't conducive to a healthy or productive, and thus "good" life, that we could come to the conclusions of what is right or wrong through rational thought and actually living life.