Mary Rowlandson’s personal documentation of Metacom’s War and her captivity lead the reader to acknowledge her devout Puritan faith. In the book, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, Mary speaks of experiences from during and after the war. Throughout the text her spirit remains filled with faith in the Puritan doctrine and God. Her undying faith in God is evident through countless Biblical references made on nearly every page. Her enduringly strong faith allowed her to survive her captivity. At times Rowlandson felt that she was alone in the world and her situation she knew God remained at her side and expressed this through the text from the preface of her narrative:
Here Reader, you may see an instance of the Soveraignty of God, who doth what he will with his own as well as others; and who may say to him What dost Thou? 1 Here you may see an instance of the faith and patience of the Saints, under the most heart-sinking trials; here you may see, the promises are breasts full of consolation, when all the world besides is empty, and gives nothing but sorrow. ... After Rowlandson’s house was attacked all but one of the thirty-seven of the original people in the house was injured, killed, or taken captive. Rowlandson brings to the readers mind horrible images from the attack. ...
Rowlandson from the beginning had no doubt that God would take care of her and her family. ... Rowlandson obviously believes from the beginning that any success at survival or the slightest bit of happiness is due to God’s doing.
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