Looking Appropriately at afflictions

Have you ever read about the definition of the affliction of the Puritans? (Puritans were those who lived in the time of Elizabeth and the Stuarts who wanted reformation in the Church of England. They were committed for a holy living as per the teachings of the Bible. They suffered a lot for their faith and belief in the word in history). About the Puritans and their views on affliction Dr. Joel R. Beeke said that the Puritans did not long for affliction.