1) Anne Bradstreet, a Puritan and female pilgrim, wrote this poem called "The Burning of our House" that spoke of a fire the destroyed her home and all her earthly belongings. In it, she sounds content and satisfied with what she has due to the fact that she realizes her heavenly blessings that God has given her. Despite her loses, she realizes that the fire happened for good because she comes to the understanding that because she mourned so greatly over her possessions, that it took her attention off of God. In the Puritan religion, anything that takes away the focus on God is considered wordly and sinful. In this passage, Bradstreet says, "I blest his Name that gave and took, That layd my goods now in the dust: Yea so it was, and so 'twas
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This shows the Puritan people's relation with God and their religious beliefs. In another part of his sermon, Edwards speaks of how we are just an insect dangling over the pit of hell, waiting to fall at any moment. However, God is the one who stops us from doing that despite the fact that he's so angry with our sinful nature. Throughout his preaching, Edwards continues to emphasize this relation that the Puritans have with God.
6) John Winthrop, a Puritan and a pilgrim, speaks reassuringly and confidently in his sermon about the responsibilities that have been set upon the Puritans who moved to America for religious freedom and growth. Since the Puritans were few and the church was still growing, Winthrop wanted to give them encouragement and reminders of what exactly were their reasonings for moving to the New World by preaching his sermon called "City on a Hill." In the name of the sermon itself, Winthrop emphasizes the
Puritan's goals to set a good, Christian example for non-believers and to shine a light that the whole world will see and follow them. In his sermon, Winthrop even says, "wee shall finde that the God of
Israell is among us, when tenn of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies,... that men
This shows the Puritan people's relation with God and their religious beliefs. In another part of his sermon, Edwards speaks of how we are just an insect dangling over the pit of hell, waiting to fall at any moment. However, God is the one who stops us from doing that despite the fact that he's so angry with our sinful nature. Throughout his preaching, Edwards continues to emphasize this relation that the Puritans have with God.
6) John Winthrop, a Puritan and a pilgrim, speaks reassuringly and confidently in his sermon about the responsibilities that have been set upon the Puritans who moved to America for religious freedom and growth. Since the Puritans were few and the church was still growing, Winthrop wanted to give them encouragement and reminders of what exactly were their reasonings for moving to the New World by preaching his sermon called "City on a Hill." In the name of the sermon itself, Winthrop emphasizes the
Puritan's goals to set a good, Christian example for non-believers and to shine a light that the whole world will see and follow them. In his sermon, Winthrop even says, "wee shall finde that the God of
Israell is among us, when tenn of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies,... that men