Comparing God In Hawthorne's Sinners And Saints

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Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the text “Black Veil”. Jonathan Edwards wrote “ Sinners and Saints”. Edwards text was more effective than hawthornes. In Edwards text you are to follow god and do what he says or you are going to hell. As in Hawthorne's text you are to never judge someone by there looks.
There are some similarities in the both of these text. They both tell you to follow god and to believe in him. If you do them two things he will lead you in the right direction. The texts also says to tell people to be sorry for their past sins. So really if you follow god and believe in him, he will help you and forgive of your sins.
There's also some differences between the both of these text also. In the “Sinners” text it tells more about god and

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