From 1666 to 1741, there was a religious group called the puritans, who seek freedom. They are taught to be caring towards one another and be selfless, but some when against there standards. When some Puritan we being outcast the Gods had to find tactics to peruse the to come back to their holy ways. Two different tactics were presented ,which each sided with heaven or hell. Bradstreet’s poem “ Upon the Burning of Our House” and Jonathan Edwards’ sermon “ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”.
In Bradstreet’s poem it discussed a women waking up abruptly with the news of her deeply loved home and husband being taken away from her by fire. With such and horrific change in her life her belief and morally standards are put to the test. Bradstreet states in the poem, “... and when I could no longer look, I blest his name that gave and took” (13-14). The quote is an example of an relationship with god. When things are not going In her favor she turn to God and he takes the weight of her pain off her shoulders. Bradstreet always states, “ then straight I gin my heart to chide, and they wealth on earth abide” (37-38). When things do not go her way, her immediate instinct is to question God and ask him why he would bring such an traumatic burden upon her. Puritans are not supposed to question their God and human morals come in the place when they do so. …show more content…
He enforced rules and regulations upon the puritans to peruse them. He states, “ In the house of God/ his mere pleasure that keeps you from/ everlasting destruction” (110). He express that those who do not live b God’s standards will be shunned and suffer consequences for the rest of their life. Edwards always writes, “ ... your guilt in the meantime is constantly increasing, and you are everyday treasuring up more wrath” (109). Guilt is a weakness that has no positive meaning, which is under the category of wrong human
In Bradstreet’s poem it discussed a women waking up abruptly with the news of her deeply loved home and husband being taken away from her by fire. With such and horrific change in her life her belief and morally standards are put to the test. Bradstreet states in the poem, “... and when I could no longer look, I blest his name that gave and took” (13-14). The quote is an example of an relationship with god. When things are not going In her favor she turn to God and he takes the weight of her pain off her shoulders. Bradstreet always states, “ then straight I gin my heart to chide, and they wealth on earth abide” (37-38). When things do not go her way, her immediate instinct is to question God and ask him why he would bring such an traumatic burden upon her. Puritans are not supposed to question their God and human morals come in the place when they do so. …show more content…
He enforced rules and regulations upon the puritans to peruse them. He states, “ In the house of God/ his mere pleasure that keeps you from/ everlasting destruction” (110). He express that those who do not live b God’s standards will be shunned and suffer consequences for the rest of their life. Edwards always writes, “ ... your guilt in the meantime is constantly increasing, and you are everyday treasuring up more wrath” (109). Guilt is a weakness that has no positive meaning, which is under the category of wrong human