#3. Jonathan Edwards, in the mid 1600s wrote a sermin meant to persuade the Puritans to believe his interpretations of God. Titling it, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Edwards describes to his audience 'God's Wrath' or an angry God that could send you to the fiery pits of Hell if it met his pleasure. Edwards in his time believed that since Adam had sinned, all of humanity was doomed to burn in Hell for Adam's sin as well. Living life where no matter if you live totally devoted to God, you would always have 'the Arrow made ready on the String and Justice bends the Arrow at your Heart' being aimed at you, ready to send you to hell if God so pleases for God holds the bow 'without any Promise or Obligation at all' therefore doesn't really
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Edward Taylor, a Puritan Poet, wrote a poem called, Spider Catching a Fly. In the poem he describes a good Puritan man as a 'pettish wasp' and the devil as a spider. The devil with his web of lies and desception has caused the Puritan man to 'fall foul therein' for the Puritan man got tangled up in the web without meaning to be. The devil has the man in a situation where he could falling prey to the devil and unltimately dying, however 'thy whorl pins did not clasp/ Lest he should fling/ His sting' the devil doesn't want to get close to the man because he is a loyal Puritan and in God's grace, therefore fighting against the devil and thrashing about with everything he's got to ward the devil away long enough to escape. The devil dares not come close to God when he is spiritually with the loyal Puritan.
#6. Mary Rowlandson, among some of the earlier settlers of America, was captured by Native
Americans in a battle. With only her faith in God, Mary survived on the belief that God would help her through the ordeal. In Mary's time being a captive she 'left that child in the wilderness, and must commit it, and myself also in this wilderness condition, to Him who is above all' for the belief the
Puritans had that being in Heaven with God was more important than anything worldly. God
Edward Taylor, a Puritan Poet, wrote a poem called, Spider Catching a Fly. In the poem he describes a good Puritan man as a 'pettish wasp' and the devil as a spider. The devil with his web of lies and desception has caused the Puritan man to 'fall foul therein' for the Puritan man got tangled up in the web without meaning to be. The devil has the man in a situation where he could falling prey to the devil and unltimately dying, however 'thy whorl pins did not clasp/ Lest he should fling/ His sting' the devil doesn't want to get close to the man because he is a loyal Puritan and in God's grace, therefore fighting against the devil and thrashing about with everything he's got to ward the devil away long enough to escape. The devil dares not come close to God when he is spiritually with the loyal Puritan.
#6. Mary Rowlandson, among some of the earlier settlers of America, was captured by Native
Americans in a battle. With only her faith in God, Mary survived on the belief that God would help her through the ordeal. In Mary's time being a captive she 'left that child in the wilderness, and must commit it, and myself also in this wilderness condition, to Him who is above all' for the belief the
Puritans had that being in Heaven with God was more important than anything worldly. God