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after her house burns down and thanks God for the gift she was given in “Here Follow Verses upon the Burning of Our House”. Meanwhile, Jonathan Edwards talks about God being angry with them and sending them to hell when they die because of their wickedness in “From Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. Both talk about God but in different opinions. Anne Bradstreet is the author of a text called “Here Follow Verses upon the Burning of Our House” and in this text she talks about her opinions…

Verse 26, “26 "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,” Paul tells us that in verse twenty-six, to not let the sun go down while we are still angry. Similar to Jesus, Paul is telling us that is better to resolve our issues with ourselves or other people then to remain bitter. It wouldn’t be normal for us to not be angry either, because anger is part of being a human. Through Jesus’ example we can see that justice is an important part of life and there…

The poem “Verses Upon Our Burning House” by Anne Bradstreet expresses Puritan values, which were piety, courage, and industry, because in the poem Anne is witnessing everything that she owns going up in flames. The items that she furnished her house with where very important to her and it shows the reader how industrialized her and her family has become. When she says “Then, coming out, behold a space, The flame consume my dwelling place.” and “That laid my goods now in the dust. Yea, so it was,…

The apostle Paul, in Hebrews chapter 12 verses 1 and 2, uses Jesus as the example of how we should live our lives. He admonishes the reader to run with perseverance the race set before them. Looking deeper into the thoughts of this particular phrase one can surmise that not every race is identical. Each runner with have a different course and be expected to run it at a different pace. Further, some runners will be long distance runners, some will be sprinters, and some will be a combination of…

In Anne Bradstreet’s poem “Verses upon the burning of our house”. She show to the reader the reflection of the time period. First, she shows how much people believed in god. She also shows how much material things matter to them. Then she shows how they were grateful for everything that they had. First, Anne showed the beliefs of god, in the middle of the poem she said that god will take from you but he also will give back to you. This shows that god was a major role in their life because…

Bradstreet's "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House." After the burning of her house, Anne Bradstreet, a female poet, reprovingly writes about the passing of materialistic things, in order to show that all wealth on Earth will come to an end whereas the wealth in Heaven is more rich and ever-lasting. In her poem Anne Bradstreet stresses the idea of Eternal Life."Thou hast a house on high erect," The idea that in Heaven everything will come to a whole and will be much more grand. As a human she…

Day 3 – A Redeeming King Memory Verse: 1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God because He laid down his life for us. Definition of Redeeming: The act of compensating for, or saving someone or something from faults or sins. Reading Passage: Matthew 27:11-37 Hello Friends, In the last two days, we learned that Jesus is our King who is humble and sinless as well. Today, we will learn how Jesus loved us like no one else did. He redeemed us with His love. Since we were all under the power…

The staff of moses is a staff always held my moses was always by his side on important milestones in the narrative. This staff has been mentioned in the scripture of exodus chapter 4 verse 2 when god appears to moses in the burning bush God asks what Moses has in his hand, and Moses answers "a staff". This staff can be transformed into a snake then transformed back into a staff. This staff has many names beside the staff of moses. One is called the rod of God and the staff of god. The Jewish…

In 1666 Anne Bradstreet wrote Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666. According to Wayne Franklin, this poem was part of a copy of the second edition of poems (1678) that Bradstreet wrote, and was found in Reverend Edward Taylor’s library (Franklin, Wayne, page 187-188). In this poem she writes about the burning of her house as God’s doing. Even though it was hard for her in the beginning of the poem to assimilate she was losing everything she owned, as the poem…

Bradstreet share how they got through rough times in the form of poetry with the help of their beliefs in God. Taylor’s formal poem “Upon Wedlock, And Death of Children” tells a story about the time he loses his children. Bradstreet’s “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House” is a story when she loses her house due to a fire. Each author gets through their individual problems by self-reflection and accepting God’s decisions. In the end of each poem, they are grateful for God to…