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    are Anne Hutchinson and John Winthrop. Hutchinson was a woman who moved her family to New England for religious freedoms that unattainable in England. As she began practicing her new religious freedoms, she became popular in the town as an interpreter of the bible. Soon after she gained her popularity, Winthrop heard of what she was practicing and took action quickly. He was protective of the New England colony and, though religious freedoms were to be practiced, Winthrop did not want any…

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    John Winthrop and Jonathan Edwards were some of the earlier American writers and they had some little characters in common in terms of their ways of writing. They were backers of the same principles adopted by Christianity but they had many differences in the ways they adopted different styles of writing. The differences in the styles of writing can be explained by the situations faced by each one of them in terms of time in which each wrote the essays. Edwards had a feeling that the new world…

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    religious values and beliefs of the writers. As shown in sermons by John Winthrop and Jonathan Edwards, Winthrop uses a calming form of persuasion to influence his constituents. Edwards on the other hand uses more of a fire and brimstone tone to reach his constituents. Both sermons are meant to help motivate and keep god in the lives of the early settlers. In Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity,’ this sermon was given by Winthrop to the puritans on their way to the new world. He was trying…

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    gentlemen, my perspective about Anne Hutchinson is different from John Winthrop. Winthrop believed that Hutchinson committed wrongdoings. One wrongdoing that Whitrope believe that Hutchinson did was troubling the peace and commonwealth and the churches. Winthrop believe Hutchinson should be punished for being known for the women that have had a great share in the promoting and divulging of those opinions that cause of this trouble. Winthrop believed that Hutchinson’s action for maintaining a…

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    John Winthrop both dedicated their works to religion, this essentially is their similarity between each other. However, their views on religion do differ. One of these men, Thomas Paine, based his belief’s with a slightly more scientifical approach. While on the other hand, John Winthrop’s belief’s were for the majority mostly more faith based. These men may have different views when it comes to religion, but they share one view that is exactly the same. Both Thomas Paine and John Winthrop…

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    divided up into three sections. In the first and briefest section, Winthrop explains how God has always divided mankind into two groups: the rich and the poor. “God almighty...hath so disposed of the condition of mankind as in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, others mean and in subjection” (FHY 20). In the following section, he goes into the reasons for this division. At the end, Winthrop dives into the application, where he addresses his…

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    where the infection would easily spread into these churches (the people being many of them much taken with apprehension of Godliness”. This passage explains how someone is trying to teach his religious opinion and immediately thought of as wrong. Winthrop calls this person’s faith an infection that is easily spread. He immediately jumps to the conclusion that this person’s faith is detrimental to his people and could revise his community. This shows the closed minded ness of…

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    A Calvinist sect that broke from the Church of England, the Puritans sought to deepen the divides from Catholicism and new Protestant churches. Persecuted in England for their radical beliefs, they travelled to Denmark and Sweden before finally embarking on a ship to North America where they had the promise of freedom to practice. The Puritan communities in New England resolved to create an ideal Christian colony as outlined by John Winthrop’s A Model of Christian Charity by centering their…

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    In the article “A model of Christian Charity” written by Governor John Winthrop mainly talks about how society is divided in two different groups by the rich and the non wealthy people. Winthrop’s article is well written by using the three persuasive strategies of the “Rhetorical triangle” to have a better understanding. Moreover , throughout his paper is completely evident that he uses logos ,ethos ,and pathos. First of all , he uses logos when he gave actual texts from the bible that explained…

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    they inhabited different environments. Similar to Darwin’s ideas, American values varied in accordance to one’s circumstances. In the early 1630s, a religious group known as the Puritans fled from England to escape persecution. Their leader, John Winthrop, delivered a sermon known as “A Model of Christian Charity” upon the arrival of their new home, America. It listed out future actions the Puritans needed to take in order to survive and establish a holy community. From another standpoint in…

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