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Compare And Contrast Jonathan Edwards And Upon The Burning Of Our House

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How much do you know about the Puritan? The Puritans came to America from England because they were looking for freedom of religion. The Puritans could not practice their religion in England the way they wanted. They had to be a part of the Church of England, and they did not want to conform. The religious believers given their lives to God’s beliefs. The poem by Anne Bradstreet, “Upon the Burning of Our House,” shows that she believes God took her house, but she still has faith in him. Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” puts fear in the souls of the Puritans. Even though these two writers are both Puritans who is more pure.

Anne Bradstreet lost her house and husband in a house fire. She questioned God as to why this happened to her. Then she realized that the house and husband were not hers but Gods. “It was his own but not mine.” (Bradstreet 17) Bradstreet could have turned against God, but she did not. She still kept her faith in God and set her eyes on her future in her heavenly home. “It’s purchased and paid for too, By Him who hath enough to do.” (Bradstreet, 47,48)
Bradstreet is very different than Jonathan Edwards because she did not think God was punishing her for sins when her house burned and husband …show more content…

He tells Puritans if they get off the straight and narrow path to heaven, God will essentially strike them down and send them to hell. “...”there is Hell’s wide gaping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon, nor anything to take hold of; there is nothing between you and Hell but the air, it is only the power and mere pleasure of God that holds you up.” In Edwards’ view, the Puritan should try hard to be perfect and stay in the grace of God. However, should they stray from God, Edwards tells them if they are not pure, and they get off track they will go to hell. He is preaching

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She says, “That fearful sound of fire and fire / Let no man know is my Desire,” and later, “I blest his Name that gave and took, / That layd my goods now in the dust,” (lines 5-6, 14-15). By capitalizing the word ‘desire’ and ‘name,’ Bradstreet reveals that God was in

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Often one can easily overlook an allusion in a piece of literature, but that was not the case in Bradstreet’s writing, the use of allusions captured everything that deeply really mattered at the time she was applying it in her writing. “Upon the Burning of Our House” captured just that, it capture the suffering that Bradstreet lived through, and even when all she had turned to ashes, she never turned on God but only focused on telling her heart humbly that all that was vanity, she didn't need all that material stuff due to the fact that “Thou hast a house on high erect Frameed by that mighty Architect, With glory richly furnished, Stands permanent though this be fled. It‘s purchased and paid for too. By Him who hath enough to do. A price so vast as is unknown, Yet by His gift is made thine own; There‘s wealth enough, I need no more.”

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The Puritans were a religious group who believed in total depravity and an unconditional election. This meant that mankind was solely dependent on God for salvation, and believed that there was absolutely no good within the world except through Him. Those who were of “the chosen people” were predestined to go to heaven and only had a glimpse of their faith through God’s signs and wonders. Jonathan Edwards, however, struggled with this idea. Throughout his childhood, he could not perceive how a loving and just God could send only a certain select to Heaven and the rest to Hell.

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Jonathan Edwards’s sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and Anne Bradstreet’s “Upon the Burning of Our House” seem at first glance quite similar to one another regarding context, however, after taking a closer look, it becomes apparent that there are some substantial differences. These differences cannot be understood without the knowledge of cultural context concerning the Puritan belief system and their lifestyle. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was written with the sole purpose of scaring and intimidating the people that purtinans believed to be sinners. Edwards’s work contributed to a movement called “The Great Awakening”. It’s objective was to make the so-called ‘sinners’ aware of their wrongdoings and compel them to repent.

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In the “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Jonathan Edwards uses his opinions in a list to show emphases on the “Truth” he want’s these “wicked men” to observe. Thus we can argue that Edwards is giving them little faith in God verses the feeling of possible redemption. In his quote, “There is nothing that keeps wicked Men at any one moment, out of Hell, but the mere pleasure of GOD,” plays with these “wicked men’s” minds to believe his list to come will be of how they can redeem through God, but in realty Edwards gives a listing of ten “Considerations” of his “Truth” he wants us to observe and believe. His lists makes it seem like these “wicked men” don’t have a chance of redemption and he is only trying to speak of his opinions of their damnation.

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