English ll —4th Period
16,November 2012
Bradstreet Edwards Essay The Puritans have always taken a gloomy rap. Many may have seen them being characterized as dreary, glum, dull, unhappy, and haters of joyful and blissful feelings. This misleading impression of Puritanism comes from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, yet it does not reflect the colorful life many Puritans lived. Many migrated to the New World where they sought to find a new holy commonwealth in New England. They believed that humans were born corrupt and stayed in this state throughout their whole life. In order to compensate for one’s sinful ailment, they believed that it was essential to have a relationship with God. Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards lived among this bleak time era, and became among the most pronounced Puritan writers for their time period. Poet Anne Bradstreet wrote about her life’s difficulties, which inspired her to endure her identity in an attempt to suppress the sensual needs of this Earth. Bradstreet wrote “Upon the Burning of Our House” to illustrate the need for God and family over her earthy possessions. It was very common for Bradstreet to ease out of customary Puritan beliefs. This left her to discover relief in the assurance of a greater power. When the sound of fire is heard Bradstreet accepts that this vigilance is her ambition. “That fearful sound of ‘Fire’ and ‘Fire!’ Let no man know is my desire” (311). Enduring faithful to Puritan religion she quickly begins with a prayer to God for strength. She quickly gets on her knees and pleads for Gods help in overcoming what horrible thing has happened to her home. With her mournful cry, she mentions the right of God to take what has been loaned. The agreement of the inference seems accomplished and fulfilled. Jonathan Edwards’s sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” is poignant and authoritative. His values as a New England religious leader is entrenched in his extensive understandings of the Bible and the natural world. His aim was to “awaken” and protect as many beings as possible. Edwards source of motivation and leadership is the Bible. He is sympathetic of the foundation of New England’s society, which makes it possible for him to emphasize a believable exposition with sacred quotes and passages. He anticipates moving his followers by his profession to a certain extent rather than at their own time. Nonetheless Edwards exclaimed that all sinners are already Satan’s property. In part five he expresses that Satan “stands ready to fall upon them and seize them as his own.” Instead than referring to a biblical quotation by verse, he decides to name it: “Luke 11:12”. Edwards’s use of language alteration is remarkably clever. Anne