Jonathan Edward’s concentration of God is more towards the dark, angry God. He focuses on the individual as a horrible sinner, and tells us of what occurs when one does not repent. He views religion and God as angry and powerful, and shows us a God who appears to have no compassion and sympathy whatsoever. In Edward’s sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” he states, “…he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire…”(103). Edwards says, “I think it is a reasonable thing to frighten a person from hell…Is

Jonathan Edwards, Anne Bradstreet, and William Bradford all give us different perspectives of God, and they all exemplify the Puritan’s belief system. They emphasize the everyday life of a Puritan Christian. With these outlooks on God, the Puritan’s view becomes more tangible and easier to understand their lifestyle.

The Puritans believed that God was in control of everything that was in occurrence. They thought that if things were not going well, it was all-apart of God’s will. When things were going dandy, they felt that God had smiled on them and they were one of the elect. This is reflected in William Bradford’s “Of Plymouth Plantation.” Bradford writes, “Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought to safe land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element.”(89). This excerpt takes places after they made it safely to land, after a bad trip on the sea. Bradford views God as one that can do anything and is all-powerful. God helped them overcome the ocean and make it sa

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