Analysis Of John Winthrop's Sermon
This essay is a sermon delivered by John Winthrop to the Puritans aboard the ship Arbella as it sailed to America in 1630. Winthrop was an early Puritan leader and the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Winthrop writes that God has purposely made some people to be rich and others poor in order to manifest his work in the areas of mercy, love, gentleness, temperance, faith, patience and obedience. He also speaks of the moral gospel' that requires man to help one another in every want or distress. This essay provides biblical references pertaining to man's obligation to help others. It captures the close relationship between philanthropy and religion as seen by the Puritans.
This document was written so that Puritans could have a sense of hope in the goals that they wanted to achieve in New England. In the concluding remarks of his sermon, we can see Winthrop's vision and purpose for New England: "Beloved, there is now set before us life, and good, death and evil in......
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