In Search of Christ
Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards are well-known authors who live in the 17th century, during the Puritan age. Their writing is very different because Edwards writes about fiery pits of hell, while Bradstreet writes about love and being grateful. In both of their lives, God is important; everything revolves around God and a Puritan would question: Is this something God would do? The poems Upon the Burning of Our House and To My Dear and Loving Husband written by Anne Bradstreet shows how if a person sins, they will be eventually forgiven by God. While Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards shows if one does not convert to Christ, God will punish one forever. After analyzing these two authors, I believe…show more content… Edwards writes with paragraphs, in sermon format, with loaded words, and he is very upfront with what he says. Edwards helps show his true feelings in his style of writing by stating “Hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them and would fain lay hard on them, and swallow them up;” (126). Edwards does not hold back on what he wants to say; in this quote he says hell is waiting for them and is going to swallow them up if they do not convert to Christ. As mentioned, he is persuasive with his powerful, loaded words, and in this example we can see that he is powerful because he says hell is gaping for them. Edwards says it as it is, and he wants to scare the reader while doing it. Unlike Edwards, Bradstreet writes with stanzas, rhyming by the lines and she makes connections to the real world when she writes. Bradstreet states, “I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold” (line 5). You can make easy connections with this because she is saying that she would rather have love than mines of gold. Money does not mean anything to her; it is all about love. This theme is captured with her use of the words than and prize ; furthermore, her unique style is captured with the use of words like wrath, induced, and wicked. Bradstreet uses simpler words so the reader can better comprehend the poem and connect with it. Although both Edwards and Bradstreet are
