Puritanism in John Winthrop "A model of Christian Charity"
Messages in Winthrop sermon are
also chosen with a deep but simple meaning, such as if you serve God well and follow him,
success will come to you; working hard was for the honor of God; God knows your fate
already since your birth, etc. All these messages were broadly about predestination and its
importance. The first message I brought out about serving God and receiving success is
mentioned in the sermon with the phrase ‘shipwreck’ as it follows:”Now the onely way to
avoyde this shipwracke, and to provide for our posterity, is to followe the counsell of Micah,
to doe justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God.” (Winthrop, 1996) ‘Shipwreck’
clearly represents failing the God and the consequences that accompany these kind of
behavior. Doctrine for avoiding this relies on simple and plain teaching – follow, love and
worship God.
The central idea itself focuses in the end of the poem where Winthrop compares their new
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