Anne Bradstreet Beliefs

Bradstreet’s beliefs are that God has a reason for doing everything. She believes that her house and possessions destroyed because that’s the way God intended it to be. In line 14 of the poem, Bradstreet writes plainly,” I blest his name that gave and took, that laid my goods now in the dust. Yea, so it was, and so ‘twas just.”. Bradstreet had put all of her faith in God and,“blessed his name”. She believes that he will take care of everything, and make everything okay in the end. Material things don’t matter here on Earth, because Earth won’t be her permanent home. She’ll be in Heaven, where material things aren’t going to be important anymore. All that will be of importance for her will be to glorify her God.
In line 45, Bradstreet says,”
With glory richly furnished, Stands permanent though this be fled.”. She means that she will be leaving Earth one day. She will be in Heaven permanently. Heaven will always be her home. Though the situation may be tragic, with her losing many of her possessions, Bradstreet handled the whole situation very well. Most people would have just broke and gave up. Yet, through all the chaos, she put all of her faith in God. Without her religious beliefs she could have ended up like other people and could have given up. However, she remained strong and calm, knowing God would take care of everything.
Bradstreet lost her own place to stay while she stays here on Earth. In line 34 she tells us that,” Under thy roof no guest shall sit, nor at thy table eat a bit.”. Trying to stay true to her beliefs, she tries to not let Earthly matters get in the way of worshipping God. The most important thing on Earth is to know and truly believe in God. That he is going to accept you into Heaven depending on how you were on Earth. In conclusion, Bradstreet stayed faithful to her religion and handled losing all of her possessions and her home very well and calmly.