John Winthrop‚ a devout Puritian‚ is a governor‚ not a minister. However‚ while sailing on the Atlantic with others seeking refuge‚ Winthrop wrote a Sermon called “A Model of Christian Charity‚” that uses key concepts of philanthropy to hold the community to a high standard of Christian behavior. As a politician‚ Winthrop wants a community that will thrive and sustain‚ to get this‚ he explains that these citizens must act together as one bond. A thriving community is a concern for Winthrop because
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English attorney John Winthrop represented the new gentry that had flourished under the Tudor regime‚ but despite his privileged position Winthrop became increasingly disenchanted with the oppressive and corrupt Stuart monarchy. A time when Charles I‚ a true believer of the divine right of kings‚ decided to rule without parliamentary consent‚ and imprison Puritan parliamentary leaders in 1629. Winthrop penned A Model of Christian Charity in response to his disillusionment on his way to New England
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John Winthrop’s sermon‚ “A Model For Christian Charity”‚ shares deeply religious reasons and views on loving one another in “brotherly affection”‚ putting others before ourselves‚ and caring for others as if their problems are our own. Winthrop does create very good and direct points as to why we should be more unified in love through Christ the Lord. My reaction while reading this sermon was that I found it surprisingly intriguing. Reading the different points Winthrop made about how we should treat
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A Model of Christian Charity In 1630‚ John Winthrop led a fleet of 17 ships and a thousand puritans from England to the Massachusetts Bay. With a new place to call home‚ John Winthrop and the puritans hoped for a fresh start in the new world. The main reason for this new beginning was due to the fact that they had broken apart from England’s Church and had declared to start their own church. They believed that starting a new church was ordained by God and that the Massachusetts Bay area was given
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A MODEL FOR CHRISTIAN CHARITY: JOHN WINTHROP Saturday‚ January 26‚ 2013 9:56 PM 3 TOPICS: THE DOUBLE LAW OF NATURE AND GRACE LOVE IS THE BOND OF PERFECTION THE APPLICATIONS IN SECTION 2 OF PERSONS‚ WORK‚END‚ AND MEANS. THE DOUBLE LAW IS USED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SPECIFICS OF EACH SITUATION. LIKE SHOWING MERCY ON A RICH MAN IN A CRISIS SITUATION. MORAL LAW TELLS US THAT MERCY SHOULD BE SHOWN TO THOSE WITHOUT‚ NOT THOSE THAT HAVE. BUT THE LAW OF THE GOSPEL TELLS US TO SHOW MERCY
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Although a community can be simply defined as a group of people living in the same place‚ the significance of a community is far more complex. John Winthrop and St. Jean de Crevecoeur express their passion for an ideal world where the people are united and work for the good of the society. In A Model of Christian Charity‚ Winthrop lays out specific guidelines that must be followed in order for the Puritan settlers to live cordially together in this New World. He writes‚ “every man might have need
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a group of Puritans headed by John Winthrop endured the journey across the Atlantic in pursuit of founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to escape religious persecution in England. As a Cambridge scholar‚ upper-class man‚ and politician‚ Winthrop assumed position of governor in the newly established community. Even from the start of their journey‚ Winthrop spoke in depth about his vision for an independent Puritan society in “A Modell of Christian Charity." He outlines the various social
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John Winthrop “A Model of Christian Charity” (1630) Daisha A. Powell South University John Winthrop “A Model of Christian Charity” (1630) The Puritans had different beliefs from the Pilgrims in which they jilted separatism postulating the Anglican Church could be saved. They wanted to build churches to function as models for the English Church. John Winthrop on the eve of the puritans’ settlement of Massachusetts Bay wanted to have a structure of government and social order already established
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Rodjanét Williams History 101 Professor Panski March 13‚ 2013 A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop Essay John Winthrop began his and his fellow Puritan’s journey to the New World with words meant for comfort‚ guidance‚ and inspiration. Instead‚ what he delivers is a speech of timeless philosophy and life guiding principles. “A Model of Christian Charity” was a sermon delivered to the passengers aboard the Arabella in 1630. Winthrop delivered this sermon as he led a massive expedition
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Many literary authors throughout history have provided different and distinctive views on the positive and negative effects of human nature on society. In his sermon “A Model of Christian Charity‚” John Winthrop expressed that the Godly nature of the new settlers to New England would shape the entire future of America‚ and he hoped this effect would be a positive one that would lead people to believe in God. In contrast‚ writers such as James Fenimore Cooper and Catherine Marie Sedgwick‚ wrote about
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