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    252 elgionin the USA 1 John Winthrop "A City upon a Hill" Before the Puritans debarked the Arbon 1690, Jobn Winthrop devarec is sermon A Model of Crsian CCharty." Wt eating forth goals of he Purtan mision and the means by which to atin them, ne offeed he ofen-quotad descripbon of New England asa cy upon a forthe wordt witness an fo Insate. The sermon dd much fo establish the idea of America asthe "New leat ~ John Winthvp. “A Model of Chistian Cnary” The Purtans: A Soureebook of te 34 by Pery Miler and Thomas H. Johnson (New Yerk: Harper and Row, 1963 [1998 pp. 188t. (Spling and punctuation have been mmosemized) ‘Thus stands the cause between God and ws. We are entered into covenant with Him fo ths work. We have taken outa commission, the Lord hath given us eave to ‘raw our own acles. We have professed to enterprise these actions, upon these and those ends, we have hereupon besought Him of favour and blessing. Now if the Lord shall leas o hear us, and bring usin pease tothe place we desir, then hath He aiid this covert and sealed our commission, [and] will expecta strict performance ofthe articles contained in it but we shal neglect the observation of these articles which are the ens we have propounded, and, dssembiing with our God, shall fall to embrace this present world and prosecute our carnal imtetions, seeking prea things for ‘ourselves and our posterity, the Lord will surly bret ‘ut in wrath agains us: be revenge of such peared ‘People and make ws know the pice ofthe breach of sich ‘Now the only way’ to avoid this shipwreck, and to provide for our posterity, i 0 follow the counsel of ‘Micah, to do justly, to lose mercy, 10 walk humbly ith our God. For this end, we must be knit together inthis work ax ‘one man. We must eee taimeach other in oer ly affection, we must be willing to abridge our selves of our petits {or the supply of others necessities. We must Uphold faite com- merce together in all rmeckness, gentleness, Paticnce and liberality ‘We must delight in each ‘other, make other com ‘ions our own, rejoice together, mou together Isbourand sie together, ays having before cur eyes our commission and ‘commenity in the work, owt Spot Have a pious thrifty, hardworking day.” ‘ur community as members ofthe same boy, So shall wwe keep the unity ofthe spirit inthe bond of peace. The Lord willbe our God, and delight to dwell among us a Hisown people, and will command ahlessing upon in all our ways, so that we shall se much more of His ‘wisdom, power, poodnes and tah, than formerly we have been acquainted with. We sal find thatthe Gr of Israelis among us, when ten of us shal be able to resist a thousand of eur enemies; when He shall make tsa praise and glory tha men shal say of succeeding plantations, “the Lord make it like that of NEW ENGLAND." For we must consider that we shal be as city upon ail The eyes of al people are upon us 50 ‘that if We shal deal falsely with our God inthis work ‘weave undertaken and so cause Him to withdraw His ‘resent help from us, we shall he msde story anda by ‘word through the wor. We shall open the mouths of enemies 10 speak evil of the ways of God, and all professors for Gals sake, We shll shame the faces of ‘many of God's worthy servants, and eause thei prayers to be tured into curses upon us. “ti we be ‘consumed out ofthe good Tand whither we are ‘going. And 10 shut up this Aiscourse with that ex horton of Moses, that faithful servant of the Lod, in his ast farewell to Israel, Deuteronomy 30, Beloved there snow Set before us life and good, death and evil in that we are commanded this day to lve the Loré ‘ur God, and love one another, walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His fordiance and His laws, and the articles of our covenant with Him, that we may live and be ‘uid, and hat he Lond our Go may less ws in the land whither we goto posses it Bu if our hears shall tm away. so that we will not obey bu shal be seduced, and worship other Gods, our pleasures and Profits, and serve them: is propounded unto us this ay, we shal surely perish out ofthe go! land whither os we pass over tis vast sea 10 poses elgion in the U.S.A. ‘Therefore let us choose ie that we and our seed smay ive By obeying His sive and eleaving to Hin, for He is our ie and rs ‘ur prosperity fs the stake placed in our hands: great is the respon: 66 Pimcrser owen wnt sibility which must rest upon the people of the United States, ~ Andree Jackson, 1892 ‘our years ago we raised a banner of bold colors - no pale pastels. We proclaimed a dream of an America that would 99 bbe“a shining city on a hill [.J Now it's all coming to- gether. With our beloved nation at peace. we are in the midst of a ‘springtime of hope for America, ~ Ranald Reagan. 1988 Vocabulary Inara te debark (10 0.08 so from a ship - Mtr Aerdetiver to speak of read lout people htenng Thue sermon nals ak sense pu of Chon ‘hurch sec, usually based on a Seca om the Bible Intra charity 0 sympsthy and Kindness shove when jing ters 2evemant (i) "EsVan! forma sro ereement berwcen two or more people of groupe = 3 ommision (1) pial jo, dy poser. even toa Peron or rep of pepe = 440 enerprse (ld we 0 {do to beseech of (was capery and aniousy = 6 ‘essing a ac of sking or sev Gas aoe tx petcton “0 performance er the a son of» promi 0 prep 1 pt eva ss apetion tf elnino cc) - 14 prosecute (1a) ‘ut 1 carnal a): concerning the eae of he ody = 18 posterity (ns persons descents 16 wrath os ol ange exp. base o he dst pans or hr Sone to oH perured (adh pair archaic) gly ‘fteaking an prom reat AB commerce (che) xchange of tet, opinions or fckings “35 meckness (2) the accents an opinions with gum Pen erly respect rer people pins ‘W elec ool or show pet oh“ toe tolise= 48 tn command (0 case br diet to come = 84 aceeing following, coming ar 60 byword) {the mame ofa person, plac. ce thing tht Feared ay ‘scien gt-8prtewar hae wh Gab heaven ct, tone sth eilortarmfl happen 0 fs th. 47 Yo camsume (fo destroy oF doe ith Completely 68 whither (ais) (achat) 10 which "TY ‘shortaton (nan eran, dace or ables someyng Srgem advice or recommendation "8S ordinance a8 ‘rer given by aero sede): toca and persue (0) todo thes. sth unwise or ather Bad 4 perish (6): hee to sani 97 need (m)-hee everyone who ‘cond ens parila poo cp. comer a fori ‘Sarclarrace-99toclenve to archaic) remain aya Selah ota perm se stato, ee) 101 prosperity Explanations Intr/3 New England othe tts of he nots comer sfthe US: Maine New Hanpshie, Vermont, Masachets Rhode land and Connect, Te Parts considered New [england a the plise promised to them by Gio ee Bad mi ral he lew a OM Testor es Tne New rae: Since they perceived of themselves as Gals ‘son hone people, he Pras wer fond of tering ‘how chart New Engin ath Nese el 87 "aly ‘pen a hla allison wo Manhew $14 ye ae the ight ‘ofthe word iy hte set nil cane Be id) Quotations. sake) asare ah. hat gives one an interestin wheter itsacoceds fal Cartoon ip. 252) ‘lta, wing money cartlly and wisely enna Sec | 253 Rolgionin ho USA Awareness 1) What do you think ware the reasons forthe Puritan leaving Europe? 2. What is evokee by the image used inthe tie of ext 17 3 What do we lern about Puttan ethics from the cartoon on page 252? Comprehension “Sum upin you! own words what Winthrop forbids the Puritans to do so that he covenant with God willnot be broton. '5 What does Wirthrop demand of his stnersin ardor to full the covenant with Goa? 55 How doos he se the significance of New England forthe world? 7 What wil be to fate ofthe Punta, i they do net lve according to Goes wil? Analysis 8. Divide the textup into sections to show the diferent stages in Winthop's sermon, 8. Inne srmon, Winthrop speaks of “our community az members of te same body” (45) and “frescos that hay "must be knit together in this work as one marl 2426) Explain the figures of speech and tha uso. 10. Cote the Bisel situsions in Wintnrop's sermon, What do they fll us about the Furitans (Americans understanding of themselves? Opinion 11 What do you tink isthe efect of promises like “The Lor. will command a blessing upon us i all our ways" I. 4648) or "the God of Israelis among us 811) on his listeners? 12 Da you thine Winthrop succeeds in maintaining his eters” approval? Project 12, ead the quotations by Andrew Jackson and Ronald Reagan and work out how far the ide ofthe ‘arly Puritan ae taken up in American poltial rhetore John Winthrop as bor into a wealth family in Suffolk County. England in 1588 In 1602 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge but he let college without a degree nd marred in 1605. Al the age of 18 Winthrop became susie of the peace and Son established legal practice n London. A decp eigows man, Winthop ew

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