In 1666 Anne Bradstreet wrote Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666. According to Wayne Franklin, this poem was part of a copy of the second edition of poems (1678) that Bradstreet wrote, and was found in Reverend Edward Taylor’s library (Franklin, Wayne, page 187-188). In this poem she writes about the burning of her house as God’s doing. Even though it was hard for her in the beginning of the poem to assimilate she was losing everything she owned, as the poem goes on she accepts God’s will and gives up her belongings. By the end of the poem her belief in God is made even stronger. The three Puritan beliefs that are found in the poem Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666, are typology, backsliding, and faithfulness.
According to Paul P. Reuben, typology is the belief that God’s intentions are present in human action and natural phenomenon, and typology can be found in many …show more content…
Reuben (Reuben, Paul P.). People had to do constant soul searching to determine they were not backsliding, which was when people didn’t find joy in serving, and believing in God. “I weaker was with thunder’ ring noise” (line 3) Bradstreet’s disbelief in that moment when she woke up to chaos which is described in Mr. Howard’s essay “as a suggestion of the admonition that the Lord will come like a thief at night” (Howard, William L. 2007). People normally don’t feel joy when they see their homes consumed by a blazing fire. A puritan’s duty was to think of God first of all because that assured them that they were truly “saved” believers. For Anne Bradstreet it wasn’t easy to adjust to certain situations, and that is why she was viewed as a person who questioned her faith. To lose something so dear and knowing that it took hard work to obtain them would make anyone wonder if what they believed in was
According to Paul P. Reuben, typology is the belief that God’s intentions are present in human action and natural phenomenon, and typology can be found in many …show more content…
Reuben (Reuben, Paul P.). People had to do constant soul searching to determine they were not backsliding, which was when people didn’t find joy in serving, and believing in God. “I weaker was with thunder’ ring noise” (line 3) Bradstreet’s disbelief in that moment when she woke up to chaos which is described in Mr. Howard’s essay “as a suggestion of the admonition that the Lord will come like a thief at night” (Howard, William L. 2007). People normally don’t feel joy when they see their homes consumed by a blazing fire. A puritan’s duty was to think of God first of all because that assured them that they were truly “saved” believers. For Anne Bradstreet it wasn’t easy to adjust to certain situations, and that is why she was viewed as a person who questioned her faith. To lose something so dear and knowing that it took hard work to obtain them would make anyone wonder if what they believed in was