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God And Nature In William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation

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The excerpt “Of Plymouth Plantation” comes from a collection of journal entries written by William Bradford during his time in colonial America. In the writing, Bradford, through multiple writing techniques, clearly displays his Puritan beliefs of God and nature. The Puritan love for God shows in Bradford's writing through a sense of awe. An example of this follows: “they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them very the vast and furious ocean,...” The people in the quote praised God and credited him for allowing their entrance into the new world. Also, in paragraph three, Bradford refers to a biblical story and compares it to the “barbarians” among them. Comparing a real life situation to one in the

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