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A 5 page paper evaluating and discussing this piece written by John Winthrop, a Puritan governor. It is compared in the paper to the style of Winthrop’s account of the hearings of Anne Hutchinson that eventually culminated in Mrs. Hutchinson being excommunicated from the church and exiled from the colony. Winthrop’s personal accounts were written by a man who was far too aware of his own shortcomings; his account of the Hutchinson proceedings were written by one with no shortcomings at all. No additional sources.
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been. Though their dedication to their religion is obvious, the cultural differences in society then and now often mask whether their personal commitment to their God matched the fervor
with which they made outward show. Reading John Winthrops own account of his personal journey toward Christian maturity removes any doubt that his dedication to his God was as
real in his heart as it was apparent in his court. Winthrops Style The self-deprecating
tone of Winthrops account of his early years as a Christian is disconcerting, given the reputation for severity that has grown around him over the centuries. He relays that
he was quite a normal young man, given to various types of adolescent frivolities on which he later seemed to pass judgment rather harshly. He is quick to ensure
that the reader understands that even though he was far from the model young man, he nevertheless was not one of the completely depraved, however. "In my youth I
was very lewdly disposed, inclining unto and attempting ... all kind of wickednesse, except swearing and scorning religion" (p. 234). Even these exceptions he attributes to the quality of
his education, rather than to his natural bent, however. Though he was raised in and surrounded with religion, it was not until illness
prevented normal activity that he actually discovered God. Winthrop wrote this account in New England in 1637; the date of his actual conversion was closer to the turn of
the 17th century, a time in which illness was not well understood and was in fact feared. England had suffered from various communicable disease epidemics, and of course no
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