Rhetorical Analysis Of Winthrop Delivered Sermon Called A...

Winthrop delivered a sermon called, A Modell of Christian Charity, in which he talked about what Christians, should be and what they shall do. I chose the first quote among his sermon because it seemed to be the overall theme of Winthrop’s message. Love was a concept that every Christian tried to have towards each other and to their enemies. The first quote is related to the third because love is a bond of perfection and Christians must love their enemies and do well to those who hate them. It is impossible for people to love perfectly, without hate or dislike. Christ loved perfectly though and his example is what the Christians longed to be. In John 4:8 it says, â€Å"A glorious body without spot or wrinkle the ligaments here of being Christ or his love for Christ is love.† According to Winthrop, all Christians must strive to love like Christ did their enemies and their own brethren. To love perfectly was to show the bond of perfection to love one another. The fact tha t Winthrop made the journey to America was a hard decision but showed true commitment to his religion and it was obviously of importance to him to sacrifice losing his life on the ship. Though sometimes the Christians failed at loving their enemies or each other, at least they tried. Protecting themselves from the Indians had to be done at times because of Indians stealing or attacking them. Overall, I personally think that the Christians did try to be loving before attack or massacres. By bearing the