William Bradford Informational Paper: Religion In The Separatist's Life
October 16th 2014
William Bradford Informational Paper The Separatists’ relied very heavily on religion when they came to America. Religion guided the lives of the Separatists in both their private and public concerns. Religion was a major factor in the way that the Separatists’ lived their private lives. There are many prime examples of this seen before the Separatists’ even reached America. As seen in Desperate Crossing there was robust young sailor that was very rude to everyone on the ship. He was not one of the Separatists’, he was one of the strangers or indentured servants that came along. He would throw buckets of water on everyone and laugh and curse the people of the ship. This sailor was the first one to get sick and die out of everyone on …show more content…
Bradford saw this as an act of God. That the young sailor’s curses lighted his own head. Meaning he got what he deserved for being mean to everyone. Also, later on in the voyage there was a time of illness and sickness. The sick became very weak and would have died without help. It was known that if one were interact with a sick person that they are more likely to get sick but Bradford and the Separatists’ believed that God controlled who got sick and who stayed well. So those who were well did not hesitate to help the ill because If god wanted them to get sick, than they would get sick. The Separatists’ found even more belief in God in this because everyone got sick except for the 3 most important people. Those people being William Bradford, Myles Standish, and William Bruister. (Blake, Desperate Crossing) Then there was the issue of approaching Pollock’s Rip. The
William Bradford Informational Paper The Separatists’ relied very heavily on religion when they came to America. Religion guided the lives of the Separatists in both their private and public concerns. Religion was a major factor in the way that the Separatists’ lived their private lives. There are many prime examples of this seen before the Separatists’ even reached America. As seen in Desperate Crossing there was robust young sailor that was very rude to everyone on the ship. He was not one of the Separatists’, he was one of the strangers or indentured servants that came along. He would throw buckets of water on everyone and laugh and curse the people of the ship. This sailor was the first one to get sick and die out of everyone on …show more content…
Bradford saw this as an act of God. That the young sailor’s curses lighted his own head. Meaning he got what he deserved for being mean to everyone. Also, later on in the voyage there was a time of illness and sickness. The sick became very weak and would have died without help. It was known that if one were interact with a sick person that they are more likely to get sick but Bradford and the Separatists’ believed that God controlled who got sick and who stayed well. So those who were well did not hesitate to help the ill because If god wanted them to get sick, than they would get sick. The Separatists’ found even more belief in God in this because everyone got sick except for the 3 most important people. Those people being William Bradford, Myles Standish, and William Bruister. (Blake, Desperate Crossing) Then there was the issue of approaching Pollock’s Rip. The