Rhetorical Analysis Model of Christian Charity

In John Winthrops sermon, Model of Christian Charity, Winthrop uses glib diction and gures of speech to reinforce his idea of a city upon a hill, which is having absolute unity and conformity in able for the colony to prosper, in which others will look to as an example for guidance. His entire sermon is in a rst person plural to refer to the Puritans that he is speaking to and proverb that they are a group that is not diverse. Winthrop states that they must be break down together, in this work, as one man, which means that every individual is meant to confound a commitment to the group that those individuals are meant to work together as common destiny. By referring that the Puritans must embrace the ideas of being the city upon a hill, suggesting that they all come together no matter what their differences are to stimulate a much larger entity, in which others around them will follow for guidance. Not only does John Winthrop insist on the unity in the midst of and among the i ndividual Puritans, he in addition searches in a unity in the midst of graven image and humans.Winthrop talks about the deep trammel net that the Puritans hire with God he is not only binding them together, but he is also showing the higher purpose that God intends to have. Winthrop states that is order to keep the bond with God they must follow his ways and keep their Covenant with Him, so they will be able to prosper. Winthrop is combing politics with religion that foreshadows this part of theocracy to come and also dramatically setting this as an example of a spiritual and physical unity that Winthrop seems to impulse on among his people and mingled with his people and God.Winthrop shows his desire for his city upon a hill through his motivational speaking to the Puritans and suggesting them to have this sense of community to succeed their goal and to have faith in God and in his ways, to succeed in this dress of accomplishment.