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Early American Writers     In the literature of former(a) American writers there is one common characteristicamong all the writings religion. Among Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwardsall speak of their opinion of religion, god, heaven, and material things.     Anne Bradstreet was a puritan wife, originally from England but thenmoved to America. Upon moving and subsiding into her home, her poems became fullof emotion and spoke about concerns from her heart. She was religious andbelieved that men had high quality over women.     A common concern in these religious writers was the low status ofmaterial things on Earth. In Bradstreets Upon the Burning of Our House July10th, 1666, her house was destroy to the ground. Nevertheless, she did not shedto many tears because she knew that "Thou hast an house on high erect," meaningthat her real home was in heaven. She found solace in god and her belief inher made her stro ng and adequate to move on in her life. When she starts thinkingabout all her possessions that she had lost she would "Raise up thy thoughtsabove the sky . . . " and remember these things do not matter, what matters isher "house on high."     Jonathan Edwards also found comfort in god, " guide me to sweetcontemplations of my great and glorious God." Jonathan was also a puritan fromthe early America, however, he was a preache...