{"product_id":"a-model-of-christian-charity-a-city-on-a-hill-paperback","title":"A Model of Christian Charity: A City on a Hill - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Winthrop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.\" -John Winthrop, \u003cem\u003eA Model of Christian Charity\u003c\/em\u003e, 1630\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1630, the ship \u003cem\u003eArbella\u003c\/em\u003e left England carrying a group of Puritans led by John Winthrop for the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England. During this journey, Winthrop delivered a sermon, \u003cem\u003eA Model of Christian Charity\u003c\/em\u003e, in which he called upon the colonists to be stricter in their religious observance and to work together. He also declared that the settlers were destined to build a \"city upon a hill\"-influenced by the Bible's Sermon on the Mount. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis deeply religious text and its idea of a \"city upon a hill,\" has inspired several presidents from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama in their speeches about American exceptionalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso from Cosimo Classics: \u003cem\u003eGods Promise to His Plantation\u003c\/em\u003e (1630) by John Cotton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53058816770381,"sku":"9781646792627","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/WFp2djVBT0g5cHVZeEt2NEh0NUpDQT09.webp?v=1766526927","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/a-model-of-christian-charity-a-city-on-a-hill-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}