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Early American Writers     In the literature of early American writers there is one common traitamong completely 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 settling into her home, her poems became fullof emotion and spoke nigh concerns from her heart. She was religious andbelieved that men had superiority over women.     A common concern in these religious writers was the unimportance ofmaterial things on Earth. In Bradstreets Upon the Burning of Our domiciliate July10th, 1666, her house was burned 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 ready comfort in god and her belief inher made her strong and able to move on in her life. When she starts thinkingabout all her possessions that she had woolly 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, "leading me to sweet-scentedcontemplations of my great and glorious God." Jonathan was also a puritan fromthe early America, however, he was a preache...