POLS 1402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mary Rowlandson, Omnibenevolence
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Paragraph #1: god"s protection of the native americans. Rowlandson portrays god"s omnibenevolence through the native american"s safety, and shows how all people are protected by god whether they choose to believe in him or not. God would not allowed the english men to cross the river, because the native americans were not prepared to fight. The native american"s were truly thriving, because the english army [came] after them to this river, [ ] and yet this river put a stop to them. God did not give them courage or activity to go over after us. We were not ready for so great a mercy as victory and deliverance. If we had been god would have found out a way for the english to have passed this river (v). When the englishmen were not able to cross the river, it was rowlandson"s belief that god was protecting the native americans.
