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Earman 1 Jackie Earman Kay Ruth English 231 23, March, 2002 God's Glory and the Puritan beliefs Edward Taylor was considered to be one of America's foremost colonial poet's. Taylor was a devoted Puritan, and agreed with the Calvinistic beliefs of his time. The Literature Criticism by Person states, "Puritans felt that "Man's duty is to seek and to emulate God, which he can do by a kind of reverse metaphorical process, though full symbolic embodiment is beyond human process" (11: 401). In Taylor's poem, "God's Determinations", he shows a similarity to English metaphysical poets. "Taylor's metaphors, be they allegory or conceit, call attention to themselves, I will argue, not simply to flaunt poetic power but, simultaneously and somewhat paradoxically, to abuse themselves before the infinitely superior metaphors created by God" (Person 11: 401). Throughout the poem it seemed like Taylor had a personal desire to spread his in depth thoughts of God, and mankind. Taylor...

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