I believe the writer is trying to say in this passage is that the God created a new world for the colonists from Europe in America and they tried to be a better model to show others how a wonderful place they have created and kept. Those colonists tried to form a good government and society in the New England but to kept knowning that they were still English.
The main reason why those colonists left England and wanted to create the New England was to have freedom of religion. Back in the old centuries, English government forced all people to to church and follow the same religion as the king did. The king or government often to ask colonists to do some sacrifices the God or give money to the church. At this time, most of people did not have any good educations, all they knew and learned was about their religions, so religion meant a lot to them during this time.
Since more and more Europeans moved to another place, those English people tried to run away from the society they lived in. Most of them moved to America to get freedom of religion of what they believed in. As more and more new colonists moved to America, they started and tried to form a colony like England but with different rules and society. So the writer said, “[W]hen he shall make us a praise and glory that men shall say of succeeding [colonies], ‘the Lord make it like that of New England.’ For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us[.]”. Because what they knew better was religion and God, so they thought the God created a new world for them to live and take a good control of it. They tried to make it as good as possible and be ones that willing to change to show others and follow them.
In my position, I am really impressive of what those colonists tried to create and do for their new socirty. If I was one tem them who lived in England and had to follow whatever the king or church said, I would moved to a better place to live. Just like the reason why my mom chose to to moved to America four years ago. She said that in Taiwan, there is less chance to find a good job, even the people who had high education. So my family moved to America like those colonists to find more chances and miracles in a new place or society. It always hard to form or get use to a new place, but as long as I am willing to give a try and word hard, I know i will be succeeful in the future as what those colonist did a good job on creating a New England for a better life with freedom.
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Be sure to quote the passage and give the author's name in your response.
There are some word choice and grammatical issues, but I was expecting way less from you, Vicky. By that, I mean that your expressed discomfort with writing and reading in English is again just nervousness that you need to push through like you did here. I am very proud of what you have done here, and I hope that you are, too!
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