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Sins
Puritans
Jonathan Edwards
Vocabulary
Metaphors/Similes
100
This deadly sin shares a name with an animal, and is often attributed to lazy people.
What is sloth?
100
The Salem witch hunts are often compared to the 20th century hunts for communists in America, spearheaded by this infamous politician.
Who is McCarthy?
100
It's Edwards's occupation.
What is a preacher?
100
loathsome; disgusting; thoroughly detestable
What is abominable?
100
Edwards compares sinners to this common insect.
What is a spider?
200
If you eat a lot, you may be committing this deadly sin.
What is gluttony?
200
Early Puritan settlers reached a sort of treaty with this Native American tribe.
What is the Wompanog?
200
Edwards became fatally ill after receiving a vaccination for this disease.
What is smallpox?
200
rescue from danger
What is deliverance?
200
You have about as good of a chance of staying out of hell as a spider web does of stopping this falling object.
What is a rock?
300
It's this sin used to describe when you want more of something, usually something you don't need.
What is greed?
300
The author of Huswifery uses it as an extended metaphor for God's creations.
What is making clothes?
300
the year Edwards delivered his sermon to the congregation in Enfield, Connecticut
What is 1741?
300
scorns; hates; regard with disgust
What is abhors?
300
Edwards compares God's rage to this medieval weapon.
What is a bow and arrow?
400
Jealousy goes hand in hand with this deadly sin.
What is envy?
400
It's the thing of Anne Bradstreet's that burnt down.
What is a house?
400
Edwards attended this college
What is Yale?
400
attributed to a certain cause
What is ascribed?
400
Unconverted men are said to walk over the pit of hell on this
What is a rotten covering?
500
When you're angry, be careful; you might be committing this deadly sin.
What is wrath?
500
Cotton Mather defends these infamous practices in early Puritan settlements.
What are witch hunts?
500
Edwards was key in the spawning of this religious revival.
What is the Great Awakening?
500
to bring peace, quiet, or calm; to soothe
What is appease?
500
According to Edwards, God can cast his enemies down to hell as easily as we can tread on and crush this
What is a worm?