1. Jonathan Edwards
and the Puritans

2. Puritans
Called themselves “the godly”, but other people called them “Puritans.”
If they lived this way, Puritan people thought it would help them get into Heaven.
Puritans wanted to live quiet, simple lives, spending a lot of their time praying, reading the Bible, and listening to sermons.

3. Puritans Wore plain clothes & lived in plain houses.
Went to church a lot (all day on Sundays and often on other days too)
They thought that God wanted them to work very hard & be very serious.

4. Puritans (continued) Did not listen to music, party, or dance.
Believed that the Bible was God’s true law, and that it provided a plan for living.
Since God was at the forefront of their minds, He was to motivate all of their actions.

5. Beliefs The devil was behind every evil deed.
Words of hell fire and brimstone flowed from the mouths of eloquent ministers as they warned of the persuasiveness of the devil’s power.

7. Jonathan Edwards Puritan Minister
The delivery of the sermons became an art form.
Sermons were elegant, well formed, interpretive renditions of scripture, with a healthy dose of fear woven throughout the fabric of the literary construction

8. Vocabulary used in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Fire & brimstone: the torments suffered by sinners in hell
Wrath: strong vengeful anger
Prudence: the ability to govern & discipline oneself by the use of reason
Contrivance: the act of planning
Sovereign (adj): the most exalted kind; superlative in quality

9. Vengeance: punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense
Omnipotent: all-powerful
Loathsome: disgusting
Abhors: to regard with extreme dislike
Abominable: worthy of or causing disgust
Incensed: to arouse the extreme anger or indignation of
Asunder: into parts
Induce: to persuade or cause
Ineffable: inexpressible; unable to be spoken
Lamentable: mournful; expressing grief
Dolorous: sad; mournful
Pining: to lose vigor, health, or flesh
Vexation: the quality or state of being troubled