Jonathan Edwards

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Jonathan Edwards

• and the Puritans

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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.

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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.

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Puritans (continued)

• Did not listen to music, party, or dance.
• Believed that the Bible was Gods 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.

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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 devils power.

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1703-1758
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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

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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

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• 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