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What was Anne Hutchinson's punishment for contradicting the church's doctrine and challenging the colony's ministers?
- She was flogged publicly and then sent to live with Native Americans.
- She was banished from the colony and excommunicated from the church.
- She was forbidden to hold prayer meetings and forced to apologize.
- She was counseled by her minister and forgiven for "mistaken" thought.
Puritan punishment for dissent was harsh and also designed to eliminate the "danger" posed to others in the colony.
Puritan punishment for dissent was harsh and also designed to eliminate the "danger" posed to others in the colony.
Puritan punishment for dissent was harsh and also designed to eliminate the "danger" posed to others in the colony.
Puritan punishment for dissent was harsh and also designed to eliminate the "danger" posed to others in the colony.
Read this excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.
What effect did Edwards hope to accomplish with the figurative language in this sentence?
- Listeners would be frightened by his version of God and want to convert.
- Listeners would be angered by his version of God and refuse to convert.
- Listeners would be confused by his version of God and seek more guidance.
- Listeners would be inspired by his version of God and try to improve themselves.
All of the comparisons in the sermon discuss God's wrath.
All of the comparisons in the sermon discuss God's wrath.
All of the comparisons in the sermon discuss God's wrath.
All of the comparisons in the sermon discuss God's wrath.
Which statement best describes the difference between the writings of John Winthrop and the writings of Jonathan Edwards?
- Winthrop appealed to reason; Edwards appealed to emotion.
- Winthrop's writing was fluid; Edwards' writing jumped from topic to topic.
- Winthrop used vivid figurative language; Edwards' writing was very literal and straightforward.
- Winthrop wrote verse; Edwards wrote prose.
Winthrop hoped to document the colony's major events while Edwards hoped to save souls.
Winthrop hoped to document the colony's major events while Edwards hoped to save souls.
Winthrop hoped to document the colony's major events while Edwards hoped to save souls.
Winthrop hoped to document the colony's major events while Edwards hoped to save souls.
What is the main paradox in the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
- Humans are good and evil at the same time.
- God hates humans but saves them from eternal misery.
- God dangles humans over hell while humans dangle insects over fire.
- People who seem outwardly righteous can still go to hell.
God abhors humanity but is rounding up his "elect."
God abhors humanity but is rounding up his "elect."
God abhors humanity but is rounding up his "elect."
God abhors humanity but is rounding up his "elect."
Why did Winthrop find Anne Hutchinson's ideas so dangerous?
- He worried that her followers might believe they were above the law.
- He disagreed with her belief that people need help from ministers to reach God.
- She had brought too many Church of England ideas with her to New England.
- She believed in religious freedom for all, even the "savages" native to America.
Anne Hutchinson preached that the Holy Spirit filled the body of saved individuals, so they no longer had to follow laws.
Anne Hutchinson preached that the Holy Spirit filled the body of saved individuals, so they no longer had to follow laws.
Anne Hutchinson preached that the Holy Spirit filled the body of saved individuals, so they no longer had to follow laws.
Anne Hutchinson preached that the Holy Spirit filled the body of saved individuals, so they no longer had to follow laws.
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