By the 1660s and 1670s, ministers were regularly castigating people for selfishness, manifestations of pride, violations of the

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By the 1660s and 1670s, ministers were regularly castigating people for selfishness, manifestations of pride, violations of the

sabbath, and a "great backsliding" from the colony’s original purposes. Identify the statements that describe "jeremiads" and how ministers used them to influence the actions of settlers.

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lord [1] · Answer 1 · 2023-09-07T23:30:05+03:00

The statements that describes Jeremiads are:

interpretations of social and environmental issues—like failed crops and disease—as God's disapproval
warnings issued by ministers for violations of the church's teaching

<h3>Who were the Jeremiads?</h3>

The Jeremiads were the religious ministers that tried to establish a sort of social control on the society.

These set of people were always having prophecies about the imminent downfall of the society.

The ministers used this as a way of controlling the moral life and the actions of the settlers.