Question

How do the ideas presented in the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” help to explain the trial of Martha Carrier?

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was a famous sermon in American colonial times, delivered by preacher Johnatan Edwards on July 8, 1741, in Northhampton, Massachusetts. In the speech, he referred to the wrath of God due to the sins of people., so people had to fear God and his almighty power. It was the most famous speech of the period called the First Great Awakening in the United States.

The ideas presented in the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” help to explain the trial of Martha Carrier in that people believed that Carrier was a witch, and so, she had to be punnisg¿hed for her sins to lower God's wrath. Martha Carrier, from Andover, was accused of witchcraft. Her trial began on August 2, 1692, and three days later she was found guilty and sentenced to death.

Answer 2

The ideas presented in the sermon "Sinners in the hands of an Angry God"helps to explain the trial in the sense that people who sin will be tortured  the way many people confessed that they had been tortured by Martha or a Carrier.Many people confessed that their neck had been twisted by 360 degrees as if they had sinned and angry God gave them punishment.