... the more simple for preachers and writers to make convincing arguments regarding religion. In documents showing puritan religion arguments, Michael Wigglesworth, Cotton Mather, and Jonathan Edwards influenced people by relating to their personal guilt or fear. In the document, "The Diary of Michael Wigglesworth," Wigglesworth makes a convincing argument for people in the late 1600s by using his own personal experience to relate to people ... to become a habit. Pride, being one of the seven deadly sins of man in Christian belief, is a natural and common feeling of being understood, which m...

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... the Puritans. The message of Winthrop and his followers was to base society and its government on a strong faith in God as well as digging it firmly in moral behavior. Michael Wigglesworth's poem titled The Day of Doom is another literary piece that sheds light on the religious morals and values that the Puritans maintained. However, in relatively stark contrast to Winthrop ... ...

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