One reason Winthrop delivers this sermon to his congregation is to warn them that selfishness and greed will break their agreement with God and their mission will fail.

Which detail from the sermon best helps to convey this purpose?


A. “He looks to have it strictly observed in every article.… Thus stands the cause between God and us.”

B. “The Lord will be our God, and delight to dwell among us as His own people, and will command a blessing upon us in all our ways, so that we shall see much more of His wisdom, power, goodness, and truth, than formerly we have been acquainted with.”

C. “…and, dissembling with our God, shall fall to embrace this present world and prosecute our carnal intentions, seeking great things for ourselves and our posterity, the Lord will surely break out in wrath against us...”*

D. “We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies:...”