Why would this sermon be scary or intimidating to someone of Puritan faith?

They really didn't like Christmas

They believed in fairies

If they liked it then they should have put a thimble on it

They were kind to scholar

but rotten to adulterers

and positively medieval to Quakers

They liked a drink

None of their hats had buckles on

Life was so hard, the children preferred to be abducted by Native Americans

Naming a child was an act of spiritual prediction