More Crucible Quotes and Stuff

"She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a -
"Do you look for whippin'?" (23-24)

This quote is important since in it, John Proctor is talking to his wife Abigail. In this dialogs, we learn that Abigail has a rival named Elizabeth, who is not speaking well of Abigail and associates well with Proctor. At the time, bad reports of a certain person could lead people to think them as a witch and then execute them. The last line shows Proctor defending Elizabeth, which may be an indication that he might turn on Abigail if led too far astray.

Judging by this, who might a person in Salem at this time turn in as a witch?

"I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation. Take it to heart, Mr. Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more." (28-29)

This quote is important since it shows that the church of the time has come to mention God less and less. At the time, people were going around, accusing each other of being witches and for evil things as a whole. At church, which is God's alleged house, the priest typically talks about God's goodness. The failure of the church to make God's goodness openly expressed in mass could have perhaps channeled all the coarse feelings that the people of Salem felt at the time.

How might the failure to mention God in a regular mass affect the meaning of it?