Jonathan Edwards was a powerful speaker. He made his audience feel the words that he spoke. An example of this is in his speech, “Sinners in the hands of and angry God” when he says “...hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them, and would fain lay hold of them and swallow them up...” Jonathan’s speeches influenced the lives of many people. His congregations feared sinning. They fainted and cried at his services. Edwards was one of the pastors who were greatly involved in the Great Awakening. He spoke most of his sermons during this time and peo

ral men" of his audience, truly understand the horror of their sins. This style of writing differed so much from typical Puritan style that it often got Jonathan into trouble with his parish.

Edwards was more controversial and disputed and William Bradford was plain, simple and to the point. Even though both forms of writing varied from one another, both styles were successful in getting the author's point across.

Although living in near the same time period, William Bradford and Jonathan Edwards' style of writing were very contrary to each other. Bradford a typical Puritan author followed suit and used the 'plain style' of writing while on the other hand Edwards went to the other extreme with incorporating fear and blame in his speeches. Jonathan

The Reverend Jonathan Edwards chose a style expressing his concerns much more creatively than his fellow Puritan authors. Jonathan's style was almost the complete opposite than the 'plain style.' He used many figures of speech and metaphors. An example of one of these fiery metaphors is from his s

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