... God keeps that arrow one moment from being drunk with your blood" (38). The reader is struck with a picture of God being the only thing standing between him and a painful death. Edwards has a ranging tone throughout his sermon. He begins with a threatening attitude by saying "the devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash ... . Henry wraps up his speech with an uncivilized and passionate attitude where he lets his emotions pour out, "Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" (90). All thes...

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