... one monotonous sentence. Bradford's word choice epitomized the 'plain style' and that was all the Puritan society would read or hear until Jonathan Edwards. 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 ... you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked." Reverend Edwards was comparing God and man to someone holding a spider over a fire. Another excellent illustra...

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... soaking showers of converting, sanctifying grace sent from heaven will do the business for us, and indeed, nothing else. In New England, revival started with the fiery preaching of Jonathan Edwards. William Tennent became the leading figure in New Jersey and the middle colonies, and George Whitefield took the South with his preaching of methodology. This revival, with it's fiery preachers ... publishing "A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God," which described the awakening of his church and served as a model for the American and British revivalists. During the Great Awakeni...

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... primitive. Preachers were described as " ignorant wretches who could not read or write", and "a gang of lunatics". In light of this spiritual decay came engelistic preachers like the Congregationalists Johnathan Edwards and George Whitefield. Their preaching through sermons, such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and "Gales of Heavenly Wind" brought followers into a different state of mind. Often ... began in the middle colonies in the late 1730's and spread to New England and some areas in the south. One of the main preachers of this revival was Johnathan Edwards. He declared t...

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... a seminary to train clergymen, now known as Princeton University. The movement spread to New England to the Puritans and Baptists. One of the main figures in the Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards, gave emotionally charged sermons. His sermons usually focused on "terrifying images of the utter corruption of human nature and the terrors awaiting the unrepentant in Hell" (Heyrman). One of his ... ...

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