... easy for God to defeats anything as it is for humans to tread on worms. All these comparisons demonstrate that God has power over all things. Things get scarier when Edwards depicts the crucial scene of Hell. The damnation never stops; the pit turns into a raging fire; the furnace swallows the flames. All these images describe a severe picture of how torturous ... they will be condemned to Hell. The final time could be come in a year, a month, or a day. It's quite important for the sinners to have their own first great awakening. Edwards also successfully scared the sinners with the ima...

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... as using "new techniques of promotion and publicity as it did a reawakened religious sentiments among colonial men and women. " (pg 90) Jonathan Edwards engages many methods in his sermon to induce the people in the congregation that they are completely dependent on God, and they must devote their ... whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you, as against many of the damned in hell. "(Pg 87) Just like Jonathan Edwards, another great spark in the Great Awakening there was George Whitefield. According to the writing of Harry S. Stout, Whitfield used advertising techniques such...

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... this sermon. Edward's efforts to scare people into a more rigid, pious lifestyle can be seen throughout his sermon. One of the many fear tactics used by Edwards, is evident when he says, "If god should only withdraw His hand from the floodgate , it would immediately fly open , and the fiery floods of the ... means in terrorizing people. Even today the mention of hell and the fires that burn there can send a chill up and down the spine of any listener. Edwards in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," clearly sends the message to people to live better more devout lifestyles or face excom...

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... of hell. Some elements that he used was either-or thinking, bandwagon, and emotionally loaded words. Much of his sermon was either- or. The metaphors Edwards used were strong and effective on his audience. "It is true, that the judgment against your evil works- There were Biblical allusions, references to God and ... His power. The imagery portrayed by Edwards was astonishing. They painted such pictures in someone's mind, such gory imagery. "That lake of burning brimstone, is extended abroad under you. There . wide gaping ... to explain the wrath of God were so informative, so descriptiv...

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... subjects. What truly lies beyond is a matter of faith and belief. Anne Bradstreet, author of "Upon the Burning of our House" and Jonathan Edwards who wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" both share a veneration of God; however their view of the Lord are strikingly different ... . Subsequently, the varying religious views of Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards distinguish several literary elements in each author's works. Although Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet share a similar religious belief their point of view could not be further apart. Bradstreet views God ... of an an...

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... as a merciful, divine, and just God. His heart was contrite before he had fallen asleep that night, and he was aware of God's mercy. Jonathan Edwards is a preacher who gets his point across very quickly in his sermon he preached in Northampton, Massachusetts. His beliefs are strong and dignified. He understands God to ... them to hell anytime he wishes, He is strongly provoked into sending them to hell, but doesn't send them to hell based on what pleases him. Edwards believes that anyone who has not had a great change of heart, and has been born again or made into a new creature without ...

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... heads of his audience at the bell rope that hung on the back wall. Even then, his listeners were said to have screamed in terror and Edwards stopped multiple times to ask for silence. His purpose was to instill fear in the people to make them live solely for God, and I believe ... he was successful in this. Edwards appealed to the people's strongest emotion: fear. He basically told them that without God, they would fall into the fiery pits of hell. While there ... only save His chosen few. The rest could try to earn a spot in heaven, but the chances were slim to none. I believe the way ...

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... 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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... 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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... . Most people love, fear and praise God. Some people believe in a gentle god, while others believe in a vengeful god. In "The Sinners in the hands of an Angry God", Jonathon Edwards believes in the latter, a bitter and merciless god. His teaching inspired dread and predicted doom for the sinners. There were people in our world history that aspired greatness by intimidating ... Hands of an Angry God," the author believes that "The god holds you over the pit of hell much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire." (Edwards, pg 59). He believes that God is angry with us a...

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