4. This stanza,written by Edward Taylor in the 17th century,from a part of his poem Upon a Spider
Catching a Fly, states the moment when the devil "saw a pettish wasp" and is cautious if it because of
"his sting". Taylor uses a metaphor using the wasp as one type of man that is a sinner but tries its best to be free from its sin, and the spider as the devil who spins threads of silk to catch its prey. In other words, a sinner has fallen upon the devils wrath but because the sinner is one who has God's Grace, its life is able to be spared whereas the fly, another representation of a man who is caught in the devils wrath, is one who is vulnerable and is devoured by evil. Here, Taylor composes his literary work to show Puritans that everyone has some kind of predestination, in other words, a future …show more content…
The Puritans are to accept this and worship God's sovereignity and grace.
3. This stanza, a part of a sermon from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God written by Johnathan
Edwards in the 17th Century, portrays that God has "the Arrow made ready on the string, and Justice bends the arrow at your heart" an arrow" pointing at his people and that if they commit a sin, they will be pusnished. Edwards uses imagery in his sermon to convince his audience through fear. In other words, the bow of god is pointed against and at you and released when sin a sin is commited and
"without any Promise or Obligation at all". Here, Edward speaks with an agonizing tone to reach out to his audience and give them a new perspective of their God. He sends a message to his audience by saying that God's Grace, Sovereignity, Goodness is for the better of thier belief and religion. He sends a message explaining that the future of one person is established way before they were created it was in a matter of whether you are to dwell in Heaven or Hell. This also shows God's power in comparison to human fraility in which no man can go against or overpower
Catching a Fly, states the moment when the devil "saw a pettish wasp" and is cautious if it because of
"his sting". Taylor uses a metaphor using the wasp as one type of man that is a sinner but tries its best to be free from its sin, and the spider as the devil who spins threads of silk to catch its prey. In other words, a sinner has fallen upon the devils wrath but because the sinner is one who has God's Grace, its life is able to be spared whereas the fly, another representation of a man who is caught in the devils wrath, is one who is vulnerable and is devoured by evil. Here, Taylor composes his literary work to show Puritans that everyone has some kind of predestination, in other words, a future …show more content…
The Puritans are to accept this and worship God's sovereignity and grace.
3. This stanza, a part of a sermon from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God written by Johnathan
Edwards in the 17th Century, portrays that God has "the Arrow made ready on the string, and Justice bends the arrow at your heart" an arrow" pointing at his people and that if they commit a sin, they will be pusnished. Edwards uses imagery in his sermon to convince his audience through fear. In other words, the bow of god is pointed against and at you and released when sin a sin is commited and
"without any Promise or Obligation at all". Here, Edward speaks with an agonizing tone to reach out to his audience and give them a new perspective of their God. He sends a message to his audience by saying that God's Grace, Sovereignity, Goodness is for the better of thier belief and religion. He sends a message explaining that the future of one person is established way before they were created it was in a matter of whether you are to dwell in Heaven or Hell. This also shows God's power in comparison to human fraility in which no man can go against or overpower