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views through puritan values and revelation ,while Franklin uses ideological and scientific reason. Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and Benjamin Franklin's “The Autobiography " demonstrates their views on achieving moral perfection. Edwards’ sermon displayed a profound emotional impact through fear. Jonathan Edwards's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, was delivered on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut. It was preached in order to grab the attention of 'sinners'…

describes the unpredictable aspect of God’s wrath. He illustrates this in the quote, “O sinner! Consider the fearful danger you are in: it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over in the hand of that God, whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you, as against many of the damned in hell. You hang by a slender thread, with the flames of divine wrath flashing about it, and ready every moment to singe it” (Edwards 124).…

The sermon was “sinners in the hands of an angry God”. It was one of his most famous sermons during the Great Awakening. The sermon describes the fire and brimstone that will be waiting for sinners in hell. Edwards sermon touched nearly everyone in town to the point that almost everyone…

One fear tactic that is used repeatedly throughout Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is the use of daunting adjectives such as: “wicked,” “evil,””torments,” and “damned.” These words are thrown blatantly into the listener’s face inevitably capturing their attention. Modern day preachers use similar techniques. Charles…

Edwards says, “if God should withdraw his hand they would avail no more to keep [them] from falling, than the thin air to hold up a person suspended in it.”(paragraph 2) His replacement of thin air instead of air, exaggerates the inability of air to keep you from falling. This adequately captures the dependence of the congregation on God because it is his hand -- not human reasoning -- that is stopping the audience from falling. Evoking fear that a slight hand movement could send them to hell.…

Often in sermons pastors persuade their audience to behave in a spiritual or moral fashion. Such is the case in "the sinners of an angry god" by Edwards, Jonathan where he educate the sinners that god can destroy sinners with ease if they do not repent. Edwards wanted to impact his audience by appealing to their fears, pity, and vanity. Edwards had a tremendous impact on his puritan audience because of his use of cautionary tone, clear imagery, and symbolic figurative language. To begin, the…

thanks God for the gift she was given in “Here Follow Verses upon the Burning of Our House”. Meanwhile, Jonathan Edwards talks about God being angry with them and sending them to hell when they die because of their wickedness in “From Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. Both talk about God but in different opinions. Anne Bradstreet is the author of a text called “Here Follow Verses upon the Burning of Our House” and in this text she talks about her opinions towards God. She talks about the…

Ed Welch’s A Small Book About A Big Problem packs a massive punch about the dangers of unmortified anger in our lives. The book itself is very small in size, and its nearly 200 pages are divided into 50 days of devotions which can each be read in 5 or 10 short minutes. Be forewarned; you will walk away convicted on most days! If you haven’t discovered that anger is a sin struggle in your life, Welch may help you discover the ways this deceitfully hidden sin takes root in your life. A Small Book…

the Earth; so ’tis easy for us to cut or singe a slender Thread that any Thing hangs by; thus easy is it for God when he pleases to cast his Enemies down to Hell,” (Edwards 5). In this context, Jonathan Edwards, a minister who wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, is putting a fiery image into the minds of the Puritans who attended his sermon on the day of July 8th, 1741. At the time of the Great Awakening, there was a loss of faith directly related to the widespread use of science and…

The sermon “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” was given by Mr. John Edwards, a well-known minister, during the Great Awakening to a church congregation in hopes of educating them about the horrors of hell and alerting sinners that in order to be saved they need to turn to God for forgiveness. One idea that characteristically appears in the work of Edwards is that of human limitation. Mr. Edwards believes in the idea of human limitation and that no man is perfect or incapable of committing a…