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    In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Jonathan Edwards uses many different examples of personification. One personification would be comparing Hell to an open mouth. Another personification is “The world would spew you out” ( Edwards 2). A third personification would be “Christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open” ( Edwards 4). There are many different types of figures of speech in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan Edwards uses personification to compare

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    classes. In fact, it plays a big part in our lives as Elder students. This is similar to Puritan literature in that the people and stories live their lives off of religion. It is the center of their world. Works that show this would be “sinners in the hands of an angry god”, “to my dear and loving husband”, and The Crucible. These example, and the rest of Puritan literature, have a strong focus on religion. In, “To my dear and loving husband” there is religion involved. The husband and wife in this story

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    The apprehensive feelings flow throughout the veins as the fear approaches closer and closer, but the rigid monster gives no escape to the people who show fear in their eyes. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller and “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards, the authors analyze the claim of how fear can influence a person’s mind and action to a breaking point of questioning their own capability by embedding the literary devices of metaphor and imagery. Although the authors have a similar

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    Puritan Test Question #4 Looking to help revive Puritanism, John Edwards became a traveling minuter giving intense, hellfire sermons. Through the powerful and relatable use of imagery, Edwards invoked fear and guilt from his audience in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. Many of Edwards’s imageries compared God’s wrath to nature and animals like snakes as a way to invoke fear. He claims that “you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eye than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours…”

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    God is loving, God is patient, God is understanding, God is also angry. Jonathan Edwards says it in the title, Sinners in The Hands of an Angry God. Humans are, hateful, impatient, indifferent, and angry. Two complete opposites share a feeling: anger. God is not human. How is it he can feel the human emotion of anger? Sinners in The Hands of an Angry God is a speech of spiritual awakening to all sinners, delivered by Jonathan Edwards in 1741. This born preacher was one of the leaders of The Great

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    The Puritan author Jonathan Edwards was most well known for his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, in which he vividly described the hell waiting for all sinners. Edwards used fear tactics to get listeners to abide with what he was preaching. Jonathan Edwards uses repetition and imagery to get his point across in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. The most common tool used by Edwards to frighten people into believing what he was saying was repetition. Jonathan Edwards was trying

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    An Analysis of the Sermon, “Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God” In the sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Edwards displays controversial viewpoints and ideas concerning heaven and hell. As Edwards speaks to the congregation he warns them of the misery and suffering they will face if they do not repent of certain sins. He also describes God as angry which probably struck fear into the hearts on many. To illustrate his own point that hell is unenviable without repentance Jonathan Edwards

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    Jonathan Edwards was an intelligent preacher from the great awakening, a religious revival in the 17th century. He preached to the puritans who lived an extremely strict and devout lifestyle. His famous six-hour sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, was given in 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut. In this sermon he used imagery, repetition, and figurative language to intimidate and terrify the people into seeking God’s grace. Edwards used imagery throughout his long sermon to visually show the

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    Puritans had steadfast religious beliefs which were also conveyed through literature. Two good examples of how puritans spread their word were Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God“ and their literal interpretation of The Bible. “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God“ was a long essay with immense amounts of vivid imagery of how sinners must repent or face burning in hell. It conveys the puritan view on how we must act and be holy men and woman or we will all suffer in the fiery pits of hell

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    sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741), proclaims that corrupt sinners face a fearful judgement. Edwards supports this claim by clarifying that if the puritans do not obey God’s ways, the outcome will end with death, and burning down in hell. His purpose is to convince the puritans that God is wrathful, in order to make them act right and not sin because of the dangers of damnation. He applies pathos, extreme imagery, and structure to warn the puritan congregation that corrupt sinners face

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