Keeps You From Being This Moment Swallowed Up In Everlasting Destruction By Jonathan Edwards

One of the most central beliefs in Puritan faith is that human nature is evil. They constantly need to access themselves and make up for their sins. That is a point that is strongly emphasized throughout the sermon. In fact, even the first sentence brings this belief into light, claiming, “natural men…deserved the fiery pit.” He says that their wickedness is making them heavy like lead, weighing them down into hell. In his opinion they have done nothing to appease God’s anger and gain his grace, which is, in Puritan faith, the only way to be saved from the pits of hell. He describes God’s anger as “great waters

All actions, mundane or extraordinary, are seen as attributable to God. It is this repetition of alluding to God’s involvement in everyday life that typifies Puritan writing: “But it pleased God before they came half seas over, to smite this young man.”

In the works of Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” uses numerous persuasive techniques and biblical allusions. Edwards’ sermon lectures Puritans, people who strictly pursue to live by the bible, on how they are straying from the path of the bible. During his sermon, the Puritans were terrified of what he had said ,because every little sin each Puritan had committed they thought they were going to go to Hell. Edwards’ play on words, as well as his use of persuasive techniques, and biblical allusion convinced the Puritans that they were severely in trouble of going to Hell.

In his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (1741), Jonathan Edwards claims that anyone who is not “born again” is a sinner and is waiting to be thrust down to hell in a state of endless misery and the only way to be saved from this is to become a Puritan. Edwards supports his claim of the Puritan religion being the only saving thing from damnation by explaining how hell is being prepared for those who are not “born again,” that any unconverted are in the hands of an angry God, and then concluding by saying to the people that they have the chance to be saved and live in a happy state, of they are “born again.” His purpose is to illustrate the woe that awaits for those who are not “born again” in order to persuade them to want to be

It reflects on the Puritans’’ ideals and beliefs. Such as, they believed in salvation and that the fate of individual soul was predetermined by God. Also, that salvation was a private choice among God and the 'Elect'. Elects or Saints were the ones who were saved and the ones who weren't were 'wicked’.

In essence, it is clear that Edwards’ tone, imagery, and figurative language had a great impact on his Puritan audience. By using these three literary devices Edwards was able to appeal to their fear and pity. Throughout the text he uses very loaded language to prove his points and persuade the reader to follow God. All in all, Edwards believes that without God you are

Fear was instilled in Puritans as a result of the constant uncertainty of their wellbeing shown through Edwards’ sermons. One concept plaguing them was that sinners will receive an inescapable dreadful fate, and can feel its effects at any time. Puritans were terrified and reflective of their actions when Jonathan Edwards said sinners “are already under a sentence of condemnation to hell” (Edwards 427). Because of this constant worry, Puritans tried to discover whether they were predestined to be in hell and whether they had sinned (Edwards 427). As life after death is still an unknown realm, this possibility still has an effect on today’s

Edwards uses terrifying and harsh diction to convey that the Puritan congregation needs to pursue a life of humility and righteousness. Word like “violent anger”, “threatened”, and “wicked” that have negative connotations describe what God’s wrath will feel like on non-believers. It also conveys the point that Puritans are predestined and will not have to deal with this, convincing people that they need to be serious about becoming a Puritan. The passage where Edwards describes Hell also has strong diction that conveys that the Puritan lifestyle should be pursued. Phrases like “Hellish desires reign”, “The pit has its

This way, we will believe that we will always stay with our loved ones that continue to live on. And if we did the good things we were meant to do, we would be given the right to permanently live in that infinite state. Just like that, we have a great thing to look up to and have no reason to fear it. However, the Puritans have come to believe that the good things you were meant to do won’t do you any good, because God’s will is random and unpredictable. It seems unfair to anybody, and makes death more scary than it should be. Without being able to tell if you will go to Heaven or Hell, people then and there would be scared because the outcome is unknown. They can only gamble with God, hoping that they get the better outcome. He gave them the idea that their God was angry with them and if they did not convert to Puritanism there would be no escaping hell or God's wrath. Throughout this long sermon there are numerous instances in which Edwards describes God as merciless or when he explains that death is coming and no matter what one does, hell is inevitable. Jonathan Edwards's most effective technique was by far his use of implanting fear into his audience's mind. Edwards says That the reason why they are not fallen already and do not fall now is only that God's appointed time is not

In Jonathan Edwards sermon he gives a few depictions of Puritan ways, he first starts off to discuss eternal life, “dreadful pit of the glowing flames” (Edwards 111). Edwards is saying that there is a place for you if you sin and also a place for you if you obey and live in God’s light, the glowing flames are illustrating hell. He then progresses on to describe the relationships between God and people, “ It is true that

The priest of a Puritan church in 1744, Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, motivates his congregation to fully convert to Puritanism through the use of fear. Edwards’s purpose is to persuade his audience to change their ways and to commit to the Puritan way of life in order to achieve salvation. He adopts an accusatory tone in order to forewarn his congregation of the wrath of God they will face for their sins if they do not repent. Edwards begins by establishing that “natural men,” or those who have not been reborn religiously, are no better in the eyes of God than those already in Hell, and have the same fate awaiting them (Edwards, 46).

The Puritans believed that God would only redeem some men. Only the select few were able to be saved and to lead. Sermon’s use to speak about God not having mercy on his people and about how he stood waiting for you to mess up so he could drop you into the fiery pits of Hell. These fire and brimstone styled sermons began to change when Jonathan Edwards wrote the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. This sermon started off similarly to the earlier sermons that claimed God was waiting for you to mess up so he could drop you into the pits of hell, but by the end, it was able to change the way some Puritans viewed religion. This sermon brought about the idea of God seeing all humans as equal which was unheard of before this time. The influence of this sermon later led to the development of the Declaration of Independence, which focused on individual rights and equality. Religion has always been a huge part of society and the ideas brought about in religion seems to reflect back into the way we run our government.

“His mere pleasure that keeps you from being this moment swallowed up in everlasting destruction.”Quoted by Jonathan Edwards in the story,”from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”What is happening on my poster is there’s jesus hands holding a cold melting heart over the fiery pits of hell(everlasting) as it drips for iternity giving him pleasure ,because of the persons bad dues.Why this image is effective is because thats what god would do to those that sinned,he would torture them.How it hits home to the puritans is it shows the ones that have sinned to the ones who “haven’t” gods wrath and what he does to sinners.The point Edward is trying to make is god holding you in his hands doing such is preventing you from falling into the fiery

The puritans believed that they were not worthy enough for God to save them from eternal hell. They thought that the only thing keeping them away from burning in hell was God holding them up and keeping them safe. “The God that

In a religious context the Puritans believed that all men deserved damnation. In a Puritans world the only thing they were scared of was not being save. According to Puritans beliefs, God was the only person who could safe people from their sins. The only way someone could be safe by God was to be save through