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Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God Analysis

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In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards, Edward implements personification and similes to persuade his congregation into thinking that they will eventually be punished by god if they continue their sinning habits. In the sermon, Jonathan Edwards utilizes personification to describe the way god is shielding a person from their own punishments. In addition Edward states, " It is nothing but his mere pleasure that keeps you from being this moment swallowed up in everlasting destruction." The act of destruction is being presented with a human trait which is swallowing. Since destruction is not a human it can not literally be swallowing someone, therefore the quotes actual significance is that if it wasn't

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