Who Is The Puritans In The Crucible

Jonathan Edwards, a famous preacher in pre-colonial times, composed a sermon that was driven to alert and inject neo Puritanical fear into an eighteenth century congregation. This Bible based and serious audience sought after religious instruction and enlightenment. Through the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards offers a very harsh interpretation to humankind. Edwards utilizes various rhetorical techniques to evoke an emotional response in his audience and to persuade the members of his congregation that their wicked actions will awaken a very ruthless and merciless God.

In the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards, Edwards delivers an intense six hour speech in a very calm demeanor. The message he gives is so powerful that he is able to capture his audience's attention without showing any enthusiasm. Edwards uses powerful diction and pathos to scare his audience into becoming faithful puritans.

Initially, Jonathan Edwards uses repetition to persuade his audience that God hates them unless they follow Edwards extreme Puritan actions. He uses repetition to embroider the thought of going to hell into all the Puritan’s minds. Edwards repeats similar phrases involving the actions of burning in hell, “The God that holds you over the pit of hell…” “...[S]ink and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf…” (Edwards). He uses this specific strategy to move the audience's way of thinking and make them worry. By saying phrases with the same meaning but different structure, ultimately forces the audience to comprehend the announcement. Puritans began to adopt Edwards message, but they comprehend it through fearing the wrath of God. Overall, Edwards uses repetition to affectively force his way of extreme

Gore Vidal once said, “The Puritans left England for America not because they couldn’t be Puritans in their mother country, but because they were not allowed to force others to become Puritans; In the New World, of course, they could and did.” In1741, esteemed Puritan pastor, Jonathan Edwards, preached a sermon to his congregation, terrifying everyone who wasn’t truly Puritan into becoming one. Edwards’ purpose was to admonish non-Puritans and emphasizes the importance of the Puritans rededicating their life to their faith. Edwards uses diction, logos, and personification to terrorize the congregation into leading the “perfect Puritan life”.

In the sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Jonathan Edwards’ goal is to provoke the emotion of fear onto the Puritan congregation. When Edward describes Hell and influences his congregation into a helpless state, he invokes a serious tone because he feels like he is responsible for his congregation.     Edward characterized Hell using rhetorical strategies, imagery, and metaphors. He is able to appeal to the emotion of the audience by describing Hell and eternal damnation in detail. He uses the “wrath of God” perpetually throughout the sermon to bring the rise of fear in the congregation.

Well respected puritan minister, in his sermon, Jonathan Edwards,”Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” (1741), establishes the consequences of why God won’t accept them in the Puritan Religion. Edwards purpose is to impress upon the Puritans’ Religion is to get God to forgive everyone so they can be accepted into the religion. He adopts a desperate tone because he’s so worried about the Puritans’ because God is wrathful and will punish them for their sins. Edward supports his claim by employing, repetition,imagery, and pathos to make the readers frightened of sinning and the consequences with it.

Jonathan Edwards, the speaker in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, details God’s wrath and eternal damnation. Set in 1700s Enfield, Connecticut, in Puritan America during the beginnings of the Great Awakening, Edwards delivers a sermon to his audience of parishioners at his church as well as anybody in the future who would like to explore the Great Awakening. The speaker's’ tone is accusatory and condemning in nature in order to express the insignificance of mortals and the power of God. Thus, the rhetoric Jonathan Edwards utilizes conveys this attitude to his parishioners as well as instilling the fear of God and to not disobey him.

In the works of Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” uses numerous persuasive techniques and biblical allusions to manipulate his audience, the Puritans. 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 had convinced the Puritans that there everyday activities had crossed the line ,but which they had not. 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.

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).

Revivalist preacher, Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, raves about the punishments that are in an unconverted sinners’ near future. Edwards purpose is to spark a religious revival in Puritan communities using fear as a motivator. He adopts a zealous tone in order to provoke emotional distress in his audience members that are “out of Christ”. In his sermon, Edwards uses numerous persuasive styles, including terrifying imagery and metaphors.

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Well respected Puritan Minister, Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (1741) testifies about the consequences of unrepentant sinners. His intent was to suggest to the congregation the idea that non repentance will lead to punishments. He adopts a dramatic tone in order to address many issues to his viewers.

The pilgrims knew how powerful and inconceivable God’s power was. The way Edwards describes God’s wrath as great waters that became greater and greater illustrates the pilgrims’ thoughts about God’s power. Edwards’ serious tone throughout his entire sermon also exemplifies the pilgrims’ way of life. They viewed God as an almighty being that had the capability of dropping the sinners to hell at any moment. They believed that the only thing stopping God from doing that was his own pleasure. Although they viewed God as someone to be fearful of, they also viewed him as someone they had the honor of knowing and loving, “Many that were very lately in the miserable condition that you are in, are now in a happy state, with their hearts filled with love to him who has loved them… and rejoicing in hope of the glory of

Jonathan Edwards’ famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was a persuasive speech during the Great Awakening. His sermons persuaded people to convert to the church immediately to avoid damnation of a wrathful God. Fearful of Hell, Edwards managed to save the Puritan church and those who strayed

He mentions "There are black clouds of God's wrath now hanging directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm, and big with thunder," this provokes a sense of fear in the listeners. Edwards includes this quote to show what God can do to those who disobey him. Unfortunately, this seals the fate for those who do not follow God's path. Edwards then continues in saying "the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury". This, again shows the power that God has and what sinners will begin to suffer. As a result these words to amaze the audience and avoid them of thinking they can conquer the

“Confession of sin shuts the mouth of Hell and Opens the gates of paradise.” These Wise words from Thomas watson embody the aims and beliefs of the puritans. The puritans expressed their beliefs and thoughts of the bible through their writing; be it poems, sermons, or stories. In the short story A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson, The sermon From Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards, and the poem by Anne Bradstreet [Deliverance] From Another Sore Fit, there is a common theme of religion and the hardships these writers go through to produce such powerful works of literature. The puritan’s possessed a very unique style of writing which introduce many literary elements into all different types of