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repent your sins to God and be forgiven. This is similar to Jonathan Edwards views on God at the time because he opposed the idea of God being a loving savior, and said he was capable of mass destruction with his ultimate power. In the short story “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Jonathan Edwards preaches that God is a powerful and dangerous leader of his people through his use of imagery of natural elements, such as water, fire, and weather. Although water is necessary for people to survive

Respected Puritan minister, Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon, Sinners In The Hands of an Angry God (1741), warns the unrepentant sinners of his congregation that they will be damned to hell if they do not confess. Edwards’s intent is to manifest terror in the people of his congregation about the consequences of their sinful behavior. He adapts a condemning tone in order to convey a strong message in his congregation. Although Edwards’s use of extreme imagery was the strongest in the sermon, he also

The next piece of Hawthorne’s works that is important to analyze to understand his feelings toward Christianity in America is the story called The Minister’s Black Veil. This work is interesting to study Hawthorne’s thoughts on Christianity because it focuses on both negative and positive aspects of Christianity in America. In this piece a parson in a Puritan community suspiciously emerges from his home one morning adorning a black veil. The community is both curious and frightened by the dark piece

The illustration was composed as a response to the six hour sermon entitled “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God.” Delivered by Jonathan Edwards, the sole purpose of the sermon was to inflict so much inner turmoil in each listener that they would seek the perfect Christian life. In this specific drawing, the artist is able to interpret a metaphor within the sermon and create in into a literal action. Because of the tone, mood, and the similarity of ideas/concepts, the illustration is able to portray

Between Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, written by Jonathan Edwards, and The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, Edwards made the strongest argument in his literary work compared to Jefferson. Edwards had incorporated a strong use of pathos, ethos, and logos. Jefferson used the same technique as well, but his use of it did not speak out to me as a reader. In the upcoming paragraphs, you will see Edwards’ use of pathos, ethos, and logos. In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry

Edwards uses vivid imagery in his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” to make puritans of his congregation fear God and choose the path of righteousness by accepting Jesus Christ. In his sermon, Edwards gives a fearful image of hell and portrays God as very angry. He describes hell as a “fiery pit” (Edwards 5) and throughout the sermon he describes hell as a place full of fire and torment. Edwards repeatedly expresses the wrath of God towards sinners and describes him as an “incensed God”

Jonathan Edward’s “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” was a strong and intense sermon, that was well known in the first Great Awakening. This sermon had a huge impact on many sinner , but was targeted mainly to Edward’s puritans in his congregation. He evoked fear in the sinners, while describing the harsh punishments of not repenting the sins to the mighty God. Edwards emphasize his purpose and beliefs of this forgiveness by using rhetorical strategies such as logos, pathos, ethos, imagery, and

The View of God The author Jonathan Edwards, wrote a sermon titled Sinners in The Hands of Angry God which takes place in 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut. In this sermon The main character, God, has his wrath descriptively portrayed by Jonathan Edwards. The overall theme of the story is God's judgement and how he is seen by his followers. Jonathan Edwards describes God's wrath as a dangerous force being suppressed. In his sermon Jonathan Edwards states that, “the wrath of God is like greats waters

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

audience. Jonathan Edwards demonstrates his persuasive technique by speaking,  he directly addresses the problem of sinners. His speaking was pertained to sinners whom believe on a day to day basis that god or “ The Wrath Of God”cannot and will not overpower them. His focus is to change the people's mindset on this because when god is mad he can have a strong vengeance for consistent sinners whom are consecutively giving God’s wrath more and more things to feed off of and more reason to attack with their