How does Edwards structure his sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by using hyperbole to describe the horrors of Hell by...

did indeed
employ a special kind of structure to his sermon. The four elements you listed (i.e. ,
intimidation, litany of wrongs, and series of metaphors) exist within a greater context, and
understanding the whole of the sermon, its message, and what led up to the sermons impact help
to more effectively understand the structure Edwards used.

First, consider
the more traditional, simple structure Edwards employed. While our purpose here is to better
discover the full structure of the sermon, we must recognize that  Edwards started with a design
conventional for his time--reading and explaining a text (in this case, Deuteronomy 32:35), a
teaching on related topics that stem from the text (here, it is expressed in ten points), and
directly applying the text to the audience.

Second, changes in the Enfield,
Connecticut, community led to the eventual response of repentance expressed by the audience of
Edwardss famous sermon. People were dying of disease and...

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