Monday, 16 November 2015

What figure of speech is utilized by Edwards when he says "there are the black clouds of god's wrath now hanging directly over your heads?"

' sermon
'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' was first heard in 1741. Known in U.S. history as
"The Great Awakening', it was a time when some Calvinist ministers felt that the
Calvinist doctrine of predestination was being questioned, challenged, or just plain ignored. It
was the lax of religious dedication among Calvinists' that Edwards responded to in his sermon.
There is no doubt that hisutilized the power of . The sermon is full of fire and brimstone
directed to everyone as a reminder of the consequences, but especially to those
Calvinists' who had 'lost their way'.  The quote you refer to sent a clear message by Edwards to
those who sought to look elsewhere for spiritual peace. Look no further, God is just waiting to
lash out. Repent your idol ways or else pay the price. Damned to hell for all
eternity.

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