How is parallelism used in Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God"?

is a useful
literary device in sermons and other persuasive works. Because of its rhythm and balance of
grammatical structure, as well as its repetition of ideas, parallelism produces a powerful and
lasting impression upon the listener.makes use of this literary device in his emotionally
stirring sermon, "."

In his sermon, the Reverend Edwards employs
parallelism, lending his words power as all phrases are equal in their importance and impact.
Here is an example from an early part of his sermon:

The devil is waiting for them [the sinners],
hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them.

This use of parallelism strongly emphasizes the idea that sinners
live on the brink of hell, as well as describing some of the horrors that await them. Further in
his sermon, the Reverend Edwards describes hell in more frightening terms, again using
parallelism:

That world of
misery, that lake of burning brimstone, is extended
abroad...