Jonathan Edwards, “In the Hands of an Angry God”.
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards was a sermon given by the Puritian minister Edwards. In this sermon Edwards uses the fear that God at anytime can punish the wicked to keep his people under control. This was a practice used by the puritians to make the people live correctly under that laws of the Bible and of the church. This essay will point out examples of this in his sermon. Edwards begins by using a simple Bible verse from Deuteronomy, chapter 32, verse 35. It says, “Their foot shall slide in due time.” He uses this short and simple verse to explain to his congregation that at anytime, God could decide that it was their appointed time to leave this world. Edwards concludes that this verse is referring to the punishment and destruction that the
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Approximate Word count = 531
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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