Read the excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."Is it not a reasonable thing to fright a person out of a house on fire?What is the purpose of this sentence in Edwards's sermon?

Edwards compares warning people about hell to frightening someone out of a house that is on fire. Since the danger is urgent, he argues that using frightening language is reasonable if it may save people. The sentence therefore justifies his strategy of scaring listeners into accepting God, not simply describing hell or asking for advice.

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