Select the words that Edwards uses in his sermon to make hell seem like a living thing.
Select the images of hell created by the use of these words.
Based on what you know about America in the 1700s, how would colonists react to Edwards’s sermon? Would they find it frightening, hopeful, or both?
They would find it both frightening and hopeful.
Check each key idea from Edwards’s sermon that you included in your answer.They would feel fearful because God is angry at unconverted men.They would feel fearful because hell is trying to seize new sinners every day. They would feel fearful because God may or may not keep sinners from fallinginto hell.They would feel hopeful because God is actively inviting sinners to gain “newlife” and avoid the pitfall of hell.
Why does Edwards use the word provoked instead of the word angered in this passage?
What does Edwards mean when he says that sinners “hang by a slender thread”?
What is the denotation of everlasting in this passage? briefeternalhorrifictremendous
Select the words that Edwards uses in his sermon to make hell seem like a living thing.
Select the images of hell created by the use of these words.
Check each key idea from Edwards’s sermon that you included in your answer.
Based on what you know about America in the 1700s, how would colonists react to Edwards’s sermon? Would they find it frightening, hopeful, or both?
Colonists in the 1700s would have found Edwards’s sermon both frightening and hopeful. The vivid descriptions of God’s wrath and eternal damnation would have terrified them, especially in a deeply religious society concerned with sin and salvation. At the same time, the sermon offered hope by urging immediate repentance and showing that God’s mercy was still available to those who turned to Him.
Why does Edwards use the word provoked instead of the word angered in this passage?
What does Edwards mean when he says that sinners “hang by a slender thread”?
What is the denotation of everlasting in this passage? brief✔ eternalhorrifictremendous
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