Analyzing Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Analyzing "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," by Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan Edwards was born in 1703, in East Windsor, Connecticut. He grew up in a very strict and disciplined puritan atmosphere, which would affect him throughout his whole life. Ever since he was young, he showed great interest in the puritan religion by preaching to his friends and his classmates. At the age of twelve, Jonathan Edwards had learned to speak three different languages: Latin, Greek and Hebrew. When he was thirteen, we was accepted to Yale University and graduated as the valedictorian of his class four years later. In 1727, he became an assistant for his grandfather in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he would eventually become the preacher after the death of his grandfather. Unfortunately, during the 1750's, he was dismissed from the church because of his conservative bel
After he was dismissed, he moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he preached to the Natives. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," which was written during this time, is the most well known out of his numerous works. In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses very powerful and convicting imagery words and techniques to describe God's wrath very vividly. Also in his sermon, Jonathan Edwards also used quite a bit of repetition to get some of his points across. For example, in page 74 - the first full paragraph, he uses the repetition of the phrase "he will. You shall not suffer beyond what strict justice requires. From this, it could be proven that God's image to Jonathan Edwards and the audience who were listening to this sermon was that God was just, angry, merciful and graceful with everyone's sins. " From this it is visible that the way Edwards wrote was very convicting and was directed right at "us," the audience. They have been compared to a spider, where the web is compared to God's grace and mercy, which holds then from falling into eternal damnation.
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