Jonathan Edwards's "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God"

28 August 2022
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Which statement best explains why Edwards repeats the image of fire throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
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He wants to increase his audience's fear of hell
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Based on "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," which best describes Edwards's feelings toward his congregation?
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compassionate
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Which statement best describes Edwards's views in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
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People who were "born again" in Christ would be spared.
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Edwards uses the phrase "Oh who can express what the state of a soul in such circumstances is!" in order to
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illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable
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In this excerpt, what is the denotation of the word "fierceness"?
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aggression
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In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses the image of a spider dangling on a thread over fire to describe
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a person's ability to avoid damnation.
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Which image is used throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to provoke fear in the audience?
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fire
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What does this excerpt suggest about Edwards's opinion of society?
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He feels society in general, including many members of the congregation, is more sinful now than ever
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The fact that "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was popular suggests that the colonists
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were interested in Edwards's ideas about religion
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In this excerpt, the word "wrath" suggests that
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God is fiercely angry.
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In paragraph six of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," what does Edwards suggest about spiritual reform?
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He suggests that good works alone will not save a person from damnation
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Which quotation from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" uses a rhetorical device to show that people have a fragile hold on life?
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering, and there are innumerable places in this covering so weak that they won't bear their weight, and these places are not seen
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Which word has a similar connotation to the word "swallow" in this excerpt?
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devour
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What is the denotation of the word "cast" in this excerpt?
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throw with force
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Based on the excerpt, which statement best describes Edwards's opinion, as a minister, of the members of his congregation?
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They had angered God and were in danger of damnation.
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In this excerpt, what does "exquisite" mean?
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perfect
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Throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses imagery in an attempt to make readers feel
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fear about being sent to hell