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... Jonathan Edwards, a puritan minister, delivered a sermon in Enfield, Connecticut on Sunday, July 8, 1741. ... Through emphasis and literary structure Jonathan Edward paints a detailed yet gory picture on how only God’s hand prevents humanity from the path to damnation that we, through natural wickedness, have created, depicting what life without God’s intervention would be like. ... In the beginning of the sermon Edwards starts by stating, “You probably are not sensible of this; you find you are kept out of hell but do not see the hands of God in it…” This quote is only the spring of the giant lake that is Jonathan’s sermon. ... When compared to this quote found later in piece, “The God that holds you over the pit of hell as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over a fire, abhors you and is dreadfully provoked. ... Edwards did this to catch the audience’s attention. ... Later in his sermon Edwards slowly degrades the credit of his audience by only referring to the audience as ‘sinners’. By doing this Edwards depicted a sadistic and heartless picture of his audience. He made the audience feel lower than him and capable of not mattering God. If the audience felt worthy they would be less likely to believe that “God is holding them over the pit of hell.
Approximate Word count = 1119
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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