Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God Summary Prompt And Directions Prompt: Write a SUMMARY that explains how Edwards’ view of human nature is depicted through his sermon. Identify at least three differents uses of “figures of speech” that he uses in order to convey his purpose and claim. Discuss how his tone makes an impact on the reader and how it helps or goes against his argument. Directions: The summary must be no less than ten-twelve sentences long; two paragraphs. You need to use evidence to support your claims; therefore, be sure to use quotes from the sermon to use as your evidence. Your summary should be typed directly on this document and sent in by the due date. All work should be proofread. Jonathan Edwards, writer of the …show more content…
He uses this comparison to get people listening to his sermon to think about how when God releases his anger it is going to be done with a great force. Jonathan Edwards uses metaphors to compare God’s anger to the string of a bow being pulled, ready to let go,”The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood”. In this comparison he proves that God’s wrath has the potential to come again with a great power and destroy mankind if he chose to do so. Finally Edwards uses imagery to show that man is held in the hand of God and and that there is no hope left for mankind,” The God that hold you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked”. With all these examples you can see Edwards views toward human nature. He saw them as vile evil creatures who have provoked God’s wrath and that