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Jonathan Edwards Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God

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The Puritans were proud people, who formed their church in the 16th century. The English Revolution, also known as the Puritan Revolution, caused them to separate from the Church of England. By the 17th century they became pilgrims, and started the Great Awakening. In Jonathan Edwards sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", he truly believes he is saving people and persuades them by including imagery, extended metaphors, and pathos. Edwards was a very educated man and know how to evoke fear to make the followers want to repent and not challenge the all powerful; ruthless God. He created an art of persuasion, just by giving a sermon. It was the techniques he used that made the speech so powerful. The strategy most repeated was imagery,
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