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Jonathan Edwards Symbolism

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In 1741, British Colonial Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards from Massachusetts published his famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". Edwards empathetically preaches to his listeners the dangers of sin, the horrors of hell, and the consequences of being lost or without the direction of God. Focusing on ten central discussions, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" contains imagery and excerpts from the bible to aid Edwards 's arguments.
A display of symbolism, "The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, and the pit hath opened her mouth under them"(Edwards IV) emphasizes that the fate of wicked men is to be thrown into hell (the pit) and should God (the glittering sword) decide so, they would suffer this inescapable
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