Sermon Format
People were scared of Edwards and his sermons because they were...
What is harsh/aggressive/scary?
What does the word dolorous mean in this quote:
¨But once the day of mercy is past, your most lamentable and dolorous cries and shrieks will be in vain...¨
What is sad/mournful?
What type of figurative language is present in this quote? "... and the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury, and would come upon you with omnipotent power"
What is imagery?
What does the sermon indicate is the most powerful force?
What is God?
What did the doctrine of a Puritan sermon consist of?
What is other sources/other things to back up your topic?
What does the word incensed mean in this quote:
... that you are held over in the hand of that God, whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you...¨
What is very angry/enraged?
What type of figurative language is present in this quote? "The wrath of God is like great waters that are damned for the present..."
What is a simile?
Edward's vivid descriptions of hell are meant to do what to his audience?
What is frighten/scare?
How are Puritan sermons typically delivered?
What is monotone?
What does the prefix omni- mean?
What is all/everywhere?
What type of figurative language is present in this quote? "... and your destruction would come like a whirlwind..."
What is a simile?
What contrasting images does Edwards use to describe God's wrath?
What is fire and water?
What are all five parts of a Puritan sermon?
What is the epigraph, doctrine, reasons, application, and epilogue?
What does exquisite likely mean in this quote:
"There will be no end to this exquisite horrible misery.¨
What is sharp/intense?
What TWO types of figurative language are present in this quote? "There are black clouds of God's wrath now hanging directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm, and big with thunder..."
What is a metaphor and imagery?
Edward compares each of his listeners to "a spider, or some loathsome insect [held] over the fire" to show how human beings are what compared to God?
What is powerless/weak/nothing?
How does Edward's tone change from the beginning of the sermon to the end?
What is frightening to hopeful?
What does gulf likely mean in this quote:
"... If God should let you go, you would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf..."
What is a wide gap?
What type of figurative language is present in the following quote? "... would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of Hell, than a spider's web would have to stop a fallen rock."
What is a metaphor?
Edwards says the only hope for salvation is through...
What is Christian Rebirth?