Jonathan Edwards' Sermon on Hell and Repentance
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The only thing between you and Hell
Air and the power and pleasure of God
What has made you 'heavy as lead'
Your wickedness
Comparison of 'righteousness' if falling into Hell
A spider web trying to stop a falling rock
Image explaining the 'wrath of God'
Great waters dammed for the present, conveying that more buildup leads to harsher punishment
Description of the 'bow of God's wrath'
Bent, arrow on the string, justice bending the arrow at your heart
God's perception of us according to Edwards
As His mere pleasure that keeps us from everlasting destruction, contrasting common perceptions
God's view of us over the fires of Hell
Worthy of nothing else
Reason for Edwards' strong encouragement to convert and repent
To avoid magnified terribleness of God and ineffable torments' strength
Edwards' purpose in the sermon
To induce repentance and conversion to Puritanism through fear, effective in the 18th century but less so today
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