was one of
the most famous ministers of his time; his work has lasted to the present day because of his
great use of visualization and . In "," Edwards points out that everyone has sinned
and that no one is worthy of God's mercy. Edward points out that Hell is only a breath away and
that only God's whim keeps one out of eternal fire and brimstone. Edwards even gives the image
of one being held above a bottomless Hell by a spiderweb. Edwards points out that God is angry
with sinners and that he cannot look directly upon sin without feeling anger. Edwards's examples
of visualization workedreports from that period tell of congregants weeping and fainting.
Edwards ended the message by asking his congregants to accept God's mercy and to avoid Hell,
which many of them no doubt did. Edwards was a circuit preacher, and he would preach this same
sermon to many churches. A powerful delivery combined with powerfulhas...
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