In this sermon, Edwards strikes a chord of terror in his audience in order to convince
them to accept Christ and therefore avoid the nightmares of Hell. He uses numerous images in
order to elicit this emotion:
The Devils watch them; they
are ever by them, at their right Hand; they stand waiting for them, like greedy hungry Lions
that see their Prey, and expect to have it, but are for the present kept back; if God should
withdraw his Hand, by which they are restrained, they would in one Moment fly upon their poor
Souls.
In...
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