Because
there are so many different editions of Edwards's sermon in publication, it is impossible to
know what paragraphs this question references. However, there are a few things that Edwards
compares God's wrath to, and here are two that have not been mentioned in other
answers:
- "There are black clouds of Gods wrath now hanging
directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm, and big with thunder; and were it not for
the restraining hand of God, it would immediately burst forth upon you." Here, Edwards
compares God's deep anger with sinners to the clouds of a destructive and dangerous thunderstorm
that has yet to break. It is threatening, but it has not yet been unleashed. - Edwards also likens God's fury to "a great furnace of wrath, a wide and
bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over . . ." to compare it to
traditional imaginings of Hell itself. Edwards implies that God could drop sinners into the
fiery furnace at any time because his fury is equal to...
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