Need to know the meaning What does the mean? There are black clouds of God's wrath now hanging directly over your heads.

While I
don't particularly disagree with any of
these posts, I would disagree that Edwards used these
metaphors strictly to
instill fear in the hearts of this congregation.  These are strong images

because that's what it takes to awaken hearts which have  been dormant and
unproductive.  While
it's true that those who have turned from Him deserve
His wrath (and those are the images we see
and hear so often in connection
with this sermon), the entire sermon is spent reminding them
that He is
holding back His wrath.  He has not released the arrow, His
open
hands are keeping us from falling into the pit. 
Storms (and weatherof all
kinds, for that matter) are common literary symbols
and would have been well understood by
this group.