"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

According to Edwards, what do people think keeps them out of hell?

• their health
• their righteousness
• God
• their faith

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According to Edwards, the earth would not bear people for one moment if it were not for 

• the sovereign pleasure of God
• their good treatment of the earth
• their great intelligence
• their knowledge of right and wrong

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According to Edwards, what is pointed at the hearts of his parishioners?

• a hateful vengeful serpent
• fire from a great furnace of wrath
• black clouds of God's wrath
• the arrow on the bow of God's wrath

As a preacher, Edwards uses his sermon to

• Raise money for his church
• Persuade his congregation to revolt against England
• Frighten his congregation into seizing the opportunity to come back to Puritanism and to accept salvation
• Uplift his congregation, so that they will believe in God

Edward's vivid descriptions of Hell are meant to

• Frighten his audience
• Fascinate his audience
• Amuse his audience
• Make his audience feel superior

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Edwards presents God as a being who

• Is often angry and vengeful
• Enjoys human suffering and misery
• Continually redefines the universe
• Easily forgives repentant sinners

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According to Edwards, what is God's feeling toward people?

• forgiveness
• unquestioning love
• wrath
• disapppointment

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Edwards compares each of his listeners to "a spider or some loathsome insect held over the fire" in order to stress a human being's

• Ugliness in God's eyes
• Unimportance in God's plan
• Powerlessness in comparison to God
• Courage in the face of God's wrath

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All of the following are images used by Jonathan Edwards to scare his audience EXCEPT

• A wide, gaping canyon
• A lake of burning brimstone
• Flood waters held back by God's hand
• A lake of burning brimstone

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Edwards says that his parishioners did not go to hell last night because

• their faith saved them
• God's hand held them up
• good fortune shown on them
• God's love prevented it

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