Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

According to the author Jonathan Edwards in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," the only thing that has saved his listeners from hell is God's:

• compassion

• hand

• wrath

• love

Throughout his sermon, Edwards mainly taps into his audience's fear of

• burning forever in a fiery pit

• their minister's wrath

• floods and other natural disasters

• associating with sinners

Edwards' purpose in delivering his sermon is to

• obey the 10 commandments

• reform all aspects of the sinners' lives

• jolt his congregation into mending their ways and seeking salvation

• frighten his listeners so they never return to church

When Edwards refers to to the "unconventional persons in his congregation," he chiefly addresses the

• men and women who do not believe in God

• parishioners who don't want Edwards to be their leader

• church visitors who are followers of other religions

• members who do not accept Christ as their savior

Edwards contends that the only way people can escape from God's anger is to

• obey the Ten Commandments

• reform all aspects of their lives

• experience a "change of heart" and accept God

• attend church regularly

Edwards presents God as a being who

• easily forgives repentant sinners

• wants humans to suffer

• is often angry and vengeful

• continually redefines the universe

Edwards builds a sense of urgency and peril by suggesting that

• death and damnation may occur at any moment

• the end of the world is coming soon

• the church is being persecuted by unholy forces

• ministers alone can determine who can be saved

Edwards makes all of the following comparisons EXCEPT that of

• unsaved people to spiders

• forgiveness to a lightened load

• wickedness to the weight of lead

• the wrath of God to dammed waters

What does Edwards mean when he says, "The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string ..."

• God's anger will cause much pain

• God is violent

• God is prepared to demonstrate his anger

• God's wrath is misdirected

Which of the following questions is the best example of a figure of speech?

• "... the mere arbitrarywill, and uncovenanted, un-obliged forbearance of an incensed God."

• "However you may have reformed your life"

• "... your guild in the meantime is constantly increasing ..."

• "... the floods of God's vengeance have been withheld ..."