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Review. Let’s go over a little bit of the sermon from yesterday. What do you remember?. Style. Page 1060– write the definition. Style. Page 1060– write the definition.
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Review • Let’s go over a little bit of the sermon from yesterday. • What do you remember?
Style • Page 1060– write the definition.
Style • Page 1060– write the definition. • “The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.”
Style • Sentence structures mimes the tense pause of an archer before releasing his bowstring.
Rhythm • Page 1058– write the definition
Rhythm • Page 1058– write the definition • “(however you may have reformed your life in many things, and may have had religious affections, and may keep up a form of religion in your families and closets, and in the house of God, and maybe strict in it)”
Rhythm • How is rhythm effective in this passage?
Rhythm • How is rhythm effective in this passage? • Repeats main ideas in pounding rhythms.
Question • In the paragraph what is he drilling into his listeners? (Note: second column and second paragraph on page 56)
Question • What is God’s wrath compared to?
Question • What is God’s wrath compared to? • Impending storm
Question • What is God’s wrath compared to? • Impending storm • Great damned waters
Question • What is God’s wrath compared to? • Impending storm • Great damned waters • Fiery pit
Question • What is God’s wrath compared to? • Impending storm • Great damned waters • Fiery pit • A drawn bow with an arrow ready to hit
Question • In the third paragraph and second column on page 56, what is the word choice? • What connotations does the word choice have here?
Question • In the third paragraph and second column on page 56, what is the word choice? • Loathsome insect, abominable, venomous serpent • What connotations does the word choice have here?
Question • What is the example of repetition in the last paragraph on page 56? • How does it make you feel?
Side note: Artwork • This picture on page 57 is a broadside. • They were papers that were widely distributed and posted. • The first item printed in the New World was a broadside in 1639.
Question • On the second column and second paragraph on page 58, we are introduced to the purpose of the sermon. What is it?
Question • In the second paragraph in the second column on page 58, how does God show that he is also merciful?
Question • What vision of hope does Edwards offer to his congregation?
In pairs… • Answer the “Reading Check” on page 58. • What warning does Edwards deliver to his congregation? • What does Edwards consider essential for salvation? • According to Edwards, why isn’t it enough to be moral, sober, and religious?
Journal– 1 page • Recall a time that you tried as hard as you could to be persuasive. • Were you successful? • Why or why not? • Do you believe that Edwards is successful?
Reminder • Leave your literature book in your locker • Just bring your binder.