Sinners in the hands of an angry God.

PREACHING -- History; ENGLISH language conversation & phrase books; PROTESTANT clergy; HISTORY of religion; SERMON (Literary form); REPENTANCE; REGENERATION (Theology); JUDGMENT of God; WRATH of God; EDWARDS, Jonathan, 1703-1758; DAMNED; WRITINGS of clergy; RELIGIOUS life of clergy; HELL; EIGHTEENTH century; CLERGY

The article presents the text of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," a sermon with a reference to the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy 32:35 which was given by clergyman Jonathan Edwards in 1741. The meaning of the verse "Their foot shall slide in due time," is explicated using references to Psalm 73. The implication for unbelieving Israelites and the wicked is that it is only God's restraint that keeps them out of hell at the moment, because they are already condemned and the devil is waiting for an opportunity to seize them. He also quotes from the Biblical books of Luke, John, Isaiah, Proverbs, and other Scripture passages. His main focus is the wrath of God, and he mentions the idea of being born again.