Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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Jonathan Edwards

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Plot Summary Plot
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    Power and Precariousness
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    Wrath, Mercy, and Grace
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    Language and Metaphor
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    Theology and the Human Condition
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  • Jonathan Edwards
  • God
  • Christ (“the Mediator”)
  • The Congregation
Symbols
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  • Slippery Surface Symbol Icon
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    Vermin
Lit Devices
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  • Alliteration
  • Allusions
  • Dramatic Irony
  • Ethos
  • Genre
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Metaphors
  • Mood
  • Pathos
  • Personification
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Style
  • Tone
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