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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Sinners in the hands of an angry God. A sermon preached at Enfield, July 8th 1741. At a time of great awakenings; and attended with remarkable impressions on many of the hearers. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northampton. ; [Six lines from Amos]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1741
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3. The Misery you are exposed to is that which God will inflict to that End, that he might show what that Wrath of JEHOVAH is. God hath had it on his Heart to show to Angels and Men, both how excellent his Love is, and also how terrible his Wrath is. Sometimes earthly Kings have a Mind to show how terrible their Wrath is, by the extreme Punishments they would execute on those that provoke 'em. Nebuchadnezzar, that mighty and haughty Monarch ⟨p. 20⟩of the Chaldean Empire, was willing to show his Wrath, when enraged with Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego; and accordingly gave Order that the burning fiery Furnace should be heated seven Times hotter than it was before; doubtless it was raised to the utmost Degree of Fierceness that humane Art could raise it: But the great GOD is also willing to show his Wrath, and magnify his awful Majesty and mighty Power in the extreme Sufferings of his Enemies. Rom. 9. 22. What if God willing to show HIS Wrath, and to make his Power known, endured with much Long-suffering the Vessels of Wrath fitted to Destruction? And seeing this is his Design, and what he has determined, to show how terrible the unmixed, unrestrained Wrath, the Fury and Fierceness of JEHOVAH is, he will do it to Effect. There will be something accomplished and brought to pass, that will be dreadful with a Witness. When the great and angry God hath risen up and executed his awful Vengeance on the poor Sinner; and the Wretch is actually suffering the infinite Weight and Power of his Indignation, then will God call upon the whole Universe to behold that awful Majesty, and mighty Power that is to be seen in it. Isai. 33. 12, 13, 14. And the People shall be as the burning of Lime, as Thorns cut up shall they be burnt in the Fire. Hear ye that are far off what I have done; and ye that are near acknowledge my Might. The Sinners in Zion are afraid, fearfulness hath surprised the Hypocrites &c.
3. The Misery you are exposed to is that which God will inflict to that End, that he might shew what that Wrath of JEHOVAH is. God hath had it on his Heart to shew to Angels and Men, both how excellent his Love is, and also how terrible his Wrath is. Sometimes earthly Kings have a Mind to shew how terrible their Wrath is, by the extream Punishments they would execute on those that provoke 'em. Nebuchadnezzar, that mighty and haughty Monarch