Question

Read the excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

"So that thus it is, that natural men are held in the hand of God, over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it; and God is dreadfully provoked, his anger is as great towards them as to those that are actually suffering the executions of the fierceness of his wrath in hell; and they have done nothing in the least to appease or abate that anger.
In this excerpt, "natural" is used to describe people who
a. are not tempted by wealth or power.
b. have not been touched by the spirit of God.
c. live on farms or in the wilderness outside of cities.
d. practice conservation and avoid destroying the beauty of nature.

Answer 1

The correct answer is b. have not been touched by the spirit of God. Jonathan Edwards's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is an appeal to 'sinners' to recognize that they will be judged by God and that this judgment will be more fearful and painful than they can comprehend. The author uses vivid metaphors, which are the heart and soul of Edwards's emotional appeal to his listeners.