Ead the excerpt from "sinners in the hands of an angry god." and now you have an extraordinary opportunity, a day wherein christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open, and stands in the door calling and crying with a loud voice to poor sinners; a day wherein many are flocking to him, and pressing into the kingdom of god. many are daily coming from the east, west, north and south; many that were very lately in the same miserable condition that you are in, are now in a happy state, with their hearts filled with love to him that has loved them and washed them from their sins in his own blood, and rejoicing in hope of the glory of god. how awful is it to be left behind at such a day! to see so many others feasting, while you are pining and perishing! to see so many rejoicing and singing for joy of heart, while you have cause to mourn for sorrow of heart, and howl for vexation of spirit! how can you rest one moment in such a condition? in this excerpt, edwards is attempting to convince readers that they can relax once they decide to follow him. could miss an invaluable opportunity. will never understand contentment. will always feel pain and sadness.

In this excerpt, Edwards is attempting to convince readers that they could miss an invaluable opportunity.

The excerpt begins with the statement "And now you have an extraordinary opportunity". He is introducing his readers to the idea that they have a choice. There is something that they can do; they have the power to take advantage of. The phrase "extraordinary opportunity" makes this seem as though it is not around forever and that it is a great deal: almost too good to pass up. He then goes on to invite action when he says "How awful is it to be left behind!" and "How can you rest one moment in such a condition?". Edwards is asking for the readers to take advantage of this chance at salvation.

Wrong Answers

Readers "can relax once they decide to follow him" is completely wrong. There is nothing in the passage that states that people will be able to relax once converted. He says that they will be "in a happy state" and there will be much "rejoicing and singing for joy of heart". This is not the same as relaxing.

He also is not telling that they "will never understand contentment.." He is trying to show that they can obtain happiness by repenting their sins and choosing Christ. While he does mention that they will be "in the same miserable condition", he is not trying to convince them that they can never achieve contentment. In fact, he says they can, if only they convert.

This is the same reasoning for the last choice of feeling pain and sadness. He is not trying to convince them that they will always feel this, but instead convince them of a way to obtain the opposite through this opportunity.

Level: High School

Subject: English

Chapter: American Literature

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", Edwards, salvation

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in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.

2. list two reasons why fossil fuels should no longer be used as a source of energy in america.