'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' Answers

1) To persuaded people not to sin
2) Godly people are 'Natural' and the ungodly are unnatural.
3)Abate means to let go.
4) Puts the spotlight on the clauses
5) To show them how he, Jonathan Edwards, see their religion.
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7) By repeating 'not willingly' he is making those words have a stronger meaning.
8) Jonathan uses the water to show the power of God's wrath. By using water he has given God's wrath a strong 'body'. Now you can picture it better because you know the wrath of water,
9) The progression in the subsequent three paragraphs is seen as you read because you see God's wrath intensify.
10) The nature of the appeals in "Sinners the in hands of an Angry God" is that the logic of text is that what Jonathan is saying is true that God's wrath is nothing to mess with. Jonathan is a pastor so his credibility is that he knows what he is talking about. He makes the audience feel fear toward God.
11) Jonathan's tone is fear of God's wrath. In paragraph one he says "...God is dreadfully provoked"" showing that he worry's about sinning.
12) Text that are meant to be heard normally are worded in a more intense manner then ones meant to read.
13) Jonathan's sermon is persuasive because he has described the punishment of people if they sin. Which everyone does so it persuades the people to live better lives.
14) Some of Jonathan's listener are said to have fainted and cried out during his sermon. I think they would do so when he said paragraphs 4-8 because they have such detailed images of the wrath of God.
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         (paragraph one) "...over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery  pit, and are already sentenced to it, and God is dreadfully provoked..."