“Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead, and to tend downwards with great weight and pressure towards hell; and if God should let you go, you would immediately sink and switfly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf, and your healthy constitution, and your own care and prudence, and best contrivance, and all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of hell, than a spider's web would have to stop a fallen rock.”
Quote by Jonathan Edwards
Work
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and Other Puritan Sermons
The book features sermons that delve into the themes of sin, salvation, and the divine wrath, reflecting the intense religious fervor of the Puritan movement. more
Author
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards, born on October 5, 1703, and died on March 22, 1758, was a prominent American preacher. He is known for his profound theological thoughts and unique preaching style, which had a profound impact on the religious reform in North America. more
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