An excerpt from Jonathan Edwards’s sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” which he preached on July 7, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut.

The message of this sermon was meant to put fear in the hearts of all Puritans: God will judge and punish all sinners, and the punishment will be worse than they can possibly imagine.

Citation Information
Edwards, Jonathan, excerpt from “Sinners in the hands of an angry God,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/a775e6a7496dff85ea1a636439e40c59.
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