Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: A Sermon Preached at Enfield, July 8, 1741, at a Time of Great Awakenings, and Attended With Remarkable Impressions on Many of the Hearers
By Jonathan Edwards

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Boston : S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1741 The text for this digital editon was drawn from the 1741 published copy of the sermon from University of Nebraska's digital edition https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=etas and check against the original found in Gale Primary Sources: Eighteenth Century Collections Online link.gale.com/apps/doc/CB0127258113/ECCO?u=viva_uva&sid=bookmark-ECCO&xid=f6dad230&pg=1 Project Gutenberg, n.d.Base text for this digital edition has been drawn from Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43/43-h/43-h.htm.

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Edwards, Jonathan. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: A Sermon Preached at Enfield, July 8, 1741, at a Time of Great Awakenings, and Attended With Remarkable Impressions on Many of the Hearers". Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: A Sermon Preached at Enfield, July 8, 1741, at a Time of Great Awakenings, and Attended With Remarkable Impressions on Many of the Hearers, S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1741 . Literature in Context: An Open Anthology. http://anthology.lib.virginia.edu/work/Edwards/edwards-sinners. Accessed: 2024-05-09T00:52:54.204Z

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Footnotes

_psalShort form of the the book Psal of the Bible
_cumbrethTo occupy obstructively, or inconveniently; to block up or fill with what hinders freedom of motion or action; to burden, load. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_lukAn abbreviation of the Bible book Luke
_johAn abbreviation of the Bible book John
_thitherTo or towards that place. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_whet In allusive and figurative phrases usually expressing preparation for attack. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_carnal Of or pertaining to the flesh or body; bodily, corporeal. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_isaiIsai is an abbreviation of Isaiah, a book in the Bible.
_ecclesEccles is an abbreviation of Ecclesiastes, a book in the Bible.
_effectualPowerful in effect, having powerful effects. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_not-notThe use of the double negative was to intensify the negation, not to create a positive.
_covenantApplied esp. to an engagement entered into by the Divine Being with some other being or persons. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_spueAn archaic spelling of "spew". Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_threshingTo separate the grain of a cereal crop from the husks and straw, and related senses. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_provProv. is an abbreviation of Proverbs, a book in the Bible.
_revRev. is an abbreviation of the Book of Revelation in the Bible
_unregenerate Not reformed, spiritually or (now usually) morally or intellectually. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_raiment An article of clothing or adornment, a garment; an outfit. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_vizAn abbreviation of videlicet meaning that is to say; namely; to wit: used to introduce an amplification, or more precise or explicit explanation, of a previous statement or word. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_indignation The wrath of a superior. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_dolefulFull of pain, grief, or suffering; sorrowful, sad. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_mire An undesirable state or condition (formerly esp. of sin or moral degradation) from which it is difficult to extricate oneself. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_shewArchaic form of "show". Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_het Heated. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_rom Rom. is short for the book of Romans in the Bible.
_zionA biblical name for: the city of Jerusalem; (hence) the land of Israel. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_ineffable That cannot be expressed or described in language; too great for words. Source: Oxford English Dictionary
_apace At a pace, i.e. at a considerable or good pace; hence, With speed; swiftly, quickly, fast. Source: Oxford English Dictionary