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"But with abundance of toil and hazard of their own health, fetched them wood, made them fires, dressed them meat, made their beds, washed their lothsoam clothes."

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The author uses plain and simple text to show that the Puritans lived a plain life and only wished to serve the Lord

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"And thought themselves lucky to get out of those dangers before night overcame them, as by God's good providence they did."

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Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to lan

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The author uses specific tones to show the emotion and to help clarify the text

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Being able to practice the religion you chose in the way that you chose

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"Consider the fearful danger you are in; it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath."

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The author uses repetition to remind people of the possibility of hell to scare and inform those reading

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Eternal damnation is the undeniable fate for most people.

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Edwards uses generalizations along with leaving some thoughts open ended to convey the constant fear of the unknown and to leave the readers wondering what's to come.

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"We do not know who they are, or in what seats they sit, or what thoughts they now have"

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We do not know when/ if we will be damned or saved

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"The flames gather and flash around them"

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"And all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you, and keep you out of hell, then a spider"

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The Author used vivid imagery of hell to induce fear and guilt among readers.

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God's will is the only thing between people and the fiery depths of hell

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Jonathan Edwards uses metaphores as well as vivid imagery to convey the belief of predestination.

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Everyone's fate is predetermined and people can not change if they will be dammed or saved

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How do Puritan beliefs have an affect on both the style and content of Puritan Literature