The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.

Jonathan Edwards

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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Original Citation

Edwards, Jonathan. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." 1741. Edwards Church, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. Sermon.

Current Citation

Edwards, Jonathan. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and Other Puritan Sermons. Dover Publications, 2005.