Question

In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses the image of a spider dangling on a thread over fire to describe

Answer 1

a person's ability to avoid dammnation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a sermon by Jonathan Edwards that serves as an appeal to sinners to repent. He argues that the judgement will indeed come, and that this will be much more scary and painful than they can even imagine. He also emphasizes that the judgement will be unexpected and sudden, and that each day is in fact only a display of God's mercy.

Answer 2

A person's ability to avoid da-mnation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sinners in the Hands of an ANgry God was a sermon written and preached by the Rev. Jonathan Edwards in Northampton, Massachusetts, around the year of 1741, he speaks about the sins that the members of his congregation are guilty of, and how they are now sinners on the hands of an angry God because of that, but he uses the example of the spider dangling on a thread over fire creating the imagery needed to exemplify the fact that we are surrounded by sin, and by temptation but if we walk the path of good and right, we can avoid da-mnation.