Jonathan Edward’s abrasive imagery preaches a dramatic shift for the peoples’ actions and lives with examples such as “dreadful pit of the glowing flames” and “wrath of god would rush forth with an inconceivable fury.” Edwards employs imagery laden scenes highlighting both the negatives and positives of God’s will. The sermon addresses a need for the general population to have a movement towards greater embracement of God’s almighty will. With the passages he invokes this movement by demonstrating God’s power through the wrath and fury that will descend upon the sinners who do not “embrace the majesty of God.” He elaborates upon visions of the pits of hill through ideas such as “plunge into the bottomless gulf.” His language is focused upon
