 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...  The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Page 501889Full view - About this book
 | Christianity - 1886 - 328 pages
...the members rejoice with it." I Cor. xii. 26. DR. JONATHAN EDWARDS. — " The God, who holds you ovet the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some...over the fire, ABHORS you, and is dreadfully provoked !" - Sermon on Hell Torments. 26 B BLE. — "The Lord is GOOD unto ALL, and h's TENDER MERCIES are... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1886 - 568 pages
...Edwardsianism changed in New England—the ism whose founder once said : " The God that holds you sinners over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you ... he will crush you under his feet without mercy; he will crush out your blood, and make it fly,... | |
 | Eric Sutherland Robertson - Authors, American - 1887 - 204 pages
...spirit by allpowerful preachers like Jonathan Edwards, who could harangue an audience thus : " The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds...over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked ; He looks upon you as worthy of nothing else but to be cast into the fire. . . . You are ten thousand... | |
 | John Bascom - Sociology - 1887 - 288 pages
...believers to revert to the Old Testament language and feeling. When Jonathan Edwards says, " The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds...the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked," he is expressing the sentiment of the imprecatory psalms, not those of the gospel. God is angry with... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - American literature - 1889 - 572 pages
...Edwardsianism changed in New England — the ism whose founder once said : " The God that holds you sinners over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you ... he will crush you under his feet without mercy ; he will crush out your blood, and make it fly,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - American literature - 1887 - 300 pages
...the pit of hell" runs an oft-quoted passage from this powerful denunciation of the wrath to come, " much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect...the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked. . . . You are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes than the most hateful venomous serpent... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 560 pages
...things that they depended on for peace and safety were nothing but thin air and empty shadows. The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds...have you in his sight ; you are ten thousand times so abominable in his eyes, as the most hateful and venomous serpent is in ours. You have offended him... | |
 | James Guinness Rogers - Baptists - 1888 - 344 pages
...the following past and extract. The first is a passage from Jonathan present. Edwards : — The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds...abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked. His wrath toward you burns like fire ; He looks upon you as worthy of nothing else but to be cast into the fire... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - Theology, Doctrinal - 1888 - 192 pages
...would seem that no other character could conceive the thought. Edwards continues : — "The God who holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds...abhors you and is dreadfully provoked ; his wrath toward you burns like fire ; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else but to be cast into the fire... | |
 | Death - 1888 - 948 pages
...the doctrine of eternal misery with the character of God.] JONATHAN EDWARDS— AD 1703-1758. The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds...the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: . . . you are a hundred thousand times more abominable in his eyes than the most hateful serpent is... | |
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