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In the following excerpt of "Sinners in the hands of an angry God", Edwards extensively compares God's wrath with great Warters:
"The Wrath of God is like great Waters that are dammed for the present; they increase more and more, & rise higher and higher, till an Outlet is given, and the longer the Stream is stop’d, the more rapid and mighty is it’s Course, when once it is let loose. 'Tis true, that Judgment against your evil Works has not been executed hitherto; the Floods of God’s Vengeance have been with-held; but your Guilt in the mean Time is constantly increasing, and you are every Day treasuring up more Wrath; the Waters are continually rising an waxing more and more mighty; and there is nothing but the meer Pleasure of God that holds the Waters back that are unwilling to be stopped, and press hard to go forward; if God should only withdraw his Hand from the Flood-Gate, it would immediately fly open, and the fiery Floods of the Fierceness and Wrath of God would rush forth with inconceivable Fury, and would come upon you with omnipotent Power; and if your Strength were ten thousand Times greater than it is, yea ten thousand Times greater than the Strength of the stoutest, sturdiest, Devil in Hell, it would be nothing to withstand or endure it."
We can see an extended analogy in the fourth paragraph of the text.
Although you have not shown which text this question refers to, we can see, through questions similar to yours, that you are referring to "Sinners in the hands of an angry God."
"Sinners in the hands of an angry God" was a speech recited by Jonathan Edwards, where he shows how hell is a terrible place and all people are doomed to be punished in hell if they don't return their lives to the work of God.
In the fourth paragraph of this speech, we can see that Edwards uses a simile, which extends throughout the entire paragraph, as a great analogy.
You need to know that a simile is the figure of speech that allows an explicit comparison between two elements.
Regarding the fourth paragraph of the speech, we can conclude that:
- The use of the simile allows the comparison between the wrath of God and the great waters.
- This comparison is extended, as the author shows how the wrath of God grows little by little, but that it is as powerful as great and violent waves.
- The author shows how this power makes God's judgment on sinners terrible once his wrath overflows.
- This overflow is similar to the overflow of violent waters, which can destroy everything in front of them.
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