"the floods of God's vengeance have been withheld; but your gulit in the meantime is constantly increasing, and there is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, that holds the waters back."- Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
God is holding back from delivering punishement. You continue to feel guilt and God takes pleasure in that so he holds back the punishment.
The words flood and water are taken figuratively. The water represents Gods has power.
Withheld and holding back represents God controlling his power and deciding when to release it.
Topic sentence- The quote I chose shows that God is understanding and will hold back on punishment when you realize what you did wrong and feel guilty
Comment via Brinna:
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job exploring what each line meant. In addition to your words you picked out I would just add "guilt" to tie in with your other words, other than that I thought it was good.