Question

Select the words that Edwards uses in his sermon to make hell seem like a living thing.

swallow

wicked

lay hold

gaping

loathsome

Answer 1

swallow
lay hold
gaping

These verbs (e.g., "the pit is gaping for you," "ready to swallow you up," and references to God’s hand laying hold/withdrawing) personify hell as an active, living thing in Edwards’s sermon.