Question

which quotation from \sinners in the hands of an angry god\ indicates that people have a fragile hold on life?

yea, god is a great deal more angry with great numbers that are now on earth; yea, doubtless with many that are now in this congregation than he is with many of those that are now in the flames of hell

the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them, the flames do now rage and glow

unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering, and there are innumerable places in this covering so weak that they wont bear their weight, and these places are not seen

god is dreadfully provoked, his anger is as great towards them as to those that are actually suffering the executions of the fierceness of his wrath in hell

Explanation:

To determine which quotation shows people have a fragile hold on life, we analyze each option:

• First option: Focuses on God's anger toward people, not life's fragility.
• Second option: Describes hell's preparedness, not human life's tenuousness.
• Third option: Uses the metaphor of unconverted men walking on a rotten covering over hell's pit, with weak, unseen places. This implies their hold on life (avoiding hell) is fragile as the covering could break at any weak spot.
• Fourth option: Highlights God's anger, not life's fragility.

Answer:

C. Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering, and there are innumerable places in this covering so weak that they won't bear their weight, and these places are not seen