When Jonathan Edwards makes these numerous references to
the Bible in this sermon, he is making allusions. An allusion is when you refer to some
major piece of literature or some historical event or something like that where just
about everyone who is listening to you knows what you are talking about. You would make
this allusion so as to be able to illustrate some point that you are trying to
make.
An example of this can be found in the following
passage from the sermon:
Divine justice says of the tree that brings forth
such grapes of Sodom, "Cut it down, why cumbereth it the
ground?"
The
allusion here is to Sodom. He does not explain what it is, but all of his listeners
understand what he is talking about.
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