Question

you hang by a slender thread, with the flames of divine wrath flashing about it, and ready every moment to singe it, and burn it asunder; and you have no interest in any mediator, and nothing to lay hold of to save yourself, nothing to keep off the flames of wrath, nothing of your own, nothing that you ever have done, nothing that you can do, to induce god to spare you one moment. —jonathan edwards what does edwards mean when he says that sinners \hang by a slender thread\? sinners must climb that thread if they hope to reach heaven. there is little that protects sinners from gods fury. prayer is the thread that connects the devout to god. gods fury is like a sharp, pointed needle. done

Explanation:

The text emphasizes that sinners have "nothing to lay hold of to save yourself, nothing to keep off the flames of wrath". The phrase "hang by a slender thread" is a metaphor. A slender thread is something very weak and easily broken. In the context of the text, it means there is very little (like a weak thread) that protects sinners from God's wrath (the "flames of divine wrath").

Answer:

There is little that protects sinners from God's fury.