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==History== According to [[Josephus]], "Now this country is then so sadly burnt up, that nobody cares to come at it;... It was of old a most happy land, both for the fruits it bore and the riches of its cities, although it be now all burnt up. It is related how for the impiety of its inhabitants, it was burnt by lightning; in consequence of which there are still the remainders of that divine fire; and the traces (or shadows) of the five cities are still to be seen,..." ([[The Jewish War]], book IV, end of ch. 8, in reference to Sodom.) [[Puritan]] preacher [[Thomas Vincent (minister)|Thomas Vincent]] (an eyewitness of the [[Great Fire of London]]) authored a book called "Fire and Brimstone in Hell", first published in 1670. In it he quotes from Psalm 11:6 "Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest, this shall be the portion of their cup." Preachers such as [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]] and [[George Whitefield]] were referred to as "fire-and-brimstone preachers" during the [[First Great Awakening]] of the 1730s and 1740s. Edwards' "[[Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God]]" remains among the best-known sermons from this period. Reports of one occasion when Edwards preached it said that many of the audience burst out weeping, and others cried out in anguish or even fainted.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Great Awakening|last=Tracy|first=Joseph|publisher=Forgotten Books|isbn=9781330391495|oclc=920926442|date = 2015-06-25}}</ref>
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