Edwards says his listeners are hanging by a thread over the fires of eternal punishment. what will happen when this thread comes asunder?

They would fall upon the great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that they are held over in the hand of that God.

Explanation:

In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,"  Edwards uses many images to frighten his audience in hopes of persuading them to reform their ways.  He believes that they all deserve to be cursed and that they will be unless they reform.   Edwards spends a great deal of the sermon emphasizing how angry God is at all the sinners of the world, and especially those in the congregation.  

not sure how to answer your question sorry

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)