He began to see “every extraordinary escape, or single liberation, mine or that of others” as “the interposition of providence” (Equiano). Although in this case he believed that God was saving him from evil, this created a sense of "fear and awe" in Equiano, because he believed that "the hand of God" directly decided whether men would live or die, just as it determined when a sparrow would have fallen (Equiano). From this point on, Equiano begins to experience more and more stress regarding his eventual eternal destination, because he focuses only on the fragility and “means” of humanity (Equiano). Equiano doesn't feel confident that he can have the certainty of salvation, unlike Wheatley, and this creates a lot in him