Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Reason for Writing

Logos:• Because everyone is a sinner, everyone is going to hell
•Includes his entire audience regardless
• Alluding to the bible is expert testimony to back up his belief

Pathos: •He frightens his audience by telling them there is no reason for them to fall straight to hell
• Uses hope during his sermon to share that if they continue their visits to his sermon, they will not burn in hell
•He says that if they continue to attend his sermons, they will not be condemned to hell, and that is the only reason and only thing they can do about their certain damnation

Ethos: •His allusions to Exodus and Luke
• Stating that god can cast any wicked person into hell at any time
• People already over the fiery pits of hell deserve to be there
• God pleases to cast his enemies to hell

During his sermon, Jonathan Edwards mainly uses pathos to provoke fear, worry, hope, and love in his audience. Although this is his main use of persuasion, he of course must use ethos and logos as well. He uses fear by telling his audience that god's "...natural men are held in the hand of god, over the pit of hell...". He tells his audience that they are granted an extraordinary opportunity because Christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open, and is welcoming them. He also shares that their presence at this very sermon is the only reason they are not in hell.
      As well as making his audience afraid of near-everything he was saying, he used logos by implying that everyone who is a sinner, is going to hell. He includes his entire audience regardless of how wicked everyone they are believed to be. He also indirectly cites text from the bible.
     The ethos he uses are other allusions to Exodus and Luke(the bible). He also tells the audience that they can be cast into the pit of hell whenever god sees fit, and that if they are over that pit that they have a reason to be there. God welcomes them should they have a reason to be over that pit.