An Angry God Ethos
Jonathan Edwards uses the three appeals pathos, logos, and ethos in his sermon “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” to persuade unconverted members of the congregation to become born again through Christ. He uses pathos, which is emotional appeals to evoke the audience’s emotions such as fear, anger, sadness, and many more. By using connotative diction, syntax, and personal anecdotes he is able to create an emotional appeal. Edwards uses logical appeals, which is logos to appeal to the audience’s logic by creating a well-reasoned argument. A logical appeal is created by using facts, statistics, research, references to experts, and cause and effect. He also uses ethical appeals which is ethos, He uses ethos to appeal to the audience’s trust
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He states “that, thus it is that natural men are held in the hand of God, over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it.” (Edwards 2012) to show that the unconverted men deserve the pit and are already sentenced to the pit of hell. Also, “When you look forward,you shall see a long forever, a boundless duration before you, which will swallow up your thoughts, and amaze your soul; and you will absolutely despair of ever having any deliverance, any end, any, mitigation, any rest at all”(Edwards 2012) When you look into the future you will of pain and no rescue from anger, and you will suffer because you don’t believe. “Many are daily coming from the east,west,north,and south;many that were very lately in the same miserable condition that you are in, now in a happy state, with their hearts with love to him who has loved them, and washed from their sins”(Edwards 2012) This is a reference to the people being converted during the great awakening.
Edwards uses ethos to establishing trust and credibility with the audience. Edwards refers to a quote from Psalm 90:11. The quote “and rejoicing in hope of the glory of God. How awful is it to be left behind at such a day! To see so many feasting while, you are pining and perishing.”(Edwards 2012) shows how awful it is to be left behind and unconverted because you will perish forever instead of “rejoicing in the hope of
He states “that, thus it is that natural men are held in the hand of God, over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it.” (Edwards 2012) to show that the unconverted men deserve the pit and are already sentenced to the pit of hell. Also, “When you look forward,you shall see a long forever, a boundless duration before you, which will swallow up your thoughts, and amaze your soul; and you will absolutely despair of ever having any deliverance, any end, any, mitigation, any rest at all”(Edwards 2012) When you look into the future you will of pain and no rescue from anger, and you will suffer because you don’t believe. “Many are daily coming from the east,west,north,and south;many that were very lately in the same miserable condition that you are in, now in a happy state, with their hearts with love to him who has loved them, and washed from their sins”(Edwards 2012) This is a reference to the people being converted during the great awakening.
Edwards uses ethos to establishing trust and credibility with the audience. Edwards refers to a quote from Psalm 90:11. The quote “and rejoicing in hope of the glory of God. How awful is it to be left behind at such a day! To see so many feasting while, you are pining and perishing.”(Edwards 2012) shows how awful it is to be left behind and unconverted because you will perish forever instead of “rejoicing in the hope of