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    made a speech to a crowd of puritans. Because Edwards wanted the puritans to stay puritan, he made a sermon called “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and that scared them into coming back to their original religion. He scared them into becoming puritan again by using ethos, pathos, and logos. Edwards used ethos very well in his lecture. He has great examples in his speech for ethos. For example, he quotes the bible. The one thing the puritans care about the most and follow. And when he uses the

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    Edwards, in his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, proclaims to the audience that they are all sinners, and God can easily toss them into hell. This was during the Great Awakening, a time of religious revival in colonial America. Edwards’s purpose is to tell the audience the flaws of the Israelites and explain how the members of the congregation are destined for hell if they do not convert and repent for their sins. He adopts an aggressive tone in order to instill fear of God in his congregation

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    Jonathan Edward’s “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” was a strong and intense sermon, that was well known in the first Great Awakening. This sermon had a huge impact on many sinner , but was targeted mainly to Edward’s puritans in his congregation. He evoked fear in the sinners, while describing the harsh punishments of not repenting the sins to the mighty God. Edwards emphasize his purpose and beliefs of this forgiveness by using rhetorical strategies such as logos, pathos, ethos, imagery, and syntax

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    Jonathan Edwards author of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God uses literary elements such as pathos, ethos, or logos to create fear in his audience to help them understand the situation he is trying to explain to them. For example, “ The Arrow is made ready”, this is aimed towards all of those who have sinned, or have not yet accepted christ, telling them the will punish them if they do not accept him and repent soon. This is meant to scare the Audience into accepting christ because no one wants

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    Ethos plays a great part in “Crisis Number One”, unlike in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, there are numerous examples of ethos, and here are some… “Whether the independence of the continent was declared too soon, or delayed too long, I will not now enter into as an argument; my own simple opinion is, that had it been eight months earlier, it would have been much better.”, indicating that if the Revolutionary War, and it supports, started earlier, they would’ve been better off, in his opinion

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    the presence of God, being "conceived" once more. As a minister, Jonathan Edwards conveyed numerous sermons trusting delinquents of various sorts would convert.Edwards trusts the world is brimming with transgression and that humankind survives due to God's kindness. What does Edwards mean by “natural men”? How do you know? Describe his primary audience. Edwards describes the human population, with no

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    examples presented, “Yea, God is a great deal more angry with great numbers that are now on earth, yea, doubtless with many that are now in this congregation, that it may be are at ease and quieter, than he is with many of those that are now in the flames of hell.”, when saying this, it puts fear into the people that they are going to hell, which no Christian wants. “That God will execute the fierceness of his anger, implies that he will inflict wrath without any pity: when God beholds the ineffable

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    minister, Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”(1741) tries to elucidate all the consequences that occur in the afterlife if you’re a sinner. Edwards purpose of this sermon is to address the Puritan society and congregation the repercussions that can come from being sinful. He formulates a desperate tone in order to reach his audiences internal conflicts with the Puritans and their sin. Edwards supports his claim by using logos, ethos, and pathos to appeal to the readers

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    In deliverance of his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards is able to entice sinners across the globe in a warning that God will be judging their actions, and that the punishments to ensue will be unimaginable to all. The rhetorical situation that is prevalent throughout the text is that following God will allow individuals to live an eternal bliss in Heaven, and those who wish to go against God’s will are to come to terms with an everlasting perdition in Hell. Edwards

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    Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and Rhetoric On October 5, 1703, in East Windsor Connecticut, Timothy and Esther Edwards welcomed their new son, Jonathan Edwards, into the world. From a young age, Jonathan was provided with an excellent education from a highly qualified individual - his father was a minister and a college prepatory tutor. Jonathan Edwards was accepted at Yale college just before he turned thirteen. He was interested in a wide variety of studies including natural science, the

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