1) Edward is trying to persuade the audience to act in a more holy manner and less sinful actions.
2) Edwards purpose of natural men is the the typical man back in that time period, that believe in God yet still sins.
3)In the first paragraph Edwards use of "abate" is to define his purpose of saying everybody is born a sinner.
4) This use of repetition is to make a point a stronger way. This repetition is very effective in his oral speech, because he uses a lot of exaggerated imagery.
5) They use appositives to create vivid imagery.
6) The purpose is to create a more emotional impact on the audience, to try to persuade the audiences answer.
7) He uses not willingly in every sentence to exaggerate his point. he uses the semicolons to emphasize each point of the statements.
8) Gods wrath is always ready for a person who sins. In this text the use of imagery is used to help understatement the power of god.
9) In the text Edwards says that God is holding us over a fiery pit and if we sin he will drop us in it. Edwards tells his audience we need to be better followers of God.
10) Edwards uses ethos to pathos. He uses more emotion in his sermons to his audience rather than logos. His visions of god are very different from today and may seem illogical to use but may be logical to them.
11). The tone stays the same throughout the speech. We the people aren't worthy of being on earth and we are basically gods toys to play with. He keeps the tone of us on the verge of death. He claims that we are hanging over a fiery pit and one wrong move will send us to hell this idea of a horrible death also remains throughout the sermon.
12)When Edwards says he wants to be "heard" instead of "read", he means he wants the people that are reading his stories to fully understand them and are able comprehend it.
13. His text is persuasive by giving dark scary details and visions of horror if they don't live by gods ways. This makes the audience fear their life on a constant basis and engulf themselves into the sermon.
14) The people who fainted were so surprised at what he had to say about their faith and what would happen to you if you sinned.
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