An ethical
appeal is plea to get people to do the right thing. It is a call to the conscience to urge a
better, more ethical action than the current action that is taking place.
By
the content of Edwards' sermon, we can gather that he believed the people were being apathetic
or indifferent in their relationship with God. To correct this behavior he used many ethical
appeals:
And let every one that is yet without Christ, and
hanging over the pit of hell, whether they be old men and women, or middle aged, or young
people, or little children, now listen to the loud calls of God's word and providence.
This is near the end (as are most of his appeals). He uses a direct
command to ask people to do the right thing: turn back to God.
Therefore, let every one that is without Christ, now awake and fly from the wrath to
come.
In this one of the very last statements, he again
uses a...
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