"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

     Speeches are a huge part of English literature. A speech we read as a class that captured my attention is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards. Three aspects of the SOAPST for this speech are audience, purpose, and subject. The audience are the sinners, so that pretty much narrows it down to everyone. Jonathan Edwards refers to the audience as all of them being sinners. According to him, everyone is a sinner except for few like himself. God holds all of them on a string and is ready to let go whenever he desires. They are God's little toys and should fear God.
     The purpose is to persuade. Jonathan Edwards tries to persuade his audience into being what he believes is right. They are all sinners to him, and God, and if they do not act "perfect" like how Edwards displays them to be, they will all go to hell. The purpose of his speech works, because Edwards instills fear into the audience and gives the idea that God does not like them and they will all die and go to hell.
     The subject is salvation. Edwards preaches how his audience can be "saved" by telling them how they should be. He tells them that God does not like them and He will eventually send them to hell, but there is a way to be saved. The only way is to pray everyday so that when judgement day comes, they will automatically be saved from death, and their stay on Earth can be extended a bit.