Edwards uses imagery to create a mental image for the audience. He depicts an image of what the fate of sinners could be like. He states, “there is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God… nothing to stand upon… nothing between you and hell but the air.” There is a bottomless pit of hell, in which holds the unworthy souls who have sinned as a punishment because God is angry and has the ability send the sinners into the torments of hell. Those who sin are already bound to go to hell with no way out. He also states, “you hang by a slender thread, with the flames of divine wrath flashing about.” God is in control and holds us in his hands, basically holding us by a thread over the pit of hell and can cut the thread at any moment
