"you hang by a slender thread" referring to how close you are from being sent into the dooms of Hell rather than Gates of Heaven is more than terrifying. Edwards exaggerates the chance of being sent to Heaven as almost none and chance of being sent to Hell as almost certain. "nothing to lay hold of to save yourself" shows us how Edwards is trying to convince and scare his audience into believing it is an easier guarantee they will live their afterlife in Hell because God does not forgives those who sin against him.

These two small sentences are very short but contain very heavy language and content. It speaks of the description of Hell as being a 'dreadful pit of misery' where God is the only thing whom can save you from hell. Hell is already terrifying in many peoples eyes and the last thing any normal person wants to know is, they are going to Hell if they are at the near brink of death. We were all given a brief description of Hell being a place of eternal pain but this mini paragraph just exaggerates the infernal aspect of Hell so much more than just being 'a place of pain'. It instills fear into it's audience so that they not only fear Hell but fear ever going against the word of God as he will send you to hell if you are deviant against him.