Sinners of an angry god

what is the effect on the audience?

"if we knew that there was one person, and but one, in the whole congregation, that was to be the subject of this misery,
what an awful thing would it be to think of! if we knew
who it was, what an awful sight would it be to see such
a person! how might all the rest of the congregation lift
up a lamentable [regrettable] and bitter cry over him!
but, alas! instead of one, how many is it likely will
remember this discourse [speech or conversation] in
hell? "