What appeal to emotion does Jefferson use in the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence?

In the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson appeals to the "Laws of Nature," and "Nature's God" in order to make his argument for separation.  He states that the colonists are seeking "the separate and equal station" to which the colonists are entitled to have.  Jefferson was not a Christian in the truest sense of the word, but his religious preferences can best be described as Deism.  Jefferson was heavily influenced by the English philosopher John Locke who believed that nature had God-given natural laws.  Jefferson used the argument that it was God's will for the colonies to seek separate status at this time, as the colonies and Britain could no longer be reconciled.  Another reason Jefferson used this language was to capture religious sentiment in the colonies--if given the holy cause of creating a new nation, the colonists would try harder to do the nearly impossible task of leaving Britain.