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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Edwards uses the phrase "natural man," what is he referring to?
(a) Adam.
(b) Souls already in hell.
(c) Those who have not been "born again."
(d) People who live as God intends them to.

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what point does Edwards make about those who are in hell?
(a) They were not smart enough to outwit the devil.
(b) If they can no longer stand the suffering, they can ask God for mercy.
(c) If they repent they can finally enter heaven.
(d) They did not expect to end up there.

3. What is Edwards' second argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) Sinners deserve to be in hell.
(b) Sinners have only the present moment to repent.
(c) God is like an archer, and his bow is already bent.
(d) God is gracious enough to give sinners many chances to repent.

4. According to the Doctrine section of the sermon, what is always hanging over the heads of sinners?
(a) The sword of divine justice.
(b) The sword of Damocles.
(c) The hangman's noose.
(d) The vigilante's noose.

5. What is the only thing, according to Edwards, that stops God from sending the wicked to hell?
(a) Christ's love.
(b) The possibility of their repentance.
(c) Their covenant with Him.
(d) His arbitrary will.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to the "manifold" experience of the world. What kind of experience is this?

2. What is the Doctrine that Edwards derives from his chosen Biblical text?

3. Edwards' claim, the the Doctrine section of his sermon, that "Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering" (408), is what type of argument?

4. In the Doctrine section of his essay, Edwards claims that something is under the "dominion" of the devil (407). What is the devil's dominion?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards notes that the Bible compares the souls of sinners to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards compares God's power to the power of a human to crush a worm. Explain the meaning and significance of this analogy.

2. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what different promises has God made to the converted and the unconverted?

3. When, in the Doctrine section of his speech, Edwards says that "The Scripture represents them as his 'goods'" (407), to whom does he refer when he says "them" and "his," and what point is he making about these people?

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards mean when he says that the "mere pleasure of God" (406) is all that keeps sinners out of hell?

5. Why does Edwards say, in the Doctrine section of the sermon, that those who think that they are protecting themselves from hell are fooling themselves?

6. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is God's attitude toward the sinners who are not yet in hell?

7. Why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, does Edwards say that sinners should not be comforted by the fact that there is no "visible means of death at hand" (408)?

8. Explain what Edwards is saying, in the Doctrine section of the sermon, about the nature of the souls of sinners when he says "There are in the souls of wicked men those hellish principles reigning, that would presently kindle and flame out into hell fire, if it were not for God's restraints" (408).

9. What reasons does Edwards give, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, for divine justice not stopping God from casting sinners into hell?

10. Explain why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says that God is not like an earthly prince.

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