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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Edwards' sixth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
2. What is the Doctrine that Edwards derives from his chosen Biblical text?
3. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards notes that the Bible compares the souls of sinners to what?
4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say is a typical way for sinners to think?
5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the "enmity" in sinners' souls (408). What is he saying is in their souls?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. When, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says of sinners that "The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, and the pit hath opened her mouth under them," (407), what does he mean, and what analogy found elsewhere in the sermon is he making reference to?
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. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what different promises has God made to the converted and the unconverted?
6. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is God's attitude toward the sinners who are not yet in hell?
7. 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).
8. Explain why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says that God is not like an earthly prince.
9. In the end of the Doctrine section of his sermon, what criticism does Edwards make of religious authorities who do not believe what he believes?
10. What reasons does Edwards give, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, for divine justice not stopping God from casting sinners into hell?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a hymn by Isaac Watts (his work is available on Project Gutenberg, online). Write an essay that explains how this hymn represents the ideas of the Great Awakening.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the effect of repetition in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Essay Topic 3
The Great Awakening is considered to be the birth of American Evangelical Christianity. Explain what Evangelical Christianity is and discuss how its key tenets can be traced to the Great Awakening.
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