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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' ninth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
2. Which of the following is a key point that Edwards makes as he argues the seventh point in the Doctrine section of the sermon?
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, when Edwards says "as the heart is now a sink of sin, so, if sin was not restrained," (408), this is an example of which literary technique?
5. According to the Doctrine section of the sermon, what is always hanging over the heads of sinners?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. What reasons does Edwards give, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, for divine justice not stopping God from casting sinners into hell?
4. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is God's attitude toward the sinners who are not yet in 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. 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.
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. 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?
9. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what different promises has God made to the converted and the unconverted?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how Edwards uses metaphor to make abstract ideas more concrete for his listener.
Essay Topic 2
The theology of Edwards' sermon relies on both the idea of free will and the idea of divine providence. After some brief research, make and defend a claim about whether these two ideas are compatible.
Essay Topic 3
Edwards' sermon uses a logical format that allows him to be extremely convincing if the audience accepts the premises of his argument. Explain how his argument can be critiqued by examining his premises.
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