LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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Question
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Edwards presents God as a being who
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Is often angry and vengeful
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Enjoys human suffering and misery
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Continually redefines the universe
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Easily forgives repentant sinners
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Edwards believed that people had fallen away from the demanding faith, with its emphasis on God’s grace, that was so essential to their salvation.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Edwards, God is Trinity (three in one, one in three), and the Trinity is relational in his love. Because the Trinity derives from the divine community’s self-understanding in God, God communicates this love to the whole creation, offering it a chance to be a part of this divine life of love.
Detailed explanation-3: -What have Edwards’s listeners done to provoke or anger God? They have refused to acknowledge God’s total power over their lives.
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