THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They were the same as the King’s laws
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They were superior to the King’s laws
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They were to obeyed unless the King said otherwise
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That they told people to actively rebel against the king
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Detailed explanation-1: -God is “being in general.” He “is the sum of all being, and there is no being without his being; all things are in him and he in all” (“Miscellanies, ” no. 880; Edwards 1957–, vol.
Detailed explanation-2: -Edwards goes to talk about God’s wrath. “It is the wrath of the infinite God.” So God is infinite. “It is the fierceness of His wrath that you are exposed to.” So not only is He infinite, but so is His wrath. You do not find love in this sermon, but that God mostly hates you.
Detailed explanation-3: -Edwards taught that God had absolute authority over human souls and that human beings, by their own devices, had no power or hope to win salvation. In July, 1741, Edwards was invited to deliver a guest sermon at a recalcitrant congregation in Enfield, Connecticut.
Detailed explanation-4: -In short, Edwards believes that humans are meant to be good, but have been born evil (due to original sin) and can only be saved by accepting Christ.