ESSAYS AND SERMONS

Quote any three descriptions that Edwards uses to describe the dangers of eternal death that are vivid to you.

"the fire pent up in their own hearts is struggling to break out: and they have no interest in any Mediator, there are no means within reach that can be any security to them. In short, they have no refuge, nothing to take hold of, all that preserves them every moment is the mere arbitrary will, and uncovenanted, unobliged forbearance of an incensed God." "You probably are not sensible of this; you find you are kept out of hell, but do not see the hand of God in it; but look at other things, as the good state of your bodily constitution, your care of your own life, and the means you use for your own preservation. But indeed these things are nothing; if God should withdraw his band, they would avail no more to keep you from falling, than the thin air to hold up a person that is suspended in it." "That world of misery, that lake of burning brimstone, is extended abroad under you. There is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God; there is hell's wide gaping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon, nor any thing to take hold of, there is nothing between you and hell but the air; it is only the power and mere pleasure of God that holds you up."

Reread the first two paragraphs. According to Edwards, to whom has God promised eternal life?

According to Edwards, God has promised eternal life to believers.

The Tatler and Spectator papers were produced by _____.

Addison + Steele

An Englishman who wrote essays about travel, truth, riches, and other serious subjects was _____.

Bacon

From your reading of the essay and from the Statement "Life is ephemeral," define the word ephemeral.

Ephemeral is something that lasts only for a short amount of time.

The word essai, or essay, was first used by a French man named _____.

Montaigne

What did Mr. Franklin learn from his observations that he sought to communicate to his readers?

Mr. Franklin learned from his observations that no matter how long you live your life, you should live it well.

A witty, concise proverb-like saying is called a(n) _____.

aphorism

The elderly emphemera felt that his struggles in life were worth it because he gained a name for himself.

false

Two styles of essays are _____.

formal and informal

Franklin claimed to have heard and understood the conversation of ephemera, a type of _____.

insect

Edwards says the ____ of God keeps sinful mankind from going to hell immediately.

power and pleasure

The emphemera's lifespan was so ____ that it measured its life by ____

short, minutes

In the final paragraph of the selection, Franklin writes: To me, after all my eager pursuits, no solid pleasures now remain, but the reflection of a long life spent in meaning well, the sensible conversation of a few good lady ephemerae, and now and then a kind smile and a tune from the ever amiable Brillante . In this paragraph when he refers to "the conversation of good lady epehemerae," he means _____.

the women he enjoys talking with have life spans as short as his own

French writings similar to essays were called pensees, or ______.

thoughts

The word essay originally meant _____.

try