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Category: World History
Date Submitted: 06/14/2012 10:20 AM
Part 1
1. Spain, Portugal, and France all competed with England to colonize North America in the 17th Century.
2. The three important differences between the Chesapeake Bay settlements and the New England settlements were their religious principles, their governing styles, and economic functions.
3. Three contributions made by John Calvin during the Protestant Reformation were his belief that Baptism and The Lord’s Supper were symbols or marks of testifying God’s grace, his belief that we are all predestined to damnation and salvation by God, and his belief that Church and government should be separate.
4. Three historical factors that contributed to the Salem Witch Trials were the King William’s War of 1689, the “fits” of Reverend Samuel Parris daughters, and the trial of Bridget Bishop.
5. The Enlightenment of Europe and the rise of Calvinists were two historical factors that contributed to the Great Awakening.
Part II A
2. If John Edwards believes in unconditional election, what is the point of giving the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?
In John Edwards sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” he gives a very detailed and graphic depiction of God’s wrath and anger towards sinners and unrighteous people. He purposely paints this horrific picture of what hell is like and delivers this message to many congregations in hopes that sinners who stray away from their unholy ways. But one questions remains; why would John Edwards preach such a sermon to people if he believed that everyman is already predestined from birth by God to damnation or salvation?
As a Calvinist, Edwards believed in “unconditional election”, which was the belief that before God created the Earth that he chose to save a selective group of people for his own purposes and reasoning. This basically meant that as a man you are already predestined for heaven or hell regardless of what you do and there is nothing that you or anyone else can do about. There...