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1
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He was not?😂

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Not well known

2
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Besides being a pastor, he provided services to his town as a ……. and …….. of defense against the Indians.

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Physician and organizer

3
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The purpose of them was to prepare Taylor spiritually for preaching the sermon before communion.

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“Preparatory Meditation”

4
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1.1The marriage metaphor emphasize the idea of what?

The embodiment of divinity with humanity in Jesus Christ

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Incarnation

5
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1.1According to this meditation ‘……….’ Overflows hell.

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God’s love

6
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“The Experience” In this one,Taylor claims that his status w/God is ?

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better than that of angels.

7
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In which line that the relationship Taylor describes with scriptural allusion is the one between God and himself?

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“Flesh of my flesh”

8
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Why does Taylor want God to be his spectacles?

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So Taylor can examine himself from God’s perspective to see if he indeed has God’s image.

9
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The entire poem is a prayer.

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“Huswifery”

10
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There is more meaning if you were familiar with the use of what?

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The spinning wheel

11
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This one emphasizes God’s plan of redemption for the sinner and spiritual growth for the believer.

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“God’s Determinations”

12
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He line “His Glorious Handy work not made by hands” illustrates “……..”

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Irony

13
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The conclusion “That now his Brightest Diamond is grown Darker by far than any ‘…….’(concludes with the tragedy that causes the rest of the 35 poem sequence-shows the fall of man)

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Coal Pit stone.

14
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Personification

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Act of describing human qualities to an inhuman object.

15
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Metonymy

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Use of one term for another related

16
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Irony

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Contrasts appearance and reality

17
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Hyberbole

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Exaggeration

18
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Paradox

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Statement that is seemingly contradictory.