8.) Identify a metaphor on page 88 and explain the author’s meaning behind this use. 9.) According to what is Edwards, what is “but thin air and empty shadows”?
10.) How many times do you count Edwards speaking of God’s pleasure? What is do you think he is trying to drive home by doing this?
11.) For what purpose do you think the speaker begin using exclamations as the sermon progresses?

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england. simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?