1. indeed the saints no excellence, as they are in and of themselves. 2. in them, that is, in their flesh, dwells no good thing. 3. they are in themselves poor, guilty, vile creatures, and see themselves to be so. 4. but they have an excellency and glory in them, because they have christ dwelling in them. 5. the excellency that is in them, though it be but as a spark, yet it is something ten thousand times more excellent than any ruby, or most precious pearl that ever was found on the earth; and that because it is something divine, something of god. -from "the portion of the righteous" by jonathon edwards the main idea of the paragraph is best expressed in what sentence? 1 2 3 4 5

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.