Beginning by describing the value of the material of the real world, "... if you present the whole world before her, with the richest of treasures, she ignores it and does not he worries about it…” (704). Edwards shows his wife's lack of greed and selfishness in this sentence. Sarah is happy with nothing but her faith and only her faith , the more “popular” and “rich” you were. To be content with nothing would be a very difficult task to accomplish in this world. Edwards then describes how he is able to do this: “He has a strange sweetness in his mind… an unusual purity in his her affections; she is most just and praiseworthy in all her actions;” (704) By calling the sweetness in Sarah's mind “strange,” Edwards shows how unusual his wife's faith truly is. Her lack of experience with the kind of faith Sarah has in God is also represented by the use of the word “strange” on Edward's part. The words sweetness, purity, and praiseworthy can show what Edwards thinks of Sarah's faith. It elevates Sarah's faith in a positive way because she wants the same experience. To be able to not worry about the materialistic things of this world and have a personal relationship with the Almighty
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