Part b: which two phrases from the story best support the answer to part a?
a.
“thus did the brothers live for many years, and every week the angel of the lord came down to them and blessed them.” ( paragraph 1)
b.
“…and not keeping for himself a single coin of all this money, he went back to his dwelling in the selfsame old garment in which he had come to town.” ( paragraph 4)
c.
“and all three houses began to be filled with people, and the people began to praise athanasius for all that he had done.” ( paragraph 4)
d.
“thou art not worthy to dwell with thy brother. that one leap aside of thy brother’s was worth more than all that thou hast done with thy gold.” ( paragraph 9)
e.
“…and he understood that not by gold, but by good works only, could he render service to god and his fellow-man.” ( paragraph 14)
f.
“and the brethren dwelt together as before.” ( paragraph 15)

the grass-plot before the jail, in prison lane, on a certain summer morning, not less than two centuries ago, was occupied by a pretty large number of the inhabitants of boston; all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron-clamped oaken door.

— the scarlet letter,

nathaniel hawthorne

''eyes intently fastened''

''iron-clamped oaken door''

are the answers

edwards uses the phrase "o who can express what the state of a soul in such circumstances is! " in order to illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable. the word "express" denoted that the state of a suffering soul is required to be described by any person, but it would not happen because no one can imagine how this suffering is felt.  

-show what might happen if the reader disobeys edwards is not correct because this is described trhough the text, not by the phrase used.

-describe what endless suffering looks and feels like is not correct because this description might be the porpuse of the excerpt provided, not the porpuse of using the phrase during the writting.

-prove that few people have survived limitless suffering is not correct because it is implied that the soul of a person is already suffering and doesn't have any way to escape.