And I doubt not but their recompense is with the Lord. Answer:
<u>The following are three sentences in the passage that best show the author's belief that Plymouth Colony's fate was guided by divine Providence:</u>
1. "And of these in the time of most distress, there was but 6 or 7 sound persons, who, to their great commendations be it spoken, spared no pains, night nor day, but with abundance of toil and hazard of their own health, fetched them wood, made them fires, dressed them meat, made their beds, washed their loathsome clothes, clothed and unclothed them; in a word, did all the homely and necessary offices for them which dainty and queasy stomachs cannot endure to hear named; and all this willingly and cheerfully, without any grudging in the least, showing herein their true love unto their friends and brethren."
2. "Yet the Lord so upheld these persons, as in this general calamity they were not at all infected either with sickness, or lameness."
3. "And I doubt not but their recompense is with the Lord."
Explanation:
These three sentences show the author's belief that Plymouth Colony's fate was guided by divine Providence. As the author writes in the passage, during the hard times in the colony were sickness stroked upon almost everyone who lived there, there was a small group of people that stood up in order to take care of the rest of the community that needed them. As the sentences show, the author believes that it was no coincidence that this happened, but it was rather proof that God was guiding and protecting Plymouth Colony, by enlightening a few of its citizens in order for the community to thrive during the hard times.
