Read the passage and answer the question. What could now sustain them but the Spirit of God and His grace? May not and ought not
the children of these fathers rightly say: "Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and He heard their voice and looked on their adversity," etc. What might be the central idea of the passage above? the beauty of the new world the hardships faced by the Pilgrims the importance of faith the differences the Pilgrims had with the Church of England
The central idea of this passage is the importance of faith.
Explanation:
The passage is about people who faced some difficulties when they moved to another place. They cried and their Lord heard them.
The passage says "Lord" and It's refering to "God" and when It says that <em>"the Lord heard them"</em> It means that God provided them what they needed. That's why at the beginning of the passage says "<em>what could now sustain them but the Spirit of God and His grace? </em>It means that only God could do something for them. So the central idea of this passage is the importance of faith.
Yoo i been seeing so many different answers the only thing i can think of is that this creates a better understanding for the reader and creates somewhat of a bait and a bigger impact or emphasis.