believed that man was, since the Fall basically evil and enslaved by his sense of sin, and that God was all, and would in His mercy and love work for man's salvation but as for man, all he could do (if ever there was anything he could do was to worship the Almighty and hope. Jonathan Edwards (1572-1832)was a representative 4. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 1)Life He was born poor and obscure. He received little education, but he was a voracious reader. He was a rare genius in human history Everything seems to meet in this one man, mind and will, talent and art, strength and ease wit and grace, and he became almost everything: a printer, postmaster, almanac maker, essayist, scientist, orator, statesman philosopher, political economist ambassador--"Jack of all trades". For quite some time he was regarded as the father of his countrybelieved that man was, since the Fall, basically evil and enslaved by his sense of sin, and that God was all, and would in His mercy and love work for man’s salvation, but as for man, all he could do (if ever there was anything he could do) was to worship the Almighty and hope. Jonathan Edwards (1572-1832) was a representative. 4. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 1) Life: He was born poor and obscure. He received little education, but he was a voracious reader. He was a rare genius in human history. Everything seems to meet in this one man, mind and will, talent and art, strength and ease, wit and grace, and he became almost everything: a printer, postmaster, almanac maker, essayist, scientist, orator, statesman, philosopher, political economist, ambassador---“Jack of all trades”. For quite some time he was regarded as the father of his country