Which statement best expresses one theme of "To Live"? 1.)The lessons learned in school can help you overcome life’s difficulties.
2.)The business of everyday life can make it difficult to discover who you really are.
3.)Being a part of two different cultures makes you more aware of your identity.
4.)Thinking about your future will help you decide what you want to be.

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.

that there is a conflict