Question

Edwards uses the phrase “Oh who can express what the state of a soul in such circumstances is!” in order to

Answer 1

To show that this type of suffering is insufferable. 

Answer 2

illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable

Step-by-step explanation:

The pain or suffering that the speaker is going through is tremendous in such a way that the speaker considers that there is not a single arrangement of words that could possibly describe that state in which the speaker is in.