| Front | John Bunyan |
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| Back | 1628-88 nonconformist and preacher and writer his spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding 1666 he was much influenced by reading Luther's Commentary on Galations, finding there his own spiritual condition 'so largely and profoundly handled, as if his had been written out of my heart. his first prison book Profitable meditation 1661, presented technological doctrine in verse form in an attempt to reach a wider audience, since, as Bunyan remarked, man's heart is apt in meter to delight', the Holy City; a millenarian (belief of millennium monarchy of Christ) vision of the approaching establishment of the true church on earth, when the saints would no longer suffer persecution John Bunyan (/ˈbʌnjən/; baptised November 30, 1628 – August 31, 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons. |
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