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John Bunyan (1628–1688) was an English Puritan preacher and writer, best known for The Pilgrim’s Progress. He was born at Elstow, near Bedford, the son of a tinker, and followed that calling himself. After a troubled youth he was awakened to the things of God, came under deep conviction of sin, and at last found rest in the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Bunyan became a preacher among the Independent congregation at Bedford. After the Restoration he was imprisoned for refusing to conform to the Church of England and for preaching without a licence. He remained in Bedford jail for about twelve years. There he wrote much of his most lasting work, including Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (first published in 1666) — the spiritual autobiography in which he tells, in his own plain speech, of his struggles with sin, repentance, faith, assurance, temptation, Scripture, and the grace of God through Jesus Christ.
Readers of The Pilgrim’s Progress will recognise that many of that book’s allegorical scenes grew out of the battles recorded here. It has often been said that Bunyan could not have written The Pilgrim’s Progress without first passing through the experience set down in Grace Abounding.
On UECF.NET you can also read Bunyan’s All Loves Excelling and The Holy War, listen to The Pilgrim’s Progress in English and Telugu, and read Spurgeon’s Pictures from Pilgrim’s Progress.
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