Bunyan, Works, 1805-1807

THE WORKS OF THAT EMINENT SERVANT OF CHRIST, Mr. John Bunyan, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, AND FORMERLY PASTOR OF A CON- SIDERABLE CONGREGATION AT BEDFORD. Containing, THE HOLY WAR, PILGRIMS PROGRESS, SIGHS FROM HELL: OR THE GROANS OF A DAMNED SOUL, THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN, AND THE EXCELLENCY OF A BROKEN HEART. WITH A RECOMMENDATORY PREFACE, By the Reverend George Whitefield, M. A. Chaplain to the Right Honorable the Countess of Huntingdon. PRINTED AND SOLD BY JOHN PLUMBE, OF ROTHERHAM. SOLD ALSO, BY THE FOLLOWING BOOKSELLERS: Crosby and Co. London: Hyde, Gainsbro: Smith, Lincoln; Johnson, Narrow Marsh, Nottingham: and Mr. H. Leach, Lowerhead Row, Leeds. 1805.
 
Original brown leather over boards, rebacked with gold text, details, and raised bands on spine. Neat repairs to boards, particularly corners. New end papers. Clean, bright, and tight throughout with large margins. Set in single column.
 
John Bunyan (1628-1688) was born poor in Elstow. He was rebellious in his youth, and fought in the English Civil War for Cromwell’s New Model Army. In 1648 he married and was convicted of his sin when reading some of his wife’s books. In 1655 he became a deacon and he began preaching. He was arrested in 1661 for preaching without authority to do so. During imprisonment he was occasionally let out of prison by his jailors to preach. He was repeatedly set free and rearrested over the following years. John Owen said, he “would gladly exchange all of (his) learning for Bunyan’s power of touching men’s hearts.” He was a prolific writer. His Pilgrim’s Progress has never been out of print and is one of the best-selling books of all time.
 
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Title pages are dated as follows: 1805, 1805, 1806, 1806, 1806, 1806, & 1807.