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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
[ Grace abounding to the chief of sinners]
Grace abounding with other autobiographies/ John Bunyan; edited with
an introduction and notes by John Stachniewski with Anita Pacheco.

(Oxford world's classics)

Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

Contents: Grace abounding/ John Bunyan--A relation of the imprisonment of
Mr John Bunyan--Confessions/ Richard Norwood--A short history of the life of
John Crook--The lost sheep found/ Lawrence Clarkson--The narrative of the persecution
of Agnes Beaumont--Appendix: Radical and nonconformist groups in seventeenth-century England.
1. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. 2. Authors, English--Early modern, 1500-170--
Biography. 3. Puritans England--Biography. 4. Norwood, Richard, 1590-1675.
5. Crook, John, 1617-1699. 6. Claxton, Laurence, 1615-1667. 7. Beaumont, Agnes,
d. 1720. 8. Christian biography. 9. Spiritual life. I. Stachniewski, John. II. Pacheco,
Anita. III. Title IV. Series: Oxford world's classics ( Oxford University Press)

PR3329.G1 1998 274.2′07′0922--dc21 97-41682

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