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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.

John Bunyan

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John Bunyan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1628
Born: November 28
Died: 1688
Died: August 31
Novelist
Preacher
Theologian
Writer
Elstow
Bedfordshire
John Bunyan
Ship
Sinner
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Sin
Leak
Sinning
Leaks
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