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I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.

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
Jail
Conscience
Stay
Days
Ends
Make
Butchery

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