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Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

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
Deep
Hold
Afflictions
Grace
Experimental
Knowing
Contain
Christian
Affliction
Able
Beat
Heart
Profound
Make
Beats

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