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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end

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
Wisdom
Christian
Fear
Ends
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Beginning
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