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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
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Elstow
Bedfordshire
John Bunyan
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Fear
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Neither
Beginning
Middle
Wisdom

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