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Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.

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
Vat
Fats
Bottom
Stand
Upon
Must
Every

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a man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
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Though the world disregard the society of God's children now, yet there is a time coming in which they would be glad to have the least company with them.
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