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I saw a man clothed with rags . . . a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.

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
Book
Clothed
Great
Rags
Men
Burden
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Hand
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Hands
Back

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