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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.

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
Sweet
Come
Must
Heart
Bruised
Scent
Beaten

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