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The man who does not know the nature of the Law, cannot know the nature of sin.

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
Men
Sin
Christianity
Law
Religion
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