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There is no way to kill a man's righteousness but by his own consent.

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
Consent
Righteousness
Kill
Way
Men

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