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I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.

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
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Deliverance
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Chains
Hear
Freedom
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Others

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