Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners: In a Faithful Account of the Life and Death of John Bunyan

by John Bunyan

Overview

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, or The Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ to his Poor Servant John Bunyan is a Puritan spiritual autobiography written by John Bunyan. It was composed while Bunyan was serving a twelve-year prison sentence in Bedford gaol for preaching without a license and was first published in 1666. The title contains allusions to two Biblical passages: 'Grace Abounding' is a reference to the Epistle to the Romans 5:20, which states 'Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound' (KJV) and 'Chief of Sinners' refers to First Epistle to Timothy 1:15, where Paul refers to himself by the same appellation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781979883702
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	11/19/2017
Series:	John Bunyan
Pages:	84
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.17(d)

About the Author

John Bunyan (1628-1688) was an English Christian writer and preacher, famous for writing The Pilgrim's Progress. Though he was a Reformed Baptist, in the Church of England, he is remembered with a Lesser Festival on 30 August. In his autobiographical book, Grace Abounding, Bunyan describes himself as having led an abandoned life in his youth, and as having been morally reprehensible as a result. However, there appears to be no evidence that he was outwardly worse than the average of his neighbors. Examples of sins to which he confesses in Grace Abounding are profanity, dancing and bell-ringing.