"Grace Abounding" redirects here. For the 1982 novel, see Maureen Howard.
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Author | John Bunyan |
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Language | English |
Genre | Spiritual autobiography |
Publisher | George Larkin |
Publication date | 1666 |
Publication place | England |
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, or a 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 licence, 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 the First Epistle to Timothy 1:15, where Paul refers to himself by the same appellation.
External links
- Full text on Project Gutenberg
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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