Bunyan's autobiographical memoir, GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS,, written when he was 38 years old, is mostly a chronicle of his spiritual life; little is known about the practical details. Born to a humble family, son of a tinker, Bunyan was taught to read at a grammar school, but became a wandering tinker like his father. When he was 16, he was drafted into the army, where he served for three years, and soon after underwent a religious conversion, finding in Puritan ideas the remedy more...
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The call of God to His elect people is irresistible as in the case of John Bunyan. Also we see from his testimony the struggles we all have with remaining sin and the the doubts it casts in our minds. Victory in the All Sufficient Saviour, Jesus Christ, is the theme and climax of this book.