An unabridged edition, to include: Preface - The Text Opened In The Many Workings Of The Heart - The Doctrine, Assertion, Demonstration, And Conclusion, That A Broken And Truly Contrite Heart Is An Excellent Heart - What A Broken Heart, & What A Contrite Spirit Is - The Necessity There Is That The Heart Must Be Broken - The Reasons Why A Broken Heart Is Esteemed By God Such An Excellent Thing - Advantages That A Christian Gets By Keeping His Heart Tender - The Use - Objections Answered (with footnotes)

Grace Abounding (1666) is a classic work of spiritual autobiography--a genre which flourished in Calvinist England as anxiety over the state or destiny of one's soul led to rigorous self-scrutiny and the sharing of holy experiences. This edition sets that book alongside other highly interesting and varied contemporary spiritual autobiographies, making its cultural milieu more meaningful to the modern reader. The search for proof of God's favor, in all its personal and psychological intensity, is offered not only from John Bunyan's perspective, but likewise from those of Richard Norwood, John...