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)

Bunyan's classic work describes the journey undertaken by Christian as he makes his way from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. Bunyan's intention is to encourage the follower of Christ to remain faithful to Christ's message.

A new edition of one of the greatest allegorical stories ever written

A masterpiece of the English Puritan tradition, The Pilgrim's Progress is rich in its imaginative power and its vivid and heartfelt language. It recounts the story of Christian, who appears to the author in a dream, and his journey to Heaven through the trials and tribulations of life. He meets many like-minded pilgrims on his way, such as Faithful and Hopeful, but before they attain their goal they encounter the Giant Despair and the River of Death itself. Translated into more than one hundred languages,...

The Pilgrim's Progress has inspired readers for over three centuries. It is one of the best-loved and most widely read books in English literature and is a classic of the heroic Puritan tradition and a founding text in the development of the English novel. The story of Christian, whose pilgrimage takes him through the Slough of Despond, Vanity Fair, and the Delectable Mountains, is full of danger and adventure. Together with his trusty companions, Faithful and Hopeful, he encounters many enemies--the foul fiend Apollyon, Judge Hategood, Giant Despair of Doubting Castle--before...

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...