Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Transcribed from the 1905 The Religious Tract Society edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
IN A FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN BUNYAN OR A BRIEF RELATION OF THE EXCEEDING MERCY OF GOD IN CHRIST TO HIM NAMELY
IN HIS TAKING HIM OUT OF THE DUNGHILL, AND CONVERTING HIM TO THE FAITH OF HIS BLESSED SON JESUS CHRIST. HERE IS ALSO PARTICULARLY SHEWED, WHAT SIGHT OF, AND WHAT TROUBLES HE HAD FOR SIN; AND ALSO, WHAT VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS HE HATH MET WITH, AND HOW GOD HATH CARRIED HIM THROUGH THEM.
THOROUGHLY REVISED BY THE EIGHTH EDITION
WITH EIGHT COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS BY HAROLD COPPING
London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOLCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St Paul’s Churchyard 1905
Come and hear all ye that fear God , and I will declare what He hath done for my soul .— Psalm lxvi. 16 .
The text in this edition is as nearly as possible that of the eighth, which was corrected by Bunyan himself a few weeks before his death. The text of ‘A Relation’ is that of the first edition of 1765. A few minor changes have been introduced for the convenience of the reader. The use of capital letters has been considerably modified, and the orthography has been in places modernized. In some few instances the Scripture references have been added to quotations where they did not appear in the original. It must be remembered that Bunyan often quoted Scripture inexactly, and it has not been deemed necessary to make all his quotations follow the text of the Authorized Version.
The illustrations have been prepared for this work by Mr. Harold Copping, whose illustrations to the ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ have justly attracted much attention.
OR, BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLISHING THIS WORK. WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR THEREOF, AND DEDICATED TO THOSE WHOM GOD HATH COUNTED HIM WORTHY TO BEGET TO FAITH, BY HIS MINISTRY IN THE WORD
Children, Grace be with you. Amen . I being taken from you in presence, and so tied up that I cannot perform that duty, that from God doth lie upon me to you-ward, for your farther edifying and building up in faith and holiness, etc., yet that you may see my soul hath fatherly care and desire after your spiritual and everlasting welfare, I now once again, as before, from the top of Shenir and Hermon , so now from the lions’ dens , from the mountains of the leopards (Song iv. 8), do look yet after you all, greatly longing to see your safe arrival into THE desired Haven.