Transcribed from the 1905 The Religious Tract Society edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS

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.

PREFATORY NOTE

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 marginal summary is not part of the original, but has been prepared for this edition in order that it may correspond with the Society’s editions of the ‘Pilgrim’s Progress.’ [7]

The illustrations have been prepared for this work by Mr. Harold Copping, whose illustrations to the ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ have justly attracted much attention.

CONTENTS

PAGE

Prefatory Note

7

A Preface

11

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, paragraphs 1–339

17

A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry

147

A Brief Account of the Author’s Imprisonment

169

The Conclusion, paragraphs 1–7

180

A Relation of the Imprisonment of the Author in the Month of November 1660

183

A Continuation of the Author’s Life

229

A Brief Character of the Author

241

Postscript

243