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THE HEAVENLY FOOTMAN. BmrtAH. john Bunyan, the " Shakspeare of
Divines," was born the son of a travelling tinker, at Elstow,
Bedfordshire, in 1628. He was ignorant and dissipated till after
his marriage, at the age of nineteen. In 1655 he became a Baptist
preacher, and his zealous labors led, five years later, to his
imprisonment in Bedford jail with other dissenters. " Here," states
Dr. Barlow, " with only two books?the Bible and Fox's Book of
Martyrs?he employed his time for twelve years and a half, in
preaching to, and praying with, his fellow-prisoners, in writing
several of his works ('Pilgrim's Progress,' etc.,) and in making
tagged lace for the support of himself and family." After his
release in 1672, he evangelized his brethren throughout England
till his death at Snowhill, August 31st 1688. His imagination was
strong and creative, his spirit earnest and profoundly religious;
hence his masterpieces are his spiritual allegories. " The Holy
War" deserves to be more read than it is, as well as this excellent
metaphorical sermon, scarcely known to modern readers. Its
sub-title is. "A Description of the Man that gets to Heaven." Owing
to its length, a minor part has been omitted.] " So run that ye may
obtain."?1 Cor. ix. 24. Heaven and happiness is that which every
one desireth, insomuch that wicked Balaam could say, " Let me die
the death of the righteous, and let my last end he like his." Yet,
for all this, there are but very few that do obtain that
ever-to-be-desired glory, insomuch that many eminent professors
drop short of a welcome from God into this pleasant place. The
apostle, therefore, because he did desire the salvation of the
souls of the Corinthians, to whom he writes this epistle, layeth
them down in these words such counsel which, if taken, wou...
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