Transcribed from the 1905 The Religious Tract Society edition,

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 HISTAKING HIM OUT OF THE DUNGHILL, AND
CONVERTING HIM TO THE FAITH OF HIS BLESSEDSON JESUS
CHRIST.  HERE IS ALSO PARTICULARLYSHEWED, WHAT
SIGHT OF, AND WHAT TROUBLES HE HAD FORSIN; AND
ALSO, WHAT VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS HE HATH METWITH,
AND HOW GOD HATH CARRIED HIM THROUGHTHEM.

THOROUGHLY REVISED BY THE EIGHTHEDITION

WITH
EIGHT COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
BY HAROLD COPPING

London
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOLCIETY
4 Bouverie Street and 65 St Paul’s Churchyard
1905

p. 6Come and hear all ye thatfear
God, and I will declare what Hehath
done for my soul.—Psalm lxvi.16.

p.7PREFATORY NOTE

The text in this edition is asnearly as possible that of the eighth, which was corrected byBunyan himself a few weeks before his death.  The text of‘A Relation’ is that of the first edition of1765.  A few minor changes have been introduced for theconvenience of the reader.  The use of capital letters hasbeen considerably modified, and the orthography has been inplaces modernized.  In some few instances the Scripturereferences have been added to quotations where they did notappear in the original.  It must be remembered that Bunyanoften quoted Scripture inexactly, and it has not been deemednecessary to make all his quotations follow the text of theAuthorized Version.

The marginal summary is not part of the original, but has beenprepared for this edition in order that it may correspond withthe Society’s editions of the ‘Pilgrim’sProgress.’ [7]

p. 8Theillustrations have been prepared for this work by Mr. HaroldCopping, whose illustrations to the ‘Pilgrim’sProgress’ have justly attracted much attention.

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