Transcribed from the 1905 The Religious Tract Society edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Book cover] 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 [Picture: Decorative graphic] 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