'dock, grocer,) at the star on Snow-hill, which produced a fatal fever. He bore this as he had done his other sufferings, with great patience and resignation to the will of God, in submission to 'which, however, he desired to depart and be with Christ. In this frame of spirit he lay about ten days, when he crossed the mystical Jordan, Aug. 31, 1688, following his Christian Pilgrim to the celestial city.

'He was buried in a vault belonging to a friend in the dissenters' burial-place, adjoining the Artillery ground, Moor-fields-since Bunhill fields, traditionally supposed to have been so called from his having been one of the first buried there.

Mr. Bunyan was twice married. By his first wife, Elizabeth, he had four children, one of 'whom, named Mary, was blind, and died before 'him. He married his second wife about 1658, ' and she survived him only about four years, dying in 1692. It does not appear that she had any 'children.

Nor have we any further account of his children by his former wife, so that he appears in history, as an illustrious pen expresses it, an ' isolated individual,' without progenitors and with' out descendants.'

As to his person and temper, his character is thus delineated by the continuator of his life: 'He appeared in countenance to be of a stern and rough temper, but in his conversation mild and 'affable, not given to much discourse in company, 'unless some urgent occasion required it; observing never to boast of himself, or his parts, but ' rather submit himself to the judgment of others; abhorring lying and swearing, being just in all that lay in his power to his word; not seeming to revenge injuries, loving to reconcile differences,

and make friendship with all. He had a sharp I quick eye, accompanied with an excellent discerning of persons, being of good judgment and quick 'wit. As for his person, he was tall of stature, 'strong boned, though not corpulent, somewhat of 'a ruddy face, with sparkling eyes, wearing his hair upon his upper lip, after the old British fashion; 'his hair reddish, but, in his latter days time had 'sprinkled it with grey; his nose well set, but not ' declining or bending, and his mouth moderately large, his forehead something high, and his habit always plain and modest.

'His works form two large volumes in folio, and 'contain, according to Mr. Grainger, as many tracts as he had lived years. A great part of them were probably the substance of his pulpit discourses, which he used commonly to commit to writing, not before, but after, he had preached 'them.'

It must be observed, in addition to this narration of the latter part of Mr. Bunyan's life, that he was very exemplary in the management of his family. One who knew him, says he kept up a daily course of prayer, reading, and exhortation; instructing his children, and exhorting them to walk in the ways of God. The duty of family religion is highly important, and Mr. B's household was among those families of the earth that call upon the name of the Lord. Such a spiritually-minded man as he was, no doubt presided in its devotions with fervour, consistency, and dignity; but where there are fewer talents, and a less degree of spiritual attainment, let it be remembered, God regards not the outward appearance, but the heart. The broken petitions, the lispings of prayer and praise, offered by the poor unlettered man in the cottage, with his family around him, are acceptable to God, if offered

with sincerity in the name of Christ, and at the same time useful to the household. What are accuracy of expression, ornament of style, or the pomp of the place in which men worship, in comparison of the breathings of the heart?

The sketches intended to be given of Mr. Bunyan's life are thus finished, and they are presented to the public only as sketches. Many particulars recorded by himself are omitted, as it was not designed to republish his work, entitled, Grace abounding to the chief of Sinners; and as there are some, which might be abused by infidelity, fastidiousness, or profaneness, every inquiry into the merits or failings of that book is dropped. Certain it is that from Mr. Bunyan's Life we are led to reflect upon these interesting truths-that the way of transgressors is hard-that it is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners--that he is graciously pleased in some instances to display all long, suffering for a pattern to such as shall believe on him to life everlasting—that he can and will support his tempted servants and that while there is a reality in the suggestions and temptations of Satan, the Saviour is mighty to help and deliver his people, giving them suitably the aids of his Spirit, and protecting them by that power, whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. In Mr. Bunyan's life we see also the necessity of prayer, sincerity, watchfulness, and patience; that we are to look to heaven for help, and to wait at the throne of grace. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. He can make a poor unlearned sinful wretch a monument of his mercy, and a preacher of righteousness to others; and he can abase the proud. What a check to high thoughts and proud ambition, and what a source of consolation to the humbled

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penitent, when he feels his soui inclining to de spondency! Let sinners also know, that while they are ignorant of themselves, and proud in heart; forgetful of God, and choosing none of his ways, they are evidently in the broad road leading to destruction.

ADDRESS.

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THE excellencies of the PILGRIM'S PROGRESS are so generally known as to render it unnecessary to recommend it to the attention of the Public. its Author we have the example of a man, who, without the advantage of a liberal education, under the oppression of poverty, and amidst the gloom of a prison, attempted successfully a new species of writing, and has left us in hesitation which most to admire, the fertility of his imagination, the solidity of his judgment, the purity of his religious principles, or his disinterested and unbounded benevolence.

It is however a consequence of the metaphorical style he has adopted, that while the reader is charmed and interested by his narration, he is not always able immediately to discover the important truths which are finely ornamented, yet partly concealed, by the veil of allegory. The judicious Author, foreseeing this inconvenience, has collected a rich store of scriptural references, which not only serves to elucidate his meaning, but in many instances, to point out the source from whence he has derived his imagery. The texts thus referred to, which lie scattered through the sacred Volume, are printed at the bottom of the page, and with a few select notes on the darker passages, will furnish the reader with such valuable comment on the Pilgrim, as the Editors hope, will render its perusal equally productive of entertainment and instruction.

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