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\nNOW FIRST REPRINTED FROM A UNIQUE COPY DISCOVEREDBY THE PUBLISHER,AND EDITED WITH  \nINTRODUCTION AN D  \nNOTES BY  \nGEORGE OFFOR.  \nLON DON:  \nJOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN,PICCADILLY.  \n186o.  \n| JOHN BUNYAN’S CONFERENCE BETWEEN  \u003Cbr>CHRIST AND A SINNER.  \u003Cbr>A POEM WRITTEN IN PRISON,1661.  \u003Cbr>INTRODUCTION.  \u003Cbr>HE well-known voice of John Bunyan,the  \u003Cbr>prince of allegorits,falutes us in very homely  \u003Cbr>but pungent rhymes,upon the moft important  \u003Cbr>of all fubjects,the Salvation of an Immortal  \u003Cbr>Soul.Shut up in prifon for proclaiming divine truth,  \u003Cbr>through having,unlicencedbythe ftate,enforced theneceffity  \u003Cbr>of perfonal holinefs,proving that obedience to the laws of  \u003Cbr>God is effential to human happinefs;folemn duties which  \u003Cbr>were then deemed to be crimes worthy of imprifonment,  \u003Cbr>tranfportation,and death.  \u003Cbr>The reftoration of a licentious monarch opened the  \u003Cbr>flood-gates of vice and profanenefs.A voluptuous court,  \u003Cbr>full of fplendid courtefans,fet a baneful example to the  \u003Cbr>people.In addition to the natural enmity of fallen man  \u003Cbr>to the gofpel,all pious men were now branded as repub-  \u003Cbr>licans,and moft unjuftly treated as enemies to monarchy.  \u003Cbr>The fabbathswere fpent in profanenefs and vulgar fports  \u003Cbr>by royal command;the inhabitants of the villages and  \u003Cbr>country towns were invited,by ringing the bells of the   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n\nb  \n\n| vi   | Introduction.   |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | parifh churches,to join in May-games,dancing,and  \u003Cbr>fimilar.recreations.With fuch a commencement of the  \u003Cbr>week it may very readily be imagined that the ordinary  \u003Cbr>days were fpent in labour and licentioufnefs.In the midft  \u003Cbr>of all this Vanity Fair there were found a feed to ferve God.  \u003Cbr>This excited the enmity of the feed of the ferpent.Godly  \u003Cbr>minifters were filenced,ejected from their livings,im-  \u003Cbr>prifoned,banifhed,or murdered as felons for noncon-  \u003Cbr>formity.  \u003Cbr>Bunyan had been for fome years diftinguifhed for his  \u003Cbr>converfion from moft degraded habits to piety and holi-  \u003Cbr>nefs of conduct,—-for his furprizing knowledge of the  \u003Cbr>facred Scriptures,—for his zeal for the honour of the  \u003Cbr>Gofpel,—and his fuccefsful exertions for the falvation of  \u003Cbr>finners.  \u003Cbr>He had been for feveral years fent,by the church of  \u003Cbr>which he was a member,as a meffenger of mercy to the  \u003Cbr>villages round Bedford;and had founded many churches  \u003Cbr>which fourih to this day.Upon the fierce outbreak of  \u003Cbr>wickednefs and perfecution thefe little inoffenfive flocks  \u003Cbr>were driven to meet in private houfes,fecluded barns,or  \u003Cbr>wild woods.The peculiar talent,the unfpotted life,and  \u003Cbr>the mental courage of Bunyan eminently fitted him to  \u003Cbr>comfort his brethren in tribulation.He opened to them  \u003Cbr>the  unfearchable riches of Chrift,”—“the come and  \u003Cbr>welcome to Jefus Chrift,\"—“the greatnefs of the foul,  \u003Cbr>and the unfpeakablenefs of the lofs of it,\"—“the holy  \u003Cbr>city and its eternal extatic enjoyments,from which no  \u003Cbr>human power could difinherit them,\"and\"the Pilgrim's  \u003Cbr>Progrefs to the Celeftial City.”*   |\n|  | *The title to fome of his fermons preached in prifon.   |\n\n\n| Introduction.   | vii   |\n| --- | --- |\n| While in the enjoyment of liberty he maintained his  \u003Cbr>family by his trade as a brazier,preaching the gofpel free  \u003Cbr>of charge to his hearers.His whole conduct,talents,  \u003Cbr>and difinterefted invaluable labours,eminently fitted him  \u003Cbr>for the honour of being the firft confeffor,worthy of  \u003Cbr>bonds for Chrift's fake,in that county.  \u003Cbr>This fingularly talented andenergetic man lived through  \u003Cbr>times moft eventful.His birth was accompanied by  \u003Cbr>that fecond Magna Charta,the Bill of Rights,wrung  \u003Cbr>from the vacillating Charles;—his death took place at the  \u003Cbr>fight of James,foon followed by the Ac of Toleration,  \u003Cbr>then as great an honour as it","cbCaijqlZVrUuMeI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijqlZVrUuMeI","pdf",2879275,76,"English","# Introduction\n## Bunyan’s voice and the poem’s purpose\n## Political and religious persecution after the Restoration\n## Bunyan’s conversion, ministry, and courage\n## Loyalty, monarchy, and the literary record","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the poem as described in the introduction?\",\"answer\":\"The introduction states that Bunyan’s verses address the salvation of an immortal soul and the necessity of personal holiness, arguing that obedience to God’s laws is essential to human happiness.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the introduction characterize the social and religious conditions during Bunyan’s imprisonment?\",\"answer\":\"It describes a 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