The labours of John Bunyan, author of the Pilgrims Progress, late minister of the gospel, and pastor of the congregation at Bedford, collected, and to be printed in folio, by procurement of his church and friends, and by his own approbation before his death, that these his Christian ministerial labours, may be preserved in the world. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B18268 of text R229130 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B18268 Wing B5548A ESTC R229130 ocm99888173

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 eng Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 -- Early works to 1800. Printing -- England -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The labours of John Bunyan, author of the Pilgrims Progress, late minister of the gospel, and pastor of the congregation at Bedford, : collected, and n/a 1690 1 864 2 0 0 0 0 0 23.15 C The rate of 23.15 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-04 Sampled and proofread 2014-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE LABOURS OF JOHN BUNYAN , Author of the Pilgrims Progress , Late MINISTER of the GOSPEL , and Pastor of the Congregation AT BEDFORD , Collected , and to be Printed in Folio , by Procurement of his Church and Friends , and by his own Approbation before his Death , that these his Christian Ministerial Labours , may be preserved in the World .

He was an Eminent Convert , and Experienc'd Christian . He was an Excellent , Eminent and Famous Gospel Minister . He hath Suffered Twelve Years Imprisonment for Gospel Preaching . His Books have sold admirably well . And he behaved himself Wisely , Plainly , Couragiously , as a Follower of the Great Apostle Paul , as he was a Follower of Christ . And therefore all Christian People , may reckon themselves obliged to preserve these his Labours , by Subscribing for a Folio .

This Folio will contain Ten of his Excellent Manuscripts , prepared for the Press , before his Death : And Ten of his Choice Books already Printed , but long ago , and not now to be had . Their Titles are as followeth , viz. MANUSCRIPTS . An Exposition on the Ten first Chapters of Genesis . Justification by Imputed Righteousness . Paul's Departure and Crown . Israel's Hope Incouraged . Desires of the Righteous granted . The Saints Priviledge and Profit . Christ a compleat Saviour . Saints knowledge of Christ's Love . The House of the Forest of Lebanon . A Description of Antichrist . BOOKS formerly Printed . Saved by Grace . Christian Behaviour . A Discourse of Prayer . The Straight Gate . Gospel Truths opened . Light for them in Darkness . Instructions for the Ignorant . A Map of Salvation , &c. The New Jerusalem . The Resurrection .

For PRINTING whereof , it is Proposed , I. THAT the Author's Effigies shall be Engraven in Copper , and prefixt before the Book . II . That this Book will contain about One Hundred and Forty Sheets , in Folio ; for Paper and Print the same with these Proposals . III . That the Subscribers to pay Ten Shillings a Book , viz. Five Shillings down , and Five Shillings at the Delivery of a Perfect Book , unbound . IV . For Encouragement of them that shall get Subscriptions for Six Books , they shall have a Seventh Gratis . V. That as soon as Three Hundred Subscriptions is brought in , the Book shall be finished in Six Months after .
The Undertaker is William Marshall , at the Bible in Newgate-street , London .

Where Proposals are to be had , and Receits for Subscription-Money given ; and Care shall be taken , that it shall be well Corrected . It is desired , That those , that will encourage so good a Work , would speedily send in the first Payment of their Money , to those Persons under named ; who will give Receits for the same : Mr. John Strudwick Grocer , at the Star at Holborn-bridge , Mr. Charles Dow , at the Boar's-Head in the Burrough in Southwark , Mr. Chandler Minister , and Mr. William Nichols , in Bedford , Mr. Edward Den of Cranfield , Nicholas Mayland of Gamlygay , Mr. Luke Astwood of Potton , Mr. Samuel Hensman of Brantery , Mr. James Collidge in Cambridge , Mr. Pack of Exeter , Mr. John Clark of Gilford , Mr. Masey of Harborough , Mr. William Hensmon of Wellingborough , Mr. Sory of Lancashire , Mr. Chandler of Malborough . Mr. Grifeth , and Mr. Pool in Lanviling . To the Churches of Brostol and Canterbury , the said William Marshall , the Undertaker , does promise , That the Subscribers shall have them well Bound in good Calves Leather , for Two Shillings a piece .

☞ Likewise those Books following , concerning Church Government , lately Published , are sold at the Bible in Newgate-street , Dr. Owen of the Nature of a Gospel Church , and its Government , Bound 3 s . Ecclesiasticum , or , A plain and familiar Christian Conference , concerning Gospel Churches and Orders , by Dr. Chaney , Bound 1 s . The Interest of Churches , Stitch'd , 6 d . Dr. Owen's brief instruction in the Worship of God , Bound 1 s . A Declaration of the Faith and Order ●… d and practised in the Congregational Churches in England , agreed upon , and consented unto by their Elders and ●●ssengers , at the Savoy ; which is now agreed on by this late Agreement of the Churches , Bound 10 d . Those Churches that take Numbers , shall have them Cheaper : Where you may have Caryl on Job in 2 Vol. in Folio , Cheap : And likewise , Ministers that would supply their Studies cheap , may have Pool's Synopsis , Latin , on the New Testament , in two large Volumes , with the Index ; both well Bound for 30 s .