...manifestations of Divine kindness produced, however, at the time, no salutary impression on Bunyan'a mind. At about the age of eighteen, Bunyan was married...her father had left her when he died. These books Bunyan read, and was pleased with them; but the conversation of his wife, in which she had the prudence...

...gloves, nor with the ceremony of receiving the visits of their friends in state ; for he says, that ' This woman and I came together as poor as poor might be, not having so much household stuff as a dish or spoon betwixt us both.'8 His wife had two books, The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven, and The...

...providence of God on his behalf. At one time he fell into the sea, and at another, into the river Ouse, at Bedford ; and each time was in danger of drowning....her father had left her when he died. These books Bunyan read, and was pleased with them ; but the conversation of his wife, in which she had the prudence...

...mercy was to light upon a wife whose father and mother were counted godly : this woman and I, though we came together as poor as poor might be (not having so much household stuff as a dish or spoon betwixt us both), yet this she had for her part, The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven...

...works were his wife's only portion, and they commenced housekeeping, as Bunyan himself declares, " as poor as poor might be, not having so much household stuff as a dish or spoon betwixt them both." He read these books with delight, and listened with pleasure to...

...her sire, Bayly's " Practice of Mercy," and the " Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven." The young couple " came together as poor as poor might be, not having so much household stuff as a dish or spoon betwixt them both," yet was the marriage a " crowning mercy " to Bunyan, for his wife's...

...mercy," he says, " was to light upon a woman whose father was counted godly. This woman and I, though we came together as poor as poor might be, not having so much household stuff as a dish or spoon betwixt us both, yet this she had for her part—' The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven,'...

...state, and my mercy was to light upon a wife whose father was counted godly. This woman and I, though we came together as poor as poor might be, not having so much household stuff as a dish or spoon betwixt us both, yet this she had for her part, ' The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven,'*...

...Of his wife little is known ; but that little i» good. She was as poor as her husband. For Bunyan says : "This woman and I came together as poor as poor might bo, not havin-- 80 much household stuff as a dish or a spoon betwixt us both." And yet she was far...

...mercy was to light upon a wife whose father and mother were counted godly. This woman and I, though we came together as poor as poor might be (not having so much household stuff as a dish or spoon betwixt us both), yet this she had for her part, ' The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven...