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editor, obtained after many years’ devotion to Bunyan literature and lore In this
way, Dr. Harrison’s work has secured a permanent place in the literary history of our
land. After all the endeavours, however, made to acquaint us with Nathaniel Ponder’s |
Great Fire of London which scorched his abode but did not burn him out, he had obtained a position of both reputation and influence in the great city. This is proved by the fact that people in Rothwell and other towns in Northamptonshire and elsewhere were writing to him in 1672 as to |
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| life we are still in the dark regarding many portions of it. It is no easy matter to get a complete view of the life of this man who left Rothwell in 1656 to be apprenticed in London to the publishing trade. A few years later he started in business for himself. Success attended his efforts and by 1672, six years after the | one with power
to get them help from State authorities in connection ‘with changes being made in
laws relating to religious matters. Ponder’s life in London covered forty three years. It is to enlighten us in regard to this period and the problems arising from it that Dr. Harrison has striven |
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