The Works of John Bunyan

The Works of John Bunyan John Bunyan’s Works

"Thine to serve thee with that little I have."
John Bunyan
.( 1628 – 1688 )

See A Timeline Chronicling the Life of John Bunyan for more about the events of his life.

Note: Many of the works featured here were edited by George Offor, a dedicated biographer of John Bunyan who lived during the nineteenth century. All works that were edited by Mr. Offor are so indicated.

**These books are arranged in the order of the year published. *Age is determined from the year published. They do not correspond to the year John Bunyan first penned them.

This is NOT a complete listing of everything
John Bunyan ever wrote.

Sermons & Allegories

Title

Author

*Age

Comments

**Year

A Few Sighs From Hell,
or, The groans of the damned soul.

John Bunyan

30 John Bunyan wrote this two years before being placed in Bedford Prison. This is the third book he wrote.

1658

The Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded

John Bunyan

31 The last book John Bunyan wrote before being placed in Bedford Prison for twelve years.

1659

I Will Pray With the Spirit and With the Understanding Also-
or, A discourse touching prayer.

John Bunyan

35 Written while in prison in 1662, and published in 1663.

1663

The Holy City,
or, The New Jerusalem

John Bunyan

37 A vivid Biblical account of Heaven, written from Bedford Prison.

1665

The Resurrection of the Dead, and Eternal Judgment,
or, The truth of the resurrection of the bodies, both of good and bad at the last day: asserted, and proved by God’s word.

John Bunyan

37 Written from Bedford Prison.

1665

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
(A spiritual autobiography.)

John Bunyan

38 John Bunyan wrote this book while still in Bedford Prison. It was first published in 1666, the year of the Fire of London.

1666

Christian Behavior

John Bunyan

46 Written in 1663, while imprisoned in Bedford Prison. This was John Bunyan’s third book during his first incarceration.

1674

Reprobation Asserted,
or, The doctrine of eternal election and reprobation promiscuously handled.

John Bunyan

46 Published two years after John Bunyan’s twelve year incarceration, which spanned 1660 to 1672, with one brief interval in 1666.

@1674

The Strait Gate,
or, Great difficulty of going to heaven.

John Bunyan

48 Published twelve years before John Bunyan died in 1688.
"The Lord awaken poor sinners by my little book." – Excerpt

1676

The Pilgrim’s Progress – Part One

John Bunyan

50 Written during a brief re-imprisonment in 1675.

1678

A Treatise of the Fear of God

John Bunyan

51 First published seven years after John Bunyan’s twelve year incarceration.

1679

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman

John Bunyan

52 Published two years after Pilgrim’s Progress, part one.

1680

Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ,
or, A plain and profitable discourse on John 6:37.

John Bunyan

53 Published seven years before John Bunyan’s death.

1681

The Holy War
made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining the Metropolis of the World,
or, The losing and taking
again of the Town of Man-soul.

John Bunyan

54 John Bunyan wrote this book sometime during the first six years of his incarceration in Bedford Prison. It was first published six years before John Bunyan’s death. By now, Pilgrim’s Progress had reached it’s eighth edition.

1682

The Greatness of the Soul

John Bunyan

54 Written six years before John Bunyan’s death.

1682

Seasonable Counsel,
or, Advice to sufferers.

John Bunyan

56 Published four years before John Bunyan’s death.

1684

The Pilgrim’s Progress – Part Two

John Bunyan

56 Published six years after part one.

1684

The Barren Fig Tree,
or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor.

John Bunyan

60 The title page was printed with a wide black border, most probably, to get the reader’s attention.

1688

The Water of Life,
or, A discourse showing the richness and glory of the grace of the Gospel, as set forth in the Scripture by this term, ‘The Water of Life’.

John Bunyan

60 Published the year John Bunyan died.

1688

John Bunyan’s Last Sermon,
Preached, July, 1688, from John 1:13.

John Bunyan

60 John Bunyan died within two months of completing his sixtieth year, on the 31st of August, 1688.

1688

The Work of Jesus Christ as an Advocate

John Bunyan

– Published one year after John Bunyan’s death.

1689

The Jerusalem Sinner Saved,
or, Good news for the vilest of men.

John Bunyan

– Reprinted three years after John Bunyan’s death. First published in 1688.

1691

An Exposition on the First Ten Chapters of Genesis,
and part of the eleventh.

John Bunyan

– An unfinished commentary on the Bible, found among John Bunyan’s papers after his death, in his own handwriting.

1691

Of Antichrist and His Ruin

John Bunyan

– First published four years after John Bunyan’s death.

1692

Christ a Complete Saviour,
or, The intercession of Christ, and who are privileged in it.

John Bunyan

– Published four years after John Bunyan’s death.

1692

The Saints’ Knowledge of Christ’s Love,
or, The unsearchable riches of Christ, Eph. 3:18, 19.

John Bunyan

– Published four years after John Bunyan’s death.

1692

A Discourse of the House of the Forest of Lebanon

John Bunyan

– Published four years after John Bunyan’s death.

1692

The Acceptable Sacrifice,
or, The Excellency of a Broken Heart

John Bunyan

– Published four years after John Bunyan’s death.

1692

The Heavenly Footman,
or, A description of the man that gets to Heaven; together with the way he runs in, the marks he goes by; also, some directions how to run so as to obtain.

John Bunyan

– Published ten years after John Bunyan’s death.

1698

A Relation of My Imprisonment

John Bunyan

– Published in conjunction with a later version of Grace Abounding. Unpublished until 1765, seventy seven years after John Bunyan died.
"The prison very sweet to me
Hath been since I came here;
And so would also hanging be,
If God would there appear.
Here dwells good conscience, also peace,
Here be my garments white;
Here, though in bonds, I have release
From guilt, which else would bite."
– Excerpt from ‘Prison Meditations‘

1765

Justification by an Imputed Righteousness,
or, No way to Heaven but by Jesus Christ.

John Bunyan

A Discourse Upon the Pharisee and the Publican

John Bunyan

Saved by Grace,
or, A discourse of the grace of God.

John Bunyan

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Poetry

Title

Author

*Age

Comments

**Year

One Thing Is Needful,
or, Serious meditations upon the four lasting things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell.

John Bunyan

Written
while he
was 36 Published in conjunction with Ebal and Gerizzim. These poems were first published about the year 1664, while the author was imprisoned, and printed on single sheets, to be sold by his wife and children, to aid them financially. They were later grouped and published together the year John Bunyan died.

1688

Ebal and Gerizzim,
or, The Blessing and the Curse

John Bunyan

Written
while he
was 36 Published in conjunction with One Thing Is Needful.

1688

A Book For Boys and Girls,
or, Temporal Things Spiritualized

John Bunyan

– First published thirteen years after John Bunyan’s death. Contains fifty poems.

1701

Prison Meditations,
a Poem.

John Bunyan

Written while he was 37 From the 1876 version of ‘The Complete Works of John Bunyan’. This poem was written in 1665, in response to a letter Bunyan had received in prison, exhorting him to hold his head above the flood.

1876
Miscellaneous Writings

Title

Author

Comments

Year

The Warrant for John Bunyan’s Arrest

J Napier, W Beecher, G. Blundell, Hum: Monoux, Will ffranklin, John Ventris, Will Spencer, Will Gery, St Jo Chernocke, Wm Daniels, T Browne, Gaius Squire, and W ffoster This warrant for John Bunyan’s arrest was issued in 1674, and is responsible for Bunyan’s second, albeit brief, incarceration in 1675. It was during this second incarceration that he wrote "The Pilgrim’s Progress".

1674

Mr. John Bunyan’s Dying Sayings

John Bunyan
(It is unknown who collected these.) A collection of aphorisms gathered and classified under headings. They are his thoughts, whether uttered in his last illness, or expressed earlier in life. Published in Offor’s 1861 edition of "Bunyan’s Works."

1861

A Memoir On John Bunyan

Rev. George Cheever "The life of John Bunyan is a very precious record of the grace of God." -Excerpt

Published in Offor’s 1861 edition of "Bunyan’s Works."

1861

Spurgeon on Bunyan

Charles Haddon Spurgeon John Bunyan has greatly influenced the lives of many godly preachers, as this small collection of references to Bunyan are proof.

Late 1800’s to early 1900’s.

A Timeline Chronicling the Life of John Bunyan

Judith Bronte This timeline chronicles some of the events in John Bunyan’s life that can be established by dates, thus giving us a somewhat accurate overview of his extraordinary life.

1999