[184] The text from which he intended to preach was, Doth thou believe on the Son of God? Jn. ix. 35. See Preface to his Confession of Faith.[187a] Justice Wingate.[187b] Ibid.[191a] A right Judas.[191b] Bunyan.[210] The Venner insurrection is here referred to.[214] Bunyan here refers to a translation of Wickliffe’s doctrine in John Foxe’s Martyrology, a favourite book of his.[219] April 23, 1661.[224] ‘Smayed,’ an obsolete contraction of ‘dismayed,’[241] It is an established fact that John Bunyan died on Friday, August 31, 1688. He is recorded to have preached his last sermon on August 19.