The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781975872588)

Bunyan announces that Mr Badman is a pseudonym for a real man who is dead. Mr Badman's relatives and offspring continue to populate Earth, which "reels and staggereth to and fro like a Drunkard, the transgression thereof is heavy upon it." In a mock eulogy, Bunyan says Mr Badman did not earn four themes commonly part of a funeral for a great man. First, there is no wrought image that will serve as a memorial, and Bunyan's work will have to suffice. Second, Mr Badman died without Honour, so he earned no badges and scutcheons. Third, his life did not merit a sermon. Fourth, no one will mourn and lament his death. Bunyan then describes the sort of Hell awaiting Mr Badman, citing Scripture. He said he published it to address the wickedness and debauchery that had corrupted England, as was his duty as a Christian, in hopes of delivering himself "from the ruins of them that perish."

Author: John Bunyan
ISBN-10: 1975872584
ISBN-13: 9781975872588
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2017
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.33d