This English minister made some real "Pilgrim's Progress" in the 1670s and 1680s
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increasingly popular preacher in the 1670s and 1680s, especially on his visits to 
London... [DOC] [TLE] British Commonwealth 1649-60 by Sanderson Beck [PAR] Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Badman .... Also in 1668 John Wilkins offered 
An Essay towards a Real Character, and a ...