The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

What does Benjamin Franklin mean by saying:the way honest John Bunyan used to write was in a method very engaging to the reader, who in the most important parts finds himself, as it were, brought into company and present at discours.?

Chapter:Arrival in Philadelphia

Scene: when the dutchmen falls from the boat

Request: please explain weather he means that John used to write in such a way that the reader found himself brought into the company and present at discours of the passage bieng read or he found as if the book were in the company of people and being presently being discussed about the topic of the passage.

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He is referring to the style of writing that is intimate enough to bring the reader close to the writer. He says it was like being with the person when they wrote it.

company of people and being discussed as if it were presently being discussed.