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The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, minister of the Gospel at…
The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, minister of the Gospel at Laurence Jury, London who was beheaded on Tower-hill, in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government of England. Giving an account of Babylon's fall, and in that glorious event, a general reformation over all the world. With a most extraordinary prophecy, of the late revolution in France, and the downfall of the antichristian kingdom, in that country. By M. Peter Jurieu. Also, Nixon's Cheshire prophecy.The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, minister of the Gospel at Laurence Jury, London who was beheaded on Tower-hill, in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government of England. Giving an account of Babylon's fall, and in that glorious event, a general reformation over all the world. With a most extraordinary prophecy, of the late revolution in France, and the downfall of the antichristian kingdom, in that country. By M. Peter Jurieu. Also, Nixon's Chesire prophecy.
London : printed for the bookseller, 1651?
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The rusty old gun barrel, which had been load•d with powder and ball of a long time, no sooner had got the heat of the fire, than the contents went off, and unluckily killed Mr. S. on the spot, which shows that Mr. S. had either disbelieved or had forgotten the Prophet's caution, which too often has been the case of many, who are ashamed of taking council in perilous cases. least they may become thereby subjects for the ridicule of their more hardened acquaintances.
The rusty old gunbarrel, which had been load•d with powder and ball of a long time, no sooner had got the heat of the fire, than the contents went off, and unluckily killed Mr. S. on the spot, which shews that Mr. S. had either disbelieved or had forgotten the Prophet's caution, which too often has been the case of many, who are ashamed of taking council in pe•ilous cases. least they may become thereby subjects for the ridicule of their more hardened acquaintances.
The following other prophecy of M'Auliffe's, has not yet come to pass, and is devoutly hoped it never may.—When every running ⟨p. 40⟩water in Ireland shall turn a mill wheel, the• shall the Protestants and Romanists (Papists) kill each other with great slaughter. But as his prophecies have been spoken and wrote in Irish, it is left with the wise and sagacious to explain his words, which signify battles between the Sasanoughs and Irish. The Irish word Sasanough signifies an English Protestant, and what is difficult to explain; whether between the people of the Romish persuasion, against the other dissenting sects in Ireland, or nation against nation, is not easy to say.
The following other prophecy of M'Auliffe's, has not yet come to pass, and is dev•utly hoped it never may.—When every running ⟨p. 40⟩