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The whole trial of Mr. Christopher Love, before a pretended high court of justice…The whole triall of Mr. Christopher Love, before a pretended high court of justice…
The whole trial of Mr. Christopher Love, before a pretended high court of justice in Westminster Hall containing the charge of high treason against him ... with the relation of his suffering and his speech and prayer at his death on Tower-hill / published by John Farthing, citizen of London, who took the trial in the said court in short-writing for Mr. Love, and at his own request ; to which is added The tragedy of his trial and death in very elegant verses / by the acute author of Iter boreale.The whole triall of Mr. Christopher Love, before a pretended high court of justice in Westminster Hall containing the charge of high treason against him ... with the relation of his suffering and his speech and prayer at his death on Tower-hill / published by John Farthing, citizen of London, who took the triall in the said court in short-writing for Mr. Love, and at his own request ; to which is added The tragedy of his triall and death in very elegant verses / by the acute author of Iter boreale.
London : s.n., 1660
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My Lord, I am too much afraid, what ever God pleases to work upon him, That it should touch his Conscience, that he should be instrumental in such a work. But I verily believe, had there not bin actings from hence, there had not bin so much forwardness in the Kings party to the Scots. My Lord, I will mind that Gentleman of what is said of the fifth of November, I am sorry for it, that it should be said of our Ministers, whose Faith is Faction, Whose Religion is Rebellion; it is said so of the Romish Ministers, I hope it will not be said so of the English, That their Faith is Faction, and that they pray for strife, and fast for strife. My Lord, For these men, Drake and Titus, they are gone, as I said, and they did confess themselves so much guilty, as that they have fled for it; and Mr. Love doth know (I am sorry to see him in that gesture) that he was conversant with them all, and doth know (I believe) that we can prove it; and when he hears the men named, he will say so too. Truly, my Lord, I have nothing to say against the person of the man, but against his vices and faults; and nothing to his Function, and nothing to those whom he pretends so boldly to represent, that is, the Presbyterian party. We do all know, there are many honest, precious and godly men, that have received no discountenance from the State; nor this Gentleman, that should give him any countenance or encouragement ⟨p. 18⟩to oppose the State: But it is somewhat a bold thing, for a particular man to be the head of a party, and they to engage as representing a considerable party, to engage to send Commissioners to agree upon Instructions; this is very bold. But, my Lord, God be thanked, many of those that were seduced at first, were wise, and did come in before the last; and did not strut it out, my Lord, with States and Justice, as that man hath done before now, and at present, even out-facing Justice, and boldly, I •ay, wiping his lips; he hath done no offence. My Lord, they were so bold with Scotland, that there was a known Agent there maintained and kept, between Scotland and them; and I will tell him the Gentleman's name, his name was Mr. Sterks; and, my Lord, when he went away, the Act requiring those of the Scottish Nation to be gone, that Gentleman did supply him with money himself; and others gave him eight or ten pounds in his purse to carry him away.
My Lord, I am too much afraid, what ever God pleases to work upon him, That it should touch his Conscience, that he should be instrumental in such a work. But I verily believe, had there not bin actings from hence, there had not bin so much forwardness in the Kings party to the Scots. My Lord, I will minde that Gentleman of what is said of the fifth of November, I am sorry for it, that it should be said of our Ministers, whose Faith is Faction, Whose Religion is Rebellion; it is said so of the Romish Ministers, I hope it will not be said so of the English, That their Faith is Faction, and that they pray for strife, and fast for strife. My Lord, For these men, Drake and Titus, they are gone, as I said, and they did confess themselves so much guilty, as that they have fled for it; and Mr. Love doth know (I am sorry to see him in that gesture) that he was conversant with them all, and doth know (I believe) that we can prove it; and when he hears the men named, he will say so too. Truly, my Lord, I have nothing to say against the person of the man, but against his vices and faults; and nothing to his Function, and nothing to those whom he pretends so boldly to represent, that is, the Presbyterian party. We do all know, there are many honest, precious and godly men, that have received no discountenance from the State; nor this Gentleman, that should give him any countenance or encouragement