A88575:186
Mr. Love's case
Mr. Love's case: wherein is published, first, his several petitions to the Parliament. Secondly, a full narrative of the late dangerous design against the state, written with Mr. Loves own hand, and by him sent to the Parliament; wherein he setteth down his several meetings and secret actings with Major Alford, Maj. Adams, Col. Barton, Mr. Blackmore, Mr. Case, Mr. Cauton, Dr. Drake, Mr. Drake, Cap. Far, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Haviland, Major Huntington, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Jaquel, Mr Jackson, Lieut. Col. Jackson, Cap. Massey, Mr. Nalton, Cap. Potter, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Sterks, Colonel Sowton, Colonel Vaughan, and others. Thirdly, Mr. Loves speech and prayer on the scaffold on Tower Hill, August 22. 1651. Printed by an exact copy, taken in short-hand by John Hind. Fourthly, animadversions on the said speech and prayer.Mr. Love's case: wherein is published, first, his several petitions to the Parliament. Secondly, a full narrative of the late dangerous design against the state, written with Mr. Loves own hand, and by him sent to the Parliament; wherein he setteth down his several meetings and secret actings with Major Alford, Maj. Adams, Col. Barton, Mr. Blackmore, Mr. Case, Mr. Cauton, Dr. Drake, Mr. Drake, Cap. Farr, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Haviland, Major Huntington, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Jaquel, Mr Jackson, Lieut. Col. Jackson, Cap. Massey, Mr. Nalton, Cap. Potter, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Sterks, Colonel Sowton, Colonel Vaughan, and others. Thirdly, Mr. Loves speech and prayer on the scaffold on Towerhil, August 22. 1651. Printed by an exact copy, taken in short-hand by John Hinde. Fourthly, animadversions on the said speech and prayer.
London: printed for R.W. and Peter Cole, 1651
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1. The holy Ghost himself mustereth Traitors, Heady, High-minded, persons without natural affection, amongst such men who have [i. e. sometimes have, or may have] the Form of Godliness, and yet deny the power thereof. Now though Mr. Love and his Abettors in their equivocal Dialect, wherein like Canters, they use common and familiar words in uncouth and unknown significations, will not (it's like) call men of his [Mr. Love's] practices and ways, either Traitors, Heady, High-minded, without natural affection, &c. yet in the ordinary and best known signification of these terms, and in the sense wherein the holy Ghost useth them (unless they will quarrel our English Translation) he was both Traitor, Heady, &c. and so looked upon and adjudged, by persons who are not wont to pervert or wrest words into by-significations to make the innocent guilty. I do not speak now of the Parliament, Council of State, or High Court of Justice only, but of all sorts of persons in the Land, who have not either their hand or their heart in Mr. Love's counsels and practices. I mention those whom the Apostle terms [Greek or Hebrew], without natural affection, in reference to Mr. Love, because it was the observation of some who were present at his Execution from first to last, that though he prayed for his fellow-Traitor and the Scots, not only the professed, but highly expressed Enemies of his Country and Nation, yet he made not the least mention either of his wife or children, either in his Prayer or Discourse. Now if Mr. Love at his death was no better then a person having the Form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof, there was no good ground for that his confident rejoicing therein.
1. The holy Ghost himself mustereth Traitors, Heady, High-minded, persons without natural affection, amongst such men who have [i. e. sometimes have, or may have] the Form of Godliness, and yet deny the power thereof. Now though Mr. Love and his Abettors in their equivocal Dialect, wherein like Canters, they use common and familiar words in uncouth and unknown significations, will not (it's like) call men of his [Mr. Love's] practices and ways, either Traitors, Heady, High-minded, without natural affection, &c. yet in the ordinary and best known signification of these terms, and in the sense wherein the holy Ghost useth them (unless they will quarrel our English Translation) he was both Traitor, Heady, &c. and so look'd upon and adjudged, by persons who are not wont to pervert or wrest words into by-significations to make the innocent guilty. I do not speak now of the Parliament, Councel of State, or High Court of Justice onely, but of all sorts of persons in the Land, who have not either their hand or their heart in Mr. Love's counsels and practices. I mention those whom the Apostle terms , without natural affection, in reference to Mr. Love, because it was the observation of some who were present at his Execution from first to last, that though he prayed for his fellow-Traitor and the Scots, not onely the profess'd, but highly exprest Enemies of his Countrey and Nation, yet he made not the least mention either of his wife or children, either in his Prayer or Discourse. Now if Mr. Love at his death was no better then a person having the Form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof, there was no good ground for that his confident rejoycing therein.