A88575:206
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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ANIMAD. upon Sect. 6.
We heard (§. 1.) that M. Love pleased himself much with his Conformity to John Baptist in the kind of his death (though he was conformable to Judas in the occasion and cause of his death) here to make his face to shine like the Sun in the eyes of weak and dim-sighted men; he conforms himself to Christ himself in his Accusers; although herein also he much forgets himself in calling those Christs Accusers, whom the Evangelists call Witnesses. What he affirmeth that he may without vanity or falsehood say of his, whether witnesses or accusers, as far as my Informations, which I judge competent in the case, do extend, he cannot affirm without both. I never heard of any disagreement between them in the least about any thing relating to M. Love, much less of any of them contradicting himself; Nor do I know any sufficient ground to believe that one of them should in writing pray him to forgive him the wrong he had done him, or that he told him any such story as he relates; considering first that (§. 8.) he tells an untruth of the same kind, as viz. that on the night before his Execution, there was an insulting Letter written unto him to tell him, that after he was dead, there should be something published against ⟨p. 42⟩him to his shame: The Letter he speaks of, not having the least touch or savour of any insultation, nor threatening any thing to be published to his shame after his death, but was grave and sober, full of love and respects to him, as an unpartial perusal of it will inform any man, (it being since printed by the Author upon occasion of such an unchristian aspersion cast upon it by M. Love. Secondly, that none of his Accusers (as he terms them) or Witnesses, did testify any thing against him, but what (as far as I understand) they stand by and own to this hour; no nor any thing (to my best remembrance) that makes more against him then his own Narrative and Confessions here. Thirdly, Because what he immediately subjoins (towards the close of this Section) I have reason in abundance to believe is absolutely false; as viz. That some of his Witnesses were terrified, others hired, some fined before they would testify against him: For though a Fine was pronounced to be imposed on one of them, which after upon his conformity was omitted, yet it was not before he would, i.e. was willing to testify against him: