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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. 13.
In this Section M. Love begins the account of his Principles: Where first he pretends to bless God for that, which is notoriously untrue (unless he speaks Parables in plain words, and hath a meaning which I know not of) viz. That neither an High Court, nor a Bloody Scaffold, hath made him in the least to alter ⟨p. 51⟩his Principles. His Principles now upon the Scaffold differ toto coelo, from what they were a few days before, unless he then owned Principles that were not his own (as we lately showed from his own words in his Petitionary Applications to the Parliament.) And what should alter them, but the Scaffold he speaks of, is above my Reach or Reason to conceive. If his meaning be, That his Principles are now, and formerly, the same Geometrically, i. e. Alike proportioned to his respective Conditions, now, and then; so that as then they were prudentially fitted to the exigence of his Condition, as then it stood, and are now fitted with alike Prudence (as he conceived) to his Condition as now it standeth (in a far different posture) I can believe him; But I do not believe that he had any desire to be understood in this sense by his Auditory, when he saith, That he still retains as vehement a detestation of a Malignant Interest as ever: Doubtless he doth not retain the same notion of Malignancy. The word is now of a more contracted signification with him, then formerly. Heretofore they were all Malignants, who assisted the King against the Parliament; Now, not all they, nor scarce the one half of those who assist him, are such; but only they that come to his assistance, not having on a Presbyterian Garment. If he had lived until now, he need not have put in a proviso to save in his Covenanting Brethren in Scotland harmless, from the suspicion of Malignancy for assisting their King: For, whether it be the coming of their wisdom unto them, or the return of their Conscience, they have quitted his Assistance.