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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. 17.
His good wishes to the City of London, God perform; his fears may they vanish, as the grounds of them here expressed are (for the most part) empty and light. As to contempt of the Ministry; the number (I confess) of the children of this guilt, is too great, the Lord in mercy lessen it. Yet (blessed be God) it is not so great as the Arithmetic of Mr. Love's known principles computeth it. They are not all guilty of contempt of the Ministry, who do not honour every man that calleth himself a Minister, or that preacheth with the invisible Character of Imposition of hands upon him; The contempt of some, who look to be honoured as Ministers, may rather be matter of wisdom and duty then of sin. There are sundry kinds of Ministers, from whom men are commanded by God to turn away. Such as are Clouds without water, and full of fire in stead thereof, such as are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame, such as ordinarily build hey, and stubble, and wood, in stead of silver, gold, and precious stones: the Judgements and Consciences of understanding men will not suffer them to honour; But Mr. Love here, according to the Politic Dialect of his Tribe, would fain have the neglect, which many Ministers very deservedly suffer, to be thought, not the neglect of their persons, but of their Function and Ministry, that so themselves may not be suspected as accessary to it; Whereas the certain truth is, that far the greatest part of that which he here calls the Contempt of the Ministry, is nothing ⟨p. 56⟩else but a Rush growing out of the mire of the Ministers themselves. However, if Mr. Love made an estimate of the Contempt of the Ministry in the City of London, either by his own Parish and People, or by the view and bulk of his more usual Auditory, he had (I presume) no great reason to prophesy evil or danger against the City for that sin.
His good wishes to the City of London, God perform; his fears may they vanish, as the grounds of them here expressed are (for the most part) empty and light. As to contempt of the Ministery; the number (I confess) of the children of this guilt, is too great, the Lord in mercy lessen it. Yet (blessed be God) it is not so great as the Arithmetique of Mr. Love's known principles computeth it. They are not all guilty of contempt of the Ministery, who do not honor every man that calleth himself a Minister, or that preacheth with the invisible Character of Imposition of hands upon him; The contempt of some, who look to be honored as Ministers, may rather be matter of wisdom and duty then of sin. There are sundry kindes of Ministers, from whom men are commanded by God to turn away. Such as are Clouds without water, and full of fire in stead thereof, such as are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame, such as ordinarily build hey, and stubble, and wood, in stead of silver, gold, and precious stones: the Judgements and Consciences of understanding men will not suffer them to honor; But Mr. Love here, according to the Politique Dialect of his Tribe, would fain have the neglect, which many Ministers very deservedly suffer, to be thought, not the neglect of their persons, but of their Function and Ministery, that so themselves may not be suspected as accessary to it; Whereas the certain truth is, that far the greatest part of that which he here calls the Contempt of the Ministery, is nothing