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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. 24.
In the beginning of this Section he professeth his desire to justify God, and to condemn himself. A Christian and worthy profession! But that which he professeth a desire to do, he doth very faintly, and by halves: But that which is contrary to what he desires, as he saith, to do, he doth vigorously, and with his might. In his justifying of God, he is very general, and faint: and yet more general and superficial, in condemning himself. But in the justifying of himself, and condemning others, he is enlarged beyond his line. For the justifying of God, he saith only, that he is righteous: in the condemning of himself, he saith no more, but only, I have sinned, (which the most innocent and righteous person under heaven may say truly.) But for the justifying, and commending of himself, with a mixture of insinuations against others, how copious and eloquent is he? First he saith, his blood shall not be spilt for nought; wherein he make's himself equal with the Saints he mentioneth from the Psalm. 2. That he may do more good by his death, then by his life: which, though it may be true enough in a sense little to his honour, yet in his notion must imply, either that his Oration, which he was now uttering, was so effectual and full of power, that many of those that heard it, would either be converted, or else much edified by it; or else that his dying with so much courage in such a worthy cause, as he was now to suffer for, would make others confident in the further maintenance and prosecution of it, whereby God should be much glorified. 3. He sings over his former note of confidence, I bless my God, I have not the least trouble, &c. I die with as much quietness of mind, &c. By which he doth not only commend himself as one of the first-born sons of Faith, but farther ⟨p. 63⟩insinuates the goodness and justifiableness of his cause, whereby the people may be the more incensed against his Judges. 4. He saith, that he sees that men hunger after his flesh, and thirst after his blood, which hastens his happiness, and their ruin, &c. wherein at once he justifieth himself in the highest, and condemneth others proportionably. 5. He saith, his blood is innocent blood; (is this to condemn himself, and not plainly to condemn others by his self-justification?) 6.