A88575:276
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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After he had gloried this great glorying in God, Lord, thou hast settled this persuasion in my heart, That as soon as ever the blow is given to divide my head from my body, I shall be united to my Head in Heaven, he prayeth thus, O blessed Jesus, apply thy blood, not only for my justification unto life, but also for my ⟨p. 67⟩comfort, for the quieting of my soul, &c. And again, Hear the Prayers of all thy people that have been made for thy servant; and though thou hast denied Prayer, as to the particular Request concerning my Life; yet let herein the fruit of Prayer be seen, That thou wilt bear up my heart against the fear of death. If the former glorying had succeeded these Petitions, and not gone before them, the consistence between the one and the other, had been of a better and more easy Interpretation. When he prayeth for his Covenant-keeping-Brethren in the Kingdom of Scotland, he prayeth for a Generation of men that is not, Covenant-keepers being several years since perished from amongst the Inhabitants of that Nation: Covenant-takers are here generally metempsychosed into Covenant-breakers. His Petition, To make England and Scotland one staff in the Lords hand; The Lord, I trust, will shortly perform. That he should pray so particularly for men of a Foreign Nation, and for a Brother of remote Blood (though of near relation in guilt) and not once mention in his Prayer, his nearest relations in Nature, Wife or Children, especially having brought them into an afflicted and sad condition by his Miscarriages, was the observation of some sober men present, not without offence.
After he had gloried this great glorying in God, Lord, thou hast setled this perswasion in my heart, That as soon as ever the blow is given to divide my head from my body, I shall be united to my Head in Heaven, he prayeth thus, O blessed Jesus, apply thy blood, not onely for my justification unto life, but also for my ⟨p. 67⟩comfort, for the quieting of my soul, &c. And again, Hear the Prayers of all thy people that have been made for thy servant; and though thou hast denied Prayer, as to the particular Request concerning my Life; yet let herein the fruit of Prayer be seen, That thou wilt bear up my heart against the fear of death. If the former glorying had succeeded these Petitions, and not gone before them, the consistence between the one and the other, had been of a better and more easie Interpretation. When he prayeth for his Covenant-keeping-Brethren in the Kingdom of Scotland, he prayeth for a Generation of men that is not, Covenant-keepers being several yeers since perished from amongst the Inhabiters of that Nation: Covenant-takers are here generally metempsychosed into Covenant-breakers. His Petition, To make England and Scotland one staff in the Lords hand; The Lord, I trust, will shortly perform. That he should pray so particularly for men of a Forraign Nation, and for a Brother of remote Blood (though of near relation in guilt) and not once mention in his Prayer, his nearest relations in Nature, Wife or Children, especially having brought them into an afflicted and sad condition by his Miscarriages, was the observation of some sober men present, not without offence.