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A clear and necessary vindication of the principles and practices of me Christopher Love,…A cleare and necessary vindication of the principles and practices of me Christopher Love,…
A clear and necessary vindication of the principles and practices of me Christopher Love, since my trial before, and condemnation by, the High Court of Justice. Whereby it is manifested, that a close prison, a long sword, a High Court, and a bloody scaffold, have not in the least altered my judgment. Whereas also the cruelty of the sentence, the insufficiency of the proofs, and my own innocency, are demonstrated. As also my grounds and reasons of giving in a narrative, and the lawfulness of the matter and titles of my petitions (though to usurpers) manifested and maintained. Together with a declaration of my judgement concerning Cromwells unlawful invasion of the kingdom of Scotland. Written by me Christopher Love, Master of Arts, minister of Lawrence Jury, London; penned by me the eighth of August, fourteen days before my death.A cleare and necessary vindication of the principles and practices of me Christopher Love, since my tryall before, and condemnation by, the High Court of Iustice. Whereby it is manifested, that a close prison, a long sword, a High Court, and a bloody scaffold, have not in the least altered my judgment. Whereas also the cruelty of the sentence, the insufficiency of the proofs, and my own innocency, are demonstrated. As also my grounds and reasons of giving in a narrative, and the lawfulness of the matter and titles of my petitions (though to usurpers) manifested and maintained. Together with a declaration of my judgement concerning Cromwells unlawfull invasion of the kingdom of Scotland. Written by me Christopher Love, Master of Arts, minister of Lawrence Iury, London; penned by me the eighth of August, fourteen days before my death.
London : s.n., Printed in the year 1651
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I shall say no more touching this particular, but only this; that I do verily believe Cromwels invading Scotland in the year 1650. makes it a year of Jubilee in Rome; but a year of slavery to England and Scotland, and a year of sorrow to all the Protestant Churches round about us; which puts me upon the next sad consequence of this war, viz.
I shall say no more touching this particular, but only this; that I doe verily beleeve Cromwels invading Scotland in the year 1650. makes it a year of Iubilee in Rome; but a year of slavery to England and Scotland, and a year of sorrow to all the Protestant Churches round about us; which puts me upon the next sad consequence of this war, viz.
6. It will be, and is a great grief and saddening to all Protestant States and Churches round about us; when they consider how we who have lived under one King, united in one Covenant, engaged in one and the same Quarrel, that we should ruin and destroy one another, and that with such bloody rage, and cruel hatred as we do; what a grief is it to them to consider, that we who might have been their helpers, are our own destroyers, neither able to assist them abroad, nor defend our selves at home?
6. It will be, and is a great grief and sadning to all Protestant States and Churches round about us; when they consider how we who have lived under one King, united in one Covenant, ingaged in one and the same Quarrell, that we should ruine and destroy one another, and that with such bloody rage, and cruell hatred as we doe; what a grief is it to them to consider, that we who might have been their he•pers, are our own destroyers, neither able to assist them abroad, nor defend our selves at home?
7. It will lay lasting foundations of irreconcilable discord between the two Nations, That we who were the dearest Friends, will be to each other the greatest Enemies.