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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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Sol. I am loth to commend my self, yet when another mans mouth doth accuse me, it is lawful for my own to praise me. My duty and Natural affections to my parents hath abounded, as I had great cause, for their tenderness and care in my education, they have been dead above seven years since; it is true, they had a competent livelihood in the World, but fell to decay, and when they were necessitated, I speak it truly, when I was not worth 20 li. in all the world, my parents had ten of it.
Sol. I am loth to commend my selfe, yet when another mans mouth doth accuse me, it is lawfull for my owne to praise me. My duty and Naturall affections to my parents hath abounded, as I had great cause, for their tendernesse and care in my education, they have been dead above seven years since; it is true, they had a competent livelyhood in the World, but fell to decay, and when they were necessitated, I speak it truly, when I was not worth 20 li. in all the world, my parents had ten of it.
5 Object. It is reported that I neglected Mr. Erbury, who was the means of my conversion and education, that when he was plundered in WALES, and came to ENGLAND in a necessitous condition, that I would not relieve him.
5 Object. It is reported that I neglected Mr. Erbury, who was the means of my conversion and education, that when he was plundred in WALES, and came to ENGLAND in a necessitous condition, that I would not relieve him.
Sol. As for Master Erbury, though he is fallen into dangerous opinions, yet, he being my spiritual Father, I do naturally care for him, as Timothy did for Paul, my heart cleaves to him in love, more than to any one man in the World; I speak to the praise of God, he was the instrument to my conversion, near twenty years ago, and the means of my education also in the University, for which kindness, the half I have in the World, I could readily part with for his relief. It is true, about eight or nine years since, he was plundered in Wales, and did come to see me at Windsor Castle, but a Son could not make more of a Father, than I made of him, according to my ability; when I had not twelve pounds in all the World, I let Master Erbury have six of it, indeed he afterward gave me a horse, for which I received not much above forty shillings; yea I procured him a place in the Army, to be Chaplain to Major General Skippon's Regiment, where he had eight shillings a day.