A88579:222
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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In Page 8.1 second Edition. He saith, That a Letter wrote with B. on it, brought to Capt. Potter from Bamfield, and said by the Party that left it at Potters, that it came from Mr. Love. Captain Potter did not affirm this in Court, indeed he said he thought it came from me, or Doctor Drake, but for my part I never brought, nor sent Letter to his shop in all my life.
- 1Fourth lye.
In Page 9.1 second Edition. He saith, That I made 3 dreadful Protestations, that I never wrote Letter to the King, Queen, Jermin, Percy, Titus, Massey, &c. That I never received Letter from any of them, That I never contributed any money •or gathered any for the King, &c. or Massey and Titus, &c. This is a loud Lye, it is well there are many Witnesses to contradict him; and surely, if the Author of this Book had not east off all fear of God, and regard to the good name of his Brother, he could not be so impudent, as to affirm that these were my Protestations. I never named Massey or Titus in my Protestations, for then I had protested a falsehood, (which I durst not do) I did write a Letter to Massey, and did contribute money to Massey and Titus, yet my Protestations are not contradicted; for I Protested, I writ no Letter to the King, Queen, Church, or State of Scotland, in the general, or to any particular person of the Scottish Nation. The truth of this I shall stand to. For though I did write and give money to Massey, yet my Protestation is not falsified, for he is of the English not of the Scottish Nation.
In Page 9.1 second Edition. He saith, That I made 3 dreadfull Protestations, that I never wrote Letter to the King, Queen, Iermin, Piercy, Titus, Massey, &c. That I never received Letter from any of them, That I never contributed any money or gathered any for the King, &c. or Massey and Titus, &c. This is a loud Lye, it is well there are many Witnesses to contradict him; and surely, if the Author of this Book had not east off all fear of God, and regard to the good name of his Brother, he could not be so impudent, as to affirm that these were my Protestations. I never named Massey or Titus in my Protestations, for then I had protested a falshood, (which I durst not doe) I did write a Letter to Massey, and did contribute money to Massey and Titus, yet my Protestations are not contradicted; for I Protested, I writ no Letter to the King, Queen, Church, or State of Scotland, in the generall, or to any particular person of the Scotish Nation. The truth of this I shall stand to. For though I did write and give money to Massey, yet my Protestation is not falsified, for he is of the English not of the Scotish Nation.