Treason > Strange and wonderful predictions of the Reverend martyr, Mr Christopher Love

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; fuffer for Chrill's fake in a i ight and charitable way, through
love to his caufe, and honefty of hcartr1 not thro’ pride and
i hypocrily, without the root of the matter ; to have it faid,
they died martyrs, thefe are they who will mils their mark,
and thofe who denied the call, and turned back lltall never
| have the honour to find it. 1 am now appointed out by many
j to be in a deftitnte and a forlorn condition ; but would not
i exchange my eftate, no not for all the kingdoms of the
; world; no, nor for all the glory that’s on the earth: I find
| my Redeemer s love ftronger in my bonds than ever I did
i in the days of m> liberty therefore I hold living here in
{ this wor'd as death ittelf. 1 am as full of love and joy of the
T holy pint, as ever a bottle was filled with new wine I am
1 ready ro cry out, ‘ The Spirit of the Lord ood is upon me
but I wP not take it upon me to prophely neverthelefs, the
> .Spirit of the -Lord caufeth me to-utter; this ufurpcd authori-
| ty, row in the hands of Cromwell, firall fliortly be at attend,
‘ Fngland lliall be bhffed with meek kings, and mild govern-
itments, powerful preachers, and dull hearers ; good ferTTions
. to them will be as mufic to a fleepy man, they mall hear, but
■ not underltand, nor lay the word to heart, to praclife it in
’ theii fives, to walk by it O England, thou lhall wax old
- in wickednefs, thy fins abound like Sodom thy voluptoufnefs
i fitall cry aloud for Vengeance; the Lord lhall threaten and
chaftife thee, yet in mercy and love will he look upon thofe
that .fear him. and call upon his name; he will fpare and
, lave them alive in the days of his anger, when the wicked
lhall be lifted from amongft you, as the chaff is lifted amongft
the wheat: For out of thee, O kngland, (hall a bright ftar
arife, whofe light and voice lhall make the heathen to quake
and knock under, with fubmiflion to the gofpel of Jefus ; he
. lhall be as a fort of thunder in the ears of the wicked ; as a
lantborn to the Jews, to lead then^, to the knowledge of
Jeftts Chrilf, the only Son of GocLj and true Meffiah, whom 1
jthey fo lone miflrafted ; for th> Ami w ork fpoken of by the
yipoftle, which the Lord is to Wilit upon the earth, iafihe
/latter age of the world, canitef ,be far off Obler»^my
dear friends, while you live, mjr.’talculation of the dates in
tlnsbook of the Revelation, and^J^anicl win h the Spirit of
the Lord led me into, for the Lvr^ will refcal it to fome of
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