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

ther’s houfe, * and when thou layeft dcrivn thy dear head,
to receive thy Father’s flroke, remember what thou laidftj
to me:’ That though thy head were fevered from thy body,
y t thy foul (hall foon be united to Jefus Chrift, thy head,,
in heaven. And though it may feem bitter, that by the hands,
of men we are parted a little Iboner than otherwife weji
i would have been, yet Idt* us consider, ’tis the decree andi
will of the Father, and befides, we could not have livvcl
much longer together, and it will not be long e’er ;dal}
enjoy one another in heaven. Oh ! let us comfort one ano-;
i ther with thefe Giyings O be comforted, it is but a littlej
ftroke, e'er thou (h ilt be ‘ where the weary are at red, and
i ‘ where the wicked (hall ceafe from trunblin?; thee.’ Oh {:
remember that though thou eat thy dinner with bitter herbsj,
yet thou (halt have a joyful flipper with Jefis Chrift ar
night. And, my dear, by what I write to thee I do not un¬
dertake to be a teacher of thee; for this co^ifprt I have
received of the Lord by thee. I hear a warra'i^ ;is come te
the lieutenant, I am ready to think it may be concerning
: thee, to fend thee to thy journey’s end to morrow, and tha;
becaufe they may poffibly be kindred if they ftay till th<
day appointed ; but I am perfuaded, thou art fo far froir
being afraid of. it, that thou doll: long for the day, whicl
(next under God) to hear of thy wiifingnefs to die, will b»
the greateft comfort in the world. T can write no more, bu
commit thee to the hands of that God, with whom the
and I e re long fliall be. Farewell, Farewell.
Jully ir, i6jr. Mary LOVf
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P. S. One comfort I would.have thee carry to thy grav
if ever God did good to my foul, thou waft the chief infta
mant of it, tor I never looked atter God till I faw thy face.
A fecond Let ter of M rs Love to her Husband*
My Heavenly Dear. ,
I Call thee fo, becaufe God hath put heaven into thee, !>'
tore he haih taken thee to heaven: Thou now behold’