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A letter from Mr CHRISTOPHER LOVE to his Wife.
My moji gracious beloved.
[am now going from a prifon to a palace, I have finifiied
my work I am now going to receive my wages, I am go¬
ing to heaven, where are two of my children, and leaving
■on on earth, where there are three of rny babes : Thete
wo above need not my care, b'.rt rite three below need
ours; it comforts me to think, two of my children are in
he boiom of Abraham, and three of them will be in the.
irms apd care of inch a tender and godly mother 1 know
f'on are a woman of a forrowful fpirit, yet be comforted,
Rough your-iorrows he great for your hulband going out
jf the " orld, yet your pains (hall be the lefs in bringing
tour child into the world, you ihall be a joyful mother,
rhongh yen be a fad widow; God hath many'mercies in
[lore for you : The prayer of a daying lu.lband for you will
rot be lolb To my lhanie 1 fpeak it, I never prayed lor
,ou at liberty, as I have do te in priUin. 1 cannot write
rutch, bin I have a few practical counfels to leave with you,
iz.
ill Keep under a found, orthodox, foul fearching minif-
t ery. Oh 1 there are many deceivers goneout into tne world,,
tint Chrift’s fheep know his voice, and a ft ranger they will
i ot follow Attend any minifter that teachetti the way of
liod, ip truth, and follow Solomon’s advice, Prov. xix. J7,
; 2dly, Bring up your children in the knowledge and ad¬
monition of the Lord The mother ought to he a teacher
H the father’s abfe nee, Prov. xxxi i. “ The words that
:i his mother taught him,” And Timothy was indructed by
l|is grandmother, i. Tim. i. 5.
i 3dly, Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the
|umber of the families who call upon God.
4thly, L1)bpur for a meek and quiet fpirit, which, in/the
ht oi God, is of great price, 1. Pet. jii. 4.
Jtbly, Pore not on the comforts you want, but upon the
Chritlkm reader obferve by the matter, and from
9 S<> to the 10 and come back to the 11 and look
[the 1-4 a'gl 15 as thefe pages were mifplaced.
My moji gracious beloved.
[am now going from a prifon to a palace, I have finifiied
my work I am now going to receive my wages, I am go¬
ing to heaven, where are two of my children, and leaving
■on on earth, where there are three of rny babes : Thete
wo above need not my care, b'.rt rite three below need
ours; it comforts me to think, two of my children are in
he boiom of Abraham, and three of them will be in the.
irms apd care of inch a tender and godly mother 1 know
f'on are a woman of a forrowful fpirit, yet be comforted,
Rough your-iorrows he great for your hulband going out
jf the " orld, yet your pains (hall be the lefs in bringing
tour child into the world, you ihall be a joyful mother,
rhongh yen be a fad widow; God hath many'mercies in
[lore for you : The prayer of a daying lu.lband for you will
rot be lolb To my lhanie 1 fpeak it, I never prayed lor
,ou at liberty, as I have do te in priUin. 1 cannot write
rutch, bin I have a few practical counfels to leave with you,
iz.
ill Keep under a found, orthodox, foul fearching minif-
t ery. Oh 1 there are many deceivers goneout into tne world,,
tint Chrift’s fheep know his voice, and a ft ranger they will
i ot follow Attend any minifter that teachetti the way of
liod, ip truth, and follow Solomon’s advice, Prov. xix. J7,
; 2dly, Bring up your children in the knowledge and ad¬
monition of the Lord The mother ought to he a teacher
H the father’s abfe nee, Prov. xxxi i. “ The words that
:i his mother taught him,” And Timothy was indructed by
l|is grandmother, i. Tim. i. 5.
i 3dly, Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the
|umber of the families who call upon God.
4thly, L1)bpur for a meek and quiet fpirit, which, in/the
ht oi God, is of great price, 1. Pet. jii. 4.
Jtbly, Pore not on the comforts you want, but upon the
Chritlkm reader obferve by the matter, and from
9 S<> to the 10 and come back to the 11 and look
[the 1-4 a'gl 15 as thefe pages were mifplaced.
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Treason > Strange and wonderful predictions of the Reverend martyr, Mr Christopher Love > (9) |
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| Description | Who was beheaded on Tower-Hill, in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government . Giving an account of Babylon's fall, or the destruction of popery. To which is added, two letters from his wife to him . [Newry] : Printed and entered in Newry, [1800?]. |
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