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A49257	The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, minister of the Gospel at Laurence Jury, London who was beheaded on Tower-hill, in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government of England. Giving an account of Babylon's fall, and in that glorious event, a general reformation over all the world. With a most extraordinary prophecy, of the late revolution in France, and the downfall of the antichristian kingdom, in that country. By M. Peter Jurieu. Also, Nixon's Chesire prophecy.	Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.; Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.; Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554.; Wallace, Lady, fl. 1651.; Nixon, Robert, fl. 1620? Nixon's Cheshire prophecy at large.	1651 (1651)	Wing L3177A; ESTC R217305	41,319	88

●epresentatives of divine virtue which armed ●ons against their fathers and made them be●●me ra●●ors to their oath and allegiance Alexander the 〈◊〉 is reco●ded as a wonder of brutal crimes-Clement the Seventh had the mortification to see 〈…〉 his cha●● and could work no miracle to prevent his being dr●ven out of Rome He also 〈◊〉 the Emperor 〈◊〉 cry loudly against the pow●r and u●urpation of the 〈◊〉 which awed him so ●uch that he lost England as he dared not give 〈◊〉 to Hen●y the Eighth to divor●e Catharine of A●●agon becau●e she was the Aunt of Charles whom he was afraid more to irritate Henry enraged against every thing which stood in opposition to his wishes bu●ned the Pope in ●ffigy in Lon●on and ordered every ore to change their ●eligion with as little remoise as he changed his wife thus an 〈◊〉 people are for e●er persecuted by despotic ●ools Paul the Third was famous for being the most luxurious and licen●ious man of his time he made his ba●●ards cardinals whe● boys At this period the ●lergy made a violent effort to re-establish their power in Englan● and Mary with that cru●l revengeful spirit which seems to have been the most powerful engine of the church by burning and ex●irpating all those who dared oppose her did all she could to bring England again under the yoke of pop●●y but such a co●●uct was not calculated to make pro●elytes of the minds of men enlightened by the mild i●fluence of truth and it soon pleased God to purge the ear●h of such a monster But it was 〈◊〉 to Paul the Fourth to see the mortal blow given to the power of the S●e of Rome in the glorious reign of Elizabeth whose want of ●oleration which stained her name with a Sister's death arose from a conviction that tolerating such opposite doct●ines in the chur●● must inevitably sooner or later involve the 〈◊〉 in civil disco●d Six●us the 〈◊〉 was 〈…〉 at England's having not only thrown off the 〈◊〉 of Rome but her sudden rise to grand ●r and 〈◊〉 that he promised Philip the Second to secure to him the 〈◊〉 of Britain prov●ded he would do h●m●ge to him but all his hol● 〈◊〉 and masses would not save the invin●●b●e armada In latter times the popes have 〈◊〉 a ver● 〈◊〉 conduct in com●arison to 〈◊〉 former Their intrigues are now chie●ly 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 money on the superstitious and in that debau●her● which so eminently distinguishes the clerg● in the Roman Catholic count●ies where the harrassed people revo●● at seeing the divine representatives of Christ such avaricious 〈◊〉 and poor miserable and di●contented they only wait an opportunity to throw off the yoke and worship God in purity and sincerity No p●i●ce is now so ignorant as to tremble at the thunders of the Vatican yet the pope c●●tinues to impoveri●h the neigh●ouring ki●gdoms b● selling every year his bulls nec●ss●ry for all ranks of the priesthood to their being in orders it would appear very wonderful that sovereig●s should continue to submit to what so evidentl● impoverishes their people did not that love of despotism which is imbi●ed with the name of king render them unwilling to destroy its chief source On a view of the many vicious characters who have filled the chair one shudders to think in this enlightened age that any part of mankind shou●d attribute to such sinners the virtues of Christ and lo●k on men polluted with every crime as ves●ed with a supernatural power At fi●st by degree● by treac●ery and us●rpation on the part of the 〈◊〉 of Rome by interested motives on the part of the Emperor and b● big●try in the people they a●●ved a● that wealth splendor and power wh●ch th●y make their 〈◊〉 followers falsely believe th●● have derived ●●om Heaven but now the mi●ds of men are ope●ing to the treacherous delusions which have so long duped them and reformation o● an absolu●● revolution will most likely soon be ●ffected in all 〈◊〉 governments An Answer to Doctor PRIESTLY And all other Deis●ical Unitarians who deny Christ's Divinity By a Christian Unitarian who believes in Christ's Divinity THIS is a subject of the greatest importance to mankind par●i●ularly as their eternal happiness depends on the knowledge of this great divine m●ster● which the pe●ple who imagine they are Christians concei●edly 〈◊〉 themselves they have a perfect knowledge of and some independent people will spurn with contempt at the impudence of any spiritual enlightened person who will dare intrude so trifling a subj●ct on their idle fashionable hours yet a great many who read this will acknowledge that not one in a million know any thing of the matter not know how to-call-on the Deity or what Deity to-call-on Mankind may be informed in the new testament that in the last days which is shortly before the general judgmen● fa●se Prophe●s shall appear and deny the Lord J●sus Christ who bought them with his blood and will almost deceive the very el●ct The word elect means such as are filled with the Holy Ghost In the book of Isaiah the Propher in the old testament God speaks frequently of his intention of essuming flesh and becoming man and even speaks to the humanity and the humanity to his divinity which confound the unconverted not knowing how to separate the divinity from the humanity The followi●g remarks and explanations will prove there 〈◊〉 but one God or one Being to be worshipped which is the invisible God in the visible Christ and the Holy Ghost in God This is well known to the elect only and is also called grace which word grace 〈◊〉 understood by the unconverted externally only not internally Whosoever worships Christ includes the God-head In Isaiah cha● 1 and ver 4 God calls himself the holy one of Israel verse 11 he never delighted in offerings Verse 13. incense an a●omination verse 18 though your sins be red as scarlet they shall be made white as snow verse 24 Lord of Hosts mighty one of Israel Chap. 7. verse 14 shews how the Virgin Mary was to conceive and bear a son whole name should be ●manuel which is God Chap 8. verse 13 14 the Lord of Hosts himself shall be your fear a●d dread he shall be for a sanctuary a holy place to resort to but to some people a stumbling none a rock of offence and a sna●e ●such as despise information to holiness and Christ. The same words are mentioned of Christ in the new testament Chap. 9 verse 6 shews the birth of Christ that his name shall be Wonderful Counsellor the migh●y God the everlasting Father the p●ince of peace There shall be no end to his government it shall hold for ever This chapter and verse is sufficient to prove Christ God Chap 11 and five first verses shew the birth of Christ that is in his human nature saying there shall appear a rod or branch of the root of J●sse J●ss●-was David's father and the 〈◊〉 of the Lord shall rest-upon him he shall be filled with

easy to say Another of his prophecies is as follows In seventeen hundred ninety and five Whoever will be at that period alive Will see plenty revisit this fortunate land And Ireland emerg'd from her slavish command Ere the period arrives will a torrent of blood Discolour'd be forc'd from it's primitive flood The verdure of Spring will be shaded with red And the fruits of the earth oppress'd with the dead It should be seriously remarked that the year 1795 has been pointed out particularly by different Prophets as a year of greater destruction and human slaughter than any year previous even Mrs. Shipton prophecied a century or two back that E 's ruin would begin in 1792 and terminate in 1795. The wicked in all nations and ages ridicule prophecies never acknowledging the ordained will of an angry Providence yet they are always more fearful than such as believe and though it appears in holy writ that revolutions happen from the foundation of the world and will to the end of time yet the Almighty always and without exception gives some people the gift of foretelling such changes in human affairs and expressly declares he will not do any such things but he will first impart to his servants the Prophets And as often as he threatens his creatures with any dreadful change it is to convince them it proceeds from his wrath and indignation originating from their intolerable wickedness and changing his love into hatred yet always and at all times promises to withhold the scourge or persecution if the threatened nations of people will cry out for mercy and call in fervency upon his holy name to come to their a●●istance and avert his dreadful wrath and vengeance from them but they seldom or never do though he quotes examples to every succeeding generation in vain viz. Noah's flood the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with many others when the people laughed at predictions and timely advice as they do still In the whole course of human affairs holy writ proves his threats and promises are all conditional calculated to stimulate people to call always on him for mercy and to execute his easy commands particularly his doctrines in the new Testament be their accursed hearts are hardened and the shut the gates of their understanding again●● him and in the blind career of their lives have insensibly bid defiance to him and his laws that the text of scripture in the book of Esdras may be fulfilled to their eternal condemnation wherein the Lord God desires Esdras not mind who shall be damned but seek after them who shall be saved for Hell was created for the multitude and Heaven for the few Let all who read this book strive to be of that few and mind the rules mentioned therein and also in the new Testament and if they do not they will be outcasts in Hell and all their finery and ●rippery here will be their open and everlasting shame there If the bible was universally ●●ad and fulfilled to the utmost of human power the mighty God would not have so great cause against his creatures or to warn them to turn to him the merciful and loving Father by the voice of Prophets and other warnings than that blessed book Is he not constantly looking down from his holy mountain the variety of the glories and pleasures of which never yet entered the heart of mankind to conceive the least idea of on the wicked universe with grief and sorrow saying O my people my people how often would I have gathered ye together as a hen gathers her chickens but ye would not Hear now Readers you have a loving God a weeping God and a God who tells you in the bible his nature and his name is Love with out-stretched arms open to receive ●very one that will turn unto him but ye will not therefore if you do not when you die a●ter performing faithfully all the works of the Devil by greedily desiring and pursuing with your wicked hearts and inclinations the alluring ways of this world in which all your thoughts are enveloped expect the dreadful sentence from him who will then he says appear to ye as a roaring Lion and say I know ye not go ye accursed into everlasting torments prepared for the Devil and his servants Let none be alarmed at the revolution in France such revolutions must happen in all idolatrous nations they corroborate with the holy bible a nation shall be converted in a day that is emerging from idolatry and idolatrous persecution at destined periods in the fulness of the time of the Most High and so on previous to the coming of the great Judge idolatrous Monarchs must be all cut off But if mighty men should plan and scheme for centuries to reduce things to their own human weak and wicked wishes their labour is in vain they are mocked by God they cannot see into the great causes they are greedy for dominion and filthy lucre they are cruel and unjust and all their ways are an abomination before the face of the great One they are poor blind naked miserable foolish and wicked Give attention now ●ll who never go● the gift of repentance from above read the new Testament and the most imaginary innocent among ye will find yourselves fitted for Hell's torments rouse to immediate repentance call on the Most High for mercy cease from Hell-born wickedness such as gambling night parties revelling balls assembli●s drums hellish masquerades drunkenness glu●tony dress and pride which Christ says is of your father the Devil cease from superfluous dress be a Quaker entirely in dress and a very plain one for your soul's sake to obey Christ and fulfill the holy scriptures cry aloud to the Most High with the true baptismal tears of repentance which is the real water baptism of salvation previous to the operation of the Holy Ghost and externally described in the third chapter of St. John in the new Testament Beware of hypocrisy ostentation and falsehood banish these hydras from the inmost recesses of your hearts make room there for the Holy Ghost to dwell in for with them hydras he cannot dwell and without him do not trouble yourselves to look forward to salvation do not strive to please human creatures or you cannot please God talk no more of fashions or of the circle of your acquaintances such conversation is abominable to God boast no more of your acquaintances Lord such a one or Lady such a one they are earth and dirt titles are sacrilegeous and blasphemous which is always the consequence of accursed wealth for wealth is a curse from God because it never was and never will be applied as God commanded it therefore he declares it is harder for a wealthy person to enter the kingdom of Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle when a person gets wealth he gets pride and contempt for all who do not possess the same curse wealth and in consequence of that wealth and

pride the Devil instigates him to renounce his name and take the ridiculous name of a river a town a hill or a province and tacks God's name and title to it Then he is exalted and God positively declares and says whoever exalts himself shall surely be abased that is cast into Hell and thus does the Devil sport with all wealthy people and proud people and dressy people Dress draws every curse from God down upon the soul the more dressy the more vicious clothing was first invented to cover sin and shame and ought therefore be as plain as possible besides God strictly commands it should be so Now hear the declaration of a fine shewy dressy person to God viz. I will dress powder curl and paint to spite you God because you desire me not I will flirt laugh please and be pleased praise and be praised read plays romances and all other devilish books because you say all those will corrupt me and that I must account for every idle word I speak I will not read the bible nor do therein because you desire me for every thing you command me I will not do and every thing you forbid me I will do God because my father and mother brought me up this way and they follow the same life themselves for we all prefer the damnation of Hell to you and your old book filled with stories of love terrors Heaven Hell and all such tedious nonsense to people of fashion going into Perdition The more wicked and abominable a person is before God the more glaringly they wish to adorn the filthy carcase iniquity invented new fashions it originated in France every married woman there was despised if she was not a w the bible was forbid to be read by order of Ant●christ and his Deputies least the people should perceive their own damnation and rebel against idolatry the contagion is in England Ireland c. the world is teeming with wickedness the Lord God is like a roaring lion filled with wrath fury and revenge he is thundering down his vengeance in a variety of ●hapes previous to the general judgment which is now the general dread of the people teeming with iniquity and filled with terrors without one single exception among the wicked whenever the Almighty intendsany great event he puts it more or less in the people's minds before the execution to induce them to holiness for there is no other way to prevent his wrath But instead they continue to act as if they were never to die and blinding each other with praise flattery hypocrisy and deceit Suppose Christ was this instant to come down and judge all people shewing Heaven's great expanse of innumerable pleasures on one side and Hell's yawning torments on the other how would the proud and dressy appear Would the not with their pride and fashionable dress in Hell where it originated Are they the pious holy people marked with the Holy Ghost to sa●vation that could run to meet Christ whose face is of flaming fire Or are they those pointed out in the bible who are marked by the Devil to devote themselves to the pleasures and passions of this Hell-grown world Let them answer for themselves 〈◊〉 if they cannot I can they are of the latter description they are an ab●mination before the L●rd and before his holy people on earth they have stipulated with the Devil their pre●ious souls for fashionable dress pride and as God says cannot escape the damnation of Hell Therefore Readers do not ye be of this accursed number but follow the advice given in this little pamphlet of very great value cast away instantly your fashionable dress pride ●rippery and all accursed worldly show and you will make the Devil fly away from you roaring with despair and God and the innumerable host of Heaven will shout for joy and the windows of Heaven will be opened unto you Give atrention now ye wealthy ye great wicked ones who are squandering thousands and tens of thousands yearly in superfluous excesses which are the works of the son of Perdition Squander your thousands on the purchase of millions of bibles new testaments hymn books and psalm books scatter them among the people like corn before the plow by which all the human race will learn to know the Lord and do his blessed will propagate the gospel of Christ in its original purity until all the people shall know that the gospel sound alone is sure salvation and not the abominable works of man's hands renounce idolatry sue for the property of the distressed when wronged by the unjust distrib●te justice without favour or affection and God will love you and keep you in safety Read the bible the ensuing long winter evenings ye and your families expound it to each other every night and if at leisure in the day time also Glorify God let your conversation turn on every verse on every chapter you read of the wonderful works of the Lord Iesus Christ and his Apostles then your conversation will be in Heaven and this is also the communion of Saints so little understood in this world Let that same Jesus never leave your thoughts this is what the Apostle means where he says pray without ceasing this incessant silent meditation on Jesus is certain salvation this is worshiping in spirit and in truth because God is in Christ your souls then feed on him and grow rich in grace and grace is the gradual operation of the Holy Ghost which brings you from glory to glory Let all men and women be exhorters to good by their profound knowledge of the bible which will abolish evil from the human race empty your purses to put all the indigent to industry who have the inclination but not the means and after doing all these things and ten thousand times more do not take the least merit to yourselves it is not ye that do it it is the Holy Ghost in ye therefore give all the merit to God and all the glory and then know he has only done ye the honor of choosing ye to be useful machines to do his business and if ye are conscious in your hearts it is so and that ye firmly believe that property which ye so distribute is his and not your own as all wealthy fools imagine then the wide expanse of Heaven is open for your enjoyment as soon as your fervency of love for him desire it with millions of millions of pleasures with him on his holy mountain do all those things if you can and if you can and do not read your dreadful sentence in the new testament Give attention again ye wealthy cast away all your ●rippery your variegated head-dr●sses and all other ornaments calculated to adorn your carcas●s for praise and admiration which is certain c●●demnation to your souls play no cards or other gambling never enter them hellish seminaries of corruption called play-houses do not suffer a play book of any kind romance or novel inside your houses

no nec●ssity ●o re●er to Isaiah to corroborate the observations made in this chapter as most of the quotations from Isaiah 〈◊〉 it Ch. 4. v. 10 if Jesus was not God he c●uld 〈◊〉 offer the w●man of Samaria living waters which is the Holy Gh●st Refer to J●remiah c. 2. v. 13 in v ●4 of St. Joh●'s 4●h chap Jesus said whoever drinks of the wat●r I give it shall be a well in him sp●inging up to everlasting life which water is the Holy Ghost Refer to Jeremiah as before A●d in John c 4 v. 23 24. Jesus said true worshipers shall worship ●he ●ather in spirit and in truth Now observ● God out of Christ is a co●suming fire therefore he is to be worshiped in Chinst the sat●ctuary and propitiation for 〈◊〉 Ver. 42 Christ the Saviour of the world Refer 10 Isaiah c 43. v. 3. 1● J●hn c 8 v. 16 17 18 19 〈◊〉 says my judgment is ●●ue I am not alone but I and the father tha sent me this prove● God in Jesus the earthen vess I which God made and sent and again he says the test mony of two are true God and himself and again he says to the people if ●e had known me ye would know the father also V 29 he that sent me is with me the father has not left me alone for I do alwa●s the things that please him V. 58. J●sus said before Abraham was I am and in the old testament God is called the great I am Ch. 10 Jesus said I am the door of the sheep by me man sh●●l be saved I am the good shepherd I giv● my life for my sheep I am the good sh●pherd I know my sheep and they know me I lay down my life for my sheep no man compels me or takes it from me I lay it down of myself and take it again because I have power I and my father are one the father is in me and I in him Refer to Isaiah c. 40 v 9 ●0 11 In John c. ●2 v. 45 Jesus says whoever sees me sees 〈◊〉 father also c. 14. v. 7 whoever knows me k●ows the father and have seen him and known him V. 9 he that knows me sees and knows the father V. 10 I am in the father and the father in me and the words that I speak are not sp●ken by me but by the father that dwells in me he does the works Acts c 20 v. 28 G●d was crucified and purchased his people with his won blood Corinth c. 5. v ●9 God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself The first epistle general of John c 3 v. 5 God was manifested in the fl●●h Chri●● to take away sins Rev. c. 1 v 7 8. J●sus is God behold I●come in the clouds and every eye shall see and also them that pierced him and the people shall weal then he said I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end saith the Lord which is a●d which was on earth and which is to come again on earth the Almighty V 11 I am A●pha and Omega the fi●st and the last V. 12. like the son of man Jesus V. 17 18 I am the first and the last I am he that lived and was crucified and behold I am a●ive again for ever more 〈◊〉 2 v 8 J●sus is the first and the last that was crucified and is a live Ch. 4 v. 8. 9. 10 11 Christ proved to be God Ch. 5 v 5. Jesus is called the Lion of the tri●e of Juda. Ch 20 v. 12 J●sus is called God opening the books and judgi●g the world Ch 21 v 5 6 7 and he tha● sat up●n the throne Jesus judging the world said it is done I am Alpha and O●ega the beginning and the end I will give u●to the thi●sty the fountain of living waters But unbelievers liars c shall be cast into the lake that burns with fire and brimstone Ch. 22. v. 12 13 16 behold I come quickly my reward is with me to give according to people's works I am Alpha and Om●ga the beginning a●d the end the fi●st and the last I Jesus have sent my angel to testify unto you these thing● in the churches among the people Ver. 20 he that testifies these things saith surely I come quickly the Lord Jesus 〈◊〉 A most effectual Plan To Prevent a French Invasion THE people who are to execute this plan are that class who are possessed of perpetuities of upwards of One Thousand Pounds yearly after a deduction of two thousand pounds principal money for each of his or her children except the eldest son who should have 200l yearly from the age of 21 and the remainder at his father's death except 200l yearly to the widow if a widow should be Religion and the bare necessaries of life are such total strangers to the lower class of people that they are always looking for a change in the government favourable to a total annihilation of the wealthy and the wealthy on the other hand believe keeping the poor in profound pove●ty and darkness the best way to keep them quiet but it is not and only resembles a fire to be quenched by putting dry fuel on it which will make it burn more violent oppression always terminates in human slaughter though the fire may be a century kindling or centuries it is better for the wealthy lose a liable voluntarily than lose all with the loss of life i●voluntarily like a death bed repentance which God does not listen to for what man worth five ten or twenty thousand pounds yearly in the hands of a banditti of assassins would not give it all for his life Here follows the preventative take a poor man and settle him in a comfortable situation making him pay or fecure a reasonable valuation then see what family he has and for himself wife and children abate twenty shillings yearly each on the following terms give him the book called the new testament and then say do you and your family read this as often as ye are at leisure and whilst you perform its contents I will keep you in the comfortable place I have given but no longer wealthy one you must do more establish a school in your parish or neighbourhood and pay the teacher also and thus do ye wealthy ones with all the poor and idolatry goes to destruction the poor will all love you and God will love you the poor will revolt at the idea of invasion or revolution or any change that should di●comfit their comfort Or if you will not do this subscribe a million of guineas and all people you suspect for wishing your overthrow give them a guinea an head to each in their families to go to America But this last advice will not prevent an invasion it would be only a foolish act of charity that God reqnires besides it wonld depopulate the nation and lessen the rent roll then would the wealthy cry out O my rent roll my rent roll is not half what it was but God will answer O thy rent roll has shut thee out eternally from me thou did not send my messenger among the nations that is to distribute the new testament among the poor thou did not propagate the gospel You will say your Ministers did propagate the gospel but the Lord will say your Ministers are ordained with human forms but my Ministers are ordained with the Holy Ghost from the foondations of the world but ye and your Ministers persecute them and perhaps he will even say ye have also called yourselves Lords and great ones who are but earth which names and titles are for me only and how can you look in my face EXTRACTS FROM DUPATY'S TRAVELS IN ITALY IN my way to the capitol I met a coach in which were two recollet Friars the one seated backwards the other forwards holding between their legs something I could not distinguish Every one stopped and saluted with profound respect I asked to whom this reverence was addressed It is answered one of the standers-by to the Bambino which these good Fathers are carrying to a Prelate who is very ill and given over by his physicians I afterwards procured an explanation what this Bambino was The Bambino is a little wooden Jesus richly dressed and ornamented The Convent which has the good fortune to possess this image neither has nor needs any other patrimony As soon as any person who can afford the expence is seriously ill they send for the Bambino and always in a coach for he never goes on foot Two Recollets conduct and place him by the sick man where they remain at his expence until he dies or recovers The Bambino is constantly running about they sometimes fight who shall have him at the gate of the Convent and tear him from each other in the Summer especially he has extraordinary business though he makes them pay very dearly for his visits on account of the demand and the hot weather This is but fair THE progress insolence and intolerable tyranny of the church of Rome is now become of serious consideration and publick complaint the establishment of which will infallibly be the destruction of church state laws liberties properties and lives The Protestant writers ever since the Revolution have frequently and effectually exposed and confuted this pernicious doctrine calculated to plunder and rob the ignorant and illiterate to whom only the Church of Rome pretends to be the mother and mistress of all churches and domineers the vulgar and wicked into that belief or faith always exerting her tyranny to continue them in the grossest darkness and from a knowledge of the Gospel light from generation to generation The Pope always imposes a belief on the ignorant that he is successor to Christ St. Peter c. and such blasphemy and none can be saved but his subjects and eating of all the luxuries and dainties in the world on a friday or saturday sends people to Heaven except meat which sends to Hell but all his wicked doctrines being contrary to that of Christ he takes ●are the gospel light shall be kept from them as long as he can well knowing a general knowledge of it would destroy his craft as St. Paul did that of Alexander the Copper-Smith FINIS