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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

whether 〈…〉 have I had a compassionate heart and 〈◊〉 hand to any in want 14 Have I especially done good to them who a●e of the 〈…〉 however 〈…〉 15. Did the C●●●ch of God 〈…〉 of Christ ●e near my heart Have I 〈…〉 the welfare of Christs Chu●ch and 〈◊〉 its desolations and 〈◊〉 Heav●n abo●e my 〈◊〉 Joy 16. Have I really set death before me and 〈◊〉 my life as a vapour if God should this ●ight clo●e my eyes in death how is it like to be with my soul 17. lo●●nceivably great glorious and terrible as the day of Judgment will be dare I meet Christ at his coming Will my graces bear the t●ial of that day Can I now with joy say even so Come 〈◊〉 Iesus Lady JANE GREY'S Letter TO HER SISTER The Evening before she was beheaded in the Towe● of London Translated from the Original Gre●k I HAVE sent you my dear fi●●er Catharine a book which though ●t be not exte●nal●y 〈◊〉 with gold or curious embroidery of nee●l● work ● internally of more value than a● the precious mines in the wide world my only dear and best beloved 〈◊〉 it is the book of the law of our great and dear Redeemer his testimony and last 〈◊〉 bequeathed to lead us to e●ernal happiness Read it with attention and an earnest de●ire to follow its precepts and it wi●●urely bring you to immo●tal and everlasting life teach you to live ●nd die win you to God e●dow you with happiness and glory Labour to live acco●ding to the rules it contains and you shall inherit su●h riches as the covetous cannot wi●hd●●w the thie● steal nor the moth corrupt My dear sister ask wisdom from above and de●ire with David to understand the law of the Lord our God 〈◊〉 on the 〈◊〉 of thy heart by divi●e love live still to die that through death you may obtain eternal life Let not your youth blind you from knowing that at all hours times and seasons are alike to the most high God when he 〈…〉 are they 〈◊〉 ●amps are 〈◊〉 when he comes the Lord is equall● glorified in the young as in the old my dear good si●ter 〈◊〉 to die deny the ●en 〈◊〉 of the wo●●d the 〈◊〉 and the D●vil and delight 〈…〉 in the Lo●d Jesus Christ be sorry for yo●r sins love God do●●e●lpair be strong in faith in Christ live and die him the dear Redeemer and with St. Paul wh● fi●led with the fulness of divine love you will 〈◊〉 to be d●ssolved to be with Christ wi●h whom 〈◊〉 love and life eternal be the good servant that wh●●eath steals on like a thief in the n●gh● you b● not found in da●k●ess with the children of th● world who know not God and be not witho●● oil in your lamp like the foolish Virgins least yo● be re●used ad●it●ance to the marriage ●upper of th● Lamb or w●thou● the w●dding ga●ment least 〈◊〉 be cast into outer da●kness Rejoice in the Redeemer follow our great master Christ ●heerfully bear your cross or crosses lay a●l your sins on hi● shoul●ers and embrace him always Rejoice with me at my death my dearest sister that I shall be delivered from this body of corruption and clothed with the garment of incorruption for by 〈◊〉 this mortal life I shall obtain one immor●al joyful glorious and eve●lasting which I pray the Almighty God to give you when he shall please to call you hence and send you all sufficient grace ●o live in his love and fear and die in true Christian ●aith in Christ Jesus who redeemed us and all who love him and long for his coming a●d I now exhort you in the name of our Almighty Father neve● to swerve either from the hope of life or ●ear of death for if you deny his truth to prolong a we●ry and corrupt being Omniporence himself will 〈◊〉 you and cu● sho●● by his vengeance what 〈◊〉 were desirous of prolonging by the loss of your precious soul. Cleave to him and he will ex●end your days to a 〈◊〉 circumsribed to his own glory to which I 〈◊〉 God bring me now a●d you hereaf●er when it shall please him to call you Farewell once more my beloved 〈◊〉 put your whole ●ru●t in the great 〈◊〉 who alone ca● help you AMEN Your loving Sister J●NE DUDLEY She was a Lady of the m●st amiable person most engaging disposition and 〈◊〉 ●●c●mpl●shed parts She 〈…〉 greatest 〈◊〉 in acq●●●ing every part of poli●e Li●e●●●ure had a 〈◊〉 knowledge of the Ro●●a● and Greek languages 〈◊〉 modern tongues and the elega●● arts the best of wives to the most aff●cti●nate husband she re●u●ed being placed on the ●hrone till 〈◊〉 by her Father Father-in-law and H●sb●●d when she had been warned to prepare for death which she had long expected she received the dreadful news with jo● The Queen 's bigo●●ed zeal under colour of tender mercy to the prisoner's soul induced her to send Priests who tormented her wi●h perpetual disputations and ● 〈◊〉 was granted her on conditions that she would embrace the ●do●atrous wo●ship of the Church of Rome 〈◊〉 she he●d Death and Christ in greater esteem Lady Jane had presence of mind in them 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 circumstances to d●fend her religion with a christian for●itude supported from holy writ and also wrote a letter to her Sister in the ●reek ●angua●e exhorting her to maintain in every reve●se of fortune the like steady ●erse●erance On the da● of her execution she re●used to see her ●●sband Lord Guil●ord but sent him word that the ●e●derness of their ●arting might probab●● 〈…〉 〈…〉 from that co●●●ancy which their approaching end ●●qu●red of them Their separation would be only fo● a m●m●nt and would soon r●join each other in 〈◊〉 where their affections would be 〈…〉 and where death disappointments and 〈◊〉 co●ld no lo●ger have access to them 〈◊〉 break on their happin●●s Extracts relative to the Church of ROME By Lady Wallace TO be able to judge of the discontent which is now general in all Roman Catholic countries as well to draw natural conclu●ions from those com●●●tions which seem to be inevitable from the a●arice of the c●ergy you must go back to the infancy of Christianity and make you●self acquainted with the increase abuse and decrease of the power of the church of Rome which now even it s once most supe●stitious adherents begin to revolt against from the avarice and depravity of the clergy Begin from A D. 66 when we find the marty●●dom of Pe●er and Paul upon record and the appointment of St. Lin to be bishop of Rome happy for Ch●istianity the cruel 〈◊〉 which cru●hed and ha●assed the ens●●ved people rendered them greedy to adopt a doctrine which promised comfo●t to their sufferings eternal rest and blessings herea●●e● in proportion to their oppression and sufferings in this world In the three fi●st ages of the church the bishop of Rome in common wi●h the other ●ishops preached the ●●ctrine of Christianity in all tha● purity which ou●

they are the keys that unlock the doors of Hell propagate industry the arts and sciences travels voyages geography the globes the maps c. among the poor squander God's money in all such employments but let holy writ be always uppermost in your thoughts and the subjects of your conversations when the others are not absolutely necessary become domesticks and ●ay no more ridiculous fashionable vis●ts do not continue to make Gods of your filthy carcases with made dishes Iuscious meats and ●rinks or other vicious extravagancies you must certainly give an account of every shilling you unnecessarily lay out on your persons and families and if contrary to the observations made here and in the new testament th●n the dreadful and intolerable sentence is 〈◊〉 for an endless eternity A Seasonable Hint Dear F●llow Traveller thro' the Wilderness of this World YOU and I must soon appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ and as we may possibly never meet again in this ●if● a 〈◊〉 Hints concerning that most joyful or most awful Event may not be unseasonable The Bible is the word of the living God for all Scrip●ure is given by inspiration of GOD holy men of GOD s●ake and worte as they were move● by the HOLY GHOST The follwing Hints taken from that Divine Book deserve your immediate and most serious consideration The word of GOD assures us that you and I are Sinners for GOD hath n●lu●ed all under Sin There is none that doeth Good and 〈◊〉 not no not one we were even sh●p●n in Iniquity and in Sin did our Mother con●●ive us Another awful Truth contained in Scripture is that the wages of Sin is Hell and that it is appointed unto all men once to a●e and after Death the Iudgment that heart searching judgment where not an action in your life not a word of your tongue nor a thought of your heart will escape the notice of that JESUS who will be the Judge of both the quick and the dead then the righteous and the wicked will recei●● according to the Things done in the Body whether 〈◊〉 be good or evil The righteous shall go away into everlasting Life but the wicked will be ●ast down to Hell to be tormented with Devils and damned Spirits for ever and ever Oh how dreadful will that be to you and m● if thro' our Sins we should come into that ●lace of torment I would further ●int to you that the blessed GOD hath manifested his grace and love and hath shewn his tender pity and compassion in giving his dear Son the LORD JESUS CHRIST to be a REDEEMER and SAVIOUR of poor lost Sinners that JESUS is both God and Man in one Divine Person that he might be able to save the very worst of Sinners who come unto GOD thro' him His blood was shed on the cro●s for your Redemption from Sin Death and Hell His spotless Righteousness was wrought out for your eternal justification if you indeed and in Truth believe in him He obeyed the Law of GOD in your room and 〈◊〉 and be died that you might not die eternally and is that glorious SUN of RIGHTEOUSNESS that will arise and shine upon his People for ever and ever In order to your saving Knowledge of JESUS CHRIST your having ●aith in him and a living Union with him a very great change must pass in your heart and li●e This change is the peculiar work o● the HOLY GHOST and is called in Scripture RE●ENERATION or the NEW BIRTH Except a Man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God You know that this divine Change manifests itself by a heart deeply humbled under a sense of Sin and an earnest desire after Salvation It further shews itself by a discovery of JESUS CHRIST as a suitable compassionate and all ●ufficient Saviour and by a holy life and conversation To them that believe CHRIST is percious He is the Chief among ten thousand and altogether lovely Oh is he ●o to you and me ●xamine your heart daily on this weighty Question Do you know JESUS CHRIST Do you love him Are you devoted to him and do you put all your trust in him If you do you are happy If not your condition is most miserable L●t me beseech you by the mercies of GOD by the Love of JESUS and by the worth of your precio●s Soul that you earnestly pray O! my Heavenly FATHER forgive my Sins and ●eveal thy dear SON in me blessed JESUS let me be redeemed by thy Blood and clothed with thy Righteousness Oh! holy and blessed SPIRIT ●anctify my heart be in me a Spirit of frequent and fervent prayer Give me faith in JESUS CHRIST Teach me to love him and give me Grace to grow like him and make me what thou wouldst have me to be Guide me by thy counsel and fit me for thy Glory Let me beg of you my dear to give up your heart to these Things that we may meet in Heaven and be for ever with the LORD I conclude with intreating you most affectionately to consider these things directly Life is uncertain DEATH JUDGMENT HEAVEN and HELL are at hand and are awful Things devote your time to seek an interest in JESUS CHRIST as your SAVIOUR and REDEEMFR ask and you shall re●●ive seek and you shall find kno●k and it shall be opened unto you That the Lord may bless these hints to your Soul is the earnest Prayer of your hearty well-wisher For JESUS ' sake CHRISTIANUS The Quaker's Advice AS I have often in passing along the streets and highways heard the Most Sacred Name very profane●y made use of both by men and women and many grievously calling for damnation on themselves and one on another my heart has been and is deeply afflicted t●ereat and therefore I beseech you in the Name of JESUS CHRIST do not defile your Souls which are dear and precious by any wilful sin and amongst other things do not ta●e the Holy Name of God in vain for the Lord will not hold him or her guiltless that taketh his holy Name in vain GOD is willing to save you why should any of you lose and destroy yourselves Observe this attentively for notwithstanding all that the LORD has done and is d●ing for us such as die in their sins where he is gone they can never come Abstain from drunkenness and all excess and from every appearance of evil love one another as JESUS CHRIST hath loved you apply yourselves to the witness of God within you which reproves you for evil submit to and obey its holy manifestations and discoveries and it will do much more for you than a●● you can hear from any man This witness of GOD is the word of his Grace even the word of Life the Holy Ghost which is able to save your souls In the love of the Gospel I invite you all to come and taste how good and merciful the LORD is towards all those that return to him with their whole hearts If you