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A88579	A cleare and necessary vindication of the principles and practices of me Christopher Love, since my tryall before, and condemnation by, the High Court of Iustice. Whereby it is manifested, that a close prison, a long sword, a High Court, and a bloody scaffold, have not in the least altered my judgment. Whereas also the cruelty of the sentence, the insufficiency of the proofs, and my own innocency, are demonstrated. As also my grounds and reasons of giving in a narrative, and the lawfulness of the matter and titles of my petitions (though to usurpers) manifested and maintained. Together with a declaration of my judgement concerning Cromwells unlawfull invasion of the kingdom of Scotland. Written by me Christopher Love, Master of Arts, minister of Lawrence Iury, London; penned by me the eighth of August, fourteen days before my death.	Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.	1651 (1651)	Wing L3148; Thomason E790_5; ESTC R202748	58,288	49

that encreaseth that which is not his c. We punish him with death who breakes open a house and robs but one Family but what a thousand deaths doth he deserve who breaks into a Kingdome and robbes many thousand Families even a whole Nation The Prophet Hab akkuk pronounceth A woe to him that builds a Town with blood and establisheth a City by iniquity Hab. 2. 12. What a woe then shall befall Cromwell that doth not build Townes with blood but destroys many Townes by blood but builds up none that doth not stablish a City but destroyes many Cities in ENGLAND and SCOTLAND by Iniquity 5. A fifth reason may be drawn from the Covenant and Treaties between the two Nations I begin with the Covenant so far as it concerns Scotland In the first Article we promise to endeavour the preservation of the reformed Religion in the Church of Scotland in Doctrine Worship Discipline and Government But Cromwells invading Scotland tends directly to the destruction of the reformed Religion in Scotland both in Doctrine by the many Heresies the Army spreads amongst them and in Worship by those who are above Ordinances and in Discipline and Government by those that are inveterate enemies to the Presbyteriall Government and are most of them for Independency or Anabaptisme Brownisme or Scepticisme c. In the third Article we promise to preserve the liberties of the Kingdoms But Cromwells invading Scotland brings England under guilt and Scotland under beggery and slavery In the fourth Article we promise That we shall endeavour the discovery of all such as have been or shall be Incendiaries Malignants or ev●ll Instruments by hindring the Reformation of Religion dividing the King from his people or one of the Kingdomes from another If these things be the brands that the Covenant puts upon Incendiaries Malignants or evill Instruments then is not Cromwell and his Faction the great Incendiaries Malignauts and evill Instruments who have hindred the Reformation of Religion nay blemished the very name and destroyed the very face of Religion and have they not divided the King from his people not only by interrupting his agreement with the Parliament and dividing him from them but by dividing his head from his body and have not they divided one of the Kingdoms from another and by this unjust invasion laid such seeds to dissentions and irreconcileable differences as are likely never to be healed yea so divided as never likely to be united together any more In the fifth Article it is said Where as the happinesse of a blessed peace between these Kingdomes denyed in former times to our pr●genitors is by the good provide●ce of God granted unto us and hath been lately concluded and setled by both Parliaments we shal each one of us indeavour that they may remaine conjoyned in a firme Peace and Union to all posterity Let the world judge whether Cromwell and his invaders have endeavoured that the Kingdoms may remain in a firme peace and union to all posterity he was so far from endeavouring to have this Union kept to all posterity that he dissolved this Union within seven years after he promised to preserve this Union for he took the Covenant in the yeare 1643. and entred Scotland in a bloody Hostile manner in the yeare 1650. Thus you see Cromwells invasion of Scotland is repugnant to the whole scope and tenour of the Covenant it is contrary to the Articles of the Treaty between both Kingdoms for this is one among the rest That one Nation shall not wage war with each other but give three moneths warning before hand but Cremwell did not not give three dayes warning to Scotland before he invaded their Land 6. I may draw the sixth reason from the judgement of the Parliament when free and full they were still averse to any breach with and war against their Brethren of Scotland as knowing it would endanger the Protestant Religion and godly party in both the Nations I well remember the King called a Parliament here in England in April 1640. on purpose to raise money to carry on the Warre against the Scots but the Parliament utterly refused to grant any money to so ill a purpose and did all they could to disswade the King from the Warre with Scotland publiquely protesting against the War as dishonourable and dangerous to Religion and both Kingdomes whereupon through the designes of the Prelates and Popish party that Parliament was dissolved within 10 dayes after it was called Although the dissolving that Parliament was a great grief of heart to all the godly in this Nation yet it was a rejoycing that the Parliament refused to engage in the War of Scotland After this there were publique Thanksgivings throughout all England enjoyned by King and Parliament for the Pacification between England and Scotland If the wisdome of the Parliament in the year 1640. judged it unlawfull to wage War against Scotland upon the sollicitations of the King and Bishops because they would obtrude Popish Ceremonies upon that Nation may not we judge it much more unlawfull to wage War with Scotland to bring Blasphemies Heresies and Slavery upon them and that after we have had a Brotherly assistance from them and have entered into Covenant with them There are l●●●e pretences to justifie the War with Scotland in the year 1650 by Cromwell than in the year 1640. when the King intended to wage war with them 7. A seventh Reason may be drawn from the intollerable mischiefs sad consequences and unexpressible calamities likely to befall the Protestant and Covenanting party in the 3. Kingdoms the mischiefs and sad consequences of Cromwells invading Scotland I shall reduce to 8. heads 1. The War with the Irish Rebels is by this means neglected and lengthened out had Cromwell staid in Ireland and had but one half of the Souldiers he hath now in Scotland in all likelyhood the Irish Wars had been ended long before now the Rebels destroyed and the English had had a quiet and peaceable possession of that Land But Cromwell through the counsell of the Pope King of Spaine and the Iesuites had rather fight with the Protestant covenanting party in Scotland than with the Rebels of Ireland 2. By this means most grievous and burdensome Taxes are continued and increased I shall mention one thing which to the vulgar may seem incredible viz. That the Iuncto at Westminster have by the Excise Customes Sequestrations and Taxes received more money in one year than all the Kings of England put them all together since the Conquest did raise upon their Subjects for such a space of time yet the Kings called Oppressors and these called Saints c. 3. A totall eradication of the Presbyteriall Government in both the Kingdoms Presbytery is the But at which the Prelates of old and the Sectaries of late have shot their invenomed Arrows 4. A great indangering of all the Protestant Churches and States in Europe The Kingdomes of England and Scotland make up the greatest

Scotland for they are of the English not of the Scotish Nation Yea though I did give money to relieve poor Scotch men prisoners and others here in London yet this contradicts not my Protestation for therein I said I did not give money to send into Scotland or any other fo●eign parts to any persons of the Scotish Nation but I did not say I did not give here in London to any person of the Scotish Nation I did relieve many of the poor Scotch prisoners who were taken at Dunbar fight and brought to Black-wall Yet this doth not falsifie my Protestation though I did give money to poor Scotch men in London yet I sent none into Scotland to any Scotch person since the Wars began to this day When I first put pen to paper I did not intend to look fo far back as the Tryall but because the Tryall is so mis-represented and mis-reported in some Bookes in Print especially in that lying Book called The Plea for the Common-wealth and because many black and hideous things are laid to my Charge of which I am not guilty Wherefore I shall doe two things 1. Lay down what none of the 8. Witnesses did prove against me 2. Give a brief Extract of what they did prove against me that so the World may be satisfied upon what I was Condemned to dye None of the 8. Witnesses did prove in Court 1. That I writ Letter to the King of Scots or Queen or Jermin or Piercy or to any other persons in foreign parts either in or of the Scotish Nation since the Wars began to this day 2. Or that ever Letter was writ in my House or in any place else where I was present 3. Or that ever I directed ordered or perswaded any others to write 4. Or that I did know of any person that did write Letters into Scotland or any foreign parts 5. Or that ever I sent or gave my consent to the sending away of any Letters into Scotland or any forein parts 6. Or that ever I received any Letter from Scotland or any foreign parts 7. Or that I ordered any other person to receive Letters for me 8. Or that ever I did so much as read any Letter in my House or anywhere else that did come from Scotland or from foreign parts 9. Or that ever I collected gave or lent any money either for the King of Sc●ts the Queen his Mother the Church and State of Scotland in the generall or for any particular persons either in or of the Scotish Nation since the beginning of the Wars to this day 10. Or that ever I invited any foreign Forces to invade either England or Ireland 11. Or that I was in the least privy to or accquainted with any preparations or endeavours tending to the raising of intestine insurrections at home or joyning with any foreign Invasions from abroad None of these particulars were proved against me yet I was condemned to dye which doth manifest to the world that I I am put to death rather upon an interest of State than Principles of Conscience rather to put a terror upon others than for the merits of the Facts I have don my self yet my Oppressors slay me and hold themselves not guilty The most that was proved against me was this That I was present at meetings in severall Fasts to begge a blessing on the Treaty between the King and the Scots that there might be an Agreement between them upon the interest of Religion and termes of the Covenant That I was severall times present at my House when Letters were read that either were sent to or received from Scotland That I moved for money for Massey and Titus yet one of the Witnesses swore that it was not upon a Military account to maintain the War in Scotland but meerly to relieve the personall necessities of Massey and Titus That two of the Witnesses brought Fifteen pound for Massey and Titus to my House viz. Potter brought Ten pound and Far brought Five pound but neither charged me that I received it Here I desire the Reader to take notice that though 8. Witnesses came in against me yet no two of them did concurre in their Testimony to prove any one thing against me unlesse that I was present at the bearing of Letters read which other men brought to my House As for all other things though two Witnesses might sometimes speake ad idem yet not to the same thing eodem tempore 'T is true two swore that I moved for money yet one swore I did it in a meeting the other swore I did it to him alone at another time But lest it should be thought I am too favourable in my own Cause I have here made an Extract out of the Depositions of the Witnesses that so you may see the worst that is proved against me A brief Extract or Collection out of the Depositions of the Witnesses against Master LOVE The first Witnesse was Captain Potter POtter sware he brought ten pounds to my house which he intended for Masey and Titus he laid it downe in my Parlour 5. or 6. being present but proved not that I saw him or bid him lay the money down or that I received it I can truly say I did neither Potter sware he did receive Letters one from Bamfield another from four Lords in Scotland viz. Argile Loudon Lothian and Bellcarris and another from Mr. Bayly on the superscription was a great L. but said it was not to me but he said he shewed them me and some others at my house and when he came in he said Mr. Love I have nues to shew you in one of the Letters there was a motion for ten thousand pound but said he we all disliked that motion dissented from it and resolved to send a Nagative Answer yea he might have said that I was the man that disswaded them from doing any thing in that businesse Potter said An Answer to those Letters was brought and left at his shop he said he thought it came from me and Dr. Drake but God is my Witnesse I neither sent carried nor left Letter at his shop in all my life Alford said William Drake held a Correspondence with Scotland but he knew no Ministers that knew this He said That after he came from Callis he brought to William Drake a Narrative from Captaine Titus of all his proceedings at Iersey and how the Cavaleers abused him and also brought a Copy of a Letter from the King he said this was read at my house He said There was a Commission and instructions read at my house a little before the Treaty at Bredah to Authorise the Lord Willoughby Bunce Massey Titus Graves to use their interest in the King and in the Scots Commissioners to agree in their Treaty upon the terms of the Covenant I desire you to take notice that this was the only meeting I was at about an agree agreement between the King and the Scots and at this meeting

whith a Whore now because he was one of my name some Malignants did charge it upon me but that grosse lye was soon quelled but is now revived and suggested to some in present power on purpose to exasperate them against me But why should I be troubled at these slanders my betters have been falsly accused as well as I two Harlots accused Athanasius that he was uncleane with them when he was the Chastest man of that age Beza was accused of drunkennesse and uncleannesse also who was free from both the Jesuits accused Calvin that he had the foule disease that he was eaten up of V●●min yea the Lord Jesus was accused to have a Devill though the fulnesse of the God-head dwelt in him 4. Object It is reported that I was unnaturall to my Parents that I would not relieve them in their necessities Sol. I am loth to commend my selfe yet when another mans mouth doth accuse me it is lawfull for my owne to praise me My duty and Naturall affections to my parents hath abounded as I had great cause for their tendernesse and care in my education they have been dead above seven years since it is true they had a competent livelyhood in the World but fell to decay and when they were necessitated I speak it truly when I was not worth 20 li. in all the world my parents had ten of it 5 Object It is reported that I neglected Mr. Erbury who was the means of my conversion and education that when he was plundred in WALES and came to ENGLAND in a necessitous condition that I would not relieve him Sol. As for Master Erbury though he is fallen into dangerous opinions yet he being my spirituall Father I do naturally care for him as Timothy did for Paul my heart cleaves to him in love more than to any one man in the World I speake to the praise of God he was the instrument to my conversion near twenty years agoe and the means of my education also in the Vniversity for which kindnesse the half I have in the World I could readily part with for his reliefe It is true about eight or nine years since he was plundered in Wales and did come to see me at Windsor Castle but a Sonne could not make more of a Father than I made of him according to my ability when I had not twelve pounds in all the World I let Master Erbury have six of it indeed he afterward gave me a horse for which I received not much above forty shillings yea I procured him a place in the Army to be Chaplaine to Major Generall Skippons Regiment where he had eight shillings a day 6 Object Others say that what I denyed in Court was afterward proved against me and then I did confesse it Sol. This is a manifest untruth those Protestations I made the first day of my Tryall I made them also the last day rejoycing that they were not falsified nor contradicted by any of the 8 Witnesses but I have spoken to this more largely before If other slanders shall be cast upon me I hope you will have so much charity not to believe reports raised upon me when I shall be silent in the Grave not able to speake in my owne vindication This I say without vanity of falshood I have been kept for these twenty years from the time I first knew God from falling into any scandalous evill but only into those infirmities of unavoydable and dayly incursion unto which all the Godly are subject in the course of their pilgrimage I love not to speak in my own praise yet I judge it lawfull when other mens mouthes falsly accuse me my owne mouth may modestly commend me As an Appendix to what I have already written I have but a few things to desire the Reader to take notice of 1. I am informed that there is something blotted out of my last Petition after it went from me without my knowledge or consent To assure all the World that I was no Malignant I did put this clause in my fourth Petition That in my place and calling I should oppose all Malignant designs whether in this or the Neighbour Nation that may tend to the ruin● of this Common-wealth Somebody blotted out the word Malignant and would thereby hold the world in hand as if I should engage to oppose the King and Scots which are now entred England which was far from my Heart I judge it no Malignant designe for the Scots to defend their Nation and the Title of their King upon the interest of Religion and terms of the Covenant this is an honest and justifiable designe Indeed Mr. Owen and Mr. Bond were with me in the Tower and desired me to put it out but I told them I could not doe it because I said though I would be lookt upon as one that would oppose Malignant designes yet I would not be lookt upon as one that would oppose the honest Scots or as if I thought their actings were Malignant designes I sent the Petition to Sheriffe Titchburn if he observed it he will justifie me that the word Malignant was in the Petition Whether they have blotted out any thing more or put any thing in God knows I am not ashamed to own the Petitions I have given you the Substance of them in my vindication I desire you to take notice also that by Common-wealth I do not understand the present Government I wish that were ruined but by Common-wealth I understand the Body or Community of the People of this Nation I shall in my place and calling oppose any Malignant designes that may tend to their ruine 2. I desire you to take notice that it is very likely they will not publish the Depositions of the Witnesses in Court but the private Examinations taken from them in private and patcht together by Mr. Scet and Captain Bishop they were not ashamed to produce them and read them in open Court and some of the Witnesses had so much honesty left as to dissavow them in open Court Believe nothing beloved but what was sworn in open Court nor all that neither for some of the Witnesses swore falsly as I made appear in my Defence 3 I desire the Reader to take notice that there is a lying Pamphlet put forth entituled A short Plea for the Common-wealth In which there are many grosse lies especially in things which relate to me It is not fit for me to enter the Lists with him It becomes not a dying man to write of Controversies which will beget dispute therefore I shall not answer the Book though I could easily do it but only sum up the many Lies he relates concerning me As In Page 3 second Edition He insinuates he is loath to say it out for shame or to name me yet he would deceive the Reader by saying The meetings of these Traytors here produced the first Treaty at the Hague And elsewhere he saith That I am chief of these Traytors so

was so amazed that he knew not what he said or what he d●d but Mr. Atturney had his Examinations which were taken in private and patcht together by Mr. Scot and Captain ●ishop and by the help of those papers Mr. Prideaux made a ●hift to rubbe up his slippery memory and to helpe his slow tongue And Mr. Prideaux perceiving that Captain Far was likely to marre his own evidence had he been let alone to himselfe therefore Mr. Prideaux helps him at a dead lift and puts to Captain Far no lesse than fourscore and eighteene Questions or leading Interrogatories a thing which I think was never heard of before practised in any Court since William the Conquerours dayes untill then yet by the poor misled Members of the Court this was well accepted of though I did protest against it as a most illegall practice Now I am Condemned I am informed that this Captain Far is much troubled to thinke of my death Touching these 8 Accusers I will say but this they did prosecute my life to preserve their own I have done with them I pray God begin with them to humble their hearts and shew them their sinne● that they may see and fear and do no more so wickedly for my part I would not change Conditions with them they are in a sinning but I onely in a suffering Condition I had rather be a Sufferer with the Brethren than an Accuser of the Brethren I have more peace and quietnesse who am to dye than they will have who have bought their lives at so dear a rate as with the price of my blood Having spoken largely about my Witnesses I shall mention but a word about the partiality of my Iudges I think there was never such violent indirect procee●ings to take away the life of a Minister since the Reign of Queen Mary to this day They suffered the Examinations of the Witnesses composed by Mr. Scot and Captain Bishop to be read in Court which is contrary to Law and Justice and the Customes of all Courts They commanded the Scaffolds to be put up the first day when my black and bloody Charge was read and the Witnesses produced in Court but pulled down the Scaffolds when I made my Defence● not caring how many heard my Charge nor how few heard me to clear my selfe And they gave me but from Saturday till Wednesday to make my Defence although the Depositions were to write out which were 28 sheets of paper which I was to peruse and answer Though they pulled down the Scaffolds when I made my defence yet they put them up again when the Counsell for the Common-wealth were to make their Reply to my Defence All this was that I might lye under more disadvantage in the judgement of the Spectators Yea such was the partiality of the Court that they refused to hear my Witnesses when produced them in Court And after they had assigned me Counsell they rejected two of them one of them could not be there and the fourth viz. Mr. Hales was not acquainted with my case I never spake with him untill halfe an hour before the Court sate he never saw nor read the Depositions yet they would not allow my Counsell a days time to study my case but he must plead then ●x tem●ore or not at all Oh extremity of Rigour yea further though I had a Notary to write for me yet have they taken away all the Books from him so that nothing shall come to the publique view but with what additions or alterations they please to my greater disadvantage but my hope is that some faithfull Pen or other hath writ my Defence and the Witnesses Depositions and according to them let my Innocency be judged by indifferent and unprejudicated men But enough of this I have but one thing more to doe in this vindication of my person and ministry and that is to answer a grand objection which is brought against me Object viz. That all the blood of ●co●lana is charged upon me and the rest of my Brethren whom they call my Confederates Answer To take off this false and most notorious slander I shall dispatch these 3. particulars viz. 1. Give you something to observe in the generall 2. Manifest that I have no hand in the War with our dear Brethren of Scotland 3. Lay down Arguments drawn from instances of Scripture clearnesse of reason interest of State to prove the unlawfulnes of the E●glish Arm●'s invading of Scotland then conclude with some Demonstrative suggestions what may be the intollerable mischiefes sad corsequence and unexpressible calamities that may befall the Godly party in both Nations if the English Army prevaile over our brethen of Scotland to subdue and conquer them 1. Touching this Objection I shall give you something to observe in generall that is this That these men do as N●ro did set Rome on fire and then charge the Christians with it so do these new Common-wealths men put two Kingdomes on fire blow the sparks of dissention into a flame so causing a mighty Combustion and Conflagration yet charge it upon us who pour out tears to quench the burning which their lusts and ambition who affect only earthly domination rule over their brethren hath kindled in the Neighbour Nation As the Gunpowder Traytors charged that plot of blowing up the Parliament which themselves onely contrived upon the Puritans who were ever Friends never Enemies to Parliaments till this Apostate Generation of men stood up so doe these Trayterous Hereticks lay lasting Seeds of Division between the two Nations invade Scotland imbrue their hands in their Brethrens blood slay them with a rage reaching up to Heaven spill their blood like water on the ground yet we must be charged with all this blood who have had no hand in but a detestation of the Invasion of the Neighbour Nation the Lord judge bttween them and us What act have I done my Enemies themselves being Judges to make me guil●y of the blood spilt in Scotland Did I ever encourage Cromwell to invade Scotland or ever invite the Scotish Nation to invade England let Cromwell and his Confederates look to it the bloud of Scotland will cry in the eares of him who is the avenger of blood who hath said The Earth shall not cover the blood of her slain I may say as Elijah said to Ahab It is thou and thy Fathers house that hath trouble Israel so it is not I but Cromwell Vane Bradshaw and the rest of that Crew who have troubled Scotland When God comes to make Inquisition for blood they will be charged with all the blood of Scotland If they will say The King had not agreed with the Scots had it not been for me and my Confederates and so by consequence I am guilty of all the blood shed in Scotland To this I say 1. If I by any strained consequence should be found guilty of the blood of Scotland then Cromwell and his Army who did actually and cruelly shed

according to thine anger and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them and I will make my self knowne amongst them when I have judged thee c. It is in Scripture record accounted a more deplorable judgment to have Nations of the same Religion and under the same Government to wage War one with another than to have a War with any other Nations whatsoever read 2 Chron. 15. 5 6. Nation shall rise against Nation that is the Kingdome of Israel against the Kingdom of Iudah who were of the same Religion and also under the same Government during the Reignes of Saul David Solomon and part of Rehoboams so in 2. Chron. 28. 9 10. per totum many instances out of Scripture might have been produced to suggest to you how unwarrantable a thing it is for Cromwell with his English Army to invade spoyle and lay wast their poor Brethren of Scotland We are commanded Zech. 7. 9. 10. ●o shew mercy and compassion every man to his neighhour oppr●sse not the Widdow nor the Fatherl●ss nor the stranger nor the poor and I t●none imagine ev●ll against his Brother in your heart and the reason may be drawn from Mal●chy 2. 10. Have we not all one Father hath not one God created us Why doe we deal treacherously every man against his brother by prophaxing the Covenant of our Fathers I have no more to say in this matter but will say of Cromwell though he may prosper for a while against the people of God yet I may say of him as God did of J●hojakim Tkine eyes and thi●e heart are not but for thy covetousnesse and for to shed innocent bloud and for oppression and for violence to do it therefore thus saith the Lord They shall not lament for him saying ah my brother or ah my sister they shall not lament for him saying ah Lord or ah his glory he shall be buried with the buriall of an ●sse c. Ier. 22. 17 18 19. I am in the next place to give some reasons to prove the unlawfullnesse of the invasion of our Brethren of SCOTLAND I shall lay down a few considerations whereby you may see the evill nature and dangerous consequence of this War First This Warre with Scotland is worse than the former war intended against Scotland in the year 1640. it is worse in many regards 1. The First war was called Bellum Episcopale this may be called Bellum Haereticale if I may so say the first War would have brought in Popish ceremonies this War brings in damnable Heresies and hellish blasphemies by the first they would have scrued up Monarchy into Tyranny by this they will pull down Monarchy and turne all to Anarchy 2. This War in the year 1650. is worse than that intended about the yeare 1640. because then we were not under so many Covenants and Engagements one towards another as now we are Cromwell invaded them after a Covenant and Articles of Agreement for assistance made with them after help and Brotherly assistance received from them yet he hath forgotten the Brotherly Covenant with them and all the kindnesses we have had from them in the day of out deep distresse Thirdly This war hath not such an Authority as the former had the first was raised by the King and his Councell this by Cromwell and a Faction Fourthly the Souldiers many of them doe behave themselves worser than the Souldiers the King and Bishops did raise against the Scots at first the Kings Soldiers were but ignorant and prophane these many of them Hereticks and Blasphemers those did pull down Crosses and Pictures these pull downe Ordinances those drunk with Wine or Strong Drink but these drunk with Error having a spirit of gyddinesse and contradiction against the Truth which is the worst sort of drunkennesse Fifthly far worse in the event also in the Kings and Bishops war not above 14 slain one both sides but in this war Cromwell with a more cruel and bloody minde hath most barbarously slaine at least 10000 of the Scotish Nation since he entered Scotland oh the bloody cruelty of this man 2. A second reason may be taken from the time when Cromwell invaded them it was not when Scotland was over-run with malignity during the time of Hambletons prevalency but it was when the power of that Kingdome was in the hands of the most Religious and Covenanting Party in Scotland after Hamblitons Army was destroyed and Montrosse defeated and the godly party who managed the cause of God for these 14 years faithfully had all the power of that Kingdome in their hands then Cromwell invaded them which to me is an evident Demonstration that the invasion of Scotland was by the instigation of Jesuites and the Papists Party to root out the Protestant Party in ●cotland and to bring their persons in vassalage and thraldome as to their civill Liberties 3. A third Reason may be drawn from the slight grounds Cromwell had to invade Scotland because they would not be a Common-wealth therefore they shall not be a People because they will not break their Covenants therefore Cromwell will break them because the● will not lay their Consciences waste he will lay their land waste and make it desolate because the Scots are for a Scripturall Presbytery and a well-regulated Monarchy for found doctrine and the power of godlynesse therefore it is that Cromwell is so much their Enemy Whatever els may be pretended ●et these were the true grounds why Cromwell and the rest of the Iesuited Spanish Faction did invade the neighbour Nation 4. A fourth reason may be taken from the wicked ends Cromwell aims at in his invading Scotland viz. merely to satisfie his ambitious and covetous desires to be absolute Lord of the Estates Liberties and Lives of all the people in these 3. Nation it doth not content him to have one Kingdome viz. Ireland for Ireton his Son nor another Kingdome viz. England for himself but he must have Scotland also His end is as was that of the Children of Ammon invading Israel in Amos 1. 13. That they might inlarge their borders his end and the end his Souldiers aim is like that of the Chaldaeans that bitter and hasly Nation to march thr●ugh the bredih ●f the Land to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs his end is like that of M●unt Seir who said ●hese two Nations and these two Countreys shall be mine and wee will passesse them So saith Cromwell these two Nations and these two Countrves viz. England and Scotland shall be mine and I will possesse them nor will all this content him he seeks to be an universall Monarch like that Ch●ldaean Monarch in Hab. 2. 56. He is a proud man neither keepeth at home who exlargeth his desire as hell and cannot be satisfied but gathereth unto him all Nations and heapeth unto him all people but shall not all these take up a taunting proverbe against him Woe to him

Body of the Protestant Religion in Christendome being best able to defend themselves and succour other Reformed Churches when indangered and designed to ruine by Popish Enemies therefore the discountenancing of the Covenanting party in England and the ruining of them in Scotland is the readiest way to indanger conquer ruine all other Reformed Churches in the World and how will this imbolden and encourage Popish Adveraries to invade and ruine the Protestants whiles they see England and Scotland who make up the greatest Body of the Protestant Religion in Christendome engaged in an un-Brotherly and un-Christian War between themselves and weakning impoverishing and destroying each other 5. Cromwells invasion of Scotland is an extraordinary ground of joy to the Pope and all his Confederates Had the Conclave of Rome plotted together they could not wish a more happy and hopefull designe to advance the interest of Rome and Catholick Religion that doth more glad and gratifie the Popish party than to see the Protestant party in England and Scotland ruining one another I have read a very remarkeable story of a great Politician in France that is Cardinal Richelieu That a little before his death be left Instructions and advice with the late French King that he would use his utmost endeavour to foment the late differences between the King of England and the Parliament and if it were possible by the sollicitations of his Instruments to draw the House of Commons in England to change their Government from a Kingdome into a Common-wealth by which means England and Scotland would be imbroyled in warres one against another which is the onely and best policy of all to weaken and destroy the Protestant Religion and advance the interest of France and Catholique Religion The truth of this story is asserted by an Italian of good note and credit and published by him and Printed in Italy anno 1645. I shall say no more touching this particular but only this that I doe verily beleeve Cromwels invading Scotland in the year 1650. makes it a year of Iubilee in Rome but a year of slavery to England and Scotland and a year of sorrow to all the Protestant Churches round about us which puts me upon the next sad consequence of this war viz. 6. It will be and is a great grief and sadning to all Protestant States and Churches round about us when they consider how we who have lived under one King united in one Covenant ingaged in one and the same Quarrell that we should ruine and destroy one another and that with such bloody rage and cruell hatred as we doe what a grief is it to them to consider that we who might have been their he●pers are our own destroyers neither able to assist them abroad nor defend our selves at home 7. It will lay lasting foundations of irreconcileable discord between the two Nations That we who were the dearest Friends will be to each other the greatest Enemies 8. There will be a toleration of all Heresies and Blasphemies in the Church and an increasing of all oppression and violence in the State These two usually goe together Iudges 5. 8. They chose new Gods then was there War in their Gates These with manifold more inconceivable mischiefes are likely to arise by reason of Cromwels groundlesse and unwarrantable invasion of our neighbour Nation The last work I have now to doe about this vindication of my self is to take off some aspersions and slanders unjustly laid upon me 1. Some report that I am under great fears of death that much terror and trembling laies hold upon me To which I say That through the sence of the pardoning mercies of God through the blood of sprinkling the bitternesse fear and sting of death is much abated that I am delivered from the fear of death to which all the former part part of my life I was subject unto bondage I speak it without vanity to the praise of Gods glorious grace I formerly have had more feare at the pulling out of a Tooth than now I have at the thoughts of the cutting off my head I mention it to the praise of God who supported me the hearing of the Sentence of Death pronounced against me in the Court did no whit dismay me I had as much calmnesse and quietnesse in my minde at that very ho●●e as ever I had in all my life yea since I have been condemned I blesse God I have not had one troubled thought nor broke one hours rest nor forborne one meals meat yea the very night before I was to suffer I supt as heartily and slept as sweetly as ever I did in all my life the hopes I have of an eternall life doth swallow up the fears of a temporall death 2. Objection But you confesse you have sinned therefore you are put to death for your sinne Sol. I have indeed and I ought to confesse my sinns against God so condemne my self and justifie God acknowledging that I have sinned and he is righteous in all that is come upon me so that it is just with the most high to cut me off in the midst of my dayes and in the midst of my Ministry but yet I never said that I had sinned against God in the particular facts for which that cruell sentence was past upon me I say still as I did at the Bar when I received the sentence of death that God did not condemne me when I was judged that neither God nor my own Conscience did condemne me of sin I have transgressed their bloody Lawes it is true yet not broken any command of God in so doing they have sinned in making such Lawes not I in breaking them I am far from thinking that I have sinned in what I have done to desire the King might agree with the Scots upon the interest of Religion and the terms of the Covenant to relieve that gallant Gentleman Major Generall Massey to pray for and endeavour after the good of the Godly in the neighbour nation of Scotland who are Brethren in Covenant with us I count all this my duty not my sinne yet I deny not but as infirmities doe cleave to my duties so in the way of mannagement of this businesse inadvertency indiscretion and too much opennesse might cleave to these actings of mine but that the thing it self was evill that I never have never shall confesse 3. Object Some are not ashamed to say that I am a debaucht person that I have been guilty of uncleannesse Sol. This I declare in the sight of God is most abominably false as Luther said of himself That he was not tempted to covetousnesse so through the grace of God I can say it without vanity or falshood I have not been tempted to uncleannesse I know no ground of this report but this that on Easter-day night last was six yeare one of my name Master Edward Love a Chaplain in the Army was questioned before Justice Rich dwelling about Chancery Lane for being found in bed