A Spectacle Unto God

"I am made this day a spectacle unto God, angels and men; and among men I am
made a grief to the godly, a laughing stock to the wicked, and a gazing stock to
all, yet, blessed be my God, not a terror to myself. Although there is but
little between me and death, yet this bears up [...]

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Love’s Letter

July 15th, 1651 [the day he expected to be executed from the Tower of London]
"My Dearest Beloved,
"I am now going to my long home, yet I must write a word before I go hence and shall be seen no more. It is to beg thee to be comforted in my gain and not to be [...]

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Part of Christopher Love’s Dying testimony

"I am accused of being an apostate, of being a turn-coat, of being this, of being that, of being anything but what I am. In general, I will tell you, I bless my God, a high court, a long sword, a bloody scaffold have not made me in the least to alter my principles or [...]

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Comfort to a wife he leaves behind

More Dear to me than Ever,
It adds to my rejoicing that I have so good and gracious a wife to part with for the Lord Jesus. In thy grief, I have been grieved; but in thy joy I have been comforted. Surely, nature could never help thee to bear so heavy a stroke with so [...]

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To His Wife Mary Love

"My most gracious beloved,
I am now going from a prison to a palace. I have finished my work, I am now
to recieve my wages. I am now going to Heaven where are two of my children, and
leaving thee on earth where are three of my babes. Those two above need not my
care, but the three [...]

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Combat between the Flesh and the Spirit I

The Combat Between The Flesh and Spirit (1)
By
Christopher Love.
 

And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh; yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.  [Genesis 6:3]
This chapter contains two parts: (1) Gods determination to destroy the world by a deluge, and (2) Gods [...]

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