"And be not discouraged when you shall see a guard of soldiers triumphing with their trumpets about you, but lift up your head and you shall behold God with a guard of His holy angels, triumphing to receive you to glory. Be not dismayed at the scoffs and reproaches that you may meet with in your short way to heaven, for be assured that God will not only glorify your body and soul in heaven but He will also make the memory of you to be glorious on earth!
O let not one troubled thought for your wife and babies arise within you. Your God will be our God and our portion. He will be a husband to your widow and a father to your children; the grace of your God will be sufficient for us."
- A letter (1651) from Mary Love to her husband Christopher Love the night before he was executed.
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