The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth - As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer by Lewis Henry Berens
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"_Fourthly_, We shall prove it by the Righteous Law of our Creation, that mankind in all its branches is the Lord of the Earth, and ought not to be in subjection to any of his own kind without him, but to live in the light of the Law of Righteousness and Peace established in his heart." The pamphlet concludes as follows: "Thus in love we have declared the purpose of our hearts plainly, without flattery, expecting love and the same sincerity from you, without grumbling or quarrelling, being Creatures of your own image and mould, intending no other matter herein, but to observe the Law of Righteous Action, endeavouring to shut out of the Creation the accursed thing called Particular Propriety, which is the cause of all wars, bloodshed, theft, and enslaving Laws, that hold the people under misery. "Signed for and in the behalf of all the poor oppressed people of England and the whole world-- "GERARD WINSTANLEY, } JOHN COULTON, } JOHN PALMER, } THOMAS STAR, } SAMUEL WEBB, } and others, forty-six in all. JOHN HAYMAN, } THOMAS EDCER, } WILLIAM HOGRILL," } |
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