Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- Bibliographical Note
- A List of Gerrard Winstanley's Writings
- Other Digger or Near-Digger Writings
- The True Levellers' Standard Advanced
- A Declaration from the Poor oppressed People of England
- An Appeal To the House of Commons
- A Watch-Word to The City of London, and the Army
- Preface to Several Pieces gathered into one volume
- A New-year's Gift for the Parliament and Army
- Fire in the Bush
- The Law of Freedom in a Platform
- Poems from other pamphlets
- The Diggers' Song
The True Levellers' Standard Advanced
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- Bibliographical Note
- A List of Gerrard Winstanley's Writings
- Other Digger or Near-Digger Writings
- The True Levellers' Standard Advanced
- A Declaration from the Poor oppressed People of England
- An Appeal To the House of Commons
- A Watch-Word to The City of London, and the Army
- Preface to Several Pieces gathered into one volume
- A New-year's Gift for the Parliament and Army
- Fire in the Bush
- The Law of Freedom in a Platform
- Poems from other pamphlets
- The Diggers' Song
Summary
A declaration to the powers of England and to all the powers of the world, shewing the cause why the common people of England have begun and gives consent to dig up, manure and sow corn upon George Hill in Surrey; by those that have subscribed, and thousands more that gives consent.
In the beginning of time, the great creator Reason made the earth to be a common treasury, to preserve beasts, birds, fishes and man, the lord that was to govern this creation; for man had domination given to him, over the beasts, birds and fishes; but not one word was spoken in the beginning, that one branch of mankind should rule over another.
And the reason is this, every single man, male and female, is a perfect creature of himself; and the same spirit that made the globe dwells in man to govern the globe; so that the flesh of man being subject to reason, his maker, hath him to be his teacher and ruler within himself, therefore needs not run abroad after any teacher and ruler without him; for he needs not that any man should teach him, for the same anointing that ruled in the Son of Man teacheth him all things.
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- Winstanley 'The Law of Freedom' and other Writings , pp. 75 - 96Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1983
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