George's Hill in Surrey. On December 5th, 1648, about a month
prior to the date attached to the opening epistle of _The New Law of
Righteousness_, there issued from the press a short pamphlet,[79:1]
which, seeing that a second edition was printed the following March,
appears to have had a considerable sale, and the title-page of which ran
as follows:
"LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE:
OR
A Discovery of the Main Ground, Original Cause of all the Slavery
in the World, but chiefly in England. Presented by way of a
Declaration of many of the Well-Affected in that County, to all
their poor oppressed Countrymen of England. And also to the
consideration of the present Army under the conduct of the Lord
Fairfax.
Arise, O God, judge thou the Earth.
Printed in the year 1648."
It opens as follows:
"Jehovah Ellohim created man after his own likeness and image,
which image is his son Jesus (Heb. 1. v. 3), who is the image of
the invisible God. Now man being made after God's image or
likeness, and created by the word of God, which word was made flesh
and dwelt amongst us, which word was life, and that life the light
of man (John 1. v. 1-4). This light I take to be that pure Spirit
in man we call Reason, which we call Conscience. From all which
there issued out that Golden Rule or Law, which we call Equity: the
sum of which is, saith Jesus, _Whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you, do to them: this is the Law and the Prophets.
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