So long as we, or any
other, maintain this Civil Propriety, we consent still to hold the
Creation in that bondage it groans under; and so we should hinder
the Work of Restoration, and sin against the Light that is given
into us, and so, through fear of the flesh man, lose our peace."
And the pamphlet concludes with the following somewhat mystic words:
"Thus you Powers of England, and of the whole World, we have
declared our Reasons why we have begun to dig upon George Hill in
Surrey. One thing I must tell you more, which I received in voice
likewise at another time; and when I received it my eye was set
towards you. The words were these--_Let Israel go free._
"Surely as Israel lay four hundred and thirty years under Pharaoh's
bondage, before Moses was sent to fetch them out, even so Israel
(the Elect Spirit spread in Sons and Daughters) hath lain three
times so long already.... But now the time of Deliverance hath
come.... For now the King of Righteousness is arising to rule in
and over the Earth.... Therefore once more, _Let Israel go free_,
that the Poor may labour the waste land, and suck the Breasts of
their Mother Earth, that they starve not. In so doing thou wilt
keep the Sabbath Day, which is a Day of Rest, sweetly enjoying the
Peace of the Spirit of Righteousness, and find Peace by living
among a people that live in Peace: This will be a Day of Rest which
thou never knew yet.
Pages:
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150