"These Two Communities, or rather one in two branches, is that true
Levelling which Christ shall work at His more glorious appearance.
FOR JESUS CHRIST, THE SAVIOUR OF ALL MEN, IS THE GREATEST, FIRST
AND TRUEST LEVELLER THAT EVER WAS SPOKEN OF IN THE WORLD."
"Therefore you Rulers of England, be not afraid nor ashamed of
Levellers, hate them not; Christ comes to you riding upon these
clouds. Look not upon other Lands to be your pattern. All Lands in
the World lie under Darkness, so doth England yet, though the
nearest to Light and Freedom than any other. Therefore let no other
Land take your Crown....
"At this very day poor people are forced to work, in some places
for 4, 5, and 6 pence a day, in other places for 8, 10, and 12
pence a day, for such small prices that now, corn being dear, their
earnings cannot find them bread for their families. Yet if they
steal for maintenance, the murdering Law will hang them.... Well
this shows that if this be Law, it is not the Law of Righteousness.
It is a murderer; it is the Law of Covetousness and Self Love. And
this Law that frights people and forces people to obey it by
prisons, whips and gallows, is the very Kingdom of the Devil and
Darkness, which the Creation groans under at this day."
After this characteristic outburst, he gives them the following equally
characteristic advice:
"Come, make peace with the Cavaliers, your enemies, and let the
oppressed go free, and let them have a livelihood.
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