_There is no middle path between
these two; for a man must either be a free and true Commonwealth
man, or a Monarchial Tyrannical Royalist._"
ANSWERS TO FURTHER OBJECTIONS.
"If any say this will bring poverty, surely they mistake: for there
will be plenty of all Earthly Commodities, with less labor and
trouble then now it is under Monarchy. There will be no want; for
every man may keep as plentiful a house as he will, and never run
into debt, for common stock pays for all.
"If you say, Some will live idle; I answer, No. It will make idle
persons to become workers, as is declared in the Platform: There
shall be neither Beggar nor Idle Person.
"If you say, This will make men quarrel and fight; I answer, No. It
will turn Swords into Ploughshares, and settle such a peace in the
Earth as Nations shall learn war no more. Indeed, the Government of
Kings is a breeder of wars, because men being put into the straits
of poverty, are moved to fight for Liberty, and to take one
another's estates from them, and to obtain Mastery. Look into all
Armies and see what they do more, but make some poor, some rich,
put some into freedom others into bondage: and is not this a plague
among mankind?
"Well I question not but what Objections can be raised against this
Commonwealth's Government, they shall find an answer in this
Platform following.
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