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scripture_n	abraham_n	promise_n	seed_n	2,290	5	8.4156	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96693	An humble request, to the ministers of both Universities, and to all lawyers in every Inns-a-Court To consider of the scriptures and points of law herein mentioned, and to give a rational and christian answer, whereby the difference may be composed in peace, between the poor men of England, who have begun to digge, plow, and build upon the common land, claiming it their own, by right of creation. And the lords of mannours that trouble them, who have no other claiming to Commons, then the Kings will, or from the power of the conquest, and if neither minister nor lawyer, will undertake a reconciliation in this case, for the beauty of our Common-Wealth. Then we appeale, to the stones, timber, and dust of the earth you tread upon, to hold forth the light of this business, questioning not, but that power that dwells every where, will cause light to spring out of darkness, and freedom out of bondage. By Gerard Winstanley.	Winstanley, Gerrard, b. 1609.	1650 (1650)	Wing W3044; ESTC R233004	13,389	20

beene suffered to reigne for a time times and dividing of time When Mankind lives in the unity of the one Spirit of Righteousnesse he lives in the light and the light lives in him which is Christ in him the light of the Father or the restoring Power But when Mankind lives in division contention and covetousnesse one part of Mankind hedging themselves into the earth by force and sword as experience shewes the strongest sword rules over the weakest and thereby shutting out another part of Mankind making them slaves Now Mankind lives under the power of the Fall In darknesse and darknesse lives in him And this darknesse is the Devill or sonne of bondage which causes all division and sorrow This same Creation-Right or common freedome in the earth among Brethren was confirmed by Covenant from God to Noah and his Seed without limitation or respect of persons So that we see when that Almighty power did work a restoration in the earth he gave the earth still to be in common shutting out none from enjoying the benefit of his Creation But when Mankind began to quarrell about the earth and some would have all and shut out others forcing them to be servants This was Mans fall it is the ruling of the curse and is the cause of all divisions wars and pluckings up This same Creation-Right or Universall Freedome in the earth was confirmed by Covenant to Abraham and his Seed not limiting or restraining any part Now in this Covenant to Abraham God points out the work of restoration by Christ the restoring Power who shall be the joy and blessing of all Nations So that in the work of restoration God brings Mankind to this universall freedome in the Earth without respect of persons according to the righteous Law of the first creation of all things In the next place the Scriptures declare the Fall of Mankind from this righteous Law of Creation And the fall of Man is declared in these words Mankind being in honour abideth not that is he being made the Lords of the Earth and had dominion over the Fish Fowle and Beasts and was free in himselfe yet he abode not in that honour For one part of Mankind seeking to enslave another part setting up one to be a King or Lord casting another at his foot-stoole the stronger part hedging himselfe into the Earth by Armies and Selfe-will Lawes and thereby hedged out others did hereby become like the Beasts that perishes And how is that even as the beasts that pushes one another with their hornes so does Mankind so that Mankind in their Actings each to other is become a Beast And this Beastly Power was to reigne for a time times and dividing of times Therefore whosoever upholds this Beastly Power and yet saies they are the Sons of Christ or restoring power they lie they deceive themselves and the truth is not in them The Scriptures likewise declares the actings of Mankind under the fall or in darknesse Cain rose up in discontent and killed his brother Abel The quarrell rise about the Earth for Abels industry made the earth more fruitfull then Cain thereupon Cain would take away Abels labour from him by force These two Brothers did type out or fore-run all the acting betweene man and man from that time to this being a plaine declaration of that darknesse into which Mankind is falne Moses Law of equity was but the moderation or the curbing in of the Fall of Mankind for his Law was not the restorer but saith he there is one comes after me mightier then I and him ye shall heare which is Christ the restoring Spirit All the wars and divisions in Israels time and since and all buying and selling of Land and the fruits of the earth which is the art of cheating one another is but the actings of Mankind in darknesse under the power of the fall for both Kings Rulers and all people have had their checks from God for their unrighteous walking or cruelty against Abels plain-hearted Spirit And all the great combustions that hath been and yet is in the world is but politick covetous murdering Cain holding Abel or the honest plaine dealing heart under him or the son of bondage persecuting the son of freedome Now in the Third Particular The Scriptures declares the restoration of Mankind to his Creation-righteousnesse or that the Sonne of Righteousnesse shall rise up and expell the darknesse And there are 3 degrees of this First the Scriptures declares promises of restoration as in these words The Seed of the Woman shall bruise the Serpents head Abraham's Seed shall be the joy and blessing of all Nations The bright appearing of Christ the restoring Power shall destroy Anti-Christ or that darknesse in man called the Mystery of iniquity that rules in and enslaved Mankind And in the latter dayes they shall be all taught of God and the Spirit of truth shall lead them into all truth And such like Now these and such like promises declares the restoring of Mankind to his originall righteousnesse and that they shall be brought to be of one heart and of one mind and that they shall be freely willing to let each other enjoy their Creation-rights without restraining or molesting one another but every one doing as they would be done by Secondly the Scriptures declares Prophecies foretelling the restoration in such words as these The Swords shall be beaten into Plow-shares and Spears into pruning-hooks and Nations shal learn war no more but the Lion and the Lamb shall feed together the wast places shall be builded and the desolate land shall be tilled whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by This shewes that the Commons Heaths and waste land that hath lain barren by reason of the unrighteousnesse of Kings and Lords of Mannors that would not suffer the enslaved poore to till and manure it shall in the day of Christs Power be manunured and be made fruitfull that there may be no beggery nor misery among Mankind but that every body may freely enjoy their creation rights Thirdly the Scriptures declares the resurrection of the spirit of freedome within Man-kind As in these words The whole creation groaneth and travelleth in pain waiting for a restoration And Oh wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from this body of sinne That is who will deliver mee from my covetousnesse pride envy uncleannesse selfe-love and this great power of darkness in me that hinders me that I cannot doe to others as I would have them doe to me And that enslaves mee within so that I cannot quietly suffer others to enjoy their creation rights in the earth The Apostles were hated slandered persecuted and bore all patiently rather then strive againe that they might hold forth the righteous law of creation This shewes the resurrection of the spirit of Love in