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A66684	Fire in the bush The spirit bvrning, not consuming but purging mankinde, or, The great battell of God Almighty between Michaell, the seed of life, and the great red dragon, the curse fought within the spirit of man : with severall other declarations and testimonies of the power of life / by Jerrard Winstanly.	Winstanley, Gerrard, b. 1609.	1650 (1650)	Wing W3043_pt1; Thomason C124h1[1]; ESTC R12363	42,316	91

and universall Love above others doth it tie the Creation together in the unity of s●i●it and band of peace we cannot say it doth or if any say it doth then I 'le answer What meanes then the lowing of the Oxen and bleating of the Sheep what meanes such complaints that those that sit in the Chaire of Magistracie are covenant promise and oathes-breakers and are self●-Lovers Lovers of honour mo●eys and ease and regard not the c●ies of the oppressed T●ey favour the rich for reward and despise and sleight the poore They give the Earth to some and denie the Earth others by reason whereof murmurings and divisions multiplie and so uphold the slavish Law of conquests Now judge Is such a Magistracie as this the greatest Light doth this tye the Creation together in the unity of spirit and band of peace surely as yet the mysterie of iniquitie sports himselfe uncontrouled under this excellent name or covering called Magistracie but the babes and sucklings will draw off his vaile and shew all his nakednesse and shame him If you would finde true Majestie indeed goe among the poore despised ones of the Earth for there Christ dwells and there you shall see Light and Love shine in Majestie indeed rising up to unite the Creation indeed into the unitie of spirit and band of peace the blessing of the Lord is am●ngst the poore and the covetous scoffing covenant-b●eaking thieves and murderers that croud themselves under the name Magistracie shall be sent emptie away These great ones are too stately houses for Christ to dwell in he takes up his abode in a manger Inne and amongst the poore in spirit and despised ones of the Earth Secondly Imaginarie Ministrie and Religion is to be plucked up as unsavorie salt and this is the learned publick Ministrie of the world for this Ministrie is set up by craft and covetousnesse how to draw the Earth and the labours of men into the Clergies hands These men make themselves ministers as a man teaches birds to speake But they doe not stay till Christ make them for that will be too long for them to wait the rich Benefices will be all taken up This Ministrie having learned other mens words by their long education in their Vniversitie Schooles takes upon them to interpret other mens words and writings and this imaginary studie of theirs they call pure Doctrine and tells the people it is pure Religion to come and heare their Sermon and to give them Tithes or a la●ge maintenance for so doing But this is a false Prophet he runs before he be sent Study and Imagination was never appointed and sent of Christ to be a Minister for him this is Antichrists Ministrie For when Christ sent out his Disciples to preach he saith that which you have heard and seen goe preach and saith Paul we cannot but speake the things which we have heard and seen from the Father But the Vniversitie publick Ministrie runs before he be sent they take up another mans message and carries abroad other mens words or studies or imagines a meaning and this is their ministrie This is not to preach the truth as it was in Jesus purely and experimentally as they received it of the Father but as they receive it from man and by man The Scriptures of the Bible were written by the experimentall hand of Shepherds Husbandmen Fishermen and such inferiour men of the world And the Vniversitie learned ones have got these mens writings and flourish●s their plaine language over with their darke interpretation and glosses as if it were too hard for ordinary men now to understand them and thereby th●y deceive the simple and makes a prey of the poore and cosens them of the Earth and of the tenth of their labors And because those mens writings are taking with the world therefore thes● learned ones shuts out the true Penmen in whom the Spirit dwells and saith now such Mecanicks must not meddle with spirituall things And so by covetous policie in opposition to the ●ig●teous spirit they engrosse other mens ex●erimentall spirituall teachings to themselves as if it were their ow●e by Vniversity or Schoole learning succession Pope l●ke Nay just the Pope And by their ●lacknesse of darknesse in their Schoole-learning they have d●awne a vayle over the truth And Light by them is hid from the world for the plaine t●u●h is this Imaginary ministrie is neither better nor worse but plaine unmasked Iudas And the snappish bitter profession that cries it up is the unmasked murdering Scribes and Pharisees The one betrayes Christ the spirit of righteousnesse with a kisse pretending a great deale of Love to the Spirit by preaching and praying to a God without they know not where nor what he is The other kills him and will not suffer him to appeare in the world for these snappish professors calls every thing blasphemie unlesse they approve of it still tying the Spir●t to themselves saying Loe here is Christ in this man and loe there is Christ in that man But Christ is the Light of Life spread abroad and he is now rising in Husbandmen Shepherds Fishermen And by these he first takes off the black interpretation hat the imaginary learned Scholars by their studies have defiled the Scriptures of old with and restores them to their owne genuine and pure Light And then to discover his appearance in sonnes and daughters in a fuller measure the poore despised ones shall be honoured first in the worke and from this ●ust the blessing shall arise to cover the whole Earth with peace and with the knowledge of the Lord For this is the vine that shall overspread the Earth and shall be confi●●d no longer within a Colledge or private Vniversity Cha●ber or under a covetous proud black gowne that would alwayes be speaking words but fall off when people begins to act their words When Jesus Christ the Sonne of man was upon Earth in that one p●rson he could very seldome speake but the hypocriticall snappish Pharisees were either si●●n● and watched to trap him in his speech ●ob●i●g him into bondage or else with open mouth they cryed out he is a blasphemer a Devill and a friend of Publicans and sinners condemning him b●cause he was no scholar How knowes this man l●ters seeing he never learned And have not the Pharisees of our age who are the imaginary bi●t●r professors the same subtlety a●d language And as they of old sought to kill Christ so these end●avour to suppresse him and will not suffer him to arise in sonnes and daughters though the Scripture declare it w●ich they make such a strict professio● of as if they would not loose one letter These professors will st●ll ●onfi●e Christ to a private chamber and to p●●●icular ●odies ●nd restraine him who is the ●●iversall power of Love and peace They owne a●m in w●rds but they denie him in power they worship God at a distance not knowing where he is nor what they worship And they

call this ●lasphem●e to s●● Christ is in you thoug● the Scriptures which they professe say the same Know you not that Christ is in you And the Kingdom of Heaven is in you And they that worship the Father must worship him in spirit within and in truth of action without and fulfilling the Law and the Prophets Love your enemies and doe as you would be done by in actions and not in words only CHAP. V. What the living Soule Man is that is called very g●●d IN the body of mankinde and indeed in every single body there are three particulars necessary to be knowne without which no man can know himselfe let him say what he will The first is the Creature or the living Soule which before the curse defil●s it is very good and this was the Image of God or of the righteous spirit in flesh or first Adam And this living soule is the heaven in which the ●attell is fought between the curse and the blessing Micaell and the Dragon And this living soule is the wax fi●ted to receive either the impression of the curse and so prove disobedient to righteousnesse or the impression of the blessing and so prove obedient to righteousnesse Secondly there is the mysterie of iniquitie or the power of deceit and this is the God of the world or Prince of darknesse that deceives the liv●ng ●oule fi●st and takes possession and this in one man is the Image or rather nature of that one power of darknesse or Devill that is spread abroad through the Creation to cover over or keep downe the blessing or Seed of Life from rising Thirdly the Life of God or of the righteous spirit rising up in the living soule and casting the curse or power of darknesse out and bringing Mankinde into peace and this is the second Adam or the Lord from Heaven Now this living soule Mankinde is a Beast and the King of Beasts for the life of the five Sences onely is the life of the Beast And this Beast in every one as well as in the whole is to raigne for a time times and dividing of time before mankinde ca● b● united to the life of the righteous God and made one with that one spirit of universall Love As Jesus Christ prayd Father I pray that they may be one in us as thou oh Father art one in me and I in thee they were not united yet The Image of God in flesh dyed and was put out by darknesse But the Seed or spirit of true life rising up from under that darknesse dies no more but lives for ever This spirit is the tree of Life Therefore you that say you know but one power be not deceived for if this one power of righteousnesse which is the tree of Life rule in you then you are new creatures indeed you are one with the Father and the Sonne And th●n you shall know death no more that is you shall not live ●● opposition to the spirit of righteousnesse no more neither in thought word nor deed And then all sorrow and teares shall flie away likewise and you shall be at rest which is the day of the Lord or the Light or day time of Mankinde Darknesse is now swallowed up and gone But if selfish actions and selfish Principles live in their strength in you still if Imagination be Ruler truly then that one power is but the power of darknesse to whom you are in bondage and you are not yet past the combate the Dragon is not yet cast out and you must know a fuller resurrection before you can sit downe in peace Some of you have g●t a speech That those that see two powers within themselves of darknesse and Light Love and Envy sorrow and comfort striving together sees with two eyes 〈◊〉 you may say you see every thing and power 〈◊〉 a single eye and nothing you see evill but 〈◊〉 ●●●gs and actions are good and as they must 〈◊〉 Surely this is well if you become all of you tha● sp●●k● these words to eat of that Tree of 〈◊〉 for my part I le not condemne you I can r●jo●ce to see the Resurrection of Christ in any but I must watch some of you to see if your conversations be so universally filled with Love as shall make the darke world startle and then I ca● say of a truth Christ is risen indeed in you If your owne eye be darke that is if darknesse rule your whole body then all the actions of your body towards others are in darknesse and builders up of selfishnesse which is the one power you yet live in But if your eye be truly single and full of Light then the Light power wholly rules in you and the actions of your outward man will be full of Light and Life and Love towards every single branch of the whole Creation But some may say explaine these three particulars in mankinde that we may know them distinctly one from another I Answer I shall readily doe it The first particular is the living Soule or that estate of simple plaine heartednesse which hath the Life of the five Sences only only and by that Life preserves that single body or proprieties But the Life of the Spirit in sound reason lives not yet in the Sences for pure Reason lives llke a corne or wheate under the clods of Earth or Beast and is not yet risen up to rule as King This plaine hearted state is set in the midst of many objects tempting him like the Serpent and it is open ●o many crosses and teares like the tender grasse that is soone bruised by the foot of the oxe it hath not the true rest of Christ in it though there be much rest and peace in it for it is changeable This is such a state that though there be selfe-Love yet there is no hatred towards others in it but a quiet content to let others live too As a childe though he love himselfe the propriety of a Beast so to doe yet he envies not others for Envie Pride Covetousnesse Hypocrisie rash murdering anger hath not yet defiled the Earth The man is plaine honest hearted even Innocent Aam Like Nathanaell in whom there was no guile and yet Nathana●ll knew not Christ that Anoyn●ing spirit as yet ruled not as King in him for he was open to temptation and change and many teares Like Peter a man of the same plaine hearted temper full of Love to Christ and others yet selfish he was without guile and was loving without knowledge therefore open to temptation and cha●ge and teares Now though Christ Commended Nathanael and prayed for Peter that his faith or strength might not fayle him yet they were both strangers to the Spirit which was given them afterwards And as Christ told his Disciples I have chosen you twelve and one of you is a Devill that is eleven of you are plaine honest simpl● hearts in whom there is no guile you have sincerely in love to me forsaken all your

Midianites did they sheathed their swords one in anothers bowells while Israell looked on and at last tooke the spoyle So shall kingly power doe in his severall governments by the sword they shall dash one against another Time shall dash against times and times shall dash against the dividing of time and the divisions in the dividing of time shall destroy him till the Creation be cleansed of these plagues and that curse which hath destroyed the Earth shall now in the period of time destroy himselfe And this makes way for Christ the universal Love to take the Kingdome and the dominion of the whole Earth Therefore you souldiers you may see the end o● your trade it is a destroyer and shall be destroye● by it selfe and surely you shall finde no true peace herein No no there is no peace and rest but i● Christ the Saviour your trade upholds the murderer or the Devill Now the other three Beasts who are Clergy Law and Buying and Selling these rise up by craft supported by the kingly power And the chiefe Beast is the Clergy he bred all the other He is a King understanding darke sayings and he shall by craft deceive many the other Beasts are this Beasts sons he bred them For this teaching Art first bids mankinde to looke abroad for a teacher and a ruler and to look abroad for Justice and content and when he had deceived them so to doe then he put mankinde upon buying and selling of the Earth and her fruits and so by that meanes the Creation is divided and Mankinde is put upon an Art to cheat and burden himselfe for the Earth ought to remaine a standing portion to them and their children successively by the righteous Law of Creation Then this teaching Art found out the Law calling it the Law of Justice a very good name to cover his knavery for he is a mighty Beast with great teeth and is a mighty devourer of men he eates up all that comes within his power for this Proverb is true goe to Law and none shall get but the Lawyer The Law is the Fox poore men are the geesse he pulls of their feathers and feeds upon them These foure Beasts are the Fountaines of Tyranny to the Creation they are of a fruitfull generation one begetting divers Beasts that are of mighty devouring natures But the most dreadfull and terrible Beast is the Clergy Power for though the other three raised him up by action yet this Imaginary learned Beast raised them up by policie for selfe ends For this stamped the other under foot saith Daniell And is not this true hath not the Clergy ruled over kingly Power Law and buying and selling and brought all under his Command for at the first he was onely a teaching Power and then it was a Beast differing from the rest yet he stamped them under foot and all the other had their strength and succour from him by his teaching and imaginary instruction Out of this teaching Beast rise up ten hornes or the branching forth of his strength in ten particulars Five fighting against the powers of the Creation Hearing Seeing Tasting Smelling Feeling which is called the body of the living soule that is very good And five fighting against the powers of righteousnesse which is Vnderstanding Will Affection Joy and Peace which is called the Seed and making war against him and so darking Heaven and Earth This is he that restraines the liberty of the outward man not suffering him to have a free enjoyment of his portion in the Earth making such actions to be sinne which the righteous creating Spirit made not a sinne And he restraines thereby the liberty of the Inward man not suffering him to act in the liberty of himselfe for he makes a man a sinner for a word and so he sweeps the Stars of Heaven downe with his tayle he darkens Heaven and Earth and defiles body and mind For so long as I must not act according to the freedome of my owne spirit and power within me but must be guided by others without me and punished for such actions which others in the ruling Chare doe in a higher nature then I doe I am then in bondage and my eyes are put out And this is the Covenant that the outward teaching power makes with the branches of Mankinde to put out their owne eyes to see by others telling them none can see but schollars so that this fourth Beast is more dreadfull then the other three for it stamps the other three under foot and rules over all And out of the ten hornes of this Beast rise up another little horne and this is the dominion and rule which the teaching power takes up called Ecclesiasticall power and this little horne was raised by a power that was not his owne for the kingly power puts that dominion and rule into his hands While he remained onely a teaching power he stamped the other under him and overawed others by his deceitfull words But now he hath got a power to rule called Ecclesiasticall power which is the extract of selfish righteousnesse from the seeming righteousnesse of the foure Beasts into one ruling power and by this which was little in the beginning There were three of the first hornes plucked up that is Kingly Power Law and buying and selling for the Little horne or ruling Clergie lifted up himselfe above all these and made these uncover and fall to him he had dominion and power over all these and these were in subjection and afraid and bowed to him He by his teaching lifted up these and these by their acting lifted up him to rule and he by his ruling treads these under his proud covetous feet And this is he who is said to be a King of a fierce countenance understanding darke saying that is mighty but not by his owne power and he shall by craft and power destroy many his rising was in the latter dayes when transgressions were come to the full when people were most blinde by his outward teaching then they easily receive him to be the outward ruler over their soules for now the Sea being bemuddied that is mankinde being mightily deceived he by his learned policy riseth up out of that deceived Sea for all the peeple wandered after him though he sore oppressed them Dan. 8.23 Rev. 13.3 And as the sword which is not his power lifted him up and supports him by forcing the people to pay him tithes for the Law of the Magistrate forces the people to pay them And he being lifted up he made war with the Saints and overcame them for a time times and dividing of time But as he was lifted up by others power through his owne craft Even so he shall be destroyed againe without hand the Sword shall not destroy him he shall be discovered in all his oppressing hypocriticall bewitching knavery by the light and wisdome of the Spirit of Truth that shall rise up out of the Sea of mankinde likewise appearing

in sonnes and daughters of righteousnesse in the latter dayes As Paul said Christ shall destroy him by the word of his mouth and by the brightnesse of his comming Dan. 7.26 c. 2. Thess. 2.8 When Christ the Anoynting spirit rises up and inlightens mankind then in his light they shall see the deceit and falshood of this Beast that hath deceived all the world and shall fall off from him and leave him naked and bare and if he will teach and rule let him shew his power over the Beasts for the people will all looke up to God to be taught and governed by him The discovery of the fulnesse and foulnesse of this Beast throwes downe all the rest likewise for when mankinde begins to fall off from one part of the beastly power he will fall from all for they all depend one upon another Kingly power depends upon the Law and upon buying and selling and these three depend upon the Clergy to bewitch the people to conforme and all of them depend upon Kingly power by his force to compell subjection from those that will not be bewitched But when mankinde once sees that his teacher and ruler is within him then what need is there of a teacher and ruler without they will easily cast off their burden Therefore woe woe woe to the Inhabitants of the Earth when Christ rises in power and b●gins to come in glory with his aints This discovery is coming on apace Therefore you Souldiers and you great Pow●rs of the Earth you need not feare that the Levellers will conquer you by the sword I doe not meane the fighting Levellers for they be your selves but I meane Christ levelling who fights aga●nst you by the sword of Love patience and truth for whosoever takes the Iron sword to fight against you are your owne sonnes that fights against you ●o● Christ came not to destroy but to save But Antichrist whose power you are came not to save but to destroy Therefore if there be any amongst you that count truth and peace precious take the Spirits advice and come out of Babylon dwell no longer in the Courts and wayes of Imaginarie confusion come into truth Light and Liberty and be at p●ace When Christ comes and is glorified with thousand thousands attending upon him they shall not be cloathed with devouring instruments like Dragons b●t be cloathed with Love Righteousnesse and Peace like Lambs And at his appearing said Daniell the Beast was slaine and his body given to the burning flame that is all the Imaginary selfish Power that made people run abroad for a Teacher and a Ruler was all cast into the fire of pure Light and was consumed in that unquenchable flame Even destroyed by the brightnesse of Christs comming as darknesse vanisheth when Light comes in Dan. 7.11 He that hath Eares to heare Let him heare what the Spirit speaks CHAP. IV. What the Serpent is IF this be true It will destroy all government and all our Ministry and religion I answer it is very true for all government and Ministry that is lifted up by Imagination is to be throwne downe and plucked up That Christ alone may be exalted in the day of his power And you have Scripture for it Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the Kingdome to God even the Father when he shall have put downe all rule and all Authoritie and all power for he must reigne till he hath put all enemies under his feet 1 Cor. 15.24 Looke back into Ages past and see what overturnings and pluckings up there hath been of the Authority power and government of Nations Every government standing his period for when it was universally proved a Devill a destroyer and waster then it was throne downe And this casting downe plucking up and wars in the Nations shall be till Christ The Law of universall Love comes to reigne and then he shall settle all in peace and be the true restorer You oppressing powers of the world who think God hath blessed you because you sit downe in that Chaire of Gov●rnment out of which the former Tyrants are gone Doe you remember this your overturning overturning overturning is come on to you as well as to your fellow break-promises that are gone before You that pretend to be saviours of the people and to seeke the peace of the whole Nation and yet serve your selves upon the peoples ruines not regarding the crie of the poore sur●ly you must have your overturnings too For such a Government as preserves part and destroyes another part of the Creation is not the power of Christ but of Antichrist That Government that gives liberty to the Gentry to have all the Earth and shuts out the poore Commoners from enjoying any part ruling by the tyrannicall Law of Conquest over brethren this is the Government of imaginarie selfe-seeking Antichrist And every plant which my heavenly Fath●r hath not planted shall be rooted out This man will have n● government some will say I answer you run too fast True Government is that I long for to see I waite till the power Authority and government of the King of righteousnesse rule over all for as yet the power and dominion of the Prince of darknesse rules every where and that is the government which must be throwne down But government is called Magistracy and all Magistracie is of God I Answer Magistracie is a good name and the mystery of iniquity hath not only got this name but many other excellent names to be set upon the head of his blacknes of darknesse that under a good name he may goe undiscovered and he puts bad names upon things that are excellent Therefore let us see whether Imaginary government that divides part of mankinde to enjoy the Earth and the other part not to enjoy the Earth is worthy of the name Magistracie No no such a dividing selfe loving power is an enemie to Magistracie For Magistracie hath two excellent principles in his nature which the darke selfish government is an enemy to First Magistracie signifies a great Light as much as to say greater Light of Love greater Light of Humility greater Light of Reason greater Light of Truth keeping promise and covenant greater Light of Peace and tendernesse of heart greater Light of boldnesse in a cause that is universally righteous And where this power Authority and government rules this is pure Magistracie and it is the Life and power of Christ Secondly Magistracie signifies the greatest Band ●hat ties the Creation together in p●ace and this band is universall Love for this Love streames out to preserve all and de●pis●s none This is the unitie of the Spirit and the band of p●ac● this is pur● Maj●stie indeed that ●ies peopl● t●gether in Love And this is the power Authoritie and government of Christ The love of Christ in us constraines all men to doe his will Now l●oke and see is the Magistracie of the Nations lik● this Is it a light of pure excellency