ily shall live apart, as now they do; every man shall
enjoy his own wife, and every woman her own husband, as now they
do: every Trade shall be improved to more excellency than now it
is; all children shall be educated and trained up in subjection to
parents and elder persons more than now they are: The Earth shall
be planted and the fruits reaped and carried into Storehouses by
common assistance of every family: The Riches of the Storehouses
shall be the common stock to every Family: There shall be no idle
person nor beggar in the Land."
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT AND KINGLY GOVERNMENT.
"The Commonwealth's Government unites all people in a Land into one
heart and mind. And it was this Government which made Moses to call
Abraham's seed one House of Israel, though there were many Tribes
and many Families. And it may be said, Blessed is the People whose
Earthly Government is the Law of Common Righteousness....
"The Government of Kings is the Government of the Scribes and
Pharisees, who count it no freedom unless they be the Lords of the
Earth and of their Bretheren. But Commonwealth's Government is the
Government of Righteousness and Peace, who is no respecter of
persons."
FINAL APPEAL TO THE READER.
"Therefore, Reader, here is a trial for thy sincerity. Thou shalt
have no want of food, raiment or freedom among bretheren in this
way propounded. See now if thou canst be content, as the Scriptures
say, Having food and raiment therewith be content, and grudge not
to let thy brother have the same with thee.
"Dost thou pray and fast for Freedom, and give God thanks again for
it? Why, know that God is not partial. For if thou pray, it must be
for Freedom to all; and if thou give thanks, it must be because
Freedom covers all people: for this will prove a lasting peace.
"Everyone is ready to say, They fight for their Country, and what
they do, they do it is for the good of their Country. Well, let it
appear now that thou hast fought and acted for thy Country's
Freedom. But if when thou hast power to settle Freedom in thy
Country, thou takest the possession of the Earth into thy own
particular hands, and makest thy Brother work for thee, as the
Kings did, thou hast fought and acted for thyself, not for thy
Country, and here thy inside hypocrisy
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