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THE DIGGER MOVEMENT
IN THE
DAYS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

THE DIGGER MOVEMENT

IN THE

DAYS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

AS REVEALED IN THE WRITINGS OF

GERRARD WINSTANLEY, THE DIGGER

MYSTIC AND RATIONALIST, COMMUNIST AND SOCIAL REFORMER

BY

LEWIS H. BERENS

AUTHOR OF “TOWARDS THE LIGHT”ETC. ETC.

“Was glänzt ist für den Augenblick geboren;
Das Echte bleibt der Nachwelt unverloren.”

Goethe.

LONDON
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & CO. LTD.
1906

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

TO

THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
(THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT)

TO WHOM THE WORLD OWES MORE THAN IT YET RECOGNISES

AND

WHOSE FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES

THE AUTHOR

HAS LEARNED TO LOVE AND ADMIRE

WHILST WRITING THIS BOOK

ii CONTENTS

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CHAP.PAGE
I.THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY 1
II.THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND 12
III.THE GREAT CIVIL WAR 23
IV.THE DIGGERS 34
V.GERRARD WINSTANLEY 41
VI.WINSTANLEY’S EXPOSITION OF THE QUAKER DOCTRINES 52
VII.THE NEW LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS