as to be a teacher of you, for I know you
have a teacher within yourselves (which is the Spirit) and when
your flesh is made subject to him, he will teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance, so that you shall not
need to run after men for instruction, for, your eyes being opened,
you shall see the King of Righteousness sit upon the throne within
yourselves, judging and condemning the unrighteousness of the
flesh, filling your face with shame, and your soul with horror,
though no man see or be acquainted with your actions or thoughts
but yourselves, and justifying your righteous thoughts and actions,
and leading you into all ways of truth."

Winstanley then further explains that the Father, the Spirit of
Righteousness, of Reason, pervades the whole Universe, and "dwells in
every creature, but supremely in man," and then continues:

"Truly, Friends, the King of Righteousness within you is a meek,
patient, and quiet spirit, and full of love and sincerity.... And
when you come to know, feel, and see that the Spirit of
Righteousness governs your flesh, then you begin to know your God,
to fear your God, to love your God, and to walk humbly before your
God, and so to rejoice in Him. Therefore if you would have the
peace of God, as you call it, you must know what God it is you
serve, which is not a God without you, visible among bodies, but
the Spirit within you, invisible in every body to the eye of flesh,
yet discernible to the eye of the spirit. And when souls shall have
communion with that spirit, then they have peace, and not till
then."

In the first chapter Winstanley emphasises the essential difference
between the teachings of men and the teachings of God in the following
words:

"The teachings of men and the teachings of God are much different.
The former being but the light of the moon, which shines not of
itself, but by the means and through the help of the sun. The
latter is the light of the sun, which gives light to all, not by
means and helps from others, but immediately from himself.

"Men's teachings are twofold. First, when men speak to others what
they have heard or read of the Scriptures, or books of other men's
writings, and have seen nothing from God Himself.... Secondly,
others speak from their own experience, of what they have