of England, make
restitution of the Land which the Kingly Power holds from us. Set
the Oppressed free; and come in and honor Christ, who is the
Restoring Power, and you shall find rest."

In the opening of the second part of this pamphlet Winstanley reverts
somewhat to his earlier mystical style, and still further expounds the
eternal struggle between the Spirit of Self Love and the Spirit of
Universal Love, denouncing the former as the source of all social ills,
extolling the latter as the source and inspirer of peaceful and
equitable social life. "In our present experience," he contends,
"Darkness or Self Love goes before, and Light or Universal Love follows
after"; and hence "Darkness and Bondage doth oppress Liberty and Light."
He illustrates this contention, as well as the essential difference of
the spirits animating the Diggers and their opponents, by relating how
one of the Colonels of the Army told him--"That the Diggers did work
upon Georges Hill for no other end than to draw a company of people into
arms; and that our knavery was found out, because it takes not that
effect": on which Winstanley comments as follows:

"Truly thou Colonel, I tell thee, thy knavish imagination is
thereby discovered, which hinders the effecting of that Freedom
which by Oath and Covenant thou hast engaged to maintain. For my
part and the rest, we had no such thought. We abhor fighting for
Freedom; it is acting of the Curse, and lifting him up higher. Do
thou uphold it by the Sword; we will not. We will conquer by Love
and Patience, or else we count it no Freedom. Freedom gotten by the
Sword is an established Bondage to some part or other of the
Creation. This we have declared publicly enough. Therefore thy
imagination told thee a lie, and will deceive thee in a greater
matter, if Love doth not kill him. VICTORY THAT IS GOTTEN BY THE
SWORD IS A VICTORY SLAVES GET ONE OVER ANOTHER; BUT VICTORY
OBTAINED BY LOVE IS A VICTORY FOR A KING!"

Surely, surely, if all other writings of Winstanley had perished, this
one passage would have given us sufficient insight into his philosophy,
into the noble principles animating his life, to entitle him to our
admiration and respect.

He then continues:

"This is your very inward principle, O ye present Powers of
England, you do not study how to advance Universal Love. If you did
it would appear in a