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 ReformerBerens, Lewis Henry
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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
Berens, Lewis Henry
Communism; Land use; Winstanley, Gerrard, 1609-
Clergy, Winstanley on, 62, 167, 189.
Coomber, Thos., quoted, 49.
Coster, Robert, 126.
Council of State, Letter to Fairfax, 35;
to Mr. Pentlow, 159.
Croese, Gerrard, quoted, 49 (note).
Cromwell, Oliver, quoted, 32, 33, 53, 165, 166, 168, 170;
Open Letter to, 164.
Diggers, Information against, 34;
Fairfax's visit to, 39;
Mirth, 129;
Declaration of, 91;
Sufferings of, 143;
Travels, 150.
Dispensations, Winstanley on, 53;
Cromwell on, 53.
Doctrines, Family of Love, 16, 18;
Presbyterian, 20, 32;
Model Army, 29;
Independent, 31, 32;
Children of Light, 52, 65;
Anabaptists, 15, 18.
Dove, Patrick Edward, quoted, 228.
Earth, Right to use of, Winstanley on, 70, 74, 76, 80, 83, 90, 96, 104,
118, 132, 170, 180, 213.
England, Reformation in, 12;
Church of, 13.
Erasmus, quoted, 15, 18.
Everard, 36, 38.
Fairfax, Lord, Council of State to, 35;
Gladman to, 39;
Visit to Diggers, 39;
Winstanley's letters to, 100, 124.
Fall, the, Winstanley on, 44, 53, 70.
Family of Love, History of, 15;
Doctrines of, 16, 18.
Freedom, Winstanley on, 100, 112, 114, 179.
Fuller on Family of Love, 16.
Gardiner, quoted, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 87, 163.
George, Henry, quoted, 146, 205, 228, 234.
Golden Rule, Winstanley on the, 39, 56, 80, 81, 86, 141, 154, 171, 190,
217, 225.
Government, Winstanley on, 68, 101, 177;
Definition of, 181.
Hallam, quoted, 24.
Hare's pamphlets, 38.
Hooker, quoted, 21, 23.
House of Commons, Apology of, 25;
Remonstrance of, 27;
Officers' Petition to, 86;
Appeal to, 105.
Independents, Origin of, 14;
Growth of, 33;
Doctrines of, 31.
Ireton, quoted, 106 (note).
Israel's Commonwealth, Winstanley on, 82, 93, 225.
Kingly Power, Winstanley on, 34, 100, 130, 168, 177, 202, 220.
Land Question, Winstanley on the, 70, 71, 124, 138, 156, 171, 175, 180.
Law, Winstanley on, 102, 136, 141, 168, 171, 183, 192, 197, 220;
Definition of, 222.
Lawyers, Questions to, 102;
Power of, 168, 225.
Light, The Inward, 45, 46, 52, 57, 59, 60, 63, 66, 77, 141, 183, 225;
Children of, 17, 49, 54.
Locke, John, quoted, 74, 179, 197 (note), 200 (note).
Lockyer, Execution and burial of, 87.
Love, The Everlasting Law of, 217;
Family of, 15, 16, 18.
Luther, quoted, 4, 10.
Macaulay, quoted, 23, 24, 28.
Mackay, Charles, quoted, 207.
Mather, Cotton, on origin of Quakers, 48.
Melanchthon, quoted, 9.
Ministry, Winstanley on the work of, 207.
Officers, Petition of, 86;
Winstanley on functions of, 184.
Parliament, The Short and Long, 26;
Winstanley on work of, 194, 197.
Peasantry, Demands of German, 8;
Condition of English, 126, 141, 151, 159.
Penn, William, on Quaker Doctrines, 48 (note).
People, Agreement of, 29, 32, 87, 103;
Condition of, 126, 141, 151, 159.
Politics, Influence of religion on, 8.
Prayer, Winstanley on, 63, 65.
Presbyterianism, Doctrines of, 20, 32.
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