The law of freedom in a platform: or, True magistracy restored Humbly presented to Oliver Cromwel, General of the Common-wealths army in England. And to all English-men my brethren whether in church-fellowship, or not in church-fellowship, both sorts walking as they conceive according to the order of the Gospel: and from them to all the nations in the world. Wherein is declared, what is kingly government, and what is Commonwealths government. By Jerrard Winstanley.

What is the Judges Court?

In a County or Shire there is to be chosen

• A Judg.
• The Peace-makers of every Town within that Circuit.
• The Overseers, and
• A band of Souldiers attending thereupon.

And this is called the Judges Court, or the County Senate: This Court shall sit four times in the year, or oftner if need be, in the Country, and four times in the year in great Cities: In the first quarter of the year they shall sit in the East part of the County, and the second quarter of the year in the West, in the third in the South, and in the fourth in the North.

And this Court is to oversee and examine any Officer within their Coun∣ty or Limits; for their work is to see, that every one be faithful in his place; and if any Officer hath done wrong to any, this Court is to pass sen∣tence of punishment upon the offendor, according to his offence against the Law.

If any grievance lie upon any man, wherein inferior Officers cannot ease him, this Court shall quietly hear his Complaint, and ease him; for where a Law is wanting, they may prepare a way of ease for the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 till the Par∣liament sit, who may either establish that conclusion for a Law, if they ap∣prove of it, or frame another Law to that effect; for it is possible that many things may fall out hereafter, which the Law-makers for the present may not foresee.

If any disorder break in among the people, this Court shall set things to rights: If any be bound over to appear at this Court, the Judg shall hear the matter, and pronounce the letter of the Law, according to the nature of the offence.

So that the alone work of the Judg is to pronounce the sentence and mind of the Law: and all this is but to see the Laws executed, that the Peace of the Commonwealth may be preserved.