Now this is the way
To attain to the true knowledg of God (who is the Spirit of the whole Creation,) as he hath spread himself forth in every form, and more emi∣nently in man; as Paul writ, The Creation in all the several bodies and forms are but the Mansions or fulness of him who hath filled all things with himself.
And if the Earth were set free from Kingly Bondage, so that every one were sure to have a free livelyhood, and if this liberty were granted, then many secrets of God, and his Works in Nature, would be made publike, which men now adays keep secret to get a living by; so that this Kingly Bondage is the cause of the spreading of ignorance in the Earth: But when Commonwealths Freedom is established, and Pharisaical or Kingly Slavery cast out, then will knowledg cover the Earth, as the Waters cover the Seas, and not till then.
He who is the chosen Minister for that year to read, shall not be the on∣ly man to make Sermons or Speeches: but every one who hath any expe∣rience, and is able to speak of any Art or Language, or of the Nature of the Heavens above, or of the Earth below, shall have free liberty to speak when they offer themselves, and in a civil manner desire an audience, and appoint his day: yet he who is the Reader may have his liberty to speak too, but not to assume all the power to himself, as the proud and ignorant Clergy have done, who have bewitched all the World by their subtle Co∣vetousness and pride.
And every one who speaks of any Herb, Plant, Art, or Nature of Man∣kind, is required to speak nothing by imagination, but what he hath found out by his own industry and observation in tryal.
And because other Nations are of several languages, therefore these speeches may be made sometimes in other Languages, and sometimes in our Mother Tongue, that so the men of our English Commonwealth may attain to all Knowledges, Arts and Languages, and that every one may be encouraged in his Industry, and purchase the countenance and love