ENGLAND'S DISCOVERER; Or The Levellers Creed.  
Wherein is set forth, Their great and unparralelled Design against the twelve famods Companies of the City of London, viz.  
The 

Mercers.  
Grocers.  
Drapers.  
Marchant-Taplors  
Haberdashers.  
Goldsmith's  
Clothworkers.  
Fishmongers.  
Vintners.   And the rest.  
And all other Trades, Mysteries, Arts and callings whatsoever, within the Cities of London, York, Lincoln, Gloucester, Bristol, Excester, with the rest of the Market towns, Corporations, and Villages, within the Territories of England, and Dominiof Wales.  
Published by special Authority, to undeceive the People, th● like being never heard of in all former Ages.   printer's or publisher's device 
June 6 LONDON, Printed for G. Wharton; and are to be sold at the Royal Exchange in Cornhill. 1649   

ENGLAND'S Discovererer; Or, the Levellers CREED Wherein is set forth, Their dangerous and pernicious Stratagems, against the Liberties of t●e people, Ministry and Magistracy, and their Design to make a universal levelling throughout the whole Nation.  
GReat stones are not laid in the building, without some time and great labour, because of their weight; but once placed, remain long: Charles King of Naples was surnamed Cunctator, Delayer, because he stayed till opportunately ●as passed; But Fabius the Shield of Rome, was so calle●●●cause he only stayed till opportunity was come. But I sha●l n●w come to a more particular Discovery, viz. Till I ●●w their Manifestation, I could not well tell, nor hardly guess, what (for men) in many things they would have the world think them to be. There (indeed) they profess, that they believe there is one eternal and omnipotent God, the Author and preserver of all things in the world: and deny to be either Atheists or Antiscripturists. But what Atheists for advantage and to serve his own turn. Whether there be not hypocrisy here in their speech; Let these things be noted from those called Levellers. 

1. It is asserted by them, that Reason is God, and out of this reason came the whole creation.  
2. The immortality of the soul they flatly deny, and scoff at such people as believe the souls imortallity.  
3. In the Levellers creed, there is no Jesus Christ no conception, birth, life, death, burial, resurrection, or exaltation of such a one; no heaven nor hell, no Angel, good not bad; no resurrection of the flesh; for to take it so in the letter (they say) in a dream of our Preachers.  
4. All that we call the history of the Scripture is an idol for there is no other Adam, or Christ, Cain or Abel, Abraham, Jsaac, Jacob. Moses, Canaanites, Amalekites, Philistines: but what is seen and felt within every man. Hence they say, the public preachers have cheated the whole world, by telling us of a single man, called Adam, that killed us by eating a single fruit.  

5. By their principles men must leave of all teaching and instructing each other. There is no use of sermons, Sacraments, or prayer, Preachers are the curse, and the spreaders of the curse, standing ponds of stinking water; yea the zealous preachers, are no other than Judas, Traitors, Witches, Sorcerers, Deceivers, they and the people joining together in public worship is an abomination, gathering Congregations Churchfellowship, and all other outward forms this (say the Levellers is to betray Christ into the hands of flesh, a ●eceit of the Devil, the government of the beast, Antichristian captivity, and 'tis to be under the the tyrant flesh, a new bondage, a wrapping men in confusion, the mystery of iniquity, and only to hinder Christ the great Prophet fr●m rising.  
It hath formerly been held, that religion, and the true worship of God, is much for the safety & prosperity of a Commonwealth, and men's departure from the practice thereof and falling to heretical, atheistical, and blasphemous ways brings God's curse and plagus upon a nation: and indeed the Heathen thought so too, when God is neglected, the land is corrected.  
There is a City called Zaiton, in India, where they bring hot meats to their Idols, feeding their dumb Gods with the smoke, and eating the meat shemselves. Whatsoever these men profess concerning One eternal and omnipotent God, yet, they serve him just as the heathens do their Idols, give him no meat, no worship, service or Religious duty; all that he hath from them is only smoke, and fitly may it be named smoke, for in truth their principles are nothing else but the smoke of the bottomless pit.   
6. That they are Atheists and Antiscripturists, or little better: men who regard not God, neither the Scriptures, nor any religion; it may be clearly seen by the argument of the people, which they call, the standard and ultimate scope of their designs. Amongst all their Proposals and Article (whic are thirty at least) there is not one thing proposed, for the holding forth and furtherance of God's public worship and service.    
Now who knoweth not and believes except an Atheist, That Religion and the fear of God preserves the society of men among themselves. It is the speech of the Philosopher in his Politics, when he giveth a rule of Policy: First, there must be a care of divine things, and that is the best Policy; for God loves such most, who are careful to serve him best.  
that there is a Levelling design carrying on, dangerous to the Commonwealth, it is too apparent, and howbeit, but sew are acquainted with the bottom of the work, yet many are, much use of women as well as men: some to dig, others to dream, some to raise sedition and hurliburlies, in City, Town, and Country, others to cry out against Tyranny, and for liberty. And all this is to effect-one thing, which is as they say themselves, thus.  
1. They will have no man to call any thing his: for it is tyranny that a man should have any proper Land; particular propriety is devilish, the mystery of Egyptian bondage a destroying of the creation, a lifter up of the proud covetous flesh; a bringer in of the curse ag●in, a mortal enemy to the Spirit, and that which hath brought in all misery upon the creature. 2. Labourers and such as are called poor people, they ought not to work for any Land lord, or for any that is lifted up above others. He that works for another, either for wages, or to pay his rent, works unrighteously lifts up the curse, and by his labours brings the creation under bondage, and the hand of the Lord shall be against such labourers. Again, they say, it is a tyrannical usurpation, an encroachment of Lords of Manors, to lay Fines and other services upon their Tenants. When as by right they are as free as themselves. 3. Levellers do not allow, neither will they have any buying or selling no markets to be kept, nor any civil trading at all: for to do so it is to take the beasts mark: when a man hath need of any corn or catle, he is to take the same from the next store house he meets with. 4. It is another doctrine of theirs, contrary to the Law o● God, of Nature, and nations, that no man is to be put to death for murder, or any unrighteous crime whatsoever: nor to be imprisoned or punished any way; only such as are to work and eat their own bread; and he or they that shall inflict any other punishment upon fellow creatures, is an unrighteous actor in the creation: for it is a mighty dishonour to our maker, that one part of the creation should destroy another. Again, he that will rule over, imprison, oppress, and kill his fellow creatures under whatsoever pretence, is a destroyer of the Creation, and an actor of the curse, and walks contrary to the rule of righteousness. 5, If their design hold, they will so Level the nation, that there shallbe no corporations, patents, Charters throughout the Realm, in any city or Town, as some to be free, others not: There shall not be Mayors, Bailiffs, Aldermen, Common-council men, nor any Judge or Justice of Peace left amongst us. These as the relics of conquest and Tyranny, they will pluck up by the roots. 6. For our Terms and Lawyers (whom they term the Vermin and Caterpillars of this Commonwealth:) hear what they say; would it not be a notable booty to the Soldiers, when so many cheating Lawyers are together at the term, to drive them out, or else strip their long tailed gowns over the ears: O Soldiers, you could never do a better piece of service then to put down all the Lawyers and all their Courts, with all Patents, Grants, Records, etc. and suffer not one Term more; and we in the Country will assist you with what power we can: so that let us acquit ourselves like men and be no more slaves: this were an excellent work indeed.  
To these therefore are their Emissaries specially sent; to raise the servant against the master; The Tenant against the Landlord; the buyer against the seller; the borrower against the lender, the poor against the rich, and for encouragement every beggar shall be set on Horseback.  
And this was no other but what the Germane Levellers did, and by publishing so much, such as had little means of their own, and all their hope was upon others, most readily received it.  
But you heard them say, they approud not of this Levelling, unless there did proceed an assent from all the people: Here is a cloak so thin that a man may see thorough it; As if these men did not know and love Figures, though they are ignorant of other learning, and generally hate it. All must be understood most restrictively, that is the poor Commoner for rich men, and such as have Lands, and estates, and claim a propriety in things, they do declare and protest against; for having exercised Tranny oppression and cruelty, upon their fellow brethren, and free Commoners of this nation. Now who makes question but this ALL, will assent to the equalling men's estates, and taking away the right and title that every man hath to what is his own. And then as the law saith; Fundamento desiciente omne rerum. And England may say with the Poet.  

England's fearful fate is come, this day's our last;  
We once were English, and fair this Island was;  
But England's glory now, her joy and bliss is gone,  
Our Country ruined by Levellers alt's undone,   
In our discovery we shall now in the next place take notice, what these men say of themselves, for their peaceableness, as to reconcile differences and to heal all breaches on all sides, we bless God (say they) our consciences are clear adding affliction to affliction, having ever laboured from the beginning of our distractions to compose & reconcile them and should esteem it as the crown of all our temporal felicity, that yet we might be instruments in procuring the peace of this Commonwealth, the Land of our nativity. Besides their agreement is tendered as a Peace-offering; and this Scripture especial they assume to themselves, and apply t to their practice, blessed are the peacemakers.  
Finis.