▁was ▁the ▁most ▁out sp oken ▁and ▁not orious ▁of ▁the ▁loose ▁collection ▁of ▁radical ▁Protest ants ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Ran ters . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Charles ▁William ▁S utton , ▁writing ▁in ▁the ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁National ▁Biography , ▁ 1 8 8 5 - 1 9 0 0 , ▁" the ▁name ▁is ▁written ▁Clark son ▁in ▁his ▁earlier ▁tract s ▁and ▁Cla xt on ▁in ▁the ▁later ▁ones . ▁It ▁was ▁no ▁doubt ▁originally ▁Clark son . ▁In ▁that ▁form ▁the ▁name ▁is ▁still ▁common ▁about ▁Pr eston , ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁pron ounced ▁' C lack son ' ". ▁ ▁Clark son ' s ▁ideas ▁are ▁set ▁out ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 6 5 0 ▁tract ▁spons ored ▁by ▁the ▁wealth y ▁Lev eller ▁military ▁man , ▁William ▁Rain bor owe , ▁called ▁A ▁Single ▁E ye . ▁Clark son ▁opposed ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁sin , ▁considering ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁" in vent ed ▁by ▁the ▁r uling ▁class ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁poor ▁in ▁order ." ▁He ▁felt ▁that ▁only ▁the ▁intention ▁of ▁an ▁act , ▁and ▁nothing ▁at ▁all ▁about ▁its ▁content , ▁matter ed ▁to ▁God , ▁so ▁that ▁no ▁specific ▁mor ality ▁could ▁be ▁pres cribed ▁on ▁religious ▁bases . ▁He ▁considered ▁the ▁danger ▁of ▁sin ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁the ▁mind : ▁" t ill ▁acted ▁that ▁so ▁called ▁Sin , ▁thou ▁art ▁not ▁delivered ▁from ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁ ▁sin , ▁but ▁ready ▁upon ▁all ▁Al ar ums ▁to ▁trem ble ▁and ▁fear ▁the ▁repro ach