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Or (to ufc an i Id inea- 4».ior), are one part o< m'niiind .born fiddjed and bridled, and the other | art b .' t d .n^ (fpurrcd, rqady to mourn ihjir harnefltfd btechren? No, Reverend bir, alt men at their bi-th ,areequ.->Uy naked, iulplels, ^i>d d«|!rtitute of mirks ot autlioriiy. You couIj not di.ltingi..fh , •between his royal highoefs and the child of the pooroft beggar tiiat walks the Itreet-. J- v, 9, maxim .equally agrecibje to-fcripture and jxufofl, and peculiarly dear to every British fu' jefl, thatall maiikind are born upon a level, apd that no. man can rule over another but by imtLul •confcut. As, therefore, yuau hav^ not tjie confcnt pf that Girl ov^r whom you rule, 1 w u d defire you to give a ■ fobd ,ai»fw*r to this queftion : *' By what authority dot thou t cfe • things ; .^id w^o gave tjiee this authority?" Forirty own parr, I fee no aut .ori y >ou can iiive, b*it th^it you are^able to-do it. I f;oftfefs, it would be efteeined very go -d aui.iorit . iii ^ world pf tyrants } the fame b,y which the great fifhes devour the fmall j buc it wi;l never fatisfy the oanfvience.of a teiwier C'yiilian. If ^yooi \\\\t more power or wealth than your fl4ve, it is owi0g to this caufc only— th»t God hjth.ljein more liberal to you thm to her. I-:is fitperior liberality to you or me, ihouUhe a pQw:e:ful incitement to us to be n.ore compalfi- ;^nate and belpj'ul to our poor, opprelfed brjethrcn ; jnd. particularly to exert ourfelves, v the -— --, , , -rr :'- -.-»-...-.. ,i»..— -f-—.. ,»-.—■-/ -— -.-». • — — .-- . - t^tmoll, 6>r.tlic red'-Triptipn, prpteOion, and education of flavts : Bat that it fnould -1;- jjlqyed. for^the purpofci of opprefljon and fl^very, is, without doubt, t moft horrid ahu(, ©t thckiotinefs^^f (i(Dd, and a laUia^g rci;>foach \p ourfdvcs. " l.e:l me. Reverend. ,aii, why ycu dp notfcll me ? l am /yoyr brotl^ir, and your flave is >oiir fifter : You are not able. J bie'> Cod »for-his kin^ricfs to me, which li ? What right doe* fie vvai-t, i at jouhave, butpo^W^r ? 1 hope fh,.f, Wants iriclination too. • Tiie ApolUe Paul preffcth.us to hpfpitaiiry, from this corfideratlon, that '• fomc havet'' re- iyenteruioed Angels utvawiares." i'repolterous>as it may fcem to you, I murt corf fs tha I wvould, be afraid to .engage in the flave trade, left 1 ftiouid be found to injure f^m'.- lu; c cr .biiings, , angelic or divine, in difguif-j. Had you lived when Angtis vifited the earth, in t.u- mao form, you wo'-JJ not have fo; born to bi^y and f?li them if you h^d an opptruuuty. ;]..d Ay wou \ I Cjpr. xi. Eut be t Lf ;,, ^ T •^°" '''^" ''''^'"- «nd fell Cl.rifl myOically, ilm is/thof« who arc united to n f r '7"' '^ 'M'lain you buy »u.-i commonly ciled, " u, bod.\fChrm "an?-"?/ 'V""V'7 f;""'' "'^d are .n the fcrip- n. to hope, Reverend 'sir, thtt';!"^ -'f'wh^m you' ^M f nat''^^,': ' Charity req.Ir?. f^ld, are members of t'le body of chrirt • becaufe vm. rm.n l\l ^ '"''' '"'''^«^' ^''om you th.n ordinary compamon toilardVihefeVo r "gtrant cr Ires^ "''"^ '"'^^"^ to brmR them up in tl,e nurture and admonition of 'he Loid anil o ^"^°'^""°" ^'ligerce prayer for Gcd"* bKmnK "pon the means you u fed with item 11^?.°"'.°."' '"^^ ' ^^'^"^^t be.nva.n: But if tht-y he members of thcbody of a > Z: nn^^ '"^ ' ^ '^^"''^ "°« as h.mftlf ? Are ih.y not one fpirit ve-ith the Lord of U fl n '"^"count thtm precious he ^.ho touch., thtsm, touch thc^apple of hh eye anfwound h ' "''\^^ '^" •'°''" ' ^-^^ rso: R'Ce.eAd Sir, fdr » In all their affl dhons he U ^fflvv^^ l^'m mthe tcnderert part ? Ves. to all wh^hurt them in their liberty or property, al he did to bi^i* n " r ""o ^"^ ""^^^ .perfecuteftme? Take heed then, left he (hould r^fent thl? v^J^ *^^^^ Saul why "■ore, than if it had been done to himfelf andVft wh^n he^?l, nV° ''""* '' """"'^^ '"f ""t flory, .nd all nations are gathered before htm, he r ouTd f'! to l ^'' ^^ '^' '''rcne of his curf.d .nto everlaaing fire ; for I v.as in prifTn and hou vifiteHa ' ^''P?" ^""^"^ •"« '^^^ a capt.ve in vain will yoi reply. When did iV^ethP^^n r ^ ""! '"'''*' ^^« ^ctaintdrt rt,c d t.[ned,h^.„ptive? for he vJiJ at^sve? '^VaVmuch a^'^?^ '^'^ n°N but " very leaft of thefe, thou didft it unto me " " '^°" *^"*^ " »"'° '^e leaft, ,l,c 3nd'wVctdVr:s,%^nrr:ree?a"nTti;^^^^^^^^^^^ verted '.om the error of their way. O hel "ho were ^^2' '* '^^ '.^." '^^^^ "^^^ ^^ ^on. flng.ng the fen,, of Mofes and theUmb And if in any Jutur^r'*'' '^^' ^ '"'y' "^ "«^^ Chnft, your guilt will be accounted the very fame\s if tLv «ir. -'"l'- *^7 '^"" ^* ""''*<*«<> t^^em now a. dea.ly as he will then ; bSrhas loved them -?^^ "^^ ' ^""^ ''* '°"" Nay, though they (hould be eternal y loft it will m^ke 1 ,f» ^*^'" evtrlafting love : -hether they be faved or loft, for aught y^u k^ow^hev ^av hTf "°:? 'T""' g""» 5 ^ecaufe ing, in one inftance, to the buying and UinVof man Lufub^^^^^^ ^''■"'"' by confent. whole of the nave trade, ariclent and mod ?n • and y^fcert "infv fo ^Z' ''PPl^^'''^°'' <>[ the Chr.flian»5 fo you are ftill d buyer and feller of Chr ft ReverenH .'"' "*^" ^ave been good may not your f.n bear a comparifon with that of ludas > DidTe fi„ t""' '^'^'Z' *^'"^» ^'■« ^°* cannot be through ignorance. Did he fin f om coveVoufn ?s . I ," ''"7'"^'^ ? '■"''^'y y^"^' ence .f yours proceed not from the fame fcu^ce Was he an a "W' V° ^'''' °^" ^°"'""- • .''aT^'J \ '^"•^*^« >-°"- J"^« fo«d the natuValbodrof Ch?A . ^° T y'''^* ^'^ '^^ and that the fpirit of (Jod dwelleth in h r^ If any man debad fi^ ^* '* '^*' '^'"P'*^ ^^ God, Jl^h.tcandebafeitmcrethantoennaveit') "htm>^nGod^^^^^^^^ ternple of c.od," (and God ,s holy, which t.mple (he is." e Take heed leTall the f!nA ^ ' ^r' '^' '^^ '^^'^P'^ "^ th. ^tramment. of yo.r profefltcn be not ab e t^ ^Veld you fro^^^^^^ «"d '^^ Matrus, after a f.ir pre fefT.on of faith in Chrift, was declared to I..-'' l'^''"'"'"?' ^i^ion at^d bond of iniquity,' for cf,nng to " purchafe^he Ho rChnrt • I '" '^^ «'^' ^^ ^itternefs ycu are too confident, if you are entirely" eefom fears ofb^^^^^ ''"^' ^''^'P' <«n ,s greater than his, in as much as vou h^vP ,^ // °'''^'"S «n the f^me ftatc; for your Hciv Ghoft, vvl.rc:n he d:dK ^nd"!? that ircoS '"'^'^''' ^"'^ '''' ''^« '»-P^« ^'^hl " *Iiil. ii. 7, S. c Rom. xii. 27. l-ph. V. 30. d ifa. /xiii, - J . 16. 1 Ccr. ill. ifr, 17, * -n t., 9' « I Cor. vi. 19, a Cor. \'j. "^ u ^ t» [ 5 ] a th.„ cud trcatmin. i. taifcd, it wil] „,,, j„ftii, ..„„ ,„ f^,, u, „„ ,,,1 ,'„ .J''' "'"<''"" yoj rcalJy btl.cvc tl.at any man w.lJ ccnfidcr l.i pr> nertv a h's ^-^^^i - < • '^^- *-'" nble in vain wi 1 vnu nhi^/'^ h,..« >i... n - v^w»,..wt oi your wcnouct, now In r- sold. b„, wi,h .1, ep li, iTb S oA h i t u'evrnTd il; '"""P""" ''-•.•■,»> <.lvtr and rcfolvcd. '^^" ''^""S ^'" ^"'^^''^ ^f^^t commerce upon winch they :, r.c * I Cor. vi, X, * «... — i'to'sjuditmrnu A d.y, an licur oi virrucui Iberty n.jl!!;r//. frn^:: T ''- ^^'^ ^-^ '^'^'^' » -^" -«-., and tin I die , .m „« r.ne.«. 4> 1 Thfssfore I. t. d E 7 } ...L Tli*r»fure, fct (tee your flave dirffllv I ^«rU.-. .* t • ...Ml ,nc be free. aU l^r 1-bour and her gaii co you. fl ^dP.*^' fT.'' ^'' ^•*"''' ''•*£» o have 4 controvirf, w.tli your fcul. ^«rlJ her not hlr nr ' n":' '^' ''"■■'' ^'" "<>' "•'^ n, her >ou b.con.e a partaker of another man', ,-„ ' j'X^i'" ^''^ '* "'"^ ''"^''- ''> f«"- fl..;iil do for ..crp,?ce? « i ho Lordt'-bTto^^ivf c^n/'c"^ '^' "°^ ^ "-^ J never (aw a inancf anv leamih* or f.„r. C l . . moiethan that. • praa.ce .. which i hive b«n Si^^ rt^ '^ ^^^^'^ "^••' i^f^mou, whu,cdom, there arc nnry^opraiUfcrt/butharewS^inH. '^"'"•"8, dumkcnmfs and jca.ons couain the fub.lancc of all that can ionceivn« hi -v?'* • ^?' ^°'' foilo^i«g cb. i. 1 heir colour may be imcrovtd aAn . '^""^*"'* '® J^" '*>d "» 't* favour : Negroe. - What ! b^bck 3r. Vhl " f^^rL'^^V'' '^' '"''^''"y of enrtavlng the • .hey ..avethe very im.gVjf the D^.vi . [t afnl. V f^ ^"' '° ''' '^°«^'*«^" ""''«r f^ot * - dcfp.oable purpofe 'they would rot be back'-sihin'^ .V'* "°' '"u" *^*''"^"^'^ ^"^ ^-'« •J • Ntgro. 1 believe you blufh for them that ufc it nl-fi;?'"*"' ':^lf^l "*^'**=" '« '^'^^ ed With y6u to enjagc in the (kvc-trade or it o,a^*'* ,nA^ ^"' >ourfea then ; foritprev.il. n.ty to endave wb.tc people. ' '^P^'^^** '^^ >«« want nothing but an oppoitu-- i'^^TD.:::::^;:':^,^:::^'^ -^^r -»-'*'" t^^^th. Negroes ..ve »,.. you have his imaKebecaifryorarcwh^^^^^^^^ «^"^' P'ohab.l.ty, .h*t f«r one black , But ihe i. utlH Z^ln\!f '^''J^^'"'* '^'^ twenry white GhoHs ie f en lyong . whi.e p^ple, you will alwayl find Vr^ZZV" k'"' •^*' '" '^"^ ^'^ ''"'<^' »"i »- the Negroes, he i: .rlvLiably wlUt^ V. e ySi to meet hS:;' '" I'V''^'*'" *''"'' *"^ '"'«'^« your eye, upon hi. cloven feet, yo» coold m t diflinS hZ f ^^''"'^ '^ ^^^ '^"^ "°^ " ' i«r, be.nj a wiiite man. you a e accXrr^iL ! '''"'"^"»'» ^'m from your brother. Reverend •ot but you would i...:/2:iLT/^zt ylulZZtbi'rJ ''.' ""v'^k ^-^^ • '*-^'' ctedcd to torn»en| you. But put vourfejnn .ho «i,r! r xr *"'"' '*' '' '"^' '« had pro- ^q»ally well ,o a white man. ' Allow me R^lreid sJ'r 'r ^^"""r "'^ "'••• '^^^^' ^''' ^^Ij •lie banki oU Senei?aJ or Gambia and ?« 'n!.! . /' *** 'f ^"^port you, for a aiomeut. to ».ver f.« nor h.frJ of a whiTc' m^/ Ut ^rf^oooV'th T'^\^? '""^"^'^ /h^phJ^'^hC fome |,ec-n patture, a bo»4 full of B^i IrtTflilors mZ^\.J. 1;'^'^^ ^^^ '^"^ >^"^ "''^»''' i** jJiaance, and gaze j bu», as they draw nlr .n! Z i- ^^'''^' y°"- "^^« ^^^^7 them at » bur. you M.*nd aUed. V«J recoUeer. \.^e ^nftruSj of" ''' * ^'V"'*' ""'»^^'« «' "' •om^.n.on,, a»d your own imafina.ir« Jnin « "fly c^^^^^^^^ '^' ^'*'" °f >«"' Dev.is. Amaaement gives way to horror Y^Av- Rnr I r '"*''* '^'"' * ^«n'P*ny of »n4yourter.oraK^ds,o^heirfpJed. you^ef^ze/aJh?^^ V**"' P"^"'^'^* advene nr, *«me i-.tc, and yo» are all corLittod trth, car^.Jone of " " V""" ' ''^P*"'^"^ "> re th^ ««ieft of more •! your countfvmen^Yo..r^«a!i ^ u >°"'' P^^^^eis. xvh Ic .1 e .tli ru in' ^:* entirely Underlie- powerTrthit bLeous ^n^er '^r'"'"""."^'^''''-- Vou find f. u , Vo« andycurcompanfons are Vonverd o^bS . ver^l ""/^ " .^"''»^°^'^'' ^° ''^ 'he l.vil. •he W,ert.ln.1i*s. Reverend S:^ iZll nm attifl r5 %' u ''""'^^'^'^'^^^ ^ "^='" '«PP«f«^» t«"^ countryman, Hie tarn waved by no gentle hand Vn., \rl /''''"'*>'/'» ^ht»r drur:gery, and tire lo m>Pts of «.cn V eu iee riore face of ^n; fameVc our wirl*^ ^"'■^''';' '^^ '^'^ *''«'' '^' >-' -•"-- *vnhout an, appearance of fympathrc.^la^rfj;''!; ,''" ."^^^ tranfpor.t^ you th.ih.r, ,-md •n the cont.ary, all of them filled wuh tl^S^a^e aV^ i , ^T""?' T" '" ""> '^^ ''•^■"' J huf, •iiief., the fame contempt and hatred of vourh;.flP''*'u*'*= ^''"'^ domineering blugh- t>n what would be youf theughfs ?n th sTuTtt, / Wo„ -d". l'' ^^'i' *° ^'''^^^- '""-« fer feu to conceive, that ,o« were arrived nS .^,T. .. "^ *" '^'"^"ganc im^itinari.. f «».U, Whofe onl, office w.th refpeO to ytl wa! h.rfnl t*' '*!' ''^'"= P*'^^''* >'^° ^'^^ -^"^ If yo« fhowJd happen t« furvive, yc« w iAZe ^nJ 5 **"PP'"J'.t»'-menfing and k.lling. fcr ,.11 w.uW find fome frier d/.monrSwhi^/'^^^^^^^^ V."^ *" ''* "''^'"eivtd; tlicr^ / C 8 ] -I f tr' / / V / tlierc was Co flrlkln- a rcfcnibl.ince between them and tlic Devll^ as made >«oii mirtaketheonc f6r t'>c other, and for lo long a time. Ifit were needful, adcr whati havefaid, to give a ferious anfwer to the obiedlion, I would ohfervj, that the Devil t)eing a fpirit can have no colour, ..id that it is merely by a fii;ure of Ipeech we call him blade. I herefore his imaie cannot confia of blackn:f- ol colour, but of moial or fit'urativc blackr.efs, that is guilt. Hence tlie whitcft man may be as black or c.uilty as the Devil, and thcblickeft m^y be exceedingly white or fair in a moral fer.fe. Again, God beinK a fpirit, his image cannot confift of any colour blacker white, butol fairquahiies, VIZ. knowledge, r;i,hterufr.ef; and hoimefs, with refpf.cl to which all iT I i -\ I IS t "^ I i 9 ] groe. free, ard properly cncour-,?^eH '^?i'- ^n*"" '" '""'^^ » berrvolcnf r^efi^n V" , r as w knn ■'j^ ^" '"sni IS not to b f'y a fpeci;,! com,^ = «^ «r ^ '/ "?!'ty. ar.d were r'e(trvcdly en/l v H / •lot, fo far as \vs ?amf i?me h^'^' ,^"'— «* forfeited their pSS:S=HS?rSSS= Sis the fame way, or in fome ottVZ^.f ° r'"'' ^"'" y"*"" country the venfe and of V,''"- " ^ Were enHaved wX .d^V^;? '>^ ^''^ '^''^ o^M^Av^^ Vr?c:ted tut V^ ""^''"^^^ vent cruel mailers from .hn'r. ? '• ^'^'^out a.nprovrne cf rtavcrv », I. . ^'''®">'' »"'» Jawof.VlofejpermttedrKi ,"^ "''"* '^'^^«- l^afMy/^Wh r'rh'^i^ "''''- '"^' '° P^e. >^'illnotjuftrryo;^'5;^!/'f^^ '<> Keep naves, Haves neverVefoeftlS' '""'""^ '''^''^^ "■cnce, thehirtorrindevl .^'?'^''^''^*'^'^fld. when men h^^^^^^^ y^' '^.-.t vinereVelatioirany th n^rS :h°t be'*" ^^" °"'>'' '^""abbv?;,? f 1%'^ f^^'^ -^ «P^- the fuJnefs of time «' whfn?.^ * permitted which cannot bv an Zl^ T J ^" "'"" °^^''- *>f your hearts fuffer.w °^''^'" '^'"'^^ ">"« be applied To^^^r "^^'^ ^'"^'^"t limitation, 4' Many :i'n["l7^,h^rn '° ^"^ r^'^^ y^"-" ^'vel " but rTn^thtb '• "•'"'^ ^' ^''« '^^^^^ ^^ ntuft be as follows :^uve//;'' ^^J"-''^^^"- ^ he connexion an"d^ocl 'e":!'"^ ^'' ^'""^'•''' Negi-o, Rtverend Si^ IhUll "'^'"^ "t^"" ^''^ ^^^^ of Canaan th^^f ^r'" ^^K^«"^nt this reafooin,, bu't^'wil^'^bVabTe'Lir;:" t° '" ^"-'''"hrd' '^VZ th^S ^"'■? T urk wears a turban an^ .1 .- ^ *° "^"'^ it by fuch arti.mm, u- '"^ *^°^ce < f the Weft-lndie, '"' '"' '"^^^^°^^ «"Sht to be held tL iolc authJr of »T, Te i '"* ' '"^^ Jf t'le fcf-d nf r,„ I . "uui^r 01 tu the hurricai cb n trough, the cor e uo.nr ^"^ '''5'''« "= '1'= R'ed Jf h1 r^h. T'"' '" '"<""■ "f Since he rc«'«e"he"c„,Te' „'"/;„" '"" ""' " "■ P-" - -,, 'jSSrem T," I'""-' " «»Kiic aMcovcr»4in^,j«n,»j8diii^o*!t. vn I lO ] It u b-not that he only was then bornTEut wecSn renL '^^^^^^^^ up«n h.m rather tl»H« upon Ham or his who eTc,r 7 Jec^^^^^^^^^ c.rcunytanccs be confidoied, cfpecially that hchad very Ld^^^^ 4.n, andthat his breihren could not move him to recent Zfl- V^^'^^'olc^'orld def.lated for or h.s guilt, To pafs fuch a crimeTS-ithrt exSrV S^IT^''''''^^^ i" making r<,-p;^ation ri ni.e other three a?e futfered to e?c7priL7God 1^^^^^^^ ^^ '^ PUn.fted. Ih 'te •nuiy .s fumciently evident from thU. that though iT!sThrL /!"'" 'i'" '^"'^'^ '" ^'«"^^'s ^V .to Ham, who committed the crime, and in whofe ioinVr^? ,k ^1''^' ^^ '* '* *>«''* ^PPM *n or,ly. Why tl)«n ft.ould you, Reverend Sir aft fn ^ *^'r ' '"■°"^* «'«^«'. but to Can^ 'to cuifc whom God hath not^n^frd ' ' ^^ ^° ">'icvoJ<»nt a part towards mankind i As to Canam's bearing the punifhment of his fatherXfiStn r 'j ^v.ndicate to you the urtice of Gcd in that mat L • fl '. ' "**** "^^ .trouble myfelf to wl.ichdef.rvedalltJutfeverityanVgrSr Bu WtLr ^"°V '^* ^'^ K"''^ of his "w^ ^roes arc included in Canaan•/curre^y y^ur condl'l L m"mJ ^^.* '"^'^^^^ th.t the Nc- ?.l"TrJl''"''"''''P'^'^'"'°'"«»h^''hefewoSl "^^^^^^ /* hcth to-enilave them. The rWon is that nn n^n k ^^'^^''^V upon the race of Shemor la^ Juty in the le.rt from what it wS b:Vort oM^s a cl"T;^ t''\'''' ^'''^' "-"^ the.throaten.ng Hence, whatever was the duuTof shem^'Sii°.^"" ^^'^ ^"o^^pJifl^ing ah curfed the laft, continued to be fo ftilh tKv Lh n^ -"u J**^"' *<> ^*"a»n b'^fore No: ; .t*.e fpirit .f pr.>plKfy, curfed Ca^an bcr^ir^^t^o^rh '■'^''' '^ ^"^.^ " ^^"^ ^^^^^^ hath, by . asour brc .er, yet, henceforth, .J^e miy t^^'Kn^t f t^t/ff^ t.ll.now bound t^love 1.,^ " i€ doomed tofevtre p^miAment ! But, thanks iTg^L.TI ^"' ''^**'^'' " «»"• ''mother ^* ers, nor commanded to withdraw our f aternaUff^l LT? ""^ "°*^PP°Jnt«J t4ie execution- * ter to endeavour Lir refor^tJon T^^'ooSh 2^ ^''^' ^'' ''^''^ ' ^o; w^ ^y man a nght^to crucify him for all that ? cK faid rn ,7'V?°".;ot"e Crofs : But h.d • proplms, and wife men, aqd fcribes, Jod feme of .1*.^ 'Sf ,'^':^.?*^«s, « 1 fond unto yo° 'of them ye fl.all fcourg^ in your fynal^Jues? and nerfecut^^^^^ '"^ ""^''y' ^^^ ^"^ . therefore 00 fin to perfecute the Apoftles of ChriS" But krt vL n."7. '° *=''y-" ^^ ♦' inftances are-notpa.rallel. I ftall pVoducc others n aJl rl'fnlA y^"..^^"*^ pretend that thefe ration. They rh,llbe taken from Jacob's bSiai^n t rl^'r •" ^''/^.^ ""^er confide r- f' are brethren j inaruments of entity are •mShl',:^ ^P-.iihx. " bimeon and Levi «^ N^^as^iieree, and tl.eir wrath for it wJs crud • rwilfi'iliHe"; "^""'^f ^' '^'^' ^^&^r, for It •^ »n Ifracl.'V Did this curfe confer the fSeft delee of ..!. ^ '" >cob, and fciatter them ?»f '■'^kt''*\'*«'* ^"'^^'- '^^' "f Simeon andTevi * B V no ie^ 'S. "^^ '*'^ °"'«'- ^"'>" S t>»nihall be;a fa pent by the way, an adder in the nlVh .f r? . , ^ " • -^^S*'", fad Jacob, .fnbe to c.al deceitfully with their bVet"u*n^^^^^^^^^ prediftion entitli that -It juftify the other tribes in cutting themoff utte.lu > T. P° '*^" ^"^^^^ »^»em ? Or, wusuk] - a wolf, in the morning he fhall deyou? t1,e prS '' L DilTr^ " ^^"J^^"'" A^a" ravin a, -^enjamues to eat the flelh of their brethren. Kimt^r. fn ''i'^l'^^"''*'* '^«"y empower tl«: jr?f ^ ''''' ''•i ^"^"y '^"''ft'^"" their brcthT^k^fZ^^y'^^^^^ ot tU .l:.rav.nou3Be.,a.it./ No fuch thin,. (i^S^tl^^S^S^ilf^^^J^f^ ling «» I 'I I [ «t ] a.id be guiltltls. Nay, no man can enflave ttan «■!>,„, ,fi» 2' "° "'""" 'Y loi.cht .un " ■!>= "lining of th= ; h. f,, . f„.a„ „ f"v 'mT'' nc of th ",?„ T^ "'""" " ^ '" ""-" .1:. j',7a 'sffr-.-^ ^^^r/rfT ^^^^ I am. Reverend Sir, Your*, ifcc»