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A CLERGYMAN
Urging him to fet free a Black Girl he held in
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A LETTER to a CLERGYMAN,
Urging him to let Freb a Black Girl he held in Slavirv.
^EVEHEND SIR,
PERMIT mp to f peak to you freely of cne nfi^tfrr In w!iich, I am perfuaded, you ofTcrd
• your God. 1 djre appCil to him who f.urchts the h^art, tNat, fo far as I know my c/.n
."heart, Ih^ve no worfetlefigu in fptaking of it tlian regard for the gi ry of do'i, and io/t to
your perfon ; and, therefore, I hope ycu mtiJI take wl\at i have to fay in ^O' d p re. i lt«
-flTittcr J mean is, the concern you have in the aiofl infamous and accuifed ol Hi ci;mnierce,
.ftlie i>uying and fcUingof man, who " is thejmagi and gtoiy af C>.d:*
Is it fo then that one man is barn a Sla\{e, and anotlier a Lf^rd ? 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
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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 l<aih put it^put if your.pawer to deal with me as you have dor e
with my: filler. T-cUuns, wj^y m«y*noi^:oiir fUvefdl yo>i ? 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
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yru i;Ved eighteen l.undred years ago, you won
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cfore the fame of ^J, miraclc/bcg.n to ar feV^^^^^^^^^^^^
of nun, and found in fafhion :» a man ; hut, moreover ma !c 1^" < ,. ^"''''^* '" '^' ''^'"'f*
1°u1Tk",''''" '""'J''"" ^^-^ ^^■--"»' -^"^ became obcd'enT-b H o w c"o M ^^'P"^^"°"' -'"d
guifh.d bctwcfn him and fuch as you do enrtave > 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
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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,
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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<J
fcgt i but 1 may fafely f^ppofe, that thev werl n^n^. i r'"''*n^*'"' *''*^"sh.* du inp the , uf!
jeopJe. v^h.n you are landed' Z ^ t7nlrZ ^J^rt^'^^'^^^^^^
Jo.l.n. f veating, f.,n%.ng, dying u„lr the Le.i^v of'fh* ';'''"'*^'" °^ >«"^ 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;
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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<en oj what colour f&.
evu- are upon an equal looting. It is true God did not without dclignform rirr Negroes of a
diiT.rent colour from U', but that, very different frim the infernal ctnilrudtion put up< n it by
fnariy white people, was a dcfign full of wiidom and Rogdncfs like all | the other works of tho
beti.ficent Creator. To a white ficin, which rtficfts th(i rays of the fun, the heatof thefcorch-
ing climaie of the Negroe-i would be intolerable } therefore <iod ha.h kindly cloathed them
with bldck, which, becaufe it does not reflefl, enables them to bear the hottell climates
Without inconvenience. Revr-nd Sir, were you or 1 in Go.nea, we would earneftly wilh for
a black (kin. What IhilJ we fay then of the white people, wbo turn God's kindnefs to tho
lvie.,ioes to their dcftruftinn ? What words can paint thCT infernal conduft black enough ?
How ltrL.nMy do men impufe upon th^mfelves, as if an imaginary connetlion between a black
colour and unwcrtly deeds did really juftify flavety 1 as if a black coat were naturally and
receir^rily guilty, and a while one innocent ! If indeed it could bi proved that there is a na-
tural, intrinfic fupeiionty in white above black, and that it bears the fame lelalion to the in-
feriority of the black that tyranny does to flavery, without any mixture of that which fubfifts
between father ard fon j 1 fay if thcfe two impf^flTibilities were once proved I would agree that
Isiegroes may be enflaved, but not till then.
2. You plead that it is better for them to be flaves than to be tree. Is it then in the height
cf your generofity that you enflave ? Is it becaufe you love yc ur neighbor fo dearly as to pre-
fer his weilare to your own ? Give me leave to fufpect this exceflive generofity. ] am afraid
that, an.ong the flave-traders, there are fome fordid wretches that would not (uffer the Negroes
to continue in flavery ifthat were befl j but they would drive to get the belt Itatc for ihem-
i"elves, and yet 1 fee no emulation among them to exchange with their flaves. Eefides, it is.
not eafy to conceive how beats and buftits, blood and wounds, bruifcs and broken bones arc
def'rablc things, or preferable to a fafe and whole (kin. But you will fay, though flavery be
rot beneficial to all ytt it is fo to the Negroes, for they are different from all people, and have
a difpofition peculiar to thcmfelves, and experience fliews that they thrive better bound thaa
free. 1 would aflc, Is it their great Mafter in heaven that hath given them that flavilh difpo-
lition, which turns liberty into a curfe ? Ifitbe, hecan juftify himfe'f without putting you
to the rectffity either of pleading wickedly for God, or of doing evil that good may come j
thertfcre let him firid out fome other way to confer upon them this difguifed ble/Ting, and do
you abftain from all appearance cf evil. But it is their human maflers, (I am widely miflaken)
1 Ihould fay, inhuman monfters who rule over them that implant this difpofition into their
ininds. How is it poifible for that man to have any thing manly in him who is taught from
his youth to confider himfelf as a beaft of burden ? How can anything noble fpring up where
the very firA buds of fenfe cr reafon are cru(hed to death ? Have not the brighteft geniufes
that ever fhonebeen complttelycxtinguilhed by flavery or confinement ? Does not even a brute
fmk below itfrif by bad treatment ? And can it then be othcrwife with them who are flaves
Irom age to age, and from their birth to their grave ? But furely their flavilh difpofition will
rot be charged as a fault upon thcmfelves, but upon thofc bafeh of ali wretches who fink theit
ininds into that condition ; and grievoufly will they anfwer it. O devilifli barbarity! fora
man to beat and bruife his brother, till he hath made him llupid andbrutifli, and thtn totre^
Mm as a brute, excufing himfelf that he relilhes nothing elfc ! O Lord Cod to whom vengeance
btlongeth, fhew thyfelf Lift up thyfclf thou Judge of the earth, rendtr a reward to th«
proud. Lerd, how long fliall the wicked triumph ? How long fliall they utter and fpeak hard
things? 1 Key break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afHirt thine heritage. Rife, for thf
cpprcflTion of the poor, and for the fighing of the needy, and fet him in fafety from him that
J)uffeth at him. ^ Let us, Reverend Sir, let us, for fhame, fet ourfelvcs to remedy rather tt\aa
ncreaftf the flavifli difpofition of the Negroes, and iet no obftaclc, no difappointment, nodi(.
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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
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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'""-' "
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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
<letrnncr.tal to an infant world. H^m therefore 7* Zn^^^'*"^".*' '""''^ «*' <"^iJ <o be very
tvcr judged that no perfonal punifh.rnt was Xiat?Z?,« * • ^ '»* Y'J'"^^'" ^^ ^od how^
-nmre deeply, and alfafor the greater t.nZVSlVeVZ^'^^^^^^^ '' '^'^^ '"«,
■ might mix mercy with fuch a iudament on*^V«« V . f"'"/^'^ '" t^isjetd. But that G,>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 "^^^^^^ /* <lefencdefs a.
*'lhall l« be unto his brethren," ever authorUbd a fon nf n ^ ! ^^1?'"' ^ ^*f^^"t <" f^rvanis
.indeed pcopJ,«tic «f what would wentuallThTppen Vo thl ^°^"«*''e ^"other. ^ .i:h<5y ap^
the ^oviri^nce of Godfor fuffering them lobe ennaved/nH^" "f^'"^^^ *"<i the^ vlndicat^
Chcm ratli^r tb«ji upon others j but S confer^i nl ^ ?k ^•'" '""'"« '"^'^^ w.cked men upon
|>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-
* t<mards him ; we are Icft.at hberty, a, Jorm "ly, ?f 0^^^ hi;!; '""^ "^ ^''''- ^^'^ ^'•"^'^ft
? oppr.fllon, and^.fpecialiy from fuch as m^y w^K ortenH ' \^^'. '' T '""y' ^'•^^ ««
,€nmg with others : God fays, " The wicked ihlu k1 f ■"^"?''' *et us compare this threat-
•ri^e you ,nd me to flaug^ter every'wick^man w^LeXl?"'^ '"'^ ?''^-" '^o*^ ^^is au^o-
.are r«tl>er 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
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