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robuſt Negroes Theſe you thay remem- 
ber were wy Subject of Converſation one 
Evening, which we ſpent zee d tele. vou 


ſympathized with me in a generous Com- 
paſſion for the hard and ſevere Lot of this 


unhappy Part of the human 8 pecies: But 
when I propoſed to ybu to endet ta 


mitigate the Rigour of their Situation, by 
introducing them to the Knowledge of the 
Goſpel of CHRTST, and of thole glorious. 


©” Rabid, which our Religion promiſeth to 


l 4 " At, Slaves, as well as Maſters, who faith- 


tully embrace it, and with humble Reſig- 
nation ſubmit to the Divine Appointments; 


propoſed chat you ſheuld e 


your Slaves inſtructed in the Chriſtian Re- 27 


ligion, as the beſt Mean to recbhelle them 
dq their Servitt ide, and ſupport xliem 
IR under it; you ſtarted ſeyeral Obſechons and 
urge them in ſuch a manner as to Gſcover, 


1 that how much ſoever e wage approve rove | | 
of the Piety and Benevolence of the Pro. 


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Pa a to attempt it. By diligent and 


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soNs you then urged againſt 
attempting the Converſion of the Negrees; 


Freedom of one who fincerely wiſheth your 
Welfare and Happineſs 1 in both Worlds. TOS 


Tn pins, and principal Difficulty, - 


Which you alledged - againſt attempting to 
inſtruct abr Negroes imported, was their 
ent to the idolatrous Rites | 
Bees of their own Country. 1 


and Pre 


tracted did, of whatever Kind, are, 


Sant, hard to. be effaced : but nqt 0 hard 


as ſhould make us preſume, that it is ta ne 


} e eee weknove, bath 


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cles Were ſent to Fee the” * Goſpel. 
Did as fdolatry: of the Heathons hitler 4 

"a Apoſtles from ende Kurie, te convert 

them to Chriſtianity ?: ee 
Have not many Eeathens; adealih ed 

0 Pagan Rites, and to ſuch vicious and 

licentious Practices as Chriſtianity borbids, 

been converted to our holy Religion from 
time to time, without any other Help than 

the fincerc Won p or Gop, and the good Ex- 5 

ante of thoſe who recommendeckit /? 
And may not you reaſonably dope, in 

vou are as zealous in uſing the proper 

Means as you ought to be, that your En-. 

a deavouts to convert the Ngroes may be pro-—- 
tiouably ſueceſsful; ſince you have no 

Nen to doubt, but that the Divine Grace 

Will be equally aſſi iſting to you, as it was to 

I your Predeceſſors in the ſame good Work? 

Bt perhaps you will ſay, “the e ed 
4 are utter Strangers to our Language, 

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EDS e mf, oF irhy"Negyat, achte ue 

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their F. eee HAI of lower Capacit es 


3 = enable ther. to > adele . * 5 bo: - 


ae Baſh N Lif 528 und, it. „ 
_ i:May they not with a little Inſtructionz, 
eaſily, attain ſo much further Knowledge 5 
it, as as to enable them to underſtand the 5 
1 _ 


s which concern the Welfare of their; 


Souls! At leaſt, #3 07 465r[d * 
„Alisht not ſome 1 pas 5 are more, ca- 1 

- and ſerious than the reſt, having firſt: 

4 learnt our Language, be taught the Prin- 1 
ciples of our. Religion by themſelves; aud 4 


then be appointed to convey Inſtruction to 


their.own Language? e 


Mould you not purſue this Method; W 
Fo you; found 1 7 neceſſary to Du own worldly: 3 
. Tr 
Ils there ohen net greater Rokr, for dos. A 
ing ſo, in order to promote the Glory, of 1 


e Salvation of Souls HH 


Gon, and: 
Do, you take Care of the Bodies of 
Negraes for your on Sake, and ought vou. 


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his Sale 2-11. 20 03 2159 threading in 4 


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2. — our Bodies are _—— 

2 of Colour from the Negra; 
YZ Dom this 1 Diverſity. make any real Abate- ti 
ment to the Worth of their Souls? Are 
„ . not Tranſcripts of the fame: Divine 
q Original? Have they not: the ſame: pa- 
cities for Immortality he our own ?. And 
| did not the fame. Redeemer Who died for 
us, die for them alſo p 1 11 
Who made you to Aken from therm po 
1 EY ht not the ſame Gon who made made vον 
LW ite, and them Black, is it FRE eemed 
| good unto. him, ee e K, and 
them White? Have made chen en, 
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ther of All, who is Juft and righteous in 


<4, all his Ways, and no reſpecter of Per- 4 
a ſons.” - God intended S to them as 

well as Kindneſs to you; that both v 8 1 
and they might be instrumental in pro- s 
ee each tber s Felicity: that\whilſt 
—— | by the Labour of the Body, pro- 
mote y temporal Intereſt, you in Re- 
turn, might promote the ſpiritual aid - 
eternal W elfare of their „ at d im- : 
mortal Souls. I een 
you correct your Slave ie he? is neg. 

1 ligent, or. or idle in doing his daily Pak 
FF And Wilk not the great Lover of Souls fe. 
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to Jet Feuß⸗ Slaves reap that Benefit fro , 
N their Situation, which Gop intended they 
tf ſhouldireap;; if yo do not, the Difference 
„ will be fatall y inverted hereafter, when 
they ſhall be "comforted," and en ee 8 
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it once: £4 takes N will laſt for ever, be 
ae attentive to your Duty. 
vbareful, extremely careful, to admi iten 
we your Slaves the Comfort of N 
What good Things Gop hath laid up in 
Store for them, if they act a right Hart 
nin that trying State of Labour, in avbich . 
Il I he hath placed them under you. Here you . 
may id form them, that in the early Ages. 
of. Chriſtianity, many. Slaves, when, con: 
verted from Heatheniſm, were deſtined to 
underge, and patiently endured the moi 
ſevere Uſage” and eruel Treatment Kom : 
their eee Maſters, who often per- 
ſecuted them even to Death, 0 on accòunt 
of the Religion they profeliad... Y And then - 
vou may obſerve how bappily different che 
Situation is at preſent, when: they 
.. Kindly/invitec by their Maſters, 10 eve 
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Children, to learn any Language : 
Fance, our own; an m e the 
fame Eaſe and Facllity that other Chitdren 
are, be inſtructed in the Principles'of” our 
[ holy Religion; And muſt not their Owners 
and Governors be abſolutely inexcaſable, - 
if they do not ſincerely endeavour to 
A {i= them up in the Nortvre and hs 5 
1 of hy Loopy.” (5151s 
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5 N Fietie can be ſpared from the daily La- 7 
bour of the Negroes, to inſtruct them ii 
the Chriſtian Religion. But is not this in 
effect, to ſay, that you value a kerle 
| ella Advavta e, more than the Slory 
of Gop, and the Salvation of Souls! 
But ſure Lam, a lietle Time may be found 
for this pious purpoſe, without much 
Abatement of their daily Labour. Might | 
q ll not the Slaves be called together in an 
| Evening, two or three Finite a Week, on 
theL 5R D'S Day in part ular, to be inftruc- | 7 6 
ted in the Principles of Religion, by a 
FPerſon, duly qualified for the Pao? 
zþpoſt you, Sir, whoſe Slaves are nume- 
wos, were at ſome fmall Expence for this 
Purge poſe. Would this be any more than 
. jult Return to the poor Slaves, for the 


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1 make yon Parkakers r 
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ought not yourtd make beth. Pen e 8 
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abkte ſomewhat of Four: Profit from their 
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tha the Slaves would .abundantly repay g 
5 your Chriſtian Compaſfion and Kindneſs . 4 
them, by a greater degree of Honeſty, | 23 
Diligence. in. your Service? - 1 
Not t mention that Gop may then, M 
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your i Sto, the Increaſe of your Kine 


Dad of your Flocks, and proſper you in 


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But ſhould: the Difficulties 3 you mention, 4 
or any others, diſcourage you from attempt- 3 
25 ing to have your Negroes inſtructed in this 
or any other Way, yet I truſt you bd es 
them all poſſible Encouragement to n 
public; Worſhip: at Church on the Lokp's 
Day, becauſe this may be a om thro“ 
the Bleffing of Gop, of inſtillin Wien 
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1 [ . to Man, but to Beaſts; that it is 4 a 
Day appointed by him for the Impro ö | 
ment of the Soul, as well as the Refreths 
went. of the Body; and that it is the Duty 
of Maſters to take care that all Perſons 
R under their Authority keep this Day holy, 
1 aud employ. it to- the pious and wiſe Pur 
poſes for Which God, oux great Lord and 
© Maſter; intended 15 and therefore cannot 2 
e that. you. will even permit, or con- 
nive at. your Negroes: 1 pending this Day in W 
an improper manner; either in the-ridicas 
blous Recreations uſual with them in their 
own Country, or in labouring on that Day 
to provide themſelves with any Neceſlaries 
or Conveniencies of Life: $i hc leſs dat 
IL ſuppoſe that you will lay them uiider the 
| diſagrezable Neceility of doing the latter; 
which Lam told is-the Practice of ſonie 
Cruel hardzhearted Owners. of Slaves: But 


where 1 is the Religion. of theſe: Men? Do ; 


they call themſelves Chriſtians ? Let them 
be called Infidels,” E eathens, Barbarians, 6 
any thing but Chriſtians :*for ſuch Perſons. 
are a. Dit race. to the Chmitian- Name 1a 
| had almoſt. ſaid to Human Nature 

And now, Sir, 1 can think of Nan 
| to the Iuſteuction of the Negroes . 


— 


is the 


2 ther rn of Baptiſm, as lay tha 


L 0 Sr the Negroes. in the. Pla 
| inſolent, idle, Run ,ays, e e TA $1 8 


8 e 


0 ny that this Joftro&ion 1 in or- : 
ger to Bapti m, you cannot approve of it, 
uſe as ſome of the Planters, have ſaid, 
Since we. have got to baptizing them. 
Sethey are become inſolent, idle, Runa- 
E what not? And. that they + 
< never. were, ſo till Bepkiſmn came in Far. | 
< ſhion..amovegft. them. 
But, Sir, you may as well; ſup poſe Dat. 


EE from Light, and: Evil to be the 


ry Effect of Good. as ſay that the 
Nada of ſome.of- the baptized Negroes \-. 8 
( onſequence of Baptiſm, or of the 


Inſtruction previous to it. Good Inſtruc- 
tions and goo Principles may prod} | 
Effects, but: cannot produce bad ones: 5 - 
8  fome-Blacks,;wiſbebave. after Bapti -7Y 


ce good 33 


ee Whites no Jef; | le * 1 
y lay that. all the R ier 2 


5 7 Fry wth; 


a. dhe Elle 'of- Mortality, >; 450 5 


ion previous to- 7 3 
I tations 


Baptiſm, With the Inſtruck: 


Ih. N bap! tized Negroes have miſb 


dec J Will not deny; but this is not to 2 


be charged to the Account of: Baptiſm, but 3 
1PIvC PEE Wen \ltp 3 
ey | eee ; 


neis of che Hiadicerr 7 in 


their Negroes to be baptized, bath led theſe 
e ignorant Er reatures to imagine that 
TJorme very great civil Privitey es or Immu- 


- nities' are annexed. to Baptiſm that after 


it, either they are no longer Sta ves ot that 
their Maſter's | Property in them 9 


5 ceafes, Or at leaſt that His Authority: to pu- 5 
nith their Faults is greatly leſſe 
the Influence of ſome ſuch 1 


d: Under 

MII ake, de 
Negroes are very ſolicitous to be ba tizeck) 
kg after they Are baptized, 15 it avy Won: 
der that ſome of tliem ſhould prove idle, 


* infolevr, and Runaways! In ſo ding they- | 
: only at agrecably to the falſe Principles 
and wrong Notions their Maſters imprudent 


and im olitic Conduct hatk infufſed into - 
ther. Let the Planters. reverſe their Con- 5 2 
duct in this Particular, and make it a con- 


ſtant Rule to have all their Negroes duly - 
inſtructed 1 in the Chriftian Faith, and after= 
L Wards baptized; and I will venture. to pro—- 


pPheſy, that the Sentiments tlie Negroes | 


with ya ard. to Baptifin ill oO bs recti- 


watdnefs of Mafſters to brin 
e this Soletinity-5eill forni/efieftul = = 
convincethehh, that no civil Priviteg 
Imre are dimnered to it, and heir | 


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- ade is: mom very well 


_tian-Baptiſm 3 and the: 


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e wird; 1 


lanters in genetal; that neither Chri 
noi the Laws of our Country have annexed 
anyncivil Privileges or Immunities to Chriſ- 
ref re it will. be ens - 

REY Planter 8 ault 1 they encou age 
ziri>Slaves the contrary Opinion, by 
Ver: ng any Uawilling neſs to have them 
ted and arenen IE. they: aur elle 


—— v of any 'Deirroes, a Sttictn „ 
and Severity that Early: appear. 3 — 
-fatyifor the preſerving Subjection and good, | 
Government.” But ſtill you are to;rememy. 
ber tliat the general Law, both of: Humar: | 
2 e the Goſpel, is Kindneſs, Gen 
Compaſſion to alli Mankind, 

1 with Nation or Condition: ſoever they - 
bez and >weiare to make the Exekeiſe of 
| theſe: camiable Virtues our Choice and De- 
- oo She tv have recourſe: to Severity nr 
Hen y requires, Js Of; has: e 


5:you yotirſelves remain / the Judges (AS; 


ten they ireceive'B XU s before: 
—— can be in no. ange 
ee and a8 to "Ther, thergral. 


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6 eden cen, are not to ba 
1 . to the Oruelty of keeping them i 
as State b6iFeathendimy' and thereby: de- 
Priving them of the mean 2 
as reached forth to hem as well as hen,, 
je m the Goſpel of CHRIST. Beſides, is at: 95 
not the Want of Religion! in the governed, 


that makes Severity at · all nf to kee 


Mankind in due Order and Subjection to 
Government? Were the Minds of the Blacks 
duly impreſſed with la lively Apprehenſion? 

_ of the great and tremendous Sanctions of 
the Goſpel, everlaſting Happineſs and eter- 
nal Miſery; the Hope and Fear of theſe 


would, no Doubt, much contribute to make 


1 them tractable, orderly and ſubmiſſive, and 
mi a great meaſure fave the Maſters: the 
WW Frouble as well as ban 154. ane ehre: 


-of Salvation, 


poral, Nunihment. ls... 


\ Bavipertiapoatter-alt ya may Con that 


1 forme: or the Blacks imported ſeem. to be ſo 
= entirely corrupted and depraved, and to 


have ſo much inbred: Malice and Wicked- 


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bl neſs of Heart 3 In their very Nature, to be 
bo much ſunk into Ignorance, Ferocity and 


Fan that every Attempt to humanize 


ſoſten and inſtruct- chem, is full, as abſurd 1 


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8 enen of in 1— $. hon” 
withſtanding, were converted to Sbm. 


1 I and became eminent for their Virtues 
Particulars-; your own Reading will ſug⸗ i 


aalities? I need not mention 


© aw to vou Variety of Inſtances; which 


may ſhew that the Converſion of the moſt 


vicious and abandoned is not impoſſible. 
What hath been done may. be-done again; 
and therefore it is your Duty to make the 
Attempt; what is impoſſible with Men, 
8 pbſſible with Gop;“ and you are ſure | 
of the Divine Aſſiſtance co-operating: witk 
Vour pious Endeavours. Our bleſſed Lon n 


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_ hath ronifed; to be with all thoſe, even 5 


to che End of the World, who fincerely 
endeavour-to propagate. bis Religion. If 
the Taſk is difficult, was it: not dangerous 
as well as. difficult to the firſt Preachers ß 
Enndiauty Vet they were not diſcou- 
raged from attempting the Converfon of 
the World, either by Diffioulty or Danger, 


i but keſc 2 eee, and wonde 2 


ſucceeded. Vou, 


Sir, run no Hazard by 


ſuch an seen your Slaves are in Sub- 
Jectiou, and can offer 1 to e 
; ; for- exrde; wouring to reform her — FC 
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Souls is the peculiar Duty of the . 
oniy. Every private hriſtiau is and 
im Gratitude and Duty to commun ca | 
1 otherd the: Way of Fat los which: 20 
4 | hath made Known ; bo. bim 5 her ; would 
a infallible Cure of an epidemis Didorders - 
$ fhovuld.- he keep i intirely tos himſelf, 
when: Numbers of bis own Family and 

Neighbourhood were ſorely afflicted ; and 

tay Ys that. it was not his, but the. Bhagonn - 
an's Buſineſs to cure ſuch Diſorders? What 

would vou day farther, if this Remedy 
was made known to him on this PR. 
Wi i |  Conditian, that, he thould freely;coramus 
w nicate:it to all who were affiied?. Wayld | 
von not call him ungrateful, hard-hearted; - 
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of your great Lord and Maſter. 
3 200 are to conſider yourſelf 28 4 Stew= 
ard; 25 whom the Lonp hath made Ruler 
% over his Houſhold.“ Be therefore wise = Ns 
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Wants, * „and give them Meat, ſpiritual 
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Reward will be PN 1 e. 585 For | 


es blefſed, eternally blef 
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PS ty of doing it, and-to keep on our Minds | 
à conſtant. Senſe- of. that Importance and 
e, our Saviour hath inſerted a kind 
"of Remembrance of it in- that Form of 
Fray yer which he hath graciou Ally taught us. 
J be Form, I preſume you repeat daily, | 
But with what Conſiſtency can you pre- 
tend to pray toiGop that his Kingdom 
come by they. kenn 3 * oy 1 


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| gitateſt Part of your oπ⁹mn E 00 k ily -; . 


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Kingdom, in profound J gnorane 
of the Means of C Grace here, a eee 
dice ce. full 
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not pray: that his Will may be dine on 


"6 Earth as it is in Heaven? But how is 
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votions ; and you may as eaſſly reconcile _ 


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e together, as you can ſhew that ſu 
* Neglect of the ſpiritual Welfare of your 
© Negroes, is conſiſtent with the Mea ing, / 
and Purport of your Prayers. Yo Ne 


My Zeal for your temporal and eternal”! 


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than Lat firſt intended. If 1 have treſ- 
paſſed on your Patience, you muſt im pute 
it temy carneſt Deſire that yo may, in 


the great Day of Account, be abe, 


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