nd yet 'tis to be feared,
we have no other Kind of Title to our _Nigers. Therefore all
things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you
even so to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets._
Matt. 7, 12.

"Obj. 4. Abraham _had Servants bought with his money and
born in his House._

"_Ans._ Until the Circumstances of _Abraham's_ purchase be
recorded, no Argument can be drawn from it. In the mean
time, Charity obliges us to conclude, that He knew it was
lawful and good.

"It is Observable that the _Israelites_ were strictly
forbidden the buying or selling one another for Slaves.
_Levit. 25. 39. 46. Jer. 34, 8-22_. And GOD gaged His
Blessing in lieu of any loss they might conceit they
suffered thereby, _Deut._ 15. 18. And since the partition
Wall is broken down, inordinate Self-love should likewise be
demolished. GOD expects that Christians should be of a more
Ingenuous and benign frame of Spirit. Christians should
carry it to all the World, as the _Israelites_ were to carry
it one towards another. And for Men obstinately to persist
in holding their Neighbours and Brethren under the Rigor of
perpetual Bondage, seems to be no proper way of gaining
Assurance that God has given them Spiritual Freedom. Our
Blessed Saviour has altered the Measures of the ancient Love
Song, and set it to a most Excellent New Tune, which all
ought to be ambitious of Learning. _Matt. 5. 43. 44_. _John
13. 34_. These _Ethiopians_, as black as they are, seeing
they are the Sons and Daughters of the First _Adam_, the
Brethren and Sisters of the Last ADAM, and the Offspring of
GOD; They ought to be treated with a Respect agreeable.

"_Servitus perfecta voluntaria, inter Christianum &
Christianum, ex parte servi patientis saepe est licita, quia
est necessaria; sed ex parte domini agentis, & procurando &
exercendo, vix potest esse licita; quia non convenit regulae
illi generali; Quaecunque volueritis ut faciant vobis
homines, ita & vos facite eis. Matt. 7, 12._

"_Perfecta servitus paenae, non potest jure locum habere,
nisi ex delicto gravi quod ultimum supplicium aliquo modo
meretur: quia Libertas ex naturali aestimatione proxime
accedit ad vitam ipsam, & eidem a multis praeferri solet._

"Ames. Cas. Confc. Lib. 5. Cap. 23. Thes