If There Was No Bible,

Besides All This, If You Are Idle, And Take To Bad Courses, You Will Hurt Those Of Your Brethren Who Are Slaves, And Do All In Your Power To Prevent Their Being Free.

When I Was At Hartford In Connecticut, Where I Lived During The War, I Published Several Pieces Which Were Well Received, Not Only By Those Of My Own Colour, But By A Number Of The White People, Who Thought They Might Do Good Among Their Servants.

If We Should Ever Get To Heaven, We Shall Find Nobody To Reproach Us For Being Black, Or For Being Slaves.

We Cannot Certainly, Have Any Excuse Either For Taking Any Thing That Belongs To Our Masters Without Their Leave, Or For Being Unfaithful In Their Business.

Now The Bible Tells Us That We Are All By Nature, Sinners, That We Are Slaves To Sin And Satan, And That Unless We Are Converted, Or Born Again, We Must Be Miserable Forever.