Besides All This, If You Are Idle,

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.

The Next Thing I Would Mention, And Warn You Against, Is Profaneness. This You Know Is Forbidden By God.

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.

I Suppose I Have Had More Advantages And Privileges Than Most Of You, Who Are Slaves Have Ever Known, And I Believe More Than Many White People Have Enjoyed, For Which I Desire To Bless God, And Pray That He May Bless Those Who Have Given Them To Me.

We Live So Little Time In This World That It Is No Matter How Wretched And Miserable We Are, If It Prepares Us For Heaven.