The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-06-27

a6fi He commands US to do unto others as
We would have them DO unto US, ana to nave
a coniant regard for The welfare OF others
as well as Tor our own; this golden rule CT
aaioni 70 plain ard manifeifly juf, 1t itnkes
even the weakeff minds with full convection,
and leaves every (n IF A6am totally mex
cufable who does not obierve II. Now APP
peal to the condolences of all men, whether
the GaUs trade is not in every view contrary
to the word Of God, repugnant 10 all our
ideas Of juHice and humanity ! Is any one 10
weak or wicked as to attempt to vindicate
what God condemns Some whole godll'
neE is gain, are 10 ffameiefs as 10 Pieao the
example of their anceRors, as if their weak
nefs or wickedneis would juliify ours J Ra
Their let US, like the fons of Moab, take
mantle and 90 backwards and cover the ma
kedneis of our fathers Charity will dhPoie
US to make all the executes we Can for our an
ceffors, as their not having equal advantages
for knowledge, liberty not being 70 common
a topic, &C. but in truth nothing can juttIfy
them, and il is of infinite importance to US
TO govern our conduct, not by human exam
PIE, but by the unerring rule by which We
muf be judged, jufihed OF condemned =
rsAeefswith allonifhment, THAI flaVery has
been 70 long permitted in New-Ensland--
may God foon put period to this great abo-
minztion The EIhiopisn's hin is but .
faint emblem to repreient the blacknefs OF
their crime who ennave them. Every idea
of inhumanty' and opprefiioD, when aPPleo
TO this fpccies of iniquity, is exhautted. It's
a fource Of war, Of murder, and a'mOit every
evil that can be named !---How mutt ouI
conduct appear in bis view who without any
refpea to peIfons, looks down with an equa
eye on ali the ions of men, whatever be Their
G,uation or complexion, only regarding the
colour of their minds p Freedom as well as
life, is given to man by God hImlef, and
unlels he forfeits il by his crimes, none but
God has right to take It from him, and
the moft fcvere and awful judgments are de-
nounced from heaven againft ALL who rob
men of it.---Let all honeif men who fear
God and hate inquity, unite their endeavours
to relieve thc opprefed, and wipe off the re-
proach Of la,ery from New England, from
America, from the Britifh empire, and from
the world; that freedom may lie as univer-
fal as the light Of the day.
May the Legislators of the Madachrietts
fct the noble example, and every part Of the
world follow, whereby the bIefings of mil
lions ready to perth in Aavery may come
upon them. Then we may hope that God
will fmile upon US, that he will difappoint
the Vaccinations oP6ur enemies, ard give
us peace and Liberty until time lhall be no
more. But if we deny the blefing to our
fellow-men which we ak Of God for our
feIves, it is regarding iniqnity in our beartS,
and he has ailured US we lb0H not be heard.
The late times of dfrcfs in the nation leem
to be calculated on purpofe to open our eyes,
and Thew US our duty to our lufcring brethren,
but if we will not hear their cries, nor regard
the word and previdences of God, and con-
tinIe to act contrary TO the dictates ofrealon
and confidence, we muf expect to cry cur
ISlves and not be b1ard.* To be ennaved as
a jufi punifhment for our unrighteoulnefs---
and finally doomed TO utter dearuaion as a
reward for. our iniquity, and to make room