_A Description of the_ Road _to_ Liberty.
To all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the world.
2. Grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied unto you.
3. It hath seemed good unto me to promulgate this _Epistle_, and to make known thereby the genuine description of the road which leads to that liberty which is destitute of licentiousness.
4. To mention those things that will make you comfortable in this life, and conduct you in the way to everlasting felicity in the realms of immortal bliss and happiness.
5. I beseech you, therefore, to remember that atheism, superstition, idolatry, sedition, treason, rebellion, covetousness, theft, robbery, murder, intemperance, debauchery, bad language, gaming, idleness, and all kinds of vice, will carry you out of the road that leads to liberty, and involve you in destruction and misery.
6. Shun, therefore, all kinds of vice and immorality, and walk in the pleasant paths of piety and virtue, which will establish your freedom on a parmanent basis.
7. Let those who doubt the existence of a _Supreme Being_; and, those who worship the sun, moon, or stars;--the birds, beasts, or fishes;--or idols made by the hands of men, contemplate upon the works of the visible creation; which will naturally convince them of their error, and excite them to pay homage and adoration to Him, who created, upholds, and governs the universe, and is the only proper object of religious worship.
8. Avoid contentions, divisions and animosities, which too frequently terminate in bloodshed and devaluation.
9. Follow peace with all men; break not your oaths of allegiance, fulfil your obligations; fear God, honour the king, and those in authority, and be subordinate to the good and wholesome laws of the kingdom or state in which you reside.
10. Walk honestly; render to all their dues; pay your debts, and your proportion of the public taxes.
11. Be kind to the poor and needy, relieve the oppressed, visit the sick, bury the dead, feed the hungry, clothe the naked; and shew acts of kindness, charity, and humanity to strangers, captives, and prisoners.
12. Love yourselves, your families, and your neighbours; do good to your enemies; avenge not yourselves.
13. Be not high-minded in prosperity, but patient in adversity.