7. That no master shall inflict more than ... stripes for any one offense, nor any stripes on any one who is over ... years of age.
8. That no slave shall be compelled to marry against his will.
9. No master shall suffer man and wife, parent and child, to be parted without their consent when it is in his power—he being the owner of one—to prevent it by buying or selling at a fair price.
10. On any complaint being made against a member for violation of these rules let the preacher appoint a committee of ... to investigate the facts and report to the society.
11. Any member violating or refusing to comply with the above rules shall be dealt with as in other cases of immorality.—Recollections of Rev. John Johnson and His House, An Autobiography, 305-6.
[50] McFerrin, II, 95.
[51] Ibid., 494.
[52] Ibid., 261; Goodspeed, 668.
[53] McFerrin, III, 271.