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.