Denunciation of Judgment against a Person
or People, would not warrant them to inflict that evil. If
it would, _Hazael_ might justify himself in all he did
against his master, and the _Israelites_ from _2 Kings 8,
10, 12_.

"But it is possible that by cursory reading, this Text may
have been mistaken. For _Canaan_ is the Person Cursed three
times over, without the mentioning of _Cham_. Good
Expositors suppose the Curse entailed on him, and that this
Prophesie was accomplished in the Extirpation of the
_Canaanites_, and in the Servitude of the _Gibeonites. Vide
Pareum_. Whereas the Blackmores are not descended of
_Canaan_, but of Cush. Psal. 68, 31. _Princes shall come out
of Egypt_ [Mizraim]. _Ethiopia_ [Cush] _shall soon stretch
out her hands unto God_. Under which Names, all _Africa_ may
be comprehended; and their Promised Conversion ought to be
prayed for. _Jer. 13, 23. Can the Ethiopian change his
Skin?_ This shows that Black Men are the Posterity of
_Cush_. Who time out of mind have been distinguished by
their Colour. And for want of the true, _Ovid_ assigns a
fabulous cause of it.

_Sanguine tum credunt in corpora summa vocato
AEthiopum populos nigrum traxisse colorem_. Metamorph. lib. 2.

"Obj. 2. _The_ Nigers _are brought out of a Pagan Country,
into places where the Gospel is preached_.

"_Ans._ Evil must not be done, that good may come of it. The
extraordinary and comprehensive Benefit accruing to the
Church of God, and to _Joseph_ personally, did not rectify
his Brethren's Sale of him.

"Obj. 3. _The Africans have Wars one with another: Our Ships
bring lawful Captives taken in those wars_.

"_Answ._ For aught is known, their Wars are much such as
were between _Jacob's_ Sons and their Brother _Joseph_. If
they be between Town and Town; Provincial or National: Every
War is upon one side Unjust. An Unlawful War can't make
lawful Captives. And by receiving, we are in danger to
promote, and partake in their Barbarous Cruelties. I am
sure, if some Gentlemen should go down to the _Brewsters_ to
take the Air, and Fish: And a stronger Party from _Hull_
should surprise them, and sell them for Slaves to a Ship
outward bound; they would think themselves unjustly dealt
with; both by Sellers and Buyers. A