A pastoral letter to the English captives in Africa. From New-England

His very Life, even the Life of that Man, who is God as well as Man, and therefore One of infinite Value, has been given by Him, as a Ransom for them▪ They, to whom the Virtue of this Ransom, is actually applied, are set at Liberty, from the Hellish Thraldom, wherein the Enemies of their Souls have Enslaved ⟨p. 11⟩them; The Prey is taken from the Mighty, and the Lawful Captive is delivered. Come then, my Afflicted Friends; In your Captivity, let it be your first Care, to Commit your Enslaved Souls into the Hands of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, With whom there is Plenteous Redemption, for He will Redeem His People from all their Iniquities: And Cry unto God, that through the Ransom, which the Lord JESUS CHRIST hath paid for you, even that Blood, which is more Precious than Silver and Gold, and all the Corruptible things of this World, you may have your Souls Redeemed, from all the Destruction, and Slavery, that Sin ha's brought upon them. When you have Sincerely thus, Believed on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, then you may Joyfully Sing, I know that my Redeemer Lives! Though you Die in your African Captivity, yet you may Die, Praising of God, for Saving you, from your Spiritual Captivity. Yea, 'tis possible, that you may Live to see us again, in this World, and Bless God with us, that ever you were sent into such a sad part of the World, as Africa; for if you Seek First, the Redemption of your Souls, the other will the sooner be Added unto you.

His very Life, even the Life of that Man, who is God as well as Man, and therefore One of infinite Value, has been given by Him, as a Ransome for them▪ They, to whom the Vertue of this Ransome, is actually applyed, are set at Liberty, from the Hellish Thraldome, wherein the Enemies of their Souls have Enslaved ⟨p. 11⟩them; The Prey is taken from the Mighty, and the Lawful Captive is delivered. Come then, my Afflicted Friends; In your Captivity, let it be your first Care, to Commit your Enslaved Souls into the Hands of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, With whom there is Plenteous Redemption, for He will Redeem His People from all their Iniquities: And Cry unto God, that through the Ransome, which the Lord JESUS CHRIST hath paid for you, even that Blood, which is more Precious than Silver and Gold, and all the Corruptible things of this World, you may have your Souls Redeemed, from all the Destruction, and Slavery, that Sin ha's brought upon them. When you have Sincerely thus, Believed on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, then you may Joyfully Sing, I know that my Redeemer Lives! Though you Dy in your African Captivity, yet you may Dy, Praising of God, for Saving you, from your Spiritual Captivity. Yea, 'tis possible, that you may Live to see us again, in this World, and Bless God with us, that ever you were sent into such a sad part of the World, as Africa; for if you Seek First, the Redemption of your Souls, the other will the sooner be Added unto you.