Excerpt from Natural Equality: A Sermon Before the Vermont Colonization Society, at Montpelier, October 17, 1833 That is God has given to all men the same nature, that they may all receive and enjoy the benefits of the same gos pel. These benefits are, spiritual, consisting in the eternal salvation of the soul from wickedness and misery; and tem poral, consisting in the enjoyments which belong to a truly religious citizen of a free, Christian community; such a com munity as the principles of the gospel tend to form. The text, then, in its connexion, brings to view the fundamental doctrine of our Declaration of Independence - that all men are created equal; endowed by their Creator with cer tain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.