But I needed none of all this Precaution；for never Man had a more faithful，loving，sincere Servant，than Friday was to me；without Passions，Sullenness or Designs，perfectly oblig'd and engag'd；his very Affections were ty'd to me，like those of a Child to a Father；and I dare say，he would have sacrific'd his Life for the saving mine，upon any occasion whatsoever；the many Testimonies he gave me of this，put it out of doubt，and soon convinc'd me，that I needed to use no Precautions，as to my Safety on his Account.
This frequently gave me occasion to observe，and that with wonder，that however it had pleas'd God，in his Providence，and in the Government of the Works of his Hands，to take from so great a Part of the World of his Creatures，the best uses to which their Faculties，and the Powers of their Souls are adapted；yet that he has bestow'd upon them the same Powers，the same Reason，the same Affections，the same Sentiments of Kindness and Obligation，the same Passions and Resentments of Wrongs，the same Sense of Gratitude，Sincerity，Fidelity，and all the Capacities of doing Good，and receiving Good，that he has given to us；and that when he pleases to offer to them Occasions of exerting these，they are as ready，nay，more ready to apply them to the right Uses for which they were bestow'd，than we are；and this made me very melancholly sometimes，in reflecting as the several Occasions presented，how mean a Use we make of all these，even though we have these Powers enlighten'd by the great Lamp of Instruction，the Spirit of God，and by the Knowledge of his Word，added to our Understanding；and why it has pleas'd God to hide the like saving Knowledge from so many Millions of Souls，who if I might judge by this poor Savage，would make a much better use of it than we did.