Fair dealing between debtor and creditor. A very brief essay upon the caution to…

It has been complained, That tho' the Religion of God, be Professed with an uncommon Show among our selves, yet among us, ⟨p. 2⟩there are too often found such Iniquities in the Dealings of Men, as are condemned even in the Judgments of the Nations; and there are Better Morals to be found in Places, which yet may have the Censure of the Patriarch upon Gerar too much belonging to them, than sometimes occur in what makes the most flourishing Pretences to be a Land of Rectitude.

But, I hope, it will never be complained, That the Ministers of the Gospel, are by any Sinful Silence accessary to the Transgressions, which Deny the Doctrine of God our Saviour, among a People, that are under peculiar Obligations to Adorn it. It shall not be complained, That the Ministers do so confine themselves to Preach Faith and Repentance, that the People forget Moral Honesty, through' any Default of ours. It shall be asserted, That with a due Frequency, as well as Fervency, we inculcate upon our Neighbours, the Duties of Moral Honesty, and remonstrate unto them, that without This, all their Faith and Repentance is but a Counterfeit; God will reject it, and they shall not prosper in it!

But, I hope, it will never be complained, That the Ministers of the Gospel, are by any Sinful Silence accessary to the Transgressions, which Deny the Doctrine of God our Saviour, among a People, that are under peculiar Obligations to Adorn it. It shall not be complained, That the Ministers do so confine themselves to Preach Faith and Repentance, that the People forget Moral Honesty, thro' any Default of ours. It shall be asserted, That with a due Frequency, as well as Fervency, we inculcate upon our Neighbours, the Duties of Moral Honesty, and remonstrate unto them, that without This, all their Faith and Repentance is but a Counterfeit; God will reject it, and they shall not prosper in it!