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

Did Men Love one another, they would not seek to make others become their Servants, which you know, Debtors are. And where they are so, they would not be Cruel in Exactions and Extortions upon them. No; They would sometimes Remit unto the extremely Necessitous, what they might have Exacted & Extorted from them.

Did Men Love one anotber, they would not seck to make others become their Servants, which you know, Debtors are. And where they are so, they would not be Cruel in Exactions and Extortions upon them. No; They would sometimes Remit unto the extremely Necessitous, what they might have Exacted & Extorted from them.

I will particularly say, Tho' Usury be Lawful in a Country where Lands may be Mortgaged and forever Alienated; as they might not in the Land of Israel; yet there are some Hard Usages in the Usury, between the Creditor and the Debtor among our selves, which the Law of Love will never justify.

And now, the Minds of People throughout the Country, are greatly engaged in Projections, how we shall become furnished with such a Medium of Trade, as may prevent an undue Growth of Debt among us, I will take the Opportunity to say; My Brethren, I be seech you, Let not this Debt be forgotten, To Love one another. There is a Variety of Apprehensions upon the matter. This Variety, begins to grow into too much Acrimony. But, My Brethren These Things ought not so to be. Your Ministers are too Wife, I hope, to offer you any of their Sentiments upon your Various Projections. And they do not count themselves Wise enough, to pronounce any Judgment upon that Spirit of Over-trading and Over-doing that some suppose very much to ⟨p. 28⟩threaten us. Or Wise enough to propose what Retrenchments may be most Expedient for us. But we will all make you an oftener, of what our Bible has in it, relating to your Conduct. There we find it said;