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

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; Jam. IV. 11 Speak not Evil One of another, Brethren. There we find it said; Eph. IV. 31. Let all Bitterness, & Wrath, & Anger, and Clamour, & Evil-speaking be put away from among you. Sirs, you have a Great Esteem for One another; and they are very worthy Men, who now thwart One another in their Apprehensions. But, Oh! Don't grow Strange to One another. If once your Spirits be at all Exasperated, the Malady against which we would all provide, will but come under an Exasperation. Animosities will make all good Projections Impracticable; our Case Deplorable & Incurable. Consider what I say, & the Lord give you understanding in all things.

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