& there lifes & conuersations did preach & reach to ye wittnesse
of Gd in all people & they knew & saw y^t they would not
cuzen & cheate y^m: for conscience sake towards God
And y^t at last they might sende any childe & bee as
well vsed as ymselues att any of there shopps

Soe then ye thinges altered soe: y^t all ye enquiry was where
was a draper: or shopkeeper or taylor: or shooemaker: or any
other tradesman y^t was a quaker then y^t was all ye crye
Insoemuch y^t freindes had double ye trade beyonde any of
there neighbors: & if there was any tradeinge they had it
Insoemuch y^t then ye cry: was of all ye professors: & others
If wee let these people alone they will take ye tradinge
of y^e: nation out of our handes

And this hath beene ye Lds doeinges ʌto his people w:^ch my desire is y^t
all may bee kept In his power & spiritt faithfull
to Gd & man first to Gd in obeyinge him & in all thinges

& secondely in doeinge unto all men   wch

ʌ y^t ʌ is Just & righteous true & holy; & honest to all
men & women; in all things y^t they haue to doe with
or to deale withall ʌwith ym y^t ye Ld Gd may be glorifyed
in there practiseinge truth holynesse godlynesse &
righteousnesse: amongst y^m: in all there lifes & conversations

And this was from ye yeeres 1652 to 1656: & since

and that they would not Cozen and Cheat them ; but that
if they sent any Child to their Shops for any thing, they were as well
used, as if they had come themselves : the Lives and Conversations
of Friends did preach, and reached to the Witness of God in People.
And then things altered so, that all the Inquiry was ; Where was a
Draper, or Shop-keeper, or Taylor, or Shoomaker, or any other Trades
men, that was a Quaker? Then that was all the Cry : Insomuch that
Friends had more Trade, than many of their Neighbours ; and if
there was any Trading they had a great part of it. And then the
Envious Professors altered their Note, and began to Cry out ; If we
let these Quakers alone, they will take the Trade of the Nation out of
our Hands. This hath been the Lord’s doings to and for his People !
which my desire is, that All, who profess his Holy Truth, may be
kept truly sensible of; and that all may be preserved in and by his
Power and Spirit, faithful to God and Man : First to God, in Obeying
him in all things; and then in Doing unto All Men, that which is
just and righteous, true and holy, and honest to all Men and Women
in all things, that they have to do or deal with them in : that the
Lord God may be glorified in their practising Truth, Holiness, Godli-
ness and Righteousness amongst the People in all their Lives and
Conver-|sations.