2 3 8 Spiritual Per fecciion. fon or thing becomes a Temptation to us to do any thing, either to obtain or preferve them, againff his Will. But if we Iove them only for his fake, we !hall readily part with them as a Snare, or offer them as a Sacrifice, if his Will re- quires it : As if we love force particular Meat becaufe'tis healthful, and not be- caufe 'tis pleafant ; upon the firft difco- very that 'Lis hurtful we íhall rejea it. The properties of this Love are fpeci- fied in the Command. z. It muff be fincere. The Apoffle dire&s, Let Love be without dimulation. Love is effenrially fincere ; 'tis feated in the Heart,' and exprefs'd in real anions ; 'tis cordial and operative : There is an empty noife of Love and Refpeas that proceeds from a double Heart, not en- tire and ingenuous. Some by fair Prop miles work and wind Men to obtain their Ends, and then flip through them. How often are the fincere deceiv'd by the liberal expreffiens of Love untryed and untrue, miftaking a fhining Coun- terfeit for a real Ruby. But though the Humane Eye cannot fee through thedif guile, he that commands fincere Love, pierces into the Heart and if it be wanting there, his Anger burns againf thevain pretenders to it trrumpent adu- latio blanditice, peffimum veri affeFxus vene- hum, jua tuique ut2lttas. Tacit. Sonà°
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