Spiritual Perfection Some will feem to grace others with a flourilh of words, that they may tax themmore freely, and without fufpicion. To praife without a ground of real' worth, is fordid Flattery ; but to com- mend with a mifchievous intent, is the 'wortt Treachery. Some will affift theSick day and night, and feem to fympathize with them in their Pains and Sorrows ; but their de- fign is to obtain a rich Legacy : They appear like mourningDoves, but are real Vulturs, that fmell a Carcafs to feed Vuttur eft cAI- on. daver expetíat. There are others lefs guilty, who efteem empty Complements to be Court- ly Decencies ; and though 'tis not their defign to be injurious to thofe whom they carefs, yet their Love is only from the Tongue, which in the Apoftle's ex_ prefiion, is but a tinkling Cymbal. Their pretended Friendship is like Leaf -Gold, very extenfive; but foon worn off for want of depth. Others are Mercenaries, that like the Heathens, do Good to thofe from whom they receive Good ; their Love degene- rates into Trafck, and does not proceed from a Divine Principle. Ingenuousand Chriftian Spirits have not fuch crooked Inclinations, always refleEing upon their own Intereftm 'Tis true, Chriftian Love declares s39
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