2 4 2 Spiritual .Perfec ion. ciety, that is fatally contagious. The Tempter mofl forcibly allures when he is leaf} fufpe Ied. He conceals the Ser- pents Sting in the Tongue of a Friend. The Friendfhip of the World is con- traded and cemented by fenfual Lulls ; and the end of it will be the tormenting the Corrupters and the Corrupted toge- ther for ever. The exercife and effeas of pure Love principally refpeú theSoul, the more ex- cellent and immortal part of our Friends. We are commanded to exhort one ano- ther, while 'tis called to day, and to prom evoke one another to love, and good works. Exhortation includes Inffrudion and Ad- monition : The giving Counfel how to preferve the Purity, and fecure the Salva- tion of the Soul ; how to prevent Sin, or to cure it by the conviaion of Con- fcience when ignorant of its Duty, by the excitation of the Affeaions when cold and fluggifh, and direaion to order the Converfation aright. The perfor- mance of this Duty is infeparable from pure and unfeigned Love, and the ne- glea of it is an argument of deadly Ha- tred. Thom 'halt not hate thy Brother in thy Heart, nor filler Sin to lye upon him. If you difcover any prognoilick or fymp- tom of a Difeafe growing in a Friend, that threatened his Life, what a cruel neglet Lev. 19. 17.
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