FRI 
general meeting of the fociety, and fubjedt to the controul 
of the feffions. ppoint. officers, who are to 
owers to be declar 
fociety, and fubjed: to their controul. T'reafurers and truf- 
tees are enabled to lay out fubfcriptions in purchafe of ftock, 
jee and to fell and change so for the ufe of the fociety ; 
ae accounts, and pay over balances. as cafe of mif- 
behaviou of truftees, peter is to made to the 
court of ae in which proceedings are ‘to i. .: all 
expence of fees, ftamps, &c. and counfel to be affigned 
ies a the court. Executors or affignees of truftees, &c. 
ing, or becoming bankrupt, to ei the demands of the 
fciety i in oe firit place. Effe&ts of the foes are vefted 
in treafurers and truftees, who may ban ‘defend aCtions. 
—Societies are not to be diffolved wit oc confent of five- 
fixths of the members.—Rules entered-in a book are to be 
received evide Societies may receive donations.— 
Complaints df members againft fte s, &e. ar be 
fettled by two juttices. ae les dire&t difputes to be fettle 
all be —_— 
nd fimilar 
certificates under the é article 
ENDS, in Ecele eff affical Hiftory, a denomination af- 
fumed. by a refpectable clafs of perfons, and which, as we 
are informed, they prefer to that of Q Quakers, by which they 
are alfo generally known. For an account of them, fee 
QUAKERS. 
Frizenps Alien. See ALIEN. 
‘FRIENDSHIP, in ae Philofo phy, denotes that mu- 
tual attachment between se perfons, which proceeds 
rom a cco efteem ae on hiss apatites ad 
et may live’a bee 
Friendthip- Ladd virtuous ; cn the wicked have only ac- 
complices, the voluptuous have companions, the defigning 
ur but virtuo 
s was Catiline’s accomplice; an 
i ut Cicero was Atticus? 8 
e can be no gen e 
nent friendfhip, sae whilft thofe pean qualities fublift, 
that produce. harmony of minds, and that bind true fiends 
each Saal ee "riendthip will. eae and will bi 
eer fone ie immortal. 
Frien ndthip, "ays lord Shaftefbury, is that peculiar relation 
which is formed by a confent and harmony of minds, by 
mutual efteem, and ioe adel eae — Such 
is that ah the two ewil and Jona- 
hans (2 Samuel, ch. Such were oie friendthips de- 
feribed fo equal by’ peets, bet n Pylades and Oref- 
tes, Theféus and Pirithous, with n aie Such w were 
thofe waeneee philofophers, a me ihe greatel of men; 
between Socrates and Antifthenes, Plato and Dion, Epa- 
_ minondas and Pelopidas, =e and Lalius, pa and Bru- 
tus, Thrafea and Helvidiu 
VoL. XV. 
ed = ee 
FRI 
The friendthip : nila we are now fpeaking does not: 
ie rs in felfifh, intereftéd views ; and when it is ade 
eftablithed, it excludes fui ok jealouly and r 
and is maintained by a free, candid, liberal ee 
which is not foon nor aie interrupted by difcord, or which 
tual explanation fpeedily ae and renewed: affection 
heaioraee T 
is kind 
tolled by ae a poets an 
‘Effay on Friendfhip ;’” 
Dr. ar in his “* Night Thoughts’’ its defcribes ard re- 
commends i 
ee Piendthip 8 the wine of life ; : ie friendthip new 
is or pure.’* 
& Daienes on all things with ae end: 
But fince friends grow saya vee on ev’ry bough,: 
Nor ev’ry friend unrotten 
- Firft, on thy friend, aelib’s ass vith thyfelf: 
Paufe, aa fift ; not eager in the choices 
Not jealous of the ae fen; fixi _ fix 
-Judge before friendfhip, then confide til death.’” 
Lord Shaftefbury oe fupra) animated, fays an ingenious 
writer, with a warm enfibility of the moral charms of this 
ine 
tution, imputes this pretended omiffion as a capital defect in 
the code of evangelical ethics. e late 
it was the un- 
oe advocate for that-facred caufe, whic 
PPY diretion of this yaa kag nobleman’s learnin 
and ta ; far from difcerning any thing lau- 
dsb or meritorious i : | private en dfhi 
e, that “ it is totally incompatible with 
Fpirit of the erat ” Thus the sy fame fuppofed circ 
{tance which appears to have been no inconfiderable obftruc- 
tion to the noble ee 8 faith, is aligned by the ele- 
gant defender of C itl as one of | thofe internal marks 
which authenticate its eae f rea- 
foning, «however, which eos ‘ither’ - the refpeétive 
ee of thefe admired writers, will equally con ai 
That private friendfhip does not exprefsly enter-into the pre 
cepts _ Chri aN is unqueftionably true ; for the nature 
of the conne¢tion neceffarily excludes it from ‘being the fab- 
jet of a a ioe or moral obligation. The ditti itiea cha- 
ra¢ter of this relation confifts in a {pontaneous — nt of 
the heart, unconftrained and uninfluenced Be mpulive or 
"Toa t 
duc 
ecommand, w voul 
Serbo of its o wnivend:s for'ite fanétion 
operate as a pri 
man’s Reser a per gr on var aiety at circumftancég 
muit concur to fon oe cement this’ union ; and thefe are 
of a nature fo exceedingly contingent id pcm that 
they are frequently never realizéd in the courfe of the longeft 
life. Indee d, they fo rarely meet ane that w ie a fa. 
r of mankind Ids 
e, hol 
eal true in " refpe& to friendpaip : Tet dn, wera 
comme de a rition ides efprits : tout rele monde en park ey 
mais peu. aid gens ont vit.’ 
Aoréover, if: fae the noble author requires from revela- 
tion is, in the firft inftance, inconfifteit with the eer nd 
3 B ture 
