EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort. - Ambrose Bierce
He would never exhort the faithful to persevere if he were not ready to give them the power to do so. - Francis de Sales
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly combat. - Plato