Eliza's babes, or, The virgins-offering being divine poems and meditations / written by a lady, who onely desires to advance the glory of God and not her own.

PSALME 85.10. The Perfume.

IN thee most blessed Prince, are those two excellent ingredients mix'd, which yeeld so sweet a sent to the world, that no corrupted aire of our unsavoury e∣nemy is able to disperse. Thy most blessed body, the sweetest and truest perfume that ever proceeded out of the earth, was joyn'd with the odoriferous scent of righteousnesse from heaven. Blessed Ioseph, knew thy perfect body needed no imbalming; That pure Bal∣sam that came from heaven at the beginning, kept thy precious body from corruption.

On the crosse was all that that was to be suffered in the body, finished, God would not suffer his holy one to see corruption; truth made hast, and sprung the third day from the earth, and righteousness shewed her selfe from heaven; in thee met mercy and truth, righ∣teousnesse and peace there kissed each other. Now are

they in thee conjoyn'd never againe to be separated. 'Tis not for ignorant man, seeing thou hast not reveal'd it, to examine what thou didd'st with thy precious soul, when thy body was in the grave. My Lord! I will not search into those secrets, kept in thine owne Cabinet: Thou hast reveal'd enough to confirme my faith, and to make me happy. Thou hast told me, That righteousnesse looked downe from heaven; I will not expect thy coming from any other place.