A holy oyl; and, a sweet perfume taken out of the sanctuary of the most sacred scriptures : in allusion to those mentioned, Exod. chap. 30 vers. 22. to 37. : Compounded of many precious ingredients; and poured forth into eight vessels, or treatises, for the use, and benefit of the church of Christ, until his second coming. / By J.H. ; The contents of the eight treatises, which you may read in the two following pages.

ARGUMENT.

Ʋpon God's all wise, and gracious Providence, in ordering of Affairs, for the preserving and continuing love, and peace betwixt me, and my own Father, and Father-in-Law; in danger to have been interrupted, by reason of some dif∣ferences, arising from a dispute, in point of my Right, as to the one; and from an act of love towards my Family, as to the other.

Soliloquium, or Discourse.

AS false Ground, under the Foundation of a Building; a crack in a Master-beam of an House, and a breach in a Wall of a City, is very dangerous and destructive. So are distances, differences, and divisions in Families, and betwixt neer Relations: This truth, O Heavenly Father, thou gavest me (even in my blooming Manhood) to know, and to ob∣viate, when as from two very neer Relations, my own Father, and Father-in-Law, upon two different accounts, I had deeply suffered, both as to profit, and affection; (and that for the de∣fence of what I conceived to be my right, and for well doing) Hadst not thou (O Lord) been to me a Father, Judge, and Friend, to preserve love, and to order and reconcile us, as to the things in difference.

O Lord, thou hast tried me at all times, in all places, by all Persons, that I poor Creature might prove, and have a full, and sweet experience of thee also, as to thy gracious Immutability, Omnipresence, and All-sufficiency in all things concerning me: For thou hast, thou doest, and I trust wilt deliver me, in, and from the evil of all Temptations, and according to thy faithful Word and promise, cause all things to work together for my good.

To thee therefore, O infinite wisdome and goodness, do I offer up the Calves of my Lips, and the praises of my Soul, for these thy merciful, preventing, restraining, and commenting pro∣vidences, in this, and the following Psalm, as a living Sacrifice.

Amen.

The ƲMPHIRE.

Ejaculation or Hymn upon the former Subject.

SAthan, the first divider of himself, And Man from God, is still a forward Elfe, To ruine all things by Division, As doth the Jesuit, Pope, his Eldest Son: Yea, to this truth of Christ he sets his hand, Kingdomes, within divided, cannot stand. Of these, his Wyles, thou warnest me, O Lord, And taught me how to cement a discord,

'Twixt me and neer Relations, by love, Which beareth all things, rather than remove, Or break domestick Bonds; since such a rent, Of Friends, widens in time, growes permanent; Yea, as a broken Bone well set, doth grow Far stronger than it was before; Ev'n so, Through thy wise ordering and providence, These breaches made to me a better fence; Working together for my future good, According to thy Word (now understood) In that, Instead of losing what was got, Thou chang'd my part, gav'st me a better lot. Lord, since Parental loves thus ebb and flow, Give me thy love, which doth for ever grow: Let not my Crimes make mortal my sins wounds, Since their increase, makes Grace much more abound. O bring me to that place of rest and ease, Of Charity, and Everlasting Peace; Where Devils, World, Sin, cannot divide me, From Parents, Fellow-Members, nor from Thee.

Amen.

Notes

• 2 Cor. 1.10.
• Rom. 8.28.
• Gen. 3.
• Mat. 12.25.
• 1 Cor. 13.7.
• Rom. 8.28.
• Rom. 5.20.