WHo resteth in the shade of God most high Within his privy-Chambers is reposed And therfor in my selfe thus mused I Thee as a Fort thy God hath round enclosed And is that Rock on which thou shalt rely 2 For he no doubt wil thy defender be From fowlers netts pestilent infection He with his wings will overshaddowe thee His Feathers wil become thy safe protection And for thy Sheild his Truth provideth he 3 No fear that lurks in darknes thee shal fright No arrow that abrode by day-time flieth No secret plague that walks about by night Nor that which in the street at noon-day slayeth Shal make thee fear how nigh soe're it light 4 A thousand faint sinck beside thee shall At thy right-hand ten thousand breathles lieng And yet thou shalt receive no harme at all But only see God's Iustice by espieng The due reward of sinners in their fall 5 For thou dost hope in him therfore hee Ev'n God that is most hye most excelling Wil neither let thee wrong'd nor harmed be Nor suffer any plague to touch thy dwelling But place his gard of Angells over thee 6 They in thy waies will thee conduct along And in their hands vphold thee as thy leaders That not a stone shal do thy footing wrong Yea thou vnhurt shalt sett thy foot on adders On dragons on lions old yong 7 For him that mee doth love th' Almighty sayes I will secure from sorrowes oppression That man likewise to honour I wil raise Who knowes my Name lives in that profession And I will give an answere when he prayes 8 In troublous times to him I will be nigh And out of all his cares I will repreeve him Him I will blesse greatlie dignify His fill of dayes I will moreover give him And granr him grace to live eternally Psa 92. A Psalm or song for the Sabbath It seems not vnproper for that great Sabbath in which wee commemorate our Saviours resurrection for it magnifieth God for the exaltation of the Righteous for the blessednes of his later end c. RIght good it is oh Lord most hye Thy praises to recite Thy Truth Love to magnifie At morning at night With tenn-string'd Instruments to sing The praises of thy Name And that wee harpes Psalt'ries bring To solemnize the same 2 For Lord thy works reioice my hart Thy Deeds my soul do chear How wonderfull in them thou are How deep thy muzings are The Foole Wordling nether knowe Nor heed such things at all And though like flowrs the wicked showe Their prospring proves their fall 3 But Lord thou allwaies art most hye Mark therfor Mark I pray How sinnfull men despersed flye And how thy foes decay My horne the Vnicorne's o're-topps Sweet-oyle is pourd on me And on my Foes my wished hopes I shall both hear see 4 The Iust shall flourish as the boughs Of Palmes Cedars do Or as the trees which round God's house Within his Courts do growe Yea they when age on them doth light Growe fruitfull fatt greene To prove the Lord my Rock vpright And blameles to have beene VVonderfull art thou oh Lord in all thy workings though thy purposes are deeper then our imaginations Yet by that which thou hast manifested wee behold in them great cause of much reioicing wee desire to praise thee for them with all our harts VVee have heretofore repined at the flourishings of the wicked at our owne suffrings But make vs hereafter to vnderstand that their prosperities are permitted to encrease their shame our humiliations vouchsafed that they may the more dignify our exaltations as it befell our blessed Saviour whose infamous Death occasioned that glorious resurrection which we commemorate in our Christian Sabbath Oh! make vs in due time partakers of his Rest grant that our olde age our last howres may be found fruitfull to thy glory our salvation through Iesus Christ Amen Psa 93. This Psalme prophecied the powre maiesty of Christ the perpetuity of his Kingdome in despight of all their fury who should rage against it c. Wee may sing it to comfort vs against the rage of the Devill his members THe Lord is King weareth A Robe of Glory bright He cloth'd with strength appeareth And girt with powrfull might The Earth he so hath grounded That moov'd it cannot be His Throne long since was founded More old then Time is he 2 The waters highly flowed And raisd their voice oh Lord The seas their furie showed And loud their Billowes roar'd But God in strength excelleth Strong seas powrfull deeps With him still purenes dwelleth And firm his Truth he keeps Oh Lord God Kings of Kings incomprehensible in Maiestie and in powre infinite give vs grace so to meditate thy vnspeakable Attributes that neither the frailties within vs nor the terrers without make vs distrustfull of our safety in thee For thou art our King our Lord our God Thou hast Wisdome enough to know what is best for vs Powre enough to effect it Love enough to grant it Perpetuitie enough to continue it Oh! give vs but grace faith enough to beleeve apply it though the Waters rage never so horribly we shall vndoubtedly be safe for ever and ever Amen Psa 94. The Church invokes Christ to come to Iudgment in regard of the cruelty of her Oppressors shewes the cause of their folly presumption c. It serves to informe how ignorant carnall men are of the powre waies of God may help to keep vs vndiscouraged during their Insultings c. LOrd God whose claime avengments are Thy selfe the Iust Avenger showe Thou judge of all arise draw near And on the proud their meed bestowe For Lord how long alas how long Shall sinners Ioye in doeng wrong 2 Despightfull words their tongues have spoke Great braggs the wicked have exprest Yea Lord thy people they have strook And thine Inheritance opprest They widdowes the stranger slay They Orphanes vnto death betray 3 For God say those will never knowe This Iacob's God shall never see Oh learne yee fooles more wise to growe Yee people fond more prudent be Cann hee or deaf or blinde be made From whome both ears eyes you had 4 He to the Nations ev'ry where Corrections Instructions gives To scourg you then will hee forbear Who all mens fruitles thoughts perceives They blessed are whome Lord thou chid'st And they whome in thy Lawe thou guid'st 5 Thou giv'st them rest when mischeevs rage Till pitts prepar'd for Sinners be And Lord thy Flock Heritage Shall never quite be left of thee In Iudgment Iustice shall be shewed And of all faithfull harts persued 6 Who will with mee lew'd men resist Or take my part against the badd Sure God himself doth mee assist My soul had els bene silent made But when I sayd that fall I should Mee Lord
contemning the desire of world-lings reioicing more in thy gratious aspect then in al temporal advantages we may ly downe to sleep our last sleep without horror rest in the firme hope of a glorious Resurrection Amen Psa 5. To the cheef musician on Neginoth a Psalm of David It beseecheth audience of God for sundry respects prayeth that he would subvert his Adversaries be mercifull to his Church It may be vsefull when we are oppressed by the enimies of Christ for his Cause c. LOrd weigh my thoughts my words attend My King my God encline thine ear My suites I will to thee commend And thou my voice betime shalt hear I will oh Lord betimes arise And pray wait for thy supplies 2 For thou in sinn hast no delight No evills in thy dwellings be The foole abides not in thy sight The wicked are abhord of thee Thou root'st out all who falshoods prate And bloud guile in man dost hate 3 But I in thy abounding grace Thy house will visite in thy fear And worship in thy holy-place Oh teach me Lord thy Justice there Unto my vewe thy way disclose Because of them that are my foes 4 Their words thoughts are false naught Their throte is like a gaping graue Therfore oh God let them be caught And fall by what they plotted haue Yea seeing they thy foes haue binn Expose them to their swarmes of sinn 5 But chear vp those who trust in thee That such as well thy name affect May still therin triumphant be And joy that thou dost them protect For Lord the just thou shalt reward And sheild-like make thy grace their gard Oh soveraigne Lord God make vs both timely diligent seekers of thy grace Let the due consideration of thy perfections of our natural unworthines cause vs humbly to attend on thee vnfainedly frequenting thy Congregation there truly serving thee according to thine owne ordinance Instruct vs fully in thy way left our spiritual adversaries drawe vs into error Let our experience of their malice subtilety keep vs the more cautious Let them be taken in their owne snares to thy glorie let the faithfull alwaies reioice in thy protection through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 6. To the cheef musitian on Neginoth vpon Sheminith a Psalm of David It bewailes the miseries corruptions of the humane nature with penitential expressions emplores Gods mercy c. It may be sung when oppressed by our sinns infirmities we haue invoked God received comforts LOrd in thy rage correct me not To me oh do not roughly speake Nor chide me when thy wrath is hott But pitty me for I am weake Oh Lord vouchsafe to cure my paines For through my bones the torments goe My hart is vext much complaines Good God! hów long shal this be soe 2 Returne help my soul oh Lord Mee let thy meer compassion saue For who in death shall thee record Or give thee praises in the grave With groanes I tire in the nights My bedd in flouds of teares doth swim Through in-ward greefs foes despights Mine cies decay my sight growes dimm 3 But Sinners now depart fro mee God heares my suite my plaint my crie Which let my foes with blushing see And vext greeu'd my presence fly Most awfull God speake favourably to vs in this day of thy offered grace lest in the day of thy wrathfull indignation we be cast into hell sire Behol'd our frailties our torments our horrible distempers Observe into how great perills our desperation may cast vs have mercy oh lord have mercy vpon us miserable offenders Turify our poluted flesh enlighten our bleared eyes cure our wounded harts chear our afflicted spirits revive our fainting soules chase away all our malitious accusers that we escaping the dungeon in which thy praise is forgotten may magnify thy mercies in the land of the living to the vexation of malignant spirits to the honor of thy name for euer euer Amen Psa 7. Shiggaijon of David which he sung to the Lord concerninge the wòrds of Chush the Benjamite It is the Complaint of an innocent vniustly accused referring himself to be iudged according to his inno-cency It may be vsed when the true Church or any members thereof are slandred by their foes c. LOrd God on thee I do depend Me from the spoiler save Lest Lion-like my soul he rend When I no helper have For if oh Lord my God in this My hands found guiltie be If I rewarded him amisse That was at peace with me 2 Nay I to him did mercy shewe Who sought my causeles blame Els let my foe my soul persue And ouertake the same Yea let hlm tread when down I fall My life into the clay And in a dust-heap there-withall Mine honor let him lay 3 Oh Lord thy selfe in wrath advance For wroth my spoilers be According to thine ordinance Arise judge thou me That multitudes to thee may come For their sakes great appear Yea judge them Lord giue me doome As just ag I am clear 4 Confounde the sinners wickednes But still the just maintaine For thou oh God of righteousnes Canst serch both Hart Reine God is my sheild he protects The Godly from decay His doomes are just he corrects The wicked ev'ry day 5 Except they turne his blade he whetts A bowe still bent he hath He shafts for persecutors getts And instruments of death For lo with mischeeues being bigg They first conceive a sinn Next bring forth lies then pitt-falls digg Where they themselues fal in 6 Thus on their heads their mischeeus all Do justly tumble downe And wicked mens devises fall On their devizers crowne For which the justice of the Lord I 'le strive to glorify And will in songs of praise record The name of God most high Eternal God defend vs from slanderous accusations from that roaring Lion who is alway ready to devour vs And though our accusers are often so malitious that in respect of them we may have some appearance of innoceny yet cause vs so to acknowledg our selves guiltie in thy sight that we may be Iustifed by the righteousnes which we have by imputation from thy dear sonn for we have no Innocency but his No Saviour but he nor dare we in our greatest puritie appeare any where but at the Throne of thy mercy which let us who seek the same alwaies obtain let the severity of thy iustice fall only on our Adversaries who despise thy grace that both in mercy iustice thou maist be magnifyed for euer euer Amen Psa 8. To the cheef Musitian vpon Gittith a Psalm of David It sings the glory powre dominion of Christ magnifies the love of God in the admirable exaltation of the humane nature by the incarnation of his Sonn c. It may be vsed to praise God for the great priveledges which we haue
receaved thereby HOw famous Lord our God appears Throughout the world thy glorious Name Above the height of all the Sphears Thou spreadst the splendor of thy fame The mouths of babes thy powr to show And sucklings tongues thou didst ordaine To stopp the mouth of ev'ry foe And their avengings to restraine 2 When on the heav'ns I sixe mine eye And moone starrs thy creatures heed Why careth God for man think I Or why regardeth he his seed He was below thine Angells plac'd And higher now advanc'd is he To rule thy works him raisd thou hast And at his feet all creatures be 3 O're heards flocks in stall solde O're cattell which at randome goe The sov'raigne place he now doth holde And over foules fishes to Yea rule throughout the sea he bears And over all within the same How famous Lord our God appears Throughout the world thy glorious Name Most glorious Lord God thou so lovedst the humane nature that it pleased thee to be made man by the mouths of babes sucklings magnifienge thy great powre by humbling as it were of the Deitie for a tyme to exalt the Manhood for euer For this thy vnexpressible humiliation incomprehensible favour we submissively prostrat our soules and bend the knees of our bodyes to the honor of thy Name beseeching thee that as all other creatures are obediently subiected to thy Sonns Dominion so wee may truly submit our wills to his good pleasure in Act word thought be thanckful for our many priveledges by his blessed Incarnation Resurrection Ascention now for euer Amen Psa 9. To the cheef Musitian vpon Muth-labben a psalm of David Herein the faithfull praise God for many good causes exhort others to do the same It may be vsed to praise the Lord for his many fold mercies vouchsafed to his Church for his just judgments on their foes c. NOw Lord. with all my hart voice Thy wondrous works I le magnify Of thee I 'le sing Of thee reioice And praise thy name oh God most high For thou didst put my foes to slight They fell fled out of thy sight 2 My lawfull cause thou dost vpholde Thou fit'st enthron'd thou judgest right The Gentiles are by thee contrould The wicked thou destroiest quite And thou their names away dost blot For evermore to be forgot 3 Thy slaughters now thou cruel Foe Are to an end for ever brought Those Townes which thou did'st overthrowe Are nameles now out of thought But God still sitteth on his throne Preparing judgment thervpon 4 The world he shall vprightly doome And justly judge the nations all The pore when times of trouble come He gardeth like a castle wall And they who seek know his name Are safe by trusting in the same 5 To God therfore in Syon sing To nations all make knowne his deeds For when to light he blood will bring He poremens wrongs criengs heeds Now also Lord thy grace I crave Oh! mark what woes foes I have 6 Thou sav'st me from the gates of hell That I thy praise with chearfull voice To Syon's daughters may reveal And in thy saving-health rejoice The Gentiles had a pitt-fall wrought But they themselves therin were caught 7 Their Nets have their owne feet en-inar'de And God is by his iudgments knowne The Sinners hands have trapps preparde Whereby them selves were ouerthrowue Thus downe to hell the wicked goe As all who fear not God shall doe 8 There is a time to minde the pore Their hope shall not for ever faile To judge the Gentiles Lord therfere Arise let not man prevaile The Nations fright vntill they see That they are men as others be Selah UUe haue often experience oh God that by thy favour all oppressions insultings secret cruelties shall come to an end and that thy Mercies thy Justice shall everlastingly continue both for the savegard of thy servants to reward the wicked according to their deserts Let this experience therfor be alwaies remembred when we are persecuted or afflicted let our confidence be ever so fixed vpon thee that we may neither be discouraged in Adversitie nor forgetfull in prosperitie to magnifie thy mercies but be readie vpon all occasions to glorifie thee both for the suppression of our foes for all our other deliverances through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 10. The Pride Crueltie Prophanesse Fraude of Antichrist Atheists Hipocrites is described God is invoked to redresse it his Dominion acknowledged his mercifull regard of the afflicted is confessed It may be vsed when we are oppressed by temporall or Spirituall Oppressors THy face oh Lord why dost thou hide And stand aloofe so farr Lo Sinners meerly out of pride The Spoile of poremen are Insnare them by their owne devise For of their Lust they boast And praise those Freindes to Avarice VVhome God abborreth most 2 Their scornefull eyes regard not thee Their hartes do thee denay Too high for them thy judgments be Stil greeuous is their way They snuff sleight their greatest Foes And come what mischeeves will Within their hartes they do suppose That they shal prosper still 3 Their mouthes with cursings overflowe Their tongues lie swear vaunt The pore to catch overthrowe Obscured paths they haunt They watch unseene for simple-men To ceaze them vn-aware They lurck like Lions in their denn And slielie them insnare 4 To catch the pore by lowlie shewes Their strength doth help them on They think in hart that God nor vewes Nor careth what is done But rise oh Lord thy powre to showe Leaue not the pore forgot For why should Sinners sleight thee soe And think thou mind'st them not 5 Thou see'st yea see'st their wickednes That punishd it may be And loe the pore Fatherles Commit their Cause to thee Lord God their helper break the strength Of ev'ry wicked-one Serch out their sinnes thou at length Shalt cause them to have none 6 Our ever-lasting king thou art Thou from the Realme likewise Hast forc'd the Gentiles to depart And heard the poremans cries Their harts thou shalt establish to And hear judge the pore That earth-bred man the Orphanes foe May them oppresse no more Almighty God seeing our safetie consisteth in thy loving presence be thou near at hand to defend assist in all extremities Abate the malice wickednes of our foes let their pride fraude crueltie make vs the more heedfull that we depart not willingly out of thy protection Uouchsafe also so to raigne in our soules to the suppression of all intrusions that our affections being ordered by illuminated Reason sanctified by Grace Christ may have the sole dominion there that we may sincerely embrace him with our whole harts honor him with all our faculties confesse him with our tongues glorify him by our works together with thee oh father the blessed Spirit now for ever
grow more more But they finde grace who trust in God Let just righteous men therfore With Shouts proclaime theyr joye abrode It is not oh gratious Redeemer our Innocencie or any good which of our selves we can performe that iustifies vs in thy sight but thy free grace thy hiding thy not-imputing our sinns That which thou expect est acceptest from vs toward the procuring of this favour is nothing els but humbled soules contrite spirits vnfaigned harts sincere confessions which thou thy self also must prepare help perfect in vs or we shall never perform them no though all the dangers torments of the world were before our eies Take therfor from vs our brutish ignorance curb our head-strong wilfulnes Rain our vnbridled appetites instruct vs by thy favorable aspect so guide vs by the bridle of reason religeous awe that we being governed according to thy will thou mayst be found of vs in all troubles at all seasons we reioice in thy mercy for ever ever Amen Psa 33. It exhorts to praise God declares who are most obliged therevnto In what manner we should performe this dutie for what principall causes c. We should often vse it to put vs in minde how much we are obliged to praise God c. YE Righteous in the Lord reioice For praise with Godly men doth sute Praise God with Psaltry Harpe Voice And on the twice-five-stringed Lute To him new ditties sing play And tune them to the loudest kay 2 For God is righteous in his word His Actions ful of truth appear His Bounty all the world hath storde His Darlings Truth Iustice are The Heav'ns were form'd when he but spake His breath did all their Armies make 3 The seas huge waves aloft he rear'd The Deeps as vp in store he layd Oh! let him through the world be fear'd And make Earths-dwellers all afraide For his Commandings are fulfill'd And all is done as he hath will'd 4 God makes the Gentiles proiects vaine And brings the Peoples plotts to nought But his decrees for aye remaine And everlasting is his thought Most surely blest therefore are those Whome for his owne the Lord hath chose 5 For God from heav'n doth cast his eye The Sonn 's of men to veiwe knowe Yea from his dwelling-place on high He marketh all on earth belowe Their hearts alike he shapeth to And heeds ev'n ev'ry work they do 6 Great Armies cannot save a kinge No strong-mans powre his life preserves The strength of horse vaine succours bringe But those who fear him God observes And whosoe're on him depends From dearth death he them defends 7 Our soul vpon the Lord shall waite Who hath our sheild shelter binn And he shall be our harts delight Because his Name we trusted in Oh! let vs Lord still succour'd be As we repose our trust in thee Blessed God! at thy word allthings were created by thy providence they are stil governed Thou hast fashioned the harts of all men to be in some measure capable of thy grace observest how they emploie that Talent Thy eternal decree remaines firme therfor theie whome thou chusest shall be blessed for ever Neither their owne strength nor any powre but thine is able to keep them safe Thou therfor on whome their soul waiteth shalt prevent the famine of that which is the meanes of their preservation therby keep them from totall or final-falling Lord make vs to reioice in this vnspeakable mercie Encrease our faith continue vs in the meanes whereby we are to make our Election sure VVe beleeve it is alreadie granted yet we praie for it because it is our dutie because we cannot chuse but praie for that which we beleeve hope to obtaine through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 34. A Psalme of David when he changed his behaviour before Abimeleck who drove him away he departed It seems to typefy Christ who being as it were disguised by taking our nature infirmities became therby contemptible to the great-ones of the world We should sing it to praise God for discovering to vs what is hid from the wordly wise c. NOw shall the Lords eternal praise The subiect of my song be made My Soul shall sing it all her daies The meek shall hear it be glad Let others come ready be To ioine in praising of his Name For when I cti'de he helped me And kept away my feared blame 2 He lightneth such as him observe And no disgrace vpon them falls He heares the pore will preserve From all his troubles when he calls His Angell-gards will them enclose Who of his God head awfull be Therfor his goodnes vnto those Who trust in him come Tast See 3 Yea fear the Lord yee Saints of his For he to such will al things grant The Lions whelps their food may misse But they that serve him nothing want Yee Children come attention give And I will teach th' Almighties feare How yee long time on earth may live And gaine a blessed-being here 4 Your tongues from slandrous words preserve Dissembling let your lipps eschewe Ill deeds avoid good works observe Seek peace after it persue For God beholdeth such as those And heares the Righteous when they pray But wicked men he doth oppose And roots their Name Fame away 5 The Lord will hear the Righteous crie From dangers he will them assure He to the broken hart is nigh And wounded Spirits he will cure Although the Iust hath many greeves The Lord so helps that they are gone In all his troubles him releeves And keeps him sound in ev'rie bone 6 By sinn the sinners death is wrought He shall not thrive that hates the Iust But God his servants lives hath bought And faileth none that in him trust Hear vs oh merciful God in cur present necessities and preserve vs from those future evills which we may iustlie fear Enlighten our vnderstandings rectifie our affections guide our tongues sanctifie our actions cure our deseased bodies heal our wounded soules Let thine Angells gard vs let thine owne eyes watch over vs and let vs be so instructed in thy fear that when our lion-like adversaries are emptie we maie be filled with thy goodnes delighted in thy sweetnes Grant also that when their memorial perisheth we being preserved sound both in soul body may â—nicie the promised blessing os long-life even of life-eternall in thy heavenlie kingdom for ever ever Amen Another of the same AT al tymes with my tongue I 'le blesse the Lord To sing of him I never will forbear But in my Soul his praise with mirth record And publish what the meek shall ioy to hear Come therfor helpe his praises to declare To magnify his Name let vs agree Discharg'd I was by him of all my fear And when his ayde I sought he ayded me Enlightned are their eyes that look
on him And no disgrace or shame or those cann fall For he in all their troubles helpeth them And hears the pore when he on him doth call God's Angell-gards round those that fear him be Encamped still to keep them from their Foes His greatnes and his goodnes tast see For all are blest who trust in him repose In him let all his Saints confine their fear For povertie from such resttained is Kept hungry oft the whelps of Lions are But they who fear the Lord no goodnes misse Let me from you yee babes attention gaine That I the fear of God to you may showe Mark also this all yee that would attaine Long life on earth happie daies to knowe No sland'rous tales envre your tongues to tell And let your lipps dissembling speach eschewe Of wicked words beware Vprightly deal Enquire our Peace after it persue Plac'd are Gods eyes vpon the Righteous race He to their cries an open ear doth lay Quite opposite to sinners is his face And from the land he rootes their name away Right willingly the Lord inclines his ear To hear save the righteous when they cry Sinn-wounded soules harts that broken are He never shunns but vnto such is nigh Though many greefs vpon the Godly fall The Lord will ev'ry one of them remove Vnbroke ev'n all his bones preserve he shall But sinn the death of sinful men shal prove Whoe so doth hate the Iust shall hated be For God his faithful servants wil redeem Yea all their soules from thral he setteth free And leaveth none that put their trust in him Psa 35. A Psalm of David It containes divers petitions prophetical Imprecations concerning the Adversaries of Christ of his members perticulerly mentioneth some of those misusages which he suffred by the Iewes c. We may properly sing it when we commemorate the Passion c. WIth such oh Lord as me oppose Vouchsafe to plead my right And pleased be to warr on those Who now against me fight Both sheild Buckler take in hand Rise for my help I pray Bring out the spear for me stand In my Persuers way 2 Say to my soul Thy health I am And bring to shameful wrack All those who seek my death or shame Yea sham'd repell them back Let them before God's Angel fly As chaff before the winde Let them before God's Angel fly Through paths vnsafe blinde 3 Since pitts they digg'd therein snares For me vniustly laid Let them be slaine at vn-awares In their owne trapps betraide Then Lord in thee my soul shal ioy Thy help my mirth shall be And all my bones oh Lord shal say That none cann equall thee 4 Thou sav'st thee pore men opprest From those that are too strong Thou free'st the pore who are destrest From such as do them wrong False witnesse rose charged me With words I never sayd And that my soul might spoiled be They Good with Ill repaide 5 Yet when great sicknes them opprest In sack-cloth cladd I mourn'd I fasted into my brest My prayers back return'd I greev'd for them as men bemone A Brother or a freind And sadly walk'd as when that one Bewailes his Mothers end 6 But when my greefs did me besett Their Merry-meetings were The baser sort in private mett And none did scofs forbear Yea at their Feasts in mock of me The Scorners gnash'd their teeth No longer Lord spectator be But save my soul from death 7 My Darling from the Lion save So thy great love oh Lord Where many folk their meetings have I 'le to thy praise record Oh! let not those who me despize Deride my pore estate Or lear on me with scornful eyes Whome they vniustly hate 8 They seek not Peace but Projects lay For them that peaceful be With gaping mouthes AH HA say they Our wish we now do see Thou saw'st it Therfor make no pawse Nor absent long abide But wake arise let my cause By thee Lord God be tri'de 9 Lord judge me in thy righteousnes That they deride not me And say in hart this Fall of his Is that which wee would see Oh! never give them cause to say We have devour'd him quite But shame root them out for aye That in my harme delight 10 Let them with shame scorne be cladd That have my soul deseas'd And let them trivmph be gladd Who in my cause are pleasd The Lord be prais'd let all men say That wish thy Servants Peace And with my tongue I 'le all the day Extol thy Righteousnes Oh blessed Redeemer let thy gratious assistance be alwaies readie to garde vs from the furious malice of our Foes And seeing their condition is not hidd from thee let thy iudgments be executed vpon all those who shall continue vnrepentant in their wickednes that thy Justice may be glorified as wel as thy Mercie Make vs also mindful oh Christ from what height of glorie thou didst voluntarilie humble thy self to what extream contempt thou wort abased how vnkindiie yea how despightfully handled even by those for whose Redemption thou wert pleased to descend And by thy example teach vs to be humble patient charitable in our suffrings that bearing thy crosse imitating thy virtues we may be pertakers of thy exaltation who livest raignest world without end Amen Psa 36. To the cheef Musitian a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. It mentions the impiety corruptions of the wicked It declareth also the infinite Love mercie sweetnes Iustice of God c. It may be sung to bring to consideration God's goodnes whē the over-flowings of vngodlines circumvent vs MY hart within me sayes That Sinners fear not God And their self-pleasing course displaies Their hatefull guilt abrode Their words are wicked wiles Nor wise nor just are they Vpon their bedds they study Guiles And cursed is their way 2 The heav'ns thy Mercy fills Thy Truth doth reach the skye Thy justice Lord or'e-topps the hills And deep thy judgments lie Thou sav'st both man beast For Lord thy grace excells And vnderneath thy wings in rest Man-kinde securely dwells 3 With daineties of thy house They shall replenish'd be And streames of blisse they shall carowse For Life doth flowe from thee Thy light is Lord our light Therfore where thou art knowne Prolong thy grace that men vpright May make thy works their owne 4 Let not the foot of pride Oppose or hinder me Nor let me be remoov'd aside By hands that wicked be For thence the overthrowe Of Sinners first begann And when they fell they fell so lowe That rise they never cann UUee confesse oh Lord that by the corruption still remaining in our owne harts we are plainlie informed how Sinn being first conceived in thought will at last break forth into publike Act if thy great Mercie prevent not Uouch safe vs therfor not onlie thy common grace which thou spreadest over all but be pleased also
awfull God! dreadfull is thy frown when we beholde thee angrie for Sinn lothsome are our sinns when they appeare to a wounded conscience vnsufferable our afflictions when our consciences accuse vs VVe have sinned oh Lord we have sinned and are therfor tormented both in soul bodie yet we beseech thee deal not with vs according to our sinns but for thy mercie-sake vouchsafe vs a favorable correction those remedies consolations which thou knowest best for our infirmities VVhē thou art offended our foes are not only mischeevous vexations but our kindred also forsake vs our best beloved freinds afflict vs which is yet more we our selves are our owne tormenters VVhatsoever therfor betides vs or whosoever is iniurious wee have nothing to replie nor any to accuse but our selves Oh! pittie our distempers hear vs help vs deliver vs for the bitter passion sake of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 39. To the cheef Musitian to Iduthun a psalme of David The Prophet resolves a patient watchfulnes over the tongue Bemoanes the vanitie miserie of mankinde petitions for God's mercie c. It may serve to instruct comfort vs during the provocations of the wicked in other afflictions IVow'd to keep my waies vpright And that in words I none would wrong While sinners were therfore in sight I shut my lipps stayd my tongue What er'e they sayd I silent stood Refraining words though they were good 2 But greefs did then to stirr beginn Which hot in me my hart did make My thoughts inflam'd a fire within Which loos'd my tongue then I spake Lord of my end informe thou me And what my dayes frailties be 3 For loe my life is but a spann It seems as nothing in thine eyes Ev'n at his best most vaine is man And like the shade away he flies He tires himself with needles paines And knowes not who shall reap his gaines 4 On thee therefore I do attend My trust oh Lord I place on thee From all my sinns my soul defend From flouting-fooles preserve thou mee For I forbare to speak a word Because it was thy doeng Lord. 5 Thy hand with blowes doth me afflict Oh! take thy heavie strokes away When thou for sinn dost man correct Thou Moth-like sretst their Forme awaie Therfore no cause of doubts remaine That ev'ry man is wholie vaine 6 Lord hear my suite my criengs hear Let not my teares vnmention'd goe For as thy Guests my Fathers were And strangers here ev'n I am soe Oh! spare grant me strength I pray Before I passe from hence for aye Give vs Grace oh Lord that our tongues neither offend by vndiscreet or evill speakings nor by continueng silent whē we ought to speake Remember vs how short and vaine our lives are how foolish it is to wearie our selves consume our time for that with we may never enioy loosing in the meane while assured blessings Enable vs to sustaine the crosse which thou shalt lay vpon vs without repininge lay no more on vs then thou shalt make vs able to beare Deliver vs from the scorne of fooles but especiallie from those transgressions by which our beauty is consumed Mark our teares hear our cries and spare vs in this our pilgrimage vntill we have atained the strength by which we may stand firm in thy favour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 40. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme of David It is applied vnto Christ Hebr. 10. It praiseth God for our Redemption declares the abolishing of the Ceremonial Law the obedience of Christ the preaching of the Gospell c. It is vsefull to commemorate Christs obedience to give praise for former deliverances to pray for future preservation MY constant hopes on God are sett Who when I cride gave eare to me He brought me from the myrie-pitt Ev'n from the denn where horrors be Vpon a Rock my feet he plac't He setled there my standing fast 2 And that his praise I might declare A new-made song to me he taught Which many men shall hear with fear And to depend on God be brought For they who trust in him are blest And they who pride lies detest 3 Those wonders Lord which thou hast wrought Those things my God so many are Which thou concerning vs hast thought That none cann them to thee declare O Lord to order them to thee Is far too great a task for me 4 No offrings thou dost now require But only that thy words I hear No Sacrifize consum'd in fire By thee for sinns desired are Then Loe I sayd I come to be That which thy Book foretold of me 5 I ioy to do thy will oh God! Thy Law is in my hart enrowld And Lord thy Iustice all abrode In great Assemblies I have tolde Thou know'st my lipps thy Truth reveald And. that my hart hath nought conceald 6 I made thy faithful-dealing knowne I did thy saving-health declare I have not kept thy Love vnshowne Nor hidd thy Truth where hearers were Therfor to me thy mercy showe Thy Truth Love Lord make me know 7 For mischeeves more then cann be tolde Have now enclos'd me round about My sinns on me have layd such holde There is no place of looking out Their number doth my haires out goe And therfor faint my hart doth growe 8 Oh Lord vouchsafe my life to save With speed oh God! assist I pray That they with shame a fall may have Who seek to take my Soul away Let those that wish amisse to me With shame scorne repelled be 9 With rooting-out those men require And paie them with deserved shame Whoe in those words of scorne delight Which bring on me disgrace or blame But give him ioy in his desires Who after thee oh Lord enquires 10 Let them who love thy saving-health Confesse thee Lord for evermore For thou art mindfull of my wealth And heedest me though I am pore Lord God my helper make thou speed To help me still at ev'rie need Allmightie God by whose divine powre Iesus Christ was raised out of the myrie pitt of the Grave with tryvmph ascended from the Dungeons of Hell into the highest heavens Grant that by his example we may continually offer vp the sweet ever acceptable Sacrifize of Obedience to thy Will. UUrite thy Lawe in our Harts Let our Tongues publish thy Righteousnes thy Truth to all the world And though our manyfold Sinns make vs vnworthy of thy grace yet deliver vs from that shame punishmēt which they deserve that our Foes may be disappointed of their hope that we together with all thy Saints may ioyfully confesse thy great Mercie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psal 41. To the cheef Musitian a Psalm of David It declares the reward of Charitie towards the pore members of Christ expresseth the Hypocrisy of his foes Beseecheth God's assistance praiseth him for our exaltation by Christ It is vsefull for these
Foes acknowledging Gods regard of her suffrings professing assurance in him promising to be thanckfull c. It is vsefull to those ends c. HAve Mercie Lord for man hath sought To swallowe vp mischeeve mee My Foes with mee have daylie fought And Lord most high they many bee Thou art my hope when doubts arise Thy word hath brought me comforts to On thee alone my hart relies And fearles is what Flesh cann do 2 They wrest my words Lord ev'rie day To worke me harme they still devise They meet vnseene they mark my way And how they might my Soul surprise Therfore in thy just wrath oh God! Correct them for this Crime of theirs And as thou dost my Faults record Recorde botle vp my teares 3 For thou wilt save me Lord I knowe When thee I seek my Foes flie back Thy promise makes mee joyfull growe And of thy word my songs I make My trust oh God! is all in thee And of man's powre I fearles am Thy vowes are all perform'd on mee And I will praise thee for the same 4 For thou hast freed my Soul from death From falls thou dost my footing stay To walke by thee within that Path Which leads to Life a lightsome way Oh thou faithfull preserver of all who put their trust in thee Our visible invisible Adversaries do continually seek the destruction of our soules bodies by many secret mischeevous devises But our trust being placed vpon thee wee need not fear the malice of any Adversarie Grant vs grace therfore so to depend on thy promises so to lament our errors with teares of true Repentance that as our enimies mark our wayes to entrap vs wee our selves may mark them to prevent ensnarings that thou observing their hatred our penitence mayst cause vs to walke ioyfully in the way of eternal life through Iesus Christ Amen Psal 57. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith A Psalm of David when he fledd from Saul in the Cave It mystically expressed the Iewes persecutinge Christ even vnto his Grave wee that are his members partake in his suffrings may sing it to declare our iniuries to pray praise God for deliverances c. LOrd grant oh grant me thy compassion For I in thee my trust have placed Display thy wings for my Salvation Vntill my greefs are over-passed To thee I sue oh God most high To thee that canst all want supplie 2 From their despights who seek to rend mee Let help oh Lord from heav'n be daigned And let thy Truth Love defend me For I with Lions am detained With men inflam'd whose biting words Are shafts spears naked swords 3 Let over heav'n God's praise be reared And through the world his glorie showed For they who netts for mee prepared They who my soul to ground had bowed Ev'n they with in those trapps are caught Which for my fall their hāds had wrought Selah 4 Oh God! my hart now ready maketh My hart is for thy praise preparing My Tongue my Harpe my Lute awaketh And I my selfe betimes vprearing Will speake sing in praise of thee Where greatest throngs of people be 5 For Lord thy Mercies forth are stretched As farr as are the Sphears extended Thy Truth vnto the Clouds hath reached And thou thy self art high ascended Let still thy Fame praise oh God! Through heav'n earth be spread abrode Oh Lord to whome Mercy belongeth have mercy vpon vs let the Wings of thy protection be gratiously spread over vs vntill the Stormes of this life be overpast For so great so manyfold are those dangers those Miseries wherewith wee are alwaies enclosed by spirituall temporal foes that they have brought our bodies to the Grave our seules near vnto Hell Oh! let thy Truth Love defend vs from our Lion-like persecuters that our Harts being timely cheared our Thoughts Words Actions may harmoniously agree in manifesting thy praises And seeing thy holy Spirit hath plainely declared the Vniversality of thy proffered Grace let not vs presume to sett Limmits there vnto but publish thy glorie as vniversaly as thou hast extended thy Mercies through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 58. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith Michtam of David It reprehends characters that Serpentine generation whoe are obstinate enimies to the Gospell of Christ prophecies illustrates their destruction c. It is vsefull to encourage vs against their malice c. YEe congregation said yee right Yee Mortalls are your Doomes vpright No for you muse on works of Sinn Your hands with mischeevs filled are You from your Births vntoward were And from the wombe have liers binn 1 Your poyson like the serpents flowes Deaf-Adder-like your eares you close Though powrfull Charmes are wisely sung Oh God! their mouthes of teeth disarme And that their Fangs may do no harme Make tootheles Lord the Lion's young 3 Like sudden Flouds their furie slale When they would shoot their arrowes breake Yea make them quite consume away Like snailes consume them from the earth Or els like some vntimely birth Destroy them er'e they see the day 4 Before wee feel them prick or burne Them whirle-winde-like Lord overturne And sweep them hence in wrath alive Which Vengance when the Righteous vewe And vewing Sinn receive her due They joyfull thancks to thee shall give 5 Yea they shall trample on their bloud Who have bene Foes to doeng good And ev'rie man shall say see That Righteous men shall have their meed And that there is a God indeed By whome the world shall iudged be Keep vs oh Lord from having fellowship in the Congregations of those who are perverted in their Iudgment mischeevous in their Conversation Draf to good Instructions Obstinate in their heresies willfull continuers in all their natural Corruptions Deliver us from their malice Breake their Instruments of mischeef and let their deserved confusion fall suddenly vpon them That the Faithfull Congregation may vewe it that all men may see confesse thee to be the Righteous Iudge of the world the rewarder of all those who put their trust in thee Amen Psa 59. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith Michtam a Psalm of David when Saul sent they watched the house to kill him It cheefly prophecied the Iewes dogged crueltie to Christ that they should be preserved to wander in a vagabond Condition as wee see at this day for an example to others c. It serves to warne vs that wee resist not God's grace once offred c. MY God protect mee from my Foes From them who strive with mee From Sinners gard mee from those That bloodie-minded be For loe the mightie do combine They waite my soul to teare And without cause or fault of mine With speed there to prepare 2 Lord God of Hoasts Isr'el wake To heed succour mee The Gentiles Curbe vengance take Where sinns malitious be Selah At
did envie 2 From greefs like ours they seemed free Their pride Cruelties To them as clothes or bracelets be And fatt stuffs out their eyes They have their wills are so base To boast of Sinns wrongs And neither earth nor heav'nly place Escapes their evill tongues 3 To such Ful-springs as wel as they God's Children seek to goe For God the God most high they say Regards not what wee do Lo wicked men the world possesse And wealth honors gaine But wee have cleans'd in righteousnes Our harts hands in vaine 4 Yea wee still pininge goe say they Lamenting all day long Yet thus I speak not lest I may Thy weaker Children wrong I sought a reason for the same But I no cause descern'd Till to the house of God I came And there their end I learn'd 5 On slipp'rie seats them sett thou hast From whence with shame feare Ev'n suddainly they downe are cast And never more appeare For as a dream when thou dost wake Thou dost their Forme deface At such therefore offence to take Thou seest how fond I was 6 But still with mee thou dost abide Thou hold'st my Right-hand fast And by thy Counsells mee shalt guide To Glory's throne at last In heav'n or Earth account I make Of nothing but of thee And though my soul Flesh be weake Thou alway strengthnest mee 7 For thou oh God! my portion art And thou shalt them destroy Who runn a whooring in their hart Another to enioy Because right good the same doth seem To God approaching near And placing all my trust in him His works I will declare Direct thou so oh Lord all our works words thoughts that wee neither murmur at any afliction where with wee are exercised nor be discouraged in thy service because the wicked are more flourishing for a time VVee confesse it is oft our frailty to iudg of thy love by outward prosperities that great Adversities have tempted some to call into question thy providence to the shaking endangering of their Faith But grant wee pray thee that by frequenting thy house vsing the meanes of Perseverance wee may be so informed touching the fickle estate of wicked men in prosperitie of that happines which thou preparest for constant professors of thy Truth that wee never commit spiritual fornication against thee But that chusing thee for our portion supporting our weakenes by thy strength wee may continue in thy Fear Favour protection to our lives end Amen Psa 74. A Psalm for Asaph It mysticallie prophecied what havoke should be made in the Church by aluding to the destruction of the material Temple God is desired to vouchsafe his wonted Mercie in regard of the Foes outrage but especially for his owne honour sake It is a prayer for the Church in perseeution OH God! for ever why despis'd are wee Why is in rage thy pasturage laid wast Oh minde thy Flock redeem'd of old by thee That heritage which dearly bought thou hast Ev'n Syon mount whereon thy Name is plac't 2 Come Lord oh come destroy for evermore The Foe that on thy holy-place hath preyd Thy foes that in thy Congregation roare Who there for signes their ensignes have displaid And on the carved works their axes laid 3 For as if they some grove were hewing downe With Axe Maul the costly works they breake They flaming fires into thy house have throwne Thy name 's cheef seat a place prophane they make And in their harts of spoiling all they speake 4 Troughout the Land thy houses burned be Yet to declare the date of this our woe Nor visions now nor Prophets word have wee Lord when shall end these ragings of the Foe Shall he blaspheam thy Name for ever so 5 No more thy hād thy right-hād Lord withhold Within thy brest the same no longer hide For thou oh God! thou art our king of old And here on earth for vs thou didst provide When by thy powre thou didst the Sea divide 6 The Dragons Heads thou woundedst in the floud Leviathan's vast heads thou didst prepare In places wilde to be thy peoples food Yea frō dry rocks thou hewdst out fountains there And ma'dst firm land where mighty waters were 7 Thine is the day the night is also thine Thou ma'dst the light thou did'st form the sunn The world within her Zones thou didst confine shewdst what cours times hot cold should run Lord mind those things what the foe hath don 8 Observe how fools blaspheā thy name oh Lord Thy Turtles life defend from Sinners wrongs Observe our greefs thinck vpon thy word For to the world a darksome denn belongs Which harbors fraud inhumane deeds wrōgs 9 That so the pore vnsham'd may praise thy name To plead thy cause thine owne just cause arise Observe how fooles thee daylie do defame Yea bear in minde thy Foes malitious cries And to what height their shouts against vs rise Oh Lord God dreadful in iudgmēts infinit in mercies the devastation typified in thy Material Temple is fulfilled vpon thy spirituall Sanctuary Thy open Adversaries batter the maine Fabrick without whilst Schysmaticks Hypocrites break downe the Ornaments within betwixt both terrors confusions dissentions are so encreased that thy Church is indangered Have mercie vpon the people whome thou hast bought as heretofore shew thy selfe the King protector of thine Inheritance to the confusion of thy blaspheamers Though not for ours yet for thine honour sake let neither the temporall enimies of thy visible Church make spoile thereof nor our spirituall Destroier deface those Temples of thy holy-spirit which are erected in our harts But keep them alwaies vndefaced vnpoluted fitting receptacles for thee thy Graces through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 75. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith a Psalme or song for Asaph God is praised for his ready healp Christ promiseth to support iudge his Church Oppressors are reprooved the different portion of them of the Godly is declared It is vsefull to comfort against the insolencies of spiritual foes THee Lord wee praise magnifie To thee wee thanckfull are For that thy Name approcheth nigh Thy wondrous works declare When I the people have assum'd I Iustice will maintaine For when Earth's dwellers are consum'd Her pillers I sustaine Selah 2 To Fooles I said more prudent growe To Sinners thus I spake Your horne your horne advance not soe Nor such proud boasting make Nor East nor west advancements come Nor from the Mountaines flowe But God him self preferreth some And some doth overthrowe 3 From his full Cupp within his hand He mixt redd-wine doth poure Which ev'rie Sinner in the land Shall dreggs all devoure But I of Iacob's God will speak And alway sing his praise The hornes of Sinners I will break And high the Righteous raise Oh Christ the Sonn of God! so establish thy Kingdome in our harts that Righteousnes may be
Citty fortifide But God of whome despisd were wee 5 Oh God! who didst our hoasts forsake From vs our greefs thus alwaies take For man's vaine succours wee contemn Through God wee valiant Acts have done Our foes by him are overthrowne And he shall sett his feet on them Oh Lord God of Hoasts true in thy word powrful in thy performances According to thy auncient promises thy Church is wonderfully enlarged thou hast now thy lot of Inheritance in those places where they have bene enimies to thy Truth UUee beseech thâ—â— more more to enlarge thy Kingdome to be continually present with us in all our spiritual conflicts that by thy powre we may tread vnder foot the world the flesh the Devill making servants vnto us in the execution of thy will those affections which have heretofore prevailed against us VVee rely on thee only On thee only our harts are fixed And for thy goodnes we desire with all our faculties to praise magnify thy Name for evermore Amen Psa 109. To the cheef Musition a Psalme of David It is applied vnto Iudas Acts 1. 20. and is it vsefull to terrify Gods Foes all Hypocrites by shewing the Iudgments pronounced by the holy-ghost against all such But let none abuse this or any such like Psalmes by repeating them in their owne quarrells lest the Curses fall on themselves OH God my praise now silence breake For wicked men that guileful be With open Iawes against me speake And with false tongues have slandred mee With hatefull words they mee enclose Without all Cause with mee they warr And for my Love they are my foes Yet for their weal my prayers are 2 For my goodworks ill deeds I gett My love with hate they do requite Or'e them therefore some Tyrant set At his right-hand let Sathan waite Let Iustice them to death persue Account it sinn for them to pray Cutt short their dayes make them fewe Let others take their place away 3 Keep fatherles their Orphane-breed And husbandies their widdow'd wives Yea Cause thou their accursed seed To begg wander all their lives Their vncouth denns let then forsake To begg what must their life sustaine Their labors let oppressors take And Strangers rob them of their gaine 4 Let none regard though they lament Nor pitty take on such a race But quite away in one descent Their of-spring their Name deface Let God still minde the guilt they drewe From both their parents at their birth And keep it allway's in his vewe Till they are nam'd no more on earth 5 For why they no compassion shew'd To him that greev'd pained lay But they the needy soul persu'de The broken hart they sought to slay They Cursings Lov'd let them be made The part therefore of their just lot In Blessings they no pleasures had And therfor they possesse them not 6 With curses they themselves did clothe As with a gowne or with a cloke Therefore as oyle or water doth Through bones bowells let them soke Let Curses them like Belts inclose And as their clothes such men aray Ev'n thus oh Lord require my Foes Who of my soul amisse do say 7 But for thy Name sake save thou mee Deal wel with me mercy daigne For wounded is my hart in mee And I am pore full of paine I vanish like an Evening shade I Locust like am tost about My knees are weake through fasting made My flesh is leane wasted out 8 They mee despise ev'n to my face And scornfull nods at mee they make Oh Lord my God! of thy meer grace To bring me help now vndertake Make them to see then confesse That by thy hand I helped am Lord though they Curse yet do thou blesse And let them rise to see their shame 9 But make oh Lord thy Servants glad Whilst they that my illwillers are With shame ev'n their owne shame are clad As if with Robes arayd they were My tongue shall praise thee then therfore Confessing where Assemblies be That God is Patron of the pore And from false doomes their soules doth free Oh God! terrible art thou in those iudgments which thou dost pronounce against all malitious vnrepeÌ„taÌ„t Sinners UUee beseech thee therfore grant us grace to repent all our transgressions to shewe compassion to all thy pore members in their Afflictions that we may finde Mercy in our sorrowes UUee often see thy iudgments but wee neither know whome thou correctest in love to amendment nor whome in fury to their destruction For thou reservest that secret vnto thy self To keep vs both in our dealings Censures alway charitable to those whome thou smitest Oh teach us therefore true Charity let us never doe or wish evill to any man in our owne Causes But let us apply thy iudgmeÌ„ts to sinn in generall imprecate that they may fall only on the enimies of our Lord and saviour Iesus Christ Amen Psa 110. A Psalme of David It is literally of Christ Math. 22. it mentioneth the Deity Humanity Soveraignety Preisthood Powre Conquests Passion Resurrection of the Messiah We may sing it with respect to those perticulers VNto my Lord the Lord thus spake Sitt downe at my right hand And of thy foes I 'le footstooles make Whereon thy feet shall stand The Lord shall out of Syon bring The scepter of thy might And over them thou shalt be king Who now resist thy right 2 On thy great Day in serving thee Men willing mindes will shewe And from the wombe thy birth shall be As is the morninge dewe The Lord hath sworne will nor check Nor change the word he swore Thou art as was Melchizedek A preist for evermore 3 The Lord shall smite when wroth he growes Great kings at thy righthand The Gentiles judge slay his foes Which are in ev'ry land The heads of kingdomes he shall slay And as he passeth-by Shall drinck the Torrent in the way And raise his head on high Almighty God who hast given thy eternal Sonn with whome thou art the same in Essence to be in an unspeakable manner conceaved in the Virgines wombe To be made an everlasting preist for us after the Order of Melchizedek And in his Passage through this life to drinck the bitter Torrent of his Passion Grant wee beseech thee that by virtue of his blessed Incarnation our nature may be sanctified prepared for Grace that by his Death we may dye to sinn that by the powre of his Resurrection wee may arise to righteousnes by his glorious Ascention be victorious ever all our enimies both spiritual temporall for ever ever Amen Psa 111. Halelujah It praiseth God for his miraculous works his wisdome Mercy Iustice for the Covenant of has Grace c. It may be sung to continue in vs the fear of God to praise him for his benefits especially for our Redemption WIth all my hart God's praise I 'le sing Where saints
UVill That they may be converted vnto mee And in thy Lawes my hart confirme thou still That from disgrace I may preserved bee Lord wee are the workmanship of thy hands Soe instruct vs therfor in the vnderstanding and performance of thy Lawe that wee may accomplish the end of our Creation Make our knowledge of thy Statutes our Faith in thee our conformity to thy Will soe evident that thy Servants may reioice our foes become ashamed our corrections appear tokens of thy Love our shame be prevented our harts cheared life eternal obtayned Amen Caph. 11. MY soul for succour panting lies Yet is thy word my stay I seek thy Truth with longing eyes Oh Comfort mee they say I like a smoke-dride botle seeme Yet on thy Lawe I thought Summ vp my dayes iudge all them That have my ruine sought 2 For mee the Proud sunck pitts which be Forbidden by thy Lawes Thy VVords are true oh save thou mee Persu'de without a Cause Quite from the Land they drove me nigh Yet to thy Lawes I cleave Oh chear mee by thy grace that I Thy VVord may never leave Another of the same LOrd for thy healp my longing soul doth pant And on thy Promise al my hopes do lye Mynes eies do faile because thy VVord I want Come comfort mee with speaking looks they crie Like botles in the smoke I do appear Yet still thy Statutes minded are of mee How long shall I thy servant suffer hece Thy Iudgments on my foes oh let mee see Lo for my life the proud deep pitts have made Such as thy Lawe forbiddeth to prepare They mee persued though no cause they had Oh helpe for all thy Precepts faithfull are Long since my ruine they had nigh contriv'd I naitheles thy Statutes did not leave Let mee by thy compassion be reviv'd And to thy Testimonies I will cleave Oh Lord wee have Adversaries continually digging pitts for our soules VVee are sensible of great Afflictions our life daylie wears out by vnperceaved infirmities Yet wee feel not that longing to obtaine an incorruptible estate as to continue our present vanities Oh let that experience which wee have of miseries here that Faith which vve ought to have of vvhat thou hast promised hereafter make our harts pant vvith longing after the accomplishment of thy Truth for our full fruition of thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lamed 12. THy VVord in heav'n remaines for aye Thy Truth shall still abide The earth so firmely thou didst lay It cannot swarve aside Thy Lawes keep ev'ry thing vpright For all thy servants be But that thy VVorde was my delight My Cares had ruin'de mee 2 I will not from thy Truth decline For life to mee it brought Oh save thou mee for I am thine And thy Decrees have sought Though sinners do my spoile intend Thy VVord in minde I bear Of all good works I see an end But large thy precepts are Another of the same MAde firme in heav'n thy promise is oh Lord And shall for ever for ever last Thy Faith fullnes all ages will record For as earths globe the same thou fixed hast Most firme to thy Decrees thy works do stand And all things as thy servants wait on thee But that I pleasure take in thy Command My sorrowes long e're this had ruin'd mee My hart shall never from thy Lavves decline For I by them to life againe was brought Vouchsafe to succour mee for I am thine And after thy Commandements have sought Much waiting hath among the wicked bene My fall to see but I thy Statutes minde Of all perfections I an end have seene Save of thy Lawe which cannot be confinde Almighty God by being obedient vnto the Lawe of their Creation thy other Creatures are preserved in order cōtinue thy faithfull servants Man-kinde only is rebellious yet wee have had often experience that a litle delight in thy Lawe is rewarded with great Blessings Soe encrease therfor our beleef of thy Truth our love to thy Lawe that wee may be more more conformable to thy Will at last be saved through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Mem. 13. IN thy Commands I pleasure take My dayly thoughts they bee Mee wiser then my foes they make And still remaine with mee More learne I from thy Statutes then My Teachers vnderstand And wiser am then aged men By keeping thy Command 2 My feet from evill waies I kept That keep thy Lawe I might I from thy Iudgments have not stept For mee thou holdst vpright Though hony to the mouth be sweet Thy VVord more sweetnes hath Through thy Commands I grewe discreet And shun'd the Liers Path. Another of the same NO parte of all the day I cann forbear To minde thy Lawe because I love the same It makes me wiser then my haters are For my companion still thy Lawe became Nay more then all my teachers I conceave Because my Musings are vpon thy VVill. And more then aged men I do perceave Because they Testimonies I fulfill No wicked pase or Path my feet shall vse That so thy UUord the better keep I might And I thy Iudgments never will refuse Because thou hast instructed mee aright Not halfe so sweet is honie to my mouth As are thy VVords for perfect sweet are they Thou hast encreast my knowledge by thy Truth And therfor I abhorr each evill way The wisdome oh Lord of this world is but foolishnes in respect of that which is learned by thy Word For nothing is see profitable or pleasant as that if it be meditated aright Give us grace therfor wee pray thee so to love it so to meditate thereon that wee may crack the shell which hides the sweet kernell thereof from the world by help of thy spirit thereby attaine that wisdome which our Ordinary Teacher the bare Letter hath not powre to discover let it guide us out of all error both in life doctrine though Iesus Christ Amen Nun. 14. THy word is to my feet a light A Lampe my way to showe I vow'd thy Doomes to keep aright And I will keep my Vowe I sore am greev'd Lord me revive According to thy Truth Teach mee thy Iudgments receive The Praises of my mouth 2 Although my soul in danger be Thy Statutes I obay And keep thy Lawes although for mee The wicked snares do lay Thy Cov'nants are mine Heritage They much reioice my minde And thy Decrees from age to age To keep I am inclinde Another of the same OH God thy VVord like Lāps my way doth show And to my feet it is a shining flame To keep thy righteous Iudgments I did vowe And I resolve that I will keep the same Opprest I am Me therefor Lord revive As by thy UUord thy promise is to do Accept that praise which I shall freely give And in thy Iudgments Lord instruct me to On thy Commands my thoughts are alway sett And lo my soul is alwaies in
my hands Vngodly men for mee have laid a nett Yet walk I not astray from thy Commands Of all my Ioyes thy UUord alone is cause Thy Testaments I make mine heritage My hart resolves to love keep thy Lawes While tyme endures throughout evry Age. Many waies oh Lord is thy Lawe healpfull vnto vs. It is a Schoolmaster to teach us A Rule whereby to square our Actions A glasse to shew us our deformities A light to guide us out of error a Remembrancer to shewe vs what we are liable vnto by Nature That so the terrors thereof may make the flesh more obedient to the spirit their harts the more thanck full whome Grace hath freed from the Curse condemning powre thereof yea it is alwaies vsefull in some kinde or other Oh write it therfor in our harts engrave it in our mindes for ever ever Amen Samech 15. THy Lawe I love with all my hart And wicked thoughts detest The place of my defence thou art And on thy VVord I rest Lewd men avoyd for I would faine My God's Commands obay According to thy VVord mainetaine My life hopes I pray 2 Support mee I nought shall dread For to thy word I cleave Vpon thy Lawes transgressers tread For guile shall them deceive Purgd out like drosse the wicked be I therefore love thy Lawe And of thy Iudgments of thee My flesh doth stand in awe Another of the same PRoud thonghts I hate and such as cause offence But with much love thy Lawe I do embrace Thou art my sheild oh Lord and my defence And in thy VVord my confidence I place Pack hence all yee that evill doers he For all my God's Commands I will obay According to thy VVord vphold thou mee That both my life hopes enioy I may Protect me no dangers I shall fear For in thy Statutes I will then delight Suppresse all those that from thy Precepts err For why they muse on nothing but deceit Purg'd out by thee like drosse thee wicked are And I thy Testimonies love therefore My flesh doth dread thee with a trembling fear And by thy Iudgments I am frighted sore Oh Lord let the consideration of thy Iudgmēts purge out all our wickednes so terrify our wanton flesh that it may tremble to offend thee Let the Meditation of thy Lawe of Love so work vpō our harts that our verie thinckings may be sanctified And let us be continually supported by thy asisting Grace that in thought word deed wee may persevere in obedience to thy Will be safe vnder thy protection for ever ever Amen Aijn 16. IN Iudgment I vprightly deal Let no man mee oppresse Be suretie for thy servants weal From Tyrants me release Mine eyes are dimm'd since for thy VVord And saving-health I sought Deal well with mee thy servant Lord Let me thy Lawe be taught 2 Since thee I serve Lord grant I may Thy Testimonies knowe Now is the time to work for they Thy Law would overthrowe Far more then gold then finest gold Thy Statutes I affect Thy Lawe in all things I vphold And errors way reject Another of the same QUit me from such as doe my harme assay For I according to thy Lawe have wrought Be suretie for thy Servants weal I pray That to the proud in thrall I be not brought Quite wasted are mine eyes almost blinde Since thy just VVord healp I did expect According to Mercie be thou kinde And me thy servant by thy Law direct Quench not that light by which thy Truth is known But give thy servant knowledg in thy VVord For they thy blessed Lawe have overthrowne And it is time that thou thy healp afford Quick therfore be For I above all gold Yea more then gold refinde thy VVord affect Thy Statutes all to be vpright I holde And all erroneous waies I disrespect Preserve us oh God from their wickednes who pretending a Christian Libertie seek to overthrowe make voyd thy Lawe to the quenching of the spirit to the fullfilling of their fleshly Will Grant rather that the more wee are freed from the Bondage of the Lawe the lesse obliged to the works thereof for our Justification the more we may labour to fullfill the same even for the love of Righteousnes in Iesus Christ Amen Pe. 17. RAre things thy Testaments comprise And are my soules delight Thy Statutes make the simple wise Their knowledg giveth light Through longing for thy Lawe I drewe My breath with panting Mouth Veiwe mee in Love as thou dost veiwe The Lovers of thy Truth 2 So guide my goengs by thy VVord No sinn in mee may raigne From spoile of men preserve me Lord. For I thy Truth retaine Teach mee thy Lawes let thy face Vpon thy servant shine For Streames I weep when men transgresse Or break a Lawe of thine Another of the same RIght wonderfull thy Testimonies are And therfor Lord my soul to keep thē strives Thy VVord's approching makes great light appear And Vnderstanding to the simple gives Respire pant I did with mouth vnclo'sd So greedy of thy Precepts I became Oh look on mee as when thou art disposd To look vpon the Lovers of thy Name Restraine my stepps according to thy UUord And let no sinn in me domion gaine From Cruel men defend thou mee oh Lord So I thy sacred Precepts will retaine Reflect on mee the brightnes of thy face And shewe thy Testimonies vnto mee For downe my cheeks the teares do flow apace Because thy Lawes despisd broken be Sweet Iesu though we desire to seeme wise wee are very simple in the best knowledge Oh encrease our vnderstanding Though vvee professe great Affection to thee thy Lawe yet vvee soone deny yea forsvvear both if vvee are in danger to partake of thy suffrings Oh look vpon vs therfor vvith such an aspect as thou didst cast on thy Apostle St. Peter that vveeping bitterly for our Sinns vnkindenesses as he did vve may obtaine the same forgivenes Amen Zade 18. THou just in all thy doengs Lord And in thy Iudgments art Thy Testimonies thy VVord Are true in ev'ry part I burne with zeal because I see My foes thy Truth neglect Thy VVord is pure which causeth mee That I the same affect 2 Thy precepts I will still retaine Though I despisd am growne Thy Iustice alway shall remaine Thy Lavve Truth are one In thy Commands my pleasures are Though troubles on mee fall Thy just eternall VVill declare And thereby live I shall Another of the same SIncere thou art oh Lord in all thou dost A true righteous Iudgment thou hast past Thy Testimonies are exceeding just And so is all that thou Commanded hast Spent through my zeal I am almost pin'de Since of thy Truth my foes regardles growe Thy VVord is to the vttermost refin'de And for that cause thy servant loves it soe Scorn'd despis'd I am yet cannot this My
thoughts from thy Commandements withdrawe Thy Iustice an eternall Iustice is And Truth it self thou givest for thy Lavve Sore paines sorrowes have layd hold on mee Yet I from thy Commands content receive Thy righteous Testimonies endles be Oh let me know them Lord that I may live It is true oh Lord that vvhat ever thou willest is Just needs no other reason thereof but that thou Willest it because thy Will is Truth Justice it self Keep us therfor from questioning the Justice of any thing vvhich thou hast Willed or Decreed preserue us also from their madnes vvho fancie Decrees vvhich thou never mad'st such as doe not make thee iustifiable by humane Reason Teach us to knovve that though thy Justice is incomprehensible yet so much as thy vvord hath expressed of it is such a Justice as makes thee even in our capacities Justifiable when thou art iudged such as may encourage us to endeavour to be just as thou art just holie as thou art holy by thy example This grant for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Coph 19. LOrd hear for in my hart I crie And I thy VVord obay To hear my call thine ear apply That keep thy Lavves I may Relieng on thy VVord I call'd Before the Morning-light To mark thy VVords mine eyes forestald The Watches of the night 2 As iust loving Lord thou art So hear quicken mee Lo such as from thy Lavve depart For mischeefe comming be Oh Lord to mee now nearer drawe Thy VVord all truth containes And long agoe I knewe thy Lavve Eternally remaines Another of the same THey healp oh Lord with all my hart I crave Thy just Commands resolving to obay To thee I call aloud mee daigne to save That so thy Testimonies keep I may To thee before the break of day I call And for my certaine ayde thy VVord I take The watches of the night mine eyes forestall That on thy Lavve my muzings I may make Thine ear vnto my voice in mercy bowe That mee thy Iudgments may revive oh Lord. They fast approach who seek my overthrowe Ev'n they who strangers are vnto thy VVord To mee oh Lord at all tymes be thou nigh Thy Statutes all perfection do containe And many daies agoe informed was I That thy Commands for ever shall remaine VVee rise early oh Lord cann sit vp late at night to prosecute our common affaires or to prevent the mischeevous purposes of any temporall Adversary Cause us vvee tray thee to be as vigilant in seeking thee in Meditating the deep Misteries of thy Lawe in foreseeing vvhat spirituall enimies are approching to endanger our soules Vouchsafe this oh Lord in all our endeavours assist us in all our prayers hear us in all our necessities be present vvith us in Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Resh 20. REgard my greef save me Lord For I obaie thy Lavves Hear me according to thy VVord Oh save plead my Cause Because thy VVord they muse not on From health are sinners far Revive mee Lord as thou hast done For great thy Mercies are 2 My foes spoilers many be Yet I thy VVord professe And greeve when I the wicked see Thy Statutes to transgresse Thy Lawe I love oh quicken mee As thou hast promis'd Lord. For endles thy just Iudgments be And ever true thy UUord Another of the same VEwe Lord what sorrowes have oppressed mee For to observe Lawe My minde I give Let mee adiudged deliver'd be And mee according to thy vvord revive Vngodly men from saving health are far Because they do not seek thy Statutes Lord Exceding great thy Tender-mercies are Reviue thou mee according to thy vvord Vext persude by many I have beene And yet I from thy Precepts have not straid I greeved was when sinners I had seene Because thy holy vvord they disobayd Vnto thy Lawe observe what love I shew And of thy tender mercie quicken mee Thy vvord through all eternitie is true And everlasting thy just Iudgments be Oh Christ the Mediatour in our minds wee are lovers observers of thy Lawe but in our mēbers wee are captivated vnto the Lawe of Sinn for which our greeved spirits do complaine with sighes groanes that are neither vtterable by the voice nor sensible to the flesh Oh deliver us from this bondage Plead thou our cause to thy Father Comfort our deiected soules let our love practise of thy Lawe quicken us in the way of Righteousnes make us partakers of thy Tender-Mercies for ever more Amen Schin 21. THough Princes causeles wrong'd mee much Thy Lawe I sleighted not But in thy word my ioies were such As his that Spoiles hath got The lienge lipps I do abhorr But I affect thy vvord Seav'n times a day I praise thee for Thy righteous Doomes oh Lord. 2 The Lovers of thy Lawe have peace And harme they shall have none Lord on thine aide my hopes I place And thy Commands have done My soul thy Testimonie kept In love therewith I grewe I from thy Precepts have not stept For thou my waies dost veiwe Another of the same WHē cause was none ev'n Princes wronged mee But of thy word alone my hart had feare And in that word my Ioies moreover be As great as their's that sharing booties are With much dislike all falshood I detest And I thy Lawe vnfainedlie affect Sev'n times a day thy praise I have exprest Because thy righteous Iudgments I respect What perfect peace have they that love thy word Ev'n such that nothing cann their quiet marr For thy salvation I have hoped Lord And thy Commands by mee performed are Well pleas'd with exceeding much delight My soul thy Testimonies keepeth still Thou know'st for all my waies are in thy sight That I thy Precepts thy Lawes fulfill Oh blessed Redeemer who wert persecuted by Princes for my sake without a Cause Thy many Prayers daylie offred to thy Father thy true delight in his Word thy detestation of falshood thy perfect fulfilling of the Lawe have obtained that thy righteousnes may be ascribed vnto us Oh grant that by performing what thou hast enabled us to do wee may retaine encrease the Talent freely given enioy thy Peace which passeth all vnderstanding for ever ever Amen Tau 22. REceive my cry guide thou mee As thou hast promisd Lord. Give ear saved let mee be According to thy vvord When thou to me hast showne thy vvaies My lipps thy praise will shewe My tongue thy blessed vvord shall praise For all thy Lawes are true 2 Mee let thy powrfull hand protect For I thy Lawe approove Thy Saving-health I do affect Thy Precepts I do love Oh let mee live to sing thy praise In Iudgment mee preserve Thy servant seek who sheep-like straies For I thy Lawe observe Another of the same YEald my Complaint oh Lord thy graitious ear And knowledge of thy Lawe to me afford My humble suite vouchsafe I pray to
earth did frame Lord wee were created for thy Glorie All the time of our Pilgrimage on earth is to fitt vs for thy praise the highest Degree which wee cann attaine to either in this life or the next is to sing Halelujah vnto thy Name Oh grant wee may so honour thee in these Temples of our Bodies here vpon the Way on whome the Nights of affliction the Dayes of consolation doe interchangably succeed that in thy Ierusalem wee may sing praises vnto thee in that spirituall Temple wherein the presence of the Lambe maketh a continuation of Day of Ioy of all happines for ever more Amen Psa 135. Halelujah It exhorts to praise God in regard of his greatnes for our election for his omnipotency Mercy Iustice eternitie because other Gods are but ridiculons fictions c. To this end wee who are mistically the Sonns of Aron Levy should sing it c. OH all yee servants of the Lord His Name with praise confesse Ev'n you that of our God the Lord The house Courts possesse Oh praise God's Name for sweet it is To sing of his renowne For Iacob he hath chose for his And Isr'el for his owne 2 God is I knowe a powrfull-one He doth all Gods excell In heav'n his pleasure he hath done In earth in sea in hell He maketh vapours to arise Ev'n from Earth's farthest ends And he out of his Treasuries Winde raine lighting sends 3 The first-borne through the Egiptian coast Of man beast he slewe And on king Pharoh his hoast Rare wonders hee did shewe Great kings kingdomes downe he brought Ev'n Sehon Heshbon's king And Og of Bashan yea to nought All Can'an's Realmes did bring 4 Then for his Isr'els heritage Their lands he did bestowe For which hee 's fam'd from age to age And still shall famous growe When he to judge them doth appeare His people shall be sav'd But heathen God's man's makings were Of gold silver grav'd 5 Their carved mouthes are speachles found Their eyes no light cann see Though they have eares they heare no sound Their throates quite breathles be Much like to these their Makers are And they that serve them toe The Lord therefore let Isr'el fear And so let Aron doe 6 The Lord let Levie's houshould blesse In Syon let all them Who fear the Lord the Lord confesse That keeps Ierusalem Haleluiah Oh Lord our God wee hartely thanck thee for our creation preservation VVee magnify thy wisdom thy powre thy providence thy Iudgments thy Mercies and we acknowledge that the Deities of heathenish and carnall men yea all other things in which wee trust are but vanities false Gods fashioned by our owne wicked fancies Grant therfore that all of us even preist people who in Word professe thee may in hart fear thee in deed faithfully serve thee now for ever Amen Psa 136. This Psalme exhorts to praise God both for generall and perticuler benifits shewes that all are bestowed for his meer mercy-sake which is eternall It may be sung literally to commemorate what God did for the Patriarks or mistically as a thancksgivinge for the spirituall deliverances which these typified THe Lord is Good him therfore blesse And for his Grace that lasteth ever The God of Gods let vs confesse Because his Mercie faileth never The Lord of Lords with praise extoll For where he loves he alway loveth His Acts alone are wonderfull Because his Favour endles proveth 2 His Wisdome did creat the spheares For to all times his Kindnes lasteth And earth above the seas he rears Because his Pittie never wasteth He did the greater Lights provide For through each Age his Grace extendeth He made the Sunn the day to guide Because his Goodnes never endeth 3 He fram'd the Moone starrs for night For without bound is his Compassion And Egipts eldest-borne did smite Because his grace hath no cessation He brought forth Isr'el from their land For soe his endles grace procured With stretcht-out Arme powrfull hand Because his Mercie still endured 4 Hee did the Red sea then divide For. still his Kindnes he retaineth And Isr'el through the same did guide Because his Favour still remaineth There he did Pharoh's Army drowne For Love hee freely still bestoweth And through the Deserts brought his owne Because eternall Grace he showeth 5 Both huge powrfull kings he slewe For everlasting are his Graces Yea famous kings he overthrewe Because his Love times date surpasses Great Sehon king of th' Amorites For his Affection never faileth And Og that ruld the Bashamites Because his Mercy still prevaileth 6 Their heritage bestow'd hath he For so his endles Love required His Isr'el's heritage to be Because his Grace is vnexpired He did exalt vs from belowe For he to Pittie still enclineth And hee redeem'd vs from our foe Because no time his Grace confineth 7 Hee to all flesh their food hath given For his great Mercy faileth never Oh glorify the God of heav'n Because his Grace abideth ever VVhen wee looke back oh Lord vnto the beginning of thy visible workings pondering the never interrupted succession of thy Mercies vnto this day therewithall observe the performance of all thy promises to thy Church heretofore the continuance of thy abundant Loving-kindnes to us at this present UUee are assured that thy Goodnes Compassion is eternall VVee therfore beseech thee to give vs true thanckfulnes for the same that wee may confesse it aswell in deed as word praise magnify thy Name for ever ever Amen Psa 137. This Elegiacal Hymne mistically expresseth the Zeal love of the Faithfull to the Citty of God And Prophecies the fall of the spirituall Babilon Wee may sing it to comfort vs during the continuance of our Naturall bondage the tirranies of Antichrist AS wee nigh Babel River sate Wee overcharg'd with weepings were To thinck on Syon's pore estate And hung our harpes on willowes there For they to whome wee were inthralled On vs for songs of Syon called 2 Come sing they sayd a Syon-hymne Lord cann wee sing thy songs in thrall Vnles Oh dear Ierusalem Thee in my mirth preferr I shall Or if the thought of thee forgoe mee Let hand tongue prove vseles to me 3 Oh Lord remember Edom's brood And how whilst they Ierusalem Vnsackt vndefaced stood Her spoile was hast'ned on by them For loud thy cryed race it race it And to the groundwork downe deface it 4 Oh daughter of proud Babilon Thou shalt likewise destroyed be And he will prove a blessed-one Who shall avenge our Cause on thee Ev'n hee that payes thee our disgraces And braines thy babes in stony-places Oh Lord many of thy people suffer the scornes insultings of that Babilon which was typified by the Chaldean Citty And the Mysticall Edomites labour the vtter defacing of thy Church But deliver us oh Lord reward them according to their