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The psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each Psalme : whereunto is added Devotions for the help and assistance of all Christian people, in all occasions and necessities.
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Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.
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hand upon the shield and buckler and stand up to help me 3 Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me say unto my soul I am thy salvation 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soule let them be turned back and brought to confusion that imagine mischief for me 5 Let them be as the dust before the winde and the Angel of the Lord scattering them 6 Let their way be dark and slippery and let the Angell of the Lord persecute them 7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause yea even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul. 8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares and his net that he hath laid privily catch himselfe that he may fall into his own mischief 9 And my soul be joyfull in the Lord it shall rejoyce in his salvation 10 All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in misery from him that spoileth him 11 False witnesse did rise up they laid to my charge things that I knew not 12 They rewarded me evill for good to the great discomfort of my soul. 13 Neverthelesse when they were sick I put on sackcloth and humbled my soul with fasting and my prayer shall turn into mine own bosome 14 I behaved my self as though it had been my friend or my brother I went heavily as one that mourneth for his mother 15 But in mine adversity they rejoyced and gathered them together yea the very abjects came together against me unawares making mowes at me and ceaâ—ed not 16 With the flatterers were busie mockers which gnashed upon me with their teeth 17 Lord how long wilt thou look upon this O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me and my darling from the lions 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people 19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me without a cause 20 And why their communing is not for peace but they imagine deceitfull words against them that are quiet in the land 21 They gaped on me with their mouths and said Fie on thee fie on thee we saw it with our eyes 22 This thou hast seen O Lord hold not thy tongue then goe not far from me O Lord. 23 Awake and stand up to judge my quarrell avenge thou my cause my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me O Lord my God according to thy righteousnesse and let them not triumph over me 25 Let them not say in their hearts There there so would we have it neither let them say we have devoured him 26 Let them be put to confusion and shame together that rejoyce at my trouble let them be cloathed with rebuke and dishonour that boast themselves against me 27 Let them be glad and rejoyce that favour my righteous dealing yea let them say alway Blessed be the Lord which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant 28 And as for my tongue it shall be talking of thy righteousnesse and of thy praise all the day long The Prayer O Lord our God who art the shield of the oppressed and the Buckler of all that trust in thee deliver us from all the assaults and intendments of our enemies against us who without cause make pits for our souls let the Angel of the Lord scatter all their mischievous imaginations lest they triumph over us and say we have devoured them strive thou with them that strive with us and fight against them that fight against us Preserve us in innocency that we neither sin against thee nor do injustice to them and restore us to our Peace so shall we talk of thy righteousnesse and thy praise all the day long and give thee thanks in the great congregation of Saints because thou hast pleasure in the prosperity of thy servants and hast redeemed them from the hands of their enemies through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 36. A Prayer desiring the joyes of Heaven the blessings of Eternity MY heart sheweth me the wickednesse of the ungodly that there is no fear of God before his eyes 2 For he flattereth himself in his own sight untill his abominable sin be found out 3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit he hath left off to behave himselfe wisely and to doe good 4 He imagineth mischiefe upon his bed and hath set himself in no good way neither doth he abhorre any thing that is evill 5 Thy mercy O Lord reacheth unto the heavens and thy faithfulnesse unto the clouds 6 Thy righteousnesse standeth like the strong mountains thy judgements are like the great deep 7 Thou Lord shalt save both man and beast how excellent is thy mercy O God and the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings 8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures as out of the river 9 For with thee is the well of life and in thy light shall we see light 10 O continue forth thy loving kindnesse unto them that know thee and thy righteousnesse unto them that are true of heart 11 O let not the foot of pride come against me and let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down 12 There are they fallen all that work wickednesse they are cast down and shall not be able to stand The Prayer O God whose mercy reacheth unto the Heavens and thy righteousnesse unto the clouds teach us to abhorre every thing that is evill and to set our selves in every good way that thy fear being always before our eyes and our trust being under the shadow of thy wings thou maist continue forth thy loving kindnesse to us all the dayes of our life that at last we may be satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house and may drink down rivers of pleasures deriving from thee the eternall fountain and well of life and in the light of thy countenance may see everlasting light through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 37. A Prayer that we may trust and delight in God and that our lot may be amongst the godly and not in the seeming prosperity of the wicked FRet not thy self because of the ungodly neither be thou envious against the evill doers 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grasse and be withered even as the green hearb 3 Put thou thy trust in the Lord and be doing good dwell in the land and verily thou shalt be fed 4 Delight thou in the Lord and he shall give thee thy hearts desire 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord and put thy trust in him and he shall bring it to passe 6 He shall make thy righteousnesse
with our whole hearts and do thou hear in heaven when we call upon thee deliver us from all them that of malice draw nigh to persecutâ— and afflict us be thou also nigh at hand and nothing can disturb our safety Make us to seek to thee early in the morning let our eyes and our prayers prevent the night-watches that we may be safe in our conversation with thee and our daily approaches to thy Mercy-seat where thou sittest attended with Cherubims and Seraphims glorious in thy self incomprehensible in thy Attributes and infinitely rejoycing in thy mercies which thou shewest unto us in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen XX. O Consider mine adversity and deliver me for I doe not forget thy law 2 Avenge thou my cause and deliver me quicken me according unto thy word 3 Health is far from the ungodly for they regard not thy statutes 4 Great is thy mercy O Lord quicken me as thou art wont 5 Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet doe I not swerve from thy testimonies 6 It grieveth me when I see the transgressors because they keep not thy law 7 Consider O Lord how I love thy commandements O quicken me according to thy loving kindnesse 8 Thy word is true from everlasting all the judgements of thy righteousnesse endure for evermore The Prayer O Lord thy mercy is great thy Word is true from everlasting and in the truth of thy Word and in the mercies of thy promises and loving kindnesse thou lovest to be known to the sons of men O give us thy health and salvation that our souls being delivered from the heavy pressure of sin and quickned in thy Word thou mayest avenge us of all our ghostly enemies and deliver us in thy righteousness in the day of thy eternall vengeance upon the ungodly through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen XXI PRinces have persecuted me without a cause but my heart standeth in aw of thy words 2 I am as glad of thy word as one that findeth great spoils 3 As for lies I hate and abhorre them but thy law doe I love 4 Seven times a day doe I praise thee because of thy righteous judgements 5 Great is the peace that they have which love thy law and they are not offended at it 6 Lord I have looked for thy saving health and done after thy commandements 7 My soul hath kept thy testimonies and loved them exceedingly 8 I have kept thy commandements and testimonies for all my ways are before thee The Prayer ALL our ways O God are before thee let all our ways be directed by thee teach us to walk as in thy presence Make us to hate and abhorre lies and vanity and give us so much love and so much zeal of thy Name and honour that we may make it a businesse to give thee praises with a frequent and daily devotion that we standing in awe of thy Word and holy Laws and doing after thy Commandements our expectations may be satisfied with thy saving health and we may at last enjoy the peace which they have that love thy Law even the peace of a good conscience here and of a blessed eternity hereafter through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen XXII LEt my complaint come before thee O Lord give me understanding according to thy word 2 Let my supplication come before thee deliver me according to thy word 3 My lips shall speak of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes 4 Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word for all thy commandements are righteous 5 Let thine hand help me for I have chosen thy commandements 6 I have longed for thy saving health O Lord and in thy law is my delight 7 O let my soul live and it shall praise thee and thy judgements shall help me 8 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost Oh seek thy servant for I do not forget thy commandements The Prayer O Lord God we have gone astray from thy Commandments and been like lost sheep thou art our Shepheard and our mercifull Guide O seek thy servants let thy hand help us let thy care and providence reduce us into the way of thy statutes that we being delivered according to thy Word from thy wrath and from our own corruptions and irregularities may at last be satisfied with thy saving health and our lips may speak of thy praise in the quire of Saints and Angels singing glorious Anthems to all eternity to the honour of thee O Lord God eternall who livest and reignest world without end Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 120. A Prayer to be delivered from false tongues and cohabitation with wicked persons WHen I was in trouble I called upon the Lord and he heard me 2 Deliver my soul O Lord from lying lips and from a deceitfull tongue 3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee thou false tongue even mighty and sharp arrows with hot burning coals 4 Wo is me that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to have my habitation among the tents of Cedar 5 My soul hath long dwelt among them that be enemies unto peace 6 I labour for peace but when I speak unto them thereof they make them ready to battell The Prayer O Lord God who hearest the prayers of them that call upon thee in their calamities and distresses have mercy upon us thy servants who live in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation whereof we our selves make too great a part we beseech thee so to order the circumstances and opportunities of our life that we may live in the society of holy people whose example and conversation may be a continuall incentive to the ways of peace and righteousnesse and deliver us from a necessity of conversing with turbulent spirits angry and unpeacefull dispositions who upon all occasions make themselves ready to battell Sanctifie our hearts and lips with a burning coal from thy altar that our words may be holy and profitable and keep us from all slander and scandall and the rewards of both the sharp arrows of thy vengeance the hot burning coals of thy wrath Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen PSALME 121. A Prayer for Gods protection over us I Will lift up mine eyes unto the hils from whence commeth my help 2 My help commeth even from the Lord which hath made heaven and earth 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved and he that keepeth thee will not sleep 4 Behold he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep 5 The Lord himself is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand 6 So that the Sun shall not burn thee by day neither the moon by night 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evill yea it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth for evermore The Prayer O Lord God our keeper who dwellest upon