32. Hushai is sent back with Instructions AND it came to pass after this that Absalom prepared him Chariots and Horses and Fifty Men to run before him 2. And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the Gate And it was so that when any Man that had a Controversy came to the King for Judgment then Absalom called unto him and said of what City art thou And he said Thy Servant is of one of the Tribes of Israel 3. And Absalom said unto him See thy matters are good and right but there is no Man deputed of the King to hear thee 4. Absalom said moreover oh that I were made Judge in the Land that every Man which hath any Suit or Cause might come unto me and I would do him Justice 5. And it was so that when any Man came nigh to him to do him obeysance he put forth his Hand and took him and kissed him 6. And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the King for Judgment So Absalom stole the Hearts of the Men of Israel 7. And it came to pass after forty years that Absalom said to the King I pray thee let me go pay my Vow which I have vowed unto the Lord in Hebron 8. For thy Servant vowed a Vow while I abode in Geshur in Syria saying if the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem then I will serve the Lord 9. And the King said unto him Go in Peace So he arose and went to Hebron 10. But Absalom sent Spies throughout all the Tribes of Israel saying as soon as ye hear the Sound of the Trumpet then ye shall say Absalom reigneth in Hebron 11. And with Absalom went two hundred Men out of Jerusalem that were called and they went in their Simplicity and they knew not any thing 12. And Absalom sent for Ahitophel the Gilonite Davids Counsellor from his City even from Giloh while he offered Sacrifices And the Conspiracy was strong for the People increased continually with Absalom 13. And there came a Messenger to David saying the Hearts of the Men of Israel are after Absalom 14. And David said unto all his Servants that were with him at Jerusalem arise and let us flee for we shall not else escape from Absalom Make speed to depart lest he overtake us suddenly and bring evil upon us and smite the City with the edge of the Sword 15. And the Kings Servants said unto the King Behold thy Servants are ready to do whatsoever my Lord the King shall appoint 16. And the King went forth and all his Houshold after him and the King left Ten Women which were Concubines to keep the House 17. And the King went forth and all the People after him and tarried in a Place that was far off 18. And all his Servants passed on beside him and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites Six Hundred Men which came after him from Gath passed on before the King 19. Then said the King to Ittai the Gittite wherefore goest thou also with us Return to thy Place and abide with the King For thou art a Stranger and also an Exile 20. Whereas thou camest but yesterday should I this Day make thee go up and down with us seeing I go whether I may return thou and take back thy Brethren Mercy and Truth be with thee 21. And Ittai answered the King and said as the Lord liveth and as my Lord the King liveth surely in what Place my Lord the King shall be whether in Death or Life even there also will thy Servant be 22. And David said to Ittai go and pass over And Ittai the Gittite passed over and all his Men and all the little ones that were with him 23. And all the Country wept with a loud Voice and all the People passed over The King also himself passed over the Brook Kidion and all the People passed over towards the way of the Wilderness 24. And lo Zadok also and all the Levites were with him bearing the Ark of the Covenant of God and they set down the Ark of God and Abiathar went up until all the People had done passing out of the City 25. And the King said unto Zadok carry back the Ark of God into the City If I shall find favour in the Eyes of the Lord he will bring me again and shew me both it and his Habitation 26. But if he thus say I have no delight in thee Behold here am I let him do to me as seemeth good unto him 27. The King said also unto Zadok the Priest Art not thou a Seer Return into the City in Peace and your Two Sons with you Ahimaaz thy Son and Jonathan the Son of Abiathar 28. See I will tarry in the Plain of the Wilderness until there come Word from you to certify me 29. Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the Ark of God again to Jerusalem and they tarried there 30. And David went up by the Ascent of Mount Olivet and wept as he went up and had his Head covered and he went bare-foot And all the People that was with him covered every Man his head and they went up weeping as they went up 31. And one told David saying Ahitophel is among the Conspirators with Absalom And David said O Lord I pray thee turn the Counsel of Ahitophel into Foolishness 32. And it came to pass that when David was come to the top of the mount where he worshipped God behold Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his Coat rent and Earth upon his Head 33. Unto whom David said if thou passest on with me then thou shalt be a Burden unto me 34. But if thou return to the City and say unto Absalom I will be thy Servant O King as I have been thy Fathers Servant hitherto so will I now also be thy Servant Then mayest thou for me defeat the Counsel of Ahitophel 35. And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the Priests Therefore it shall be that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the Kings House thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the Priests 36. Behold they have there with them their Two Sons Ahimaaz Zadok's Son and Jonathan Abiathar's Son And by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear 37. So Hushai David's Friend came into the City and Absalom came into Jerusalem The First Lesson Part of the II. of Chronicles CHAP. XIII Abijah succeeding maketh War against Jeroboam 4. He declareth the Right of his Cause 13. Trusting in God he overcometh Jeroboam NOW in the Eighteenth Year of King Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah 2. He reigned Three Years in Jerusalem his Mothers Name was Michaiah the Daughter of Uriel of Gibea and there was War between Abijah and Jeroboam 3. And Abijah set the Battel in array with an Army of valiant Men of War even four hundred thousand chosen Men Jeroboam also set the Battel in array
PRAYERS OF Intercession FOR THEIR Use who Mourn in Secret FOR THE Publick Calamities OF THIS NATION WITH An Anniversary Prayer for the 30th of January Very Necessary and Useful in Private Families as well as in Congregations By Jo. Huit D. D. LONDON Printed in the Year 1659. Prayers of Intercession for their Use who Mourn in Secret for the Publick Calamities of this Nation A Preparatory Prayer O Lord I find in that Book of thine which cannot deceive me that the oftner thy Servant Abraham prayed to thee the more he got ground upon thee and came at last to that holy Confidence as not only to pray to thee for himself but to be importunate and press thee in the behalf of others Lord I confess my Case is different for Abraham was the Father of the Faithful but I am not worthy to be reckoned among his Children He had the Honour to be called thy Friend but my Sins have been such that unless thy Mercy interveen may make thee look upon me as thine Enemy He prayed unto thee for a People of whose Sins he was no Partaker But my Address is to thee for them in whose Iniquities I am involved and have some way or other deeply contributed to the hastning and bringing down those terrible Judgments of thine which now lye so heavy upon us So that alas I am unworthy to appear before thee for my self and how shall I dare to supplicate thee for others O that there were a Moses to stand in the Gap to turn away thy wrathful Indignation from us O that there were a David a Daniel or a Jeremiah to pour out their Souls before thee yet hear me O my God for though these holy Saints of thine have now no being upon Earth yet their Prayers remain upon Record for every Soul that mourns in secret to make use of O Holy and Blessed Spirit kindle but the same fervency in my Heart while I repeat their Words as was in them and I know I shall be heard King David's Prayers for the Church and People The First Prayer O God! wherefore art thou absent from us so long or why is thy Wrath so hot against the Sheep of thy Pasture O think upon thine Inheritance whom thou hast purchased and redeemed of old Lift up thy Feet that thou mayest utterly destroy every Enemy that hath done evil in thy Sanctuary For behold they break down all the carved Work thereof with Axes and Hammers Yea they have said in their Hearts let us make havock of them altogether and thus have they designed to ruine all the Houses of God in the Land But O God! how long shall the Adversary do this Dishonour How long shall the Enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever Arise O God! maintain thine own Cause remember how the foolish Man blasphemeth thee daily But O deliver not the Soul of thy Turtle Dove into their hands for the Presumption of them that hate thee encreaseth more and more O God make speed to save us O Lord make haste to help us The Second Prayer O Lord God of Hosts how long wilt thou be angry with thy People that prayeth How long wilt thou feed us with the Bread of Tears and give us Plenteousness of Tears to drink O turn us again thou God of Hosts shew us the Light of thy Countenance and we shall be whole Remember that thou diddest once plant a Vine among us and when it had taken root it filled the Land Our Hills were covered with the Shadow of it and the Boughs were like the goodly Cedar Trees But now thou hast broken down her hedge so that all they that go by pluck off her Grapes The wild Bore of the Wood doth root it up and the Beasts of the Field devour it Yet turn us again O Lord God of Hosts shew us the Light of thy Countenance and we shall be whole For we will not go back from thee O let us live and we shall call upon thy Name O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us The Third Prayer HOld not thy tongue O God keep not still silence refrain not thy self O God For lo thine Enemies make a murmuring and they that hate thee have lifted up their Head They have imagined craftily against thy People and have taken counsel against thy sacred Ones Behold they have cast their Heads together with one consent and are confederate against thee They have said come and let us root them out that they may be no more a People and that their Name may be no more in remembrance They come daily round about us like Water and compass us together on every side But O my God! make them like unto a Wheel and as the stubble before the Wind. Who say let us take unto our selves the Houses of God in possession O make their faces ashamed O Lord that they may seek thy Name O God make speed to save us O Lord make haste to help us The Fourth Prayer O God thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad thou hast been displeased at us O turn thee unto us again Thou hast moved the Land and divided it O heal the Sores thereof for it shaketh Thou hast shewn thy People heavy things and given us a drink of deadly Wine Thou hast made us turn our backs upon our Enemies so that they which hate us spoil our goods Thou makest us to be rebuked of our Neighbours to be laughed to scorn and to be had in derision of them that are round about us But though all this be come upon us yet do we not forget thee nor behave our selves frowardly in thy Covenant Our Heart is not turned back nor our steps gone out of thy way No not when thou hast smitten us into the Place of Dragons and covered us with the shadow of death Up Lord why sleepest thou awake and be not absent from us for ever But O! wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble For our Soul is brought low even unto the dust and our belly cleaveth to the grave Arise help us and deliver us for thy mercy sake O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us King David's Tears O My God why hast thou forsaken thine anointed and art displeased with him For lo thou hast broken the Covenant of thy Servant and cast his Crown to the ground Thou hast overthrown all his hedges and broken down his strong holds So that all they that go by spoil him and he is become a Rebuke to his Neighbours For thou hast set up the right hand of his Enemies and made all his Adversaries to rejoyce Thou hast put out his Glory and cast his Throne down to the Ground The Days of his Youth hast thou seasoned with bitterness and covered him with dishonour But Lord how long wilt thou hide thy self for ever And shall thy Wrath still burn like Fire Remember O Lord the rebuke that thy Servant
hath and how he doth bear in his Bosom the rebukes of many People And let his Adversaries be cloathed with shame But upon his Head let his Crown flourish O help him against his Enemies for Vain is the help of Man O God make speed to save him O Lord make hast to help him Jeremiah's Lamentations Prophetical of these times HOW hath the Lord covered us with a Cloud in his Anger And cast down from Heaven unto the Earth the beauty of our Israel and remembered not his Foot-stool in the Day of his Wrath For lo he hath bent his Bow as an Enemy he hath swallowed us up and hath not pitied he hath made desolate the Kingdom and the Princes thereof He hath cast off his Altars and abhorred his Sanctuary and hath given into the Hands of the Enemies the Walls of his Pillars He hath caused our solemn Feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten and hath despised in his Indignation the King and the Priest For the Lord hath now accomplished his fury he hath poured out his fierce anger he hath kindled such a fire in Sion as hath devoured the Palaces thereof For the Sins of the Prophets and the Iniquity of the Priests who have shed the Blood of the Just in the midst of her For the Breath of our Nostrils the anointed of the Lord hath been taken in their Pits of whom we said under his shadow we shall live in Peace But we have transgressed and have rebelled and thou hast not pardoned And therefore our Eyes have as yet failed us in our vain help for in our watching we have watched for a Nation that could not save us Behold O Lord and consider to whom thou hast done this O Lord thou hast seen his wrong judge thou his Cause Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against him Thou hast heard their Reproach O Lord and all their imaginations against him The Lips of those that are risen up against him and their devices against him all the Day O God make speed to save him O Lord make haste to help him The Second Prayer REmember O Lord what is come upon us consider and behold our reproach For our Inheritance is turned unto Strangers our Houses to Aliens our Necks are under Persecution we labour and have no rest Our Fathers have sinned and are not we have born our Iniquities The Servants rule over us and there is none to deliver us out of their hands Our Elders have ceased from the gate and our young Men from their Musick The Joy of our heart is ceased our dance is turned into mourning For the Crown is fallen from our Head and wo unto us that we have sinned For this our Heart is faint for these Things our eyes are dim But wherefore doest thou forget us for ever and forsakest us so long time O turn thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned renew our Days as of old And do not utterly reject us be not for ever wrath against us O God make speed to save us O Lord make haste to help us Daniel's Prayer and Confession in the behalf of himself and his People O Lord the great and dreadful God! we have sinned and done wickedly and have rebelled even by departing from thy Precepts and from thy Judgments Neither have we hearkned to thy Servants the Prophets which spake in thy name to our Kings our Princes and our Fathers and all the People of this Land O Lord Righteousness belongs unto thee but unto us Confusion of face as at this day unto all that are near and far off through all the Countries whether thou hast driven them because of the trespass that they have trespassed against thee For we have not obeyed the Voice of the Lord our God and therefore the Curse is poured out upon us Even such a Curse as that under the whole Heaven hath not been done to us But now O Lord our God according to all thy Righteousness I beseech thee let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from us Hear the Prayer of thy Servant and cause thy face to shine upon thy Sanctuary which is now desolate O my God encline thine ear and hear open thine eyes and behold our Desolation For I do not present these Supplications before thee for mine own Righteousness but for thy great Mercies O Lord hear O Lord forgive O Lord do delay not for thine own sake O my God and for thy Peoples sake that are called by thy Name O God make speed to save us O Lord make haste to help us Prayers for the KING The First Prayer LOrd remember our distressed King and all his troubles Let thy hand hold him fast and thine arm strengthen him Let not the Enemy be able to do him violence or the Son of Wickedness hurt him Let thy Truth and Mercy be ever with him and in thy Name let his Throne be exalted O be thou his Father his God and his strong Salvation And let him be as thy first born and glorious among the Kings of the Earth O God make speed to save him O Lord make haste to help him The Second Prayer O Most Powerful Lord God the only Disposer of all the Kings and Kingdoms on the Earth who for the Punishment of the crying Sins of this Nation hast extinguished our Glory and cast the Throne down to the ground Give us not over utterly to Ruin and Confusion but bring back yet in thy good time the Heir of these Kingdoms like the Sun with healing in his Wings to repair the Breaches already made and prevent the Desolations that threaten us And however thou hast been pleased to cast a Cloud upon him in the morning of his Days yet leave him not in this Storm forsake him not thou that art the God of his Salvation but look upon his Wrongs and have compassion on his Innocency and Suffering O let it never be in the Power of Man to bar him from the Throne to which by his Birth thou hast designed him but guide him with those Councils and prosper him with that Success as may settle him in his Throne in Peace Or if the Guilt and Wickedness of his Opposers shall still continue to hinder this do it after thine own way O God with thy mighty Hand and stretched out Arm that they may both know and feel that Thou art the Protector of Kings and the Refuge of them who have no other Trust but in Thee grant this O God for the Glory of thy Name and the Comfort of thy desolate Church and People Amen The Third Prayer O Most Merciful God the only Sanctuary of sad and distressed Souls look down I beseech thee upon thy Servant who here with bended Knees and a wounded Spirit prostrate my self before thee for wo unto us we have lived to see the Crown fallen from our Heads and the Glory departed from our Israel even the anointed of the Lord driven to fly before wicked Men
at this Day By Lying Detraction and contumely by censuring and rash Judgments by false Witness and perverting the course of Justice we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By Desire of Change and Uncontentedness in our Estates by giving our selves over to lustful covetous and inordinate Affections by desire of Peace not so much for thine own Honour or the publick Good as the Satisfaction of our own private Lusts by neglecting Acts of Charity and doing as we would be done unto and not doing our Duty in that State of Life unto the which it hath pleased thee to call us we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By our want and neglect of those necessary Christian Duties of Humiliation and godly Sorrow for Sins of due Indignation and Revenge upon our selves for them of confessing and forsaking of Restitution and Satisfaction to others and by not bringing forth Fruits worthy of Repentance we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By Impatience under thy correcting Hand by not endeavouring our Amendment by it in reflecting upon our Sins as the Causes of it by despising thy Chastisements in not rejoycing in Tribulations and not glorifying thee that hast counted us worthy to suffer for Righteousness sake we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By fretting our selves because of the ungodly and being envious at the evil doers by not loving our Enemies not blessing them that curse us not doing good to them that hate us not praying for those that despitefully use us and persecute us we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By presuming to do evil that good may come thereon by placing Piety in Opinions by straining at Gnats and swallowing of Camels by scrupling at Things indifferent and making no Conscience of known Sins we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By running into open Prophaneness under Colour of avoiding Superstition by guiding our Conscience by Humours Fancies and not by the certain Rules of thy Law by having itching Ears and heaping to our selves Teachers and by having Mens Persons in Admiration because of advantage we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By our unreformed continuing in our former Sins since thy heaviest Judgments came out against us our not melting not turning to thee in Humiliation and Contrition and Change of Life or not preparing to meet our God when he is come out in Fury against us we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By those open or secret but still unmortified crying Sins of a wretched People which have so enraged a long suffering God as to deliver up our Glory the Joy of our Hearts and the Breath of our Nostrils into the Power and Malice of bloody Men to be assaulted with a Rage that reacheth up to Heaven we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By our fatal Stupidity under this Vengeance of thine our Want of Zeal of Courage of a due Detestation of so vile an Enterprize our not confessing of thee when we have been most signally called unto it we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By bowing our Shoulders to bear and crouching down with Issachar under our Burthens because the Land is pleasant and Rest seemed good unto us by not putting out our selves and restoring our Soveraign but neglecting that Prize that thou wast pleased lately to put into our Hands and forsaking our own Mercy we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By our too much Formality and Coldness in our Devotion by being wearied at the Return of our Days of Humiliation and secretly repining at the length and frequency of our Prayers by honouring thee with our Lips while our Hearts have been far from thee especially we of this Family have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day By preferring Sacrifice before Obedience and by holding fast our Iniquities and yet thinking to be heard for our much speaking we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord Righteousness belongs to thee But unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day Who can tell how oft he offendeth O cleanse thou us from our secret Sins Try us O Lord God and search the ground of our Hearts prove and examine our Thoughts and look well if there be any other way of Wickedness in us and lead us in the way everlasting A Prayer O Almighty and most Merciful Father who art the Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long suffering and abundant in Goodness and Truth keeping Mercy for Thousands and forgiving Iniquity Transgression and Sins Look down upon us with thy compassionate Eyes who are here before thee in the Bitterness of our Souls and do now with troubled Spirits with broken and contrite Hearts most humbly beg Pardon for these Multitude of our Offences Look we humbly beseech thee upon the Blood of thy Son which speaketh better Things than that of Abel for his sake spare us Lord spare thy People that those Sins rise not up against us for his Passions sake expose us not for a Prey to their cruel Hands who would both devour and deride us Spare us Lord spare thy People for the Glory of thy Name O deliver us and be merciful to all these our Sins through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen The Absolution to be pronounced by the Priest only ALmighty God our Heavenly Father who of his great Mercy hath promised Forgiveness of Sins to all them that with hearty Repentance and true Faith turn unto him Have mercy upon you pardon and deliver you from all your Sins confirm and strengthen you in all Goodness and bring you to everlasting Salvation both of Body and Soul through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen The Lord's Prayer OUR Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this Day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us
from evil Amen Priest O Lord open thou our lips Answer And our Mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make hast to help us Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning c. A Prayer LOok down O Lord in the Bowels of thy Pity and lend a tender ear to the Voice of our Lamentation our Adversaries are the chief our Enemies prosper for thou hast afflicted us for the Multitude of our Transgressions the Crown is fallen from the Head wo unto us we have sinned O Lord behold our Afflictions For the Enemy hath magnified himself The Adversary hath spread out his Hand upon all our pleasant things they have entered into and prophaned thy Sanctuary they have seen us low and have mocked at our Sabbaths our solemn Feasts are become their Scorn and our Devotion their Derision O Lord behold our Afflictions for the Enemy hath magnified himself Thou art become our Enemy thou hast destroyed our strong Holds thou hast encreased among us Mourning and Lamentation because thou hast despised in the Indignation of thine Anger the King and the Priest See O Lord and consider for we are become very vile The Yoak of our Transgressions is bound by thy hand they are wreathed and come upon our Necks thou hast made our Strength to fail thou hast delivered us into their Hands from whom we are not able to rise up Thou hast trodden under Foot our mighty Men in the midst of us Thou hast called an Assembly to crush our young Men Thou hast trodden us as in a Wine-press Our Enemies hear of our Trouble and they are glad that thou hast done it Behold O Lord for we are in Distress Our Bowels are troubled our Heart is turned within us for we have grivously rebelled abroad the Sword devoureth at home there is Death our Enemies have opened their Mouths against us they hiss and gnash their Teeth they say we have swallowed them up certainly this is the Day that we looked for we have found it we have seen it Thus are we in Derision all the Day long we are become their Song and their Musick O Lord behold our Afflictions for the Enemy hath magnified himself They have cried unto us depart ye ye are unclean depart depart touch not yea these Men have said they shall no more sojourn here O Lord behold our Afflictions for the Enemy hath magnified himself The Breath of our Nostrils the Anointed of the Lord is fallen into their Pits and slaughtered by their Hands of whom yet we said under his Shadow we shall live among the midst of these sad Distractions O Lord behold our Afflictions for the Enemy hath magnified himself Thus do we call to mind our Afflictions and our Miseries the Wormwood and the Gall our Souls have them in Remembrance and they are humbled in us and therefore have we hope it is of the Lords mercy that we are not consumed because his Compassions fails not They are new every Morning great is his Faithfulness for the Lord will not cast us off for ever but tho' he cause Grief yet will he have Compassion according to the Multitude of his Mercies for he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the Children of Men Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be World without end Amen PSALM III. A PSALM of David when he fled from Absalom his Son Or the Security of God's Protection LORD how are they increased that trouble me Many are they that rise up against me 2. Many there be which say of my Soul There is no help for him in God Selah 3. But thou O Lord art a Shield for me my Glory and the lifter up of my Head 4. I cryed unto the Lord with my Voice and he heard me forth out of his holy Hill Selah 5. I laid me down and slept I awaked for the Lord sustained me 6. I will not be afraid of Ten Thousands of People that have set themselves against me round about 7. Arise O Lord save me O my God For thou hast smitten all mine Enemies upon the Cheek Bone Thou hast broken the Teeth of the ungodly 8. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord Thy Blessing is upon thy People Selah PSALM VII David prayeth against the Malice of his Enemies professing his Innocency 10. by Faith he seeth his Defence and the Destruction of his Enemies O Lord my God in thee do I put my trust save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me 2. Lest he tear my Soul like a Lion renting it in pieces while there is none to deliver 3. O Lord my God if I have done this if there be Iniquity in my Hands 4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at Peace with me yea I have delivered him that without cause is mine Enemy 5. Let the Enemy persecute my Soul and take it yea let him tread down my Life upon the Earth and lay mine Honour in the Dust Selah 6. Arise O Lord in thine Anger lift up thy self because of the Rage of mine Enemies and awake for me to the Judgment that thou hast commanded 7. So shall the Congregation of the People compass thee about For their Sakes therefore return thou on high 8. The Lord shall judge the People Judge me O Lord according to my Righteousness and according to mine Integrity that is in me 9. Oh let the Wickedness of the wicked come to an end but establish the just For the Righteous God trieth the Hearts and Reins 10. My Defence is of God which saveth the upright in Heart 11. God judgeth the righteous and God is angry with the wicked every Day 12. If he turn he will whet his Sword He hath bent his Bow and made it ready 13. He hath also prepared for him the Instruments of Death he ordaineth his Arrows against the Persecutors 14. Behold he travelleth with Iniquity and hath conceived Mischief and brought forth Falshood 15. He made a Pit and digged it and is fallen into the Ditch which he made 16. His Mischief shall return upon his own Head and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own Pate 17. I will praise the Lord according to his Righteousness and will sing Praise to the Name of the Lord most high PSALM XXVII 1. David sustaineth his Faith by the Power of God 4. By his Love to the Service of God 9. By Prayer THE Lord is my Light and my Salvation whom shall I fear The Lord is the Strength of my Life of whom shall I be afraid 2. When the Wicked even mine Enemies and my Foes came upon me to eat up my Flesh they stumbled and fell 3. Though an Host should encamp against me my Heart shall not fear though War should rise against me in this will I be confident 4. One Thing have