sprite in sence 1 GOd graunt he heare with blessed eare the sutes in day of wo Gods name so great whom Iacob met promoote thée where thou go 2 God send thée ayde â–ª where power is layd from sanctuary place He strengtht thée sure full strong t' endure from Syon hill of grace 3 Let hym kéepe hye in memorye thy sacrifices all The bullockes brent so redolent to mynde all them to call 4 Graunt he thy will of hart to fill in sickenes eke and health Confirme he shall thy counsayles all to worke thy peoples wealth 5 In helth of thée glad we shal bée and triumphes make we will In gods good name his prayse to fame thy vowes God shall fulfill 6 I know that now God will allowe his Christ and saue him deare To heare him nye from heauen so hye by healthfull hand he bearth 7 Some trust their horse some charets force thus they presume of strength But we wyll bynde Gods name in mynde for he is Lord at length 8 For where we sée how low they bée and falne so foule deceyued We ryse in sight and stand vpright by myght of God receyued 9 O Lord we sing saue kéepe the king heare vs and saue vs aye Both hym and his preserue and blis his realme defend we pray ¶ The Collecte FVlfill O Lord all our peticions and accepte vs as well allowed sacrifice to grace that all the force power of our aduersaries may bee resisted by thee so that we may reioyce in the present ayde of thy sauing health through Christ our Lord who with thee c. The Argument Psalme XXI Here is exprest is hard which went beforne How that request is hard which went beforne Now thankes the more to see hys foes forlorne He geueth therfore to see hys foes forlorne 1 THe king with voyce doth most reioyce thy strength O Lord most kynde For health so had he is full glad excedingly in mynde 2 Thou hast him geuen such helpe to wynne in hart as he desyrde For that he sought by thée was wrought as full his lips requirde 3 Thy good entent dyd hym preuent thy blessyng swéete thou gauest Upon his hed a crowne so red of gold well set thou hast 4 He asked lyfe and lyfe ful ryfe thou gauest him that will last More hym thou gaue then he dyd craue euen lyfe that shall not wast 5 His honour great in thée is set in thy saluation true Thou didst him crowne with bright renowne and glory hym dyd sue 6 Thou hast againe exalt hys raygne wyth long felicitie To glad hys state most fortunate with ioy thy face to sée 7 The cause is thys the kyng I wis in God dyd put his trust Hys louyng grace so steyd hys place no man could downe hym thrust 8 Thy strong ryght hand by sea and land shall all thy foes confound Thou shalt séeke out thy haters stout wyth power to cast on ground 9 In thyne whote ire as ouen wyth fire thou shalt them make to fume The Lord in wrath shall stroy theyr pathe the fire shall them consume 10 Thou shalt supplant theyr fruite to want theyr rootes from earth full low Theyr séede euen quyte from all mens sight no man thence shall them know 11 For they entend on thée to send some euill in spitefull fourme Theyr cursed déede yet wanted spéede they could not it perfourme 12 For such a thyng thou shalt O kyng them all put foule to flight Thou shalt bestow thy stryng and bow agaynst theyr face to smite 13 O Lord of helth exalt thy selfe in thyne owne strength and might So wyll we syng to thée O kyng to prayse thy power aright ¶ The Collecte BLesse vs lord with the benediction of thy swete mercy and fulfil our desire to be alway set to thee that where in our harmonie we extoll thy excellent power we may obtayn the perpetuitie of dayes in the world to come through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXII Lo Dauid here in anguishe all be set Christes type doth beare in anguishe all be set For here in summe and rising iust be met Christes passion and rising iust be met 1 MY God my God regard me God why hast me left alone To make so farre my health to â—arre from wordes of my great mone 2 My God I cry as day doth pry and yet thou geuest none eare No rest by night I take in sight no silence any where 3 Yet holdst thy will in thée so still as onely good thy selfe Thou Iacobs prayse thy selfe vp rayse they sang alwayes thy health 4 Our fathers olde on thée were bolde to hope and had theyr ease As oft as they to thée did pray theyr troubles then dyd cease 5 They cald on thée and helpe therby thou gauest to them anone They layd theyr trust on thée so iust and scapt confusion 6 Concernyng mée a worme to sée I am no man of pryce A scorne all day a cast away of men in theyr deuyce 7 All they that mée wyth eye dyd sée hye scornes to me they layd Wyth lips they mowd with knées they bowd they shooke theyr hed and sayd 8 In God he set affiaunce great let hym than rid hym quyte Deliuer â—ée to make hym frée for hym he pleasth in sight 9 Yet he thou arte that dydst depart my mothers wombe from me At both her brestes in quyet rest â–ª thou nurst me tenderly 10 I was whole cast on thée full fast from that my mothers pappe No dout from thence in sure defence thou God keptst me in lappe 11 Fro me to go oh do not so for trouble is at hand No helpe of man optayne I can in thée my refuge standth 12 Wylde buls most stout flocke me about by me full fierce they ryde Fat buls in déede as Basan féede be set on euery side 13 My death to shape wyth mouthes they gape on me they stare I say They swell and stampe as Lyons rampe when they do rore at pray 14 Out am I cast as water wast my bones in ioyntes be lose My hart wythin doth melt and pyne as waxe by fier dose 15 As potsherd dry my strength doth lye to mouth my tong cleau'th fast To death in dust thou hast me thrust thus made I am agast 16 Yea dogs full grim haue closde me in in councels mad they méete Besiegd I stand of wicked â—and they pearst my hand and féete 17 My bones to tell I may full well at me they gase and stare They did delite in my despite they dyd deryde my care 18 My clothes they part wyth ioyfull hart as spoyle the sowgiers do For that my cote they cast theyr loâ— for that vnsowed was so 19 But be not far my gouerner O Lord my castle strong Thy mercy send and me defend in hast no tyme prolong 20 From sworde and knyfe discharge my lyfe my soule lest they deuoure Kéepe well my soule as derlyng fole from dogges theyr handes and
riches and glory of this worlde thou shalt heare him againe singing Wo be to them which trust in their power and in the multitude of their goodes and in an other place Man is in his dayes as grasse whose pompe shal not go downe into the graue with him and thus by such considerations thou shalt repute nothing in all the earth much to be estemed for if thou despisest these two thinges I meane power and glory which exceed all other thinges in mens estimacion what can there be beside wherto thou shouldst set so much thy hart Also if thou shouldst be ouercharged with any heauines of hart thou mayst here there Why art thou thus heauy O my soule and why doost thou so vexe me Trust in the lord for I will geue him thankes Ouer this if thou spiest manye men to haue great commendation without any cause of deseruing speake thou thus to thy selfe Be not enuious at wycked men for they shall wither away like grasse and shall fade to nought euen as the grene herbe in the field If thou chaunce to marke how good men and euill men he both together afflicted yet by Dauid thou shalt vnderstand that the maner of theyr affliction is not alone for he sayth that there be many scourges for sinners which yet he doth not affirme to be inflicted vpon good men when he saith That the iust man haue many temtations but out of them all God will deliuer him and agayne The death of sinners is odible Where the death of his electes is very honourable before the Lorde Reuolue therfore such thinges as these be oft with thy selfe and by the instruction of them get thee some vnderstandyng for there is a large wilde fielde of wise sentences comprehended in these sayinges aforesayd yea in euery one of them thoughe they be brieflye thus vewed and perused by vs. But if ye will more exactly search out these sentences of Dauid ye shall perceiue that they wil sprede into plentuous store of gostly treasure Ouer and beyond that euery man that will may by these sayinges purge himselfe of euill vices how fast so euer they haue roote within them If he will neither geue eare redily to enuye neither yet to bitter malice if he will despise riches if he set light by aduersitie by trouble by pouertie if he set not much by his lyfe at all This maner of contemplation will far driue from vs all vice and sinne for the subduing of which vices we muste geue our thankes to God and thus by despising these transitory goodes we may winne the goodes euerlastyng and through patience in aduersitie and by the consolatiō we haue in holy scripture we may haue hope and at the last to enioy the blisse to come thorough Iesus Christ to whom with the father the holy ghost be all honor world without ende Amen Augustinus lib. confess 10. cap. 33. THe delectation of the eares had once bound me strongly yea they had subdued me but thou O Lorde didst vnbinde me and madest me free Now in these sweete tunes which thy holy scriptures geue so liuely a grace vnto when they be sunge with the sweete voyce of cunning men I do confesse that I am somwhat delectably holden but yet not for that I would dwell and abide still there but that my affection might be stirred to rise vpwarde when I see my time But yet these tunes and notes thus liuelye made by the dittie of thy worde the rather doo they desire to haue place in me yea they woulde my harte should haue them in great affiance which yet I haue not peraduenture altogether as is most agreable For sometime me thinke I esteme this musicall harmonie more hiely then is conueniēt as when I feele my hart to be more vehemently stirred to ardent deuotion by those holy wordes when they be so set out with song then if they were not so sunge For this I perceyue that all the affections of our sprites in their diuersitie of natural disposition to haue their peculier properties and facions as well in respect of the voyce as of the tunes So that by a secrete familiaritie and similitude that is betwixt them the mindes of men be diuerslye affected and rauished but the delectation of my flesh thoughe it ought not to subdue my mynde with to much vaine and feeble sensualitie yet it ofte deceyueth me in that my brute senses doo not wayte on Lady Reason as modestlye content to come after her but they striue to go before her would be her guide and other cause can they alleage none but for that by her at the first they were broughte in and admitted And thus I offend vnbewares thoughe afterward I perceiue it So againe while that I eschue this suttle deceit of my senses beyond due measure I erre on the other side by ouermuch sower grauitie yea so far otherwhiles that I would all such swete harmonie of delectable singing wherewith Dauids Psalter is vsed to be sung vtterly remoued not from mine owne eares only but banished out of the church to as iudging that waie to be more sure and furthest from perill of abuse that I remember hath bene ofte told me done of Athanasius bishop of Alexandria who caused the readers of the quier to recite the psalmes in such euen equalitie of the voyce that it appeared to bee more like a reading then a singing How be it when I cal to minde what teares I wept at the hearing of the songes which thy churche and congregation did vse to sing to thee O Lord what time I first began to recouer my faith vnto thee as me thinke euen yet still I feele my selfe rauished not yet with the singing but with the sweete matter which is sung specially when it is sung with full expressed voyces and with decent harmonie then againe I iudge this ordinance of singing to be much profitable and expedient And thus am I tost betwixt the danger of vaine delectation and the experience of wholesome edification But more am I inclined and induced to allowe this custome of singing in the churche although I speake not this as in sentence diffinitiue that the weaker sorte of men might by suche delectation of the eare rise vp to godly affection and heauenly deuotion Notwithstanding when I fele this in my selfe that the melodie moueth me more then the matter of the dittie which is sung I confesse then that I offend mortally therin then wish I rather not to heare such singyng then so to heare it Iosephus lib. antiq Iud. 7. ca. 12. WHen Dauid was at rest from warres and other such daungers and had now peace at will he composed songes and hymnes to God of diuers Metres some trimetres and some quinquemetres and caused diuers instruments to be made and he taught the Leuites how they shoulde in their diuersities sing and playe hymnes on the Saboth and other feastiuall daies Of which instrumēts some as the harpe were
agayne So be it aye of men so well wyth twise at ende Amen Amen The Collecte MOst gentle remitter of sinne almighty God who louingly shewest the way to escape all daungers to such as be mercifull to theyr brethren in their neecssities we beseche thee to ease our diseases that where thou doost chastise our carnall offences yet wyth mercy graunt vs health of soule through Christ. ¶ The ende of the first booke Here beginneth the second booke of Psalme ▪ The Argument Psalme XLII As Christ the Lord for hym and hys In trust did pray in paynfull stresse So man euen like as did his head May iust the same in worde expresse 1 EUen lyke in chase the hunted Hynde the water brookes doth glad desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is to thée my God would fayne aspire 2 My wery soule dyd thyrst to God To God the fount of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come To sée at eye Gods liuely face 3 My teares in stede of foode and meate Both day and nyght to me they were Whyle that all day rebukers sayd Where is thy God fro thée so far 4 When this O Lord came soone to hart I yet therin recomfort felt And trust to lead the people forth to go full glad where thou hast dwelt 5 To ioy in hart and voyce of myrth Wyth laudes thankes most due alway Among thy folke when that they kepe So hye in sight theyr holy day 5 Why castes thy selfe than flatly downe My fainty soule I sayd no lesse Why layest in me so painfully In greuous wo and carefulnes Put thou thy trust and hope in God Let earthly thyng not thée amase I wyll hym thanke for all his helpe In sight most sure of hys good grace 6 My God my soule is dayly vext Wyth inward paynes pangs so thrill I mynde thy workes ▪ in Iordan yet so done by thée next Hermon hill 7 As déepe profound to déepe reboundth at dreadfull noyce of thy great showers Thy streames by course so ouerflowes My soule alasse the payne deuoures 8 But God yet will commaund the day To shyne most clere me grace to sée My night of wo shall prayse hym than Who kept yet lyfe to byde in mée 9 Thou art my strength alone O God I myght therby than playne in wo Why hast me thus forgot so quyte So sad to go for mortall fo 10 It pierceth my bones as sharpe as sword To heare my foes in cruell spyte They daily thus at me vpbreyde Where is become thy God of myght 11 Why art thou then I say my soule So vext wyth griefe and prostrate so Why makest in me so much a do Where God is frende in all thy wo. 12 O put thy hope I byd in God I trust therto in tyme and place He is my God whom I wyll thanke My face shall sée hys helpyng grace ¶ The Collecte O Lord which art the onelye chearer of mans conscience and countenance wyth the aspect of thy face which the soules of thy faythfull seruauntes do long to beholde We beseche thee that whyle we seke thy fauour by the manifold teares of our compuncte myndes we may be watred wyth the heauenly showers of thy grace to place thee within the tabernacle of our hartes Through c. The Argument Psalme XLIII For Saule hys wrong among Philistians Prayd Dauid strong among Philistians The poore euen so may thus theyr cry auance To God in wo. may thus theyr cry auance 1 O God eterne as iudge discerne my cause from folkes vncleane And ryd me so from man that go in vyce and guyle doth meane 2 My God of myght thou art of ryght Why hast vs dryuen from thée Whyle thus go I so mournfully at mens hostilitie 3 Send out thy lyght and truth to sight to leade and guyde my way To sée thy place thy hyll of grace where thou doost rest all day 4 That I may go Gods aulters to to thée my God euen tyll To thée my ioye my God and roye wyth harpe thée thanke I wyll 5 My soule so dull why art so full of griefe and heauines Why standst agast as helpe were past such thoughtes why doost impresse Put all thy trust in God most iust I wyll hym thankes extende He shewth me grace euen nye at face as God all health he sendth ¶ The Collecte WE call vpon thee wyth most harty supplication O God which art the eternall fountayne of all light shyne on vs the glorious lyght of thy truth whyle we here trauayle in thys world to be illimited wyth the beames of euerlasting lyght of glory in the worlde to come through c. The Argument Psalme XLIII Poore Dauid prest by tyranny Of wilfull Saule who could not blin For his blacke garde to search hym nye Prayth thus to God his helpe to winne And wysheth that he his cause would try He thus beginneth 1 AH iudge me God O iudge most true Discern my cause by power opprest Unfaintly men do me pursue By lawes vniust my right deprest Which yet thy word allowth full due O geue me rest Rule me to scape that wycked man That sinfull Saule of shameles face Who boasteth himselfe all that he can And doth vsurpe thy godly place Whose power by sleite and sinne began O iudge my case 2 Know this I do my God thou art To thée my strength I whole appeale Why putst me backe why standst apart My state to thée I iust reueale Why turnst from mée thy louyng hart O mercy deale Eternall God why go I thus Ashamd in face and vily checkt My cause but made opprobrious Why doth my fo thus me reiect To beare me downe so rigorous O me respect 3 Returne thy light my hart to cheare Perfourme thy fayth that thou hast hight Thy lyght and truth let it appeare To teache the blynde thy worde so bryght That it may rule as law most deare O kepe thy ryght Make hast O Lord and bring me nye Thy holy hill to sing thy prayse Thy truth and lyght of sanctuarie Will be my guide in all these frayes Expell thys crosse thys misery O cheare my dayes 4 That I may go gods aulters to To offer thankes in sacrifice In hart deuout as due is so Yea nye in sight to God to rise My God of ioy ease thou my wo O glad myne eyes That thou alone hast geuen reliefe I thée wyll laude wyth harpe and lute My God intiere my helpe in chiefe Thou shalt my foes for me confute So me to ayde to ease my griefe O heare my sute 5 Why then my soule art thou so sad Why fretst within why troublest me So foule dismayd in thoughts bestad Knowst not that God thy God is he Call thys to mynde to make thée glad O make me frée Euen trust to God in stablenes No more but trust for sure he is I will hym yet wyth laudes confesse For he wyll cheare my face iwis
and prayse God wyll I prayse and all my trust in hym I set alwayes 11 On God I haue me whole bestowde a tyme though I be thrall What flesh can do though all beshrowd I feare no whit at all 12 Now fit for me my vowes to pay to God they be so hyght And hym due laudes to sing by day and thankes in open sight 13 For thou my soule hast ryd from death from fall thou kéepst my féete To walke in lyght whyle lyfe hath breath before my God so swéete The Collecte O Lord of all power and myght which defendst thy seruauntes from all inuisible hostilitie and neuer sufferest them to be ouercome that trust in thy mercy wype from our eyes we praye thee teares shed for our sinnes that after we haue subdued our carnall affectiōs we may rest in the land of the liuing through Iesus Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LVII The iuct for his deliuery geueth thankes that God hym sped So Christ reioyste when he dyd stye to heauen when death was ded 1 GOd pity me O pitie me on thée my soule is cast Thy wynges I trust wyll shadow be till all thys spyte be past 2 Thy trusty helpe I wyll implore of God my Lord most hye He wyll my cause perfourme the more that now in hand doth ligh 3 He shall from heauen send down hys power to saue from me their spite And those that would my soule deuower wyth shame shall full be dight 4 Twixt Lyons fierce doth stand my lyfe wyth fiery men I dwell Whose téeth be speares and dartes in stryfe theyr tonges sharpe swordes and fell 5 Aduaunce thy selfe O God appeare from heauens more hye thou they Thy glory great set vp so cleare on all the earth to stay 6 To catche my féete a net they splayd my soule they haue deprest Into that pyt for me they layd themselues therin be threst 7 My hart is fixt my hart is fixt O God in thée full stayd And sing I will my griefes betwixt in psalmes wyth musike playd 8 Awake my tonge my ioy awake awake both harpe and lute Come forth at morne I me betake to sing wyth shaume and flute 9 Thy laudes wyth thankes out wyll I sound◠when people méete aryght To sing O Lord to thée so bound I wyll in Paynyms syght 10 Thy mercy great to heauens doth retch what thyng can it denay To heauenly cloudes thy truth doth stretch to mans most stable stay 11 Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauens as is most méete Aboue the earth thy glory moue the stoole of both thy féete ¶ The Collecte REmoue O Lord all iniquity and enmitie from thy familie which mekely set theyr whole trust in the shadow of thy winges so that by enioyeng thy mercy sent from heauen we may bee perpetually deliuered from all malicious snares and trappes of our enemies Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LVIII Saules counsaylours so far fro ryght This Psalme doth here dewray Whose craftes wyth like shall God requite To sing once well away 1 IF iust your myndes be truly set ye counsaylours to ryght Iudge equally in weyght and met ye sonnes of men in syght 2 Yea ye in hart do nothyng lesse in earth to wrong ye bende Your handes do worke all wyckednes though ye the ryght pretende 3 These wycked walke in froward wyse from euen theyr mothers mylke Once borne they stray and talke but lyes theyr wordes yet soft as silke 4 Theyr poyson lyke the poyson is of venome cockafryce Euen Adder lyke all deafe I wis who stopth her eares to ryse 5 Who hateth to heare the charmers voyce charme he so neuer wyse Of ryght and wrong they make no choyce all warnyng they despyse 6 Wythin theyr mouthes theyr téeth O God crushe thou they be to sharpe The Lyons mouthes theyr iawes so brode breke Lord proud wordes they carpe 7 To nought they passe as water swyft wythin it selfe doth slyde And when to shoote theyr shaftes they list let them go broken wyde 8 As snayle that wasth let them so wast thus créepyng crookedly As womans byrth to tymely cast let them no sunne espy 9 As tender ympes of wycked thorne before theyr pryckes be hard Men roote them vp so all be torne by wrath they shall be marde 10 Then shall reioyce the iust and good to sée Gods vengeaunce come To bathe hys handes in sinners bloud and thanke for hys good dome 11 Then man shall say wythouten mis the iust hath iust reward No doubt a God in earth there is to iudge in ryght regard ¶ The Collecte MOst righteous Lord graunt we besech thee that the people may folow all the righteousnes of thy law and gladly in loue to embrace the same neuer to turne their hearyng from the truth thereof or to bee deluded wyth the mortiferous perswasions of the serpent to be agayne wounded by hym from whom we be redeemed thorough the death of thy welbeloued sonne to whom with thee and the holy ghost be c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LIX Agaynst the proud is made request Who dealth wyth guile and fraude Whom God shall driue to want theyr rest with famine ouer yawde 1 FRom all my foes deliuer me O God my God thou art Shield me from them in suertie that vp at me be start 2 From workers bad O saue my lyfe wyth them no tyme to mell From bloudy men whole set to strife make me most far to dwell 3 For lo they wayt my soule to catch these freakes be met in spyte Though iust offence they cannot latch at me O Lord of ryght 4 Yet causeles they styll flocke at mée to hurt they them prepare Aryse therfore O Lord and sée helpe me now plungd in care 5 Stand vp thou God and Lorde of hostes thou Lord of Iacobs lyne All Paynyms Lord vew thou theyr bostes spare not theyr wilfull cryme 6 They go at euen both to and fro they grin as dogs to bite The streates they trot in citie so as pickethankes them delyte 7 Behold they speake wythin theyr mouth but swordes wythin theyr lyps They thinke belyke none heare the sothe from them that falshode slips 8 But thou O Lord shalt them deryde to scorne theyr mad attempt These heathen dogs that barke so wyde from thée who can exempt 9 My strength I will kepe fast by thée O God I will not shrynke Of thée I know all strength to bée as rocke on thée I thynke 10 For God of grace wil me preuent wyth mercy plentuously And how my foes shall once be shent God shal make me to spy 11 Yet slea them not all sodenly lest them my flocke forget But scatter them a stray to fly deiect them Lord so great 12 Theyr sinne of mouth theyr word of tong theyr pryde shall them betray For periury they speake and wrong they prate but lyes all day 13 Consume them Lord in hasty wrath consume them
we be vndone 9 Helpe vs O God our sauiour for prayse of thy good name Our sinnes our ill behauiour forgeue forget the same 10 Least heathen rayle and say in spite where now is come theyr God Thy seruaunts bloud so shed in sight reuenge and shew thy rod. 11 O heare the sighes and sorowes déepe of captiue men in bonds Men iudgd to death sée that thou kepe shewe forth thy strength of hands 12 The blasphemy at thée so cast by these our neighbours partes Requyte it them O Lord at last seuen solde on all theyr hartes 13 So we thy shepe and people true to thankes we shall agrée Thy prayse our tonges shall still ensue to our posteritie ¶ The Collecte PReuent vs O Lord with thy great mercy before the zeale of thy wrath be kindled to vengeance graunt that we may be edified by the exāples of such as haue shed their bloud for cōfessing thy name and that we commended to thee by theyr petitions may at thy mercy receyue remission of our synnes Through c. The Argument Psalme LXXX This Psalme doth aske deliuerance from hard captiuitie In peace and truth good Christians should pray Christes church to bee 1 THou shepeheard king of Israell that Ioseph ledst as shepe On Cherubin that sittest so well heare now appeare and kepe 2 For Ephraym and Beniamin and eke Manasses sake Stirre vp thy power and strength of thyne and vs to mercy take 3 Restore vs God to loue agayne and shyne on vs thy face If thou Lord wylt vs visite playne we shall be safe by grace 4 Thou Lord and God of hostes I say how long shall fret thyne ire Agaynst thy folke which daily pray to thée in méeke desyre 5 Thou féedst them full wyth bread of teares they mourne for wo at meat Thou geuest them drinke in weping feares in heaped measure great 6 A cause of stryfe thou makest vs be to all our neyghbours next They rayle on vs and scornd be we our foes vs sore haue vext 7 Turne vs to thée thou God of hostes and shyne thy face on vs Kepe vs in peace represse theyr bostes and whole we shal be thus 8 Thou didst translate from Egipt darke a vyne euen so thou wouldst To plant it there it was thy warke whence Paynyms were expulst 9 Thou madest it rome first clensd by hand from Cananites the wéedes And roote it toke it spred the land these were thy godly déedes 10 The hyls were closde wyth shade of it the hyll of Syon house The boughes therof dyd sprede so fit lyke Ceders glorious 11 She did extend her braunches wyde to touch the feas extremes In length it went a long the syde of Euphrates the streames 12 Why hast thou beat his closure downe to lay as open soyle That they which walke from towne to towne her grapes myght fréely spoyle 13 The tushy bore of woode full fierce doth route it vp to stoure A sauage beast whose meat is gyrse doth wholy it deuoure 14 Turne thée we praye thou God of hosts looke down from heauen in spéede Beholde this vine in all our costes and visite it at néede 15 The vyneyard place behold also which thy right hand did set For thy sonnes sake defend therto the braunch thou madst so great 16 With fyer brent it is cut downe thy wrath was cause in sight But they shal quayle when thou doost frown which wrought this dedly spite 17 Extend thy hand vpon the man of thy right mighty hand Upon the sonne of man that can thy foes by strength withstand 18 And so shall we no more recéede from thée so wyde to fall Yf thou reuiuest vs than in déede thy name extoll we shall 19 O Lord our God turne vs agayne from erryng far from thée Shew vs thy light of face so fayne all whole then shall we bée ¶ The Collecte VIsite thy vyne O Lorde which thy mightye hande hath deliuered from Egiptiacall bondage that it may be reuiued continually by the brighte visage of thy presence that it may ioy prosperously to bryng forth good workes to the land of thy name Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXI A song of ioy to God of maiestie aboue Who geueth all thing aboundantly to thē that him do loue 1 NOw sing ye ioyfully To God our strength rocke Yea sing ye swete in iubilies to God of Iacobs stock 2 Streyne vp your psaltery and wrest your tymbrels hye Wyth mery harpe and virginals set out your melodye 3 Blow out wyth trumpet lowde in new mooues feast I say In tyme so méete accordingly our solempne feastfull day 4 By statute thus enact it is for Israell From Iacobs God it is a law hys worthy actes to tell 5 God made in Iosephes séede for wytnes thys decrée Of Egipt land whē out he went where language straunge hard he 6 I did his shulder ease from burthens great and thicke His hands escapte the dayly toyle of making potts and bricke 7 Thou cryedst on me in stresse I thée deliuered ryfe In thunder close I answerd thée first tried at fluds of strife 8 O then my people heare I wyll the iust assure O Israell if heare thou wylt my worde which shall endure 9 Strange God thou shalt not haue no other God to serue If thys thou doost and frowardly fro me thou doost not swerue 10 I am the Lord thy God who thée from Egypt led Then set thy mouth full open wyde I wyll it fyll full fed 11 But yet my people thus would neuer heare my voyce No Israell would none of me nor lyst in me reioyce 12 I let them go therfore theyr own hartes lustes to sue Theyr crooked wayes to walke at will whych they did after rue 13 O that my people meke had heard my document And Israell had walkt my wayes wyth gentle hartes assent 14 How soone would I at ones their foes haue wrested downe And turnd my hand agaynst them all at them who firse did frown 15 Gods haters should haue knéeld at héeles of them to lay Though lyingly they had it ment theyr dayes had lastd for aye 16 Yea then he would haue fed wyth floure of finest wheate And out of rocke them had I fild wyth hony pleasant meat ¶ The Collecte OPen thou O Lord the mouthes of vs thy suppliants to rebounde out the prayse of thy glorious maiesty and that we renouncing all Aegiptiacall works of darke ignorance may reioyce in the aduancyng of thy blessed name through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXII This Psalme is thret and lesson good to iudges stately romes Amid the Iewes as Christ he stoode and blamde their wrongfull domes 1 GOd standth in mids of Princes hye when they to counsayle fall And iudge he is theyr dedes to try he iudgeth theyr iudgements all 2 He once shall say how long wyll ye geue sentence wrongfully How long wyll ye acceptours be of persons wickedly 3 Defend the
thy wrath him more doth wring 12 That we our days may nuÌ„ber right O teach this wit to vs Theyr date so frayle shal make our harts apply to wisdome thus 13 Be thou retournd O Lord we pray how long wylt thou depart Thy seruantes rue most pityfull intreatable in hart 14 Refresh vs Lord and fill vs full with thy swete early loue To ioy a while to sing the laudes whyle we our breth can moue 15 And cheare our hartes wyth dayes as good as thou hast vs afflict And as our yeres haue smarted long with heauy scourges strickt 16 Thy seruantes teach thy worke deuine â–ª theyr state thy grace to sée That thy renowne may so appeare to theyr posteritie 17 The cherefull grace of God our Lord remayne on vs as now Our workes of handes confirme in vs our handes O prosper thou ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and euerlastyng God which art our defensible refuge in thys oure briefe space of lyfe whych we perceyue to be miserable we beseche thee not to presse vs wyth the burden of thy heuy indignation but so nurture vs wyth thy fatherly rod that we may desyre these eternall dayes of reste where thou wyth thy sonne and holy spryte reygnest eternal God to whome c. The Argument Psalme XCI The faythfull man doth here confesse that Gods defence is strong Against all griefe that hym can presse to scape all wo and wrong 1 WHo vnder fence and couert dwelth of God that is most hye He shall be sure in shadow well By God of heauen to ligh No dout of thys ought man to haue who proofe therof will make For God is strong vs all to saue if fayth to hart we take 2 The iust by fayth may thus be bolde to say to God so iust Thou art my hope my strength and holde my God in whom I trust I haue no hope in worldly thyng that may be sene or felt Though things I vse as nede doth bring which god for vse hath delt 3 To make the scape he will not misse all crafty hunters snares From pestilence that noysome is as far from other cares When diuel or maÌ„ hys soule wil spyte then God wyl helpe hym free Hys body frayle shal yet be quyte from plages how fierce they bee 4 For vnder wynge he thée shall hyde hys fethers thée to broode Hys fayth and truth shall fence thy side as shield and buckler good As once in th'arke theyr wynges so wyde the Cherubins dyd splay As vseth the henne her byrdes to stryde to kepe the kyte away 5 Thou shalt not néede to be adrad for feares of all the nyght No dart so sharpe shall make thée sad that flyeth by day in syght No horrors fell shall so preuayle to make thy hart agaâ—t Misfortune none shall thee assayle God wyll eye thee so fast 6 Thou shalt escape all pestilence which walkth in darke to noye Of sicknes sore to haue defence that hye at none doth stroye No venome bayte shal thee infect by diuell or man be layd For God to thee shall it detect by whom it shall be stayd 7 Though thousandes fast to murre in renne by thee that dwellers bée On thy right hand though thousandes ten do fall thou shalt be frée Thou nedest not feare what fortune fall to all the world beside Thou shalt not stand so casuall for God shall be thy guyde 8 Yea both thyne eyes shall make thée sée how proud men shall decay How faythles impes shall scourged bée for theyr desert I say God shall his foes tread vnder foote who him his did hate Theyr lies and brags them shal not boote with all their cruel state 9 For thou my God myne onely trust my hope thou art t' endure Thou hast my soule thus made full iust thy helpe to haue ryght sure Because thou hast affiance had in God who dwelth so hye He shall kepe thee from chances bad and be thy sanctuary 10 There shall no euill so chance to thée but all shall worke thy wealth No plage shall nye thy dwellyng bée to stroy therof the health Thou safe shalt dwell protected well by God if hym thou fearst From wrathfull men that be so fell if fayth to God thou bearst 11 For he shall geue hys angels charge on thée to cast theyr sight To sée thy wayes full set at large to walke therin aryght Hys angels be thy seruantes prest thy welth and helth to kepe To worke thy rest to prompt thy brest thy God in hart to seke 12 They shall in handes beare thée alone to stay thy hold aloft Lest thou shouldst hurt thy foote at stone els mought thou fall full oft If God thou fearst kepe hys wayes hys sprite wyll thee preserue Thou nedest no dout to walke in strayes if god thou vowst to serue 13 The Lyons fierce and adder flye on both them shalt thou go Thou shalt tread down the Lyons frye and eke the dragon to All venome beastes shall renne fro thee they shall serue thee at will The diuell so stoute thy fayth shall flee though he thy soule would spill 14 Because hys hope on me he set I will hym rid from shame I wyll hym lyft to make hym great because he knew my name I will sayth God my helpe hym send in all hys troublous dayes No better cause make me to bend then that on me he stayes 15 When he shall call and sue to me to hym I shall apply I will wyth hym in trouble be and ryd hym gloriously His trust and fayth shall not decay hys loue shall haue reward Though here he wepe from day to day yet I hys teares regard 16 Wyth length of dayes where lyfe shall last I wyll hym satisfy I wyll hym shew for louyng tafâ— my sauyng helth so hye Though here opprest as vyle outcast the iust for ryght doth wayle The greater ioy sayth God at last shall chance to hys aduayle Who vnder fence and couert dwelth of God that is mosâ— hye He shall be sure in shadow well by God of heauen to ligh ¶ The Collecte EXtende O mercifull father through the inuocation of thy holy name thy louing tuition vpoÌ„ vs thy poore seruants that where we be to weake by our own strength to ouercome the crafry and combrous assawts of our enemyes that yet by thy fatherly protection we may bee defended agaynst al their hostylitie and so in pacience passe ouer this mortal conuersation to ioy with thee in the length of dayes in thy blessed presence Through c. The Argument â–ª Psalme XCII Of sabboth day the solemne feast â–ª doth vs excyte by rest Gods mighty workes that we declare loue hym for all the best 1 A Ioyfull thyng to man it is the Lord to celebrate â–ª To thy good name O God so hye due laudes to modulate 2 To preach and shew thy gentlenes in early mornyng lyght Thy truth of worde to testifie all whole by length of nyght 3 Upon the psalme
hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde 44 And last he gaue them whole the gentils landes by met They all possest for heritage for which the people swet 45 To th end that they should kepe hys statutes true and ryght That they should aye obserue his lawes prayse ye this lord of might O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde ¶ The Collecte WEe sue vnto thee most louyng Lorde besechyng thee by the power of thy name that where our fathers were conducted therby to the ministration of thy heauenlye aungels foode that thou would so vouchsaue to feede and comfort vs wyth thy misticall nourishment of thy body bloud to whome with the father and holy ghost be The Argument Psalme CVI. The Iewes which dwelt in Babilon thus sang their thankes in harte They do confesse gods onely grace they blame their owne desarte \ \ THe Lorde so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men bee then Lord teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see 1 The Lord so good with thanks confesse sing prayse laud him hie All good he is for why hys grace for euer standth full nie 2 Who fully can his power expresse wyth tong he Lord so great Or cause be harde hys prayses all who can hys grace extreat 3 Wel true men be in hart most blest who iudgemeÌ„t true performe Which worke alway that righteous is in iust and lawfull forme 4 TheÌ„ lord I craue teach me ful kind haue mind to work my welth As friendly thou thy people mindst to me resort wyth helth 5 Thy seruauntes state O Lord to sée shew me their blisse at eye â–ª That I reioyce wyth thy good folke and thanke thée ioyfully The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 6 We all to thée haue sinned sore as oft our fathers dyd We haue gone wrong and done amisse most wickedly in déede 7 Thy noble faytes in Egipt done our fathers noted seald Of thy great loues no mynd they had at red sea they rebeld 8 Yet he full kynd dyd them preserue for loue of his great name To make hys power so notable the world to feare the same 9 The sea so red he dyd rebuke then soone vp dryed it was And through great déepes he led them dry as desert men do passe 10 And he by strength defended them from aduersaries power He ryd them sure from enemies hand they could not them deuour 11 The waters depe so whelmed such as them dyd vexe and greue That none remaynd not one of them he them dyd quite remeue 12 Hys stable word they then beleued to spy theyr foes distresse And then they sung an hymne of thankes to prayse hys worthines The Lord so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 13 In their great heat though hast they made his works they soone forgot No tyme they would his counsailes byde no tary would they not 14 They fondly longd in wycked lust for meat in wyldernes â–ª They tempted God in desert hye wyth shamefull sturdines â—5 And there euen there he gaue them full their asking redily But yet theyr bane they tooke therin theyr lyues destroyd therby â—6 And Moses guide yet they prouokt with wrath in their own tentes Yea Aaron eke Gods holy priest wyth foolish brablementes 17 Wherfore in hast the earth dyd ryue swalowd Dathon quyte It couerd whole the route and band of Abyram in sight 18 The fyre froÌ„ heauen fell whote and fierce amids their company The flame dyd burne those wycked men wyth all theyr familie 19 Eftsoones as God a calfe they made at Horeb mount most fond They worshipped this molteÌ„ worke which made theyr proper hand whole 20 And thus they turnd Gods onely glore who was their worship To shap of calfe but eatyng hay which they did hye extoll 21 They God forgot and left full soone who them to grace dyd take Who wrought as god in Egipt land â–ª strange dedes for al their sake 22 Great thyngs to sée O wonderfull in land of Cham I say And thynges of power most terrible at red sea there in way 23 To stroy them he then full decréed if Moses his elect Had not in sight vp start to treate his wrath to stay vnwreckt 24 And they despisde and lightly scornd that land delicious No fayth they gaue vnto hys word but went contrarious 25 They did in hart eke grutch and moyne in all theyr tents vnkynd They heard no tyme gods holy word it was to them but wynd 26 By liftyng vp his irefull hand God sware vnto them all That he would them in wildernes destroy wyth shamefull fall 27 And that he would cast shortly out their séede where gentils byde And sparple them as runnegates in countries farly wyde 28 Yea yokt they were and knit in hart to Baal Peor fast They glad dyd eat the sacrifice to dead men which was cast 29 Thus they all out dyd him prouoke to wrath by filthy vyce So hie that néedes Gods heauy plage on them did sharply ryse 30 Then Phinées stoode vp in zeale as iudge he vengeaunce tooke And strait the plage did stay cease gods wrath so them forsooke 31 Which godly zeale reputed was to hym for righteousnes From age to age Gods prest to be wyth all hys séede no lesse 32 They also greued and angred God at waters namde of stryfe That Moses meke gate harme for them for God abridgd hys lyfe 33 For they prouokt hys gentle sprite wordes doubtfull out to lashe Wherby he spake without aduise with lips to swift and rashe The Lorde so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 34 They did not eke in warre destroy the Heathen peoples sect As God them bad most earnestly that they should them reiect 35 But myxt and ioynd they were full nye among the gentils sort And learnd their workes outragious wherof they made but sport â—6 Wherby full soone they honoured and serued theyr idols gay Which were a snare so sought by them to brede their own decay â—7 So far as blynd they doted than vnnaturall and mad That they to diuels did sacrifice their sonnes daughters glad 38 Much giltles bloud they spild shedâ— of their own childers brood To Idols slayne of Canaan the land foule staynd wyth bloud 39 Thus foule to foule with their self workes they were defild staind A whoryng far their fancies straid no fayth to God remaind 40 TheÌ„ iustly gods most dreadful wrath his own good people brent That he abhord his heritage where stoode hys regiment 41 So that he gaue them wholy vp to Gentils cruell handes That they them ruld which hated them before