sure For certenly beleue I do that thy preceptes are pure verse 67 Yer thou didst touch me with thy rod I erred and went astray But now I kepe thy holy worde and make it al my stay verse 68 Thou art both good and gratious and geuest most liberally Thy ordinaunces how to kepe therfore O lord teach me verse 69 The proud wicked men haue forged agaynst me many a lye yet thy commaundements stil obserue with al my hart wil I. verse 70 Their harts are swoln w t worldly welth as grease so ar they fat But in thy lawe do I delight and nothing seeke but that verse 71 Oh happy time may I wel say when thou didst me correct For as a guide to learn thy lawes thy rods did me direct verse 72 So that to me thy word and lawe is dearer manifold Then thousands great of siluer gold or ought that can be told IOD The .x. part verse 73 SEing thy hands haue made me lord to be thy creature graūt knowledge likewise how to learn to put thy lawes in vre verse 74 So they that feare thee shal reioyce when euer they me see Because I haue learned by thy word to put my trust in thee verse 75 Whē w t thy rods the world is plagde I know the cause is iust So when y u didst correct me Lord the cause iust nedes be must verse 76 Now of thy goodnes I thee pray some comfort to me send as thou to me thy seruant hetest so from al il me shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies poure on me and I shal surely liue For ioy and consolation both thy lawes to me doth geue verse 78 Confound y ◠proud whose false pretence is me for to destroy But as for me thy hestes to know I wil my self employ verse 79 Who so with reuerence do thee feare to me let them retyre and such as do thy couenants know and them alone desyre verse 80 My hart without al wauering let on thy lawes be bent That no confusion come to me wherby I should be shent CAPH The xi part verse 81 MY soule doth faint ceaseth not thy sauing health to craue and for thy words sake stil I trust my harts desyre to haue verse 82 Myne eyes doth fayle w t looking for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilt thou me cōfort Lord why doost y u thus delay verse 83 As a skin bottel in the smoke so am I partcht and dryde yet wil I not out of my hart let thy commaundement siyde verse 84 Alas how long shal I yet lyue before I see the houre That on my foes which me torment thy vēgeance y u wilt power verse 85 Presumptuous men haue digged pits thinking to make me sure Thus contrary agaynst thy law my hurt they do procure verse 86 But thy cōmaundements are al true causeles they me greue To thee therfore I do complayne that thou mightest me releue verse 87 Almost they had me cleane destroyd brought me quite to groūd yet by thy statutes I abode and therin succor found verse 88 Restore me Lord agayne to life for thy mercies excel and so shal I thy couenaunts kepe til death my life expel LAMED The .xii. part verse 89 IN heauēs Lord wher thou doost dwel thy word is stablisht sure and shal for al eternity fast grauen there indure verse 90 From age to age thy truth abides as doth the earth witnes whose ground worke thou hast laid so sure as no toūg cā expres verse 91 Euen to this day we may wel see how al things perseuere accordyng to thy ordinaunce for al things thee reuere verse 92 Had it not ben that in thy law my soule had comfort sought Lōg time ere now in my distres I had ben brought to nought verse 93 Therfore wil I thy precepts aye in memory kepe fast By them thou hast my lyfe restord when I was at last cast verse 94 No wight to me can title make for I am onely thyne Saue me therfore for to thy lawes myne eares hart encline verse 95 The wicked men do seke my bane and therto lye in wayt But I the while considered thy notable workes and great verse 96 I see nothing in this wide world at length which hath not end But thy commaundement and thy word beyond al end extend MEM. The .xiii. part verse 97 WHat great desire and feruent loue do I beare to thy law al the day long my whole deuise is onely on thy saw verse 98 Thy word hath taught me far to pas my foes in policy For stil I kepe it as a thyng of most excellency verse 99 My teachers which did me instruct in knowledge I excel Because I do thy couenaunts kepe and them to others tel verse 100 In wisedome I do pas also the auncient men in dede and al because to kepe thy lawes I held it ay best rede verse 101 My fete I haue refrayned eke from euery euil way Because that I continually thy word might kepe I say verse 102 I haue not swarued frō thy iudgemēts nor yet shroonk any del For why thou hast taught me therby to liue godly and wel verse 103 Oh Lord how swete vnto my tast find I thy wordes alway Doubtles no hony in my mouth feele ought so swete I may verse 104 Thy lawes haue me such wisdome learnd that vtterly I hate al wicked and vngodly wayes in euery kind or rate NVN. The .xiiii. part verse 105 EVen es a lanterne to my fete so doth thy word shine bright And to my pathes where euer I go it is a flaming light verse 106 I haue both sworne wil performe most certeinly doubtles That I wil kepe thy iudgements iust and them in life expres verse 107 Affliction hath me sore oppressed brought me to deathes dore O Lord as thou hast promised so me to life restore verse 108 The offrings which with hart voyce most frākely I thee geue accept and teach me how I may after thy iudgements lyue verse 109 My soule is aye so in my hand that daungers it assayle Yet do I not thy law forget nor it to kepe wil fayle verse 110 Although the wicked layd theyr nets to catch me at abray Yet did I not from thy precepts once swerue or go astray verse 111 Thy law I haue so claymed alway as mine own heritage and why for therin I delite and set my whole courage verse 112 For euermore I haue ben bent thy statutes to fulfil Euen so likewise vnto the end I wil continue stil SAMECH The .xv. part verse 113 THe crafty thoughts and double hart I do alwayes detest But as for thy law and precepts I loued them euer best verse 114 Thou art my hid and secret place my shield of strong defence Therfore haue I thy promises lookt for with patience verse 115 Go to therfore ye wicked men depart from me anone For the commaundemēts wil I kepe of God my Lord alone verse
pursue my soule and eke my life down thrust Vnto the earth and also lay myne honour in the dust verse 6 Stert vp O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to payne Performe thy kingdome promised to me which wrong sustaine verse 7 TheÌ„ shal great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of theÌ„ thy selfe as Lord and kyng verse 8 And thou that art of al men iudge O Lord now iudge thou me According to my rightousnes and myne integritie The seconde part verse 9 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and be the iust mans guide verse 10 By whom the secrets of al hearts are searched and descride verse 11 I take my helpe to come of God in al my grief and smart That doth preserue all those that be of pure and perfect hart verse 12 The iust man and the wicked both God iudgeth by his power So that he feleth his mighty hand euen euery day and houre verse 13 Except he chaunge his mind I dye for euen as he should smit He whets his sword his bow he beÌ„ds ayming where he may hit verse 14 And doth prepare his mortal dartes his arrowes kene and sharpe For them that do me persecute whilest he doth mischief warpe verse 15 But loe though he in trauel be of his deuilish forecast And of his mischief once coÌ„ceiued yet brings forth nought at last verse 16 He digs a ditch and delues it depe in hope to hurt his brother But he shal fal into the pit that he digde vp for other verse 17 Thus wrong retorneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And al the mischief that he wrought shal fal vpon his head verse 18 I wil geue thankes to God therfore that iudgeth righteously And with my song prayse wil the name of him that is most hie Domine Deus noster Psalme .viij. T. S ¶ The Prophet considering thexcellent liberalitie and fatherly prouidence of God towardes man whom he made as it were a god ouer all his workes doth not onely geue great thankes but is astonished with thadmiration of the same as one nothing able to compasse such great mercyes and so endeth Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 O God our Lord how wonderful are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmount in dignitie aboue the heaueÌ„s cleare verse 2 EueÌ„ by the mouths of sucking babes y u wilt coÌ„fouÌ„d thy foes For in these babes thy might is sene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heaueÌ„s high the workes of thine own hand The sunne the mone and all the starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I then that y u doost him remeÌ„ber Or what is mans posteritie that thou doost it consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glory and dignitie verse 6 Thou hast preferd him to be Lord of al thy workes of wonder And at his fete hast set al things that he should kepe theÌ„ vnder verse 7 As shepe and neat and al beastes els that in the fieldes do fede verse 8 Foules of the ayre fish in the sea and al that therin brede verse 9 Therfore must I say once again O God that art our Lord How famous how woÌ„derful are thy workes through y e world Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .ix. T. S. ¶ After he had geueÌ„ thaÌ„kes to god for the sundry victories that he had seÌ„t him against his enemies also proued by manifold experieÌ„ce how ready god was at hand in all his troubles â—e being now likewise in daunger of new enemyes desireth god to helpe him according to his wont and destroy the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaries Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 WIth hart mouth vnto the Lord wil I sing laud and prayse And speake of al thy wondrous workes theÌ„ declare alwaies verse 2 I wil be glad and much reioyce in thee O God most hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the starry skye verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flight They fal down flat and are destroyd by thy great force myght Thou hast reuenged al my wrong my grief and al my grudge verse 4 Thou doost w t iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doost rebuke the HeatheÌ„ folke and wicked so confound That afterward the memory of them cannot be found verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatch all our townes destroyed thou hast their fame w t theÌ„ defaced through al the world so wide verse 7 Know thou that he which is aboue for euermore shal raigne And in the seat of equity true iudgement wil maintayne verse 8 With iustice he wil kepe and guide the world and euery wight And so wil yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what time they be opprest He is in al aduersitie their refuge and their rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shal trust in thee For thok forsakest not their sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lord that dwelleth in Sion hil Publish among al nations his noble actes and will verse 12 For he is mindful of the bloud of those that be opprest Forgetting not th' afflicted hart that seekes to him for rest The second part verse 13 Haue mercy Lord on me poore wretch whose enmies stil remaine Which from the gates of death are wont to rayse me vp agayne verse 14 In Sion that I might set forth thy prayse with hart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lord my soule might stil reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their own fete fast are snarde verse 16 God she wes his iudgemeÌ„ts which wer good for euery maÌ„ to mark When as ye se the wicked man lye trapt in his own warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go down to hel for euer And all the people of the world that God wil not remember verse 18 But sure the Lord wil not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient people neuer looke for helpe of God in vayne verse 19 O Lord arise least men preuayle that be of worldly myght And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord strike such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortal men Vt quid domine Psalme .x. T. S ¶ He complayneth of the fraud rapine tyranny and of all kindes of wrong whiche worldly men vse assigning the cause therof whiche was that wicked men beyng as it were dronken with worldy prosperitie and therfore setting a part all feare and reuerence towardes god thinke they may do all thinges without
know verse 8 Burnt offrings thou delightest not in I know thy whole desire With sacrifice to purge their sinne thou doost no man require verse 9 Meat offering and sacrifice thou wouldst not haue at al But thou O lord hast open made myne eares to heare withal verse 10 But then sayd I behold and looke I come a meane to be For in the volume of thy booke thus it is sayd of me verse 11 That I O god should do thy mind which thing doth like me wel For in my hart thy law I find fast placed there to dwel verse 12 Thy iustice and thy righteousnes in great resortes I tel behold my tong no time doth cease O Lord y u knowest ful wel The second part verse 13 I haue not hid within my brest thy goodnes as by stealth But I declare and haue exprest thy truth and sauyng health verse 14 I kepe not close thy louing mind that no man should it know The trust that in thy truth I find to al the church I shew For I with mischiefs many one am sore beset about My sinnes encrease and so come on I cannot spy them out verse 15 For why in number they excede the heares vpon my head My hart doth faint for very dread that I almost am dead verse 16 With spede sēd help and set me free O lord I thee require Make hast with ayde to succor me O Lord at my desire verse 17 Let thē sustain rebuke and shame that seke my soule to spil Driue back my foes and thē defaine that wish and would me il verse 18 For their it feates do them discry that would deface my name Alwayes at me they rayle and cry fye on him fye for shame verse 19 Let them in thee haue ioy and wealth that seke to thee alwayse That those that loue thy sauing health may say to god be prayse verse 20 But as for me I am but poore opprest and brought ful low Yet thou O lord wilt me restore to health ful wel I know verse 21 For why thou art my hope and trust my refuge helpe and stay Wherfore my God as thou art iust with me no tyme delay Beatus qui intelligit psalme .xli. T. S. ¶ Dauid being greuously afflicted blesseth them that pity his case cōplaineth of the treason of his a wne frendes and familiars as came to passe in Iudas Ioh .xv. After he feelyng the great mercies of god gently chastising him and not suffring his enemies to triumphe against him geueth most harty thankes vnto God THe man is blest that careful is the nedy to consider for in y e seasō perilous the lord wil hym deliuer The Lord will make him safe and sound and happy in the land And he will not deliuer him into his enmies hand verse 3 And in his bed when he lieth sick the lord wil him restore And thou O Lord wilt turne to health his sicknes and hys sore verse 4 Then in my sicknes thus say I haue mercy Lord on mee And heale my soule which is ful wo that I offended thee verse 5 Myne enemies wished me il in hart and thus of me did say When shal he die that al his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visit me they aske if I do wel But in their harts mischief they hatch and to their mates it tel verse 7 They bite their lips whisper so as though they wold me charm And cast their fetches how to trap me with some mortal harm verse 8 Some greuous sin hath brought him to this sicknes say thei plain He is so low that without doubt rise can he not agayne verse 9 The man also that I did trust with me did vse deceyte Who at my table ate my bread the same for me layd wayte verse 10 Haue mercy Lord on me therfore and let me preserued That I may render vnto them the things they haue deserued verse 11 By this I know assuredly to be beloued of thee when that mine enmies haue no cause to triumph ouer mee verse 12 But in my right thou hast me kept and maintained alway And in thy presēce place assignd where I shal dwel for aye verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel be praysed euermore Euen so be it Lord wil I say euen so be it therfore Quemadmodum desiderat Psalme .xlii. I. H. ¶ The prophet greuously complaineth that being letred by his persecutours he could not be present in the congregatiō of gods people protesting that although he was separate in body frō them yet his hart was thether affectioned And last of al he sheweth y t he was not so far ouercōmen w t these sorowes thoughts but y t he cōtinually put his cōfidēce in y e Lord. Sing this as the .xxxv. psal verse 1 LIke as y e hart doth breath bray the welsprings to obtayne So doth my soule desire alway with the Lord to remayne verse 2 My soule doth thirst wold draw nere y e liuīg god of might Oh when shal I come appeare in presence of his sight verse 3 The teares al times are my repast which frō mine eyes do slide When wicked men cry out so fast where now is god thy guide verse 4 Alas what griefe is it to thinke what fredome once I had Therfore my soule as at pits brinke is most heauy and sad When I did marche in good aray furnished with my trayne Vnto the temple was our way with sōgs hartes most fayne verse 5 My soule why art thou sad alwayes freatst thus in my brest Trust stil in God for him to prayse I hold it euer best By him haue I succour at neede against al payne and griefe He is my God which with al speede wil hast to send reliefe verse 6 And this my soule within me Lord doth faint to think vpon The land of Iordan and record the little hil Hermon verse 7 One griefe an other in doth cal as cloudes burst out theyr voyce The flouddes of euil that do fal run ouer me with noyce verse 8 Yet I by day felt his goodnes and helpe at al assayes Likewise by night I did not cease the liuing God to prayse verse 9 I am persuaded thus to say to him with pure pretence O lord thou art my guide and stay my rock and my defence Why do I then in pensiuenes hanging the head thus walke while that mine enmie me oppres and vexe me with their talk verse 10 For why thei perse mine inward partes with pangs to be abhord whē they cry out w t stubburn harts where is thy God thy Lord verse 11 So soone why doost y u faint quail my soule with paynes opprest with thoughts why doost thy self assayle so sore wythin my brest verse 12 Trust in the Lord the God alwayes and thou the tyme shalt see To geue him thanks with laud praise for helth restord to thee Iudica me deus Psalme .xliii. T.
vnlose The praises of thy maiestie my mouth shal so disclose I would haue offred sacrifice if that had pleased thee But pleased w t burnt offrings I know thou wilt not bee A troubled spirit is sacrifice deliteful in Gods eyes A broken an humbled hart God thou wilt not despise In thy good wil deale gently Lord to Sion and with al Graunt that of thy Ierusalem vpreard may be the wal Burnt offrings gifts and sacrifice of iustice in that day Thou shalt accept calues they shal vpon thine altar lay Quid gloriaris Psalme .lii. I. H. ¶ Dauid deseribeth the arrogant tyranny of hys aduersary Doeg Saules chief shephearde who by false surmyses caused Achimeleco with the rest of the Priestes to be slayne Dauid prophecyeth his vestruction and encourageth the faythfull to put theyr confidence in God whose iudgements are most sharpe agaynst his aduersaries And finally he rendreth thankes to God for hys delyueraunce In this Psalme is lyuely set foorth the kyngdome of Antichrist WHy doost thou tyraunt boast abrod thy wicked workes to prayse doost thou not know there is a God whose mercies last alwayes Why doth thy mind yet stil deuise such wicked wiles to warpe Thy tong vntrue in forging lies is like a rasour sharpe verse 3 On mischief why setst thou thy mynde and wilt not walke vpright Thou hast more lust false tales to find then bring y e truth to light verse 4 Thou doost delyte in fraud and guile in mischiefe bloud and wrōg Thy lips haue learnd y e flattering style O false deceitful tong verse 5 Therfore shal God for euer cōfound and pluck thee from thy place Thy seede roote out frō of the ground and so shal thee deface verse 6 The iust when they behold thy fal with feare wil prayse the Lord And in reproch of thee withal cry out with one accord verse 7 Behold the man which wold not take the Lord for hys defence But of his goods his God did make and trust his corrupt sence verse 8 But I an Oliue fresh and grene shal spring and spred abrode For why my trust al tymes hath bene vpon the liuyng God verse 9 For this therfore wil I geue prayse to thee with hart and voyce I wil set forth thy name alwayes wherin thy saints reioyce Dixit insipiens Psalme .liii. T. N. ¶ The Prophet describeth the crooked nature the cruelty and punishment of the wicked whē they looke not for it and desyreth the deliueraunce of the godly that they maye reioyce together Sing this as the. xlvi Psalme verse 1 THe folish man in that which he within his hart hath sayd That there is any God at al hath vtterly denide verse 2 They are corrupt they also a hainous work haue wrought amōg them al there is not one of good that worketh ought verse 3 The Lord lookt down on sons of men from heauen al abrode To see if any were that would be wise and seeke for God verse 4 They are gone al out of the way they are corrupted al There is not one doth any good there is not one at al. verse 5 Do not al wicked workers know that they do feede vpon My people as they feede on bread the lord they cal not on verse 6 Euen there they were afraid stoode with trembling and dismayd Where as there was no cause at al why they should be afrayd verse 7 For God his bones that thee besieged hath scattred al abrode Thou hast confounded them for they reiected are of God verse 8 O lord geue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfil Thy promise made to Israel from out of Sion hil verse 9 When God his people shal restore that erst was captiue lad Then Iacob shal therin reioyce and Israel shal be glad Deus in nomine Psalme .liiii. I. H. ¶ Dauid brought into great daunger by reason of Ziphtins calleth vpon the name of God to destroy his enemies promising sacrifice and free offrings for their deliueraunce Sing this as the. xivi Psalme verse 1 GOd saue me for thy holy name and for thy goodnes sake Vnto the strēgth Lord of the same I do my cause betake verse 2 Regard O Lord and geue an eare to thee when I do pray Bow down thy self to me heare the words y ◠I do say verse 3 For straungers vp against me ryse and tyrauntes vexe me stil Which haue not God before their eyes they seeke my soule to spil verse 4 But loe my God doth geue me ayd the Lord is straight at hand with thē by whom my soule is stayd the Lord doth euer stand verse 5 With plages repay agayne al those for me that lie in wayte and with thy truth destroy my foes with their own snare baite verse 6 An offring of free hart and wil that I to thee shal make And prayse thy name for therin stil great comfort I do take verse 7 O Lord at length do set me free from them that craft conspire And now mine eye with ioy doth see on them my harts desire Exaudi deus psalme .lv. I. H ¶ Dauid beyng in great heauines and distres complaineth of the cruelty of Saule of the falshod of his familiiar acquaintaunce vttering most ardent affections to moue the Lord to pitie hym After being assured of deliuerance he setteth forth the grace of god as though he had already obtayned his request Syng this as the. xxxv Psalm verse 1 O God geue eare and do apply to heare me when I pray And when it thee I cal and cry hide not thy selfe away verse 2 Take hede to me graunt my request and aunswer me agayne with plaints I pray ful sore opprest great grief doth me constrain verse 3 Because my foes with threates cries oppres me through despight And so the wicked sort likewise to vexe me haue delyght verse 4 For they in counsel do conspire to charge me with some il So in their hasty wrath and ire they do pursue me stil verse 5 My hart doth faint for want of breath it panteth in my brest The terrours and the bread of death do worke me muche vnrest verse 6 Such dreadful feare on me doth fal that I therwith do quake Such horror whelmeth me with al that I no shift can make verse 7 But I do say who wil geue me the swift and pleasaunt wings Of some fayre doue that I may flee and rest me from these things verse 8 Lo then I would go far away to fly I would not cease And I would hide my self and stay in some great wildernes verse 9 I would be gone in al the hast and not abyde behynd That I were quite and ouer past these blastes of boystrous wind verse 10 Deuide them lord and from them pul their diuelish double tong For I haue spied their city ful of rapine strife and wrong verse 11 Which things both night day throughout do close her as a wal In midst of her is
116 As thou hast promised so perform that death me not assayle Nor let my hope abuse me so that through distrust I quayle verse 117 Vphold me and I shal be safe for ought they do or say and in thy statutes pleasure take wil I both night and day verse 118 Thou hast trode such vnder thy fete as do thy statutes breake For nought auayleth theyr subtility theyr counsel is but weake verse 119 Like drosse thou casts the wicked out where euer they go or dwel Therfore can I as thy statutes loue nothing half so wel verse 120 My flesh alas is taken with feare as though it were benomd For when I see thy iudgements strayt I am as one astound AIN The .xvi. part verse 121 I Do the thing that lawful is and geue to al men right Resigne me not to thē that would oppres me w t their might verse 122 But for thy seruaunt surty be in that thing that is good That proud mē geue me not y e foyle which rage as they wer wood verse 123 Mine eyes w t wayting are now blind thy health so much I craue And eke thy righteous promise Lord wherby thou wilt me saue verse 124 Intreate thy seruaunt louingly and fauour to him shew Thy statutes of most excellence teach me also to know verse 125 Thy humble seruaunt Lord I am oh graunt me to vnderstand How by thy statutes I may know best what to take in hand verse 126 It is now time Lord to begin for truth is quyte decayd Thy law likewise they haue trāsgrest and none against thē sayd verse 127 This is the cause wherfore I loue thy lawes better then gold Or iewels fine which are estemd most costly to be sold verse 128 I thought thy precepts al most iust and so them layd in store Al crafty and malitious wayes I do abhorre therfore PE. The .xvii. part verse 129 THy couenaunts are most wonderful ful of things profound My soule therfore doth kepe thē sure whē they ar tride foūd verse 130 When mē first enter into thy wordes they find a light most cleare and very idiots vnderstand when they it read or heare verse 131 For ioy I haue both gaped breathde to know they cōmaūdemēt That I might guide my life therby I sought what thing it mēt verse 132 With mercy and compassion Lord behold me from aboue As thou art wont to behold such as thy name feare and loue verse 133 Direct my fotesteps by thy word that I thy wil may know and neuer let iniquity thy seruaunt ouerthrow verse 134 Frō slaunderous toungs deadly harms preserue kepe me sure Thy precepts then I wil obserue and put them eke in vre verse 135 Thy coūtenāce which doth surmoūt the sunne in his bright hew Let shine on me and by thy law teach me what to eschew verse 136 Out of mine eyes great flouds gush out of dryery teares and fel when I behold how wicked men thy law kepe neuer a del ZADE. The .xviii. parte verse 137 137 IN euery poynt Lord y u art iust the wicked though they grudge And whē thou doost sētēce pronoūce y u art a righteous iudge verse 138 To render right fly from guile are two chief points most hye and such as thou hast in thy law commaunded vs straytly verse 139 With zeale and wrath I am consumde and euen pyned away To see my foes thy wordes forget for ought that I do may verse 140 So pure and perfect is they word as any hart can deme and I thy seruaunt nothing more do loue or yet esteme verse 141 And though I be nothing set by as one of base degree Yet do I not thy hestes forget nor shrinke away from thee verse 142 Thy righteousnes Lord is most iust for euer to endure also thy law is truth it selfe most constant and most pure verse 143 Trouble grief haue seased on me brought me wōdrous low yet do I stil of thy precepts delight to heare and know verse 144 The righteousnes of thy iudgements do last for euermore Then teach them me for euen in them my life lieth vp in store KOPH The .xix. part verse 145 WIth fernēt hart I cald cride now aunswere me O Lord That thy cōmaundemēt to obserue I may fully accord verse 146 To thee my God I make my sute w t most hūble request Saue me therfore and I wil kepe thy precept and thy hest verse 147 To thee I cry euen in the morne before the day waxe light Because that I haue in thy word my confidence whole plight verse 148 Mine eyes preuēt the watch by night and ere they cal I wake That by deuising of thy word I might some comfort take verse 149 Incline thine eares to heare my voyce and pity on me take as thou wast wont so iudge me Lord least life me should forsake verse 150 My foes draw nere and do procure my death maliciously which from thy law are far gone back and strayd from it leudly verse 151 Therfore O Lord approch thou nere for nede so doth requyre and al thy precepts true they are then helpe I thee desire verse 152 By thy cōmaundements I haue learnd not now but long ago That they remayne for euermore thou hast them grounded so RESH The .xx. part verse 153 MY trouble and affliction consider and behold Deliuer me for of thy law I euer take fast hold verse 154 Defend my good and righteous cause with spede me succor send From death as thou hast promised Lord kepe me and defend verse 155 As for the wicked farre they are from hauing health and grace wherby they might thy statutes know they enter not the trace verse 156 Great are they mercies Lord I graūt what toung can thē attayne and as thou hast me iudged ere now so let me life obtayne verse 157 Though many men did trouble me and persecute most sore yet from thy lawes I neuer shronke nor went a wry therfore verse 158 And truth it is for grief I dye when I these traytors see Because they kepe no whit thy word nor yet seke to know thee verse 159 Behold for I do loue thy lawes with hart most glad and fayne as thou art good and gracious Lord restore my life agayne verse 160 What thy word doth decree must be and so it hath bene euer Thy righteous iudgements are also most true and decay neuer SCHIN The .xxi. part verse 161 PRinces haue sought by cruelty causeles to make me crouch But al in vayne for of thy word the feare did my hart touch verse 162 And certeinly euen of thy word I was more mery and glad Then he that of rich spoyles and pray great store plenty had verse 163 As for al lyes and falsitie I hate most and detest For why thy holy law do I aboue al things loue best verse 164 Seuen times a day I prayse the Lord singing with hart voyce Thy rightuous actes and wonderful
weary of the manifolde mischiefes of thys lyfe and wouldest comforte thy selfe thou haste the 102. Psalme Forasmuche as it is meete and conuenient alwayes and in all thynges to geue GOD thankes when thou wilt prayse hym thou hast wherwith to exhort thy soule the 103. Psalme If thou wilt prayse god and know how to prayse him for any thing and what wordes he that prayieth ought to vse thou hast .113 127. 146. 133. 147. 148. 149. 150. Psalmes If thou hast faith as the Lord hath said and beleuest in those things which thou speakest when thou prayest say the .96 Psalme If thou be captiuated with straunge cogitations and hast perceyued thy selfe to be ledde out of the way and art sory therfore cease from henceforth and staying where thou perceiuest thy selfe to synne sit and mourne also as the people did saying the .137 Psalme If thou suppose temptations to bee for thy triall geue thankes after the temptation vnto God saying the .139 Psalme If thou art agayne caught of thine enemies and wouldest be deliuered say the 140. psal If thou wilt make thy prayers say the .5 Psalme and the .141 142. 143. 144. Psalmes If an enemy and tyrant be risen vp against the people feare thou no more then Dauid did Goliath but with Dauid beleue and sing the 144. Psalme If thou cal to remembraunce the goodnes of God toward thee and all men and wouldest prayse God say the .85 Psalme If thou wilt syng vnto the lord thou hast to say in the 96. Psalme in the 98. Psalme If thou beyng but a meane man peraduenture art set before thy brethren in some thing puffe not vp thy selfe in pryde against them but geue the praise to god and sing the 152. or the 151. psalmes If thou wilt syng obedieuce thou hast the 105. and the 106. 107. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 134. 145. 147. 148. 149. 150. psalmes If thou wilt sing particularly of the sauior thou hast of him in euery psalme but specially in the .25 and the .110 Psalme Such psalmes as shewe hys lawfull generation of the father and hys presence is the .11 Psalme Such as preache of the diuine crosse and how much lying in wayte he receyued for vs. and how great thinges he suffered are the .2 psalme and the .119 psalme Such as signifye the lyinges in wayte of the Iewes and the malice and Iudas Iscariothes betrayinges are the .21 psalme and the .50 72. psalmes Such as declare his kingdome and power to iudge and his presence in the fleshe is the 16. psalme For declaration of hys glorious resurrection in the fleshe read the .24 the .47 psalmes For his ascention into heauen read the .93 psalme .96 and the .98 the .99 psalmes Which if thou read thou mayst espye what benefites the Lorde bestowed vpon vs by hys passion To him be glory for euer ⧠The vse of the rest of the psalmes not comprehended in the former Table of Athanasius IF thou wouldest prayse God because he hath geuen vs a good prince which will and doth punishe the enemies of Christes religion vse the 21. Psalme If thou be persecuted without a cause if thou wouldest haue no affinitie with vice nor with the vicious vse the .26 Psalme If thou wouldest not be wicked if not accouÌ„ted as a malefactor but wouldest haue theÌ„ punished and thy self and such other godly men defended from their tiranny vse the .28 Psalme If thou seest the nobilitie the councell the magistrates and princes not geuen to religion nor to the praysing of God vse the .29 Psalme If thou desirest to be iust and vertuous vse the .33 Psalme If thou be afflicted with any sickenes and wouldest fayne lyue and see good dayes and Christes glory to be encreased vse the .39 Psalme If thou be banished for religion and art almost in dispayre of returnyng to the country vse the .42 Psalme If thou perceyue thy selfe forsaken of God and therfore persecuted for religion and vertues sake vse the .44 Psalme If thou wouldest complayne of Doeg of a wicked man and wouldest haue him to bee rooted out and thy selfe to haue prosperitie vse the .52 Psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from thyne enemies whiche persecute thee vnto death vse the .54 Psalme If thou wouldest haue the helpe of God agaynst such as persecute thee without a cause vse the .59 Psalme If thou wouldest prepare thy selfe to fight agaynst the Idumeans or such lyke enemies of Christ vse the .60 Psalme If thou wouldest haue Christ to come conquere and beate downe the Sirians Idumeans Aimnonites Papistes Antichristians Nullifidians Neutralles and vngratious Pelagians vse the .68 Psalme If thou be perswaded that Christ will come and punishe offenders ayde the true worshippers and poure out the dregges of wine and the vengeaunce of his cup on the vngodly vse the .75 Psalme If thou neyther wouldest haue Idolatry neither any lycentious lustes rayne in Christes common wealth thou must geue God thankes if thou be perswaded he both will and caÌ„ take them awaye vsing the .81 Psalme If thou wouldest gladly know Christes Churche how that Sion signifieth it and how that the true religion shal be delated and spred through the whole world vse the .87 psalme If thou goest to fight against the Idumeans or any of Christes enemies whether they offend in maners or in doctrine and wouldest desire God to geue the victory vse the .108 psal If thou wouldest liue a godly life if y u wouldest replenish thy minde with godly preceptes and therby obtâ—ine immortalitie and eternall felicitie Study diligently the .119 psalme If thou be thrust into a college or into a parish town or country whose inhabitours are wicked crafty malicious pickequarels wouldest be deliuered froÌ„ theÌ„ vse the .120 psalme If thou wouldest haue the congregation of Christ to prosper vse the .122 psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from contempt infamy and the derision of the wicked vse the .123 psalme When thou art deliuered out of prison captiuity or any distres in geuyng thankes to God vse the .124 psalme To vnderstande the safety that those are in whiche are vnder the tuition of the Lorde Iehoua and how that the wicked shal be punished consider the .125 psalme If thou desirest to knowe the felicitie that he hath whiche reuerenceth God and lyueth godly the traÌ„quilitie and peace of conscience which he enioyeth in this life and the vnspeakable ioye in the lyfe to come meditate diligently the .128 psalme To vnderstande howe the good and godly are defended by the ayde of the Lord and the wicked perishe consider the .129 psalme If thou wouldest not be arrogant and proude vse the .131 Psalme If thou wouldest prayse vnitie and concorde among brethren vse the .133 psalme To sing prayses to God for his mercies vse the .134 Psalme FINIS Veni Creator COme holy ghost eternal God procedyng froÌ„ aboue both from the Father the sonne the God of peace loue Visite
ful safe shal bee verse 9 From Egipt where it grew not wel thou broughtst a vyne ful dere The Heathē folke thou diddest expel then didst plant it here verse 10 Thou didst prepare for it a place and set her rootes ful fast That it did grow and spring apace and fil the land at last verse 11 The hils were couered round about with shade that from it came And eke the Ceders high and stout with braunches of the same verse 12 Why thē didst thou her wal destroy her hedge pluckt vp thou hast That al the folke that passe therby the vyne may spoyle and wast The second part verse 13 The Bore out of the wood so wyld doth dig and route it out The furious beasts out of the field deuour it al about verse 14 O Lord of hostes returne agayn from heauen looke betyme Behold and with thy help sustayn this poore vineyard of thine verse 15 Thy plant I say thine Israel whom thy right hand hath set The same which thou didst loue so wel O Lord do not forget verse 16 They lop and cut it down apace they burn it eke with fyre And through the frowning of thy face we perish in thyne ire verse 17 Let thy right hand be with thē now whom thou hast kept so long and with y e sonne of man whom thou to thee hast made so strong verse 18 And so when thou hast set vs free and saued vs from shame Then wil we neuer fal from thee but cal vpon thy name verse 19 O lord of hostes through thy good grace cōuert vs vnto thee Behold vs with a pleasant face and then ful safe are wee Exultate Deo psalme .lxxxi. I. H. ¶ An exhortation to prayse God both in hart and voyce for his benefites and to worship hym onely God condemneth their ingratitude and sheweth what great benefits they haue lost thorow their owne malice BE light glad in God reioyce which is our strēgth and stay be ioyful lift vp your voyce to Iacobs God I say Prepare your instrumēts most mete some ioy ful Psalme to syng strike vp with harpe and lute so swete on euery pleasaunt stryng verse 3 Blow as it were in the new moone with trumpets of the best As it is vsed to be done at any solemne feast verse 4 For this is vnto Israel a statute and a trade A law that must be kept ful wel which Iacobs god hath made verse 5 This clause with Ioseph was decreed when he from Egipt came That as a witnes al his sede should stil obserue the same verse 6 Whē God I say had so prepard to bring him from that land where as the speach which he had heard he did not vnderstand verse 7 I from his shoulders toke sayth he the burden cleane away And from y e furnace quit him free from burning brick of clay verse 8 When thou in grief didst cry and cal I holpe thee by and by And I did aunswer thee withal in thunder secretly verse 9 Yea at the waters of discord I did thee tempt and proue whereas the goodnes of the Lord with muttering y u didst moue verse 10 Heare O my folke O Israel and I assure it thee Regard marke my words ful wel if thou wilt cleaue to mee The second part verse 11 Thou shalt no God in thee reserue of any land abrode Nor in no wise to bow or serue a straunge and forrayne God verse 12 I am the Lord thy God and I from Egipt set thee free Then aske of me aboundantly and I wil geue it thee verse 13 And yet my people would not heare my voyce when that I spake Nor Israel would not obey but did me quite forsake verse 14 Then did I leaue them to their wil in hardnes of their hart To walke in their own coūsels stil thēselues they might peruert verse 15 O that my people would haue hard the wordes that I did say And eke that Israel would regard to walke within my way verse 16 How sone would I cōfoūd their foes bring thē down fullow And turne my hand vpon al those that would them ouerthrow verse 17 And they that at the Lord do rage as slaues should seke him til But of his folke the time and age should florish euer stil verse 18 I would haue sed them with the crop and finest of the wheat and make the rock with hony drop that they their fils should eat Deus stetit in Synagoga Psalme .lxxxii. I. H. The prophet declaring god to be present amongst the iudges maiestrates reproueth their parciality and vnrighteousnes and exhorteth them to do iustice but seing no amendment be desireth god to vndertake the matter and execute iustice himselfe Sing this as the .77 Psalme verse 1 AMid the prease w t men of might the Lord himself did stand To plead the cause of truth right with iudges of y ◠land verse 2 How long said he wil you procede fals iudgemēt to award and haue respect for loue of mede the wicked to regard verse 3 Wheras of due ye should defend the fatherles and weake and when the poore man doth contend in iudgemēt iustly speake verse 4 If ye he wise defend the cause of poore men in their right And rid the nedy from the clawes of tyrants force and might verse 5 But nothing wil they know or learne in vayne to them I talke They wil not see or ought discerne but stil in darknes walke For lo euē now the tyme is come that al things fal to nought And likewise lawes both al some for gayn ar sold and bought verse 6 I had decred it in my syght as Gods to take you al and children to the most of might for loue I did you cal verse 7 But not withstandyng ye shal dye as men and so decay O tyraunts I shal you destroy and pluck you quyte away verse 8 Vp Lord let thy strength be knowne iudge the world w t might For why al nations are thine own to take them as thy right Deus quis similis Psalme .lxxxiii. I. H. ¶ The people of Israell pray vnto the Lord to deliuer them from their enemies both at home and farre of whiche imagined nothing but their destruction and they desyre that all such wicked people may accordyng as God was accustomed be stricken with the stormye tempestes of Gods wrath that they may know that the Lord is most hye vpon the earth Syng this as the .77 Psalm verse 1 DO not O God refrayne thy toung in silence do not stay Withhold not Lord thy self so lōg nor make no more delay verse 2 For why behold thy foes and see how they do rage cry And those y ◠beare an hate to the hold vp their heads on hie verse 3 Against thy folke they vse disceate and craftly they enquire For thine elect to lye in wayt theyr councell doth conspire verse 4 Come to sayd they let vs expel and