therfore prayeth God to turne away his wrath he vttexeth y e greatnes of his griefe by many wordes and circumstances as wounded with the arrowes of Gods ire forsaken of his frendes euil entreated of his enemies but in the end with firme confidence be commendeth his cause to God and hopeth for spedy helpe at his hand Syng this as the. xxxv Psalme verse 1 PVt me not to rebuke O Lord in thy prouoked ire Ne in thy heauy wrath O lord correct me I desire verse 2 Thine arrowes do sticke fast in me thy hand doth presse me sore verse 3 And in my flesh no health at al appeareth any more And al this is by reason of thy wrath that I am in Nor any rest is in my bones by reason of my sinne verse 4 For loe my wicked doings Lord aboue my head are gone As greater lode theÌ„ I can beare they lye me sore vpon verse 5 My wounds stinck and are festred sore and lothsom is to see Which al through mine own folishnes betideth vnto mee And I in careful wise am brought in trouble and distres verse 6 That I go wayling al the day my doleful heauines verse 7 My loynes are fild with sore disease my flesh hath no whole part verse 8 I feble am and broken sore I rore for griefe of hart verse 9 Thou knowst Lord my desire my grones are open in thy sight verse 10 my hart doth paÌ„t my streÌ„gth hath faild my eies haue lost their light verse 11 My louers and my wonted frends stand looking on my wo And eke my kinsmen far a way are me departed fro verse 12 They y â— did seeke my life laid snares they that sought the way To do me hurt spake lies thought on treason all the day The second part verse 13 But as a deafe man I became that connot heare at al verse 14 And as one dum that opens not his mouth to speake withal verse 15 For al my confidence O Lord is wholy set on thee verse 16 O Lord y u Lord that art my God thou shalt geue eare to mee This did I craue that they my foes triumph not ouer mee verse 17 For when my foote did slip then they did ioy my fal to see And truely I poore wretch am set in place a woful wight And eke my griefful heauines is euer in my syght verse 18 For while that I my wickednes in humble wyse confesse And while I for my sinful deedes my sorrowes do expresse verse 19 My foes do stil remayne aliue and mighty are also And they that hate me wrongfully in number hugely grow verse 20 They stand against me that my good with euil do repay Because that good and honest thinges I do ensue alway verse 21 Forsake me not O Lord my God be thou not far away verse 22 Hast me to helpe my Lord my God my safety and my stay Dixi custodiam psalme .xxxix. I. H ¶ Dauid vttereth with what great grief bitternes of mind he was driuen to these outragious complaintes of his infirmities for he confesseth that when he had determined silence that he brast forth yet into wordes that he would not throughe the greatnes of his griefe Then he reâ—erseth certayne requestes which tast of infirmitie of man mireth with them many prayers but al to shewe a mynde wonderfully troubled that it may plainly appeare how he did striue mightely against death and desperation Sing this as the .xxxv. psal verse 1 I Sayd I wil looke to my wayes for feare I should go wrong I wil take heede al tymes that I offend not in my tong verse 2 As with a bit I wil keepe fast my mouth w t force and might Not once to whisper al the while the wicked are in sight verse 3 I held my tonge and spake no word but kept me close and stil Yea from good talke I did refrayne but sore against my wil. verse 4 My hart waxt whote wtin my brest with mustng thought doubt Which did encrease and stir the fyre at last these words brast out verse 5 Lord number out my lyfe and dayes which yet I haue not past So that I may be certified how long my lyfe shal last verse 6 Lord thou hast poynted out my life in length much like a span Mine age is nothing vnto thee so vayne is euery man verse 7 Man walketh like a shade and doth in vayne himselfe annoy In getting goods and cannot tel who shal the same enioy verse 8 Now Lord sith things this wise do frame what helpe do I desire Of truth my helpe doth hang on thee I nothing els require â–ª The second part verse 9 From al the sinnes that I haue done Lord quite me out of hand And make me not a scorne to fooles that nothing vnderstand verse 10 I was as dumme and to complayne no trouble might me moue Because I know it was thy worke my patience for to proue verse 11 Lord take from me thy scourge plage I can them not withstand I faint and pine away for feare of thy most heauy hand verse 12 When thou for sin doost man rebuke he waxeth wo and wan As doth a cloth y e mothes haue fret so vayne a thing is man verse 13 Lord heare my sute geue good heede regard my teares that fal I soiourne like a straunger here as did my fathers al. verse 14 Oh spare a little geue me space my strenght for to restore Before I go away from hence and shal be sene no more Expectans expectaui Psalme .xl. I. H. ¶ Dauid deliuered from great daunger doth magnify and prayse the grace of God for his deliueraunce and commendeth his prouidence towards al mankind Then doth he promyse to geue himself wholy to God seruice and so declare how God is truely worshipped Afterward he geueth thankes and prayseth God and hauing complained of his enemies with good courage he calleth for ayde and succour Syng this as the. xxxv Psalme verse 1 I Wayted loÌ„g and sought the Lord and patiently did beare At length to me he did accord my voyce cry to heare verse 2 He pluckt me froÌ„ the lake so depe out of the mire and clay And on a rocke he set my feete and he did guide my way verse 3 To me he taught a Psalme of prayse which I must shew abrode And sing new songs of thanks alwayse vnto the Lord our God verse 4 When al the folke these things shal see as people much afrayde Then they vnto the Lord wil flee and trust vpon his ayde verse 5 O blest is he whose hope and hart doth in the Lord remayne That w t the proud doth take no part nor such as lye and fayne verse 6 For Lord my God thy woÌ„drous dedes in greatnes far do passe Thy fauour towardes vs exceedes al things that euer was verse 7 When I entend and do deuise thy workes abroade to shew To such a ceckening they do ryse therof no end I
of their wayes and hide them out of sight verse 45 But blessed be the liuing Lord most worthy of al prayse That is my rocke and sauing health praysed be he alwayes verse 46 For God it is that gaue me power reuenged for to be And with his holy word subdude the people vnto me verse 47 And fro my foe me deliuerd and set me hygher then those That cruel and vngodly were and vp against me rose verse 48 And for this cause O Lord my God to thee geue thankes I shal and sing out prayses to thy name among the gentils al. verse 49 That gauest great prosperity vnto the king I say To Dauid thine annoynted king and to his seede for ay Coeli enarrant gloriam dei psalme .xix. T. S. ¶ To the intent he might moue the faithful to a deper consideration of gods glory he fetteth before their eyes the most exquisite workemanship of the heauens with their proportion and ornaments And afterward calleth them to the law wherin God hath reueled him selfe more familiarly to his chosen people The which peculiar grace by commeÌ„dyng the law he setteth forth more at large and at the end he concludeth with a prayer Sing this as the .xiiii Psalme verse 1 THe heauens and the firmament do wondrously declare The glory of God omnipotent his workes what they are verse 2 The wondrous workes of God appear by euery daies succes The nights which likewise their race ruÌ„ y e self same things expres verse 3 There is no laÌ„guage tong or speach where their souÌ„d is not herd verse 4 In al the earth and costes therof their knowledge is conferd In them the Lord made for the sunne a place of great renome verse 5 Who like a bridegrome redy trimde doth from his chamber come And as a valiaunt champion who for to get a pryse With ioy doth hast to take in hand some noble enterpryse verse 6 And al the sky from end to end he compasseth about Nothing can hide it from his heat but he will find it out verse 7 How perfect is the law of God how is his couenaunt sure Conuerting soules and making wyse the simple and obscure verse 8 Iust are the Lordes commaundements glad both hart mynde His precept pure and geueth lyght to eyes that be ful blynde verse 9 The feare of God is excellent and doth indure for euer The iudgements of the Lord are trne and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to be embrast alwayes then fined gold I say The hony and the hony combe are not so sweete as they verse 11 By them thy seruant is fore warnd to haue God in regard and in performance of the same there shal be great reward verse 12 But lord what earthly maÌ„ doth know the errours of his life Then cleÌ„se my soule froÌ„ secret synnes which are in me most ryfe verse 13 And kepe me that presumptuous sinnes preuayle not ouer mee And then shal I be innocent and great offences flee verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my hart my wordes thoughts ech one For my redeiner and my strength O Lord thou art alone Exaudiat te dominus Psalme .xx. T. S ¶ A prayer of the people vnto God that it would please him to heare their king and receiue his sacrifice which he offred before â—e wente to battle againste the Ammonites declaring how that the HeatheÌ„ put their trust in horses and chariots but they trust onely in y e name of the Lord their god Wherfore the other shal fall but the Lorde wyll saue the kyng and hys people verse 1 IN trouble and aduersitie the Lord God heare thee stil The maiestie of Iacobs God defend thee from al il verse 2 And send thee froÌ„ his holy place his helpe at euery nede And so in SioÌ„ stablish thee make thee strong in dede verse 3 Remembring wel the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receyue right thankfully thy burnt offrings echone verse 4 Accordyng to thy hartes desire the Lord graunt vnto thee And al thy counsel and deuyse ful wel performe may hee verse 5 We shal reioyce when thou vs sauest and our banners display Vnto the Lord which thy requests fulfilled hath alway verse 6 The Lord wil his annointed saue I know wel by his grace And send him health by his right haÌ„d out of his holy place verse 7 In charets some put confidence and some in horses trust But we remember God our Lord that kepeth promise iust verse 8 They fal down flat but we do ryse and stand vp stedfastly verse 9 Now saue help vs Lord and king on thee when we do cry Domine in virtute Psalme .xxi. T. S. ¶ Dauid in the parson of the people prayseth God for the victory which he gaue them against the Sirians and Ammonites 1. Sam. x.xi. wherein he had the riche crowne of the king of Ammon set vppon his head ii Sam. xii and was indued with the manifold belessinges of God and contrariwise his enemies destroyed O Lord how ioyful is y e king in thy streÌ„gth thy power how vehemently doth he re ioyce in thee his Sauior For thou hast geuen vnto him his god ly hartes desyre to him nothing hast y u denide of that he did require verse 3 Thou didst preuent him with thy gifts and blessings manifold And thou hast set vpon his head a crowne of perfect gold verse 4 And when he asked lyfe of thee therof thou madest him sure To haue long life yea such a lyfe as euer should indure verse 5 Great is his glory by thy helpe thy benefite and ayde Great worship and great honor both thou hast vpon him layde verse 6 Thou wilt geue him felicitie that neuer shal decay And with thy chereful countenance wilt comfort him alway verse 7 For why the king doth strongly trust in god for to preuayle Therfore his goodnes and his grace wil not that he shal quaile verse 8 But let thine enmies feele thy force and those that thee withstaÌ„d Find out thy foes and let them feele the power of thy right haÌ„d verse 9 And like an ouen burne them Lord in firy flame and fume Thine anget shal destroy them all and fire shal them consume verse 10 And thou wilt roote out of the earth their fruite y â— should increase And from the number of thy folke their seede shal end and cease verse 11 For why much mischief did they muse against thine holy name Yet did they fayle and had no power for to performe the same verse 12 But as a marke thou shalt them set in a most open place And charge thy vow strings redily against thine enmies face verse 13 Be thou exalted lord therfore in thy strength euery hower So shal we sing right solempnly praysing thy might and power Deus deus meus respice psalme .xxii. T. S. ¶ Dauid complaineth himself to be brought into such extremities that he is like a man desperate and
mischief stout and sorrow eke withal verse 12 Her priuy partes are wicked playne her dedes are much to vile And in the streetes there doth remayne al crafty fraud guile The second part verse 13 If that my foes did seeke my shame I might it wel abyde From open enmies check and blame some where I could me hide verse 14 But thou it was my fellow dere which frendship didst pretend And didst my secret counsel heare as my familiar frend verse 15 With whom I had delight to talke in secret and abrode And we together oft did walk within the house of God verse 16 Let death in hast vpon them fal and sen them quick to hel For mischief rayneth in their hal and parlour where they dwel verse 17 But I vnto my God do cry to him for help I flee The Lord doth heare me by and by and he doth succour mee verse 18 At morning noone and euenyng tyde vnto the Lord I pray Whē I so instantly haue cride he doth not say me nay verse 19 To peace he shal restore me yet though war be now at hand Although the number be ful great that would against me stand verse 20 The Lord that first and last doth raign both now and euermore Wil heare when I to hym complaine and punish them ful sore verse 21 For sure there is no hope that they to turne will ouce accord For why they wil not God obey nor do not feare the Lord. verse 22 Vpon their frēds they laid their hāds which were in couenāt knit Of frendship to neglect the bands they passe or care no whit verse 23 While they haue war within their hart as butter are their words although his words wer smoth as oile thei cut as sharp as swords verse 24 Cast thou thy care vpon the Lord and he shal nourish thee For in no wise wil he accord the iust in thral to see verse 25 But God shal cast thē depe in pit that thirst for bloud alwayes He wil no guileful man permit to liue out halfe hys dayes verse 26 Though such be quite destroid and gone in thee O Lord I trust I shal depend thy grace vpon with al my hart and lust Miserere psalme .lvi. I. H. Dauid being brought to Achis the king of Gath 2. Sa. 21. 12. cōplaineth of his enmies demaū deth succour putteth his trust in God his promises promiseth to performe his vowes which he had taken vpon hym Wherof this was the effect to prayse God in his Church Syng this as the Lamentation verse 1 HAue mercy Lord on me I pray for man would me deuoure He fyghteth with me day by day troubleth me ech houre verse 2 Mine enemies daily enterpryse to swaldow me outryght To fyght against me many ryse O thou most high of might verse 3 Whē they would make me most afraid with boast brags of pryde I trust in thee alone for ayde by thee will I abyde verse 4 Gods promise I do mind and prayse O Lord I stick to thee I do not care at al assayes what flesh can do to me verse 5 What things I either did or spake they wrast thē at their wil And al the counsel that they take is how to work me il verse 6 They al consēt themselues to hide close watch for me to lay They spy my pathes snares haue tride to take my lyfe away verse 7 Shal they thus scape on mischief set thou God on thē wilt frown for in his wrath he doth not let to throw whole kingdōs down verse 8 Thou seest how oft they make me flee and on my teares doost looke Reserue them in a glas by thee and wryte them in thy booke verse 9 When I do cal vpon thy name my foes away do start I wel perceyue it by that same that God doth take my part verse 10 I glory in the worde of God to prayse it I accorde With ioy wil I declare abrode the promyse of the Lord. verse 11 I trust in God and yet I say as I afore began The Lord he is my helpe and stay I do not care for man verse 12 I wil performe with hart so free to god my vowes alwayse And I O Lord al times to thee wil offer thankes and prayse verse 13 My soule from death thou doost defend and kepe my feete vpright That I before thee may ascend with such as lyue in light Miserere Psalme .lvii. I. H. ¶ Dauid beyng in the desert of Ziph where the inhabitants did betray him and at length in the same caue with Saule Calleth most earnestly vnto God with full confidence that he wil performe his promise and take his cause in hand also that he wil shew his glory in the heauēs and the earth against his cruel enemies Therfore doth he render laud and prayse Sing this as the. 44 Psalme verse 1 TAke pity for thy promise sake haue mercy Lord on me For why my soule doth her betake vnto the helpe of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy wings I set my selfe ful fast Til mischief malice like things be gone and ouer past verse 3 I cal vpon the God most hye to whom I sticke and stand I meane the God that wil stand by the cause I haue in hand verse 4 From heauen he hath sent his ayde to saue me from their spight That to deuour me haue assayd his mercy truth and might verse 5 I lead my life with Lions fel al set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwel that freat like flames of fyre verse 6 Their teeth are speares and arrowes lōg as sharp as I haue sene they wound cut w t their quick tong like swords weapōs kene verse 7 Set vp and shew they self O God aboue the heauens bright Exalt thy praise on earth abrode thy maiesty and might verse 8 They lay their net and do prepare a priuy caue and pit wherin they think my soule to snare but they are fallen in it verse 9 My hart is set to laud the Lord in him to ioy alwayes My hart I say doth wel accord to syng his laud and prayse verse 10 Awake my ioy awake I say my lute my harpe and string For I my selfe before the day wil ryse reioyce and sing verse 11 Among the people I wil tel the goodnes of my God And shew his prayse that doth excel in Heathen lands abrode verse 12 His mercy doth extend as far as heauens al are hie His truth is high as any star that standeth in the sky verse 13 Set forth and shew thy self O God aboue the heauens bright Extol thy prayse on earth abrode thy maiesty and might Si vere vtique Psalme .lviii. I. H. He describeth the malice of his enemies the flatterers of Saule who both secretly openlye sought his destruction from whō he appealeth to gods iudgemennt shewyng that the iust shal reioyce when they see the punishment of the wicked to the
and stirreth vp the surges so as nought can them asswage verse 26 Then are they lifted vp so high the cloudes they seme to gayne and plunging down the depth vntil theyr soules cōsume w t payn verse 27 And like a drunkard to fro how here now there they reele as men with feare of wit bereft or had of sence no feele verse 28 Then did they cry in theyr distres vnto the Lord for ayd Who did remoue theyr troublous state according as they prayd verse 29 For with his word the Lord doth make the sturdy storme to cease So y t the great waues frō theyr rage are brought to rest peace verse 30 Then are men glad whē rest is come which they so much do craue and are by him in hauē brought which they so faine would haue The fourth part verse 31 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his kindnes then and shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 32 Let them in presence of the folke with prayse extol his name and where the elders do conuent let them there do the same verse 33 For running flouds to dry desertes he doth oft chaunge and turne and dryeth vp 〈◊〉 it wer dust the springing wel and bourne verse 34 A frutful land with pleasures deckt ful barren doth he make Whē on their sinnes which dwel therin he doth iust vēgeaūce take verse 35 Agayne the wildernes ful rude he maketh frute to beare With pleasaūt springs of water cleare though none before wer there verse 36 Wherin such hungry soules are set as he doth frely chuse That they a citie may them build to dwel in for theyr vse verse 37 That they may sow their pleasant land vineyardes also plant To yeld them frutes of such increase as none may seme to want verse 38 They multiply exceedingly the Lord doth bles them so Who doth also their brute beasts make by nūbers great to grow verse 39 But when the faithful are low brought by the oppressors stout and minish do through many plagues that compas them about verse 40 Then doth he princes bring to shame which did them so oppres and likewise caused them to erre within the wildernes verse 41 But yet the poore he rayseth vp out of his troubles depe and oft times doth his trayne augmēt much like a flocke of shepe verse 42 The righteous shal behold this sight and also much reioyce Wheras the wicked peruerse with grief shal stop theyr voyce verse 43 But who is wise that now ful wel he may these things record For certeinly such shal perceyue the kindnes of the Lord Paratum cor meum Psalme Cviii. N. ¶ This Psalm◠is cōposed of two other Psalmes before the seuen fifty and the sixty The matter here cōteined is that Dauid geueth him selfe with hart voyce to prayse the Lord and assureth him selfe of the promes of God concerning his kyngdome ouer Israell and his power agaynst other nations who though he seme for to forsake vs for a tyme yet he alone in the end will cast down◠our enemyes Syng this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 O God my hart prepared is and eke my toung is so I wil aduaunce my voyce in song and geuing prayse also verse 2 Awake my viole and my harpe swete melody to make And in the morning I my selfe right early wil awake verse 3 By me among the people Lord stil praysed shalt thou bee and I among the Heathen folke wil sing O Lord to thee verse 4 Because thy mercy Lord is great aboue the heauens hye and eke thy truth doth reach the clouds within the lofty skye verse 5 Aboue the sterry heauens high exalt thy selfe O God and Lord display vpon the earth thy glory al abrod verse 6 That thy derely beloued may be set at lyberty Helpe O my God with thy right hand and harken vnto me verse 7 God in his holines hath spoke wherfore my ioyes abound Sichem I shal deuide and mete the vale of Sucoth ground verse 8 And Gilead shal be mine own Manasses mine shal be My head strength Ephraim and law shal Iuda geue for me verse 9 Moab my washpot and my shoe on Edom wil I throw Vpon the land of Palestine in triumph wil I go verse 10 Who shal into the citie strong be guide to conduict me Or who by whom to Edom land conueyed shal I be verse 11 Is it not thou O God which late hadst vs forsaken quite and thou O Lord which with our host didst not go forth to fight verse 12 Geue vs O Lord thy sauing ayde when troubles doth assayle For al the helpe of man is vayne and can no whit auayle verse 13 Through God we shal do valiant acts and worthy of renown He shal subdue our enemies yea he shal treade them down Deus laudem tuam Psalme Cix N. ¶ Dauid being falsely accused by flatterers vnto Saul prayeth God to kepe him to destroy his enemies And vnder them he speaketh of Iudas the traytour vnto Iesus Christ and of al the like enemyes of the children of God And desireth to be deliuered that his enemyes may know the workes of God Thē doth be promise to geue prayses vnto God Sing this as the .65 psalme verse 1 IN spechles silence do not hold O God thy tong alwayes O God euen thou I say that art the God of al my prayse verse 2 The wicked mouth gileful mouth on me disclosed be and they with false and lying tong haue spoken vnto me verse 3 They did beset me round about with wordes of hateful spite without al cause of my desert agaynst me did they fight verse 4 For my good wil they were my foes but then gan I to pray verse 5 My good with il my frendlynes with hate they did repay verse 6 Set thou the wicked ouer him to haue the vpper hand at his right hand eke suffer thou his hateful foe to stand verse 7 When he is iudged let him then condemned be therin And let the prayer that he makes be turned into sinne verse 8 Few be his dayes his charge also let thou an other take verse 9 His children let be fatherles his wife a widow make verse 10 Let his ofspring be vagabounds to beg and seke theyr bread wandring out of the wasted place where erst they haue ben fed verse 11 Let couetous extortioner catch al his goods and store and let the straungers spoyle the frutes of al his toyle before verse 12 Let there be none to pyty him let there be none at al That on his children fatherles wil let theyr mercy fal The seconde part verse 13 And so let his posterity for euer be destroyd Their name out blotted in the age that after shal succede verse 14 Let not his fathers wickednes frō Gods remembraūce fal and let thou not his mothers sinne be done away at al. verse 15 But in the presence of the Lord let them remayne for
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
name Helpe to amplifie and increase 〈…〉 and whatsoeuer thou sendest we may be hartly wel contēt with thy good pleasure wil Let vs not lacke the thyng O Father without the which we cā not serue thee but blesse thou so al the workes of our handes that we may haue sufficient and not to be chargeable but rather helpeful vnto others be merciful O Lord to our offences seing our det is great which thou hast forgeuē vs in Iesus Christ make vs to loue thee and our neighbours so much y e more Be thou our father our captaine and defender in al temptations hold thou vs by thy merciful hand that we may be deliuered from al inconueniences and end our liues in the sāctifying and honor of thy holy name through Iesu Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour So be it Let thy mighty hand out stretched arme O Lord be stil our defence thy mercy and louyng kindnes in Iesu Christ thy deare sonne our saluation thy true an holy word our instruction thy grace and holy spirit our comfort and consolation vnto the end and in the end So be it O Lord increase our faith ¶ A Confession for al estates and times O Eternal God and most merciful father we confesse acknowledge here before thy diuine maiestie that wear miserable sinners cōceiued and borne in sinne and iniquity so that in vs there is no goodnes For the flesh euermore rebelleth against the spirite wherby we continually transgres thy holy precepts cōmaundemēts so purchace to our selues through thy iust iudgemēt death dānation Notwithstanding O heauēly father for asmuch as we are displeased with our selues for the sinnes that we haue cōmitted agaynst thee do vnfainedly repent vs of the same we most humbly besech thee for Iesus Christs sake to shew thy mercy vpon vs to forgeue vs al our sinnes to increase thy holy spirit in vs y ◠we acknowledging frō the botom of our harts our own vnrighteousnes may frō hēceforth not onely mortify our sinful lustes affections but also bring forth such frutes as may be agreable to thy most blessed wil not for the worthines therof but for y ◠merites of thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ our onely sauiour whom y u hast alredy geuē an oblatiō offring for our sinnes for whose sake we are certeinly perswaded y ◠thou wilt deny vs nothing y t we shal aske in his name according to thy wil. For thy spirite doth assure our consciēces that thou art our merciful father so louest vs thy childrē through him that nothing is able to remoue thy heauēly grace fauour frō vs to the thee therfore O father with the sonne and the holy ghost be al honor glory world without end So be it ¶ A Prayer to be said before a man begin his worke O Lord God most merciful father Sauiour seyng it hath pleased thee to cōmaūd vs to traueil that we may releue our nede we besech thee of thy grace so to blesse our labour y t thy blessing may extend vnto vs without the which we are not able to continue that this great fauor may be a witnes vnto vs of thy bountifulnes assistāce so that therby we may know the fatherly care that y u hast ouer vs. Moreouer O Lord we besech thee that thou wouldest strengthē vs with thine holy spirit that we may faithfully trauail in our estate and vocatiō without fraude or deceit and that we may indeuour our selues to folow thine holy ordinaūces rather thē to seke to satisfy our gredy affectiōs or desire to gayne And if it please thee O Lord to prosper our labour geue vs a minde also to helpe thē that haue nede according to that abilitie that thou of thy mercy shalt geue vs and knowing that al good thinges come of thee graunt that we may humble our selues to our neyghbours and not by any meanes lift our selues vp aboue them whiche haue not receyued so liberal a portion as of thy mercy thou hast geuen vnto vs. And if it please thee to trye and exercise vs by greater pouertye and neede then our fleshe woulde desire that thou wouldest yet O Lorde graunte vs grace to knowe that thou wilt nourish vs cōtinually through thy boūtiful liberality that we be not so tempted that we fal into distrust but that we may paciently wayt til thou fil vs not onely w t corporal graces benefites but chiefly with thine heauenly and spiritual treasures to the intent that we may alwayes haue more ample occasion to geue thee thākes and so wholy to rest vpon thy mercyes Heare vs O Lord of mercy through Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the whole state of Christes Church ALmighty God and most merciful father we hūbly submit our selues and fal down before thy maiesty beseching thee from the botom of our hartes that this sede of thy worde now sowen amongst vs may take such depe roote that neither y e burning heat of persecutiō cause it to wither neither the thorny cares of this life do choke it but that as sede sowen in good ground it may bring forth thirty sixty an hundreth fold as thy heauenly wisdome hath appointed And because we haue nede continually to craue many things at thy hāds we hūbly besech thee O heauenly father to graunt vs thy holy spirit to direct our petitiōs that they may procede from such a feruent mind as may be agreable to thy most blessed wil. And seing that our infirmitie is able to doo nothing without thy helpe that thou art not ignoraunt with how many and great temptations we poore wretches are on euery side enclosed and compassed Let thy strength O Lord sustayne our weakenes that we 〈◊〉 defēded with the force of thy grace may be safely perserued agaynst al assaultes of Sathan who goeth about cōtinually like a roring Lion seking to deuoure vs. Encrease our faith O merciful father that we do not swarue at any time from thy heauenly word but augment in vs hope and loue with a careful kepyng of al thy cōmaundements that no hardnes of hart no Ipocrisie no concupiscence of the eyes nor inticements of the world do draw vs away frō thy obedience And seing we liue now in these most perilous times let thy fatherly prouidence defend vs agaynst the violence of al our enemyes which do seke by almeanes to oppres thy truth Furthermore for as much as by thy holy Apostle we be taught to make our prayers supplications for al men We pray not onely for our selues here present but besech thee also to reduce al such as be yet ignoraūt frō the miserable captiuitie of blindnes and errour to the pure vnderstanding and knowledge of thy heauenly truth that we al with one consent vnitie of minds may worship thee our onely God sauiour And that al Pastors shepe heardes and Ministers to whom thou