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A06719	Dauids harpe ful of moost delectable armony, newely strynged and set in tune by Theadore Basille	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1542 (1542)	STC 1717; ESTC S110422	64,503	192

sure vndoubted fayth beleue in Christe acknoweledge hym to be theyr heade confesse hym to be the sonne of the lyuynge God graunt vnfaynedly that he came in y e flesh heare the voyce of theyr Sheppard cleaue only to his worde flye y e voyces of straungers stycke vnto him us to theyr alone treasure looke for all good thynges at hys hande only Unto this churche pertayne so many as from the begynnyng of the world vntyl this tyme haue vn faynedly beleued in Christe or shall beleue vnto y e very ende of y e world Agaynste this chyrche the gates of hell shall not preuayle seynge it is bylte on the rocks Christ For Chri●… hymselfe hathe promised y t he wyll be with it by his holy spirite euen vnto the very cōsummaciō and end of the world Moreouer Christ loued this chirch so well that he gaue hymselfe for it to sanctify it clensed it in the fo●… tayne of water by y e word to make it vnto hym selfe a glorious congre ciō hauynge no spot or wryncle nor ony suche thyng but that it should be holy without blame This chir che is the spouse of Christ and matrone of heauen the house of God whiche is the congregacion of the li uynge God the pyller ground of trueth This chyrche is the mount Syō the Cytye of the lyuyng god the celestiall Hierusalē the company of innumerable aungelles the congregacion of the fyrst begotten which are written in heauen This chyrche is the holy cytie that newe Ierusalem which came downe frō God oute of heauen prepared as a bryde garnysshed for her husbonde This chyrch is that loue that dere dearlynge that doue that fayreste amonge all women without spotte or deformite of whome we rede in y ● Balades of Salomō This chyrch cā neuer erre seinge that it is euer gouerned with the spirite of Christ seynge also that it cleaueth only to the worde of God neyther dothe it heare y e voyce of ony straunger but only heare and followe the voyce of her Sheppard which is Christ. To know therfore this chyrch of Christ from the Synagoge of Antichriste it is very easye For the Chyrche of Christ leaneth with a sure fayth to Christ alone the sonne of the liuing God as an omnisufficient sauiour The Synagoge of Antechriste although it confessethe Christ after a certayne manner yet it sekethe saluacion also at the handes of other The chyrch of Christ followeth only the word of God accordyng to that worketh in all thynges The Synagoge of Antechrist followeth the voyces of straungers deuyseth newe decrees constitucions lawes ordinaunces c. vnto them it stic keth maynly The chyrch of Christ practysethe those workes that ar●… commaunded in the holye Scripture The Synagoge of Antechrist worketh thynges of her owne yma ginacion not prescribed in the law of God The chyrch of Christ seketh aboue all thynges the glory of god the health of her neyghbour The Synagoge of Antechrist seketh her owne pōpe honour glory prayse The chyrche of Christ is redy at all tymes to suffer persecuciō for Goddes truethes sake The Synagoge of Antechrist hateth y ● crosse seketh to lyue all in pleasure to persecute so many as loue god and his word The chyrche of Christ seaketh euer after heauenly thynges The Synagoge of Antechrist hūtethe after temporall promocions worldly honours fleshly dignities easy lyuin ges carnall pleasures galant pasti mes sumptuous fare gorgious apparell c. The chyrche of Christ spē deth her goodes vpon the poore mē bers of Christe The Synagoge of Antechrist bestoweth her goodes af ter her owne fansye not after the commaundement of God To conclude The chyrche of Christ is alto gyther godly celestiall The syna goge of antechrist is altogither wic ked earthly Hereby do we learne which is the true chyrch which is y e false which is y e chyrche of Christ which is y e sinagoge of Antechrist But it is not to be gone ouer w t a lyght fote as they vse to say that Dauid calleth this chyrch of Christ the handemayde of God neither is it withoute a cause For as a true faythfull and diligent handmayde haue her eyes alwayes fyxed vpon her mastres for to wayte se what shall be her pleasure to commaund her to do that she maye do it wyth all redines spede euē so becometh it them of Christes chyrche diligent lyto wayte vpon theyr Lord God to marke what his moost godlye wyll pleasure and commaundemēt is that they shoulde do And thys shall they assuredly knowe by searchynge the holye Scriptures And as it becometh not an honest hand mayde to leaue the cōmaundement of her mastres vndone and to busy herselfe about suche thinges as she her selfe thynketh best to be done of her owne brayne euē so doth it not become them that professe them selues members of Christes chyrch to leaue the cōmaundementes of God vndone to fall in hande withe doynge thynges of theyr owne fansy ymaginacion For they that do so shewe them selues no handmaydes but mastresses nether are they obedient subiectes vnto God but rather take vpon them to be arrogāt superiours presumteous checke-mates Let them therfore that wyl be of Christes chyrche learne to be handmaydes no mastresses to be obedient subiectes not arrogant superiours presumpteous checke mates vnlesse whyle they followe theyr owne fantasyes and dreames they fall from the chyrche of Christ vnto Antichristes Synagoge as we may se in the Papistes Anabap tistes Sacramentaries c. Moreouer we reade that thys chyrch is not only called the hande mayde of the LORDE but also the spowse of Christe yea that not vn worthy For as a good honeste and faythfull wyfe is obediēt to her hus bonde in all thinges loueth hī pure ly cleaueth vnto hym only hath no pleasure to ronne after other men delyghteth her self w t her husbōdes cōpany alone is glad to please hym alway seketh the accomplyshment of his wyll by no meanes wyll at tempte ony thynge that shoulde be displeasaunt to hym So lykewyse this chyrche which is the spouse of Christ is obedient to her husbonde Christ in all thynges loueth him w t an ernest pure vnfayned loue cle ueth to him only hath no plesure to ronne after other men wherby she may be entised from the loue of her husbonde delyghtethe only in hym and in his worde sea●…eth the accōplyshment of his wyl sheweth her selfe in all poyntes conformable to his moost diuine wyll beynge lothe that ony thynge shoulde be commit ted on her behalf that should be displeasaunt to hym in ony poynte Let them therfore nowe take hede that recoūte thē selues to be of this chyrche wyll be called the spouse of Christe that they cleaue onlye to theyr husbonde Christ his worde heare hym alone followe hys voyce

Dauids Harpe ful of moost delectable armony newely strynged and set in tune by Theodore Basille Psal. 97. ¶ Prayse the Lorde vpon the Harpe and syng to the Harpe wyth a Psalme of thankes giuynge Wyth Trompectes also Shawmes oh shewe your selues ioyeful before the Lord the Kynge ¶ The principall contentes of this boke i. Of faythe Of the confession of fayth of good workes ii Of the crosse persecucion trouble for the truethes sake iii Of the vanite falsehode vnrighteousnes of man iiii Of the benefites and great gyftes of God v Of bearynge the Crosse callynge on the name of the LORDE vi Of vowes to be payde what they vii Of y e death of sayntes howe are precious it is in the syghte of God viii Of the Chyrch of Christ and y ● Sy nagoge of Antechrist ix Of the free delyueraunce from the bondes of Satan thorowe Christ. x Of the Sacrifice of prayse Read and thou shalte reioyse For hearyng this heuēly voyce ¶ To the ryghte honorable Syr George Broke Lord Cob ham Theodore Basille wys sheth long lyfe cōtinu al helth prosperoꝰ felicite ALthoughe in the whole psalmody of Da uid there canne not be fo●…e one Psalme whi che is not able to replenysh the spirituall true Christen man wyth suche so great ioye as is ineffable can by no meanes be expressed yet in my iudgement and opiniō this Psalme which I haue nowe from all the other selected to declare beynge in nomber the hun dred fyftene after the cōmon Laten translaciō farre excellethe and chalengethe the preeminence as I may so speake For verely so oft as I rede●…t me thik I am in a ioyfuland delectable Paradyse wher al kynd of pleasures do abound so ofte as I taste of it it semeth vnto me lyke a goldē floude which floweth forth wyth moost goodly and pleasaunte stremes to conclude this Psalme so ofte as I heare the wordes of it beteth replenyssheth myne eares w t suche swete and delectable armony as none maye iustely be compared vnto it so that neyther Mercurius Apollo nor his sonne Orpheus nor yet any other whome the auncient Poetes do so greatly cōmend exalte wyth incomparable encomies prayses in theyr moost eloquente lucubracions and ornate monumētes are able to compare wyth thys our Mynstrell Dauid beynge not only an excellent Musicion but also a puyssaunt kynge and a diuine Prophet Although they shame not to wryte that wyth theyr musicall instrumentes they ware able theyr melody beyng of so great efficacye vertue strength myghte power to make the greate Okes to shake theyr toppes to cause whole flockes of shepe goates oxen c. to followe them daunsyng pleasauntly to moue mountaynes to make the swyfte streames of the runnynge floudes to stonde styl yea to fetch oute soules euen out of hell For all these thynges dothe this our mynstrell Dauid also much more truely thā they fayne of theyr old Musicions What other thyng I pray you dreamed they by the shakynge of the greate and harde Okes toppes but only to shewe y t the worde of God is of so great strength that the Princes and rulers yea euen y ● myghtye Tyrauntes of the worlde can none otherwyse then shake trē ble bowe do reuerence vnto it graunte that it is the almyghtye worde of trueth lyfe health salua ciō wherto they must nedes obey submyt thē selues seyng y t agenst it they can neuer preuayle neyther by act coūcell wysdōe assēbly synode congregacion or ony other humayne polecy as Salomon testifiethe ther is no wysdōe there is no forcast there is no coūsayle y ● cā preuayle agenst y ● LORD or els y ● what so euer they go in hand with all shall come to noughte shall not prosper yea that they them selues also shall be destroyed as Christ saythe Who so falleth on this stone shall be brokē on peces loke vpon whome it falleth it shall grynd hym to poulder Agayne what ment they by the followynge and daunsynge of the shape gotes oxes c. but only to de clare that at y ● preachynge of God des word all people rei●…se are mery as we maye se in the moost blyssed virgin Mary which replete w t y ● great ioy of this worde songe on this māner My soule magnifyeth the LORDE my spirite hath reioy sed in God my sauioure S. Elizabethe also wyfe to the moost vertuous preste ●…acharias mother to the holye man S. Iohn̄ Baptiste sayd vnto Mary her Cosyn whan she came had saluted her Behold when I hearde the voyce of thy salutaciō the babe dyd skyppe in my wombe for ioye The Aungels also sayd to the Sheppardes Beholde I shew to you great ioye For there is borne to you this daye a Sauyour whiche is Christ the LORDE in y ● Cytie of Dauid What can make vs soner to be merye to daunse to skyppe to leape for ioye than to heare that by Christ the alone sauiour of the worlde we are delyuered from our spiritual enemy Pharao the dyuell and that by hym we are made safe frō synne death hell desperacion c. to whome all thorowe the synne of oure father Adam we ware made seruile captiue bonde thraull that we are nowe replenysshed wyth lyfe ioye pleasure felicite wealth rest peace trāquilite quietnes of conscience and al kynd of gladnes Moreouer what is signified by the mouynge of mountaynes but the cōuersion of men of power from infidelite vnto fayth frō ydolatry vnto the true worshyppynge of God from supersticion vnto god ly religion frō the dedes of the flesh vnto the fruytes of the spirite frō affiaūce reposed in theyr owne carnal politike workes vnto y e trust in the true and lyuynge God Furthermore what other thyng dyd they figure shadowe by y e stōdyng styl of the swyfte floudes but only the great admyracion merue lynge stupoure wonderynge of y e Gentyles whan they heard a newe kynde of religion taughte them as we maye se in the Actes of the Apo stles To be shorte as towchynge y ● fetchyng of soules out of hel what other thynge mente they thē that by the preachynge of Christes Gospel the very dead in synne shall reuiue be made alyue agen as Dauid sayth the lawe of the LORDE is pure it turnethe soules The wytnes of the LORDE is faythfull and gyuethe wisdome vnto babes The statutes of the LORDE are ryght reioyse the harte the cōmaūdemēt of the Lorde is pure gyueth light to the eyes Christ also sayth I am y e resurreccion lyfe he y t beleueth in me although he be dead yet shal he liue euery one that liueth and beleueth in me shall neuer dye Is not the Gospell of Christ called the word of lyfe in dyuers places of the holy