vs especially to praise him according to their natures THe Lord of heav'n confesse On high his glories raise Him let all Angells blesse And all his Armies praise Him glorifie Sunn moone starrs yee higher Sphears And Cloudie skie 2 From God your Beeings are Him therefore famous make You all Created were When he the word but spake And from that place Where fixt you be by his Decree You cannot passe 3 Praise God from Earth belowe Yee Dragons yee Deeps Fire haile Clouds winde snowe Whome in Command he keeps Praise yee his Name Hills great small Trees low tall Beasts wilde tame 4 All things that creep or flye Yee Kings yee vulger Throng All Princes meane or hye Both men Virgines yonge Ev'n yong old Exalt his Name For much his fame Should be extold 5 Oh let God's Name be praisd Above both earth skye For he his Saints hath raisd And sett their horne on hye Yea they that are Of Isr'els race are in his grace And ever dear Haleluiah Almightie God worthie to be praised of all Creatures both in heaven earth vouchsafe that thy whole Creation may ioyne in ascribing to thee that glorie for which it was ordained And let vs whome thou hast exalted above the rest of thy workmanship advance the highest Trophtes to thy glorie At lest grant this that wee who have dishonored thee in all thy Creatures may some way in some degree magnify thee also in every thing which thou hast made That so wee may be yet more exalted continue to be of those people whome thou hast elected lovest eternally in Christ Iesus Amen Psa 149. Halelujah This Psalme exhorts to praise God in the New songs of the Gospell declares the powre which shall be given thereby both to conviâ—ce the Consciences of heathen Idolators to chaine vp our unperious Affections c. Wee should vse it to provoke vs to praise God for the many priveledges given vnto his Saints c. IN songs-newe made your voice employ God's praise among his Saints to sing Let Isr'el in his maker ioye And Syon tryvmph in her king The praises of his Name advance With Harpe Tymbrell in the dance 2 The Lord his people doth respect And with his healp the meek arayes Then let the Saints his praise affect And on their bedds gladd Voices raise Let in their mouths his praise remaine And two-edg'd blades their hands retaine 3 Vpon the heathen people then They shall inflict avenging paines And binde their kings noblemen In yron Fetters in Chaines For to fulfill the written doome The Saints thus honor'd shall become Haleiulah Grant Almighty God that wee may sing vnto thy Glorie the New-songs of the Gospell to the tennstringed Instrument of thy Lawe by thy grace attaine that meeknes that holines which becommeth such as are thy Saints by their Visible Callinge Replenish our harts with ioyes of the holy-ghost fill our mouthes with songs of thy praise StrengtheÌ„ our handes to execute Iustice without partialitie give vs powre to chaine vp those heathenish Affections those noble-seeming Passions which had the Soveraigntie over vs heretofore so enable vs to fullfill all Righteousnes which thou hast commanded in thy word that wee may enioy all the Priveledges honours pertaining to thy Saints in Christ Iesus Amen Psa 150. Halelujah It exhorts all Creatures to praise God shewes in what manner wee should praise him mistically expressing the same by Instruments of Musick Wee should vse it to stirr vs vp to glorify God with every facultie which he hath bestowed on vs. COme praise the Lord come praise him With in his holy-seat In all his glories praise him And his great Acts repeat As he excelleth praise him With Trumpet and with Flute With Harp Psaltry praise him With Viol with Lute 2 Vpon the Tymbrel praise him In Song his praise advance Vpon the Organs praise him And praise him in the Dance On tingling Cimballs praise him On Cymballs loud that sound And let all creatures praise him In whome life-breath is found Haleluiah Oh blessed God thou bestowest all things necessary requirest nothing back againe but thanckfulnes Grant therfor wee pray thee that our soul every faculty thereof our body every member of the same our sighs our teares our grones our ioyes our paines our prosperities our Adversities our Virtues which wee have by thy grace our very sinns which wee have committed by out owne corruption our lives our deaths our salvations the condemnations of the vnrepentant all other things which in vs in thy whole Creation have either Beinge or possibility to bee or to be thought vpon may altogether severally both in their Discordes AgreemeÌ„ts make vp a pleasant harmony to the glorifieng of thy Maiesty for ever ever Amen FINIS A concluding HYMNE YEt among those many Creatures UUhich for living-breath are debters Though vnworthy I am one But not many weekes are passed Since the Blast that 's now possessed VV as in danger to be gone 2 They that prayd for my Salvation Far beyond their expectation My desired presence have And I sing among Livinge Songs of Thancks praises-givinge VVhome they look'd for in my Grave 3 Hee oh Friends for whome yee mourned From thee Pitt is back returned Ioie with him in God therefore Hee my Foes whome you oppressed Lives praies you may be blessed VVish him evill now no more 4 Come imagine I were lieng In my Grave let envieng Spight evill Censures goe VVee shall all er'e long come thither And be quiet there togither Let us whil'st wee live be soe 5 Or though God hath so permitted That wee must for him be fitted By each others wounding blowes Naitheles his praise endeavour And Assent in whatsoever Any way his glorie showes 6 VVhen I sawe life's Taper wasting And my end by sicknes hasting Many things to minde it brought And among my Meditations Musings Expostulations These were often in my thought 7 Lord are all those hopes bereaved VVhich I formerly conceaved That I should have here enioy'd Shall as well my good intentions As my vaine fond Inventions Now be frustrate destroi'd 8 I haved looked everie Morrowe For an ending of may sorrowe And once thought an end I had But perceaving newe Afflictions God sayd I whoe gives Corrections May yet one day make mee glad 2 He hath seene such Follies in mee That his Mercies cannot winn mee Therefor he his Rodd extends But when that hath purer made me Peradventure he will glad mee And declare that wee are freinds 10 Thus from tyme to tyme I eased My nigh fainting hart pleased My Desires which did rebell And I strongly Lord beleived I some Good should have received Till this deadlie Arrow fell 11 But I finde my great Corruption Hath bene such an Interruption To my Earthlie hopes in mee That ther 's now no expectation
Save the hope of that Salvation VVhich my Soul in heav'n shall see 12 VVhen my Sicknes mee tormented Thus I mus'd was contented In my Soul it should be thus And I praised God in Spirit For the lot shee should inherit But ther 's Flesh bloud in vs. 13 T was enough this Grace was showne me But my Fleshlie-part was on me UUhich was loth her works to lose I Said shee have watch'd cared Holy Hymns to have prepared VVhat shall now become of those 14 All my Youth I have consumed VVhere as els it is presumed VVealth or ease I might have wonn Pyous Laies to have composed To restraine men ill-disposed From those Paths in which they runn 15 Had I Honour sought or Treasure I had witt in equall Measure To the most that walk those waies But another Path I prized VVherein Death hath mee surprised Iust at Noonetide of my daies 16 And I see see it plainely That I spent my time as vainely As the most whome I condemn'd They had Fruits of their Endeavor Mine to me is lost for ever And of others is contemn'd 17 Many things that I intended Are begunn almost ended VVherein I my paines have lost UVhat on David's Hymns I mused Lies vnperfect vnpervsed And of all that greeves me most 18 Suchlike Thinckings partly holie Guilt with Good mixt with Follie Did possesse my wasting braine God had promis'd Isack to mee And the Blessing he did show me Yet of Ism'el I was faine 19 On the Handmaid of Perfection By her Mistresse's direction I begot the Birth you see And when Life was halfe expired In my hart I much desired That the Fruite might spared be 20 Which behold my God hath granted And some hopes I have not wanted That I shall preceave the Same Glad my hart that hath bene sory And be sung vnto the glory And the honor of his Name 21 Be it so as God hath willed Though this hope be not fulfilled I have Hopes that shall remaine Nay those Hopings which have failed Are not lost but much prevailed My cheef Longings to attaine 22 For which Grace Almighty maker And for that I am partaker Of the Common-life this day I do offer as Oblations These my harty Meditations Them mee accept I pray 23 All my former sinns forgivinge Grant that since among the living I obtaine a second Breath I in manners Affection May beginn that Resurrection UUhich prevents the second-Second-death 24 Here let these my Meditations Yeald mee still sweet Consolations UUhilst thy Grace this life prolongs And at last advance me thither VVhere all Blessed Saints togither Sing to thee eternall Songs Amen A Table directing to what Tunes heretofore in vse every Psalme in this Translation may be sung To the Tune of the first Psalme in the olde Translation to 30. other Tunes there vsed sing these 3. 4. 5. 7. 10. 11. 13. 15. 18. 22. 23. 24. 26. 29. 31. 35. 37. 42 43. 44. 46. 47. 50. 53. 59. 61. 62. 64. 65. 70. 73. 75. 76. 77. 85. 86. 88. 92. 95. 102. 110. 111. 116. 119. 120. 128. 130. 131. 134. 135. 142. 145. To the Tunes of the 51. Psalme of the 100. Psalme heretofore vsed to the Tunes of the X commandements Of the Lamentation imprinted at the end of the old Psalmbooke to the Tune of the Songe beginning thus From Turke Pope c. Being five severall Tunes may these Psalmes be sung 1. 2. 6. 14. 16. 19. 20. 21. 27 28. 30. 32. 34. 38. 41. 45. 49. 51. 52. 54. 56. 63. 66. 69. 72. 79. 81. 83. 84. 89. 90. 91. 96. 98. 99. 100. 101. 103. 109. 112. 114. 117. 121. 136. 139. To the Tune of the Pater noster at end of the old Psalmebooke may be sung these Psal 5. 9. 17. 33. 39. 40 48. 57. 87 94. 118. 105. 122. 123. 233. 137. 149. To the Tune of the 25. Psalme heretofore sing these 25. 36. 67. 82 125. 126. To the Tune of the 50. Psalme heretofore sing these 16. 68. 78. 104. 106. 107. 132. 140. 141. 143. 144. To the Tune of the 113. Psalme heretofore sing these 12. 58. 60. 80. 108. 113. To the Tune of the 122. Psalme heretofore sing these 13. 55. To the Tune of the 124. Psa heretofore sing these 71. 74. 91. 124. 129. 138. To the Tune of the 130. Psalme heretofore sing these 39. 100. 127. 150. To the Tune of the 148. heretofore sing these 113. 146. 147. 148. The Psalmes that are Aphabeticall are doubly translated some few other One of which translations is to be sung to French Tunes Shiggaijon Selah
kingdome become partakers of that Life-eternal to which he ascended So escaping those terrible Iudgments which thou inflictest on thy malitious foes we shall behold their confusion to the exaltation of the powre to whome he all honor glorie now for evermore Amen Psa 22. To the cheef Musitian vpon Aijleth Shaha◠A Psalm of David It is a prophecie of Christ his passion vnfolding divers passages thereof mētioning also the calling of the Gentiles c. It may be sung to commemorate the Passion some other misteries of our Redemption c. WHy hast thou oh my God my God Why hast thou me forgone Why nearer is not thy abode To hear help my mone Vnheard of thee I cry whole daies Whole nights the same I doe Yet thou art Isr'els cheefest praise And thou art holy to 2 Our fathers did on thee depend And. thou didst them secure They cride thou didst them defend Their faith did them assure But I pore worme an Abiect am No man but one forlorne The people make of me their game Their proverb their scorne 3 When me they vewe their heads they nod Make mouths jeering say God was his hope now then if God Him loves him save he may But thou didst gard me in the wombe Thou didst convay me thence At nurse my hope thou didst become And keptst me eversince 4 Er'e-since my birth my God thou art My trust is all in thee Oh! do not far fro me depart For perills compasse mee Strong Bulls ev'n herds of Bashan race Beset me round about They stand wide-gaping in my face Like Lions roaring-out 5 Like water I am pour'de aside My bones are strain'd apart E'vn potsherd-like my strength is dride Like wax dissolues my hart Vnto my Iawes my tongue is glew'd For thou didst me confound With cruel doggs I am persu'de By Sinners closed round 6 My hands feet they nailed fast My bones apparant were Vpon my vesture lots they cast My garments they did share Thine ayde therfore no more delay But Lord my strength draw near Cause not the sword my soul to slay Nor doggs to rend my dear 7 Me from the mouthes of Lions garde As I in former daies From hornes of vnicornes was heard So I will sing thy praise Thy fame I 'le in thy church record My brethren being there Oh! praise him yee that fear the Lord And Jacobs ofspring are 8 Him oh yee seed of Isr'el fear For he doth nor despize Afflicted soules nor stop his eare Nor turne from them his eyes But when thy crie their cries are heard For which his praise I sing And in great throngs where God is feard My vowes to him I 'le bring 9 The meek shal feed till they are full And praise the Lord therfore All yee who seek him in your soul Shal live for evermore The worlds far ends to minde shall call Their dutie to the Lord And he of heathen kingdomes all Shall see him self ador'de 10 For his the kingdome is indeed All nations ruleth he Earths fatlings on his bread shal feed And thanckful they shal be Yea they shall all before him bowe Whose lodging is the grave For none but he hath powre enough The soul from death to save 11 A seed whome he shall count his owne Shal then to God returne And make his Acts of Justice known To people yet vnborn Oh! thou glorie of Israel the hope of all who trust in thee seeing by a voluntarie humiliation thou hast in thine own person felt the bitternes of reproches the crueltie of persecuters the sharpnes of povertie the extream torments of the flesh the strongest Agonies of the soul and every horror which may affright vs when in our greatest tryalls temptations we seem as it were vtterly for saken both of God man remember oh remember thine owne passion have mercie vpon vs. Hear vs when we crie help vs when we can crie no longer And when all our strength faileth let thy powre plnck vs out of our tormenters Iawes that we they whom thou hast promised to collect from al places Ages of the world may meet in thy heavenly kingdome to glorify thee for ever ever Amen Psa 23. A Psalm of David The Christian soul acknowledgeth Christ her pastor enritching feedinge retoicinge reforming beautifieng her providing for her an eternall habitation in this owne presence c. It may be sung to praise God for the benifits herein mentioned c. THe Lord my Pastor daignes to be I nothing now shall need To drinck sweet springs he bringeth mee And on green Meads to feed For his Name-sake my hart he glads He makes my wayes vpright And I the vase of deaths black shades Cann passe without affright 2 Thy staffe thy presence thy rodd My joyfull comforts are And thou before my foes oh God My Table shalt prepare Oyle on my head pour'd out thou hast My Cupp doth over-flowe And thou on me whilst life doth last Thy favours wilt bestowe 3 Yea Lord thy goodnes thy grace Shall alwayes follow me And in thy house my dwelling place For evermore shall be Keep vs oh thou faithfull Sheapherd of our soules that the Devil take vs not out of thy folde nor entise vs from thy pastures by faire alurements Setle vs in thy Church Refresh vs by thy Spirit Instruct vs by thy Sacraments Guide vs by thy example reforme vs by thy father'y correction so comfort vs by thy presence that we may acknowledge there is no need of those beggerly assistances whereon worldlings depend and that we may walke without repininge through the aflictions of this life without fear through the shaddowes of Death to those mansions which thou hast appointed for thy chosen flock in the kingdome of heaven Amen Psa 24. A psalme of David It describes the largnes of Christs inheritance shewes who are members of his Church Then by a poetical prosopopeia the everlasting Gates are summoned to give passage for the Ascention of that glorious King It is vsed in commemoration of the Ascention THe Earth's the Lords with her encrease The world all her goods He founded it vpon the seas And layd it on the Flouds What man is he that shal have grace To climbe the hill of God Or Who shall in his holy-place Obtaine their free abode 2 Sure they whose hands are innocent Whose meanings are vpright Whose harts to folly are not bent Who swear without deceit Such gaine from God a blessed meed And from their faviour grace And such oh Iacob are their seed Who truly seek thy face 3 Yee Gates lift vp your heades on high Yee dores which last for aye The king of glory passeth-by Vnclose give him way Who is the king of glorie tell Oh tell who might he be The Lord who doth in strength excell That glorious king is he 4 Yee Gates aloft your Arches heave Yee dores that have no ende Vnto the king of
grow more more But they finde grace who trust in God Let just righteous men therfore With Shouts proclaime theyr joye abrode It is not oh gratious Redeemer our Innocencie or any good which of our selves we can performe that iustifies vs in thy sight but thy free grace thy hiding thy not-imputing our sinns That which thou expect est acceptest from vs toward the procuring of this favour is nothing els but humbled soules contrite spirits vnfaigned harts sincere confessions which thou thy self also must prepare help perfect in vs or we shall never perform them no though all the dangers torments of the world were before our eies Take therfor from vs our brutish ignorance curb our head-strong wilfulnes Rain our vnbridled appetites instruct vs by thy favorable aspect so guide vs by the bridle of reason religeous awe that we being governed according to thy will thou mayst be found of vs in all troubles at all seasons we reioice in thy mercy for ever ever Amen Psa 33. It exhorts to praise God declares who are most obliged therevnto In what manner we should performe this dutie for what principall causes c. We should often vse it to put vs in minde how much we are obliged to praise God c. YE Righteous in the Lord reioice For praise with Godly men doth sute Praise God with Psaltry Harpe Voice And on the twice-five-stringed Lute To him new ditties sing play And tune them to the loudest kay 2 For God is righteous in his word His Actions ful of truth appear His Bounty all the world hath storde His Darlings Truth Iustice are The Heav'ns were form'd when he but spake His breath did all their Armies make 3 The seas huge waves aloft he rear'd The Deeps as vp in store he layd Oh! let him through the world be fear'd And make Earths-dwellers all afraide For his Commandings are fulfill'd And all is done as he hath will'd 4 God makes the Gentiles proiects vaine And brings the Peoples plotts to nought But his decrees for aye remaine And everlasting is his thought Most surely blest therefore are those Whome for his owne the Lord hath chose 5 For God from heav'n doth cast his eye The Sonn 's of men to veiwe knowe Yea from his dwelling-place on high He marketh all on earth belowe Their hearts alike he shapeth to And heeds ev'n ev'ry work they do 6 Great Armies cannot save a kinge No strong-mans powre his life preserves The strength of horse vaine succours bringe But those who fear him God observes And whosoe're on him depends From dearth death he them defends 7 Our soul vpon the Lord shall waite Who hath our sheild shelter binn And he shall be our harts delight Because his Name we trusted in Oh! let vs Lord still succour'd be As we repose our trust in thee Blessed God! at thy word allthings were created by thy providence they are stil governed Thou hast fashioned the harts of all men to be in some measure capable of thy grace observest how they emploie that Talent Thy eternal decree remaines firme therfor theie whome thou chusest shall be blessed for ever Neither their owne strength nor any powre but thine is able to keep them safe Thou therfor on whome their soul waiteth shalt prevent the famine of that which is the meanes of their preservation therby keep them from totall or final-falling Lord make vs to reioice in this vnspeakable mercie Encrease our faith continue vs in the meanes whereby we are to make our Election sure VVe beleeve it is alreadie granted yet we praie for it because it is our dutie because we cannot chuse but praie for that which we beleeve hope to obtaine through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 34. A Psalme of David when he changed his behaviour before Abimeleck who drove him away he departed It seems to typefy Christ who being as it were disguised by taking our nature infirmities became therby contemptible to the great-ones of the world We should sing it to praise God for discovering to vs what is hid from the wordly wise c. NOw shall the Lords eternal praise The subiect of my song be made My Soul shall sing it all her daies The meek shall hear it be glad Let others come ready be To ioine in praising of his Name For when I cti'de he helped me And kept away my feared blame 2 He lightneth such as him observe And no disgrace vpon them falls He heares the pore will preserve From all his troubles when he calls His Angell-gards will them enclose Who of his God head awfull be Therfor his goodnes vnto those Who trust in him come Tast See 3 Yea fear the Lord yee Saints of his For he to such will al things grant The Lions whelps their food may misse But they that serve him nothing want Yee Children come attention give And I will teach th' Almighties feare How yee long time on earth may live And gaine a blessed-being here 4 Your tongues from slandrous words preserve Dissembling let your lipps eschewe Ill deeds avoid good works observe Seek peace after it persue For God beholdeth such as those And heares the Righteous when they pray But wicked men he doth oppose And roots their Name Fame away 5 The Lord will hear the Righteous crie From dangers he will them assure He to the broken hart is nigh And wounded Spirits he will cure Although the Iust hath many greeves The Lord so helps that they are gone In all his troubles him releeves And keeps him sound in ev'rie bone 6 By sinn the sinners death is wrought He shall not thrive that hates the Iust But God his servants lives hath bought And faileth none that in him trust Hear vs oh merciful God in cur present necessities and preserve vs from those future evills which we may iustlie fear Enlighten our vnderstandings rectifie our affections guide our tongues sanctifie our actions cure our deseased bodies heal our wounded soules Let thine Angells gard vs let thine owne eyes watch over vs and let vs be so instructed in thy fear that when our lion-like adversaries are emptie we maie be filled with thy goodnes delighted in thy sweetnes Grant also that when their memorial perisheth we being preserved sound both in soul body may â—nicie the promised blessing os long-life even of life-eternall in thy heavenlie kingdom for ever ever Amen Another of the same AT al tymes with my tongue I 'le blesse the Lord To sing of him I never will forbear But in my Soul his praise with mirth record And publish what the meek shall ioy to hear Come therfor helpe his praises to declare To magnify his Name let vs agree Discharg'd I was by him of all my fear And when his ayde I sought he ayded me Enlightned are their eyes that look
Foes acknowledging Gods regard of her suffrings professing assurance in him promising to be thanckfull c. It is vsefull to those ends c. HAve Mercie Lord for man hath sought To swallowe vp mischeeve mee My Foes with mee have daylie fought And Lord most high they many bee Thou art my hope when doubts arise Thy word hath brought me comforts to On thee alone my hart relies And fearles is what Flesh cann do 2 They wrest my words Lord ev'rie day To worke me harme they still devise They meet vnseene they mark my way And how they might my Soul surprise Therfore in thy just wrath oh God! Correct them for this Crime of theirs And as thou dost my Faults record Recorde botle vp my teares 3 For thou wilt save me Lord I knowe When thee I seek my Foes flie back Thy promise makes mee joyfull growe And of thy word my songs I make My trust oh God! is all in thee And of man's powre I fearles am Thy vowes are all perform'd on mee And I will praise thee for the same 4 For thou hast freed my Soul from death From falls thou dost my footing stay To walke by thee within that Path Which leads to Life a lightsome way Oh thou faithfull preserver of all who put their trust in thee Our visible invisible Adversaries do continually seek the destruction of our soules bodies by many secret mischeevous devises But our trust being placed vpon thee wee need not fear the malice of any Adversarie Grant vs grace therfore so to depend on thy promises so to lament our errors with teares of true Repentance that as our enimies mark our wayes to entrap vs wee our selves may mark them to prevent ensnarings that thou observing their hatred our penitence mayst cause vs to walke ioyfully in the way of eternal life through Iesus Christ Amen Psal 57. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith A Psalm of David when he fledd from Saul in the Cave It mystically expressed the Iewes persecutinge Christ even vnto his Grave wee that are his members partake in his suffrings may sing it to declare our iniuries to pray praise God for deliverances c. LOrd grant oh grant me thy compassion For I in thee my trust have placed Display thy wings for my Salvation Vntill my greefs are over-passed To thee I sue oh God most high To thee that canst all want supplie 2 From their despights who seek to rend mee Let help oh Lord from heav'n be daigned And let thy Truth Love defend me For I with Lions am detained With men inflam'd whose biting words Are shafts spears naked swords 3 Let over heav'n God's praise be reared And through the world his glorie showed For they who netts for mee prepared They who my soul to ground had bowed Ev'n they with in those trapps are caught Which for my fall their hāds had wrought Selah 4 Oh God! my hart now ready maketh My hart is for thy praise preparing My Tongue my Harpe my Lute awaketh And I my selfe betimes vprearing Will speake sing in praise of thee Where greatest throngs of people be 5 For Lord thy Mercies forth are stretched As farr as are the Sphears extended Thy Truth vnto the Clouds hath reached And thou thy self art high ascended Let still thy Fame praise oh God! Through heav'n earth be spread abrode Oh Lord to whome Mercy belongeth have mercy vpon vs let the Wings of thy protection be gratiously spread over vs vntill the Stormes of this life be overpast For so great so manyfold are those dangers those Miseries wherewith wee are alwaies enclosed by spirituall temporal foes that they have brought our bodies to the Grave our seules near vnto Hell Oh! let thy Truth Love defend vs from our Lion-like persecuters that our Harts being timely cheared our Thoughts Words Actions may harmoniously agree in manifesting thy praises And seeing thy holy Spirit hath plainely declared the Vniversality of thy proffered Grace let not vs presume to sett Limmits there vnto but publish thy glorie as vniversaly as thou hast extended thy Mercies through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 58. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith Michtam of David It reprehends characters that Serpentine generation whoe are obstinate enimies to the Gospell of Christ prophecies illustrates their destruction c. It is vsefull to encourage vs against their malice c. YEe congregation said yee right Yee Mortalls are your Doomes vpright No for you muse on works of Sinn Your hands with mischeevs filled are You from your Births vntoward were And from the wombe have liers binn 1 Your poyson like the serpents flowes Deaf-Adder-like your eares you close Though powrfull Charmes are wisely sung Oh God! their mouthes of teeth disarme And that their Fangs may do no harme Make tootheles Lord the Lion's young 3 Like sudden Flouds their furie slale When they would shoot their arrowes breake Yea make them quite consume away Like snailes consume them from the earth Or els like some vntimely birth Destroy them er'e they see the day 4 Before wee feel them prick or burne Them whirle-winde-like Lord overturne And sweep them hence in wrath alive Which Vengance when the Righteous vewe And vewing Sinn receive her due They joyfull thancks to thee shall give 5 Yea they shall trample on their bloud Who have bene Foes to doeng good And ev'rie man shall say see That Righteous men shall have their meed And that there is a God indeed By whome the world shall iudged be Keep vs oh Lord from having fellowship in the Congregations of those who are perverted in their Iudgment mischeevous in their Conversation Draf to good Instructions Obstinate in their heresies willfull continuers in all their natural Corruptions Deliver us from their malice Breake their Instruments of mischeef and let their deserved confusion fall suddenly vpon them That the Faithfull Congregation may vewe it that all men may see confesse thee to be the Righteous Iudge of the world the rewarder of all those who put their trust in thee Amen Psa 59. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith Michtam a Psalm of David when Saul sent they watched the house to kill him It cheefly prophecied the Iewes dogged crueltie to Christ that they should be preserved to wander in a vagabond Condition as wee see at this day for an example to others c. It serves to warne vs that wee resist not God's grace once offred c. MY God protect mee from my Foes From them who strive with mee From Sinners gard mee from those That bloodie-minded be For loe the mightie do combine They waite my soul to teare And without cause or fault of mine With speed there to prepare 2 Lord God of Hoasts Isr'el wake To heed succour mee The Gentiles Curbe vengance take Where sinns malitious be Selah At
still And much provokd the wrath of God most high By tempting him their lustings to fulfil And craving flesh their longings to supplie For with distrust they ask'd if God were able In that wilde place to furnish out a table 7 Springs flowd indeed sed they when rocks he smot But can he bread flesh as wel provide Which when God heard with Iacob he was hot And in his wrath he did with Isr'el chide Because no faith to his firm promise giving They stil remain'd in trustles vnbeleeving 8 He naitheles the gates of heav'n vnclos'd And made the clouds raine Manna for their meat The bread of heav'n among them he dispos'd And Angells food vnworthy men did eat A wind South-East-by East he then ordained And flesh as dust foules as sand it rained 9 These fild ther camp fluttred round their tēts Til they were cloid with what their lust persu'd Yet none of them his fleshlie minde repents which God avengd ev'n whē the meat thei chewd For his feirce wrath on Isr'el down he poured And of their cheefs the fattest he devoured 10 Yet sin'd they stil set his works at naught For which their time he wasted out in vaine Afflicting them til after him they sought And then in shew they did repent againe Yea then his powre to bear in mind they seemed And said he was the God that them redeemed 11 In which altho he knew their flattring mouth And lieng tōgues did nought but falshood speak Tho him their hart affected not in truth And tho they stil his holy League did break Of his meer grace he naitheles forgave them And from his wrath ev'n he himself did save thē 12 For them to be but flesh in minde he bare And gone like windes which never shal retire That they perverse eu'n in the Deserts were Yea that ev'n there they much incens'd his yre Provoking him by false fain'd repenting The holy-one of Isr'el discontenting 13 Nor on his powre nor on those daies they thought Wherin he from their foes did set them free They minded not the signes in Egipt wrought Nor those which they in Zoan feilds did see How he with bloud the wholsom springs distasted How them with flies of divers kinds he wasted 14 How he with frogs their stubborn foes anoyd How their encrease the Caterpillers pild How then the Locust al their fruits enioy'd Nor how the frost their vines destroid kild Nor how cold haile burning bolts of thunder Did slay their flocks break their trees asunder 15 For he did hurl on them his furious wrath To them both fears harmful-sprites he sent Vnto their deaths his rage did make a path And then to wrack both men cattel went He of their lives their eldest-born bereaved Through Egipt-land where C ham his lot receaved 16 Then like a flock his people forth he led Through places wilde cōducting thē like sheep He kept them safe without all cause of dread Whil'st he their foes o'rewhelmed in the deep And also gave when al this grace was done them That holy hill which his right-hand had won thē 17 Before their face the gentiles thēce he took And what was theirs to Isr'el gave by lot Yet stil almighty God they did provoke And his commands they still regarded not But being like their Fathers double-harted Like broken bowes from him aside they started 18 The Lord was wroth Iealous when he saw Their Images their hill-alters rear'd And ther-vpon from Isr'el did with drawe His former love so incens'd appear'd That of his place among them he repented And left his Tent in Siloh vnfrequented 19 By thraldom then he took way their powr He gave their strength glorie to their foe He caus'd the sword his people to devour And with his Land exceeding wroth did grow Consuming heat their yongmens vigor tired Their maides by none in wedlock were desired 20 Then by the sword his preists away he took Whome to bewaile the widdows were not spar'd But lo the Lord from sleeping then awook As when with wine a mighty man is chear'd Their hinder parts with secret-sores he wounded And al his foes with lasting shame confounded 21 Then he the Tent of Ioseph did refuse And Ephr'ims tent he did likewise reiect But Iudah's tribe it pleased him to chuse Ev'n Syon hill which he did best affect And there aloft he rais'd his habitation To be as firm as is the Earth's foundation 22 He from the flocks his servant David chose Frō bigwombd ewes from attending sheep His heritage to him he did dispose And Iacob's flock Isr'els heards to keep So with pure thoughts discreetly thē he guided And food for them sincerely he provided O Lord God! we have often bitterly censured the Iewes not considering that their storie is a Problem mistically decipheringe our condition Or that wee like David by Nathan's parable are therby made Iudges condemners of our selves If we overlooke the course of our lives we shal finde verified in our owne persons all those things which are mentioned of that People VVe have the like Covenant of grace wee have had miraculous deliverances both temporal spiritual some of us have tempted him as long longer in this wildernes of our Pilgrimage Our murmurings despairings longings yea our frowardnes infidelity hath bene as much as theirs VVe have had as many several pardons to winn us as many enterchanges of prosperity Adversitie to reform us have had them also for our examples yet are as disobedient as negligent as they Oh Good God lay not this to our Charge but grant we may so apply what thou hast left written of them for our warning that the fear of thy Iudgments the love of thy Mercies may reclaime us and that our great Sheapherd ev'n the true David Iesus Christ may guide us out of our wandrings bring us out of this wildernes into his eternal Rest Amen Psa 79. A Psalm for Asaph It is vsefull for any perticuler Church when it is tirannised over by Turks hereticks or such like members of Antichrist For the Church of Christ whose persecutions martirdomes were prefigured by those which fell on Ierusalem is here personated prayeng expressing her suffrings c. VPon thine heritage oh God! The Gentiles Ryots de commit Within thy Temple they have trod And wasted prophaned it The bodies of thy saints bestrowe The feilds about Ierusalem Their blood ev'n in the streets doth flowe And birds beasts do feed onthem 2 Their bones without a grave remaine And all our neighbours vs defame Oh Lord how long shal wee sustaine Thy burning rage thy iealous flame Let thy incensed wrath be pour'd On heathen lands that knowe not thee For they thy Iacob have devour'd And quite consum'd his dwellings be 3 Remember not our follies past Oh God! from whome our help doth flowe But thy sweet grace Lord let vs tast For
how cann I tears refraine 6 Lord my greefs to thee I showe With my hands to thee vp-raised Cann the dead thy wonders knowe Or thy Love or truth be praised By the Sonns of Death belowe Selah 7 Cann thy Marvailes they vnfold Who in darknes quite are blinded Or thy Ius tice there be tolde Where is nothing said or minded Which was done in times of olde 8 Vnto thee oh Lord I crie And my suites prevent the Morninge Oh! why dost thou cast me by Still fro mee thy presence turninge Who am greev'd like to dy 9 Fro my youth oh Lord till now Mee thy terror hath destressed Nigh distract it makes me grow For thy wrath hath mee oppressed And thy feares have brought me lowe 10 They besett me ev'rie day Floud-like flowing alltogether And no freinds to help me stay Lovers nor Familiers neither For thou driv'st them all away Help us oh gratious Redeemer so to bear the manifold infirmities afflictions of our flesh so to endure the contempts neglects iniuries of the world so constantly to sustaine all the Assaults of our spiritual Adversaries that though we be deprived of all outward Freindships consolations wee may be inwardly satisfied comforted against every terror in every temptation Let us seek soe earnestly so early for thy assistance that escaping the spiritual blindnes which makes vncapable of thy praise that dungeon of vtter Darknes in which thy Righteousnes is obscured that everlasting Death from which there is no Resurrection we may enioy thy blessed presence where we shall magnify thy Mercies for ever ever Amen Another of the same LOrd God my healper day night To thee my moanings are Admit my suites vnto thy sight And my complainings hear For in my soul great sorrowes be My life drawes nigh the grave As one inter'd they count of mee And litle strength I have 2 As hee that 's dead buried long Death's free-man I became As one out of thy presence flung I quite forgotten am Thou laidst mee in the lowest ward Where darksome Dungeons are On mee thine Anger presseth hard And all thy stormes I bear Selah 3 Thou hast my freinds fro me restraind My Lovers mee despize I fast in prison am detain'd And sorrow dimms mine eyes Oh Lord all day to thee I sue My hands I meekly raise Thy wonders cann men buried shewe Or wake to sing thy praise Selah 4 Lord cann the grave thy Love expresse Thy Faith cann ruines teach Thy wonders or thy righteousnes Cann dumb Oblivion preach Betimes oh Lord I will erect My suites cries to thee Why shouldst thou then my soul reject And hide thy face fro mee 5 My soul is pain'd ev'n to the death And all my life I bear The heavy burthens of thy wrath Thy terrors thy fear They clos'd mee round like waters deep Where whilst begirt I lay Fro me my Lovers thou didst keep And hidst my freinds away Psa 89. Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite It celebrates the mercy Goodnes Iustice power of God c. Mentioneth his League with David mystically declares that those covenants belong to his spiritual seed in the cheef place c. It instructs vs who are the right heyres of the promises c. NOw in a song of endles praise Thy Mercies I will sing oh Lord And vnto all succeeding dayes Thy faithfulnes I will record For I have sayd that thy great Love And Mercy shal be raised high And that thou shalt in heav'n above Thy Faith confirm magnify 2 Thou hast both vowed decreed To David thine Elected-one To multiply his faithful seed And build him vp an endles throne Selah Which heav'n shall to thy praise declare In works to be admired at And where thy Saints assembled are Thy Faithfulnes they shall relate 3 For whome like thee doth heav'n afford What earthly Kings thy equalls be Who art among they Saints ador'd And fear'd of all that wait on thee Oh Lord of Hoasts what Lord is found So faithful or so strong as thou Who setts the raging seas their bound And calm'st them when thy furious grow 4 Thou didst afflict all Egipt-land As one made weake by wounds blowes And by the powre of thy strong hand Thou hast dispersed all thy foes Thine heav'n earth all things be For thou alone didst all things frame The North South were made by thee And East West extoll thy Name 5 Strong armes thou hast with powrful hands And where thou dost thy Throne prepare With Iudgment Iustice alway stands And Truth Love thy Vshers are Oh! blest are they who know thy voice Thy look shall chear them in their waies They in thy Name shall still reioice And them thy Iustice high shal raise 6 For thou art Lord our strengths renowne Our horne shall by thy favour spring Thou art our strong defensive Towne The Saint of Isr'el our King By vision thou didst once declare And to thy Holy-one disclose That thou a healper wouldst prepare Among thy people to be chose 7 I have saidst thou my David found My holy oyle on shall flowe By mine owne Arme he shall be crown'd My hand shal strength on him bestowe His Foe shall do him no disgrace The Sonn of sinn he shall not fear For I will smite before his face All them that his Opposers are 8 My faith love on him shal stay My Name his honour shall mainetaine His hand shall make the seas obay His right-hand shall the flouds restraine His Father he shall knowledg me His God his Rock his defence For he my eldest borne shal be And King of ev'ry earthly Prince 9 To him I still will mercy grant He shall enioy my promise given Successors he shall never want His Throne shall stand as firme as heav'n And if my Lawes his Children break If they shall fro my precepts flye My statutes if they shall forsake Or from my Iudgments walk awry 10 Their sinns with stripes I wil correct And scourg them when amisse they do But those whome I do well-affect My Love will never quite forgoe For once ev'n by my self I swore I would no lye to David make My League I will not break therfore Nor change a word of that I spake 11 Lord thus thou saydst that a Throne Vnto his yssue should be given As lasting as the Sunn Moone Or as the witnesses of heav'n Selah But now as if he were abhor'd Thou dost on thyne Anointed frowne Thou makest voyd thy league oh Lord And on the ground hast hurld his crowne 12 His Fences thou didst rend away His warlike forts thou downe dost race All passers-by on him do prey His Neighbours flout at his disgrace His foes thou hast Victorious made Whereat his haters ioyfull be Thou dull'st the sharpnes of his blade And in the fight made faint was he 13 Thou hast obscur'd his glories raies His Throne thou castest on the ground Selah Thou
hast cut short his youthful daies And him with shame thou dost confound Good Lord in thy enflamed rage Shall still thy face obscur'd remaine Oh minde the shortnes of mine age Why shouldst thy make mankind in vanie 14 Who lives whome Death shal not remove Or who from Death is ever free Selah Oh Lord where now is all that Love To David vow'd of old by thee Thy servants great reproach record And in my breast what scornes I bear Among those mightie Nations Lord Who likewise thy blaspheamers are 15 Oh God! ev'n thy Anointed-one They have derided in his waies But Lord what ever they have done To thee for evermore be praise Most gratious God thou hast not only promised thy mercifull assistance to all true beleevers but with an Oath also confirmed the same for the better strengthning of our weak faith Grant we pray thee that we neither become distrustfull of so gratious an Assurance neither discouraged by those Afflictions persecutions where withal thou shalt please to purg our corruptions nor be overcome by those tēptatiōs whereby our faith is exercised in the day of triall but cause us to depend on thy promise to be couragious victorious in all our battailes Give us wisdome likewise so to descern who are the true seed of David to whom the performāce of thy Covenant doth cheefly appertaine that wee deceave not our selves by a false application of thy spiritual promises nor delude our soules with temporarie hopes or fears But make vs ever constant both in that which wee ought to beleeve on thy part in that which is to be performed on our parts through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 90. The prayer of Moses the man of God In this Psalme the humane Nature which as the word Moses signifieth was Drawne out ev'n from the waters of perdition praiseth God for his eternal decree of her Restauration confesseth her vanity mortality c. To the same purpose wee should vse it LOrd thou art alwaies our abode Before the world beginning had Thou wer't eternally our God Yea long e're heav'n earth were made Thou say'st yee sonns of men returne And streight return'd to dust they be As one nights watch or day outworne So are a thousand yeares to thee 2 Thou like a Floud as in a dream Shalt sweep them suddenly away For like the flowring grasse they seem That springs fadeth in a day One frowne of thine consumes vs quite Thy wrath our troubles doth renewe Thou set'st our sinns before thy sight And bring'st our secret faults to vewe 3 Our tyme through thy displeasure wears And like a Tale that 's told are wee Our life is done at seaventie years Or eighty when wee strongest be For all the rest wee spend in woe And vanish e're wee be aware Thine Anger 's force Lord who doth knowe As is thy wrath such is thy fear 4 Instruct vs how to count our dayes That so our harts may wisdome learne And make thou Lord no long delaies But pleased now to me returne To vs betimes thy favour daigne That wee may all our life be glad And dayes years of joye obtaine For those of greef which wee have had 5 Thy workings let thy servants vewe Thy glories let their Children see Oh Lord our God! thy Beautie shewe Still shining on vs let it bee And all our works oh God we pray Establish thou so direct That well our labours prosper may And blessed be with good effect Instruct vs oh blessed God so to consider our vanities our errors the vncertainty of our short lives that wee may redeem the time by true Faith ioind with Christian prudence so order our Conversations that thy wrath may be appeased our sinns blotted away all our sorrowes turned into Ioyes Moreover during our short abiding here vouchsafe vs thy favour so assist our weak endeavours that wee may to thy glory finish the worke for which thou hast placed vs in this world And though our works be vnprofitable or such as like stuble will not abide the Fiery-triall yet let that which we shall build vp be at least grounded on the right Foundation that wee our selves may be safe through the free mercies of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 91. This Psalme shewes that such as abide beleeve in Christ shal be secured from publike private calamities by an especiall protection of what nature soever their perills be at least the mischeef of them shall be prevented life eternal vouchsafed c. It is vsefull to strengthen Faith in great plagues general dangers WHo in the Closet the shade Of God almighty still resides Is by his Highnes fearles made And alway safe with him abides For I confesse the Lord hath binn A Fortresse a Rock to mee My God alone I trusted in And he my trust shall all waies be 2 He will no doubt secure thee from The Fowlers traps noysome Pest His wings thy shelter shall become Thou shalt beneath his feathers rest Thou for thy Sheild his Truth shalt bear And nothing then shall thee dismay Not that which wee at Midnight fear Nor any shaft that flies by day 3 No secret plague offend thee shall Nor what in publike wasts the Land Though at thy side a thousand fall And tenn tymes more at thy right-hand But thou shalt live to mark see The due reward of men vniust For God most high will favour thee Because in him thou putst thy trust 4 No mischeef shall to thee betide Nor any plague thy house infect For he doth Angell-gards provide Which in thy waies will thee protect Their hands will thee vprightly lead And from thy Paths all harmes expell Thou shalt on Aspes Lions tread On Lions younge on Dragons fell 5 For seeing his delight I am I will saith God be still his garde And since he knowes my holy Name To honours high he shall be rear'd When he doth call an ear I 'le give In troubles I with him will be On earth he longe shall honor'd live And he my saving-health shall see Blessed God giue us such assured confidence in thee that wee may be secured in those publike calamities for which our publike sinns have deserved thy scourge be delivered also from the mischeef of those perticuler punishments which our personal offences may iustly bring vpon vs. But how soever thou dealest with our bodies in this life let our soules be saved from the plauge of everlasting Death Let thy holy Angells keep vs in all our waies give vs thy grace to keep the waies in which thou hast appointed vs to walk VVhatsoever perills or terrors affront vs give courage to passe through them in the execution of our lawfull Callings without dismay or distrust And though they bring some smart let them not hinder but rather further the accomplishment of our eternal safety through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Another of the same
Citty fortifide But God of whome despisd were wee 5 Oh God! who didst our hoasts forsake From vs our greefs thus alwaies take For man's vaine succours wee contemn Through God wee valiant Acts have done Our foes by him are overthrowne And he shall sett his feet on them Oh Lord God of Hoasts true in thy word powrful in thy performances According to thy auncient promises thy Church is wonderfully enlarged thou hast now thy lot of Inheritance in those places where they have bene enimies to thy Truth UUee beseech thâ—â— more more to enlarge thy Kingdome to be continually present with us in all our spiritual conflicts that by thy powre we may tread vnder foot the world the flesh the Devill making servants vnto us in the execution of thy will those affections which have heretofore prevailed against us VVee rely on thee only On thee only our harts are fixed And for thy goodnes we desire with all our faculties to praise magnify thy Name for evermore Amen Psa 109. To the cheef Musition a Psalme of David It is applied vnto Iudas Acts 1. 20. and is it vsefull to terrify Gods Foes all Hypocrites by shewing the Iudgments pronounced by the holy-ghost against all such But let none abuse this or any such like Psalmes by repeating them in their owne quarrells lest the Curses fall on themselves OH God my praise now silence breake For wicked men that guileful be With open Iawes against me speake And with false tongues have slandred mee With hatefull words they mee enclose Without all Cause with mee they warr And for my Love they are my foes Yet for their weal my prayers are 2 For my goodworks ill deeds I gett My love with hate they do requite Or'e them therefore some Tyrant set At his right-hand let Sathan waite Let Iustice them to death persue Account it sinn for them to pray Cutt short their dayes make them fewe Let others take their place away 3 Keep fatherles their Orphane-breed And husbandies their widdow'd wives Yea Cause thou their accursed seed To begg wander all their lives Their vncouth denns let then forsake To begg what must their life sustaine Their labors let oppressors take And Strangers rob them of their gaine 4 Let none regard though they lament Nor pitty take on such a race But quite away in one descent Their of-spring their Name deface Let God still minde the guilt they drewe From both their parents at their birth And keep it allway's in his vewe Till they are nam'd no more on earth 5 For why they no compassion shew'd To him that greev'd pained lay But they the needy soul persu'de The broken hart they sought to slay They Cursings Lov'd let them be made The part therefore of their just lot In Blessings they no pleasures had And therfor they possesse them not 6 With curses they themselves did clothe As with a gowne or with a cloke Therefore as oyle or water doth Through bones bowells let them soke Let Curses them like Belts inclose And as their clothes such men aray Ev'n thus oh Lord require my Foes Who of my soul amisse do say 7 But for thy Name sake save thou mee Deal wel with me mercy daigne For wounded is my hart in mee And I am pore full of paine I vanish like an Evening shade I Locust like am tost about My knees are weake through fasting made My flesh is leane wasted out 8 They mee despise ev'n to my face And scornfull nods at mee they make Oh Lord my God! of thy meer grace To bring me help now vndertake Make them to see then confesse That by thy hand I helped am Lord though they Curse yet do thou blesse And let them rise to see their shame 9 But make oh Lord thy Servants glad Whilst they that my illwillers are With shame ev'n their owne shame are clad As if with Robes arayd they were My tongue shall praise thee then therfore Confessing where Assemblies be That God is Patron of the pore And from false doomes their soules doth free Oh God! terrible art thou in those iudgments which thou dost pronounce against all malitious vnrepeÌ„taÌ„t Sinners UUee beseech thee therfore grant us grace to repent all our transgressions to shewe compassion to all thy pore members in their Afflictions that we may finde Mercy in our sorrowes UUee often see thy iudgments but wee neither know whome thou correctest in love to amendment nor whome in fury to their destruction For thou reservest that secret vnto thy self To keep vs both in our dealings Censures alway charitable to those whome thou smitest Oh teach us therefore true Charity let us never doe or wish evill to any man in our owne Causes But let us apply thy iudgmeÌ„ts to sinn in generall imprecate that they may fall only on the enimies of our Lord and saviour Iesus Christ Amen Psa 110. A Psalme of David It is literally of Christ Math. 22. it mentioneth the Deity Humanity Soveraignety Preisthood Powre Conquests Passion Resurrection of the Messiah We may sing it with respect to those perticulers VNto my Lord the Lord thus spake Sitt downe at my right hand And of thy foes I 'le footstooles make Whereon thy feet shall stand The Lord shall out of Syon bring The scepter of thy might And over them thou shalt be king Who now resist thy right 2 On thy great Day in serving thee Men willing mindes will shewe And from the wombe thy birth shall be As is the morninge dewe The Lord hath sworne will nor check Nor change the word he swore Thou art as was Melchizedek A preist for evermore 3 The Lord shall smite when wroth he growes Great kings at thy righthand The Gentiles judge slay his foes Which are in ev'ry land The heads of kingdomes he shall slay And as he passeth-by Shall drinck the Torrent in the way And raise his head on high Almighty God who hast given thy eternal Sonn with whome thou art the same in Essence to be in an unspeakable manner conceaved in the Virgines wombe To be made an everlasting preist for us after the Order of Melchizedek And in his Passage through this life to drinck the bitter Torrent of his Passion Grant wee beseech thee that by virtue of his blessed Incarnation our nature may be sanctified prepared for Grace that by his Death we may dye to sinn that by the powre of his Resurrection wee may arise to righteousnes by his glorious Ascention be victorious ever all our enimies both spiritual temporall for ever ever Amen Psa 111. Halelujah It praiseth God for his miraculous works his wisdome Mercy Iustice for the Covenant of has Grace c. It may be sung to continue in vs the fear of God to praise him for his benefits especially for our Redemption WIth all my hart God's praise I 'le sing Where saints
Ev'n of his people to be King And he a joyfull mother made Of her that erst no children had Vnto the Lord oh therefor sing To God the Father To the Sonn And holy-Ghost those three in one And that eternall One in three All glory bee for ever more All powre praise as heretofore Ascribed now ever be Psa 114. By alluding to the deliverance from Egipt to the driving back of Iordan the Redsea to the trembling of Sinay forcing waters from hard rocks our spirituall deliverances Reformations are typified Therfore our Church vseth this Psalme as proper for Easterday WHen Isr'el brought from Egipt was And Iacob from a forraigne tongue In Iudah was his holy place To him did Isre'ls rule belong The Sea saw that fledd away Ev'n Iordan also backward slipt The mountaines then like Rams did play Like Lambes the lesser hillocks tript 2 Thou sea what made thee so to fly Why didst thou Iordan backward goe Why daunc't like Rams the mountaines hye Yee hills like Lambs why tript yee so Shake earth at presence of the Lord When Iacob's God is present shake For he from Rocks a standing Ford And fountaines in the flints doth make Almighty God the deliverer of all pore destressed Captives wee are hy Nature the slaves of Sinn Death the Devill who do labour to hold us in eternall bondage But wee praise thee thou hast made a miraculous passage for our escape Oh! grant therfor that thy presēce may so startle us out of our securitie soe mollifie our flintie nature that the teares of true penitence may flowe plentifully from vs that we thanckfully walking in that way which thou hast prepared for our entrance into the Land of the living may be quite freed from our servitude enioy peace rest in thy Kingdome for ever ever Amen Psal 115. The Faithfull desire that al honor may be ascribed to God alone that their foes may not blaspheamously question his powre Then in the name of heathen Idolls their worshippers reprooves the vanity of all those assistances whereon carnall men rely c. It is vsefull when false worshippers blaspheame God by reason of our affliction c. NOt ours the glory make Lord give not vs the fame But for thy Truth Mercy sake Ascribe it to thy Name 2 To say where is their God! Why should the Gentiles dare Since he in heav'n hath his abode And works his pleasure there 3 Men's hands their Idolls make They gold silver be Possessing mouthes that cannot speake And eyes that cannot see 4 Their eares are senseles to Their nostril smelleth not Their hands feet nor feel nor goe No breath is in their throte 5 All they whoe those adore Or forme them like them be In God let Isr'el trust therefore For their defence is he 6 On God preserving them Let Aron's house depend Let those who feare him trust in him For he will such defend 7 God will remember vs And on vs Mercy showe On Isr'el on Aron's house He blessings will bestowe 8 He prospers great small That fear of him professe You your seed likewise he shall Still more more encrease 9 Of God you blessed be Who made both earth heav'n The heav'n of heav'ns inhabits he And earth to men hath given 10 Lord none cann thee adore Who dead silenc't are But I both now evermore Thy praises will declare Not for our owne deservings cann wee claime any thing oh Lord God neither for our owne sakes or our owne glorie ought wee to desire any deliverances or benifits from thy Maiestie As much therfor as our self-love will permit wee desire meerly for thine owne honour sake that publike Idolaters carnall minded men who serve Gods of their owne making may not scandalize thee or thy Truth by Occasion of such Miseries or Disgraces as fall on vs who professe the same But make vs oh God to love thee thy glory so farr above our owne lives reputations That whether wee be delivered or no wee may submit our selves to thy pleasure be truly comforted hartely pleased reioyce vnfainedly that wee are counted worthie to suffer for thy glory Amen Psa 116. The Faithfull professe affection to Christ Acknowledg their condition both by Nature Grace encourage others to trust in Gods favour resolve the same in them selves We may sing it when after some great Affliction or temptation wee are comforted sensible of our present passed estate c. I love the Lord for hee an eare To my complaints doth give And since he pleaseth me to hear I 'le seek him whil'st I live The feares of death enclosd me round Hell torments mee enthrald But still when paind my self I found On God's great Name I cal'd 2 Preserve my soul oh Lord I sayd For thou art full of grace Iust kinde ev'ry pore man's ayde My healp when greev'd I was My soul to this thy refuge fly For God is thy larg meed From death my soul from teares mine eye From falls my feet he freed 3 I shall with God enioy my life Where livinge men abide This I professe with firme beleif Though I was terrifide Yea though in rashnes I did say That all men liers were What for thy guifts I should repay Now Lord my questions are 4 Thy Cupp of saving-health I 'le take Vpon thy name I 'le call And of my vowes I 'le payment make Before thy servants all Thy saints their deaths suffrings be Right pretious in thine eye Oh Lord thy servant serving thee Thy handmayds Childe am I. 5 My fetters all thou brak'st away And I oh Lord therfore The sacrifize of thancks will pay And thy great Name adore To thee oh Lord I 'le pay my vowes Where thy Assemblies be Ev'n in the Courts of Gods owne house Ierusalem in thee Haleluiah Hear our prayers oh Lord God deliver our soules from the Death of Sinn For we are compassed with many perills fearfull Temptations Insomuch that wee are sometime almost ready to despaire distrust that there is noe Truth in any of our hopes Oh keep us by thy speciall grace from falling into those whirlpooles out of which there is no returning VVhen the guilt of Sinn the fears of Death the torments of hell the sugestions of the Devill conspiring with our frailties have once enclosed vs. UUee have then no powre of resistance in our selves it is thy great Mercy if the litle spark of our faith be not wholy quenched Help vs therfore in our extremityes Break the chaines of our Sinns vnlose the snares of Sathan give us grace to praise thee in thy Ierusalem to magnify thy Mercy in the Land of the living world without end Amen Psa 117. This is the least Psalme but it hath respect vnto the greatest Mysterie For it provokes all Nations to praise God for extending his grace to the whole
world as appeares Rom. 15. We should sing it to praise God for his Universal Grace GOd's praise yee Nations all declare The Lord yee people all adore For large to vs his Mercies are His Truth endures for evermore Haleluiah VVee praise thee oh Father of Mercy for that Vniversall Grace which thou hast vouchsafed in offring thy salvation without respect of persons vnto all mankinde forsaking none vntill they have first forsaken thee Make effectuall vnto vs wee beseech thee this generall favour That wee embracing the same by the Will which thou first makest capable of what thou presentest therevnto and that co-operating with thy Spirit according to the powre which thou shalt give vs we may be pertakers of that speciall grace which makes vs the Obiects of thy eternall Election from which there is no falling away Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Psa 118. This Psalme Christ applied vnto himself Math 24. For he is that Corner-stone here mentioned Here also are mistically touched vpon his Passion Resurrection sonne other Evangelicall Uerities It is therefore vsed by our Church as proper for Easterday THe Lord is good him therfor blesse And for his Grace that faileth never Let Isr'el also now confesse His Mercy doth abide for ever Yea let the house of Aron say His Mercies have no ending day 2 Let all who fear him publish out His Mercies that eternal be For when at need his healp I sought Hee heard my plaint sett me free And since the Lord is thus mine Aide Of man I cannot be afraid 3 My helpers God's assistance have And I perceave it on my Foes More safe it is God's help to crave Then on man's healping to repose Yea faith in God more safety brings Then to rely on mighty kings 4 All nations seige to mee did lay But in Gods Name I them destroyd They me beleaguer'd ev'ry way But in Gods Name I them destroy'd As Bees they compast me about Like fire in thornes soone in soone out 5 I soone destroy'd them in Gods Name For when they sought to do me wrong The Lord my gratious ayde became My strength my health my ioyfull song And in his house the Iust may sing What God's right-hand to passe did bring 6 For God's right-hand is lifted high Greats things the Lords right-hand hath wrought And from the Grave escap'd am I To tell what God to passe hath brought For though he sore afflicted me Yet he from death did sett me free 7 Of Righteousnes vnclose the gate That I God's praises may expresse This Gate is God's yea this is that By which the Righteous have accesse And him I 'le praise for it is hee That heares healps saveth me 8 That 's now the cheefest Corner-stone Which once the builders did despise It was the work of God alone And seemeth wondrous in our eyes This is the day the Lord hath made Come let vs all therein be glad 9 Save Lord oh save vs Lord wee pray Blesse him that commeth in thy Name That from his house God blesse vs may We pray much desire the same For God's the Lord by whome our fight Obtaines the Vision of his Light 13 With Cords the Sacrifices binde Them to the Aulters Corners tye Thou art my God whose praise I 'le minde My God whome I will glorify Oh! praise the Lord. for great is he And without end his Mercies be Oh Lord Christ our saviour Thou art that pretious corner-stone which vnites nor Iewes Gentiles only but even the Godhead the Manhood into one spirituall Buildinge Thou art he by whome all our Enimies are destroyed Thou art hee by whome wee escape the grave of sinn the terrors of everlasting Death Thou only art that Gate of Righteousnes by which wee enter into life eternal And thou only art that Light in whose blessed Vision our happines doth consist Oh give vs part in all that which thy Incarnation Passion Death Buriall Resurrection Ascention hath merrited conquered for vs if it please thee let this be the Day which thou hast made to fill vs with such a gladnes as shall make vs ioyfull for ever more Amen Psa 119. This Psalme consisteth of many exhortations promises prayers complaints consolations directions Resolutions thancksgivings varciously intermixt according to the Churches various Occasions principally informes that God's word is the Rule of Life c. Alaph 1. HEe 's blest that in the perfect way Of God's pure Lawe hath trod Who doth his Testaments obay And wholy seeketh God For such will take no ill in hand Nor from his Pathway swarve But Lord as thou dost give command Thy Precepts they observe 2 Would God! my waies were so direct That keep thy Lawes I might For whilst I thy Commandes respect On mee no shame cann light With vpright hart thee praise I will When learn'd thy Iudgments be And then I will thy Lawes fullfill Therefore forsake not mee Another of the same ALl those are blest that in a blameles way Have by the Lawe of God their feet confinde As blest are those that his Decrees obay With all their harts desiring him to finde An evill act they never take in hand Nor frō Gods Pathway shall their footing swarve Wee likewise are inioyn'd by thy Command That wee thy Precepts duely should observe Ah! therefor would my wayes were guided so That all thy Statutes well observe I might For if thy Lawes I have regard vnto No shame at all on mee shall then alight And when thy righteous Iudgments I have learn'd With hart sincere I 'le sing thy praise therefore To keep thy Lawes I will moreover learne Oh! then forsake me not for ever more Give us oh Lord such perfect knowledge of thy Lawe such regard of thy Testimonies such practise in thy Waies such obedience to thy Precepts such love to thy Statutes Such diligence in thy commands such awe of thy Iudgments that our vnderstanding may be freed from error our Conversations from polution our Affections from vanity that thou mayst ever be glorified by us wee never be forsaken of thee Even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Beth. 2. HOw cann youth's pathway cleansed be But by thy word oh Lord With all my hart I seek to thee Oh! guide mee by thy word I 'le keep thy Lawe with all my hart That I displease not thee Oh Lord that alway blessed art Thy Statutes teach to mee 2 To preach the Iudgments of thy Mouth My lipps I will employ For in thy Testimonies truth As in great wealth I ioye Vpon thy Lawes VVaies alone My thoughts Love are sett Thy Statutes my delight is on Thy UUord I 'le not forget Another of the same BY what may yongmēs wayes made blameles be But by their taking heed vnto thy UUord With all my hart I have desired thee From thy Commands let me not wander Lord. By layeng vp thy VVord within my hart To keep