loude syghes that my bones cleued to my skynne I am lyke an destrege of the wyldernes made lyke an owle in an olde forlaten house I lye wakynge am left alone lyke the sparowe in the thacke Myne enemyes reuyled me all daye they that chide me vsed my name opprobriously I eate erthe in stede of brede lycken my teares in stede of drynke And all is for thy indignation and thy wrathe for when I was a lofte thou thruest me downe My dayes are vanysshed awaye lyke a shadowe I my selfe am whytherd lyke hay But thou Lorde syttest styll for euer thy memoriall endureth from age to age Thou shalt ryse and haue pyty on Syon for it is tyme for the to fauour it thy daye apoynted is now come For the stones of it please thy seruantes verely and they fauour her soyle Euen the hethen also shal worshyp the name of the lorde and all the kynges of therthe shall knowlege thy gloryous beauty The lorde verely shal buylde spoÌ„ he shall be sene in his beautiful glory And he shall haue respect vnto the prayer of the poore forsaken his praier shall he not despyse This thyng shall be wryten for the worlde to come and for this cause the people whiche are yet vnmade shall praise the lorde For he shall loke forthe of his hyghe holye place the lorde shall beholde therthe euen from heuen To heare the syghes of them that are in bondes and to lose the chyldren iudged to death That they myghte preache the name of the lorde in Syon and his prayse in Ierusalem When the people and the kyngdomes shall be gathered together to worshyp the lorde He abated my courage in my iourney and hathe cut of my dayes I saye my god take me not away in the miooê of my dayes for thy yeres endure throughout all ages In the begynnyng thou layedste the foundacyon of therthe and the heuens are thy handy worke They shal perysshe when thou shalt staude faste and all thyngê shal wax olde lyke a garment thou shalt dresse them agayne lyke a garment they shall be chauÌ„ged But thou art euen thy very selfe and thy yeares shall neuer be ended The chyldren of thy seruantes shal dwell styll and theyr posterite shall lyue prosperously and blessedly in thy presence FRo my moste depest paynfull troubles called I vpon the lorde Lorde heare thou me and let thy cares be attente vnto my deape desyre If thou sholdest loke narowly vpon our wyckednesses o lorde lorde who might abyde the But there is mercy with the and therfore art thou worshypped I abyde the lorde my soule abydeth hym I tary lokyng vp alway for thy ê“myses My soule wayteth for the lorde as desyrously as do the watche men desyre the daye sprynge Let Israell wayte for the lorde for with the lorde is there mercy and plentuous redemption It is he that shall redeme Israell from all theyr wyckednesses Domine exau the .ij. psal C.xliij O Lorde heare my prayer lysten vnto my ferueÌ„t besechyng for thy trouthes sake graunt me for thy ryghtwysenes Haue thou not to do with thy seruant in iudgement for in thy presence no man lyuynge is reputed ryghtwyse A cruell enemy verely persecuted my soule he hath caste downe my lyfe in to therthe he hath set me in darknes lyke as men iudged to dethe My spirite is sore troubled within me and my herte wexeth colde in my brest But at last I remembred the dayes paste I consydered all thy workes and pondred in mynde the dedes of thy handes I stretched forth my handes vnto the my soule desyrously panted and breathed for the I gaped for the lyke thyrsty earthe Haste the to graunt me o lorde for my spirite faynteth hyde not thy face fro me on lesse I be lyke meÌ„ goyng downe in to theyr grakes Make me shortly to heare of thy mercyable goodnes for in the do I truste shewe me the way wherin I maye go for vnto the haue I lyfted vp my soule Delyuer me fro myne enemyes o lorde my god for vnder the do I hyde my selfe Teache me to do thy pleasures for thou art my god thy good spirite moughte lede me in to the ryght way For thy names sake lorde restore me for thy ryghtwysnes leade my soule out of this strayte anguyshe Ye and for thy mercyes sake all to destroye my enemyes and shake away all that trouble my soule for I am thy seruaÌ„t Glorye be to the Father to the sonne and to the holye Ghoste As it was in the beginnyng as it is now and euer shall be AMEN ¶ The commendacyons The argumente in to the C.xix psalme ¶ This psalme declareth in howe greate pryce and reuerence the sayntes or holye men haue the lawes of god how ernestly they are occupyed in them howe they sorowe to se them broken and sayde agaynst of the vngodly how they pray to be taught them of god and to be acqueynted and accustomed with them and to be short how they desyre those meÌ„ to be destroyed what so euer they be whiche breake and saye agaynste them ¶ Beati immaculati BLessed are they which lyue pure innocently eueÌ„ them I meane which lyue after the lawe of the lorde Blessed are they whiche obserue his testimonies and serche theym with all theyr herte For they shal do no wyckednes that thus trede his wayes Thou hast coÌ„maunded that thy coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes sholde be kepte with earnest diligeÌ„ce wolde god that my lyfe were so instructe that I might obserue thy ordinaunces Then sholde I not be disapoynted when I shall haue all thy coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes before myne eyes I shall magnifie the with a pure herte when I shall learne thy ryghtwise iudgemeÌ„tes I shal obserue thy ordinauÌ„ces forsake me not at ony time How shold the yong maÌ„ ameÌ„de his liuyng he shal wel amende it in obseruyng thy pleasures with all my herte haue I sought the suffre me not to swarue froÌ„ thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes In my herte haue I hyd thy wordes to th enteÌ„t I wolde not offend ye. Lord thou art praise worthy teache me thy ordinauÌ„cê with my lyppes shal I shewe forth all the pleasures of thy mouthe I shall reioyse of the way whiche thy testimonies teache as vpon al maner of rychesse Upon thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes shal I set al my mynde shall set thy pathes before my eyes In thy ordinauÌ„ces shal I delight I shal not forget thy wordes Rewarde thy seruaÌ„t that I maye lyue obserue thy pleasures Uncouer my eyes that I maye perfitly se the meruelous thynges in thy lawe I am but a stranger in the earthe yet hyde not thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes fro me My soule is broken with desyre to know at all tymes thy pleasures Thou shalt sharply rebuke the vngodly cursed are they the erre from thy coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes Take away fro me obprobry ignominy for I shal obsue thy testimonies Euen the chyef rulers sit speake against me but yet thy seruant is occupied euer in thy ordinauÌ„ces Also
at al. Also there hadde spied hym agayne a nother mayden whiche sayde vnto hym amonge them all And this man was with Iesus of Nazareth he denyed it againe ye and that wich an oâ—he Mathew Marke So feere was his hert gone that was so redy to die with his mayster for so must men slyde and fail that truste more to theyr owne strenghte and powre then to Christes wordes and yet was he bolder then any of the other In the meane season the bisshoppe asked Iesus of his Disciples and of his docâ—rine and wherfore he was so bolde to gather Disciples to hym what newe doctrine he taughte theym and what thynge he went aboute to whom Christe answered I haue spoken openly to the worlde tho thynges whiche I taughte in the synagoges I taughte in the temple wher al the Iewes came to gyder wherfore as for the docâ—rine ye may it well knowe not to be â—edâ—â—ouse nor derogatyue goddes law as ye couer it to be founde call hyther any wytnes not one or other but as many as herde me and aske them whiche herde me what I spoke to them lo they know what I both â—ayde and taught for I know well ye wolde not beleue me yf I shulde testifye of my selfe when Christe hadde spoken these wordes with so sofre sobernes and greate grauyte notwithstondynge yet one of the bisshops seruantes thynkynge to do his mayster a pleasure gaue Ihesus a blowe of theare sayeng thus answerest thou my lorde the Bysshop whom Christe answered agayn meakly yf I haue spoken any hurte by hym testify therof and yf I speke well wherfore do ye smyte me IohnÌ„ But now because thoure was come wherin Christe sholde sanctify his chosen by his passion with payns vnspecable neither the sayng of the trouth nor his innoceÌ„ce nor yet his meke modesty were it neuer so great could helpe hym For sathan his aduersary had so set them a fyer and in suche a furye that euen lyke wod dogges they ranne al vpon hym and the more cruelly and shamfullye that any man coulde tormente hym spitfully entrete hym the better he was there allowed and coÌ„mended of the bysshoppe and for that he behaued hym selfe so meakly so modestly and so geÌ„tly the more they scorned hym spyttyng in his amyable face and buffetynge hym some of them in the necke and some on his cheakes ¶ Then muffeled they hym bobbed hym in the face askynge hym who smote the laste who shall smyte the nexte For thou makest thy selfe a prophet with other greuous and ignomynious blasphemies they assayled hym then was he verely amonge the very madde dogges and amonge the boystors bulles of bashan then was he amonge the rorynge Lunatyke lyons vnmercyful vnycorns of whome it is writen in the .xxij. psalme Then herde he the reuylyngê rebukes of many men as syngeth Dauid in the .xxxi. Psalme Then felre he his enemyes excedynge in nombre the heares of his heade as syngeth the .lxix. psalme But Peter whan he was gone forth in to thentre after his fyrste denyeng and there in thentre had denyed hym agayne nothiÌ„ge remembringe the crowynge of the kocke coÌ„meth me backe agayne vnto the fyer there he stode warmynge hym with other men which sayde vnto hym Art thou not one of his disciples and one of them sayde styfly vnto hym euen thou art one of them and Peter denyed it sayng I tel the man I am not Luke Iohan. And within an hour after they that stode by hym came nere sayeng surely thou arte one of them euen thy very tongue bewreyth the for thou arte a Galilen And one of the Bisshops seruantê kynsman vnto hym whose ryght eare he smote of sayde vnto hym dyd not I se the in the gardyn with hym than began he to banne to wary and to forswere hym selfe styfly that he neuer knew the man and by and by whiles he was speakynge the kocke crewe the secunde tyme Mathew Marke Luke Iohan. And his mayster whiche then was holden of the vilens and vexed with contynuall rebukes and scourgyngê turned hym and behelde Peter Luke Upon this he remeÌ„bred his maysters wordes tellyng hym before yâ— before the kocke shal crow twyse thou shalt deny me thryse wherfore as he myghte welbe he beynge sore ashamed of hym selfe and smyteÌ„ with repentauÌ„ce vnable to be expressyd that he had nowe so ofte denyed his mayster and sauyour he both hearynge and seyng hym with whom he promysed so manfully and swore so deuoutlye to go euen into dethe went forthe wepte full bytterly Math. Marke Luke Then knew he how folysshe hardelye and with howe crased a confidence he promysed hym so arrogantly to do that that his mayster denyed hym to do Of this his owne fall without doubte he had a greate experience of hym selfe euer after to knowe hym selfe more modestly soberly and to bare his brothers slydynges tender theyr falles more mercyfully ¶ In this fyfte parte are contayned what were concluded in the councell of the Iewes and the wretched ende of Iudas THe daye nowe sproâ—ge there came to gyder the 〈…〉 â—he folke the chyeâ—e â—restê and the scribes into the Bisshops 〈◊〉 and broughte Chrâ—ste into â—monge them This ouermoste of the 〈◊〉 with the elders and hoole coâ—nceâ—â— sought for some false testimony wytnes agaynst Iesus that they myght put hym to deathe but they coulde not fynde anye thynge amysse done or sayde of hym his doctrine was so treue and his lyfe so pure At laste after muche inquisition there stepte forâ—h two false witnesses affyrmynge that they herde hym saye these wordes I maye destroye the temple of god and in thre dayes buylde it vp agayne And when these testymonyes lyke as of other thynges could not be founde lawful to put hym to death yf case bene he had so sayde then stert vp in the myddes of theym one of the chyefe prestes couetynge to haue trapped hym in his owne answere saieng Answerest thou nothyng vnto thy accusation and thynges layed to thy charge thynkest thou these wytnesses to be layed agaynst the in vayne Iesus then helde his peace for what shulde he haue sayde to suche testimonyes which euen his enemies coulde not receiue as lawfully wherefore the Bisshop then began to speke to hym thus I adiure the by the lyuynge god that thou tellest vs whether thou be that holy anointed the sonne of the praysed god Then Christe lest it shulde be sene hym selfe to beare but small reuerence to his father in whose name he was thus streatly coÌ„iured or to feare them so that now bounde he durste not confesse that thynge whiche before he beynge at lyberte professed and knowledged so openly and so ofte answered them Math. Marke Luke yf I shulde tell you the truthe yet shall ye not beleue me I shulde aske you any thynge yet wyll ye not answere me ryghtly nor yet let me go Luke Wherfore I thinke it best to holde my tongue as I haue begone to do but because
of the fouler the snare is broken and we are escaped Our helpe cometh thrugh the name of the lorde which hathe made the Heuens and Earthe Glory be to c. ¶ Qui confidunt They that stycke to the lord shal neuer stacker but shall stande faste for euer lyke the mounte of Syon And lyke as Ierusalem is gyrte aboue with hylles eueÌ„ so closeth the lorde his people frome this tyme vnto euerlastynge He wyl not suffer the power of the vngodly to oppresse the lande of the ryghtwise leste the ryghtwyse purforthe theyr handes to ony wyckednes Deale thou gently with good men and with men ryghte in theyr hertes Theym that swarue from the ryght waye vnto shrewdnes the lorde mought lede a way with men geuen vnto wyckednes Glory be to the. c. ¶ The anthem Esaye lvij THe vngodlye men are lyke a fearse swellynge see whiche can not reste but the waues of it rebouÌ„de with violence castyng out stynke filthynes the deuelish vngodly shall haue no reste sayth the lorde but here they shall be euer vexyng the rightwyse and after this they shall haue a perpetuall gnawynge in theyr conseyence The versicle Lorde here our prayer ¶ Thanswere And make vs to aske in faythe OUr mercyfull lorde whiche shalt saye at the dredfull hour of thy last iudgemente to these wycked vngodlye go your wayes out of my syght ye workers of wickednes we beseche the for thy paynfull passyon that thou sufferdest in thy pure innocent soule for our redemption let vs heare this ioyfull voyce of thy mouth in that tyme of our redemption and glorye sayenge coÌ„me vnto me ye blyssed chyldren of your father and receyue the kyndome of heuen prepared for you frome the begynnynge thrugh your sauyor Iesus Chryste Amen ¶ The nyenthe hour O God bende thy selfe in to my helpe O Lorde haste the to helpe me Glorye be to the father to the sone and to the holye ghoste As it was in the begynnyng as it is now euer shal be ameÌ„ Prayse ye the lorde ¶ The hympne PRayse ye our father louyngly which gentlye hathe vs preserued when we forsoke hym wretchedlye and by synne had death deserued His mercy was so bouÌ„tuous that although we thus fel. frely in Christ he pardoned vs. and by his deathe redemed from hell Glory be to the Trinite the father sonne spirite lyuynge whiche are one god and parsons thre to whom be prayse withoute endynge Amen WHen the lorde shall brynge agayne vs of Syon froÌ„ captiuite we shall be lyke men dreamyng for ioye Then shall oure mouthes be fylled with laughter and our tongues with triuÌ„phe then shal it be sayde amonge the gentyles that the lorde hathe wroughte myghtely with these men The lorde shall worke myghtely with vs we shal be refreshed with greate gladnes Brynge vs agayne from captiuite o lorde for so shalt thou fyl vs with ioye as if thou sholdeste gyue plentyouse floudes to the dwellers in that thyrsty southe deserte They that sowe with teares shall reape with gladnes When they wente forth to sowe they went wepynge takyng with them theyr seade koddes But when they shall come agayne they shall come with great ioye bryngyng their handes full of corne Glory be to c. Nifi dommus psal C.xxvij EXcepte the lorde buylde the house the buylders therof labour but in vayne Excepte the lorde keape the cytye the keapers therof watche but in vayne It is all in vayne that ye haste your selues to ryse so early and agayne to dyffer your downe syttynge to eate your carefull breade excepte god gyue it all For it is he that thus shall gyue vnto his welbeloued quyete sleape and plentyous reieccyon with good foode Lo chyldren ar the heritage which the lorde gyueth the frute of the wombe is his gyfe As arrowes are in the handes of the mighty man euen so shal be the chyldren of thy yought Blessed is that man whiche hath his quiuer fylled with these arrows for they shall not be shamed wheÌ„ they shal haue to do with theyr enemies iÌ„ iudgemeÌ„t Glory be to the father c. ¶ Beati omnes BLessed is he who so euer worshypeth the lorde whiche also walketh in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labours of thyne owne handes and shalte haue prosperous encrease Thy wyfe shall be frutefull as the vyne tree within the walles of thy house thy chyldren shall stande rouÌ„de aboute thy table lyke the plantes of Olyue trees Lo thus shall that man be blessed which worshypeth the lorde The lorde shall do the good from Syonâ— and thou shalt delyght beholdyng the prosperite of Ierusalem all dayes of thy lyfe And thou shalte se thy chylders chyldren and the felycite of Ierusalem Glory c. ¶ The Antheme Math. the .vj. GReate is the prouysyon of god for vs which biddeth vs fyrst seke his kyngdome by feare fayth and trust in hym and then all thynges necessarye for our bodyes shall be caste vnto vs but so the we laboure in that whiche good is ¶ The versicle Lorde heare our prayer Thanswere And geue vs grace to aske in fayth ameÌ„ the prayer O Our mercyfull father whiche in teachyng vs to praye by thy sone christ haste coÌ„maunded vs to call the father and to beleue that we are thy welbeloued chyldrene whiche styreste vp none of thyne to praye but to thentente that thou woldest heare them gyuynge vs also all thynges more effectuoslye and plentuosly then we can eyther aske or thynke we beseche the for thy soÌ„nes sake geue vs grace to beleue and to knowe stedfastlye that thy soÌ„ne our sauyour Chryste is geuen of the vnto vs to be our sauyour our ryghtwysenes our wysedome our holynes our redemtion â—ur satisfaction and suffer not vs to truste in ony other saluacion but in the sonne by thy sonne onely our sauyour Amen ¶ Here begynneth the Euensonge in Englysshe O God bende thy selfe iÌ„ to my helpe O lorde haste the to helpe me Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnynge as it is nowe and euer shall be Amen Prayse ye the lorde ¶ Beatus vir psalmus j. BLessed is that man whiche walketh not in the councell of the vngodlye and stondeth not in the way of synners and sytteth not in the seate of the pestylent scorners But hathe all his pleasure in the lawe of the lorde and vpon it his mynde is occupyed bothe daye and nyghte Suche a man shall be lyke a tree planted by the ryuer syde whiche wyll gyue forthe hir frutes in due tyme and hir leaues shall not wither for what so euer he shall do shall prospere But so shall not the vngodly for they shall be lyke duste which is dispersed with the wynde Wherfore these vngodly shall not stonde in the iudgement neyther these synners may abyde in the companye of the ryghtwyse For the lorde approueth the waye of the ryghtwyse but the waye of synners shall