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A68935	An epitome of the Psalmes, or briefe meditacions vpon the same, with diuerse other moste christian prayers, translated by Richard Tauerner; Precationes Christinæ ad imitationem psalmorum copositæ. English	Capito, Wolfgang, 1478-1541.; Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.; Brunfels, Otto, 1488-1534. Precationes Biblicae.	1539 (1539)	STC 2748; ESTC S119604	91,371	344

god the strēgth that saueth me It is god that auengeth me and that bringeth downe y e people vnder me and delyuereth me from my enemyes Thou lyftest me vp on hyghe from them that ryse agaynste me and delyuerest me from the wicked men Therfore I will prayse the O lorde amonge the heythen and will singe vnto thy name A blessing of Tobias the elder wherwith he blessed the lorde in the ende of his lyfe Tob. 13. GReate art thou o lorde for euer more and thy kyngdom world withoute ende For thou scourgest healest thou ledest vnto hell bryngest oute agayne Yea there is none that maye escape thyne hande O ye chyldern of Israel gyue thankes vnto the lord and prayse him in the syghte of the heythen For amonge the heythen whiche knowe him not hath he scatered you that ye shulde shewe forth his meruelous workes cause them to knowe that there is none other god almyghtye but he He hath chastened vs for oure mysdedes for his owne mercyes sake shall he saue vs. Consider then how he hath dealte with you and prayse him with feare and drede and magnify the euerlastinge kinge in youre workes Certes I will prayse him euen in the place of my captiuitie for he hath shewed hys maiestie vnto a synneful people Turne you therfor o ye synners and doo ye ryghteousnesse before god trustinge veryly he wyll shew his mercy vpō you Assuredly I and my soule wolle reioyce in god Prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnes and be thankeful vnto him Oh my soule blesse thou the lorde Amen The blessynge of Seraphin Esay 6. HOly arte thou holy arte thou holy arte thou thou arte the lorde god of hostes all the earth is full of thy glory Thankinges Esay 23. O Lord thou art my god I wyll prayse the and magnifye thy name for thou bryngest meruelouse thinges to passe accordinge to thyn olde counselles trulye stedfastly An other of the same Esay 26. O Lorde gyue vs peax for thou workest in vs all oure workes O lorde our god though suche lordes haue dominacion vpon vs as know the not yet graunt y t we may hope only in the kepe thy name in remembraunce Amen A blessynge with an admiration of the meruelouse counsels of god Hiere 32. O Lorde god it is thou that hast made heauen earth with thy greate power and hygh arme ther is nothinge to harde for the. Thou sheweste mercy vpon thousandes thou doest recompense the wyckednes of the fathers into the bosom of the childern that come after them Thou art the greate myghty god whose name is the lorde of hostes greate in counsayll and infinite in thoughte Thyne eyes loke vpon al the wayes of mens children to reaward euery one after his waye and accordynge to the frutes of hys inuentions The songe and thankesgyuynge of the blessed virgin Mary Luc. I. MY soule magnifieth the Lorde my spirite reioyseth in God my sauiour For he hath loked vpon the pore degre of his handemayde Behold now frome hense forth shall all generacions call me blessed for he that is myghty hath done to me greate thinges holy is his name And his mercy on them that feare him thorowout all generacions He vttered strength with his arme he disperpled the proude in the imaginacion of their hertes He deposed the myghty from their seates and aduaunced them of lowe degree He fylled the hungry with good thīges and sente away the ryche empty He remembred mercy and helped his seruaunte Israell Euen as he promysed to our fathers Abraham and to his sede for euer The prophecy and gyuynge of thankes of zachary Luc. 1. PRaysed be the lorde god of Israell for he hath visited and redemed his people And hath raysed vp an horne of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruaunte Dauid Euen as he promysed by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sythens the worlde beganne that we shulde be delyuered from our ennemyes from the handes of all that hate vs To thintent he myght fulfyll the mercy promysed to our fathers and remembre his holy couenaunt And performe the oth which he sware to our father Abraham to gyue vs that we beyng ones delyuered oute of the handes of our ennemyes myght serue him without feare all the dayes of our lyfe in holynes and ryghtousnes before him And thou childe shalt be called the Prophete of the hygheste for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes To gyue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the forgyuenes of sinnes Through the tendre mercy of oure god wherby the daye sprynge from aboue hath visited vs to gyue light to them that sate in darkenesse in shadow of death to gyde our fete in the waye of peax Thankes of Paul for his conuersion vnto Christ. 1. Tim. 1. VNto God kynge euerlastinge immortall inuisible and wise only be honour and prayse for euer and euer Amen A songe of the triumphers ouer the beast Apoc. 15. GReate and meruelouse are thy workes Lorde god almyghty iuste and true are thy wayes kyng of sayntes Who shall not feare O Lorde and glorifie thy name For thou only arte holye all gentyles shall come and worshyp before the for thy iudgementes are made manifest A blessynge of the people by kyng Salomon 3. Reg. 8. BLessed be the Lorde that hath gyuen rest vnto his people Israel according to all that he promysed so that ther is not one worde escaped of all y e good promyses which he promysed by the hand of Moses his seruaunte The Lorde our God be with vs as he was with our fathers forsake vs not neyther leue vs but let him bowe our hertes vnto him y t we walke in all hys wayes and kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and rites which he cōmaunded our fathers And let these my wordes whiche I haue prayed before the lord come nygh vnto the lorde our god daye and nyght that he defend the quarell of his seruaūt and of his people Israell euermore to thintente all nacions of the earth maye knowe that the lorde is God and none other but he and let oure hertes be sounde with the lorde our god that we may walke in his ordinaunces and kepe his lawes Amē ¶ PRAYERS FOR SVCcours and reliefes of lyfe for wysdome for humylitie and for other naturall gyftes A prayer of Salomon for a competency of lyfe Prouerb 30. TWo thinges I require of the that thou wylte not denye me before I dye Remoue from me vanitie and lyes gyue me neyther pouertie nor ryches only graunt me a necessary lyuyng least yf I be to ful I mought happely denye the say what felow is the lorde or constrayned through pouerty I mought fal vnto stealyng forsweare the name of my god Amen A prayer for obteynyng of wysdome Sap. 9. GOd of my fathers and lorde of mercyes thou that haste made all thinges with thy worde and ordined

brydegrome frō his chambre let him appeare couragiouse as a valiaunt champion to run thorowe his iourney which conducteth vs euen vnto the heauens Let vs ones haue a profe I besech the howe fatherly thou doest tendre vs o father of heauen for thy welbeloued sonnes sake Thy lawe vnspotted mought refreshe and wyn y e our soules Let thy recordes and couenaūtes poure downe into vs the spirite of wisdome that we may be euen as symple vncorrupte pliable of herte as chyldrē Let thy worde that maketh vs ryghteouse delyte oure hertes let thy pure cōmaūdemētꝭ clarifie y e eyes of our myndes plucke downe the muffler from our face so as we may throughly se into Moses fayth Christ Iesus our lorde Season vs with a pure and holy awe not myxed with syn but flowyng euen of very loue not staggeryng but euermore cleauyng within vs. Put away the feare of the fleshe which in prosperitie vaynly reioyseth and in aduersitie desperatly trembleth Let vs feare the onely for thyne owne cause so as we neyther displease the ne lose the. Make me to loue thy iudgementes wherby thou sleyest the olde Adā in vs for they be thynges tried true iuste and good Cause vs rather to delyte in them then in any treasure delices or pleasures of this worlde Make vs busyly to expresse them in our dedes What person O lorde throughly knoweth his preuy faultes and secrete dissimulacyon Take out of me as muche as remayneth of the olde Adam kepe me thy seruaūt o lorde from these arrogant and proude men and suche as go about to exempte thēselues from thy true churche so as they reygne not in myne herte thorowe theyr hypocrisie and feyned holynes and that I assent not to theyr sediciouse mindes So shall I be pure and cleane from these horrible synnes rebelliō grudging shrynkyng from thy testament blasphemyes of herte Be not wery of this my talke but rather let these indeuours of my hert be thākeful acceptable vnto the o lorde my maker and redemer So be it In aduersitie and greuous distresse Psam 20. IN this my tribulacion LORDE hear me for thy names sake helpe me sende me succours from thyne holy place Strengthē and comforte me o lorde myndefull of my prayers and longe awaytynge that I maye do sacrifice vnto the and in my sacrifice doynge reioyse Or rather cal to remembraunce thou my god that selfe same sacrifice whyche Iesus Christ thy welbeloued sōne made vnto the hys moost louynge father for me vpon the crosse who prayed for me in the dayes of hys lyfe and for hys humilitie reuerēce was herde For his sake I saye be mercyful vnto me and helpe me Out of thy heauenly towre graunt that I ones annoynted wyth thy soden and perpetuall ioye maye plenteously displey abrode thy most excellēt name Amē To knowe Christ and hys kyngdome Psal. 21. PReuent me O Lorde my God in al thy workes by Iesus Christ our kynge to whome thou hast gyuen al power in heauen and in erth he is my health and blessynge he is thy derely beloued sonne he is the onely reconcilour thorow whom we be brought agayne into thy fauour Chere me wyth thy pleasaūt countinaunce and wyth thy holsome gyfte of repentaunce Make me continue stronglye for thy goodnes O thou that arte aboue all Aryse Lorde shewe thy myght let the worlde fele thy power set alofte Christes kyngdome the kyngdom of spirite lyfe the kyngdome of the true innocencye and ryghtuousnes of God destroye the aduersaries herof Then shall we synge in spirite prayse thy power gyue continual thankes to thy name wythout ceasynge Amen In tribulacion to remember the passion of Christ. Psalm 22. MY God my God remēber me forsake me not suffer me not to be lost syth both nyght and daye I crye to the. Heare me my lorde Our father 's trusted in the and thou holpest them When so euer they called on the at no tyme thou fayledst thē but was alwayes at hande to assyst them Come forth father most derely beloued in my herte defende me from Satans kyngdome Thou drewest me forthe of my mothers wombe and haste preserued me vnto thys daye Of thy bountye mercye whych I besech the deny me not at thys my nede go not awaye from me for anguyshe and pensyffenes of herte drawe nye vnto me and yet is there none y t can helpe me but thou onely Let me escape from these daūgers through thy Christ my sauiour who for my sake hath suffred so spytfull and bytter paynes who for me was sore vexed cruelly scourged woūded nayled hāged on the crosse Let me escape I say for his bloudes sake whych he so largely shed for vs to cause vs obtayne forgeuenes of our synnes and enioye the new and euerlastynge couenaunte made betwene the and vs. Stande not farre frō me o lorde my refuge strength Come neare and helpe me delyuer my lyfe from the sworde my soule from the wood dogges from the lyons iawes defende me betwene the hornes of vnicornes heare me Thā shall I blowe abrode thy name with all prayses vnto my brethren and in the assemblye of the holy persons I shal commende the. Despyse not the praiers of the poore turne not away thy face heare my crye for I wyl recorde thys thy goodnes amonge the myserable distressed troublesome consciences that they therof maye take herte of cōforte growe in hope cleaue more feruently vnto the and maye blowe abrode thy moost glorious name and gyue the theyr hertie thankes for theyr saluacion Amen For increase of fayth in God Psalm 23. LOrde my shepeherde fede me thy poore catyfe shepe then shal I lacke nothynge let me lye in the fedynge groundes of thy plenteous worde nygh vnto the pleasaunt ryuers of thy holy spirite that I maye be refreshed and bowe to thy correccion prouidence Turne my soule vnto the and coole it with thy swete lycours when wyth sorowe it begynnyth to brenne conducte me to the path of righteousnes for thy names sake and yf I shal happen to walke in the valey of darkenes and death be thou present with me that I may feare nothynge at all The staffe of thy worde mought bere me vp and I shal take comforte of it sprede the bourde of thy worde before me and I wyll fede of it to strengthen and fortifye my mynde agaynst all Satans powers so as none of hys souldyours shall vaynquyshe me Annoynte my heade tyll it be fatte with the oyle of gladnes and hallowynge of spirite Make me dronke wyth thy cuppe that I maye forget my selfe vtterly renounce myne owne dreames and ryghteousnes to thintent onely thy spirite maye raygne wythin me Let thy gracious mercy neuer leaue me in all thys lyfe let me abyde cōtinually in thyne house a shepe inclosed in thy folde wythin the hurdles of thy grace and giftes whych arte the hyghe and myghtye shepeherde and graunter of al good thynges Amen For grace to renewe

gettest thou of myne harme Howe can I praye the beynge thus destitute and left in synnes in darknes in death in hell Set forth brute thy mercyfull actes thy trouth credite and ryghtuousnes wherwyth franklye wythout our desertes thou makest vs ryghtuous Why doest not rather O Lorde shyfte me from darkenes to lyght from peryshynge vnto sauegarde from death to lyfe from hell to heuen Thus doynge I shal haue occasion to prayse thy name Why doest not thou heare hym that cryeth to the so erly afore the sonne ryse Why doest thou so vncurteously pussh backe thy client callyng on the after the daysprynge Why doest thou so roughly turne thy face alwaye from me Longe tyme haue I lyen in prison and foūde no remedy in so much that I was clene destitute both of Goddes helpe mās Thou takest away frō me al the cōforte I myght haue agaynst death al the trust of lyfe al that mought succour me in aduersitie agayne thou sendest me all mysfortune damage and calamite Thus playnly me thynketh thou workest me more spyte then al enemyes in the worlde coulde do where as heretofore thou stodest my synguler good Lorde frende and defence agaynst al myne aduersaryes Thy wrath hath lyen ouer heuy on my sholders and thyn awe hath kepte my corage lowe Lorde God I besech y e ones agayn heare my humble peticion helpe me now in my moost nede for thy wonderous holy names sake where by thou orderest all thynges Amen An admonicion of the promyses made in Christe Psalm 89. THy credite and trouth are prepared in the heauens that is in thy sayntes O Lorde wyth whō thou hast made an euerlastynge couenaunt Thou hast sworne to that same Dauid Iesus Christ that thou wylt prepare hym sede for euer that is to saye true beleuers in hym There is none lyke vnto the thou arte drad amonge the congregacion of the holy thou art wonderful and in myght thou doest passe all other All thynges be thyne thou haste made all together But remember thy trouth and promyse O Lorde Helpe vs in thys distresse In truste loue toward the buyld the a dwellyng house in vs teach vs to be mery in the that we maye walke in the lyght of thy countenaunce that we maye reioyse in thy name and be exalted through thy righteousnes Be thou the prayse of our strength for thorowe the we be able to all thynges at thy pleasure we maye do all by Iesus Christ thy only begotten sonne for he is thy derely beloued we also for hys sake be counted thy beloued sonnes heyres kynges and prestes Thy grace and couenaunte be wyth vs euer more Whan thou shalt punysh vs accordynge to oure desertes yet leaue vs not vnder the scourge turne not thy mercye from vs brynge vs not downe to vtter destruction but after thou hast chastised vs shewe thy fauoure on vs agayne Remember our corrupte nature and that thou madest not man for nought No man can delyuer hymselfe frō death no man can saue hys owne soule from hell thou only must do it namely to such as beleue in the. Remember the spytefull reproches that thy Christe suffred for vs for hys sake shewe thy mercy vpon vs. Praysed be thou O Lorde for euer Amen For the necessities of mans lyfe a thankynge Psal. 90. LOrde thou arte our continuall shote anker for thou arte God for euer Short is oure lyfe alwaye some of vs dye other some come into the worlde and wyth the a thousande yeares be but one day yea as the lest minute of an houre Thys lyfe passeth as doth a dreame euen as grasse in the felde grene to daye and drye to morowe yf thou be displesed thē we be lost yf thou chafe thē shrynke we for feare for thorow sinnes we be deade vnto the. Certes Lorde yf thou haue respecte to oure synnes who shall stande fast shewe vs how many be the dayes of oure lyfe that we maye spende them wysely to y e prayse of thy name lest we foolyshly trustyng on longe lyfe sodenly come vnto our death Come Lorde vnto vs and cōforte thy people In the mornynge replenysh vs wyth thy goodnes that after thys longe sorowe we maye take herte of comforte agayne Declare thy good wyll vpon vs and set forwarde our handworkes euery day vnto better So be it A prayer agaynst goostly temptacion psalm 91. TRustyng on thy grace o lorde all my hope I put in the hyde my lyfe wyth Christ wythin the vnderneth the shadowe of thy wynges defende me do my God as my trust is in the delyuer me from the snare of Satans garde they hunte howe to plucke me from the. From the perilous poysō of false doctrine from theyr wyly practises so subtilye forged by greuous threatenynges and swete wordes thy truth be my sheld Let me not stāde in feare of y e nyght euyl of vnbeleue and of thy strayte iudgement neyther let me be afrayd of the flyenge arowe on y e day tyme let me not be in feare of that horrible pestilence crepynge in thorowe darkenes I meane let me not be ignoraunt howe detestable and horrible my synnes be that I dissemble them not nor qualifye them Let me not drede that mydday deuyl which abuseth thy churche vnder a tytle pretence of holynes Nether let Satan though he chaunge hymselfe in to an angel of lyght stryke any fear in me Both on the ryght syde and on the lefte aswell in prosperitie as in aduersitie aswel in gostly busines as in corporal let thy angels diligently wayte on me that I do not stomble Then shall I treade vnder foote that helly dragon Howe gredely haue I longed after the Lorde delyuer me accordyng to thy worde preserue me for thy holy names sake Of lōge tyme haue I called on the heare me therfore moost mercyfull God be wyth me in thys and other myne aduersities rescue me make me regarded in the syghte of myne enemies to thintent I may at large extoll thy goodnes Put me vnto Christe that I maye be one of hys for he is the euerlastynge lyfe Mercyfull Lorde let me se some spedy remedy in these daungers and after it thy euerlastynge health Amen For the true forsakynge of thy selfe Psalm 92. OF duety we be bounde alwaye wyth coragious spirit to praise hallow thy name In the morow of ioye when al thynges shal chaūce to our hertes desyre we shall ascribe al to thy goodnes wythout any deseruynge on our behalfe and so shal we prayse thy mere speciall grace But in the night of trouble aduersitie we shal cal to remēbraunce thy moost faythfull and trustye promyses that we despayre not Certaynly Lorde we knowlege all thynges to be in thyne handes for thou madest all thynges thou conseruest gouernest all y t thou hast wrought geue vs therfore grace bothe to put to our good wyll and to worke that thou wyllest for thys cā not be done by mans power Enforme vs wyth knowlege stablysh vs