Lord before my toong thy righteousnesse can raise My lips and mouth thou open must whereby to shew thy praise 11 For else vnseemelie praise will be where lips be lickt with sin And where the mouth with wickednesse is stuffed full within 12 Good Lord the Prophet Esaie when he thy glorie sawe Confest his lips to be vncleane and thereâ—ore stood in awe 13 Vntill such time a Seraphin thou sent'st with burning cole His lips to touch and therewithall he by and by was whole 14 I meane that his vnrighteousnes was then forgiuen him quight And all his sinnes and wickednes was cleane put out of sight 15 O Lord my God in such a sort vouchsafe my mouth to tuch That I thy glorie may set foorth to little and to much 16 To offer sacrifice to thee or offrings burnt were vaine No pleasure Lord hast thou in them nor ought in them remaine 17 They were but figures of that thing which now to passe is come That is the liuelie sacrifice of Iesus Christ thy sonne 18 To offer gold to thee ô Lord or treasure of the land It needeth not sith all the world is thine and at thy hand 19 And yet I will not emptie come but offer vnto thee An humble spirit with hart contritâ— for mine iniquitie 20 This sacrifice ô Lord I knowe thou wilt no time despise But it behold and looke thereon with thy most gratious eies 21 And Lord for yâ— there nothing should be left behind in mee Both bodie soule and all hir powers I offer vnto thee 22 And as a liuelie sacrifice as Ezechias did Such time as he thy fauour got and health rcouerid 23 The same did Marie Magdalen offer in humble sort The theefe also vpon the crosse to his endlesse comfort 24 Great numbers mo vnspeakable by this thy fauour wan And I through grace now penitent although a sinfull man 25 Doo claime no lesse of mercie thine for to be shewd to me Bicause thou art as then thou wast and euermore shalt be â—6 To Sion Lord likewise shew foorth thy fauour and thy grace That is vnto thy faithfull flocke disperst from place to place 27 Such as depend on thee alone and doo themselues forsake Vpon the walles of this thy fort thou Lord must vndertake 28 Watchmen to set continuallie the same for to defend Least that the en'mies vnawares bring all to wofull end 29 Thou knowst ô Lord of what small force mankind hath euer bin Since first our father Adam fell when he committed sin 30 Helpe vs therfore most mightie God so with thy heauenlie grace As we in building Sion here by faith may see thy face 31 So shal we then through mercie thine be squared stones meet found To building of Ierusalem whose walles doo still abound 32 With liuely stones of thy true church heere militant in earth Where thine elect still offer shall while thou shalt spare them breath 33 Such offrings burnt as thou best lou'st which is of thanks praiâ—e We shall not spare the same to doo while life shall length our daies 34 This sacrifice of iustice is which all thy creatures craue To giue the same onelie to thee most worthie so to haue 35 This is the bullocks of our lips whereof the Prophet saies We shall with lips vnto thy name confesse most condigne praise 36 Which shall to thee accepted bee ten thousand times much more Then were the bullocks great and fat offred in time before 37 Lord grant we may in number be of thine elected sort which shall this sacrifice present vnto our soules comfort 38 And that as burning incense sweete thou wilt receiue the same Vpon thine altar which is Christ our meane for sin and blame Amen Domine exaudi Psal. 102. The first part OBlessed and most mightie God of grace the fountaine spring Of mercie great and plentifull most rich in euerie thing 2 Thy blessed sonne in power with thee is euen the same thou art In wisedome knowledge and mercie alike in euerie part 3 Thou didst not spare him down to send from heauenlie throne aboue To suffer death mankind to saue so ardent was thy loue 4 Thou mad'st him poore was rich before to make vs rich thereby For now is he made one with vs through power of Deitie 5 Good Lord my praier hearken tâ— and let my dolefull crie Come vnto thee and pearse the eares of thine high Maiestie 6 Shew foorth ô Lord thy countenance of delectable showe And with the eies of pitie thine some fauour on me throwe 7 And in the daie of trouble mine thine eare bow downe to mee And turne not thou thy face awaie when I shall call on thee 8 But cheeâ—lie at the point of death giue eare and me defend And let thy grace procure and worke in me a ioifull end 9 In whatsoeuer daie I call ô Lord with speed giue eare And me deliuer from the greefs of troubles and of feare 10 In speedie calling on thy name ô Lord thou tak'st delight And answer thine more readie is than anie may recite 11 Wherfore in hast make speed ô Lord in hearing when I praie As I by need am driuen to craue thiâ—e aiding helpe and staie 12 For why the time of life is short that I haue here to bide And am vncerteine of the time when time from me shall slide 13 At first thou Adam didst in due when he created was With life of immortalitie but sinne brought death alas 14 Which death from him is due to vs that beareth life this daie So that my daies like to the smoke consume and waste awaie 15 Age ouertaketh youth I see and youth by stealth dooth flie As dooth the smoke vanish awaie aloft vnder the skie 16 Yea manie times it chanceth so ere age come vs vpon That death by stroke such wound dooth make that life with speed is gone 17 Thus passeth foorth my time of life more swifter I may saâ—e Than is the ship good vnder saile or eagle after praie 18 My bones are waxen verie drie as is the fierbrand Or as the pot of claie which dooth in flaming fornace stand 19 As bones of mine doo well susteine the flesh the bodie keeps So dooth the powers of soule susteine the soule that neuer sleeps 20 Which being moistned with thy grace shall quicke and liuelie bee And able for to worke those works most pleasing vnto thee 21 But if thy grace be still withdrawne then all shall drie remaine Both bodie soule and al their powers in euerlasting paine 22 Full well may man be likened iâ— the grasse or withered haâ— My hart is striken with remorse bicause I went astray 23 So long as man by gift of grace dooth liue and worke aright So long is he greene flourishing and liuelie in thy sight 24 But when that sinne makes entrie in which causeth man to fall Then by and by he withereth and barren
thereof but hardlie brought to passe A thousand times we doo esteeme much more than th' other was 31 So Lord if thou shouldst at the first grant my petition The greatnes of offenses mine I should not thinke vpon 32 Wherefore my hope still bids me cry with faithfull hart in brest As did the faithfull Cananite whose daughter was possest 33 At least if I still knocke and call vpon thy holie name At length thou wilt heare my request and grant to me the same 34 As did the man three loaues of bread vnto his neighbour lend whose knocking long forst him to rise and shew himselfe a frend 35 Lord by the mouth of thy deare son this promise didst thou make That if we knocke thou open wilt the doore euen for his sake 36 Wherfore we crie we knock we call and neuer cease will wee Till thou doo turne to vs ô Lord that we may turne to thee The second part TVrne from thy wrath ô Lord of hosts and set my hart at large Oh saue me for thy mercies sake and all my sinnes discharge 2 Not for the merits I haue done ne for the works I wrought But for thy endlesse mercie sake and bloud which hath vs bought 3 The debt is great that I am in not able for to paie And how to recompense the same none other can I saie 4 But goodnesse thine must me acquit or else alas must I To prison where no ransome may set me at libertie 5 For why in death ô God of life no man remembreth thee And in the hell who giues thee thankes was none yet knowne to bee 6 The grieuous plagues and torments there so smarting be and strong That no man can haue mind on thee or thee confesse among 7 No time is there or space ne place repentance for to find But burning paines and torments sharpe to all be there assignd 8 Remembring this while I am here and doo this life possesse To thee ô Lord in humble wise I doo my faults confesse 9 And with a spirit all sorrowfull I doo my sinnes lament And sorie am euen from my soule I did such waies frequent 10 And am with groning wearie made through tast of manie feares The night I spend my bed to wash my couch to wet with teares 11 Not weeping to the sight of men as doth the hypocrite But in my chamber secretlie where I my sinnes recite 12 Not onelie with the teares of eies but teares fet from alow That is from bottome of my hart repentance great to show 13 And as my bodie I haue made a seruant vnto sin So will I now by power of grace delight no more therein 14 But will the same on thee bestow ô Lord and freelie giue To serue thee Lord in righteousnesse the daies I haue to liue 15 For in this bed of flesh and bloud and couch of sensuall life The soules of all from Adams fall haue laine in wo and strife 16 And this doth make our countenance or mind to changed bee For inward griefe of this our couch of sensualitie 17 For when we seeke therein to rest and thinke some ease to find It after turneth to our griefe and anguish great of mind 18 It is a serpent faire in face appearing to the show But in his taile a sting lies hid of endlesse paine and wo. 19 Mine eie ô Lord is troubled sore with extreme rage and paine And I among mine enimies doo weake and old remaine 20 The wicked feend mine enimie still seeketh to deuise Some matter of occasion to laie before mine eies 21 The world also doth drawe me foorth to follow hir delight My flesh to sensualitie runnes on with maine and might 22 The companie of wicked sort entise me day by day Thus I with them and they with me alas still run astray 23 These enimies I neuer can be able to subdue It must be thou ô IESV sweete most mightie and most true 24 Thou Lord which hast destroied deth the diuell likewise supprest Must giue me powre to ouercome whereby to liue in rest 25 Then vnderneath thy death crosse I shall my sinnes displaie And stronglie fight against my foes and boldlie to them saie 26 Awaie from me that workers be of wickednesse and sin For why the Lord hath hard my voice and seene my teares therein 27 You damned spirits and liuers lewd the members of the feend Awaie from me for now your power is brought vnto an end 28 Your prince maister of this world that hath me turnd and tost Is now cast out and all his power his might and strength is lost 29 Although you haue me long time held in prison and in thrall Yet are ye now cleane ouercome by Christ most strong of all 30 I that in darknesse erst was led doo now behold the light The Lord my praier sure hath heard my suie is in his sight 31 To thee ô Lord for grace I praid and thou heardst my request And sentst abundant dewes thereof vnto my quiet rest 32 I praid likewise that all my sinnes might cleane remitted bee And thou hast granted my desire and safe deliu'red me 33 Wherefore let all mine enimies confounded be with shame And that right soone and suddenlie ô Lord I craue the same 34 I know that all mine enimies shall vexed be right sore And that thou wilt put them to flight from henceforth euermore 35 For what long time they haue possest they lost in little space Through operation of thy power and working of thy grace 36 With wrong they kept which y◠sweet Christ by bloud hast derelie bought And thou a mightie Champion hast turnd their power to nought 37 Lord I therefore thy seruant poore most earnestlie doo praie To guide my feete and steps aright in thy most holie waie 38 And that the feend mine enimie who seekes me to deuoure May neuer ouer my poore soule haue anie strength or powre 39 But as by grace I am restord to fauor thine againe So with that grace desend me Lord from euerlasting paine Amen Beati quorum Psal. 32. The first part O God I knowe by grace through faith the sinner is made iust Though we offend yet iustifide by grace through faith we trust 2 Which grace faith are thy good gifts which thou hast giuen vs free And thorough them the works we doo are made right good to bee 3 I therefore Lord my faults confesse by helpe of heauenlie grace And vtterlie my sinnes forsake and doo them all deface 4 Beseeching thee me to admit with those that blessed bee And to forgiue the trespasses which I haue done to thee 5 For blessed is the man in deed whose wickednesse and sin Is cleane forgiuen and couered as they had neuer bin 6 I will not hide my sinnes from thee nor seeke them to excuse But with my hart will them confesse and doo my selfe accuse 7 For Lord who goes about to hide his
too greeuous be and sore 14 If thou Lord be extreame to marke what sinnes be donne Alas no flesh shall saued bee that is vnder the sonne 15 O Lord if that the iust shall no time able bee To enter into iudgement thine to plead his case with thee 16 What shall become of me that dailie doo offend And of my sinne and wickednesse alas doo knowe none end 17 Most vile and wretched man and caitife wo forlorne What shall I doo but flee to thee with hart beerent and torne 18 For mercie is with thee increasing more and more Wherwith thou didst vouchsafe to come mankind for to restore 19 Wherein was satisfied thy iustice and also Thy mercie found that which it sought as we by grace doo knowe 20 How feruent was this loue to which thou didst vs bind First by the lawe of nature writ in euerie hart or mind 21 And then by lawe which was in Tables written deepe That euerie one according lie the same should hold and keepe 22 Which was that one of vs should with the other beare And thereby to fulfill thy will with pitie loue and feare 23 I knowing this am glad contented eke withall For to remit such iniuries as vnto me may fall 24 For why good Lord I know thou doost forgiue to mee Much more offenses euerie daie committed vnto thee 25 And when it shall thee please to scourge me for my sin I gladlie shall the same receiue knowing what I haue bin 26 And that thy chastisement proceeds of verie loue Which all shall turne to me such welth as no man can remoue 27 Hoping after this life my soule shall then obtaine Which hope abides still in thy word an euerlasting gaine 28 Such hope my soule hath had by grace thou gau'st to me And by the same I firmelie trust my soule shall saued be 29 The husbandman through hope his ground dooth plough and sow The same in hope dooth reape thresh that gaine thereby might grow 30 Euen so will I abide in hope of glorie thine Not onelie in my yough ô Lord or anie pointed time 31 But still from morning watch vntill the night of death Which is from youth vnto mine age when life shall passe with breath 32 Who so shall cast awaie this hope ere death proceed Shall loose the time he watcht before and want thy helpe at need 33 This hope in promise thine my soule hath safelie laid Within the bosome of hir breast for euer to be staid 34 And verie meet it is that Israëll also Which is all faithfull Christians this hope should feele and knowe 35 For blessed is the man that in the Lord dooth trust And who in man affiance puts he surelie is accurst 36 For mercie is with God and grace abundant store With which Israël is redeem'd from sinne for euermore Amen Domine exaudi Psal. 143. The first part O Lord long time I wandred haue and gone from thee astraie And lost the portion y◠me gau'st in wastfull sinners waie 2 With grace thou didst replenish me therewith to follow thee But Iust and liking of the flesh hath driuen the same from mee 3 So that vnworthie farre I am for to be cald thy sonne My wickednesse so soule appeeres and faults that I haue donne 4 Yet with the wastfull child o ◠Lord I doo my selfe accuse And am with shame surpriz'd caught I did my selfe abuse 5 Wherfore Lord ponder my desire and heare me when I praie And for thy truth and righteousnes attend to that I saie 6 Thou hast with gifts indued me of bodie and of mind And I the same abused haue and shew'd my selfe vnkind 7 Thy iustice still dooth threaten me with euerlasting paine Thy mercie yet dooth promise me to be restord againe 8 Enter not into iudgement then with me I humblie praie For in thy sight no man is iust as of himselfe to saie 9 We all by sinne our selues haue made more lothsome than the swine And fowler to be looked on were not for mercie thine 10 Which shall vs make like to the wooll in colour faire and white When all our sinnes thou shalt forget and cleane put from thy sight 11 But yet the diuell mine enimie my soule pursueth still And hath brought lowe my life in earth a seruant to his will 12 And with his net me compast round where vaine delights doo dwell Where lust vncleane and wickednesse to bide dooth me compell 13 He hath me set in darknesse such as men that no life haue Or as those people being dead or couered in the graue 14 Now Lord My spirit so vexed is my hart is greeu'd also My conscience likewise witnesse beares of anguish mine and wo. 15 My wisdome Lord confused is by reason of my sin Repentance great my hart dooth rent to thinke what I haue bin 16 I call to mind the daies of old and works that thou hast wrought The maruellous deeds thy hands haue done I muse on in my thought 17 As in the time of Moses lawe where mercie was not showne And he that did the same transgresse by death was ouerthrowne 18 Yet in this hard and seuere time thy mercie foorth was sent By prophets thine with promise made to all that did repent 19 If thou in time of crueltie couldst then such mercie showe Much more ô Lord in time of grace on me thy mercie throwe 20 I haue spred foorth my hands to thee my soule for helpe doth crie As from the earth that moisture wants where water none dooth lie 21 That is my life I changed haue from vaine delights that bee And haue my soule spred foorth at large that thou hir filth mightst see 22 For as the earth that moisture wants must barren be by kind So if my soule be void of grace no good is there to find 23 But yet through moisture of that grace from thee that dooth proceed Vouchsafe I may thy mercie haue and that ô Lord with speed 24 Heare me ô Lord and that right soone for why my spirit is weake And feeble made much like a man that wanteth power to speake 25 The feare is such that I possesse I readie am to fall The strength wherewith my bodie liues is gone awaie with all 26 This feare of endlesse punishment which I deserued haue Had well nie brought me in despaire or I possesse the graue The second part GOod Lord turne not thy face awaie least I be like to those That doo descend into the pit where nought but horror growes 2 Thou wilt not Lord the death of him that hath offended thee But rather that he should returne and saued so to bee 3 Thou art the true and onelie God the Sauiour of mankind Without thee there is nothing else that we shall mercie find 4 Then turne to me thy countenance of amiable grace And let thy mercie shadow me while life I
Seuen Sobs of a Sorrowfull Soule for Sinne. Comprehending those seuen Psalmes of the Princelie Prophet DAVID commonlie called Poenitentiall framed into a forme of familiar praiers and reduced into meeter by WILLIAM HVNNIS one of the Gentlemen of hir Maiesties honourable Chapell and maister to the children of the same Wherevnto are also annexed his Handfull of Honisuckles the Poore Widowes Mite a Dialog betweene Christ and a sinner diuers godlie and pithie ditties with a Christian confessâ—oâ— of and to the Trinitie newlie printed and augmented 1583. To the right Honourable and vertuous Ladie Francis Countesse of Sussex and one of the Ladies of hir Maiesties most Honourable priuie chamber W. Hunnis wisheth increase of vertue and honour with long life prosperous helth godlie feare firme faith and assured hope in the Almightie THe proofe of your Ladiships vertue hath emboldened me to set forth this litle worke vnder your honourable defeâ—se And although a fault by me is committed in making you patronesse of so slender a peece without your knowledge yet hoping vpon your honourable curtesie which rather respecteth the mind of the giuer than the worthinesse of the gift poizing the giuers desire to please and zeale to profit more than the quality of the offense I doo assure my selfe to be remitted of the trespasse which maketh me thinke my trauell not onelie sweet but also verierichlie recompensed Your Ladiships to command William Hunnis The Authour to his Booke PAsse forth my Booke into the hands and view of sundrie men Humble thy selfe declare thy name who thee thus clad and when And blush not at the frumps of some ne feare at others frowne More rich thou art in thred-bare cote than some in silken gowne And giue them all to vnderstand from whence thou first didst spring How thou wast fostred in the breast and bosome of a king And so perhaps some worthie wight will shape thee rich araie And set thee foorth as thou deseru'st with costlie iewels gaie Behaue thy selfe in such good fort if possiblie maie bee That eu'rie one may thee embrace and wish well vnto mee Vale. The booke to his Readers GOod friends with fauor me peruse halfe naked though I bee Or not attird so gallantlie as you desire to see Yet this from me your selues assure such substance here to find As shall bring hope vnto the hart and comfort to the mind Oft vnder short and simple weed such vertue may be found As vnder pall of purple hew that traileth on the ground I being good am not the woorse though clothing mine be bad He that bestowd the same on me aid giue the best he had In whose behalfe I humblie praie and for my selfe also You would vouch safe to mend those faults that in my cote ye knowe Vale. AWAY FRO ME YE WICKED FOR I WIL KEPE THE COMMANDEMENTS OF MY GOD. Psal 119 verse iiâ— Psalme 150 verse 3 and 6. ¶ Praise him in the sound of the trumpet praise him vpon the lute and harpe Let euerie thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Seuen Sobs of a Sorrowfull Soule for Sinne. Domine ne in furore Psal. 6. The first part 1. O Lord when I my self behold how wicked I haue bin And view the paths and waies I went wandring from sin to fin 2. Againe to thinke vpon thy power thy iudgement and thy might And how that nothing can be hid or close kept from thy sight 3 Euen then alas I shake and quake and tremble where I stand For feare thou shouldst reuenged be by power of wrathfull hand 4 The weight of sinne is verie great for this to mind I call That one proud thought made Angels thine from heauen to slide and fall 5 ADAM likewise and EVE his wife for breaking thy precept From Paradise expelled were and death thereby hath crept 6 Vpon them both and on their seed for euer to remaine But that by faith in Christ thy sonne we hope to liue againe 7 The earth not able was to beare but quicke did swallow in Corah Dathan and Abiron by reason of their sin 8 Also because king DAVID did his people number all Thou Lord therfore in three daies space such grieuous plague letst fall 9 That seuentie thousand meÌ„ forthwith thereof dyde presentlie Such was thy worke such was thy wrath thy mightie power to trie 10 Alas my sins surmounteth theirs mine cannot numbred bee And from thy wrath most mightie God I known not where to flee 11 If into heauen I might ascend where Angels thine remaine O Lord thy wrath would thrust me forth downe to the earth againe 12 And in the earth here is no place of refuge to be found Nor in the deepe and water course that passeth vnder ground 13 Vouchsafe therefore I thee beseech on me some mercie take And turne thy wrath from me awaie for Iesus Christes sake 14 Lord in thy wrath reproue me not ne chast me in thine ire But with thy mercie shadowe me I humblie thee desire 15 I know it is my grieuous sinnes that doo thy wrath prouoke But yet ô Lord in rigour thine forbeare thy heauie stroke 16 And rather with thy mercie sweete behold my heauie plight How weake and feeble I appeare before thy blessed sight 17 For nature mine corrupted is and wounded with the dart Of lust and soule concupiscence throughout in eu'rie part 18 I am in sinne conceiu'd and borne the child of wrath and death Hauing but here a little time to liue and drawe my breath 19 I feele my selfe still apt and prone to wickednesse and vice And drowned thus in sinne I lie and haue no power to rise 20 It is thy mercie ô sweet Christ that must my health restore For all my bones are troubled much and vexed verie sore 21 I am not able to withstand temptations such as bee Wherfore good Lord vouchsafe to heale my great infirmitie 22 Good Christ as thou to Peter didst reach forth thy hand to me When he vpon the water went there drowned like to be 23 And as the Leaper clensed was bv touching with thy hand And Peters mother raised vp from feuer whole to stand 24 So let that hand of mercie thine make cleane the leprosie Of lothsome lust vpon me growne through mine iniquitie 25 Then shal there strength in me appere through grace my chiefe reliefe Thy death ô Christ the medicine is that helpeth all my griefe 26 My soule is troubled verie sore by reason of my sin But Lord how long shall I abide thus sorrowfull therein 27 I doubt not Lord but thou which hast my stonie hart made soft With willing mind thy grace to craue from time to time so oft 28 Wilt not now stay but forth proceed my perfect health to make Although a while thou doost deferre yet is it for my sake 29 For Lord thou knowst our nature such if we great things obtaine And in the getting of the same doo feele no griefe or paine 30 We little doo esteeme
owne iniquitie Thou shalt the same make manifest that all the world may see 8 Thou wilt him strip and naked make to his perpetuall blame When he to iudgement shall arise and liue in endlesse shame 9 And therefore blessed is the man to whom thou Lord shalt say I not impute thy sinnes to thee nor to thy charge them lay 10 He in whose spirit no fraud is found shall blessed be also And looke what thing he takes in hand shall prosper well and growe 11 If I for sinne should faine my selfe all sorowfull to bee And were not so then should be found both fraud and guile in mee 12 Or if I should account my selfe a man that liueth iust Hauing my conscience stuft with sinne so full as may be thrust 13 There should appeare great fraud in me for deepe dissembling so For why in me no goodnesse dwelles as of my selfe I knowe 14 If euer anie good were there it surelie must be thine But as for sinnes I manie haue and they by right are mine 15 For while ô Lord I helde my peace confessing not my crime My bones did waste through dailie plaints I made from time to time 16 My soule doth feeble wax and faint because I helde my peace But now I haue my sinnes confest I feele hir strength increase 17 I kept that backe I should haue told or else excuse the same And that I should haue closely kept did publish to my blame 18 I hid the sinnes that I had done and they remained still And boasted forth the good I did contrarie to thy will 19 Thus were the works that I had wrought quite lost with their reward And I among that sort remaine whom thou dost not regard 20 For day and night thy heauie hand vpon me thou hast laid And in my trouble was I turnd when I was sore afraid 21 My tribulation scourged me my moisture was made â—rie My verie back-bone striken was that I began to crie 22 My conscience likewise striken was with pricke of great remorce â—4 Although amid this water-floud of surging waues of sin We tossed be among the rocks yet are not drown'd therein 15 For thou ô Lord art my refuge from trobles all that bee And though temptations of the world about haue compast me 16 I not regard intisements theirs nor threats that they shall make For why my faith assureth me that thou my part wilt take 17 Thou Lord art onelie my defense my ioie is all in thee Thou shalt me compasse round about and safe deliuer mee 18 The tabernacle of my soule is round about me set With enimies such as doo seeke my hinderance and my let 19 But yet ô Lord thy prouidence shall me deliuer still And from all dangers me defend after thy holie will 20 Thou wilt informe and shew to me the way that I should go This life is but a pilgrimage I passe in to and fro 21 Of this way Lord thou art the end and marke whereat I shoot Grant that I may this voyage passe and foes of mine confute 22 And in the running of my course my faith so strong may bee That I may haue one of those games of immortalitie 23 Thus shall thine eie of strong defense on me be fixed sure And I with ioie shall able be this trauell to endure 24 For Lord if yâ— shouldst turne thy face or cast thine eie aside I should not able be to runne nor labor this abide 25 But should be as the horse and mule that vnderstanding want Such of thy grace faith and good works both barren be and skant 26 They are too proud and scornful eke thy lawes to hold and keepe The lusts and pleasures of the flesh so lulleth them asleepe 27 But yet the mouths of such wilde beasts thou Lord with bit and brake Shalt snaffle them with chaine and curb that doo thee so forsake 28 For great and manie are the plagues of those that sinners bee By meanes whereof a number Lord are turned vnto thee 29 And thou ô Lord that didst them plague for their correction Wilt also giue them comfort great and consolation 30 And he that trusteth in the Lord he shall be compast in With mercie and remission of all his former sin 31 Be glad therefore ye righteous and in the Lord reioice For he by grace hath made you iust through his most louing choice 32 Which were before stifnecked proud now gentle meeke and mild Not by your merits but by grace as father to his child 33 All you that be vpright of hart in God reioise also And to his will submit your will in anguish paine and wo. 34 And as S. Paule th'apostle was made glad in his distresse So Lord in all extremitie grant me the like successe Amen Domine ne in furore Psal. 38. The first part 1. Within my soule ô Lord doe maine troubles spring Sometime by feare of punishment that temprall things may bring 2. Which happen may to me while I this life abide For mine offenses done to thee which cannot passe vnspide 3 Sometime ô Lord by feare of sicknesse and disease Which here we suffer for his guilt that first did thee displease 4 Sometime againe by feare of death that follow must Which in a time vnlooked for shall all consume to dust 5 And last by feare ô Lord of euerlasting paine Which I by sinne haue well deseru'd therein for to remaine 6 But yet ô blessed Lord when thou shalt angrie be In furie thine correct me not nor powre thy wrath on me 7 And though thy bowe be bent with arrowe set therein And readie thou my soule to wound for my committed sin 8 Yet let thy mercie mooue with ruth on me I craue Bicause thou knowest I can not giue the thing that I not haue 9 For thou must first me giue ere I can giue to thee For of my selfe and from my selfe comes but iniquitie 10 Thine arrowes I confesse so deepe haue pearst my hart That medicine none ne other craft can seuer them apart 11 For if by craft I might these wounds make whole againe And so escape eternall death and euerlasting paine 12 My feare should be the lesse my ioie a great deale more But thou ô Lord the Leach must be for sicknesse mine and sore 13 Thy hands thou hast enforst so heauie vpon me As death with dart I know right well cannot auoided be 14 O death Vnto the man that substance hath at will How sharpe and bitter is thy dart when thou comst him to kill 15 Lord in my flesh I feele no health there is at all For when I thinke most sure to stand I readiest am to fall 16 But blessed are those men which neuer did offend In sinfull lustes but haue themselues kept cleane vnto the end 17 For in their soules they find great quietnesse and rest And euerie thing they take in hand dooth
And wanting hope we see into despaire he fell And hang'd himselfe vpon a tree among the rauens to dwell 21 Hope is the gift ô Lord that from thy grace proceeds loue And grace brings faith and faith brings from whom spring fruitfull deeds 22 And for because that I did alwaies hope in thee Thou wilt me heare ô Lord my God and safe deliuer me 23 My hope is firmely fixt and cannot be remoou'd Bicause thy grace assureth me my faith is not disproou'd 24 This haue I said ô Lord least arie time at all Mine enimies should ouer me triumph to see me fall 25 For whiles my feete did slide against me much they spake That is to say whiles my desires the way to sinne did take 26 And were from thee remoou'd to follow lothsome lust Then did mine enimies reioise to see me in the dust 27 But Lord I me submit vnto thy discipline And meekelie take correction thine for old offenses mine 28 And haue my selfe prepard vnto the whip of paine Whereby my griefe and dolor may still in my sight remaine 29 And Lord thou knowest of old there is no good in me Not one man good vpon the earth not one seekes after thee 30 Among thy chosen sort vnfaithfulnesse was found Likewise among thy Angels bright were thousands cast to ground 31 Then how much more alas of wretches such as I That dwell in houses made of clay must sinne continuallie 32 I will confesse to thee all mine vngodlinesse And for my sinnes will take more thought than well I can expresse 33 And yet â— Lord thy grace must worke this good in mee By which I stedfastlie beleeue I chosen am of thee 34 For now by grace I mind my sinfull life t' amend And vnto vertue will applie my life vnto the end 35 I see the follies past wherein I tooke delight To be both vile wicked and nought and odious in thy sight 36 And though my foes doo liue and ouer me made strong And they which hated me are great and doo me troble wrong 37 No maruell it 's ô Lord for why they mightie bee And are except thy grace assist too strong alwaies for mee 38 They haue long time deuis'd deceitfull craftie ginnes And by the same haue ouerthrowne the strongest in their sinnes 39 If anie time I flee repentance for to find Then one of these malicious spirits assaileth streight my mind 40 And with deuises new and frauds that be vnknowne He craftilie doth me subdue and so makes me his owne 41 Thus Lord when I am bent thy goodnesse to pursue Mine enimies doo me detract and breed my bale anew 42 The wicked feend alas doth manie times me grieue The world also dooth follow me the daies I haue to liue 43 The flesh dooth me prouoke with lust both lewd and nought Thus by these three mine enimies I am in thraldome brought 44 Yet Lord forsake me not ne let thy grace depart Least that mine enimies vnawares doo thorough pearse my hart 45 And though sometime ô Lord thy presence thou withdrawe Whereby the feend may entrance make and bring me more in awe 46 Yet Lord thy grace restore to me poore wretch againe That I thereby may him resist to make his trauell vaine 47 Giue heede therefore my God which art my helpe and health Whose mercie and whose goodnes shewd is to my soule chiefe wealth 48 Giue temporall health ô Lord as vnto thee seemes best And to my soule thy sauing health in heauen with thee may rest Amen Miserere mei Psal. 51. The first part 1. O thou that mad'st the world of nought whom God thy creatures call Which formedst man like to thy selfe yet suffredst him to fall 2. Thou God which by thy heauenlie word didâ—â— fleshe of virgin take And so becam'st both God man for sinfull fleshes sake 3 O thou that sawest when man by sinne to hell was ouerthrowne Didst meekelie suffer death on crosse to haue thy mercie knowne 4 Thou God which didst the Patriarks and fathers old diuine From time to time preserue and keepe by mercie great of thine 5 O thou that Noah keptst from floud and Abram daie by daie As he along through Aegypt past didst guide him in the waie 6 Thou God that Lot froÌ„ Sodoms plague didst safelie keepe also And Daniel from the lions iawes thy mercie great to show 7 O thou good God that didst diuide the sea like hils to stand That children thine might thorough pas from cruell Pharoes hand 8 So that when Pharao and his host thy children did subdue Thou ouerthrewst them in the sea to proue thy saiengs true 9 O thou that Ionas in the fish three daies didst keepe from paine Which was a figure of thy death and rising vp againe 10 I say thou God which didst preserue amidst the fierie flame The three yoong men which sang therin the glorie of thy name 11 Thou God haue mercie on my soule thy goodnesse me restore And for thy mercies infinite thinke on my sinne no more 12 O Lord the number of my sinnes is more than can be told Wherefore I humblie doo desire thy mercies manifold 13 For small offense thy mercie small may soone small faults suffice But I alas for manie faults for greater mercie cries 14 And though the number of my sins surpasse the salt sea sand And that the filth of them deserue the wrath of thy iust hand 15 Yet doo thy mercies farre surmount the sinnes of all in all Thou wilt with mercie vs relieue for mercie when we call 16 Right well I knowe man hath not power so much for to transgresse As thou with mercie maist forgiue through thine almightinesse 17 I doo confesse my faults be more than thousands else beside More noisome and more odious more fowler to be tride 18 Than euer was the lothsome swine or menstruall cloth beeraid To thinke thereon my wofull soule alas is yet afraid 19 Wherfore good Lord doo notbehold how wicked I haue bin But wash me from my wickednesse and clense me from my sin 20 The IsraeÌ„lites being defil'd durst not approch thee nie Till they their garments and themselues had washed decentlie 21 The Priests also eke clensed were ere they thy face would see Else had they perisht in their sinne such Lord was thy decree 22 Alas how much more need I then to craue while I am heere To wash my foule and spotted soule that it may cleane appeere 23 Polluted cloths with filth distaind doo manic washings craue Ere that the Launder can obteine the thing that he would haue 24 My soule likewise alas dooth need thy manie dewes of grace Ere it be cleane for cankred sinne so deepe hath taken place 25 The Leprosie that Naman had could not be done away Till he seuen times in lordan floud had washt him day by day 26 How manie waters need I then for to be washed in Ere I be purged faire and
cleane and clensed from my sin 27 But Lord thy mercie is the Sope and washing lee also That shall both scowre clense the filth which in my soule doo grow 28 Why should I then alas despaire of goodnesse thine to mee When that thy iustice willeth me to put my trust in thee 29 Thy promise Lord thy mouth hath past which cannot be but true That thou wilt mercie haue on them that turne to thee anew 30 I know when heauen and earth shall passe this promise shall stand fast Wherefore into thy Maiestie I offer now at last 31 An hart contriâ—e and sorrowfull with all humilitie For heinous sinnes by it conceiuâ—d through mine iniquitie 32 I doo acknowledge all my faults my sinnes stand me before I haue them in remembrance Lord and will for euermore 33 Bicause thou shouldst the same forget I still doo thinke thereon And set it vp before my face alwaies to looke vpon 34 Against thee â—nlie haue I â—ind and done ill in thy sight In whom it lies to punish me or to forgiue me quight 35 But sure my hope is firmelie fixt that thou wilt me forgiue For with thine honour shall it stand to suffer me to liue 36 That all the world may witnesse thee a iudge most iust to bee For that thou wilt thy promise keepe to all that trust in thee 37 That is our sinnes thou wilt remit and cleane forget them all And bend thine eares vnto our plaints when we vpon thee call 38 O Lord consider with thy selfe what mettall I possesse Behold in sinne I was conceiud and borne in wickednesse 39 From Adam first this sin was drawne whereby I am made prone To doo the ill should thee offend and let the good alone 40 Yea manie a time I am so drawne to doo I would not doo And that I would I leaue vndone for want of might thereto 41 Such is ô Lord the strength and force of my concupiscence But yet of greater force than this is Lord thine indulgence 42 For thou wilt mercie shew to them that mercie doo require And wilt not turne thy face from such as mercie doo desire 43 Surelie of honor more is thine through pitie men to saue Than by thy iustice to condemne such as deserued haue 44 Therefore ô Lord receiue me now which doo my selfe accuse To th'nd thou shouldst my sins forgiue and all my faultes excuse 45 O Lord I doo not hide my sinnes but shew them vnto thee Because thou shouldst thy mercie grant as thou hast promisd mee 46 For neuer yet thou hast beene found in anie word vniust Ne canst thou now begin at me since that in thee I trust 47 Thou Lord hast euer loued truth and truth thou art most sure Thou art the verie veritie for euer to endure 48 Thou promisedst to Abraham his seede to multiplie Euen as the stars and as the sand that in the sea doth lie 49 To Ishac and to Iacob eke like promise didst thou make And thou the same performed hast for this thy promise sake 50 Thou promisedst to Iosue to strength him with thine hand And so he slue the Chananites and did diuide their land 51 To Gedeon thou promise mad'st that he should set at large The Israëlites which were in thrall and in their en'mies charge 52 When Ezechias lay sore sicke and well nie at deaths dore Thou promis'dst him his health againe to liue fifteene yeares more 53 Thus hast thou kept thy promises to thousands else beside Who haue reposed trust in thee thou hast not helpe denide 54 Euen so good Lord thy promise kepe with me that am vniust A scabbed sheepe one of thy flocke and ouerchargd with lust 55 Which of long time haue run astray the time since I was borne Yet now returnd with heauie hart that 's with repentance torne 56 Thus hath thy grace now called me with mercie of thine hand And what thy will and pleasure is by grace I vnderstand 57 Thou hast reuealed vnto me the things that be vnknowne The secret points of wisedome thine thy grace to me hath showne 58 The mysteries that hidden were within thy sacred word Thou hast to vs made manifest by Iesus Christ our Lord. 59 I am now fed with bread of life that shall my hunger slake And from dame wisedoms water-springs my drinke I often take 60 Now wisdome hath cast out hir floud the plants all watred bee And still she seekes to lighten those that put their trust in thee 61 Of this hir floud S. Paule did drinke and he vs taught thereby Thy wisdome Lord which secret was and hidden long did lie 62 As thou to him didst manifest by thy free spirit before Which searcheth out the verie depth of secrets thine and store 63 Of this Lord part I tasted haue through mercie shewd to me And am now taught by them to know mine owne infirmitie 64 And by it am I taught likewise thy goodneâ—â—e for to know Beseeching thee this worke begun may neuer part me fro 65 So that the light which kindled is in me by thy great grace May so increase as darknesse Lord may neuer more take place The third part With Hyssope Lord besprinkle me and clense me from my sin More whiter then shall I be made than euer snow hath bin 2 Thou didst command this herb with blood a sprinkle for to be To sprinkle such as clensed were from lothsome leprosie 3 A bundle of this herbe ô Lord thou didst command also To dip in blood of simple sheepe and therewithall to show 4 Vpon the doore-posts of the house the slaier might it see Wherby the plague might shun the place and from thy people flee 5 These vnto vs doo represent the blood of thy deere Sonne Without the which no man is cleane what euer can be donne 6 And he that marks his soule therewith and puts his trust therein The slaier hath no power to hurt nor plague him for his sin 7 If with this grace thou sprinkle me I shall be white I knowe And though as blood my sinnes appeare they shall be like the snowe 8 Yea though my sinnes as purple were or as the scarlet die Thy grace shall make them as the wooll t' appeare before thine eie 9 Then shall I heare the words of ioie of gladnesse so likewise That Nathan to king Dauid spake whom thou didst not despise 10 That is My sinnes are now put out what euer I haue donne And are forgiuen me quite and cleane by Iesu Christ thy sonne 11 Then shall I heare the words Christ spake to him the palsie had My sonne thy sinnes are thee forgiuen arise go home be glad 12 Then shall I heare thee also speake by inspiration Whereby I shall be comforted in tribulation 13 Yea Lord The bones thou broken hast shall then againe reioice Through working of thy heauenly grace and sweetnesse of thy voice 14 That is The powers of my poore
soule whom sin so weake hath brought Whereby it wanted power to worke the good it long time sought 15 Shall then recouer that was lost and be reuiu'd againe And through the quick'ning of the spirit sinne shall no more remaine 16 Wherefore Thy face turne from my sins and wipe my faults awaie And eke all mine iniquities most humblie I thee praie 17 I meane the face of iustice thine where with thou doost behold The sinnes we dailie doo commit to punish manifold 18 This face good Lord turne thou from me and from the faults I make And them forget and me forgiue for thy great mercie sake 19 But Lord the face of mercie thine from me turne not awaie But therewithall behold me still and helpe me daie by daie 20 For what am I if that thy grace thou take awaie from mee A bondman vnder sinne and death and cast awaie of theâ— 21 And euerie man thy grace that wants shall haue an hart of stone As Pharao had after thy grace departed was and gone 22 He shall both see and heare indeed yet shall be deafe and blind His eares and eies shall stopped be the truth he shall not find 23 His hart likewise shall frozen be or as the stonie wall He shall thy creatures like and loue and loue not thee at all 24 Yea such a hart ô Lord in me long time hath taken place Which no waie can be mollifide but by thy speciall grace 25 Wherefore I praie thee hartâ—lie remooue this hart from me And Lord in me a new hart make that flexible may be 26 A fleshie hart both soft and meeke an hart that I may knowe Thou art the Lord without whose grace no goodnesse I can showe 27 This grace it is that must reuiue a right spirit Lord in me My spirit through sinne is crooked made and lothsome for to see 28 Make it vpright therefore to be and that decline it may From worldlie pleasures light vaine that vanish soone away 29 Vouchsafe ô Lord to heauenlie things my spirit may still aspire And with thy grace replenisht be most humblie I desire 30 Let neither yet aduersitie nor worldlie wealth also Plucke downe my spirit nor hinder it where it desires to go 31 Nor cast me off at anie time from presence of thy face Ne take from me thy holie spirit ô Lord in anie case 32 My sins good Lord behind thee cast there euer to remaine But cast not me from thy sweet face as thou didst wicked Caine. 33 Nor from thy fauour cast me so as thou didst cast king Saule For if that I thy presence loose I cannot choose but fall 34 O Lord how sweet and gratious is this thy spirit most pure It leadeth those that loueth thee where righteous folke endure 35 Grant Lord that this thy holie spirit may dwell within me still And me confirme in righteousnesse according to thy will The fourth part O Lord my God restore to me thy sauing helth againe And stablish me with thy cheeâ—e spirit that it may still remaine 2 My sins ô Lord haue beene the cause that I thy grace did want And when thy grace departed was I found thy spirit but scant 3 The losse wherof did greeue me much and by the same I found All goodnesse gone all wickednesse within me to abound 4 For light and darknesse may not be at one time in one place No more may sinne and wickednes associate be with graâ—e 5 Wherefore the greatnesse of my losse hath made my greefe the more And where in sinne I had delight I now repent it sore 6 Behold therefore most mightie God mine inward greefe of mind And of thy goodnesse me restore to that I cannot find 7 I meane thy holie sacred spirit which I through weakenesse lost Mine enimies were strong and fierce and cruellie me tost 8 So that my soule too feeble was their power for to withstand Good Lord in grace yet once againe confirme me with thy hand 9 And let thy spirit no more depart no Lord not when I die But that it may still with my soule remaine continuallie 10 Then shall I stedfastlie instruct the wicked in thy waie Whereby they may to thee returne that long haue gone astraie 11 I will my selfe put foorth ô Lord to sinners all that bee As an example them to cause for to returne to thee 12 I will not cease for to declare thy iustice euerie where And of thy iudgement bring them all in terrour and in feare 13 And then will I againe extoll thy mercies ouer all To plucke them from despairing Lord least anie therein fall 14 Thus shall I able to doo being confirmd in thee By working of thy holie spirit which thou shalt put in mee 15 Thy seruant Moses was afraid to go on message sent Till thou promis'dst to be with him when he to Pharao went 16 After which time he doubted not but foorth went on his waie Accomplishing thy holie hest as thou didst bid him saie 17 the seuentie elders of the host to thee whom Moses brought Till part of Moses spirit they had were able to doo nought 18 But after that they prophesied and did the people guide And ruled them with righteousnes and truth on euerie side 19 Lord Peter at a womans voice thy sweet sonne Christ denaid And readie was him to forsake he was so sore afraid 20 Vntill that thou reuiuedst him with this thy spirit of grace Yea Lord thy sonnes Apostles all were bidden for a space 21 To bide within Ierusalem in praier and in loue Till they were with thy holie spirit fulfilled from aboue 22 Wherfore send downe thy noble spirit in me the same to be And from the guiltinesse of blood good God deliuer me The fift part THou God that God art of my health deliuer me I praie From sinne that I committed haue against thee daie by daie 2 A multitude of sinnes there be from flesh and blood that growe Which I through my concupiscence haue dailie done I know 3 And this corruption is in me by nature as I find For what is he can make that cleane that is vncleane by kind 4 How can a man of woman borne be cleane I faine would know The child that is but one daie old is yet vncleane also 5 Thus flesh blood such works bring foorth as aie corrupted bee And therefore cannot heauen enioie ne dwell and reigne with thee 6 Vpon corrupted nature mine ô Lord powre foorth thy grace And from these bloods deliuer me and all my sinnes deface 7 Then Lord shall I be purged cleane from all my wickednesse Which grant good God So shall my toong exalt thy righteousnesse 8 In that thou mercie shewst to me being a wicked man Giuing me grace pensiue to be my greeuous sinnes to scan 9 Making me iust that am vniust wherein thou God art found In mercie truth and righteousnesse most perfect sure and sound 10 But yet ô
Bicause thou Lord hast Sion built thou wilt be seene therein In glorie and great maiestie with mercie for our sin 33 Wherefore most louing father deere regard our humble sute And not dispise the plaints we make nor doo our sinnes impute 34 As thou beheldst the sacrifice that Abel gaue to thee And as the praier ludith made so cast thine eie on mee 35 With those same eies vouchsafe to looke vpon vs when we praie Whereby the fame of mercie thine may wirtten befor aie 36 For those that after vs shall come by faith that borne shall be To render thanks due laud and praise vnto thy Maiestie 37 This mercie sure annexed is to nature thine diuine When all was lost through deadlie sin yet didst thou make vs thine 38 Thou Lord aloft from heauenlie throne didst view all things alowe And wouldst vouchsafe vpon the earth thy gratious eyne to throwe 39 To see and heare the plaints we make that â—ettered be in thrall And sent'st thy deere beloued sonne from sinne to loose vs all 40 And he thereby put downe the diuel of death that victor was And death in vict'rie was consum'd this hath he brought to pas 41 For why his sting of deadlie sinne thou Lord hast pluckt away To make vs thinke of goodnesse thine wherein reioise we may 42 And thâ—t in Sion we may shew the glorie of thy name And likewise in Ierusalem with praise to doo the same 43 That is when we togither meete in faith with one accord As well the kings as subiects poore to serue and praise the Lord. 44 Thou art ô Lord in substance one and yet in persons three To whom all powers in heauen earth obeisance giue to thee 45 Thou sendest downe thy dews of grace vpon vs for to light That we therwith good works may shew to eu'rie bodies sight 46 I answere may by no meanes else good works be wrought by me But by the vertue and the grace that dooth proceed from thee 47 Thorough thy might thy laws we kepe not of our selues we knowe But by the measure of thy grace thou didst on vs bestowe 48 And yet ô Lord I faine would know how short my daies shall be And eke how long mine enimies shall triumph ouer me 49 Which is thy Church desires to know how long she shall abide Beset with cruell enimies about on euerie side 50 To whom thou hast an answere made by Christ thy blessed sonne That still thy power with hir shall bee vntill the world be donne 51 And we hir children thee desire to bring vs to the end Of this short time that we with thee may to the heauens ascend 52 And til that time good Lord vouchsafe thou wilt continue still Thy grace and fauour towards vs according to thy will 53 And not to leaue me anie time in middle of my daies But by thine aid bring all my time to end vnto thy praise 54 That after these my temporall daies I may behold and see Thine euerlasting daies and yeeres which cannot numbred bee 55 For all times heere doo swiftlie passe as time that is vnsure But yet time of Eternitie for euer shall endure 56 For why ô Lord Eternitie is verie substance thine Which substance who so seekes to know no reason can define The third part WIthout beginning Lord thou wast and yet beginning gaue To heauen and earth and all therein which that creation haue 2 Thy hands them wrought which is thy power thy word them made also And at the last They perish shall and motion theirs forgo 3 Their substance stil they all shal kepe yet all shall changed bee For heuen and earth shall new be made of glorie great to thee 4 Likewise the bodies of all men shall perish with the rest And in another sort shall rise to thee as seemeth best 5 But thou Lord trulie shalt endure in thy high glorie great In maiestie omnipotent sitting on mercie seat 6 When all shall wax and weare awaie as garments old to see And as a vesture new put on we all shall changed bee 7 As garments to the bodie are to couer them withall So be the bodies of the soule their vestures and their pall 8 But thou art euen the selfe same one which euer doost abide That is to saie omnipotent and so is none beside 9 Inuisible thou art likewise immortall eke withall And as thy yeeres shall neuer faile so euer bide they shall 10 So shall the soules of thine elect immortallie remaine In ioie and great felicitie not knowing anie paine 11 The soules of those that wicked are immortall be also But they contraire shall endure continuall paine and wo. 12 And Lord The sonnes of seruants thine togither they shall dwell Likewise their seed shall in thy sight still prosper and doo well 13 Thy seruants Lord the prophets were Apostles thine also From whom by faith we haue receiu'd as we beleeue and know 14 And now vouchsafe most mightie God to send vs of thy grace That in this life our faith by works may shine in euerie place 15 That they to all may signifie how we thy seruants bee And that both soule and bodie may remaine and rest with thee De profundis Psal. 130. O God thou art the guide of those thâ—t blinded bee and vnto 〈◊〉 that are opprest a succour sweet we see 2 A comfort to the weake as ease to those in paine A life vnto the dead in graue that sleeping yet remaine 3 O Lord this makes me bold though wicked I be found And ouerwhelmed deepe in sinne and therein being dround 4 To call and crie to thee from depth of miserie Where none but thou can raise me vp and safe deliuer me 5 I can but mourne and weepe fetch sighs lament and crie As dooth the woman great with child whose hower draweth nie 6 She no time can take rest till she deliuered bee Nor I till that my conscience feele to be forgiuen of thee 7 It is not distance long that keepes my praiers backe Thou Lord doost heare before we call and giuest what we lacke 8 Ionas was in the sea and in the fish three daies And from the deepe he cald on thee and streight thou didst him raise 9 Out from the deepe likewise of sinne and wickednesse To thee I call Lord heare my voice and free me from distresse 10 And let thine eares sweet Lord to heare attentiue bee The voice and praier of my plaint that now I make to thee 11 And since that Christ thy sonne hath suffered for vs all From endlesse death to which by sinne we bounden were and thrall 12 Let not my sinnes then Lord to me be stop or staie Whereby by plaint should not be heard nor voice when I shall praie 13 But rather wipe awaie my sinnes for euermore The burden of the which I feele
Iesu Christ in all things now assist me with thy grace And make me strong with heuenly strength while life I haue and space Iesu let not mine enimie the feend ne yet the flesh Preuaile though still they me assaile from daie to daie afresh But Iesu strengthen thou my spirit it may the victor be And for thy tender mercie sake haue mercie now on me Amen O Iesu who shall giue me wings of perfect peace and loue That I therewith from hence may flee and rest with thee aboue O Iesu when shall I ascend and feele how sweet thou art And leaue the earth and loue thee best with all my soule and hart Sweet Iesu when thy pleasure is the time is knowne to thee Both now and then ô Iesu deare haue mercie Lord on mee Amen O Iesu king of glorie great the comfort of vs all Wee wander heere in wildernesse and euerie day doo fall Sweet Iesu come and visit mee my heauie soule make glad Which now through sinne in prison lies all heauie sicke and sad Good Iesu with thy presence set my soule at libertie And for thy bitter passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu oft it greeueth mee and troubleth sore my mind That I so weake and fraile am found to wander with the blind O Iesu deare thou lasting light whose brightnesse doth excell The clearnes of thy beams send downe within my heart to dwell O Iesu quicken thou my soule that it may cleaue to thee And for thy painefull passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu grant I may resigne my selfe vnto thy will And that I may my selfe forsake and cleaue vnto thee still O Iesu grant that I may haue of ioie and inward peace And of the paines I haue deseru'd Good Iesu me release Sweet Iesu giue me inward ioie my soule to feed on thee And for thy tender mercies sake haue mercie Lord on mee Amen O Iesu sweet I knowe I am but vanitie and sin Vnconstant as the wind that blowes and euer so haue bin Whereof then Iesu may I brag or what haue I to say Shall I of men seeke to bee prais'd or yet extold for ay No Iesu sweet the true praise is for to be prais'd of thee Wherfore good Iesu weigh my case and mercie haue on mee Amen O Iesu thou my glorie art in thee will I reioice And not good Iesu in my selfe nor yet in that mans voice That worldlie honour may mee giue to set mee vp on hie To rule among the sonnes of men and sit in dignitie These are but shadowes to compare to glorie that 's with thee Sweet Iesu for thy glorie sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu heere in earth we liue and soone deceiued are With vaine delights the world doth yeeld wherein we runne too farre But yet sweet Iesu if I could behold my selfe right well I should good Iesu plainelie see and thereby trulie tell The troubles that are falne on mee were for offending thee For which offense I pardon craue haue mercie Lord on mee Amen O Iesu Christ vnder whose power is both the sea and land Arise and helpe me to defend by power of thy strong hand From such as lurke and lie in wait and seeke to doo me wrong Sweet Iesu see how weake I am and how that they be strong Iesu make hast and come with speed my trust is all in thee And therefore Iesu helpe me now and mercie haue on mee Amen O Iesu comfort mine exile asswage my dole and greefe With thee to bee is my desire mine onelie cheefe releefe Iesu the pleasures of this world they may not long indure And he that puts his trust therein shall find them all vnsure Sweet Iesu grant that I may haue mine onelie ioie in thee And for thy bloudie passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu Christ that hast mee made and with thy bloud mee bought Suffer mee not to be condemn'd whom thou hast made of nought O Iesu mild in time of need thy mercie doo bestowe And in thy iustice iudge mee not nor doo thy rigor showe O Iesu in extremitie I doo appeale to thee Wherefore sith that I trust in thee haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu sweet for heauenlie things I often seeke to find But then affections of the world doo backeward plucke my mind Againe I seeke for to subdue th' affections that doo rise But to my spirit they will not be subiect in anie wise Thus Iesu meeke thou seest I striue and all to bee with thee Wherefore good Iesu make mee strong and mercie haue on mee Amen O Iesu many times I praie and call vpon thy name When that my heart is farre away alas I more to blame And that good Iesu coms to mind that custome often brought Whereby the praiers that I make be vaine and turne to nought Sweet Iesu pardon and forgiue when I so praie to thee And for thy endlesse mercie sake haue mercie Lord on mee Amen O Iesu be not long away nor in thy wrath depart But mortifie that flesh desires and lighten thou my hart Send foorth the burning flames of loue cleane to consume for ay The cloudie fansies of my mind which trouble me alway Good Iesu gather all the powers of my poore soule to thee And make me to refuse the world and mercie haue on me Amen O Iesu mild thine eare bow downe and ponder my desire Deale not with me as I deserue to punish in thine ire But me defend ô Iesu meeke through mercie great of thine From dangers such as may befall this sinfull soule of mine O Iesu hide not now thy face from him that calles on thee But Iesu for thy bitter death haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu sweet with mercie now reforme that is amisse And with the strength of thy great grace send light where darknesse is Good Iesu from my secret faults doo make me cleane and bright And from presumptuous sins ô Lord defend me through thy might Good Iesu cast my youthfull sinnes behind thy backe to bee And for thy tender mercie sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu shut not vp my soule with those that run astraie But let the shadow of thy wings my soule protect alwaie Good Iesu turne thee vnto me and cleanse me from my sin Sweet Iesu Christ doo not behold how wicked I haue bin But thinke vpon thy mercies great though I vnworthie bee And for thy painâ—full passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu sweet giue me an hart that is contrite and pure A bodie chast that humble is and constant to endure A mind that is with heauenlie ioies replete through thy great grace A soule likewise to magnifie thy praise in eu'rie place O Iesu for thy mercie sake let these proceed from thee And then no doubt I shall be sure thou mercie hast on mee Amen Certaine blessings promised by God vnto all those that doo loue and feare him Deut
28. WHo hearkens to the voice of God and dooth his law fulfill Shall blessed be in towne and field with mercie and good will His fruit likewise shall blessed be that from his loâ—â—es shall spring His corne and cattell shall increase with plentie of all thing His oxen and his flocks of sheepe shall blessed be with store His going out and comming in shall blest be euermore His enimies that shall arise shall fall before his face And flee for feare as dooth the beast the hunter hath in chace His houses that be made for store with great increase shall grow And euerie thing he takes in hand shall blessed be also Vouâ—hsafe good God to giue me grace so to direct my mind As by the same in time of need I may thy blessing find Amen A meditation when ye go to bed O Lord my God I wandred haue as one that runnes astray And haue in thought in word in deed in idlenesse and play Offended sore thy Maiestie in heaping sin to sin And yet thy mercie hath me sparde so gratious hast thou bin O Lord my faults I now confesse and sorie am therefore But not so much as saine I would ô Lord what wilt thou more It is thy grace must bring that spirit for which I humblie pray And that this night thou me defend as thou hast done this day And grant when these mine eies toong shall faile through natures might That then the powers of my poore soule may praise thee day and night Amen A meditation at your vprising O Lord this night who hast me kept from dangers all that bee And hast me giuen of rest and sleepe so much as pleaseth thee Where other of my brethren poore of better life than I Doo wander vp and downe the streets and harbourlesse doo lie And some with sicknesse are opprest some impotent and lame Thus doost thou deale with creatures thine to glorie of thy name O Lord in sort as I deserue thou hast not dealt with mee But hast me giuen wherewith to liue in better case to bee Most mightie God this day likewise protect me from all blame And giue me grace I thankfull be with praises for the same Amen Athanasius his Creed commonlie called Quicúnque vult By faith we please the Lord By faith we are set free By faith we worke the will of God Faith will not idle bee What man is he will saued be must first the true faith haue Which faith vnlesse he hold and keepe hys soule God will not saue And this is now the perfect faith to worship God in three The Father Son holie Ghost all three in Vnitie The persons neither to confound nor substance to diuide For he that so shall thinke of them from perfect faith is wide For of the Father of the Sonne and of the holie Ghost Be persons three in seuerall and all in might be most The Father Sonne and holie Ghost in Godhead equall bee In glorie like and so in might and so in Maiestie Such as the heauenlie Father is such is the Sonne also Such is likewise the holie Ghost all three one God no mo The Father was vncreated so was the Sonne likewise The holie Ghost vncreated still one for to deuise The Father without number is none may him comprehend The Sonne likewise and holie Ghost all three one without end The Father Sonne and holie Ghost eternall doo endure And yet not three eternals be but one eternall sure Not three that number doo exceed nor three vnmade certaine But three in one and one in three for euer doo remaine The Father Sonne and holie Ghost omnipotent be all And yet not three omnipotents but one beleeue we shall The Father God the Sonne is God the holie Ghost also And yet three Gods we shall not say of Gods but one no mo The Father Lord the Sonne is Lord and holie Ghost is Lord Yet not three Lords but one in three and three in one accord For like as we compelled be by Christian veritie Ech person of them to confesse both God and Lord to bee So are we by the same forbid in anie wise to saie Three Gods to be or yet three Lords but three in one alwaie The Father is not created begot nor made of none The Sonne ne made nor created begot of him alone The holie Ghost is from them both ne made create nor got But from the father and the sonne proceeding had we wot So then there is of fathers one not fathers three we see One sonne not three and so likewise one holie Ghost to bee And in this holie Trinitie is none more great than other But that the whole three persons be coequall altogither So that in all as foresaid is the Vnitie in three And Trinitie in Vnitie ought worshipped to bee Yet furthermore it needefull is vnto saluation That we beleeue of lesus Christ the incarnation The right faith is that we beleeue and with one mouth foorth-show That Iesus Christ the sonne of God is God and man also God of his Father substance is begot ere world was wrought And man by flesh and bloud he tooke of hir who foorth him brought Both perfect God and perfect Man is he without diuiding And of a reasonable soule and humane flesh abiding He to the Father equall is touching his Deitie But he is lesse than Father is by his humanitie Who though he be both God and man yet one is he not twaine That is to saie one Iesus Christ for euer to remaine One not by turning Godhead his into the flesh we see But taking manhood into God by power of Deitie One yet not by confusion of this his substance sure But by Vnitie of person which euer shall endure For as the reasonable soule and flesh one man dooth make So God and man is but one Christ which suffered for our sake And then descended into hell the third day rose againe From death to life thus hath he done mankind to rid from paine And after this ascended he â— vnto the heauens on hie And on his Fathers right hand sits one God eternâ—llie From thence he shall come down againe a rightfull iudge to bee To iudge the liuing and the dead as he their woorks shall see At whose descending all shall rise in twinkling of an eie And with this flesh shall him behold in throne of Maiestie Then they that haue done righteouslie shall heauen haue for their hire And they thâ—t haue done wickedlie haue euerlasting fire This is the true and perfect faith all Christians ought to haue Which faith vnlesse we doo beleeue our soules God will not saue Praise we these persons three in one and likewise one in three As from the first hath bin now is and euermore shall bee Amen A meditation to be said of women with child In time of trouble call on me and I will then deliuer thee THe time drawes nie of bitter painefull throwes How long I shall the same endure God knowes
the same in mee So worke thy will that in my life thy name may hallowed bee Thy kingdome come THy kingdome euerlasting is in truth and equitie In fauour loue and righteousnesse to all in miserie Bow downe thy heauens ô mightie king whereby thy grace may fall That this thy kingdome might descend into the harts of all So shall our sinnes be driuen away our flesh made tame also And we found righteous in thy sight a perfect life to showe Vouchsafe to grant ô heauenlie king this blessed worke may bee Thy kingdome still to dwell in vs and we to dwell in thee Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen THy will is good our will is nought thy will be therefore donne Such was thy will that Iesus Christ thy deare and onelie sonne Should teach thy will to sinfull flesh our wicked lusts to kill And he thy will vpon the crosse the same did there fulfill O heauenlie father let thy will in earth fulfilled bee Among vs men as with thy Saints in heauenlie Hierarchie And grant thy will so worke in vs that we thy will confesse In word in life in faith in loue and perfect holinesse Giue vs this daie our dailie bread THy word thy truth Christ thy son is bread that we should haue Vouchsafe our soules may feed thereon most humblie we doo craue For man dooth not by bread alone passe foorth his vitall daies But by ech word thy mouth proceeds vnto thy endlesse praise Sink in our harts thy sweet sonnes death and such impression make As we thereby may cheerefull be to suffer for his sake Such crosse as pleaseth thee to laie vpon our backes to beare With shield of faith to bide the brunt against all worldlie feare And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. WE knowe forgiuenes is at hand when we for mercie call If we ech other doo forgiue thou wilt forgiue vs all Such promise hast thou made ô God from which thou wilt not swerue And yet it lie not in our power the same for to deserue So weake is man so feeble too not able once to mind The thought that 's good or do the deed that might thy mercie find This will thy grace must worke in vs our brethren to forgiue Which grant ô God that we therewith in rest with thee may liue And lead vs not into temptation ANd though temptations needfull be thy seruants strength to trie And that our sinnes and wickednesse by faith awaie doo fsie Yet Lord thy grace the same doth worke whereby we stiflie stand Against the world the flesh the diuell winning the vpper hand Thus of our selues alas too weake temptations aie too strong Thy grace it is must vs defend else are we throwne along Grant when by sin through want of grace great falles we doo sustaine That then thy grace might visit vs and reare vs vp againe But deliuer vs from euill FRom euill that we by sin deserue most mightie God defend And rid vs free from filthie fall of miserable end Withhold thy seuere punishment and let thine eie of grace Take vew vpon th' afflicted sort and helpe our wretched caâ—e From surging Seas of worldlie waues wherewith we be opprest Discharge and set our soules on shore in port of quiet rest So shall we then our praiers make with conscience safe and sound And by thy grace shall able be our en'mie to confound Amen The Christian faith ONe God in persons three and three in Godhead one I doo beleeue my sauing health dooth rest in him alone The first the Father high Creator of vs all The second is his onelie Sonne the Word whom scriptures call The third the holie Ghost of both who dooth remaine In mightie power and Deitie coequall with the twaine The word of loue to vs flesh void of sin became Of virgins wombe by power diuine most pure he tooke the same And then for sinfull flesh his flesh was sacrifis'd By bitter sharpe and shamefull death as cruell Iewes deuis'd His flesh with whips was rent his head becrown'd with thorne His bodie naild on crosse of tree his hart with speare was torne Thus all his bloud he shed to death his life made thrall To pacifie his fathers wrath procur'd by Adams fall He died and was buried descended downe to hell From death to life he rose againe he loued vs so well When fortie daies were come to heauen ascended hee In sight from men of Galilie in faith to vs that bee From whence I doo beleeue he shall againe descend To iudge all flesh and of the world to make a finall end The dead from graue shall rise the quicke shall changed bee And eu'rie eie shall face to face behold his Maiestie By grace who hath done well with him in heauen shall raigne By sinne who hath done wickedlie in euerlasting paine FINIS COMFORTABLE Dialogs betweene CHRIST and a SINNER touching the soules health Humble sutes of a sinner for mercie in miserie A Lamentation touching the follies and vanities of our youth A Psalme of reioising for our spirituall redemption A Christian confession to the blessed Trinitie Praiers for the good estate of the Queenes Highnesse c. Gathered by W. Hunnis one of the Gentlemen of hir Highnesse Chapell and maister to the children of the same 1583. A Dialog betweene Christ and a Sinner CHRIST Arise from sin thou wicked man before the trump dooth sound Least thou among the guiltie sort a damned soule be found My sheepe why doost thou persecute my lambs why dost thou kill My selfe why dost thou cruâ•Œciâ•Œfie and guiltles blood thus spill Arise I saie arise arise SINNER What fearefull thundering voice is this that soundeth in mine eare Which bids me rise and brings my soule and all hir powers in feare CHRIST It is the voice of him thy iudge that shall thy iudger bee Which bids thee rise while sunne dooth shine that thou thy selfe maist see For after sunne be set in shade and darksome clouds appeere Too late is then for to aâ•Œrise if thou arise not heere Arise I saie arise arise SINNER O Lord by grace I now behold wherein I did offend CHRIST What made thee thus against my saints such crueltie extend SINNER It was my fault through ignorance by which I might not chuse CHRIST And yet I saie thine ignorance shall not thy baults excuse SINNER By grace I am reâ•Œpenâ•Œtant made Wil t thou not mercie haue CHRIST If thou by grace reâ•Œpenâ•Œtant bee yet must thou mercie craue SINNER O Lord blot out my fylâ•Œthie deeds and clense mee from my sinne CHRIST Aryse and walke thou art made cleane as thou beleeu'st therein Another dialog betweene Christ and a Sinner to be soong as the former CHRIST AWake from sleepe and watch awhile prepare your selues to praie For I mine angell will send foorth to sound the iudgement daie That mine elect and chosen sort might find my saieng true How that the time I shorten will for
of all things whose strength is euerie where and whose power is infinite which as thou euer art omnipotent and in all thy works most gratious and ouer maruellous so vnto vs thy poore seruants grant we humblie beseech thee that ELIZABETH our gratious QVEENE and next vnder thee here on earth our gouernour may long liue and lead a healthfull quiet and peaceable life And if ô Lord at anie time the wicked through malice shall conspire and gather themselues togither against thee and hir thine annointed wee hartilie beseech thee either with speed to conuert and turne their harts or ouerthrowe their force and bring their deuises to naught And although ô Lord that we through our manifold sinnes and wickednesse doo not deserue to haue so good and so excellent a Iewell to rule reigne ouer vs yet good Lord we hartilie praie thy diuine maiestie to behold the great and vnspeakable miseries which the losse of so pretious a Pearle may bring vpon vs and our posteritie and to auert the same This ô Lord we doo humblie craue of thee that wee may long time enioie hir or else that we who faithfullie doo loue hir may with hir be dissolued according to thy good will and gratious pleasure Amen A praier to be said of euerie true Christian before the receiuing of the holie Communion O Most sweet louer of al mankind Lord Sauior Iesu I humblie beseech thee for thy bitter passion sake to remoue from me pride enuie and detraction yea wrath malice and impatiencie and all other sicknesses diseases of the soule And plant good Lord in my hart and mind true meekenesse charitie patience chastitie temperance and modestie with all such other vertues medicines and preseruatiues vnto the soule And mortisie in me good Lord all vncleane motions carnall desires and inordinate affections and reuiue in me the loue of vertues and the perpetuall exercises thereof so that in this time and all times I may woorthilie receiue this holie and blessed sacrament vnto thine honour and glorie and my soules endlesse ioie and comfort O Lord I knowe and doo confesse here before thy diuine maiestie that I am vnwoorthie and verie much vnwoorthie most vnwoorthie through my manifold sinnes and wickednes to licke the crums that fall from thy table but notwithstanding I knowe as well againe and so doo I in hart and mind stedfastlie beleeue and the same doo acknowledge in mouth and word that thou my Lord God art omnipotent and almightie and so maiest by thy power infinite if it so please thy maiestie to make me woorthie and acceptable to sit at thy table and there to taste and feed of the most pure and heauenlie viands for thou alone ô Lord maiest and canst iustifie a sinner and of a vile foule and filthie wretch make a cleane white and pleasant person Therefore gratious Lord I beseech thy woorthie maiestie for thy almightie power which I firmelie and stedfastlie beleeue and for thine infinite and endlesse wisedome which I boldlie confesse and for thine excellent goodnesse and truth wherein I fullie hope and trust and for all this togither as one frame me and make me woorthie and acceptable vnto thy godlie presence and grant me forgiuenesse of all my sinnes and the feruent flame of thy loue that I may now at this time receiue this holie sacrament with puritie of hart and cleanesse of conscience with spirituall gladnesse and heauenlie ioie O most mercifull Sauiour Iesu I humblie beseech thee for this holie mysterie of thy blessed bodie and bloud wherewith we vnwoorthie wretches be continuallie fed and dailie washed clensed sanctified and made holie and so partakers of thy most high diuinitie grant me Lord and giue me the pretious garment of innocencie with such furniture of other ornaments thervnto according as best may please thy gratious goodnes wherewith I may as in my wedding vesture in a good and cleane conscience approch vnto thy presence so that this celestiall heauenlie sacrament receiued may be vnto me health and saluation of soule and bodie vnto life euerlasting Amen A praier to be said of euerie true Christian after the receiuing of the holie Communion IN most humble most lowlie and most hartie maner with most due reuerence I thank thee good Lord most holie father and euerlasting God that by the bountie of thy mercifull grace wouldest vouchsafe thus to refresh and feed my soule through faith with the benefits of the death and passion of thy sonne our Lord God and Sauior Iesu Christ. And I beseech thine infinite goodnesse that this the sacrament of thy deth and passion which I most vnwoorthie wretch haue now receiued come neuer hereafter in iudgement condemnation vnto me for mine euilles merits and deseruings but rather good Lord it may come vnto the profit and comfort of my bodie and vnto the saluation of my soule vnto the life euerlasting Amen A godlie praier to be said before the preaching of the word NEither is hee that planteth neither he that watereth anie thing at al but thou ô Lord that giuest the increase Increase we beseech thee the seed of thy word and cause it to fructisie an hundred fold Open our eies that we may see the woonderfull things conteined in thy lawe Incline our harts to thy testimonies and not vnto vanities Euermore bee on our right hand and perfect the worke that thou hast begun among vs. Beare our most gratious ELIZABETH in thine owne bosome and set thine eies alwaies vpon hir for good let the spirit of knowledge and holines remaine in hir ministers blesse hir Councellers with wisedome and discretion hir Nobles with fortitude and courage hir Iudges with iustice and mercie hir Magistrates with diligence and faithfulnes hir People with feare and perfect obedience that we may all with one mind and one mouth saie with the prophet He that is mightie hath doon for vs great things and holie is his name Amen A praier necessarie to bee said at all times O Bountifull IESV ô sweet sauior ô Christ the Sonne of GOD haue pitie vpon mee mercifullie heare mee and despise not my praiers Thou hast created me of nothing thou hast redeemed me from the bondage of sin death and hell neither with gold nor siluer but with thy most pretious bodie once offered vpon the crosse and thine owne bloud shed once for all for my ransome therfore cast mee not awaie whome thou by thy great wisedome hast made despise me not whom thou hast redeemed with such a pretious treasure nor let my wickednesse destroie that which thy goodnesse hath builded Now whilest I liue ô Iesu haue mercie on mee for if I die out of thy fauour it will be too late afterward to call for thy mercie Whilest I haue time to repent looke vpon me with thy mercifull eies as thou didst vouchsafe to looke vpon Peter thine Apostle that I may bewaile my sinfull life obteine thy fauour and die therin I reknowledge that if thou shouldest deale with