praise his greatnes not cāreach frō race to race they shal thy works praise and thy power preache I Of thy gloryous maiestye the beauty will recorde And meditate vppon thy workes most wonderfull O Lorde And they shal of thy power and of thy fearfull actes declare And I to publish all abrode thy greatnes will not spare And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repete The Lorde our God is gratious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to angre he is slowe yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth excede Loe all thy workes doo praise thee lord and doo their honor sprede Thy sainctes doo bles thee and they doo thy kingdomes glorye shewe And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to sprede the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lorde a kingdom is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through eche age endures without decay The Lorde vpholdeth them that fall the sliding he doth stay The eyes of all doo wayte on thee thou doest them all releue And thou to eche sufficing foode in season due dost geue Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what euer liue with giftes of thy good will The Lorde is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all Nere all he is that call on him in truthe that on him cal He the desires whiche they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they crye and saue them all he will The Lorde preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse hys holy name for euer shall accorde Lauda anima mea Psalm cxlvi I. H Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almightye and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at lybertie comforteth the fatherles widowes and the straungers and raygneth kinge for euer My soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes My God I will confes Sing thys as the. cxxxvii Whyle death and lyfe prolong my dayes my tonge no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why theyr breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their hart decay and pearysh all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the lorde is stayd verse 6 Whiche made the earth waters depe the heauens hie with all Which doth his word and promise kepe In truth and euer shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he procede for suche as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The lord doth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The lorde I saye doth loue the ryght and iust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the strangers sad in hart And quite the wydow from distres and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy lorde and God eternally O Syon still shall rayne In tyme of all posteritie for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme cxlvii N. ☞ The Prophet prayseth the bountye wisdom power iustice prouidence of God vpō all his creatures But specially vpō his church whiche he gathereth together after theyr dispersion Declaring hys word and iudgmēts so vnto them as he hath don to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to synge For it is pleasante and to prayse it is a comely thyng the Lord his owne Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israell doth gather into one He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynde He countes the number of the starres and names them in theyr kynde Great is our Lord great is his power his wisdome infinite The Lord releues the meke throwes to ground the wicked wight Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyse And to our God vpon the harp aduaunce your singing voyce He couers heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth rayne And on the mountaines he doth make the grasse to grow agayne He geues to beastes their fode and to yong rauens when they crye His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legges doth lye But all in those that feare the Lorde the Lord hath his delight And suche as doo attend vpon his mercies shining light O prayse thy Lorde Ierusalem thy God O Syon prayse For he the barres hath forged strong where with thy gaie he stayes Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the floure of wheat he filleth thee And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with spedy course doth swiftly runne about He geueth snow like woll hore frost like ashes doth he spreade Like morsells castes his ise therof the colde whoe can abide He sendeth fourth his mightye worde and melteth them agayne His winde he makes to blow and then the waters flow amayne The doctrine of his holy worde to Iacob doth he shewe His statutes and his iudgements he geues Israell to knowe With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne His secrete iudgementes ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme cxlviii I. P. ☞ He prouoketh all creatures to prayse the Lode in heauen in earth and in all places specially for the power that he hathe geuen to his people Israell whom he hathe taken so nere vnto hym GEue laude vnto the Lord frō heauen that is so hie Praise him in dede and worde Aboue the starry skie 2. And also ye his angels all armies royall prayse him with glee Praise him both mone and Sunne Whiche are so cleare and bryght The same in you be done Ye glistring starres of lyght And eke no les De Heauens faire And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse For at his worde they were All formed as we see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree Whiche he set fast To them he made A law and trade For aye to laste Extoll and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fell All depe doo ye the same For it becommeth you well Him magnyfye Fyre Hayle Ise Snowe And stormes that blow At his decree The hilles and mountaines all And trees that frutfull are The Cedres great and tall His worthy prayie declare Beastes and cattell yea birdes fliyng And wormes crepyng That on earth dwell All kinges both more and les With all their pompons trayne Princes and all iudges That in the worlde remayne Exalte his name
I. H A notable deliueraunce of Hierusalem frō the handes of many kings is mentioned for the which thankes are giuen to God and the estate of that citie is praysed that hathe God so presently at all tymes redye to defende them this Psalme semeth to be made in the tyme of Ahaz Iosaphat Asa or Ezechia for in their times chiefly was the citie by forayne Prynces assaulted GReat is the Lorde and with greate prayse Sing this as the. xlvi psalme to be aduaunced styll Within the citie of our Lorde vpon hys holy hyll Mount Sion is a plesant place it gladdeth all the lande The cytie of the myghty kynge on her northside doth stande Within the pallaces therof God is a refuge knowen For loe the kings were gathered and together eke were gone But when they did beholde it so they wondred and they weare Astonyed muche and sodenly were driuen backe with feare Great terrour there on them did falle for euery wo they crye As doth a woman when she shall go trauayle by and by As thou with esterne winde the shippes vpon the sea doest breake So they were stayd and euen as we harde oure fathers speake So in the citie of the Lorde we saw as it was tolde yea in the citie which oure Lorde for euer will vpholde O Lorde we wayte and doo attende on thy good helpe and grace For whiche we doo all times attende within thy holly place O Lorde according to thy name for euer is thy prayse And thy ryght hand O Lord is full of rightuousnes alwayes Let for thy iudgements Sion mounte full filled be with ioyes And eke of Iuda graunt O Lorde the daunger to reioyse Goe walke about all Syon hyll yea rounde about her go And tell the towres that theruppon are bilded in a rowe And marke ye well her bulwarks all beholde her towres there That ye may tell therof to them that after shalbe here For this God is our God our God for euermore is he yea and vnto the death also our guider shall he be Audite haec omnes Psal. xlix T. S. The holy Ghost calleth all mē to the consideration of mans lyft shewing them not to be most happye that are most wealthy and therefore not to be feared but contrariwyse he lifteth vp our mindes to consider how al thinges are ruled by gods prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldly miseryes to euerlastyng torments so doeth he preserue his will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection i. Thes. i. ALl people herken and geue eare Sing this as the. xlv psalme To that that I shall tell Both high and low both riche and poore that in the worlde doo dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thynges right wise In vnderstanding shall my hart his study exercise verse 4 I will inclyne myne eare to knowe the parables so darke And open all my doubtfull speache in metre on my harpe verse 5 why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toyle Or els my foes whiche at my heles are prest my life to spoyle verse 6 For as for suche as ryches haue wherin their trust is most And they which of their treasures greate them selues doo bragge and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeme Or that can geue a price to God sufficient for hym verse 8 It is to great a pryce to pay none can therto attayne verse 9 Or that he might his lyfe prolong or not in graue remayne verse 10 They see wise men as well as foles subiect vnto deathes handes And beyng dead straungers possesse theyr goods theyr rentes their lāds verse 11 Theyr care is to builde houses fayre and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 Yet shall no man alwayes enioy high honor wealth and rest But shall at length tast of deathes cup as well as the brute beast The seconde parte verse 13 And though they try these folish thoughts to be most leud and vayne Theyr children yet approue theyr talke and in like sinne remayne verse 14 As shepe into the folde are brought so shall they into graue Death shall them eate and in that day the iust shall Lordship haue Their image and theyr royall port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they passe with wo and weale away verse 15 But God will surely preserue me from death and endles payne Because he will of his good grace my soule receyue agayne verse 16 If any man waxe wonderous riche feare not I say therfore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 17 17 For when he dieth of all these thinges nothing shall he receyue His glory will not folow hym his pompe will take her leaue verse 18 Yet in this lyfe he takth him selfe the happiest vnder sunne And others likewise flatter him saying all is well done verse 19 And presuppose he liue as long as did his fathers olde Yet must he nedes at length geue place and be brought to deathes fold verse 20 Thus man to honor God hath calde yet doth he not consider But like brute beastes so dothe he lyue whiche turne to dust and pouder Deus deorum Psalme L. I. H. He prophecieth how God will call all nations by the Gospell and require no other sacrifices of his people but confession of his benefites and thankes geuyng and how he detesteth all such as seme zelous of Ceremonies and not of the pure worde of God onely THe god of Gods the lord hath calde the earth by name from where the sonne doth rise vnto the setting of the same Frō Syon hys faire place hys glory bryght and cleare The perfect beutye of his grace from thence it did appeare verse 3 Our God shall come in haste to speake he shall not doubte Before him shall the fire waste and tempest rounde aboute verse 4 The heauens from on hye the earth below lykewise He will call forth to iudge and try his folke he doeth deuise verse 5 Bring forth my sainctes sayth he my faithfull flocke so dere Which are in band and league with me my lawe to loue and feare verse 6 And when these thinges are tried the heauens shall recorde That God is iust and all must byde the iudgment of the Lorde verse 7 My people O geue heede Israell to thee I crye I am thy God thy healpe at neede thou canst it not denye verse 8 I doo not say to thee thy sacrifice is slacke Thou offrest dayly vnto me muche more then I doo lacke verse 9 Thinkest thou that I doo nede thy cattell yonge or olde Or ells so muche desire to feede on goates out of thy foulde verse 10 Naye all the beastes are mine in woodes that eate their filles And thousands more of nete and kine that runne wilde in the hilles verse 11 The birdes that builde on hie In hilles and oute of sight And the beastes that in the
within my brest doth naturall lyfe preserue yea till this world shalbe dissolued thy law will I obserue verse 45 So walke will I as set at large and made free from all drede Because I sought how for to kepe thy precepts and thy rede verse 46 Thy noble actes I will describe as thinges of most great fame Euen before kings I will them blase and shrink no whit for shame verse 47 I will reioyse them to obey thy worthy hests and will Which euermore I haue loued best and so will loue them still verse 48 48 My handes will I lyft to thy lawes whiche I haue dearely sought And practise thy commaundementes in will in dede and thought The. vii parte ZAIN verse 49 Thy promise whiche thou madst to me thy seruaunt Lorde remember For therin haue I put my trust and confidence for euer verse 50 It is my comfort and my ioy when troubles me assayle For were my lyfe not by thy worde my lyfe would sone me fayle verse 51 The proude and suche as God contemn still made of me a skorne yet would I not thy law forsake as he that were forlorne verse 52 But cald to mind lord thy great works shewde to our fathers olde Wherby I felt the ioy surmount my grief an hundred folde verse 53 But yet alas for feare I quoke seing how wicked men Thy law forsoke and did procure thy iudgment who knoweth when verse 54 And as for me I framed my songs thy statutes to exalt When I among the straungers dweld and thoughtes gan me assalt verse 55 I thought vpon thy name O Lorde by nyght when others slepe As for thy law also I kept and euer will it kepe verse 56 This grace I did obteyne because thy couenants swete and deate I did embrace and also kepe with reuerence and with feare The. viii parte HETH verse 57 O God which art my part and lot My comfort and my stay I haue decreed and promised thy lawe to kepe alway verse 58 Mine earnest hart did humbly sue in presence of thy face As thou therfore hast promised Lorde graunt me of thy grace verse 59 My lyfe I haue examined and tryde my secrete hart Whiche to thy statutes caused me my fete strayght to conuert verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as they that slouthfull are But hastely thy lawes to kepe I did my selfe beware verse 61 The cruell bandes of wicked men haue made of me theyr pray Yet would I not thy law forget nor from thee go astray verse 62 Thy rightous iudgment shewd toward me so great is and so hie That euen at midnight will I ryse thy name to magnifye verse 63 Companion am I to all them whiche feare thee in theyr hart And neyther will for loue nor dread ▪ from thy commaundements start verse 64 Thy mercies Lorde most plentuously doo all the worlde fulfyll Oh teache me how I may obey thy statutes and thy will The ix parte TETH verse 65 According to thy promise Lorde so hast thou with me delt For of thy grace in sundry sorts haue I thy seruaunt felt verse 66 Teache me to iudge alwayes a ryght and geue me knowledge sure For certenly beleue I doo that thy precepts are pure verse 67 Yer thou didst touche me with thy rod I erred and went astray But now I kepe thy holy word and make it all my stay verse 68 Thou art both good and gratious and geuest most liberally Thy ordinaunces how to kepe therfore O Lord teache me verse 69 The proud and wicked mē haue forged against me many a lye yet thy commaundements still obserue with all my hart will I. verse 70 Their harts are swolne with worldly welth as gras so are they fat But in thy law doo I delyte and nothyng seke but that verse 71 Oh happy tyme may I well say when thou didst me correct For as a guide to learne thy lawes thy rods did me direct verse 72 So that to me thy worde and law is dearer manifold Then thousands great of siluer golde or ought that can be tolde The. x. parte IOD verse 73 Seing thy hands haue made me Lord to be thy creature Graunt knowledg like wise how to learne to put thy lawes in vre verse 74 So they that feare thee shall reioyce when euer they me see Because I haue learned by thy worde to put my trust in thee verse 75 When with thy rods y e world is plagd I know the cause is iust So when thou didst correct me Lorde the cause iust nedes be must verse 76 Now of thy goodnes I thee pray some comforte to me send As thou to me thy seruaunt hetest so from all ill me shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies power on me and I shall surely lyue For ioy and consolation bathe thy lawes to me doth geue verse 78 78 Confound the proud whose false pretēce is me for to destroy But as for me thy hestes to know I will myself employ verse 79 Who so with reuerence doo thee feare to me let them retire And suche as doo thy couenants knowe and them alone desire verse 80 My hart without all waueryng let on thy lawes be bent That no confusion come to me wherby I should be shent The xi parte GAPH verse 81 My soule doth faynt and ceaseth not thy sauing health to craue And for thy wordes sake still I trust my hartes desyre to haue verse 82 Mine eyes doo fayle with loking for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilte thou me comfort Lorde why dost thou thus delay verse 83 As a skin bottell in the smoke so am I partcht and dryed yet will I not out of my hart let thy commaundement slide verse 84 Alas how long shall I yet lyue before I see the houre That on my foes whyche me torment thy vengeaunce thou wilt power verse 85 Presūptuons men haue digged pittes thinking to make me sure Thus contrary agaynst thy law my hurte they doo procure verse 86 But thy commaundements are al true and causeles they me greue To thee therfore I doo complayne that thou mightest me relieue verse 87 Almost they had me cleane destroide and brought me quite to grounde yet by thy statutes I abode and therin succor founde verse 88 Restore me Lorde agayne to lyfe for thy mercyes excell And so shall I thy couenants kepe till death my lyfe expell The. xii parte LAMID verse 89 In heauens lord where thou dost dwel thy word is stablished sure And shall for all eternitie fast grauen there indure verse 90 From age to age thy truth abideth as doth the earth witnes Whose ground work thou hast layd so sure as no tounge can expres verse 91 Euen to thys day we may well see how all thynges perseuer Accordyng to thy ordinance for all thinges thee reuere verse 92 Had it not ben that in thy lawe my soule had comfort sought Long time yere now in my distres I had ben brought to nought verse 93 Therfore will I thy
he dyed in the fleshe But quickned in the sprite His body then was buryed As is our vse and ryte His sprit did after this descend Into the lower partes To them that long in darknes were The true lyght of theyr hartes And in the third day of his death He rose to lyfe agayne To thende he might be gloryfyed Out of oll grief and payne Ascending to the heauens hie To sit in glory styll On Gods right hand his Father dere According to his will Untill the day of iudgement come When he shall come againe With Angels power yet of that day We all be vncertayne To iude all people rightuously Whom he hath dearly bought The lyuing and the dead also Which he hath made of nought And in the holy spirit of God My fayth to satisfye The third parson in Trinitie Beleue I sted fastlye The holy and catholick Churche That Gods worde doth maintayne And holy Scripture doth alowe Which Sathan doth disdayne And also I doo trust to haue By Iesu Christ his death Release and pardon of my sinnes And that only by fayth What time all flesh shall ryse agayne Before the Lorde of might And se vim with theyr bodely eyes Whiche now doo geue them light And then shall Christe our sauior The shepe and Goates deuide And geue lyfe euerlastyngly to those whom he hath tride Whiche is the realme celestiall In glory for to rest With all the holy company Of Saincts and Angels blest Whiche serue the Lorde omnipotent Obediently eche houre To whom be all dominion and prayse for euermore A Prayer vnto the holy ghost to be song before the Sermon COme holy sprite the god of might Comforter of vs all Teach vs to knowe thy word a right Sing thys as the. cxix Psal. that we doo neuer fall O holy Ghost visit our coast defend vs with thy shild Against all sinne and wickednes Lorde helpe vs win the field Lorde kepe our Quene and her counsell and geue them will and might To perseuer in thy Gospell which can put sinne to flyght O Lorde that geuest thy holy worde send preachers plenteouslye That in the same we may accorde and therin lyue and dye O holy Sprite direct a ryght the Preachers of thy worde Thot thou by them maist cut downe syn As it were with a sworde Depart not from those pastors pure but ayde them at all nede Whiche breake to vs the breade of lyfe wheron our soules doo feede O blessed spirit of truthe kepe vs In peace and vnitie Kepe vs from sectes and errours all And from all papistrie Conuert all those that are oure foes and bryng them to thy lyght That they and we may well agree and prayse thee day and nyght O Lorde increase our fayth in vs and loue so to abounde That man and wyfe be voyde of strife and neyghbours about vs rounde In oure tyme geue thy peace O Lorde to nations farre and nye And teache them all thy holy worde that we may syng to thee All glory to the Trinitie that is of mightes most The lyuing Father and the Sonne and eke the holy Ghost As it hath bene in all the time that hathe been here to fore As it is now and so shalbe henceforth for euermore Dapacem domine Geue peace in these our daies o lord great daungers are now at hand thine enemies with one accorde Christ name in euery lande seke to deface route out and race thy trew right worship in dede be thou the stay lord we the pray thou helpest alone in all nede Geue vs that peace ▪ whiche we doo lack Through misbelief and ill lyfe Thy word to offer thou dost not slack Whiche we vnkindly gainstriue with fire and sword This healthfull word Some persecute and opprisse Some with the mouth Confes the truth Without sincere godlines Geue peace and vs thy spirite downe send With grief and repentaunce true Do pearce our harts our liues to amend And by fayth Chryst renue That feare and dread Warre and bloudshed Through thy swete mercy and grace May from vs slyde Thy truth may byde And shine in euery place The complaint of a Sinner who craueth of Christ to be kept vnder hys mercye WHere rightuousnes doth say lord for my sinfull part in wrath y ◠shouldst me pay vēgaunce for 〈◊〉 desart I can it not deny but nedes I must confes how y t continually thy lawes I doo transgres Thy lawes I do transgresse But if it be thy will With sinners to contend Then all thy flock shall spill And be lost without end For who liueth here so right That rightly he can say He sinneth not in thy sight Full oft and euery day Thy scripture plaine telth me The righteous man offendeth Seuen times a day to thee Wheron thy wrath dependth So that the rightwise man Doth walke in no such path but he falth now or than In daunger of thy wrath Then since the case so standes That euen the man rightwise Falth oft in sinfull bandes Wherby thy wrath may ryse Lorde I that am vniust And rightwisenes none haue Wherto then shall I trust My synfull soule to saue But truly to that post Wherto I cleaue and shall Whiche is thy mercy most Lorde let thy mercy fall And mitigate thy mode Or els we perish all The pryce of this thy bloud Wherin mercy I call Thy scripture doth declare No drop of bloud in thee But that thou didst not spare To shed eche drop for me Now let those drops most swet So moyst my hart so dry That I with sinne replete May liue and sinne may die That being mortifyed Thys synne of myne in me I may be sanctifyed By grace of thine in thee So that I neuer fall Into suche mortall sinne That my foes infernall Reioyse my death therin But vouchesafe me to keep From those infernall foes And from that lake so depe Wheras no mercy growes And I shall sing the songes Confirmed with the iust That vnto thee belonges Whiche art mine only trust ☞ Through perfecte repentaunce the sinner hath a sure trust in God that his sinne s shalbe washed away in Christes ēloud O Lord in thee is al my trust geue eare vnto my wofull cry Refuse me not that am vniust but bowing downe thy heauēly eye behold how I doo still lament my sinnes wherin I do offende O Lord for them shall I be shent Sith thee to playse I doo intend No no not so thy will is bent To deale with sinners in thine ire But when in hart they shall repent Thou grauntst with sped their iust desire To thee therfore still shall I cry to wash away my sinfull cryme Thy bloud O Lorde is not yet drye but that it may help me in time Hast thee O Lorde hast thee I say To power on me the giftes of grace That when this life must flit away In heauen with thee I may haue place Where thou dost reigne eternally with God which once did downe the sēd Where angels sing
continually To thee be prayse world without end ☞ A thankes geuing after the receyuyng of the Lordes Supper THe Lorde be thanked for his gyftes And mercy euermore That he doth shew vnto his saynctes Sing this as the. xxx vii Psa To him be laud therfore Our tonges cannot so prayse the Lorde As he doth right deserue Our harts can not of hym so thynke As he doth vs preserue His benefites they be so great To vs that be but sinne That at our handes for recompence There is no hope to winne O sinfull flesh that thou shouldest haue Suche mercyes of the Lorde Thou doest deserue more worthely Of him to be abhord Nought els but sinne ▪ and wretchednes Doth rest within our heartes And stubburnely against the Lorde We dayly play oure partes The sunne aboue in firmament That is to vs a lyght Doth shew it selfe more cleane and pure Then we be in his sight The heauens aboue and all therin More holy are then we They serue the Lorde in theyr estate Eche one in his degree They do not stryue for mastership Nor slake theyr office set But feare the Lorde and do his will Hate is to them no let Also the earth and all therin Of God it is in awe It doth obserue the formers wyll By skilfull natures law The sea and all that therin is Doth bend when God doth beck The spirtes beneathe doo tremble all And feare his wrathfull check But we alas for whom all these Were made them for to rule Do not so know or loue the Lorde As doth the Oxe or mule A law he gaue for vs to know What was his holy wyll He would vs good but we will not Auoyd the thing is ill Not one of vs that seketh out The Lorde of lyfe to please Nor to the thyng that might vs ioyne Our Christ and quiet ease Thus we are all his enemyes We can it not deny And he agayne of his good wyll Would not that we should dye Therfore when remedy was none To bring vs vnto lyfe The sonne of God our flesh he toke To mend our mortall stryfe And all the law of God our Lorde He did it full obey And for our sinnes vpon the crosse Hys bloud our dettes did pay And that we should not yet forget What good be to vs wrought A signe he left our eyes to tell That he our bodyes bought In breade and wine here visible Unto thyne eyes and tast His mercyes great thou maist record If that his spryte thou hast As once the corne did liue and grow And was cut downe with sith And threshed out with many stripes Out from his huske to dryue And as the mill with violence Did teare it out so small And made it lyke to earthly dust Not sparing it at all And as the ouen with fyre hot Did close it vp in heat And all this done that I haue sayd That it should be our meat So was the Lorde in his ripe age Cut downe by cruell death His soule he gaue in torments great And yelded vp his breath Because that he to vs might be An euerlasting bread with muche reproche and trouble great On earth his lyfe he led And as the grapes in pleasant tyme Are pressed very sore And plucked downe when they be rype Nor let to grow no more Because the ioyse that in them is As comfortable drynke We myght receyue and ioyfull be when sorowes make vs shrinke So Christes bloud out pressed was With nailes and eke with speare The ioyse wherof doth saue all those That rightly do him feare And as the cornes by vnitie Into one lofe is knit So is the Lorde and his whole churche Though he in heauen sit As many grapes make but one wyne So shoulde we be but one In fayth and loue in Chist aboue And vnto Christ alone Leading a lyfe without all stryfe In quyet rest and peace From enuye and from malyce both Our heartes and tonges to cease Which if we doo then shall we shew That we his chosen be By fayth in him to leade a lyfe As alwayes willed he And that we may so doo in dede God send vs all his grace Then after death we shall be sure With him to haue a place Robert Wlsdom PReserue vs Lorde by thy deare word From Turk and Pope defend vs Lord whiche bothe would thrust oute of his throne our Lorde Iesus Christ thy deare sonne Lorde Iesus Christ shew forth thy myght That thou art Lorde of Lordes by ryght Thy poore afflicted flocke defend That they may prayse thee without end God holy Ghost our comfortor Be our Patron helpe and succor Geue vs one minde and perfect peace All giftes of grace in vs encrease Thou liuing God in parsons three Thy name be praysed in vnitie In all our nede so vs defend That we may prayse thee world without end ☞ A formst of proyer to be vsed in priuate houses euery mornyng and euening Morning prayer ALmightie God most mercifull Father we do not present our selues here before thy maiestie trusting in oure owne merites or worthines but in thy manifolde mercyes which haste promised to beare our Prayers and graunt our requestes which we shal make to the in the name of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde who hath also cōmaunded vs to assemble ourselues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not only be amongst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obteyne all thinges which shall seme expedient to thy blessed will for oure necessities therfore we beseche thee most mercifull Father to turne thy louyng countenaunce towards vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wher by we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishmēt but rather receyue vs to thy mercy for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offēces in whom only thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seing that of thy great mercyes we haue quietly passed this nyght graunte O heauenly father that we may bestowe thys day wholly in thy seruice so that al our thoughts wordes and dedes may redounde to the glorye of thy name and good ensample to all men who seeyng oure good workes may gloryfye thee oure heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and loue thou hast not onely created vs to thine owne similitude and likenes but also haste chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare sōne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of the worlde we beseche thee to encrease oure faythe and know ledg and to lighten our harts with thy holy spirit that we may in meane time liue in godly conuersatyon and integritie of lyfe knowing that Idolaters adulterers couetous men cōtentious persōs drunkards glottons and such like shall not in herite the kyngdome of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for
hadst ouercome of death The sharp and cruell might Thou heauens kingdome didst set ope to eche beleuing wight In glory of the father thou doest sit on Gods right hand We trust that thou shalt come our Iudge our cause to vnderstand Lorde helpe thy seruaunts whom thou hast Bought with thy precious bloud And in eternall glory set Them with thy sainctes so good O Lorde doo thou thy people saue Blesse thine inheritaunce Lorde gouerne them and Lord doo thou for euer them aduaunce we magnifie thee day by day and world withoutē ende Addore thy holy name O Lorde vouchesafe vs to defende From sinne this day haue mercy Lord haue mercy on vs all And on vs as we trust in thee Lorde let thy mercy fall O Lorde I haue reposed all My confidence in thee Put to confounding shame therfore Lord let me neuer be The songe of the thre Children praysing God prouoking all creatures to doo the same O all ye works of god the lord bles ye the Lord prayse him magnifye him for euer O ye the Angels of the Lorde bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the sterry heauens hie blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye waters aboue the sky blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the shining Son and Mone blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the glistring starres of heauen blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O the showers and dropping dew blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the blowing wyndes of God bles ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the fire and warming heate blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer Ye winter and the sommer tyde blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the dewes and binding frostes bles ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the frost and chilling colde blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye congeled ise and snow blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the nightes and light somdayes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O the darknes and the light blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the lightnings and the cloudes blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O let the earth eke blesse the lorde yea bles the lord praise him magnify him for euer O ye the mountaines and the hilles blesse ye the Lord prayse him magnifie hym for euer O all ye grene thinges on the earth blesse ye the Lord praise hym magnifye hym for euer O ye the euer springing welles bles ye the Lorde praise him and magnifye him for euer O ye the seas and ye the floodes bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer whales and all that in waters moue bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O all ye flying foules of thayre bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O all the beastes and cattayll eke bles ye the Lorde praise him and magnifye him for euer O ye the children of mankind bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer Let Israell eke bles the Lorde yea bles the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the priestes of God the Lorde bles ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the seruantes of the Lorde blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer ye sprites and soules of righteous men blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer ye holy and ye meke of hart blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O Ananias blesse the lorde blesse thou the lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O Azarias bles the lorde bles thou the lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer And Misaell bles thou the lorde blesse thou the lord praise him and magnifye him for euer ☞ The song of Zacharias called Benedictus THe only lorde of Israel be praysed euer more For through his visitation mercy kept in store his people now he hathe redemde that longe hathe bene in thrall and spred abrod his sauing health vpon his seruauntes all In Dauids house his seruaunte true According to his minde And also hys annoynted king As we in Scripture finde As by his holy Prophetes all O ft times he did declare The whiche were since the worlde began His way for to prepare That we might be deliuered From those that make debate Our enemies and from the handes Of all that doo vs hate The mercy whiche he promised Oure fathers to fulfill And thinke vpon his couenant made According to hys wyll And also to performe the othe Whiche he before had sworne To Abraham our father deare For vs that were forlorne That he woulde geue him self for vs And vs from bondage bringe Out of the handes of all our foes To serue our heauenly kyng And that without all maner feare and eke in righteousnes and also for to leade our life In stedfast holynes And thou o child which now art borne and of the Lorde elect Shalt be the Prophet of the hiest His wayes for to direct For thou shalt goo before his face For to prepare his wayes and also for to teache his will and pleasure all the dayes To geue thē knowledg how that theyr Saluation is nere and that remission of theyr sinnes Is through his mercy mere wherby the day spring from an hie Is come vs for to visit and those for to illuminate whiche doo in darknes syt To lighten those that shadowed be with death and eke opprest and also for to guide theyr fete The way to peace and rest The songe of Blessed Mary called Magnificat MY soule doth magnifye the Lord My sprit eke euermore reioyseth in the Lorde my God which is my Sauior why because he did regard gaue respect vnto so base estate of his handmaid and let the mightie go For now beholde all nations And generations all From this time forth for euermore Shall me right blessed call Because he hath me magnifyed Which is the lorde of might whose name be euer sanctifyed And praysed day and night For with his mercy and his grace All men he doth inflame Thoro wout all generations To suche as feare his name He shewed strength with his greatarme And made the proude to start With all imaginations That they bare in theyr hart He hathe put downe the mightye ones From their supernall seate And did exalte the meke in hart As he hath thought it mete The hungrie he replenished With all thinges that were good And through his power he made the riche Oft times
whyche I craue Neglect me not lest I be lyke to them that go to graue verse 2 The voyce of thy suppliant heare that vnto thee doeth crye When I lift vp my handes vnto thy holy arke moste hye verse 3 Repute not me among the sort of wicked and peruert That speake ryght fayre vnto theyr freÌ„ds and thinke full ill in hart verse 4 According to theyr handy worke as they deserue in dede And after their inuencions let them receyue theyr mede verse 5 For they regarde nothing Godes workes his lawe ne yet his lore Therfore will he them and theyr seede destroy for euermore verse 6 To render thankes vnto the Lorde how great a cause haue I My voyce my prayer and my complaynt that heard so willingly verse 7 He is my shield and fortitude my buckeler in destresse My hope my helpe my hartes relyef my songe shall him confesse verse 8 He is our strength and oure defence our enmies to resist The health and the saluacion of his electe by Chryste verse 9 Thy people and thine heritage Lorde blesse guide and preserue Increase them Lorde and rule theyr harts that they may neuer swerue Afferte domino Psalme xxix T. S. An excellent Psalme wherin the Prophet exhorteth the verye Princes and rulers of the world whiche otherwise for the most parte thinke there is no God at the leaste to feare hym for the thunders and tempestes for feare wherat all creatures tremble And though thereby God threatneth sinners yet is he alwayes mercyfull to hys and moueth them therby to prayse his name GIue to the Lorde ye potentates ye rulers of the worlde Sing this as the. xxi Psa. Geue ye all prayse honor and strength vnto the liuing Lorde verse 2 2 Geue honor to his holy name and honor him alone Worship hym in his maiestie within his holy throne verse 3 His voyce doth rule the waters all euen as him selfe doth please He doth prepare the thunder clappes and gouerneth all the sease verse 4 He meaneth the thunderinges tempestes The voyce of God is of great force and wonderous excellent It is most mightye in effect and muche magnificent verse 5 The voyce of God doeth rent and break the Cedre trees so long The Cedre tres of Libanus whiche are most hie and strong verse 6 And makth them leape like as a call or els the Unicorne Not only trees but mountaines great wheron the tres are borne verse 7 His voice deuideth flames of fyre and shakth the wildernes verse 8 It makth the desert quake for feare that called is Cades verse 9 It makth the Hindes for feare to calue and makth the couerte playne Then in his temple euery man his glory doth proclaime verse 10 The Lorde was set aboue the floudes ruling the raging sea So shall he raygne as Lord and king for euer and for aye verse 11 The Lorde will geue his people power in vertue to increase The Lord wyll blesse hys chosen folke with euerlastyng peace Exaltabo te domine Psal. xxx I. Hop When Dauid should haue dedicated hys house to the Lorde he fel so extreme sick that he was without all hope of lyfe therfore after hys recouery he rendreth thankes to God exhortyng others to the lyke learn by his example that God is rather mercyfull then seuere and rigorous towardes his childreÌ„ and also that the fall from prosperitie is sodeine This done he retourneth to prayer promisyng to prayse God for euer ALl laud praise with hart voice O Lorde I geue to thee whiche didst not make my foes reioyse but hast exalted me O lord my god to thee I cryde in all my paine grief thou gauest an eare and didst prouide to ease me with relief verse 3 Of thy good will thou hast calde backe My soule from hell to saue Thou didst reuine when strength did lacke and kept me from the graue verse 4 Sing prayse ye sainctes that proue and see the goodnes of the Lord In memorye of his maiestie Reioyse with one accord verse 5 For why his anger but a space doeth last and slake agayne But in his fauour and hys grace alwayes doeth lyfe remayne Though gripes of grief and panges full sore shall lodge with vs all night The Lorde to ioy shall vs restore before the day be light verse 6 When I enioyde the worlde at will thus would I boast and say Tushe I am sure to feele none ill this wealth shall not decay verse 7 For thou O Lorde of thy good grace hadst sent me strength and ayde But when thou turnd away thy face my mynde was sore dismaide verse 8 Wherfore agayne yet did I cry to thee O Lorde of might My God with plaintes I did apply and prayde both day and night verse 9 What gayne is in my bloud saide I if death destroy my dayes Doth dust declare thy maiestie or yet thy trueth doth prayse verse 10 Wherfore my God some pitie take O Lorde I thee desyre Do not this simple soule forsake of helpe I thee requyre verse 11 Then didst thou turne my grief and wo vnto a chearfull voyce The mournyng weede thou tokste me fro and madst me to reioyse verse 12 Wherfore my soule vncessauntly shall syng vnto thy prayse My Lorde my God to thee will I Geue laude and thankes alwayes Inte domine speraui Psal. xxxi Io. Hop Dauid deliuered from some great daunger in the desert of Maâ—â— or els wher first reherseth what meditation he had by the power of sayth when death was before his eyes his enemy beyng ready to take him then he adioyneth the fauor of God alwaies to be ready to those that feare him Finally he exhorteth al the faithful to trust in God to loue him because he preserueth and strengthneth them as they may se by his example O Lorde I put my trust in thee Let nothyng worke me shame Sing this as the. xviii psalme As thou art iust deliuer me and set me quyte from blame verse 2 Geue me O Lorde and that anone to helpe me make good spead Be thou my rocke and house of stone my fence in time of nede verse 3 For why as stones thy strength is tride thou art my fort and towre For thy names sake be thou my guyde and leade me in thy power verse 4 Plucke forth my feete break the snare which they for me haue layde Thou art my strength and all my care is for thy might and ayde verse 5 In to thy handes Lorde I commit my spirite whyche is thy dew For why thou hast redemed it O Lorde thou God most trewe verse 6 I hate suche folke as wyll not part from thynges to be abhorde When they on trifles set theyr harte my truste is in the Lorde verse 7 For I will in thy mercy ioy I see it doeth excell Thou seest when ought would me annoy and knowest my soule full well verse 8 Thou hast not left me in their hande that would me ouercharge But thou hast set me out of bande
straunge sorts declareth him self to them And therfore Gods church by reason of his promises graces and victoryes doth excell without comparyson alworldly thyngs he exhorteth therfore all men to praise God for euer LEt God aryse and then his foes wil turn them selues to flyght His enmies then will runne abrode and scatter out of syght as the fire doth melt y e wax wind blow smoke awaye so in the presence of y e lord the wicked shal decay verse 3 But righteous men before the Lorde shall hartely reioyce They shalbe glad and mery all and chearefull in their voice verse 4 Sing prayse sing prayse vnto the Lord who rideth on the skie Extoll this name of Iah our God and him do magnifie verse 5 That same is he that is aboue within his holy place That father is of fatherles and iudge of widowes case verse 6 Houses he geuth and issue bothe vnto the comfortles He bringeth bondmen out of thrall and rebelles to distres verse 7 When thou diddest march before thy folk the Egiptians from among And brought theÌ„ through the wildernes whiche was both wide and long verse 8 Thearth did quake y e rain powred downe heard were great claps of thunder The mount Sinai shoke in such sort as it would cleaue a sunder verse 9 Thine heritage with drops of rayne aboundantly was washt And if so be it baren waxt by thee it was refresht verse 10 Thy chosen flock doth there remayne thou hast preparde that place And for the pore thou dost prouide of thine especiall grace The second parte verse 11 God will geue women causes iust to magnifye his name When as his people triumphes make and purchase brut and fame verse 12 For puissant kinges for all their power shall flee and take the foyle And women whiche remayne at home shall helpe to part the spoyle verse 13 And though you were as black as pots your hew should pas the doue whose winges and fethers seme to haue Or triuets siluer and gold aboue verse 14 when in this land God shall triunphe ouer kynges bothe hyge and lowe Then shall it be lyke Salmon hyll as whyte as any snowe verse 15 Though Basan be a frutefull hyll The church of God doth excel all worldly thinges not in outward pomp but by the grace of God whyche there remaynth because of his promise and in heyght others pas Yet Sion Gods most holy hyll doth farre excell in grace verse 16 why brag ye thus ye hils most high and leape for pride together This hill of Sion God doth loue and there will dwell for euer verse 17 Gods army is two millions of warriours good and strong The Lorde also in Sinai is present them among verse 18 Thou didst O Lord ascend on high and captiues led them all whiche in times past thy chosen flock in prison kept and thrall Thou madst them tribute for to paye God toke not taxes to enriche himselfe but to bestow them on his churche and therfore in the nu to theâ—he S. Paule saith he gaue gifts folowing the grek translatioÌ„ Seâ—â—th and suche as did repine Thou didst subdue that they might dwell in thy temple deuine verse 19 Now praysed be the Lord for that he powreth on vs suche grace From day to day he is the God of our health and solace The thirde parte verse 20 He is the God from whom alone saluation commeth playne He is the God by whom we scape all daungers death and payne verse 21 Thus god wil wound his enemies head and breake the heary scalpe Of those that in theyr wickednes continually doo walke verse 22 From Basan will I brynge sayd he my people and my shepe He meanth the victory whiche Dauid had of Og. king of Basan And all mine owne as I haue done from daunger of the depe verse 23 And make them dip theyr fete in bloud of those that hate my name And dogs shal haue theyr tongs embrude with licking of the same verse 24 All men may see how thou O God thyne enemies dost deface And how thou goest as God and kyng into thy holy place verse 25 The singers goo befrre with ioy the minstrels folow after And in the midst the damsels play with timbrell and with taber verse 26 Now in thy congregations O Israell prayse the Lord And Iacobs whole posteritie geue thankes with one accorde verse 27 27 Their chief was little Beniamin Because he was the yoÌ„gest of the Patriarches Iacobs sonnes he callech hym lytell Beniamin but Iuda made theyr host with Zabulon and Neptalim whiche dweld about theyr cost verse 28 As God hathe geuen powre to thee so Lorde make firme and sure The thing that thou hast wrought in vs for euer to indure verse 29 And in thy temple giftes will we geue vnto thee O Lorde For thyne vnto Ierusalem sure promise made by word The for the parte Yea and straunge kings to vs subdued shall doo lyke in those dayes I meane to thee they shall present theyr gifts of laude and prayes verse 30 He shall destroy the spear mens rancks these calues and bulles of myght And cause them tribute pay and daunt all suche as loue to fyght verse 31 Then shall the Lordes of Egipt come and presents with them bryng The mores most black shall stretch their haÌ„ds vnto their lord and king verse 32 Therfore ye kingdomes of the earth geue prayse vnto the Lorde Sing Psalmes to God with one coÌ„sent therto let all accorde verse 33 who though he ryde and euer hath aboue the heauens bryght Yet by the fearfull thunder claps men may well know hys myght verse 34 Therfore the strength of Israell ascribe to God on hie whose mighte and power doth far exteÌ„d aboue the cloudy skye verse 35 O God thy holines and power is dread for euermore The God of Israell geueth vs strength praysed be God therfore Saluum me fac domine Psalm lxix I. H The complayntes prayers feruent zele and great anguish of Dauid is set forth as a figure of Chryst and all hys membres the malicious crucitye of thenemies and theyr punishment also where Iudas and suche traytours are accursed Then gathered he courage in hys affliction and offereth prayses vnto God whych are more acceptable then all sacrifyces wherof all the afflicted may take comforte Finallye he doth prouoke all creatures to prayses prophecying of the kyngdome of Chryst and the buildyng of Iuda where all the faythful and their sede shall dwell for euer SAue me O God that with spede the waters flowe full fast So nie my soule doo they procede that I am sore agast I sticke full depe in filthe and clay wheras I fele no ground I fall into suche flouds I say that I am like be drounde verse 3 With crying oft I faynt and quayle my throte is horse and drye With loking vp my sight doth fayle for helpe to God on hye verse 4 My foes that giltles doo oppres my soule with hate are led In number sure they
name delyuer me for good thy mercies be Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and pore And eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore Them that be fearers of the Lord the lorde will blesse them all Euen he will blesse them euery one the great and eke the small To you I say the louing Lord will multiplie his grace To you and to the children that shall follow of your race Ye are the blessed of the Lorde euen of the lorde I say Which both the heauen and the earth hath made and set in stay The heauens yea the heauens hye belong vnto the Lord The earth vnto the sonnes of men he gaue of free accorde They that be dead doo not with prayse setfourth the Lordes renoume Nor any that into the place of silence doo goe downe But we will prayse the Lorde our god from hencefourth and foray Sound ye the prayses of the Lorde prayse ye the Lorde I say Dilexi quoniam Psalme Cxvi N Dauid being in great daunger of Saull in the desert of Mammon perceiuing the great and inestimable loue of God toward him mangnyfyeth suche great mercyes and protesteth that he will be thankful for the same I Loue the Lord because my voyce and prayer hearde hath he Sing this as the. lxxxxv When in my dayes I cald on him he bowed his eare to me Euen when the snares of cruell death about beset me round When paynes of hell me caught when I wo and sorow found vpon the name of God my Lorde then did I call and say Deliuer thou my soule O Lorde I doo thee humbly pray The Lorde is very mercyfull and iust he is also And in our God compassion doth plentifully flowe The Lorde in safetie doth preserue all those that simple be I was in wofull miserye and he releued me And now my soule sith thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely loe the Lorde to thee his bountie hath exprest Because thou hast delyuered my soule from deadly thrall My Moisted eien from mournful teares my slidyng fete from fall Before the Lorde I in the land of life will walke therfore I did beleue therfore I spake for I was trobled sore I sayd in my distres and feare that all men lyers bee What shall I pay the Lorde for all his benefites to me The holsome cup of sauing health I thankefully will take And on the Lordes name I will call when I my prayer make I to the Lorde will pay the vowes that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present time in all his peoples sight Right deare and precious in his sight the Lorde doth ay esteme The death of all his holy ones what euer men do deme Thy seruant Lorde thy seruant loe I doo my selfe confes Son of thy handmayd thou hast broke the bonds of my distres And I will offer vp to thee a sacryfyce of prayse And I will call vpon the name of God the Lorde alwayes I to the Lorde will pay the voues that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present tyme in all his peoples sight yea in the courtes of Gods owne house and in the middes of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherfore the Lorde prayse ye Laudate dominum Psalme Cxvii N. He exhorteth the Gentels to prayse God because he hath accomplished as well to them as to the Iewes the promys of lyfe euerlastyng by Iesus Chryst. O All the natyons of the worlde Prayse ye the Lorde alwayes Sing this as the. ixxxxv And all ye people euery where set fourth hys noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truthe endures for ay Wherfore prayse ye the Lorde our God prayse ye the Lorde I say Confitemini domino Psalme CXviii M. Dauid reiectid of Saule and of the people at the tyme apoynted obtained the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that seare the Lord tobe thankefull and vnder hys person in all thys was Christ lyuely setforthe who should be of hys people reiected O Geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde Sing this as a 115. Psalme for gratious is he Because his mercy doth endure â–ª for euer towardes thee Let Israell confes and say hys mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say hys mercye dures for aye Let all that feare the Lorde our God euen now confesse and say The mercye of the Lorde our God endureth still for aye In trouble and in heuines vnto the Lorde I cride Whiche louingly hard me at large my sute was not denyde The Lorde hym selfe is on my syde I will not stande in dout Nor feare what man can doo to me when God standth me about The lord doth take my parte with them that helpe to succour me Therfore I shall see my desire apon myne enemye Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortall sede Or to put confidence in kynges or princes in our nede All nations haue in closed me and compassed me rounde But in the name of God shall I myne enemies confounde They kept me on euery side they kept me in I say But through the lords most mightie name I shall worke theyr decay They came about me all like bees but yet in the lordes name I quencht their thornes that wer on fire and will destroy the same Thou hast with force thrust fore at me that I in dede might fall But through the lord I found suche help that they wer vanquist all The lorde is my defence and strengthe my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in dede a sauiour most strong The right hand of the lord our God doth bring to pas great thinges He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightous mennes dwellynges The right hand of the lorde doth bring most mighty thinges to pas his hand hath the preeminens his force is as it was I will not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare The lord his might wondrous power his workes and what they are The lorde himselfe hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the lordes prayse to confes This is the gate euen of the lorde whiche shall not so he shut But good and righteous men alway shall enter into it I will geue thankes to thee O Lorde because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me The stone whiche ere this time among the builders was refused is now become the corner stone and chefely to be vsed Thys was the myghty work of God this was the Lordes owne fact And it is maruelous to be holde with eyes that noble act This is the ioyfull day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mind and thought Now helpe me Lorde and prosper vs we wishe with one accorde Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name
precepts aye in memory kepe fast By them thou hast my lyfe restorde when I was at last cast verse 94 No wight to me can title make for I am onely thyne Saue me therfore for to thy lawes myne eares and hart inclyne verse 95 The wicked men doo seke my bane and therto lye in wayte But I the while considered thy notable actes and great verse 96 I see nothyng in this wide world at length which hath not ende But thy commaundement and thy word beyond all end extende The. xiii parte MEM verse 97 What great desire and feruent loue doo I beare to thy lawe All the day long my whole deuyse is only on thy lawe verse 98 Thy worde hath taught me far to pas my foes in polycye For still I kepe it as a thyng of most excellencye verse 99 My teachers whiche did me instruct in knowledge I excell Because I doo thy couenauntes kepe and them to others tell verse 100 In wisdome I doo pas also the auncient men in dede And all because to kepe thy lawes I helde it aye best rede verse 101 My fete I haue refrayned eke from euery euyll way Because that I continually thy worde might kepe I say verse 102 I haue not swarued from thy iudgmēts nor yet shronk any dell For why thou hast taught me therby to lyue godly and well verse 103 Oh Lorde howe swete vnto my tast fynde I thy wordes alwaye Doubtles no hony in my mouth fele ought so swete I may verse 104 Thy lawes haue me such wisdō learnd that vtterly I hate All wicked and vngodly wayes in euery kinde or rate The. xiiii parte NVN verse 105 Euen as a lanterne to my fete so doth thy word shine bryght And to my pathes where euer I go it is a flamyng lyght verse 106 I haue both sworne and will perform most certenly doubtles That I will kepe thy iudgments iust and them in lyfe expres verse 107 Affliction hath me sore oppressed and brought me to deathes dore O Lorde as thou hast promised so me to lyfe restore verse 108 The offrings which with hart voyce most frankly I thee geue Accept and teache me how I may after thy iudgements lyue verse 109 My soule is aye so in my hande that daungers it assayle yet doo I not thy law forget nor it to kepe will fayle verse 110 Although the wicked layd their nets to catche me at a bray yet did I not from thy precepts once swerue or go astray verse 111 Thy lawe I haue so claymed alway as mine owne heritage And why for therin I delyte and set my whole courage verse 112 For euermore I haue ben bent thy statutes to fullfill Euen so lyke wyse vnto the ende I will continue styll The. xv parte SAMECH verse 113 The crafty thoughts and double hart I doo alwayes detest But as for thy law and precepts I loued them euer best verse 114 Thou art my hid and secret place my shield of strong defence Therfore haue I thy promises loked for with pacience verse 115 Go to therfore ye wicked men depart from me anone For the commaundments will I kepe of God my Lorde alone verse 116 As thou hast promisd so performe that death me not assayle Nor let my hope abuse me so that through distrust I quayle verse 117 Uphold me and I shalbe safe for ought they doo or say And in thy statutes pleasure take will I bothe night and day verse 118 Thou hast trod suche vnder thy fete as do thy statutes breake For nought auayleth theyr subtiltie theyr counsell is but weake verse 119 Like drosse thou castes the wicked oute where euer they go ordwell Therfore can I as thy statutes loue nothyng halfe so well verse 20 My fleshe alas is taken with feare as though it were benomde For when I see thy iudgmentses strayt I am as one astounde The. xvi parte AIN verse 121 I doo the thyng that lawfull is and geue to all men right Resigne me not to them that would oppresse me with their might verse 122 But for thy seruaunt surty be in that thing that is good That proudmen geue me not the foyle which rage as they were wood verse 123 Mine eies with waiting are now blind thy health so muche I craue And eke thy righteous promise Lorde wherby thou wilt me saue verse 124 Intreate thy seruaunt louingly and fauour to him shew Thy statutes of most excellence teache me also to knowe verse 125 Thy humble seruaunt Lorde I am oh graunt me to vnderstand Howe by thy statutes I may know best what to take in hand verse 126 It is now time Lorde to begin for truthe is quyte decayd Thy law lyk wyse they haue transgrest and none against them sayd verse 127 Thys is the cause wherfore I loue thy lawes better then gold Or iewels fine which are estemd most costly to be sold verse 128 I thought thy precepts all most iust and so them layd in store All crafty and malicious wayes I doo abhorre therfore The. xvii parte PE verse 129 Thy couenaunts are most wonderfull and full of thynges profound My soule therfore doth kepe them sure when they are tride and found verse 130 when men first enter into thy wordes they finde alyght most cleare And very idiots vnderstand when they it reade or heare verse 131 For ioie I haue both gaped breathed to know thy commaundement That I might guide my lyfe therby I sought what thyng it ment verse 132 With mercy and compassion Lord beholde me from aboue As thou art wont to behold suche as thy name feare and loue verse 133 Direct my fote steppes by thy worde that I thy will may know And neuer let iniquitie thy seruaunt ouerthrow verse 134 From slaunderous tonges and deadly harms preserue kepe me sure Thy precepts then I will obserue and put them eke in vre verse 135 Thy countenaūce which doth surmoūt the sunne in his bright hew Let shine on me and by thy lawe teache me what to eschew verse 136 Out of mine eyes great flods gush out of drery teares and fell When I beholde how wicked men thy law kepe neuer a dell The. xviii parte ZADE verse 137 In euery point Lord thou art iust the wicked though they grudge And when thou dost sentēce pronunce thou art a righteous iudge verse 138 To render right and flie from guile are two chief pointes most hye And suche as thou hast in thy law commaunded vs streightly verse 139 With zele and wrath I am consumde and euen pyned awaye To see my foes thy wordes forget for ought that I doo may verse 140 So pure and perfect is thy word as any hart can deme And I thy seruaunt nothing more doo loue or yet esteme verse 141 And though I be nothing set by as one of base degree Yet doo I not thy hestes forget nor shrinke awaye from thee verse 142 Thy righteousnes Lorde is most iust for euer to endure Also thy law is truth
yong men and maides Olde men and babes Doo ye the same For his name shall we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament For sure he shall Exalt with blisse The horne of his And helpe them all His sainctes all shall forthtell His prayse and worthines The children of Israell Eche one both more and les And also they That with good will His wordes fulfyll And him obey Cantate dominum Psalme exlix N. ☞ An exhortation to the churche to prayse the Lorde for hys victorye and conquest that he geueth his fainctes against all mans power SIng ye vnto the Lorde our God a new reioysing song And let the prayse of him be heard his holy sainctes among Let Israell reioyse in him that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyfull in their king Let them sound prayse with voyce of flut vnto his holy name And with the timbrell and the harpe sing prayses of the same For why the Lorde his pleasure all hath in his peoyle set And by deliuerance he will rayse the meke to glory great With glory and with honor now let all the sainctes reioyse And now aloude vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lorde And in their handes eke let them beare a dooble edged sworde To plage the Heathen and correct the people with theyr handes To bind their stately kinges in chaines their lordes in iron bandes To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor all his sainctes shall haue prayse ye the lorde therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ☞ An exhortacion to prayse the Lorde without sease by all maner of wayes for all hys mightye and wonderfull workes YElde vnto God the mightye Lorde prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in the firmament that shewes his power on hie Aduaunce hys name and prayse hym in his mightye actes alwayes According to his excellencye of greatnes geue him praise His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding tropet blowe Praise him vpon the viole and vpon the harp also Praise him with timbrell and with flute orgaines and virginalles With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him with loud cimballs What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the lorde To praise the name of God the lorde agree with one accord ☞ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in meter The. x. Commaundements of almightie God Exodus xx VV. VV. AT tend my people geue eare of ferly things I wil thee tel {punctel} Se that my words in mind thou bear And to my precepts listen wel I am thy Souerayne Lorde and God Whiche haue thee brought from carefull thrall And eke reclaymed from Pharos rod. Make thee no Gods on them to call Nor facyoned forme of any thyng In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plages this syn will smite Take not in vayne his holy name Abuse it not after thy will For so thou might soone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spill The Lorde from worke the seuenth day cest And brought all thinges to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hests ye may attend Unto thy parents honor geue As Gods commaundements doo pretende That thou long dayes and good maies liue In earth where God a place doth lende Beware of muder and cruell hate All fylthy fornication feare Se thou steale not in any rate False witnes against no man beare Thy neyghbors house with not to haue His wyfe or ought that he caleth mine His field his oxe his asse his sclaue Or any thing whiche is not thine A prayer The sprit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our harts restore And cause vs all with one accorde To magnifie thy name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy will Thy might therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfyll Lorde for thy names sake graunt vs thys Thou art our strength oh Sauior Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in eche respect And with thy holy sprite alwayes The comforter of thine elect The Lordes Prayer D. Coxe OUr father which in heauen art And makst vs all one brotherhod to call vpon thee with one harte Our heauenly Father our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctifyed Thy holy worde mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifye thy holy name From all errours defend and keye the litle flock of thy poore shepe Thy kyngdom come euen at this houre And henceforth euerlastyngly thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his gifts most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hande Thy will be donne with diligence like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience thee to obey in wealth and wo let not flesh bloud or any ill Preueile againste thy holy wyll Geue vs this day our dayly bread And all other good giftes of thyne kepe vs from warre and from bloudshed Also from sicknes derth and Pine that we may liue in quietnes Without all gredy carefulnes Forgeue vs our offences all Releue oure carefull conscience As we forgeue bothe great and small which vnto vs haue done offence Prepare vs lorde for to serue thee In perfect loue and vnitie O lorde into temptacion Leade vs not when the find doth rage to with stande his inuasion Geue power and strength to euery age Arme and make strong thy feble host with fayth and with thy holy ghost O Lorde from euill delyuer vs The dayes and times are daungerous From euerlastyng deathe saue vs And in our last nede comfort vs A blessed ende to vs bequeath Into thy hands our soules receyue For thou O Lorde art king of kinges And thou hast power ouerall Thy glory shineth in all thinges In the wide world vniuersall Amen Let it bedone O Lord That we haue prayd with one accord The. xii Articles of the christian Faythe ALl my belief and confidedce Is in the Lord of might the father which al things hath made the day eke the night the heauēs the firmament and also many a star the earth and all that is therin which passe mās reason far And in lyke maner I beleue In Chryste oure Lorde hys sonne Coequall with the deitie And man in flesh and bone Conceyued by the holy Ghost His word doth me assure And of his mother Mary borne yet she a Uirgin pure Because mankind to Sathan was For sinne in bonde and thrall He came and offred vp him selfe To death to saue vs all And suffering most greuous paine Then Pilate beyng iudge Was crucifyed on the cros And therat did not grudge And so
to thy moste blessed will not for the worthines thereof but for the merites of thy dearelye beloued sonne Iesus Christ our only Sauior whom thou hast already geuen an oblation and offering for oure sinnes for whose sake we are certenlye perswaded that thou wilte denie vs nothing that we shall aske in his name according to thy will For thy spirit doth assure our consciences that thou art our mercifull father and so louest vs thy children through hym that nothing is able to remoue thy heauēly grace and fauoure from vs to thee therfore O father with the sonne and the holy Ghoste be all honor glory worlde without ende Sobeit ☞ A Prayer to be sayde before a man begin his worke O Lorde God most mercifull father and Sauiour seyng it hath pleased thee to cōmaūd vs to traueil that we may releue our nede webeseche thee of thy grace so to blesse our labour that thy blessing may extend vnto vs without the whiche we are not able to continue and that this great fauour may be a witnes vnto vs of thy boūtifulnes assistance so that therby we may know the fatherly care that thou hast ouer vs. Moreouer O Lord we beseche thee that thou woldest strengthen vs with thine holye spirite that we may faithfully trauaill in oure estate and vocation without fraude or deceit that we maye indeuour our selus to folow thine holy ordinance rather then to seke to satisfye our gridie affectiōs or desire to gayne And if it please thee O Lorde to prosper our labour geue vs a mind also to help thē that haue nede according to that abilitie that that thou of thy mercy shalte geue vs and knowing that all good things come of thee graunt that we may humble oure selues to our neyghbours not by any meanes lift our selues vp aboue them whiche haue not receyued so liberalla portion as of thy mercy thou haste geuen vnto vs. And if it please thee to try and exercise vs by greater pouertie and nede then our flesh would desire that thou woldest yet O Lorde graunt vs grace to knowe that thou wilt nourish vs continually through thy bountifull liberalitie that we be not so tempted that we fall into distrust but that we may paciētly wayte tyll thou fill vs not only with corporall graces and benefites but chiefly with thine heauēlye and spirituall treasures to the intent that we maye alwayes haue more ample occasion to geue thee thankes and so wolly to rest vpon thy mereyes Heare vs O Lorde of mercy through Iesus Christ thy Sonne our Lorde Amen A Prayer for the hole state of Christes church ALmyghtye God and most mercifull father we humbly submit ourselues and fal downe before thy Maiestie beseching thee from the botome of oure hates that thys sede of thy worde nowe sowen amongest vs may take suche deepe rote that neyther the burning heat of persecution cause it to wither neither thorny cares of thys life choke it but that as sede sowen in good ground it may brynge foorth thirtie sixtie and an hundreth folde as thy heauenly wysdom hath appointed And because we haue nede cōtinually to craue many thyngs at thy handes we humbly beseche thee O heauenly father to graunt vs thy holy spirite to directe our petitions that they may procede frō suche a feruente minde as may be agreable to thy most blessed will And seing that our infirmitie is hable to doo nothing withoute thy helpe and that thou art not ignorant with how many and great temptations we poore wretches are on euery syde enclosed and compassed Let thy strength o lord sustayne oure weaknes that we being defended with the force of thy grace may be safely preserued against all assaults of Sathan who goeth about continually like a roring Lion seking to deuoure vs. Encrease our fayth o merciful father that we do not swarue at any time frō thy heauenlyword but augment in vs hope and loue with a carefull keping of all thy commaundements that no hardnes of harte no Ipocrisie no concupiscence of the eyes nor inticements of the world do draw vs away from thy obedience And seyng we liue now in these most perilous times let thy fatherly prouidence defend vs againste the violence of our enemies whiche doo seke by all meanes to oppres thy truth Furthermore for as much as by thy holy apostle we be taught to make our prayers and supplication for all menne We pray not only for oureselues here present but beseche thee also to reduce all such as be yet ignorant from the miserable captiuitie of blindnes and errours to the pure vnderstanding and knowledge of thy heauenly truthe that we all with one consent and vnitie of mindes may worship thee our only God and sauior And that all pastors shepeheards ministers to whō thou hast committed the dispensation of thy holye worde and charge of thy chosen people may both in theyr lyfe doctrine befound faythfull setting onely before theyr eyes thy glory and that by thē all poore shepe which wander and go astray may be gathered and brought home to thy folde Moreouer because the hartes of rulers are in thy handes We beseche thee to direct and gouern the harts of all kinges princes and maistrats to whō thou hast committed the sword especially O lord according to oure bounden dutye we beseche thee to mainteine and encrease the honorable estate of the Queenes maiestie and all her most noble coūsellers and maiestrates and all the whole bodye of thys commune weale Let thy fatherly fauor so preserue them and thy holy spirit so gouerne their harts y t they may in such sort execute theyr office that thy relygion may be purely mainteined maners reformed and sin punished accordynge to the precise rule of thy holy word And for that we be all members of the mistical body of Iesus Christ we make our requests vnto thee O heauenly father for all suche as are afflicted with any kind of cros or tribulation as warre plage famyne sicknes pouertie imprisonmente persecution banishment or any other kinde of thy rods whether it be calamitie of body or vexatiō of mind that it wold please the to geue them pacience and constancye til thou send them full deliuerance of all theyr troubles Rote out from hence O Lorde all rauening wolues which to fyll theyr bellyes seke to destroy thy flock And shew thy great mercyes vpon those our brethren in other countreis which are persecuted cast into prison and daily condemned for the testimony of thy truth And though they be vtterlye destitute of all mans aide yet let thy swete cōfort neuer depart from them but so inflame theyr hartes with thy holy spirit that they may boldlye and chearfully abyde such triall as thy godly wisdome shall appoynt So that at length as wel by theyr deathe as by their lyfe the kingdome of thy deare sonne Iesus Christ may increase and shine throughe all the worlde In whose name we make hurt humble peticions to thee as he hathe taught