grace whose youth all knowledge had ii 'T was Jesus Christ the Son of God ii who darkeness death despair With light with life ii with joyes with blisse repair Then let us praise him most and love him best By whom alone we all are lov'd and blest ii What man was he whom sin did ne redefile whose heart whose tongue whose hands ii were void of guile 'T was Jesus Christ our saving health ii who sin and satan bound By scars by stripes ii by death by bloody wounds ii From us all love and glory he deserves ii Who for us love and glory thus preserves ii What man was he from grave his body rais'd And now in heaven by Saints and Angels prais'd ii 'T was Jesus Christ ii our Lord and King ii that sits at Gods right hand before whose Throne ii shall all for judgment stand This Jesus Christ grant us mercy love grace ii That we in heaven with him ii may have a dwelling place ii Amen ii Dr. Giles ANTHEM CXXXIV O Jesu meek O Jesu sweet c. A prayer to the Son of God O Jesu meek O Jesu sweet O Jesu Saviour mine Most gracious Jesu to my call thy gracious ears incline O Jesu deer whose pretious blood was shed on Crosse of Tree Sweet Jesu for thy passions sake have mercy now on me ii Sweet Jesu ii O Jesu what is good for me is aye best known to thee Therefore according to thy will have mercy now on me ii O Jesu dear doe thou with me even as thy will shall please ii Sweet Jesu put me where thou wilt âo suffer pain or ease Jesu âehold I am but thine whiâher I be good or ill ii Yet ây thy grace I ready am thy âleasure to fulfill ii Jesu I âm thy workmanship most âlessed may'st thou be Sweet âesu for thy mercies sake ii âave mercy now on me ii Amen Mr. Morley ANTHEM CXXXV In thee O Lord have I put c These words are taken out of the 38th Psalm IN thee O Lord have I puâ my trust answer for me O Lord my God ii For I aâ brought ii into so great misery and trouble that I go mourning ii all the day long ii I am feeble sore smitten ii I have roared ii for thâ very disquietness of my hearâ ii Lord thou knowest mâ desire my groaning is not hiâ from thee ii My heart paâteth ii And my strength faâleth me ii forsake me noâ O Lord my God ii be not âhou far from me ii hast âhee to help me ii O Lord God my salvation So be it ii Dr. Bull ANTHEM CXXXVI If the Lord himself had not c. Psal 124. v. 1 2 3 5 6. 1. IF the Lord himself had not been on our side now may Israel say If the Lord himself had not been our side when men rose up against us If the Lord. ii 2. They had swallowed us up quick when they were so wrathfully displeased at us 3. Yea the waters had drowned us and the streams had gone over our Souls ii 5. But praised be the Lord who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth But praised ii â Our soul is escaped even âs a bird out of the snare of âhe fowler ii the snare is âroken and we are delivered âi The snare ii Glory be âo the Father and to the Son ând to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning and is âow and ever shall be world without end Amen Mr. Gibbs ANTHEM CXXXVII Praise the Lord the God of c A prayer for the King and the Royaâ Family PRaise the Lord the God oâ might and power for all the wonders he hath done O magnifie the Son our Saviour Give laud unto that holy One ii proceeding from the Father the Son With Instruments of melody ii sing praises to the Trinity ii The God that heaven and earth hath made and all things in the world of naught And us from hell and darkness bought He that our hearts hath newly wrought with instruments of âelody ii sing praises to the ârinity ii That Godhead with âese three conjoyns ii Our âing Queen Prince preserve ând bless Bless them all that âpring from their loins ii âeep them in peace without âistress ii Bear up their âriends their foes depress ii âo shall we all sing joyfully ii Praise to his holy Majesty ii Amen ii Mr. Jefferier ANTHEM CXXXVIII Above the Stars my Saviour c A Hymn ABove the Stars my Saviouâ dwells I love I care foâ nothing else ii There therâ he sits and fits a place For thâ glorious heirs of grace ii Dear Saviour raise my dulleâeine Let me but see thy beamâ divine ii Ravish my Souâ with wonder and desire ii Erâ I enjoy let me thy joyes admire ii And wandring leâ me say ii Come Lord Jesuâ come away ii Thomas Tomkins ANTHEM CXXXIX Lord I am not high minded Psal 131. â LORD I am not high minded ii I have no proud looks ii 2. I doe not exercise my self in great matters ii which be too high for me ii 3. But I refrain my soul and keep it low ii âike as a childe that is weaned from his mother yea my soul âs even as a weaned childe ii 4. O Israel trust in the Lord ii from this time forth for evermore ii Amen Henry Loosemore ANTHEM CLX Give the King thy judgments c Psal 67. v. 1 2. c. 1. GIve the King thy judgments O God and thâ righteousness to the Kings Son ii 2. Then shall he judge thâ people ii according untâ right ii and defend the poor ii Behold O God our Defender and look upon thâ face of thine Anointed ii Psal 19. v. 14. 15. Let the word of his mouth and the meditation of his heart be alwaieâ acceptable in thy sight ii 15. O Lord our strength anâ our redeemer Behold O Goâ our Defender ii and look upon the face of thine Anointed ii Behold ii Amen ii Mr. Weelkes ANTHEM CXLI Lord in thy wrath reprove c. The two first staves of Psal 6. in metre LORD in thy wrath reprove me not though I deserve thine ire Ne yet correct me in thy rage O Lord I thee desire ii For I am weak therefore O Lord of mercy me forbear And heal me Lord for why thou know'st my bones doe quake for fear ii My soul is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my misery ii Lord turn thee to thy wonted grace my silly soul up take O save me not for my deserts but for thy mercies sake O save ii John Amner Mr. Gibbs ANTHEM CXLII All laud and praise with c. Taken out of the 30th Psal in metre ALL laud and praise with heart and voice O Lord I give to thee Which didst not make my foes rejoice but hast exalted me O Lord my God to thee I cry'd in all my pain and grief Thou gav'st an
Romans being part of the 9 10 11. verses The first Part. CHrist rising again from the dead now dieth not Death from henceforth ii hath no power upon him For in that he died he died but once to put away sin ii But in that he liveth he liveth unto God And so likewise count your selves dead unto sin but living unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord. ii These words are taken out of the 15 Chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians vers 20 21 22. The second Part. 20. CHrist is risen again the first fruits of them that sleep ii 21. For seeing that by man came death ii By man also cometh the resurrection of the dead 22. For as by Adam all men doe die ii so by Christ all men shall be restored to life ii Amen William Bird. ANTHEM XLII Let God arise c. Psal 68. v. 1 3 4. c. 1. LET God arise ii and let his enemies be scattered ii Let them also that hate him flee before him ii 3. But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God let them also be merry and joyfull ii 4. O sing unto God and sing praises unto his name magnifie him that rideth upon the heavens ii Praise him in his name ii Yea and rejoice before him ii Sing unto the Lord a new song and his praise from the ends of the earth They that goe down ii to the Sea let them give glory to the Lord and declare his praise ii John Ward ANTHEM XLIII Teach me O Lord the way c. These words are the fifth Portion of Psal 119. 1. TEach me O Lord the way of thy statutes and I shall keep it unto the end 2. Give me understanding and I shall keep thy Law yea I shall keep it with my whole heart 3. Make me to goe in the path of thy commandements for therein is my desire 4. Incline my heart unto thy Testimonies and not to coveteousness 5. O turn away mine eyes lest they behold vanity and quicken thou me in thy way 6. O stablish thy word in thy servant that I may fear thee ii 7. Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of ii for thy judgments are good 8. Behold my delight is in thy commandments O quicken me in thy righteousness ii John Hilton ANTHEM XLIV Deliver me O God c. A Prayer DEliver me O God from all my foes that be And me defend and those withstand that riseth against me ii Deliver me also from those that wicked be From those that thirsteth after blood good Lord deliver me ii Mine enemies be strong thou Lord the same dost see Without offence upon my part they still doe trouble me ii My self my cause and all I doe commit to thee From traps from snares and bloody hands good Lord deliver me ii Amen Dr Bull. ANTHEM XLV Almighty and everlasting God The Collect for the second Sunday after the Epiphany A Prayer ALmighty and everlasting God which dost govern âll things in heaven and earth mercifully hear the supplicaâions of thy people and grant âs thy peace all the daies of our âife through Jesus Christ our Lord. ii Amen Richard Price ANTHEM XLVI Behold how good and joyfull c Psal 133. BEhold how good and joyfull a thing it is brethreâ to dwell together in unity 2. It is like the pretious ointment upon the head that raâ down unto the beard eveâ unto Aarons beard and weââ down to the skirts of his cloathing 3. Like as the dew oâ Hermon which fell upon the hiâ of Sion 4. For there the Lorâ promised his blessing and lifâ forevermore Albertus Bryne ANTHEM XLVII If ye love me c. John 14. v. 15 16. 5. IF ye love me keep my Commandements ii 6. And I will pray the Faâher ii and he shall give you ânother Comforter ii even âhe Spirit of truth ii that he âay abide with you forever ii Adrian Batten ANTHEM XLVIII Christ our Paschall Lamb. These words are taken out of the 5â Chap. of 1 Cor. 7 8. verses CHrist our Paschal Lamb'â offered up for us once foâ all when he bare our sins oâ his body ii upon the Cross For he is the very Lamb of Goâ that taketh away the sins oâ the world ii wherefore leâ us keep a joyfull and holy feaâ with the Lord. ii Adrian Batten ANTHEM XLIX So God loved the world c. John 3. v. 16 18. 6. SO God loved the world that he gave his only âegotten Son that whosoever âelieveth in him should not âerish but have everlasting life â8 For he that believeth not â condemned already because âe hath not beleived ii in the âame of the only begotten Son âf God ii Adrian Batten ANTHEM L. Almighty and everlasting God The Collect for the Purification â St. Mary the Virgin A Prayer ALmighty and everlastinâ God we humbly beseecâ thy majesty that as thy onlâ begotten Son was this day presented in thy Temple in thâ substance of our flesh so granâ that we may be presented untâ thee with pure and clear mindâ by Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Simon Ive ANTHEM LI. âam the resurrection and the life The Funerall Anthem John 11. 25 26. Job 19. 25 c. 5. I Am the resurrection and the life saith the Lord âe that believeth in me Yea âough he were dead yet shall âe live 26. And whosoever âveth and believeth in me shall âot die for ever Job 19. 25 â6 27. I know that my Reâeemer liveth and that I shall âse out of the earth in the last âay and shall be covered again âith my skin and shall see God â my flesh yea and I my self âall behold him ii not with âther but with the same eyes ii Adrian Batten ANTHEM LII Godliness is great riches c. 1 Tim. 6. v. 6 7. Job 1. 21. 6. GOdliness is great richeâ If a man can be conteâ with that he hath 7. Foâ we brought nothing ii intâ this world neither may we caââ any thing out of this world â Job 1. 21. The Lord givetâ and the Lord taketh awaâ blessed be the name of thâ Lord ii Amen Adrian Batten ANTHEM LIII Hear the Prayers O our God c. A Prayer HEar the prayers O our God ii of thy humble servants ii when we pray unto thee ii in thy holy Temple ii and when thou hearest have mercy on us for Christ Jesus sake our Lord ii Amen Adrian Batten ANTHEM LIV. We beseech thee Almighty God The Collect for the third Sunday in Lent A Prayer VVE beseech thee Almighty God ii look upon the hearty desires ii of thy humble servants and stretch forth ii the right hand of thy Majesty to be our defence against all our enemies through Jesus Christ our Lord ii Amen Adrian Batten ANTHEM LV. Lord who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle c. Psal 15. v. 1 2 7. 1. LORD who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle ii or who shall rest upon thy holy hill
and let noâ thine heritage be brought to confusion ii Hear us good Lord for thy mercy is great and after the multitude of thy mercies ii look upon us Amen Adrian Batten ANTHEM LXXVIII Let God arise c. Psal 68. v. 1 2 3 4. 1. LET God arise ii and let his enemies be scattered ii let them also ii that hate him flee before him ii 2. Like as the smoak vanisheth so shalt thou drive them away and like as wax melteth at the fire so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God ii 3. But let the righteous ii be glad and rejoice before God let them also be merry ii and joyfull 4. O sing unto God ii and sing praises unto his name magnifie him that rideth upon the heavens as it were upon an horse praise him in his name yea and rejoyce ii before him Alleluiah ii Mr Cob. ANTHEM LXXIX Thou art my portion O Lord c. The eighth part of Psal 119. 1. THou art my portion O Lord ii I have promised to keep thy law ii 2. I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart O be mercifull unto me according to thy Word 3. I called mine own waies to remembrance and turned my feet ii unto thy Testimonies 4. I made hast and prolonged not the time to keep thy Commandements 5. The Congregation of the ungodly have robbed me ii but I have not forgotten thy Law 6. At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous Judgments 7. I am a Companion of all them ii that fear thee and keep thy Commandments 8. The earth O Lord is full of thy mercy O teach me thy statutes Henry Molle ANTHEM LXXX Let my complaint come before c. The twenty second Portion of Psal 119. The first Part. LET my Complaint come before thee O Lord give me understanding according to thy word 2. O let my supplication come before thee deliver me according to thy word 3. My lips shall speak of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes 4. Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word for all thy Commandements are righteous The second Part. 5. Let thine hand help me for I have chosen thy Commandments 6. I have longed for thy saving health O Lord and in thy Law is my delight 7. O Let my Soul âive and it shall praise thee ând thy judgments shall help âe 8. I have gone astray like â sheep that is lost O seek thy âervant for I doe not forget âhy Commandements Mr. Shepherd ANTHEM LXXXI Christ our passeover is sacrificed For Easter day instead of the Venite 1 Cor. 5. 7 8. The first part 7. CHRIST our passeover is sacrificed for us 8. Therefore let us keep the feast not with old Leaven neither with the Leaven of malice and wickednesse but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth Rom. 6. v. 9 10 11. The second Part. 9. Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more death hath no more dominion âver him 10. For in that he âied he died unto sin once âut in that he liveth he âiveth unto God 11. Likeâise reckon ye also your selves âo be dead indeed unto sin âut alive unto God through âesus Christ our Lord. ANTHEM LXXXII Christ is risen from the dead â 1 Cor. 15. v. 20 21 22. 20. CHRIST is risen froâ the dead and becomâ the first fruits of them thâ slept 21. For since by maâ came death by man came alsâ the resurrection of the deaâ 22. For as in Adam all dieâ even so in Christ shall all bâ made alive Glory be to thâ Father and to the Son and tâ the Holy Ghost As it was iâ the beginning and is now anâ ever shall be world withouâ end Amen ANTHEM LXXXIII O Lord of hosts thou God c. A prayer O LORD of hosts thou God of Israel which sittest âpon the Cherubins thou art ââe God alone of all the Kingâomes of the world thou only âast created heaven and earth âncline thine ear O Lord and âonsider open thine eyes and âee Deliver us from the hands âf our adversaries to the intent âll the Kingdomes of the earth âay know that thou only art âhe Lord ii So be it ii Dr. Tye. ANTHEM LXXXIV O Eternall God Almighty c. A Prayer The first Part. O Eternal God Almightâ Just and holy whoâ name is the Lord God of hostâ to thee O Lord we call aâ cry for mercy ii againâ thee have we offended â and our fathers have sinneâ we have done unjustly we haâ committed iniquity now graâ to us O Lord thy great mercâ ii for great is our misery ii The second part Save thy people O Lord and blesse thine own inheritance despise not the works of thine own hands because we be sinfull thou shalt be called Mercifull ii forgive us now for the glory of thy holy name ii that we may know that thou art more mercifull than we deserve The third part We shall give thanks to thee O Lord and rejoice in thy laud and praise thee for evermore ii Amen Mr. Johnson ANTHEM LXXXV Save me O God for thy names c. Psal 54. 1. SAve me O God for thy names sake and avenge me in thy strength 2. Hear my prayer O God ii and hearken unto the words of my mouth ii 3. For strangers are risen up against me and tyrants which have not God before their eyes seek after my soul ii 4. Behold God is my helper the Lord is with them that uphold my Soul ii 5. He shall reward evil unto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy truth ii 6. An offering of a free heart ii will I give thee ii and praise thy name O Lord ii because it is so comfortable 7. For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies So be it Dr. Tye. ANTHEM LXXXVI Thou art my King O God c. Psal 44. v. 5 6 7 8 9. 5. THOU art my King O God ii send help unto Jacob. ii 6. Through thee will we overthrow our enemies ii and in thy name ii I will tread them down ii that rise up against me ii 7. For I will not trust in my bow ii It is not my sword that shall help me ii 8. But it is thou ii that savest us from our enemies ii and puttest them to confusion ii thaâ hate us ii 9. We make our boast all the day long and will praise thy name for evermore ii Mr. Tomkins ANTHEM LXXXVII Almighty God who through c. The Collect for Easter day ALMIGHTY God who through thy only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life we humbly beseech thee thaâ as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into ouâ minds good desires so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth witâ
thee and the holy Ghost eveâ one God world without end Amen ANTHEM LXXXVIII Holy Lord God Almighty c. A Thanksgiving HOly Lord God Almighty ii which was and is and is to come ii Thou art worthy O Lord our God ii to receive glory honour and power ii for thou hast created all things ii and for thy wills sake they are and were created ii Mr. Parsons ANTHEM LXXXIX Almighty God the fountain c. The fifth Collect at the end of the Communion Service ALmighty God the fountain of all wisdome ii which knowest our necessities ii before we ask ii and our ignorance in asking ii we beseech thee ii to have compassion ii on our infirmities ii and those things ii which for our unworthiness ii we dare not ii and for ouâ blindness we cannot ask ii Vouchsafe to give us ii foâ the worthiness ii of thy Soâ Jesus Christ our Lord ii Amen ii Mr. Tomkins ANTHEM XC O how glorious art thou O God A Prayer out of the 113 Psalm O How glorious art thou O God and wonderfull in all the works of thine hands Thou raisest the simple out of the dust ii and liftest the poor out of the mire ii and placest him with princes ii even with the princes of thy people O blessed be the Lord ii Amen Mr. Hooper ANTHEM XCI The Lord blesse us c. Num. 6. v. 24 25 26. 24. THE Lord bless us and keep us ii 25 The Lord make his face to shine upon us ii and be mercifull unto us ii 26. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us ii and give us peace for evermore ii Amen Mr. White ANTHEM XCII Arise O Lord c. âhese words are taken out of Psal 44. v. 23 24 26. â ARise O Lord ii why sleepest thou Awake âake and be not absent from ãâã for ever 24. Wherefore ââdest thou thy face and forââttest our misery and trouââe ii 26. Help us O God âf our salvation for the glory âf thy name O deliver us ii ââd be mercifull unto our sins â for thy name sake Mr. Bird. ANTHEM XCIII Blessed art thou that fearest God c. Psal 128. in Metre 1. BLessed art thou that feârest God and walkeâ in his way 2. For of thy labour thou shalt eat happy aâ thou I say ii 3. Like fruiâfull Vines on thy house sidâ so doth thy Wife spring ouâ Thy Children stand like Oliâ buds thy table round abouâ 4. Thus art thou blest that feârest God and he shall let thâ see 5. The promised Jerâsalem and his felicity 6. Thâ âhalt thy childrens children see âi to thy great Joyes encrease âull quietly in Israel to passe âheir time in peace Mr. Phillips ANTHEM XCIV How long wilt thou forget me â Psal 13. 1. HOW long wilt tho forget me O Lord for ever how long wilt thoâ hide thy face from me 2. How long shall I seek councel in my soul and be so vexeâ in my heart how long shaâ mine enemies triumph oveâ me 3. Consider and heaâ me O Lord my God lighteâ mine eyes that I sleep not iâ death 4. Lest mine enâmies say I have prevaileâ against him for if I be caâ down they that trouble mâ will rejoyce at it 5. But my ârust is in thy mercy and my âeart is joyfull in thy salvaâion 6. I will sing of the Lord because he hath dealt so âovingly with me yea I will âraise the name of the Lord most high Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to âhe Holy Ghost As it was in âhe beginning is now and ever âhall be world without end Amen Mr. Morley ANTHEM XCVI I will magnifie thee O God c Psal 145. v. 1. 2 9 10. 1. I Will magnifie thee â God my King ii anâ will praise thy name for eveâ and ever ii 2. Every daâ will I give thanks unto thee ii and praise thy name foâ ever and ever ii 9. Thâ Lord is loving unto everâ man ii and his mercy is oveâ all his works ii 10. All thâ works praise thee O Lord and thy saints give thanks untâ thee ii Mr. Hoopeâ ANTHEM XCVII God the proud are risen c. Psal 86. v. 14 15. 4. O God the proud are risen against me and âe assemblies of violent men â have sought my Soul ii âd have not set thee before âem 15. But thou O Lord ât a pitifull God ii and a âercifull ii slow to anger âd great in kindness and âuth ii Mr. Bird. ANTHEM XCVIII O glorious God c. A Prayer to the Trinity O Glorious God ii â Christ our Saviour â Holy Ghost the Comforterâ all three in one and one iâ three O glorious ii Trinâty we beseech thee ii keeâ us in unity and in sincerity make us to worship thee thâ Lord of majesty Orlando Gibbon ANTHEM XCIX O how amiable are thy dwellings Psal 84. v. 1 2 13. 1. O How amiable are thy dwellings ii thou Lord of Hosts ii 2. My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God ii 13. O Lord God of Hosts blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee ii Amen ii Mr. Weelks ANTHEM C. Sing unto the Lord O ye Princes A Hymn SIng unto the Lord O ye princes of the people ii O sing praises unto our God ii be ye sure that the Lord helpeth his anointed ii and will hear him from his holâ heaven ii with the wholsome strength of his righâ hand for they that hate uâ are brought down and fallen but we are risen and stand up right Save Lord and hear us O King of heaven ii wheâ we call upon thee ii Amen Mr. Weelks ANTHEM CI. O God who through the c. The Collect for St. Paul's day A Prayer O God who through the preaching of the blessed Apostle St. PAUL hast caused the light of thy Gospel to shine throughout the world Grant we beseech thee that we having his wonderfull conversion in remembrance may shew forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same by following the holy doctrine which he taught through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Richard Price ANTHEM CII I beheld and loe a great c. For All Saints day Rev. 7. v. 9 10 11 12. 9. I Beheld and loe a great multitude which no man could number of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues stood before the Throne and before the Lamb cloathed with white robes and palms in their hands 10. And they cried with a loud voice saying Salvation to our God ii which sitteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb. 11. And all the Angels stood round about the throne and about the Elders and the four beasts and fell before the throne on their faces and worshipped God 12. Saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever Amen Lawrence Fisher ANTHEM CIII O
21 19 20. 21. SUbmit your selves one to another in the fear of God 19. Speaking unto your selves in Psalms and Hymns and spiritual songs ii singing melody to the Lord. ii 20. With your hearts giving thanks alwaies for all things ii unto God the Father Almighty in the name of our Lord Jesu Christ ii Singing ii Mr. Shepherd ANTHEM CLXIII Sitting by the streams that glyde Psal 137. 1. SItting by the streams that glyde Down by Babel's Towring wall With our tears we fill'd the Tyde Whilst our mindfull thoughts recall Thee OSION and thy Fall 2. Our neglected Harps unstrung Not acquainted with the hand Of the skilfull Tuner hung On the Willow Trees that stand Planted in the Neighbour Land 3. Yet the spightfull Foe command's Songs of Mirth and bids us lay To cumb Harps our captive hands And to scoffe our Sorrows say Sing us some sweet Hebrew Lay. 4. But say we our holy Strain Is too pure for Heathen Land Nor may we our Hymns prophane Or tune either Voice or Hand To delight a Savage Band. 5. Holy Salem if thy Love Fall from my forgetfull heart May the skill by which I move Strings of Musick tun'd by Art From my wither'd Hand depart 6. May my speechless tongue give sound To no Accent but remain To my prison Roof fast bound If my sad Soul entertain Mirth till Thou rejoice again 7. In that day remember Lord Edom's brood thus in our Groans They triumph'd with Fire and Sword Burn their City hew their bones And make all one heap of stones 8. Cruell Babel thou shalt feel The Revenger of our Groans When the happy Victor's steel As thine ours shall hew thy bones And make Thee one heap of stones 9. Men shall blesse the hand that tear's From the Mother's soft Imbraces Sucking Infants and besmears With their brains the rugged faces Of the Rocks and stony places Henry Lawes ANTHEM CLXIV For the time of Lent BY The R t Reverend Father in God HENRY Lord Bishop of Chichester HEarken O God unto a wretches cries Who low dejected at thy footstool lies Let not the clamour of my heinous sin Drown my requests which strive to enter in At those bright gates which always open stand To such as beg remission at thy hand Too well I know if thou in rigour deal I can nor pardon ask nor yet appeal To my hoarse voice heaven will no audience grant But deaf as Brass and hard as Adamant Beat back my words therefore I bring to thee A gracious Advocate to plead for me What though my leprous soul no Jordan can Recure nor floods of lav'd Ocean Make clean yet from my Saviors bleeding side Two large medicinable rivers glide Lord wash me where those streams of life abound And new Bethesdaes flow from ev'ry wound If I this pretious Laver may obtain I shall not then despair for any stain I need no Gileads balm nor oyl nor shall I for the purifying Hyssop call My spots will vanish in his purple flood And crimson there turn white though wash't with blood See Lord with broken heart bended knee How I address my humble suit to thee O give that suit admittance to thy ears which floats to thee not in my words but tears And let my sinfull soul this mercy crave Before I fall into the silent Grave Composed to Musick by Dr. John Wilson Gent of His Majesties Chappel ANTHEM CLXV A Christmass Anthem or Caroll By T. P. AWake my soul and come away Put on thy best array Lest if thou longer stay Thou lose some minutes of so blest a day Goe run and bid Good-morrow to the Sun Welcome his safe return to Capricorn And that great Morn Wherein a God was Born Whose story none can tell But he whose every words a Miracle To day Almightiness grew weak The world it self was mute And could not speak That Jacob's Star which made the Sun To dazle if he durst look on Now mantled ore in Bethl'hem's night Borrow'd a Star to shew him light He that begirt each Zone To whom both Poles are one Who grasp'd the Zodiak in 's hand And made it move or stand Is now by Nature Man By Stature but a Span Eternity is now grown short A King is born without a Court The Water thirsts the Fountains drie And Life being born made apt to die Chorus Then let our praises emulate and vie with his humilitie Since he 's exil'd from Skyes That we might Rise From low estate of men Let 's sing him up agen Let each man wind up's heart to bear a part In that Angelick Choir And shew his Glory high as he was low Let 's sing t'wards men good will and charity Peace upon earth Glory to God on high Halleluiah Halleluiah Composed by Mr. William Childe ANTHEM CLXVI A Dialogue for Christmass-Day Composed by Mr. Tho. Ford. 1st Shep. LOok Shepherds look Why where 2 d Shep. See you not yonder there Lord what a glorious light Streams through the ayre 1st Shep. Never was Sun so bright Nor morn so fair 2 d Shep. Methinks it doth appear Like Glory coming near 1st Shep. List'n Shepherds listen round 2 d Shep. Heark hear you not a sound Lord what an heavenly noise Beats through the ayre Ne're was there sweeter voice Nor note so clear Chorus Heav'nly Musick Glorious Light Yet more fearful than the nighr Angel Fear not Shepherds for behold Better tydings nere was told News I bring you this same tyde This blessed Morn T'you and all mankind beside A Saviour is born Post to Bethl'hem post about Post and find the Infant out With these Signs you shall begin In a Stable in the Inne You shall find his Mother-Mayd Poorly friended And the Babe in Manger layd Worse attended When you find him loudly cry Glory be to God on high Chorus Glory be to God above Peace on earth amongst men love Death and hell are now beguil'd God and man are reconcil'd R. G. ANTHEM CLXVII For Good Fryday By Dr. William Stroud SEE sinfull soul the Saviours sufferings see his Blessed hands feet fix't fast to tree Observe what Rivilets of blood stream forth his painful pierced side each drop more worth Than tongue of men and Angels can express hast to him cursed Caitiffe and confess All thy misdeeds and sighing say ' T wa's I that caus'd thee thus my Lord my Christ to dye O let thy Death secure my soul from fears and I will wash thy wounds with brinish tears Grant me sweet Jesu from thy pretious store one cleansing drop with grace to sin no more Composed by Mr. Richard Gibbs Oyganist of Christ-Church in Norwich THE END