haue regard ye seruants of the Lorde Which in his house by night do watch prayse him with one accorde Lyft vp your hands on high vnto his holy place And geue the Lorde his prayses due his benefites embrace For why the Lord who did both earth and heauen frame Doeth Sion bles and will conserue for euer more the same Laudate nomen Psalme Cxxxv. M. He exhorteth all the faithful of what estate so euer they be to praise God for his merueylous worcks specially for his graces towards his people wherein he hath declared his maiestie To the confession of all Idolaters and theyr Idolls O Praise y e lord praise him praise him praise him with one accord o praise him stil al ye that be the seruaunts of y e lord o praise him ye that stand be in the house of the Lord ye of his court and of his house praise hym with one accord Prayse ye the Lord for he is good syng prayses to his name It is a comly and good thing alwayes to doo the same For why the Lorde hath chose Iacob his very owne you see So hath he chosen Israell his treasure for to be For this I know and am right sure the Lorde is very greate He is in dede aboue all Goddes most easy to intreate For what so euer pleased him all that fulwell he wrought In heauen in earthe and in the sea whiche he hath framde of nought He lifteth vp cloudes euen from the earthe he makth the lightnings and rayne He bringkth forth the windes also He made nothing in vayne He smote the first borne of eche thing in Egipt that toke rest He spared there no lyuing thyng the man nor yet the beast He hathe in thee shewde wonders great O Egipt voyde of vauntes On Pharao thy cursed kyng and his seuere seruauntes He smote then many nacyons and did great actes and thynges He slew the great and mightyest and chefest of theyr kynges Syhon king of Ammorites and Og kyng of Basan He slew also the kingdomes all that were of Canaan And gaue their lande to Israell an herytage we see To Israell his owne people an heritage to be Thy name O Lorde shall still endure and thy memoriall Throughout all generations that are or euer shall The Lorde will surely auenge his people all in dede And to his seruauntes he will shewe fauour in tyme of nede The Idols of the Heathen are made in all theyr coste and landes Of syluer and of golde be they the workes euen of mens handes They haue mouthes and cannot speake and eyes to at haue no sight They haue eares that heare nothyng Theyr mouthes be breatheles quite Wherfore all they are lyke to them that so doth set them forth And lyke wyse those that trust in them or thinke they be ought worth O all ye house of Israell see that ye prayse the Lorde And ye that be of Aarons house prayse him with one accord And ye that be of Leuis house prayse ye lykewise the Lorde And all that stand in awe of hym prayse him with one accord And out of Syon sound his prayse the great prayse of the Lorde Whiche dwelleth in Ierusalem praise him with one accord Confitemini Psalme Cxxxvi. N. ☞ A most earnest exhortaciō to geue thanks vnto God for the creation and gouernaunce of all thinges which standeth in confessing that he geueth vs all of his mere liberalitie PRaise ye y e lord for he is good for hys mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the God of Gods for his mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer which only doth great wōders work for his mercy endureth for euer verse 5 Which by his wisdome made the heauens for his mercy endureth for euer verse 6 Which on the waters stretcht the earth for his mercy endureth for euer verse 7 Which made great light to shine abrode for his mercy endureth for euer verse 8 As sonne to rule the lightsome day for his merry endureth for euer verse 9 The mone and sterres to guide the night for his mercy endureth for euer verse 10 Whiche smote Egipt with their first-borne for his mercy endureth for euer verse 11 And Israell brought out from them for his mercy endureth for euer verse 12 With mighty hand and stretched arme for his mercy endureth for euer verse 13 Whiche cut the red sea in two partes for his mercy endureth for euer verse 14 And Israell made passe there through for his mercy endureth for euer verse 15 And drouned Pharao and his host for his mercy endureth for euer verse 16 Through wildernes hys people led for his mercy endureth for euer verse 17 He whiche did smite greate noble kinges for his mercy endureth for euer verse 18 And whiche hath slayne the mighty kynges for his mercy endureth for euer verse 19 As Sihon king of Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer verse 20 And Og the king of Basan land for his mercy endureth for euer verse 21 And gaue their land for heritage for his mercy endureth for euer verse 22 Euen to his seruant Israell for his mercy endureth for euer verse 23 Remembred vs in base estate for his mercy endureth for euer verse 24 And from oppressors rescued vs. for his mercy endureth for euer verse 25 Which geueth fode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth for euer verse 26 Praise ye the God of heauen aboue for his mercy endureth for euer verse 27 Geue thankes vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer Super flumina Babilonis Psal. cxxxvii VV. VV ☞ The people of God in their banishment seing Gods true religion decaye lyued in greate anguish and sorow of harte the whiche grief the Eaideons did so litle pitie that they rather increased the same dayly with tauntes reproches and blasphemies againste God wherfore the Israelites desire God to punish the Edomites who prouoked the Babilonians againste them and moued by the spirite of God prophery the destruction of Babilon where they were handeled so tirannously WHen as we sat in Babylon y e riuers rounde about and in remēbraunce of Sion the teares for grief burst out We hāgd out harps instruments the willow trees vpon for in that placemen for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom we prisoners were sayde to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Ebrue songes and pleasant melody verse 4 Alas sayd we who can once frame his sorowfull hart to syng The prayses of our louing God thus vnder a straunge kyng {punctel} verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of my hart let flyde Then let my fingers quyte forget the warblyng harp to guyde verse 6 And let my tong within my mouth be tyde for euer fast If that I ioy before I see thy full deliueraunce past verse 7 Therfore O Lorde remember now the cursed noyse and cry That Edoms sonnes againste vs made when they razed our citie Remember
pure and well verse 2 Yet lyke a foole I almost slypt my feete began to slide And or I wist euen at a pinch my steps a wrye gan glyde verse 3 For when I saw suche folysh men I grudge and did disdayne That wicked men all thinges should haue without turmoyle or payne verse 4 They neuer suffer panges nor grief as if death shoulde them smite Theyr bodyes are bothe stoute and strong and euer in good plyte verse 5 And free from all aduersitie when other men be shent And with the rest they take no parte of plague or punishment verse 6 Therfore presumption doth embrace theyr necks as doth a chayne And are euen wrapt as in a robe with rapine and disdaine verse 7 They are so fed that euen for fat their eyes oft times out start And as for worldly goodes they haue more then can wish theyr hart verse 8 Theyr lyfe is moste licentious boastyng muche of the wrong Which they haue done to simple men and euer pryde among verse 9 The heauens and the lyuing Lorde they spare not to blaspheme And prate they doo on worldly thynges no wight they doo esteme verse 10 The people of God oft times turne backe to see theyr prosprous state And almost drynke the selfe same cup and folow the same rate The second parte verse 11 How can it be that God say they should know and vnderstand These worldly thinges since wicked men be Lordes of sea and land verse 12 For we may see how wicked men in riches still increase Rewarded well with worldly goodes and lyue in rest and peace verse 13 Then why doo I from wickednes my fantasy refrayne And wash my handes with innocentes and clense my hart in vayne verse 14 And suffer scourges euery day as subiect to all blame And euery mornyng from my youth susteyne rebuke and shame verse 15 And I had almost sayd as they misliking mine estate But that I should thy children iudge as folke vnfortunate verse 16 Then I bethought me how I might thys matter vnderstande But yet the labor was to great for me to take in hand verse 17 Untill the tyme I went into thy holy place and then I vnderstode right perfectly the ende of all these men verse 18 And namely how thou settest them vpon a slippery place And at thy pleasure and thy wyll thou dost them all deface verse 19 Then all men muse at that straung sight to see how sodenly They are destroid dispatche consumde and dead so horribly verse 20 Much like a dreame when one awakth so shall theyr wealth decay Theyr famous names in all mens sight shall ebbe and pas a way The thirde parte verse 21 Yet thus my hart was greued then my minde was much opprest verse 23 So fond was I and ignorant and in this point abeast verse 23 23 Yet neuertheles by my right hand thou holdest me alwayes fast verse 24 And with my counsell dost me guyde to glory at the last verse 25 What thyng is there that I can wishe but thee in heauen aboue And in the earth there is nothyng lyke thee that I can loue verse 26 My flesh and eke my hart do fayle but God doth fayle me neuer For of my hart God is the strength my portion eke for euer verse 27 And lo all suche as thee forsake thou shalt destroy echeone And those that trust in any thyng sauing in thee alone verse 28 Therfore will I draw nere to God and euer with him dwell In God alone I put my trust thy wonders will I tell Vt quid deus Psalme lxxiiii I. H. The faythfull complayne of the destruction of the church and true relygyon vnder the name of Sion and the aultars destroyed And trustyng in the myght and free mercyes of God by hys couenaunt they require help and succor for the glory of Gods holy name the saluatyon of his pore afflicted seruaunts the cōfusion of his proud enemies WHy art thou Lorde so longe from vs in all this daunger depe Sing this as the. lxxii ps why doth thine anger kindle thus at thyne owne pasture shepe verse 2 Lorde call the people to thy thought which haue ben thine so long The which thou hast redemd brought from bondage sore and strong verse 3 Haue minde and thinke vpon remember it full well Thy pleasant place thy mount Sion where thou wast wont to dwell verse 4 Lift vp thy fote and come in hast and all thy foes deface Whiche now at pleasure rob and wast within thy holy place verse 5 A mid thy congregations all thine enemies roare O God They set as signes on euery wall theyr banners splayde abrod verse 6 As men with axes hew the trees that on the hils do grow So shine the bils and swords of these within thy temples now verse 7 The selings sawde the carued bordes the godly grauen stones with axces hammers billes swordes they beate them downe at ones verse 8 Thy places they consume with flame and eke in all this toile The house appointed to thy name they race downe to the soyle verse 9 And thus they sayde within theyr hart dispatche them out of hand Then burnt they vp in euery part Gods houses through the land verse 10 10 Yet thou no sigue of helpe dost sende our Prophets all are gone To tell when this our plage shuld ende among vs there is none verse 11 Whē wilt thou lord once end this shame and cease thyne enemies strong Shall they alway blaspheme thy name and rayle on thee so long verse 12 Why dost with draw thy hand a backe and hide it in thy lappe O pluck it out and be not slack to geue thy foes a rappe The second part verse 13 O God thou art my kyng and Lorde and euermore hast ben yeathy good grace throughout the world for our good helpe hathe seen verse 14 The seas that are so depe and dead thy might did make them drye And then didst breake the serpents head that he therin did dye verse 15 yea thou didst breake the heads so great of whales that are so fell And gauest them to the folkes to eate that in the desertes dwell verse 16 Thou madest a spring with streames to rise from rock both hard and hye And eke thy hand hath made lykewyse depe riuers to be drye verse 17 Bothe day and eke the night are thyne by thee they were begonne Thou settest to serue vs with theyr shine the light and eke the sunne verse 18 Thou doest appoint the endes and costs of all the earth about Both sommer heates and winter frosts thy hand hath founde them out verse 19 Thinke on O Lorde no time forget thy foes that thee defame And how the folish folke are set to rayle vpon thy name verse 20 O let no cruell beast deuoure thy Turtle that is true Forget not alwayes in thy powre the poore that much doo rue verse 21 Regarde thy couenaunt and beholde thy foes posses the lande All sad and darke
mercy Lorde is all my sute Lorde let thy mercy come The humble sute of the Sinner M. O Lorde of whom I do depend be holde my carefull hart when thy wil pleasure is relese me of my smart thou seest my sorowe what they are my gref is knowne to thee there is none y t can remoue or take the same frō me But only thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy still is prest To ease all those that come to thee for souccour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teres and greuous grone Attende vnto my sute O Lorde Marke well my plaint and mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me aboute That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot release or mitigate thys payne But euen thy Christ my Lord and God whiche for my sinnes was slayne Whose blody woundes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy sainctes beholde them all And so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hynder me a whyle When thou shalt see it good I shall enioye the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels and thy saynctes doo now beholde the same So trust I to possesse that place With them to prayse thy name But whiles I liue here in this vale where sinners doo frequent Assist me euer with thy grace My sinnes still to lament Lest that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Only thy grace must be my staye lest that I fall downe flat And being downe then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once againe my sute and my request To graunt me pardon for my sinne that I in thee may rest Then shall my hart my tong and voyce be instruments of prayse And in thy Churche and house of sainctes Sing psalmes to thee alwayes The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OUr father which in heauen art lord halowd be thy name Thy kingdō come thy will be don in earth euen as the same in heauē is Gene vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptatiō lead vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thyne bothe now and euer be The x. Commaundements Audi Israell Exod. xx N HArk Israel what I say geue hede to vnderstād I am the lord thy God y t brought thee out of Egipt land euen frō the house wherin thou didst in thraldō liue a slaue Non other gods at all before my presence shalt thou haue No maner grauen image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfayted be Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth belowe Nor in waters beneth the earth to them thou shalt not bowe Nor shalt them serue The Lorde thy God a ielous God am I That punish parents faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Upon their children that me hate and mercy doo display To thousands of suche as me loue and my precepts obey The name thou of the Lorde thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne the Lorde shall not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Sabbat day Six daies thou labour shalt and doo thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke shalt thou doo in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruaunt nor handmayd thine oxe nor yet thine asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in six dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did Upon the seuenth take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him self alone apointed to remayne Yeld honor to thy parentes that prolonged thy dayes may be Upon the land the which the Lord thy God hath geuen thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adulterye Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neyghbor doth belong Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wyfe to doo him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asseof his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbor proper is FINIS ⧠PSALMES OF DAVID Beatus vir Psalme i. T. S. Whether it was Esdras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set thys Psalme firste in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffecte herof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their life to Gods lawe And that the wicked contemners of God though they seme for a whyle fortunate yet at lengthe shall come to miserable destruction 1_THe man is blest that hath not bent to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chair 2. But in the law of god y e lord both set his whole delight in that law doth exercise him selfe both day night verse 3 He shall be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Whiche bringeth forth most pleasant fruite in her due time and tide Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fall But florish still and stand Euen so all thinges shall prosper well that this man taketh inhand verse 4 So shall not the vngodly men Although the wicked seme to beare the swing in this worlde yet the lorde scattereth them likechaffe with a blaste of his mouthe they shalbe nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the windes dryue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stande vpryght Nor yet the sinners with the iust shall come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of Godly men vnto the Lorde is knowne And eke the way of wicked men shall quyte be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalm ii T. S. Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding hys enemies rage worldely power yet God wil continue hys kyngdome for euer and aduaūce it euen to the formost ende of the worlde And therfore be exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory apart they would humbly submit themselues vnder Gods yoke Herein is signified Chryste and hys kyngdome WHy did the Gentiles tumultesraise Sing this psalme with the first tune what rage was in their braine Why dyd the Iewish people muse seyng all is but vayne verse 2 The kinges and rulers of the earth conspire and are all bent Against the lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shall we be bounde to them say they let all theyr bondes be broke Inheb greate ropes or cables And of their doctrine and theyr lawe let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doinges will deride And make them all as mocking stockes throughout the
worlde so wyde verse 5 For in his wrath the Lorde will say to them vpon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lorde will say verse 6 I haue anoynted him my kyng vpon my holy hyll I will therfore Lorde preach thy lawes and eke declare thy will verse 7 For in this wise the Lorde him selfe did say to me I wotte Thou art my deare and only sonne to day I thee begotte verse 8 All people I will geue to thee as heires at thy request The endes and coastes of all the earth by thee shall be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruse euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters sheardes shalt breake them with an yron rodde verse 10 Nowye O kinges and rulers all bewise therfore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be iudged and discernde verse 11 Se that ye serue the Lorde aboue in trembling and in feare Se that with reuerence ye reioyse to him in like manere verse 12 Se that ye kisse and eke embrace his blessed sonne I say Lest in his wrath ye sodenly perish in the midde way verse 13 If once his wrath neuer so small shall kindle in hys brest Oh then all they that trust in Chryst shall happie be and blest Domine quid multiplicati sūt Psal. iii. T. S. Dauid being persecuted briuen out of his kingdome by his owne sonne Absalon was greatly tormented in minde for hys sinne against God and therfore calleth vpon God and wareth bolde through hys promises against the great terrors of his enemies yea and againste deathe it selfe whyche he sawe present before hys eyes Finally he reioyseth for the good successe and victory that God gaue hym 〈◊〉 the Churche ouer hys enemies O Lord how are my foes increast which vexe me more more They kil my hart when as they say God cā him not restore but thou O Lord art my defence whē I am harde bestead my worship my honor bothe and thou holdst vp my hed verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lorde I did bothe call and cry And he out of his holy hill did heare me by and by verse 5 5 I layde me downe and quyetly Gods strength muste not be measured by manes weakenes and therfore we ought to feare no daungers I slept and rose agayne For why I know assuredly The Lorde will me sustayn verse 6 If ten thousande had hemde me in I could not be afrayde For thou art still my Lorde my God my sauiour and mine ayde verse 7 Rise vp therfore saue me my God He retorneth to hys prayer for now to thee I call For thou hast broke the cheekes and teeth of these wicked men all verse 8 Saluation only doth belong to thee O Lorde aboue Thou doest bestowe vpon thy folke thy blessing and thy loue Cum inuocarem exaudiuit Psal. iiii T. S. Whē Saule persecutid Dauid be called vpō God trusting most assuredly in his promise therfore boldli reproueth his enemies who by wilfull malice resisted his dominion And fynally preferreth the fououre of God before all worldly treasures Let vs lykewyse learne to trust in Gods promises whē we are afflicted with any kinde of Crosse and so we shall neyther feare our enemies nor yet be ouer commen with tentations O God that art my righteousnes Lorde heare me when I call Sing this as the firste Psalme Thou hast set me at liberty when I was bonde and thrall Haue mercy Lorde therfore on me and graunt me this request God will delyuer hys church frō all dangers because he fauoureth it Selah For vnto thee vncessantly to cry I will not rest verse 3 O mortall men how longe will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and folow after lyes verse 4 Knowe ye that good and godly men the Lorde doth take and chuse And when to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse verse 5 Sinne not but stande in awe therfore examine well your heart And in your chambre quyetly see you your selues conuerte verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnes I say And loke that in the liuing Lorde you put your trustalway verse 7 The greater sort craue worldly goodes and riches doo embrace But Lord graunt vs thy countenaunce thy fauour and thy grace verse 8 For thou therby shalt make my hart more ioyfull and more glad Then they that of their corne and wine full great increase haue had verse 9 In peace therfore lie downe will I taking my rest and slepe For thou onely wilt me O Lorde alone in safety kepe Verba mea auribus percipe Psal. v. Th. Stern Dauid hauing suffered greate calamitie as well by Doeg and Achitophell Sauls flaterers as by other infinit enemies calleth to God for succor shewing howe requisite it is That god shuld punish the malicious enuye of hys aduersaryes After beyng assured of prosperous successe he conceiueth comforte concluding that when God shall deliuer him other also shall be partakers of the same mercyes INclyne thyne eares vnto my wordes Sing this as the thirde Psalme O Lorde my playnt consider verse 2 And heare my voyce my kyng my God to thee I make my prayer verse 3 Heare me betime Lorde tary not for I will haue respect My prayer early in the morne to thee for to direct verse 4 And I will trust through patience in thee my God alone That art not pleasd with wickednes and ill with thee dwelleth none verse 5 And in thy sight shall neuer stande The wicked can not escape Gods punishment who wil iudge all the worlde these furious fooles O Lorde Uaine workers of iniquitie Thou hast alwayes abhorde verse 6 The liers and the flatterers thou shalt destroy them then And God will hate the bloud thirstye and the deceitfull man verse 7 Therfore will I come to thy house In the depest of his tēptations he putteth hys full confydence in God trusting vpon thy grace And reuerently will worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lorde leade me in thy rightuousnes for to confounde my foes And eke the way that I shall walke before my face disclose verse 9 9 For in their mouthes there is no truth theyr hart is foule and vayne verse 10 Their throte an open sepulchre their tonges doo glose and fayne verse 11 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought verse 12 Subuert them in theyr heapes of sinne which haue rebellion wrought verse 13 But those that put theyr trust in thee let them be glad alwayes And render thankes for thy defence and geue thy name the prayse verse 14 For thou with fauour wilt increase the iustand righteous still And with thy grace as with a shilde defend him from all ill Heb that will crowne hym 1. Domine in furore tuo arguas me Psal. vi T. S When Dauid by hys sinnes hathe prouoked Gods wrathe nowe felt not only hyshand against hym but also conceyued the horrors of deathe euerlastyng
foundations of all the worlde appeare verse 15 And from aboue the Lorde sent downe to fetche me from belowe And pluckt me out of waters great that would me ouerflowe verse 16 And me deliuered from my foes that would haue made me thrall Yea from such foes as were to strong for me to deale with all verse 17 They did preuent me to oppres in time of my great gryef But yet the Lorde was my defence my succor and relief verse 18 18 He brought me forth in open place where as I might be free And kept me safe because he had a fauor vnto me verse 19 And as I was an innocent so did he me regarde And to the cleanes of my hands he gaue me my reward verse 20 For that I walked in his wayes and in his pathes haue trod And haue not wauered wickedly against my Lorde my God The third parte verse 21 But euermore I haue respect to his law and decree His statutes and commaundementes I cast not out fro me verse 22 But pure and cleane and vncorrupt appearde afore his face And did refrayne from wickednes and sinne in any case verse 23 The Lorde therfore will me reward as I haue done aright And to the cleannes of my handes appearing in hys sight verse 24 For Lorde with him that holy is wilt thou be holy to And with the good and vertuous men right vertuously wilt doo verse 25 And to the louing and elect thy loue thou wilt reserue And thou wilt vse the wicked men as wicked men deserue verse 26 For thou dost saue the simple folke In trouble when they lye And dost bring downe the countenance of them that loke full hie verse 27 The Lorde will light my candell so that it shall shine full bryght The Lorde my God will make also my darknes to be light verse 28 For by thy helpe an host of men disconfite Lorde I shall By thee I scale and ouerleape the strength of any wall verse 29 Unspotted are the wayes of God his worde is purely tryed He is a sure defence to suche as in his faith abide verse 30 For who is God except the Lorde for other there is none Or els who is omnipotent sauing our God alone The forthe parte verse 31 The God that girded me with strēgth is he that I doo meane That all the wayes wherin I walke did euermore kepe cleane verse 32 That made my feete lyke to the hartes in swiftnes of my pace And for my suertie brought me forth into an open place verse 33 He did in order put my handes to bataile and to fyght To breake in sunder barres of bras he gaue my armes the myght verse 34 Thou reachest me my sauing health thy right hand is my tower Thy loue and familiaritie doeth styll encrease my power verse 35 And vnder me thou makest playne the waye where I should walke So that my feete shall neuer stippe nor stumble at a balke verse 36 And fiersely I pursue and take my foes that me annoyed And from the field doo not reforne till they be all destroyde verse 37 So I suppresse and wound my foes that they can rise no more For at my seate they fall downe flat I strike them all so sore verse 38 For thou dost gird me with thy strength to warre in suche a wyse That they be all scatred abroade that vp against me ryse verse 39 Lorde thou hast put into my handes my mortall enemies yoke And all my foes thou dost deuide in sonder with thy stroke verse 40 They calld for help but none gaue eare to helpe them with reliefe Yea to the Lorde they callde for helpe yet hearde he not their grief The fifth parte verse 41 And styll lyke dust before the winde I driue them vnder feate And swepe them out lyke filthy claye that stinketh in the streat verse 42 Thou kepest me from sedicious folke that still in stryfe be led And thou doest of the heathen folke apoint me to be hed verse 43 A people straunge to me vnknowen and yet they shall me serue And at the first obey my word wheras mine owne will swarue verse 44 I shalbe ircksom to mine owne they will not see my light But wander wide out of theyr wayes and hide them out of sight verse 45 But blessed be the lyuyng Lorde most worthy of all prayse That is my rocke and sauing health praysed be he alwayes verse 46 For God it is that gaue me power reuenged for to be And with his onely worde subdued the people vnto me verse 47 And fro my foe me deliuered and set me hier then those That cruell and vngodly were and vp against me rose verse 48 48 And for this cause O Lorde my God to thee geue thankes I shall And syng out prayses to thy name among the Gentils all verse 49 That gauest great prosperitie vnto the kyng I saye To Dauid thy anoynted kyng and to his seede for aye Coeli enarrant gloriam dei Psalme xix T. S. To the intent he might moue the faithfull to a deper consideration of Gods glory he setteth before theyr eyes the most exquisite workemāship of the Heauens with theyr proportion and ornamentes And afterwarde calleth them to the law wherin God hath reueled hymselfe more familiarly to his chosen people The whiche peculiar grace by commending the lawe he setteth foorth more at large and at thende he concludeth with a Prayer THe heauens and the firmament doo wonderously declare Sing this as the. xiiii psalme The glory of God omnipotent his workes and what they are verse 2 The wonderous workes of God apere by euery dayes successe The nightes which likewise theyr race run the self same thinges expresse verse 3 There is no language tong or speach where theyr sounde is not heard Roma x. d. actes xiiii c. verse 4 In all the earth and coastes therof their knowledge is conferd In them the Lorde made for the sunne a place of great renome verse 5 Who like a bridegrome ready trimde doth from hys chamber come And as a valiaunt champion He noteth thre excellent qualytses in the sūn◠his beautie sweftnes and heate who for to get a pryce With ioy doth hast to take in hande some noble enterprise verse 6 And all the skie from ende to ende he compasseth about Nothyng can hide it from his heat but he will finde it out verse 7 Howe perfect is the law of God how is his couenaunt sure Conuerting soules and makyng wyse the simple and obscure Mans inuentions are croked without cōfort filthy and blind verse 8 Iust are the Lordes commaundimēts and glad both hart and mynde His precept pure and geueth light to eyes that be full blynde verse 9 The feare of God is excellent and doth indure for euer What soeuer mans fantasye doth inuent is but lyes and vanitit The iudgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to be embraste alwayes then fined golde I say The hony and
all these leud and worldly mens rich pompe and heaped store verse 17 For be their power neuer so stronge God will it ouerthrowe Where contrary he doth preserue the humble men and lowe verse 18 He seeth by his great prouidence the good mens trade and way And will geue them inheritaunce which neuer shall decay verse 19 They shall not be discouraged when some are hard bested When other shalbe hungre bit they shall be clad and fed verse 20 For whosoeuer wicked is and enemie to the Lorde Shal quaile yea melt euē as lābs grease or smoke that flieth abrode The thirde parte verse 21 Beholde the wicked boroweth muche and neuer paith againe wheras the iust by liberall giftes makth many glad and faine verse 22 For they whō God doth bles shall haue the lande for heritage And they whom he doth curse likewise shall pearysh in his rage verse 23 The Lord the iust mās waies doth guid and geuth him good successe To euery thing he taketh in hande he sendeth good addresse verse 24 Though that he fall yet is he sure not vtterly to quayle Because the Lord stretche out his hand at nede and doth not fayle verse 25 I haue ben yong and now am olde yet did I neuer see The iust man left or els his sede to begge for miserye verse 26 But geueth alwayes most liberally and lendthe wheras is nede His children and posteritie receiue of God their mede verse 27 Flee vice therfore and wickednes and vertue doo embrace So God shall graunt thee long to haue in earth a dwellyng place verse 28 For God so loueth equitie and she wth to his such grace That he preserueth them euermore but destroyth the wicked race verse 29 Where as the good and godly men inherite shall the land Hauing as Lordes all thing therin in their owne power and hand verse 30 30 The iust mans mouth doth euer speake of maters wise and hye His tong doth talke to edifie with truth and equitie verse 31 For in his hart the law of God his Lorde doth still abide So that where he goeth or walketh his foote can neuer slide verse 32 The wicked like a rauening wolfe the iust man doth beset By all meanes seking him to kill if he fall in his net The forthe parte verse 33 Though he should fall into his hands yet God would succor send Though men against him sentence geue God would him yet defend verse 34 Wayt thou on God and kepe his way he shall preserue thee then The earth to rule and thou shalt see destroyde these wicked men verse 35 The wicked haue I sene most strong and placed in high degree Florishing in all wealth and store as doth the Laurell tree verse 36 But sodenly he passed away and lo he was quite gone Then I him sought but could scarse finde the place where dwelt such one verse 37 Marke and behold the perfite man how God doth him increase for the iust man shall haue at length great ioy with rest and peace verse 38 As for transgressours wo to them destroyde they shall all be God will cut of theyr budding race and ryche posteritie verse 19 But the saluation of the iust doth come from God aboue Who in their trouble sendth them aide of mercy grace and loue verse 40 God doth them helpe saue and deliuer from leud men and vniust And still will saue them whilst that they in him do put theyr trust Domine ne in furore Psalm 38. I. H. Dauid lying sicke of some greuous disease acknowlegeth him selfe to be chastysed of the Lorde for his sinnes and therfore prayeth God to tourne away his wrath he vttereth the greatnes of his grief by many wordes and circumstances as wounded with the arrowes of gods Ire forsaken of his frends euell entreated of his enemies but in the ende with firme confidence he cōmendeth his cause to God hopeth for spedie helpe at hys hande PUt me not to rebuke O Lorde in thy prouoked ire Sing this as the xxxv psa Ne in thy heauy wrath O Lorde Correct me I desire Thine arowes doo sticke fast in me thy hand doth presse me sore And in my flesh no health at all appeareth any more And all thys is by reason of thy wrath that I am in Nor any rest is in my bones by reason of my synne For loe my wicked doinges Lorde aboue my hed are gone As greater lode then I can beare they lye me sore vpon My woundes stinck and are festred so as lothesome is to see Which all through mine owne folishnes betideth vnto me And I in carefull wise am brought in trouble and distres That I go wayling all the day my dulfull heauines My loynes are fild with sore disease my flesh hath no whole parte I feble am and broken sore I rore for grefe of hart Thou knowst Lord my desire my grones are open in thy syght My hart doth pant my strēgth hath faild mine eyes haue lost theyr lyght My louers and my wonted frendes stand lokyng in my woe And eke my kinesmen far away are me departed froe They that did seke my life layd snares and they that sought the way To doo me hurt spake lyes and thought on treason all the day The secōd parte But as a deefe man I became that cannot heare at all And as one dumme that opens not his mouth to speake withall For all my confidence O Lorde is wholly set in thee O Lord thou Lorde that art my God thou shalt geue eare to me This I did craue that they my foes triumphe not ouer me For when my foote did slip then they did ioy my fall to see And truly I poore wretch am set in plage a wofull wight And eke my grefefull heauines is euer in my sight For whyle that In my wickednes in humble wise confesse And while I for my sinfull dedes my sorow doo expresse My fooes doo still remayne alyue and mighty are also And they that hate me wrongfully in number hugely growe They stande agaynste me that my God with euell doo repay Because that good and honest thynges I doo ensue alway Forsake me not O Lolde my God be thou not far away Hast me to help my Lord my God my safety and my stay Dixi custodiam xxxix Iohn Hop Dauid vttereth with what great gref and bitternes of mind he was driuen to these outragious complaynts of his infirmities for he canfesseth that when he had determined sylence that he brast forth yet in to words that he woulde not through the greatnes of his greef Thē be reherseth certayne requests which tast of infirmitie of man mixeth with them many prayers but all to shew a mind wōderfully troubled that it may plainly appeare how he did stryue myghtiye agaynste deathe and desperatyon I Sayde I will loke to my wayes For feare I should go wronge Sing this as the. xxxv psalme I will take heede all tymes that I Offend not in my tounge verse 2 As with a bit
signyfied by Sion and Ierusalem for the chosing preseruation and gouernaunce of them and for the plentyfull blessings powred forth vpon all the earthe THy prayse alone O Lorde doth reigne in Sion thine owne hill Theyr vowes to thee they doo maintaine Sing this as the. xxx psalme and their behestes fullfill verse 2 For that thou doest theyr prayer heare and dost therfo agree Thy people al bothe far and neare with trust shall come to thee verse 3 Our wicked lyfe so farre excedes that we should fall therin But Lorde forgeue our great misdeedes and purge vs from out synne verse 4 The man is blest whom thou doest chuse within thy courte to dwell Thy house and temple be shall vse with pleasures that excell verse 5 Of thy great iustice heare vs God our health of thee doth ryse The hope of all the earth abrode and the sea coasts likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compasd with thy power Thou makst the mountayns strong stout to stand in euery shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou dost asswage and make their streames full styll Thou dost restrayne the peoples rage and rule them at thy will verse 8 The folke that dwell full farre on earth shall dread thy signes to see Whiche morne and euen in great mirth doo passe with prayse to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chopt and drye and thirsteth more and more Then with thy dropes thou dost applye and muche encrease her store verse 10 The floud of God doth ouerflow and so doth cause to sprynge The seede and corne which men doo sow for he doth guide the thing verse 11 With wete thou dost her forowes fill wherby her cloddes doo fall Thy drops to her thou dost distill and bles her frute withall verse 12 Thou deckst the earth of thy good grace with fayre and pleasaunt crop Thy cloudes distill theyr deaw a pace great plenty they doo drop verse 13 wherby the desert shall begin full great encrease to bryng The litle hilles shall ioy therin muche frute in them shall spryng verse 14 In places playne the flocke shall fede and couer all the earth The valies with corne shall so excede that men shall sing for mirth Iubilate deo omnis terra Psal. lxvl. T. S. He prouoketh all men to prayse the Lorde to considre his workes rehersing two thinges most wonderful He setteth forth the power of God to affray the rebels and sheweth how God hath delyuered Israell from great bondage and afflictions ▪ he promiseth to geue sacryfyce and prouoke all men to heare what God hath done for hym and to prayse hys name YE men on earth in God reioyce Sing this as the. xviii Ps with prayse set forth his name Extoll his might with hart and voyce geue glory to the same verse 2 How wonderfull O Lorde say ye in all thy workes thou art Thy foes for feare doo seke to thee full sore agaynst theyr hart verse 3 All men that dwell the earth throughout doo prayse the name of God The laude therof the worlde about is shewd and set abrode verse 4 All folke come forth beholde and see what things the Lord hath wrought Mark wel the wōdrous works that he for man to passe hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heapes on hye therin away they had On fote to pas both fair and drye wherof theyr harts were glad verse 6 His might doth rule the world alwaye his eyes all thynges be hold All suche as would him disobey by hym shalbe controld verse 7 ye people geue vnto our God due laude and thankes alwayes With ioyfull voyce declare abrode and syng vnto hys prayse verse 8 Whiche doth endue our soule with life and it preserue with all He stayeth our fete so that no stryfe can make vs slippe or fall verse 9 The Lord doth proue our dedes with fire if that they will abyde As workmen doo when they desyre to haue theyr metals tryde verse 10 Although thou suffer vs so long in prison to be cast And there with chaines fetters strong to lye in bondage fast The secōde part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on vs to ryde and raygne Though we through fyre and water ren of very grief and payne verse 12 yet sure thou dost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bring vs out into a place to liue in wealth and rest verse 13 Unto thy house resort will I to offer and to pray And there I will my selfe applye my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in all my grief and smart The vowes I say whiche I did make in dolor of my hart verse 15 Burnt offringe I will geue to thee of Oxen fat and Rammes No other sacrifice shalbe of bullockes goates and lamkes verse 16 Come forth and harken here full sone all ye that feare the Lorde what he for my poore soule hath done to you I will record verse 17 Full oft I call vpon hys grace thys mouth to him doth crye And thou my tonge make spede apace to prayse hym by and by verse 18 But if I fele my hart within in wicked workes reioyce Or if I haue delyte to syn God will not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voice hath heard and what I doo require My prayer he doth well regarde and graunteth my desire verse 20 All prayse to him that hath not put nor cast me out of mynde Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I doo euer fynde Deus misereatur nostri Psalme lxvii I. H. A swete prayer for all the faythfull to obteyne the fauor of God and to be lyghtened with hys countenaunce to thende that hys way and iudgements may be knowne throughout the earth A reioysing that God is the gouernor of all nations HAue mercy on vs Lorde Sing this as the. xxx psalme and graunte to ps thy grace To shew to vs doo thou accorde the bryghtnes of thy face verse 2 That all the earth may knowe thy way to godly wealth And all the nations on a row may see thy sauyng health verse 3 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name O let the people all abrode Extoll and laude the same verse 4 Thoroughout the worlde so wyde let all reioyce with mirth For thou with truth right dost guide the nations of the earth verse 5 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name Oh let the people all abrode extoll and laude the same verse 6 Then shall the earth encrease Great store of frute shall fall And then our God the God of peace Shall bles vs eke with all God shall vs bles I say and then bothe farre and neare The folke throughout the earth alway of him shall stande in feare Exurgat deus Psal. lxviii T. S. In this Psalm Dauid setteth forth as in a glas the wonderfull mee mercyes of God towardes his people who by all meanes and moste
exhortaciō to prayse god for the gouernment of the world and the election of his church An admonishion not to folow the rebellion of the olde fathers that tempted God in the wildernes For the which they might not enter into the land of promise O Come let vs lyfte vp oure voyce and synge vnto the Lorde in him our rock of health reioyce let vs with one accorde yea let vs come before his face to geue him thanks and prayse in singing Psalmes vnto his grace let vs be glad all wayes verse 3 For why the Lorde he is no doubte a greate and myghty God A kynge aboue all Gods throughout in all the worlde abrode verse 4 4 The secretes of the yearth so depe and corners of the land The toppes of hilles that are so stepe he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters all are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and all that therin is his hande hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and prayse the Lorde before him let vs fall And knele to him with one acorde the whiche hathe made vs all verse 7 For why he is the Lorde our God for vs he doth prouide We are his folke he doth vs fede his shepe and he our guide verse 8 Today if ye his voice will heare then harden not your hart As ye with grudging many a yeare prouoked me in deserte verse 9 Wher as your fathers tempted me my power for to proue My wondrous works whē they did see yet still they woulde me moue verse 10 Twise twenty yeare they did me greue and I to them did saye They erre in heart and not beleue they haue not knowne my waye verse 11 Wherfore I sware when that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer treade the pathe to enter to my rest Cantate domino Psalme lxxxxvi I. H An exhortacyon bothe to the Iewes and gentiles to prayse God for hys mercye And this specyallye ought to be referred to the kingdom of Chryste Syng ye with prayse vnto the Lorde Sing this as the. lxxvii psalme New songs of ioy and mirthe Sing vnto him with one accorde all people on the yearthe verse 2 yea sing vnto the Lorde I saye prayse ye his holy name Declare and shew from day to daye saluation by the same verse 3 Amonge the Heathen eke declare hys honor round about To shew his wonders doo not spare in all the worlde throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy prayse alway And he is to be dred of ryght aboue all Gods I saye verse 5 For all the Gods of Heathen folke are idoles that will fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 All prayse and honor eke doo dwell for aye before his face Both power and might likewise excell within his holly place verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lorde alway ye people of the worlde All might and worship eke I say ascribe vnto the Lorde verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lorde also the glory of his name And eke into his courtes doo goe with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fall down and worship ye the lorde with in his temple bright Let all the people of the worlde be fearefull at his sight verse 10 Tell all the world be not agaste the Lorde doth raigne aboue Yea he hath set the yerth so fast that it did neuer moue verse 11 And that it is the Lorde alone that ruleth with princely might To iudge the nations euery one with equity and right verse 12 The heauens shall great ioy begin the earth shall eke reioyce The sea with all that is theirin shall shoute and make a noice verse 13 The field shall ioye and euery thing that spryngeth of the earth The wod and euery tree shall sing with gladnes and with mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lorde and comming of his might when he shall iustly iudge the worlde and rule his folke with right Dominus regnauit Psalme lxxxxvii I. H The prophet exhorteth all to reioyce for the coming of the kingdome of Christ dreadfull to the rebels and Idolaters and ioyfull to the iust whom he exhorteth to innocency to reioysing and thanks geuing THe lord doth raigne where all y e earth Sing this as the. lxxxxv may ioy with pleasaunt voyce And eke the yles with ioyfull mirth may triumphe and reioyce verse 2 Bothe cloudes darknes eke doo swell and rounde aboute him beate Yea right and iustice euer dwell and byde aboute his seate verse 3 Yea fier and heate at once doth runne and go before his face Which shall his foes and ennemies burn abrode in euery place verse 4 His lightnes eke full bright did blase and to the world appere Wherat the yearthe did loke and gase with dreade and deadly feare verse 5 The hilles like war did melt in sight and presence of the Lorde They fled before that rulers might which gideth all the worlde verse 6 The heauens eke declare and shew his iustice forth abrode That all the world may see and knowe the glory of our god verse 7 Confusion sure shall come to suche as worship Idols vayne And eke to those that glory muche dome pictures to maintayne verse 8 For all the Idouls of the worlde whiche they as Gods doo call Shall feele the power of the Lorde and downe to hym shall fall verse 9 With ioy shall Sion here this thyng and Iuda shall reioyce For at thy iudgements they shall sing and make a pleasaunt noyce verse 10 That thou O Lorde art set on hie in all the earth abrode And arte exalted wonderously aboue eche other God verse 11 All ye that loue the Lorde doo thys hate all thinges that is ill For he doth kepe the soules of his from suche as would them spill verse 12 And light doth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Greate ioye with gladnes mirth lust to them of vpright hart verse 13 Ye rigteous in the Lord reioyce his hollines proclayme Be thankfull eke with hart and voyce and mindefull of the same Cantate domino Psal lxxxxviii I. H An Earnest exhortacyō to all cratures to prayse the Lorde for his power mercy and fydelitie in his promyse by Christ by whō he hath communicated his saluation to all natiōes OSyng ye now vnto the Lorde a new and pleasaunt songe Sing this as the. lxxxxv For he hath wrought throughout the world His wōders great strong With his rigt hand full worthely he doth his foes deuoure And get him sealf the victory with his owne arme and power verse 3 The Lord doth make the people know his sauing health and might The Lorde doth eke his iustice shew in all the Heathens sight verse 4 His grace and truth to Israell in minde he doth recorde That al the yearth hath sene right wel the goodnes of the Lorde verse 5 Be glad in him with ioyfull voyce all
the Lorde The third parte My former force of strength he hath abated in the way And shorter he did cut my dayes thus I therfore did say My God in middes of all my dayes now take me not away Thy yeres endure eternally from age to age for ay Thou the foundations of the earth before all time hast layde And Lorde the heauens are the work which thine owne hands haue made Yea they shall perish and decay but thou shalt tary still And they shall all in tyme waxe olde euen as a garment will Thou as a garment shalt then chaunge and changed shall they be But thou doest still abide the same thy yeares doo neuer flee The children of thy seruantes shall continually endure And in thy sight their happy sede for euer shall stand sure 1 Benedic anima mea Psalm Ciii T. S. This is a Psalme most excellent wherin the Prophet doth prouoke men and angels and all creatures to prayse the Lorde for his fatherly mercyes and deliuerance of his people from all euils for his prouivence ouer all thinges and the preseruation of the faithfull My soule geue laud vnto the lord my sprite shall doo the same and all the secrets of my hart praise ye his holy name Geue thanks to god for all his gifts shew not thy self vnkind suffer not his benefites to slip out of thy mind verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faults and thee restored agayne For all thy weake and frayle disease and healde thee of thy payne verse 4 4 That did redeme thy life from death from whiche thou couldest not flee His mercy and compassion bothe he did extend to thee verse 5 That filled with goodnes thy desyre and did prolong thy youth Like as the Egle casteth her bill wherby her age renueth verse 6 The Lorde with iustice doth repaye all suche as be opprest So that their suffrings their wrongs are turned to the best verse 7 his wayes and his commaundements to Moyses he did shew His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did know verse 8 The Lorde is kinde and mercyfull when sinners doo him greue The slowest to conceyue a wrath and rediest to forgeue verse 9 He chideth not vs contiuually though we be full of stryfe Nor kepeth our faultes in memory for all our sinfull lyfe verse 10 Nor yet according to our sinnes the Lorde doth vs regarde Nor after our iniquities he doth not vs rewarde verse 11 But as the space is wondrous great twixt heauen and earth aboue So is his goodnes muche more large to them that do him loue verse 12 God doth remoue our sinnes from vs and our offences all As farre as is the sunne rising full distant from his fall The second part verse 13 And loke what pitte parents deare vnto their children beare Like pitie beareth the Lorde to suche as worship him in feare verse 14 The lord y t made vs knoweth our shape our mould and fashion iust Howe weake and frayle our nature is and how we be but dust verse 15 And how the tyme of mortall men is lyke the withering hay Or like the floure right fayre in field that fadth full sone away verse 16 Whose glosse beautie stormy windes doo vtterly disgrace And make that after theyr assaults suche blossomes haue no place verse 17 But yet the goodnes of the Lorde with his shall euer stand Theyr childrens children do receyue his righteousnes at hand verse 18 I incane which kepe his couenant with all theyr whole desire And not forget to doo the thing that he doth them require verse 19 The heauens hie are made the seate and fotestole of the Lorde And by his power imperiall he gouerneth all the world verse 20 ye angels whiche are great in power prayse ye and bles the Lorde Which to obey and doo his wyll immediatly accorde verse 21 Ye noble hostes and ministers cease not to laude hym styll Which ready are to execute hys pleasure and his wyll verse 22 ye all his workes in euery place prayse ye his holy name My hart my mynde and eke my soule prayse ye also the same Benedic anima mea Psalm Ciiii w. K An excellent psalme to prayse God for the creation of the worlde and the gouernance of the same by his maruelous prouidence where in the Prophet prayeth againste the wicked who are occasions that God diminisheth his blessings My soule praise the lord speake good of his name O lord our great god how dost theâ— appeare So passing in glory that great is thy same honour and maiestie in thee shine most cleare with light as a robe thou hast thee beclad wherby all the earth thy greatnes may see the heauens in such sort thou also hast spread that it to a curtaine compared may be verse 3 His chamber beames lye in the cloudes full sure Which as his charet are made him to beare And there with much swiftnes his course dothindure Upon the winges riding of winde in the ayre He maketh his sprites as herauldes to go And lightnings to serue we see also prest His will to accomplish they runne to and fro To saue or consume thinges as semeth him best verse 5 He groundeth the earth so firmely and fast That it once to moue none haue shall sucke power verse 6 The depe afaire couering for it made thon hast Which by his owne nature the hilles wolde deuoure verse 7 But at thy rebuke the waters doo flee And so geue due place thy worde to obaye At thy voyce of thunder so fearfull they be That in theyr great raging they hast sone away The mountaynes full hygh they then vp ascend If thou doo but speake So likewise the valleis moste quickely descend Where thou them appointest remayne they doo still verse 9 Their bondes hast thou set how farre they shall runne So as in their rage not that pas they can For God hathe appointed they shall not returne The earth to destroy more whiche made was for man verse 10 He sendeth the springs to strong streames or lakes Which runne doo full swyft amonge the huge hilles verse 11 Where both the wilde asses their thirst oft times slakes And beastes of the mountaynes therof drink their filles verse 12 By these pleasant springs or fouutaynes full fayre The foules of the ayre abide shall and dwell Who moued by nature to hoppe here and there Among the grene branches their songs shall excell verse 13 The mountaines to moist the cloudes he doth vse The earth with his workes are wholy repleat verse 14 14 So as the brute cattell he dooeth not refuse But grasse doth prouyde them and herbe for mans meate verse 15 Yea breade wine and oyle he made for mans sake His face to refresh and hart to make strong verse 16 The ceders of Liban this greate Lorde dyd make Whiche trees he doeth nourish that grow vp so long verse 17 In these may birdes buylde and make there theyr nest In firre trees the storckes remayne and abyde verse 18
of the Lorde God is the Lorde that sheweth vs lyght bynde ye therfore with corde Your sacrifice to the alter and geue thankes to the Lorde Thou art my God I will confes and render thankes to thee Thou art my God and I will prayse thy mercy towardes me O geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde for gratious is he Because his mercy dothe endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalm Cxix VV. VV. In thys psalme is contayned an exquisit art and a wonderfull vehemencye in settyng forth the prayses of gods law wherin the Prophet cannot satisfye hymselfe nor sufficyently expres the affection whiche he beareth thereunto adding moreouer manye notable complaynts consolatyons wherefore it is mete that all the faythfull haue it alway bothe in harte and mouthe and in the Ebrue euery vii verses begyn with one lerter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in mind hart whose liues and conuersation frō Gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue them selues hys statutes to obserue Sekyng the Lorde with all theyr hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astraye nor doo no wicked thing Whiche stedfastly walke in his pathes without any wandring verse 4 It is thy wyll and commaundement that with attentiue hede Thy noble and deuyne precepts we learne and kepe in dede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to adres That I myght bothe in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe atteyne whylst I thus set myne eyes And bende my mynde alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then will I prayse with vpright hart and magnifye thy name When I shall learne thy iudgements iust and lykewyse proue the same verse 8 And wholy will I geue my selfe to kepe thy lawes most ryght For sake me not for euer Lorde but shew thy grace and myght The. ii parte MTH verse 9 By what meanes may a yong man best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his tyme spend verse 10 Unfaynedly I haue thee sought and thusse kyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lorde from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart and secret thoughtes thy wordes I haue hyd styll That I might not at any tyme offende thy godly wyll verse 12 We magnifye thy name O Lorde and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lorde teache me therfore verse 13 My lippes haue neuer ceast to preache and publysh day and nyght The iudgments all whiche did procede from thy mouth full of might verse 24 Thy testymonies and thy wayes please me noles in dede Then all the treasures of the earth which worldlings make theyr mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I will still muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so will I aime thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My only ioy shalbe so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynde that I thy wordes for get The thyrd parte MMEL Graunt to thy seruaunt now such grace as may my lyfe prolong Thy holy worde then will I kepe bothe in my hart and tong verse 18 18 Mine eies whiche were dim shut vp so open and make bryght That of thy law and merueilous works I may haue the cleare syght verse 19 I am a straunger in this earth wandring now here now there Thy worde therfore to me disclose my fotesteppes for to cleare verse 20 My soule is rauished with desyre and neuer is at rest But seketh to know thy iudgments hie and what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malitious thou hast destroyd echone And cursed are suche as doo not thy hests attend vpon verse 22 Lord turne me from rebuke and shame whiche wicked men conspire For I haue kept thy couenaunts with zele as hote as fyre verse 23 The princes great in counsel sat and did against me speake But then thy seruaunt thought how he thy statutes myght not breake verse 24 For why thy couenants are my ioy and my great harts solace They serue in stede of counsellers my matters for to pas The. iiii parte DALETH verse 25 I am alas as brought to graue and almost turnd to dust Restore therfore my lyfe agayne as thy promise is iust verse 26 My wayes when I acknowledged with mercy thou didst heare Here now eftsones and me instruct thy lawes to loue and feare verse 27 Teache me once throughly for to know thy precepts and thy lore Thy workes then will Imeditate and lay them vp in store verse 28 My soule I fele so sore opprest that it melteth for grief According to thy word therfore hast Lorde to sende relyef verse 29 From lying and deceitfull lyppes let thy grace me defend And that I may learue thee to loue thy holy law me send verse 30 The way of truth both straight sure I haue chosen and founde I set thy iudgement me before whiche kepe me safe and sound verse 33 Since then O Lord I forced my selfe thy couenants to embrase Let me therfore haue no rebuke nor check in any case verse 32 Then will I runne with ioyfull cheare where thy worde doth me call When thou hast set my hart at large and rid me out of thrall The. v. parte H E verse 33 Instruct me Lord in the right trade of thy statutes deuyne And it to kepe euen to the end my hart will I inclyne verse 34 Graunt me the knowledge of thy law and I shall it obey With hart and mind and all my might I will it kepe I say verse 35 In the right path of thy precepts guide me Lorde I require None other pleasure doo I wishe nor greater thing desire verse 36 Inclyne my hart thy lawes to kepe and couenants to embrace And from all filthy auarice and shield me with thy grace verse 37 From vaine desire and worldly lustes turne backe myne eyes and syght Geue me the sprite of lyfe and power to walke thy wayes a ryght verse 38 Confirme thy gratious promise Lorde whiche thou hast made to me Which am thy seruaunt and doo loue and feare nothyng but thee verse 39 Reproche and shame whiche I so feare from me O Lord expell For thou dost iudge with equitie and therin dost excell verse 40 Beholde my harts desire is bent thy lawes to kepe for aye Lorde strēgthen me so with thy grace that it performe I may The. vi parte VAV verse 41 Thy mercyes great and manifolde let me obteyne O Lorde The sauing health let me enioy accordyng to thy word verse 42 So shall I stop y e slaundrous mouths of leud men and vniust For in thy faithfull promises stand the my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of truth with in my mouth let euer still be prest For in thy iudgements wonderfull my hope doth stand and rest verse 44 And while that breath
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
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