Almighty God Audi Israel Exod. xx N. HArke Israell and what I say geue hede to vnderstaÌ„d I am the Lord thy God y e brought thee out of Egipt laÌ„d eueÌ„ froÌ„ the house wherin y u didst in thraldoÌ„ liue a slaue None 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 bee Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth below Nor in waters beneath the earth to theÌ„ thou shalt not bow Nor shalt them serue The Lord thy God a ielous God am I That punish parentes faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Vpon their children that me hate and mercy do display To thousandes of such as me loue and my preceptes obey The name thou of the Lord thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne y e lord shal not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Saboth day Six dayes y â— labour shalt do thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke then shalt thou do in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruauÌ„t nor handmayd thine Oxe nor yet thine Asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in sixe dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did vpon the seuenth day take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him selfe alone appointed to remayne yeld honor to thy parentes that prolongd thy dayes may be VpoÌ„ the land the which the Lord thy God hath geueÌ„ thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neighbour doth beloÌ„g Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wife to do him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asse of his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbour proper is Beatus vir i. Thomas Sternhold ¶ Whether it was Esoras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set this Psalme first in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffect hereof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their lyfe to Gods law And that the wicked contemners of god though they seme for a while fortunate yet at length shall come to miserable destruction verse 1 THe maÌ„ is blest that hath not beÌ„t to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chaire verse 2 But in the law of god y e lord doth set hys who le delight in y â— law doth exercise him selfe both day and nyght verse 3 He shal be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Which bringeth forth most pleasaunt fruit in her due time tyde Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fal but florish stil and stand Euen so al things shal prosper wel that this man takes in hand verse 4 So shal not the vngodly men they shal be nothing so But as the dust which froÌ„ the earth the wyndes driue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stand vpright Nor yet the sinners with the iust shal come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of godly men vnto the Lord is knowne And eke the way of wicked meÌ„ shal quite be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalme .ii. T. S. ¶ Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding his enemies rage and worldly power yet god will continue his kingdome for euer and aduauÌ„ce it euen to the formost end of the world And therfore he exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory a part they would humble submit them selues vnder gods yoke Herein is signâ—â—ed Christ and his kingdome Syng this Psalme as the first WHy did y e GeÌ„tils tumultes raise what rage was in their braine Why did the Iewish people muse seing al is but vayne verse 2 The kings and rulers of the earth conspire and are al bent Against the Lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shal we be bound to them say they let al their bondes be broke And of their doctrine and their law let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doings wil deride And make theÌ„ al as mocking stockes through out y e world so wide verse 5 For in his wrath the Lord wil say to them vpon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lord wil say verse 6 I haue anoynted him my king vpon my holy hil I wil therfore Lord preach thy lawes and eke declare thy wil. verse 7 For in this wise the Lord him self did say to me I wote Thou art my deare and onely sonne to day I thee begot verse 8 All people I wil geue to thee as heires at thy request The ends and coastes of al the earth by thee shal be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruse euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters shardes shalt breake them with an yron rod. verse 10 Now ye O Kings and rulers al be wise therfore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be iudged and discernde verse 11 Se that ye serue the Lord aboue in trembling and in feare Se that with reuerence ye reioyce to him in like maner verse 12 Se that ye kisse and eke embrace his blessed sonne I say Least in his wrath ye sodenly perish in the mid way verse 13 If once his wrath neuer so smal shal kindle in his brest Oh then al they that trust in Christ shal happy be and blest Domine quid multiplicati Psalme .iii. T. S. ¶ Dauid being persecuted and driuen out of his kingdome by his owne sonne Absalon was greatly tormented in minde for his sinne against god and therfore calleth vpon god and waxeth holde through his promises agaynst the great terrors of his enemies yea and against death it self which he saw present before his eyes Finally he reioyseth for the good successe and victory that god gaue him and all the Church ouer his enemies O Lord how are my foes increast which vexe me more and more They kil my hart when as they say God can him not restore but thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead my worshyp and myne honour both and thou holdst vp my head verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lord I did both cal and cry And he out of his holy hill did heare me by and by verse 5 I layd me downe and quietly I slept and rose again For why I know assuredly the Lord wil me sustaine verse 6 If ten thousand had hemde me in I could not be afrayde For thou art stil my Lord my God my sauiour myne ayde
verse 13 O ye the frost and chilling cold bles ye the Lord. c. verse 14 O ye congeled I se and snow bles ye the Lord. c. verse 15 O ye y e nightes lightsome dayes bles ye the lord c verse 16 O ye the darknes and the light bles ye the Lord. c. verse 17 O ye the lightnings the cloudes bles ye the lord c verse 18 O let the earth eke bles y e Lord bles yea the Lord. c verse 19 O ye the mountaines the hils blesse ye the lord c. verse 20 O al ye grene things on the earth bles ye the lord c verse 21 O ye the euer springing wels bles ye the Lord. c. verse 22 O ye the seas and ye the flouds bles ye the Lord c. verse 23 Whales al that in waters moue bles ye the lord c verse 24 O al ye flying foules of thayre bles ye the Lord c. verse 25 O al the beastes and cattel eke bles ye the Lorde c. verse 26 O ye the children of mankind bles ye the Lord. c. verse 27 Let Israel eke blesse the Lord bles ye the Lord. c verse 28 O ye the priestes of God the Lord bles ye the lord c verse 29 O ye the seruantes of the Lord bles ye the Lord c. verse 30 Ye sprites soules of righteous meÌ„ blesse ye y e lord c verse 31 Ye holy and ye meeke of hart blesse ye the Lord. c. verse 32 O Ananias bles the Lord bles thou the Lord praise him and magnify him for euer O Azarias bles the Lord bles thou the Lord praise him and magnify him for euer And Misael bles thou the Lord bles thou the Lord prayse him and magnify hym for euer ¶ The song of Zacharias called Benedictus THe onely lord of Israel be praised euermore for through his visitation and mercy kept in store His peoplenow he hath redemde that long hath bene in thral and spread abrode his sauyng health vpon his seruantes al. In Dauids house his seruant true according to his mynde And also his annoynted king as we in Scripture fynde As by his holy prophetes al oft times he did declare The which were since y e world began his way for to prepare That we might be deliuered from those that make debate Our enemies and from the handes of all that do vs hate The mercy which he promised our fathers to fulfil And thinke vpon his couenant made according to his wyl And also to performe the othe which he before had sworne To Abraham our father deare for vs that were forlorne That he would geue himselfe for vs and vs froÌ„ boÌ„dage bryng Out of the hands of al our foes to serue our heauenly king And that without al maner feare and eke in rightuousnes And also for to leade our lyfe in stedfast holines And y u O child which now art borne and of the Lord elect Shalt be the prophet of the highest his wayes for to dyrect For thou shalt go before his face for to prepare his wayes And also for to teach his wil and pleasure all thy dayes To geue them knowledge how that their saluation is nere And that remission of their sins is through his mercy mere Wherby the day spring from an hie is come vs for to visit And those for to illuminate which do in darkenes sit To lighten those that shadowed be with death eke opprest And also for to guide their feete the way to peace and rest The song of blessed Mary called Magnificat MY soule doth magnify the Lord my sprite eke euermore reioyseth in the lord my god which is my Sauior And why because he did regard gaue respect vnto so base estate of his hadmaid and let the mighty go For now behold al nations and generations all From this tyme forth for euermore shal me right blessed cal Because he hath me magnifyed which is the Lord of might Whose name be euer sanctified and praysed day and night For with his mercy and his grace all men he doth inflame Throughout al generations to such as feare his name He shewed strength w t his great arme made y e proud to start With al imaginations that they bare in their hart He hath put downe the mighty ones from their supernal seat And did exalt the meeke in hart as he hath thought it meete The hungry he replenished with al thyngs that were good And through his power he made y e rich oft times to waÌ„t their fode And calling to remembraunce his mercy euery deale Hath holpen vp assistantly his seruant Israell According to his promise made to Abraham before And to his seede successiuely to stand for euermore The song of Simeon called Nunc dimittis O Lord because my hartes desire hath wished long to see my onely lord sauiour thy son be â—ore I die the ioy health of al mankind desired long before which now is come into the world of mercy bringing store Thou sufferest thy seruaunt now in peace for to depart Accordyng to thy holy worde which lighteneth my hart Because mine eyes which thou hast made to geue my body light Haue now behold thy sauing health which is the Lorde of myght Whom thou mercifully hast set of thyne aboundant grace In open sight and visible before all peoples face The Gentils to illuminate and Sathan ouerquel And eke to be the glory of thy people Israel The Creede of Athanasius Norton WHat man soeuer he be that saluatioÌ„ wil attain the catholike beliefe he must before al things retaine Which faith vnles he holy kepe and vndefiledly without al doubt eternally he shal be sure to dye The catholike beliefe is this that God we worship one In Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie alone So as we neyther do confound the persons of the three Nor yet the substance whole of one in sunder parted bee One person of the father is another of the Sonne An other person proper of the holy ghost alone Of father Sonne and holy Ghost but one the Godhed is Like glory coeternal eke the maiestie likewyse Such as the father is such is the Sonne in ech degree And such also we do beleue the holy Ghost to bee Vncreate is the Father and vncreate is the Sonne The holy ghost vncreate so vncreate is ech one Incomprehensible Father is incomprehensible Sonne And comprehensible also is the holy Ghost of none The Father is eternal and the Sonne eternall so And in lyke sort eternal is the holy ghost also And yet though we beleue that eche of these eternals bee Yet there but one eternal is and not eternals three As ne incomprehensible we ne yet vncreat three But one incomprehensible one vncreate holde to bee Almighty so the father is the sonne almighty so And in lyke sort almighty is the holy Ghost also And albeit that euery one of these almighty bee
the wonderful mercies of God towardes his people who by all meanes most straunge sortes declareth him selfe to them And therfore Gods church by reason of his promises graces victories doth excell without comparison all worldly thinges he exhorteth therfore all men to prayse God for euer LEt god arise thē his foes wil turne thēselues to flight His enmies thē wil runne abrod scatter out of sight and as the fire doth melt the waxe and winde blow smoke away so in the presence of the Lord the wicked shal decay verse 3 But righteous men before the Lord shal hartely reioyce They shal be glad and mery al and cheareful in their voyce verse 4 Syng prayse sing prayse vnto the Lord who rideth on the skye Extol this name of Iah our God and him do magnifye verse 5 That same is he that is aboue within his holy place That father is of fatherles and iudge of widowes case verse 6 Houses he geueth and issue both vnto the comfortles He bringeth bondmen out of thral and rebels to distres verse 7 When thou didst march before thy folk the Egyptiās from among And brought thē through y e wildernes which was both wide lōg verse 8 Th earth did quake y e ram pourde down heard wer great claps of thūder The moūt Sinai shoke in such sort as it wold cleaue a sūder verse 9 Thine heritage with drops of rayne aboundantly was washt And if so be it baren waxt by thee it was refresht verse 10 Thy chosē flock doth there remayne thou hast prepard that place And for the poore thou doost prouide of thine especial grace The seconde part verse 11 God wil geue women causes iust to magnifye his name When as his people triumphes make purchase brute and fame verse 12 For puissāt kings for al their power shal flee and take the foyle And womē which remaine at home shal helpe to part the spoyle verse 13 And though you wer as black as pots your hew shuld pas y e doue Whose wings fethers seme to haue siluer and gold aboue verse 14 When in this land God shal triumph ouer kings both hye low Then shal it be like Salmon hil as white as any snow verse 15 Though Basan be a fruteful hil and in heyght others pas Yet Sion Gods most holy hil doth farre excel in grace verse 16 Why brag ye thus ye hils most high and leape for pride together This hil of Sion God doth loue and there wil dwel for euer verse 17 Gods army is two millions of warriours good and strong The Lord also in Sinai is present them among verse 18 Thou didst O Lord ascend on high and captiues led them al Which in times past thy chosen flocke in prison kept and thral Thou madst them tribute for to pay and such as did repine Thou didst subdue that they might dwel in thy temple deuine verse 19 Nowe praysed be the Lord for that he poures on vs such grace From day to day he is the God of our health and solace The third part verse 20 He is the God from whom alone saluation commeth playne He is the God by whom we scape al daungers death and payne verse 21 Thus God wil woūd his enemies hed breake the heary scalpe Of those that in theyr wickednes continually do walke verse 22 From Basan wil I bring sayd he my people and my shepe And al mine own as I haue done from daunger of the depe verse 23 And make thē dip theyr fete in bloud of those that hate my name And dogs shal haue their tongs embrud with licking of the same verse 24 Al men may see how thou O God thyne enmies doost deface And how thou goest as God and kyng into thy holy place verse 25 The singers go before with ioy the minstrels folow after And in the midst the damsels play with timbrel and with taber verse 26 Now in thy congregation O Israel prayse the Lord And Iacobs whole posterity geue thankes with one accord verse 27 Their chief was litle Beniamin but Iuda made theyr host With Zabulon and Neptalim whiche dweld about the coast verse 28 As God hath geuen powre to thee so Lord make firme and sure The thing that thou hast wrought in vs for euer to endure verse 29 And in thy temples giftes wil we geue vnto thee O Lord For thine vnto Ierusalme sure promise made by word The fourth part Yea and straunge kinges to vs subdued shal do like in those dayes I meane to thee they shal present theyr gifts of laud and prayse verse 30 He shal destroy the speare mēs rāks these calues bulles of myght And cause them tribute pay and daunt al such as loue to fight verse 31 Then shal the Lords of Egipt come and presents with them bring The Mores most black shal stretch their hāds vnto their lord king verse 32 Therfore ye kingdomes of the earth geue prayse vnto the Lord Sing Psalmes to God with one consent thereto let al accord verse 33 Who though he ride and euer hath aboue the heauens bryght Yet by the feareful thunder claps mē may wel know his might verse 34 Therfore the strength of Israel ascribe to God on hye Whose myght and power doth far extend aboue the cloudy skye verse 35 O God thy holynes and power is dread for euermore The God of Israel geueth vs strength praised be God therfore Saluum me fac domine Psalme .lxix. I. H. ¶ The complaintes prayers ferunt zeale and greate anguishe of Dauid is set forth as a figure of Christ and all his members the malitious cruelty of thenemies and theyr punishment also where Iudas and such traytours are accursed Then gathered he courage in his affliction and offereth prayses vnto God whiche are more acceptable then all Sacrifices wherof all the afflicted may take comforte Finally be doth prouoke all creatures to prayses prophecying of the kyngdome of Christ and the buildyng of Iuda where all the faythfull and theyr seede shall dwell for euer SAue me O God that w t spede the waters flow ful fast So ni my soule do they procede that I am sore agast I sticke ful depe in filthe and clay wheras I fele no ground I fal into such flouds I say that I am like be dround verse 3 With crying oft I faint and quaile my throte is horse and drye With loking vp my sight doth faile for helpe to God on hie verse 4 My foes that giltles do oppres my soule with hate are led In number sure they are no les then heares are on my hed verse 5 Though for no cause they vexe me sore they prosper and are glad They do compel me to restore the thinges I neuer had verse 6 What I haue done for want of wit thou Lord al times canst tel And al the same that I commit to thee is knowne ful wel verse 7 O God of hostes defend and stay al those that
Al ye nations of the world prayse ye the Lord alwayes and al ye people euery where set forth his noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truth endures for ay wherfore prayse ye the Lord our God prayse ye the Lord I say Confitemini domin◠Psalme Cxviii M. ¶ Dauid reiected of Saule and of the people at the time appoynted obteined the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that feare the Lord to be thankfull and vnder his person in al this was Christ liuely setforth who should be of his people reiected Syng this as the .98 Psalme verse 1 O Geue the thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towards thee verse 2 Let Israel confes and say his mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say his mercy dures for ay verse 3 Let al that feare the Lord our God euen now confes and say The mercy of the Lord our God endureth stil for ay verse 4 In trouble and in heauines vnto the Lord I cride Which louingly hard me at large my sute was not denide verse 5 The Lord himself is on my syde I wil not stand in doubt Nor feare what man can do to me when God stands me about verse 6 The Lord doth take my part with thē that helpe to succour me Therfore I shal see my desire vpon myne enemy verse 7 Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortal sede Or to put confidence in kings or prynces in our nede verse 8 Al nations haue inclosed me and compassed me round But in the name of God shal I myne enemies confound verse 9 They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say but through y e Lords most mighty name I shal work their decay verse 10 They came about me al lyke bees but yet in the Lordes name I quēcht their thornes that were on fire and wil destroy y e same verse 11 Thou hast wyth force thrust sore at me that I in dede myght fall But through the Lord I found such help y t they wer vāquisht al verse 12 The Lord is my defence strength my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in deede a sauior most strong verse 13 The right hand of y e lord our God doth bring to passe great things He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightrous mens dwellings verse 14 The right hād of the Lord doth bring most mighty things to pas His hath the preeminence his force is as it was verse 15 I wil not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare the lord his might wōdrous power his works what they are verse 16 The Lord himself hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see verse 17 Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the Lordes prayse to confes verse 18 This is the gate euen of the Lord which shal not so be shut But good and righteous men alway shal enter into it verse 19 I wil geue thankes to thee O Lord because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me verse 20 The stone which at this tyme among the builders was refused Is now become the corner stone and chiefly to be vsed verse 21 This was the mighty worke of God this was the lords own fact and it is maruelous to behold with eyes that noble act verse 22 This is the ioyful day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mynd and thought verse 23 Now help me Lord and prosper vs we wish with one accord Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name of the Lord. verse 24 God is the Lord that shewes vs light bind ye therfore with cord Your sacrifice to the altar and geue thankes to the Lord. verse 25 Thou art my God I wil confes and render thanks to thee thou art my God and I wil prayse thy mercy towardes mee verse 26 O geue ye thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalme Cxix VV. VV. ¶ In this Psalm is contayned an exquisite arte a wonderful vehemēcy in setting forth the praises of gods law wherin y ◠prophet cannot satisfy himself nor sufficiently expresse the affectiō which he beareth therūto adding moreouer many notable complaintes consolations wherfore it is mete that al the faithful haue it alway both in hart and mouth and in the Ebrue euery viii verses beg in with one letter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are pure in mind and hart whose liues conuersatiō from gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue themselues his statutes to obserue sekyng the Lord with al their hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astray nor do no wicked thyng which stedfastly walke in hys pathes without any wandryng verse 4 It is thy wil and commaundement that with attentiue heede Thy noble and diuine precepts we learne and kepe in deede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to addres That I might both in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe attaynt whilst I thus set mine eyes and bend my mynd alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then wil I prayse with vpright hart and magnify thy name When I shal learn thy iudgements iust and like wise proue y e same verse 8 And wholy wil I geue my self to kepe thy lawes most right Forsake me not for euer Lord but shew thy grace and might BETH The second part verse 9 BY what meanes may a yōg mā best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his time spend verse 10 Vnfaynedly I haue thee sought and thus sekyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lord from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart secret thoughts thy wordes I haue hyd stil That I might not at any time offend thy godly wil. verse 12 We magnify thy name O Lord and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lord teach me therfore verse 13 My lips haue neuer ceast to preach and publish day and nyght The iudgemēts al which did procede frō thy mouth ful of might verse 14 Thy testimonies and thy wayes please me no les in dede then al y e treasures of y e earth which worldlings make their mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I wil stil muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so wil I ayme thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My onely ioy shal be so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynd that I thy words forget GIMEL The third part verse 17 GRaunt to thy seruant now such
that fruteful are The Ceders great and tal His worthy prayse declare verse 10 Beastes and cattel Hea birdes flying And wormes crepyng That on earth dwel verse 11 Al kynges both more and les With al theyr pompous trayne Princes and al Iudges That in the world remayne Exalte hys name verse 12 Yong men and maydes Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his name shal we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shal Exalte with blisse The borne of hys And helpe them al His Saints al shal forth tel His prayse and worthynes The children of Israel Ech one both more and les verse 15 And also they That with good wil His wordes fulfil And hym obey Cantate dominum Psalme Cxlix N. ¶ An exhortation to the Churche to prayse the Lord for his victory and conquest that he geueth his saintes agaynst all mans power verse 1 SIng ye vnto the Lord our God a new reioysing song and let the prayse of him be herd his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel reioyce in hÃm that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyful in theyr kyng verse 3 Let them sound prayse with voyce of flute vnto his holy name and with the timbrel and the harpe sing prayses of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure al hath in his people set and by deliueraunce he wil rayse the meke to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honor now let al the saintes reioyce and now aloud vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce verse 6 And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lord And in their handes eke let them beare a double edged sword verse 7 To plague the Heathen correct the people with their handes verse 8 To bynd theyr stately kings in chaines their Lordes in yroÌ„ baÌ„des verse 9 To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor al his saints shal haue prayse ye the Lord therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord without sease by all maner of wayes for all his mighty and wonderfull workes verse 1 YElde vnto God the mighty Lord prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in y â— firmameÌ„t y â— shewes his power on hye verse 2 Aduaunce his name and prayse him in his mighty actes alwayes according to his excellency of greatnes geue him prayse verse 3 His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding trompet blow Prayse him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Prayse him with timbrel and with flute orgaines and virginals verse 5 With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him w t loud cimbals verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the Lord To prayse the name of God the Lord agree with one accord ¶ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in metre ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Mornyng Prayer T. Becon Syng this an the .100 Psalme PRayse the Lord O ye Gentils al which hath brought you into his lyght O praise him al people mortal as it is most worthy right For he is ful determined on vs to poure out his mercy And the Lordes truth be ye assured abideth perpetually Glory be to God the father and to Iesus Christ his true sonne With the holy Ghost in like maner now and at euery season ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Euening prayer T. Be. BEhold now geue hede such as be the Lordes seruaunts faithful and true Come praise y e Lord euery degree with such songs as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lordes house euen in our own Gods mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our saluation Lift vp your haÌ„ds in his holy place yea that in the time of night Praise y â— Lord which geueth al grace for he is a Lord of great might TheÌ„ shal y e Lord out of SioÌ„ which made heaueÌ„ earth by his power Geue to you your nation his blessing mercy and fauour Glory be to God the father c. ¶ The .x. Commaundementes of almighty God ¶ Exodus .xx. VV. VV. AEtend my people and geue eare of ferly thyngs I wil thee tel see that my wordes in mynde thou beare and to my preceptes listen wel verse 1 I am thy Soueraine Lord and God Which haue thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaimed from Pharos rod Make thee no Gods on them to cal verse 2 Nor facioned forme of any thing In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plagues this sinne wil smit verse 3 Take not in vayne his holy name ⧠Abuse it not after thy wil For so thou might sone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spil verse 4 The Lord froÌ„ worke the seuenth day cest And brought al things to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hestes ye may attend ⧠verse 5 Vnto thy parentes honor geue As Gods commaundements do pretend That thou long dayes and good mayest lyue In earth where God a place doth lend verse 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate verse 7 Al filthy fornication feare verse 8 Se thou steale not in any rate verse 9 False witnes agaynst no man beare verse 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to haue ⧠His wife or ought that he calth myne His field his Oxe his Asse his slaue Or any thing which is not thine A Prayer Thy spirit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our hartes restore And cause vs al with one accord To magnify the name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy wil Thy myght therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy names sake graunt vs this Thou art our strength oh Sauiour 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 respect and with thy holy spirit alwayes The comforter of thyne elect ¶ The Lordes Prayer D. Cox OVr father which in heauen art And makst vs al one brotherhod to cal vpon thee with one hart Our heauenly father and our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctified Thy holy word mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifie thy holy name From al errours defend and kepe The litle flocke of thy poore shepe ⧠Thy kingdome come euen at this houre and henceforth euerlastyngly Thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his giftes most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hand Thy wil be done 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 il Preuayle agaynst thy holy wil. ⧠Geue vs this day our dayly bread And al other good giftes of thyne Kepe vs from warre and from bloudshed Also from sicknes dearth and pine That we may lyue in quietnes Without al gredy carefulnes Forgeue vs our offences al Releue our careful conscience ⧠As we forgeue both great and smal Which vnto vs haue done offence Prepare vs Lord for to serue thee In perfect loue and vnity O Lord into temptation Lead vs not when the fiend doth rage To withstand his inuasion Geue power and strength to euery age ⧠Arme and make strong thy feble host With faith and with thy holy ghost O Lord from euel deliuer vs The dayes and tymes are daungerous From euerlastyng death saue vs And in our last nede comfort vs A blessed end to vs bequeth Into thy handes our soules receyue ⧠For thou O Lord art kyng of kyngs And thou hast power ouer al Thy glory shineth in al thyngs In the wyde world vniuersal Amen let it be done O Lord That we haue prayd with one accord ¶ The .xii. Articles of the Christian Faith AL my belief and confidence Is in the Lord of might the father which al things hath made the day and eke the night the heauens the firmamēt and also many a starre the earth and al that is therin which passe mās reasō far And in like maner I beleue in Christ our Lord his sonne Coequal with the deitie and man in flesh and bone Conceiued by the holy ghost his word doth me assure and of his mother Mary borne yet she a Virgin pure Because mankind to Sathan was for sinne in bōd and thral He came and offred vp him selfe to death to saue vs al. And suffring most greuous payne then Pilate being iudge Was crucified on the cros and therat did not grudge And so he died in the flesh but quickned in the spirite His body then was buried as is our vse and rite His spirit did after this descēd into the lower parts To thē y ◠lōg in darknes wer the true light of their harts And in the thyrd day of his death he rose to life agayne To th end he might be glorified out of al grief and payne Ascendyng to the heauens hye to fit in glory stil On Gods right hād his father deare according to his wil. Vntil the day of iudgmēt come whē he shal come agayne With angels power yet of that day we al be vncertayn To iudge al people rightuously whō he hath dearely bought The liuing the dead also which he hath made of nought And in the holy spirit of God my faith to satisfy The third person in Trinity beleue I stedfastly The holy catholike church that gods word doth maintaine and holy scripture doth alow which Sathā doth disdain And also I do trust to haue by Iesu Christ his death Release and pardon of my sinnes and that onely by faith What time al flesh shal rise again before the Lord of might and see him w t their bodely eies which now do geue thē light And then shal Christ our fauior the shepe and Goates deuyde and geue life euerlastingly to those whom he hath tryde Which is the realme celestial in glory for to rest With al the holy company of saints and Angels bleft Which serue the Lord omnipotent obediently eche houre To whome be al dominion and prayse for euermore ¶ A prayer vnto the holy Ghost to be song before the Sermon Syng this as the 11◠Psalme COme holy sprite the god of might comforter of vs al teach vs to know thy word aright y t we do neuer fal O holy Ghost visite our coast defend vs with thy shield Against al sinne and wickednes Lord help vs win the field Lord kepe our Quene her counsel geue them wil and might To perseuere in thy gospel which can put sinne to flyght O Lord that geuest thy holy word send preachers plētuously That in the same we may accord and therin lyue and dy O holy sprite direct aright the preachers of thy word that y u by them maist cut down sin as it were with a sword Depart not from those pastors pure but ayd them at al nede which breake to vs y e bread of life wher on our soules do fede O blessed spirit of truth kepe vs in peace and vnitie Kepe vs from sectes and errours al and from al papistry Conuert al those that are our foes and bring thē to thy lyght that they and we may al agree and prayse thee day night O Lord increase our faith in vs and loue so to abound that man wife be void of strife neighbours about vs roūd In our time geue thy peace O Lord to nations far nye and teach thē al thy holy word that we may sing to thee All Glory to the Trinitie that is of myghtes most The lyuing Father and the Sonne and eke the holy Ghost As it hath bene in al the tyme that hath bene heretofore As it is now and so shal be hence forth for euermore Da pacem Domine E. G. GEue peace in these our dayes O Lord great daūgers are now at hand thine enemies with one accord Christes name in euery land seeke to deface roote out and race thy true ryght worshyp in dede be thou the stay Lord we thee pray thou helpst alone in all nede Geue vs that peace which we do lacke Through misbelief and il life Thy word to offer thou doost not slacke Which we vnkindly gainstriue With fyre and sword this healthfull word Some persecute and oppresse Some with the mouth confes the truth Without sincere godlines Geue peace and vs thy spirite down send With grief and repentaunce true Do pearce our harts our lyues to amend And by fayth Christ renue That feare and dread warre and bloudshed Through thy swete mercy and grace May from vs slyde thy truth may byde And shyne in euery place The complaint of a Synner who craueth of Christ to be kept vnder hys mercy WHere rightuousnes doth say Lord for my sinful part in wrath thou shouldst me pay vengeaunce for my desert I can it not deny but nedes I must confes how that cōtinually thy lawes I do transgres thy lawes I do transgres But if it be thy wil with synners to contend Then all thy flock shal spil and be lost without end For who lyueth here so ryght that rightly he can say He synneth not in thy sight full oft and euery day Thy Scripture plain telth me y ◠rightuous mā offēdeth seuē times a day to thee wheron thy wrath depēdeth So that the rightous man doth walk in no such path But he falth now or than in daunger of thy wrath Then since the case so standes y ◠euen the mā rightwise Faith oft in sinful bands wherby thy wrath may rise Lord I
of their wayes and hide them out of sight verse 45 But blessed be the liuing Lord most worthy of al 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 holy word subdude the people vnto me verse 47 And fro my foe me deliuerd and set me hygher then those That cruel and vngodly were and vp against me rose verse 48 And for this cause O Lord my God to thee geue thankes I shal and sing out prayses to thy name among the gentils al. verse 49 That gauest great prosperity vnto the king I say To Dauid thine annoynted king and to his seede for ay Coeli enarrant gloriam dei psalme .xix. T. S. ¶ To the intent he might moue the faithful to a deper consideration of gods glory he fetteth before their eyes the most exquisite workemanship of the heauens with their proportion and ornaments And afterward calleth them to the law wherin God hath reueled him selfe more familiarly to his chosen people The which peculiar grace by commeÌ„dyng the law he setteth forth more at large and at the end he concludeth with a prayer Sing this as the .xiiii Psalme verse 1 THe heauens and the firmament do wondrously declare The glory of God omnipotent his workes what they are verse 2 The wondrous workes of God appear by euery daies succes The nights which likewise their race ruÌ„ y e self same things expres verse 3 There is no laÌ„guage tong or speach where their souÌ„d is not herd verse 4 In al the earth and costes therof their knowledge is conferd In them the Lord made for the sunne a place of great renome verse 5 Who like a bridegrome redy trimde doth from his chamber come And as a valiaunt champion who for to get a pryse With ioy doth hast to take in hand some noble enterpryse verse 6 And al the sky from end to end he compasseth about Nothing can hide it from his heat but he will find it out verse 7 How perfect is the law of God how is his couenaunt sure Conuerting soules and making wyse the simple and obscure verse 8 Iust are the Lordes commaundements glad both hart mynde His precept pure and geueth lyght to eyes that be ful blynde verse 9 The feare of God is excellent and doth indure for euer The iudgements of the Lord are trne and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to be embrast alwayes then fined gold I say The hony and the hony combe are not so sweete as they verse 11 By them thy seruant is fore warnd to haue God in regard and in performance of the same there shal be great reward verse 12 But lord what earthly maÌ„ doth know the errours of his life Then cleÌ„se my soule froÌ„ secret synnes which are in me most ryfe verse 13 And kepe me that presumptuous sinnes preuayle not ouer mee And then shal I be innocent and great offences flee verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my hart my wordes thoughts ech one For my redeiner and my strength O Lord thou art alone Exaudiat te dominus Psalme .xx. T. S ¶ A prayer of the people vnto God that it would please him to heare their king and receiue his sacrifice which he offred before â—e wente to battle againste the Ammonites declaring how that the HeatheÌ„ put their trust in horses and chariots but they trust onely in y e name of the Lord their god Wherfore the other shal fall but the Lorde wyll saue the kyng and hys people verse 1 IN trouble and aduersitie the Lord God heare thee stil The maiestie of Iacobs God defend thee from al il verse 2 And send thee froÌ„ his holy place his helpe at euery nede And so in SioÌ„ stablish thee make thee strong in dede verse 3 Remembring wel the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receyue right thankfully thy burnt offrings echone verse 4 Accordyng to thy hartes desire the Lord graunt vnto thee And al thy counsel and deuyse ful wel performe may hee verse 5 We shal reioyce when thou vs sauest and our banners display Vnto the Lord which thy requests fulfilled hath alway verse 6 The Lord wil his annointed saue I know wel by his grace And send him health by his right haÌ„d out of his holy place verse 7 In charets some put confidence and some in horses trust But we remember God our Lord that kepeth promise iust verse 8 They fal down flat but we do ryse and stand vp stedfastly verse 9 Now saue help vs Lord and king on thee when we do cry Domine in virtute Psalme .xxi. T. S. ¶ Dauid in the parson of the people prayseth God for the victory which he gaue them against the Sirians and Ammonites 1. Sam. x.xi. wherein he had the riche crowne of the king of Ammon set vppon his head ii Sam. xii and was indued with the manifold belessinges of God and contrariwise his enemies destroyed O Lord how ioyful is y e king in thy streÌ„gth thy power how vehemently doth he re ioyce in thee his Sauior For thou hast geuen vnto him his god ly hartes desyre to him nothing hast y u denide of that he did require verse 3 Thou didst preuent him with thy gifts and blessings manifold And thou hast set vpon his head a crowne of perfect gold verse 4 And when he asked lyfe of thee therof thou madest him sure To haue long life yea such a lyfe as euer should indure verse 5 Great is his glory by thy helpe thy benefite and ayde Great worship and great honor both thou hast vpon him layde verse 6 Thou wilt geue him felicitie that neuer shal decay And with thy chereful countenance wilt comfort him alway verse 7 For why the king doth strongly trust in god for to preuayle Therfore his goodnes and his grace wil not that he shal quaile verse 8 But let thine enmies feele thy force and those that thee withstaÌ„d Find out thy foes and let them feele the power of thy right haÌ„d verse 9 And like an ouen burne them Lord in firy flame and fume Thine anget shal destroy them all and fire shal them consume verse 10 And thou wilt roote out of the earth their fruite y â— should increase And from the number of thy folke their seede shal end and cease verse 11 For why much mischief did they muse against thine holy name Yet did they fayle and had no power for to performe the same verse 12 But as a marke thou shalt them set in a most open place And charge thy vow strings redily against thine enmies face verse 13 Be thou exalted lord therfore in thy strength euery hower So shal we sing right solempnly praysing thy might and power Deus deus meus respice psalme .xxii. T. S. ¶ Dauid complaineth himself to be brought into such extremities that he is like a man desperate and
smite Theyr bodies are both stoute and strong and euer in good plyte verse 5 And free from al aduersity when other men be shent And with the rest they take no part of plague or punishment verse 6 Therfore presumptio doth embrace theyr neckes as doth a chayne And are euen wrapt as in a robe with rapine and disdayne verse 7 They are so fed that euen for fat their eyes oft times out start And as for worldly goodes they haue more thē cā wish their hart verse 8 Theyr life is most licentious bostyng much of the wrong Which they haue done to simple men and euer pryde among verse 9 The heauens and the liuing Lord they spare not to blaspheme And prate they do on worldly things no wight they do esteme verse 10 The people of god oft times turn backe to se their prosprous state And almost drinke the self same cup and folow the same rate The second part verse 11 How can it be that God say they should know and vnderstand These worldly things since wicked mē be Lordes of sea and land verse 12 For we may see how wicked men in riches stil increase Rewarded wel with worldly goodes and lyue in rest and peace verse 13 Then why do I from wickednes my fantasy refrayne And wash my hands with innocents clense my hart in vayne verse 14 And suffer scourges euery day as subiect to al blame And euery morning 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 folk vnfortunate verse 16 Then I bethought me how I might this matter vnderstand But yet the labor was to great for me to take in hand verse 17 Vntil the time I went into thy holy place and then I vnderstood right perfectly the end of al these men verse 18 And namely how thou settest them vpon a slippry place And at thy pleasure and thy wil thou doost them al deface verse 19 Then al men muse at that straunge sight to see how sodenly They are destroyd dispatcht consumde and dead so horribly verse 20 Much lyke a dreame when one a wakth so shal theyr welth decay Theyr famous names in al mens sight shal ebbe and pas away The third part verse 21 Yet thus my hart was greued then my mind was much opprest verse 22 So fond was I and ignoraunt and in this poynt a best verse 23 Yet neuertheles by my right hand thou holdest me alwayes fast verse 24 And with thy counsel doost me guide to glory at the last verse 25 What thing is there that I cā with but thee in heauen aboue And in the earth there is nothing like thee that I can loue verse 26 My fleshe 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 al such as thee forsake thou shalt destroy echone And those that trust in any thing sauing in thee alone verse 28 Therfore wil I draw nere to God and euer with him dwel In God alone I put my trust his wonders wil I tel Vt quid deus Psalme .lxxiiii. I. H. ¶ The faithfull complayne of the destruction of the Church and true religion vnder the name of Sion and the altars destroyed And trusting in the might free mercyes of God by his couenaunt they require helpe and succor for the glory of Gods holy name the saluation of hys poore afflicted seruauntes and the confusion of his proude enemies Syng this as the .72 Psalm verse 1 WHy art thou Lord so long from vs in al this daunger depe Why doth thine anger kindle thus at thine own pastor shepe verse 2 Lord cal thy people to thy thought which haue ben thine so lōg The which y u hast redemd brought frō bondage sore strōg verse 3 Haue mind therfore and thinke vpon remember it ful wel Thy pleasaūt place thy moūt Siō where thou wast wōt to dwel verse 4 Lift vp thy foote and come in hast and al thy foes deface Which now at pleasure rob and wast within thy holy place verse 5 A mid thy congregations al thine enemies roare O God They set as signes on euery wal theyr banners splayd 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 the temples now verse 7 The selings sawde the carued bordes the goodly grauen stones With axes hāmers villes swords they beate thē down at once verse 8 Thy places they consume with flame and eke in al this toyle The house appointed to thy name they race down to the soyle verse 9 And thus they sayd within theyr hart dispatch them out of hand Then burnt they vp in euery part Gods houses through the lād verse 10 Yet thou no signe of helpe doost send our Prophets al are gone To tel when this our plage should end among vs there is none verse 11 When wilt y u Lord once end this shame cease thine enmies strōg Shal they alway blaspheme thy name rayle on thee so long verse 12 Why doost with draw thy hand a backe and hide it in thy lappe O plucke it out and be not slacke to geue thy foes a rappe The seconde part verse 13 O God thou art my king and Lord and euermore hast bene Yea thy good grace throughout y ◠world for our good help hath sene verse 14 The seas that are so depe dead thy might did make them dry And thou didst breake the serpents head that be therin did dye verse 15 Yea thou didst break y ◠heads so great of whales that are so fel and gauest thē to the folkes to eate that in the desertes dwel verse 16 thou madest a spring w t streames to rise frō rock both hard and hie And eke thy hād doth make likewise depe riuers to be dry verse 17 Both day and eke the night are thine by thee they were begun Thou setst to serue vs with their shine the light eke the Sun verse 18 Thou doost appoint the ends and costes of al the earth about Both sōmer heates winter frosts thy hād hath found thē out verse 19 Thinke on O Lord no tyme forget thy foes that thee defame And how the folish folke are set to rayle vpon thy name verse 20 O let no cruel beast deuour thy Turtle that is true Forget not alwayes in thy power the poore that much doo rue verse 21 Regard thy couenant and behold thy foes posses the land Al sad darke for worne and old our realm as now doth stand verse 22 Let not the simple go away with disapointed shame But let the poore and nedy aye geue prayse vnto thy name verse 23 Rise Lord let be by thee maintaind the cause y t is thyne owne Remember how that thou blasphemd art by the folish one verse 24
Sion wilt extend The tyme of mercy now the tyme foreset is come to end verse 14 For euen in the stones therof thy seruants do delight and on the dust therof they haue compassion in their sprite verse 15 Then shal y ◠heathen people feare the Lords most holy name and al the kings on earth shal dread thy glory and thy fame verse 16 Then whē the Lord the mighty god agayn shal Sion reare and then when he most nobly in hys glory shal appeare verse 17 To prayer of the desolate when he himself shal bend When he shal not disdayn vnto their prayer to attend verse 18 This shal be written for the age that after shal succede The people yet vncreated the Lords renome shal spred verse 19 For he from his hie sanctuary hath looked down below and out of heauē hath the Lord beheld the earth also verse 20 That of y ◠morning captiue he might heare the woful cry and that he might deliuer those that damned are to dye verse 21 That they in Sion may declare the Lords most holy name And in Ierusalē set forth the prayses of the same verse 22 Then when the people of the land and kyndgdomes with accord Shall be assembled for to do theyr seruyce to the Lord. The third part verse 23 My former force of strength he hath abated in the way and shorter he did cut my dayes thus I therfore dyd say verse 24 My God in midst of al my dayes now take me not away Thy yeres endure eternally from age to age for aye verse 25 Thou the foundations of y ◠earth before all tyme hast layd lord y ◠heauēs are y ◠work which thine own hāds haue made verse 26 Yea they shal perish and decay but thou shalt tary stil and they shal al in time waxe old euen as a garment wil. Thou as a garment shalt thē change chaunged shal they bee verse 27 But thou doost stil abide the same thy yeres do neuer flee verse 28 The children of thy seruant shal continually endure and in thy sight their happy seede for euer shal stand sure 1 Benedic anima mea psalme Ciii T. S This is a Psalme most excellent wherin the Prophet doth prouoke men and angels and al creatures to prayse the Lord for his fatherly mercies and deliuerance of his people from al euils for his prouidence euer al things and the preseruation of the faithful MY soule geue laud vnto the Lord my sprite shall do the same and all the secrets of my hart praise ye his holy name Geue thanks to God for al his gifts shew not thy self vnkind suffer not his benefites to slyp out of thy mynde verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faults and thee restord again For al thy weak and frayle disease and heald thee of thy paine verse 4 That did redeme thy life from death frō which thou couldst not flee His mercy and cōpassion both he did extend to thee verse 5 That fild with goodnes thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the Egle casteth her vil wherby her age renueth verse 6 The Lord with iustice doth repay al such as be opprest So that their suffrings their wrōgs are turned to the best verse 7 His wayes his cōmaundements to Moyses he did shew His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did know verse 8 The Lord is kind and merciful when sinners do hym greue The slowest to conceyue a wrath and rediest to forgeue verse 9 He chides not vs continually though we be ful of stryfe Nor kepes our faultes in memory for al our sinful lyfe verse 10 Nor yet according to our sinnes the Lord doth vs regard Nor after our iniquities he doth not vs reward verse 11 But as the space is wondrous great twixt heauen and earth aboue So is his goodnes much more large to them that do hym loue verse 12 God doth remoue our sinnes from vs and our offences al as far as is the sunne rising ful distant from his fal The second part verse 13 And looke what pitie parents deare vnto their children beare Like pitie beares the Lord to such as worship him in feare verse 14 The Lord y t made vs knoweth our shape our mould fashion iust how weake and frayle our nature is and how we be but dust verse 15 And how the tyme of mortal men is lyke the withering hay Or like the floure right fayre in field that fades ful soone away verse 16 Whose glosse beauty stormy winds do vtterly disgrace and make that after their assaults such blossoms haue no place verse 17 But yet the goodnes of the Lord with his shal euer stand their childrens children do receyue his righteousnes at hand verse 18 I meane which kepe his couenant with al their whole desyre and not forget to do the thyng that he doth them requyre verse 19 The heauēs hye are made the seat and footestoole of the Lord And by his power imperial he gouernes al the world verse 20 Ye angels which are great in power prayse ye and bles the Lord Which to obey and do hys wyl immediatly accord verse 21 ye noble hostes and ministers cease not to land him stil Which ready are to execute his pleasure and hys wil. verse 22 ye all his works in euery place prayse ye his holy name My hart my mynd and eke my soule prayse ye also the same Benedic anima mea psalme Ciiii. VV. K An excellent Psalme to prayse God for the creation of the world and the gouernaunce of the same by his maruelous prouidence where in the Prophet prayeth against the wicked who are occasions that God diminisheth his blessings MY soule praise the Lord speake good of hys name O Lord our great God how doost thou appeare so passing in glory that great is thy fame honour and ma iestie in thee shyne most cleare with light as a robe thou hast thee beclad wherby al the earth thy greatnes may see the heauens in such sort thou also hast spred that it to a curtayne compared may be verse 3 Hys chamber beames lye in the cloudes ful sure Which as his charet are made him to beare And there with much swiftnes his course doth endure Vpon the wings riding of wind in the ayre verse 4 He maketh his sprites as heraldes to go and lyghtnings to serue we see also prest His wil to accomplish they runne to and fro To saue or consume things as semeth hym best verse 5 He groundeth the earth so firmely and fast that it once to moue none haue shal such power verse 6 The depe a fayre couering for it made thou hast which by his owne nature the hils would deuour verse 7 But at thy rebuke the waters do flye and so geue due place thy word to obey And at the voyce of thunder so feareful they be y t in their great raging they hast soone away verse 8 The mountains ful
and meditate vpon thy workes most wonderful O Lord. verse 6 And they shal of thy power and of thy feareful actes declare and I to publish al abrod thy greatnes wil not spare verse 7 And they into the mētion shal breake of thy goodnes great and I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shal repeat verse 8 The Lord our God is gratious and merciful also Of great abounding mercy and to anger he is slow verse 9 Yea good to al and al his workes his mercy doth excede verse 10 Lo al thy works do praise thee lord doe thy honor spred verse 11 Thy saints do blesse thee they do thy kingdomes glory shew verse 12 And blase thy power to cause the sōnes of mē his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to spread the glorious praise verse 13 Thy kingdome Lord a kingdome is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through ech age endures without decay verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth them that fal the sliding he doth stay verse 15 The eyes of al do wayt on thee thou doost them al releue and thou to ech suffising foode in season due doost geue verse 16 Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doost fil al things whatsoeuer doth lyue with gifts of thy good wil. verse 17 The Lord is iust in al his wayes his workes are holy al verse 18 Nere al he his that cal on him in truth that on him cal verse 19 He the desires which they require that feare him wil fulfil and he wil heare thē whē they cry saue them al he wil. verse 20 The Lord preserues al those to him that bear a louing hart But he them al that wicked are wil vtterly subuert verse 21 My thākful mouth shal gladly speake the praises of y e Lord al flesh to prayse his holy name for euer shal accord Lauda anima mea Psalme 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 almighty and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at libertie comforteth the satherles widowes and the straūgers and rangneth kyng for euer Sing this as the .2 137 Psalme verse 1 MY soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes my God I wil cōfes While breath life prolōg my daies my tōg no time shal cease Trust not in worldly princes thē though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortal mē in whō there is no health verse 2 For why their breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fal and then the counsels of theyr hart decay and perish al. verse 3 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde and he whose hope doth not decay but on the Lord is stayd verse 4 Which made the earth waters depe the heauens hye wythal which doth his word and promise kepe in truth and euer shal verse 5 With right alwayes doth he procede for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 6 The Lord doth sēd the blind theyr sight the lame to lims restore The Lord I say doth loue the right and iust man euermore verse 7 He doth defend the fatherles the straungers sad in hart And quyt the widow frō distres il mens wayes subuert verse 8 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion stil shal rayne In tyme of al posterity for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlvii N. ¶ The Prophet prayseth the bounty wisedome power suffice and prouidence of God vpon al his creatures But specially vpon his Church which he gathereth together after their dispersion declaring his word iudgement so vnto them as he hath done to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to syng For it is pleasaunt and to prayse it is a comely thing 2 The Lord his own Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israel doth gather into one verse 3 He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynd verse 4 He counts the nūber of the starres names them in their kind verse 5 Great is our Lord great is his power his wisedome infinit verse 6 The Lord releues y e meke throwes to groūd the wicked wight verse 7 Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyce and to our God vpō the harpe aduaunce your singing voyce verse 8 He couers heauen with cloudes for the earth prepareth rayne and on the mountaines he doth make the gras to grow agayne verse 9 He geues to beastes theyr foode to young rauens when they cry verse 10 His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legs dothly verse 11 But in al those that feare the Lord the Lord hath hys delight and such as do attend vpon his mercies shyning light verse 12 O prayse thy Lord Ierusalem thy God O Sion prayse verse 13 For he the barres hath forged strōg wherwith thy gate he stayes verse 14 Thy children he hath blest in the◠and in thy borders he Doth settle peace with y ◠flower of wheat he filleth thee verse 15 And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out and eke the word with spedy course swyftly run about verse 16 He geueth snow like wol hore frost like ashes doth he spred verse 17 Like morsels casts hys I se therof the cold who can abide verse 18 He sendeth forth his mighty word and melteth thē agayn His wind he makes to blow thē y ◠waters flow amayn verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Iacob doth he shew his statutes his iudgments he geues Israel to know verse 20 With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne his secret iudgements ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlviij I. P. ¶ He prouoketh al creatures to prayse the Lord in heauē in earth in all places specially for the power that he hath geuen to his people Israel whō he hath taken so nere vnto hym GEuelaud vnto the Lord from heauē that is so hye Praise him in dede and word Aboue the starry skie And also ye his angels al armies royal prayse him with glee verse 3 Prayse him both mone sunne Which are so cleare and bright The same in you be done He glistring stars of light verse 4 And eke no les He heauens fayre verse 5 And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse verse 6 For at his word they were Al formed as we se At his voyce did appere Al things in theyr degre Which he set fast To them he made A law and trade For ay to last verse 7 Extol and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fel Al depe do ye the same For it becommeth you wel verse 8 Him magnify Fyre hayle I se Snow And stormes that blow At hys decree verse 9 The hils and mountaynes al And trees