wyll calle vpon the name of the lorde O lorde / delyuer my soule / our mercyful lorde and rightwyse god is pytefull Lorde / all my desyre is before Ps 36. the / and my mornyng is nat hydden from the. The mercy of thy promyse is 2 Paz 6 gret and vnserchable / for thou art the hyghest lorde god ouer all the â—rth / longe suffryng / and passynâ— mercyful / and sorye for the malyâ— of men Thou arte worthye lorde / for tâ— Apo. 5. opâ— the boke to lose the seales oâ— it / for thou wast slayne / and hast tâ— demed vs o god in thy blode And thou lorde god hast delte â—â— Barn 2 vs accordyng to all thy goodnessâ— and accordyng to al thy gret pyte Ma 16 Thou arte Christe the sonne oâ— the lyuyng god I haue beleued that thou arte Ioa. 12 Chryst the soÌ„ne of the lyuyng god whiche came into the worlde For thou arte our god / thou hasâ— 1 â—sd 6 delyuered vs from our wickednesâ— and hast gyuen helth vnto vs. God â—e mercyfull to me that anâ— Luâ— 18 a synner Father I haue offended agaynâ— Luâ— 15 heuen / and before the nowe I am nat worthy to be called thy sonne lette me be as one of thy hyred sâ—â— uauntes we are vnprofytable seru auntes Lnâ— 17 / we haue done but our duâ—â—â— Encrease fayth in vs. Ma. 6. Psa 35 Haue mercy on vs / sonne of David For in the is the well of lyfe / and by thy lyght we shal se lyght Lyke as an herte longeth after Ps 41. wellys of water / so my soule longeth after the o god My soule hath thristed after god the lyuyng wel / whan shal I come and appere before t e face of the lorde My soule hath desyred the in the Esa 25 nyght / but in my spyryte in my herte shall wake for the be tyme. I bowe the knees of myne herte 2. Pa 32 prayenge vnto thy goodnes lorde / I haue synned lorde / I haue synded / I knowlege my wickednes / I aske praiÌ„g yâ— lorde to forgiue me forgyue me / do nat dystroy me all togither with my synne / nor do nat reserue myne offences for euer / for yâ— shalte saue me vnworthy / accordig to thy great mercy / I shall prayse yâ— euer all the dayes of my lyfe / for all the vertu of heueÌ„ prayseth the / â— to the is al glorye for euermore Amen THou hast here good Reder a certayn gatheryng of scritures out of both the Testamâ—te which declare the most abundanâ— mercy of god with a clere exposicion In the begynnig the worde was Ioa. 1. and the worde was with god / anâ— god was the worde The sam waâ— in the begynnynge with god / aâ— thinges were made by it / and witâ— out it was nothynge made thaâ— made is / in it was lyfe / lyfe waâ— the lyght of men He came into his owne and his receyued him nat / vnto as man as receiued him / he gaue power tâ— be the sonnes of god / to suche a beleued in his name which loued vs / and wasshed vâ— Apo. 1. from our synnes in his blood / anâ— made vs his kyngdome / precsseâ— vnto god / and his father to him 〈◊〉 glorye dominion for euermore God sheweth his loue whiche 〈◊〉 Ro. 5. â—rreth vs / for whan we were but synners / Christ dyed for vs moche more than now seyng we are iustifyed in his blood we shal be preserued froÌ„ vengeaunce through hym / for yf we were reconsyled to god whan we were enemys / by the deth of his sonne / moche more now beyng reconsyled we shall be preserued by his lyfe Unto him all the prophetes bere Actu 10 recorde / that all yâ— belyue in him / do receyue remyssion of their synnes / by his name Be it knowen therfore vnto you Actu 13 ye men and brethern / that by hym remissioÌ„ of synnes is preached vn to you / and by hym are all that be leue iustifyed from thynges / wher by ye coulde nat be iustyfyed in Moyses lawe For what the lawe coude nat do / Ro. 8. in asmoch as it was weake / bycause of the flesshe / that dyd god parfourme and sente downe his sonne in the symilytude of synful flesshe and by synne dampned sine in the slesshe / yâ— rightwisenes of the law myght be fulfylled in vs / which walke nat after the flesshe but aâ—ter the spirite Through the grace of our lorde Act. 15. Iesu Chryst / we beleue to be sâ—ued as well as they For in him we do lyue / and armoued Act. 17 / and be This is the same stone that waâ— Actu 4 forsaken of you in your buylding whiche is sette for the foundacyoâ— of a corner / and there is no saluacyon in any other Nor there is none other namâ— vnder heuen gyueÌ„ vnto men / wheâ— by we may be saued The name of the is a most defensyble Prouer 18. toure / the ryghtwyse ron â— neth vnto it and he shal be exalted â–ª And it shall come to passe / that Ioel. 2. who soeuer calleth vpon the name of the lorde shall be saued For the lorde is our luge / the loâ— Esa 33 de is our lawe maker / the lorde is our kynge / he shall saue vs. Blessed is the name / whose trusâ— Psa 39 is in the name of the lorde / hath â—at regarded vanytees / and false â—ychcraftes Prayse ye his name / for the lorde Ps 66 pleasaunte / his mercy is euerladyng / and his truth is fro genera â—yon vnto generacyon Prayse ye our lorde god / which Iudith 13. hath nat forsaken suche as truste in him Prayse ye the lorde for he is good p. 134. syng vnto his name / for he is pleasaunt Prayse o heuens / and o erth reioyse Es 46 / ye mountaynes / make melodye / for the lorde hath conforted his people / and wyll haue mercye on the poore Blesse ye the lorde / exalte hym Ec. 43 asmoch as ye can / for he is ferre aboue all praysynge Gyue prayse / o heuens / for the Es 44 lorde hath shewed mercy / the farthest partes of the erthe make ye melodye Blesse thou my soule / vnto the Ps 102 lordes and al that is within me vn to his holy name Blysse thou my soule vnto the lorde / do nat forget the wordes of â— which forgiueth al thy wickedne which healeth al thy diseases The lorde sheweth mercy / and iâ—gement to all that suffre wronge he hath nat delte â— vs accordyngâ— to our synnes / nor he hath nat rewarded vs accordyng to our wyâ—kednes For he hath establyshed his mercy vpon suche as feare him / according vnto the heyght of heuyn frâ— the erth Lyke as a father hath mercy oâ— his children / so the lorde
of Syon shal neuer be moued 1 pa. 20 Beleue in your lorde god / and â—e shall be sure / beleue his prophetes / and all thynges shall come to passe happely The rightwyse shall lyue by his Hab. 2 fayth Abraham beleued god / it was Ro. 4. touÌ„ted vnto him for rightwysnes It is nat written for him only / that it was rekened to hym for ryghtwysnes / but also for vs / to whome it shal be counted for ryght â—â—snes / so that we beleue on him that reysed vp Iesu Chryste our lorde from death / whiche was delyuered for our synnes / dyd ryse â—â—nyne for to iustyfye vs. Now trust in Chryste Iesu / ye Ephe 2 that some tyme were ferre of / are brought uere by yâ— blode of Chryst Seyng therfore that we be iustiâ—â—â—d Ro. 5. by fayth / we haue pease with â—od through our lord Iesu Christ by whom we haue a waye in throuth fayth vnto this fauour wherein he stande reioyse in hope of the prayse that shall be gyuen of tâ— sonne of god Christ is the ende of the lawe / tâ— Roma 10. iustifye all that beleue If thou do coÌ„fesse the lorde â— su with thy mouth / and wolte bâ—leue in thy herte yâ— god reysed hiâ— from the dead / he shal be saued foâ— the beleue of the herte iustyfyeâ— to coÌ„fesse with the mouth saueth â–ª who that trusteth him / shall nâ— Esa 28 be shamed Do nat therfore lese your conâ—â—dence Heb. 10 / that is worthye greatte â— wardes For it behoueth hi that comeâ— Hebr 11 vnto god / to beleue / that he is / at that he rewardeth them that seâ— after hym He is a redemer and a sauiouâ— Dan. 6. workynge sygnes and meruaylâ— both in heuen and in erth The lorde looseth the fettcerâ— â— 145. the lorde giueth syght to the blâ—de / the lorde lifteth vp suche as fallen / the lorde loueth the ryghwyse / the lorde prescrueth strau◠〈◊〉 / he will defende the infaunt / and the wydowe / and wyll destroy the wayes of synners The lorde kepeth yâ— froÌ„ al euyll Ps 120 the lorde kepeth thy soule The lorde kepeth thy in goyng and vngoyng / from heÌ„sforth and euermore Our god / is the god of saluatiâ— Ps 67 Ps 77 Verely he is mercyfull and wyl forgyue their synnes / and wyl nat dystroye them Ps 24 All the wayes of the lorde be in mercy and truth / to them that seke his testameÌ„t / the recordes of him Ecc. 36 All the workes of the lorde are very good He loueth mercy and IugemeÌ„t Ps 32. with his mercy the erthe is replenysshed For god loueth mercy truth / Ps 83. the lorde shal gyue grace and glorye Confesse to the lorde / for he is Ps 117 good / and that his mercy is euerlastynge Israel may say now that he is good / and that his mercy is theâ—â—a stynge Blesse ye god O heuens anâ— Tho. 12 confesse vnto hem before all creatures / that he hath shewed merâ—â— vnto you / for it is good to kept sâ—crete the sacrament of a kinge buâ— to dysclose and confesse the â—â—â—kes of god / it is honorable Thou shalt knowlege and praâ—se â—e 17. god / thou shalte reioyse tu hâ—pytefulnes Ps 129 In the lorde is mercy and plentuous redemption / and he shal â—â— deme Israel / from all his 〈◊〉 tees The lorde is a pyteer and mâ—â—cy â— 441 full patient / and passyng mercâ—full The lorde is louyng vnto aâ—â—re turts / and his mercyes dâ—â—â—ced all his workes The mercyes of the lorde ar mâ—ny Thre 3 folde / for we be nat consâ—med for his pite hath nat fayled For lyke vnto his greatnes â—â— Eccl. 2. is his mercy in him The pyre of a man is but emploiâ—d Ec. 18. vnto his neyghbour / but the py â— of god â—s vnto cuery creature The mercy of god is beautefull Ercl. 35 â—â— to me of tribulation / lyke as a showre of raine iÌ„ tyme of drought Blessed be god / and the father 2. Lor. 1 of our lorde Ihesu Christe the father of mercy / and god of all consolation / whiche doth conforte vs in all our tribulation But god which is richt in mercy Ephe. 2 thorough the excedyng charitie that he bare vnto vs / whaÌ„ we were deade in synne / hathe reâ—yâ—ed vs with Christe / by whose grace ye â—e saued But after that the benignt â—â—â— TituÌ„ 3. â—â—ndeues of god our sauyoure appered to manwarde â—â— as for â—â—y dedes of ryghtwysenesse that the â—â—d done / but accordynge vnto his mercy he hath saued vs by the wel of regeneracion / and by the 〈◊〉 ynge of the holy ghoste / the whiche â—â—shed on vs had oundauntly thorough Iesu Chryst our sauyour so that we beyng ons iustifyed â— his grace / shulde be heyres of etâ—nall lyfe through hope Iam. 5. For the lorde is mercyfull an pytefull Blessed be god the father of ouâ— 1. Pet. 2 lorde Iesu Chryste / whiche thorough his habundant mercy hatâ— begotten vs agayne into lyuyngâ— hope by the resurrection of Irsâ— Christ from deth / for to enioye aâ—â—heritanÌ„ce that neuer corruptethâ— wherfore in all thynges it becaâ— â—ebr 2 hym to be made lyke vnto his brâ—thern that he might be a mercyfuâ— and a faythfull Bysshop in thynâ—ges concerniÌ„g god / for to forgyuâ— the synnes of the people How great is the mercy of thâ— â—c 17. lorde / andhis pardon / to all thaâ— to urne to him Tourne ye vnto your lorder goâ— Iohe 2 for he is kyndeâ— mercyfull / pacienâ— and of great pyte / and forgetful of malyce whiche only hath preserued yoâ— 1. â—â— 20 from all your harmes troubles Approche ye vnto him / and be Ps 34 Illumined / and your faces shal nat be shamed Tourne therfore you synners / Tob. 15 â—o tustyce in the syght of god / and beleue yâ— he hath shewed his mercy vnto you your lorde god id holy and mercyfull / whiche 2 pa. 50 wyll nat tourne his face away from you / if ye wyll reuerte vnto him It is good and acceptable in the 1 Tim 2 syght of god our sautoue / whyche wolde haue all men saued / and to come vnto yâ— know ege of the tru the / for ther is one god and one me by at or betwen god and man / that is Iesu Chryste / the man whiche gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men For we haue nat a Bysshop that Hebr. â— is vnable to haue compassyon on our in fyrmytes / but he was tempted in all thynges / in lyke maner / but yet without synne / let vs go therfore boldly vnto the throne of his grace / that we maye optayâ— mercy / and fynde fauour in tynâ— of nede For he is able to saue euerlastiâ— Heb.
thou hast seÌ„t me that glorie yâ— thou gauest me / I haue geuen them that they may be one as we at one / I in them / thou in me / that they may be made Pfet in one / that the worlde may knowe that thou hast sent me / hast loued theÌ„ as thou hall loued me Father I wyl that they which â— hast geueÌ„ me / be with one where I am / yâ— they may se my glory / which thou hast gyuen me / for thou haste loued me before the makyng of the worlde O rightwyse father the very worlde hath nat knowen yâ— / but I haue knowen / these haue knoweâ— that thou hast sent me / I haâ—â— declared vnto theÌ„ thy name / and wyldeeâ—â—re it that the loue wherâ— shou louest theÌ„ / be in them that I be in them who that is wyse obserue these Ps 106 thynges / he shal pceue the mercy of the lorde To the entent that the boke shuld be replenisshed we haue added ther vnto certayn orysoÌ„s / prayers / exhort a cyons of holy fathers / ppheâ—â— kyngâ— other noble ryghtwise men of ouly fayth / trust / confydeÌ„te to be had in god ¶ A blame of them that mystrust in batayle The wordsâ— of the pphete AnaÌ„ to kyng Iudab / for because thou hast Par. 1. 26. put thy trust in the kyng of Syria not in thy lorde god / therfore the kig of Syrya did escape out of thy power were nat also the meÌ„ of Iude and Lybia endued with many mo châ—retts horsemen / also with a mocâ— greatter multytude of people whâ— whan yâ— dydest put thy trust in thy lorde god he theÌ„ delyuered iÌ„to thy handes power The eyes truely of our lorde doth beholde al the worâ— de / his power fortytude to theÌ„ which with a perfect hert doth beleue in him / therfore â— dydest folyshely for that also warre shal aryse agaynst the in this present tyme. ¶ The prayer of Asa kyng of Iuda â— This prayer sayd Asa vnto out lorde what tyme that zara a maÌ„ oâ— Iude came agaynst him with a L. M sowdyers men of warre / and also with thre hundreth Charettes O good lorde in the there is no delay nor dystaunce / whether yâ— do helpe with fewe or with many / o out lorde god helpe vs for we truly hauyng only out trust confydeÌ„ce â—â— the in thy name / be come agaynst this gret multytude / yâ— art our god â— agaynst the no man may pÌ„uayle It chastsed therfore that the men of Iude were disperssed / yâ— kyng did strike them vnto theyr distructioÌ„ deth ¶ The exortation of Asarye son to Obed in warre tyme of vexatyon â— Our lorde is with you / for ye were 2. Par. .15 with him / if ye seke him ye shal fiÌ„de him / but yf ye forsake him / he wyll forsake you forsoth many dayes shall passe in Israell with out a trew god without a pryst / without a techer / also without law / and whaÌ„ they wyll be reuersed in their troble and wyl crte to the lorde god of Israel / also wyll seke him / than shall they fynd him / at the tyme ther shal be no peace to meÌ„ goyng forth â— goyng in but gret horryble feaâ—â—m euery place amongs al the In â—abytors of the erth / for nacioÌ„ shal â—â—ight agaynst nacioÌ„ / cyte against Lyte / for our lorde shal vexe theÌ„ in â— afflyccioÌ„ / therfor be you of good confort and lette nat your hoste be dyssolued and broken / for ye shall haue rewarde for your labour / the which thyng whan the kyng hard he was greatly comforted â—c O lorde the god my father Sâ—meon Iudith 9. which gauest to him a sword for his defence agaynste strangers that were rauysshours in their vnclênes and dyscouered the chastytâ— of a vyrgyn to theyr confusyon ¶ the exortacyon of the â—phetâ— Ezechias agaynst SeÌ„nacherth O lorde god of Israell that sytted 4. Re. 19. aboue cherubyn / thou art thâ— only god of al kyngs of the erth â— madest both heuyn erth / Inclynâ— thyne eare good lorde here opeâ— thyne eyes / se here al the wordeâ— of Seunacherth that he did send tâ— vs. castynge in our teth our god â— is lyuyng Truly good lorde yâ—â—yâ—ges of Assyrta haue put apart anâ— dyspersed both the people landeâ— of al men / haue cast theyr godde into the fyre / for truly they were â—â— goddes but werkes made with theâ— des of mâ— of tymber â— stone / the lost them Therfore now our lorde god â—serue vs froÌ„ the hands of theÌ„ / that al kingdomes of the erth may know yâ— thou art only yâ— lorde god ¶ The prayer of Iosaphat agaynst his enemyes O lorde god of our faders thou art 2. Par. 20. god in heuen haste domynacyon ouer all kyngdomes of people / In thy haÌ„de is both strenght power / no man may the resyst so forth / but in vs is nat so moche power to â—syst wythstand this multytude that muadeth on vs. NatwythstaÌ„dyng seyng we ar IgnorauÌ„t what we may do / this onely remayneth / that is to say / to dircc our eyes to thy goodnes ¶ The exortacyon of Iazibell sonne of zacarye to the people Fere ye uat nor drede ye this multitude for surly it is not the resysteÌ„ce of you / but it is the resystence of god ¶ The exortaeyoÌ„ of Iosaphat in the myddes of the people O ye men of Iudab / al ye Inha bytours of IerusaleÌ„ / here what I shal say beleue tenst in your lordâ— god you shall be in sauegard / puâ— also your confydeÌ„ ce in his pphetâ— and all thynge to you shall fortunâ— prosperous ¶ The admonycyon of the seruaunt of god / to Amasam If thou thynkest that the victory of warre do coÌ„syst in the streÌ„ghâ— of the host / god wyl cause the to bâ— ouer come of thyne enemyes / foâ— why / it is at the plesure of god both to helpe and to put to flyght ¶ The exortacyoÌ„ of Iudas Machabeus to the people After that the people peeued thâ— Math 3 host coÌ„myng to mere theÌ„ / they fall vnto Iudas / how shall we beyng but fewe and also weryed this daâ— with fastynge / fyght agaynste sâ— great and stronge a multytude / to whom Iudas answered / said It is sone done to coÌ„clude many in the power of fewe / and there is no diuersyte in the syght of god in heuâ— to delyuer from many / or els from fewe / for why the vyctory in warre doth nat stande in the multitude of the host / but al the fortytude power there of coÌ„meth from heuen They do come vnto vs with an enuyous proude multytude to sprede abrode vs / our wyues / and our chyldren / that they myght spoyle diâ—troye vs / but we wyll fyght for our soules / also for our lawes god him selfe wyll consume theÌ„ before our faces / therfore do you in no wyse fere them And after that he had spoken his mynde crassed fodenly / they enuaded and went vpon theyr enemys / shortely theyr aduersary was brough to confusy on openly in his syght ¶ The prayer of Iudas redy to fyght with his enemys â— The people perseued a myghtty 1 Math 4 hast comyng vpon them / at whichâ— tyme Iudas prayde in this maner blessed art thou the sauvour of Israell whiche dyddest coÌ„â—lude the furyous Invasyon of a strong cap tayne within the power of thy seruaunt Dauid / and dyddest delyuer the castelles of straungers into the power of Ionathas sonne to Saul and to the beter of his armure / conclude in lyke maner this host with in the handes of thy people of Israell and let them be brought to coÌ„fusyon both the horsmeÌ„ and other of the host / gyue them feare and coÌ„sume the audacyte of theyr manhode / and lette them be vered with theyr owne repentaunâ—â— / cast them downe with the swerde of theÌ„ that loue the and al men that know thy name shall laude and prayse the in hymnes / and other prayses of honour / and thaÌ„ they pitched their batayle and kylled of the host of Lysia fyue thousande men ¶ The prayer of Iudas to the people â— whan certayne of the people wolde haue fledde departed / Iudas Machabeus exhorted the sayeng / althought our tyme draw nere yet let vs dye with mahode / for the loue of our brethern / and let vs nat brynge our honour to rebuke FINIS ⧠Printed at London by Thomas Godfray ¶ Cum priuilegio regali