god the strēgth that saueth me It is god that auengeth me and that bringeth downe y e people vnder me and delyuereth me from my enemyes Thou lyftest me vp on hyghe from them that ryse agaynste me and delyuerest me from the wicked men Therfore I will prayse the O lorde amonge the heythen and will singe vnto thy name A blessing of Tobias the elder wherwith he blessed the lorde in the ende of his lyfe Tob. 13. GReate art thou o lorde for euer more and thy kyngdom world withoute ende For thou scourgest healest thou ledest vnto hell bryngest oute agayne Yea there is none that maye escape thyne hande O ye chyldern of Israel gyue thankes vnto the lord and prayse him in the syghte of the heythen For amonge the heythen whiche knowe him not hath he scatered you that ye shulde shewe forth his meruelous workes cause them to knowe that there is none other god almyghtye but he He hath chastened vs for oure mysdedes for his owne mercyes sake shall he saue vs. Consider then how he hath dealte with you and prayse him with feare and drede and magnify the euerlastinge kinge in youre workes Certes I will prayse him euen in the place of my captiuitie for he hath shewed hys maiestie vnto a synneful people Turne you therfor o ye synners and doo ye ryghteousnesse before god trustinge veryly he wyll shew his mercy vpō you Assuredly I and my soule wolle reioyce in god Prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnes and be thankeful vnto him Oh my soule blesse thou the lorde Amen The blessynge of Seraphin Esay 6. HOly arte thou holy arte thou holy arte thou thou arte the lorde god of hostes all the earth is full of thy glory Thankinges Esay 23. O Lord thou art my god I wyll prayse the and magnifye thy name for thou bryngest meruelouse thinges to passe accordinge to thyn olde counselles trulye stedfastly An other of the same Esay 26. O Lorde gyue vs peax for thou workest in vs all oure workes O lorde our god though suche lordes haue dominacion vpon vs as know the not yet graunt y t we may hope only in the kepe thy name in remembraunce Amen A blessynge with an admiration of the meruelouse counsels of god Hiere 32. O Lorde god it is thou that hast made heauen earth with thy greate power and hygh arme ther is nothinge to harde for the. Thou sheweste mercy vpon thousandes thou doest recompense the wyckednes of the fathers into the bosom of the childern that come after them Thou art the greate myghty god whose name is the lorde of hostes greate in counsayll and infinite in thoughte Thyne eyes loke vpon al the wayes of mens children to reaward euery one after his waye and accordynge to the frutes of hys inuentions The songe and thankesgyuynge of the blessed virgin Mary Luc. I. MY soule magnifieth the Lorde my spirite reioyseth in God my sauiour For he hath loked vpon the pore degre of his handemayde Behold now frome hense forth shall all generacions call me blessed for he that is myghty hath done to me greate thinges holy is his name And his mercy on them that feare him thorowout all generacions He vttered strength with his arme he disperpled the proude in the imaginacion of their hertes He deposed the myghty from their seates and aduaunced them of lowe degree He fylled the hungry with good thīges and sente away the ryche empty He remembred mercy and helped his seruaunte Israell Euen as he promysed to our fathers Abraham and to his sede for euer The prophecy and gyuynge of thankes of zachary Luc. 1. PRaysed be the lorde god of Israell for he hath visited and redemed his people And hath raysed vp an horne of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruaunte Dauid Euen as he promysed by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sythens the worlde beganne that we shulde be delyuered from our ennemyes from the handes of all that hate vs To thintent he myght fulfyll the mercy promysed to our fathers and remembre his holy couenaunt And performe the oth which he sware to our father Abraham to gyue vs that we beyng ones delyuered oute of the handes of our ennemyes myght serue him without feare all the dayes of our lyfe in holynes and ryghtousnes before him And thou childe shalt be called the Prophete of the hygheste for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes To gyue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the forgyuenes of sinnes Through the tendre mercy of oure god wherby the daye sprynge from aboue hath visited vs to gyue light to them that sate in darkenesse in shadow of death to gyde our fete in the waye of peax Thankes of Paul for his conuersion vnto Christ. 1. Tim. 1. VNto God kynge euerlastinge immortall inuisible and wise only be honour and prayse for euer and euer Amen A songe of the triumphers ouer the beast Apoc. 15. GReate and meruelouse are thy workes Lorde god almyghty iuste and true are thy wayes kyng of sayntes Who shall not feare O Lorde and glorifie thy name For thou only arte holye all gentyles shall come and worshyp before the for thy iudgementes are made manifest A blessynge of the people by kyng Salomon 3. Reg. 8. BLessed be the Lorde that hath gyuen rest vnto his people Israel according to all that he promysed so that ther is not one worde escaped of all y e good promyses which he promysed by the hand of Moses his seruaunte The Lorde our God be with vs as he was with our fathers forsake vs not neyther leue vs but let him bowe our hertes vnto him y t we walke in all hys wayes and kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and rites which he cōmaunded our fathers And let these my wordes whiche I haue prayed before the lord come nygh vnto the lorde our god daye and nyght that he defend the quarell of his seruaūt and of his people Israell euermore to thintente all nacions of the earth maye knowe that the lorde is God and none other but he and let oure hertes be sounde with the lorde our god that we may walke in his ordinaunces and kepe his lawes Amē ¶ PRAYERS FOR SVCcours and reliefes of lyfe for wysdome for humylitie and for other naturall gyftes A prayer of Salomon for a competency of lyfe Prouerb 30. TWo thinges I require of the that thou wylte not denye me before I dye Remoue from me vanitie and lyes gyue me neyther pouertie nor ryches only graunt me a necessary lyuyng least yf I be to ful I mought happely denye the say what felow is the lorde or constrayned through pouerty I mought fal vnto stealyng forsweare the name of my god Amen A prayer for obteynyng of wysdome Sap. 9. GOd of my fathers and lorde of mercyes thou that haste made all thinges with thy worde and ordined
grace and ryghteousnes of herte Psalm 78. FOr asmuch Lord God as thou haste shewed many wonderous sygnes in rescuyng and delyuering thy people Israel forth from Egipt and therto wroughte no smale myracles in conduytyng them thorow the wyldernes wherby thou hast declared that in thyne handes is an incomparable power both to saue and slaye graunt vs grace alwaye both in worde and in dede to followe thy lawe Bowe oure eares to the wordes of thy mouth And let thy wordes so worke in vs y t we maye teach other y e same let vs euermore trust on the alone remembrynge thy workes and valiaunt dedes leste eyther we forsake the or be negligēt rechles in our seruice towardes the but rather thorow thy spirite which graciously thou shalt poure on our hertes cause that faythfully and busely we maye make sute vnto the in both tymes aswel in prosperite as in aduersitie Fede vs continually wyth angels fode that is wyth thy holy worde wherby oure hertes maye be made ryghtuouse and strōge to our Lorde Iesus Christe Be not euer more angry wyth vs syth thou knowest we be but fleshe and as a puf of wynde that sodenly vanysheth ▪ and neuer returneth Graunt that y e true Dauid Iesus Christ maye be oure herdman to guyde vs thorow innocency and purenes of herte to gouerne vs as his gracious hāde knoweth best to be done Amen Howe the chylden of God ought to praye in theyr mysfortune and aduersitie Psalm 79. HOwe longe wylt thou O lorde beare vs such displeasure how longe shal thy fume thus be hote as fyre come home I besech the agayn to vs bryngynge wyth the thy louynge fauoure and gyftes loke not narowly on the offences of our auncestours and forfathers nor yet of our owne lyfe yea rather let thy mercy encrease vpon vs for we are become very caytyfes and wretches meruelously vexed of the vngodlye personnes because thou wollest it so to be Helpe God for only thou hast power to delyuer vs not y t we haue deserued the same for surely no fauoure haue we deserued at thy handes neyther can we clayme of duety any thynge of the but rather after our desertes we be the chyldrē of dānacion castawayes yet haue thou O Lorde respecte to thy holy name that it may be glorifyed thorow vs. Forgyue vs I saye our synnes euē for thy holye names sake that we may haue occasiō therby to hallowe it to thintent we may accordynge to thy worthynes and as thou arte of thyne owne nature reporte the to be euen our God sauiour father kynd herted meke mercyfull our only cōforte trust defence and raunsome Suffer the gronynges and cōplaintes of thy prisoners to come to the delyuer them preserue thy deuoute and sworne subiectes as many as be appoynted to be of thy flocke Then shall we the pytious shepe of thy pasture wythoute ceasynge endure in settynge forth thy prayses and euermore we shal reioyse of thy great benefytes Amen For buyldynge of the poore church greatly fallen in decaye psalm 80. LOrde that arte hedman ouer thy people heare vs rayse vp thy power come helpe vs Lorde of hoostes brynge me astray and vagaraūt person home agayne let thy countenaunce shyne on vs and we shal be hole How longe wylte thou not regarde our prayers how longe shal we fede our selues with teares thou hast caused our neyghboures to rage and wonder on vs our enemyes laugh vs to scorne and extremely deale wyth vs. Lorde call vs home agayne let thy amiable countenaunce I saye shyne vpon vs so we shal be perfectly hole Returne loke beholde come se thy churche of Christ this thy vyneyarde for lo howe it is fowlye spoyled by the seruauntes of Satan Lorde repare thy vyneyarde a newe brynge it in to a goodly fashion agayne hedge it rounde aboute on euery syde inclose the vyneyarde that thou haste planted wyth thy ryghthāde dygge it vp afreshe prouyde that it maye brynge forth frute ouerse it yet agayne maynteyne and defende it from villany and al harmes Lorde God of hoostes brynge vs home agayne frō our wylsome wandering let thy louynge face glyster on vs so we shal be save and sounde Amē That God wolde vouchsafe to teach vs. Psalm 81. LOrde be thou our strength and our sauegarde that of pleasure and courage we maye auaunce the and set forth thy name delyuer vs from daungers for we cal only vpō the And sythens of thy goodnes we be admitted to thy scole let vs heare the alone Suffre no straūge god to meddel any thynge amonges vs let vs knowe none other scoolemayster but the let vs make diuine sute and homage to none other fyl our mouthes wyth the swetnes of thy worde for we open them to the only Graūt vs those peticions that be profytable both to body and soule leaue vs not to the fansies of our herte suffre vs not to be wedded ne gyuē to our owne wyl but let vs fashion al thinges vnto thy sure worde to y e prayse and honoure of thy name Amen For faythfull workemen to the edifyenge of Christes kyngdome Psalm 82 LOrde set trustye prynces iudges ouer thy people that they maye ministre iustice and equitie to the poore miserable nedy fatherles and wydowes to thyntent they may rescue delyuer suche thy poore folkes from the wycked mens handes but for lacke of suche prynces iudges of whych for the more parte is alwaye great skasetie thou thy self O most deare father take in hande to defende thy people for myserably of a surety they be oppressed prouide thou connynge teachers to be put in authoritie ouer thy churche that thorow thy worde they may mollifie the hard hertes swage the troubled cōsciences and stablysh the same in grace such preachers I saye as wyl busely search not theyr owne profyt and worldly luker but our health felicitie Amen Agaynst Christes enemyes and the pharisaycall doctrine Psalm 83. WHo may be lyke to the o god noman verely noman Then holde thy peace no lōger nor do not dissemble in my cause for it is thy cause rather then myne Lo howe thyne enemyes triumphe and waxe proude in stomacke they lay snares for thy people they conspire against thy holy and chosen persons whych be vnknowen to the worlde to thintent to robbe them of theyr good reputacion and fame Lorde thys matter pertayneth properly to y e for they be confederate and knyt as it were in a leage agaynst the. Wherfore represse theyr myscheuous intētes put them to shame so as they maye at last espye and haue experience that thy name is puissaūt almyghty lordely and that thou alone art the hyghest and chief ruler thorow out all the earth Amen For the despysynge of this worlde Psalm 97. HOwe pleasaunt O Lorde be thy dwellyng places againe how vgsome how vnpleasaūt is the tyrannye of thys worlde and y e treason of naughty personnes Wherfore my soule lōgeth sore to come to thy courte and
for truely so we haue in commaūdement of the where as yet the encrease and furtheraunce of oure labours to the mayntenaunce of oure lyuynge whyle we be in thys body we loke for at thyne handes and not by our owne paynes takynge Take awaye Lorde al couetyse and vayne studye of ryches frō our hertes Let vs be founde lyke vnto the arrowes shot from a bowe euen ernestly bent and constant in thy worde Let oure quyuers and hert strynges be foūde full of hote and feruent zeale alway by peticiō shotynge vnto the so that in face of oure enemyes we neuer be steyned wyth any blot of reproche To be blessed of the Lorde Psalm 128. GEue vs grace swete Lorde to feare the to walke in thy waies and fotesteppes and well to prosper in our iorney Moreouer vouchsaue to blesse vs and all thynges belongynge vnto vs so as we also maye se many children of fayth and peace in Israel Amen For defence agaynst our enemyes Psal. 129. LOrde many ther be that cōspire agaynst vs full many that inuade vs that make hurly burlies amōge vs and fyersly assault vs but suffer them not to preuayle neyther to haue y e vpperhande on vs O our moost mercyfull God cut a sonder theyr ropes and snares Let them returne with shame as many as work vs any trouble but blesse thou vs O Lord for thyne holy names sake Amen For the troubled conscience Psalm 130. LOrde I crye vnto y t euē in myddes of al my troubles Wherfor I besech the mercyfull Lorde heare my voyce Bow downe thyne eares vnto my pyteous cōplaynt yf thou laye to our charge our horrible innumerable faultes who shal escape or go quyte whan thou shalt syt as iudge who shal be able to holde plee with the yea who is he that shal not be forced vnto vtter despayre Truly then shulde we all peryshe Thys notwythstādyng ther is yet in thyne handes Lorde both power and also a good wyll to forgeue vs oure synnes which thyng I know thou wolt do yf it were but to perfourme thy promyse made by thy sonne Christe our Lorde and prest who assuredly hath payed a sufficient raūsome for oure synnes euen the mooste deare sacrifice of his owne bodye to thintente y u mightest be our soueraygne Lorde God and y t we myght knolege our synnes and make sute vnto y e for pardon therof Lorde graūt me to wayte for thy gracious pardon longe to trust hange on the euen so longe tyll at length thou dispetche me as my truste is in thy promise From daysprynge to daysprynge diligently I wayte Lorde our god without dout thy mercy is great great pardō styl remaineth in thyn handes yea thy mercy can neuer be spēt Agayn thy promises can not be vndone nor made voyde Delyuer me then pluck from me this incommodite other casualtyes of this wretched lyfe Preserue all true Israelites in spirite I meane al the beleuers in y e frō these remnauntes of synnes naturally buddyng forth of our harte Defende vs also from all aduersities of flesh O Lorde of thy moost gracious clemencye mercye and pytye Amen For the auoydyng of spirituall pryde Psalm 131. SUffer not my harte to swell in pryde nor myne eyes to shew any proude lokes that I take not to much vpon me neyther arrogantly auaunce my selfe aboue Christe our heade but make y t I maye gredyly couet to haue good sauoure in thy worde only as much as thou shalte vouchsaue to open vnto me And in case thou wythholdest the mylke of cōforte whych streameth frō Christe wel vnderstanded and knowen yet let vs not Lorde despayre but truste wyth a quyet herte alway vpon the. So be it To obteyne Christes benefites Psalm 132 THou son of Dauid Iesu Christ arise take seasin of thy resting place which I beseche y e it may be amonges vs for asmoche as by thy promyse we be entytled recognised to be thy court and dwellyng place God thy father which can not deceyue hath made vs an ernest promise confirming also the same by his solemne othe that thou shuldest be our sauiour maynteynour and defēsour Truly it is not possible for hym to go backe and not to stande by his worde yea euen nowe hathe he suche is his fidelitie performed it in dede and what so euer helth he hath sent vs the same also hath he confirmed by sure and substantiall witnes aswell of his owne word as of his sacramētes Thou also most deare Lorde Iesu hast forther promised y t thou wolt abyde wyth vs euen vntyl the worldes ende This thy worde is oure assured ioye and comfort for we know that euermore sythens thy deathe and bodylye departyng thou art thobteyner of our remission and pardon wherfore O moste gracious Lorde through thy fauour and in the let vs fynd mercy and that for euer In al our workes and procedynges prosper vs saue vs fyll vs with ioye Thyne halowynge mought shyne clere vpon vs thy kyngdome and crown abyde with vs and in thy peax euermore preserue vs. Amen For Christiane charite and cōmunion of sayntes Psalm 133. INspire vs ī suche wise O Lord y t as most louynge brethren quietly and peaciably we may dwell to gether in thyne house Brynge to passe I saye that by true and faythfull loue we maye be ioyned and fastened euery one to other as membres of Christes body Thyne oyle of hallowynge I meane euen thyne holy goost mought waxe hote and fragrant amonges vs vpon vs let fall thy dewe of blessynge the plentyfull encrease of all thynges bothe bodely and goostly to thintent accordynge vnto thy moost fre promyse we may obteyne euerlastynge lyfe For continuaunce of grace Psal. 134. GRaunte vs thy seruauntes alwaye to auaunce y e our Lorde in thyne house to walke vpryghte wythout blemish or cause of reproch yea in our trouble and affliccion to lyfte vp innocente and pure handes vnto the prayenge on thys maner vnto the. Blesse vs O God for thou arte the maker of heauen and earth Amen A generall prayer of Christians for helpe from God Psalm 135 DYspose our hertes Lorde that we thy seruaūtes may worthely prayse and lyfte vp thy name for we knowe thou arte gentyll meke mercyfull free Thy name is gracious frendfull and ryght amyable to all that cal on the in tyme of theyr aduersite of thy mere goodnes thou hast chosen vs to be thyne owne seuerall people Thou alone arte the great very God thou madest both heauen and earth euen accordynge to thyn owne pleasure thou dealtest thy benefytes and gyftes of grace to euery one of them namely to thy electe chosen euen agaynst Satan and the hole kyngdome of y e vngodly Wherfore Lorde let the remembraunce prayse of thy name euermore be feruent amonges vs. Reason thou debate thou iuge thou thy peoples cause surely they suffer passynge great wronges But stande thou I say good gracious Lorde vnto thy seruauntes be mercyful to them
refuge and helper for thou createdst all thynges performest ducly all that euer thou hast promysed to those that put theyr trust in the. Whan thou shalt syt as iudge than shall they haue ryght whyche nowe be oppressed by wrongfull power Thou geuest fode in tyme of hōger where and whan so euer we haue nede therof Louse vs that be boūd louse vs thorowe thy fre worde Cary vs vnto the fredome of the true fayth whych surely perteyneth not to all men gyue vs lyght for we be blynde set vs vp for we be throwen downe make vs ryghteouse for we be wycked Be thou O Lorde fauourable vnto vs though we deserue it not haue regarde of the sely straungers poore men wydowes fatherles and other myserable persons of the worlde whych be sore hongry thursty longynge for thy ryghteousnes Kepe them and prouyde for them all thynges necessary led them frō y e vngodly wayes Obteyne O Lorde an euerlastynge raygne in vs. Amen A feruent prayer of the dysperpled church Psam 147. IT is conuenient and semyng O Lorde y t thy prayses be recorded thy name hallowed for thou buyldest gatherest together and enhauncest the cōpany of thy chosen knowest howe to call euery one of them by hys proper name Heale o Lorde those that be broused in herte comforte the comfortles bynde vp oure grene woundes that we may escape thys syckenes both of soule and of conscience Lorde thou arte wonderous great and by reason of the excellēcy of thy bottomlesse knowlege no man can worthely esteme thy maiesty as it is in dede Gouerne and saue vs thy poore catyffes prayse thankes be vnto the for euer for asmuche as of thyne endles goodnes thou makest such large prouisiō for all thynges And now O Lorde let vs alwaye perfectly dreade the trustynge euermore on thy goodnes Amen Lorde God we shal wythout ende glorifye thy maiesty in case we maye be sure and safe in thy kyngdom Let vs be cōtent wyth thy blessynge wherby we haue thynges necessary vnto our lyuynge Graunte vs thy worde sende it vs by trustye and faythfull workemen for y e word is fruteles and barē onles it be sent from the. Cause it to runne hastely and wyth great power so as it maye melte the harde frosen hertes mollifye the stubburne stomakes make y e colde myndes warme comforte the heuy enforme the ignoraunt admonysh the strayers and brynge them to the ryght way agayne and fynally rayse vp the deade to lyfe euerlastynge Amen Of the makynge fall and restorynge of man Psalm 148. GRaūt O Lorde that we thy seruauntes beynge moued by thy synguler gyftes of grace mought magnifye the as y u arte moost worthy by beholdynge of thy creatures be they in heauen in earth or in the see for vnto them al by one certayne trade and course of gouernaunce thou ministreste thynges necessary to theyr vse and cōmodite thorough thy worde and by y t same selfe word thou conseruest them wherby thou fyrst createdst them euen by Iesus Christe Euery thynge accōplysheth that worke whervnto thou fyrst ordeynedst it euen after thyne owne hartes lust onely man rebelleth and that to his owne harme he alone is agaynst thy gracious pleasure and nothynge remembrynge thy glorye gredely seketh his owne glorie by reason of which misdemenour he was vtterly caste awaye and all his posterite wyth hym This notwithstandynge mooste louynge father thou hast recoueryd hym agayne by meanes of thy worde whiche worde nowe at length the tyme appoynted fullye complet and finyshed was made flesh euen Iesus Christ oure Lorde Graunt vs we besech the to haue a lyuely fayth in him reforme renue and restore vs in hym slaye thou in vs what so euer nature plāted in vs by our generation shape vs newe men thorowe that same power wherby Iesus Christe rose agayne to lyfe in the holy ghost that we forgetfull of our selfs maye seke thyne honour onely enhaunsynge thy name for thou settest alofte the horne of thy people Let vs come vnto the in the continue for euer Of the true worshyp in spirite and truth Psalm 149. PUt into our mouth a new songe and renew our hartes by grace Let vs contynually synge it abroad in the commynge to gether of holy-ones let vs reioyse and be glad in y e oure maker redemer In gladnes of spirite with fre wyllynge harte let vs prayse the. Be content Lorde and well pleased wyth thy people endowe them wyth gyftes and in sauegard promote them in thy glorie let thy holyons be glad yea be proude of the in theyr consciences Theyr hartes mought auaūce the let them myghtely laye on stryke beynge armed wyth thy worde and w t the sworde of thy spirite agaynst all that wrastle agaynst thyne holye name Amen A praysynge of God Psalm 150. THe O Lorde in thyne owne selfe we prayse which farre excedest all prayse In thy holynes we prayse the for thou alone arte holy by whom and none other we also be made holy In y e defēce of thy ryght hāde we prayse the for it shall stand sure for euer yea it is oure stronge warrante sauegarde euermore shal be In thy power we prayse the wherby thou blessest and cursest In thy glorye so excedynge greate we prayse the wherby in Christe thou makest vs also ryght gloriouse Breath vpon vs thy grace spirite that we maye for euer do this oure duetye and that we maye by y e same spirite be ruled led ordred moued taught Amen Lord it is theyr dueties euen as manye as haue breth within them to blowe abroade thy prayses for of the they all haue lyfe but thy chosē haue euerlastyng lyfe through Iesus Christe oure Lorde with whome thou the father of heuē in the holy gooste art God lauded praysed worlde wythout ende Amē ¶ The seuen peticions of the Pater noster OUr father whych art in heauē hallowed be thy name Thy kyngdome come Thy wyll be done in earth as it is in heauen Gyue vs thys day our dayly bread And forgyue vs oure trespaces as we forgiue them y t trespas agaīst vs And let vs not be led into tēptacion But delyuer vs from euyll Amen ¶ The Crede or the .xij. artycles of the Christen fayth I Beleue in God the father almighty maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ hys only sonne our Lorde Whych was cōceyued by the holy goost borne of the virgyne Mary Suffred vnder Ponce Pylate was crucifyed deade buryed discēded into hel And the thyrd day he rose agayne from death He ascēded into heuen sytteth on y e ryght hande of God the father almyghty From thence he shall come to iudge the quycke the deade I beleue in the holy goost The holy catholyke church The cōmunion of sayntes the forgyuenes of synnes The resurrection of the body And the lyfe euerlastynge Amen ¶ The ten cōmaundementes of almyghty God THou shalte haue none other goddes but me Thou shalte not
man thoroughe thy wisdome that he shulde haue dominion ouer the creature which thou haste made that he shulde ordre the worlde accordynge to equitie ryghteousnes and execute iudgemente with a true herte gyue me wisdome which is euer about thy seate and put me not out from amonge thy chyldren For I thy seruaūt and sōne of thy hādemayde am a feble person of a short tyme and to yonge to the vnderstādinge of iudgement of thy lawes Yea though a man be neuer so perfect among the childern of men yet yf thy wisdome be not with him he shal be nothing worth Oh send her out of thy holye heauens and from y e trone of thy maiestie that she may be with me labour with me that I maye knowe what is acceptable in thy syght For she knoweth and vnderstādeth al thinges she shall conducte me ryght soberly in my workes and preserue me in her power So shall my workes be acceptable Amen A prayer for mekenes and the obteyning of chastitie Eccle. 23. O Lord thou father god of my lyfe let me not haue a proude loke But turne awaye all voluptuousnes from me Take from me the lustes of the bodye let not the desyres of vnclennes take holde vpon me and gyue me not ouer into an vnshamefast and obstinate mynde Amen The prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirache in necessitie and for wisdome Eccle. the laste I Thanke the O Lorde and king and prayse the o god my sauiour I wil yelde prayses vnto thy name for thou art my defender and helper frō the snare of traitorours tōges and from them that are occupied in lyes Thou hast bene my helper frō suche as rose agaynst me and haste deliuered me according to thy great mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou hast delyuered me from the roarynge of them that prepared thē selues to deuoure me out of the hādes of such as sought after my lyfe frō the multitude of them that troubled me and went aboute to set fyer vpon me on euery syde so that I was not brent in the myddes of the fyer From the depe of hell thou delyueredst me from the vncleane tongue from lyenge wordes from the wycked iuge and from the vnryghteouse tōgue My soule shall prayse the Lorde vnto death for my lyfe drewe nye vnto hel They compased me roūd about on euery syde and ther was no man to helpe me I loked about me if ther were anye man that wold socoure me but ther was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O Lorde and vpon thy actes that thou haste done euer of olde namely that thou delyuereste such as put their trust in the ryddest them out of the handes of the false panims Thus lyfted I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce from death I called vpon the lord my father that he wolde not leaue me with out healpe in the daye of my trouble and in the tyme of the proude I praysed thy name continually yelding honour and thākes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedst me frō destructiō and delyueredst me from the vnrighteouse tyme. Therfore wil I knowledge and prayse the auaūce the name of the Lord. Whē I was yet but yonge or euer I wēt a straye I desired wisdome openly in my prayer I came therfor before the temple and I sought her very busyly Then floryshed she vnto me as a grape that is sone rype My herte reioysed in her then wente my fote y e right waye yea frō my youth sought I after her I bowed downe my eare and receyued her I founde in my selfe much wisdome prospered greatly in her Therfore wyll I gyue y e glory vnto him that gyueth me wisdome for I am aduised to do therafter I wil be gelouse to cleaue vnto that is good so shal I not be cōfounded My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue bene diligent to be occupied in her I lyfted vp myne hādes on hygh then was my soule lyghtened thorough wysdome so that I knowledged my folyshnes I ordred my soule after her she and I were one herte from the begynnyng and I found her in clennesse and therfore shal I not be forsaken My hart longeth after her I gate a good treasure Thorough her the lorde hath gyuen me a newe tongue wherwith I wil prayse him Oh come vnto me ye vnlerned and dwel in the house of wysdome with drawe not your selues from her but talke and comon of these thynges for your soules are very thursty I opened my mouth and spake Oh come and bye wysdom without mony bow down your necke vnder her yoke and your soule shal reaceyue wisdome she is euen at hande and is content to be found Behold with your eyes how I haue had but lytle labour yet haue found muche rest Oh receyue wisdome ye shall haue plenty of syluer and golde in your possession Let your mynde reioyce in her mercy and be not ashamed of her prayse worke her worke by tymes she shal gyue you youre rewarde in due tyme. The prayer of Abacuc the prophete for ignorancies Abacuc 5. O Lord when I herde speake of the then I was afrayde The worke that thou hast taken in hand shalt thou performe in his tyme O Lorde when thy tyme cometh thou shalt declare it In thy very wrath thou thinkest vpon mercy The lord God is my strength he shall make my fete as y e fete of an herte and he which gyueth the victory shal bring me to my hye places syngyng vpon psalmes Amen A prayer of the faythful congregacion that they maye speake the word of god boldely Actu 4. LOrde thou arte god which hast made heauen and earth the see and al that in them is which by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid hast sayde why dyd the heathen rage the people ymagyne vayne thynges The kynges of the earth stode vp and the rulers came togyther agaynst the Lorde and agaynst his Christ. For suerly agaynst his holy son Iesus whom thou hast anoynted both Herode and also Poncius Pylate with the Panyms and the people of Israel gathered them selues togyther to do euen what so euer thyn handes and thy counsayle determyned before to be done And now Lord behold their threatenynges and graunt vnto thy seruauntes with al confidence to speake thy word that thou wolt stretch forth thyne hande to thintente that healyng sygnes and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy sonne Iesus Amen ¶ A PRAYER VNTO THE Lorde Iesus for the peax of the church made by the most excellent clerke Erasmus LOrde Iesus Christe whiche of thyne almyghtynes madest al creatures both visible and invisible which of thy godly wisdom gouernest settest al thinges in moste goodly ordre which of thyn vnspeakeable goodnes kepest defendest and furderest al thinges whiche of thy botomles mercy restorest the decayed renewest the fallē raysest the deade vouchesaue we praye the at last to cast
AN EPItome of the Psalmes or briefe meditacions vpon the same with diuerse other moste christian prayers translated by Richard Tauerner Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum 1539 TO THE MOST MYGHTY and most redoubted price HENRY the VIII Kynge of Englande and of Fraūce Defensor of the Fayth lorde of Irelād and in earth supreme head immediatly vnder CHRIST of the church of Englande hys most hūble seruaūt Rychard Tauerner desyreth all felicitie ioye and encrease of lawfull posteritie PLease it your excellēt Maiestie to vnderstande that where as more then thre yeares passed my verye good lorde and olde mayster my lorde Priuie seale for such qualities as he thought to haue espyed in me whych I my selfe neuertheles acknowlege not preferred and delyuered me vp vnto your graces seruice and sythens that tyme to thintent he wolde make me the more hable mete to serue your hyghnes in my callyng hath enured me with dyuerse translacions and other exercises So it is moost gracious and moost redoubted soueraigne lorde that amōges other thynges he hath cōmytted thys boke of prayers to my pennynge translatynge into the Englysh tongue The selue prayers no doubte be excellent pure syncere godly Christian. But my translacion I feare is rude base vnpleasaunt grosse and barbarouse I feare I saye lest accordynge to the prouerbe I shal rēder pro aureis ferrea lest of good latine I haue made euil English lest I haue turned wyne into water My courage good wyll is much thexpectacion of myne olde Mecoenas is of me great finally the celsitude of youre maiestie requyreth no base thyng But I am sore afrayed that myne industrie herin imployed shal answere nether to your maiesties most royal dignitie nether to my sayd lordes expectacion nether yet to myne owne good wyl desyre Neuertheles how so euer my translacion is for vnto your maiesties moost exacte iudgement censure as vnto another Aristarchus I moost humbly submyt it certes the incomparable benignitie of your moost gracious person hath impelled me wyth a bolde spirite to offer and dedicate the frutes of these my labours vnto y e same to thintent that vnder the moost noble patrocinie of youre royall name the boke maye the more plausibly and gredely be deuoured of your louynge subiectes Truth it is that my poore degre basenesse of condicion is farre vnmete to offer any thynge vnto your moost excellent hyghnes Howbeit yf Hethen kinges haue very thākfully receyued of their subiectes hādes Pome granates hādfuls of water and such other tryflyng thynges estemyng rather the prompt and ready wyl of the gyuers than the pryce of the thynges gyuen yf also Christ hymselfe our myghty sheperde whose vicare for the church realme of Englande youre maiestie is recognised not onely accepted but also preferred the two minutes of y e poore wydowe afore the precious oblacions of the rych personages I doubt not but your maiestie beyng a christiā Kynge and such a kynge woll not ingratelye receyue at youre humble seruauntes hande these hys symple lucubracions whych tende to the hygh benefyte edificacion and cōmoditie of youre graces people But leste wyth my loquacitie I myght be an impediment vnto youre moost serious occupacions I make an ende The God of peace and of consolacion graunte that lyke as your hyghnes most lyke vnto the godlye kynge Ezechias ernestly go about the perfecte instauracion of the true religion and thauauncement of gods glorie all false religion destroyed so he woll vouchsaue to sende you the thynge that the most wyse kynge Salomō estemed for the swetest and beste porcion of mans lyfe and for a treasure inestimable that is to wyte a prudent and wyse lady to your maiesties wyfe and to our youre moost addicte subiectes Quene whyche accordynge to the voyce of the prophete maye be as a frutfull vyne in your maiesties house furnyshed wyth chyldren lyke olyue braūches roūde about your graces table For lo thus shall the man be blessed sayeth he whyche feareth the Lorde What shall we saye God hath alredy herde our moost ardent vowes and peticions Thys lady moost excellente is prepared of thalmyghtye for your maiestye she is in iorney readye to be transported into your graces realme The God of spirites mought so tempre and breath the weather and so graciously conducte her in her iorney as she maye moost happely arriue at the tyme desyred into your graces presens to the full contentacion of your hartes desyre to the plausible expectacion of your graces subiectes and fynally to the true honoure and glorie of almyghty God For the accomplishmente wherof we all wyth one accorde mought poure out these prayers folowing semblable to the Lorde of all Amen Domine saluum fac Regem ⧠A GENErall Confession of synnes vnto God dayly to be sayde of the christen person O Moste mercyful lorde god and moste tendre deare father vouche safe I hertely beseche the to loke downe with thy fatherly eyen of pytye vpon me moste vile wretched synner which lye here prostrate before the fete of thy botōles mercy For I haue synned agaynst the trone of thy glory before the o father in so muche y t I am nomore worthy to be called thy son Neuertheles forasmuch as thou arte the god father of al comforte and agayne desyrest not the death of the synner but lyke a true Samaritane takest thought of my sely woūded soule make me I praye the by infoūdyng thy preciouse oyle of comforte into my woundes ioyefully to rūne with the loste son vnto the lap of thyne euerlastyng pytie For lo y u arte my hope and truste in whom I only repose my selfe hauyng in the full confydence and fayth and so I say with very herte I beleue in the o god the father in the o god the son and in the o god the holy ghost thre persons and one true and very god besyde whom I knowledge none other god in heuin aboue nor in earth beneth Yea and I accuse my selfe vnto the deare father that I haue greuously offended thy almighty goodnes and maiestie in the cōmyttyng of myne aboundaunt and manifold synnes For I haue not kepte the leaste of thy most godly cōmaundementes lyke as thy ryghteousnes maye demaunde the same of me I haue I saye not honoured the lyke my god drad the lyke my lord loued the lyke my father trusted in the lyke my creatour and sauiour Thy holy and dradfull name vnto whom all glory and honour belongeth haue I vsed in vayne I haue not sanctified the holy dayes w t workes whiche be acceptable vnto the nor instructing my neygheboure in vertue accordingly I haue not honoured my parentes nor bene obedient vnto them through whom as by an instrumēt thou hast wrought my cōmyng into this worlde The highe powers and rulers whiche take theyr authoritie of the I haue not bene wyllyngly obedient vnto I haue not kepte my herte pure from manslaughter yea had not thy grace defended me
earth yelde vnto the glorye and prayse and vnto vs frutes for our foode and sustenaūce Thou God the father blesse vs thou God the sōne blesse vs thou god y e holy goost blesse vs. O y t all the costes of the earth Lorde God wolde feare stāde in awe of the. Wolde God also that I mought studye to worke nomā eyther pleasure or displeasure y t shulde be agaynst thy wyll Amen For consolacion and concorde of Christes church Psalm 68. ARyse Lorde let thyne enemyes be scattered thy haters put to flyght the ryghtuouse and Christes disciples made pleasaūt and mery Let them synge prayses pleasaunt songes vnto the let them blowe abrode thy magnificēce let thē most hyghly auaūce thy Maiestye let thy glorye growe let the kyngdome of Christ from heauen amonge y e chosen be enlarged be thou the father of the fatherlesse the iudge of the wydowes and the protectour of them namely whom the worlde forsaketh whose consciences be troubled whome the worlde pursueth for Christes sake whych be nedye wrapped full of myserye In thy house O Lorde let vs dwel in peace and concorde gyue vs al one herte one mynde one interpretacion vpō thy worde Plucke of the bādes aswell from the consciences as from the bodyes of the myserable captyues and of them also whych as yet be hedged in wythin the lystes of death vnaduisedly striue agaynst grace How drye Lorde is thyne heritage I pray the poure downe largely the showres of thy graces let a more plenteous frutfulnes chaūce let thy people be strengthened with spirite Graunt vs Lorde thy worde aboūdaūtly so as there may be many preachers of thy Gospell whych maye wythin themselues holyly cōspyre Let thy churche the spouse of Christ deale large spoyles of the cōquered Satā All that beleue in the by Christe O Lorde God of helth mought lyfte the vp wyth prayses mought renoume the and extol the. We be entred into the viage of saluacion conduyte vs luckely vnto y e porte that beynge delyuered by the from the very death we may escape and come to the very lyfe Fynysh y e thynge thou haste begonne in vs make vs encrease frō faith to faith Leaue vs not to oure owne wyll choyse for it is slyppery and readye to fall To the thunderboltes of thy worde put violēce y t we may gyue y e glorye to the all only Gyue to thy people courage and power to wythstande synne and to obey thy worde in all thynges O Lorde God moste glorious and excellēt ouer al. Amē In persecucion Psal. 69. O god succour me for I am drowned wyth the surges waues of aduersities I am without al helpes Helpe me my lorde Iesu Christ which ones not wyth lyke but with passyng greater myseries wast pressed and dyddest paye that whyche thou neuer owedest dyddest restore that wherof thou neuer was wrōge doer thou redemedst the synnes of all men for whych Lorde I styll cōtinually thanke the. Moost mylde tender Lorde Iesu Christ rydde me of thys distresse for thy passion and deathes sake Lorde of strength let them not be shamed whyche wyth a certayne and sure hope seke for the. In tyme conuenient I make my prayers O Lorde vnto the. Accordynge to thy bountyfull mercy and trouth of thy promyse succoure me Rydde me out of these strayghtes heare me for surely thy tendernes gētle herte towardes synners is very pleasaunt Turne thy face vnto me euen of thy depe clemēcy and pety whych can neuer be spent nor wasted hyde not thy countenaūce from me whych am thyne humble liege seruaunt for certes I am excedynge carefull and all full of wauerynge and perplexitie wherfore I besech y e vouchsaue to receaue spedely my hūble peticions ioyne wyth my soule O Lorde my Sauiour and defensour at the leste for myne enemyes sake whych be so extreme cōtrary both agaynst the and me alwayes ready to worke vs al kyndes of displeasure Truely I am at thys present succourles wythout comforte and full of anguysh Oh God most mercyful let thy sauyng helpe fense me And thā I make a vowe I shall not cease to magnify to brute to extolle and glorifye thy name wyth hygh prayses I shal serue the wyth ernest thankes gyuyng to thintent that other folke beynge brought in to the lyke mysery maye learne to flee for succours vnto the to seke fynde the whych arte the onely lyfe and relief of oure hertes It is thou who knoweth not that hearest the poore thou doest not despyse the oppressed and prisoners Succour the Christian churche buylde it so that full many may inhabyte it whyche loue thy holy name Amen A prayer of the church of Christ. Psalm 70. COme helpe me at ones Lorde Let them departe wyth shame and reproche whyche wyshe me all myschief they that ymagen dayly lye in wayte to brynge me to vtter destrucciō Agayne let them reioyse whych seke the and desyre my edificacion and furtheraunce let them alway say Praysed be God on hygh Howe impotent and myserable am I O Lorde Make hast O my god vnto me stande at myne elbowe assyste me and delyuer me Lynger no longer but wyth all hast and expediciō come helpe me O Lorde and my God Amen A prayer of the faythfull in aduersyte Psalm 71. AL myne hope and hole affiaūce moost pytyfull Lorde haue I caste on the let me be nomore I praye y e shaken of for that were sore to my rebuke shame amōges myn enemyes Delyuer succour me of thy iustice Bow downe thyne eares to me marke my supplicacion more attentyfly more surely then I my selfe can conceaue or vtter it and of thy botōles mercy help me Be thou to me a shoteanker and sure refuge let me wade hēce vnto the for I am rounde aboute beset on euery syde with euels I know thou wylt helpe me because thou haste promysed to assyste all that call vpon the. Thou alone assuredly art my fortresse and defence out of y e vngodly mens hādes therfore rescue me lorde my god Euen from my chyldhode thou hast ben the author and foundour of my hope my solace sauetie euen from the tyme that my mother bare me thou hast kept me O Lorde thou arte myne only glorye assuraunce My mouth mought euen flowe and runne full of thys thy glory Caste me not away from the in thys myne infirmitie and weaknes forsake me not thou though the strength ether of my bodye or of my soule forsake me Go not farre awaye moost mercyful father from me Make quycke spede to ayde and succoure me for constantly I abyde and tary for the only By reason wherof I shall not stynte to increase daye by daye thy prayses styll readye to declare and set forthe euen to all the worlde thy ryghtuousnes and saluacion knowynge certaynlye that thou arte styll present and at hande wyth me in all myne aduersities and mysfortunes wyth thy heauenly grace to helpe