signyfied by Sion and Ierusalem for the chosing preseruation and gouernaunce of them and for the plentyfull blessings powred forth vpon all the earthe THy prayse alone O Lorde doth reigne in Sion thine owne hill Theyr vowes to thee they doo maintaine Sing this as the. xxx psalme and their behestes fullfill verse 2 For that thou doest theyr prayer heare and dost therfo agree Thy people al bothe far and neare with trust shall come to thee verse 3 Our wicked lyfe so farre excedes that we should fall therin But Lorde forgeue our great misdeedes and purge vs from out synne verse 4 The man is blest whom thou doest chuse within thy courte to dwell Thy house and temple be shall vse with pleasures that excell verse 5 Of thy great iustice heare vs God our health of thee doth ryse The hope of all the earth abrode and the sea coasts likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compasd with thy power Thou makst the mountayns strong stout to stand in euery shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou dost asswage and make their streames full styll Thou dost restrayne the peoples rage and rule them at thy will verse 8 The folke that dwell full farre on earth shall dread thy signes to see Whiche morne and euen in great mirth doo passe with prayse to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chopt and drye and thirsteth more and more Then with thy dropes thou dost applye and muche encrease her store verse 10 The floud of God doth ouerflow and so doth cause to sprynge The seede and corne which men doo sow for he doth guide the thing verse 11 With wete thou dost her forowes fill wherby her cloddes doo fall Thy drops to her thou dost distill and bles her frute withall verse 12 Thou deckst the earth of thy good grace with fayre and pleasaunt crop Thy cloudes distill theyr deaw a pace great plenty they doo drop verse 13 wherby the desert shall begin full great encrease to bryng The litle hilles shall ioy therin muche frute in them shall spryng verse 14 In places playne the flocke shall fede and couer all the earth The valies with corne shall so excede that men shall sing for mirth Iubilate deo omnis terra Psal. lxvl. T. S. He prouoketh all men to prayse the Lorde to considre his workes rehersing two thinges most wonderful He setteth forth the power of God to affray the rebels and sheweth how God hath delyuered Israell from great bondage and afflictions ▪ he promiseth to geue sacryfyce and prouoke all men to heare what God hath done for hym and to prayse hys name YE men on earth in God reioyce Sing this as the. xviii Ps with prayse set forth his name Extoll his might with hart and voyce geue glory to the same verse 2 How wonderfull O Lorde say ye in all thy workes thou art Thy foes for feare doo seke to thee full sore agaynst theyr hart verse 3 All men that dwell the earth throughout doo prayse the name of God The laude therof the worlde about is shewd and set abrode verse 4 All folke come forth beholde and see what things the Lord hath wrought Mark wel the wōdrous works that he for man to passe hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heapes on hye therin away they had On fote to pas both fair and drye wherof theyr harts were glad verse 6 His might doth rule the world alwaye his eyes all thynges be hold All suche as would him disobey by hym shalbe controld verse 7 ye people geue vnto our God due laude and thankes alwayes With ioyfull voyce declare abrode and syng vnto hys prayse verse 8 Whiche doth endue our soule with life and it preserue with all He stayeth our fete so that no stryfe can make vs slippe or fall verse 9 The Lord doth proue our dedes with fire if that they will abyde As workmen doo when they desyre to haue theyr metals tryde verse 10 Although thou suffer vs so long in prison to be cast And there with chaines fetters strong to lye in bondage fast The secōde part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on vs to ryde and raygne Though we through fyre and water ren of very grief and payne verse 12 yet sure thou dost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bring vs out into a place to liue in wealth and rest verse 13 Unto thy house resort will I to offer and to pray And there I will my selfe applye my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in all my grief and smart The vowes I say whiche I did make in dolor of my hart verse 15 Burnt offringe I will geue to thee of Oxen fat and Rammes No other sacrifice shalbe of bullockes goates and lamkes verse 16 Come forth and harken here full sone all ye that feare the Lorde what he for my poore soule hath done to you I will record verse 17 Full oft I call vpon hys grace thys mouth to him doth crye And thou my tonge make spede apace to prayse hym by and by verse 18 But if I fele my hart within in wicked workes reioyce Or if I haue delyte to syn God will not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voice hath heard and what I doo require My prayer he doth well regarde and graunteth my desire verse 20 All prayse to him that hath not put nor cast me out of mynde Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I doo euer fynde Deus misereatur nostri Psalme lxvii I. H. A swete prayer for all the faythfull to obteyne the fauor of God and to be lyghtened with hys countenaunce to thende that hys way and iudgements may be knowne throughout the earth A reioysing that God is the gouernor of all nations HAue mercy on vs Lorde Sing this as the. xxx psalme and graunte to ps thy grace To shew to vs doo thou accorde the bryghtnes of thy face verse 2 That all the earth may knowe thy way to godly wealth And all the nations on a row may see thy sauyng health verse 3 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name O let the people all abrode Extoll and laude the same verse 4 Thoroughout the worlde so wyde let all reioyce with mirth For thou with truth right dost guide the nations of the earth verse 5 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name Oh let the people all abrode extoll and laude the same verse 6 Then shall the earth encrease Great store of frute shall fall And then our God the God of peace Shall bles vs eke with all God shall vs bles I say and then bothe farre and neare The folke throughout the earth alway of him shall stande in feare Exurgat deus Psal. lxviii T. S. In this Psalm Dauid setteth forth as in a glas the wonderfull mee mercyes of God towardes his people who by all meanes and moste
hadst ouercome of death The sharp and cruell might Thou heauens kingdome didst set ope to eche beleuing wight In glory of the father thou doest sit on Gods right hand We trust that thou shalt come our Iudge our cause to vnderstand Lorde helpe thy seruaunts whom thou hast Bought with thy precious bloud And in eternall glory set Them with thy sainctes so good O Lorde doo thou thy people saue Blesse thine inheritaunce Lorde gouerne them and Lord doo thou for euer them aduaunce we magnifie thee day by day and world withoutē ende Addore thy holy name O Lorde vouchesafe vs to defende From sinne this day haue mercy Lord haue mercy on vs all And on vs as we trust in thee Lorde let thy mercy fall O Lorde I haue reposed all My confidence in thee Put to confounding shame therfore Lord let me neuer be The songe of the thre Children praysing God prouoking all creatures to doo the same O all ye works of god the lord bles ye the Lord prayse him magnifye him for euer O ye the Angels of the Lorde bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the sterry heauens hie blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye waters aboue the sky blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the shining Son and Mone blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the glistring starres of heauen blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O the showers and dropping dew blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the blowing wyndes of God bles ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the fire and warming heate blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer Ye winter and the sommer tyde blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the dewes and binding frostes bles ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the frost and chilling colde blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye congeled ise and snow blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the nightes and light somdayes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O the darknes and the light blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the lightnings and the cloudes blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O let the earth eke blesse the lorde yea bles the lord praise him magnify him for euer O ye the mountaines and the hilles blesse ye the Lord prayse him magnifie hym for euer O all ye grene thinges on the earth blesse ye the Lord praise hym magnifye hym for euer O ye the euer springing welles bles ye the Lorde praise him and magnifye him for euer O ye the seas and ye the floodes bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer whales and all that in waters moue bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O all ye flying foules of thayre bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O all the beastes and cattayll eke bles ye the Lorde praise him and magnifye him for euer O ye the children of mankind bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer Let Israell eke bles the Lorde yea bles the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the priestes of God the Lorde bles ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the seruantes of the Lorde blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer ye sprites and soules of righteous men blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer ye holy and ye meke of hart blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O Ananias blesse the lorde blesse thou the lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O Azarias bles the lorde bles thou the lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer And Misaell bles thou the lorde blesse thou the lord praise him and magnifye him for euer ☞ The song of Zacharias called Benedictus THe only lorde of Israel be praysed euer more For through his visitation mercy kept in store his people now he hathe redemde that longe hathe bene in thrall and spred abrod his sauing health vpon his seruauntes all In Dauids house his seruaunte true According to his minde And also hys annoynted king As we in Scripture finde As by his holy Prophetes all O ft times he did declare The whiche were since the worlde 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 doo vs hate The mercy whiche he promised Oure fathers to fulfill And thinke vpon his couenant made According to hys wyll And also to performe the othe Whiche he before had sworne To Abraham our father deare For vs that were forlorne That he woulde geue him self for vs And vs from bondage bringe Out of the handes of all our foes To serue our heauenly kyng And that without all maner feare and eke in righteousnes and also for to leade our life In stedfast holynes And thou o child which now art borne and of the Lorde elect Shalt be the Prophet of the hiest His wayes for to direct For thou shalt goo before his face For to prepare his wayes and also for to teache his will and pleasure all the dayes To geue thē knowledg how that theyr Saluation is nere and that remission of theyr sinnes Is through his mercy mere wherby the day spring from an hie Is come vs for to visit and those for to illuminate whiche doo in darknes syt To lighten those that shadowed be with death and eke opprest and also for to guide theyr fete The way to peace and rest The songe of Blessed Mary called Magnificat MY soule doth magnifye the Lord My sprit eke euermore reioyseth in the Lorde my God which is my Sauior why because he did regard gaue respect vnto so base estate of his handmaid and let the mightie go For now beholde all nations And generations all From this time forth for euermore Shall me right blessed call Because he hath me magnifyed Which is the lorde of might whose name be euer sanctifyed And praysed day and night For with his mercy and his grace All men he doth inflame Thoro wout all generations To suche as feare his name He shewed strength with his greatarme And made the proude to start With all imaginations That they bare in theyr hart He hathe put downe the mightye ones From their supernall seate And did exalte the meke in hart As he hath thought it mete The hungrie he replenished With all thinges that were good And through his power he made the riche Oft times
exhortaciō to prayse god for the gouernment of the world and the election of his church An admonishion not to folow the rebellion of the olde fathers that tempted God in the wildernes For the which they might not enter into the land of promise O Come let vs lyfte vp oure voyce and synge vnto the Lorde in him our rock of health reioyce let vs with one accorde yea let vs come before his face to geue him thanks and prayse in singing Psalmes vnto his grace let vs be glad all wayes verse 3 For why the Lorde he is no doubte a greate and myghty God A kynge aboue all Gods throughout in all the worlde abrode verse 4 4 The secretes of the yearth so depe and corners of the land The toppes of hilles that are so stepe he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters all are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and all that therin is his hande hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and prayse the Lorde before him let vs fall And knele to him with one acorde the whiche hathe made vs all verse 7 For why he is the Lorde our God for vs he doth prouide We are his folke he doth vs fede his shepe and he our guide verse 8 Today if ye his voice will heare then harden not your hart As ye with grudging many a yeare prouoked me in deserte verse 9 Wher as your fathers tempted me my power for to proue My wondrous works whē they did see yet still they woulde me moue verse 10 Twise twenty yeare they did me greue and I to them did saye They erre in heart and not beleue they haue not knowne my waye verse 11 Wherfore I sware when that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer treade the pathe to enter to my rest Cantate domino Psalme lxxxxvi I. H An exhortacyon bothe to the Iewes and gentiles to prayse God for hys mercye And this specyallye ought to be referred to the kingdom of Chryste Syng ye with prayse vnto the Lorde Sing this as the. lxxvii psalme New songs of ioy and mirthe Sing vnto him with one accorde all people on the yearthe verse 2 yea sing vnto the Lorde I saye prayse ye his holy name Declare and shew from day to daye saluation by the same verse 3 Amonge the Heathen eke declare hys honor round about To shew his wonders doo not spare in all the worlde throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy prayse alway And he is to be dred of ryght aboue all Gods I saye verse 5 For all the Gods of Heathen folke are idoles that will fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 All prayse and honor eke doo dwell for aye before his face Both power and might likewise excell within his holly place verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lorde alway ye people of the worlde All might and worship eke I say ascribe vnto the Lorde verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lorde also the glory of his name And eke into his courtes doo goe with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fall down and worship ye the lorde with in his temple bright Let all the people of the worlde be fearefull at his sight verse 10 Tell all the world be not agaste the Lorde doth raigne aboue Yea he hath set the yerth so fast that it did neuer moue verse 11 And that it is the Lorde alone that ruleth with princely might To iudge the nations euery one with equity and right verse 12 The heauens shall great ioy begin the earth shall eke reioyce The sea with all that is theirin shall shoute and make a noice verse 13 The field shall ioye and euery thing that spryngeth of the earth The wod and euery tree shall sing with gladnes and with mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lorde and comming of his might when he shall iustly iudge the worlde and rule his folke with right Dominus regnauit Psalme lxxxxvii I. H The prophet exhorteth all to reioyce for the coming of the kingdome of Christ dreadfull to the rebels and Idolaters and ioyfull to the iust whom he exhorteth to innocency to reioysing and thanks geuing THe lord doth raigne where all y e earth Sing this as the. lxxxxv may ioy with pleasaunt voyce And eke the yles with ioyfull mirth may triumphe and reioyce verse 2 Bothe cloudes darknes eke doo swell and rounde aboute him beate Yea right and iustice euer dwell and byde aboute his seate verse 3 Yea fier and heate at once doth runne and go before his face Which shall his foes and ennemies burn abrode in euery place verse 4 His lightnes eke full bright did blase and to the world appere Wherat the yearthe did loke and gase with dreade and deadly feare verse 5 The hilles like war did melt in sight and presence of the Lorde They fled before that rulers might which gideth all the worlde verse 6 The heauens eke declare and shew his iustice forth abrode That all the world may see and knowe the glory of our god verse 7 Confusion sure shall come to suche as worship Idols vayne And eke to those that glory muche dome pictures to maintayne verse 8 For all the Idouls of the worlde whiche they as Gods doo call Shall feele the power of the Lorde and downe to hym shall fall verse 9 With ioy shall Sion here this thyng and Iuda shall reioyce For at thy iudgements they shall sing and make a pleasaunt noyce verse 10 That thou O Lorde art set on hie in all the earth abrode And arte exalted wonderously aboue eche other God verse 11 All ye that loue the Lorde doo thys hate all thinges that is ill For he doth kepe the soules of his from suche as would them spill verse 12 And light doth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Greate ioye with gladnes mirth lust to them of vpright hart verse 13 Ye rigteous in the Lord reioyce his hollines proclayme Be thankfull eke with hart and voyce and mindefull of the same Cantate domino Psal lxxxxviii I. H An Earnest exhortacyō to all cratures to prayse the Lorde for his power mercy and fydelitie in his promyse by Christ by whō he hath communicated his saluation to all natiōes OSyng ye now vnto the Lorde a new and pleasaunt songe Sing this as the. lxxxxv For he hath wrought throughout the world His wōders great strong With his rigt hand full worthely he doth his foes deuoure And get him sealf the victory with his owne arme and power verse 3 The Lord doth make the people know his sauing health and might The Lorde doth eke his iustice shew in all the Heathens sight verse 4 His grace and truth to Israell in minde he doth recorde That al the yearth hath sene right wel the goodnes of the Lorde verse 5 Be glad in him with ioyfull voyce all
Lorde theyr cruell wordes when as with one accorde They cryed on sack and raze their wals in despite of theyr Lorde verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought And happy shall that man be calld that our reuenge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shall that man be calld that taketh thy children yonge To dash theyr bones against hard stones whiche lye the streates amonge Confitebor tibi Psalme Cxxxviii N. ☞ Dauid with greate courage prayseth the goodnes of God toward hym whiche is so greate that it is knowne to forren prynces who shall prayse the Lord together with hym And he is assured to haue lyke comforte of God in the time folowyng as he hathe had here to fore THee will I prayse with my whole hart my Lorde my God alwayes Sing thys as the. cxivii Ps. Euen in the presence of the Gods I will aduaunce thy prayse Towarde thy holy temple I will looke and worship thee And praysed in my thankfull mouth thy holy name shall be Euen for thy louing kindnes sake and for thy truth withall For thou thy name hast by thy worde auaunced ouer all When I did call thou heardest me and thou hast made also The power of encreasced strength within my soule to grow Yea all the kynges on earth they shall geue prayse to thee O Lorde For they of thy most holy mouth haue hard the mightye word They of the wayes of God the Lord in singing shall entreate Because the glory of the Lorde it is exceding great The Lorde is hye and yet he doth beholde the lowly spirite But he contemning knowes a farre the proud and lofty wight Although in middes of trouble I doo walke yet shall I stand Renued by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand vpon the wrath of all my foes and saued shall I be By thy right hand The Lord God wil performe his worke to me Thy mercy Lorde endures for ay Lorde doo me not forsake Forsake me not that am the work whiche thine owne hand did make Domine probasti Psalme cxxxix N. ☞ Dauid to clense his harte from all hipocrisie sheweth that there is nothing so hye whiche God seyth not whiche he confirmeth by the creation of man After declaryng his zeale and feare of God he protesteth to be enemy to all them that contem God O Lorde thou hast me tryed and knowne my sitting doste thou knew And tysing eke my thoughts a farre thou vnderstandst also My pathes yea and my lying downe thou compassest alwayes And by familiar custome art acquaynted with my wayes No word is in my tong O lorde but knowne it is to thee Thou me behinde holdst and before thou layst thy hand on me To wonderfull aboue my reache Lorde is thy cunning skill it is so hie that I the same can not atteyne vntill From sight of thy all seeyng sprite Lorde whether shall I goo Or whether shall I flee away thy presence to scape froe To heauen if I mount aloft loe thou art present there In hell if I lye downe by lowe euen there thou dost appeare Yea let me take the mornings winges and let me goo and hide Euen there where ar the farthest partes where flowing sea doth slide Yea euen thether also shall thy reaching hand me guide And thy ryght hand shall holde me fast and make me to abide yea if I say the darknes shall yet shrowde me from thy sight Loe euen also the darkest night about me shalbe light yea darknes hideth not from thee but night doth shine as day To thee the darknes and the light are bothe alike alway For thou possessed hast my reynes and thou hast couerd me When I within my mothers wombe enclosed was by thee Thee will I prayse made fearfully and wondrously I am Thy works are maruellous right well my soule doth knowe the same My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue ben made and in the earth beneth I shapen was When I was formeles then thyne eye saw me far in thy boke Were written all nought was before that after fashion toke The thoughtes therfore of thee O God bow dere are they to me And of them all how passing great the endles nombers be If I should compt them loe their summe more then the sand I see And whensoeuer I awake yet am I still with thee The wicked and the blody men of that thou woldest slaye Euen those O God to whom depart depart from me I say Euen those of thee O lord my God that speake full wickedlye These that are lifted vp in vayne beyng enemies to thee Hate I not them that hate thee Lord and not in earnest wise Contende I Lorde against them all against thee that arise I hate them with vnfayned hate euen as my vtter foes Trye me O God and know my hart my thoughtes proue and disclose Consider Lorde if wickednes in me there any be And in the way O God my guide for euer leade thou me Eripeme Psalme Cxl. N. ☞ Dauid complayneth of the crueltye falshed and iniuryes of his enemies against whiche he prayeth vnto the Lorde and assureth him selfe of hys helpe and succoure Wherfore he prouoketh the iuste to prayse thee and to assure them selues of hys tuicion LOrde saue me from the euill man and from the cruell wight Deliuer me whiche euell doo imagine in their sprite Whiche make on me continuall warre their tonges loe they haue whet Like serpents vnderneth their lyppes is adders poyson set Kepe me O Lorde from wicked handes preserue me to a bide Free from the cruell man that meanes to cause my steppes to slide The proud haue laid a snare for me and they haue spred a net With cordes in my path way and ginnes for me eke haue they set Therfore I said vnto the Lord thou art my God alone Here me O Lorde oh heare the voyce wherwith I pray and mone O Lord my God thou only art the strength that saueth me My head in day of battell hath ben couerd still by thee Let not O lorde the wicked haue the end of his desire Perform not his wicked thought lest they with pride be set on fyre Of them that compas me about the chefest of them all Lord let the mischef of their lippes vpon them selues befall Let coales fall on them let him cast them in consuming flame And in depe pittes so as they may not rise out of the same For no backbiter shall on earth beset in stable plight And euill to destruction still shall hunt the cruel wight I know the lorde thafflicted will reuenge and iudge the poore The iust shall prayse thy name iust shall dwell with thee euermore Domine clamaui Psalme Cxli. N. ☞ Dauid being greuouslye persecuted vnder Saull onely flicth vnto God to haue succour despring him to bridle his affections that he may paciently abyde 〈◊〉 God take vengeaunce of his enemies O Lord vpon thee doo I cal Lord
praise his greatnes not cāreach frō race to race they shal thy works praise and thy power preache I Of thy gloryous maiestye the beauty will recorde And meditate vppon thy workes most wonderfull O Lorde And they shal of thy power and of thy fearfull actes declare And I to publish all abrode thy greatnes will not spare And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repete The Lorde our God is gratious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to angre he is slowe yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth excede Loe all thy workes doo praise thee lord and doo their honor sprede Thy sainctes doo bles thee and they doo thy kingdomes glorye shewe And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to sprede the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lorde a kingdom is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through eche age endures without decay The Lorde vpholdeth them that fall the sliding he doth stay The eyes of all doo wayte on thee thou doest them all releue And thou to eche sufficing foode in season due dost geue Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what euer liue with giftes of thy good will The Lorde is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all Nere all he is that call on him in truthe that on him cal He the desires whiche they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they crye and saue them all he will The Lorde preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse hys holy name for euer shall accorde Lauda anima mea Psalm cxlvi I. H Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almightye and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at lybertie comforteth the fatherles widowes and the straungers and raygneth kinge for euer My soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes My God I will confes Sing thys as the. cxxxvii Whyle death and lyfe prolong my dayes my tonge no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why theyr breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their hart decay and pearysh all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the lorde is stayd verse 6 Whiche made the earth waters depe the heauens hie with all Which doth his word and promise kepe In truth and euer shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he procede for suche as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The lord doth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The lorde I saye doth loue the ryght and iust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the strangers sad in hart And quite the wydow from distres and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy lorde and God eternally O Syon still shall rayne In tyme of all posteritie for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme cxlvii N. ☞ The Prophet prayseth the bountye wisdom power iustice prouidence of God vpō all his creatures But specially vpō his church whiche he gathereth together after theyr dispersion Declaring hys word and iudgmēts so vnto them as he hath don to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to synge For it is pleasante and to prayse it is a comely thyng the Lord his owne Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israell doth gather into one He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynde He countes the number of the starres and names them in theyr kynde Great is our Lord great is his power his wisdome infinite The Lord releues the meke throwes to ground the wicked wight Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyse And to our God vpon the harp aduaunce your singing voyce He couers heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth rayne And on the mountaines he doth make the grasse to grow agayne He geues to beastes their fode and to yong rauens when they crye His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legges doth lye But all in those that feare the Lorde the Lord hath his delight And suche as doo attend vpon his mercies shining light O prayse thy Lorde Ierusalem thy God O Syon prayse For he the barres hath forged strong where with thy gaie he stayes Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the floure of wheat he filleth thee And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with spedy course doth swiftly runne about He geueth snow like woll hore frost like ashes doth he spreade Like morsells castes his ise therof the colde whoe can abide He sendeth fourth his mightye worde and melteth them agayne His winde he makes to blow and then the waters flow amayne The doctrine of his holy worde to Iacob doth he shewe His statutes and his iudgements he geues Israell to knowe With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne His secrete iudgementes ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme cxlviii I. P. ☞ He prouoketh all creatures to prayse the Lode in heauen in earth and in all places specially for the power that he hathe geuen to his people Israell whom he hathe taken so nere vnto hym GEue laude vnto the Lord frō heauen that is so hie Praise him in dede and worde Aboue the starry skie 2. And also ye his angels all armies royall prayse him with glee Praise him both mone and Sunne Whiche are so cleare and bryght The same in you be done Ye glistring starres of lyght And eke no les De Heauens faire And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse For at his worde they were All formed as we see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree Whiche he set fast To them he made A law and trade For aye to laste Extoll and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fell All depe doo ye the same For it becommeth you well Him magnyfye Fyre Hayle Ise Snowe And stormes that blow At his decree The hilles and mountaines all And trees that frutfull are The Cedres great and tall His worthy prayie declare Beastes and cattell yea birdes fliyng And wormes crepyng That on earth dwell All kinges both more and les With all their pompons trayne Princes and all iudges That in the worlde remayne Exalte his name
hys passion ☞ To him be glory foreuer The vse of the rest of the Psalmes not comprehended in the former Lable of Athanasius IF thou wouldest prayse God because he hathe geuen vs a good Prince whiche wyll and doth punish the enemies of Christes relygion vse the 21. Psalme If thou be persecuted withoute a cause if thou wouldest haue no affinitie with vice nor with the virious vse the 26. Psalme If thou wouldest not be wicked if not accōpted as a malefactor but wouldest haue them punished and thyselfe and suche other godly men defended from the tiranie vse the. 28 Psalme If thou seest the nobilitie the counsell the magistrates Princes not geuen to religion nor to the praysing of God vse the 29. Psalme If thou desirest to be iust and vertuous vse the 33. psalm If thou beest afflicted with any sicknes wouldest faine lyue and see good daies and Christes glory to be encreased vse the. 29. Psalme If thou be banished for religiō and art almost in dispaire of retorning to thy countrey vse the 42 psalme If thou perceyue thy selfe forsaken of God and therfore persecuted for religion and vertue sake vse the. 44. Psalme If thou wouldest complaine of a Doeg of a wycked man and would haue him to be voted oute and thy selfe to haue prosperitye vse the. 52 psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from thyne enemies which persecute thee vnto deathe vse the 54. Psalme If thou wouldest haue the helpe of God againste suche as persecute thee without a cause vse the 59. Psalme If thou wouldest prepare thy selfe to fight against the Idumeane or such lyke enemyes of Christ vse the 60. Psalm If thou wouldest haue Chryste to come conquere beate downe the Siriās Idumes Amonites Papistes Antichristians Nullifidians Neutralles and vngratious Pelagyans vse the 68. Psalme If thou best perswaded that Chryste wyll come and pounysh offenders ayde the true worshippers and poure oure the dregges of wyne and vengeaunce of hys cuppe on the vngodly vse the 75. Psalme If thou neither wouldest haue Idolatry neyther any lycencious lustes rayne in Christes common welth thou must geue God thankes if thou be perswaded he bothe will and can take them awaye vsing the 81 Psalme If thou wouldest gladlie know Christes Churche how that Sion signifieth it and how that the true religion shalbe delated and spred throughe the hole worlde vse the. 87. Psalme If thou goest to fight againste the Idumeans or anye of Christes enemies whether they offende in manners or in doctrine and wouldest desire God to geue the victorye vse the 108. Psalme If thou woldest liue a godly lyfe if thou wouldest replenysh thy mynde with gooly preceptes and therby obtayne imortalitie and eternall felicitie Study diligently the. 119. Psalme If thou be thrust into a Colledge or in a parish towne or countrey whose in habitours are wicked crafty and malicious picke quarels to be deliuered from them vse the. 120. Psalme If thou wouldest haue the congregatiō of Christ to prosper vse the 122. Psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from contempt infamye the derision of the wicked vse 123. Psalme when thou art deliuered out of prison captiuitie or anye distres in geuing thankes to God vse the 124. Psalme To vnderstande the saftie that those are in whiche ar vnder the tuicion of the Lorde Ioua and howe that the wicked shalbe punyshed consider the 125. Psalme If thou desirest to knowe the felicitie that he hathe which reuerenceth God and liueth godly the tranquillitie peace of conscience whiche he enioyeth in this life and the vnspeak able ioye in the life to come meditate diligentlie the 128. Ps. To vnderstand how the good and godlye are defended by the ayde of the Lord and the wicked perish consider the 129. Psalme If thou wouldest not be arrogaunte and proude vse the 131. Psalme If thou wouldest prayse vnitie and concord amonge bretherne vse the. 133. Psalme To syng prayses to god for his mercies vse the 134. Psal. FINIS Venicreator COme holy Ghost eternal God proceding from aboue Both from the Father the son the God of peace loue Uisit our mindes into vs thy heauenly grace inspire that in all truth godlines we may haue true desire Thou art the very comforter in all wo and distres The heauenly gift of God most highe which no tonguee an expres The fountaine and the liuely springe of ioy Celestiall The fyre so bright the loue so cleare and vnction spirituall Thou in thy giftes art manifold wherby Christes church doth stande In faythfull hartes writyng thy law the finger of Gods hand According to thy promise made thou geuest speache of grace That through thy helpe the prayse of God may stande in euery place O holy Gost into our wittes sende downe thy heauenly light Kindle our harts with feruent loue to serue God day and night Strength and stablish all our weaknes sofeable and so frayle That neither flesh the worlde nor deuill against vs do preuayle Put backe our enemies far from vs and graunt vs to obteyne Peace in our hartes with God and man without grudge or disdayne And graunt O Lorde that thou beyng our leader and our guide We may eschewe the snares of sinne and from thee neuer slide To vs suche plentie of thy grace good Lorde graunt we thee pray That thou maiest be our comforter at the last dreadfull day Of all strief and discention O Lord dissolue the handes And make the knots of peace and loue throughout all christen landes Graunt vs O Lord through thee to know the father most of might That of his deare beloued sonne we may atteyne the sight And that with perfect faith also we may acknowledge thee The spirit of them both alway one God in persons three Laude and prayse be to the father and to the Sonne equall And to the holy spirit also one God coeternall And pray we that the only sonne vouchesafe his Sprit to sende To all that doo professe his name vnto the worldes ende Amen Loke for the lxxxxv Psalm iii Fol. 237. The songe of S. Ambrose called Te Deum WE praise thee god we knowledg the the only Lord to be And as eternal father all the earth doth worship the. To the al angels crye the heauens and all the powers therin To the Cherub and Seraphin To crie they do not linne O Holy Holy Holy Lorde Of Saboth Lord the God Through heauē earth thy praise is spred And glory all abrode Thapostles glorious companye yelde prayses vnto thee The Prophets goodly selowship praise thee continually The noble and victorious host Of martirs sounde thy prayse The holy churche throughout the world doth knowledge thee alwayes Father of endles maiestie they doo acknowledge thee Thy Christ thine honorable true and only sonne to be The holy Ghost the comforter of glory thou art king O Christ and of the father arte the sonne euerlasting When sinfull mans decay inhand thou tokest to restore To be enclosde in virgins wombe Thou diddest not abhorre When thou
he desireth forgeuenes be wayling that if God toke him away in hys indignation he shoulde lacke occasion to praise him as he was wonte to doo whilest he was amongest men Then so deinly felyng Gods mercy he sharpely rebuketh his enemyes which reioyseth in hys afliction LOrd in thy wrath reproue me not though I deserue thyne ire Ne yet correcte me in thy rage O Lorde I thee desire For I am weake therfore O Lorde of mercy me forbeare and heale me Lorde for why thou knowest my bones do quake for feare verse 3 My soule is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lorde how long wilt thou delay to cure my miserie verse 4 4 Lord turne thee to thy wonted grace my sely soule vp take Oh saue me not for my desertes but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead He feared not so muche the death of the body but trembled as it werfor fear of gods iudgement so waxed dimand cold not praise God remembreth thee one whit Or who shall worship thee O Lorde in the infernall pit verse 6 So greuous is my plaint and mone that I waxe wonderous faint All the night long I wash my bed with teares of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dymme and waxetholde with anguishe of mine hert Heb. mine eye is eaten as with wormes For feare of those that be my foes and would my soulesubuert verse 8 But nowe a way from me all ye God sendeth comfort boldenes in affliction that worke iniquitie For why the Lord hath heard the woyce of my complaint and crye verse 9 He heard not onely the request and praier of my heart But it receiued at my hande and toke it in good part verse 10 And nowe my foes that vexed me the Lord will sone defame And sodenly confunde them all to theyr rebuke and shame Domine deus meus in te speraui Psal. vii T. S. Dauid being falsely accused by Thus one of Sauls kinsmen he calleth to God to be hys defender to whom he commendeth hys innocency Firste shewyng that hys conscience dyd not accuse hym of any euyll towards Saule Next that it touched gods glory to awarde sentence against the wicked And so entring in to the consideration of Gods mercies and promises hewaxeth bolde derideth the vaine enterprises of his enemies threatning that it shall fall on theyr owne necks that which they haue purposed for others O Lorde my God I put my trust Sing this as the thirde psalme and confidence in thee Saue me from them that me pursue and eke deliuer me verse 2 Lest like a Lyon he me teare and rent in pieces small While there is none to succor me and rid me out of thrall verse 3 O Lorde my God If I haue done Where with Thus chargeth me He reioyseth that God only hath aproued hys cause the thyug that is not ryght Or ells if I be found in faut or giltie in thy syght verse 4 Or to my frend rewarded euyll or left him in distres Which me pursued most cruelly and hated me causeles verse 5 Then let my foes pursue my soule A sygne of a pure conscieÌ„ce and eke my life downe thrust Unto the earth and also lay myne honour in the dust verse 6 Stert vp O Lord now in thy wrath Selah and put my foes to payne Performe thy kingdome promised to me whyche wrong sustayne verse 7 Then shall great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of them thy selfe as Lorde and king As touchyng my behauor towardes Saul and mine enemyes verse 8 And thou that art of all men iudge O Lorde now iudge thou me According to my rightousnes and mine integritie The second parte verse 9 Lorde cease the heart of wicked men and be the iust mans guide verse 10 By whom the secretes of all hartes are searched and descride verse 11 I take my helpe to come of God in all my grief and smarte That doth preserue all those that be of pure and perfect heart verse 12 The iust man and the wicked bothe God iudgeth by his poure So that he feleth his mighty hand euen euery day and houre He derideth Sauls enterprises beyng surely perswaded to be preseruedby Gods fauour verse 13 Except he chaunge his mind I die for euen as he should smite He whet his sword his bow he bendth ayming where he may hit verse 14 And doeth prepare his mortall dartes his arrowes kene and sharpe For them that doo me persecute The wicked sâ—me to labor of child â—â—ll thâ—y haue coÌ„fessed theâ—â— â–ª whilest he doth mischief warpe verse 15 But we though he in trauell be of his deuilish fore cast And of his mischief once conceiued yet bringeth forth nought at last verse 16 He digth a ditche and delueth it depe The wicked maÌ„ is beat with his owne rod. In hope to hurte his brother But he shall fall into the pit that he digde vp for other verse 17 Thus wrong retorneth to the hurt of him in whom it bread And all the mischief that he wrought shall fall vpon his head verse 18 I will geue thankes to God therfore that iudgeth rightuously And with my song prayse will the name of hym that is most hye Domine Deus noster Psal. viii Tho. Ster The Prophet considering thexcellent liberalitie and fatherly prouidence of God towards man whom he made as it were a God ouerall his workes doth not only geue great thanks but is astonished with thadmiration of the same as one nothinge hable to compasse suche greate mercies and so endeth O God our Lord how wonderfull Sing this as the thirde psalme are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmounte in dignitie aboue the heauens cleare verse 2 Euen by the mouthes of sucking babes thou wilt confound thy foes For in these babes thy might is sene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heauens highe the workes of thine owne hand The Sunne the Mone and al the Starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lorde thinke I then that thou doest him remember Or what is mans posteritie that thou doest it considre verse 5 For thou hast made him litle les Herein appeareth the greate loue of god toward man Hebr. 2. then Angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glory and dygnitie verse 6 Thou hast preferd him to be Lorde of all thy workes of wonder And at his fete hast set all thinges that he should kepe them vnder verse 7 As shepe and neat all beastes els that in the fieldes doo fede verse 8 Foules of the ayre fishe in the sea and all that therin brede verse 9 Therfore must I say once agayne O God that art our Lorde How famous and how wonderfull are thy works through the world Confitebor tibi domine in toto Psalm ix T. S. After he had geuen thankes to God for the sundry victoryes that he had sent hym against his enemies
the hony combe are not so swete as they verse 11 By them thy seruaunt is forewarnde to haue God in regarde And in performance of the same there shalbe greatrewarde verse 12 But lord what earthly man doth know the errours of hys lyfe Then clense my soule from secreat sinnes whyche are in me most ryfe verse 13 And kepe me that presumptuous sinnes prenayle not ouer me And then shall I be innocent and great offences flee verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my hart my wordes and thoughts echone For my redemer and my strength O Lorde thou art alone Exaudiat te dominus Psal. xx T. S. A prayer of the people vnto God that it woulde please hym to heare theyr king and receyue his sacrifice whyche he offred before he went to battell against the ammonites declaryng howe that the Heathen put theyr trust in horses chariotes but they trust only in the name of the Lorde theyr God Wherfore the other shall fall but the Lorde will saue the kinge and hys people IN trouble and aduersitie Sing this as the. xiiii psal the Lorde God heare thee styll The maiestye of Iacobs God defende thee from all ill verse 2 And send thee from his holy place hys helpe at euery nede And so in Sion stablish thee and make thee strong in dede verse 3 Remembring well the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receyue right thankfully thy burnt offringes echeone verse 4 Accordyng to thy hartes desire the Lorde graunt vnto thee And all thy counsell and deuyse full well performe may he verse 5 We shall reioyse when thou vs sauest and our banners displaye Unto the Lorde whyche thy requestes fulfilled hathe alwaye verse 6 The Lorde will his annoynted saue I know well by hys grace And send him health by his right hand out of his holy place verse 7 In charets some put confidence and some in horses trust But we remember God our Lorde that kepeth promise iust verse 8 They fall downe flat but we doo ryse and stand vp stedfastly verse 9 Now saue and helpe vs Lorde king on thee when we doo cry Domine in virture Psalme xxi T. S. Dauid in the parson of the people prayseth God for the victory which he gaue them against the Siriās and Ammonites i. Sam. x. xi wherin he had the riche crowne of the king of Ammon set vpon his head ii Sam. xii and was indued with the manifolde blessinges of God and contrarywise his enemies destroyed O Lord how ioyfull is the king in thy strēgth thy power how vemently doeth he reioyce in thee hys sauior For thou haste geuen vnto him his godly harts desire to hym nothing hast thou denide of that he did require verse 3 Thou didst preuent hym with thy gyftes and blessynges manifold Dauid did not onely obtayne◠lyfe but also assurance that his posteritie shold raigue for euer And thou hast set vpon hys head a crowne of perfect golde verse 4 And when he asked life of thee therof thou madst hym sure To haue longe lyfe yea suche a lyfe as euer should indure verse 5 Greate is hys glory by thy helpe thy benefyte and ayde Greate worship and greate honor bothe thou hast vpon hym layde verse 6 Thou wylte geue hym felycytie that neuer shall decay And with thy chearefull countenaunce wylt comforte hym alway verse 7 For why the kinge doeth strongly trust in God for to preuayle Hereof he describeth the strength of christes kingdome against thenemies thereof Therfore hys goodnes and his grace will not that he shall quayle verse 8 But let thyne enemies fele thy force and those that thee withstande Finde out chy foes and let them fele the power of thy right hande verse 9 And like an ouen burne them Lorde in firie flame and fume Thine angre shall destroy them all and fyre shall them consume verse 10 And thou wilt roote out of the earth their frute that should increase And from the number of thy folke theyr seede shall ende and cease verse 11 For why muche mischief did they muse against thyne 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 bowstringes readily against thyne enemies face verse 13 Be thou exalted Lorde therfore in thy strength euery houre So shall we sing right solempnely praisyng thy might and power Deus deus meus respice Psalm xxii T. S Dauid complayneth hymselfe to be broughte into suche extremities that he is like a man desperate past al hope after declareth wherof he recouereth himself from the botomles pit of temptations And vnder his owne parson he setteth forth the figure of Christ whō he dyd forsee in the spirite of prophecye So this Psalme after two sortes doth declare that prophecye of Esay he was taken forth of yrison and iudgemente O God my God wherfore doest thou forsake me vtterly Sing this as the. xxi psalme And helpest not when I doo make my greate complaynte and cry verse 2 To thee my God euen all day longe I doo bothe crye and call I cease not all the night and yet thou hearest not at all verse 3 Euen thou that in thy sanctuary and holy place dost dwell Thou art the comfort and the ioye and glory of Israell verse 4 And he in whom our fathers olde had all theyr hope for euer And when they put their trust in thee So diddest thou them deliuer verse 5 They were delyuered for euer when they called on thy name And for the fayth they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I am nowe become a worme more like then any man And outcast whom the people scorne with all the spite they can verse 7 And me despise as they beholde me walking on the waye They gren they mowe they nod theyr heads and in this wyse they faye verse 8 8 Thys man did glory in the Lorde his fauore and his loue Let him redeme and helpe hym nowe his power if he will proue verse 9 But Lorde out of my mothers wombe I came by thy request Thou didst preserue me styll in hope while I did sucke her brest verse 10 I was committed from my birth with thee to haue abod Since I was in my mothers wombe thou hast ben euer my God The seconde parte verse 11 Then Lorde depart not now from me in thys my present gryef Since I haue none to be my helpe my succor and relyef verse 12 So many bulles doo compasse me that be full strong of head Yea hulles so fat as though they had in Basan field be fed verse 13 They gape vpon me gredely as though they would me slay Muche like a Lion roring out and ramping for his praye verse 14 But I drop downe lyke water shed my ioyntes in sunder breake My hart doeth in my body melt lyke waxe against the heate verse 15 And like a potshard drithe my
strength my tonge it cleaueth fast Unto my iawes and I am brought to dust of death at last verse 16 And many dogges doo compas me and wicked counsell eke Conspire against me cursedlie they pearse my handes and fete verse 17 I was tormented so that I might all my bones haue folde yet styll vpon me they doo loke and still they me beholde verse 18 My garments they deuided eke in partes amonge them all And for my coate they did cast lottes to whom it might be fall verse 19 Therfore I pray thee be not farre fro me at my great nead But rather sith thou arte my strength to helpe me Lorde make speade verse 20 And frō the sword Lord saue my soule by thy might and thy powre And kepe my soule thy darlyng deare from dogges that would deuoure verse 21 And from the Lions mouth that would me all in sunder shiuer And from the hornes of Unicornes Lorde safely me delyuer verse 22 And I shall to my brethren all thy maiestie recorde And in thy church shall praise the name of thee the liuyng Lorde The thirde parte verse 23 All ye that feare hym prayse the Lorde Thou sede of Iacob honor hym And with al reuerence possible thou sede of Israell worship him verse 24 For he despiseth not the poore he tourneth not awrye His countenaunce when they doo call but graunteth to theyr crye verse 25 Among thy flocke that feare the Lorde I will therfore proclayme Thy prayse and kepe my promise made for settyng forth thy name verse 26 The poore shall eate and be suffised and those that doo theyr deuer To knowe the Lorde shall prayse hys name theyr hartes shall lyue foreuer verse 27 All costes of earth shall prayse the Lorde and tourne to hym for grace The Heathen folke shall worship hym before his blessed face verse 28 The kingdome of the Heathen folke the Lorde shall haue therfore And he shalbe their gouernor and kyng for euermore verse 29 The ryche men of his godly gyftes shall feede and fast also And in hys presence worship hym and bow their knees full low verse 30 30 And all that shall go downe to dust of lyfe by him must tast My seed shall serue and praise his name whyle any world shall last verse 31 31 My seed shall plainly shew to them that shalbe borne hereafter His iustice and his rightuousnes and all his workes of wonder Dominus regit me Psalm xxiii TS Because the prophet had proued the great mercies of God at diuers times and in sundry manners he gathereth a certayne assuraunce fully perswadyng hym selfe that God wil continue the very same goodnes towardes him for euer My shepehard is the liuing Lorde Nothing therfore I nead Sing this as the. xxi psalme In pastors fayre with waters calme he set me for to fead verse 2 He did conuert and glad my soule and brought my minde in frame To walke in pathes of rightuousnes for his most holy name verse 3 yea though I walke in vale of death yet will I feare non ill Thy rod thy staffe doeth comfort me and thou art with me styll verse 4 And in the presence of my foes my table thou shalt spread Thou shalt O Lord fill full my cup and eke annoynt my head verse 5 Through all my lyfe thy fauour is So frankly shewde to me That in thy house for euermore my dwelling place shalbe Domini est terra Psalme xxiiii I. H. Because the grace of God was then to be vttered in the temple more glorious then before it had ben in the tabernacle Dauid geueth it a more glorious title and with exclamation setteth forth the honor therof styring vs to the consideration of the eternall mansions prepared for vs in the heauens wherof this was a shadow and figure THe earth is all the Lordes with all Sing this as the. xxi psal ▪ her store and furniture Yea hys is all the worlde and all that therin doo indure verse 2 For he hathe fastly founded it aboue the sea to stand And layd alow the liquid flouds to flow beneathe the land verse 3 For who is he O Lorde that shall ascend into thy hyll Or passe into thy holy place there to continew styll verse 4 Whose hāds are harmles whose hart no spot there doth defyle His soule not set on vanitie who hathe not sworne no guyle verse 5 Him that is such a one the Lorde shall place in blisfull plight And God his God and sauior shall yelde to hym his right verse 6 This is the broode of trauelers in sekyng of hys grace As Iacob did the Israelite in that time of his race verse 7 Ye princes open your gates stand open the euerlastyng gate For there shall entre in thereby the king of gloryous state verse 8 What is the kynge of glorious the strong and mighty Lord The mightye Lorde in battailes stoute and tryall of the sword verse 9 Ye princes open your gates stand open the euerlastyng gate For there shall entre in therby the king of Glorious state verse 10 What is this kinge of glorious the Lorde of hostes it is The kingdome and the royaltie of glorious state is hys Ad te domine leuaui Psalm xxv T. S The Prophet touched with the consideration of his sinnes and also greued with the cruell malice of his enemies prayeth to god most feruently to haue his sinnes forgeuen especially suche as he had committed in his youth He beginneth euery verse according to the Ebrue letters two or three except I Lift mine hart to the my god guide most iust Now suffer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust Let not my foes reioyce nor make a scorne of me And let them not be ouerthrowē that put their trust in thee But shame shall them befall whyche harme them wrongfully verse 3 Therfore thy pathes thy rightwaies vnto me Lorde descry verse 4 Direct me in thy trueth and teache me I thee pray Thou art my God and sauiour on thee I wayte alway verse 5 Thy mercyes manifolde I pray thee Lorde remember And eke thy pitye plentifull for they haue ben for euer verse 6 Remember not the fautes and frailtie of my youth Remembre not how ignorant I haue ben of thy trouth Nor after my desertes let me thy mercy fynde But of thyne owne beningnitie Lorde haue me in thy mynde verse 7 His mercy is full swete hys truthe a perfect guyde Therfore the Lorde wyll sinners teach and suche as go asyde verse 8 The humble he will teache hys precepts for to kepe He wyll direct in all hys wayes the lowly and the meke verse 9 For all the wayes of God are trueth and mercy bothe To them that kepe hys testament the witnes of his trouth The seconde parte verse 10 Now for thy holy name O Lorde I thee intreat To graunt me pardon for my sinne for it is wondrous great verse 11 Who so doeth feare the Lorde True felicitye standeth in the feare of God
confirmed in his kingdom He promiseth perpetuall prayses REgarde O Lorde for I complayne and make my sute to thee let not my wordes returne in vayne but geue an eare to me from of the costes and vtmost partes of all the earth abrode in griefe and anguish of my harte I cry to thee O God verse 3 Upon the rocke of thy greate power my woefull mynde repose Thou arte my hope my forte and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 within thy tent I lust to dwell foreuer to endure vnder thy winges I know right well I shalbe safe and sure verse 5 The Lorde dueth my desire regarde and doth fulfill the same with goodly giftes will he rewarde all them that feare his name verse 6 The king shall he inhealth maintayne and so prolong his dayes That he from age to age shall raygne for euer more alwayse verse 7 That he may haue a dwelling place before the Lorde for aye O let thy mercy truth and grace defend him from decaye verse 8 Then shall I singe for euer still with prayse vnto thy name That all my voues I may fulfill and dayly pay the same Nonne deo subiecta Psalm lxii I. H. Dauid declareth by hys example and by the nature of God that he must truste in God alone and thereunto exhorteth people seyng that all is vanytie and withoute God all goeth to nought and we are allwayes taught that God only is of power to saue and that he rewardeth man according to hys workes MY soule to God shall geue good hede Sing this as the. lxi psalme and him alone entende For why my health hope to spede doth whole on him depende verse 2 For he alone is my defence my rocke my health my ayde He is my stay that no pretence shall make me much dismaide verse 3 O wicked folke how long will ye vse crafts sure ye must fall For as a rotten hedge ye be and like a tuttering wall verse 4 4 whom God doth loue ye seke alwayes to put hym to the worse Ye loue to lye with mouth ye prayse and yet your hart doth curse verse 5 Yet still my soule doth whole depend on God my chief desire From all false feates me to defend none but him I require verse 6 He is my rocke my strength my towre my health is of his grace He doth support me that no powre can moue me out of place verse 7 God is my glory and my health my soules desire and lust My fort my strength my stay my wealth God is mine onely trust verse 8 Oh haue your hope in him alway ye folke with one accorde Poure out your harts to hym and saye our trust is in the Lorde verse 9 The sonnes of men deceitptfull are on balaunce but a sleyght with thinges most vayne doo them cōpare for they can kepe no weyght verse 13 Trust not in wrong robbry or stealth let vayne delytes be gon Though goods wel got flow in with welth set not your hartes theron verse 11 The Lorde long sith one thing doth tell whiche here to minde I call He spake it oft I hard it well that God alone doeth all verse 12 And that thou Lorde art good and kynd thy mercy doth excede So that all sortes whiche thee shall finde according to theyr dede Deus deus meus Psalme lxiii T. S Dauid after he had bene in greate daunger by Saule in the deserte Ziph made this psalme wherein he geueth thankes to God for hys wonderfull deliuerance in whose mercyes he trusted euen in the middist of hys miseryes prophecying the destruction of Gods enemies contrarywyse happynes to all them that trust in the Lorde i. Sa. iu. O God my God I watche betyme to come to thee in hast Sing this as the. xliiii ps For why my soule and body bothe doth thirst of thee to tast And in this baren wildernes where waters there are none My flesh is partched for thought of thee for thee I wish alone verse 2 That I might see yet once agayne thy glory strength and myght As I was wont it to beholde within thy temple bryght verse 3 For why thy mercyes farre surmount thys lyfe and wretched dayes My lyppes therfore shall geue to thee due honor laude and prayes verse 4 And whylst I lyue I wyll not fayle to worship thee alwaye And in thy name I shall lyft vp my hands when I doo praye verse 5 My soule is filled as with marow whiche is bothe fat and swete My mouth therfore shall sing such songs as are for thee most mete verse 6 When as in bed I think on thee and eke all the night tide For vnder couert of thy winges thou art my ioyfull guyde verse 7 My soule doeth surely stick to thee thy ryghthande is my power verse 9 And those that seke my soule to stroy them death shall sone deuoure verse 10 The sword shall them deuoure echone theyr carcases shall fede The hungry foxes which doo ronne theyr pray to seke at nede verse 11 The king and all men shall reioyse that doo profes Gods worde For liers mouthes shall then be stopt which haue the trueth disturbde Exaudi deus vocem meam Psal. lxiiii I. H. Dauid praieth against the false reportes and sklaunderers he declareth theyr punishment and destruction to the comfort of the iust and the glory of God O Lord vnto my voyce geue eare with plaint when I doo pray Sing this as the. xviii Ps And rid my lyfe and soule from feare of foes that threat to slay verse 2 Defend me from that sort of men whiche in deceipts do lurke And from the frownyng face of them that all ill feates doo worke verse 3 Who whet theyr tongs as we haue sene men whet and sharp theyr swordes They shote abrode theyr arrowes kene I meane most bitter wordes verse 4 With priuie sleyght shote they theyr shaft the vpright man to hit The iust vnware to strike by craft they care or feare no whit verse 5 A wicked worke haue they decreed in counsell thus they crye To vse deceit let vs not dread what who can it espie verse 6 What wayes to hurt they talke and muse all times within theyr hart They all consulte what feates to vse eche doth inuent his part verse 7 But yet all this shall not auayle when they thinke least vpon God with hys dart shall sure assayle and wound them euery one verse 8 Theyr crafts and their ill toungs withall shall worke them selues suche blame That they whiche then beholde theyr fall shall wonder at the same verse 9 Then all that see shall know ryght well that God the thing hath wrought Shall prayse his wittie workes and tell what he to pas hath brought verse 10 Yet shall the iust in God reioyse Stil trusting in his might So shall they ioy with minde and voyce whose hart is pure and ryght Te decet hymnus Psalm lxv I H. A prapse and thankesgeuing vnto God by the faithfull who are
thou art my fence and fort verse 4 Saue me my God from wicked men and from theyr strength and powre From folke vniuste and eke from them that cruelly deuoure verse 5 Thou art the stay wherin I trust thou Lorde of hosts art he Yea from my youth I had a lust still to depend on thee verse 6 Thou hast me kept euen from my birth and I through thee was borne wherfore I will thee prayse with mirth bothe euening and morne verse 7 As to a monster seldome seen muche folke about me thronge But thou art now and still hast bene my fence and ayde so stronge verse 8 Wherfore my mouth no time shall lacke thy glory and thy prayse And eke my tong shall not be slack to honor thee alwayse verse 9 Refuse not me O Lorde I say when age my limmes doth take And when my strength doth wast away doo not my soule forsake verse 10 Amonge themselues my foes enquire to take me through deceyt And they agaynst me doo conspire that for my soule layd wayt The second parte verse 11 Lay hand and take hym now they sayd for God from him is gone Dispatch him quyte for to hys ayde iwis there commeth none verse 12 Doo not absent thy self away O Lorde when nede shalbe But that in time of grief thou may in hast geue helpe to me verse 13 With shame confound and ouerthrowe all those that seke my lyfe Oppres them with rebukes also that fayne would worke me stryfe verse 14 But I wilpatienly abide thy helpe in all assayes Still more and more ec he time and tide I will set forth thy prayse verse 15 My mouth thy iustice shall recorde that dayly helpe doth sende But of thy benefyts O Lorde I knowe no compt nor ende verse 16 Yet will I goo and seke forth one with thy Good helpe O God The sauing health of thee alone to shew and set abrode verse 17 For of my youth thou tokest the care and dost instruct me styll Therfore thy wonders to declare I haue great minde and will verse 18 And as in youth from wanton rage thou didst me kepe and stay Forsake me not vnto mine age and tyll my head be gray verse 19 That I thy strength might may show to them that now be here And that our sede thy power may know hereafter many a yere verse 20 O Lord thy iustice doth excede thy doinges all may see Thy workes are wonderfull in dede oh who is lyke to thee verse 21 Thou madest me fele afflictions sore and yet thou didst me saue yea thou didst helpe and me restore and take me from the graue verse 23 23 And thou mine honor dost encrease my dignitie maintayne yea thou dost make all grief to cease and comfort me agayne verse 24 Therfore thy faithfulnes to prayse I will bothe lute and sing My harp shall sound thy laude alwayes O Israels holy king verse 25 My mouth will ioy with pleasant voyce when I shall sing to thee And eke my soule will muche reioyce for thou hast made me free verse 26 My tonge thy vprightnes shall sounde and speake it dayly still For grief and shame do them confounde that sought to worck me ill Deus iudicium tuum Psal. lxxi I. H. He prayeth that the kingdom of God by Christ may come vnder the parson of Salomen vnder whom shall be rightuousnes peace felicitie vnto whom all kinges and all nations shall doo homage whose name and power shall in dure for euer LOrd geue thy iudgmēts to the kyng therin instruct him well And with his sonne that Princely thyng Lorde let thy iustyce dwell That he may gouerne vp ryghtly And rule thy folke a ryghte and so defende throughe equitie the poore that haue no myght verse 3 And let the mountains that are hye vnto their folke geue peace And eke let litle hils applye in iustice to encrease verse 4 That he may help the weake and pore with ayde and make them stronge And eke destroy for euermore all those that doo them wrong verse 5 And then from age to age shall they regarde and feare thy might So long as Sunne doth shine by daye or els the moone by night verse 6 Lorde make the king vnto the iust like rayne to fields new mowen And like to droppes that lay the dust and fresh the land vnsowen verse 7 The iust shall florish in his time and all shalbe at peace Untill the mone shall leaue to prime wast chaunge and to encrease verse 8 He shalbe Lorde of sea and sand from shore to shore throughout And from the flouds within the land through all the earth about verse 9 The people that in desert dwell shall knele to him full thick And all hys enemies that rebell the earth and dust shall lyck verse 10 Their Lordes of all the yles therby great giftes to him shall bryng The kings of Sabe and Arabie geue many a costly thyng The second parte verse 11 All kinges shall seke with one accord in his good grace to stand And all the people of the world shall serue him at his hande verse 12 For he the neady sort doth saue that vnto him doo call And eke the simple folke that haue no helpe of man at all verse 13 He taketh pitie on the poore that are with nede opprest He doth preserue them euermore and bring their soules to rest verse 14 He shall redeme theyr lyfe from dread from fraud fom wrong from might And eke the bloud that they shall blead is precious in his sight verse 15 But he shall lyue and they shall bryng to him of Sabaes golde He shalbe honored as a kyng and dayly be extold verse 16 The mightie mountaines of his land of corne shall beare such throng That it lyke Cedre trees shal stand in Libanus full long verse 17 Their cities eke full well shall spede the frutes therof shall pas In plenty it shall far excede and spring as grene as grasse verse 18 For euer they shall prayse his name while that the sunne is lyght And think them happy through the same all folke shall bles his myght verse 19 Praise ye the Lord of hostes and sing to Israels God eche one For he doth euery wondrous thing yea he him self alone verse 20 And blessed be his holy name all times eternally That all the earth may prayse the same Amen Amen say I. Quam bonus deus Psal. lxxiii T. S. The prophet teacheth by his example that neyther the worldly prosperitie of the vngodlye nor yet the affliction of the good ought to discourage Gods children but rather ought to moue vs to consider oure fathers prouidence and to cause vs to reuerence Gods iudgementes for asmuche as the wicked vanysh away like smoke and the vngodly enter into lyfe euerlastyng in hope wherof he resigneth himselfe into Gods handes HOw euer it be yet God is good Sing this as the. xliiii psalme and kynde to Israell And to all suche as safely kepe theyr conscience
settest far from me my frendes and louers euery one Yea and mine oulde acquaintance all out of my sight are gone Miserecordias domini Psalme lxxxix IH With many words doth the prophet prayse the goodnes of God for his testament and couenaunt that he had made betwene him and his elect by Iesu Christ the sonne of Dauid Then dothe he complayne of the greate ruine and desolation of the kingdome of Dauid so that to the outward aperaunce the promis was broken Finally he prayeth to be delyuered from his aflictions making mention of the shortnes of mans lyfe and confirming him selfe by Gods promises TO syng the mercyes of the Lorde Sing this as the. lxvii my tounge shall neuer spare And with my mouth from age to age thy truthe I will declare verse 2 2 For I haue sayd that mercye shall for euermore remayne In that thou dost the heauens stay thy truth appeareth playne verse 3 To myne elect sayth God I made a couenant and be hest My seruaunt Dauid to perswade I swore and did protest verse 4 Thy seede for euer I will stay and stablish it full fast And still vphoulde thy throne alway from age to age to last verse 5 The heauens shew with ioy and mirth thy wondrous workes O Lorde Thy saincts within thy church on earth thy faith and truth recorde verse 6 Who with the Lorde is equall then in all the cloudes abrode Amonge the sonnes of all the Gods what one is like our God God in assemble of the sainctes is greatly to be drad And ouer all that dwell about in terror to be had verse 8 Lorde God of hostes in all the worlde what one is lyke to thee On euery side most mighty Lorde ▪ thy truthe is sene to be verse 9 The raging sea by thine aduice thou rulest at thy wyll And when the waues therof aryse thou makst them calme and still verse 10 And Egipt thou Lord hast subdued and thou hast it destroyed Yea thou thy foes with mighty arme hast scattred all abrode verse 11 The heauens thine and still haue ben lykewyse the earth and laude The worlde with all that is therin thou foundest with thy hand verse 12 Both north and south with est and west thy selfe didst make and frame Both Tabor mount and Hermon reioyse and prayse thy name verse 13 Thyne arme is strong and ful of power all might therin doth lye The strength of thy right hand eche houre thou liftest vp on hie verse 14 In righteousnes and equitie thou hast thy seate and place Mercy and truthe are still with thee and go before thy face verse 15 That folke is blest that knoweth a right thy present power O God For in the fauoure of thy sight they walke full safe abrode verse 16 For in thy name throughout the daye they ioy and muche reioyce ▪ And through thy rightousnes haue they a pleasaunt fame and noyse verse 17 For why theyr glory strength and ayde in thee alone doth lye Thy goodnes eke that hath vs stayed shall lyfte our horne on hye verse 18 Our strength that doth defend vs well the Lorde to vs doth brynge The holly one of Israell he is oure gide and kyng verse 19 Somtime thy will vnto thy sainctes in visions thou didst show And thus then didst thou say to them thy mind to make them know verse 20 A man of might haue I erect your king and gyde to be And set vp him whom I elect amonge the folke to me verse 21 My seruaunt dauid I appoynte whom I haue searched oute And with my holy oyle anoynte him king of all the route verse 22 For why my hand is redy still with him for to remayne And with mine arme also I will him strengthen and sustayne verse 23 The ennemies shall not him oppres they shall him not deuoure Ne yet the sonnes of wickednes of him shall haue no power verse 24 His foes likewyse will I destroy before his face in sighte And those that hate him I will plage and stryke them with my mighte verse 25 My truth and mercy eke with all shall still vpon him lye And in my name his horne eke shall be lifted vp on hye verse 26 His kingdome I will set to be vpon the sea and sand And eke the running flouds shall he embrace with his right hand verse 27 He shall depend with all hys hart on me and thus shall saye My father and my God thou arte my rocke of health and staye verse 27 As one first borne I will him take of all on earth that sprynges His might and honour I shall make aboue all worldly kynges verse 29 My mercy shalbe with him styll as I my sealfe haue toulde My faythfull couenaunt to fullfill my mercy I will houlde verse 30 And eke his seede will I sustayne for euer strong and sure So that his seate shall still remayne whyle heauen doth endure verse 31 If that his sonnes forsake my lawe and so begin to swerue And of my iudgements haue none awe nor will not them obserue verse 32 32 Or if they doo not vse aryght my statutes to them made And set all my commaundments light and will not keepe my trade verse 33 Then with the rod will I begin theyr doinges to amend And so with scourging for theyr sin when that they doo offend verse 34 My mercy yet and my goodnes I will not take him froe Nor handle him with craftines and so my truthe forgoe verse 35 But sure my couenaunte I will hould with all that I haue spoke No word the which my lippes haue told shall alter or be broke verse 36 Once swore I by myne holynes and that performe will I With Dauid I shall kepe promise to him I will not lye verse 37 His seede for euermore shall rayne and eke his throne of might As doeth the sonne it shall remayne for euer in my sight verse 38 And as the mone within the skye for euer standeth fast A faythfull witnes from on hie so shall his kingdom laste verse 39 But now O Lorde thou dost reiect and now thou chaungest chere Yea thou art wrothe with thine elect thine owne anoynted dere verse 40 The couenant which thy seruaūt made Lorde thou hast quite vndone And downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royall crowne verse 41 Thou pluckst his hedges vp with might his walles doest thou confounde Thou beatest eke his bulworkes downe and breakst them to the ground verse 42 That he is sore destroyed and forne of commers by throughoute And so is made a mocke and scorne to all that dwell aboute verse 43 Thou their right hand hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy And all his foes that him deuoure loe thou hast made to ioy verse 44 His swerds edg thou doest take away that should his foes withstand To him in warre no victorye thou geuest nor vpperhand verse 45 His glory thou dost also waste his throne his ioy and mirth By thee is ouerthrowne add cast full
people of the earth Geue thankes to God sing and reioyce to him with ioy and mirth verse 6 Upon the harp vnto him sing geue thankes to him with psalmes Reioyce before the Lord our king with trumpets and with shalmes verse 7 Yea let the sea with all therin with ioy bothe rore and swell The earth likewise let it begin with all that therin dwell verse 8 And let the flouddes reioyse theyr filles and clap theyr handes apace And eke the mountaynes and the hilles before the Lorde his face verse 9 For he shall come to iudge and try the world and euery wighte And rule the people mightely with iustice and with right Dominus regnauit psalme lxxxxix I. H. He cōmendeth the power equitie and excellency of the kingdome of God by Chryst ouer the Iew and Gentils and prouoketh them to magnyfye the same to serue the Lord folowing the example of the auncyent fathers Mosies Aaron Samuel who calling vpon God wer harde in theyr prayers THe Lord doeth raygne although at it The people rage full fore Sing this as the. lxxxxv p yea he on Cherubin doth sit though all the world woulde rore verse 2 The Lorde that doth in Sion dwell is high and wonders great Aboue all folke he doth excell and he aloft is set verse 3 Let all men prayse thy mightye name for it is featfull sure And let them magnifye the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our king doth loue iudgement and ryght Thou rightly rulest euery thing in Iacob through thy might verse 5 To prayse the Lorde our God deuise all honour to him doo His fote stole worship ye likewise for he is holy too verse 6 Moses Aron and Samuell as priestes on him did call When they did pray he herd them well and gaue them aunswer all verse 7 Within the cloude to them he spake then did they labour still To keepe suche lawes as he did make and pointed them vntill verse 8 O Lord our god thou diddest them here and aunswerst them againe Thy mercy did on them appere theyr deedes diddest not maintayne verse 9 O laude and prayse our God and Lord within this holy hill For why our God throughoute the world is holy euer styll 2 Iubilate deo omnis terra Psalme C. He exhorteth all to serue the Lorde who hath made vs and to enter into his courts and assemblies to prayse his name IN God the Lorde be glad and lyght prayse him throughout the yearthe Sing this as the. lxvii Serue him and come before his sight with singing and with mirth verse 12 Know that the Lorde our God he is he did vs make and kepe Not we our sealues for we are his owne folke and pasture shepe verse 13 O go into his gates alwayes geue thankes within the same within his courts set forth his prayse and laud his holy name verse 14 For why the goodnes of the Lorde for euermore doth raygne From age to age throughout the world his truthe doth still remayne Miserecordiam et iudicium Psalm Ci. N. Dauid describeth what gouernment he will obserue in his house and kingdome He will punish and correct by roting out the wicked and cheryshing the godly persones I Mercye will and iudgement sing O Lorde God vnto thee Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. And wisely doo in perfect way vntill thou come to me And in the middest of my house walke in purenes of my sprite And I no kind of wicked thing will set before my sight I hate their worke that fall away it shall not cleaue to me From me shall part the froward hart none euell will I see Him will I stroy that sclaundereth his neyghbour priuely The lofty hart I can not beare nor him that loketh hie Mine eyes shall be on them within the land that faithfull be In perfect way who worketh shall be seruant vnto me I will no guilefull person haue within my house to dwell And in my presence he shal not remaine that lies doth tell Betymes I will destroy euen all the wicked of the lande That I may from Gods citie cut the wicked workers band Domine exaudi orationem Psalm C. ii I. H. It semeth that this prayer was apointed to the faithful to pray in the captiuitie of Babilon A consolation for the buyldyng of the churche wherof foloweth the prayse of god to be published vnto al posterities The conuersion of the Gentels And the stabilytie of the churche O Heare my prayer Lorde and let my crye come vnto thee In tyme of troble doo not hide thy face away from me Inclyne thyne eares to me make haste Sing this as the. lxvii to heare me when I call For as the smoke doth fade so doo my dayes consume and fall And as a herth my bones are burnt my hart is smitten dead And withers as the grasse that I forget to eate my bread By reason of my groning voyce my bones cleaue to my skinne As pellicane of wildernes suche case now am I in And as an oule in desert is loe I am suche a one I watch and as a sparow on the house top am alone Loe dayly in reprochefull wise mine enmies doo me scorne And they that doo against me rage against me they haue sworne Surely with ashes as with breade my hunger I haue filld And mingled haue my drink with teares that fro mine eyes haue stild Because of thy displeasure Lord thy wrath and thy disdayne For thou hast lifted me aloft and cast me downe agayne The dayes wherin I pas my lyfe are like the fleting shade And I am withered like the gras that sone away doth fade But thou O Lord for euer doest remaine in stedy place And thy remembrance euer doth abide from race to race The second parte Thou wilt aryse and mercy thou to Sion wilt extend The time of mercy now the time foreset is come to end For euen in the stones therof thy seruants do delighte And on the dust therof they haue compassion in theyr sprite Then shall the Heathen peoples feare the Lordes most holy name And all the kinges on earth shall drede thy glory and thy fame Then when the Lord the mighty God againe shall Syon rere And then when he most nobly in his glory shall appeare To prayer of the desolate when he himself shall bend when he shall not disdayne vnto theyr prayer to attend This shalbe written for the age that after shall succede the people yet vncreated the Lordes renome shall sprede For he from his hie sanctuarye hath loked downe belowe and out of Heauen hath the Lord beheld the earth also That of the mourning captiue he might heare the woefull crye And that he might deliuer those that damned are to dye That they in Sion may declare the Lordes most holy name and in Ierusalem set fourth the prayses of the same Then when the people of the land and kingdomes with accorde Shalbe assembled for to do theyr seruice to
The hie hilles are succours for wilde goates to rest And eke the rocks stonye for conyes to hyde verse 19 The moone then is set her seasons to runne The dayes from the nightes therby to discearne And by thee descending also of the sunne The colde from heate alway therby we do learne verse 20 When darkenes doth come by Gods will and power Then crepe forth doo all the beastes of the wood verse 21 21 The lions range roaring their pray to deuoure But yet it is thou Lord which giuest them foode verse 22 Assone as the sunne is vp they retyre To touche in theyr dennes then are they full fayne verse 23 That man doo his worke may as right doth require Till night come and call him to take rest agayne The thirde parte verse 24 How sondry O Lorde are all thy workes founde With wisdom full great they are in dede wrought So that the whole worlde of thy prayse doth sounde And as for thy ryches they passe all mens thought verse 25 So is the great sea which large is and broade Where thinges that crepe swarme and beastes of eche sorte verse 26 There both mightie shippes saile and some lye at roade The whale huge and monstrous there also doth sporte verse 27 All thinges on thee wayte thou doest them relieue And thou in due tyme full well doest them fede verse 28 28 Now when it doth please thee the same so to geue They gather full gladly those thinges which they nede Thou openest thyne hand and they finde suche grace That they with good thinges are filled we see verse 29 But sore are they troubled if thou turne thy face For if thou their breath take vile dust then they be verse 30 Againe when thy sprite from thee doth procede All things to appoint and what shall insue Then are they created as thou hast decreed And doest by thy goodnes the drye earth renew verse 31 The prayse of the Lorde for euer shall last Who may in his workes by right well reioyce verse 32 His loke can the earth make to tremble full fast And likewise the mountains to smoke at his voyce verse 33 To thys Lorde and God sing will I alwayes So longe as I liue my God prayse wyll I verse 34 Then am I most certayne my wordes shall him please I will reioyce in him to him will I cry verse 35 The sinners O Lorde consume in thine ire And eke the peruerse them roote out with shame But as for my soule now let it still desire And say with the faithful prayse ye the Lordes Name Confitemini domino Psalm Cv. N. He prayseth the singuler goodnes of God who hathe of all the people of the worlde chosen a peculier people to him selfe and hauyng chosen them neuer ceaseth to doo them good euen for his promes sake GEue prayses vnto God the Lorde and call vpon his name Among the people eke declare his workes to spred his fame Sing this as the. lxxxxv Singye vnto the Lorde I say and sing vnto him prayse And talke of all the wondrous workes that he hath wrought alwayes In honor of his holy name reioyse with one accorde And let the hart also reioyse of them that seke the Lorde Seke ye the Lord and seke the strength of his eternall might And seke his face continually And presence of his sight The wondrous works that he hath don kepe still in mindfull hart Ne let the iugements of his mouth out of your minde depart Ye that of faithfull Abraham his seruant are the sede ye his elect the children that of Iacob doo procede For he he only is I say the myghty Lord our God And his most rightfull iugements are through all the earth abrode His promise and his couenant whiche he hath made to his He hath remembred euermore to thousandes of degrees The. ii parte The couenant which he hath made with Abraham long agoe And faithfull othe which he hath sworne to Isaac also And did confirme the same for law that Iacob should obey And for eternall couenant to Israell foray when thus he said loe I to you all Canaan land will geue The lot of your inheritance wherin your sede shall lyue Although their number at that tyme did very small appeare yea very small and in the land they then but strangers were Whyle yet they walkt from land to lande without a sure abode And while fro sondry kingdomes they did wander all abrode And wrong at none oppressers hand he suffred them to take But euen the great and mighty kinges reproued for their sake And thus he sayd touche ye not those that mine anoynted be Ne doo the prophets any harme that doo pertayne to me He calld a dearth vpon the land of death he stroyed the store But he against their time of nede had sent a man before The third parte Euen Ioseph which had once ben solde to liue a slaue in woe Whose feete they hurt in stocks whose soule the iron pearst also Untill the tyme came when his cause was knowne apparantly The mighty word of God the Lord his faultles truth did trye The king sent and deliuerd him from prison where he was The ruler of the people then did freely let hym pas And ouer all hys house he made him Lorde to beare the swey and of his substance made him haue the rule and all the stay That he might to his will instruct the princes of his land And wisdomes lore his auncyent men might teache to vnderstand Then into the Egiptian land came Israell also And Iacob in the land of Ham did liue a straunger thoo His people he excedingly in number made to flowe And ouer all their enemies in strength he made them growe whose hart he turnd that they with hate his people did entreate And did his seruantes wrongfully Abuse with false deceite His faithfull seruant Moses then and Aaron whom he chose He did commaund to goe to them his message to disclose The wondrous message of his signes among them they did shewe And wonders in the land of Ham then did they worke also Darknes he sent and made it darke in dede of brighter day And vnto his commission they did not disobey He turnd theyr waters into bloud he did their fishes slay Their land brought frogs euē in y t place where their king Pharao lay He spake and at his voyce there came great swarmes of noysome flyes And all the quarters of theyr land were filld with crauling lyse He gaue them colde and stony hayle in stede of milder rayne And firy flames within theyr land he sent vnto theyr payne He smote their vines and al theyr trees wheron their figges did growe And all the trees within their coastes downe did he ouerthrowe He spake then caterpillers did and greshoppers abound Which eate the grasse in all their land and frute of all their ground The. v. parte The first begotten in their land eke deadly did he smite yea the beginning and first
procede His house with good he will fulfill His rightousnes endure shall still verse 4 Unto the righteous doth aryse In trouble ioy in darkenes light Compassion in his eyes and mercy alwayes in hys syght verse 5 yea pitie moueth suche to lend he doeth by iudgement things expend verse 6 And surely suche shall neuer fayle for in remembrance had is he verse 7 7 No tidings ill can make him quayle who in the Lorde sure hope doeth se. verse 8 His hart is firme hys feare is past for he shall se his foes downe cast verse 9 He did well for the poore prouide his rightousnes shall still remayne And his estate with prayse abyde though that the wicked man disdaine verse 10 yea gnash his teeth thereat shall he and so consume his state to see Laudate pueri Psalme Cxiii VV. K. An exhortation to prayse the Lorde for his prouidence in that that contrarye to the course of nature he worketh in hys Churche YE childrē which do serue y e lord prayse ye his name with one accord yea blessed be alwayes his name who from the rising of the sunne til it returne where it begonne is to be praysed with great fame The Lord all peoples doth surmount As for his glory we may counte aboue the heauens hygh to be With God the Lorde who may compare whose dwellyngs in the heauens are of such great power and force is he verse 6 He doeth abase him self we knowe thinges to beholde bothe here belowe And also in heauen aboue verse 7 7 The nedie out of dust to drawe And eke the poore whiche helpe none saw verse 8 His onlye mercy did him moue And so him set in high degre with princes of great dignitie That rule his people with great fame verse 9 The barren he doth make to beare And with great ioye her frute to reare therfore prayse ye his holy name In exitu Israel C. xiiii VV. VVhit Howe the Israelites were delyuered out of Egipt and of the wonderfull miracles that God shewed at that tyme whiche put vs in remembraunce of Goddes great mercyes towardes his children and of oure vnthankfullnes for the same WHen Israell by Gods addres from Pharos land was bent Sing this as the. ixxviii psa And Iacobs house the straungers left and in the same trayne went verse 2 In Iuda God his glory shewde his holynes most bryght So did the Israelites declare his kingdom power and myght verse 3 The sea it saw and sodenly as all amased did flee The roring streaimes of Iordans floud reculed backwardly verse 4 As rammes afrayde the mountaines skipt theyr strength did them forsake And as the sely tremblyng lambes theyr toppes did beate and shake verse 5 What ayled the sea as all amased so sodenly to flee Ye rowlyng waues of Iordans floud why ran ye backwardly verse 6 Why shoke ye hils as Rammes afrayd why did your strength so shake Why did your tops as trembling lambs for feare quiuer and quake verse 7 O earth confesse thy soueraygne Lord and dread hys myghty hand Before the face of Iacobs God feare ye both sea and land verse 8 I meane the God which frō hard rocks doth cause many flouds appeare And from the stony flint doth make gush out the fountaynes cleare Non nobis domine Psalme Cxv. N. A prayer of the faythful oppressed by idolatrous tirants against whō they desire that God woulde succor them for asmuche as there is no comparyson betwene him and theyr false God or Idoles trustyng most constantly that God will preserue them in this theyr nede seeyng that he hath adopted and receaued them to hys fauoure promising finally that they will not be vnmindfull of so greate a benefyte if it would please God to heare theyr prayer and delyuer them by his omnipotent power NOt vnto vs Lord not to vs but to thy name geue prayse bothe for the mercy and the truthe that are in thee alwayes Why shall the Heathen scorners say where is theyr God become Our God in heauen is and what he will that hath he done Their idols siluer are and gold worke of mens handes they be They haue a mouth and do not speake and eyes and doo not see And they haue eares ioynd to their heds and doo not heare at all And noses eke they formed haue and doo not smell withall And handes they haue and handle not ▪ and feete and doo not goo A throte they haue yet through the same they make no sounde to blowe Those that make them be like to them and those whose trust they be O Israell trust in the Lorde their help and shield is he O Aarons house trust in the Lorde their helpe and shield is he Trust ye the Lorde that feare the Lord ▪ their help and sheld is he The Lord hath mindefull ben of vs and will vs bles also On Israels and Aarons house his blissing he will shew They did beset me round about with wordes of hatefull spite Without all cause of my desert against me did they fight For my good will they were my foes but then gan I to pray my good with ill my frendlynes with hate they did repay The second parte Set thou the wicked ouer him to haue the vpper hand At his right hand eke suffer thou his hatefull foe to stand When he is iudged let him then condemned be therin And let the prayer that he makes be turned into sinne Few be his dayes his charge also let thou an other take His children let be fatherles his wyfe a wydow make Let his ofspring be vagabundes to begge and seke theyr bread wandring out of the wasted place where erst they haue ben fed Let couetous extorcionet catch all his goods and store And let the straungers spoyle the frutes of all his toyle before Let there be none to pitie him let there be none at all That on his children fatherles will let their mercye fall And so let his posteritie for euer be destroyed Their name out blotted in the age that after shall succed Let not his fathers wickednes from Gods remembrance fall And let thou not his mothers sinne be done away at all But in the presence of the Lorde let them remayne foray That from the earth their memorye he may cut cleane away Sith mercye he forgat to shew but did pursue with spite The troubled man and sought to slay the woefull harted wight The third parte As he did cursing loue it shall betide vnto him so And as he did not blessing loue it shalbe far him froe As he with cursing clad himself so it like water shall Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befall As garment let it be to him to couer him for ay And as a girdle wherwith he shall girded be alwaye Lo let this same be from the Lord the guerdon of my foe Yea and of those that euell speake against my soule also But thou O Lorde that art my God deale thou I say with me After thy
name delyuer me for good thy mercies be Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and pore And eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore Them that be fearers of the Lord the lorde will blesse them all Euen he will blesse them euery one the great and eke the small To you I say the louing Lord will multiplie his grace To you and to the children that shall follow of your race Ye are the blessed of the Lorde euen of the lorde I say Which both the heauen and the earth hath made and set in stay The heauens yea the heauens hye belong vnto the Lord The earth vnto the sonnes of men he gaue of free accorde They that be dead doo not with prayse setfourth the Lordes renoume Nor any that into the place of silence doo goe downe But we will prayse the Lorde our god from hencefourth and foray Sound ye the prayses of the Lorde prayse ye the Lorde I say Dilexi quoniam Psalme Cxvi N Dauid being in great daunger of Saull in the desert of Mammon perceiuing the great and inestimable loue of God toward him mangnyfyeth suche great mercyes and protesteth that he will be thankful for the same I Loue the Lord because my voyce and prayer hearde hath he Sing this as the. lxxxxv When in my dayes I cald on him he bowed his eare to me Euen when the snares of cruell death about beset me round When paynes of hell me caught when I wo and sorow found vpon the name of God my Lorde then did I call and say Deliuer thou my soule O Lorde I doo thee humbly pray The Lorde is very mercyfull and iust he is also And in our God compassion doth plentifully flowe The Lorde in safetie doth preserue all those that simple be I was in wofull miserye and he releued me And now my soule sith thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely loe the Lorde to thee his bountie hath exprest Because thou hast delyuered my soule from deadly thrall My Moisted eien from mournful teares my slidyng fete from fall Before the Lorde I in the land of life will walke therfore I did beleue therfore I spake for I was trobled sore I sayd in my distres and feare that all men lyers bee What shall I pay the Lorde for all his benefites to me The holsome cup of sauing health I thankefully will take And on the Lordes name I will call when I my prayer make I to the Lorde will pay the vowes that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present time in all his peoples sight Right deare and precious in his sight the Lorde doth ay esteme The death of all his holy ones what euer men do deme Thy seruant Lorde thy seruant loe I doo my selfe confes Son of thy handmayd thou hast broke the bonds of my distres And I will offer vp to thee a sacryfyce of prayse And I will call vpon the name of God the Lorde alwayes I to the Lorde will pay the voues that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present tyme in all his peoples sight yea in the courtes of Gods owne house and in the middes of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherfore the Lorde prayse ye Laudate dominum Psalme Cxvii N. He exhorteth the Gentels to prayse God because he hath accomplished as well to them as to the Iewes the promys of lyfe euerlastyng by Iesus Chryst. O All the natyons of the worlde Prayse ye the Lorde alwayes Sing this as the. ixxxxv And all ye people euery where set fourth hys noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truthe endures for ay Wherfore prayse ye the Lorde our God prayse ye the Lorde I say Confitemini domino Psalme CXviii M. Dauid reiectid of Saule and of the people at the tyme apoynted obtained the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that seare the Lord tobe thankefull and vnder hys person in all thys was Christ lyuely setforthe who should be of hys people reiected O Geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde Sing this as a 115. Psalme for gratious is he Because his mercy doth endure â–ª for euer towardes thee Let Israell confes and say hys mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say hys mercye dures for aye Let all that feare the Lorde our God euen now confesse and say The mercye of the Lorde our God endureth still for aye In trouble and in heuines vnto the Lorde I cride Whiche louingly hard me at large my sute was not denyde The Lorde hym selfe is on my syde I will not stande in dout Nor feare what man can doo to me when God standth me about The lord doth take my parte with them that helpe to succour me Therfore I shall see my desire apon myne enemye Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortall sede Or to put confidence in kynges or princes in our nede All nations haue in closed me and compassed me rounde But in the name of God shall I myne enemies confounde They kept me on euery side they kept me in I say But through the lords most mightie name I shall worke theyr decay They came about me all like bees but yet in the lordes name I quencht their thornes that wer on fire and will destroy the same Thou hast with force thrust fore at me that I in dede might fall But through the lord I found suche help that they wer vanquist all The lorde is my defence and strengthe my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in dede a sauiour most strong The right hand of the lord our God doth bring to pas great thinges He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightous mennes dwellynges The right hand of the lorde doth bring most mighty thinges to pas his hand hath the preeminens his force is as it was I will not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare The lord his might wondrous power his workes and what they are The lorde himselfe hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the lordes prayse to confes This is the gate euen of the lorde whiche shall not so he shut But good and righteous men alway shall enter into it I will geue thankes to thee O Lorde because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me The stone whiche ere this time among the builders was refused is now become the corner stone and chefely to be vsed Thys was the myghty work of God this was the Lordes owne fact And it is maruelous to be holde with eyes that noble act This is the ioyfull day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mind and thought Now helpe me Lorde and prosper vs we wishe with one accorde Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name
continually To thee be prayse world without end ☞ A thankes geuing after the receyuyng of the Lordes Supper THe Lorde be thanked for his gyftes And mercy euermore That he doth shew vnto his saynctes Sing this as the. xxx vii Psa To him be laud therfore Our tonges cannot so prayse the Lorde As he doth right deserue Our harts can not of hym so thynke As he doth vs preserue His benefites they be so great To vs that be but sinne That at our handes for recompence There is no hope to winne O sinfull flesh that thou shouldest haue Suche mercyes of the Lorde Thou doest deserue more worthely Of him to be abhord Nought els but sinne ▪ and wretchednes Doth rest within our heartes And stubburnely against the Lorde We dayly play oure partes The sunne aboue in firmament That is to vs a lyght Doth shew it selfe more cleane and pure Then we be in his sight The heauens aboue and all therin More holy are then we They serue the Lorde in theyr estate Eche one in his degree They do not stryue for mastership Nor slake theyr office set But feare the Lorde and do his will Hate is to them no let Also the earth and all therin Of God it is in awe It doth obserue the formers wyll By skilfull natures law The sea and all that therin is Doth bend when God doth beck The spirtes beneathe doo tremble all And feare his wrathfull check But we alas for whom all these Were made them for to rule Do not so know or loue the Lorde As doth the Oxe or mule A law he gaue for vs to know What was his holy wyll He would vs good but we will not Auoyd the thing is ill Not one of vs that seketh out The Lorde of lyfe to please Nor to the thyng that might vs ioyne Our Christ and quiet ease Thus we are all his enemyes We can it not deny And he agayne of his good wyll Would not that we should dye Therfore when remedy was none To bring vs vnto lyfe The sonne of God our flesh he toke To mend our mortall stryfe And all the law of God our Lorde He did it full obey And for our sinnes vpon the crosse Hys bloud our dettes did pay And that we should not yet forget What good be to vs wrought A signe he left our eyes to tell That he our bodyes bought In breade and wine here visible Unto thyne eyes and tast His mercyes great thou maist record If that his spryte thou hast As once the corne did liue and grow And was cut downe with sith And threshed out with many stripes Out from his huske to dryue And as the mill with violence Did teare it out so small And made it lyke to earthly dust Not sparing it at all And as the ouen with fyre hot Did close it vp in heat And all this done that I haue sayd That it should be our meat So was the Lorde in his ripe age Cut downe by cruell death His soule he gaue in torments great And yelded vp his breath Because that he to vs might be An euerlasting bread with muche reproche and trouble great On earth his lyfe he led And as the grapes in pleasant tyme Are pressed very sore And plucked downe when they be rype Nor let to grow no more Because the ioyse that in them is As comfortable drynke We myght receyue and ioyfull be when sorowes make vs shrinke So Christes bloud out pressed was With nailes and eke with speare The ioyse wherof doth saue all those That rightly do him feare And as the cornes by vnitie Into one lofe is knit So is the Lorde and his whole churche Though he in heauen sit As many grapes make but one wyne So shoulde we be but one In fayth and loue in Chist aboue And vnto Christ alone Leading a lyfe without all stryfe In quyet rest and peace From enuye and from malyce both Our heartes and tonges to cease Which if we doo then shall we shew That we his chosen be By fayth in him to leade a lyfe As alwayes willed he And that we may so doo in dede God send vs all his grace Then after death we shall be sure With him to haue a place Robert Wlsdom PReserue vs Lorde by thy deare word From Turk and Pope defend vs Lord whiche bothe would thrust oute of his throne our Lorde Iesus Christ thy deare sonne Lorde Iesus Christ shew forth thy myght That thou art Lorde of Lordes by ryght Thy poore afflicted flocke defend That they may prayse thee without end God holy Ghost our comfortor Be our Patron helpe and succor Geue vs one minde and perfect peace All giftes of grace in vs encrease Thou liuing God in parsons three Thy name be praysed in vnitie In all our nede so vs defend That we may prayse thee world without end ☞ A formst of proyer to be vsed in priuate houses euery mornyng and euening Morning prayer ALmightie God most mercifull Father we do not present our selues here before thy maiestie trusting in oure owne merites or worthines but in thy manifolde mercyes which haste promised to beare our Prayers and graunt our requestes which we shal make to the in the name of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde who hath also cōmaunded vs to assemble ourselues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not only be amongst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obteyne all thinges which shall seme expedient to thy blessed will for oure necessities therfore we beseche thee most mercifull Father to turne thy louyng countenaunce towards vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wher by we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishmēt but rather receyue vs to thy mercy for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offēces in whom only thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seing that of thy great mercyes we haue quietly passed this nyght graunte O heauenly father that we may bestowe thys day wholly in thy seruice so that al our thoughts wordes and dedes may redounde to the glorye of thy name and good ensample to all men who seeyng oure good workes may gloryfye thee oure heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and loue thou hast not onely created vs to thine owne similitude and likenes but also haste chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare sōne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of the worlde we beseche thee to encrease oure faythe and know ledg and to lighten our harts with thy holy spirit that we may in meane time liue in godly conuersatyon and integritie of lyfe knowing that Idolaters adulterers couetous men cōtentious persōs drunkards glottons and such like shall not in herite the kyngdome of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for
forgot and helpe of idols sought verse 21 Would not god then haue tried this out for he doth know our thought verse 22 Nay nay for thy names sake O Lorde alwayes are we slaine thus Aa shepe vnto the shambles sent right so they deale with vs. verse 23 Up Lorde why slepest thou awake and leaue vs not for all verse 24 Why hidest thou thy countenaunce and dost forget our thrall verse 25 For downe to dust our soule is brought and we now at last cast Our belly lyke as it were glude vnto the ground cleaueth fast verse 26 Rise vp therfore for our defence and helpe vs Lorde at nede We thee bese the for thy goodnes to rescue vs with spede Eructauit Psalme xlv I. H. The maiestie of Salomon hys honour strengthe beauty riches and power are praysed and also hys maryage with the Egiptian being an Heathen woman to blessed if that she can renounce her people and theÌ„ loue other contrey and geue her selfe wholy to her husbande Under the whyche â—yguâ—e the wonderfull maiestie â–ª and the increase of the kingdome of Christe and the Churche hys spouse now taken of the genuies is described MY hart doth now take in hande Sing this as the. xxv psa Some godly songe to singe Thy prayse I shall shew therin perteyneth to the kynge verse 2 My tounge shalbe as quicke his honor to endite As is the pen of any scribe that vseth faste to wryte verse 3 O fayrest of all men thy speache is pleasaunt pure For God hathe blessed thee with giftes for euer to endure verse 4 Aboute thee girde thy sworde O prince of might elect With honour glory and renoume thy person pure is dect verse 5 Go forth with godly speede in mekenes truth and ryght And thy ryght hand shall thee instruct in workes of dredfull might verse 6 Thyne arrowes sharpe and kene theyr harts so sore shall stinge That folke shall fall and knele to thee yea all thy foes O kynge verse 7 Thy royall seate O Lorde for euer shall remayne Because the scepter of thy realme doth righteousnes maintaine verse 8 Because thou louest the ryghte and dost the ill detest God euen thy God hath pointed thee with ioy aboue the rest verse 9 With mirth and sauours swete thy clothes ar all be spreade when thou dost from thy palace pas wherin to make thee glad verse 10 Kinges doughters doo attend in fine and riche araye At thy right hand the queene doth stand in goulde and garments gaye The second parte verse 11 O doughter take good heede enclyne and geue good eare Thou must forget thy kindred all and fathers house most dere verse 12 Then shall the king desire Thy beuty fayer and trim For why he is the Lorde thy God and thou must worship hym verse 13 The doughters then of Tire with giftes full riche to see And all the welthy of the lande shall make theyr sute to thee verse 14 The daughter of the king is glorious to beholde within his closet she doth sitte all dect in beaten goulde verse 15 In robes well wrought with needle with many a pleasaunt thyng With virgins faier on her to waighte she cometh to the king verse 16 16 Thus are they brought with Ioy and mirth on euery side Into the palace of the king and there doo they abide verse 17 In stede of parents lefte O quene the chaunge so standes Thou shalt haue soÌ„nes whoÌ„ thou maist set as princes in all landes verse 18 Wherfore thy holy name all ages shall recorde The people shall geue thankes to thee for euer more O Lorde Deus noster refugium Psalm xlvi I. H. A songe of thankes geuyng for the delyueraunce of Ierusalem after Senacherib with hys army was driuen awaye or some otherlyke so dayne and maruelous delyueraunce by the myghtye hande of God Whereby the Prophet commendyng thys greate benefyte dothe exhorte the faythfull to geue them selues wholy into the hande of God doubtyng nothyng but that vnder hys protection they shalbe safe agaynste all the assaultes of theyr enemyes THe Lorde is oure defence and ayde the strength wherby we stand when we with wo are muche dismaide he is our helpe at hand Though thearth remoue we will not feare though hilles so high stepe be thrust and hurled heare and there within the sea so depe verse 3 No though the waues doo rage so sore that all the bankes it spilles And though it ouer flow the shore and beate downe mightye hilles verse 4 For one fayer floud doth send abrode his pleasaunt streames a pace To fresh the citie of our God and wash his holy place verse 5 In middest of her the Lord doth dwel she can no whit decaye All thinges against her that rebel the Lord will truly staye verse 6 The heathen flocke the kingdoms feare the people make a noyse The earth doth melte and not appeare when God puttes forth his voyce verse 7 The Lord of hostes doth take our part to vs he hath an eye Our hope of health with all our hart on Iacobes God doeth lye verse 8 Come here see with mind thought the working of our God what wonders he him self hath wrought through out the earth abrod verse 9 By him all warres are husht and gone which countres did conspire Their bowes he brake speares echone theyr Charets brent with fier verse 10 Leaue of therfore saith he and know I am a God most stoute Among the heathen high and low and all the earth throughoute verse 11 The Lorde of hostes doeth vs defend he is our strength and tower On Iacobs God doo we depend and on his mighty power Omnes gentes Psalme xlvii I. H. The prophet exorteth all people to the worship of the true and euerliuing God commending the mercyes of God towarde the posteritie of Jacob and after prophecieth of the kingdome of Christ in this tune of the Gospell YE people all in one accorde clappe handes and eke reioyce Sing this as the. xlvi Psa Be glad and sing vnto the Lorde with swete and pleasaunt voyce verse 2 2 For hie the Lorde and dredfull is with wonders manifolde A mighty kynge he is truly in all the earthe extolde verse 3 The people shall he make to be vnto our bondage thrall And vnderneth our fete he shall the nations make to fall verse 4 For vs the heritage he chose whiche we possesse alone The flouring worship of Iacob hys welbeloued one verse 5 Our God ascended vp on hye with ioy and pleasaunt noyce The Lorde goeth vp aboue the skye with trompets royall voyce verse 6 Sing prayse to God sing prayse sing prayses to our kynge For God is king of all the earth all skilfull prayses syng verse 7 God on the heathen reignes and sittes vpon his holy throne The princes of the people haue them ioyned euery one verse 8 To Abrams people for our God whiche is exalted hye Us with a buckler doth defende the earth continually Magnus dominus Psal. xlviii
I. H A notable deliueraunce of Hierusalem frō the handes of many kings is mentioned for the which thankes are giuen to God and the estate of that citie is praysed that hathe God so presently at all tymes redye to defende them this Psalme semeth to be made in the tyme of Ahaz Iosaphat Asa or Ezechia for in their times chiefly was the citie by forayne Prynces assaulted GReat is the Lorde and with greate prayse Sing this as the. xlvi psalme to be aduaunced styll Within the citie of our Lorde vpon hys holy hyll Mount Sion is a plesant place it gladdeth all the lande The cytie of the myghty kynge on her northside doth stande Within the pallaces therof God is a refuge knowen For loe the kings were gathered and together eke were gone But when they did beholde it so they wondred and they weare Astonyed muche and sodenly were driuen backe with feare Great terrour there on them did falle for euery wo they crye As doth a woman when she shall go trauayle by and by As thou with esterne winde the shippes vpon the sea doest breake So they were stayd and euen as we harde oure fathers speake So in the citie of the Lorde we saw as it was tolde yea in the citie which oure Lorde for euer will vpholde O Lorde we wayte and doo attende on thy good helpe and grace For whiche we doo all times attende within thy holly place O Lorde according to thy name for euer is thy prayse And thy ryght hand O Lord is full of rightuousnes alwayes Let for thy iudgements Sion mounte full filled be with ioyes And eke of Iuda graunt O Lorde the daunger to reioyse Goe walke about all Syon hyll yea rounde about her go And tell the towres that theruppon are bilded in a rowe And marke ye well her bulwarks all beholde her towres there That ye may tell therof to them that after shalbe here For this God is our God our God for euermore is he yea and vnto the death also our guider shall he be Audite haec omnes Psal. xlix T. S. The holy Ghost calleth all mē to the consideration of mans lyft shewing them not to be most happye that are most wealthy and therefore not to be feared but contrariwyse he lifteth vp our mindes to consider how al thinges are ruled by gods prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldly miseryes to euerlastyng torments so doeth he preserue his will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection i. Thes. i. ALl people herken and geue eare Sing this as the. xlv psalme To that that I shall tell Both high and low both riche and poore that in the worlde doo dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thynges right wise In vnderstanding shall my hart his study exercise verse 4 I will inclyne myne eare to knowe the parables so darke And open all my doubtfull speache in metre on my harpe verse 5 why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toyle Or els my foes whiche at my heles are prest my life to spoyle verse 6 For as for suche as ryches haue wherin their trust is most And they which of their treasures greate them selues doo bragge and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeme Or that can geue a price to God sufficient for hym verse 8 It is to great a pryce to pay none can therto attayne verse 9 Or that he might his lyfe prolong or not in graue remayne verse 10 They see wise men as well as foles subiect vnto deathes handes And beyng dead straungers possesse theyr goods theyr rentes their lāds verse 11 Theyr care is to builde houses fayre and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 Yet shall no man alwayes enioy high honor wealth and rest But shall at length tast of deathes cup as well as the brute beast The seconde parte verse 13 And though they try these folish thoughts to be most leud and vayne Theyr children yet approue theyr talke and in like sinne remayne verse 14 As shepe into the folde are brought so shall they into graue Death shall them eate and in that day the iust shall Lordship haue Their image and theyr royall port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they passe with wo and weale away verse 15 But God will surely preserue me from death and endles payne Because he will of his good grace my soule receyue agayne verse 16 If any man waxe wonderous riche feare not I say therfore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 17 17 For when he dieth of all these thinges nothing shall he receyue His glory will not folow hym his pompe will take her leaue verse 18 Yet in this lyfe he takth him selfe the happiest vnder sunne And others likewise flatter him saying all is well done verse 19 And presuppose he liue as long as did his fathers olde Yet must he nedes at length geue place and be brought to deathes fold verse 20 Thus man to honor God hath calde yet doth he not consider But like brute beastes so dothe he lyue whiche turne to dust and pouder Deus deorum Psalme L. I. H. He prophecieth how God will call all nations by the Gospell and require no other sacrifices of his people but confession of his benefites and thankes geuyng and how he detesteth all such as seme zelous of Ceremonies and not of the pure worde of God onely THe god of Gods the lord hath calde the earth by name from where the sonne doth rise vnto the setting of the same Frō Syon hys faire place hys glory bryght and cleare The perfect beutye of his grace from thence it did appeare verse 3 Our God shall come in haste to speake he shall not doubte Before him shall the fire waste and tempest rounde aboute verse 4 The heauens from on hye the earth below lykewise He will call forth to iudge and try his folke he doeth deuise verse 5 Bring forth my sainctes sayth he my faithfull flocke so dere Which are in band and league with me my lawe to loue and feare verse 6 And when these thinges are tried the heauens shall recorde That God is iust and all must byde the iudgment of the Lorde verse 7 My people O geue heede Israell to thee I crye I am thy God thy healpe at neede thou canst it not denye verse 8 I doo not say to thee thy sacrifice is slacke Thou offrest dayly vnto me muche more then I doo lacke verse 9 Thinkest thou that I doo nede thy cattell yonge or olde Or ells so muche desire to feede on goates out of thy foulde verse 10 Naye all the beastes are mine in woodes that eate their filles And thousands more of nete and kine that runne wilde in the hilles verse 11 The birdes that builde on hie In hilles and oute of sight And the beastes that in the