Such furious force our foes did finde when thy hand drove them back 8 i th' Citie of this King of powers wee saw as wee were told This Citie of this God of ours God ever will uphold 9 And these thy sure Compassions Lord thy kindeness and thy grace Most quietly did wee record within thy holy place 10 For like thy Name so is thy prais as far as Land extend's And store of righteousness alwaies thy right hand comprehend's 11 Therefore let Sion plenteously of heavenlie joies partake And Judah's Daughters leap for joie for thy just judgments sake 12 Walk round about and Sion view her statelie turrets tell 13 Her palaces consider you and mark her bulwarks well Tell it to all posteritie 14 For this God doth abide Our God and Guid perpetually till death hee 'l bee our guide OR Tell it to all POSTERITIE for even to our last breath This God 's our God perpetually And our safe Guid till death PSAL. Lxxvi THe Lord is known in Judah well and his most glorious Name Is very great in Israël which doth extol his fame 2 The tabernacles of his grace at Salem you may see And Sion is the dwelling place where Hee desire 's to bee 3 The burning arrows brake hee there the arrows of the bow The battel-sword and shield that were the weapons of the foe 4 Much brighter is thy glorious Crown more excellent each way And worthy of much more renown then all the mounts of prey 5 Lo thou hast spoil'd the stout of minde and they have slept their sleep Their hands the mightie could not finde their lives they could not keep 6 O God of Jacob thy reproof sent many a daring head Charet and hors with thundring hoof to sleep among the dead 7 Thou Lord alone deservest fear due to thy dreadful Name For who may in thy sight appear when once thy wrath doth flame 8 When thou didst make thy judgment com from heaven shining clear The earth that heard it was struck dumb and all sat still for fear 9 Ev'n when the LORD to judgment rose and sent those judgments forth To save from their incensed foes all meek ones of the earth 10 The furie that in man doth reign unto thy prais redound's Remaining wrath thou shalt restrein and set men's passions bounds 11 Vow to the LORD your God and pay let all about his throne Bring gifts to him to him I say that is a dreadful one 12 The Spirit of Princes his proud foes hee cut's it clean away And terrible hee is to those that earthlie Scepters sway See a second Metre of this already printed and som other Psalms fit for the present occasions as the 126 the 149 also the third Hymn in any Common tune To the tune of the old 148 follow these PSAL. XL VI Give laud unto c. GOd is our strength and stay when dangers do abound A present help alway and ready to bee found And wee therefore Fear not at all though th' earth should fall or bee no more 2. And though the mountains high were carried from the shore In the deep seas to lie and troubled waters roar And though it make The billows rise and with great nois the mountains shake 3. For there 's a river here whose streams do flow abroad And shall most sweetly cheer and glad the Citie of God Those tents of grace Where God most high doth sanctifie his dwelling place 4. Within the midst of her doth God himself abide Her sure Deliverer therefore shee shall not slide For God I say Shall send her aid ere bee displaid the break of day 5. The heathen rag'd with nois the Kingdoms moved were Then God put forth his voice and earth did melt for fear This God of power Hath here abode and Jacob's God is our high tower 6. O com behold and see what works the Lord bring's forth What Desolations hee hath wrought in all the earth Whose mightie hand Make 's war to ceas and settle's peace in all the land 7. Hee break 's the spear and bow and quite cut's off the same The Chariot hee doth throw into the burning flame Bee still saith hee And know that I am God most high and known will bee 8. I will bee magnified of all the heathen Coasts And all the earth so wide of mee shall make their boasts This God of power Hath here abode and Jacob's God is our high tower PSAL. 135. I. Part. GIve laud unto the Lord and prais his holie Name Do yee his prais record and spread abroad his fame Yee that resort To our great God and have abode in Sion's Court 2. His honor O proclaim for good and kinde hee is Sing praises to his Name a pleasant work it is Jacob hath hee Chose to Himself and all his wealth must Israël bee 3. And this I clearly know the Lord 's a mightie one And that all gods do ow subjection to his throne for Hee bring's forth What-ever he pleas in deeps in seas in heav'n and earth 4. Hee make's the vapors rise from earth's remotest ends And lightnings from the skies With showrs of rain hee send's The winde likewise Whatever it is Hee bring's from his large treasuries 5. First-born of man and beast in Egypt hee smote dead And tokens not the least in midst thereof hee spread And there let fall His dreadful hand on Pharaoh and his servants all 6. Who did great Nations smite and mightie Kings did kill The Giant Amorite and him of Bashan hill Sihon hee slew Of famous note and Og hee smote and overthrew 7. And Canaan's Kingdoms all by him were overthrown And so their land did fall an heritage to his own An heritage For Israël therein to dwell from age to age 8. O Lord thy glorie shall eternally endure And thy memoriall for ever shall stand sure And Lord thy Name From ages past shall alwaies last and bee the same A new Hymn of Reformation out of Isai. 66. 8 9 7. Yee Children which c. OH who hath heard of such a thing as now God's power to pass doth bring or who hath seen such things as these For shall the earth can any say bee made to bring forth in one day are Nations born at once with eas As soon as Sion travelled shee presently was brought to bed and brought forth children without aid Before shee travell'd shee brought forth before her pain came came the birth and of a brave Man-childe was laid Ver. 9 10. For shall I bring unto the birth and shall I not caus to bring forth saith the Almightie Sovereign Lord Or shall I caus to bring forth som and then untimely shut the womb thy God O Sion spake this Word Rejoice yee with Jerusalem and let her lovers all of them of her spiritual joies partake Rejoice I say lift up your voice bee glad with her and much rejoice all yee that mourned for her sake 12. 11. 12. again with Chap. 60. 4. For lo saith God! I will
of Sports was commanded to bee read to the grieving of the Spirits of the godlie Nevertheless this wicked purpose did not corrupt God's Ordinance though to their sin onely it did abuse it lest by that argument wee should forfeit all praier and preaching These I saie are the true causses of the decaie of the most heavenlie Dutie and Exercise of that Ordinance of Psalm-singing yet lest the amendment of the Psalm Book and of the Times themselvs by universal and powerful reformation should reduce Christians to that Primitive Dutie of singing Psalms Satan hath suggested som wittie scruples amongst godlie spirits which for present satisfaction and future preparation of good Christians I shall hope though briefly yet clearly and fully to answer I. It is objected that they cannot saie they are not puft in minde Wee have not gon back from thee I have kept thy Testimonies with my whole heart c. Answ. 1. Every true Christian can saie so in som measure or in som sens 1 Joh. 2. 27. You have an annointing that teacheth you all things and even as it hath taught you yee shall abide in him Gal. 5. 24. Those that are Christ s have crucified the flesh with the affections and Iusts thereof 2. Thou oughtest yet to learn to bee able to saie so Col. 3. 16. Teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns c. Hee that take's special notice of his lesson begin's to learn it II. They object that is not proper for them to saie Whenas wee sale in Babylon I will divide Sechem c. Answ. Are they not yet in Babylon think you Sure if God have called his people out of Babylon Rev. 18. 4. they at least were in it As for Sechem and such like David glorie 's in his Conquests wherein hee is both a Type of Christ in whose Conquests wee are made partakers and of the Church and his Temptations and Deliverances do in a Figure represent ours As Paul saith Heb. 11. 19. That Abraham received his son from death in a Figure and that Mount Sion and Mount Sinai Sarah and Hagar were an Allegorie Galat. 4. ver. 24. III. Som object that more pertinent expressions may bee used by Psalms composed on purpose and of our own invention as they did in the Primitive times 1 Cor. 14. 26. Answ. 1. You cannot shew so much Scripture that they used unscriptural Psalms as wee can that they did use Scriptural For Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs which Paul commands to bee used Col. 3. 10. are proper terms of the O. Test. Psalms as Mr Cotton fully proveth in his defence of this Ordinance And if our Saviour did allude to the Jewish Custom of Thanksgiving at the Sacrament as Weems saith wee think no less at his singing of an Hymn Mat. 26. 30. whereas they have not a word to intimate the custom of unscriptural Psalms 2. When the Psalms were first penned by David som were Histories of Ancient matters 77 78 114 135. and manie more Som were Prophecies of things to com as Psal. 79 85 126. and others yet the Spirit of God thought fit to edifie the present generation with the Records and Meditation of past and future things yea Were not these best of all for such uses Was it not most sweet to them in times of Invasion and Hostilitie to call to minde God's protecting prospering and avenging of Israël coming out of Egypt Psal. 114. and 136 And are not these things written for our learning as well as theirs Rom. 15. 4. yea consider if our Invention can equal the pat and pertinent expressions taken out of Scripture upon all occasion for then certainly wee should bee to seek for Texts as much as for Psalms IV. Som object that none can render the Scripture into Vers but must needs varie from the Original in the signification of manie words Answ. So they must do also in the prose Translation For that which is elegant in the Hebrew would bee Barbarism at least Soloecism in our Languages as abundantly appear's by Ainsworth's Translation 2. Somtimes by means of the latitude of Poësie more full and proper significations may bee expressed then in the prose Translation as Psal. 1. 6. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} To know with favor Psal. 118. 22. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} To refuse with disgrace Psal. 106. 38. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} To shed abundantly and hundreds such which the Prose doth more sparingly 3. Consider the propertie and nature of Vers that if David had Translated his own Psalms the expression must have been different in another Language though to the same effect and the Spirit of God using the Translation of the LXX much varie's the Words of the Old Testament And if I had as much to spare as I have spent about the work I could easily demonstrate out of uncontrouled authorities how closely I have followed the Original though now I must content my self with on Apologie and putting forth som special Hebraïsms in a Capital letter Lastly som object that they dare not sing becaus of a mixed multitude that they saie curs themselvs Answ. And therefore vvee shall not bless God and his Church Surely their faults cannot bee charged upon us if they should sing damnation to themselvs 2. The same objection would denie us all Praier and spiritual Communion which is not so far admitted unto them now adaies but should they com in as strangers they could not pollute the Ordinance nor the Church and the majestie of it might bee blessed to their good 1 Cor. 14. 14 25. To them that imagine one should sing the Psalm and the rest hear it is but an imagination and that groundless Where 's your Scripture for it Wee learn thence to join Voices as well as Votes Psalm 34. 3. Com and let us exalt his Name together Psal. 66. 4. All the earth shall worship Thee and shall sing unto Thee they shall sing unto Thy Name Yet it might suffice to answer such fond surmises vvith 1 Cor. 11. 16. Wee have no such custom nor yet the Churches of God PSAL. XLVIII GReat is the LORD his prais no less for so must wee record In this his hill of holiness and Citie of our Lord 2 Mount Sion is a beauteous thing and on her Northern side The Citie of the mightie King the whole earth's joy and pride 3 The Lord within her palace there is known a refuge nigh For lo the kings assembled were together they past by 5 They saw it and they marvelled but there they durst not stay But troubled and astonished they made great haste away 6 Great terror there fell on our foes and grievous pangs of pain As sharp as women in their throws at any time sustain 7 And like as when at thy Command the furious East-winde roar's And spread's his wracks in sight of land upon the Tarsian shores OR And as a furious Eastern winde put's Tharsian ships to wrack
PSALMS and HYMNS Composed and fitted For the present Occasion Of Publick THANKS-GIVING October 24. 1651. By W. Barton Preacher of God's Word LONDON Printed by William Du-Gard October 21. M. DC LI. Psal. 47. 6. Sing praises to God sing praises sing praises to our King sing praises Psal. 66. 2. Make a joiful nois unto God all yee lands sing forth the honor of his Name make his prais glorious To the Right Honorable THE PARLAMENT OF THE COMMON-WEALTH OF ENGLAND Most Renowned Prospered and most Candid Christian SENATORS THe LORD of Life and Glorie who asscended up on high and led our Captivitie captive hath in these later daies appeared on Earth as hee ever doth in Heaven in behalf of his Spous and hath dispensed unto you the friends of the Bridegroom most incomparable Signal Victories and Conquests in her behalf for which you have worthily enacted manie Sweet and Solemn Daies of Triumphant Thanksgivings which Thanksgivings beeing indeed much advanced by singing of Psalms it is a thousand pities that the Psalms in use are not by this daie cured of so manie grievous defects and gross absurdities as have been of long time discovered in them For although those gross faults were generally corrected by a worthie Member of your Honorable Hous in an Edition by him put forth manie years ago yet was that endeavour wholly dashed by a reference to the Assemblie who under an opinion of bringing them most strictly to the Original made them in manie places more dark and disorder lie then could bee well amended for the present upon which consideration I was emboldened with the assent of Mr Rous the first Autor and with the assistance of som Godlie Learned men to endeavour a new Translation both cleer and smooth and accurately compared with the Original which having effected presented it pleased your Honors to refer it to Mr N. Mr B. and Others to review report to the Hous but they accounting the said Translation too Poëtical do intend to compile a new one out of it more strictly to the words which doubtless will produce that obscuritie of Phrase and deformitie of Style which marr'd the other and made it less acceptable and profitable to the People and for which verie reason this new Composure of mine was more accurately framed having formerly put forth a Translation of mine own which was not wholly innocent of that Original error which indeed the Translators do not alwaies so easily apprehend Now becaus this Review of the Committee may bee very tedious to wait for it beeing a year and more since the Order past the Hous and I cannot perceiv they are half waie in the work and when it is don it must needs varie from the express Text by Paraphrase or Metaphrase for a great part and becaus the Opportunities are becom indeed Importunities and very urgent I presume to dedicate to your Honors this short Assaie of Psalms and Hymns beeing readie to print and publish the whole Book if it pleas your Honors to allow mee the securitie of my Copie that no man print it from mee and those that are interessed therein without which favor the present printing of the whole would endanger my utter undoing having already endebted my self so deeply upon the said account But if after publication of all your Honors shall receiv better satisfaction by anie other endeavours I shall fully rest satisfied in this that it shall bee determined by the Supreme Autoritie of England which from the first I have publickly owned obeied honored praied for pleaded for and praised God for as a singular Blessing to this Nation under which wee may lead peaceable and quiet lives in all Godliness and Honestie and if anie fearing God bee otherwise minded God shall reveal even this unto them In conscience and confidence whereof I rest Your Honors most dutiful and devoted Servant for Jesus sake W. Barton TO HIS EXCELLENCIE The Lord General CROMWEL Right Honorable YOu do very well know that no Opinion is more unscriptural or irrational then to denie the Dutie it self of Singing Psalms and Spiritual Songs of Prais to the glorie of God for even Nature dictateth no less to the verie Heathens and the Scripture is so express and urgent for it that as well wee may denie praier as this kinde of Prais Neither can the mistake of manie disswade the pious practiser of this Dutie to desist but rather provoke his zeal like David dancing before the Ark blinde Bartimeus crying after Christ or the Children crying Hosanna and Verily if such should altogether hold their peace the Stones would sing I acknowledg that most of the Psalms exstant do want a more exquisite Composure and I denie not but Christians gifted that waie may compose and sing new Songs to the glorie of God in the Congregations but if those Songs bee not composed out of Scripture I believ they will want that gravitie and weight that Majestie and Autoritie which these have to excite affection and edifie the understanding Wherefore having Composed a few of this kinde very proper for the Seasons and Solemnities GOD's gracious Providence bestow's upon us I humbly crave leav most Noble LORD to present these and especially the Souldiers Hymn to Your Lordship's pious and prudent Animadversion hoping to obtein Your Honor's Approbation of this Scriptural Collection as a livelie Description of the Condition You have so much experienced And that You will saie and manie after You That this Scripture is at this Daie fulfilled in our ears and in Your persons GOD Almightie preserv Your EXCELLENCIE to bee an Happie Instrument of Our full Deliverance and the strong Establishment of Englands Common-wealth together with the Flourishing Estate of the whole Church of Christ as praieth Your EXCELLENCIE'S most humble Servant W. Barton To the Courteous Reader THE poor and imperfect Translation of the present Psalm-Book not yet throughly amended by anie hand gave occasion to som to saie more wittily then wisely That Hopkins and Sternhold had persecuted David more then Saul did and hath made som men to abhor the offering of the Lord Yet those Autors did rarely doubtless for those Times and are registred in Chronicles among men of Note and their labors have certainly edified Godlie men and glorified God although in these Times of glittering Knowledg and the perfection of Language and other Gifts the great defects and faults of these Psalms crie aloud for amendment and certainly when once vvee have in our flock a male I mean a compleat Book Mal. 1. 14. then to offer these lame and blinde Psalms and so to sacrifice a corrupt thing will bee cursedly evil but to desert the Dutie wholly since som Psalms are tolerably translated is certainly a sin I conjecture with my self what hath more prejudiced this Dutie then the weakness of the Translation namely the wicked application of Psalms by malevolent Spirits as I heard somtime a Hedg-priest give forth the 21 Psalm at such time as the Book
extend the peace of Israël far an end that like a river it shall seem Then shall the glorious dignitie of the Converted Gentiles bee like to an over-flowing stream That yee may suck and bee at rest with Consolations from her brest milk forth and much delighted bee With her bright glorie overjoi'd suck and bee nursed at her side and dandled on your Mother's knee Vers. 14. Psal. 24. With Psal. 149. 5. Isa. Which when yee see your hearts shall joie your bones shall flourish wondrously like a sweet herb that freshly grow's Then shall the hand of God bee known towards his servants everie one and his displeasure tow'rds his foes For lo their worm shall never die their fire shall burn perpetually and not bee quenched night nor daie But Saints shall shout upon their beds eternal joie shall Crown their heads sorrow and sighs shall flee away The downfall of Anti-Christ to the same tune Revel. 12. 10 11. Now is salvation com abroad the strength and kingdom of our God now hath his Christ displayd his might For the accuser's made to fall hee that accus'd our Brethren all before our God both daie and night And him they quel'd and over-came by the pure blood of Christ the Lamb and by their testimonie true For by that double-edged sword the witness of his faithfull word this enemie they overthrew 11 12. Nor did they spare their utmost breath nor love their lives unto the death but boldly laid down all at stake Therefore yee Heavens lift up your voice and yee that dwel in them rejoice in this salvation to partake But wo to you to you O SIRS the Earth and Sea's Inhabiters guiltie of this Accuser's Crime For Satan is com down to you having great wrath becaus hee knew hee now must have but little time Chap. 11. 17. Chap. 7. 10 12. Wee give thee thanks with one consent O Lord our God OMNIPOTENT which art and wast and art to com For thou hast taken unto Thee thy great pow'r and autoritie and reigned in despite of ROME Salvation to OUR GOD therefore Wisdom and blessing evermore to him that on the throne doth sit And to the Lamb bee glorie bright thanksgiving honor pow'r and might Amen faie Wee and SO BEE IT A Song of Thanksgiving out of Isa. XII Chapt. All people c. LORD I will prais thee now this daie though thou wast angrie with me sore Thine anger now is turn'd away and thou my Comforts dost restore Behold God is my Saviour strong I will confide as not afraid For great Jehovah is my song also my strength and saving aid Therefore by means of this supplie possest with joie and great delight Shall yee draw water plenteously out of the wells of saving might Then shall yee saie O prais the LORD call on his NAME declare his DEEDS Among the PEOPLE and RECORD how far his NOBLE fame exceed's Sing to the Lord the sweetest hymns of solemn prais with joie and mirth For hee hath don transscendent things and this is known in all the Earth O thou that dost in Sion DWEL crie out and shout for thou dost see The holie ONE OF ISRAEL is mightie in the mid'st of thee The Souldier's Hymn Out of Psal. 144. 1. 2. and Psal. 18. To anie general or common tune BLessed for ever bee the LORD who is my strength and might Who taught my hands to use the sword my fingers for to fight My goodness and my fort likewise my shield of saving power My Saviour from mine enemies and my exalted tower Psal. 18. 32 33. 'T is God that by his power and might strongly gird's up my loins And make's mee take my waie aright to perfect my designs Hee make's my feet to bee as swift as are the Hindes in pace And I must count it as his gift that gain's mee each high place 35 36. Thou gav'st mee my Salvation 's shield to arm mee most complete And thy right hand hath mee upheld thy favor made mee great Thou gav'st mee scope and libertie inlarging it so wide That still my feet stood stedfastly and did not slip aside 40 48. The necks thou gav'st mee of my foes that I impowr'd by thee Might utterly destroie all those that greatly hated mee 38 Thou lift's my head above them all that did my hurt conspire And sav'dst mee from that tyrant Saul whom furie set on fire 29 I ran through armed troops by thee and safely ' scap'd them all And by my God assisting mee have I lept o're a wall 37 I overtook my foes that fled for I pursu'd apace Nor till they were extinguished did I forsake the chase Mine enemies I did so greet with blows not dealt in vain That down they fell under my feet and could not rise again They cri'd and call'd on everie side but there was not to save Yea even to the Lord they cri'd but hee no answer gave 49 46. Therefore will I give thanks to thee among the Gentiles LORD In songs of prais with melodie will I thy Name record 46 O blessed bee my rock of power that ever doth abide And let the Lord my Saviour bee highly magnifi'd 60 Deliverance great hee give's indeed and mercie keep's in store For David and his sacred seed and that FOR EVERMORE FINIS Psal. 131. 44. 119.