That Solomon did make and write in his most royall daies Praise him for Azaph and the rest whom Dauid set to sing In presence of the holy Arke when Solomon was king Praise him for all the songs and play left vs by learned men Who by their studies night and day did much with inke and pen. Praise him for those that loue this Art and doe the same maintaine Rewarding it with willing hart among the godly traine Praise him and pray that all abuse there of may hated be And that the godly and right vse may rest in each degree Praise him and pray that those of skill may liue in Har-mo-ny And bring up youth with fauour still this art to dignifie Praise him and pray for our good King his Nobles and the rest Our Queene the Prince and the off-spring Lord let them all be blest Praise him yea euer sing him praise on earth most ioyfully That after death our soules may sing his praise eternally Amen Certaine graces before and after meat in english meeter very breife short for children to vse Grace before meat for poore and rich made vpon the 4. Petition of the Lords Prayer and made to the three persons in Trinitie 1 OVr Father through Christ giue vs this day our dayly bread 2 O Christ feed vs by faith in thee to liue when we are dead 3 Thou Spirit of truth teach vs to pray with inward sighes and grones That both the Father and the Sonne may heare our plaints and mones O holy and blessed Trinitie one God in persons three Peserue thy church our king realme and let vs come to thee Amen Grace after meat for the rich and wealthie of of the world AS thou hast fed our bodies Lord so feed our soules likewise And make vs mindfull of the poore as riches doe arise Increase thy flocke preserue our King thy grace and peace vs send That we may lead a faithfull life and make a godly end Amen Grace before meat O Lord our God celestiall blesse this our food materiall That we may rightly vse the same vnto the honor of thy name Thy Church Lord saue our King defend grant vs thy Gospell to the end Amen Grace after meate O Gracious God we magnifie thy glorious name and maiestie For all thy blessings given to vs through thy deare sonne our Lord Iesus Thy Church our King Queene Lord saue the Prince and all the friends we haue Amen Grace before meat THou Lord that didst create all things for mankind to enioy And didst ordaine man for thy selfe to serue thee night and day O blesse these meates and drinkes of ours that we thy name may please With earthly giue vs heauenly food both now and all our dayes Continue all thy goodnesse Lord and still preserue our King The Queene Prince and these our realmes aboue all earthly things Amen Grace after meate for poore people ON Father Sonne and holy Ghost depend we euermore God sanctifie our state to vs and still increase our store O teach vs Lord in time of need to trust in thee and pray That whether we abound or want thou Lord maist be our stay Thy whole and universall Church Lord Jesus still defend And to all troubles of the same Lord ever put an end Amen A Prayer for the King and State O Eternall God most mighty Lord and our heavenly Father in Iesus Christ King of Kings and Lord of all things 〈◊〉 whom kings of the earth doe raigne and 〈◊〉 men doe beare sway both in Church and common weale O Lord our God we beseech thee in the highest degree unto our dread Soveraigne Lord King Charles to his honorable counsell to his Clergie Nobilitie Gentry Magistrates commonaltie to the two universities to the professors of both lawes to every man in his honest just lawful calling that they and every one of them may doe their duty as carefully godly honestly conscionably and in thy feare O Lord as they will answer it to thee in the great day of account
THE COVNTRIE Mans Comfort OR Religious Recreations fitte for all well disposed persons Which was Printed in the yeere of our Lord 1588. And since corrected amended and enlarged by the same Author I. R. PSAL. 34. 11. Come ye Children in vnderstanding I will teach you the feare of the Lord. COL 3. 16. Let the words of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisedome teaching and admonishing your owne selues in Psalmes Hymnes and spirituall Songs singing with a grace in your hearts to the Lord. Printed at London by M. D. and are to be sold by Anne Boler at the signe of the Marigold in Pauls Church-yard 1637. To the Christian Reader grace and peace GOod Reader in the yeere of our Lord 1588. when the Divell Pope and Spaniard did rage against our late Q. Elizabeth never to be forgotten and this kingdome to haue both killed vs and to possesse the land and when God had so miraculously delivered vs from that invincible Navie as they termed it I wrote this Booke containing in it many good Songs Ditties Carrols for the comfort and solace of all those that are well disposed after so miraculous deliverance from our enemies the Pope and Spaniards If therfore it happen to light into hands that are wise and learned know this that I doe not count it so fit a booke for thee as for the Schollers of pettie Schooles the poore Coutrieman and his familie who wil aske these vain questions som times saying what shall we doe in the long winter nights how shall we passe away the time on Sundayes what wold you haue vs doe in the Christmas Hollydayes For such haue I made this booke wherein I shall no doubt please their merrie minds a little for that they are naturally given to sing if happily I may winne them to sing good things and forsake euill And when the gun-powder Treason was found out and bewrayed I began to looke over this little booke and finding as great cause to mooue vnto thankefulnesse now as then I did as my leasure serued me correct amend my former labors and added and augmented them more then was in the former booke and now haue finished the same I offer it to the view of all well minded persons and as for others that cannot take plaine labors in good part I leaue them to themselues and the rest vnto God The Lords poore and humble seruant I. R. The Countrymans comfort A song in stead of an Introduction to this worke worthy your reading and entituled A Table of good Counsell It will goe to the tune of in Create if you sing it FIrst learne to honour God aright Let loue and feare thereto provok Obey the King with all thy might Submit thy selfe to Parents yoke Imbrace the good and shunne the ill This is the summe of wisedomes skill To know thy selfe thou must apply And try thy friend before thou trust Content thy selfe clime not too hie Let word and deed be all waies iust Striue not to swim against the streame Account not of a drowsie dreame Wish not for wealth by parents death A friend farre passeth worldly good And while the body yeeldeth breath Seeke not for to exceede in foode For great excesse of meate and drinke Doth cause the soule in sinne to sinke Faint not though fortune fauour fooles Fret not at others good successe Delight to sit in learned schooles Thy former faults seeke to redresse Spurne not at him that tells thy crime Mend that against another time Spend sparingly yet not too nye And make accompt how wealth doth wast Hate Suretiship all debt bookes flie To giue thy word make thou no hast Let not apparrell sumptuous be But still remember thy degree Respect not only present time But marke also what may ensue For cracke of credit is a crime Change not an old friend for a new Take heed of brasen face past shame And loue to liue in honest fame Praise no man till thou dost him knowe Dispraise not rashly any wight Least shame thereby to thee may growe Speake but few words place them aright Into the world then maist thou goe And say thy friend hath taught thee so The summe of the Creed in Meeter IN Father Sonne and Holy Ghost Beleeue I stedfastly And that Christ Iesus Man became I hold as earnestlie He also suffered for our sinnes Himselfe still voyde of sinne Who did descend the manner how I say not much therein We find that Christ felt so much paine As satisfied Gods Ire And reconciled man to God That 's all we neede require And as for Christ in Pix in bread Or harrowing vp of Hell Of Purgatory Limbus twaine The Scripture doth not tell One true Church Catholike there is One earth still Millitant And I a member of the same Through Christ now Tryumphant This Church it hath Communion And God remitts their sinne To life and glory they shall rise And they shall neuer linne To sing out HALLELVIAH In euerlasting Blisse Wherefore beleeue and liue well here That so you may be his Amen The summe of the Tenne Commandements 1 None but Iehova haue for God 2 No Creature worship thou 3 Take not Gods holy Name in vaine 4 Keepe well the Sabboth now 5 Thy Parents honor and obey 6 No murder once commit 7 Be none adulterer at all 8 Steale not by hand or wit 9 False witnesse beare thou not I say 10 Ne couet not in heart Thy neighbors wife seruant or goods That God gaue for his part These Ten Commandements we deuide Still into Tables twaine And take them for our spirituall guide And our direction plaine First to the worship of our God And then to Christian loue That we may shunne the fiery rod And liue in heauen aboue Then doe not like to Papists adde Nor take from this his Law But downe with Images and all And euer liue in Awe And as the Lord did make vs all So let him teach vs too For he knowes what is best for vs And we blind what to doe FINIS A Briefe of the Lords Prayer O Father ours which art in heauen Still hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdome come thy will be done In earth without all blame As it performed is in heauen Ofsoules and Angels bright Where thou art serued without sin And praysed day and night Giue vs this day our daily bread Forgiue our sinnes likewise As we forgiue them that vs hurt When quarrells doe arise Into temptation lead us not So to be overcome As wicked persons euer are That lose thy sweet kingdome For thine is that celestiall place With power and glorie still Both now and euermore Amen Say we with right good will To pray to Saints or creatures then you see t is Po-pe-rie To haue a Picture in this worke Is idle certainely A Crucifix is nothing worth Ne Beades to count vpon For blind-men they must leaue those Paints And pray to God alone FINIS The Summe of the old Covenant or Testament with the
away the painefull day The horse and Mule with sound of bell Encouraged is to labour well The Head enfraught with frantike toies The tuned strings doe make full graue The heart opprest and voide of ioy Will greatly ioy Musicke to haue When studie deepe hath duld the braine Musicke will sharpe the edge againe We read how Dauid plaid full trimme Before the holy Arke of God And how his wife for mocking him By sentence iust was then forbod For hauing Children any more But barren should she be therefore The shepheards and the Angels eke When that our Sauiour Christ was borne With voice did laud that lambe so meeke That died for mankind without scorne We ought to praise the Lord also VVith musicks art in wealth and woe A song well set well sung with voice Or other musicke handled fine Farre passeth any earthly noyse Yea rather is a thing divine And some doe writ that Musicke euen Doth represent the ioyes of heauen Since Musick is a science such That God will honoured be withall A fish and fowle ioyes therein much And euery thing to nature thrall Hath he not then a stony heart That can dispraise this noble art Loue Musicke therefore in her use Loue Poetry void of abuse Heare songs and Instruments somtimes So as they lead not to ill crimes And thus an end of Musicks praise VVhich God aduance in all our dayes FINIS A song in commendation of diuers instruments of Musicke PRaise the Lord O man mortall Night and day upon him call Sing and say both great and small That God is good and iust Search and seeke the Scripture well It doth testifie and tell Euery one in ioy shall dwell That in the Lord doth trust Take the sounding Trumpet shrill Tabrell and the sweete Timbrill Winde the Flute with right good will That Saints on earth may heare Let the Drummer strike amaine Till our spirituall foes be slaine Then with ioy retire againe And serue the Lord in feare Bring the Bandora to blay Let the Bumberd come and Bray Put not Dulcimers away Nor pipes that praise the Lord Send the Cinfan and Simball Sacbuts long and virginall Let the Lute and Citterns small Agree with one accord Heare the Crumpehorne and the Harpe Hoboise and the Regale sharpe Let the Vialls come and carpe Our minds for to delight Sing with Shalmes and Psaltery Play vpon the Organes hie Cause the Cornets for to crie In skillfull peoples sight Learne in Gods word how you may Vse these Instruments in play Putting the abuse away That wicked men doe use Let your mirth and Musicke still Be according to Gods will Carnall lust for euer kill On good things alwayes muse March with Moses valiantly Answer Miriam singingly After Israels victorie On Pharaoh and his hoast Ioy with ioyfull Iaell shee Debora and Baruck hee VVho did Siseras downfall see Of whom there was much boast Brittaine thinke on things of waight Spaniards comming eighty eight VVith the Powder plot conceipt VVhere of all sorts should tast Dally not with God therefore Trust not Papists any more Banish them that blessings store May come to vs in hast Their Sinnes of Idolla-try Our Sinnes of impiety Both of them to God doth cry For vengeance night and day Let vs therefore now repent And all our sinfull wayes lament Let our minds to good be bent And we shall liue for aye FINIS A song against Fortune and those that haue or doe defend the same which may be sung to the Tune of Fortune my foe why dost thou frowne on me FOrtune shall bene God nor guide of mine Fortune to thee nothing I will resigne Fortune thou art the heathens Queene and Princesse How should a Christian take thee for his Mistres Fortune some say shee hath a restles wheele Turning the same that men her power may feele Fortune doth giue and take life as a Princesse Thus euery way is Fortune tooke for Mistres But shall I shew the folly of this thing And credit haue if I the truth doe bring Then giue me leaue I will proue this Heathnesse To be no Goddesse Princesse Queene or Mistresse Fortune what is it who can tell or shew It is no God nor Angell this we know No man nor woman no creature dumbe or senceles No vice nor vertue to be made a Princesse What world or worke did Fortune make or frame What law or Gospel comes forth in her name Whom doth shee call to count with as a Princesse Where will shee raigne when this world 's turnd to ashes Seeth no man can define what Fortune is Nor yet declare her workes of bale or blisse Seeth none did ever see or know this Princesse Why should a christian take her for his Mistres In God therefore that made both Sa and land Heaven earth and all things with his mightie hand In him alone the father of all mercies I put my trust aboue all earthly Princes Fortune and Fancy Hazz and Happe and chance Venture and Destiny Lucke an ignorance God will destroy and call account of Princesse Of young and old of servants and of Mistres Fortune ye see then is but even a name Which Heathen Nations to themselues did frame Of prophane people only she is Princesse And therefore christians should haue no such Mistres Where God is knowne and truely knowne indeed There Fortunes name is banisht with all speed Ye a all grosse sinne which doth our God offend Which thing I prayse and so my song shall end FINIS A song or Ditty made on this theame I know not what wherein is shewed how men ought not to set their mindes on worldy pleasure but on the living Lord. To the tune of Labandalashot and doth runne on the names of them that gaue the theame and his that made the song VVHo viewes the life of mortall man His state and where of he began Shall find such hugy heapes of woe As neither tongue nor penne can show Wherewith our mindes should daunted bee From vsing worldly mirth and glee And mooue vs to consider well What paines here are prepar'd in hell For wicked people as their lot which haue done heare they know not what If euerie man would heare Gods word and reuerently obey the Lord Then wickednesse would not abound But grace and vertue would be found In yong and old in hie and low In servants and in childre'n also In rich and poore in great and small In preachers and in people all Who delight in this and that And often doe they know not what Looke round about in each degree And marke what crimes and faults we see Behold the court and country too And then note well what great a doe There is in euery kind of state Few are content with simple rate But euery one will elime aloft Till triall hath them plainely taught T is vaine in hope of this or that To say or doe they know not what Loue is not found but here and there Leud lust doth flourish euery