might get ani dominion over him And where it had pleazed God by private message to cauze David to be anointed King over Israel and on that promise to rely for which his proud enimies did deride and persue him he praieth God to be myndful and confirm that woord that having how to answer the reproaching him with that trust the shame might redound upon his scorning adversaries From whose oppression also he praieth now at length to be delivered that walking at liberti he might freely apply and exercise the law of God and good men might freely also associate themselves unto him And for observance of the divine law for the time to com he maketh here a solemn vow unto God whom he humbly withall praieth to accept that and other free offrings of his mouth vows praiers and praises beeing all he could offer Finally he concludeth with the sum of his suit the gift of understanding and freedom from his enimies that his life beeing continued he might praize the goodnes of God who now beeing chased out by Saul and wandring up and doun like a sheep that had straied yet did not ne could forget Gods commandments whose favour he again imploreth to give end to that extremiti This Psalm for the woorthines thus largely abridged remaineth a cleer mirrour of the godli hart of David which cauzed him to be a man after the hart of God and to wear the honour of that incomparable title ALEPH. O BLESSED they who men upright in mynd and way In Gods pure law delight his sacred will obey Yea blessed who embrace his woord that witnes true And God their sovÄ•rain good with flaming harts pursue Such men sure sin decline in paths divine proceed Them careful hold which held have high reward decreed O THEN fith thow so strait thy hests to keep hast chargÄ•d My ways were so addresd my feet so Lord enlargÄ•d As free thy steps to trace no blot shal mee distain No shame confound on thee while fixt myn eys remain Right hart thy praise shal sound for law of iustice taught Which learnd I le keep at length reduce me ô to thought BETH VVHEREWITH may careles youth his falti paths amend If heedful by thy woord he them to guid attend Ah Lord with hart entire I thee have truly sought O let not straying soule with trains of vice be caught Long I thy precious laws have treasÅred in my hart To purge out sin Blest Lord stil teach that sacred art REMEMBER Lord my lips and not unthankful tong How free thy woord have taught how glad thy praise have song How deer delight I take in way from heavÄ•n declarÄ•d Vain ioys breeds world of wealth with these true ioys comparÄ•d With muzing mynd I vieu and still thy law admire Nor sight gives end to search nor search to sweet desire GIMEL THIS gift this favour Lord on servant thyn bestowe That live I may and live thy saving grace to knowe Yea sacred woord to keep Then thow myn eys unsele And wonders of thy law to groping mynd revele I stranger rome on earth my seat with thee abides O hide not heavÄ•nli way which to thy presence guids DESIRE my soule consumes stil muzing on that path Which pride derides dead pride devowd to firi wrath But thou repell their scorns Ah zele to sacred law From Princes seats did griev'd unprinceli censures draw Yet still I still thy woord in studious thoughts renue Sole solace in my griefs in douts adviser true DALETH MY humbled soule to dust prostrate on earth dooth cleve Remynd thy woord and up revived servant heve My hart my state and ways to thee I did unfold Thou heard'st with grace then still me precepts thyn enrold In faithful brest direct Discloze thy beauteÅus way And moorning soule recheerd thy merveils let display REMOOVE by-paths of lys thy trueth hath been my choise Thy law my mirrour O make cleer thy gracious voice And foloÄ•r of thy woords grant through that favour high Be nor asham'd to live nor Lord afraid to dy Yea when my narroÄ•d hart shal noble grace enlarge Base lets despiz'd I 'le run what race thy mandates charge HE. GREAT Guid of men my feet address in righteÅus way My feet by thee addrest which ne're from thee shal stray Recleer my dimmed mynd sweet beauti of thy laws To vieu which vieud from hart like love abundant draws Thus hart deiect erect thy rizing paths to clime Thy woord my high delight in raized thoughts to shrine BUT from unwoorthi gain from vain aspects which fire Unwari brests disturn myn eys and frail desire And quickÄ•n me in thy way Ah to thy servant true Devoted to thy fear thy roial woord renue So feard reproach discharge with iudgements iust recheer The fainting soule which longs thy statutes to endeer VAV LET then thy mercies deer salvătion favours high Foretold by gracious woord at length great Lord draw nigh That those who mee reproach depending thus on thee Confounded quite their scorns my glori high may see Mene while let woord so true towărd him not wholy sleep Who trusts in thy decree still still thy law wil keep AND keeping thus thy law abroad I 'le boldly walk And of thy woord fore kings undanted freely talk O King of kings thou thow my love and sole delight Thy hests my ioy on them I still defix my sight Towărd them my hands I 'le raize to act what they require Who sole possess my thoughts command my chief desire ZAIIN THEN myndful of thy speach thou Lord stil true and iust Shine foorth sith in that woord hast causd thy servant trust Sole this to grieved mynd sweet comfort still derives This pressed state supports this dulled sprites revives The proud both it and mee with scorns profane deride Nor pride nor scorns profane from thee can mee divide FOR iudgements thyn of old my muzing thoughts revieu Which mee secure but ah stil horror then renue When ends of lawles men my pityÄng mynd foresees But I in pilgrim life stil singing thy decrees In silent night with ioy revolving Lord thy name Thy statutes keep which kept these ioys in mee enframe CHETH MY portion Lord art thow my thankful mynd resolv'd Thy woords to keep hir cares on thee hath all devolv'd And hart with fervent suit thy gracious face hath sought Let then those mercies shine which gracious woord hath taught For strait my earthli ways with vieu unpartial eyd Delay cut off I glad to heavÄ•nli coorse applyd THIS worldlings hate procures whose troops make me their prey Nor hate of world nor wrongs me from thy paths can fray Thou witness Night whose midst with thanks me rize dooth hear Gods iudgements iust to bless thou Day which God who fear His laws who love my deer companions all doost see Thow then whose grace earth fils thow Lord my leader bee TET I MUST confess my Lord that graciously with mee As was thy woord hast dealt ô grant from passions free With sence and science
gainst his Christ earths Kings and Peers shal band To force ioyn fraud ah fools Heăvens kingdom to withstand Fond earthi mynds ye hate your bliss Gods gracious hests Free laws as thrauling t ys your lawles life detests BVT Hee in heăvens that sits whose ey their thoughts divides Their wicked mynd abhors their vain attempts derides He then in wrath shal speak in wrath which sore shal vex And with distracted thoughts their troubled mynds perplex And then shal glorious voice from heăvenli throne proceed Lo here my Son a King to sacred SiÅn decreed THEN this decree I 'le shew God spake it first to Mee My Son thou art this day have I begotten thee Thy kingdom shal encrease Ask me and Gentile lands Yea utmost ends of earth I 'le render to thy hands VVhom thou obdur'd in sin with rod of irÅn shalt bruze As earthen pot shalt crash while they thy laws refuze THEN ô advize ye kings and ye instruction take Who Iudges are of earth your iudgements right to make Serve God with fear with fear best wisdom is begon With dread your ioys asseaz̆on Then homage to his Son With kiss prezent So so his kindling ire prevent Which them and all their ways gainst whom least spark is bent With horrour dire consumes But blessed ay the wight Who trusts in him to him who sacred faith hath plight PSALM 8. The Prophet DAVID admireth Gods graciousnes toward Man particularly in the future humiliation of Christ and in the exaltation of Mans nature in him and by him ensuing Where together with the supernatural dominion of Manintimated the restauration also of the natural is expressed By the way the Childrens acclamation to our Sauiour at his solemn entri into the Temple and the powerful effect thereof are pointedat ETERNAL Lord th' illustrous fame That sounds through world thy glorious name Whose greatnes fair transcends the skys Whose goodnes earth dooth not despize EvÄ•n tender lips of infants yong Thy grace inspires with praiseful song Whose force thy foes revengeful rage All danted strangely dooth asswage WHEN vp my wondring eys I raize Towărd higher coorts which preach thypraise The heăvens so huge the stars so bright That Prince of day this Queen of night All which doo thee their maker knowe Of peerles hand the matchles showe Lord what is man poor clot of mold That him in mynd thou still shouldst hold Or son of man defiled worm Thy gracious thoughts towărd him to turn A LITTLE thou wilt man abbase Beneath thy blisful Angels place Then ay shal man remain renound With prime of glori princely cround To him as King thy creatures bow And dueti prest shal ioyful vow What e're against his scepter swell His powrful foot thou doun makÄ•st quell THE cattle myld his service bear Yea beasts most wyld his frounds doo fear What flying wing the air divides What swimming fin through water glides What creeping thing in sea or land Hast all subiected to his hand O Lord our Lord what glorious fame Resounds through world thy gracious name TREBLE Eternal Lord th' illustrous fame Thatsounds through world thy glorious name Whose greatnes fair transcends the skys Whose goodnes earth dooth not de spize EvÄ•n tender lips of infants yong Thy grace inspires with praiseful song Whose force thy foes revengeful rage All danted strangely dooth as swage BASE MEANE COVNTERTENOR TENOR LUTE PSALM 15. The moral furniture of a true member of Gods Church set out by King DAVID LORD who shal in thy roial tent reside Whom shal thy sacred mount his dweller claim The man whose feet in paths direct abide Whose lips at trueth whose hands at iustice aim NO wronging tale his tong hath twynd no deed Of his hath neighbour harmd yea slander vile Gainst neighbour raiz'd which itching ears dooth feed With stern rebuke his righteous ears exile THE godles wretch from heăvenli coort reiected As foe he shuns as outcast base despizeth The godli wight by grace divine elected As frend he loves as precious highly prizeth HIS woord as oath his oath as sacred vow He firm observes though harm he thence endure Usurious trade the idles biting plow Ne gain nor ease can him to hold alure THE upright cause sole obiect of his sight No bribe can hurt no present needs to mend So hee the man whom nought shal shake or fright Whom sacred place and blisful ioys attend PSALM 16. The Prophet DAVID in this Psalm noted with a mark of excellenci declareth that beeing first prepared in soule by betaking himself wholy to the service and protection of God he had received supernatural infusion of Diuine Wisdom By vertue whereof with much ioy and exultation he foreprophecieth the speedi Resurrection of our Holi Saviour from death the ground of mans hope and comfort and the happines of the Life to com in the vision of God THEN thow preserve me Lord thou anchor of my mynd My wandring thoughts no rest save in thy favour fynd Thee thee my soule hath chÅzen thee vowd hir Lord to bee Though service myn I knowe can nothing ad to thee Yet to thy servants may in whom thy gifts excell Terrestrial Saints midst whom my high delights doo dwell BVT sorroes them befall yea heaped plaugs oppress VVho gifts from thee to dum or damned gods address Their murdring sacrifice shal never soil my face Their Gods accursed names my lips shal never grace THOW art my God my Lord the portion I love best My health and wealth my ioy my bliss and glorious rest And thow my earthli lot in place both rich and pure A goodli seat shalt long to mee and myn secure THE Lord with thankful praise my humble mynd adores VVho mee with counseil deep in nightli muzing stores For him before me ay my faithful eys engrave He at my right hand stands from falling me to save VVHERFORE my hart with ioy my spir̆it exults in praise And soule hir dying flesh in hopeful rest doun-lays For not my soule beneath exil'd thou'lt leue from thee Ne let thyn HOLI ONE impure corruption see But paths of life wilt shew which to thy presence bring VVhere fullest ioys for ay and purest pleasures spring TREBLE THen thow preserve me Lord thou anchor of my mynd My wandring thoughts no rest save in thy favour fynd Thee thee my soule hath chozÄ•n thee vowd her Lord to bee Though service myn I knowe can nothing ad to thee Yet to thy servants may in whom thy gifts excell Terrestrial Saints midst whom my high delights doo dwell BASE MEANE COVNTERTENOR TENOR LUTE PSALM 17. DAVID grounding upon the innocenci of his owne life and conscience appealeth to God for relief against the oppression and cruelti of his uniust enimies who men of the world place their happines wholy in the corporal pleasures of this life whereas his Feliciti consisteth in enioying Gods fauour in his righteous life here and in the glorious vision of God in the life after the Resurrection This Psalm seemeth
no powÄ•r can stand SOME charrets make their strength and grace In horses som proud glori place Fond ioy false strength at thundring call Horse charrets men to ground doo fall We then to heăvens address our ey Where surer trust faiths eys descry A trust which whilÄ•st they doun are brought Our standing strength and triÅmph hath wrought Then hear vs Lord let heavÄ•ns great king Our king on earth home safely bring â—…ALM 21. King DAVID yieldeth solemn Thanks unto God at his return with Uictori over Gods enimies and farther foresheweth their utter extermination THE King Lord towărd thy glorious face Victorious eys dooth ioyful rear His strength thy spir̆it his health thy grace With doubled triÅmphs his soule dooth chear What hart could wish what lips did crave Thy bountÄ•ous hand him strangely gave YEA whÄ•ther his thoughts had nÄ•ver aspyr'd Thy blessing roial him prevents Of purest gold croun undesyr'd To humble head rich hand prezents Then lire he ask'd thou long to live Yea life eternal didst him give WHAT maiesti on earth can shine What woorship mortal man may grace What glori only not diuine Thy goodnes all on him dooth place That him all ages pattern rare Of matchles bliss shal ay declare THEN ioy his thankful hart hath fraught Which from thy face serene derives Which firm affiănce hath likewise wrought Which ioy again stil fresh revives For sith the King in th'HighÄ•st dooth trust Thou' rt safe ô King ô HighÄ•st thou' rt iust FOR as on thyn thy love is sign'd So powrful hand those monsters dire Which hate the sovÄ•rain good shal fynd And found confound in day of ire As firi furnace they shal fume Which kindled once dooth self consume WITH cursed sires corrupted seed From face of earth thou shalt destroy For spite gainst thee their brains doo breed Vain spite which woorks but self-annoy As mark their faces thou shalt lay On which thy winged shafts may play OTHOW who euerlasting reins Of world almighti Guid doost sway Advance thy strength and proud disdains Of miscrÄ•ants vyld great Lord repay So we thy powÄ•r shal sing and praize Which foes dooth quell thy servants raize TREBLE THe King Lord towărd thy glorious face Victorious eys dooth ioy-ful rear His strength thy spÄrit his health thy grace With doubled triumphs his soule dooth chear What hart could wish what lips did crave Thy bountÄ•ous hand him strangely gave MEANE COVNTERTENOR TENOR BASE LUTE PSALM 22. Our Saviours complaint vpon the Cross thanks giuing for deliuerance and propheci touching the great encrease and perpetuiti of his Church foretold by DAVID MY God my God why doost thou me forsake Why to my plaints thyn ear a stranger make By day I cry but thou far off art gone By night deer Lord but audience fynd I none YET Holi Lord thou same doost stil endure Thyn Israels ioy their song of praises pure Our Fathers Lord in thee did faithful trust On thee they hopÄ•d Thou to their hopes wert iust They cry'd and tears did not shour doun in vain Their crys thou heard'st and freedst them from their pain BVTI a worm not man but mans reproach Where abiects vyld their basest scornings broach What ey me vieuth same ey dooth me deride They wag proud heads false lips they wryth aside He trusts in God Let God from heăven above Make good this trust and now declare his love TRVETH Lord my hope from mothers brest thou wast Then hopes sure ground thy gracious promise past From mothers womb I rest bequeathd to thee Thence me receiv'dst my Saviour Lord to bee THEN saving Lord sith troÅble dooth press so neer Ah troÅble vntryd and no where help appear Be thow not far See Lord what buls are met Huge buls of Basan round haue me beset With gaping iaws much lion-like they play Which ramps to seaze and roars to rend his pray SEE vital iuice to watri stream distild My bones disioint my hart with anguish fild Like melting wax consumes as fire-burnt clay My spir̆its being dryd lifes vigours all decay Yea withÄ•ring tong to parched chops dooth cleve Thus me my Lord in dust of death doost leve FOR dogs have mee besiegÄ•d A savage rout Of vyld malfactors mee envir̆on about Hands Feet they 'ue pierc'd my bones may all be told Which gazing eyâ—… from flinted harts behold My robe vnript amongst them they divide And seamles cote by chancing lot decide BVT thow my Lord in weakest state my strength My hope in death look doun release at length From heavÄ•ns award my life from swoord discharge From powÄ•r of dog my desolate soule enlarge From lions mouth from unÄcorns horns with speed Now hearÄ•st ô save in soules extremest need THY glorious name I 'le preach to brethren deer And faithful Church in midst thy praise shal hear From thankful voice resound Ye sons of grace Who fear your Lord and thow great IsraÄ•ls race LovÄ•d Iacobs seed your revÄ•rend ioys enhance His praise through earth his name to heavÄ•ns advance FOR not with scorning mynd or loathing ey Th' afflicted wight he careles passed by Ne helpful face from rueful sight did hide But gracious ear to iust complaint applyd Then vows I 'le pay before them which thee fear And sacred praise assembli great shal hear THE spirits myld whom dews celestial bless Shal fruits of earth in plentÄ•ous rest possess Their gracious zele Gods glorious praise shal sing Your ended life shal life unending bring YEA natiÅns all which earth 's great globe doo fill EvÄ•n kindreds which hir bounds extremest till At length themselves remember shal and mourn Till whom they left to him again they turn To mighti king whose woord whole world dooth wield Thus worship due shal world united yield FOR him all states shal serve On earths great store The rich shal feed and heavÄ•ns great Lord adore And poorest wretch who doun in dust doth ly To him shal bow and dying death defy This course great ages run Their poster̆ous race In worlds cleer vieu his service shal embrace And so transmit that childrens children ay His iustice learn his sacred will obay PSALM 25. DAVID as it seemeth upon his last farewel and flight from the Coort of Saul understanding perhaps of the great levi of forces to persue him and entring in that distress of state as well into a revieu of sins of his coortli life past as into a forevieu of troubles which in this banishment he must endure wholy casteth himself upon the merci and favour of God Whom he praieth for Protection from his wrongful enimies for Remission of his sins and for Direction in the best coorse of life Withall he celebrateth Gods graciousnes toward his faithful servants and concludeth with a petition in behalf also of the people TO THEE his faithful soule thy servant Lord dooth rear My God my trust ô dain hir humblest suits to hear And let not black disgrace my lifes pure light obscure And frustrate hope proud foes insulting ioys alure Let none
Thus did thy goodnes shine thy goodnes which their foes With conquÄ•rous arm subduing round large matter did discloze For damÅsels at return with ioying note to sound Kings armies fly they fly and spoils wee home-left soules haue found FOR though in servile state like scullions mongst the pots With soot ye long have lain begrymd yet now your happiÄ•r lots As dove shal make you shine who with hir lustring wings Now silver̆i hieu now golden light to ey delighted brings For when th'Almighti Lord those Kinglets strawd on ground Like snowe on Salmon black dark woes bright ioy so then had cround NOW Sion draws myn eys whom Bashans peer account Nor Bashans soil nor stateli clifts fair Sions praise surmount For why should worldli hils the earths huge towÄ•rs so rize And vant their might why hill of God with surli brows despize Here Gods dezired rest thus ay shal it excell Celestiăl squadrons here attend here Sinais glories dwell Twise thousands ten and more brave host of heavÄ•nli Knights Gods will observe receiv'd perform hee midst their love requites BUT thow victorious Lord ascended art on high In triumph great lead'st thraldom thrald and there great gest of sky Hast gifts of grace receiv'd mongst men which doost divide Yea race rebellious so doost win with thyn to thyn abide Be blest then Lord our God With saving graces hee Us daily loads For God's the God that brings salvation free Hath issuÄng ways from death but enÄmies head shal smite Yea hairi scalp of him in sin who still shal take delight BUT to his people saith I thâ—…m wil bring again From tyrants yoke from strangers coasts from land and Sea amain As once from Aegypts rod from deapth of sea and pride Of Bashans Giănt I them reducè'd made ancient fields divide That thow thy foot maist dip thy dog his tong embrue In smoking streams of fomi bloud which enÄmies brests out-spue AND now Gods march proceeds thy march ô God my King Who in thy Sanctuări residÄ•st there blessings man doâ—…st bring A â—…ight of ioy Before the singers hold their way Them instruments ensue in midst yong maids on timbrels play All cry with ioy Bless God Praize in assembli high Ye Isrăels stream the Lord. Here first smal Beniamin stands nigh Late Prince here Iudahs Lords their troops and here appear Naphthaliăn Lords from far with Lords who ZebÅlons honour rear AND now since gracious Lord commanded hath our strength Maintain from sacred house placÄ•d o're Ierusalem at length What thow great God for us what hast for fathers wrought So from subiected Kings to thee shal prezents due be brought RATE doun the reed-shafts beast the buls and heards so bold With peoples calf-like Lords who vain in silver plates have rold So woork thy peoples peace securÄ•d from Hethen spite O thow who scattrest them on war who set their fierce delight And then Aegyptiăn peers then Aethiopiăn lands Soon humbly shall with gifts to thee stretch foorth their suppliănt hands YE kings and kingdoms all o're earths fair face disspred With songs and sounds of ioy adore your God and supreme head Whence all your powÄ•rs derive Hee then on th'heavÄ•ns rides On heavÄ•ns of heavÄ•ns of old and rocks with thundring voice divides Ascribe all might to God whose glorious beauti shines On Isrăels head whose peerles strength the matchles sky designs O God thyn Israels strength what venerable fear Thy sanctuaries strike Be blest Our soules to thee we rear PSALM 69. The Prophet King DAVID in the time of Absaloms rebellion for then it should seem this Psalm was made by iniurious persecution of his enimies beeing reduced to extreme distress and miseri though happi that he was therein a type of our Saviour who was then also in him as a Son in his Ancester together with the historical narration of his owne wrongs and griefs prophetically also describeth and that more fully and properly the passions of Christ through the envi and malice of the Iues who cruelly constrained him to pay at a deer ransom the price of that whereof himself in his owne person was not gilti Thus oppressed reproached and scorned by his enimies and by his neerest frends abandoned for no other crime then for his zele toward the service and glori of God he flieth by a most fervent and argumentative praier to God for succour devoteth his enimies amongst whom first Achitophel then Iudas had their parts to utter destruction and lastly in his deliveri sheweth his owne particular thankfulnes the great comfort of Gods people and a general propension of all the creatures of God to praise him for his goodnes toward his chozen Church consisting of all his loving and faithful servants HELP Lord and save a poor distressed wight Not tost with waves though seas against me fight And beat my soule but sinking in the mud Where bottom none and where the surging flud With furious stream beres doun and whelms my life Ah save me Lord and end my bootles strife I strive though spent I cry when voice is quailÄ•d For God I look when eys have looking failÄ•d TH'iniurious spir̆its my not-deserved foes Who hunt my life with numbers me encloze That pass myn hair and rizing still in strength Press on til mee ô wrong they force at length What nevÄ•r I took as taken to restore Ah thee my falts my folies ly before BUT not for mee Eternal Lord of hosts Great Israèls God let those whose humble boasts Of thee have been confounded rest in mynd Nor shame in face when him forlorn they fynd Who thee with them in patient hope hath sought For thy sake Lord to this I lo am brought For thee I scorns and sour rebuke endure May service thyn great Lord such shame procure WHAT should I speak of frends unfrendli face My brethren deer same mothers home-born race A stranger mee an alien mere esteem And why The zele of which I worthi deem Thy sacred hests thy House and glorious name Which godles crues stil grieving mee prophane Hath eăten me up Reproaches throwne at thee From mouths infernal light have all on mee IN grief I wept and fasting fed on care My ioyles lims rough sacweb clothÄ•d on bare My weed they proverb mocks on fasting pour And laugh the tears which vexed hart dooth shour In iudgement place gainst mee the ancients spake Yea balads base vyld drunkards of me make AND I my Lord to thee now praying bend In needfulst time Let ô my crys ascend And time accepted fynd O God my trust If right thou seest and if my plaints be iust In plentÄ•ous merci ' and for thy saving trueth Send ô that help which life in death renuÄ•th OH free me Lord from sinking in this mire This groundles mire and from their fierce desire Whose hate my life persuÄ•th Draw from these waves Th' orewhelmed soule thy hand who drouning craves And prays Forbid this gulf my life t' inglut Devouring pit on me hir mouth to shut HEAR Lord
period of about seventi or fourescore years ordinarily he beseecheth God to have particular compassion upon this his chozen people sore wasted with the punishments which their sins had called doun upon them to make them wise by his grace to comfort them with his returning favour and lastly so to frame the coorse of their labours that his promise continuing cleer and hopeful to them might at length yet in their children have a glorious accomplishment IN pilgrim life our rest in thrald estate our stay From age to age thou Lord hast been and savÄ•d us from decay Thy self ere birth to hils to earth ere form didst give Ere world hadst framÄ•d from ay to ay alglorious God doost live But man thy creature fallÄ•n thy iustice dooth persue To dust and saith Ye Adams sons return whence first ye grew WHEN thousand years we livÄ•d those thousand in thy sight Not more appeard then one day past then watch in shortest night Yet soon encreasing sin those years much shorter makes While vengeance due desiled world to drouning flud betakes Since when our dreamlike life as weakest herb soon dys Which morn makes flour hote noon bids fade sad eeuÄ•n mowes doun and drys AH men unblest thy wrath our weariÄ•d life consumes Thy terrours great our soules affright so sore thyn anger fumes Our sins our foul revolts before thy face hast set And secretst falts to cleerest light or eys displeazÄ•d are fet What have our toils atchieu'd through anger thyn our day Black night devours our fruitles years as thought fly vain away MANS shortned life as now sole sevÄ•nti years dooth bide Great strength to fourescore may attain Of these evÄ•n flour and pride What is' t but toil and grief but vain pursuits and sin Which spent we hence to dusti home away to post begin OH who dooth duely waigh the powÄ•r of heavÄ•nli ire As terrors thyn so is thy wrath ô thow consuming fire Then teach us so our days our wasting years to count That wisdom true our thoughts towărd thee our endles end may mount Return ô Lord how long at length appeazd forgive Thy folk let favour shour in time that dying harts may live AND comfort cheer us Lord as chastiz'd long by thee Much evÄl our woful eys have seen like ioy so cauze us see This ioy with life shal last Then let thy woork growe cleer Towărd servants thyn on children their thy glori make appear And let Gods pleazed face us with his beauties bless And form our woorks ô thow our woorks to happiÄ•st end address TREBLE I N pilgrim life our rest in thrald e state our stay From age to age thou Lord hast been and savÄ•d us from decay Thy self ere birth to hils to earth ere form didst give Ere world hadst framÄ•d from ay to ay al glorious God doost live But man thy creaturefallen thy iustice dooth persue To dust and saith Ye Adams sons re turn whence first ye grew BASE MEANE COVNTERTENOR TENOR LUTE PSALM 92. This Psalm consecrated to the Sabbath as fit for an holi assembli exhorteth to praize by voice and musical instruments Gods goodnes and iustice apparent in the final destruction of the wicked now miserably flourishing and in his constant favour to the faithful inhabiters of his Church prosecuted even in old age with comli grace and fruitfulnes A GOOD a gracious act it is To praize the Lord to celebrate his bliss Thy name ô Highest to renoum With hymns which earth with heavÄ•ns high honour croun Thy bountÄ•ous grace let springing day Let silent night thy faithful trueth display Let ten-stringd lute with viole sweet Melodious harp in sacred consort meet Since ioy to me thy woork dooth bring Thy woorks great Lord my thankful ioy shal sing O LORD thy woorks how glorious great How deep thy thoughts thoughts shalo to defeat The floting brain of brutish man Not once observes not once it fadom can That when as grass the wicked growe When sinners proud doo sprout doo bud and blowe In flouring state they shall be mowne And all for ay to sad destruction throwne While thow ô Lord most high most iust Ay happi livÄ•st whole worlds sole endles trust FOR lo thyn impious foes ô Lord Thyn impious foes of heavÄ•ns and earth abhord From earth and heavÄ•ns lo chasÄ•d away In darknes dire their damned heads shal lay My strength but thow like stateli horn Of UnÄcorn stout with dread and beauti born Wilt long advance Oil fresh renÅed On me shal stream with gladnes sweet imbÅed And ey shal see ioid ear shal hear Chance wicked foes what gilti harts did fear THE iust mene while as fenced palm Shal flourish fair no storms shal him uncalm As cedar tall mount Libans praize His lofti top towărd heavÄ•ns high valt shal raize Men planted midst Gods sacred place In sacred coorts shal spring yea through his grace In age extreme stil fruit shal give Stil iuiceful still with greeni boughs shal live To shew that God my strength and light Ay iust persists ay pure from all unright PSALM 94. The Author of this Psalm living in time of ungodli tyranni under which himself did also greatly suffer prezenteth the state of the Land unto the vieu of Almighti God whom he calleth on to be an Avenger against those Tyrants who oppressing Gods people atheistically scorned his future iudgements the veriti of which he establisheth by invincible argument Then he comforteth the better sort by assuring them that this chasticement should turn finally to their good and iudgement should once again return to true Iustice and encourageth them to make a stand of defence against the wicked who in wrong-dooing and oppression might execute their owne powër but could not derive such authoriti from God unto whose gracious protection he in finâ—… betakes himself with assurance of his owne safeti and of his enimies destruction This Psalm is coniectured to have been made by David at what time he was persecuted by King Saul and his Coortiers and then seemeth most fitly to fall into the time when after that most cruel massacre of Gods Priests their wifes children servants and veri cattle in hate of David he began to think of standing upon his owne defence beeing anointed by God for successour in the Kingdom yet without any purpose of attempt against Saul in his person peace authoriti or digniti A VENGER great who mans presumptuÅus sin Earth righteÅus Iudge with plagues to chastize doost not lin At length shine out ô spring of purest light Rize up pay home the proud in worlds apparent sight How long great Lord how long shal godles sect Shal wicked crue triumph who heavÄ•nli laws neglect Shal tyrants fierce impunely fome their shames And grievous wrongs contrive then vant their hateful names THY servants Lord with iron teeth they grynd Th'elected race oppress no plea to barbărous mynd Nor widoes eys nor orphans palms can make Nor humbled strangers knees their murdÄ•ring rage to slake That doon
shall I bless Great are Gods woorks and bless their sight Whose mynds in knowelege high delight His gracious hand all good hath formd All beautÄ•ous all with grace adornd OvÄ•r all Gods Iustice glorious raigns Which rightÄ•ous ay unswaid remains HIS acts which wondring Fathers saw So live enrold as guiding law That ages all with ioy recount Those graces thoughts which all surmount Hee gracious Lord with merci fraught His race elect from thraldom brought In desert bare in hungers raign With food celestiăl did sustain Hee who his covenant still remynds Where righteÅus fear true faith he fynds To IsraÄ•l deer his powÄ•r expresd Which them of Hethens land possesd THUS all his woorks are trueth and right Prints of his hand sparks of his light His sacred precepts faithful all And dying man to life recall Unchanging rule unerring guid So Lord and Law stil same abide For when he first redemption sent And feet late thrald at freedom went He law he leaug with them ordaind Eternal bothe from heăven proclaimd That man should awful thereto frame Sith holi ' and dreadful lives his name PRIME entrance unto wisdom true Gods greatnes is to fear O you Sole you right understandings bless Who tremble ' his mandates to transgress Adore him then whose praises pure As sun illustrous ay endure PSALM 112. A mixed description aswel of the vertuous as also of the prosperous life of a good man beeing an hart-grief to the wicked whose desires all perish ALLELV-IA O HAPPI man with humblest fears And purest loves towărd God who bends With sweet delight Gods law he hears And heard through actions all extends O HAPPI man thy ioys are true Thy house with plenteÅus wealth abounds Thy iustice yields and reaps hir due Hir fruit to thee stil blest redounds HIS ofspring noble in their race By noblest vertues so endure Long hold on earth great powÄ•rful place And world of blessings round alure YEA evÄ•n in time of darkest wo To him dooth cheerfull light arize To righteÅus man who no maâ—… fo Stil merciful stil merci trys HEE helpful bounteÅus lends and gives Reward from Gods sole grace expects In choisest thoughts stil blessed lives Which prudence rightly still directs THERFORE he stable ay shal stand Nor storm nor engin throwe him doun Yea gracious woorks of vertÅous hand With fame immortal shal him croun HIS setled mynd on God relys No troublous nues can him affright Firm stands his hart and fears defys Which on his enimies pates shal light THUS spends the iust thus ends his hours Dispersing hand the needi feeds Doun glorious blessing on him shours Reaps endles prize of ended deeds THE wicked this shal see and vex Shal grynd their teeth and pine to nought Sad fears shal duely them perplex Their deer desires to nothing brought ALlelu-ia ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij O happi man with humblest fears And pu rest loues toward God who bends With sweet de light Gods law he hears And heard through actions all ex tends O happi man thy ioys are true Thy house with plentÄ•ous wealth abounds Thy iustice yields and reaps hir due Hir fruit to thee stil blest re dounds 2. TREBLE Allelu-ia ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij MEANE COVNTERTENOR Allelu-ia ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij TENOR Allelu-ia ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij BASE Allelu-ia ij ij ij ij ij ij LUTE Allelu-ia PSALM 118. This Psalm is with great reason coniectured to have been made by King David and at his first coming to the possession of the kingdom of Iuda It conteineth first his inward great thankfulnes to God for deliveri by divine hand from so mani strong attempts against him admonishing no assurance to be like unto trust in God Secondly it reciteth the verse which the People had taken up to magnifi God with for this victori as it were atchieved in advancing David above his enimies And lastly it setteth foorth the dueti of a truly noble and religious King in the example of this King David who besides his private thankfulnes maketh here a solemn entri into the Coorts of God there prostrateth himself publicly in thanks and praier to the Almighti which doon he is blest of the Priests of God and received as beeing sent to them from God to be their Governour In fine legal sacrifices are slain and offered up with sound of triumphing praises to the eternal Lord and King In the person of King David his Son our Saviour is here prefigured who beeing refuzed by the Archbuilders the Prelates and Potentates of his time yet became by Gods grace the head-stone of the corner whereupon the spiritual Church is builded and wherein the Iues and Gentiles were united beeing received of the true Israel as sent unto them from God SING ô sound out Gods woorthi praise Who goodnes pure stil grace displays Let IsraÄ•ls race agnize the same And thankful now renoum his name Great Aărons house thou blest to bless Same goodnes same sweet grace confess Yea all who fear our glorious King His rich his endles merci sing IN streit distress the Lord I sought Who gracious fair enlargement brought That sith my God dooth mee assist Sith aiders myn his aid hath blist Nor fear I man doo man his woorst Nor faun on fo with rancour burst Much better ô in God to trust Then ground on man whose ground is dust On God yea better to rely Then Princes lo evÄ•n Princes dy MEE nations all encloz'd as toil But Gods great help all put to foil As circle they did mee surround But Gods great help bare all to ground Yea evÄ•n as cloud of Bees they swarmd With ireful stings against me armd As cracling fire of thorns soon spent By Gods great help to smoke they went THOU sore at mee my fo hast thrust My wrongful fo but God God iust With succÅring hand me staid from fall Thy plots thyn hopes defeated all He hee my strength my verse of praise Sole health sole ioy for ending days HARK voice of ioy triumphing sound Fils rightÄ•ous tents with safeti cround Sing God our God this fight hath wrought Whose right-hand valiant acts hath sought Advanced stands that powrful hand And powers terrene makes all disband IT 'S true God mee did sore correct Yet still from death my soule protect Then live I shall where's death thy sting O God thy woorks thy praise to sing NOW towărd th'Eternals glorious place With revÄ•rence bend we ioyful pace Ye sacred Priests to heavÄ•ns great King Who vows who praiÄ•rs sweet praises sing Uncloze your gates give praise access At gates which praises all possess Hence crue profane Gods gates are pure Sole rightÄ•ous mynds clean thoughts endure O KING of Kings who ear didst bend To iust requests and safeti send Lo prostrate here thy servant true Yields thanks brings praise great Lord thy due What stone th' Archbuilders did reiect Their folÅers scorn the world neglect Same stone now angles
to haue been made upon occasion of the second expedition which Saul made against David at the first instigation of the Ziphites at which time Dauid flying from the Desert of Ziph to that of Maon was in a plain there between the mountains enclosed by Saul But by reason of a sodain message that the Philistims did invade the land Saul left foloing of Dauid who so escaped HIGH Iudge of world cast doun thy rightÄ•ous eys Attentive hear while right for iustice humbly crys Not causeles fear nor sleight of faining lips Or needles douts prezents or plot disguisÄ•d uprips Iust grief appeals and sentence from thy face Of thee craves due redress thou then iust plea embrace THOU oft my soule yea oft in night didst vieu When thoughts in silent rest prezent appearance true And oft my hart with firi storms hast seen Dissolv'd and trial made what dross therein hath been Nought counterfeit no palliate thing hast found What secret mynd dooth think that mouth dooth truly sound All as my woords so deeds towărd men doo frame Thy sacred woord my rule the viÅlent wrongers blame I see and shun O still my feet contain In rightÄ•ous paths stil hands from acts not iust restrain THEE Lord I call for sure thou wilt me hear Ah then receive the plaint which faithful soule dooth rear Divide thy acts display thy mercies free Thou Saviour of thy Saints from those who them and thee With wicked hate attempt as light of ey Me fenced under Lord thy shadÅing wing let fly There let me rest there safe from impious crue My deadli foes protect who circling rage renue My strength to wast my life to earth to bring Engrosd with fat and proud out thundring threats doo ring AS Lion fierce with ireful hunger whet Flings out his prey to seek which ioious having met Stands foming rage or else as Lions whelp Who coucheth close in cave his strength with sleight to help Nor bold nor yet afraid so Lord my foes Now round with ramping troops our ways and walks enclose Prezenting death and now with spiteful ey Doun-cast dissembling leer advantage to espy THEN Lord arize and with encounter swift Affront their savage looks and bloud since is their drift Midst wicked troops that bloud may bloud repay To save us by thy hand with swoord mowe doun thy way SO Lord from men my grieving soule enfree From men of baser world who here we beast-like see In fading life their portion all possess And panches vile their God from thy rich storehouse bless Like sire like son same coorse their ofspring runs Ful gorge themselues what 's left that to their infants comes BVT I by faith in rightÄ•ous life shal vieu Thy gracious face And when thy powÄ•r shal death subdue Awakened Lord eternal glorious sight Of semblance thyn me like shal fill with pure delight PSALM 19. The Almighti Lord beeing made knowne to the World by his glorious woorks amongst which the Sun for beauti and power is eminent and moreover beeing attained to by menes of his Law and gracious Woord the vertues and happi effects whereof are mani and memorable DAVID praieth as wel for remission of secret as for preseruation from presumptuous transgressions of that diuine Law that so secured from final defection himself and his deuotions may be accepted of God his Redeemer THE heăvens declare the glori ' of God that worlds great arch foorth-tels His handi woork we are himself who thousand heăvens excels Both day to day resounds these woords and night to night inures This knowelege high which vieuing ey to muzing mynd assures No speach no language under sky which hath not heard their voice Their woords through earth to ends of world run rulÄ•d with glorious noise HE here the Sun in bour hath placÄ•d the Sun like bridegrome brave Who coming foorth like Giant stout to run his race dooth crave His course from utmost end of heăven he takes and round amain By mighti compas to ' utmost end of heăven returns again His glistÄ•ring rays all guild the world no less his quicning heat What earth what air what sea containth cheers up with comfort great GODS law is perfect soules to him restoring it betakes His testimoni ' is sure in woork and wise evÄ•n children makes Gods iustifyÄngs are sound and straight to raize the hart with ioy His mandates cleer from clouded eys to chase their dark annoy The fear of God is pure and keeps from dire corruption free His iudgements all as true and iust of heăvens adored bee More woorth desire then treasures huge of pearl and finest gold More sweet then sweetest food which Bee in curious cels dooth hold THEN Lord behold thy servant warn'd to keep thy law dezires Dezires thy law to keep which kept to high reward aspires Then thow inspire thy grace and Lord for who his falts can knowe To clenze my stains through sins unknowne thy gracious merci showe But strange presumptÅous sins keep off that those may never raign So from the great defecting sin I cleer shall ay remain And so my woords from humble lips my thoughts from thankful hart Thou shalt accept O Lord my strength redeemer myn that art TREBLE THe heăvens de clare the glori of God that worlds greatarch foorth tels His handi woork we are him self who thousand heăvens ex cels Both day to day re sounds these woords and night to night in ures This knowelege high which vieuing ey to muzing mynd as sures No speach no language under sky which hath not heard their voice Their woords through earth to ends of world run rulÄ•d with glorious noise BASE MEANE COVNTERTENOR TENOR LUTE PSALM 20. The praier of the faithful people of God for the safeti and victori of their King going foorth vnto war recorded by King DAVID himself IN day of troÅble ô woorthi king God cheer thee thence high valure spring And mighti name of Iacobs Lord Protect from stroke of hostile swoord That day from sacred throne to thee On Angels wings aid heăvenli flee And strength by prostrate Church implor̆ed From SÄonâ—… great Ark be fresh restorÄ•d THY praiÄ•r stil pierce his gracious ears As pious soule it humbly rears Thy gifts his eys benign receave And offrings burnt all cinders leave His light illustrate so thy face So favour his thy ways entrace That wish of hart that woork of brain Succesful end stil blest attain THVS wee enfreed from feard annoy For sâ—…feti thyn our deerest ioy All thankful shall Gods praises sing And glorious name to heavÄ•ns upring Yea when thy praiÄ•rs his powÄ•r performs And thee victorious ô returns We banners ensigns of his praise And trophes to ' his great name wil raize O FAITH assurÄ•d inspyrd from high Now knowe I God evÄ•n God drawth nigh Our King the Lords anointed deer Celestial sanctuări dooth hear There see I aid diuine decreed To save his persÅn in hours of need There Victori by Gods right hand By powÄ•r gainst which