slew myghtie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sehon kyng of the Ammorites for hys mercy endureth for euer And Og the kyng of Basan for hys mercye endureth for euer And gaue awaye theyr land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heritage vnto Israell hys seruaunte for hys mercy endureth for euer Whych remembred vs when we were in trouble for hys mercy endureth for euer And hathe delyuered vs from our enemies for hys mercy endureth for euer Whyche geueth foode to all fleshe for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes vnto the god of heauen for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes to the Lorde of Lordes for hys mercye endureth for euer Super flumina psalm cxxxvii BY the waters of Babilon we satte downe and wept when we remembred thee O Syon As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therein For they that ledde vs away captiue required of vs then a long and melody in our heauines syng vs one of the sōges of Syon How shall me syng the Lordes song in a straunge lande If I forgeat thee O Hierusalem let my ryght hand forgeat her connyng If I doe not remembre thee let me tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouthe yea yf I preferre not Hierusalem in my mirth Remember the children of Edom O Lorde in the daye of Hierusalem how they said downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O daughter of Babilon wasted with miserye yea happie shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou haft serued vs. Blessed that he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones Confitebor tibi domine psalm cxxxviii I Wil geue thankes vnto thee O lord with my whole hearte euen before the gods will I syng prayse vnto thee I wyll worship towarde thy holy temple and praise thy name because of thy louing kindnes and truth for thou hast magnified thy name and thy worde aboue all thynges When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with muche strength All the kinges of the earth shall prayse thee O Lorde for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth Yea they shall syng in the wayes of the Lord that greate is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them afarre of Thoughe I walke in the middeste of trouble yet shalte thou refreshe me thou shalt stretche furth thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of mine enemies and thy ryghte hand shall saue me The Lorde shall make good his louing kindenes towarde me yea thy mercy O lord endureth for euer despise not thē the workes of thyne owne handes Domine probasti me Psalm cxxxix Mornīg prayer O Lord thou hast searched me oute and knowen me thou knowest my downe sittyng and myne vprysing thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before Thou arte about my path and about my bedde and spiest out all my wayes For loe there is not a worde in my tong but thou O lord knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand vpon me Suche knowledge is to wonderful and excellent for me I cannot attayne vnto it Whether that I goe then frō thy spirite Or whether shal I goe then from thy presence If I climbe vp into heauen thou art there if I goe downe to hell thou arte there also If I take the winges of the morning and remayne in the vttermost partes of the sea Even there also shall thy hand leade me thy right hand shall holde me If I saye peraduenture the darkenes shall couer me thē shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenes is no darkenes with thee but the night is as cleare as the day the darkenes and lighte to thee are both alike For my reines are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I will geue thankes vnto thee for I am fearefullye and wonderouslye made marueilous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth ryght well My bones are not hid from thee thoughe I bee made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eies did see my substaunce yet being vnperfecte and in thy boke were al my members wrytten Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsailes vnto me O gods how great is the summe of them If I tell them they are moe in number then the sande whē I wake vp I am present with thee Wilte thou not sley the wicked O god depart from me ye bloud thyrsty men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemyes take thy name in vayne Doe not I hate them O lorde that hate thee and am not I grieued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee Yea I hate them righte sore euen as thoughe they were mine enemyes Trye me O god and seke the ground of mine heart proue me and examyne my thoughtes Loke well if there be any waye of wickednes in me and leade me in the way euerlastyng Eripe me domine psal cxl DEliuer me O lord from the euil men and preserue me from the wicked men Whiche imagine mischiefe in their heartes and stire vp strife al the day long They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent adders poyson is vnder theyr lyppes Kepe me O lord from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrow my goynges The proud haue laid a snare for me and spred a net abrode with cordes yea and set trappes in my waye I said vnto the lorde thou art my god heare the voyce of my prayers O Lorde O lord god thou strength of my health thou hast couered my head in the daye of battayle Let not the vngodly haue his desyre O Lorde let not hys mischeuous imaginacion prospere lest they be to proude Let the mischiefe of their own lippes fal vpon the head of them that compasse me about Let hote burnyng coales fall vpon them let them be caste into the fier and into the pit that they neuer rise vp agayne A man ful of wordes shal not prospere vpon the earth euil shal hunt the wicked person to ouerthrow hym Sure I am that the lord wil auenge the poore and maintayn the cause of the helpeles The righteous also shal geue thankes vnto thy name and the iust shall continue in thy syght Domine clamaui psal cxli. LOrd I cal vpon thee hast thee vnto me and consider my voyce when I crye vnto thee Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incence and let the lifting vp of my handes be an euening sacrifice Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and kepe the dore of my lyppes O let not myne heart be enclined to any euil thyng let me not be occupied in vngodly workes with the men that worke wyckednes lest I eate of suche thynges as please them Let the righteous rather smite me
shall folowe certayne Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in a Table made for that purpose except there be proper psalmes appoynted for that daye And at th end of euery Psalme throughoute the yeare and likewise in th end of Benedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shal be repeated Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Then shal be read two Lessons distinctly with a loude voyce that the people may heare The first of the olde Testamente the second of the new Lyke as they be appoynted by the Kalender except there be proper Lessons assigned for that daye the Minister that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as he may best be hard of al such as be present And before euery Lesson the Minister shall saye thus The firste seconde thyrd or fourth Chapiter of Genesis or Exodus Mathew Marke or other like as is appointed in the Kalender And in the ende of euery Chapiter he shall saye ¶ Here endeth suche a Chapiter of suche a Booke And to th end the people may the better heare in such places where they doe syng there shall the Lessons be song in a playne tune after the maner of distinct reading and lykewyse the Epistle and Gospel After the fyrst Lesson shal folowe Te deum laudamus in English dayly through the whole yeare Te deū laudamus WE praise thee O God we knowledge thee to be the Lorde All the earth doeth worship thee the father euerlasting To thee all Angels crye aloude the heauens and al the powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually doe crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are full of the Maiestie of thy glorye The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse thee The noble army of Martyrs prayse thee The holy Churche throughout al the word doth knowledge thee The father of an infinite Maiestie Thy honourable true and onely sonne Also the holy gost the comforter Thou art the king of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the father When thou tokest vpon thee to delyuer man thou diddest not abhorre the vyrgins wombe When thou hadst ouercomed the sharpenes of death thou didst open the kingdom of heauen to al beleuers Thou syttest on the ryghte hande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes whom thou hast redemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Sainctes in glorye euerlastyng O Lorde saue thy people and blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifie thee And we worship thy name euer world withoute ende Vouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs this daye without sinne O Lord haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O lord in thee haue I trusted let me neuer be confounded Or this canticle Benedicite omnia opera domini domino Benedicite O All ye workes of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye Aungels of the Lord blesse ye the Lorde prayse ye hym and magnifie him for euer O ye heauens blesse ye the Lorde praise him and magnifie hym for euer O ye waters that bee aboue the fyrmament blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye Sunne and moone blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye starres of heauen blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye showres and dewe blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye wyndes of God blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye fyre and heate blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye wynter and summer blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye dewes and frostes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye froste and colde blesse ye the lord prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye Ise and snowe blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye nyghtes and dayes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye lyght and darkenes blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye lightninges and cloudes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O let the earth blesse the lorde yea let it prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye Mountaynes and hilles blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O all ye grene thynges vpon the earth blesse ye the lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye welles blesse ye the lord praise him and magnifie hym for euer O ye Seas and floudes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O ye whales and all that moue in the waters blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifie him for euer O all ye foules of the ayre blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O all ye beastes and cattell blesse ye the lord prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye children of men blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnify hym for euer O let Israel blesse the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye Priestes of the Lorde blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie hym for euer O ye seruauntes of the Lorde blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye spirites and soules of the righteous blesse ye the Lord prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer O Ananias Azarias and Misael blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifie hym for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer c. And after the second Lesson shal be vsed and sayd Benedictus in Englishe as foloweth Benedictus BLessed bee the Lorde God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed hys people And hath raysed vp a mightie saluacion for vs in the house of hys seruaunt Dauid As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which haue been sence the worlde began That we should bee saued from oure enemies and from the handes of all that hate vs. To perfourme the mercy promised to oure forefathers and to remember his holy couenaunt To perfourme the oth which he sware to oure forefather Abraham that he would geue vs. That we beyng deliuered oute of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym without feare In holynes and righteousnes before him al the dayes of our lyfe And thou childe shalte be called the
c. ¶ Then a Lesson of the new Testament And after that Nunc dimittis in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace according to thy worde For myne eyes haue seene thy saluacyon Whyche thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lyghten the Gentyles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c. Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and shew vs the lyght of hys countenaunce and bee mercyfull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacyons reioyce and bee gladde for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacyons vpon earth Lette the people prayse thee O God lette all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c Then shall folowe the Crede with other prayers as is before appointed at Morning prayer after Benedictus And with three Collectes Fyrst of the daye the second of peace thyrde for ayde agaynste all perilles as hereafter foloweth Whiche two last Collectes shal be dayly sayde at Euenyng prayer withoute alteracion The seconde Collect at Euening prayer O God from whom all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iuste workes dooe procede geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace which the world cannot geue that bothe our heartes may be sette to obeye thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of oure enemyes maye passe oure tyme in reste and quyetnes through the merites of Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen The thyrd Collecte for ayde agaynst all perilles LIghten our darkenes we beseche thee O Lord by thy great mercy defend vs from al perilles and daungers of this nighte for the loue of thy onelye sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen In the feastes of Christmas the Epiphanie saincte Mathie Easter Thassencion Pentecost Sainct Iohn Baptist Sainct Iames Sainct Bartholomew Sainct Mathew Saincte Simon and Iude Sainct Andrew and Trinitie Sundaye shal be songe or sayde immediatly after Benedictus this confession of oure Christen fayth Quicūque vult WHosoeuer wil be saued before al thinges it is necessarye that he holde the catholyke fayth Which fayth except euery one do kepe holy and vndefyled withoute doubte he shall perishe euerlastinglye And the catholike fayth is this that wee worshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundinge the persons nor deuydinge the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sōne and another of the holy ghoste But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy ghost is al one the glori equal the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is such is the sonne and such is the holy ghoste The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holye ghost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy ghost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternal and the holy goste eternall And yet they are not three eternalles but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vncreated and one incomprehensible So lykewise the father is almighty the sonne almightie and the holy ghost almightie And yet they are not thre almighties but one almightie So the father is God the sonne is God and the holye ghoste is God And yet are they not three Goddes but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy ghoste Lorde And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For lyke as we be compelled by the Christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himself to be god and Lord. So are we forbidden by the catholike religion to saye thers be three Goddes or three Lordes The father is made of none neither created nor begottē The sonne is of the father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy ghost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but procedinge So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy ghost not three holy ghostes And in this Trinitie none is afore or after other none is greater nor lesse then another But the whole three persons be coeternal together and coequall So that in all thynges as is aforesayde the vnitie in Trinitie and the Trinitie in vnitie is to be worshipped He therefore that wyll be saued muste thus thinke of the Trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastinge saluacion that he also beleue rightely in the incarnacion of our Lord Iesu Christe For the righte fayth is that we beleue and confesse that our Lord Iesus Christ the sonne of God is god and man God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and man of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte man of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsistinge Equall to the father as touching his Godhead and inferioure to the father touching his manhode Who although he be God and man yet he is not two but one christ One not by conuersion of the godhead into flesshe but by taking of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the reasonable soule and flesshe is one man so God and man is one christ Who suffered for oure saluacion descended into hell role agayn the thyrd daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the ryght hande of the father God almyghtie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead At whose comming all men shall ryse agayne with their bodyes and shal geue accoumpt for theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into life euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholike faith which except a man beleue faythfully he can not be saued Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Thus endeth the ordre of Morning and Euening prayer through the whole yeare ¶ Here foloweth the Letany to be vsed vpon Sundaies Wednesdaies and Frydayes and at other tymes when it shal be commaunded by the Ordenarye O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners
God we haue heard with our eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble woorkes that thou dydst in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lord aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thyne honor Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holye gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen ¶ From our enemyes defende vs O Christ Graciously loke vpon our affliccions Pietifully beholde the sorowes of our heart Mercifully forgeue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Chryst Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O lord Christ ¶ The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. ¶ The aunswere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humblye beseche thee O father mercifullye to looke vpon oure infirmities and for the glorye of thy names sake turne from vs al those euils that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunte that in all our troubles we may put our whole truste and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holines and purenes of liuing to thy honour and glory Throughe oure onely mediatour and aduocate Iesus Christ our lord Amen For rayne if the tyme require O God heauenly father which by thy sonne Iesu Christ hast promised to all thē that seke thy kyngdome and the ryghteousnesse thereof all thinges necessary to their bodyly suffenaunce sende vs we beseche thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receyue the fruytes of the earth to oure comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen For fayre weather O Lorde god whiche for the synne of man didst once drown all the world except eight persōs and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise neuer to destroye it so agayne we humbly beseche thee that although we for our iniquities haue wortheli deserued this plague of raine and waters yet vpō our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche weather whereby we may receiue the fruites of the earth in due seasō and learne both by thy punishment to amende our lyues and for thy clemencye to geue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the tyme of dearth and famyne O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the rain doeth fall the earth is fruitefull beastes increases and fishes doe multiply beholde we beseche thee thaffticcions of thy people and graunte that the scarcitie and dearthe whiche we dooe nowe moste iustelye suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifullye turned into cheapenes and plentie for the loue of Iesu Christ our Lorde to whome with thee and the holye ghoste c. Or thus O God mercifull father whiche in the time of Heliseus the Prophete didst sodaynly turne in Samaria great scarcitie and dearth into plentie and cheapenes and extreme famine into abundaunce of victuall haue pitie vpon vs that nowe bee punisshed for our synnes with lyke aduersitie encrease the fruites of the earth by thy heauenly benediccion And graunte that we receyuing thy bountifull liberalitie may vse thesame to thy glory our comforte and reliefe of oure nedye neyghbours through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen In the tyme of Warre O Almightie god king of al kinges and gouernour of all thinges whose power no creature is hable to resist to whom it belongeth iustely to punyshe synners and to be mercyfull to them that truely repent saue and delyuer vs we humbly beseche thee from the handes of our enemyes abate their pride asswage their malice and confounde their deuises that we beeyng armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from al perils to gloryfye thee whiche art the onely geuer of all victorye throughe the merites of thy onely sonne Iesu Chryste oure Lorde In the tyme of any common plague or sickenesse O Almightie God whiche in thy wrath in the tyme of king Dauid didst slea with the plague of pestilence .ix. and ten thousande and yet remembryng thy mercy didst saue the reste haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickenes and mortalitie that like as thou didst then commaunde thy Aungell to ceasse from punishing So it maye nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and greuouse sickenes through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ And the Letany shall euer ende with thys Collecte folowyng ALmightie God whiche haste geuen vs grace at thys tyme with one accorde to make oure common supplicacions vnto thee and dooest promise that when two or three be gathered in thi name thou wilt graunte their requestes fulfyll nowe O Lorde the desyres and petycyons of thy seruauntes as maye be moste expedyente for them grauntyng vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen The Collectes Epistles and Gospelles to be vsed at the celebracyon of the Lordes supper and holy Communion through the yeare The first Sundaye of Aduente ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god geue vs grace that we may cast away the workes of darkenes and put vpon vs the armour of lyght now in the tyme of thys mortall life in the whiche thy sōne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shal come agayne in hys glorious maiestie to iudge bothe the quicke and the dead we maye ryse to the lyfe immortall throughe hym who lyueth and reygneth with thee and the holy gost nowe and euer Amen ¶ The Epistle Rom. xiii OWe nothyng to any man but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfylleth the lawe For these commaundementes Tou shalte not commytte adulterye Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes Thou shalte not luste and so foorth yf there be any other commaundemente it is all comprehended in thys saying namely loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not his neighbour therfore is loue the fulfilling of the law Thys also we knowe the season howe that it is tyme that we should nowe awake out of slepe for nowe is our saluacion nerer then when we beleued The nyghte is passed the daye is come nie let vs therefore caste awaye the dedes of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of lyght Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lighte not in eatyng and drinkyng neyther in chaumbouring and wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christe and make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfyll the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxi ANd when they drew nigh to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto Mounte Oliuete then sente Iesus two of hys disciples saying vnto them goe into the towne that lieth ouer agaynste you and anone you shal fynde an Asse bound and a colte with her looce thē and bryng them vnto me And if
The cōmunion of Sainctes The forgeuenes of sinnes The resurreccion of the body And the lyfe euerlastyng Amen Question What doest thou chiefllye learne in these articles of thy beliefe Aunswere Fyrst I learne to beleue in god the father who hath made me and al the worlde Secondly in God the sonne who hath redemed me and al mankynde Thirdly in god the holy gost who sanctifieth me and al the elect people of god Question You sayd that your godfathers and godmothers dyd promise for you that you should kepe gods commaundementes Tell me howe many there be Aunswere Tenne Question Which be they Aunswere THesame which God spake in the .xx. Chapiter of Exodus saying I am the Lorde thy god whyche haue broughte thee out of the lande of Egipte out of the house of bondage i. Thou shalt haue none other Goddes but me ii Thou shalte not make to thy selfe any grauen ymage nor the likenes of any thyng that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath nor in the water vnder the earth Thou shalte not bowe downe to them nor worshippe them for I the Lord thy god am a gelous god and visite the synnes of the fathers vpon the childrē vnto the thyrd and fourth generacion of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thousandes in thē that loue me kepe my commaundementes iii. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy god in vayne for the lord wil not hold him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne iiii Remember thou kepe holy the Sabboth day Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure doe al that thou hast to doe but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God In it thou shalte doe no maner of woorke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruaunte and thy mayde seruaunte thy Cattell and the straunger that is wythin thy gates for in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day Wherefore the Lorde blessed the seuenth daye and hallowed it v. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy daies may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god geueth thee vi Thou shalt doe no murther vii Thou shalt not commit adultery viii Thou shalt not steale ix Thou shalt not beare false witnes agaist thi neighbour x. Thou shalte not coueite thy neyghbours house thou shalte not coueite thy neighbours wyfe nor hys seruaunte nor his maid nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his Question What dooeste thou chieflye learne by these commaundementes Aunswere I learne two thinges My duetie towardes god and my duetye towardes my neighboure Question What is thy duetie towardes God Aunswere My duetie towardes God is to beleue in hym to feare hym and to loue hym with all my hearte wyth all my mynde with all my soule and with all my strength To worshyppe hym To geue him thankes To put my whole trust in hym To call vpon hym To honoure his holy name and his word and to serue hym truly al the dayes of my life Question What is thy duetie towardes thy neighbour Aunswere My duetie towardes my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe And to doe to al men as I would they should doe vnto me To loue honoure and succoure my father and mother To honoure and obey the kyng and hys ministers To submitte my selfe to al my gouernours teachers spiritual Pastours and Maisters To ordre my self lowly and reuerētly to all my betters To hurte no body by worde nor dede To be true and iust in al my dealyng To beare no malyce nor hatred in my heart To kepe my handes from picking and stealing and my tongue from euill speaking lying and slaundering To kepe my body in temperaunce sobernesse and chastitie Not to couet nor desyre other mennes goodes But learne and labour truly to geat mine own liuing and to do my duetie in that state of life vnto which it shal please God to call me Question My good childe knowe thys that thou art not hable to doe these thynges of thy self nor to walke in the cōmaundemētes of God and to serue him without hys special grace whiche thou muste learne at al tymes to call for by diligent prayer Let me heare therfore if thou canst sate the Lordes prayer Aunswere OVr father whiche art in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wyll be done wyll be done in earth as it is in heauē Geue vs this day our dayly bread And forgeue vs oure trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not in to temptacion But deliuer vs from euil Amen Question What desirest thou of God in thys prayer Aunswere I desyre my Lorde God our heauenly father who is the geuer of all goodnes to sende his grace vnto me and to all people that we maye worship him serue hym and obey him as we oughte to doe And I pray vnto God that he wyll sende vs all thynges that be nedeful both for our soules and bodyes And that he will be mercifull vnto vs and forgeue vs oure synnes and that it will please hym to saue and defende vs in al daungers gostly and bodely And that he wil kepe vs from all synne and wickednes and from our gostly enemy and from euerlastyng death And this I trust he wil doe of his mercye and goodnesse throughe our Lorde Iesu Christ And therfore I saye Amen So be it So sone as the children can saye in their mother tong the Articles of the faith the Lordes praier the .x. commaundementes and also can aunswere to suche questions of this shorte Cathechisme as the Bishop or suche as he shall appoynte shal by his discrecion appose them in then shal they be brought to the Bisshoppe by one that shal be his Godfather or Godmother that euery chylde maye haue a witnesse of his confirmacion And the Bisshoppe shall confyrme them on thys wyse ¶ Confirmacion Our helpe is in the name of the Lorde Aunswere Which hath made both heauen and earth Minister Blessed is the name of the Lorde Aunswere Hencefurth world without ende Minister Lorde heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come to thee ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie euerliuyng God who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy seruaūtes by water and the holy gost and hast geuen vnto them forgeuenes of al their synnes strengthen them we beseche thee O lord with the holy gost the comforter and dayly encrease in them thy manifolde giftes of grace the spirite of wysedome and vnderstanding the spirite of counsel and gostely strength the spirite of knowledge and true godlynesse and fulfyll them O Lorde with the spirite of thy holy feare Amen Then the Bisshop shal lay hys hande vpon euery child seuerally saying Defende O Lorde this childe with thy heauenlye grace that he may continue thyne for euer and dayly encrease in thy holy spirite more and more vntil he come vnto thy euerlastyng kyngdome Amen Then shall
shal begin the Communion and after the Gospel shal be said a sermon wherein ordinarely so oft as there is any mariage thoffice of a man wyfe shal be declared according to holy scripture or yf there be no sermon the Minister shall reade thys that foloweth Al ye which be maryed or which entende to take the holy estate of matrimonie vpon you heare what holy scripture doeth say as touching the duetie of husbandes toward their wiues and wiues toward their husbandes Saincte Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the fifth Chapiter doeth geue thys commaundemente to all maryed men Ye husbandes loue your wiues euen as Christe loued the church hath geuen himselfe for it to sanctifie it pourging it in the fountayne of water throughe thy worde that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion not hauing spotte or wrinkel or any suche thyng but that it should be holy blameles So men are bound to loue their owne wyues as theyr own bodyes He that loueth his own wyfe loueth himfelse For neuer dyd any man hate his own fleshe but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the lord doth the congregacion for we are membres of his bodye of hys fleshe and of hys bones For thys cause shal a man leaue father and mother and shall bee ioyned vnto hys wife and they two shall bee one fleshe This misterie is great but I speake of Chryste and of the congregaciō Neuertheles let euery one of you so loue hys own wyfe euen as hymselfe Lykewyse thesame sainct Paul writing to the Colossians speaketh thus to al men that be maried Colo. iiii Ye men loue your wyues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what Sainct Peter the Apostle of Chryste which was himselfe a maried man sayeth vnto al mē that are maryed i. pete iii Ye husbandes dwel with your wyues according to knowledge Geuing honoure vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessell and as heyres together of the grace of lyfe so that your prayers be not hyndered Hertherto ye haue heard the duetie of the husband toward the wife Now lykewyse ye wiues heare learne your duetie towardes your husbandes euen as it is playnely set forth in holy scripture SAincte Paule in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ephesi v Ye women submit youre selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the lord for the husbande is the wyues head euē as Christ is the head of the Church And he is also the sauioure of the whole bodye Therefore as the church or congregacion is subiect vnto Christe so likewise let the wiues also be in subiecciō vnto their own husbandes in all thinges And agayne he saieth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Collossians Sayncte Paul geueth you this short Lesson Colos iii Ye wiues submit youre selues vnto your own husbandes as it is conuenient in the Lorde SAinct Peter also doeth instructe you very godly thus saying i. pete iii. Let wiues bee subiecte to their owne husbandes so that yf any obey not the worde they may be wonne without the worde by the conuersacion of the wiues while they behold your chast conuersacion coupled with feare wbose apparell lette it not bee outward with broided heere and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparel but let the hid mā whiche is in the heart be without al corrupcyon so that the spirite be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of god For after this maner in the olde time dyd the holy womē which trusted in god apparel themselues being subiect to their own husbandes as Sara obeyed Ibraham calling hym Lorde whose daughters ye are made doyng well and being not dismaide with any feare ¶ The new maried persons thesame day of their mariage must receiue the holy Communion ¶ The ordre for the visitacion of the sicke The Priest entering into the sicke persons house shall saye Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall saye knelyng downe REmembre not lord our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunte Aunswere Whiche putteth his trust in thee Minister Sende hym helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore mightely defende hym Minister Let the enemy haue none aduauntage of hym Aunswere Nor the wicked approche to hurt hym Minister Be vnto hym O Lorde a strong towre Aunswere From the face of his enemie Minister Lorde heare our prayers Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee The Minister O Lord loke downe from heauen behold visite and releue this thy seruaunt Loke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy geue him comfort and sure confydence in thee Defende him from the daunger of the enemy and kepe hym in perpetuall peace and safetye through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen HEare vs almightie and most merciful god and sauioure Extende thy accustomed goodnes to thys thy seruaunt which is grieued with sickenes Visite hym O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruaunt So visite and restore vnto this sicke person his former health yf it be thy wyl or els geue him grace so to take thy visitacion that after this painful life ended he may dwel with thee in lyfe euerlasting Amen Then shall the Minister exhorte the sicke person after thys fourme or other lyke DErely beloued know thys that almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all thinges to them perteining as youth strength health age weakenes and sickenesse Wherefore whatsoeuer your sickenes is know you certainly that it is gods visitacyon And for what cause soeuer thys syckenes is sente vnto you whether it bee to trie youre pacience for the example of other and that your fayth maye be founde in the daye of the Lorde laudable glorious honourable to the encrease of glorye endles felicitie Or els it be sente vnto you to correcte and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eies of our heauenly father know you certaynly that yf you truely repente you of your sinnes and beare your sickenesse paciently trustyng in Goddes mercy for his dere sonne Iesus Christes sake and rendre vnto him humble thākes for his fatherly visitaciō submitting your selfe wholy to his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foreward in the right way that leadeth vnto euerlasting life ¶ If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his exhortacion in this place ¶ Take therefore in good woorth the chastement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth
thereto To helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto theyr ryghte that the manne of the earthe bee no more exalted agaynste them In domino confido psalm xi IN the Lorde putte I my truste howe saye ye then to my soule that she shoulde flye as byrde vnto the hyll For loe the vngodly bende theyr bowe and make readye theyr arrowes within the quyuer that they maye prieuelye shoote at them whiche are true of heart For the foundacions wyll be caste downe and what hath the righteous done The Lorde is in hys holy Temple the Lordes seate is in heauen His eyes consydre the poore and his eye liddes tryeth the children of men The LORDE aloweth the ryghteous but the vngodly and hym that delighteth in wickednesse dooeth hys soule abhorre Vpon the vngodlye he shall rayne snares fyre and brimstone storme and tempeste thys shal bee theyr porcyon to drynke For the righteous Lorde loueth righteousnes hys countenaunce wyll beholde the thyng that is iuste Saluum me fac domine Psalm xii Euening prayer HElpe me Lorde for there is not on godly manne lefte for the faythfull are minished from among the chyldren of men They talke of vanitie euerye one with hys neyghboure they doe but flatter with theyr lippes and dissemble in theyr double hearte The Lorde shall roote out all disceytfull lippes and the tongue that speaketh proude thynges Whyche haue sayde with oure tongue wyll we preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is Lord ouer vs Nowe for the coumforteles troubles sake of the nedye because of the depe sighing of the poore I wyll vp sayeth the Lorde and will helpe euerye one from hym that swelleth agaynste hym and wyll sette them at reste The wordes of the Lorde are pure woordes euen as the siluer whych from earth is tryed and purifyed seuen times in the fyre Thou shalte kepe them O Lorde thou shalte preserue hym from thys generacyon for euer The vngodlye walke on euery syde when they are exalted the chyldren of men are put to rebuke Vsquequo domine Psalm xiii Howe long wylt thou forgeat me O Lorde for euer how long wilt thou hyde thy face from me Howe long shall I seeke counsayle in my soule and bee so vexed in my hearte howe long shall myne enemyes triumphe ouer me Consydre and heare me Lorde my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Leste myne enemie saye I haue preuayled agaynste him for yf I bee caste downe they that trouble me wyll reioyce at it But my truste is in thy mercye and my hearte is ioyeful in thy saluacion I wyll syng of the Lord because he hath delte so louingly with me yea I wyll prayse the name of the Lorde the moste hygheste Dixit incipiens psal xiiii THe foole hath sayd in hys heart there is no God They are corrupte and become abhominable in their doinges there is not one that doeth good no not one The Lord loked down from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that woulde vnderstande and seke after God But they are al gone out of the way they are altogether become abhominable there is none that doeth good no not one Theyr throte is an open sepulchre with their tongues they haue deceiued the person of aspes is vnder their lippes Their mouth is ful of cursyng and bitternesse their feete are swyfte to shedde bloude Destruccion and vnhappinesse is in their wayes and the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of god before theyr eyes Haue they no knowledge that they are all such workers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread And call not vpon the Lorde there were they brought in great fear euen where no feare was for God is in the generacion of the righteous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the counsayle of the poore because he putteth hys trust in the Lorde Who shall geue saluacion vnto Israel out of Sion whē the Lord turneth the captiuitie of his people then shal Iacob reioyce and Israel shal be glad Domine quis habitabit psal xv Morning prayer Lorde who shall dwel in thy tabernacle who shal rest vpon thy holy hyll Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupte life and doeth the thing which is ryght and speaketh the trueth from hys hearte He that hath vsed no deceste in hys tongue nor done euill to hys neyghbours and hath not slaundered hys neyghbours He that setteth not by hymselfe but is lowlye in hys own eyes and maketh much of them that feare the Lorde He that sweareth vnto his neigbboure and dysapoynteth hym not though it were to his own hinderaunce He that hath not geuen his money vpon vsury nor takē rewarde against the innocent Whoso doth these thynges shall neuer fall Conserua me domine psal xvi PReserue me O god for in thee haue I put my trust O my soule thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my god my goodes are nothing vnto thee At my delight are vpon the Saintes that are in the earth and vpon suche as excell in vertue But they that runne after another God shal haue great trouble Their drinke offeringes of bloud will not I offer neyther make mencion of their names within my lyppes The lord himselfe is the porcion of mine enheritaunce and of my cup thou shalt mayntayne my lot The lot is fallen vnto me in a fayre grounde yea I haue a goodly heritage I wil thanke the Lord for geuing me warning my reines also chasten me in the night season I haue set god alwayes before me for he is on my right hand therfore I shall not fall Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory reioysed my fleshe also shall rest in hope For why thou shalte not leaue my soule in hell neyther shalt thou suffre thy holy one to see corrupcion Thou shalt shewe me the path of life in thy presence is the fulnes of ioye and at thy right hande there is pleasure for euermore Exaudi domine iusticiam psal xvii HEeare the right O lord consider my complaint and hearken vnto my prayer that goeth not out of fained lyppes Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thyne eyes loke vpon the thyng that is equall Thou hast proued and visited myne hearte in the nyghte season thou hast tried me and shal finde no wickednes in me for I am vtterlye purposed that my mouth shall not offende Because of mennes workes that are done agaynste the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kepte me from the wayes of the destroyer O hold thou vp my goynges in thy pathes that my fotesteppes slyp not I haue called vpon thee O god for thou shalte heare me incline thine eare to me and hearken vnto my wordes Shewe thy marueilous louing kindnes thou that art the sauioure of them that trust in thee from suche as resiste thy ryght hande kepe me as the apple of an eye hide me vnder the shadow of thy wynges From the vngodly that
shadow of death I wil feare no euil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me thou hast annointed my head with Oile and my cup shal be full But thy louing kindnes and mercy shal folow me al the daies of my life I wil dwel in the house of the lord for euer Domini est terra psal xxiiii Mornīg prayer THe earth is the lordes and al that therein is the compasse of the world and they that dwel therein For he hath founded it vpon the Seas and prepared it vpon the sloudes Who shall ascende into the hil of the lord or who shall ryse vp in hys holy place Euen he that hath cleane handes and a pure hearte and that hath not lift vp his minde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceiue his neighboure He shal receiue the blessyng from the lord and ryghteousnes from the God of hys saluacion This is the generacion of thē that seke him euen of them that seke thy face O Iacob Lift vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lift vp ye euerlastyng doores and the king of glory shall come in Who is the king of glory it is the lord strong and mightie euen the Lorde mightie in battayl Lifte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lyfte vp ye euerlastyng dores and the kyng of glory shall come in Who is the kyng of glory euen the Lorde of hostes he is the kyng of glory Ad te domine psal xxv INto thee O Lord wil I lift vp my soule my God I haue put my trust in thee O let me not be cōfounded neyther let myne enemyes triumphe ouer me For al they that hope in thee shal not be ashamed but such as transgresse without a cause shal be put to confusyon Shewe me thy waies O lord and teache me thy pathes Leade me furth in thy trueth and learne me for thou art the god of my saluacion in thee hath been my hope al the day long Cal to remembraunce O Lord thy tender mercyes and thy louing kindnes which hath been euer of olde Oh remember not the synnes and offences of my youth but accordyng to thy mercy thinke thou vpon me O Lorde for thy goodnesse Gracious and righteous is the lord therfore wil he teache synners in the waye Them that be meke shal he guide in iudgement and such as be gentle them shall he learne hys waye Al the pathes of the Lord are mercy and trueth vnto such as kepe hys couenaunt and his testimonies For thy names sake O Lord be merciful vnto my sinne for it is great What man is he that feareth the lord him shal he teache in the way that he shall chose Hys soule shal dwel at ease and hys seede shall enherite the lande The secretes of the Lord are among them that feare him and he wyll shewe them hys couenaunt Mine iyes are euer lokyng vnto the lord for he shal plucke my fete out of the nette Turne thee vnto me and haue mercy vpon me for I am desolate and in misery The sorowes of my hearte are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles Loke vpon mine aduersitie and misery and forgeue me all my synne Considre mine enemies how many they are they beare a tyrannous hate agaynst me O kepe my soule and delyuer me let me not be confounded for I haue put my trust in thee Let perfectnes and righteous dealing waite vpon me for my hope hath been in thee Deliuer Israel O God out of al hys troubles Iudica me domine Psal xxvi BE thou my iudge O lord for I haue walked innocētly my trust hath been also in the lord therfore shall I not fall Examine me O Lord and proue me trye out my reynes and my heart For thy louing kindnes is euer before mine eyes and I wyll walke in thy trueth I haue not dwelt with vayne persones neither wyll I haue felowship with the deceitfull I haue hated the congregacion of the wicked and wyll not sit emong the vngodly I wil washe my handes in innocencie O Lord and so wil I goe to thyne altare That I may shewe the voyce of thankesgeuing and tell of al thy wonderous workes Lorde I haue loued the habitacion of thy house and the place where thine honor dwelleth O shut not vp my soule with the sinners nor my life with the bloud thyrstie In whose handes is wickednes and their righte handes are full of giftes But as for me I will walke innocentlye O deliuer me and be mercifull vnto me My foote standeth right I wyll prayse the Lorde in the congregacions Dominus illuminacio psal xxvii Euening prayer THe lord is my light and my saluaciō whom then shal I feare the lorde is the strength of my lyfe of whom then shal I be afrayde When the wicked euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon me to eate vp my fleshe they stombled and fell Thoughe an host of men were layed against me yet shall not my heart be afrayd and though there rose vp warre agaynst me yet wil I put my trust in hym One thing haue I desyred of the Lord whiche I wyll require euen that I may dwel in the house of the Lord al the dayes of my lyfe to beholde the fayre bewty of the lord and to visite his temple For in the tyme of trouble he shall hyde me in his Tabernacle yea in the secret place of his dwelling shal he hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone And nowe shall he lyft vp my head aboue myne enemyes rounde about me Therfore will I offre in his dwelling an oblacyon with great gladnes I wil sing and speake praises vnto the lord Hearken vnto my voyce O lorde when I crye vnto thee haue mercy vpon me and heare me My hearte hath talked of thee seke ye my face thy face lorde wyll I seke O hyde not thou thy face fro me nor cast thy seruaunte away in dyspleasure Thou hast been my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O God of my saluacion When my father and my mother forsake me the lord taketh me vp Teache me thy way O lord and leade me the ryght way because of mine enemyes Deliuer me not ouer into the wil of mine aduersaryes for there are false witnesses risen vp againste me and suche as speake wrong I should vtterly haue faynted but that I beeleue verely to see the goodnes of the lord in the lande of the liuing O tary thou the lordes laisure be strong and he shal comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lorde Ad te domine clamabo psal xxviii VNto thee will I crye O lord my strength thinke no scorne of me lest if thou make thee as thoughe thou hearest not I become like them that goe downe into the pytte Heare the voyce of my humble peticions when I cyre vnto thee when I hold vp my handes towarde the mercye
seate of thy holy Temple O plucke me not awaye neyther destroy me with the vngodly and wycked doers whyche speake frendlye to theyr neighbours but imagine mischiefe in their heartes Reward them accordyng to their dedes and accordyng to the wickednes of their owne inuencions Recompence them after the worke of their handes paye them that they haue deserued For they regarde not in their mind the workes of the lord nor the operaciō of his handes therfore shal he breake them downe and not build them vp Praised be the lord for he hath heard the voice of my humble peticions The Lorde is my strength and my shield my hearte hath trusted in hym and I am holpē therefore my heart daunceth for ioye and in my song will I prayse hym The lord is their strength and he is the wholesome defence of hys annoynted O saue thy people and geue thy blessyng vnto thine enheritaunce fede them and set them vp for euer Afferte domino psal xxix BRing vnto the Lorde O ye mightye bring young Rammes vnto the Lorde ascribe vnto the Lorde worship and strength Geue the lord the honour due vnto hys name worshyp the lord with holy worship It is the Lorde that commaundeth the waters it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder It is the Lorde that ruleth the sea the voyce of the lorde is mightye in operacion the voyce of the Lorde is a gloryous voyce The voice of the Lorde breaketh the Cedre trees yea the lord breaketh the Cedres of Libanus He made them also to skip lyke a calfe Libanus also and Syrion like a young vnicorne The voyce of the Lorde deuydeth the flames of fyre the voice of the lorde shaketh the wyldernesse yea the lorde shaketh the wyldernes of Cades The voice of the lord maketh the Hindes to bryng furth young and discouereth the thicke busshes in hys Temple doeth euery man speake of his honour The lord sitteth aboue the water floud and the lorde remayneth a kyng foreuer The lord shal geue strength vnto hys people the lord shal geue his people the blessyng of peace Exaltabo te domine psal xxx Mornīg prayer I Wil magnifie thee O Lord for thou hast set me vp and not made my foes to triumphe ouer me O lord my god I cryed vnto thee and thou haste healed me Thou Lord hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kept my lyfe from them that goe down to the pyt Sing prayses vnto the lord O ye Sainctes of hys and geue thankes vnto him for a remēbraunce of his holynesse For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye and in hys pleasure is lyfe heauines may endure for a nighte but ioy cometh in the morning And in my prosperitie I sayd I shal neuer be remoued thou lorde of thy goodnes hadst made my hyll so strong Thou didst turne thy face fro me and I was troubled Then cryed I vnto thee O lorde and gat me vnto my lorde ryght humbly What profite is there in my bloud when I goe down to to the pyt Shall the dust geue thankes vnto thee or shal it declare thy trueth Heare O Lord and haue mercy vpon me Lorde be thou my helper Thou hast turned my heauines to ioye thou hast putte of my sackecloth and gyrded me with gladnes Therfore shal euery good man sing of thy praise without ceasing O my God I wil geue thankes vnto the for euer In te domine speraui psal xxxi IN thee O lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion deliuer me in thy righteousnes Bowe down thine eare to me make hast to deliuer me And be thou my strong rocke and house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my strong rocke and my castel be thou also my gyde and leade me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the nette that they haue layd prieuely for me for thou art my strength Into thy handes I commende my spirite for thou hast redemed me O Lord thou God of trueth I haue hated them that holde of supersticious vanities and my trust hath been in the Lorde I wil be glad and reioice in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowē my soule in aduersitie Thou hast not shutte me vp into the hand of the enemy but hast set my fete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O lord for I am in trouble mine iye is consumed for veri heauines euē my soule my body For my life is waxen olde with heauines and my yeres with mourning My strength faileth me because of mine iniquitie and my bones are corrupt I became a reprofe among al mine enemies but specially emong my neighbours and they of mine acquaintaunce were afrayde of me and they that did see me without conueyed themselues from me I am cleane forgotten as a dead man out of mind I am become like a broken vessell For I haue hearde the blasphemy of the multitude and feare is on euery side while they conspire together against me and take theyr counsell to take away my life But my hope hath been in thee O Lorde I haue sayde thou art my God My tyme is in thy hande deliuer me from the hande of myne enemies and from them that persecute me Shew thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce and saue me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded O lorde for I haue called vpon thee let the vngodly be put to confusion and be put to sylence in the graue Let the lying lippes be putte to silence whiche cruellye disdaynfully dispitefully speake agaynst the ryghteous O how plentifull is thy goodnes which thou hast layde vp for them that feare thee and that thou hast prepared for thē that put their trust in thee euen before the sonnes of mē Thou shalt hide them prieuely by thyne owne presence from the prouoking of al men thou shalt kepe them secretly in thy tabernacle from the stryfe of tongues Thankes be to the lord for he hath shewed me marueilous great kindnes in a strong citie And when I made hast I said I am cast out of the sight of thine iyes Neuerthelesse thou hardest the voice of my prayer when I cryed vnto thee O loue the lord al ye his Sainctes for the lorde preserueth them that are faithful and plenteously rewardeth the proude doer Be strong and he shall stablishe your heart all ye that put your trust in the Lord. Beati quorum Psalm xxxii Euenīg prayer Blessed is he whose vnrighteousnes is forgeuen and whose sinne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the lorde imputeth no synne and in whose spirite there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tong my bones consumed awaie through my dayly complayning For thy hand is heauy vpon me day and nighte and my moisture is lyke the drouth in the Sommer I wil knowledge my sinne vnto thee and myne vnryghteousnesse haue I not hyd I sayd I wyll confesse my sinnes vnto
were busy mockers whyche gnashed vpon me with theyr teeth Lord howe long wilt thou loke vpon thys O deliuer my soule from the calamities which they bryng on me and my darlyng from the lyons So will I geue thee thankes in the great congregacion I wyll prayse thee among much people O let not them that are myne enemies triumphe ouer me vngodly neyther let them winke with theyr eyes that hate me without a cause And why theyr commoning is not for peace but they ymagine deceytfull wordes against thē the are quiet in the land They gaped on me with theyr mouthes and sayde fye on thee fye on thee we saw it with oure eyes This thou haste seene O lord holde not thy tongue then goe not farre fro me O Lorde Awake and stand vp to iudge my quarell Auenge thou my cause my God and my lorde Iudge me O lorde my God accordyng to thy ryghteousnes and let them not triumphe ouer me Let them not saye in theyr heartes there there so would we haue it neither let them say we haue deuoured hym Let them be put to confusiō and shame together that reioyce at my trouble let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that boast themselues agaynst me Let them bee glad and reioyce that fauour my ryghteous dealyng yea let them say alway blessed be the lorde whyche hath pleasure in the prosperitie of hys seruaunt And as for my tongue it shal be talkyng of thy ryghteousnes and of thy prayse all the daye long Dixit iniustus Psal xxxvi My hearte sheweth me the wickednes of the vngodlye that there is no feare of God before hys eyes For he flatreth himselfe in his owne syght vntyll hys abhominable sinne be founde oute The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and ful of deceypt he hath left of to behaue himselfe wisely to do good He ymagineth mischiefe vpon his bed and hath set hymselfe in no good waye neyther doeth he abhorre anye thyng that is euill Thy mercy O Lorde reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faythfulnes vnto the cloudes Thy righteousnes standeth lyke the strong mountaines thy iudgementes are like the great depe Thou lorde shalt saue bothe man and beast how excellēt is thy mercy O God and the children of men shal put theyr truste vnder the shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfyed with the plenteousnes of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of thy pleasures as oute of the riuer For with thee is the well of lyfe and in thy light shal we see lyghte O continue furth thy louyng kyndnes vnto them the know thee and thy righteousnes vnto them that are true of heart O let not the foote of pride come agaynste me and let not the hand of the vngodly cast me downe There are they fallen all that worke wickednesse they are cast downe and shall not be hable to stande Noli emulari Psalm xxxvii Euening prayer FRet not the selfe because of the vngodlye neither bee thou enuyous agaynst the euyll doers For they shall sone be cutte downe lyke the grasse and be withered euen as the grene hearbe Put thou thy trust in the Lord and be doyng good dwel in the land and verely thou shalt be fed Delyghte thou in the Lorde and he shall geue thee thy heartes desyre Committe thy waie vnto the Lorde and put thy trust in him and he shall bryng it to passe He shall make thy ryghteousnes as cleare as the lyghte and thy iust dealyng as the noone daye Holde thee styl in the lord and abide paciently vpon him but greue not thy selfe at hym whose way doeth prospere agaynst the man that doeth after euill counsayles Leaue of from wrath and let goe displeasure fret not thy selfe els shalt thou be moued to doe euill Wicked doers shal be roted out and they that paciently abide the lorde those shall inherite the lande Yet a little while and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt loke after his place and he shal be awaye But the meke spirited shall possesse the earth and shal be refreshed in the multitude of peace The vugodly seketh counsayle agaynst the iust and gnassheth vpon hym with his teeth The lorde shall laugh hym to scorne for he hath seen that hys daye is commyng The vngodly haue drawen out the sweord and haue bended their bowe to cast down the poore and nedy and to slay such as be of a right conuersacion Their sweorde shal goe thorow their own heart and their bowe shal be broken A smal thing that the righteous hath is better then great ryches of the vngodly For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and the lord vpholdeth the righteous The lord knoweth the dayes of the godly and their enheritaunce shal endure for euer They shal not be confounded in the perilous tyme and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough As for the vngodly they shal perishe and the enemyes of the lord shal consume as the fat of lambes yea euen as the smoke shall they consume awaye The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne but the righteous is merciful and liberall Such as be blessed of god shal possesse the land and they that be cursed of hym shal be rooted out The Lorde ordereth a good mans going and maketh his waye acceptable to hymselfe Though he fal he shal not be cast away for the Lord vpholdeth hym with his hande I haue been yong and now am old yet saw I neuer the righteous forsaken nor hys sede begging their bread The righteous is euer merciful and lendeth and his sede is blessed Flye from euill and doe the thing that is good and dwell for euermore For the lorde loueth the thyng that is right he forsaketh not hys that be godly but they are preserued for euer The righteous shal be punished as for the sede of the vngodly it shal be roted out The righteous shall enherite the lande and dwell therin for euer The mouth of the ryghteous is excercysed in wysedome and his tongue wylbe talkyng of iudgement The law of his god is in his heart and his goinges shal not slyde The vngodly seeth the ryghteous and seketh occasion to slaye hym The lorde wyll not leaue him in his hande nor condemne hym when he is iudged Hope thou in the lord and kepe his way and he shal promote thee that thou shalt possesse the land when the vngodly shall perishe thou shalt see it I my selfe haue seen the vngodly in greate power and florishing like a grene baye tree And I wente by and loe he was gone I sought hym but his place could no where be founde Kepe innocency and take hede vnto the thing that is right for that shal bring a man peace at the last As for the transgressours they shal peryshe together and the ende of the vngodly is they shal be roted out at the last But the saluaryon of the ryghteous cometh of the Lorde which is also their strength in the tyme of
me O god my god haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perishe that are against my soule let them be couered with shame and dishonoure that seke to doe me euill As for me I wil paciently abyde alwaye and wil prayse thee more and more My mouth shal daily speake of thy righteousnes and saluacion for I knowe no ende therof I wil goe furth in the strength of the Lord god and will make mencion of thy ryghteousnes onely Thou O god haste taughte me from my youth vp vntyll now therfore will I tell of thy wonderous workes Forsake me not O God in myne olde age when I am graye headed vntil I haue shewed thy strength vnto thys generacyoÌ„ and thy power to al theÌ„ that are yet for to come Thy righteousnes O god is very high greate thinges are they that thou haste done O god who is like vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet dyddeste thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou hast brought me to great honor and comforted me on euery syde Therfore wyl I prayse thee and thy faythfulnes O god playing vpon an instrument of musike vnto thee wil I sing vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lyppes wyll be fayne when I syng vnto thee and so wyll my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tong also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the daye long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to doe me euill Deus iudicium psal lxxii GEue the king thy iudgementes O god and thy righteousnes vnto the kinges sonne Then shal be iudge the people according vnto right and defende the poore The mountaynes also shall bryng peace and the little hilles righteousnes vnto the people He shall kepe the simple folke by their right defende the children of the poore and punishe the wrong doer They shall feare thee as long as the Sunne and Mone endureth from one generacion to another He shall come down like the rayne into a fleece of wolle euen as the droppes that water the earth In hys tyme shall the righteous florishe yea and aboundance of peace so long as the Mone endureth His dominioÌ„ shal be also from the one sea to the other and from the stoud vnto the worldes ende They that dwel in the wildernes shal knele beefore hym hys enemyes shall licke the dust The kynges of Tharsis and of the Isles shall geue presentes the kinges of Araby and Saba shall bryng gyftes All kynges shal fal down before hym al nacions shal doe hym seruice For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth the nedy also and hym that hath no helper He shal be fauourable vnto the simple and nedy and shal preserue the soules of the poore He shal deliuer their soules from falshed and wrong and deare shal their bloud be in hys syghte He shal liue and vnto hym shall be geuen of the golde of Arabia prayer shal be made euer vnto hym and dayly shal he be praysed There shal be an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hylles his fruit shall shake lyke Libanus and shal be grene in the citie lyke grasse vpon the earth Hys name shal endure for euer his name shall remayne vnder the sunne emong the posterities which shal be blessed thorowe hym and all the heathen shall prayse hym Blessed be the lord god euen the god of Israel which only doth wonderous thynges And blessed be the name of his maiestie for euer and al the earth shal be filled with his maiestie Amen Amen Quam bonus Israel psal lxxiii Euening prayer TRuly God is louing vnto Israel euen vnto suche as are of a cleane heart Neuertheles my feete were almoste gone my treadynges bad welnigh slipt And why I was greued at the wicked I doe also see the vngodly in suche prosperitie For they are in no peril of death but are lusty and strong They come in no misfortune like other folke nether are they plaged lyke other men And this is the cause that they be so holden with pryde and ouerwhelmed with crueltie Their eyes swel for fatnes they doe euen what they lust They corrupte other and speake of wicked blasphemye their talkyng is agaynst the most highest For they stretche furth their mouth vnto the heauen and their tongue goeth through the world Therfore fall the people vnto them and there oute sucke they no small aduauntage Tushe saye they howe shoulde God perceiue â—…is there knowledge in the most highest Loe these are the vngodly these prospere in the worlde and these haue riches in possession and I said then haue I clensed my heart in vayne and washed my handes in innocencye Al the day long haue I been punished and chastened euery morning Yea and I had almoste sayed euen as they but loe then should I haue condemned the generacion of thy children Then thought I to vnderstande this but it was to hard for me Vntill I wente into the Sanctuary of God then vnderstode I the ende of these men Namely howe thou doest set them in slippery places and castest them down and destroyest them O howe sodaynly doe they consume perishe and come to a fearefull ende Yea euen lyke as a dreame when one awaketh so shalte thou make their ymage to vanishe out of the citie Thus my hearte was grieued and it went euen throughe my reynes So foolysh was I and ignoraunt eueÌ„ as it were a beast before thee Neuertheles I am alwaye by thee for thou hast holden me by my ryght hande Thou shalte gide me with thy counsell and afterward receiue me with glory Whom haue I in heauen but thee and there is none vpon earth that I desyre in comparyson of thee My fleshe and my hearte fayleth but god is the strenthe of my hearte and my porcyon for euer For loe they that forsake thee shal peryshe thou hast destroyed al them that committe fornycacyon agaynste thee But it is good for me to hold me fast by god to put my trust in the lord god and to speake of all thy workes in the gates of the daughters of Syon Vt quid deus repulisti psal lxxiiii O God wherfore art thou absent from vs so long why in thy wrath so hoate agaynste the Shepe of thy pasture O Thinke vpon thy congregacion whom thou hast purchased and redemed of olde Thinke vpon the tribe of thine enheritaunce and mounte Syon wherin thou hast dwelt Lifte vp thy 〈◊〉 that thou mayest vtterly destroye euerye enemy which hath done euil in thy Sanctuary Thine aduersaries roare in the middes of thy congregacions and set vp their banners for tokens He that hewed timber afore oute of the thicke trees was knowen to bryng it to an excellente worke But now the breake down al the carued worke therof with axes and hammers They haue set fyre vpon thy holy places and haue defiled the dwelling place of thy name
sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt Thy seede will I stablishe for euer and set vp thy throne from one generacion to another O Lorde the very heauens shall prayse thy wonderous workes and thy trueth in the congregacion of the sainctes For who is he among the cloudes that shal be compared vnto the Lorde And what is he among the Goddes that shal be lyke vnto the Lorde God is very greatly to bee feared in the counsayle of the Sainctes and to bee had in reuerence of all them that are about hym O Lord God of hostes who is lyke vnto thee thy trueth most mighty Lorde is on euery side Thou rulest the rageing of the sea thou stillest the waues therof when they arise Thou haste subdued Egipte and destroyed it thou haste scatered thyne enemyes abroade with thy mighty arme The heauens are thyne the earth also is thyne thou hast layd the foundacion of the round world all that therin is Thou haste made the North and the South Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy name Thou hast a mighty arme strong is thy hand and hygh is thy right hand Righteousnes and equitie is the habitacion of thy seate mercy and trueth shall goe before thy face Blessed is the people O Lorde that can reioyce in thee they shall walke in the light of thy countenaunce Theyr delite shal be dayly in thy name and in thy ryghteousnes shall they make theyr boaste For thou arte the glorye of theyr strength and in thy louyng kindnes thou shalt lift vp our hornes For the lorde is oure defence the holy one of Israel is our Kyng Thou spakest sometyme in visions vnto thy Sainctes and saydste I haue layde helpe vpon one that is mightie I haue exalted one chosen out of the people I haue founde Dauid my seruaunte with my holye oyle haue I annoynted hym My hand shall hold him faste and my arme shall strengthen him The enemie shall not bee hable to doe hym violence the sonne of wickednes shall not hurt hym I shall smyte downe hys foes before hys face and plage them that hate hym My trueth also and my mercy shall bee with hym and in my name shall hys horne be exalted I wyll sette hys dominion also in the sea and hys ryghte hand in the floudes He shall call me thou arte my father my God and my strong saluacyon And I wyll make hym my firste borne hygher then the Kynges of the earth My mercy will I kepe for hym for euermore and my couenaunt shall stand fast with hym Hys seede also wyll I make to endure for euer and hys throne as the dayes of heauen But yf his children forsake my law and walke not in my iudgementes If they breake my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes I wyll visite theyr offences with the rodde and theyr synne with scourges Neuerthelesse my louing kindnesse wil I not vtterly take from hym nor suffre my trueth to fayle My couenante wyll I not breake nor alter the thyng that is gone oute of my lippes I haue sworne once by my holynes that I will not faile Dauid His sede shall endure for euer and his seate is like as the sunne before me He shall stande fast for euermore as the mone and as the faithfull witnes in heauen But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine anoynted and art displeased at hym Thou hast broken the couenaunt of thy seruaunt and cast hys croune to the grounde Thou hast ouerthrowen al his hedges and broken downe hys strong holdes Al they that goe by spoyle hym and he is become a rebuke to hys neyghbours Thou haste sette vp the ryght hand of hys enemyes and made all hys aduersaries to reioyce Thou hast taken away the edge of hys sweord and geuest hym not victory the battayle Thou hast put out his glory and cast his throne downe to the grounde The dayes of hys youth hast thou shortened and couered hym with dishonour Lorde howe long wilt thou hide thy selfe for euer shall thy wrath burne like fier O remember howe short my tyme is wherfore hast thou made all men for nought What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death and shall he delyuer his owne soule from the hand of hell Lorde where are thy olde louyng kindnesse whiche thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth Remembre Lorde the rebuke that thy seruauntes haue how I doe beare in my bosome the rebukes of many people Wherewith thyne enemies haue blasphemed thee and slaundered the fotesteppes of thine anoynted praysed be the Lorde for euermore Amen Domine refugium psalm xc Mornīg prayer LOrde thou hast been our refuge from one generacyon to another Before the mountaynes were broughte foorthe or euer the earth and the worlde were made thou arte god fro euerlastyng and world without ende Thou turnest man to destruccion agayne thou sayest come agayne ye children of men For a thousand yeares in thy sight are but as yesterday seyng that is past as a watche in the night Assone as thou scaterest them they are euen as a slepe fade away sodainly lyke the grasse In the morning it is grene and groweth vp but in the euenyng it is cut downe dried vp and withered For we consume away in thy displeasure and are afrayd at thy wrathfull indignacyon Thou haste set our misdedes before thee and oure secrete synnes in the light of thy countenaunce For whē thou arte angry al our daies are gone we bring our yeares to an ende as it were a tale that is tolde The dayes of oure age are therescore yeares and ten and though mē be so strong that they come to fourescore yeares yet is theyr strength thē but labour and sorowe so sone passeth it awaye and we are gone But who regardeth the power of thy wrath for euē therafter as man feareth so is thy displeasure O teache vs to noumbre oure dayes that we may applye our heartes vnto wisdome Turne thee agayne O lorde at the last and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes O satisfye vs with thy mercy and that sone so shal we reioyce and be glad all the dayes of our lyfe Comforte vs agayne now after the tyme that thou haste plagued vs and for the yeares wherin we haue suffered aduersitie Shew thy seruauntes thy marke and theyr chyldren thy glory And the glorious maiesty of the Lorde our God bee vpon vs prosper thou the worke of our handes vpon vs O prosper thou our handy worke Qui habitat Psalm xci WHoso dwelleth vnder the defence of the most hygh shall abide vnder the shadowe of the almightie I wyll say vnto the lorde thou art my hope and my strong holde my God in him will I trust For he shall delyuer thee from the snare of thy hunter and from the noysome pestilence He shall defende thee vnder hys wynges and thou shalte be safe vnder his fethers his faithfulnes and trueth shal be thy shield and buckeler Thou shalt not be afrayde for any terrour by nighte nor for
the Lorde commaunded them But were mingled among the Heathen and learned their workes Insomuch that thei worshipped their ydols which turned to their own decay yea thei offred their sonnes and daughters vnto deuilles And shed innocente bloud euen the bloud of their sonnes and of their daughters whom thei offered vnto the ydols of Canaan and the lande was defiled with bloud Thus were they stayned with their owne woorkes and went a whoring with their own inuencions Therfore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people insomuch that he abhorred hys owne enheritaunce And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the Heathen and they that hated them were Lordes ouer them Their enemyes oppressed them had them in subieccyon Many a tyme did he deliuer thē but they rebelled against him with their owne inuencions and were brought downe in their wyckednesse Neuerthelesse when he saw their aduerstie he heard their complaynte He thoughte vpon his couenaunt and pitied them according vnto the multitude of his mercies yea he made all those that had led them awaye captiue to pitie them Deliuer vs O lord oure god and gather vs frō among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name and make our boast of thy prayse Blessed be the Lord god of Israel from euerlasting and worlde without ende and let all people saye Amen Confitemini domino Psal cvii. Mornīg prayer O Geue thankes vnto the lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Let them geue thankes whom the Lorde hath redemed and deliuered from the hande of the enemye And gathered them out of the landes from the East and from the west from the North and from the South They went astraye in the wildernes out of the way and founde no citie to dwel in Hungry and thirstie their soule faynted in them So they cryed vnto the lord in their trouble and he delyuered them from their distresse He led them furth by the ryght way that they might goe to the citie where they dwelt O that men would therfore praise the lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men For he satisfied the emptie soule and filleth the hungrye soule with gladnes Such as sit in darkenes and in the shadow of death being fast bounde in miserye and yron Because they rebelled against the wordes of the lord and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most high He also brought down their heart thorow heauines they fell down and there was none to helpe them vp So when they cryed vnto the lord in their trouble he deliuered them out of their distresse For he brought them out of darkenes and out of the shadowe of death and brake their bondes in sundre O that men would therfore prayse the lord for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the childrē of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse and smytten the barres of yron in sundre Foolysh men are plaged for their offence and because of their wickednes Their soule abhorred al maner of meate and they were euen hard at deathes dore So when they cried vnto the lord in their trouble he deliuered them out of their distresse He sent hys worde and healed them and they were saued from their destruccion O that mē would therfore praise the lord for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he dooeth for the chyldren of men That they would offer vnto hym the sacrifice of thankes geuing and tell out hys workes with gladnes They that goe down to the sea shippes and occupy their busynes in great waters These men see the workes of the lord and his wonders in the depe For at hys worde the stormy winde aryseth which lifteth vp the waues therof They are caryed vp to heauen and downe agayne to the depe theyr soule melteth away because of the trouble They rele to and fro and stacker like a dronken man and are at their wyttes ende So when they crye vnto lord in their trouble he deliuereth them out of their distresse For he maketh the storme to ceasse so that the waues therof are styll Then are they glad because they be at rest and so he bringeth them vnto the hauen where they would be O that men would therefore prayse the lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men They that would exalte hym also in the congregacyon of the people and prayse hym in the seate of the elders Which turneth the fluddes into a wildernes and drieth vp the water sprynges A fruitefull land maketh he barren for the wickednes of them that dwell therein Againe he maketh the wyldernes a standing water and water sprynges of a drye grounde And there he setteth the hungry that they may build them a citie to dwell in That they may sowe their lande and plante vineyardes to yelde them fruites of encrease He blesseth them so that they multiply excedingly and suffereth not their cattell to decrease And agayne when they are minished and broughte lowe through oppression through plage or trouble Though he suffre them to be euil intreated through Tirantes let thē wander out of the waye in the wildernes Yet helpeth he the poore out of miserye and maketh hym housholdes like a flocke of shepe The righteous will consider thys and reioyce and the mouth of al wickednes shal be stopped Whoso is wise will ponder these thynges and they shall vnderstand the louing kindnes of the Lord. Paratum cormeum psal cviii Euenīg prayer O God my heart is ready my heart is ready I will syng and geue prayse with the best member that I haue Awake thou lute and harpe I my selfe wil awake right early I wil geue thankes vnto thee O Lord among the people I wil sing prayses vnto thee among the nacions For thy mercy is greater then the heauens and thy truth reacheth vnto the cloudes Set vp thy self O god aboue the heauens and thy glory aboue al the earth That thy beloued may be deliuered let thy righte hand saue them and heare thou me God hath spoken in his holines I wil reioyce therfore and denide Sichem and mete out the valey of Sucoth Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of mine head Iuda is my lawe geuer Mcab is my washepot ouer Edom will I cast out my shoe vpon the Philistines will I tryumphe Who wyll leade me into the strong citie and who wyll bring me into Edom Hast not thou forsakē vs O god and wilt not thou god goe furth with our hostes O helpe vs against the enemy for vain is the helpe of mā Through god we shall doe great Actes and it is he that shall treade down our enemies Deus laudem psal cix HOld not thy tong O god of my prayse for the mouth of the vngodlye yea and the mouth of the deceitfull is opened vpon me And they haue spoken against me with false
tonges they compassed me about also with wordes of hatred fought against me without a cause For the loue that I had vnto them lo they take now the contrary part but I geue my selfe vnto prayer Thus haue they rewarded me euill for good and hatred for my good will Set thou an vngodly man to be ruler ouer hym and let Sathan stand at his right hand When sentence is geuen vpon him let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne Let his dayes be fewe and let an other take hys office Let his children be fatherles and his wife a wiedowe Let his children be vagabondes and begge their bread let them seke it also out of desolate places Let the extorcioner consume all that he hath and let the straungers spoyle his labour Let there be no man to pietie hym nor to haue compassion vpon his fatherless children Let his posteritie be destroyed and in the next generacion let his name be cleane put out Let the wickednes of hys fathers be had in remēbrance in the sight of the Lord and let not the sinne of his mother be done away Let them alwaye be before the lorde that he may roote but the memoriall of them from of the earth And that because his mind was not to doe good but persecuted the poore helpeles man that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart His delight was in cursing and it shal happen vnto him he loued not blessyng therefore shall it be farre from hym He clothed himselfe with curssing like as with a rayment and it shall come into his bowelles like water and like oile into hys bones Let it be vnto hym as a cloke that he hath vpon hym and as the gyrdel that he is alwaye girded withall Let it thus happen from the Lord vnto myne enemies and to those that speake euill agaynst my soule But deale thou with me O lord god accordyng vnto thy name for swete is my mercy O deliuer me for I am helples and poore and my heart is wounded within me I goe hence lyke the shadow that departeth and am dryuen awaye as the Grashopper My knees are weake through fasting my flesh is dried vp for want of fatnes I became also a rebuke vnto them they that loked vpon me shaked their heades Helpe me O Lorde my God Oh saue me accordyng to thy mercy And they shall know how that this is thy hande and that thou Lorde hast done it Though they cursse yet blesse thou and let them be confounded that rise vp agaynst me but let thy seruaunt reioice Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame and let them couer themselues with theyr owne confusyon as wyth a cloke As for me I wyll geue great thankes vnto the lord with my mouth and prayse hym emong the multitude For he shall stande at the right hande of the poore to saue hys soule from vnryghteous iudges Dixit dominus domino meo Psal cx Mornīg prayer THe lord sayd vnto my lord syt thou on my right hand vntyll I make thyne enemyes thy fotestole The lord shal send the rod of thy power out of Sion be thou ruler euen in the middest emong thyne enemies In the day of thy power shal the people offer the free wyl offeringes with an holy worship the dewe of thy birth is of the wombe of the morning The lord sware and wil not repent thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech The lorde vpon the righte hande shall wounde euen kinges in the daye of hys wrath He shall bee iudge emong the heathen be shall fyll the places with dead bodyes and smite in sunder the heades ouer dyuerse couutreies He shall drinke in the broke of the way therfore shall he lyft vp hys head Confitebor tibi domine psal cxi I Wil geue thākes vnto the lord with my whole hearte secretly emong the faithfull and in the congregaciō The workes of the lord are great sougt out of all them that haue pleasure therein His worke is worthy to be praysed and had in honoure and his righteousnes endureth for euer The merciful and gracious lord hath so done his merueylous workes that they ought to be had in remembraunce He hath geuen meate vnto them that feare hym he shall euer be myndfull of hys couenaunt He hath shewed his people the power of his workes that he may geue them the heritage of the heathen The workes of his handes are veritie and iudgement al hys commaundementes are true They stande fast for euer and euer and are doen in trueth and equitie He sent redempcion vnto hys people he hath commaunded hys couenaunt for euer holy and reuerent is hys name The feare of the lord is the beginning of wisedome a good vnderstanding haue al they that doe thereafter the praise of it endureth for euer Beatus vir psal cxii BLessed is the man that feareth the lord he hath great delight in hys commaundementes His sede shal be mightie vpon earth the generacion of the faythfull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and his rightteousnes endureth for euer Vnto the godly there aryseth vp light in the darknes he is mercifull louing and ryghteous A good man is mercyfull and lendeth and wil guyde hys wordes with discrecion For he shal neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in an euerlastyng remembraunce He wil not be afrayd for any euil tidinges for his hearte standeth fast and beleueth in the Lorde His heart is stablished and wil not shrinke vntil he see his desyre vpon hys enemyes He hath dispersed abroade and geuen to the poore and his righteousnes remayneth for euer hys horne shal be exalted with honoure The vngodly shall see it and it shall greue hym he shall gnashe with hys teeth and consume awaye the desire of the vngodly shall peryshe Laudate pueri psal cxiii PRaise the lord ye seruauntes O praise the name of the lorde Blessed be the name of the Lord from thys tyme furth for euermore The lordes name is praised frō the rising vp of the Sunne vnto the goyng downe of thesame The lord is high aboue al heathē and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the lord our god that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth hymselfe to beholde the thynges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the simple out of the dust and lifteth the pore out of the myer That he may set him with the princes euen with the princes of hys people He maketh the barren woman to kepe house and to bee a ioyfull mother of chyldren In exitu Israel Psal cxiiii Euenīg prayer WHen Israel came oute of Egipte and the house of Iacob from emong the straunge people Iuda was hys sanctuarye and Israel hys domynyon the sea saw that and fled Iordan was driuen backe The mountaines skipped like Rammes and the litle hilles lyke yong shepe What ayleth thee O thou sea that thou steddest and
thou Iordan that thou wart dryuen backe Ye moūtaines that ye skipped like Rammes and ye little hilles lyke yong shepe Tremble thou earth at the presence of the lord at the presence of the god of Iacob which turned the harde rocke into a standing water and the flinte stone into a springing well Non nobis domine Psal cxv NOt vnto vs O Lorde not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake Wherfore shal the heathen say where is now their God as for our god he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased hym Their Idols are syluer and gold euen the worke of mens handes They haue mouth and speake not eyes haue they and see not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they and smel not They haue handes and handell not fete haue they and walke not neyther speake they through their throte They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all such as put their trust in them But thou house of Israel truste thou in the Lorde he is their succour and defence Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the lorde he is theyr helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde trust ye in the Lorde he is theyr helper and defender The Lorde hath been myndfull of vs and he shall blesse vs euen he shall blesse the house of Israel he shal blesse the house of Aaron He shall blesse them that feare the Lorde both small and greate The Lorde shall encrease you more and more you and your chyldren Ye are the blessed of the Lorde whiche made heauen and earth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the earth hath he geuen to the chyldren of men The dead prayse not thee O Lorde neither al they that goe down into the sylence But we wyll prayse the Lord from thys tyme furth for euermore Dilexi quoniam Psal cxvi Mornīg prayer I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voyce of my prayer That the hath enclyned hys care vnto me therfore wyll I call vpon hym as long as I lyue The snares of death compassed me rounde about and the paynes of hell gate holde vpon me I shall fynde trouble and heauines and I shall call vpon the name of the lorde O lorde I beseche thee delyuer my soule Gracyous is the lord and righteous yea out god is mercyfull The lord preserueth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turne agayne then vnto thy rest O my soule for the lord hath rewarded thee And why thou hast deliuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my fete from fallyng I wil walke before the lord in the land of the lyuing I beleued and therefore wyll I speake but I was sore troubled I sayd in my hast all men are lyers What rewarde shall I geue vnto the Lord for al the benefytes that he hath done vnto me I wil receiue the cup of saluacion and cal vpon the name of the lorde I wyl paye my vowes now in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of the Lorde is the death of hys saynctes Behold O lord how that I am thy seruaunte I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayd thou hast broken my bones in sunder I wil offer to thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuing and wyl call vpon the name of the Lorde I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord in the sight of al his people in the courtes of the Lordes house euen in the middest of thee O Ierusalem Prayse the Lorde Laudate dominum psal cxvii O Prayse the Lorde all ye heathen prayse hym all ye nacions For his mercifull kindnes is euer more and more towarde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Prayse the Lorde Consitemini domino psal cxviii O Geue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracious because hys mercy endurerth for euer Let Israel nowe confesse that he is gracyous and that hys merry endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yea let them nowe that feare the Lorde confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the Lord in trouble and the lorde heard me at large The lord is on my syde I wil not feare what man dooeth vnto me The lord taketh my part with them that helpe me therfore shall I see my desyre vpon myne enemyes It is better to trust in the lord then to put any confidence in man It is better to trust in the lord then to put any confidence in Princes All nacions compassed me rounde about but in the name of the lorde wyll I destroye them They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say on euery syde but in the name of the lord I wyll destroy them They came about me lyke Bees and are extinct euen as the fyre emong the thornes for in the name of the lord I wil destroye them Thou hast thrust sore at me that I myghte fall but the lorde was my helpe The lord is my strength and my song and is become my saluacion The voice of ioye and health is in the dwellynges of the ryghteous the ryght hande of the lord bringeth myghty thynges to passe The right hand of the lord hath the preheminence the right hand of the lord bringeth mightie thinges to passe I wil not die but liue and declare the workes of the lord The lorde hath chastned and corrected me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of righteousnes that I may goe into them and geue thankes vnto the lord Thys is the gate of the lord the righteous shall enter into it I wil thanke thee for thou hast heard me and art become my saluacion Thesame stone which the builders refused is become the head stone in the corner Thys is the lordes doing it is marueilous in our eyes This was the day which the lord hath made we will reioyce and be glad in it Helpe me now O lord O lord sende vs now prosperitie B1essed be he that cometh in the name of the lord we haue wisshed you good lucke ye that be of the house of the lorde God is the lorde which hath shewed vs light binde the sacrifice with coardes yea euen vnto the hornes of the altare Thou art my god and I wyll thanke thee thou arte my God and I wil prayse thee O geue thankes vnto the lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Beati immaculati psal cxix Euenīg prayer BLessed are those that bee vndefyied in the waye and walke in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies and seeke hym wih theyr whole heart for they which doe no wickednes walke in hys wayes Thou hast charged that we shal diligently kepe thy commaundementes O that my waies were made so directe that I might kepe thy statutes So shal I not be confounded whyle I haue respecte vnto
heauenly father to comfort my self in affliccion and temptacyon with these articles of the christen faith it is not in my power For fayth is thy gyft and forasmuche as thou wylte bee prayed vnto and called vpon for it I come vnto thee to praye and beseche thee bothe for that and for all my other necessities euen as thy deare beloued sonne oure Sauiour Chryst Iesus hathe hym selfe taught vs. And from the very botome of my hearte I crye and saye O oure father whyche arte in heauen c. ¶ Prayers to be sayde in the mornyng O Mercyfull Lord God heauenly father I rendre most hygh laudes prayse and thankes vnto thee that thou hast preserued me bothe thys nyghte and all the tyme and dayes of my lyfe hytherto vnder thy proteccion and hast suffred me to lyue vntill thys presente houre And I beseche thee hartely thou wylte vouchesafe to receyue me thys day and the residue of my whole lyfe from hencefoorthe into thy tuicion rulyng and gouernyng me with thy holye spiryte that all maner of darkenes of misbeliefe infidelitie and of carnall lustes and affeccions may be vtterly chased and driuen out of my heart and that I may bee iustified and saued both body and soule thorow a right and a perfect fayth and so walke in the lyght of thy most godly trueth to thy glorye and prayse and to the profite and furtheraunce of my neighbour thorow Iesus Christ our Lorde and sauiour Amen ALl possible thankes that we are hable we rendre vnto thee O Lorde Iesus Christe for that thou hast willed thys nyght past to bee prosperous vnto vs and we beseche thee lykewyse to prosper all thys same daye vnto vs for thy glory and for the health of oure soule and that thou which art the true light not knowing ani going down and which art the sunne eternal geuing life foode and gladnes vnto all thynges vouchsafe to shyne into oure myndes that we maye not any where stumble to fall into any synne but may through thy good guiding and conductyng come to the lyfe euerlastyng Amen O Lorde Iesus Christe which art the true sunne of the world euermore arysyng neuer going down which by thy moste holesome appearing fight doest bring furth preserue nourish and refreshe all thinges aswel that are in heauē as also that are on earth we beseche thee mercifully and fauourably to shine into oure heartes that the nyghte and darkenes of sinnes and the mistes of errours on euery side drieuē away thou brightly shining within our hertes we may al our lyfe space goe without any stumbling or offence may decently and semely walke as in the day time being pure and cleane from the woorkes of darkenesse and abounding in al good workes which god bath prepared for vs to walke in whyche wyth father and wyth the holy gost lyuest and reygnest for euer and euer Amen O God and lord Iesus Christ thou knowest yea hast also taught vs how great the infirmitie weakenesse of man is and how certain a thyng it is that it can nothing doe without thy godly helpe If man trust to himself it cannot be auoyded but that he muste headlong runne and fall into a thousande vndoynges and mischiefes O oure father haue thou pietie compassion vpon the weakenes of vs thy children bee thou prest ready to helpe vs alwayes shewing thy mercy vpon vs prospering whatsoeuer we godlye goe aboute so that thou geuing vs light we may see what thynges are truely good in dede thou encouragyng vs we may haue an earnest desire to thesame and thou being oure gyde we maye come where to obtayne them for we hauing nothyng but mistrust in our selues doe yelde and commytte oure selues full and whole vnto the alone whiche workest all thynges in al creatures to thy honour glory So be it ¶ A prayer agaynst temptacion O Lorde Iesus Christe the onely staye and fence of oure mortal state our onely hope our onely saluacyon oure glory our triumphe who in the fleshe which thou haddest for oure onely cause taken vpon thee didst suffre thy selfe to be tempted of Sathan and who onely and alone of all men didst vtterly ouercome vanquishe sinne death the worlde the deuil and al the kingdome of hell and whatsoeuer thou hast to ouercomed for our behofe it is that thou hast ouercomed it neyther hath it been thy wyll to haue any of thy seruauntes kepe battail or fight with any of the foresaid euis but of purpose to rewarde vs with a crown of the more glory for it and to thintente that thou myghtest lykewyse ouerthrow Sathan in thy members as thou hadst afore done in thyne owne person geue thou we beseche thee vnto vs thy souldyers O Lion moste victorious of the trybe of Iuda strength against the roaring Lion which continually wandreth to and fro sekyng whom he may deuour Thou being that same serpent the true geuer of health and life that wer nayled on high vpon a tree geue vnto vs thy litle sely ones wilines agaynst the deceitfull a wayting of the most subtyle serpente Thou beyng a lambe as white as snowe the vanquisher of Satans tyranny geue vnto vs thy litle shepe the strength and vertue of thy spirite that beeyng in oure owne selues weake and feble and in thee strong valeant we may withstande and ouercome all assaultes of the deuyll so that our gostly enemy may not glory on vs but beeing conquerers through thee we may geue thankes to thy mercye which neuer leaueth them destitute that put their truste in thee who lyuest and reygnest God for euer wythoute ende Amen ¶ A prayer for obteyning of wysedome Sapien. ix O God of our fathers and Lord of mercy thou that hast made all thynges with thy worde and ordeyned man through thy wisedom that he should haue dominacion ouer the creature whiche thou haste made that he shoulde order the worlde accordyng to equitie righteousnes execute iudgement with a true heart geue me wisdō which is euer about thy seat put me not out frō among thy children for I thy seruaūt sonne of thy handmayde am a feble person of a shorte tyme and to yonge to the vnderstandyng of thy iudgement lawes yea though a man be neuer to perfecte among the children of men yet if thy wisedome be not with him he shal be nothing worthe Oh sende thy wisedome out of thy holye heauens and from the throne of thy maiestie that she maie be with me and labour with me that I maie know what is acceptable in thy sight for she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thinges and she shall conducte me right soberlye in my woorkes and preserue me in her power So shall my workes be acceptable Amen A Prayer against worldly carefulnes O Most deare tender father our defender nourisher endue vs with thy grace that we may cast of the great blindnes of our mindes carefulnes of worldly thinges may put our