Saue Lord and heare vs O King of heauen when wee call vpon thee Domine in virtute Psal xxj The king shalt reioyce in thy strength O Lord exceeding glad shall hee bee of thy saluation Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire and hast not denied him the request of his lips For thou shalt preuent him with the blessings of goodnes and shalt set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head He asked life of thee and thou gauest him a long life euen for euer and euer His honour in great is thy saluation glory and great worship shalt thou lay vpon him For thou shalt giue him euerlasting felicitie and make him glad with the ioy of thy countenance And why because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercie of the most highest he shall not miscarie All thine enemies shal feele thine hand thy right hand shal finde out them that hate thee Thou shalt make them like a fierie ouen in time of thy wrath the Lord shal destroy them in his displeasure and the fire shall consume them Their friute shalt thou roote out of the earth and their seede from among the children of men For they intended mischiefe against thee and imagined such a deuice as they are not able to performe Therefore shalt thou put them to flight and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them Be thou exalted Lord in thine owne strength so will wee sing and prayse thy power Deus Deus meus Psal xxij MY God Euening Prayer my God looke vpon mee why hast thou forsaken mee and art so farre from my health and from the words of my complaint O my God I cty in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel Our father 's hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diddest deliuer them They called vpon thee and were holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of men and the outceast of the people All they that see mee laugh me to scorne they shoote out their lips and shake their head saying He trusted in God that he would deliuer him let him deliuer him if he will haue him But thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe thou wast my hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers breastes I haue bene left vnto thee euer since I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe O goe not fro me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to helpe me Many oxen are come about me fat Bulles of Basan close me in on euery side They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a ramping and roaring Lyon I am powred out like water and all my bones are out of ioynt my heart also in the middest of my body is euen like melting waxe My strength is dried vp like a potstheard and my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death For many dogs are come about me and the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me They pearsed my handes and my feete I may tell all my bones they stand staring and looking vpon me They part my garments among them and cast lots vpon my vesture But be thou not farre fromme O Lord thou art my surtour hast thee to the helpe me Deliuer my soule from the sworde my darling from the power of the dog Saue me from the Lyons mouth thou hast heard mee also from among the hornes of the vnicornes I will declare thy name vnto my brethren in the middest of the congregation will I prayse thee O prayse the Lorde ye that feare him magnifie him allye of the seede of Iacob and feare him all ye seede of Israel For he hath not despised nor abhored the low estate of the poore he hath not hid his face from him but when he called vnto him he heard him My prayse is of thee in the great congregation my vowes will I performe in the sight of them that feare him The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seekee after the Lord shall prayse him your heart shall liue for euer All the euds of the world shall remember themselues and be turned vnto the Lorde and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before him For the kingdome is the Lordes and he is the gouernour among the people All such as be fat vpon earth haue eaten and worshipped All they that go down into the dust shal kneele before hin and no man hath quickened his owne soule My seede shall serue him they shall bee counted vnto the Lord for a generation They shall come and the heauens shall declare his righteousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whom the Lorde hath made Dominus regit me Psal xxiij The Lorde is my shepheard therefore can I lacke nothing He shall feede me in a grcene pasture lead mee foorth besides the waters of comfort He shall conuert my soule and bring me forth in the paths of righteousnesse for his names sake Yea though I walke thorow the valley of the shadowe of death I will feare no euill for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me Thou shalt prepare a table before mee against them that trouble me thou hast anoynted my head with oyle and my cup shall be full But thy louing kindnesse and mercie shal follow me all the dayes of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lorde for euer Domini est terra Psal xxiiij THe earth is the Lords Morning prayer and all 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 floods Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall rife vp in his holy place Euen he that hath cleaue hands and a pure heart and that hath not list vp his minde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceiue his neighbour He shall receinere the blessing from the Lord and rightcousnesse from the God of his saluation This is the generation of them that seeke him cucn of them that seeke thy face O Iacob Lift vp your heads O ye gates and he ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores and the King of glory shall come ill Who is the king of glore it is the Lorde strong and mightie euen the Lord mightie in battaile Lift vp yonr heads O ye gates and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores and the king of glorie shall come in Who is the king of glory euen the Lord of hostes he is the king of glory Ad te Domine Psal xxv VNto thee O Lorde will I lift vp my soule my God I haue put my trust in thee O let mee not bee confounded neither let mine enemies triumph ouer me For all they
and euer hold fast the blessed hope of euerlasting life which thou hast giuen vs in our Sauiour Iesus Christ The Epistle WHatsoeuer things are written aforetime Rom. 15.4 they are written for our learning that wee through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope The God of patience and consolation graunt you to bee like minded one towards another after the ensample of Christ Iesus that yee all agreeing together may with one mouth praysse GOD the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ. Wherefore recciue yee one another as Christ receiued vs to the prayse of God And this I say that Iesus Christ was a minister of the Circunicision for the trueth of God to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might praise God for his mercy as it is written For this cause I will praise thee among the Gentiles and sing vnto thy Name And againe hee sayeth Reioyce ye Gentiles with his people And againe Praise the Lord all ye Gentiles and laud him all ye nations together And againe Esai sayth There shal be the roote of Iesle and hee that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles in him shall the Gentiles trust The god of hope fill you with an ioy and peace in beleeuing that yee may be rich in hope though the power of the holy Ghost The Gospel THere shall be signes in the Sunne Luke 21.25 and in the Moone in the Stars and in the earth the people shall be at their wits and through despaire The Sea and the waters shall roare and mens hearts shall faile them for feare and for looking after those things which shall come on the earth for the powers of heauen shall moue And then shall mey â—ee the Sonne of man come in a cloude With power and great glory When these things begin to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nigh And hee shewed them a similitude Beholde the sigge tree and all other trees when they shoote foorth their buddes ye see and know of your owne selues that Summer is then high at hand So like wise ye also when ye see these things come to passe bee sure that the kingdome of God is high Verely I say vnto you this generation shal not passe 〈◊〉 all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my words shal not passe The third Sunday in Aduent The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee giue our prayers and by thy gracious vification lighten the darkenesse of our hearts by our Lord Iesus Christ. The Epistle LEt a man this wise esteeme vs 〈◊〉 4.1 euen as the ministers of Christ and Stewards of the secrets of God Furthermore it is required of the stewards that a man be found faithfull With mee it is but a very small thing that I should be iudged of you either of mans iudgement No I iudge not mine owne selfe for I know nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lord that iudgeth me Therefore iudge nothing before the time vntill the Lord come which will lighten things that are hid in darknes and open the counsailes of the hearts and then shal euery man haue praise of God The Gospel WHen Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christ March 11.2 he sent two of his disciples and said vnto him Art thou hee that shall come ord oe we looke for anorther Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Goe and shewe Iohn againe what yee haue heard and seen The blinde receiue their sight the lame walke the lepers are clensled and the deafe heare the dead are raised vp and the poore receiue the glad tidings of the Gospel and happy is he that is not offended by mee And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concerning Iohn what went ye out into the wildernesse to fee Areede that is shaken with the winde Or what went ye out to see A man clothed in foft raiment Behold they that weare soft clothing are in Kings house But what went yee out for to fee A Prorhet Verily I say vnto you and more then a Prophet For this is he of whom it is written Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee The fourth Sunday in Aduent The Collect. Lord raise vp wee pray thee thy power and come among vs and with great might succour vs that whereas through our sinnes and wickednesse wee be sore let and hindered thy bountifull grace and merry through the satisfaction of thy Some our Lord may speedily deliuer vs to whom with thee and the holy Ghost bee honour and glory world without end The Epistle REioyce in the Lord alway Phil 4.4 and againe I say reioice Let your softnesse bee knowen to all men the Lord is euen at hand Be careful for nothing but in all prayer and supplication let your petitions be manifest vnto God with giuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes througt Christ Iesu The Gospel This the record of Iohn Iohn 1.19 when the Iewes sent Priests and Leuites from Hierusalem to aske him what art thou And hee confessed and denied not and sayd plainely I am not Christ And they asked him What then Art thou Elias And he faith I am not Art thou the Prophet And he answered No. Then sayd they vnto him what art thou that we may giue an answere vnto them that sent vs what saye thou of thy sefe He said I am the voice of a crier in the wildernesse Make straight the way of the Lord as sayd the Prophet Esai And they which were sent were of the Pharisees and they asked him and said vnto him why baptizest thou then if thou be not Christ nor Elias neither that Prophet Iohn answered them saying I baptize with water but there standeth one among you whom ye know not he it is which though he came after mee was before me whose shooe latchet I am not worthy to vnloose These things were done at Bethabara beyond Iordane were Iohn did baptize Christmas day The Collect. ALmighty God which hast giuen vs thy onely begotten Sonne to take our nature vpon him and this day to be borne of a pure virgin Grant that wee being regenerate and maâ—e thy children by adoption and grace may dayly be renued by thy holy spitrit through the same our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee c. The Epistle GOD in times past Heb. I.I. diuersly and many wayes spake vnto the Fathers by Prophets but in these last daies he hath spoken to vs by his owne sonne whom he hath made heire of al things by whom also he made the world Which sonne being the brightnesse of his glory the vey image of his substance ruling all things with the worde of his power hath by his owne person purged our sinns and sitteth on the right hand of the Maiestie on high
his also The Sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let vs worship and fall downe and kneele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his handes To day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the prouocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued mee and saw my workes Fourtie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation and said it is a people that doe erre in their hearts for they have not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall bee world without and Amen Then shall follow eertaine Psalmes in order as they be appointed in a table made for that purpose except there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the end of euery Psalme throughout the yeere and likewise in the end of Benedictus Benedicite Magnisicat and Nunc dimittis shal be repeated Glory be to the Father c As it was in the c. Then shall be read two Lessons distinctly with a lowd voyce that the people may heare The first of the old Testament The second of the New like as they bee appointed in the Kalender except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day the Minister that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as hee may best beheard of all such as be present And before euery Lesson the Minister shall say thus The first second third or fourth Chapter of Genesis or Exodus Matthew Marke or other like as is appointed in the Kalender And in the end of euery Chapter hee shall say Here endeth such a Chapter of such booke And to the end the people may the better heare in such places where they do sing there shal the Lessons be song in a plaine tune after the maner of distinct reading and likewise the Epistle Gospel After the first Lesson shall follow Te Deum laudamus in English dayly throughout the whole yeere WE prayse thee O God we knowledge thee to be the Lord. Te Deum laudamus All the earth doeth worship thee the Father euerlasring To thee all Angelscry alowd the heauens and all the powers therein To thee Cherubin Seraphin continually do cry Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are full of the Maiestie of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophets prayse thee The noble army of Martyrs prayse thee The holy Church throughout all the world doeth knowledge thee The Father of an infinite Maiestie Thine honourable true and onely Sonne Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlasting Sonne of the Father When thou tookest vpon thee to deliver man thou diddest not abhorre the Virgins wombe When thou haddest overcome the sharpenesse of death thou diddest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers Thou sittesst at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father We beleeve that thou shalt come to be our Iudge We therefore pray thee helpe thy seruants whom thou hast redeemed with thy prerious blood Make them to bee numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord saue thy people and blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keepe vs this day without sinne O Lord haue mercy vponv us haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me neuer be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite omnia opera c. O All ye works of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer Benedicite O yee Angels of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye heaueus blesse the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O ye waters that be aboue the firmament blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O all ye powers of the Lord blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye Sunne and Moone blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye starres of heauen blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye showres and deaw blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye windes of God blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye fire and heate blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye winter and sommer blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye deawes and frosts blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye frost and colde blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye yce and snowe blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye nights and dayes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye light and darkenes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye lightnings and cloudes blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O let the earth blesse the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye mountaines and hilles blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O all ye greene things vpon the earth blesse ye the Lord pratse him and magnifie him for euer O ye welles blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Seas and floods blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Whales and al that moue in the waters blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for evur O all ye foules of the aire blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O all ye beasts and cattell blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for eur O yee children of men blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O let Israel blesse the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Priestes of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye seruants of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye spirits soules of the righteous blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O Ananias Azarias and Misael blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now
Moab is my washpot ouer Edom wil I cast out my shoe Philistia be thou glad of me Who will leade me into the strong citie who will bring me into Edom Hast thou not cast vs out O God will not thou O God go out with our hostes O be thou out help in trouble for baine is the help of man Through God wil we doe great actes for it is he that shal tread downe our enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 61 HEare my crying O God giue eare vnto my prayer From the ends of the earth wil I call vnto thee when my heart is in heauinesse O set me vp vpon the rocke that is higher then I for thou hast been my hope and a strong tower for mee against the enemie I will dwell in thy Taberanacle for euer and my trust shal be vnder the couering of thy wings For thou O Lord hast heard my desires and hast giuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy Name Thou shall graunt the king a long life that his yeeres may endure throughout all generations He shall dwell before God for euer O prepare thy louing mercie and faithfulnesse that they may preserue him So will I alwalyes sing prayse bnto thy Name that I may dayly performe my vowes Nonne Deo Psal 62 MY soule truely waiteth still vpon God for of him commeth my saluation Morning prayer He berely is my strength and my saluation he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall How long will ye imagine mischiefe against euery man ye shall be slaline all the sort of you yea as a tottering wall shall ye be and like a broken hedge Their deuice is onely how to put him out whom God will exalt their delight is in lies they giue good words with their mouth but curse with their herat Neuerthelesse my soule waite thou still vpon God for my hope is in him Hee truely is my strength and my saluation hee is my defencc so that I shall not fall In GOD is my health and my glorie the rocke of my might and in God is my trust O put your trust in him alway ye people powre out your hearts before him for God is our hope As for the children of men they are but baine the children of men are deceitfull vpon the weights they are altogether lighter then vanitie it selfe O trust not in wrong and robberie giue not your felues vnto vanitie if riches increase set not your heart vpon them God spake once and wife I haue also heard the same that power belongeth vnto God And that thou Lord art mereifull for thou rewardest euery man according to his worke Deus Deus meus Psal 63 O God thou art my God earely wil I seeke thee My soule thirsteth for thee my flesh also longeth after thee in a barren and dry land where no matter is Thus haue I looked for thee in holinesse that I might behold thy power and glory For thy loutng kindenesse is better then the life it selfe my lips shall prayse thee As long as I liue wil I magnifie thee on this maner and lift vp my hands in thy name My soule shall bee satisfied euen as it were with marowe and fatnesse when my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lips Haue I not remembred thee in my bed and thought bpon thee when I was waking Beacause thou hast beene my helper therefore vnder the shadow of my wings will I reioyce My soule hangeth vpon thee thy right hand hath vpholdeli me These also that seeke the hurt of my soule they shall go vnder the earth Lat them fal vpon the edge of the sword that they may be aportion for forces But the King shal reioyce in God all they also that sweare by him shal be commended for the mouth of them that speak lies shal be stopped Exaudi Deus psal 64. Heare my boyee O God in my prayer preserue my life from feare of the enemie Hide me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of the wicked doers Which haue whet their tongue like a sword and shot out there arrowes euen bitter words That they may priuily shoote at him that is perfect suddenly doe they hit him and feare not They courage themselues in mischiefe and commune among themselues hom they may lay snares and fay that no man shall see them They imagine wickednesse and practise it that they keepe secret among themselues euery man in the deep of his heart But god shal snddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded Yea their owne tongues shall make them fall in so much that who so feeth them shal laugh them to srone And all men that see it shall say This hath God done for they shall perceiue that it is his worke The rightcous shall reioyce in the Lord and put hist trust in him and all they that are true of heart shal be glad Te decet hymnus Psal 65. THou Euening prayer O God art praised in Sion and vnto thee shall the vow bee performed in Hierusalem Thou that hearest the prayer vnto thee shall all flesh come My misdeeds preuaile against me oh be thou merciful vnto our sinnes Blessed is the man whom thou choosest receiued vnto thee he shal dwel in thy court shal be satisfid with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shall shewe vs wonderfull things in thy righteousnes O God of our saluation thou that art the hope of all the endes of the earth and of them that remaine in the broad sea Which in his streangth setteth fast the mountaines and is 〈◊〉 about with power Which stilleth the raging of the Sea and the noise of his waues and the madnesse of his people They also that dwell in the vettermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and euning to praise thee Thou bistest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The riuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou prouidest for the earth Thou waterest her furrowes thou sendest raine into the little valleyes thereof thou makest it soft with the drops of raine and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeere with thy goodnesse and thy clouds drop fatnesse They shall drop vpon the dwellings of the wildernesse and the lilttle hilles shall reioice on euery side The folds shal be ful of sheepe the ballelyes also shal stand so thicke with corne that they shall laugh and sing Iubilate Deo Psal 66. O Be ioyfull in God all ye lands sing praises vnto the honour of his Name make his praise to be glorious Say vnto God O howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes through the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be found liars bnto thee For all the word shal worship thee sing of thee and praise thy Name O come hither and behold the morks of God how wonderfull he is in his
concerning me for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his saints that they turne not againe For his saluation is high them that feare him that glorie may dwell in our land Mercie and trueth are met together righteousnes peace haue kissed each order Trueth shall slorish out of the earth and righteousnesse hath looked dowme from heauen Yea the Lord shall shew louing kindnesse and our land shall giue her increase Righteousnesse shall goe before him and he shall direct his going in the way Inclina Domine Psal 86. BOwe downe thine eare Morning prayer O Lord and heare mee for I am poore and in miserie Preserue thou my soule for I am holy my God saue thy seruant that putteth his trust in thee Be mercifull vnto me O Lord for I will call dayly vpon thee Comfort the soule of thy seruant for vnto thee O Lord doe I list vp my soule For thou Lord art good and gracious and of great mercie vnto all them that call vpon thee Giue eare Lord vnto my prayer and ponder the voyce of mine humble desires In the time of my trouble I will call vpon thee for thou hearest me Among the good there is none like vnto thou O Lorde there is not one that can doe as thou doest All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee O Lord and shall glorisie thy name For thou art great and doest wonderous things thou art God alone Teach mee thy may O Lord and I will walke in thy trueth O knit my heart vnto thee that I may feare thy name I will thanke thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for euermore For great is thy mercie toward me and thou hast deliuered my soule from the nethermost hell O God the proud are risen as against me and the Congregations of naughty men haue sought after my soule and haue not set thee before their eyes But thou O Lord God art full of compassion and mertie long suffering plenteous in goodnesse and trueth O turne thee then vnto mee and haue mercie vpon mee giue thy strength vnto thy seruant and helpe the sonne of thine handmaid Shew some good token vpon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforten me Fundamentaeius Psal 87. HEr foundations are vpon the holy hils the Lord loueth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellings of Iacob Very excelleÌ„t thigs are spokeÌ„ of thee thou city of God I will thinke vpou Rahab and Babylon With them that know me Behold ye the Philistims also and they of Tyre with the Morians loe there was he borne And of Sion it shal be reported that he was borne in her and the most High shall stablish her The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth vp the people that he was borne there The fingers also and trumpetters shall hee rehearse all my fresh sprmgs shall be in thee Domine Deus Psal 88 O Lord God of my saluation I haue cryed day and night before thee O let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine eare vnto my calling For my soule is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh vnto hell I am counted as one of them that goe downe into the pit and I haue beene euen as a man that hath no strength Free among the dead like vnto them that be wounded and lie in the graue which be out of remembrance and are cut away from thy hand Thou hast layde me in the lowest pitte in a place of darkenesse and in the deepe Thine indignation lyeth hard vpon mee and thou hast bexed me with all thy stormes Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from mee and made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in prison that I cannot get foorth My sight faileth for very trouble Lord I haue called daily vpon thee I haue stretched out mine hands vnto thee Doest thou shewe wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise vp againe and praise thee Shall thy louing kindnesse be shewed in the graue or thy faithfulnesse in destruction Shall thy wonderous works be knowen in the darke and thy righteousnes in the land where all things are forgotten Vnto thee haue I cried O Lord and earely shall my prayer come before thee Lorde why abhorrest thou my soule and hidest thou thy face from me I am in miserie and like vnto him that is at the point to die euen from my youth vp thy terrours haue I suffered with a troubled mind Thy wrathfull displeasure goeth ouer mee and the feare of thee hath vndone me They came round about mee dayly like water and compassed me together on euery side My louers and friends hast thou put away from me and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight Misericordias Domini Psal 89. MY song shal be alway of the louing kindnesse of the Lorde with my mouth wil I euer be shewing thy trueth Euening prayer from one generation to another For I haue said Mercie shal be set vp for euer thy trueth shall thou stablish in the heauens I haue made a couenant with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruant Thy seede will I stablish for euer and set vp thy throne from one generation to another O Lorde the very heauens shall praise thy wonderous workes and thy trueth in the Congregation of the Saints For who is hee among the clouds that shall be compared vnto the Lord And what is hee among the gods that shall bee like vnto the Lord God is very greatly to be feared in the counsel of the saints and to be had in reuerence of all them that are about him O Lord God of hostes who is like vnto thee thy trueth most mightie Lord is on euery side Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waues there of when they arise Thou hast subdued Egypt and destroyed it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mightie arme The heauens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast laid the foundation of the round world and all that therin is Thou hast made the North and the South Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy Name Thou hast a mightie arme strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand Righteteousnesse and equitie is the habitation of the â—eate mercie 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 countenance Their delight shall dayly in thy Name and in thy righteousnesse shall they make their boast For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy louing kindnesse thou shall lift vp our hornes For the Lorde is our defence the holy one of Israel is our King Thou spakest sometime in visions vnto thy Saints and saydest I haue laid helpe vpon one that is mightie I haue ixalted one chosen out of the people I haue found Dauid my seruant with
enemies and to those that speake euill agaist my soule But deale thou with me O Lord God according vnto thy Name for sweete is thy mercie O deliuer me for I am helpelesse and poore and my heart is wounded within me I go hence like the shadow that departeth and am driuen away as the grashopper My knees are weake through fasting my flesh is dried vp for want of fatnesse I became also a rebuke vnto them they that looked vpon me shaked their heads Helpe me O Lorde my God oh saue me according to thy mercie And they shall know how that this is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Though they curse yet blesse thou and let them bee confounded that rise vp against me but let thy seruant reioyce Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame and let them couer themselues with their owne confusion as with a cloke As for me I will giue great thankes vnto the Lord with my mouth and prayse him among the multitude For he shal stand at the right hand of the poore to saue his soule from vnrighteous Iudges Dixit Dominus psal 110. THE Lorde sayde vnto my Lorde Morning Prayer sit thou on my right hand vntill I make thine enemies thy footestoole The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion bee thou ruler euen in the middes among thine enemies In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free will offerings 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 Meichisedech The Lord vpon thy right hand shall wound euen Kings in the day of his wrath He shall iudge among the heathen hee shall fill the places with the dead bodies and smite in sunder the heads ouer diuers countreys He shall drinke of the brooke in the way therefore shall hee Lift vp his head Confitebor tibi Psal 111. I Will giue thankes vnto the Lord with my whole heart secretly among the faithfull and in the Congregation The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them that haue pleasure therein His worke is worthy to be praysed and had in honour and his righteousnesse endureth for euer The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marrucilous works that they ought to be had in remembrance He hath giuen meate vnto them that feare him hee shall euer be mindfull of his couenant He hath shewed his people the power of his workes that he may giue them the heritage of the heathen The workes of his hands are veritie and iudgement all his commandements are true They stand fast for euer and euer and are done in trueth and equitie He sent redemption vnto his people hee hath commanded his couenant for euer holy and reuerent is his Name The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisedome a good vnderstanding haue all they that doe thereafter the prayse of it endureth for euer Beatus vir Psal 112. BLessed is the man that feareth the Lord he hath great delight in his conmandements His seede shal be mightie vpon earth the generation of the faithfull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and his righteousnesse endureth for euer Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darkenesse he is mercifull louing and righteous A good man is mercifull and lendeth and will guide his words with discretion For he shall neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in an euerlasting remembrance Hee will not bee afraide for any euill tidings for his heart standeth fast and beleeueth in the Lord. His heart is stablished and will not shrinke vntill hee see his desire vpon his enemies Hee hath dispersed abroad and giuen to the poore and his righteousnesse remaineth for euer his horne shall be exalted with honour The vngodly shall see it and it shall grieue him hee shall gnash with his teeth and consume away the desire of the vngodly shall perish Laudate pueri Psal 113. PRayse the Lorde yee seruants O prayse the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time foorth for euermore The Lordes Name is praysed from the rising vp of the Snune vnto the going downe of the same The Lord is high aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is like vnto the Lord out God that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himselfe to beholde the things that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the simple out of the dust and lifteth poore out of the myre That he may set him with the princes euen with the princes of his people He maketh the barren woman to keepe house and to bee a ioyfull mother of children In exitu Israel Psal 114. WHen Israel came out of Egypt Euening preyer and the house of Iacob from among the strange people Iuda was his sancutuarie and Israel his dominion The sea saw that and fled Iordan was driuen backe The mountaines skipped like Rammes and the little hils like young sheepe What aâ—eth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Iorden that thou wast driuen backe Ye mountaines that ye skipped like Rammes and ye little hils like yong shepe Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lorde at the presence of the God of Iacob Which turned the hard rocke into a standing water and the flint stone into a springing well Non nobis Domine Psal 115 NOt vnto vs O Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy name giue the praise for thy louing mercie and for thy trueths sake Wherefore shall the heathen say where is now their God As for our God he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased him Their idoles are siluer gold euen the worke of mens hands They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they and see not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they and smell not They haue handes and handle not feete haue they and walke not neither speake they through their throate They that make them are like vnto them and so are all such as put their trust in them But thou house of Israel trust thou in the Lorde hee is their succour and defence Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde put your trust in the Lord hee is their helper and defender The Lord hath beene mindfull of vs and hee shall blesse vs eurn he shall blesse the house of Israel he shall blesse the house of Aaron He shal blesse them that feare the Lord both small great The Lord shall increase you more and more you and your children Ye are the blessed of the Lord which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the earth hath hee giuen to the children of men The dead prayse not thee O Lorde neither all they that got downe into the silence But we will praise the
mee and my heart within me is desolate Yet doe I remember the time past I muse vpon all they workes yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy hands I stretch foorth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thirstie land Heare me O Lorde and that soone for my spirit wareth saint hide not thy face from me lest I be like vnto them that goe downe into the pit O let me heare thy louing kindnesse betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust shew thou me the way that I should walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Deliuer me O Lord frommine enemies for I flee vnto thee to hide me Leach me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee for thon art my God let thy louing spirit leade me foorth into the land of rithteousnesse Quicken me O Lorde for thy names sake and for thy rithteousnesse sake bring my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse slay mine enemies and destroy all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruant Benedictus Dominus Psal 144. BLessed bee the Lord my strength Morning prayer which teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight My hope and my fortresse my castle and deliuerer my defender in whom I trust which subdueth my people that is vnder me Lorde what is man that thou hast such respect vnto him or the some of man that thou so regardest him Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow Bowe the heauens O Lord and come downe touch the mountaines and they shall smoke Cast foorth thy lightning and teare them shoote out thine arrowes and consume them Send downe thine hand from aboue deliuer me and take me out of the great waters from the hand of strange children Whose mouth talketh of vanitie and their right hand is a right hand of wickednesse I will sing a newe song vnto thee O God and sing prayses vnto thee vpon a ten stringed Lute Thou hast giuen victorie vnto Kings and hast deliuered David thy seruant from the perill of the sword Saue me and deliuer me from the hand of strange children whose mouth talketh of vanitir and their right hand is a right hand of miquitie That our sonnes may growe vp as thd yong plants and that our daughters may bee as the polished corners of the Temple That our garners may be full and plenteous with all maner of store that our sheepe may bring soorth thousands and teu thousands in our streetes That our oxen may be strong to labour that there bee no decay no leading into captiuitie and no complaining in our streetes Happie are the people that bee in such a case yea blessed are the people which haue the Lord for their God Exaltabo te Deus Psal 145. I will magnifie thee O God my King and I will praise thy Name for euer and euer Euery day will I giue thankes vnto thee and praise thy Name for euer and euer Great is the Lord and marueilous worthy to bee praysed there is no end of his greatnesse One generation shall praise thy workes vnto another and declare thy power As for me I will be talking of thy worship thy glory thy praise and wonderour works So that men shall speake of the might of thy marueilous actes and I will also tell of thy greatnesse The memoriall of thine abundant kindnes shal be shewed and men shall sing of thy righteousnesse The Lord is gracious and mercifull long suffering and of great goodnesse The Lord is louing vnto euery man and his mexâ—â—â— is ouer all his works All thy workes prayse thee O Lorde and thy Saintes giue thankes vnto thee They shew the glory of thy kingdom talke of thy power That thy power thy glorie and mightinesse of thy kingdome might be knowen vnto men Thy kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages The Lorde vpholdeth all such as fall and lifteth vp all those that be downe The eyes of all waite vpon thee O Lord and thou giuest them their meat in due season Thou openest thine hand and fillest all things liuing with plenteousnesse The Lord is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all his workes The Lorde is nigh vnto all them that call vpon him yea all such as call vpon him faithfully He will fulfill the desire of them that feare him he also wil heare their cry and will helpe them The Lord preserueth all them that loue him but scatteretly abroad all the vngodly My mouth shall speake the praise of the Lorde and let all flesh giue thankes vnto his holy Name for euer and euer Lauda anima mea Psal 146. PRayse the Lord O my soule while I liue wil I praise the Lord yea as long as I haue any being I wil sing praises vnto my God O put not your trust in princes nor in any child of man for there is no helpe in them For when the breath of man goeth foorth he shall turne againe to his earth and then all his thoughts perish Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the Lord his God Which made heauen and earth the sea and all that therein is which keepeth his promise for euer Which helpeth them to right that suffer wrong which seedeth the hungry The Lord looseth men out of prison the Lord giueth sight to the blinde The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the righteous The Lord careth for the strangers hee defendeth the fatherlesse and widow as for the way of the vngodly hee turneth it vpside downe The Lord thy god O Sion shall bee King for euermore and throughout all generations Laudate Dominum Psal 147. Praise the Lord Euening prayer for it is a good thing to sing praises vnto our god yea a ioyfull and pleasant thing it is to be thankefull The Lord doeth build vp Hierusalem and gather together the outcasts of Israel He healeth those that are broken in heart giueth medicine to heale their sicknesse He telleth the number of the starres and calleth them all by their names Great is our Lord and great is his power yea his wisedome is infimte The Lord setteth vp the meeke and bringeth the vngodly downe to the ground O siug vnto the Lord with thanksgining sing praises vpon the harpe vnto our God Which couereth the heauen with clouds prepareth raine for the earth and maketh the grasse to groe vpon the mountaines and herbe for the vse of men Which giueth fodder vnto the cattel and feedeth the yong rauens that call vpon him He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legs But the Lords delight is in them that feare him and put their trust in his mercy Praise the Lord O Hierusalem praise thy God O Sion For hee hath made fast the barres of thy gates and hath Blessed thy children within thee He maketh peace in