death red me Or that can geue a price to God sufficient for him verse 7 It is to great a price to pay none can therto attayne verse 8 Or that he might his life prolong or not in graue remaine verse 9 They se wise men as wel as fooles subiect vnto deaths hands And being ded straūgers posses theyr goods theyr rēts theyr lāds verse 10 Theyr care is to build houses fayre and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 11 Yet shal no man alwayes enioy high honor wealth and rest But shal at length taste of deathes cup as wel as y e brute beastes The second part verse 12 And though they try their folish thoughts to be most leud vaine Theyr children yet approue theyr talke in like sinne remaine verse 13 As shepe into the fold are brought so shal they into graue Death shal thē eate and in that day the iust shal Lordship haue Theyr image and theyr royal port shal fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they pas with wo and weale away verse 14 But God wil surely preserue me from death and endles payne Because he wil of his good grace my soule receiue againe verse 15 If any man waxe wondrous rich feare not I say therfore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 16 For when he dieth of al these things nothing shal he receyue His glory wil not folow him his pompe wil take her leaue verse 17 Yet in this lyfe he takes himself the happiest vnder sunne And others likewise flatter hym saying al is wel done verse 18 And presuppose he liue as long as did his fathers old Yet must he nedes at lēgth geue place be brought to deathes fold verse 19 Thus man to honor God hath cald yet doth he not consider But like brute beast so doth he liue which turne to dust pouder Deus deorum psalme L. VV. VV. ¶ He prophecieth how God will call all nations by the Gospell and require no other Sacrifices of his people but confession of his benefites thankes geuing and how he detesteth all such as seme zelous of ceremonies and not of the pure word of god onely THe mighty God theternal hath thus spoke and al the world he wil cal and prouoke euen from the East and so forth to the West from toward Sion which place him liketh best God wil appeare in beauty most excellēt verse 3 Our God wil come before that long time be spent Deuouring fire shal go before his face A great tempest shal round about him trace verse 4 Then shal he cal the earth and heauen bryght To iudge his folke with equity and ryght verse 5 Saying go to and now my saintes assemble My peace they kepe theyr gifts do not dissemble verse 6 The heauens shal declare his rightuousnes For God is iudge of al things more and les verse 7 Heare my people for I wil now reueale List Israel I wil thee nought conceale Thy God thy God am I and wil not blame thee verse 8 For geuing not al maner offrings to mee verse 9 I haue no nede to take of thee at al Goates of thy fold or calfe of thy stal verse 10 For al the beastes are mine within the woods On thousand hils cattel are mine own goods verse 11 I know for mine al birds that are on mountaines Al beasts ar mine which haūt the filds foūtains verse 12 Hungry if I were I would not thee it tel For al is mine that in the world doth dwel verse 13 Eate I the flesh of great bulles or bullocks Or drinke the bloud of Goates and of the flockes verse 14 Offer to God prayse harty thankes geuyng And pay thy vowes vnto God euerliuing verse 15 Cal vpon me when troubled thou shalt be Then wil I helpe and thou shalt honor me verse 16 To the wicked thus sayth the eternal God Why doost thou preach my lawes hestes abrod Seyng thou hast them with thy mouth abused verse 17 And hatest to be by discipline reformed My wordes I say thou doost reiect and hate verse 18 If that thou see a thefe as with thy mate Thou runnest with hym and so your pray do seke And art al one with baudes and ruffians eke verse 19 Thou geuest thy selfe to backbite and to sclaunder And how thy toung deceiueth it is a wonder verse 20 Thou sittest-musing thy brother how to blame And how to put thy mothers sonne to shame verse 21 These things thou diddest whilst I held my tong Thou didst me iudge because I stayed so long Like to thy selfe yet though I kepe long scilence Once shal thou fele of thy wronges iust recōpence verse 22 Consider this ye that forget the Lord And feare not whē he threatneth with his word Least without helpe I spoyle you as a pray verse 23 But he that thankes offereth prayseth me aye Saith the Lord God he that walketh this trace I wil him teach Gods sauing health to embrace An other of the same by I. H. THe god of gods the lord hath cald the earth by name frō wher the sōne doth rise vnto the setting of the same Frō Stō his faire place his glory bright cleare The perfect beuty of hys grace from thence it did appeare verse 3 Our God shal come in hast to speake he shal not doubt Before him shal the fire wast and tempest round about verse 4 The heauens from on hye the earth below likewise He wil cal forth to iudge and try his folke he doth deuise verse 5 Bring forth my saints sayth he my faithfull flocke so deare Which are in hand and league with me my law to loue feare verse 6 And when these things are tride the heauens shal record That God is iust al must byde the iudgmēt of the Lord. verse 7 My people O geue hede Israel to thee I cry I am thy God thy helpe at nede thou canst it not deny verse 8 I do not say to thee thy sacrifice is slacke Thou offrest dayly vnto me much more then I do lack verse 9 Thinkest thou that I do nede thy cattel yong or old Or els so much desire to fede on goates out of thy fold verse 10 Nay al the beasts are mine in woodes that eate theyr fils And thousāds more of nete kine y t runne wild in the hils The second part verse 11 The birdes that build on hye in hils and out of sight And beastes that in the field do lye are subiect to my might verse 12 Then though I hungred sore what nede I ought of thine Sith that the earth with her great store al therin is mine verse 13 To bulocks flesh haue I such mind to eate it doost thou think Or such a swetenes do I find the bloud of goats to drink verse 14 Geue to the Lord his prayse with thankes do him apply And see thou
and grief thou gauest an eare and didst prouide to ease me with relief verse 3 Of thy good wil thou hast cald back my soule from hell to saue Thou didst reuiue wheÌ„ streÌ„gth did lacke kept me froÌ„ the graue verse 4 Sing prayse ye saints that proue se the goodnes of the Lord In memory of his maiesty reioyce with one accord verse 5 For why his anger but a space doth last and flake agayne But in his fauor and his grace alwayes doth life remayne Though gripes of grief panges ful sore shal lodg with vs al night The Lord to ioy shal vs restore before the day be light verse 6 When I enioyd the world at wil thus would I boast and say Tush I am sure to feele none il this wealth shal not decay verse 7 For thou O Lord of thy good grace hadst sent me streÌ„gth ayde But wheÌ„ thou turnd away thy face my mind was sore dismayd verse 8 Wherfore agayne yet did I cry to thee O Lord of might My God with plaints I did apply and prayd both day night verse 9 What gayn is in my bloud sayd I if death destroy my dayes Doth dust declare thy maiesty or yet thy truth doth prayse verse 10 Wherfore my God some pity take O Lord I thee desire Do not this simple soule forsake of helpe I thee require verse 11 Then didst thou turne my grief and wo vnto a chereful voyce The mourning weede thou tookst me fro madst me to reioyce verse 12 Wherfore my soule vncessantly shal sing vnto thy prayse My Lord my God to thee will I geue laud thankes alwayes In te domine speraui Psalme .xxxi. 1. Hop ¶ Dauid deliuered from some great daunger in the deserte of Maon or els where first he rehearseth what meditation he had by the power of faith when death was before his eyes his enemyes beyng ready to take him then he adioyneth the fauour of God alwayes to be ready to those that feare him Finally he exhorteth all the faithful to trust in God and to loue him bycause he preserueth and strengthneth them as they may see by his example Syng this as the. 18. Psalme verse 1 O Lord I put my trust in thee let nothing worke me shame As thou art iust deliuer me and set me quite from blame verse 2 Heare me O lord that anone to help me make good spede Be thou my rocke and house of stone my fence in tyme of nede verse 3 For why as stones thy streÌ„gth is tride thou art my fort and tower For thy names sake be thou my guide lead me in thy power verse 4 Pluck forth my feete breake y e snare which they for me haue laid Thou art my streÌ„gth and al my care is for thy might and ayd verse 5 Into thy handes Lord I commit my spirit which is thy dew For why thou hast redemed it O Lord thou God most true verse 6 I hate such folke as wil not part from things that he abhord When they on trifles set their hart my trust is in the Lord. verse 7 For I will in thy mercy ioy I se it doth excel Thou seest wheÌ„ ought would me annoy knowest my soul ful wel verse 8 Thou hast not left me in their hand that would me ouercharge But thou hast set me out of band to walke abrod at large The second parte verse 9 9 Great grife O Lord doth me assayle some pyty on me take Mine eyes waxe dim my might doth fayle my woÌ„be for wo doth ake verse 10 My life is worne for grief payne my yeares in wo are past My streÌ„gth is gone through disdaine my bones corrupt wast verse 11 Among my foes I am a scorne my frendes are all dismayd My neighbours and my kinsmen borne to se me are afrayd verse 12 As men once dead are out of mind so am I now forgot As smal effect in me they find as in a broken pot verse 13 I hard the brags of al the route their threates my mind did fray How they conspird and went about to take my life away verse 14 But Lord I trust in thee for ayde not to be ouer trod For I confes and stil haue sayd thou art my Lord and God verse 15 The length of al my life and age O Lord is in thy hand Defend me froÌ„ the wrathes and rage of theÌ„ that me withstand verse 16 To me thy seruaunt Lord expresse and shew thy ioyful face And saue me Lord for thy goodnes thy mercy and thy grace The third part verse 17 Lord let me not be put to blame for that on thee I call But let the wicked beare their shame and in the graue to fal verse 18 Oh how great good hast thou in store layd vp ful safe for them That feare and trust in thee therfore before the sonnes of men verse 19 Thy presence shal theÌ„ fence guid from al proud bragges wroÌ„gs Within thy place thou shalt theÌ„ hide from al the strife of toungs verse 20 Thankes to the Lord that hath declard on me his grace so far Me to defend with watch and ward as in a town of war verse 21 Thus did I say both day and night when I was sore opprest Loe I was cleane cast out of sight yet hardst thou my request verse 22 Ye saints loue ye the Lord I say the faithfull he doth guide And to the proud he wil repay according to their pride verse 23 Be strong and God shal stay your hart be bold and haue a lust For sure the Lord wil take your part sith ye on him do trust Beati quorum remissi sunt Psalme .xxxii. T. S. ¶ David punished with greuous sicknes for his sinnes counteth them happy to whom God doth not imputs theyr transgressions And after that he had confessed his sâ—nnes and obteined pardon he exhorteth the wicked men to lyue godly and the good to reioyce Syng this as the .xxx. Psalme verse 1 THe maÌ„ is blest whose wickednes y e Lord hath cleane remitted And he whose sinne wretchednes is hid also couered verse 2 And blest is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sinne Which in his hart hath hid no guile nor fraude is found therin verse 3 For whilst that I kept close my sinne in silence and constraynt My bones did weare wast away with dayly mone plaint verse 4 For night and day thy hand on me so greuous was and smert That al my bloud and humours moyst to drynes did conuert verse 5 I did therfore confes my fault and al my sinnes discouer The thou O Lord didst me forgeue al my sinnes passe ouer verse 6 The humble man shal pray therfore and seke thee in due time So that the floudes of waters great shal haue no power on him verse 7 When trouble and aduersitie do compasse me about Thou art my refuge and my ioy thou doost rid me out verse
as princes in al lādes verse 18 Wherfore thy holy name al ages shal record The people shal geue thankes to thee for euermore O Lord. Deus noster refugium Psalme .xlvi. I. Hop ¶ A songe of thankes geuyng for the deliueraunce of Ierusalem after Senacherib with hys army was driuen awaye or some other lyke sodayne and maruelous deliueraunce by the myghly hand of God Wherby the Prophet commendyng this great benefite doth exhort the faithfull to geue them selues wholy into the hand of God doubtyng nothing but that vnder his protection they shal be safe agaynst all the assaultes of their enemies THe Lord is our defence and ayde the strength wherby we stand when we with wo are much dismayd he is our helpe at hande Though th earth remoue we wil not feare though hilles so high and stepe be thrust and hurled here and there within the sea so depe verse 3 No though the waues do rage so sore that al the bankes it spils And though it ouer flow the shore beat down mighty hils verse 4 For one fayre floud doth send abrod his pleasaunt streames a pace To fresh the citie of our God and wash his holy place verse 5 In midst of her the Lord doth dwel she can no whit decay Al things agaynst her that rebel the Lord wil truly stay verse 6 The Heathē folcke the kingdomes feare the people make a noyse The earth doth melt not appeare whē god puts forth his voyce verse 7 The Lord of hostes doth take our part to vs he hath an eye Our hope of health with al our hart on Iacobs God doth lye verse 8 Come here se with mind and thought the working of our God What wōders he himself hath wrought throughout the earth abrod verse 9 By him al warres are husht and gone which coūtryes did cōspire Theyr bowes he brake speares eche one theyr Charets brēt w t fire verse 10 Leaue of therfore saith he know I am a God most stout Among the Heathen high low and al the earth throughout verse 11 The Lord of hostes doth vs defend he is our strength and tower On Iacobs God do we depend and on his mighty power Omnes gentes Psalme .xlvii. I H. ¶ The Prophete exhorteth all people to the worshyp of y e true and euer liuing Got commendyng the mercyes of God toward the posteritie of Iacob and after prophecieth of the kingdome of Christ in this tyme of the Gospell Syng this as the .xlv. Psalme verse 1 YE people all in one accord clap handes and eke reioyce Be glad sing vnto the Lord w t swete pleasaūt voyce verse 2 For high the Lord dredful is with wonders manifold A mighty king he is truly in al the earth extold verse 3 The people shal he make to be vnto our bondage thral And vnderneath our feete he shal the nacions make to fal verse 4 For vs the heritage he chose which we posses alone The flouryng worship of Iacob his welbeloued one verse 5 Our God ascended vp on hy with ioy and pleasaunt noyce The Lord goeth vp aboue the sky with trompets royal voyce verse 6 Sing prayses to our God sing prayse sing prayses to our king For God is king of al the earth al skilful prayses sing verse 7 God on the heathen raygnes sits vpon his holy throne The princes of the people haue them ioyned euery one verse 8 To Abrahams people for our God which is exalted hye Vs with a buckler doth defend the earth continually Magnus dominus Psalme .xlviii. ¶ A notable deliueraunce of Hierusalem from the handes of many kinges is mentioned for the whiche thankes are geuen to God and the estate of that Citie is praysed that hath god so presently al all times ready to defend them this Psalme semeth to be made in the tyme of Achaz Iosaphat Asa or Ezechia for in their tymes chiefly was the Citie by forayne Princes assaulted Sing this as the. xlvi Psalme verse 1 GReat is the Lord with great prayse to be aduaunced stil Within the citie of our Lord vpon his holy hil verse 2 Mount Sion is a pleasaunt place it gladdeth al the land The Citie of the mighty kyng on her northside doth stand verse 3 Within the Pallaces therof God is a refuge knowen For loe the kings were gathered and together eke were gone verse 4 But when they did behold it so they wondred and they were Astonied much and sodenly were driuen backe with feare verse 5 Great terrour there on them did fal for euery wo they cry As doth a woman when she shal go trauaile by and by verse 6 As thou with esterne winde the ships vpon the sea doost breake So they were stayd and euen as we heard our fathers speake verse 7 So in the citie of the Lord we saw as it was told Yea in the citie which our Lord for euer wil vphold verse 8 O Lord we wayt and do attend on thy good helpe and grace For which we do al times attend within thy holy place verse 9 O Lord according to thy name for euer is thy prayse And thy right hand O Lord is ful of rightuousnes alwayes Let for thy iudgements Sion mount fulfilled be with ioyes And eke of Iuda graunt O Lord the daughter to reioyce verse 10 Go walke about al Syon hil yea round about her go And tel the towres that therupon are builded in a row verse 11 And marke ye wel her bulwarks al behold her towers there That ye may tel therof to them that after shal be here verse 12 For this God is our God our God for euermore is he Yea and vnto the death also our guider shal he be Audite haec omnes Psalme .xlix. T. S. ¶ The holy ghost calleth all men to the consideration of mans lyfe shewing them not to be most happy that are most wealthy and therfore not to be feared but contrarywise he lyfteth vp our mindes to consider how all things are ruled by Gods prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldlye misers to euerlastyng tormentes so doth he preserue his and will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection 1. Thes 1. Sing this as the .xiv. psal verse 1 AL people herken and geue eare to that that I shal tel Both high low both rich poore y e in y e world do dwel verse 2 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thynges rightwise In vnderstāding shal my heart his study excercise verse 3 I wil incline mine eare to know the parables so dark And open al my doubtful speech in metre on my harp verse 4 Why should I feare afflictions or any careful toyle Or els my foes which at my heeles are prest my life to spoyle verse 5 For as for such as riches haue wherin theyr trust is most And they which of their treasures great thē selues do brag boast verse 6 There is not one of them that can his brothers
mischief stout and sorrow eke withal verse 12 Her priuy partes are wicked playne her dedes are much to vile And in the streetes there doth remayne al crafty fraud guile The second part verse 13 If that my foes did seeke my shame I might it wel abyde From open enmies check and blame some where I could me hide verse 14 But thou it was my fellow dere which frendship didst pretend And didst my secret counsel heare as my familiar frend verse 15 With whom I had delight to talke in secret and abrode And we together oft did walk within the house of God verse 16 Let death in hast vpon them fal and sen them quick to hel For mischief rayneth in their hal and parlour where they dwel verse 17 But I vnto my God do cry to him for help I flee The Lord doth heare me by and by and he doth succour mee verse 18 At morning noone and euenyng tyde vnto the Lord I pray Whē I so instantly haue cride he doth not say me nay verse 19 To peace he shal restore me yet though war be now at hand Although the number be ful great that would against me stand verse 20 The Lord that first and last doth raign both now and euermore Wil heare when I to hym complaine and punish them ful sore verse 21 For sure there is no hope that they to turne will ouce accord For why they wil not God obey nor do not feare the Lord. verse 22 Vpon their frēds they laid their hāds which were in couenāt knit Of frendship to neglect the bands they passe or care no whit verse 23 While they haue war within their hart as butter are their words although his words wer smoth as oile thei cut as sharp as swords verse 24 Cast thou thy care vpon the Lord and he shal nourish thee For in no wise wil he accord the iust in thral to see verse 25 But God shal cast thē depe in pit that thirst for bloud alwayes He wil no guileful man permit to liue out halfe hys dayes verse 26 Though such be quite destroid and gone in thee O Lord I trust I shal depend thy grace vpon with al my hart and lust Miserere psalme .lvi. I. H. Dauid being brought to Achis the king of Gath 2. Sa. 21. 12. cōplaineth of his enmies demaū deth succour putteth his trust in God his promises promiseth to performe his vowes which he had taken vpon hym Wherof this was the effect to prayse God in his Church Syng this as the Lamentation verse 1 HAue mercy Lord on me I pray for man would me deuoure He fyghteth with me day by day troubleth me ech houre verse 2 Mine enemies daily enterpryse to swaldow me outryght To fyght against me many ryse O thou most high of might verse 3 Whē they would make me most afraid with boast brags of pryde I trust in thee alone for ayde by thee will I abyde verse 4 Gods promise I do mind and prayse O Lord I stick to thee I do not care at al assayes what flesh can do to me verse 5 What things I either did or spake they wrast thē at their wil And al the counsel that they take is how to work me il verse 6 They al consēt themselues to hide close watch for me to lay They spy my pathes snares haue tride to take my lyfe away verse 7 Shal they thus scape on mischief set thou God on thē wilt frown for in his wrath he doth not let to throw whole kingdōs down verse 8 Thou seest how oft they make me flee and on my teares doost looke Reserue them in a glas by thee and wryte them in thy booke verse 9 When I do cal vpon thy name my foes away do start I wel perceyue it by that same that God doth take my part verse 10 I glory in the worde of God to prayse it I accorde With ioy wil I declare abrode the promyse of the Lord. verse 11 I trust in God and yet I say as I afore began The Lord he is my helpe and stay I do not care for man verse 12 I wil performe with hart so free to god my vowes alwayse And I O Lord al times to thee wil offer thankes and prayse verse 13 My soule from death thou doost defend and kepe my feete vpright That I before thee may ascend with such as lyue in light Miserere Psalme .lvii. I. H. ¶ Dauid beyng in the desert of Ziph where the inhabitants did betray him and at length in the same caue with Saule Calleth most earnestly vnto God with full confidence that he wil performe his promise and take his cause in hand also that he wil shew his glory in the heauēs and the earth against his cruel enemies Therfore doth he render laud and prayse Sing this as the. 44 Psalme verse 1 TAke pity for thy promise sake haue mercy Lord on me For why my soule doth her betake vnto the helpe of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy wings I set my selfe ful fast Til mischief malice like things be gone and ouer past verse 3 I cal vpon the God most hye to whom I sticke and stand I meane the God that wil stand by the cause I haue in hand verse 4 From heauen he hath sent his ayde to saue me from their spight That to deuour me haue assayd his mercy truth and might verse 5 I lead my life with Lions fel al set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwel that freat like flames of fyre verse 6 Their teeth are speares and arrowes lōg as sharp as I haue sene they wound cut w t their quick tong like swords weapōs kene verse 7 Set vp and shew they self O God aboue the heauens bright Exalt thy praise on earth abrode thy maiesty and might verse 8 They lay their net and do prepare a priuy caue and pit wherin they think my soule to snare but they are fallen in it verse 9 My hart is set to laud the Lord in him to ioy alwayes My hart I say doth wel accord to syng his laud and prayse verse 10 Awake my ioy awake I say my lute my harpe and string For I my selfe before the day wil ryse reioyce and sing verse 11 Among the people I wil tel the goodnes of my God And shew his prayse that doth excel in Heathen lands abrode verse 12 His mercy doth extend as far as heauens al are hie His truth is high as any star that standeth in the sky verse 13 Set forth and shew thy self O God aboue the heauens bright Extol thy prayse on earth abrode thy maiesty and might Si vere vtique Psalme .lviii. I. H. He describeth the malice of his enemies the flatterers of Saule who both secretly openlye sought his destruction from whō he appealeth to gods iudgemennt shewyng that the iust shal reioyce when they see the punishment of the wicked to the
glory of God Sing this as the. 68 Psalme verse 1 YE rulers that are put in trust to iudge of wrong and right be al your iudgemeÌ„ts true iust not knowiÌ„g nede or might verse 2 Nay in your harts ye marke muse in mischiefe to consent and where ye should true iustice vse your haÌ„ds to brybes are bent verse 3 This wicked sort from their birth day haue erred on thys wyse and from their mothers womb alway haue vsed craft and lyes verse 4 In them the poyson and the breath of serpents do appeare Yea lyke the adder that is deafe and fast doth stop his eare verse 5 Because he wil not heare the voyce of one that charmeth wel No though he were the chief of choyce and did therin excel verse 6 O God breake y u their teeth at once within their mouth throughtout the tuskes y e in their great chawbones lyke LioÌ„s whelpes haÌ„g out verse 7 Let them consum away and wast as water renth forthright The shafts that they do shoute in hast let theÌ„ be broke in flight verse 8 As snailes do wast within the shel and vnto slime do runne As one before his tyme that fel and neuer saw the Sunne verse 9 Before the thornes that now are yong to bushes big shal grow The stormes of anger waxing strong shal take theÌ„ ere their know verse 10 The iust shal ioy it doth theÌ„ good that God doth vengeance take and they shal wash their fete in blond of theÌ„ that hym forsake verse 11 TheÌ„ shal the world shew forth tel that good mâ—â— haue reward And that a God in earth doth dwel that iustice doth regard Eripe me psalme .lix. I. H. Dauid being in great daunger of Saule who sent to stay him in his bed prayeth vnto god declareth his innocency and their fury desiring god to destroy al those that sin of malitious wickednes Whom though he kepe a liue for a time to exercise his people yet in the end vs wil consume them in his wrath that he may be known to be the god of Iacob to y e worldes end for this he singeth prayses to god assured of his mercies SEnd ayd and saue me from my foes O lord I pray to thee defend and kepe me from all those that rise and striue with me O Lord preserue me froÌ„ those men whose doings are not good and set me sure and safe from them that thursteth after bloud verse 3 For loe they wayte my souiÌ„e to take they rage against me stil yea for no fault that I did make I neuer did them il verse 4 They run and do them selues prepare when I no whit offend Arise and saue me from their snare and see what they entend verse 5 O Lord of hostes of Israel arise and strike al landes And pity none that doth rebel and in their mischief standes verse 6 At night they stir and seke about as hounds they houle and greÌ„ne And al the city cleane throughout from place to place they renne verse 7 They spake of me with month alway but in their lips wer swords they greed my deth theÌ„ wold say what none doth hear our words verse 8 But Lord thou hast their wayes espide and laught therat apace The HeatheÌ„ folk thou shalt deryde and mock theÌ„ to their face verse 9 The streÌ„gth that doth my foes withstaÌ„d O Lord doth come of thee My God he is my help at hand a fort of fence to mee verse 10 The Lord to me doth shew his grace in great aboundance stil That I may see my foes in case such as my hart doth wil verse 11 Destroy them not at once O God least it from mind do fal But with thy streÌ„gth driue theÌ„ abrode and so consume theÌ„ al. verse 12 For their il words and truthles tong confound theÌ„ in theyr pryde Their wicked othes w t lies and wrong let al the world deride verse 13 Cousume theÌ„ in thy wrath O Lord that naught of them remayn that meÌ„ may know throughout y e world y e Iacobs god doth raign verse 14 At euening they return apace as dogs they grin and cry Throughout y â— streetes in euery place they run about and spy verse 15 They seeke about for meat I say but let them not be fed Nor find an house wherin they may be bold to put their head verse 16 But I wil shew thy streÌ„gth abrode thy goodnes I wil prayse For thou art my defence and God at nede in al assayes verse 17 Thou art my streÌ„gth thou hast me staid O Lord I sing to thee Thou art my fort my fence and ayd a louing God to me Deus repulset psalme .lx. I. H. Dauid being king ouer Iudah and hauing had many victories sheweth by euident signes y â— God elected him king assuring the people that God wil prosper them if they approue the same After he prayeth vnto God to finish that that he hath begon Syng this as the. 59. Psalm verse 1 O Lord thou didst vs cleane forsake and scattredst vs abrode such great displeasure y u didst take returne to vs O God verse 2 Thy might did moue the land so sore that it in sunder brake the hurt therof O Lord restore for it doth bowe and quake verse 3 With heauy chaunce y u plagest thus the people that are thyne And thou hast geuen vnto vs a drink of deadly wyne verse 4 But yet to such as feare thy name a token shal ensue That they may triumph in the same because they word is true verse 5 So that thy might may kepe saue thy folk that fauor thee that they they help at haÌ„d we may haue O Lord grauÌ„t this to mee verse 6 The Lord did speak froÌ„ his own place this was his ioyful tale I wil deuide SicheÌ„ by pace and mete out Succothes vale verse 7 Gilead is geuen to my hand Manasses mine besyde Ephraim the streÌ„gth of al my land my law doth Iuda guide verse 8 In Moab I wil wash my feete ouer Edom throw my shoo And thou Palestine oughtst to seke for fauour me vnto verse 9 But who wil bring me at this tyde vnto the citie strong Or who to Edom wil me guide so that I go not wrong verse 10 Wilt y u god which didst forsake thy folke their land coastes Our wars in haÌ„d y u wouldst not take nor walk amoÌ„g our hostes verse 11 Geue ayd O Lord and vs releue froÌ„ them that vs disdayne the help that hostes of men can geue it is but al in vayne verse 12 But through our god we shal haue might to take great thiÌ„gs in haÌ„d He wil tread down put to flight al those that vs withstand Exaudi Deus Psalme .lxi. I. H. Whether that he were in daunger of the Ammonites or being pursued of Absolon Here be crtetâ— to be heard deliuered and confirmed in his kingdoÌ„ he promiseth perpetuall praises REgard O Lord for I complaine and
plucke these folke away So that the name of Israel may vtterly decay verse 5 They al conspire within theyr hart how they may thee withstand agaynst the Lord to take a part they are in league and band verse 6 The tents of al the Edomites the Ismalites also The Hagarens and Moabites with diuers othermore verse 7 Gebal with Ammon and like wise doth Amalec conspire The Philistines against thee rise with them that dwel at Tyre verse 8 And Assur eke is wel apayd with them in league to be And doth become a fence and ayde to Lots posterity verse 9 As thou diddest to the Madianites so serue them Lord echeone as to Cicer and to Iabin beside the broke Kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor didst destroy wast thē through thy might That they like dung on earth did lye and that in open sight The seconde part verse 11 Make thē now theyr Lords appeare like Zeb and Oreb then as Zebah and Zalmana were the kinges of Madian verse 12 Which sayd let vs throughout the lād in al the costs abrod Posses and take into our hand the fayre houses of God verse 13 Tourne thē O God w t stormes as fast as wheles that haue no stay Or like as chaffe which men do cast with windes to fle away verse 14 Like as the fire with rage and fume the mighty forest spilles and as the flame doth quite consume the moūtaynes the hilles verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath vpon theyr neckes be layd and of thy stormy wind shower Lord make them al afrayd verse 16 Lord bring them al I thee desire to such rebuke and shame That it may cause them to enquire and learne to seke thy name verse 17 And let them euermore dayly to shame and sclander fal and in rebuke and obliquie to perish eke with al. verse 18 That they may know and fele ful wel that thou art called Lord and that alone thou doost excel raigne throughout the world Quam dilecta tabernacula Psalme .lxxxiiii. I. H. ¶ Dauid driuen forth of his country desireth most ardētly to come againe to the Tabernacle of the Lord and the assemble of the saintes to prayse God pronouncyng them blessed that may so do Then he prayseth the courage of the people that passe thorowe the wildernesse to assemble them selues in Sion Finally with prayse of this matter and confidence of gods goodnes be endeth the Psalme Sing this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 HOw pleasaūt is thy dwelling place O Lord of hostes to me The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasāt Lord they be verse 2 My soule doth long ful sore to go into thy courts abrod My hart doth lust my flesh also in thee the liuing God verse 3 The sparowes find a roume to rest and saue them selues frō wrong And eke the swalow hath a nest wherin to kepe her yong verse 4 These birdes ful nigh thine alter may haue place to sit and sing O Lord of hostes thou art I say my God and eke my kyng verse 5 Oh they be blessed that may dwel within thy house alwayse For they al times thy factes do tel and euer geue thee prayse verse 6 Yea happy sure like wise are they whose stay and strēgth thou art which to thy house do mind the way and seke it in theyr hart verse 7 As they go through the vale of teares they dig vp fountaines stil That as a spring it al appeares and thou theyr pits doost fil verse 8 Frō strēgth to strēgth they walke ful fast no fayntnes there shal be and so the God of Gods at last in Sion they do se verse 9 O Lord of hostes to me geue hede and heare when I do pray and let it through thine eares procede O Iacobs God I say verse 10 O Lord our shield of thy good grace regard and so draw nere Regard I say behold the face of thine annoynted dere verse 11 For why within thy courts one day is better to abide Then other where to kepe or stay a thousand dayes beside verse 12 Much rather would I kepe a dore within the house of God Then in the tents of wickednes to settle mine abode verse 13 For God the Lord light and defence wil grace and worship gyue and no good thing shal he withold from them that purely lyue verse 14 O Lord of hostes that man is blest and happy sure is hee That is persuaded in his brest to trust al tymes in thee Benedixisti domine Psalme .lxxxv. I H. ¶ Because God withdrew not hys rods from his Churche after the retorne from Babilon first they put him in minde of theyr deliueraunce to th entent that he should not leaue the worke of his grace vnperfite nexte they complayn of theyr long affliction And thirdly they reioyce in hope of felicity promised for their deliueraūce was a figure of Christs kyngdom vnder whiche should be perfite felicity Sing this as the .81 psalme verse 1 THou hast ben mercyful in dede O Lord vnto thy land For thou restoredst Iacobs sede frō thraldome out of band verse 2 The wicked wayes that they wer in y u didst thē clean remit and thou didst hide thy peoples sinne ful close thou coueredst it verse 3 Thine anger eke thou didst asswage that al thy wrath was gone and so didst tourne thee from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health do now conuert thy people vnto thee Put al thy wrath from vs apart and angry cease to be verse 5 Why shal thine anger neuer end but stil procede on vs and shal thy wrath it self extend vpon al ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not rather tourne therfore and quicken vs that we and al thy folke may euermore be glad and ioy in thee verse 7 O Lord on vs do thou declare thy goodnes to our welth Shew forth to vs and do not spare thyne ayde sauing helth verse 8 I wil harke what God sayth for he speaketh to his people peace and to his saints that neuer they returne to folishnes verse 9 For why his health is stil at hand to such as him do feare wherby great glory in our land shal dwel and florish there verse 10 For truth and mercy there shal mete in one to take their place and peace also iustice kis with grete and there they shal imbrace verse 11 As truth from earth shal spring a pace and florish pleasauntly So righteousnes shal shew her face and looke from heauen hye verse 12 Yea God him selfe shal take in hand to geue vs ech good thing and through y ◠costes of al our lād the earth her frutes shal bring verse 13 Before his face shal iustice go much like a guide or stay He shal direct his steps also and kepe them in the way Inclina domine aurem Psalme .lxxxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid sore afflicted and forsaken of all prayeth feruently for deliueraunce sometymes rebearsing his miseries
throne his ioy and myrth By thee is ouerthrowen and cast ful low vpon the erth verse 46 Thou hast cut of and made ful short his youth and lusty dayes and raysed of him an il report with shame and great disprayse verse 47 How long away from me O Lord for euer wilt thou turne and shal thine anger stil alway as fire consume and burne verse 48 O cal to mind remember then my time consumeth fast why hast thou made the sonnes of meÌ„ as things in vaine to wast verse 49 What man is he that liueth here and death shal neuer see Or from the hand of hel his soule shal he deliuer free verse 50 Where is O Lord thine old goodnes so oft declared beforne which by thy truth and vprightnes to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 51 The great rebukes to mind do cal that on thy seruaunts ly The rayling of thy people al borne in my brest haue I. verse 52 Wherwith O Lord thyne enmies blasphemed haue thy name The steps of thine annoynted one they cease not to defame verse 53 Al prayse to thee O Lord of hostes both now an eke for ay Through sky and earth in al the costes Amen Amen I say Domine refugium Psalme .xc. I. H. ¶ Moses in his prayer setteth before vs the eternal fauour of God towardes his who are neither admonished by the breuity of their lyfe nor by his plages to be thankefull Therfore Moses prayeth God to turne theyr hartes and continew his mercyes towardes them and theyr posteritie for euer Sing this as the .78 Psalme verse 1 THou Lord hast ben our sure defence our place of ease and rest In al times past yea so loÌ„g sence as cannot be exprest verse 2 Or there was made mouÌ„tane or hil the earth or world abrod From age to age and alwayes stil for euer thou art God verse 3 thou grindest man through grief payne to dust or clay and then and then thou sayst agayne returne agayne ye sonnes of men verse 4 The lastyng of a thousand yeare what is it in thy sight as yesterday it doth appeare or as a watch one nyght verse 5 So sone as thou doost scattre them then is their lyfe and trade al as a slepe and like the grasse whose bewty sone doth fade verse 6 Which in the morning shines ful bright but fadeth by and by and is cut down ere it be night al withered dead and dry verse 7 For through thine anger we consume our might is much decayd and of thy feruent wrath and fume we are ful sore afrayd verse 8 The wicked workes that we haue wrought y u setst before thine eye Our priuy faults yea eke our thought thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce doth espye verse 9 For through thy wrath our dayes do wast therof doth nought remaine Our yeres coÌ„sume as words or blast ar not called againe verse 10 Our time is threscore yeare and ten that we do liue on mold If one see fourescore surely then we count him wondrous old verse 11 Yet of this time the strength and chief the which we count vpon Is nothing els but painful grief and we as blastes are gone verse 12 Who once doth know what streÌ„gth is there what might thine anger hath Or in his hart who doth y â— feare according to thy wrath verse 13 Instruct vs Lord to know and try how long our dayes remayne That then we may our hartes apply true wisdome to attaine verse 14 Retourne O Lord how long wilt y â— fourth on in wrath procede Shew fauour to thy seruaunts now and helpe theÌ„ at their nede verse 15 Refresh vs with thy mercy sone and then our ioy shal be al times so long as lyfe doth last in hart reioyce shal we verse 16 As thou hast plaged vs before now also make vs glad and for the yeares wherin ful sore affliction we haue had verse 17 O let thy worke and power appeare on thy seruaunts lyght and shew vnto their children deare thy glory and thy might verse 18 Lord let thy grace and glory stand on vs thy seruaunts thus Confirme the workes we take in hand Lord prosper them to vs. Qui habitat Psalme .xci. I. H. ¶ Here is described in what assurance he liueth that putteth his whole trust in God coÌ„mitteth him selfe wholly to his protection in al teÌ„pracioÌ„s A promise of God to those that loue him know him and trust in him to deliuer them and geue them immorâ—â—â— glory Syng this as the .69 Psalme verse 1 HE that within the secret place of God most hie doth dwel In shadow of the mightiest grace at rest shal kepe him wel verse 2 Thou art my hope my strong hold I to the Lord wil say My God is he in him wil I my whole affiaunce stay verse 3 He shal defend thee from the snare the which the hunter layd And from that deadly plage and care wherof thou art afrayd verse 4 And with his wings shal couer thee and kepe thee safely there His faith truth thy feÌ„ce shal be as sure as shield speare verse 5 So that thou shalt not nede I say to feare or be afflight Of al the shafts that fly by day nor terrours of the night verse 6 Nor of the plage that priuily doth walke in darke so fast Nor yet of that which doth destroy at noone dayes doth wast verse 7 Yea at thy side as thou doost stand a thousand dead shal be Ten thousand eke at thy right hand and yet shalt thou be fre verse 8 But thou shalt se it for thy part thine eyes shal wel regard That euen like to theyr desert the wicked haue reward verse 9 For why O Lord I onely lust to stay my hope on thee and in the hyest I put my trust my sure defence is hee verse 10 Thou shalt not nede none il to feare with thee it shal not mel Nor yet the plage shal once come nere thy house where y u doost dwel verse 11 For why vnto his angels al with charge commaundeth hee That stil in al thy wayes they shal preserue and prosper thee verse 12 And in their hands shal thee beare vp stil wayting thee vpon So that thy foote shal neuer chaunce to spurne at any stone verse 13 Vpon the Lion thou shalt go the adder fel and long And tread vpon the Lions yong with dragons stoute strong verse 14 For that he trusteth vnto me I wil dispatch hym quite and him defend because that he doth know my name a right verse 15 When he for health on me doth cry an aunswere I wil gyue and from his grief take him wil I in glory for to lyue verse 16 With length of yeres dayes of welth I wil fulfil his time The goodnes of my sauing helth I wil declare to him Bonum est confiteri Psalme .xcii. I. H. ¶ This Psalme was made to be song on the Saboth to stirre vp the people to acknowledge God
high they then vp ascend If thou do but speake thy word they fulfil So like wise the valleis most quickly discend where thou theÌ„ apointest remain they do stil verse 9 Their bonds hast y u set how far they shal run So as in their rage not that passe they can For God hath appointed they shal not returne the earth to destroy more which made was for man The second part verse 10 He sendeth the springs to strong streames and lakes which run do ful swift among the huge hils verse 11 Where both y e wild asses their thirst oft times slakes and beastes of the mountains therof drink their fils verse 12 By these pleasant springs or fountaynes ful fayre The foules of the ayre abide shal and dwel Who moued by nature to hoppe here and there among the grene braunches their songs shal excel verse 13 The mountaynes to moyst the cloudes he doth vse the earth with his workes are wholy repleate verse 14 So as the brute cattle he doth not refuse but grasse doth prouide them and herb for maÌ„s meat verse 15 Yea bread wyne and oyle he made for mans sake His face to refresh and hart to make strong verse 16 The Ceders of Liban this great Lord dyd make which trees he doth nourish that grow vp so long verse 17 In these may birds build and make there their nest In firre trees the storkes remayn and abide verse 18 The hie hils are succours for wild goates to rest And eke the rockes stony for conies to hyde verse 19 The moone then is set her seasons to runne The dayes froÌ„ the nyghtes therby to discerne And by the discendyng also of the Sunne The cold from heat alway therby we do learne verse 20 When darknes doth come by Gods wil and power Then crepe forth do al the beasts of the wood verse 21 The Lions range roaring theyr pray to deuour But yet it is thou Lord which giuest them foode verse 22 Assone as the sunne is vp they retyre To couch in their dennes then are they ful fayne verse 23 That maÌ„ do his workes may as right doth require Til night come and cal him to take rest agayne The third part verse 24 How sondry O Lord are al thy workes found with wisdome ful great they are in dede wrought So that the whole world of thy prayse doth sound and as for thy riches they passe al mens thought verse 25 So is the great sea which large is and broad Where things y â— crepe swarme beasts of ech sort verse 26 There both mighty ships saile and some lye at road The whale huge mâ—strous there also doth sport verse 27 Al things on thee wayt thou doost them relieue And thou in due time ful wel doost them fede verse 28 Now when it doth please thee the same so to geue They gather ful gladly those things which they nede Thou openest thine hand and they find such grace That they with good things are filled we see verse 29 But sore are they troubled if thou turne thy face For if thou their breath take vile dust theÌ„ they bee verse 30 Agayne when the spirit from thee doth procede al things to appoint and what shal insue Then are they created as thou hast decreed and doost by thy goodnes the dry earth renew verse 31 The prayse of the Lord for euer shal last Who may in his workes by right wel reioyce verse 32 His looke can the earth make to tremble ful fast and likewise the mountains to smoke at his voyce verse 33 To this Lord and God sing wil I alwayes So long as I lyue my God prayse wil I. verse 34 TheÌ„ am I most certaine my wordes shal him please I wil reioyce in him to hym wil I cry verse 35 The sinners O Lord consume in thine ire and eke the peruerse them roote out with shame But as for my soule now let it stil desire and say with the faithful prayse ye the Lords name Confitemini domino Psalme Cv. N. ¶ He prayseth the singular goodnes of God who hath of all the people of the world chosen a peculier people to hym selfe and hauyng chosen them neuer â—â—aseth to do them good euen for his promise sake Syng this as the .95 Psalm verse 1 GEue prayses vnto God the Lord and cal vpon his name amoÌ„g y â— people eke declare his workes to spread his fame verse 2 Sing ye vnto the Lord I say and sing vnto him prayse And talke of al the woÌ„drous works y â— he hath wrought alwayes verse 3 In honor of his holy name reioyse with one accorde and let the hart also reioyse of them that seke the Lord. verse 4 Seke ye the Lord seke the streÌ„gth of his eternal might and seke his face continually and presence of his sight verse 5 The woÌ„drous workes that he hath done kepe stil in mindful hart Ne let the iudgements of his mouth out of your mind depart verse 6 Ye that of faithful Abraham his seruaunt are the sede Ye his elect the children that of Iacob do procede verse 7 For he he onely is I say the mighty Lord our God and his most rightful iudgemeÌ„ts are through al the earth abrod verse 8 His promise and his couenaunt which he hath made to his He hath remembred euermore to thousandes of degrees The second part verse 9 The couenaunt which he hath made with Abraham long ago and faythful oth which he hath sworne to Isaac also verse 10 And did confirme the same for law that Iacob should obey and for eternal couenaunt to Israel for ay verse 11 When thus he sayd loe I to you al Canaan land wil geue The lot of your inheritaunce wherin your sede shal liue verse 12 Although theyr number at that time did very smal appeare Yea very smal and in the land they then but strauÌ„gers were verse 13 Whyle yet they walkt from land to land without a sure abode and while fro sondry kingdomes they did wander al abrod verse 14 And wrong at none oppressors hand he suffred them to take But euen the great and mighty kings reproued for theyr sake verse 15 And thus he sayd touch ye not those that mine annoynted be Ne do the Prophetes any harme that do pertayne to me verse 16 He cald a dearth vpon the land of bread he stroyed the store But he agaynst their time of nede had sent a man before The third part verse 17 Euen Ioseph which had once ben sold in liue a slaue in wo verse 18 Whose feete they hurt in stocks whose soule the yron pearst also verse 19 Vntil the time came wheÌ„ his cause was knowen apparantly The mighty word of God the Lord his faulties truth did try verse 20 The king sent and deliuered him from prison where he was The ruler of the people then did frely let him pas verse 21 And ouer al his house he made him Lord to beare the sway and of his substaunce made
his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernes ere they should see the land verse 27 And to destroy theyr sede among the nations with his rod and through the couÌ„treys of the world to scatter them abrod verse 28 To Baal Peor then they did and ioyne themselues also and eate the offrings of the dead so they forsoke him tho verse 29 Thus with theyr own inuentions his wrath they did prouoke and in his so inkindly wrath the plage vpon them broke verse 30 But Phineas stood vp with zeale the sinners vile to stay and iudgement he did execute and then the plage did stay The fourth part verse 31 It was imputed vnto him for righteousnes that day and from thenceforth so compted is from race to race for aye verse 32 At waters eke of Meribah they did him angry make Yea so far fourth that Moses was then punisht for theyr sake verse 33 Because they vext his spirit so sore that in impatient heat his lips spake vnaduisedly his feauor was so great verse 34 Nor as the Lord commaunded them they slew the people tho verse 35 But were among the heathen mixt and learned their workes also verse 36 And did theyr idols serue which were theyr ruine and decay To feends their sons and daughters they did offer vp and stay verse 37 Yea with vnkindly murdryng knife the giltles bloud they spilt verse 38 Yea theyr own sons daughters bloud without al cause of gilt Whom they to Canaan Idols then offred with wicked hand and so with bloud of innocents defiled was the land verse 39 Thus wer thy stayned with the workes of theyr own filthy way and with their own inuentions a whoryng did they stray verse 40 Therfore agaynst his people was the Lords wrath kindled sore and euen his own inheritaunce therfore he did abhorre verse 41 Into the hands of heathen men he gaue them for a pray and made theyr foes theyr Lords whoÌ„ they were forced to obey The fifte part verse 42 Yea and their hateful enemies opprest them in the land And they were humbly made to stoope as subiectes to theyr haÌ„d verse 43 Ful oftentimes from thral had he deliuered them before But with theyr councels they to wrath prouoked him euermore Therfore they by theyr wickednes were brought ful low to ly verse 44 yet when he saw them in distres he harkned to theyr cry verse 45 He cald to mind his couenaunt which he to them had swore and by his mercyes multitude repented him therfore verse 46 And fauour he them made to find before the sight of those That led theÌ„ captiue froÌ„ their laÌ„d when erst they were their foes verse 47 Saue vs O Lord that art our God saue vs O Lord we pray and from among the heathen folke Lord gather vs away That we may spred the noble prayse of thy most holy name That we may glory in thy prayse and soundyng of thy fame verse 48 The Lord the God of Israel be blest for euermore Let al the people say Amen prayse ye the Lord therfore Confitemini domino Psalme Cvii VV. K. ¶ The Prophet extorteth all those that are redemed by the Lord and gathered vnto hym to geue thankes for this mercifâ—l prouidence of God gouerning all thinges at his good pleasure sendyng good euil prosperitie and aduersitie to bryng men vnto hym Therfore as the righteous thereat reioyce so shal the wicked haue their mouthes stopped Sing this as the 9â— Psalme verse 1 GEue thankes vnto the Lord our God for gratious is hee And that his mercy hath none end al mortal men may see verse 2 Such as y â— Lord redemed hath w t thaÌ„kes should prayse hys name shew how they froÌ„ foes wer freed how he wrought y â— same verse 3 He gathered them forth of the lands that lay so far about FroÌ„ East to West froÌ„ North to South his haÌ„d did find theÌ„ out verse 4 They wandred in the wildernes and strayed from the way and found no citie where to dwel that serue might for their stay verse 5 Whose thirst and honger was so great in these desertes so voyde That fayntnes did theÌ„ sore assault and eke theyr soules anoyde verse 6 Then did they cry in theyr distres vnto the Lord for ayd who did remoue theyr troubles state accordyng as they prayd verse 7 And by that way which was most right he led them like a guide That they might to a citie go and there also abide verse 8 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his goodnes then and shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 9 For he the empty soule sustaynd whom thirst had made to faynt The hungry soule with goodnes fed and did theÌ„ eke acquaynt verse 10 Such as do dwel in darknes depe where they of death do wayt Fast bouÌ„d to tast such troublous storms as yron chaynes do threat The second part verse 11 For that agaynst the Lords own words they sought so to rebel Esteming light his councels high which do so far excel verse 12 But wheÌ„ he humbled theÌ„ ful low they then fel down with grief and none was fouÌ„d so much to help wherby to get relief verse 13 Then did they cry in theyr distres vnto the Lord for ayde who did remoue theyr troublous state according as they prayd verse 14 For he froÌ„ darknes out theÌ„ brought from deathes dredful shade Bursting with force the iron bandes which did before theÌ„ lade verse 15 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his kindnes then and shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 16 For he threw down theyr gates of bras brake theÌ„ w t stroÌ„g hand The yron barres he smote in two nothing could him withstand verse 17 The foolish folke great plages do fele and cannot from theÌ„ wend But heape on mo to those they haue because they do offend verse 18 Theyr soule somuch did loth al meat that none they could abide wherby death had them almost caught as they ful truly tride verse 19 Then did they cry in theyr distres vnto the Lord for ayd who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayd verse 20 For he then sent to them his word which helth did sone restore and brought them froÌ„ those daÌ„gers depe wherin they wer before The third part verse 21 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his kindnes then and shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 22 And let them offer sacrifice with thankes and also feare and speake of al his wondrous workes with glad ioyful cheare verse 23 Such as in ships or brittel barkes into the seas discend Theyr marchaÌ„dise through feareful flouds to coÌ„pas and to end verse 24 Those men are forced to behold the Lords workes what they be and in the daungerous depe the same most marueilous they se verse 25 For at his word the stormy wind ariseth in a rage
Al ye nations of the world prayse ye the Lord alwayes and al ye people euery where set forth his noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truth endures for ay wherfore prayse ye the Lord our God prayse ye the Lord I say Confitemini domin◠Psalme Cxviii M. ¶ Dauid reiected of Saule and of the people at the time appoynted obteined the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that feare the Lord to be thankfull and vnder his person in al this was Christ liuely setforth who should be of his people reiected Syng this as the .98 Psalme verse 1 O Geue the thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towards thee verse 2 Let Israel confes and say his mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say his mercy dures for ay verse 3 Let al that feare the Lord our God euen now confes and say The mercy of the Lord our God endureth stil for ay verse 4 In trouble and in heauines vnto the Lord I cride Which louingly hard me at large my sute was not denide verse 5 The Lord himself is on my syde I wil not stand in doubt Nor feare what man can do to me when God stands me about verse 6 The Lord doth take my part with thē that helpe to succour me Therfore I shal see my desire vpon myne enemy verse 7 Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortal sede Or to put confidence in kings or prynces in our nede verse 8 Al nations haue inclosed me and compassed me round But in the name of God shal I myne enemies confound verse 9 They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say but through y e Lords most mighty name I shal work their decay verse 10 They came about me al lyke bees but yet in the Lordes name I quēcht their thornes that were on fire and wil destroy y e same verse 11 Thou hast wyth force thrust sore at me that I in dede myght fall But through the Lord I found such help y t they wer vāquisht al verse 12 The Lord is my defence strength my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in deede a sauior most strong verse 13 The right hand of y e lord our God doth bring to passe great things He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightrous mens dwellings verse 14 The right hād of the Lord doth bring most mighty things to pas His hath the preeminence his force is as it was verse 15 I wil not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare the lord his might wōdrous power his works what they are verse 16 The Lord himself hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see verse 17 Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the Lordes prayse to confes verse 18 This is the gate euen of the Lord which shal not so be shut But good and righteous men alway shal enter into it verse 19 I wil geue thankes to thee O Lord because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me verse 20 The stone which at this tyme among the builders was refused Is now become the corner stone and chiefly to be vsed verse 21 This was the mighty worke of God this was the lords own fact and it is maruelous to behold with eyes that noble act verse 22 This is the ioyful day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mynd and thought verse 23 Now help me Lord and prosper vs we wish with one accord Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name of the Lord. verse 24 God is the Lord that shewes vs light bind ye therfore with cord Your sacrifice to the altar and geue thankes to the Lord. verse 25 Thou art my God I wil confes and render thanks to thee thou art my God and I wil prayse thy mercy towardes mee verse 26 O geue ye thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalme Cxix VV. VV. ¶ In this Psalm is contayned an exquisite arte a wonderful vehemēcy in setting forth the praises of gods law wherin y ◠prophet cannot satisfy himself nor sufficiently expresse the affectiō which he beareth therūto adding moreouer many notable complaintes consolations wherfore it is mete that al the faithful haue it alway both in hart and mouth and in the Ebrue euery viii verses beg in with one letter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are pure in mind and hart whose liues conuersatiō from gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue themselues his statutes to obserue sekyng the Lord with al their hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astray nor do no wicked thyng which stedfastly walke in hys pathes without any wandryng verse 4 It is thy wil and commaundement that with attentiue heede Thy noble and diuine precepts we learne and kepe in deede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to addres That I might both in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe attaynt whilst I thus set mine eyes and bend my mynd alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then wil I prayse with vpright hart and magnify thy name When I shal learn thy iudgements iust and like wise proue y e same verse 8 And wholy wil I geue my self to kepe thy lawes most right Forsake me not for euer Lord but shew thy grace and might BETH The second part verse 9 BY what meanes may a yōg mā best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his time spend verse 10 Vnfaynedly I haue thee sought and thus sekyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lord from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart secret thoughts thy wordes I haue hyd stil That I might not at any time offend thy godly wil. verse 12 We magnify thy name O Lord and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lord teach me therfore verse 13 My lips haue neuer ceast to preach and publish day and nyght The iudgemēts al which did procede frō thy mouth ful of might verse 14 Thy testimonies and thy wayes please me no les in dede then al y e treasures of y e earth which worldlings make their mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I wil stil muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so wil I ayme thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My onely ioy shal be so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynd that I thy words forget GIMEL The third part verse 17 GRaunt to thy seruant now such
so cause me to reioyse verse 165 Great peace and rest shal al such haue which do thy statutes loue Nor daunger shal theyr quyet state impeire or once remoue verse 166 My onely health and comfort Lord I looke for at thy hand And therfore haue I done those things which y u didst me cōmand verse 167 Thy lawes haue ben my exercise which my soule most desired So much my loue to them was bent that nought els I required verse 168 Thy statutes cōmaundements I kept thou knowest a right For al the things that I haue done are present in thy sight TAV The .xxii. part verse 169 O Lord let my complaint and cry before thy face appeare and as thou hast me promise made so teach me thee to feare verse 170 Myne humble supplication toward thee let find acces and graunt me Lord deliueraunce for so is thy promes verse 171 Then shal my lips thy prayses speake after most ample sort when thou thy statutes hast me taught wherin stādeth al cōfort verse 172 My tong shal sing and preach thy word and on this wise say shal Gods famous actes and noble lawes are iust and perfect al. verse 173 Stretch out thy hand I thee besech and spedely me saue For thy cōmaundemēts to obserue chosē O Lord I haue verse 174 Of thee alone Lord I craue helth for other I know none and in thy law and nothyng els I do delite alone verse 175 Graūt me therfore lōg dayes to liue thy name to magnify and of thy iudgements merciful let me thy fauour try verse 176 For I was lost and went astray much like a wandryng shepe Oh seke me for I haue not fayled thy commaundmentes to kepe Ad dominum cum tribularer Psalme Cxx. S. T. ¶ The prayer of Dauid beyng now banished amonge the barbarious people of Arabia by the false reportes of enuions flatterers And therfore be lamenteth his long abode among those infidels who were geuen to all kynd of wickednes and contention IN trouble and in thral vnto the Lord I cal and he doth me cōfort deliuer me I say frō lyers lippes alway and toung of false report verse 4 What vantage or what thyng Getst thou thus for to styng Thou false and flattering lyer verse 5 Thy toung doth hurt I wene No les then arrowes kene Of whote consuming fire verse 6 Alas to long I slake Within these tentes so blake Which kedars are by name By whom the flocke elect And al of Isaackes sect Are put to open shame verse 7 With thē that peace did hate I came a peace to make And set a quyet lyfe verse 8 But when my word was told Causeles I was controld By thē that would haue stryfe Leuaui oculos meos Psalme Cxxi VV VV. ¶ The Prophet shewed by his own example that the faithfull ought to looke for all their succour of God alone who will gouerne and geue good successe to al their godly enterprises I Lift mine eyes to Sion hil from whence I do attende that succour God me send The mighty God me succour wil which heauen and earth framed and al things therin named verse 3 Thy foote from slip he wil preserue And wil thee safely kepe For he wil neuer slepe verse 4 Lo he that doth Israel conserue No slepe at al can hym catch But his eyes shal euer watch verse 5 The Lord is thy warrant alway ⧠The Lord eke doth thee couer As at thy right hand euer verse 6 The sunne shal not thee partch by day Nor the moone not halfe so bryght Shall with cold thee hurt by nyght ⧠verse 7 The Lord wil kepe thee from distres And wil thy life sure saue And thou also shalt haue verse 8 In al thy busines good successe Where euer thou goest in or out God wil thy thinges bryng about Letatus sum Psalme Cxxii VV. K. ¶ Dauid reioyseth in y ◠name of the faithful y ◠God hath accomplished his promes placed his Arke in Siō for the which he geueth thākes prayeth for the prosperitie of the Church I Did in hart reioyce to heare the peoples voyce in offering so willingly For let vs vp say they in y ◠lords house pray thus spake y e folk ful louīgly Our fete y ◠wādred wide shal in thy gates abide O y u Ierusalē ful fayre which art so semely set much like a citie net y e like wherof is not els where verse 4 The tribes with one accord The tribes of God the Lord Are thither bent their way to take So God before did tel That there his Israel Their prayers should together make verse 5 For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set forth iustice orderly ⧠Which thrones ryght to maintayne To Dauids house perteyne His folke to iudge accordingly verse 6 To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy frends God prosper myghtely verse 7 Peace be thy walles about †And prosper thee throughout Thy places eke continually verse 8 I wish thee prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That cōfort haue by meanes of thee ⧠verse 9 Gods house doth me allure Thy wealth for to procure So much alwayes as lyeth in mee Ad te leuaui oculos Psalme Cxxiii T. S. ¶ A prayer of the faythfull whiche are afflicted by the wicked worldlynges and contemners of God Sing this as the .23 psalme verse 1 O Lord that heauen doost posses I lift mine eyes to thee I lift mine eyes to thee Euē as the seruaunt lifteth his his maysters hands to see verse 2 As handmaids watch their maistres hāds some grace for to atchiue So we behold the Lord our God til he do vs forgeue verse 3 Lord graunt vs thy compassion and mercy in thy sight For we be filled and ouer commen with hatred and despight verse 4 Our minds be stuffed with great rebuke the rich worldly wise Do make of vs their mocking stocke the proud do vs despise Nisi quia dominus Psalme Cxxiiij VV VV. ¶ The people of God being deliuered out of a great daūger acknowledge not to haue escaped by their own power but through the fauour of God shew in how great peril they were NOw Israel may say and that truly If that the Lorde had not our cause mainteind If that the Lord had not our right susteynd When al the world agaynst vs furiously made their vprors and sayd we should al dye verse 3 Now long a go they had deuourd vs al And swalowed quicke for ought that we could deme Such was theyr rage as we might wel esteme verse 4 And as the flouddes with mighty force do fal So had they now our life euen brought to thral verse 5 The raging streames most proud in roring noyse Had long a go ouer whelmde vs in the depe verse 6 But loued by God which doth vs safely kepe From bloudy teeth and their most cruel voyce Which as a pray to eate vs would
reioyce verse 7 Euen as the birde out of the foulers grenne Escapeth as way right so it fareth with vs Broke are their nets and we haue scaped thus verse 8 God that made heauen and earth is our helpe then His name hath saued vs from these wicked men Qui confidunt Psalme Cxxv. VV. K. ¶ He describeth the assuraunce of the faithfull in their afflictions and desireth their wealth and the destruction of the wicked SVch as in God the Lord do trust as moūt Sion shal firmely stād be remoued at no hād the Lord wil coūt thē right iust So that they shal be sure for euer to indure verse 2 As mighty mountaines huge great Ierusalem about do close So wil the Lord be vnto those Who on his godly wil do wayt Such are to him so deare They neuer nede to feare ⧠verse 3 For though the righteous try doth he By making wicked men his rod Least they through grief forsake theyr God It shal not as theyr lot stil be verse 4 Geue Lord to those thy light Whose harts are true and right verse 5 But as for such as turne a side ⧠By croked wayes which they out sought The Lord wil surely bring to nought With workes they shal abyde But peace with Israel For euermore shal dwel Another of the same by R. VV. Sing this as the ten Cōmaundementes THose that do put theyr cōfidēce vpon the Lord our God onely And flye to him for his defence in al theyr nede misery Their fayth is sure firme to endure groūded on Christ y e corner stone Moued with no il but stādeth stil stedfast like to the moūt Sion And as about Hierusalem the mighty hils do it compas So that no enemies cōmeth them to hurt that towne in any case So God in dede in euery nede his faithful people doth defend Stāding thē by assuredly frō this time forth world without end Right wise and good is our Lord God and wil not suffer certeinly The sinners and vngodlyes rod to tary vpon his family Least they also from God should go falling to sinne aud wickednes O lord defēd world wtout end thy christē flock through thy goodnes O Lord do good to Christians al that stedfast in thy word abyde Such as willingly frō God fal and to false doctrine dayly slide Such wil the Lord scatter abrod w t Hipocrites throwen down to hel God wil thē sēd paynes wtout end but Lord graūt peace to Israel Glory to God the father al might and to the sonne our Sauiour And to y ◠holy ghost whose light shine in our harts vs succour That the right way from day to day we may walke him glorifie With harts desire al that are here worship the Lord say Amen In conuertendo Psalme Cxxvi. VV. K. ¶ This Psalme was made after the returne of the people from Babylon and sheweth that the meane of theyr deliueraunce was weunderfull after the seuentie yeares of captiuitie forespoken by Iere. 25. 12. and. 29. 10. WHen that the Lord agayne hys Sion had forth brought from bondage great and also seruitude extreme his worke was such as did surmoūt mās hart thought so that we were much like to thē y t vse to dreame our mouthes wer with laughter filled thē and eke our tōgues did shew vs ioyful mē The Heathen folke were forced then this to confes How that the Lord for them also great things had done verse 3 But much more we and therfore can confes no les Wherfore to ioy we haue good cause as we begon verse 4 O Lord go forth thou canst our bondage end As to desertes they flowyng riuers send verse 5 Ful true it is that they which sow with teares in dede a time wil come when they shal reape in mirth and ioy verse 6 They went and wept in bearing of theyr precious sede For that theyr foes ful often times did them annoy But their returne with ioy they shal sure see Their sheaues home bring and not impeired be Nisi dominus Psalme Cxxvii VV. VV. ¶ It is not mans wit to labour but the free goodnes of God that geueth riches preserueth townes and countries graunteth nourishement and children Sing this as the Pater noster verse 1 EXcept the Lord the house do make And therunto do set his hand What men do build it can not stand Likewise in vayne men vndertake Cities and holdes to watch and ward Except the Lord be their safegard verse 2 Though ye rise early in the morne And so at night go late to bed Fedyng ful hardly with browne bread yet were your labor lost and worne ⧠But they whom God doth loue and kepe Receyue al thynges with quiet slepe verse 3 Therfore marke wel when euer ye see That men haue heyres to enioy theyr land It is the gift of Gods own hand For God him selfe doth multiply Of hys great liberality ⧠The blessyng of posterity verse 4 And when the children come to age They grow in strength and actiuenes In person and in comelines So that a shaft shot with courage Of one that hath a most strong arme Flyeth not so swift nor doth lyke arme verse 5 Oh wel is hym that hath his quiuer Furnished with such artilery For when in peril he shal be Such one shal neuer shake nor shiuer when that he pleadeth before the iudge Against his foes which beare hym grudge Beati omnes qui timent psalme .cxxviii. T. S ¶ He describeth the prosperous estate of them that be maried in the feare of god ioyning with al the promises of gods blessings to al them that lyue in this honorable estate accordyng to his commaundements Sing this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 BLessed art thou that fearest God and walkest in hys way verse 2 For of thy labor thou shalt eat happy art thou I say verse 3 Like fruiteful vynes on thy house sides so do thy wife spring out Thy childrē stand like Oliue plants thy table round about verse 4 Thus art thou blest that fearest God and he shal let thee see verse 5 The promised Ierusalem and his felicitie verse 6 Thou shalt thy childrens children see to thy great ioyes encrease And likewise grace on Israel prosperity and peace Sepe expugnauerunt psalme Cxxix N ¶ He admonisheth the church to reioyce though it haue bene afflicted in al ages for God wil deliuer it and the enemies for al their glorious shew shal sodenly be destroyed Syng this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 OFt they now Israel may say me from my youth assayled Oft they assailed me frō my youth yet neuer they preuayled verse 2 Vpon my back the plowers plowed forrowes long did cast verse 3 The rightous lord hath cut the cordes of wicked foes at last verse 4 They that hate hym shal be shamed and turned back also verse 5 And made as grasse vpon the house which withereth ere it grow verse 6 Wherof the mower
6 Then when in stony places down their iudges shal be cast Then shal they heare my words for theÌ„ they haue a pleasaunt tast verse 7 Our bones about the graues mouth lo scattred are they found as he that heweth wood or he that diggeth vp the ground verse 8 But O my Lord my God myne eyes do looke vp vnto thee In thee is al my trust let not my soule forsaken hee verse 9 Which they haue layd to catch me in Lord keepe me from the snare and from the suttle grennes of them that wycked workers are verse 10 The wicked into theyr own nets together let them fal while I do by thy helpe escape the daungers of them al. Voce mea ad Psalme Cxlij N. ¶ Dauid neither ast onied with feare nor caried w t anger nor forced by desperation would kil Saule but with a quiet mind directed his earnest prayer vnto God who did preserue him Sing this as the .14 psalme verse 1 BEfore the Lord God with my voyce I did send out my cry and with my streamed voice vnto the Lord God prayed I. verse 2 My meditation in his sight to poure I did not spare and in the presence of the Lord my trouble did declare verse 3 Although perplexed were my spirit my path was knowen to thee In way where I did walke a snare they slyly layd for mee verse 4 I lookt vewd on my right hand but none there would me know al refuge fayled me and for my soule none cared tho verse 5 Then cried I Lord to thee sayd my hope thou onely art Thou in the land of lyuing art my portion and my part verse 6 Harke to my cry for I am brought ful low deliuer me From them that do me persecute for me to strong they be verse 7 That I may prayse thy name my soule from prisoÌ„ Lord bring out when thou art good to me the iust shal prease me round about Domine exaudi Psalme Cxliij N. ¶ An earnest prayer for remission of sinnes acknowledging that the enemies did cruelly persecute him by Gods iust iudgement He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirit that he may spend the rest of his life in the true feare and seruice of God Syng this as the .141 Psalme verse 1 LOrd heare my prayer harke y e plaint that I do make to thee Lord in thy natiue truth and in thy iustice aunswer mee verse 2 In iudgement with thy seruaunt Lord oh enter not at al For iustified be in thy sight not one that liueth shal verse 3 The enmy hath pursued my soule my life to ground hath throwne and layd me in the dark like them that dead are long agone verse 4 Within me in perplexitie was my accombred spirit and in me was a troubled hart amased and afflight verse 5 Yet I record time past in al thy workes I meditate yea in the workes I meditate that thy hands haue creat verse 6 To thee O Lord my God loe I do stretch my crauing haÌ„ds My soule desireth after thee as do the thirsty lands verse 7 Heare me with spede my spirit doth faile hide not thy face me fro Els shal I be like them that down into the pit to go verse 8 Let me thy louing kindnes in the morning heare know For in thee is my trust shew me the way that I shal got verse 9 For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lord deliuer mee From al mine enemies for I haue hidden me with thee verse 10 Teach me to do thy wil for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good spirit vnto the land of mercy me conuey verse 11 For thy names sake w t quikning grace a liue do thou me make and out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy iustice sake verse 12 And for thy mercy slay my foes O Lord destroy them al That do oppresse my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shal Benedictus dominuus Psalme Cxliiij N. ¶ Dauid prayseth y â— Lord w e great affectioÌ„ humility for his kingdom restored for his victories obtained yet calling for helpe the destructioÌ„ of the wicked â—promising to acknowledge the same with songs of prayses declareth wherin the felicity of any people consisteth Syng this as the .141 Psalme verse 1 BLest be the Lord my streÌ„gth that doth instruct my haÌ„d to fight The Lord that doth my fingers frame to battel by his might verse 2 He is my goodnes for t and tower deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yeld verse 3 O Lord what thing is maÌ„ that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wise verse 4 Man is but like to vanity so pas his dayes to end verse 5 As fleting shade Bow down O Lord thy heaueÌ„s discend verse 6 The mountaines touch they shal smoke cast forth thy lightning flame And scatter theÌ„ thine arrowes shote coÌ„sume theÌ„ w t the same verse 7 Send down thy hand euen from aboue O Lord deliuer mee Take me froÌ„ waters great froÌ„ hand of straungers make me free verse 8 Whose subtle mouth of vanity and fondnes doth entreat and their right hand is a right hand of falshod and deceit verse 9 A new song I wil syng O God and singing wil I bee On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee verse 10 Euen he it is that onely geues deliueraunce to kings Vnto his seruaÌ„t Dauid helpe froÌ„ hurtful sword he bryngs verse 11 FroÌ„ strauÌ„gers haÌ„d me saue sheld whose mouth talkes vanity and their right hand is a right hand of guile and suttelty verse 12 That our sonnes may be as the plants whoÌ„ growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued cornerstones like to a palace fayre verse 13 Our corners ful and plenty may with sondry sortes be found Our shepe bring thousaÌ„ds in our strets ten thousaÌ„ds may abouÌ„d verse 14 Our Oxen be to labor strong that none do vs inuade There be no going out no cry within our stretes be made verse 15 The people blessed are y t with such blessings are so stord yea blessed al the people are whose God is God the Lord. Exaltabo te deus Psalme Cxlv. N. ¶ This Psalme was made when the kingdome of Dauid florished Wherein he describeth the wonderful prouidence of God as well in gouernyng man as in preseruyng all the rest of his creatures He prayseth God for his iustice mercy but specially for his louyng kindnes toward those that cal vpon him that feare him and loue hym THee wil I laud my God and kyng blesse thy name for aye 2 For euer wil I prayse thy name and blesse the day by day 3 Great is the Lord most worthy prayse hys greatnes none can reach 4 From race to race they shal thy workes prayse and thy power preach verse 5 I of thy glorious maiestie the beauty wil record
that fruteful are The Ceders great and tal His worthy prayse declare verse 10 Beastes and cattel Hea birdes flying And wormes crepyng That on earth dwel verse 11 Al kynges both more and les With al theyr pompous trayne Princes and al Iudges That in the world remayne Exalte hys name verse 12 Yong men and maydes Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his name shal we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shal Exalte with blisse The borne of hys And helpe them al His Saints al shal forth tel His prayse and worthynes The children of Israel Ech one both more and les verse 15 And also they That with good wil His wordes fulfil And hym obey Cantate dominum Psalme Cxlix N. ¶ An exhortation to the Churche to prayse the Lord for his victory and conquest that he geueth his saintes agaynst all mans power verse 1 SIng ye vnto the Lord our God a new reioysing song and let the prayse of him be herd his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel reioyce in hÃm that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyful in theyr kyng verse 3 Let them sound prayse with voyce of flute vnto his holy name and with the timbrel and the harpe sing prayses of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure al hath in his people set and by deliueraunce he wil rayse the meke to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honor now let al the saintes reioyce and now aloud vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce verse 6 And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lord And in their handes eke let them beare a double edged sword verse 7 To plague the Heathen correct the people with their handes verse 8 To bynd theyr stately kings in chaines their Lordes in yroÌ„ baÌ„des verse 9 To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor al his saints shal haue prayse ye the Lord therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord without sease by all maner of wayes for all his mighty and wonderfull workes verse 1 YElde vnto God the mighty Lord prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in y â— firmameÌ„t y â— shewes his power on hye verse 2 Aduaunce his name and prayse him in his mighty actes alwayes according to his excellency of greatnes geue him prayse verse 3 His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding trompet blow Prayse him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Prayse him with timbrel and with flute orgaines and virginals verse 5 With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him w t loud cimbals verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the Lord To prayse the name of God the Lord agree with one accord ¶ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in metre ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Mornyng Prayer T. Becon Syng this an the .100 Psalme PRayse the Lord O ye Gentils al which hath brought you into his lyght O praise him al people mortal as it is most worthy right For he is ful determined on vs to poure out his mercy And the Lordes truth be ye assured abideth perpetually Glory be to God the father and to Iesus Christ his true sonne With the holy Ghost in like maner now and at euery season ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Euening prayer T. Be. BEhold now geue hede such as be the Lordes seruaunts faithful and true Come praise y e Lord euery degree with such songs as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lordes house euen in our own Gods mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our saluation Lift vp your haÌ„ds in his holy place yea that in the time of night Praise y â— Lord which geueth al grace for he is a Lord of great might TheÌ„ shal y e Lord out of SioÌ„ which made heaueÌ„ earth by his power Geue to you your nation his blessing mercy and fauour Glory be to God the father c. ¶ The .x. Commaundementes of almighty God ¶ Exodus .xx. VV. VV. AEtend my people and geue eare of ferly thyngs I wil thee tel see that my wordes in mynde thou beare and to my preceptes listen wel verse 1 I am thy Soueraine Lord and God Which haue thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaimed from Pharos rod Make thee no Gods on them to cal verse 2 Nor facioned forme of any thing In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plagues this sinne wil smit verse 3 Take not in vayne his holy name ⧠Abuse it not after thy wil For so thou might sone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spil verse 4 The Lord froÌ„ worke the seuenth day cest And brought al things to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hestes ye may attend ⧠verse 5 Vnto thy parentes honor geue As Gods commaundements do pretend That thou long dayes and good mayest lyue In earth where God a place doth lend verse 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate verse 7 Al filthy fornication feare verse 8 Se thou steale not in any rate verse 9 False witnes agaynst no man beare verse 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to haue ⧠His wife or ought that he calth myne His field his Oxe his Asse his slaue Or any thing which is not thine A Prayer Thy spirit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our hartes restore And cause vs al with one accord To magnify the name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy wil Thy myght therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy names sake graunt vs this Thou art our strength oh Sauiour Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist ⧠To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in respect and with thy holy spirit alwayes The comforter of thyne elect ¶ The Lordes Prayer D. Cox OVr father which in heauen art And makst vs al one brotherhod to cal vpon thee with one hart Our heauenly father and our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctified Thy holy word mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifie thy holy name From al errours defend and kepe The litle flocke of thy poore shepe ⧠Thy kingdome come euen at this houre and henceforth euerlastyngly Thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his giftes most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hand Thy wil be done with diligence Like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience
name Helpe to amplifie and increase 〈…〉 and whatsoeuer thou sendest we may be hartly wel contēt with thy good pleasure wil Let vs not lacke the thyng O Father without the which we cā not serue thee but blesse thou so al the workes of our handes that we may haue sufficient and not to be chargeable but rather helpeful vnto others be merciful O Lord to our offences seing our det is great which thou hast forgeuē vs in Iesus Christ make vs to loue thee and our neighbours so much y e more Be thou our father our captaine and defender in al temptations hold thou vs by thy merciful hand that we may be deliuered from al inconueniences and end our liues in the sāctifying and honor of thy holy name through Iesu Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour So be it Let thy mighty hand out stretched arme O Lord be stil our defence thy mercy and louyng kindnes in Iesu Christ thy deare sonne our saluation thy true an holy word our instruction thy grace and holy spirit our comfort and consolation vnto the end and in the end So be it O Lord increase our faith ¶ A Confession for al estates and times O Eternal God and most merciful father we confesse acknowledge here before thy diuine maiestie that wear miserable sinners cōceiued and borne in sinne and iniquity so that in vs there is no goodnes For the flesh euermore rebelleth against the spirite wherby we continually transgres thy holy precepts cōmaundemēts so purchace to our selues through thy iust iudgemēt death dānation Notwithstanding O heauēly father for asmuch as we are displeased with our selues for the sinnes that we haue cōmitted agaynst thee do vnfainedly repent vs of the same we most humbly besech thee for Iesus Christs sake to shew thy mercy vpon vs to forgeue vs al our sinnes to increase thy holy spirit in vs y ◠we acknowledging frō the botom of our harts our own vnrighteousnes may frō hēceforth not onely mortify our sinful lustes affections but also bring forth such frutes as may be agreable to thy most blessed wil not for the worthines therof but for y ◠merites of thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ our onely sauiour whom y u hast alredy geuē an oblatiō offring for our sinnes for whose sake we are certeinly perswaded y ◠thou wilt deny vs nothing y t we shal aske in his name according to thy wil. For thy spirite doth assure our consciēces that thou art our merciful father so louest vs thy childrē through him that nothing is able to remoue thy heauēly grace fauour frō vs to the thee therfore O father with the sonne and the holy ghost be al honor glory world without end So be it ¶ A Prayer to be said before a man begin his worke O Lord God most merciful father Sauiour seyng it hath pleased thee to cōmaūd vs to traueil that we may releue our nede we besech thee of thy grace so to blesse our labour y t thy blessing may extend vnto vs without the which we are not able to continue that this great fauor may be a witnes vnto vs of thy bountifulnes assistāce so that therby we may know the fatherly care that y u hast ouer vs. Moreouer O Lord we besech thee that thou wouldest strengthē vs with thine holy spirit that we may faithfully trauail in our estate and vocatiō without fraude or deceit and that we may indeuour our selues to folow thine holy ordinaūces rather thē to seke to satisfy our gredy affectiōs or desire to gayne And if it please thee O Lord to prosper our labour geue vs a minde also to helpe thē that haue nede according to that abilitie that thou of thy mercy shalt geue vs and knowing that al good thinges come of thee graunt that we may humble our selues to our neyghbours and not by any meanes lift our selues vp aboue them whiche haue not receyued so liberal a portion as of thy mercy thou hast geuen vnto vs. And if it please thee to trye and exercise vs by greater pouertye and neede then our fleshe woulde desire that thou wouldest yet O Lorde graunte vs grace to knowe that thou wilt nourish vs cōtinually through thy boūtiful liberality that we be not so tempted that we fal into distrust but that we may paciently wayt til thou fil vs not onely w t corporal graces benefites but chiefly with thine heauenly and spiritual treasures to the intent that we may alwayes haue more ample occasion to geue thee thākes and so wholy to rest vpon thy mercyes Heare vs O Lord of mercy through Iesus Christ thy sonne our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the whole state of Christes Church ALmighty God and most merciful father we hūbly submit our selues and fal down before thy maiesty beseching thee from the botom of our hartes that this sede of thy worde now sowen amongst vs may take such depe roote that neither y e burning heat of persecutiō cause it to wither neither the thorny cares of this life do choke it but that as sede sowen in good ground it may bring forth thirty sixty an hundreth fold as thy heauenly wisdome hath appointed And because we haue nede continually to craue many things at thy hāds we hūbly besech thee O heauenly father to graunt vs thy holy spirit to direct our petitiōs that they may procede from such a feruent mind as may be agreable to thy most blessed wil. And seing that our infirmitie is able to doo nothing without thy helpe that thou art not ignoraunt with how many and great temptations we poore wretches are on euery side enclosed and compassed Let thy strength O Lord sustayne our weakenes that we 〈◊〉 defēded with the force of thy grace may be safely perserued agaynst al assaultes of Sathan who goeth about cōtinually like a roring Lion seking to deuoure vs. Encrease our faith O merciful father that we do not swarue at any time from thy heauenly word but augment in vs hope and loue with a careful kepyng of al thy cōmaundements that no hardnes of hart no Ipocrisie no concupiscence of the eyes nor inticements of the world do draw vs away frō thy obedience And seing we liue now in these most perilous times let thy fatherly prouidence defend vs agaynst the violence of al our enemyes which do seke by almeanes to oppres thy truth Furthermore for as much as by thy holy Apostle we be taught to make our prayers supplications for al men We pray not onely for our selues here present but besech thee also to reduce al such as be yet ignoraūt frō the miserable captiuitie of blindnes and errour to the pure vnderstanding and knowledge of thy heauenly truth that we al with one consent vnitie of minds may worship thee our onely God sauiour And that al Pastors shepe heardes and Ministers to whom thou