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A15659	The songs of the Old Testament translated into English measures, preseruing the naturall phrase and genuine sense of the holy text: and with as little circumlocution as in most prose translations. To euery song is added a new and easie tune, and a short prologue also, deliuering the effect and vse thereof, for this profit of vnlearned readers. By George Wither. Cum priuilegio permissu superiorum.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1621 (1621)	STC 25923; ESTC S120880	31,876	85

to delay Lest that their Aduersaries prouder growne Should when they saw it thus presume to say This not the LORD but our high-hand hath done· For they a people are in whom No Counsell is And neuer will their dulnesse come To iudge of this Oh! would their wisedome this might comprehend And that they would consider of their end How should one make a thousand runneaway Or two men put tenne thousand to the foile Except their Rocke had sold them for a pray And that the LORD had clos'd them vp the while For with our God their God compare They neuer may And if our foes the iudges were Thus would they say But they haue Vines of those that Sodome yeelds And such as grow within Gomorrha fields The Grapes are gall that grow vpon their vine Their Clusters are extreamely bitter all Yea made of Dragons venome is their wine And of the cruell Aspes infectious gall And may I this forget to beare In minde with me Or shall it not be sealed where My treasures be Yes mine is vengeance and I will repay Their feet shall slide at the appointed day Their time of ruine neare at hand is come Those things that must befall them haste will make For sure the LORD shall giue his people doome And on his Seruants will compassion take Yea when he sees their strength is all Bereft and gone And they shut vp in prison shall Be left alone Where are their Gods become then will he say Their Rocke on whom they did affiance lay Who eate the fattest of their sacrifice Who of their drinke oblations dranke the wine Let those vnto their succour now arise And vnder their protection them enshrine Oh! therefore now consider this That I am Hee That I am Hee and that there is No God with mee I kill and make aliue I wound I cure And there is none can from my hand assure For vp to heauen I my hand doe reare And as I liue for euer this I say If once I whet my sword that sparkles cleare And shall my hand to acting vengeance lay I will not cease till I my foes With vengeance quite Nor till I haue repaid all those That beare me spite And in the bloud which I shall make to flow I 'le steepe mine arrowes till they drunken grow My sword shall feed on flesh and bloud of those That either shall be slaine or kept in thrall When I beginne to quit me of my foes Then with his people Ioy you kindreds all For he their bloud that serue him will With bloud pursue And all his foes repayeth still With vengeance due But to his land will mercy shewing be And those that are his people pitties He. THE Song of Deborah and Barak Iudges 5. The Argument and Vse IN the booke of Iudges Chapter 4. you may read that the ouerthrow giuen to Sisera by Deborah and Barak occasioned this Song of deliuerance and therefore referring you thither to be informed concerning the particular circumstances I will here shew you the generall scope of this Hymne to be a Thankesgiuing for a great ouerthrow gotten on their enemies Wherein many things are remarkable First in their Introduction attributing the glory to God and inciting all Potentates of the world to consider it they set forth with what Maiestie the LORD came to their deliuerance Secondly the excellency of the benefit receiued is illustrated by the great desolation they were formerly in the little meanes they had to protect themselues and the happie tranquillity which they should afterward enioy Thirdly they shew the cause of their former distresse to haue beene Apostacie from God Fourthly they memorize those who were forward in that iust warre and vpbraid such as drew backe in so good a cause Fiftly they declare what powerfull enemies they had and what miraculous assistance God vouchsafed Sixtly a curse is denounced against such as refuse to fight the LORDS battailes and She is blessed who was the happy Instrument of their deliuery Lastly here is a description of the manner of Siserah's death an Ironicall expression of the Aduersaries vaine hope of preuailing and a propheticall imprecation that all Gods enemies may so perish to the aduancement of his Church Jt is obserued by the Auncients that there is no Song mentioned in the Old or New Testament but it was composed vpon some extraordinary benefit or deliuerance which the Church receiued and that in all the songs of the old Testament especially there is beside the plaine literall sence some Mistery of the Christian Religion prophetically aymed at couertly or openly vnder the passages thereof And therefore this Song is not onely to be sung of vs Christians to glorifie God in memorizing his protecting our mother the Church among the Iewish Nation in her Infancie But wee are to vse it also as a thanks-giuing for euery particular deliuerance which is vouchsafed to the visible Church in these times As in memoriall of our miraculous preseruation in the yeare 1588. when our Princely Deborah the Queene of this kingdome gaue an ouerthrow to the Spanish Sisera For then the powers of heauen apparantly fought against him as it is said in this Song The Sea more terrible then their brooke Kishon swept most of them away And euen then as the mother of the Cananitish commander is here scoffed at by Deborah for her vaine expectation So the whore of Babilon who was mother to that other Sisera in vaine longed to behold him returne a conquerour till being ridiculously confident of the spoile she was by the true Church laughed to scorne for her presumption And then also this propheticall imprecacation which we finde in the Epilogue of this Song was partly fulfilled Thine enemies oh LORD shall perish but they that loue thee shall be as the Sunne when he riseth in his might For as the first Sisera was shamefully ruined by a woman so God gaue that last Sisera with his seeming inuincible forces into the hand of a woman whose honour with his shame was thereby spread through as great a part of the world as the Sunne shineth ouer at mid-day This Song as J said before would properly be sung also vpon many other deliuerances which the Church hath or may haue As for that of the powder-Treason and such like For were it not that J should be ouer-large in my Prologue to this Song J could make it very probable how the holy Ghost was so farre from making this Hymne to fit the Iewes after that victory onely as that the names therein mentioned doe well enough expresse any that are or shall be Instruments against the peace of Gods Church or for the protection thereof The Song Then sang Deborah and Barak the sonne of Abinoam on that day saying SIng praises to the Lord That Isre'l to acquite The people of their owne ac-cord Went forth vnto the fight You Kings giue eare you Princes heare I to the Lord will raise My voyce aloud and sing to God The Lord

And seeing neither the manner of my education nor the course of my life nor the performance of this worke though I will not iustifie my selfe can yet appeare to be such as may disparage the Church to receiue these endeauours at my hands So much confidence haue I in your Fatherly dispositions towards all well affected persons of what outward condition soeuer they be that I am verely perswaded you would not for a few ouer-sights sleight all my paines but rather to the encouragement of others for no affront in these studies can dishearten me graciously vouchsafe in some measure to accept what I here make humble proffer of vnto your RR ces Which if you please to doe I shall euer acknowledge my selfe obliged for your Christian respect and study such things as perhaps will make me hereafter more worthy of your esteeme So presuming that if I haue deliuered Reason it shal be with your Wisedomes euery whit as Authenticke as if I had begun continued and ended this Epistle with the Prouerbs or ouer-worne Sentences of olde Authors I humbly wish according to the custome of my Countrey on this day a happy NEVV-YEERE to all your RR ces and to the whole Church in her seuerall af●●ires a most prosperous successe Ianuary the 1. 1621. A Table of the Songs Song Pag. 1 The first Song of Moses 1 2 The second Song of Moses 6 3 The Song of Deborah c. 15 4 The Song of Hannah 24 5 Nehemiahs Prayer 29 6 King Lemuels Song 34 7 The first Song of Esay 38 8 The second Song of Esay 42 9 The third Song of Esay 45 10 Hezekiahs Prayer 50 11 Hezekiahs Thankesgiuing 53 12 The Prayer of Daniel 59 13 The Prayer of Ionah 6● 14 The Prayer of Habakkuk 6● THE First song of MOSES Exod. 15. The Argument and the Vse THis Song as appeares in the history of Israels deliuerie out of Aegypt was sung by Moses and the people to the praise of God for their wonderfull preseruation and the seuerity which he vsed against their enemies the Aegiptians in the red Sea Wherein they glorifie the Lord for his Power his Knowledge in warre his Maiestie his incomparable Dietie his Sanctitie his Awfulnesse his Fame his merueilous Acts and the eternitie of his Kingdome Moreouer they here set forth the malitious violence of their aduersaries before their destruction the sudaine ruine of those that were destroyed with the terrour which this ouerthrow should strike into their suruiuing enemies And lastly they doe at once prophecie and pray for the possession of that promised Land in which the holy Temple should be builded This Song was made and ordained by the holy Ghost to be sung as well by euery Christian Congregation as by Moses and the Iewes For this preseruation of theirs was a tipe of our deliuerance from the bondage of our Spirituall Aduersaries Pharaoh which in the originall tongue signifieth Vengeance being Mistically and anagogically considered was a Tipe both of Antichrist a temporall aduersarie of the Church and of our enemie the Deuill who pursues to ouerthrow vs in our voyage towards heauen which was also in a third sence figured by the land of Promise Pharaohs hoast signifieth all kindes of persecutions sinnes and temptations The Red Sea which we passe through and wherein they are drowned meaneth our Baptisme 1 Cor. 10.2 By Palestine and Canaan which were names of the promised Country before the Church was remoued thither and which the holy-Ghost here saith shall grieue and faint at the newes of our regeneration are those vnderstood who haue falsly and wrongfully vsurped the priuiledges belonging to the faithfull congregation By the Dukes of Edom with the Princes of Moab who are said to tremble at this deliuerie all the seuerall powers of the kingdome of darkenesse are vnderstood Now euery good Christian may at any time sing this Hymne to the praise of his Redeemer and in memory of the Churches with his owne particular deliuerance from the slauerie of Sinne and the Deuill Yea and not vnfitly vpon some temporall deliuerances But it will be indeed most properly vsed both in publike and priuate after the administration of Baptisme Seeing the passage through the Red Sea and the destruction of the Aegyptians there was a type of that Sacrament according to the Interpretation of St. Paul The Song Then sang Moses and the Children of Jsrael this Song vnto the LORD and spake saying NOw to the Lord my song of praise shall be Who hath a most renowned triumph woone This is the Lord that makes me strong For in the sea the horse and horse-man he Hath both at once together ouer-throwne Hee is my safety and my song My God for whom I will a house prepare My Fathers God whom I on high will reare Well knowes the LORD to war what doth pertaine And for that reason is the LORD his name He Pharo'hs Charr'ots and his armed Traine Amid the Sea ore'-whelming overcame He in the Ruddy-sea hath drown'd His Captaines that were most renownd The deeps a couering ouer them hath throwne And to the bottome sunke they like a stone LORD by thy power thy right hand 's famous grow'n Thy right hand LORD thy foe destroyed hath Thou by thy glorie hast thy Foes ore-thrown And stuble-like consum'st them in thy wrath Thou by thy nostrils angry blast The waters backward driuen hast And rowl'd on heapes the billowes and the floud In middle of the Sea congealed stood I will pursue them thus the Foe did crye I will ore'take them and the spoile enioy My pleasure on them now fulfill will I With sword vnsheath'd my hand shall them destroy Then with thy breath thou didst but blow And ouer them the Sea did flow Where they the mighty waters sanke into As we may see a peece of lead will doe LORD who like thee among the gods is there In holinesse so glorious who may be Whose praises so exceeding dreadfull are Or who in doing wonders i● like thee Thy right hand thou aloft didst reare And in the earth they swallow'd were Whil'st thou didst by thy mercy forward lead This people whose redemption thou hast paid Them by thy strength thou hast been pleas'd to bear Vnto a holy dwelling place of thine The Nations at report thereof shall feare And they shall grieue who dwell in Palestine On Ed●ms Dukes will horror fall Yea Moabs mightie Princes shall With trembling shake when they of this heare tell And they shall faint that doe in Canaan dwell By that great power which in thine Arm● thou hast Let feare and terrour vpon them be brought Stone-quiet make them till thy people passe LORD till this people pas which thou hast bought Then to thy hill let them repaire LORD plant them there where thou art heire Eu'n where thy place of dwelling is prepar'd That holy place which thine own hands haue rear'd The LORD shall euer and for euer raigne No ending shall his large dominion know For when as Pharaoh

she apprehended the Churches Ioy in the natiuitie of Christ By her fruitfulnesse and the weakenesse of Peninnah shee was informed how the spirituall Ofspring of the Church should be multiplied and the children of the Synagogue decrease Yea raising her meditations aboue the first and second obiects she prophetically personates the Spouse of Christ and deliuers a most excellent confession of her Redeemer Jn whom all these things are come to passe as appeared at and since his manifestation For the blessed Virgin Mary in her Magnificat acknowledgeth many particular sayings of this Song to be euen then fulfilled Moreouer this Hymne may be sung in our reformed Churches to comfort vs against the pride and arrogancie of the Romish Strumpet For though shee Peninnah-like lately vaunted the multitude of her issue and vpbraided the true Church as Mother onely of a few poore and obscure Children Thanks be to God she that had so many is now growne feebler And our holy Mother hath had seauen Children euen many that are aduanced to be Kings and to sit vpon the most eminent thrones of glory in the earth according to this Prophecy The Song And Hannah prayed and said NOw in the Lord my heart doth pleasure take My horne is in the Lord aduanced high Vnto my foes an answere will I make Be-cause in thy saluation ioy had I. Like thee there is not any holy one For other Lord without thee there is none Nor with our God may any God compare So proudly vaunt not then as heretofore But let your tongues hereafter now forbeare From all presumptuous words for euermore For why the Lord 's a God that each thing knowes And all that is intended doth dispose Their bow is broken now who were so stout Girt round with vigor those who stumbled are The full themselues for bread haue hyred out Which they haue left to doe that hungry were The barren now doth seauen children owne And she that had so many weake is growne The LORD doth slay and he reuiues the slaine He to the graue doth bring and backe he beares The LORD makes poore and rich he makes againe He throweth downe and vp on high he reares He from the dust and from the dunghill brings The begger and the poore to sit with Kings He reares them to inherit glories throne Because the LORD' 's the earth's supporters be He hath the world erected thereupon The footing of his Saints preserueth He. And dumbe in darkenesse sinners shall remaine For in their strength are all men strong in vaine The LORD will to destruction bring them all Eu'n eu'ry one that shall with him contend The LORD from heauen thunder on them shall And iudge the world vnto the farthest end He shall his King with strength enough supply And raise the power of his Annointed high THE Prayer of NEHEMIAH Nehem. 1.5 The Argument and Vse NEhemiah being in Babilon and hauing receiued intelligence by one of his brethren that came from Iudea of the miserable estate wherein Ierusalem and the house of God then stood The Text saith he wept at the re●ation fasted and made this prayer vnto God in behalfe of the Israelites In which Prayer first acknowledging the Maiestie Justice and mercy of God he humbly desireth his importunate suit may haue fauourable audience And the sooner to obtaine it he renouncing all worthinesse in his owne or his peoples merits confesseth the hainousnesse both of his and their offences Secondly he vrgeth Gods promised mercies vpon repentance Thirdly he is earnest in regard they are his owne elected people for whom he prayes and thereupon renewes againe his petition The effect whereof is that God would be pleased to prosper him in the affaires he had in hand and graunt him fauour in the Kings sight whom as by the sequell in the story it appeared he then intended to solicite touching the re-edifying of the Cittie and house of God This Prayer may be in a literall sence said or sung by the Church of God when in any affaire of hers she needeth the fauour of some temporall Prince Or by any member of hers in her person vpon a publike occasion Yea for his particular necessitie and in his owne person also he may vse it when he would desire the good-will of man in such things as nearely concerne him and his family And me thinkes it should not onely beget in vs a great hope of good-speed when we come to God with those words whereunto he hath giuen 〈◊〉 prosperous successe as he did to these but we may be the more confident also in our prayers when we vse those formes of speech which the holy-spirit hath inuented Moreouer this Prayer leauing out the two last lines will serue for a confession of our sinnes before any suit which we would present vnto the Maiestie of God Or if we will but alter according to our seuerall necessities it will serue for a Hymne in many other occasions As for example if thou wouldest vse it before thou and thy family beginne their labour in stead of the last Disticke sing thus And be thou pleas'd Oh LOLD to blesse Our labours with a good successe If thou with others hast any iourney in hand change it thus And LORD all dangers keepe vs from Both going forth and comming home If thou be a commander and leading thy company to the battell alter it thus And be thou pleased in the fight To make vs victors by thy might If it be in a time of great famine turne it thus And LORD vouchsafe thou in this need Our soul●s and bodi●s both to feed If thou be a Diuine or Schoolemaster imployed abo●t the instruction of others and wouldest beginne thy exercises with this Hymne end it thus And grant that we LORD in thy feare M●y to our profit speake and heare And thus you may due vpon many other occasions according as your nec●ssities and deuotion shall moue you But lest the ignorant may thinke the Title of the Sons of Jsrael will be improperly applied to vs Christians Or lest they may imagine that the mentioning of Gods threatning a dispersion with his promise of gathering his people againe vnto his house will be impertinent to vs or our occasions For the first let them read Saint Paul and he will tell them who are true Iewes and Israelites Romans 2.28 and Romans 9.6.7.8 And as for the last supposition They must know that euery Childe of God may be in a spirituall sence said to be dispersed among the heathen whensoeuer by his sinnes he is driuen from the presence of God and distracted by the seuerall vanities of the world And as often as he returnes by repentance with hearty prayer he is brought backe from his wand●ings to be more setled in the Church which is the place God hath chosen for his Name And so no part of this Hymne will seeme impertinent to vs. The Song LOrd God of heauen thou that art The mighty God and full of fear● Who neuer