haue regard ye seruants of the Lorde Which in his house by night do watch prayse him with one accorde Lyft vp your hands on high vnto his holy place And geue the Lorde his prayses due his benefites embrace For why the Lord who did both earth and heauen frame Doeth Sion bles and will conserue for euer more the same Laudate nomen Psalme Cxxxv. M. He exhorteth all the faithful of what estate so euer they be to praise God for his merueylous worcks specially for his graces towards his people wherein he hath declared his maiestie To the confession of all Idolaters and theyr Idolls O Praise y e lord praise him praise him praise him with one accord o praise him stil al ye that be the seruaunts of y e lord o praise him ye that stand be in the house of the Lord ye of his court and of his house praise hym with one accord Prayse ye the Lord for he is good syng prayses to his name It is a comly and good thing alwayes to doo the same For why the Lorde hath chose Iacob his very owne you see So hath he chosen Israell his treasure for to be For this I know and am right sure the Lorde is very greate He is in dede aboue all Goddes most easy to intreate For what so euer pleased him all that fulwell he wrought In heauen in earthe and in the sea whiche he hath framde of nought He lifteth vp cloudes euen from the earthe he makth the lightnings and rayne He bringkth forth the windes also He made nothing in vayne He smote the first borne of eche thing in Egipt that toke rest He spared there no lyuing thyng the man nor yet the beast He hathe in thee shewde wonders great O Egipt voyde of vauntes On Pharao thy cursed kyng and his seuere seruauntes He smote then many nacyons and did great actes and thynges He slew the great and mightyest and chefest of theyr kynges Syhon king of Ammorites and Og kyng of Basan He slew also the kingdomes all that were of Canaan And gaue their lande to Israell an herytage we see To Israell his owne people an heritage to be Thy name O Lorde shall still endure and thy memoriall Throughout all generations that are or euer shall The Lorde will surely auenge his people all in dede And to his seruauntes he will shewe fauour in tyme of nede The Idols of the Heathen are made in all theyr coste and landes Of syluer and of golde be they the workes euen of mens handes They haue mouthes and cannot speake and eyes to at haue no sight They haue eares that heare nothyng Theyr mouthes be breatheles quite Wherfore all they are lyke to them that so doth set them forth And lyke wyse those that trust in them or thinke they be ought worth O all ye house of Israell see that ye prayse the Lorde And ye that be of Aarons house prayse him with one accord And ye that be of Leuis house prayse ye lykewise the Lorde And all that stand in awe of hym prayse him with one accord And out of Syon sound his prayse the great prayse of the Lorde Whiche dwelleth in Ierusalem praise him with one accord Confitemini Psalme Cxxxvi. N. ☞ A most earnest exhortaciō to geue thanks vnto God for the creation and gouernaunce of all thinges which standeth in confessing that he geueth vs all of his mere liberalitie PRaise ye y e lord for he is good for hys mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the God of Gods for his mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer which only doth great wōders work for his mercy endureth for euer verse 5 Which by his wisdome made the heauens for his mercy endureth for euer verse 6 Which on the waters stretcht the earth for his mercy endureth for euer verse 7 Which made great light to shine abrode for his mercy endureth for euer verse 8 As sonne to rule the lightsome day for his merry endureth for euer verse 9 The mone and sterres to guide the night for his mercy endureth for euer verse 10 Whiche smote Egipt with their first-borne for his mercy endureth for euer verse 11 And Israell brought out from them for his mercy endureth for euer verse 12 With mighty hand and stretched arme for his mercy endureth for euer verse 13 Whiche cut the red sea in two partes for his mercy endureth for euer verse 14 And Israell made passe there through for his mercy endureth for euer verse 15 And drouned Pharao and his host for his mercy endureth for euer verse 16 Through wildernes hys people led for his mercy endureth for euer verse 17 He whiche did smite greate noble kinges for his mercy endureth for euer verse 18 And whiche hath slayne the mighty kynges for his mercy endureth for euer verse 19 As Sihon king of Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer verse 20 And Og the king of Basan land for his mercy endureth for euer verse 21 And gaue their land for heritage for his mercy endureth for euer verse 22 Euen to his seruant Israell for his mercy endureth for euer verse 23 Remembred vs in base estate for his mercy endureth for euer verse 24 And from oppressors rescued vs. for his mercy endureth for euer verse 25 Which geueth fode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth for euer verse 26 Praise ye the God of heauen aboue for his mercy endureth for euer verse 27 Geue thankes vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer Super flumina Babilonis Psal. cxxxvii VV. VV ☞ The people of God in their banishment seing Gods true religion decaye lyued in greate anguish and sorow of harte the whiche grief the Eaideons did so litle pitie that they rather increased the same dayly with tauntes reproches and blasphemies againste God wherfore the Israelites desire God to punish the Edomites who prouoked the Babilonians againste them and moued by the spirite of God prophery the destruction of Babilon where they were handeled so tirannously WHen as we sat in Babylon y e riuers rounde about and in remēbraunce of Sion the teares for grief burst out We hāgd out harps instruments the willow trees vpon for in that placemen for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom we prisoners were sayde to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Ebrue songes and pleasant melody verse 4 Alas sayd we who can once frame his sorowfull hart to syng The prayses of our louing God thus vnder a straunge kyng {punctel} verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of my hart let flyde Then let my fingers quyte forget the warblyng harp to guyde verse 6 And let my tong within my mouth be tyde for euer fast If that I ioy before I see thy full deliueraunce past verse 7 Therfore O Lorde remember now the cursed noyse and cry That Edoms sonnes againste vs made when they razed our citie Remember
hys passion ☞ To him be glory foreuer The vse of the rest of the Psalmes not comprehended in the former Lable of Athanasius IF thou wouldest prayse God because he hathe geuen vs a good Prince whiche wyll and doth punish the enemies of Christes relygion vse the 21. Psalme If thou be persecuted withoute a cause if thou wouldest haue no affinitie with vice nor with the virious vse the 26. Psalme If thou wouldest not be wicked if not accōpted as a malefactor but wouldest haue them punished and thyselfe and suche other godly men defended from the tiranie vse the. 28 Psalme If thou seest the nobilitie the counsell the magistrates Princes not geuen to religion nor to the praysing of God vse the 29. Psalme If thou desirest to be iust and vertuous vse the 33. psalm If thou beest afflicted with any sicknes wouldest faine lyue and see good daies and Christes glory to be encreased vse the. 29. Psalme If thou be banished for religiō and art almost in dispaire of retorning to thy countrey vse the 42 psalme If thou perceyue thy selfe forsaken of God and therfore persecuted for religion and vertue sake vse the. 44. Psalme If thou wouldest complaine of a Doeg of a wycked man and would haue him to be voted oute and thy selfe to haue prosperitye vse the. 52 psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from thyne enemies which persecute thee vnto deathe vse the 54. Psalme If thou wouldest haue the helpe of God againste suche as persecute thee without a cause vse the 59. Psalme If thou wouldest prepare thy selfe to fight against the Idumeane or such lyke enemyes of Christ vse the 60. Psalm If thou wouldest haue Chryste to come conquere beate downe the Siriās Idumes Amonites Papistes Antichristians Nullifidians Neutralles and vngratious Pelagyans vse the 68. Psalme If thou best perswaded that Chryste wyll come and pounysh offenders ayde the true worshippers and poure oure the dregges of wyne and vengeaunce of hys cuppe on the vngodly vse the 75. Psalme If thou neither wouldest haue Idolatry neyther any lycencious lustes rayne in Christes common welth thou must geue God thankes if thou be perswaded he bothe will and can take them awaye vsing the 81 Psalme If thou wouldest gladlie know Christes Churche how that Sion signifieth it and how that the true religion shalbe delated and spred throughe the hole worlde vse the. 87. Psalme If thou goest to fight againste the Idumeans or anye of Christes enemies whether they offende in manners or in doctrine and wouldest desire God to geue the victorye vse the 108. Psalme If thou woldest liue a godly lyfe if thou wouldest replenysh thy mynde with gooly preceptes and therby obtayne imortalitie and eternall felicitie Study diligently the. 119. Psalme If thou be thrust into a Colledge or in a parish towne or countrey whose in habitours are wicked crafty and malicious picke quarels to be deliuered from them vse the. 120. Psalme If thou wouldest haue the congregatiō of Christ to prosper vse the 122. Psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from contempt infamye the derision of the wicked vse 123. Psalme when thou art deliuered out of prison captiuitie or anye distres in geuing thankes to God vse the 124. Psalme To vnderstande the saftie that those are in whiche ar vnder the tuicion of the Lorde Ioua and howe that the wicked shalbe punyshed consider the 125. Psalme If thou desirest to knowe the felicitie that he hathe which reuerenceth God and liueth godly the tranquillitie peace of conscience whiche he enioyeth in this life and the vnspeak able ioye in the life to come meditate diligentlie the 128. Ps. To vnderstand how the good and godlye are defended by the ayde of the Lord and the wicked perish consider the 129. Psalme If thou wouldest not be arrogaunte and proude vse the 131. Psalme If thou wouldest prayse vnitie and concord amonge bretherne vse the. 133. Psalme To syng prayses to god for his mercies vse the 134. Psal. FINIS Venicreator COme holy Ghost eternal God proceding from aboue Both from the Father the son the God of peace loue Uisit our mindes into vs thy heauenly grace inspire that in all truth godlines we may haue true desire Thou art the very comforter in all wo and distres The heauenly gift of God most highe which no tonguee an expres The fountaine and the liuely springe of ioy Celestiall The fyre so bright the loue so cleare and vnction spirituall Thou in thy giftes art manifold wherby Christes church doth stande In faythfull hartes writyng thy law the finger of Gods hand According to thy promise made thou geuest speache of grace That through thy helpe the prayse of God may stande in euery place O holy Gost into our wittes sende downe thy heauenly light Kindle our harts with feruent loue to serue God day and night Strength and stablish all our weaknes sofeable and so frayle That neither flesh the worlde nor deuill against vs do preuayle Put backe our enemies far from vs and graunt vs to obteyne Peace in our hartes with God and man without grudge or disdayne And graunt O Lorde that thou beyng our leader and our guide We may eschewe the snares of sinne and from thee neuer slide To vs suche plentie of thy grace good Lorde graunt we thee pray That thou maiest be our comforter at the last dreadfull day Of all strief and discention O Lord dissolue the handes And make the knots of peace and loue throughout all christen landes Graunt vs O Lord through thee to know the father most of might That of his deare beloued sonne we may atteyne the sight And that with perfect faith also we may acknowledge thee The spirit of them both alway one God in persons three Laude and prayse be to the father and to the Sonne equall And to the holy spirit also one God coeternall And pray we that the only sonne vouchesafe his Sprit to sende To all that doo professe his name vnto the worldes ende Amen Loke for the lxxxxv Psalm iii Fol. 237. The songe of S. Ambrose called Te Deum WE praise thee god we knowledg the the only Lord to be And as eternal father all the earth doth worship the. To the al angels crye the heauens and all the powers therin To the Cherub and Seraphin To crie they do not linne O Holy Holy Holy Lorde Of Saboth Lord the God Through heauē earth thy praise is spred And glory all abrode Thapostles glorious companye yelde prayses vnto thee The Prophets goodly selowship praise thee continually The noble and victorious host Of martirs sounde thy prayse The holy churche throughout the world doth knowledge thee alwayes Father of endles maiestie they doo acknowledge thee Thy Christ thine honorable true and only sonne to be The holy Ghost the comforter of glory thou art king O Christ and of the father arte the sonne euerlasting When sinfull mans decay inhand thou tokest to restore To be enclosde in virgins wombe Thou diddest not abhorre When thou
mercy Lorde is all my sute Lorde let thy mercy come The humble sute of the Sinner M. O Lorde of whom I do depend be holde my carefull hart when thy wil pleasure is relese me of my smart thou seest my sorowe what they are my gref is knowne to thee there is none y t can remoue or take the same frō me But only thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy still is prest To ease all those that come to thee for souccour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teres and greuous grone Attende vnto my sute O Lorde Marke well my plaint and mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me aboute That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot release or mitigate thys payne But euen thy Christ my Lord and God whiche for my sinnes was slayne Whose blody woundes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy sainctes beholde them all And so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hynder me a whyle When thou shalt see it good I shall enioye the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels and thy saynctes doo now beholde the same So trust I to possesse that place With them to prayse thy name But whiles I liue here in this vale where sinners doo frequent Assist me euer with thy grace My sinnes still to lament Lest that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Only thy grace must be my staye lest that I fall downe flat And being downe then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once againe my sute and my request To graunt me pardon for my sinne that I in thee may rest Then shall my hart my tong and voyce be instruments of prayse And in thy Churche and house of sainctes Sing psalmes to thee alwayes The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OUr father which in heauen art lord halowd be thy name Thy kingdō come thy will be don in earth euen as the same in heauē is Gene vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptatiō lead vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thyne bothe now and euer be The x. Commaundements Audi Israell Exod. xx N HArk Israel what I say geue hede to vnderstād I am the lord thy God y t brought thee out of Egipt land euen frō the house wherin thou didst in thraldō liue a slaue Non other gods at all before my presence shalt thou haue No maner grauen image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfayted be Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth belowe Nor in waters beneth the earth to them thou shalt not bowe Nor shalt them serue The Lorde thy God a ielous God am I That punish parents faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Upon their children that me hate and mercy doo display To thousands of suche as me loue and my precepts obey The name thou of the Lorde thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne the Lorde shall not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Sabbat day Six daies thou labour shalt and doo thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke shalt thou doo in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruaunt nor handmayd thine oxe nor yet thine asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in six dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did Upon the seuenth take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him self alone apointed to remayne Yeld honor to thy parentes that prolonged thy dayes may be Upon the land the which the Lord thy God hath geuen thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adulterye Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neyghbor doth belong Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wyfe to doo him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asseof his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbor proper is FINIS ⧠PSALMES OF DAVID Beatus vir Psalme i. T. S. Whether it was Esdras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set thys Psalme firste in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffecte herof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their life to Gods lawe And that the wicked contemners of God though they seme for a whyle fortunate yet at lengthe shall come to miserable destruction 1_THe man is blest that hath not bent to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chair 2. But in the law of god y e lord both set his whole delight in that law doth exercise him selfe both day night verse 3 He shall be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Whiche bringeth forth most pleasant fruite in her due time and tide Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fall But florish still and stand Euen so all thinges shall prosper well that this man taketh inhand verse 4 So shall not the vngodly men Although the wicked seme to beare the swing in this worlde yet the lorde scattereth them likechaffe with a blaste of his mouthe they shalbe nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the windes dryue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stande vpryght Nor yet the sinners with the iust shall come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of Godly men vnto the Lorde is knowne And eke the way of wicked men shall quyte be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalm ii T. S. Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding hys enemies rage worldely power yet God wil continue hys kyngdome for euer and aduaūce it euen to the formost ende of the worlde And therfore be exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory apart they would humbly submit themselues vnder Gods yoke Herein is signified Chryste and hys kyngdome WHy did the Gentiles tumultesraise Sing this psalme with the first tune what rage was in their braine Why dyd the Iewish people muse seyng all is but vayne verse 2 The kinges and rulers of the earth conspire and are all bent Against the lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shall we be bounde to them say they let all theyr bondes be broke Inheb greate ropes or cables And of their doctrine and theyr lawe let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doinges will deride And make them all as mocking stockes throughout the
kepe me for I trust in thee and doo confesse in dede Sing thisas the xiiii psal Thou art my God and of my good O Lorde thou hast no nede verse 2 I geue my goodnes to the sainctes that in the worlde doo dwell And namely to the faithfull flocke in vertue that excell verse 3 They shall heape sorowes on their heds which runne as they were mad To offer to the Idols gods alas it is to bad verse 4 As for theyr bloudy sacrifyce He would neyther by outeward professiō nor in hart consent with Ido latryes and offringes of that sort I will not touch nor yet therof my lippes shall make report verse 5 For why the Lorde the portion is of mine in heritaunce And thou art he that doest mainteyne my rent my lot my chaunce verse 6 The place wherin my lot did fall in beauty did excell Mine heritage assigned to me doth please me wondrous well verse 7 I thanke the Lorde that caused me The faithfular sure to perseuer to the ende to vnderstand the right For by hismeanes my secreat thoughtes do teache me euery nyght verse 8 I set the Lorde still in my sight and trust in him ouer all For he doth stande on my ryght hand therfore I shall not fall verse 9 Wherfore my hart and tong also doeth bothe reioyse together My fleshe and body rest in hope when I this thyng consider verse 10 Thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue for Lorde thou louest me That is to say hys lyfe Nor yet will geue thyne holy one corruption for to see verse 11 But wilt teache me the way to lyfe Where god fauoreth there is perfit felicitie for all treasures and store Of perfect ioy are in thy face and power for euermore Exaudi domine iustitiam meam Psal. xvii T. S Here he complayneth to god of thecruel pride and arrogancye of Saule and the rest of his enemies who thus raged withoute anye cause geuen on his part therfore he desireth God to reuenge his innocency and deliuer him This Psalm ought diligently to be noted of sucheas receiue euell for well doyng O Lorde geue eare to my iust cause Sing this as the. xiiii psalme attend when I complaine And heare the prayer that I put forth with lippes that doo not fayne verse 2 And let the iudgement of my cause procede alwayes from thee And let thyne eyes beholde and cleare thys my simplicitie verse 3 Thouhast well tryed me in the night and yet couldst nothyng fynde That I haue spoken with my tonge that was not in my minde verse 4 As from the workes of wicked men and pathes peruerse and ill For loue of thy most holy worde I haue refrayned styll verse 5 Then in thy pathes that be most pure stay me Lorde and preserue That from the way wherin I walke my steppes may neuer swerue verse 6 For I dou call to thee O Lorde surely thou wylt me ayde Then heare my prayer way right wel the wordes that I haue sayde verse 7 O thou the sauiour of all them that put theyr trust in thee Declare thy strength on thē that spurn against thy maiestie verse 8 O kepe me Lord as thou wouldst kepe the apple of thine eye And vnder couert of thy winges defend me secretly The seconde parte verse 9 From wicked men that trouble me and dayly me anoy Ind from my foes that go about my soule for to destroy verse 10 10 Whiche wallow in their worldly wealth so full and eke so fat That in theyr pride they do not spare to speake they care not what verse 11 They lye in wayte where we should passe Meaning himself and his cōpanyons with craft me to confounde And musing mischief in their mindes to cast me to the grounde verse 12 Muche lyke a Lyon gredely that would hys praye embrace Or lurking like a Lyons whelpe within some secrete place verse 13 Up Lorde with hast preuent my foe and cast hym at thy feete Saue thou my soule from the euil man and with thy sworde him smite verse 14 Deliuer me Lorde by thy power out of these tyrantes handes Whiche nowe so longe time raigned haue and kepe vs in theyr bandes verse 15 I meane from worldly men to whom all worldly goodes are ryse That haue no hope nor part of ioy but in this present lyfe Thou of thy store theyr bellies filst with pleasures to their minde Theyr children haue inough and leaue to theirs the rest behinde verse 16 But I shall with pure conscience beholde thy gratious face So when I wake I shalbe full with thine image and grace Diligam te domine psal xviii T. S. This Psalme is the fyrste beginnyng of Dauids saluation and thancks geuing in the entring into his kingdome wherin he extolleth and praiseth most highly the maruelous mercies and grace of God who hathe bothe preserued and defended hym he setteth forthe the Image of Christes kingdome painted in hys kindom that the faithfull mai be assured that Christe shall alwayes conquere and ouercome by the vnspeakable power of hys father though all the whole world shuld say there against O God my strēgth and fortitude of force I must loue the Thou art my castell defence in mine necessitie My god my rock in whō I trust y e worker of my wealth my refuge buckler my shield y e horn of al mi health verse 3 When I sing laud vnto the Lorde most worthy to be strued Then fro my foes I am right sure that I shalbe preserued verse 4 The panges of death did compas me and bounde me euery where The flowing waues of wickednes did put me in great feare verse 5 The slie and suttell snares of hell were round aboute me set And for my death there was preparde a deadly trapping net verse 6 I thus beset with payne and gryef did pray to God for grace And he forthwith did heare my playnt out of his holy place verse 7 Suche is hys power that in his wrath he made the earth to quake Yea the foundation of the mounte of Basan for to shake verse 8 And from his nostrels came a smoke When kindled was his ire And from his mouth came kindled coles of hote consuming fire verse 9 The Lorde descended from aboue and bowde the heauens hie And vnderneth his fete he cast the darknes of the skye verse 10 On Cherubs and on Cherubins full royally he rode and on the winges of all the windes came fliyng all abrode The second parte And like a denne most darke he made his denne and secret place With waters black and ayrie cloudes enuironed he was verse 12 But when the presence of his face in brightnes shall appeare Then cloudes consume in their stead come hayles and coales of fyre verse 13 These fiery dartes and thunder boltes disperse them here and there And with his often lightninges he puttes them in great feare verse 14 Lorde at thy wrath and threatenings and at thy chyding cheare The springes and the
to walke abrode at large The seconde parte verse 9 Great grief O Lord doeth me assaile some pitye on me take Mine eyes waxe dimme my might doth my wombe for wo doth ake verse 10 My lyfe is worne with grief and paine faile my yeares in wo are past My strength is gone through disdaine my bones corrupt and wast verse 11 Amonge my foes I am a scorne my frendes are all dismaide My neighbours and my kinsmen borne to see me are afrayde verse 12 As men once dead are out of minde so am I now forgot As small effect in me they finde as in a broken pot verse 13 I heard the bragges of all the route theyr threates my minde did fraye How they conspirde and went about to take my lyfe awaye verse 14 But Lorde I trust in thee for ayde not to be ouer trod For I confesse and still haue saide thou art my Lorde and God verse 15 The length of all my lyfe and age O Lorde is in thy hand Defend me from the wrathes and rage of them that me withstand verse 16 16 To me thy seruaunt Lord expresse and shew thy ioifull face And saue me Lorde for thy goodnes thy mercy and thy grace The thirde parte verse 17 Lorde 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 fall verse 18 Oh how great good hast thou in store layde vp full safe for them That feare and trust in thee therfore before the sonnes of men verse 19 Thy presence shall thē fence and guide from al proud bragges and wrongs Within thy place thou shalt them hyde from all the stryfe of tonges verse 20 Thankes to the lord that hath declard on me his grace so farre Me to defend with watche and ward as in a towne of warre verse 21 Thus did I say both day and night when I was sore opprest Loe I was cleane cast out of sight yet heardst thou my request verse 22 Ye sainctes loue ye the Lord I say the faithfull he doth guide And to the proude he will repay according to their pride verse 23 Be strong and God shall stay your hart be bolde and haue a lust For sure the Lorde wyll take your part sith ye on him doo trust Beati quorum remissi sunt Psal. xxxii T. S. Dauid punished with greuous sicknes for his sinnes counteth them happy to whom God doeth not impute theyr transgressions And after that he had confessed his sinnes and obteyned pardon he exhorteth the wicked men to lyue godly and the good to reioyse THe man is blest whose wickednes the Lorde hath cleane remitted Sing this as the. xxx psal And he whose sin and wretchednes is hid and also couered verse 2 And blest is he to whom the Lorde imputeth not hys sinne Whyche in hys hart hath hid no guile nor fraude is founde therin verse 3 For whilst that I kept close my sinne in silence and constraynt My bones did weare and wast away with dayly mone and playnt verse 4 For night and day thy hand on me so greuous was and smert That all my bloud and humours moist to drines did conuert verse 5 I did therfore confes my fault and all my sinnes discouer Then thou O Lord diddest me forgeue and all my sinnes passe ouer verse 6 The humble man shall pray therfore and seke thee in due time So that the floudes of waters great shall haue no power on hym verse 7 When trouble and aduersitie doo compasse me about Thou art my refuge and my ioye and thou doest rid me out verse 8 Come hither and I shall thee teache howe thou shalt walke a right And will thee guide as I my self haue learnd by profe and sight verse 9 Be not so rude and ignoraunt as is the horse and mule Whose mouth without a raine or bit from harme thou canst not rule verse 10 The wicked man shall manifolde sorowes and grief sustayne But vnto him that trusteth in God his goodnes shall remayne verse 11 Be mery therfore in the Lorde ye iust lyft vp your voyce And ye of pure and perfect hart be glad and eke reioyce Exultate iusti in domino Psalm xxxiii I. H. He exhorteth good men to prayse God for that he hath not only created all thynges and by his prouidence gouerneth the same but also is faythful in his promises He vnderstandeth mans hart and soattereth the counsell of the wicked So that no man can be preserued by any creature or mans strength but they that put their confidence in hys mercy shalbe preserued from all aduersitie YE rightuous in the Lorde reioyse it is a semely sight Sing this as the. xxx psalme That vpright men with thankfull voyce should prayse the God of might verse 2 Prayse ye the Lorde with harp and songe in Psalmes and pleasant thinges With lute and instrument among that soundeth with ten stringes verse 3 Sing to the Lord a song most new with courage geue him prayes verse 4 For why his word is euer true his workes and all his wayes verse 5 To iudgement equitie and right he hath a great good will And with his gifts he doth delight the earth through out to fill verse 6 For by the worde of God alone the heauens all were wrought Theyr hostes and powers euery chone his breath to passe hathe brought verse 7 The waters great gathered hath he on heapes within the shore And hid them in the depth to be as in an house of store verse 8 All men on earth both least and most feare God and kepe hys lawe Be that inhabite in eche cost dreade hym and stande in awe verse 9 what he cōmaunded wrought it was at once with present spede what he doth will is brought to passe with full effect in dede verse 10 The counsels of the nacions rude the Lorde doth drine to nought No counsell cā preuaile against God but shall haue ill succes He doth defeate the multitude of their deuise and thought verse 11 11 But his decres continue still they neuer slake or swage The motions of his mind and will take place in euery age The secōd parte verse 12 And blest are they to whom the Lorde as God and guide is knowen Whom he doth chose of mere accorde to take them as his owne verse 13 The Lorde from heauen cast his sight on men mortall by birth verse 14 Considering from his seate of might the dwellers of the earth verse 15 Te lord I say whose hād hath wrought mans hart and doth it frame For he alone doth know the thought and working of the same verse 16 A king that trusteth in his host God only deliuereth and preserueth his people shall nought preuayle at length The man that of his might doth boast shall fall for all his strength verse 17 The troupes of horsemen eke shall faile their sturdie stedes shall sterue The strength of horse shall not preuaile the rider to
I. H A notable deliueraunce of Hierusalem frō the handes of many kings is mentioned for the which thankes are giuen to God and the estate of that citie is praysed that hathe God so presently at all tymes redye to defende them this Psalme semeth to be made in the tyme of Ahaz Iosaphat Asa or Ezechia for in their times chiefly was the citie by forayne Prynces assaulted GReat is the Lorde and with greate prayse Sing this as the. xlvi psalme to be aduaunced styll Within the citie of our Lorde vpon hys holy hyll Mount Sion is a plesant place it gladdeth all the lande The cytie of the myghty kynge on her northside doth stande Within the pallaces therof God is a refuge knowen For loe the kings were gathered and together eke were gone But when they did beholde it so they wondred and they weare Astonyed muche and sodenly were driuen backe with feare Great terrour there on them did falle for euery wo they crye As doth a woman when she shall go trauayle by and by As thou with esterne winde the shippes vpon the sea doest breake So they were stayd and euen as we harde oure fathers speake So in the citie of the Lorde we saw as it was tolde yea in the citie which oure Lorde for euer will vpholde O Lorde we wayte and doo attende on thy good helpe and grace For whiche we doo all times attende within thy holly place O Lorde according to thy name for euer is thy prayse And thy ryght hand O Lord is full of rightuousnes alwayes Let for thy iudgements Sion mounte full filled be with ioyes And eke of Iuda graunt O Lorde the daunger to reioyse Goe walke about all Syon hyll yea rounde about her go And tell the towres that theruppon are bilded in a rowe And marke ye well her bulwarks all beholde her towres there That ye may tell therof to them that after shalbe here For this God is our God our God for euermore is he yea and vnto the death also our guider shall he be Audite haec omnes Psal. xlix T. S. The holy Ghost calleth all mē to the consideration of mans lyft shewing them not to be most happye that are most wealthy and therefore not to be feared but contrariwyse he lifteth vp our mindes to consider how al thinges are ruled by gods prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldly miseryes to euerlastyng torments so doeth he preserue his will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection i. Thes. i. ALl people herken and geue eare Sing this as the. xlv psalme To that that I shall tell Both high and low both riche and poore that in the worlde doo dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thynges right wise In vnderstanding shall my hart his study exercise verse 4 I will inclyne myne eare to knowe the parables so darke And open all my doubtfull speache in metre on my harpe verse 5 why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toyle Or els my foes whiche at my heles are prest my life to spoyle verse 6 For as for suche as ryches haue wherin their trust is most And they which of their treasures greate them selues doo bragge and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeme Or that can geue a price to God sufficient for hym verse 8 It is to great a pryce to pay none can therto attayne verse 9 Or that he might his lyfe prolong or not in graue remayne verse 10 They see wise men as well as foles subiect vnto deathes handes And beyng dead straungers possesse theyr goods theyr rentes their lāds verse 11 Theyr care is to builde houses fayre and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 Yet shall no man alwayes enioy high honor wealth and rest But shall at length tast of deathes cup as well as the brute beast The seconde parte verse 13 And though they try these folish thoughts to be most leud and vayne Theyr children yet approue theyr talke and in like sinne remayne verse 14 As shepe into the folde are brought so shall they into graue Death shall them eate and in that day the iust shall Lordship haue Their image and theyr royall port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they passe with wo and weale away verse 15 But God will surely preserue me from death and endles payne Because he will of his good grace my soule receyue agayne verse 16 If any man waxe wonderous riche feare not I say therfore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 17 17 For when he dieth of all these thinges nothing shall he receyue His glory will not folow hym his pompe will take her leaue verse 18 Yet in this lyfe he takth him selfe the happiest vnder sunne And others likewise flatter him saying all is well done verse 19 And presuppose he liue as long as did his fathers olde Yet must he nedes at length geue place and be brought to deathes fold verse 20 Thus man to honor God hath calde yet doth he not consider But like brute beastes so dothe he lyue whiche turne to dust and pouder Deus deorum Psalme L. I. H. He prophecieth how God will call all nations by the Gospell and require no other sacrifices of his people but confession of his benefites and thankes geuyng and how he detesteth all such as seme zelous of Ceremonies and not of the pure worde of God onely THe god of Gods the lord hath calde the earth by name from where the sonne doth rise vnto the setting of the same Frō Syon hys faire place hys glory bryght and cleare The perfect beutye of his grace from thence it did appeare verse 3 Our God shall come in haste to speake he shall not doubte Before him shall the fire waste and tempest rounde aboute verse 4 The heauens from on hye the earth below lykewise He will call forth to iudge and try his folke he doeth deuise verse 5 Bring forth my sainctes sayth he my faithfull flocke so dere Which are in band and league with me my lawe to loue and feare verse 6 And when these thinges are tried the heauens shall recorde That God is iust and all must byde the iudgment of the Lorde verse 7 My people O geue heede Israell to thee I crye I am thy God thy healpe at neede thou canst it not denye verse 8 I doo not say to thee thy sacrifice is slacke Thou offrest dayly vnto me muche more then I doo lacke verse 9 Thinkest thou that I doo nede thy cattell yonge or olde Or ells so muche desire to feede on goates out of thy foulde verse 10 Naye all the beastes are mine in woodes that eate their filles And thousands more of nete and kine that runne wilde in the hilles verse 11 The birdes that builde on hie In hilles and oute of sight And the beastes that in the
straunge sorts declareth him self to them And therfore Gods church by reason of his promises graces and victoryes doth excell without comparyson alworldly thyngs he exhorteth therfore all men to praise God for euer LEt God aryse and then his foes wil turn them selues to flyght His enmies then will runne abrode and scatter out of syght as the fire doth melt y e wax wind blow smoke awaye so in the presence of y e lord the wicked shal decay verse 3 But righteous men before the Lorde shall hartely reioyce They shalbe glad and mery all and chearefull in their voice verse 4 Sing prayse sing prayse vnto the Lord who rideth on the skie Extoll this name of Iah our God and him do magnifie verse 5 That same is he that is aboue within his holy place That father is of fatherles and iudge of widowes case verse 6 Houses he geuth and issue bothe vnto the comfortles He bringeth bondmen out of thrall and rebelles to distres verse 7 When thou diddest march before thy folk the Egiptians from among And brought theÌ„ through the wildernes whiche was both wide and long verse 8 Thearth did quake y e rain powred downe heard were great claps of thunder The mount Sinai shoke in such sort as it would cleaue a sunder verse 9 Thine heritage with drops of rayne aboundantly was washt And if so be it baren waxt by thee it was refresht verse 10 Thy chosen flock doth there remayne thou hast preparde that place And for the pore thou dost prouide of thine especiall grace The second parte verse 11 God will geue women causes iust to magnifye his name When as his people triumphes make and purchase brut and fame verse 12 For puissant kinges for all their power shall flee and take the foyle And women whiche remayne at home shall helpe to part the spoyle verse 13 And though you were as black as pots your hew should pas the doue whose winges and fethers seme to haue Or triuets siluer and gold aboue verse 14 when in this land God shall triunphe ouer kynges bothe hyge and lowe Then shall it be lyke Salmon hyll as whyte as any snowe verse 15 Though Basan be a frutefull hyll The church of God doth excel all worldly thinges not in outward pomp but by the grace of God whyche there remaynth because of his promise and in heyght others pas Yet Sion Gods most holy hyll doth farre excell in grace verse 16 why brag ye thus ye hils most high and leape for pride together This hill of Sion God doth loue and there will dwell for euer verse 17 Gods army is two millions of warriours good and strong The Lorde also in Sinai is present them among verse 18 Thou didst O Lord ascend on high and captiues led them all whiche in times past thy chosen flock in prison kept and thrall Thou madst them tribute for to paye God toke not taxes to enriche himselfe but to bestow them on his churche and therfore in the nu to theâ—he S. Paule saith he gaue gifts folowing the grek translatioÌ„ Seâ—â—th and suche as did repine Thou didst subdue that they might dwell in thy temple deuine verse 19 Now praysed be the Lord for that he powreth on vs suche grace From day to day he is the God of our health and solace The thirde parte verse 20 He is the God from whom alone saluation commeth playne He is the God by whom we scape all daungers death and payne verse 21 Thus god wil wound his enemies head and breake the heary scalpe Of those that in theyr wickednes continually doo walke verse 22 From Basan will I brynge sayd he my people and my shepe He meanth the victory whiche Dauid had of Og. king of Basan And all mine owne as I haue done from daunger of the depe verse 23 And make them dip theyr fete in bloud of those that hate my name And dogs shal haue theyr tongs embrude with licking of the same verse 24 All men may see how thou O God thyne enemies dost deface And how thou goest as God and kyng into thy holy place verse 25 The singers goo befrre with ioy the minstrels folow after And in the midst the damsels play with timbrell and with taber verse 26 Now in thy congregations O Israell prayse the Lord And Iacobs whole posteritie geue thankes with one accorde verse 27 27 Their chief was little Beniamin Because he was the yoÌ„gest of the Patriarches Iacobs sonnes he callech hym lytell Beniamin but Iuda made theyr host with Zabulon and Neptalim whiche dweld about theyr cost verse 28 As God hathe geuen powre to thee so Lorde make firme and sure The thing that thou hast wrought in vs for euer to indure verse 29 And in thy temple giftes will we geue vnto thee O Lorde For thyne vnto Ierusalem sure promise made by word The for the parte Yea and straunge kings to vs subdued shall doo lyke in those dayes I meane to thee they shall present theyr gifts of laude and prayes verse 30 He shall destroy the spear mens rancks these calues and bulles of myght And cause them tribute pay and daunt all suche as loue to fyght verse 31 Then shall the Lordes of Egipt come and presents with them bryng The mores most black shall stretch their haÌ„ds vnto their lord and king verse 32 Therfore ye kingdomes of the earth geue prayse vnto the Lorde Sing Psalmes to God with one coÌ„sent therto let all accorde verse 33 who though he ryde and euer hath aboue the heauens bryght Yet by the fearfull thunder claps men may well know hys myght verse 34 Therfore the strength of Israell ascribe to God on hie whose mighte and power doth far exteÌ„d aboue the cloudy skye verse 35 O God thy holines and power is dread for euermore The God of Israell geueth vs strength praysed be God therfore Saluum me fac domine Psalm lxix I. H The complayntes prayers feruent zele and great anguish of Dauid is set forth as a figure of Chryst and all hys membres the malicious crucitye of thenemies and theyr punishment also where Iudas and suche traytours are accursed Then gathered he courage in hys affliction and offereth prayses vnto God whych are more acceptable then all sacrifyces wherof all the afflicted may take comforte Finallye he doth prouoke all creatures to prayses prophecying of the kyngdome of Chryst and the buildyng of Iuda where all the faythful and their sede shall dwell for euer SAue me O God that with spede the waters flowe full fast So nie my soule doo they procede that I am sore agast I sticke full depe in filthe and clay wheras I fele no ground I fall into suche flouds I say that I am like be drounde verse 3 With crying oft I faynt and quayle my throte is horse and drye With loking vp my sight doth fayle for helpe to God on hye verse 4 My foes that giltles doo oppres my soule with hate are led In number sure they
enquire For thine elect to lye in wayte theyr councell doth conspire verse 4 4 Come on sayd they let vs expell and plucke these folke awaye So that the name of Israell may vtterly decay verse 5 They all conspire within theyr hart how they may thee withstand Agaynst the Lorde to take a parte they are in league and bande verse 6 The tentes of all the Edomites the Ismalites also The Hagarenes and Moabites with diuers other more verse 7 Geball with Ammon and likewise dothe Amalece conspire The Phillistines against thee ryse with them that dwell at Cyre verse 8 And Assur eke is well apaide with them in league to be And doeth become afence and ayde to Lots posteritie verse 9 As thou diddest to the Madianites so serue them Lorde echeone As to Cicer and to Iabin beside the broke kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor diddest descry and wast them through thy might That they like doung on earth did lye and not in open sighte verse 11 Make them now theyr Lords appere like Zeb and Oreb then As Zebah and Zalmana we are the kynges of Madian verse 12 Whiche said let vs throughout the land in all the costes abrode Posses and take into our hand the fayer houses of God verse 13 Tourn them O God with storms as fast as wheeles that haue no staye Or lyke as chaffe whiche men doo cast with windes to flee awaye verse 14 Lyke as the fire with rage and fume the mightye forest spilles And as the flame doth quyte consume the mountaynes and the hilles verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath vpon theyr neckes be layde And of thy stormy wynde and shower Lorde make them all afrayed verse 16 Lorde brynge them all I thee desire to suche 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 sclaunder fall And in rebuke and oblique to perish eke with all verse 18 That they may know fele full well that thou art called Lord And that alone thou doest excell and raygne throughout the worlde Quam dilecta tabernacula Psal. lxxxiiii I. H. Dauid driuen forth of his countrey desireth most ardently to come a gayne to the Tabernacle of the Lord and the assembly of the saincts to prayse God pronouncing them blessed that may so doo Then he prayseth the courage of the people that passe thorow the wildernes to assemble them selues in Sion Finally with prayse of this matter confidence of Gods goodnes he endeth the Psalme HOwe pleasaunt is the dwelling place Sing this as the. lxvii psalme O Lorde of hostes to mee The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasaunte Lorde they bee verse 2 My soule doth longe full sore to go into thy courtes abrode My hart doth lust my flesh also in thee the liuing God verse 3 The sparrowes finde a rome to rest and saue them selues from wrong And eke the swalow hath a neste wherin to kepe her yong verse 4 These birdes full nigh thine aulter maye haue place to sitte and synge O Lorde of hostes thou art I say my God and eke my kynge verse 5 Oh they be blessed that may dwell within thy house alwayse For they all tymes thy factes doo tell and euer geue thee prayse verse 6 yea happy sure lykewise arthey whose staye and strength thou art Which to thy house doo minde the way and seke it in theyr hart verse 7 As they go through the vale of teares they digge vp fountaynes still That as a spring it all appeeres and thou theyr pittes doest fill verse 8 From strength to strength they walke full fast no fayntnes there shalbe And so the God of Gods at laste in Sion they doo see verse 9 O Lorde of hostes to me geue heede and heare when I doo praye And let it through thine eares procede O Iacobes God I saye verse 10 O Lorde our shilde of thy good grace regarde and so draw nere Regarde I say beholde the face of thyne anoynted deere verse 11 For why within thy courtes one daye is better to abyde Then other where to keepe or staye a thousand dayes beside verse 12 Muche 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 Lorde light and defence will grace and worship geue And no good thing shall he witholde from them that purely lyue verse 14 O Lorde of hostes that man is blest and happy sure is he That is perswaded in his brest to trust all times in thee Benedixisti domine Psalme lxxxv I. H Because God with drewe not his roddes from his churche after the retorne from Babilon first they put him in mind of theyr delyueraūce to the entent that he should not leue the worcke of his grace vnperfite next they complaine of theyr long affliction And thirdlye the reioyce in hope of felicytie promised for their deliueraunce was a figure of Christes kingdome vnder which should be perfit felycitie THou hast ben mercyfull in dede Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. O Lorde vnto thy land For thou restoredst Iacobs sede from thraldom oute of bande verse 2 The wicked wayes that they were in thou didst them cleane remitte And thou didst hide thy peoples sinne full close thou coueredst it verse 3 Thine anger eke thou didst asswage that all thy wrath was gon And so didst tourne the from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health doo now conuert thy people vnto thee Put all thy wrath from vs aparte and anger cese to be verse 5 Why shall thyne anger neuer ende but still procede on vs And shall thy wrath it selfe extend vpon all ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not rather tourne therfore and quicken vs that we And all thy folke may euermore be glad and ioy in thee verse 7 O Lorde on vs doo thou declare thy goodnes to our welth Shew forth to vs and doo not spare thine ayde and sauing health verse 8 I will hark what God saith for he speaketh to his people peace And to his sainctes that neuer they returne to folishnes verse 9 For why his health is still at hand to suche as him doo feare Wherby great glory in our lande shall dwell and florish there verse 10 For truth and mercy there shall mete in one to take their place And peace also iustice greete with kis and there they shall imbrace verse 11 As truth from earth shall spring a pace and florish pleasauntly So righteousnes shall shew her face and loke from heauen hye verse 12 Yea-God him selfe shall take in hand to geue vs eche good thinge And through the costes of all our land the earth her frutes shall bringe verse 13 Before his face shall iustice goe muche lyke a guide or stay He shall direct his steppes also and kepe them in the way Inclina domine aurem Psalm lxxxvi I. H. Dauid sore afflicted and forsaken
the Lorde The third parte My former force of strength he hath abated in the way And shorter he did cut my dayes thus I therfore did say My God in middes of all my dayes now take me not away Thy yeres endure eternally from age to age for ay Thou the foundations of the earth before all time hast layde And Lorde the heauens are the work which thine owne hands haue made Yea they shall perish and decay but thou shalt tary still And they shall all in tyme waxe olde euen as a garment will Thou as a garment shalt then chaunge and changed shall they be But thou doest still abide the same thy yeares doo neuer flee The children of thy seruantes shall continually endure And in thy sight their happy sede for euer shall stand sure 1 Benedic anima mea Psalm Ciii T. S. This is a Psalme most excellent wherin the Prophet doth prouoke men and angels and all creatures to prayse the Lorde for his fatherly mercyes and deliuerance of his people from all euils for his prouivence ouer all thinges and the preseruation of the faithfull My soule geue laud vnto the lord my sprite shall doo the same and all the secrets of my hart praise ye his holy name Geue thanks to god for all his gifts shew not thy self vnkind suffer not his benefites to slip out of thy mind verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faults and thee restored agayne For all thy weake and frayle disease and healde thee of thy payne verse 4 4 That did redeme thy life from death from whiche thou couldest not flee His mercy and compassion bothe he did extend to thee verse 5 That filled with goodnes thy desyre and did prolong thy youth Like as the Egle casteth her bill wherby her age renueth verse 6 The Lorde with iustice doth repaye all suche as be opprest So that their suffrings their wrongs are turned to the best verse 7 his wayes and his commaundements to Moyses he did shew His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did know verse 8 The Lorde is kinde and mercyfull when sinners doo him greue The slowest to conceyue a wrath and rediest to forgeue verse 9 He chideth not vs contiuually though we be full of stryfe Nor kepeth our faultes in memory for all our sinfull lyfe verse 10 Nor yet according to our sinnes the Lorde doth vs regarde Nor after our iniquities he doth not vs rewarde verse 11 But as the space is wondrous great twixt heauen and earth aboue So is his goodnes muche more large to them that do him loue verse 12 God doth remoue our sinnes from vs and our offences all As farre as is the sunne rising full distant from his fall The second part verse 13 And loke what pitte parents deare vnto their children beare Like pitie beareth the Lorde to suche as worship him in feare verse 14 The lord y t made vs knoweth our shape our mould and fashion iust Howe weake and frayle our nature is and how we be but dust verse 15 And how the tyme of mortall men is lyke the withering hay Or like the floure right fayre in field that fadth full sone away verse 16 Whose glosse beautie stormy windes doo vtterly disgrace And make that after theyr assaults suche blossomes haue no place verse 17 But yet the goodnes of the Lorde with his shall euer stand Theyr childrens children do receyue his righteousnes at hand verse 18 I incane which kepe his couenant with all theyr whole desire And not forget to doo the thing that he doth them require verse 19 The heauens hie are made the seate and fotestole of the Lorde And by his power imperiall he gouerneth all the world verse 20 ye angels whiche are great in power prayse ye and bles the Lorde Which to obey and doo his wyll immediatly accorde verse 21 Ye noble hostes and ministers cease not to laude hym styll Which ready are to execute hys pleasure and his wyll verse 22 ye all his workes in euery place prayse ye his holy name My hart my mynde and eke my soule prayse ye also the same Benedic anima mea Psalm Ciiii w. K An excellent psalme to prayse God for the creation of the worlde and the gouernance of the same by his maruelous prouidence where in the Prophet prayeth againste the wicked who are occasions that God diminisheth his blessings My soule praise the lord speake good of his name O lord our great god how dost theâ— appeare So passing in glory that great is thy same honour and maiestie in thee shine most cleare with light as a robe thou hast thee beclad wherby all the earth thy greatnes may see the heauens in such sort thou also hast spread that it to a curtaine compared may be verse 3 His chamber beames lye in the cloudes full sure Which as his charet are made him to beare And there with much swiftnes his course dothindure Upon the winges riding of winde in the ayre He maketh his sprites as herauldes to go And lightnings to serue we see also prest His will to accomplish they runne to and fro To saue or consume thinges as semeth him best verse 5 He groundeth the earth so firmely and fast That it once to moue none haue shall sucke power verse 6 The depe afaire couering for it made thon hast Which by his owne nature the hilles wolde deuoure verse 7 But at thy rebuke the waters doo flee And so geue due place thy worde to obaye At thy voyce of thunder so fearfull they be That in theyr great raging they hast sone away The mountaynes full hygh they then vp ascend If thou doo but speake So likewise the valleis moste quickely descend Where thou them appointest remayne they doo still verse 9 Their bondes hast thou set how farre they shall runne So as in their rage not that pas they can For God hathe appointed they shall not returne The earth to destroy more whiche made was for man verse 10 He sendeth the springs to strong streames or lakes Which runne doo full swyft amonge the huge hilles verse 11 Where both the wilde asses their thirst oft times slakes And beastes of the mountaynes therof drink their filles verse 12 By these pleasant springs or fouutaynes full fayre The foules of the ayre abide shall and dwell Who moued by nature to hoppe here and there Among the grene branches their songs shall excell verse 13 The mountaines to moist the cloudes he doth vse The earth with his workes are wholy repleat verse 14 14 So as the brute cattell he dooeth not refuse But grasse doth prouyde them and herbe for mans meate verse 15 Yea breade wine and oyle he made for mans sake His face to refresh and hart to make strong verse 16 The ceders of Liban this greate Lorde dyd make Whiche trees he doeth nourish that grow vp so long verse 17 In these may birdes buylde and make there theyr nest In firre trees the storckes remayne and abyde verse 18
procede His house with good he will fulfill His rightousnes endure shall still verse 4 Unto the righteous doth aryse In trouble ioy in darkenes light Compassion in his eyes and mercy alwayes in hys syght verse 5 yea pitie moueth suche to lend he doeth by iudgement things expend verse 6 And surely suche shall neuer fayle for in remembrance had is he verse 7 7 No tidings ill can make him quayle who in the Lorde sure hope doeth se. verse 8 His hart is firme hys feare is past for he shall se his foes downe cast verse 9 He did well for the poore prouide his rightousnes shall still remayne And his estate with prayse abyde though that the wicked man disdaine verse 10 yea gnash his teeth thereat shall he and so consume his state to see Laudate pueri Psalme Cxiii VV. K. An exhortation to prayse the Lorde for his prouidence in that that contrarye to the course of nature he worketh in hys Churche YE childrē which do serue y e lord prayse ye his name with one accord yea blessed be alwayes his name who from the rising of the sunne til it returne where it begonne is to be praysed with great fame The Lord all peoples doth surmount As for his glory we may counte aboue the heauens hygh to be With God the Lorde who may compare whose dwellyngs in the heauens are of such great power and force is he verse 6 He doeth abase him self we knowe thinges to beholde bothe here belowe And also in heauen aboue verse 7 7 The nedie out of dust to drawe And eke the poore whiche helpe none saw verse 8 His onlye mercy did him moue And so him set in high degre with princes of great dignitie That rule his people with great fame verse 9 The barren he doth make to beare And with great ioye her frute to reare therfore prayse ye his holy name In exitu Israel C. xiiii VV. VVhit Howe the Israelites were delyuered out of Egipt and of the wonderfull miracles that God shewed at that tyme whiche put vs in remembraunce of Goddes great mercyes towardes his children and of oure vnthankfullnes for the same WHen Israell by Gods addres from Pharos land was bent Sing this as the. ixxviii psa And Iacobs house the straungers left and in the same trayne went verse 2 In Iuda God his glory shewde his holynes most bryght So did the Israelites declare his kingdom power and myght verse 3 The sea it saw and sodenly as all amased did flee The roring streaimes of Iordans floud reculed backwardly verse 4 As rammes afrayde the mountaines skipt theyr strength did them forsake And as the sely tremblyng lambes theyr toppes did beate and shake verse 5 What ayled the sea as all amased so sodenly to flee Ye rowlyng waues of Iordans floud why ran ye backwardly verse 6 Why shoke ye hils as Rammes afrayd why did your strength so shake Why did your tops as trembling lambs for feare quiuer and quake verse 7 O earth confesse thy soueraygne Lord and dread hys myghty hand Before the face of Iacobs God feare ye both sea and land verse 8 I meane the God which frō hard rocks doth cause many flouds appeare And from the stony flint doth make gush out the fountaynes cleare Non nobis domine Psalme Cxv. N. A prayer of the faythful oppressed by idolatrous tirants against whō they desire that God woulde succor them for asmuche as there is no comparyson betwene him and theyr false God or Idoles trustyng most constantly that God will preserue them in this theyr nede seeyng that he hath adopted and receaued them to hys fauoure promising finally that they will not be vnmindfull of so greate a benefyte if it would please God to heare theyr prayer and delyuer them by his omnipotent power NOt vnto vs Lord not to vs but to thy name geue prayse bothe for the mercy and the truthe that are in thee alwayes Why shall the Heathen scorners say where is theyr God become Our God in heauen is and what he will that hath he done Their idols siluer are and gold worke of mens handes they be They haue a mouth and do not speake and eyes and doo not see And they haue eares ioynd to their heds and doo not heare at all And noses eke they formed haue and doo not smell withall And handes they haue and handle not ▪ and feete and doo not goo A throte they haue yet through the same they make no sounde to blowe Those that make them be like to them and those whose trust they be O Israell trust in the Lorde their help and shield is he O Aarons house trust in the Lorde their helpe and shield is he Trust ye the Lorde that feare the Lord ▪ their help and sheld is he The Lord hath mindefull ben of vs and will vs bles also On Israels and Aarons house his blissing he will shew They did beset me round about with wordes of hatefull spite Without all cause of my desert against me did they fight For my good will they were my foes but then gan I to pray my good with ill my frendlynes with hate they did repay The second parte Set thou the wicked ouer him to haue the vpper hand At his right hand eke suffer thou his hatefull foe to stand When he is iudged let him then condemned be therin And let the prayer that he makes be turned into sinne Few be his dayes his charge also let thou an other take His children let be fatherles his wyfe a wydow make Let his ofspring be vagabundes to begge and seke theyr bread wandring out of the wasted place where erst they haue ben fed Let couetous extorcionet catch all his goods and store And let the straungers spoyle the frutes of all his toyle before Let there be none to pitie him let there be none at all That on his children fatherles will let their mercye fall And so let his posteritie for euer be destroyed Their name out blotted in the age that after shall succed Let not his fathers wickednes from Gods remembrance fall And let thou not his mothers sinne be done away at all But in the presence of the Lorde let them remayne foray That from the earth their memorye he may cut cleane away Sith mercye he forgat to shew but did pursue with spite The troubled man and sought to slay the woefull harted wight The third parte As he did cursing loue it shall betide vnto him so And as he did not blessing loue it shalbe far him froe As he with cursing clad himself so it like water shall Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befall As garment let it be to him to couer him for ay And as a girdle wherwith he shall girded be alwaye Lo let this same be from the Lord the guerdon of my foe Yea and of those that euell speake against my soule also But thou O Lorde that art my God deale thou I say with me After thy
name delyuer me for good thy mercies be Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and pore And eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore Them that be fearers of the Lord the lorde will blesse them all Euen he will blesse them euery one the great and eke the small To you I say the louing Lord will multiplie his grace To you and to the children that shall follow of your race Ye are the blessed of the Lorde euen of the lorde I say Which both the heauen and the earth hath made and set in stay The heauens yea the heauens hye belong vnto the Lord The earth vnto the sonnes of men he gaue of free accorde They that be dead doo not with prayse setfourth the Lordes renoume Nor any that into the place of silence doo goe downe But we will prayse the Lorde our god from hencefourth and foray Sound ye the prayses of the Lorde prayse ye the Lorde I say Dilexi quoniam Psalme Cxvi N Dauid being in great daunger of Saull in the desert of Mammon perceiuing the great and inestimable loue of God toward him mangnyfyeth suche great mercyes and protesteth that he will be thankful for the same I Loue the Lord because my voyce and prayer hearde hath he Sing this as the. lxxxxv When in my dayes I cald on him he bowed his eare to me Euen when the snares of cruell death about beset me round When paynes of hell me caught when I wo and sorow found vpon the name of God my Lorde then did I call and say Deliuer thou my soule O Lorde I doo thee humbly pray The Lorde is very mercyfull and iust he is also And in our God compassion doth plentifully flowe The Lorde in safetie doth preserue all those that simple be I was in wofull miserye and he releued me And now my soule sith thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely loe the Lorde to thee his bountie hath exprest Because thou hast delyuered my soule from deadly thrall My Moisted eien from mournful teares my slidyng fete from fall Before the Lorde I in the land of life will walke therfore I did beleue therfore I spake for I was trobled sore I sayd in my distres and feare that all men lyers bee What shall I pay the Lorde for all his benefites to me The holsome cup of sauing health I thankefully will take And on the Lordes name I will call when I my prayer make I to the Lorde will pay the vowes that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present time in all his peoples sight Right deare and precious in his sight the Lorde doth ay esteme The death of all his holy ones what euer men do deme Thy seruant Lorde thy seruant loe I doo my selfe confes Son of thy handmayd thou hast broke the bonds of my distres And I will offer vp to thee a sacryfyce of prayse And I will call vpon the name of God the Lorde alwayes I to the Lorde will pay the voues that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present tyme in all his peoples sight yea in the courtes of Gods owne house and in the middes of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherfore the Lorde prayse ye Laudate dominum Psalme Cxvii N. He exhorteth the Gentels to prayse God because he hath accomplished as well to them as to the Iewes the promys of lyfe euerlastyng by Iesus Chryst. O All the natyons of the worlde Prayse ye the Lorde alwayes Sing this as the. ixxxxv And all ye people euery where set fourth hys noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truthe endures for ay Wherfore prayse ye the Lorde our God prayse ye the Lorde I say Confitemini domino Psalme CXviii M. Dauid reiectid of Saule and of the people at the tyme apoynted obtained the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that seare the Lord tobe thankefull and vnder hys person in all thys was Christ lyuely setforthe who should be of hys people reiected O Geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde Sing this as a 115. Psalme for gratious is he Because his mercy doth endure â–ª for euer towardes thee Let Israell confes and say hys mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say hys mercye dures for aye Let all that feare the Lorde our God euen now confesse and say The mercye of the Lorde our God endureth still for aye In trouble and in heuines vnto the Lorde I cride Whiche louingly hard me at large my sute was not denyde The Lorde hym selfe is on my syde I will not stande in dout Nor feare what man can doo to me when God standth me about The lord doth take my parte with them that helpe to succour me Therfore I shall see my desire apon myne enemye Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortall sede Or to put confidence in kynges or princes in our nede All nations haue in closed me and compassed me rounde But in the name of God shall I myne enemies confounde They kept me on euery side they kept me in I say But through the lords most mightie name I shall worke theyr decay They came about me all like bees but yet in the lordes name I quencht their thornes that wer on fire and will destroy the same Thou hast with force thrust fore at me that I in dede might fall But through the lord I found suche help that they wer vanquist all The lorde is my defence and strengthe my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in dede a sauiour most strong The right hand of the lord our God doth bring to pas great thinges He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightous mennes dwellynges The right hand of the lorde doth bring most mighty thinges to pas his hand hath the preeminens his force is as it was I will not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare The lord his might wondrous power his workes and what they are The lorde himselfe hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the lordes prayse to confes This is the gate euen of the lorde whiche shall not so he shut But good and righteous men alway shall enter into it I will geue thankes to thee O Lorde because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me The stone whiche ere this time among the builders was refused is now become the corner stone and chefely to be vsed Thys was the myghty work of God this was the Lordes owne fact And it is maruelous to be holde with eyes that noble act This is the ioyfull day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mind and thought Now helpe me Lorde and prosper vs we wishe with one accorde Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name
praise his greatnes not cāreach frō race to race they shal thy works praise and thy power preache I Of thy gloryous maiestye the beauty will recorde And meditate vppon thy workes most wonderfull O Lorde And they shal of thy power and of thy fearfull actes declare And I to publish all abrode thy greatnes will not spare And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repete The Lorde our God is gratious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to angre he is slowe yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth excede Loe all thy workes doo praise thee lord and doo their honor sprede Thy sainctes doo bles thee and they doo thy kingdomes glorye shewe And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to sprede the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lorde a kingdom is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through eche age endures without decay The Lorde vpholdeth them that fall the sliding he doth stay The eyes of all doo wayte on thee thou doest them all releue And thou to eche sufficing foode in season due dost geue Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what euer liue with giftes of thy good will The Lorde is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all Nere all he is that call on him in truthe that on him cal He the desires whiche they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they crye and saue them all he will The Lorde preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse hys holy name for euer shall accorde Lauda anima mea Psalm cxlvi I. H Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almightye and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at lybertie comforteth the fatherles widowes and the straungers and raygneth kinge for euer My soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes My God I will confes Sing thys as the. cxxxvii Whyle death and lyfe prolong my dayes my tonge no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why theyr breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their hart decay and pearysh all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the lorde is stayd verse 6 Whiche made the earth waters depe the heauens hie with all Which doth his word and promise kepe In truth and euer shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he procede for suche as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The lord doth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The lorde I saye doth loue the ryght and iust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the strangers sad in hart And quite the wydow from distres and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy lorde and God eternally O Syon still shall rayne In tyme of all posteritie for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme cxlvii N. ☞ The Prophet prayseth the bountye wisdom power iustice prouidence of God vpō all his creatures But specially vpō his church whiche he gathereth together after theyr dispersion Declaring hys word and iudgmēts so vnto them as he hath don to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to synge For it is pleasante and to prayse it is a comely thyng the Lord his owne Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israell doth gather into one He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynde He countes the number of the starres and names them in theyr kynde Great is our Lord great is his power his wisdome infinite The Lord releues the meke throwes to ground the wicked wight Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyse And to our God vpon the harp aduaunce your singing voyce He couers heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth rayne And on the mountaines he doth make the grasse to grow agayne He geues to beastes their fode and to yong rauens when they crye His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legges doth lye But all in those that feare the Lorde the Lord hath his delight And suche as doo attend vpon his mercies shining light O prayse thy Lorde Ierusalem thy God O Syon prayse For he the barres hath forged strong where with thy gaie he stayes Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the floure of wheat he filleth thee And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with spedy course doth swiftly runne about He geueth snow like woll hore frost like ashes doth he spreade Like morsells castes his ise therof the colde whoe can abide He sendeth fourth his mightye worde and melteth them agayne His winde he makes to blow and then the waters flow amayne The doctrine of his holy worde to Iacob doth he shewe His statutes and his iudgements he geues Israell to knowe With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne His secrete iudgementes ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme cxlviii I. P. ☞ He prouoketh all creatures to prayse the Lode in heauen in earth and in all places specially for the power that he hathe geuen to his people Israell whom he hathe taken so nere vnto hym GEue laude vnto the Lord frō heauen that is so hie Praise him in dede and worde Aboue the starry skie 2. And also ye his angels all armies royall prayse him with glee Praise him both mone and Sunne Whiche are so cleare and bryght The same in you be done Ye glistring starres of lyght And eke no les De Heauens faire And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse For at his worde they were All formed as we see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree Whiche he set fast To them he made A law and trade For aye to laste Extoll and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fell All depe doo ye the same For it becommeth you well Him magnyfye Fyre Hayle Ise Snowe And stormes that blow At his decree The hilles and mountaines all And trees that frutfull are The Cedres great and tall His worthy prayie declare Beastes and cattell yea birdes fliyng And wormes crepyng That on earth dwell All kinges both more and les With all their pompons trayne Princes and all iudges That in the worlde remayne Exalte his name