defend so wil he pay his vowes The lvii Psalme REstles again to God he calles for mercy at his néed Also when Saule he might haue slain he dooth not so in déed But prayeth God abooue the heauens his glory to set out And he in hart wil praise the Lord with musick there about The lviii Psalme SAule now is héer described out his flatterers also Who sought alwayes by day and night to turn him vnto wo. Shewing how that he dooth appeal to God to hear the right Affirming that his wrath on them shall cause men praise his might The lix Psalme TO God again for help he cryes in bed he was beset He telles their tales and gileful ginnes deuisde him for to get Protesting that God wil them kil though sparde they be a while And then ful bent to laud the Lord his song he wil compile The lx Psalme WHen Dauid was in Kingly seat eset and crowned King Then he protest vnto his flock that it was Gods working Saying if they alow the same God shall stil them defend And valiant actê again their foes he shall vnto them send The lxi Psalme ABsalon now and Ammonits doo freshe reuiue his care With doleful cry he prayeth God his help for to declare And béeing stayd in quiet throne as oft before he sayes That he wil pay his vowed vow and sing vnto his praise The lxii Psalme BEset with sore temptations his faith to prooue and try He vseth meditations to him that is on hie Affirming eke the vanitie of worldlings in their wele And willeth vs to liue in God who shall our déeds reuele The lxiii Psalme COmfort he did receiue of God in Ziph that wildernes Where Saule had him beset so sore that great was his distresse And so reléeud he thanketh muche the Lord omnipotent And telles before the death of Saule as afterward it went The lxiiii Psalme DAuid dooth pray that suche as doo of him make false reporte That God would strike them sudenly euen after the same sorte That they had thought him for to haue with arrowes sharp and fearce So shall all those that it beholde his mightie woork reherce The lxv Psalme EXtolled praise dooth Sion giue for graces manifolde His people by the same is ment whiche are within his folde How specially he did them chuse and gouern them by might And blest their land with plentiousnes and ceasnably it dight The lxvi Psalme FOr prayses now to men he calles that they should giue to God And shewth his power to make the euil to fear his ireful rod. And how that God from time to time his people had protect And saued him who promise makes his aulters to be dect The lxvii Psalme GOd merciful to be to them this Psalme dooth him beséeche His countenance and iudgement bothe with prayses in their spéeche And how they swarm vpon the earth that then of laudes were doon Should praise his name vnder his blisse when Christe to reign should come The lxviii Psalme HOw mightely from time to time God had his people saued By many wayes and sundry meanes from them that gainst them raued Wherby by reason of his grace and helps wherof no nomber That on his Churche he dooth bestowe he telles for mickle wonder The lxix Psalme IN great distresse with feruent zeal to God for help he calles The cruel wrath of wicked men and what on them be falles As Iudas and the like to him that should his Lord betray And how the séed of Christes Churche should bide and liue for ay The lxx Psalme KNowe wel he did that God alone in daunger must him ayd Wherfore he prayes his spéedy help as he before had praid And that his foes might back â—e turnd and so receiue their shame But ioyfulnes to light on his to praise his holy name The lxxi Psalme LIke as before in faith he makes his prayer in promise fixt Whiche from his youth to hoary age in all his life was mixt His foes their fall he dooth beséeche and graces to him bent Stil to remain and so wil he praise him on instrument The lxxii Psalme MAke prayer he dooth that Salomon his sonne may wisely raign In prosperous state as figure erst of Christe irose again That peace and plentie he should bring and Kings knéel him before And all the lands vpon the earth should laud him euermore The lxxiii Psalme NEyther the wicked welthy state of suche as be reiect Nor yet the broyle of suche as be his chosen and elect Should cause the godly to dispair but Gods forsight to loue He shewes the end of good and bad his liking is aboue The lxxiiij Psalme OPrest they were with raging force religion true defaste The temple and the seruice bothe tofore that was in braste Wherfore to God for ayd they cry his couenant to beholde And for his name his flock to saue his foes eke so controlde The lxxv Psalme PErpetuall prayse the faithful giue to God their Iudge and King Who righteously the world shall Iudge at time of his comming Of setting vp or putting down all power is in his hand His foes as dregs shall drink his wrath vpright the iust shall stand The lxxvi Psalme QUite quailed was the Assirians poâ—re Gods name therby was knowne Sennacheribs hoste Gods Angel slue his brags were ouerthrowne At his rebuke and Iudgement fierce the rayling rout was stayd Suche vowes therfore as they had plight he willes they should be paid The lxxvii Psalme REfuge in fear of Saule his foe he knew none but his God Therfore with voice to him he flies though vnderneath his rod. In halfe dispair and woful gréef yet vewing Gods great might He chéereth vp him self again by meruails wrought in sight The lxxviii Psalme SUche succour as the Lord had sent the Israelites to fore He telles and yet how they rebeld and lou'de him nere the more And yet how God forbare his hand to sée if they would mend When nought preuaild saue Iudah sole he chose none to defend The lxxix Psalme TOrmoild the Iewes with Gentiles were to God they call for ayd To kil their foes to saue their liues so vnto him they prayed For whiche his help to celebrate his laudes they doo protest From time to time they and their â—â—ock should there vnto be prest The lxxx Psalme UNcessantly to God they flée as pastour of his shéep From foes to saue they him besought whiche had them made to wéep From Egipt land his vine he brought the bore did it anoy They him beséeche with power from hie the beast for to destroy The lxxxi Psalme A Law was made for musick men when sacrifice was made That they should play he them so willes to kéep them in their trade And God he brings to speak to them and what for them he did What eke he willes that they should doo but stil amis they yéed The lxxxii Psalme BEholde of this amid the rout of Iudges God dooth sit To cause them fear no
Beséeching God to be his guide describing sinners race Affirming that God wil protect the iust in euery place The vi Psalme FUl fraught in féeling God his ire and death to shew his dart He humbly prayes God to forgiue and shewes his mourning hart Away saith he yée wicked men reéelf now haue I found My wishers euil shall haue this hap the Lord shall them confound The vii Psalme GIltles now Dauid did complain false tales to Saule were tolde He cléeres him self and prayeth God his cace for to beholde Affirming that the glory of God by that should eke beséen And how the euil in their deuice shall wast and perishe cleen The viii Psalme HOw wunderful in all his woorks is God aboue saith hée Whiche maketh babes to tel his fame and eke the starry skie But yet of man he museth more why God should him regard To knowe the thing he dooth confes for him it is to hard The ix Psalme I Wil giue praise to God saith he for victories by past Who had his foes and their defence bothe kild and ouer cast And now that foes doo flowe a freshe for wonted ayd he calles The wicked men they were destroyed he meanes that were King Sauls The x. Psalme KNowe héer yée may the trade way that wicked men do vse Describing eke their suttleties the poor for to abuse He calleth God for to aduenge the poor sustayning wrong Beséeching him to breke the arme of the vngodly throng The xi Psalme LO though said he the wicked bend their bowe at me to shoot And though to hilles they bid me â—lée and haue me in pursuite Yet shall the Lord poure down his wrath vpon the wicked rout And righteous men shall haue his loue of this their is no dout The xii Psalme MEn béeing falne from equitie Gods help hée dooth desire And that he would cut out the tungs of eche flattering lier For néedies sake the Lord wil rise and set the bond ful frée Gods woords are pure when wicked reign it is a shame to sée The xiii Psalme NOw vexed sore with sundry saâ—ts prest ready to dispair His anker olde he flées vnto to God he makes his prayer And lest his foes incouragde should be for to sée his fall He hauing ayd dooth hight him lauds that reigneth ouer all The xiiii Psalme OF foolishe men that inwardly doo say there is no God Describe he dooth their propertie and eke their fatall rod. For mocking of the poores deuice he dooth also request The thraldome of the Israelites that it might turn to rest The xv Psalme PEculiarly now dooth he tel why God did take and chuse Of his good wil into his house the people of the Iewes Forsooth because that they should shew to suche as were without By godly life that they were Gods to bring them out of dout The xvj Psalme QUestionles not for his woorks but for his faith alone He prayeth God him to preserue els succour hath he none Idolatrie hée dooth detest true worship dooth he like Affirming that his soule shall not be left in grauy dike The xvii Psalme REhearse hée dooth the crueltie of Saule and eke his men The raging pride and tiranny they shewd vnto him then Without deserâ—ê therfore he prayes reuenge of God to haue His giltles life to Saule was suche that makes him so to craue The xviii Psalme SIth God saith he hath stablisht me and set me in my throne For mercies great sauegard bothe to him be praies alone The kingdome of our Lord and Christe the whiche shall haue none end He saith shall stand spite of the foes so God shall him defend The xjx Psalme TO the intent the mighty power of God might wel be waid The heauens and might of lightê aboue by them he is displaid Besides all this his sacred woord and law that is so pure He dooth set out as perfet guide to walke therby ful sure The xx Psalme WHen that the King in warlike wise should go to Ammons hoste The people pray God to defend their King and eke their coste â–ª â—nd that the giftê and sacrifice whiche offer vp he did That God would them accept and like before that foorth he yed The xxi Psalme AS soon as Dauid home returnd from victory in féeld â—n voice of all he thanked God whiche made his foes to yéeld â—ffirming that the Lord alone had giuen his foes the foile And that he would stil on so doo though they ne so turmoile The xxii Psalme BRought now into extremities and hope allmost decaid Yet hauing faith and found reléef again him self he stayd And by him self he dooth describe what should in time to come When Christe should be vpon the earth gainst him what should be doon The xxiii Psalme CAused by sundry succours past the Lord he takes for guide And hauing him for his defence he cares not what betide And séeing rest before his foes the Lord did to him giue He dooth not dout before he goes ful long and safe to liue The xxiiii Psalme DOutles thâ—n God dooth gouern all yet chéefly he dooth chuse Suche as doo liue in godly life and wickednes refuse The Gentile and the Iew are like if they obay his lore Their gates and doores of hartê mindâ— must subiect him before The xxv Psalme EFtsoones as often eke before with foes a freshe opprest He counts his sinnes to be the cause and makes to God request His youthful sinnes for to remit and to regard his cace With mercy and with fauour bothe to him to turn his face The xxvi Psalme FUl many were his enemies and iniuries assaid That Saule vniustly to him shewd he praith to God for ayd Affirming that although he were from house of God exilde If he returnd with slaughters great his aulters should be pilde The xxvii Psalme GOd is my light and sauegard bothe said hée and my defence Bereft from foes this I require â–ª it is my whole pretence His temple to beholde and â—ée to dwel therin for ay His face to vew his wayes to learn so faith hath béen my stay The xxviii Psalme HEuines now his hart besets to sée the wicked rout Desiring to be rid of them and wrath to root them out He prayseth God who is his strength and heard when he dooth call His hart therfore was ful of ioy and prayeth defence fro all The xxix Psalme IN power suche as doo rule and reign if God to be they wunder Then he them willes to learn his might by tempest and by thunder And though by them he sinners feares and makes them all to quake Yet wil he saue his chosen flock euen for his mercies sake The xxx Psalme KNowe did he wel deliuerance from God aboue to come He renders laudes eke for the same he shewes him self not dum The suden fall from liking state and eke for mercies stil Hée dooth declare and prayeth God his praise set out he wil. The xxxi Psalme LAudes and praise yet
to forge The Cviii. Psalme HAue héer you shall the fiftie seuen and sixtie Psalme in one As laudes and praise to God abooue that vanquished their sone With wishing that the glory of God might rule in euery coste Of Israels far stretching out so telles the holy Ghoste The C.ix. Psalme IN vehement sprite he praith to God to aduenge him on his foes As Doeg in the court and suche that wrought him many woes By flattering talke in foule wise to please the eares of Saule They tolde to him a thousand lies so heaping Dauids thrall The C.x. Psalme KIng Dauid héer of Christe dooth tel as Christe him self dooth say His royall kingdome he sets out to dure bothe now and ay His préesthood eke not Aaron like but as Melchizadeck Triumphantly his rule shalbe all subiect to his beck The C.xj. Psalme LOok what the Lord had promised to Israel long ago From caâ—tiuenes to set them frée he saith that he did so And gaue to them the Gentiles land and eke his holy law Thus he them telles to stir them vp to haue the same in awe The C.xii. Psalme MUche good he saith shall light to him that hath the Lord in fear And dooth delight to kéep his wil blest shall that man appéer To poor and weak he giueth ayd remoou'de he shall not bée Although the wicked chafe therat when they the same shall sée The C.xiii. Psalme NOught els he willes but laud praise to God aboue to giue Whiche looketh down from hie aboue on things that héer doo liue And dooth from dust set vp the poore with princes for to sit And makes the barren frute to haue and to reioyce in it The C.xiiii Psalme OF Gods behauiour towards his flock when Egipt they went out How mountains hilles and waters low from order turnd about All fearing muche the face of God he saith this came to passe And stony rock to water flud by him so turned was The C.xv. Psalme PUtting all glory quite away from Idolles fayned Gods Twire whom and God that is thâ— Lord he prooueth great the ods Not vnto vs not vnto vs but God haue all the praise Who owes the heaueÌ„ guides the earth his name be blest alwayes The C.xvi. Psalme QUeÌ„che they could not but he â— would looue God that heard his cryâ— When Absalon did vexe him sore and caused him to flie Yet hopes he wel for to return Hierusalem to pay The vowes that he to God did vow when he was driuen away The C.xvii Psalme RIght as before so héer again he willeth nations all To laud the Lord that as he reignd so euermore he shall Confirming his benignitie and faith by Christe his sonne From time to time withouten end as he it once begun The C.xviii Psalme SO God alone he dooth confesse because that he is good The Israelites he willes therto as he that sau'de their blood From Philistines and other foes that did against them bark And gaue them rest to laud the Lord and to set vp his Ark. The C â–ª xix Psalme THough it be long yet in a some this Psalme dooth say thus muche That study of the law of God there is no study suche Sometimes he speaks eke of his foes and some also he threatê These thrée are chéef in matters all that in this songs he treatê The C.xx Psalme UNto suche tungs as vse to lie and eke for to backbight He could not wishe suche sharp reward as due to them was right For peaceles men and flatterers suche as with Saule did court Kept him exilde and yet therto they wrought him mickle hurt The C.xxi. Psalme AT God alone all ayd is had on him must we depend For he that made the heauen and earth shall succour to vs send Who stil dooth watche with open eyes and neuer more dooth sléep No hurt can come vnto his Churche for he dooth stil it kéep The C.xxii. Psalme BRought vp when that the ark of God was to Hierusalem He was ful glad to hear consent of all his people then And séeing Iustice like to reign he wisheth ceasse of warres And peace to florishe in her stréetê and round about the barres The C.xxiii Psalme CAused were some this psalme to make whiche for their godlines Were mockt scornd and taunted eke of men in wickednes They wait as maids vpon their dames and tend vpon the Lord Beséeching mercy at his hand though others at them boord The C.xxiiii Psalme DOuble he sayth vnles that God had béen on Israels side Moste certainly by forren foes it had with them béen wide For quick they had deuoured them as flud they had ore run They blesse the Lord that made al thing from whom all help dooth come The C.xxv Psalme EChe one that in the Lord dooth trust shalbe as Sion mount For why the Lord shalbe with him he may thereof account But godly men with wicked men shall not be mixt in one And suche as turn vnto their euils they shalbe wo be gone The C.xxvi Psalme FUl ioyful shall the captiues be when home they doo return And Sion shall for ioy then laugh and make an end to moorn And Gentiles shall report and say that God hath greatly doon For suche as out with teares did go with songs they shall home come The C.xxvii Psalme GOne vnto nought is all the woork bestowe you nere the cost Except the Lord doo build the house the labour is but lost It is in vain to watche at all vnlesse the Lord doo wake The early rising shall not help God fruteful shall thée make The C.xxviii Psalme HOw happy he shalbe he telth that alwayes God dooth fear His handy labour he shall eat his wife him frute shall bear With Sion in his prosperitie and eke Hierusalem He shall beholde and Gransire be and Israels peace yken The C.xxix Psalme IN chéerful wise may Israel say often times they haue Me fought against euen from my youth but God he did me saue Confounded shall the plowers be that plowd vpon my back And all that Sion once did hate their power shalbe but slack The C.xxx Psalme KIng Dauid as some men suppose béeing sore vext of Saule Out of the depth vnto the Lord he did bothe cry and call Beséeching him for to forgiue his sinnes and set him frée The Israelites some thing yâ—t made in their captiuitie The C.xxxi Psalme LIfted aloft his hart is not ne yet his eyes with pride Nor yet in things passing his reache he hath not walkt aside But hath his soule as nurced childe kept stil in perfet awe And willeth them to wait for him the authour of their law The C.xxxii Psalme MEn may suppose this Psalme to be made of King Salomon Beséeching God his fathers broyles that he would think theron Who once had vowd a house to make for God therin to shade And how that préestê and people eke should ioy to sée it made The C.xxxiii Psalme NOte and beholde how good it is bréethern in peace to dwel
Like Aarons beard anointed fair it hath a plesant smel And as the dewes that fall from hie dooth make the earth increace So God shall make his blessing fall on séekers of his peace The C.xxxiiii Psalme O All ye seruantê of the Lord sing prayses to his name Yée that attend vpon his house ceasse not to doo the same To lift vp hands on hie to him and eke the Lord to praise So shall the Lord vs blesse again who made bothe night and dayes The C.xxxv. Psalme PErfourm ye lauds vnto the Lord that Iacobs house did chuse He passeth all the Gentiles Gods the God I mean of Iewes Who out of Egipt led his flock and gaue them Canaan The dummy Gods are painted out and God is blessed than The C.xxxvi Psalme QUenche not your zeal but stil confes that God is God for ay And that his mercy dooth indure for euer and a day For all his woorks that he hath made we haue good cause therto And for his priuate benefites that he hath shewd to you The C.xxxvii Psalme RIght rufully a song they sung sitting in Babilon Expressing eke the tauntê of them that looked them vpon â–ª Beséeching God them to reward that did them so anoy â–ª And blesseth them that Babilon shall hap for to destroy The C.xxxviii Psalme SUche goodnes as he found of God in troubles and in néed He dooth intend to celebrate to giue him all the méed Before the great he wil not shrink â–ª they shall not make him dum In midst of foes for help he hopes yea in the time to come The C.xxxix Psalme TO God there is nothing vnknowne bothe thoughtê and woordê déedê He séeth all as creatour and so stil must he néeds There is no way to scape his hands he made him by his might For wicked men he praith the end and him to guide aright The C.xl. Psalme UNlose me Lord to God he saith from wicked mens deuice Who with their â—ungs doo me belye and séek my life to trise But God his God he dooth so make that little dooth he care And knowes that God to help the iust it is not to him rare The C.xli. Psalme AS he among the wicked dwelt within the Courtê of Saule He prayeth God that he doo not suche sin as they in fall And that he would preserue him eke and saue him from their ginnes And if he light within their snares that he may break their grinnes The C.xlii. Psalme BEing close hid with in a caue for fear of Saule his foe He praith to God in his distresse to saue and help him so That out of darknes as a naile he would his soule out take And so his prayers béeing heard the iust his part should take The C.xliii Psalme CAll vnto God again he dooth as one opprest with foes As one whose soule and spirite also was set with many woes To hear him and deliuer him and eke to teache his way And him to saue for his names sake thus dooth his seruant pray The C.xliiii Psalme DAuid héer dooth now mixe his Psalme with thanks for foes opprest Affirming man and all his dayes to be but vain and prest To passe away as dooth a shade then dooth he God intreat His other foes for to suppresse and make his quiet seate The C. lâ—v Psalme EUen as before ful often times so héer he dooth declare The maruels of the mightie God how wonderful they are His goodnes and his clemency his mercy and his might How things that wait on him for food he féedeth them ful right The C.xlvi Psalme FUl plesantly this himne and thrée that doo the same sucséed Dooth set out prayses to the Lord with mouth and minde in déed Forbidding confidence to put in any princes might But trust the maker of the heauens that giues the blinde his sight The Cxlvii Psalme GO foorth he dooth and willeth laudâ— Hierusalem to make Whiche mightely did woork for it and stil her parte did take Stil filling her with benefits and Sion eke therto The like to others did hée not as he did them vnto The C.xlviii Psalme HEer dooth he wil the Angels hie and all the powers aboue With fier depth and Dragons great and all things that dooth mooue Bothe heat colde bothe yung and olde the people and their King The mountaines trées créeping beastê all lauds to him to sing The Cxlix Psalme IN this his Psalme he dooth exhort the Israelites to praise Their God and King with instrumentê his people doo him please He telth also that they shall ioy in victory to come On Gentiles and their Kings therto suche ioy shall light on some The C.l. Psalme KNit vp he dooth his psalmes with this that suche as musick vse Their instruments to laud the Lord they should them therfore chuse Exhorting all that breatheth breath to laud and doo the same And so with this he makes an end praise yée his holy name FINIS ¶ Thus ended are the Psalmes in course an hundreth fortie ten In songs as they deuided are I mean the sum of them And if in place some woord or line or verse be out of frame Yet bear with me Iudge my good wil and gladly mend the â—ame And freend or foe that shall me tel by any maner wise VVhere I haue mist miscanning right not vsing meeter guise I shall right gladly giue mine ear to harken to his talke And with my pen I wil be sure his councel not to balke Now perfet Prouerbs followe next of Salomon the King VVho so his rules they doo obserue â–ª good life they shall him bring The sum and pith of all the law â–ª of God the Lord is heer And perfet maners who so list to learn let him come neer And listen wel and giue his minde to print them in his hart VVith life therto whiles he dooth liue so shall he wel depart FINIS The Prouerbs of Salomon The j. chapiter A Man that wisedome wil attain to doo all things aright To fear the Lord he must begin though fooles not so delight Cast not thy lot in sinners life their tising woords refuse Wisedome she cryes in open stréetê but few her lore wil vse The ii chapiter BEnd thy self vnto wisedoms wil as shée dooth thée perswade And shée wil teache thée perfet skil to walke a godly trade From God shée comes he dooth her giue who dooth preserue the iust And wisdome had within thy hart in goodnes shalt thou lust The iii. chapiter COnsider wel the law of God and binde thée to the same Thy trust thy fear and honour bothe let them be in his name If he correct doo thou obay séek wisedome and haue ease Doo thou no wrong ne séek thou strife for suche doo God displease The iiii chapiter DEcline thou not from wisedoms rule shée shall thée woorship bring But in the way that wicked walke vse not for any thing The righteous way stil more dooth shine the wicked walke in dark His woords and rules
Rachel did depart and Beniamin shée bore Ruben vnhilde his fathers wife and lost a fléese therfore The xxxvi chapiter LIkewise is tolde of Esaus wiues and gentles daughters all Hée and Iacob were very riche in goods terrestriall Esau had Dukes that were his sonnes Euen twelue in number iust He was father to Edomits in whom God had no lust The xxxvii chapiter MOre for to hear of Iacobs life in Canaan he dwelt Iosephs bréethern liked him not and cruelly they delt Into Egipt then was he solde his brethern wrought the déed They tolde his sire his sonne was slain whiche made his hart to bléed The xxxviii chapiter NOw then is shown how Iuda took a wife of Canaan He had thrée sonnes two were destroyd the third was nam'd Onan And Thamar was the womans name whiche bothe of them did wed And Iuda by her had two twinnes when she was brought a bed The xxxix chapiter O What an hap then Ioseph had the Lord did so prouide His masters wife did him prouoke but he her sute denide Shée him accus'de but not deseru'de her tale as then took place Wherby Ioseph to prison went but giltles in that cace The xl chapiter PUt in prison were Pharoes men and bothe of them laid fast His baker chéef and butler bothe whiles his anger did last Ioseph with them in prison was and as they slept ful sound They dreamed dreames whiche vnto theÌ„ this Ioseph did expound The xli chapiter QUestion askt of Pharoes dream of Oxen fat and lean Whiche Ioseph did expound ful plain and tolde what they did mean He was set vp and ruler made in Egipt ouer all Two sonnes he had and so the dearth on Egipt then did fall The xlii chapiter RIde out for corne did Iosephs kin and came to him vnknowne He threat them hard that they were spies into that cuntrie blowne Simion laid in prison is whiles they did home return And Beniamin they took with them whiche made their father mourn The xliii chapiter SO back they went to Egipt tho with giftê and presentê great And Simeon is deliuered out and Iosephs chéeks are wet And Ioseph could not then but wéep when Beniamin he saw They sat and feasted in two partê according to their law The xliiii chapiter THen Ioseph wrought a pretie cast Beniamin for to haue And theft he laid vnto his charge suche woords to them he gaue But Iuda suretie he became for Beniamin his sake His father Iacob hée did knowe it heuely to take The xlv chapiter UNknowne was Ioseph all this while at last he tolde them all That he their brother Ioseph was That ruled great and small The xlvi chapiter APpointed foorth then Israel went in Egipt for to bide And God him bad nothing to fear for all should wel betide Iacob his sonnes and all their sonnes is then in order tolde And Ioseph went them all to méet ful ioyful to beholde The xlvij chapiter BRought was Israel before the king in his presence to stand And Pharao wild that he should dwel where fattest was the land Then Iacob sware Ioseph his sonne euen vnderneath his thie â—is bones to lay in Canaan at time when he should die The xlviij chapiter CAusd was Israel sick to bée by course of natures kinde And Ioseph went with his two sonnes to knowe his fathers minde Iacob did wil that Iosephs sonnes Ephraim and Manasses Should be as children to him born whiche Ioseph wel did please The xlix chapiter DOwn fel his sonnes vpon their knées euen twelue of them there was He blest them all and tolde of things that after came to passe Then chargd he them that they should lay his bones in Manebrey féeld Then pluckt he vp his legs to him and vp the ghoste did yéeld The l. chapiter EChe thiÌ„g was doon his corps they took as he on liue did minge And laid it down by Abrahams side fulfilling so eche thing Forgiue did Ioseph all the fault that his brethern had wrought And so he dide and wild his bones to his fathers to be brought ¶ Heer haue ye now the end and some of Moyses his first book The second shall in order come Suche pain the writer took The first Chapiter ANd then the first of Exodus the twelue tribes it dooth name Whiche being dead laid in earth their children came to fame A new king then to Egipt came that gaue the midwiues charge To kil the males when they were borne but they set them at large The ii chapiter BOrn Moyses was and after cast euen down the riuer in réeds And Pharoes daughter took him vp and shewd him motherly déeds Then Moyses slue an Egiptian and fled and took a wife The people cride vnto the Lord whiche saw their woful life The iii. chapiter CAused was Moyses shéep to kéep not far from Oreb hil Wherin a bushe the Lord appéerd and tolde him all his wil. And bad him go to Egipt back the Israelites to tel That out of bondage they should come and liue and doo ful wel The iiij Chapiter DEclaerd by double signes it is that calld he was by God His reasons all they are assoild and foorth the Lord him bad As Aaron met with him in féeld togither then they went Of Iethro Moyses took his leaue and yod where he was sent The v. Chapiter EChe bothe of them withouten fear tolde Pharao God his minde The more the people were opprest â–ª the king was so vnkinde Then cride they out and gan to chide with Moyses and Aaron And Moyses axed God the cause whiche looked them vpon The vj. chapiter FEft fully was deliuerance vnto the Israelites Also the land of Canaan whiche made them chéerful wightê Then Rubens spring with Simeon is tolde and Leuy too Of whom came Moyses and Aaron that had Gods hestê to doo The vii chapiter GOd made Moyses Pharoes God and Aaron his Prophet And then God turned Moyses rod into a Serpent great â–ª The sorcerers did euen the same to harden Pharoes hart Then were their waters turnd to blood yet did he not conuart The viij chapiter HIt was Pharao then and plagued with Frogs ouer the land He sent for Moyses and Aaron to take the thing in hand He mocked them therfore the Lord turned their dust to lice And they put by then came there â—â—ies after the Lords deuice The ix chapiter IN stéed thereof came moren of beastê that died in Pharoes land And sixtly sores with botches great yet did he God withstand The seuenth was haile thunder muche that made the land to shake And lightning great from heuen on hie whiche causd them all to quake The x. Chapiter KNowledge he yet would not his faulâ— but God he did resist He did it not in ignorance but wel he knew and wist The eyght plage next was grashâ—pper that God almightie sent The ninthe was darknes in the day they knew not where they went The xi chapiter LEaue then was giuen the Israelites the Egiptians to spoil
for ay The xxiiij chapiter DOutles I can but muse to sée the mightie that are riche How knowing God they vexe the poore their crueltie is suche The poore dooth cry yet God permits their tiranny to reign The whorishe hed and wicked man yet surely shalbe slain The xxv chapiter ENding his talke Bildad began is their not power said he With him abooue whose men of war can not enumbred be Comparde with God no man is iust can womens birth be pure When lightê abooue to him are dark how then shall man indure The xxvi chapiter FUl strength power hath God aboue said Iob he néeds no ayd The hel so déep is séen to him the earth by him is staid The clouds and seas are bound by him the heauens by him are propt The Whale so huge moste serpent like by him his powre is stopt The xxvii chapiter GOd be my Iudge I wil not speak of things that shalbe vain My rightuousnes I wil not leaue for sin shall haue his pain Look what the wicked dooth increace the godly shall possesse And what he had he shall not haue thus wrath shall him so dresse The xxviij chapiter HOw secret seames out siluer giue and golde with Iron hard How precious stones and food for folkes and men from men be bard Héer in the earth these things are hid but wisedome hath no péer Whiche hid from men her for to finde is onely God to fear The xxix chapiter I say to you O that I were as I haue béen tofore When power might was in my hand and goods I had in store For euery man gaue me the place the poor I did defend And what I said or what I did all men did me commend The xxx chapiter KNowe you that now the contrary the vilest doo me mock They rail they skorn they laugh they talke I am their iesting stock The Lord therto is eke my fo O God doo me forgiue For I did help thaflicted man though now thou doost me gréeue The xxxi chapiter LEudly yet look I neuer did on mayden or on wife My houshold folke and strangers bothe of me had neuer strife Hungry and thirstie did I féed the naked did I clothe If I haue not delt iustly dole then let the earth me lothe The xxxii Chapiter MUche musing then said Elihu vnto his fellowes thrée Haue you no more to Iob to say and you mine elders be Til you were dasht I béeing yung I had nothing to say But fearles now frée spéeche shall paâ—â—e lest God take me away The xxxiii chapiter NOte wel my woords to Iob he said why saist thou thou art Iust Rebuke not God what so he dooth for rule hée hath and must In bed ful sick he dooth vs lay suche message vs to giue For to submit and graunt our gilt then surely shall wée liue The xxxiiii Chapiter O Yée that wise and learned be now further sée you mark God dooth not strike but wée deserue no thought to him is dark â–ª He hath no eye to great or lowe the riche and poor are like Yet Iob dooth think him self so iust that God should not him strike The xxxv chapiter PRocéeding foorth Elihu said be thou O Iob vniust Or be thou iust as thou doost say yet this is true to trust That God is ne the more or lesse made holy or defilde But if a man on him doo call he shall finde him ful milde The xxxvi Psalme QUietly hear me yet a while God dooth not strike for nought But for to tel and mend our sin that we tofore haue wrought Bue if they skorn then shall they die or if the time they track So great is God him to beholde our knowledge is to slack The xxxvii Chapiter RUling like as a Prince on hie our God dooth all things guide The storme the haile the frost y e snowe of him they haue their tide To punishe lands or them to blesse O Iob this is moste true Alone he guides the things he made then giue him glory due The xxxviii Chapiter SO then the Lord him self did speak to Iob wast thou said he When I the heauens earth did make of councel then with me Canst thou ought doo in hie or lowe of wonders that I wrought Hast thou in waters or in land the treasures of them sought The xxxix chapiter THe Gotes the Hindes and Unicorn their gendring and their force The Pecock gay and foolishe stork or of the barbed horse Or of the Hauk that flies by South or of the Egles might By thy deuice haue these their giftê to mooue and take their flightê â–ª The xl chapiter WHen Iob had hard what God had said he humbly did obay And said he had said and would be stil then foorth the Lord did say The power and might of Leuiathan or Behemoth by name Canst thou him rule with snare or gin or make him milde and tame The xli chapiter AL men may think his powre is great though mine it not excéed Yet what ye make him for to hurt he counts it as a réed His paths are in the mightie sea all men from him doo slide The mightie Whale with diuel possest he is the King of pride The xlii chapiter BEfore the Lord Iob did repent confessing how that he The wonderous woorks or mightie power of God he could not sée His fréends were wild to offer giftê that Iob might for them pray And God gaue him of all things more then he had ere that day ¶ Thus Iob hath doon his patience ye haue heard all his broile How Sathan wrought to turn his faith how freends did him turmoile Now sporting songs for liuely wits suche as the Lord doo fear From Dauids harp the sommary to you shall wel appear The Psalmes of Dauid The first Psalme A Happy hap the man shall haue whiche not with sinners walks Ne he that in the wicked chair of God in scorne italks His frute shalbe moste plenteously rewarded eke with blisse When sinners shall decay and fall of heauenly ioyes to misse The ii Psalme BEware saith he how that ye rage ye rulers all in vain For God wil haue his sonne to rule in might and poure to reign Therfore se that ye couet lore and serue the Lord in fear Kisse him in time lest yée doo smart when he shall once appéer The iii. Psalme CAst out of Kingdome Dauid cryes to God for ayd and strength He hath reléef he dooth confesse God did him hear at length And surely he hath confidence that God wil succour send That he wil strike his enemies and eke his flock defend The iiii Psalme DOut cast away he trusted God though Saule did him molest He checketh all the taunting men that did his reign detest And prooueth that the care of God continually dooth féed Those that he loues so that they may take rest and sléep at néed The v. Psalme EFtsoones in his aduersitie betime to God he prayes Affirming God to be ful iust detesting sinners wayes
once again for fréedome from his thrall By faith in hope he giues to God affirming this withall That God with fauour dooth beholde those that him loue and fear Preseruing them continually as samples doo appéer The xxxii Psalme MAruaylous sick he dooth confesse his sin to be the cause And blest to whom God not imputes the breaking of his lawes And after thus his faultê confest the wicked he exhorts To mend their life and holy men with ioyes he muche comfortê The xxxiii Psalme NOw righteous men reioice saith he in him that vs did make And gouerns all and is ful true his graunt shall neuer slake He sercheth hartê and knoweth thoughtê no secrets from him hid No help can saue but his right hand trust this he dooth you bid The xxxiiii Psalme OF fear and dread he béeing rid whom Achis counted mad He thanketh God who was the cause that good successe he had And so prouokes that godly men should stil in God put trust Affirming wicked slaughters great and sauegard for the iust The xxxv Psalme PLead thou my cause o God saith he gainst Saule and eke his court â–ª Their traps they set me for to catche let them turn to their hurt And saue thou me and also those that giltâ—es take my part And I shall praise thy holy name so long as liues my hart The xxxvi Psalme QUite gon from fear of God are those that followe wicked trace The gouernnaunce of God in earth dooth ioy his woful cace And so muche more he holdes that God his chosen shall preserue Who finally shall them defend and punishe those that swarue The xxxvii Psalme REck not saith he nor doo you fret that wicked men doo thriue Nor that thou séest the iust correct for thou shalt sée beliue How that the euil of cut shalbe and thou if thou abide Ful patiently shalt haue thy wishe when that thy cause is tride The xxxviii Psalme SIcknes eftsoones dooth cause him say his sinnes the same to bring The ire of God and fréend now fled with foes on him laughing Is cause that he intreateth God to make him whole again And firmly stands to trust to that and so dooth stil remain The xxxix Psalme TEmpted then with extremities and gréefs that were infirme Eke fully bent this patience with silence to confirme Yet burst he out with doleful woords and dumnes quite he left Beséeching him of spéedy help that he be not bereft The xl Psalme WHen perils past were passed by he rendreth thanks to God And telleth plain he wil set out suche things as he hath bod Stil crauing mercy at his hand and foile on foes to fall With wishing those that doo him fear his prays to render all The xli Psalme AFflicted sore yet dooth he blesse those that his cace lament Complayning muche of fayned fréends that traytourously were bent But féeling God to be his ayd his haters rage to stay He rendreth thanks and dooth protest he wil doo so for ay The xlii Psalme BEâ—ing exilde from Christes flock to praise his holy name Yet dooth he ful protest a while from hart to doo the same Affirming though aduersities had ne so him opprest Yet should his soule haue confidencâ— in him to take her rest The xliii Psalme CAusles his foes did vexe him sore therfore to God he prayes Iudge thou my cause and be my light thus vnto God he sayes So by that meanes vnto thy hil and tabernacle bothe Upon my harp I wil thée thank my soule shall not it lothe The xliiii Psalme DUe thanks his people héer doo giue for mercies manifolde And féeling now the contrary Gods couenant they beholde Affirming that to be the cause why enemies them vexe Yet doo they vow his lawes to holde for all their wicked checks The xlv Psalme EXtolled is the maiestie of Salomon the King The Egipt wife that he did wed hath eke her extolling Wherby is shewd how the Gentiles to Christe shall spoused be His mercies large shall foorth so stretche that none refuse wil he The xlvi Psalme FOr help receiu'd béeing besiegd of King Sennacherib The land the Lord affirming so it shalbe stablished In putting trust in God alwayes who hath his whole delight To saue his Churche when succour all dooth séem to be gone quite The xlvii Psalme GGd that is of moste mightie power he willeth for to laud Whose kingly rule dooth make his foes that they by him be awd Who dooth also to Iacobs séed extend his lasting looue He telles before the Gentiles call by Christe that is abooue The xlviii Psalme HOw notably Hierusalem from sundry foes had ayd How that from God their force was such they could not be dismaid For whiche to God they render thanks as guide vnto their dittie And so describe the comely state of their moste noble Cittie The xlix Psalme INcline your eares saith he hark iudge not that suche as welth Haue in their hands that they be blest for sure it is but pelf And they shall passe and perishe all that haue therin their trust But God shall féed and saue in déed suche as in him are iust The l. Psalme KNowing ful wel how that the church of Ipocrites had store Who put their trust in outward showes more then in inward lore Whiche hée dooth check and telleth plain that God dooth more delight In inward thanks and due requestê then sacrifices bright The li. Psalme LO pardon now he pleadeth for the King I mean when hée By Nathans mouth did knowe his fault haue mercy Lord on me He saith and blot out all mi gilt and put away my sinne And doo not strike my people for the fault that I fel in The lii Psalme MUche musing why that wicked man that Doeg had to name Should boste him self so in his pride he saith God shall him tame And then he willes that faithful men should not suche tirants fear But stand in trust of Gods defence who shall their quarels bear The liii Psalme NO God at all the fool dooth say there is to sée my fact God looking down espied none that did regard his act Wherfore with fear they shalbe flight where fear there is no néed But sauing state with ioyfelnes his flock shall haue in déed The liiii Psalme O God hée saith doo thou me saue with enemies opprest And by thy power iudge thou my cause gainst suche as me detest Then wil I praise thy holy name and sacrifice ordain When of my foes my ful request of thée I doo obtain The lv Psalme PErsecuted so stil by Saule for succour he dooth pray Muche gréeued with a flattring sort that sought him to betray Moste ardently beseeching God his pittie for to shew And carefulnes he willeth men vpon the Lord to throwe The lvi Psalme QUestionles he séeth no way his foes for to withstand But forst he was to walke astray to voyd his enmies hand Wherfore he praith moste humblely to him that prayer alowes To way his cause and him