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A11472	Sacred hymns Consisting of fifti select psalms of David and others, paraphrastically turned into English verse. And by Robert Tailour, set to be sung in five parts, as also to the viole, and lute or orph-arion. Published for the vse of such as delight in the exercise of music in hir original honour.	Sandys, Edwin, Sir, 1561-1629.; Tailour, Robert, fl. 1614.	1615 (1615)	STC 21723; ESTC S110824	61,097	158

their hope in muzing bent LO fainting voice to thee my still unfainting hart Sends up send doun thy strength and Prince of grace who art Revive me ' as is thy wont See neer towărd me they draw Who mischief dire pursue far they from Lord thy law But thou art neer whose hests for never-changing trueth Long since thy teaching woord assurĕd my learning youth RESCH. AT length let pityĭng ey respect afflicted wight And thow mans hart who seest art conscious of my right And pressing fo observĕst plead thow my cause and free Soule cheered through thy woord addicted whole to thee Thy mercies Lord are wide yet far from godles crue Who seek not thee nor way to bliss that leads pursue BUT mee thy doom revive whom now persuing foes Not faithles to thy woord with swarming troops encloze O grief myn ey to see men break thy rightĕous law Despize celestiăl bliss in lines of love which draw Thy servants soule see Lord and quickĕn them with thy grace Who iust eternal woord trueths sum with ioy embrace SCHIN VVITH causeles hate ô Lord and not unwronging swoord Have Princes mee persuĕd yet aw of heavĕnli woord My hart restraind from sin O woord whose ioys more draw My ly-detesting mynd and mynd that loves thy law Then ioy which Princes gifts or foes rich spoils can bring Sevĕn times yea daily I thy righteŏus iudgements sing IN throng of worldli waves which sweet of life devour Their mynds stil calm abide no scandal there hath powĕr Where love of thee directs Lo then thy saving grace My hoping eys attend sole thow his love embrace Whose pure affection seeks thy pleasure to fulfill I fain not Lord my ways yea hart thou vieust at will THAV THEN let at length approach ô Lord my fainting cry Vouchsafe my suit access sole understanding I And riddance from my foes which promized hast require Thus taught thy will and free towărd thee my quick desire Shal spring my lips thy praise glad tong thy woord shal sound Where trueth where wisdom pure where statutes iust abound LET then thy hand now help if not with cold pursuit Salvation thyn I seek Vouchsafe me Lord this fruit Of making thee my hope thy law my choise delight O let my soule yet live preserv'd from tyrants might And it shal praize thy name Seek then thy straying sheep Who wandring now as lost yet strives thy law to keep PSALM 122. King DAVID having reduced the three parts of Ierusalem that of Iuda that of Beniamin and the Mount held by the Iebusites into one entire Citi and there in Sion seated the Ark of God having also according to the Law established there supreme Coorts iuridical for administration of Iustice to all Gods people taking a vieu of this woork performed by divine grace and of the peoples alacriti in frequenting Gods service he expresseth in this Psalm his religious ioy for the same and blessing Ierusalem and all them that bless hir concludeth with a promise on his owne behalf both for the peoples sake his brethren in race and religion and espeally for the Temples sake of God to procure studiously the good of that chozen Citi. MY longing hart deer ioy assaid As gracious sound strook grateful ear Religious mynds Each neighbour praid In Gods fair house let 's all appear Ierusalem our peaceful feet Now frequent in thy gates shal meet IERVSALEM the earths delight A Citie three compact in one To thee the Tribes in legal rite Gods chozen Tribes ascend alone Sole here shines out heavĕns glorious King Here Israel all his praises ring RELIGION Iustice dooth embrace Who doubled bliss through land derive For iudgement thrones here hold their place And wronged right with aid revive Iudicial thrones the Kingdoms powĕr Of Davids croun most glorious flour O THEN Ierusalem respect Hir peace with vows to heavĕn commend Ierusalem who thee affect Them ioy them bliss stil prest attend O peace ay in thy towĕrs reside In houses plenti ay abide I FOR my frends my brethrens sake Whom race whom rites in love combine Shal alwaies pray Earths peace partake And heavĕns rich light upon thee shine For Gods fair house my ioy I 'le sure Stil studious still thy good procure PSALM 128. The prosperous and happi estate both publick and private of the man who fearing God leadeth a life full of integriti OBLESSED they whose humble harts True fear of powĕr divine endues Religious soule that ne're departs From way which blisful life renues O BLESSED man thy ioys abound Thyn house thy cheerful hands shal rear And labours iust with blessing cround Shal feeding fruit stil plenteŏus bear THY wife a vine on wall disspred In fruitful love hast ioious met Thy children sweet in vertu bred Fair olive plants thy boord beset LO thus Gods fear thus gracĕd shal bee From Sion deer thee God shal bless And quiet home shal plenti see And life contented long possess THAT all thy days delighted ey Ierusalems great weal may vieu And wasting life it self espy In childrens children to renue O THANKFUL then Gods love alure Stil rightĕous life with care maintain So happi long maist thou endure So peace with Isrăel long remain PSALM 130. The Psalmist in the continuance of som great publick calamiti wherein he had his part not unlikeli in the wearisom captiviti of Babilon sendeth up his humble cry●… unto almighti God not to call their falts to a strict account which the frailti of humane nature is not able to endure but to express now at length that merci of his which draweth men to fear and serve him with comfort So professing his hope in God and exercizing his patience in that hope yet continuing still his fervent desire in this patience he exhorteth all Israel to persevere in like attending trust assuring them that God would redeem them from all their sins and afflictions OUT from the deep to thee ô Lord I cry From place far off yet thow good Lord be nigh Lord hear my voice and with attentive ear Receive the plaints which humbled soule dooth rear IF strictly Lord transgressions thou shalt ey Lord who shal stand in sad despair we dy But Iustice thyn stil mercies thoughts displays That Greatnes fear and Goodnes love may raize WITH patiĕnce then on God my soule attend His woord my trust Hee 'le give thee ioyful end As morning rays rere sentinal desires So so and more towărd thee my soule aspires And patiĕnt ô await him Isrăel deer His great redemption now wil soon appear He merci is His merci from their thrall Yea from their sins shal ransom Isrăel all TREBLE O Ut from the deep to thee ô Lord I cry From place far off yet thow good Lord be nigh Lord hear my voice and with attentive ear Re-ceiue the plaints which humbled soule dooth rear If strictly Lord transgres But iustice thyn stil mer sions thou shalt ey Lord who shall stand in sad cies thoughts dis plays That great

mouths gainst heavĕn dead curse upbound THESE sights Gods folk to grievous thoughts reduce To whom full cups of mingled bitter geer Are wringd Dooth Heavĕn say they knowe earths abuse Or mortals coorse dooth powĕr immortal steer But vieu these men the heavĕnli leaug who shun Earths shame mans wrong see how in calmest peace Devoid of storm here lengthned race they run They health stil keep stil wealth and powĕr encrease IN vain then I ah all in vain have sought With careful thoughts my hart from stain to cleer In vain my hands in worthiĕst actions wrought Themselves to God in purenes washt doo rear For as stern sires their sons of sweet of life With sour reproofs and bitter strokes bereve With mee so griefs so blowes are daily rife Ne ioy sharp fits of mornli chastment leve BUT ô my God should I these thoughts embrace Should mazed soule illusions these entrance Lo impious wrong gainst thee gainst happiĕst race Of children thyn I faithles should advance PERPLEXED I then sought this dout t' untwine But ah in vain stil tangled stood my wit At length I piercĕd the Sanctuări divine There learnd mens ends then then the knot unknit SURE wicked men aloft on slippĕri brows Thy hand dooth place with greater noise to fall Doun headlong rush they vain fly faithles vows How soon how sore thy frights their ioys appall MUCH like as dream unguided fanci fils With shapes untrue which wakened all are gone So when thou stirst their image Lord it spils Their pompous shews despiz'd from world are flowne THUS whilĕst my soule on bitter grief did bite While thorni thoughts my fuming hart did wound As brutified my mynd had lost hir light Yea groveling beast I in thyn eys was found YET still was thyn and thyn shal ay abide By right hand takĕn thou staidst me with thy grace Thy counseil mee in beautĕous way shal guid And lastly safe in happiĕst glori place FOR whom can heavĕn whom earth save thee display In whom or ioy or rest my soule might fynd O spring of life when flesh when hart decay Towĕr partage thow eternal standst assignd LO Creatures strangĕd to thee Crëatour great Alegiance due who faithles soules deny Shal fail who thee of spouzed love defeat Adultring harts in ireful vengeance dy THAT good for mee estrangĕd from pleazing sin With God sole spring of pure delights to dwell There fixt to rest My trust then ioy in him His gracious woorks my thankful hart foorth-tell PSALM 82. ASAPH vieuing the corruption and insufficienci of Iudges in his time admonisheth them that God is present in their assemblies whose office they execute counseleth reprooveth and putteth them in mynd of their ends And seeing the Land by their falt was now all out of frame he praieth God to exercize his right of iudging the whole world himself THE Sovĕrain Lord whence iustice all derives Who mesur̆ed powĕr to earthli Lords divides His Senate of his presence nevĕr deprives Th' immortal Iudge mongst mortal Gods resides Sith iudgement's his how dare ye iustice wynd To scurge the good while miscreănts favour fynd THE poor ye should the weak the orphane free From wicked strength stil bending to oppress But ignorance ah not for high degree And vainest thoughts your darkned mynds possess Thus ruled coorse of all things turn'd awry Makes trembling earth to heavĕns for iustice cry ISTYL'D you Gods who Gods earth-ruling place As glorious sons of supreme Lord doo hold But dy ye shal as men of menest race As foregone Princes now resolv'd to mold And rize great Lord thy iudging right resume O're nations all whom tyrants wrongs consume PSALM 84. King David who in great likelihood was author of this Psalm and at such time as he was either driven from Sion by Absalom or withheld by the necessiti of som war far off displaieth here his great longing love toward the Temple and solemn service of God there performed accounteth them happiest who alwaies reside in Gods house to praise him them happi also who at the state times according to the law held their voiages thether through what difficulties of way so ever So earnestly praying God to be returned to that place of ioy he ioineth with them in spirit who profess their true life safeti and happines to be placed in God THE fair aspect of Tabernacles thyn Great Lord of hosts how loveli to'absent ey It self prezents my longing soule dooth pine And pining faint til shee thy Coorts descry Nor earth nor heavĕn sole thow lifes glorious spring To hart to flesh reviving ioy doost bring AH absent I when yet poor sparro may When swalo wyld hir house hir nestlet cling Neer Altars thyn and there hir yonglings lay Yet absent I from thee my God and King Twise blest be they who in thy house reside Thy praise with them their loves with thee abide AND blessed hee far off who cheerd in thee On causies thinks which to thy mountain guide Dry vales they pass sweet springs by art yet see And gracious rain fore-drouth of pools dooth hide From wasting strength by strength they walk renŭed To Sion fair where God of Gods is vieŭed THEN Lord of hosts then Iacobs God our shield Ah ey the face with favours thyn enduĕd With sacred oil perfuzĕd Hear Lord and yield Those longed Coorts where one sole day accrŭed Whole thousand stains With mee Gods doors excell The stateliĕst tents with impious pride that swell OUR sun our shield whence life whence light derives Whence sure defence whence strength proud foes to quell He rightĕous mynds of nothing good deprives They here in grace in glori'above shal dwell That earth that heavĕn Lord God of hosts may cry Thrise blest the man whose hopes on thee rely TREBLE T He fair as pect of Ta berna cles thyn Great Lord of hosts how loue-li t' absent ey it self pre zents My long-ing soule dooth pine And pining faint til shee thy coorts des cry Nor earth nor heăven sole thow lifes glorious spring To hart to flesh re viving ioy doost bring BASE MEANE COVNTERTENOR TENOR LUTE PSALM 90. MOSES here intituled the man of God beeing in his charge of conducting the Israelites in the wilderness where for their increduliti and murmuring the divine indignation brake oftentimes out upon them til in fine an irrevocable sentence of death was pronounced against that whole generation from twenti years old upward which had seen Gods miracles in Aegypt two only excepted to be executed in that wildernes before their entrance into the dezired land in this Psalm discovereth his extreme grief of hart for that miserable estate the Peoples sins provoking God and Gods punishments consuming them vnto whom God in all former ages had been a stay and protection Therfore prezenting unto God the remembrance of his former graciousnes the confideration of his owne Eterniti and of humane mortaliti in general whose life groweing shorter by sundri degrees was now at length reduced to a

Governours whence much mischief ensueth or by ani other evil or sorro whatsoever are all brought upon them by their sins and that odious unthankfulnes to God who yet even in publick miseries preserveth and prospereth his humble servants and when Nations apply themselfs faithfully to his service poureth upon them all blessings opposite to those former punishments Which things wise men will consider and make use of especially so as to knowe and acknowlege the Crëatours goodnes YE woorthi mynds in whom Gods gifts excell Whose persons walk on earth high thoughts in heavĕns doo dwell Renoum our Lord ring foorth his glorious name Whose goodnes no time fails sweet mercies still the same OBLAZE his acts ye now at rest that stand From hostile powĕr redeemd redeemd from strangers land Ye late dispersd now gathered by his grace From East from West from North yea from great Oceăns place In deserts wyld through uncouth invious ways All tired all forlorn they wandred nights and days With fainting spir̆its through thirst and hunger pin'd And no relief no steps towărd cultivĕd place could fynd IN need extreme when lo to God they cry He gracious hears their mone and help from heavĕn makes fly So strength renues so straying feet directs To peopled wals and safe from perils all protects O thankful then to God his grace confess His mervĕilous woork to men with ioious tongs express Who thirsting soule with waters sweet refreshd The empti fild and pace towărd longed home addresd IN darknes sad in shade of grisli death With irŏn and anguish bound who sighd their servile breath Il-ruled mynds that this and more deserv'd That Highests woord despysd from Gods advise that swarv'd When hart-burst clean they grovĕling rold in pain Ne hope of better saw nor place for worse remain IN need extreme to God their suit they bent Who pityĭng rueful plight from heavĕn sweet comfort sent He darknes dire grim shade of death dispels he cords from hands from feet he fetters burst repels O thankful then to God his grace confess His wondrous act to men with ioious tongs express Who brazen gates made all to fragments flee Brake bars of irŏn strong Lord and prison̆ers did enfree UNGOVERND fools transported by their lust From vertuŏus ways to vice when God severely iust Their wicked ioys afflicts such sicnes sends That soule abhorring meat at deaths pale door attends IN hour extreme to God then lo they cry Who gracious hears their grones and ease from heavĕn bids hy Doun comĕth his woord the per̆ishing soule to save And hasting life retracts from neer approached grave O thankful then to God his grace confess His mercies great to men with ioious tongs express And clensd in hart iust sacrifice of praise Let grateful hands yield vp renoum him all your days TO Seas in ships who Arts chief woork descend Adventrous harts by trade penurious state to mend Or spatious lakes who pass what wondrous sight Strange woorks of God in deep their staring looks affright Lo strait his woord tempestuŏus wynd dooth rear And roughest frouns on seas late smiling face appear Anon towărd heavĕns on back of arched wave They mount dismount in trise towărd hels unloveli cave As drunk they reel then melting harts gin fail Nought toil nought careful coorse of Masters skil avail IN case extreme when lo to God they cry Who gracious hears griev'd voice and help from heavĕn bids hy Strait wynds repose smooth hieu calmd seas regain Harts ioy woorks cheer til safe they long longd havĕn attain Then thankful ô to God his grace confess His merveils great to men with ioious tongs express And let Gods Church let faithful people hear Vowd praise in senat grave his mercies rare endeer HEE bubling springs chokes up with thirsti sand Yea rivers rich accursd dry desert makes to stand And fertile soil in plague of owners sin To saltnes damns whence fruit nor skil nor toil can win AGAIN his grace dry desert stores with pools Sends springs and bare burnt earth with fruitful moisture cools There hungri soules their citti sets to place Who sowe their grains plant vines years sweet return embrace Abounding food then blest with restful peace To numbers huge themselves their flocks and heards encrease BUT harts puft up soon spurning heavĕnli law Ah fools in chains of sin enchained tortures draw Oppression foul sad days unthriving care Their ioyles mynds abase their branching numbers bare He vyld contempt on woorthles Nobles pours And wayles wasts makes walk chasĕd out from lordli towĕrs Yet godli poor raizd up from pressing need As tree makes branch as flock his branched race to breed THESE things the iust with reverend ioy shal see And wicked mynds and mouths appald and stopt shal bee Who then is wise these sights to hart to lay Gods goodnes they shal learn Gods praises they display PSALM 110. The Prophet DAVID foresheweth the everlasting Kingdom and Priesthood of Christ who after his Ascension sitting at the Right hand of God should send out his forces from Sion and Ierusalem to reduce the world unto him Which spiritual warfare should take so wonderful effect that not onli at the veri beginning infinite multitudes should adioin themselfs to the Church but in short time also the Empire of Rome it self then Head of mani Nations with other great kingdoms should be conquered and subdued unto the obedience of Christ and his law The proof whereof to the later ages did manifestly appear THE Lord said to my Lord Thow at my right-hand sit While foes their necks I to thy feet as foot-stool make submit From Sion seat of Grace the Lord thy scepters might Through world shal send midst all thy foes bear rule thou Prince of light What day thy warli ranks shal high exploit begin The people prest with cheerful strife to serve thee shal com in Anon as prime of morn with silvĕri perls of dew Al-spreds the world like troops thy youth in sacred house shal shew THE Lord who will not change hath sworn fair Prince to thee A Priest thou art Melchĭsedek like and ay that Priest shal bee This Prince who ' on thy right hand great King of heavĕn thus shines Each earthli King in ire shal crush that gainst his rule repines He Hĕthen with swoord shall iudge fields streets with corps shal straw Imperiăl Head whom Nations serve assubiect to his law As lightning swift shal run in way of torrent drink Thus gloriŏus head triumphant raize while danted foes doo shrink PSALM III. The Psalmist here sings the praises of God both for his glorious woorks and for his gracious acts toward the Israelites in mercifully conducting them from the serviliti of Aegypt to the happi land of Canaan and therein chiefly for establishing to their everlasting good his sacred Law and Covenant In observance whereof true wisdom consisteth ALLELV-IA MY hart dooth heavĕnli heat enflame To sound high praise to glorious name Th'alglorious Lord midst rightĕous press In sacred senate