sea to flée so fast Thou Iordan why aback wart cast Was this the cause Gods truthfull grace Or fathers fayth that ye gaue place 6 You Mountaynes hye why leape ye thus As Rammes with fruite most plenteous Ye litle hylles why skypt ye so Thys sight to sée as yong shéepe do 7 At Gods bright face the earth thus shooke At Iacobs Gods most present loke Be whole adrad than earth to sée Thys puissant Lord so nye to bée 8 Whose power dyd turne the stone to gushe Great water brokes most merueylous The flint so hard whence fier springth Euen water flouds he made it bring ¶ The Collecte GRaunt vs O Lord euer to escape the seruitude of all errour and Egipticall sinne and wyckednesse that we may always beare our lyues sanctified to thee to reioyce in thy protection Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Thus Gentiles Gods be scornd vnpure â–ª Where God of heauen is God most sure On hym to trust to lawd hym aye Who blessth our lyfe and keepth our way Ì„Ì„ 1 NO prayse geue vs O Lord to vs Geue it thy name most glorious For thy swéete loue for thy good truth Defend vs Lord and shew thy ruth 2 Why els no doubt the Heaâ—hen sect Would say where is their God so tect If God they haue as we in sight Let hym come forth and shew his might 3 But sure our God is God in heauen Not made or séene to carnall eyne He doth at will what lyke hym best He made all thinges by hym they rest 4 Their Idols all the best they bée But siluer cast and gold to sée The handy worke of mortall men They be thus made full brittle then 5 Wyde mouthes they haue but speake no whit Of speache but domme to them most fit And eyes they haue yet haue no sight All voyde of lyfe all voyde of light 6 So eares they haue but heare nothyng How loud men cry in halowing And nose they haue but haue no tast Their brent incense on them is wast 8 Yea handes they haue but handle nat Two féete they haue but haue no gate They make no voyce from out theyr throtes Where yet small flies haue open notes 7 As those be all so such be they Which make them first of gold or clay And so be they which worship them Or them do trust in any realme 9 But thou that séest O Israell Trust thou the Lord bid them farewell The Lord is whole thyne ayde and shield Protectour sure in towne and field 10 Ye Aarons house trust ye this Lord None other serue to hym accord The Lord is whole your ayde and shield Protectour sure in towne and field 11 All ye that feare the Lord so hye Trust ye this Lord to hym applye The Lord is whole your ayde and shylde Protectour sure in town and filde 12 The Lord hath mynd and careth for vs He wyll vs blesse most prosperous And Iacobs house so will he blesse Blesse Aarons house he wyll not mysse 13 Who feare the Lord he blesse them all Both rich and poore both great and small To do them good is hys entent Who worship him most reuerent 14 The Lord wyll adde to your encrease To heape hys gyftes he wyll not cease Uppon your selfe in ioyfull cheare And after on your children deare 15 Ye are the Lordes most blessed lot Yf feare in you be not forgot The Lordes ye be hys heritage Who made of heauen and earth the stage 16 The heauens so houge the heauens I saye Be all the Lords in whom they staye The earth he gaue to men a place To dwell therin to serue his grace 17 The dead that be prayse not the Lord No sence in them no voyce or word Ne they whose corps be layd to rest By them no laudes can be exprest 18 But we alyue wyth voyce and hart Wyll prayse thys Lord tyll we depart From thys tyme forth and so for aye Than sing we styll Alleluya ¶ The Collecte BE thou our protectour helpe O mercifull Lord for we put our whol affiance in thee only be mindfull that thou formedst vs oute of the moulde of the earth graunt vs therfore thy streÌ„gth to acknowledge thee our maker duly to laud thee and celebrate thy name through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXVI When Dauid scapt aduersitie to God wyth thankes he goes So man full past all miserie may so hys hart disclose 1 I Loued haue the Lord and shall wyth all my hart for why He soone hath heard my prayers all wyth voyce when I dyd cry 2 Full nye I say his eare he bent to me most redily Wherfore my dayes that me be lent hym will I call most hye 3 The snares of death dyd close me in yea panges of hell me found Fell anguish smart and woes betwene I felt about me round 4 Eftsoones I cryed in Gods good name for helpe and sayd euen thus O Lord I pray thy grace I clame my soule from payne discusse 5 Of clemency the Lord is full and iust he is in worde And this our God is mercifull which doth all grace aforde 6 The Lord preseruth the simple ones as abiectes counted here For lo my selfe was wo begone and health he brought me nere 7 Wherfore I sayd O turne agayne my soule into thy rest Since that the Lord â–ª hath easd thy payne for thyne aduantage best 8 For thou O Lord hast ryd my feares my soule from death besyde And eke myne eyes from wepyng teares my féete from falling wyde 9 To walke in life I purpose then before the Lord vpright Whyle here I lyue with liuing men on earth to please his sight Credidi propter quod 10 I held my fayth therout I spake to God in hope full strong Although with woes my hart did quake and sorowes seamed long 11 In all my flightes so forst to flée I sayd thus halfe amasd All men on earth but liers bée myne eyes were so adasd 12 To quyte my Lord what shall I geue hys benefites at length His grace so great by whom I lyue surmounth my simple strength 13 I will take vp and heaue on hye the cuppe of thankfulnes And Gods good name besech wyll I who compast all my wealth 14 To God my Lord I now will paye my vowes that I behight With thankfull hart from day to daye In all hys peoples sight 15 The Lord no doubt full deare reputes the death of all his saynts He taketh to hart their wrong pursuts and heareth their wofull playnts 16 For truth lo I â–ª thy seruaunt lord thy seruaunt this may speake Thy hand maydes sonne can this record for thou my bandes didst breake 17 To thee therfore I offer shall of thanckes the sacrifice The lordes good name theron to call I will in gratefull wise 18 To God my Lord I wyll repaye my vowes that I behight With thankfull hart from daye to daye in all hys peoples sight In all the courtes
entent before my God also I iust eschude my déede so rude I gaue good héede therto 24 For doyng iust my Lord I trust will frendly me requite My righteous déede as well did spéede in hys approued sight 25 As man is iust so mayst thou trust wyth good so good to bée Wyth perfect man so thou agayne shall perfect be and frée 26 And thus wyth pure thou mayst be sure thou shalt be pure and cleane Euen so wyth euill of froward will euen froward shalt thou meane 27 For thou to saue wilt soone wyth saue the méeke in all theyr wo And shalt deryde mens stately pryde and make them low to go 28 For thou dydst lyght my candell bryght and kéepst my fortune ryght The Lord my God dyd ease my rod and darkenes tournd to lyght 29 For strong to sée I was by thée whole hostes to dyng downe ryght In God no dout I was so stout stone wall to leape it quite 30 Gods way I wis vnspotted is hys worde is tryde in fire He is a shield to man in field who trust to hym intiere 31 What God is there euen any where but this the Lord of hostes What rocke excelth in strength so well as thys our God in coste 32 For God euen he round girdeth me wyth strength and feate of warre He kéepth my way in redy stay lest vyce my lyfe should marre 33 He makth my féete as swyft and méete as féete of hartes to sée In perfect grace he stayd my race and sate me vp on hye 34 My handes aryght he made to fyght both diuell and man to wryng Myne armes in partes did breake their dartes yea bowes of stéele wyth stryng 35 Thy sauyng shield kept me in field thy right hand me sustaynd Thy bounteousnes dyd ease my stresse though greuously it paynd 36 Thou gauest me roume where euer I come to stand to go to ryde Full strong to stand on sea and land my héeles dyd neuer slyde 37 I dyd rechase my foes in face and ouer tooke theyr spyte I dyd not stynt wyth sword the dynt till I had stroyed them quite 38 I dyd them bray in such aray theyr woundes shall neuer heale They could not ryse in any wyse but fall at myne owne héele 39 Strait girdst thou me wyth strength to be to warre euen full inured Thou threwest them round vpon the ground my soule who thus pursude 40 These noughty packes did turne their backes theyr neckes thou madest me smight My haters fell thou didst them quell downe thou dydst beat them right 41 They cryde dismayde and craued ayde but none to helpe was there Whan they did crie to God so hie then God did turne hys eare 42 I dyd as small thus beat them all as dust before the wynde As clay in stréete oft trode wyth féete I dyd them stampe and grynde 43 Thou rydst my lyfe from peoples stryfe thou didst me sure preserue To Gentiles bred thou madest me hed straunge people me dyd serue 44 When me they heare at sound of eare they me now soone obey Wher children strange their frendship change all falshoode they dewray 45 These children strange which strangely range so vp and downe dyd fayle They all afrayd in fearefull brayd in theyr great forts shall wayle 46 The Lord lyue hée most blessedly who was my helper strong God rowsed bée my rocke so frée hym prayse I will full long 47 This God of ours he geueth me powers t' auenge my wycked foes And doth subdue my people true that they like subiectes goes 48 He daunted so my cruell â—o to them he made me head From wicked spite thou dydst me quite theyr wickednes to tread 49 For thys O Lord in hart and word I will geue thankes in song Of thy great name thy power to fame where Gentils dwel among 50 Hys kyng he sought he health hym wrought he shewed true loue in déede To Dauid true annoynted due and aye to his good séede ¶ The Collecte MOst louyng Lord and puissant protectour which art our refuge in all distresse and aduersitie preserue vs from all hostilitie and froÌ„ the snares of death and hell so that after we be drawne vp from the danger of all maner temptations we maye deuoutly syng to thy holy name in all puritie of life Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XIX This Psalme deliteth who is to sunne comparde Gods worke to cyte who is to sunne comparde His law it treateth of his Apostles garde And so it speaketh of his Apostles garde 1 THe heauens do tell how God excelth in glory power and might The firmament so excellent his handy worke endight 2 For day to day succéedyng aye doth playne hys power declare As night to nyght ensuyng ryght setteth out hys louyng care 3 No speche or tong to them doth long theyr voyce distinct not hard To magnifie theyr Lord so hie by languages regard 4 But yet theyr sound as wordes rebound on all the earth it strayes To further cost all vttermost their noyse theyr maker prayse 5 In them he set the sunne so net ¶ lyke bridegrome which procéedth His chamber out as Giaunt stout reioyceth hys course to spéede 6 His course goeth out euen round about the heauen and backe retreath From East to West it hath no rest all thyng doth féele hys heate 7 Gods law is iust a law to trust as spotlesse turnyng hartes His wytnes pure record is sure to babe it wyt impartes 8 The Lordes behest is all the best to ioy the hart in ryght His biddinges be so pure to sée blynd syght they turne to lyght 9 The Lord his feare is cleane and cleare which euer shall endure His iudgementes bée the truth most frée and be themselues full sure 10 They be to vs more gracious then gold or precious stone To man more méete then hony swéete they passe the hony combe 11 Yea more then this thy seruant is to kéepe them alway prest And sure shall he rewarded be wyth ioy whych is behest 12 Synnes which be wrought in déed thought wythout thys law who knowth Fro faultes that lye oh secretly thy clensing hand bestow 13 From sinnes of pryde thy seruanthyde that me they do not guide That vndefilde and lesse beguilde the great sinne myght I slyde 14 My wordes thus said my thoughts depe laid God graunt they please thy sight O Lord my power my rocke and â—â—wer and my redemer quite ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull and louyng Sauiour Christ which once comming forth out of the virginal wombe didst proceede vp to the right hand of thy father we beseche thee that we may be so conuerted by the law illightened by thy preceptes and taught by thy holy testimonies to be deliuered froÌ„ all straunge doctrine and craftye inuasions agaynst our fayth who lyuest and raignest c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XX. This prayth for kinges Good prosperinges theyr realmes to haue defence Where Christ is ment By fore entent of Dauids
O Lord I cry my rocke on hye rest not thus still forsake me not Or els should I resemble nye the déede that be in pit bewrapt 2 Heare my request of humble brest whan I so méeke do sue to thée Agaynst thy seate of mercy swéete my handes on hye when lift they bée 3 And draw my hart from wycked part wyth them O Lord that worke so euill Theyr tonge cryth truse wâ—â—h hart refuseth theyr myndes all set to stroy and spill 4 As is theyr déede so let them spéede retort their craftes they vse to delue Theyr malice great the same to get wyth lyke by ryght to quite themselue 5 Theyr myndes disdayne Gods actes to frainâ— hys stately workes to marke euen so He shall them stroy and not employ theyr lyues no tyme in wealth to go 6 Well worthy prayse is God alwayes my mouth in song shall hym forth sound He heard my grone my prayers mone he dyd not me wyth shame confound 7 God is my shield my strength in field he helpt me iust as I beleued For this good chance my hart may daunce and sing in laudes so wel releaued 8 To my small host God praysd be most that tymely health he soone dyd bryng The Lord is strength and fence at length to his most true annoynted kyng 9 Thy people saue O Lord I craue and blesse wyth ioy thyne heritage Féede them as guide promoote them wyde to prayse thée God from age to age ¶ The Collecte O Lord most strong forte and refuge to all thy people preserue vs from such as goe downe into the pit of schisme and dissention and knit vs together in vnitie of mynde beyng children of one onelye God and of one fayth so that we may holde fast in harte that we outwardly professe in mouth through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXIX This doth inuite to note Gods mighty power All stately might to note Gods mighty power Hym iust to serue and els can them deuoure Who can preserue and els can them deuoure 1 YE sonnes of God sprede ye abrode the Lordes great power and strength Bryng ye your lambes of mighty rambes to God hys laudes at length 2 The Lord ensue wyth honor due extoll his myght and name And eke expresse his holines hym laude in court of fame 3 His voyce so grand on sea and land note how the floudes it stayd Gods maiesty you then dyd sée on them when thunder brayd 4 Hys voyce rulth sea how houge it be hys voyce is sterne and stout His voyce is thus most glorious when it dryueth leuyn out 5 This voyce so frée breakth Cedre trée no force can it repell It dryueth euen downe of Lybanon hys Cedres though they swell 6 He made them skip in rootes to flip as calues do vse to praunce So Lybanon and Syrion as Unicorne to daunce 7 The Lord by voyce the fiery noyce of flames in partes can send The cloudes among he lightneth strong wyth shoures he fyre can blend 8 It can distres all wyldernes yea Cades desert wyde The beastes I say which there do stray it make themselfe to hyde 9 This voyce doth bynde to calue the Hynde thicke trées it open layth Therfore men all in temple shall hys honour prayse in fayth 10 Where they shall sing that God as kyng hath rule of waters all On whom he setth as kyng is fit and so for euer shall 11 The Lord all wealth and stable health shall geue hys people kynde God them shall blesse wyth full increase all peace and rest to fynde ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we beseche thee Lord vnto vs constancye in thy worde and make vs the temple of thy blessed sprite so that we may reuerence thy godly voyce to rebound the same to all powers of this world that they may be compunct therby to present themself to thy honour wyth due sacrifice of thankefull hartes through c. The Argument Psalme XXX Thankes here be ment for iust deliueraunce To God so sent for iust deliueraunce And here ye spie in Gods good gouernaunce All suertie in Gods good gouernaunce 1 LOrd thée all whole I will extoll for thou hast lift me hye Thou wouldst not make my foes to crake agaynst me ioyfully 2 O Lord of myght my God of ryght to thée I cryed in griefe Thou gauest an eare to heare me neare thou sentst me healthes reliefe 3 Thou broughtst ful wel my soule from hell O Lord thou didst wythsaue Thou me releuest my strength thou kepest thou pluckst me quyte from graue 4 To God sing ye ye saintes agrée hys prayses eleuate And mynde ye still hys holy will his graces celebrate 5 Hys heauy wrath short time it hath lyfe standth at hys good grace At nyght we wéepe yet after sléepe at morne we myrth embrace 6 Whan well I was in ioyfull case I sayd as then I thought That I no day should fele decay and neuer moue to nought 7 For thy good will so strenghtd my hill O Lord most stedfastly But whan thy face had tournd hys grace I than fell troublously 8 In thys my payne I was full fayne to cry to thée for might My God wyth cry I dyd apply and prayd both day and nyght 9 What gayne sayd I hath lyfe thereby if death cut short my dayes Can dust declare thy power in care in graue to tell thy prayse 10 My God therfore spare me the more O Lord I thée desire My simple sprite despyse not quyte but helpe I thée requyre 11 Thou tournst from mée my wo and grée to myrth in cherefull voyce The mournyng wéede thou changest in déede so fensd I dyd reioyce 12 Wherfore euen still all good men will thy glory sing and prayse O Lord of loue my God aboue I thée wyll laude alwayes ¶ The Collecte MOst louyng and mighty protector almighty God suffer not our enemies to triumph ouer vs we beseche thee but so strength vs wyth thy strong hande that after heauines is turned into gladnesse we maye geue condigne thanks and laudes in due remeÌ„brance of thy holynes through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXI Thus Dauid prayed from Saule so scapte in letter thankth he so But Christ is ment vvith all hys church for sprite bodies vvâ— 1 IN thee O Lord I put my trust let me neuer be shamde Rid me in thy true righteousnes which thou for me hast framâ—â— 2 Bow downe thine eare make hast to me deliuerd that I be Be thou my fort my rocke so ferme so stabled iust by thee 3 Thou art my rocke castell sure my fortres large and wide For thy names sake lord lead me forth be thou my light and 〈◊〉 4 My foote O Lord draw out of net full priuy set for me Thou art my strength as I haue said al hope doth rest in thee 5 To thy good hands I yelde my sprite O lord to thy great ruthe â–ª Thou hast redemd me certenly O lord thou God
Psalteries Forget not this 3 Syng Carols new wyth iubilie To God the Lord in maiestie Hys laudes hys prayse sing hartely Well vse ye this 4 His worde is true most certeinly His workes be wrought most faythfully Holde thys in hart most constantly Abuse not this 5 He iudgement loueth and right entent The earth therwith is all besprent Such grace and loue he downe hath sent Well trust ye this 6 The heauens were made by thys the Lord The hostes of them by hys true word Hys breth of mouth theyr power afordth Distrust not thys 7 The seas on heapes he doth them place As bottell close he them embraceth The depes he coutcht in secret space Denounce ye this 8 Let all the earth the Lord if eare What man this world and mould doth beare Serue hym in dread wyth gentle eare Renounce not thys 9 He spake the word and done it was The earth firme stoode in stable case What he dyd byd it came to passe Reuolue ye thys 10 All Paynyms wayes God doth reiect Uayne peoples dryftes by hym be chect Proude Prynces craftes he doth detect Dissolue not thys 11 Gods counsayles aye shall all abyde Hys thoughtes of hart shall neuer slyde From tyme to tyme on neyther syde Respect ye thys 12 What folke hath God Iehoua Lord Elect as heyre by hys accord O blest they be by truthes record Suspect not thys 13 The Lord from heauen beholdth vs all All kynde of men both frée and thrall He séeth theyr reyse he séeth theyr fall Aduise ye thys 14 From his high seat he casâ—th hys eyes All men to vewe theyr tract to spye Where euer they in earth do lye Despise not thys 15 The hartes of all he shope no dout He knowth theyr thoughts wythin wythout Theyr workes what they do go about Repute ye thys 16 No kyng is saued by route of host No giaunt strong for all hys bost Of strength and power though haue they most Dispute not thys 17 Strong horse is thyng but weake agayne That man by hym myght safe remayne Both horse and man are all but vayne Approue ye thys 18 Behold the Lord holdth eye full iust On fearefull men whych hym do trust Wyth grace them guide he safely must Disproue not thys 19 Theyr soule from death to ryd them quite In tyme of dearth to féede them ryght All paynfull stresse he makth full lyght Betrouth ye thys 20 Our soule hath taryed quietly For thys our God assuredly Our guide our shield most trustely Forslouth not thys 21 Our hartes in hym wyll styll reioyce For hys good name we trust the choyce And sing we will in ioyfull noyce Repete ye thys 22 Extend O Lord thy gentlenesse As we in thée haue trustinesse Thou art the Lord of ryghteousnes Forget not thys ¶ The Collecte FEede vs O Lord thy miserable people in that time whan raigneth the famine of thy worde deliuer our soules from the death of sinne that we maye bee â—illed wyth thy mercy finally to bee associate to the righteous in the ioyes of eternitie by thy gratious gift Through Christ c. The Argument Psalme XXXIIII When Dauid fledde to Achis king At death he was full neere And saued yet this Psalme did sing With all his frendes in quiere 1 I Will geue thankes to God alwayes Who raignes in power most hie Within my mouth shall be hys prayse declarde continuallie 2 Of thys good Lord to bost the fame My soule shall neuer lynne The humble sort shall heare the same And eke reioyce therein 3 O laude and prayse the liuyng Lord wyth me performe his prayse And let vs all wyth frée accorde extoll hys name alwayes 4 I sought the Lord and when I cryde he bowde hys louyng eare Yea he me kéepes eche tyme and tyde and dyd me rid from feare 5 Lo thus to God the poore doth call his cry he doth regarde And he from paynes and wofull thrall likewyse doth hym awarde 6 They had an eye full bent in hym and so they lightened were A shamefast face not one of them from that tyme forth dyd beare 7 Gods aungels standes hym round about whose lyfe him fearth aryght No harme they take by wycked route he them deliuereth quyte 8 O tast and sée how gratious the Lord remayneth iust That man is blest all prosperous that layes on hym hys trust 9 O feare the Lord ye sainctes of his therin your trauayle plant For they that feare the Lord of blis shall nothyng euer want 10 The Lyons néede wyth hunger fret the ryche and proud in hart But he whose feare in God is set of all good thynges haue part 11 Ye children yong approche ye neare geue eare vnto my worde I wyll you learne the Lord to feare in godly hartes accorde 12 What man he be that list to liue and fayne would sée good dayes Let hym no fraude in tongue atchieue in lewde and frowarde wayes 13 Reiect the euill and take the good all wycked wayes eschue Séeke pleasaunt peace wyth modest moode and do the same ensue 14 Upon the iust and godly men the Lorde hys eyes doth splay And boweth hys eares as God to them as oft as they do pray 15 Gods face is séene most irefully to wycked men of hand To roote full out theyr memory from all the earth to stand 16 To God the Lord the righteous call who heares theyr heauy case And he from cares and troubles all deliuereth them by grace 17 The Lord is nie to hym by might that is contrite in hart And saueth the man of humble sprite nor will from hym depart 18 Great are the cares of perfect men and great theyr troubles bée But yet the Lord deliuereth them from all aduersitie 19 He kéepth theyr bones both safe and sound Unbroken them to â—aue The euil euil happes shall all confound no stay by God to haue 20 The Lord will kéepe his seruauntes all theyr soules he wyll defend And none shall be in sorrow thrall who iust to hym doth bend ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God that arte the strong protector of them that be in aduersitie and art most mercifull deliuerer from all daungers of the world We besech thee of thy godly prouidence to sende thy holy aungell to assist vs on euery side from tribulation to bee at last deliuered from the miserable death of sinners Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXIIII When Dauid fledde to Achis king At death the doore he was full neere And saued yet this Psalme dyd sing Wyth all his frendes in godly quiere To God hys Lorde to hym so dere In voyces clere with hart and will Geue thankes I will 1 GEue thankes I will geue thankes I will For aye to God most gratious He is my forte my rocke on hill My Lord he is most bounteous My mouth shall prayse hym plenteous In hart and mynde most feruent still Geue thankes I will â–ª 2 My soule may boast of
to shew in part 31 And thys shall please God far aboue who is a sprite most pure Then Oxe or calfe wyth horne and houe to offer hym be sure 32 The humble soules shall thys beholde reioyce they shall by lyue And ye that séeke the Lord be bold reioyce your soule shall lyue 33 For God no doubt the nedy heareth they may reioyce more hye His prisoners in eye he bearth he cannot them defye 34 Let heauen and earth and all betwene hys worthy laud set out The sea and all that cxéepth therin prayse hym all round about 35 For God shall saue swéete Zyon hill hys place of godly rest And Iudas townes build vp he will to dwell in them possest 36 Hys seruauntes true posteritie shall it enherite iust And they that loue hys maiestie of dwellyng theare may trust ¶ The Collecte O Lorde of all pitie and compassion incline thyne eare vnto vs to vnderstande the certentie of thy truth and saluation and that we may bee so purged from the filthines of all synne to haue a name in thy blessed booke of election there to be registred amoÌ„g thy dere electes through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXX The iust man here calth God to ayde To be protect from hasty brayde Of all hys foes to hate so ryfe By hys good hand to be well stayde No tyme that he be ouerlayde By weakenes frayle of all his lyfe 1 O God to me thyne helpe intende In hast thy selfe to mercy bende and me O Lord deliuer quite Lyke grace I craue that thou extend Thy helpe from heauen so downe to send to ayde me strong by godly might 2 In hast be they confounded all Wyth shamefull name men myght them call Which seke in hate my soule to spill Be they put backe and dryuen to wall All vyle reproofe myght them befall who that to me wyshe any euill 3 Euen strayt fled backe let all them bée For theyr reward foule shame to sée these suttle men but glosers all Whose tong to fawne can whole agrée To say there there lo thus to mée by guile and craft to make me fall 4 But let all those that séeke thy myght With gladnes full and ioy he dyght in thée theyr Lord and God all daye And let them all that haue delite In thy swéete health say still aryght the Lord so good be praysed aye 5 As now for me though poore I ligh Afflicted sore in misery O Lord to me make hasty spéede Thou art myne ayde most trustely My God of all deliuery to long fro me do not recéede ¶ The Collecte O God eternall and inuincible protector of thy subiectes we besech thee make hast to helpe and succour thy poore houshold who standeth in sute at thy maiestie that we may escape all shame and rebuke of sinne and aduersitie so defended by thine ayde through Christ c. The Argument Psalme LXXI The iust geueth thankes to God aboue Who kept his youth in stay So craueth he still for further loue In age no tyme to stray 1 MY trust O Lord in thy good name I haue in hart alway reposde Let neuer me be put to shame from hope I haue to be deposde 2 In thyne owne grace and righteousnes all quyte from harme deliuer me Inclyne thyne eare to my great stresse to saue my lyfe and make me frée 3 Both rocke and wall be thou to me to which most sure I may resort Thy will it is that kept I be my holde thou art and stable sort 4 And make me scape the tyrannye my God and Lord of wycked foe To scape the hand of man to spye both false in hart and cruell to 5 Thou art my hope and patience O Lord for whom I dayly long From euen my youth my confidence thou hast no dout bene euer strong 6 For sith my birth by thée alone full sure by thée were kept my wayes Thou pluckst 〈◊〉 out my mothers wombe my mouth therfore shall sprede thy prayse 7 A monster great men me report so many iudge that be vniust But yet thou art my stable sort in whom is all my hope and trust 8 O let my mouth wyth prayses flow that thée I may land alway thus That I may sing to hye and low thyne honour great most glorious 9 In tyme of age reiect me not that out from thée I be not cast And leaue me not all desolate in néedefull tyme when strength doth wast 10 For now my foes together iet in counsayle whole they do conspire To rayle at me they be all set to trap my soule in hateful ire 11 They say hym God hath whole reiect sue on therfore and take hym now And full ye may on hym he wrect for none in earth wyll hym auow 12 O God from me depart not far O God my God to thée I cry From me thy helpe do not debarre make hast to come my foes be nye 13 And let them all confounded bée to sinke and drowne who seke my soule Let shame them take and vilanie who wishe my lyfe my soule to foyle 14 As now for me most quietly I will abyde thy louing hand Yea day by day more earnestly my mouth and tonge shall prayse thy sond 15 My mouth shall tell thy righteousnes thy sauing health to me all day But ende of this great gentlenes I can not thinke or wholy say 16 In this my hope I will go on in God my Lord so great of power I will expresse of thée alone thy truth so ferme both day and hower 17 For thou O God â–ª hast taught me well from all my youth vnto this day Thy meruels I therfore will tell thy wonders great and how they lay 18 But me in age when heares be white depresse me not O Lord adowne I will first tell thy power and myght this age that is and them to come 19 For sure O God thy truth is sâ—ene to heauen aboue lyft vp so hye Things great by thée so wrought hath bene who can in power be lyke to thée 20 How great and sore aduersitie thou madest me oft in lyfe to spy Yet didst thou turne to quicken mée from déepe of stresse to rayse me hye 21 Beside thou didst encrease my raigne with honor much so more and more When turnd thou wart and pleasd agayne of ioy so glad thou gauest me store 22 I will thée prayse in psaltry swéete my God and Lord thy truth to tell To thée my harpe shall stand as méete O Lord so good of Israell 23 My lips and mouth both fayne and glad shall be alway to sing to thée So shall my soule for mercy had Which thou by grace hast made so frée 24 My tonge shall talke thy righteousnes from day to day and that euen â—till â–ª Because wyth shame thou dydst represse my foes so fierce that wisht me euill ¶ The Collecte ALmighty god which raignesâ— eternally in that hie throne of maiestie and yet doost not disdayne to looke vpon
poore and fatherles speake law to theyr behoue Of men afflict in heauines in ryght theyr cause approue 4 The nedies sute ryd ye hys cause deliuer hym wyth spede And plucke the poore from all the clawes of wycked bribers drede 5 They nothyng know nor vnderstand they walke in darkenes depe The bases réele of all the land for ryght men mourne and wepe 6 I sayd no lesse but Gods ye bée so hye I you estéemd Of God most hye as children frée I you in office déemde 7 But ye shall dye as wretched men to children most vnlike To tyrauntes lyke as one of them ye all shall fall in dyke 8 Ryse thou O God iudge thou the land where wronge hath such excesse To heritage thy mighty hand shall clayme all heathennes ¶ The Collecte GRaunt vs O Lorde thy grace to decline froÌ„ wrongful domes in iudgement as thou commaundest it vnto vs that we may relieue the nedefull sutes of thy poore afflict seruauntes whereby we may be associated to the electe number of thy children Thorough Christ c. The Argument Psalme Lxxxiij The Hebrues here do inuocate Their God for helpe against mens spite The church this psalme doth renouate In her distresse to scape all quite 1 O God our God within thy selfe Hold not thy tonge thys muet still Nor silence kepe but kepe our helth Stay not O God but punishe euill 2 For lo thou séest what murmuryng Thyne enmies make most arrogant How hye aloft theyr heds they bryng Who thée do hate how proud they vaunt 3 They haue in guyle their counsayles take in Ire agaynst thy people poore Conspirde they be close drifts they make and all thy sayntes they will deuoure 4 They sayd come on let vs them roote euen quyte from out all nations Of Israell the name to wroote no man to be to name them once 5 For they haue layd their heades in one together knit in hart and mynde Confederat they be echone agaynst thy selfe like beastes vnkinde 6 The tents where kepe the Edomits the Ismalits with might and mayne With them be ioynd the Moabits the Agareus they fume agayne 7 So Geball folke and Ammon to beset in leage with Amaleke The Palestyns with them do go and they that dwell in Tyrus eke 8 To them be knyt thassirians a people fierce and strong in armes Lothes childer hye they would aduaunce whose streÌ„gth they be to worke their harms 9 But do to them as Madian did féele thy hand and angry looke As eke thou didst to Siseran to Iabyn eke at Kyson broke 10 They whole on heapes at Endor quaylde no graue receyued their bodyes deade Gods hand them all so countervaylde as dunge on earth their carcase spred 11 Make them withall their princes gaye to Oreb like and Zeb also As Zebée and Salmana make all their péeres like them to go 12 Who sayd in pride let vs possesse Gods temple hye to vs to ryse Let vs deface that holynes with all the rites and sacrifice 13 Make them my God to be in sight all like the whele down hill that slidâ—h And let them be as stuble light tost hye wyth wynde that neuer bidth 14 And lyke as fyre that brenth the woode the rage wherof no trée can flée As flames the hyls where forage stode do wast for heate and parched be 15 Euen so O God all them pursue with thy great sâ—ormes and tempests stoure In thy sore wrath make them to rue all foule dismayde in hart to loure 16 With vyle reprofe their faces fyll with very shame confound them all That they might search thy name and wyll O Lord to thée that they might fall 17 Be they abasht and vexed still Yea more and more both day and nyght And let theyr fames all shame bespill Destroy theyr flesh but saue theyr sprite 18 That they may know that thou alone Whose name deuine Iehoua is Art rocke most hye against our foen Aboue the earth that sittest in blisse ¶ The Collecte O Shake and discusse from vs most louyng Lorde all superfluitie of error that we may so defie all heathen vyce to feare and worship thee onely who in hiest maiestie raignest on all the earth Through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXXIIII As Dauid longd Gods house to walke where ciuill warres hym drew So should we loue Christes church in sprite hys heauenly face to vew 1 O God of hostes how louely be thy tabernacles all where god yâ— raignst in grace truth for help at nede to call 2 My soule doth breâ—s in loue it melth it longth Gods courtes to sée My hart and flesh doth pant and cry wyth God of lyfe to bée 3 Yea there her nost the sparow buildth the swalow there may bredâ— Thine altars nye Lord God kyng where wandring wars I led 4 O wel is theÌ„ their harts be blest who may thy house frequâ—â— They may sing out â–ª thy laudes always to ioy in mind conteÌ„t 5 O happy men whose helpe thou art whose harts thy paths do seke Whose soules inspirde do ioy to walke thy wayes in credeÌ„ce meke 6 They passyng here thys vale of teares yet wels of ioy they finde Theyr pooles at ful with heauenly showers shal flow for rest of minde 7 FroÌ„ strength to strength from faith to faith â–ª to god they shal go still Till they by flockes eche one appeare wyth God in Syon hill 8 O Lord of hostes god of strength heare yâ— my harts request With open eare O harken God on whom doth Iacob rest 9 Behold O God protectour good our state in all assayes Behold thy Christes annoynted face for grace thy people prayes 10 In thy good courtes one day passâ—h more then thousand daies els where I rather wish gods dore to kepe â–ª then proud mens halles to teare 11 For God the Lord is light and shield he glory giueth and grace No good thyng he shall hold from them who godly lyfe embrace 12 O Lord of hostes O puissant God I must conclude for ryght That man is blest and blest agayne who trustth in thy great might The Collecte ALmighty God whiche art the eternall founder of all the heauenlye mansions aboue graue in our harts such eleuations of gostly meditation to behold thy passyng goodnesse thou bearest to mankynde that we may bee found worthye to ascend vp to thy celestial place in heauen Through Christ. The Argument Psalme LXXXV Man here makth sute for sinne who felt Deserued captiuitie And shewth what helth Christs kingdom delt To mans felicitie 1 AGaynst thy land become thou art O Lord most gracious thou hast returnd froÌ„ Iacobs hart his thraldom burdenous 2 Thou hast forgeuen thy peoples sinne that was so hugely growne Yea all theyr sinnes thou couerdst in wherby thy grace was knowne 3 Thou hast restraynd thine heate all quyte from indignation Thou hast withdrawn thy face and sight from wraths destruction 4 Whole turne vs than O God
25 Thou laydst the earth in stable stay At first full strong by power deuine The heauens euen so none will denay Be wrought by thée wyth all their shyne 26 They all shall quayle thou yet shalt holde As garmentes worne waxe thinne and fine Thou shalt them change as vestures olde They shall be changd thus temporall 27 But thou art still as we behold And art that art perpetuall Thy yeares in length shal stand in déede For féele defect they neuer shall 28 We trust the more thy seruants séede Olde Abrahams stocke shal not decay Their issue Lord by thée shal spede Before thy face to dwell for aye The Collecte O Lord most mercifull protectour of all them that be in trouble who in thy self art god euerlasting shew thy mercy vpon vs so frayle and transitory as we be that we may reioyce in thy sauyng helth through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CIII The righteous man whom God doth feede Enioyneh his soule due laudes to sing For his great loue who knowth his nede From griefe and payne his hart to bring Who steyth his state all voyde of dread His dayes in peace with ioy to lead Thus playth his string Ì„Ì„ 1 ARise my soule blisse thou the Lord Addresse thy selfe his name to spread My senses all wyth iust accord Within without do it in dede Hys holy name due prayse record Thus byd ye be in his true word So oftâ—â— reade 2 Reuolue the same in gratefull mynde My soule I say to thée agayne His benefites to tell full kynde To thée it is most certaine gayne To God who will him faster bynde Of his good grace the more shall fynde I tell thée playne 3 Of all thy sinnes the giltines He pardon giueth full louingly In all thy sores of heuines Thou mayst in hym haue remedy If thou to hym makst thine accesse In stable hart with faithfulnes Thine ease to spy 4 His sauing helth comth prestly on To ryd thy life from peryls all To make thée scape confusion He geueth good eare whan thou doost call With mercy kinde euen he alone With round defence he crowneth thy mone No tyme to fall 5 With all good thinges in plesantnes He féedeth thy mouth he filleth thy will As Egle vseth her new to dresse In age for strength to cast her bill So he thy yeares reuiueth afreshe Such youth in age can God expresse O prayse hym still 6 The Lord can trye all wicked wayes All wrong to right whan he séeth best And though he sendth some bitter dayes He can them swéete with ioyfull rest True iudge he is the iust to rayse Whan force he beares his truth to prayse Than stay thy brest 7 To Moses once God did declare His wayes his will and all his trade His prouidence and daily care To kepe his flocke with gentle ayde To Israell what will he bare Theyr practise shewth how they dyd fare So safe to wade 8 They proued the Lord most pitifull Whole bent to grace in tyme of néede They felt hys helpe most mercifull To anger flow but prest to méede He pardon shewd most plentifull To hartes contrite and sorrowfull For they must spéede 9 As do sterne Lordes in cruelnes Alway he is not chidyng sore He kéepth not ire the poore to presse He mercy hath in louyng store And when he fumeth for giltines Yet mercy staith hys gentlenes Prayse hym the more 10 A proofe hereof in vs all spy He serueth not vs as we deserue As our foule sinnes for vengeance cry But féedth our want our néede to serue Though hym we greue as wretches thrall He guideth our life and stayth our fall Not far to swerue 11 How hye the heauens this earth surmount So far doth grace our gylt excell Hys mercies great most hily mount Upon those men in feare who dwel Which low in hartes theyr fautes recount To worship hym as feare is wont O loue hym well 12 How far the East is wyde from Weast Whose coastes and termes shal neuer méete So farre our sinnes be set at rest By hys good gift and pardon swéete Though vs he beateth as he knowth best No wrath it is but loue of breast No irefull heat 13 For lyke hys chylde the father vseth To nurture hym by chastisement Hym farre to draw from vayne abuse And yet but loue and pity ment So God to man doth mercy vse Who hym to feare doth not refuse And will repent 14 For he doth know our nature frayle Wherof and whence we all be made But dust and clay who soone may fayle Wyth weyght of earth all heauy lade Hys grace séeth this to our aduayle Els should we all both wepe and wayle Full euill apayde 15 Who markth of man hys yeres in trade Shall spy hys lyfe but misery Euen like to herbe though grene in blade That witherth soone to hay so dry For lyke as flowers in field do fade So wasteth man anone decayd In vanitie 16 This freshly flower if wyndes so sterne Do hym once shake he falth away That where he grew no man can learne For brittle flesh hath brittle stay Hys terme but short to tyme eterne By death once past none hym discernth From dust and clay 17 Though nought made here can euer last Gods mercy yet holdth stable hand On hym that feare to hym hath cast From age to age in euery land Hys righteousnes is set full fast To man bestowd it will not wast But aye shall stand 18 These men I meane of louely feare Be such as kepe hys godly wyll Which fast in mynd hys worde do beare In hart and tong to kepe it still And alway geueth full ready eare To God theyr Lord to them so deare To learne hys skill 19 Thys Lord in heauen hath set hys place From whence he séeth all mortall wayes Who rightly goth who halth in pace As lyfe he ruleth so death he stayes All rule doth stand in hys good grace The good to kepe the bad to chace To short hys dayes 20 O prayse thys Lord ye sprites of hys Ye angels pure of strength so great Ye worke hys wyll ye neuer misse Hys power ye know hys royall seat Ye know what Lord what God he is Ye heare hys voyce ye sée hys blisse Hys laudes intreat 21 O prayse the Lord all ye hys hostes Ye armies cleare of heauenly starres Ye sprites so swift ye firy ghostes In peace ye serue ye rule hys warres To do hys wyll ye renne as postes In heauen and earth in all theyr coastes As ministers 22 O all ye workes what names ye haue In all the world recount his grace To make you all he dyd withsaue Aduaunce thys Lord in tyme and place O thou my soule of thée I craue Extoll this Lord he wyll thée saue From wofull case ALmightye God creator and defender of all thy creatures specially of them which do put theyr trust in thee defend vs thy poore suppliauntes from all aduersitie that is set
euen iust in them of Gods hye house so bright In mydst of thée Hierusalem O prayse this Lord aright ¶ The Collecte GOd the clenser of manes soule froÌ„ the filthynes of sinne which in redines doost coÌ„fort his sprite that call vpon thee faythfully we besech thee to plucke vs from the daunger of death and hell and to place vs in the region of the lyuing where death and sinne be abolished Through Christ. Psalme CXVII ¶ The Argument \ Laudate Dominum This Hymne doth endight Gods glorious might His truth and grace most free That Gentils a farre Were made to be narre With Iewes one flocke to bee \ 1 PRayse duly the lord in myndful accord ye hethen ones all vayne Ye Gentils I bid recount how ye sâ—id prayse this Lord agayne And honour ye right this Lord in his light ye nations all in town All people I say where euer ye lay extoll this Lordes renowne 2 For méerly hys grace and mercifull face confirmd lyeth on vs all â–ª Hys loue doth excell all sinne to debell his grace is generall This lord in his truth most stable ensuth his word promise iust The faith of his way will neuer decay O praise this lord of trust ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and most merciful Lord which wouldest be praysed by the mouthes of all nations thorow out all the world whose grace we the Gentils cald vs to the perticipation of thy sonne Iesus Christ we beseche thee so to confirme this grace in vs that we neuer declyne there fro but continually laud thy mercy through the same Iesus Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXVIII This Psalme is sung â–ª of prayse and laudes that Dauids rule begonne In sprite it shewth and ioyeth the raigne of Christ Gods onely sonne Ì„Ì„ 1 O Thanke and laud the heauenly lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standth to vs. 2 Let Israell nowe glad confesse wyth song melodious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 3 Let Aarons house and stocke confesse in thankes most plenteous Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 4 Yea let them all that feare the Lord this grace in hart discusse Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 5 In trouble layd to straytes be thrust I cald the Lord from thence He hard at large and set me wyde this Lord of excellence 6 The Lord as thus with me to stand on my nye side to be I can not feare for what can man preuayle in spite at me 7 The Lord takth part with them to ioyne that me do helpe ayds Myne eyes shall sée their full desire my foes reuengd and frayd 8 O good it is the Lord to trust on hym all hope to cast More sure it is then man to trust on hym to leane to fast 9 Yea good it is the Lord to trust to hym all whole to stand More safe it is then Prince to trust with all hys gard and band 10 Though nations all do compasse me and hedge me round about By name I trust of this the Lord I shall cut downe theyr route 11 Let them besege and compasse me â–ª on euery side at wyll The Lordes good name I hope therby theyr pride to quel kill 12 Though they lyke bées swarme me about to sting to hurt to noye They soone shall fade as fyer in thornes in God I shall them stroy 13 By pushing oft they thrust at me to make me full agast But yet the Lord my piller strong was whole my stayful fast 14 The Lord of power â–ª my strength he is of laudes my tenors style For he was made my health and fence to scape all mortall guyle 15 The voyce of ioye â–ª and healthful mirth rebound in iust mens tents For why ful great the Lords right hand hath wrought experimeÌ„ts 16 The Lords ryght hand exalted is hys power is clearly knowen The lords right hand great feates hath done mans strength is not his owne 17 Not dead I am but liue as yet and trust to spend my dayes To tell Gods workes his mighty actes by whom my liuing stayes 18 The Lord although he me correct in chastisment most fyt Yet downe to death he draue me not he would not so permyt 19 Ope me the gates of righteousnes that iust men vse to haunt To enter now â–ª Gods temple so the Lord with prayse to vaunt 20 This gate is wyde the Lord his gate where due his grace is spred All â—ightwise men do passe therin who faythfull life haue led 21 I wyll wyth thankes set out thy prayse for thou hast answerd mâ— Though thou didst strike yet ease thou seÌ„tst for helth I had by thée â–ª 22 The stone it selfe which was reiect by all the buylders choyce Was made the heade and corner stone to all good mens reioyce 23 From god the Lord this act issued his worke it was alone A thing it is most meruelous in all our eyes so done 24 This is the day the ioyfull day which that the Lord hath made Let vs therin reioyce and sing a day that shall not fade 25 Ah Lord helpe now and saue I praye assist vs presently O Lord on hye geue helpe I praye good lucke send spéedely 26 O blest be he that comth as thus in God the Lords good name To you as we gods house that kepe haue wisht good lucke fame 27 God is the Lord and lightned vs all health who luckly sendes Sprede bowes therfore and bynde your hosts with cords at alters endes 28 Thou art my God whom thanke I will whom I shall celebrate Thou art my God to whom my laudes I will whole dedicate 29 O thanke and laude the heauenly Lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull God which art the vndoubted coÌ„forter in all our aduersities and makst the houses of the iust to be filled with ioye gladnes extoll thy churche and congregations by the power of thy ryght hande to bee the eternall gate thorough which all righteousnes may procede so established vpoÌ„ the hed corner stone Iesus Christ in this lyfe that at the resurrection she may be presented glorious in thy fighte thorough the same Iesus Christ c. A Preface to the Psalme 119. MAde is this Psalme by Alphabete in Octonaries folde All letters two and twentie set as Hebrues them haue tolde The verses all an hundred bee threescore and iust sixtene Thus framde and knit for memorie and elegance some wene Here letters all so sortely bound do shew in mysterie Eternall health may sure be found in scripture totallie Uerse yokt by eight Christes rising day doth figure them in some Sweete Saboth rest not here I say I meane of world to come Peruse this psalme so wide and brode eche verse saue one is freight As still in termes of law of God most ofte by
short extrete of loue the strength So large in length in tast so sweete O charity thou art I wisse Of Man the blisse in ech degree O charity wyth vnity 14. Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 O Come and see how things most meete It is and sweete where men agree Whan brethren bound together dwell In peace so â—well In loue be founde O vnity keepe charitye 2 It is as sweete as Balme the best On head well drest which downe did fleete By berd and throte â–ª the berd I say Of Aaron gay his skirt of cote O charity seeke vnitye 3 It is as sweete as dewe that wont Fat Hermon mount to make so weete As dew no dout that heauenlye stils On Sion hils euen round about O vnity beare charity 4 For there euen there the Lord hath chargd Where peace enlargde most rule doth here All blisfull lyfe for aye to be Where men agree and voyd all strife O charity stirre vnity ¶ The Collecte Poure O Lord vpon thy church thy gift of brotherly charity and christiaÌ„ vnity that we may be sprinkled with the dew of thy â—pirituall oyntmente and so that we maye euer reioyce in the grace of thy benediction through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXXXIIII The Leuites set in nights to sing To God so great their Lord and king On steps in sight some one by choyce Dyd thus excyte all mens reioyce So met to bring Both sprite and voyce 15. CanticuÌ„ Graduum 1 LO ye all here Ye seruants déere And ye that stand Of God so grand Now prayse the Lord By Gods accord By night in house And glorious Draw neere recorde His hand with vs. 2 Your handes lift hye Gods sacrary The Lord proclaime Enhaunce the same In holynes Due laude expresse Blisse ye his deede In fayth and dread Apply no lesse His fame to spread 3 The Lord of grace Blisse he this place Who heauen did make For all our sake From Sion Hyll Your hart and will And earth I say Both nighte and day Embrace him still Awake and pray The ende of the songes of the Stayers ¶ The Collecte WE thy seruantes all O Lorde who of duetye doe blesse thee alway with our thankes we hartâ—lye pray thee to vouchsafe to lighten vs darkened as we be with the night of this world whereby we may obtayne most large blessinge from that while we lifte vp our hands in good workes of our vocation through Christ our Lord. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXXV This Psalme endited seemth for ministers in quiere Gods workes it telth vayne Gods it scornth it singth Gods laudes full cleare 1 O Worship thanke and praise the name of God the Lord Ye seruauntes all of thys your God laud ye with one accord 2 Ye ministers which stand in God the Lordes good house And kepe the courtes of this our God O prayse hym glorious 3 Laude ye the Lord for why the Lord is gracious Syng out his name for swéete it is to man delicious 4 The Lord no doubt hath chose vnto hymselfe in care Olde Iacobs stocke all Israell for hys peculyar 5 I knowe the Lord is great and hye I him estéeme And that our God passth other Gods which meÌ„ for gods do déeme 6 And what it lyketh them the Lord doth it in déede In heauen and earth in sea full out in déepes where fishes bréede 7 He vapours lifth from earth and they to clouds do renne He lightnings turnth to raine in store he winds drawth out of deÌ„ne 8 To quite their cruelnes he smote in Egypt land Theyr fruites first got not one to scape from man to beast in band 9 In midst of thee the Lord his signes and wonders sent Thou Egipt land which Pharao and all his seruants shente 10 He many countryes smote and dyuerse nations slew He vanguished most mighty kings and made them all to rew 11 Of Ammorites theyr kyng hight Seon hie in throne So Og that hog of Basan king and Canaans realmes echeone 12 And gaue theyr lands and holds for heritage of right For heritage to Israell his people whole and quite 13 O Lord thy name endureth for euer world to ende From age to age thy memory in fame shal stil extend 14 For now the Lord hath iudged his peoples cause most playne He them auengd and pleasd he was with all his flocke agayne 15 The Gentyls Images be siluer molt and gold But handy worke of wretched men how euer they be fold 16 Mouthes haue they made in them but speake nothing at al So eyes they haue and nought they see blind Gods and casuall 17 And eares they haue in shape and yet they heare no sound Where beast most domme hath life and sprite no breth in them is found 18 As they be all to see theyr makers be the leke Domme deafe and dead brute stockes and blocks so all which theÌ„ do seeke 19 Ye house of Israell do well prayse ye the Lord Yea Aarons house preach ye his praise the lords great actes record 20 Ye Leuis house and seede blesse ye the Lord all whole Ye all that feare and worship true this Lord most hye extoll 21 O praysed be the Lord of Sion nighte and day His place is set Hierusalem O prayse the Lord I say ¶ The Collecte O God of all comfort and swetenes whome all the world for thy incomporable gentlenes more worthely prayse we besech thee to kepe vs from all vayne errour of the Paynyms vanities to worshippe thee in sprite verity through Christ. The Argument Psalme CXXXVI The Rectors This Caroll sweete exhorth vs clere Gods goodnes great to prayse in quiere The Quiere That men wyth laudes should them inure For thankes breede thankes and grace procure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure \ \ The Rectors COnfesse and praise the Lord most kynde For God he is as man doth fynde The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll styll indure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 2 Confesse and prayse the God of Gods Who made vs first of earthly clods The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll still endure The Meane So redie bendth hys loue so pure Which wyll in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 3 Confesse and prayse the Lord of Lordes Who made all thyng by strength of wordes The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs will still endure The Meane So redy bendth his loue so pure Who will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 4 Who wrought alone actes maruelous 5 Who formd the heauens by wisdome thus 6 Who stretcht the earth on fluds from vs. The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 7
blame I say No wycked balme to stroke my hed agaynst them still I pray 6 O hedlong be their iudges thrust as down from rockes bethrowne They would haue harde my wordes at first if swete they had be browne 7 Our scattred bones they breake in moode so nye the graue they lay As man which cleanth and shiuerth woode or one that clods doth bray 8 For that myne eyes O Lord to thée O Lord be firmly cast And thée I trust then vtterly spill not my soule in wast 9 O kepe me saufe fro crafty snare which they to me do driue From wicked trappes that men prepare which wickednes contriue 10 But rather let these wicked fall ▪ all whoel into theyr nets Betrapt themself so be they all while I may scape theyr threats ▪ ¶ The Collecte SEt a watch O Lord vnto our mouthes least◠that we apply our speech to vanity to consent wyth the wicked of the world correcte thou vs with thy mercifull rod of chastisement by vertue wherof we may be kept in aw to decline from all vyce through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXLI◠What Dauid thought and how he prayd whan feare draue bym to caue He here reporth◠on God he stayed who did him strongly saue \ \ 1 VNto the Lord with voyce I crye◠So nye in parell set Unto the Lord my prayer hyed both hart and voyce were met 2 I pourd my sute my sore complaynt before his face in sight My troublouse state I did depaynt before himself in light 4 What tyme my sprite was inly pent my life thou knewest the path Yet layd they snares vext though I went in all my walkes in wrath 5 On hand both right and left I vewed none saw I that me knew No scape was free none so endued that once my soule woulde rue 6 O Lord than thee I cryed vpon and thus I sayd eue◠then ▪ Thou art my hope and portion in land of lyuing men 7 Respect my crye for worne I goe in cares full deepe I wayle Saue me fro them which vext me so on me they sore preuayle 8 O bring my soule from prison bound Thy name to celebrate So iust men wil me glad surround whan thou shalt quite my state ¶ The Collect. WYth humble voyce we sue vnto thy deuine maiesty O Lord that we may haue our hope so strengthed by thee to inherite the like state of thine electe in the land of the liuing through Christ. The Argument Psalm CXLIII Whose hart wyth hate the world resolueth To state all base deicet If he in fayth this psalme reuolueth God sone wyll him erect \ \ 1 NOw heare my sute O Lord in stresse to my request agree For all thy truthes and rightwisenes sone aunswere thou to me 2 But enter not to iudge extreme thy seruant hye by lawe For who himselfe can cleane esteme yet him I neuer saw 3 For loe the foole my soule hath chasd to earth my life hath wrest My state in darke he hath abasde as men of old deceast 4 My pinched sprite in me doth fayle opprest in heuines My hart sore vext-doth morne and wayle astoynd in pensiuenes 5 Old yeares from fyrst I haue recount our fathers how thou ledst Thine actes I marke how hye they mount I muse the woorkes thou didst 6 My hands to thee I held full hye that thou wouldst me vouchsaue My thristy soule as pasture drye thy graces dewe doth craue 7 Then heare me Lord but sone heare thou my sprite doth feble ligh Hyde not thy face from me as now least strayt my graue I spy 8 Thy voyce at morne cause me to heare for thée I trust alone Shew me thy wayes my steps to steare my soule to thée is gone 9 O rid me Lord from all theyr spite that would me causeles trayne For I to thée referre my right in hid defence full fayne 10 Teach me to worke thy will to please thou art my God I say And let thy sprite so neuer cease to leade me straite the way 11 For thy swéete name Lord quicken me from them that me pursue And make my soule from perill frée my hart with ioy endue 12 Thy grace I trust my foes will quell and make their strength but lame Who vexth my soule thou wilt debell for I thy seruant am ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God which hast brought to lyghte the ioyfull mornynge of thy sonnes resurrection which filled the earth with ioye and gladnes we require of thy goodnes that as thou didst cheare the hartes of thyne apostles by that comfortable resurrection so comfort thy holy spouse the church which daily holdth vp her hands crauyng thy mercy to ioy in the holy ghost through the same Christ our sauior ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLIIII That God in warre wyth Dauyd stoode here thankes he dyd apply And prayth to scape all heathen spyte hys reygne to prosper hye 1 THe Lord be blest most worthy prayse who is my God might Who teachth my hands ▪ hys warres to rule my fyngers eke to fighte 2 My louely grace ▪ my hold my fort ▪ my raunsommer is he protector sure ▪ in whome I trust who boweth my flocke to me 3 O Lord benigne what thing is man that thus thou him respectst the sonne of man so weake so vayne that thus thou him erectst 4 For man is made like vanity a thing of nought most frayle his dayes passe fast as shadow fleeth as water bobles fayle 5 O Lord bow downe the heauens come be nye helpe our payne O touch these mounts these heathen Dukes that they may smoke agayne 6 Thy lightnings spout and scater them like men amasde and strau◠Thyne arrowes sharpe shoote out at them disturbe their brags so haut 7 But send thy hand from hye aboue and me deliuer free from waters déepe from childer straunge theyr power make me t◠flee 8 Whose mouth doth speake all vanity and bost all conquests wyde whose right hand will but them deceyue so sweld in lies and pride 9 O God I will thus saued by grace sing newly songs to thee In psaltry sweete of strings full ten my psalmes shall tuned be 10 For thou geust health and victory to kings by stable woorde me Dauid lo thou hast discharged to scape theyr cruel sword 11 O saue me Lord deliuer me from forreine childers spite Whose mouth full vayne doth boast and prate whose right hand false is dighte 12 But graunt that al our childer grow as playnts frō youth vpright our doughters yonge so polished as pallace pillers bright 13 That full may flow our garners wide with kinds of vitaile swete that all our sheepe bring thousands forth yea millions in streete 14 And that well fed our Oxen goe to labour stronge to see that battries none no leadings thrall in streetes no waylings be 15 Oh happy is that people sure who hath these thinges at will Yea blessed is that people best whose God the Lord is