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
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
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
of woordes he may amend himselfe how to geue God due thanks least if he should speake otherwise then were conuenient he should fall into impietie by his vnreuerent estimation to God for we must all make an accounte to the iudge as well of our euill dedes as of our idle wordes IF therfore thou wouldest at any tyme describe a blessed man who he is and what thing makethh hym to be so thou hast how in these Psalmes Blessed is that man which hath not walked in the counsaile of the vngodly 1. Blessed is he whose vnrighteousnes is forgeuen 32. Blessed is he that considereth the poore 41. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lorde 112. Blessed are all they that feare the Lorde 128. If thou wouldst rebuke the Iewes for their spite they haue to Christ thou hast Why do the Heathen rage 2. If thine owne familiars pursue thee and if manye rise against thee say Lord how are they encreased 3. Heare my prayer O Lorde 143. If thus in thy trouble thou hast cald on God and hast taried vpon his helpe and wouldst geue him thankes for that he hath heard thee with his helpe sing Heare me when I call 4. I am well pleased 116. I wayted patiently for the Lorde 40. If that thou seest that euill men lay snares for thee therfore desirest Gods eares to heare thy prayer syng Ponder my wordes O Lorde 5. If thou feelest Gods dreadfull threates seest thy self afrayd of theÌ„ thou mayst say O Lord rebuke me not 6. O Lord rebuke me not 38. O Lord God of my saluation 88 If any take counsaile against thée as Achitophell dyd against Dauid if thou be admonished thereof sing O Lorde my God 7. If thou in beholdyng the grace of our sauiour so spred on euery side specially for the restoryng of mankynde to saluation and wouldst speake thereof in meditation to God sing O Lord our gouernour 8. If so agayne thou wilt sing in geuing thanks to God for the prosperous gatheryng in of thy fruites vse the same O Lord our gouernour 8. If thou wouldest haue thine aduersary kept back and thy soule saued trust not in thy selfe but in the sonne of God which can do it and say I will geue thankes 9. If thou perceyuest God to be wroth with his people as though he regarded them nothing thou hast to pacifie him to complayne therof Why standst thou so far of 10. O God thou hast cast vs out 60. O God wherfore â—4 If any maÌ„ would put thée in feare haue thou thy hope in God and sing In the Lord put I my trust 1â— If thou beholdst the pryde of many men and seest malice to abounde so that there is no godlines among men repayre thou to God and say Helpe me Lorde 12. If thyne aduersarye lye long in wayte agaynst thee dispayre not as though God had forgotten thée but call vpon the Lord and sing How long O Lord. 13. Heare my crying O God 61. My God my God 22. If thou hearest any to blaspheme god in his prouideÌ„ce be not pertaker with them in wickednes but make hast to God and say The foole hath sayd 14.53 If thou desirest to know who is a Citizen of heauen sing Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle 15. If thou hast néede of prayer for such as be against thée and haue closed thy soule on euery side sing Preserue me O God 16. Heare the right O Lord. 17. Bow downe thine eare 86. Lorde I call vpon thee 141. If thou hast escaped from thine enemies and art deliuered from them who pursued thée sing thou I will loue thee O Lord. 18. My song shall be of the louyng kindenes of the Lorde 89. If thou doost wonder at the order of thinges created by God consideryng the grace of the deuyne prouidence syng The heauens declare 19. and 24. If thou seest any man in aduersitie comfort hym and pray for hym The Lord heare thee 20. If thou perceyuest thy selfe to be defended and fed by God and to lyue prosperously reioyce therin and sing The Lord is my shepeheard 23. If thine enemies coÌ„spire agaynst thee lift vp thy soule to God and say Vnto thee O Lord. 25. and thou shalt espye them to labour but in vayne against thée If thine enemies clouster agaynst thée and go aboute with their bloudy handes to destroy thée goe not thou about by maÌ„s helpe to reuenge it for all mens iudgemeÌ„ts are not trusty but require God to be the iudge for he alone is iudge and say Be thou my Iudge 26. Pleade thou my cause 35. Geue sentence with me 43. If they presse more fiercely on thée though they be in numbers like an armed host feare them not which thus reiect thée as though thou were not annoynted and electe by God but syng The Lord is my light 27. If they be yet so impudent that lay wayte against thée so that it is not lawfull for thée to haue any vocation by them regard them not but syng to God Vnto thee wil I crye 28. If thou wilt exhort prouoke kyngs princes to submit theyr powers to God and to regard his honor syng Bring vnto the Lord. 29. God standeth in the congregatioÌ„ 82 If thou renuest and builde thyne house bothe of thy soule whereto thou receyuest God to host and of thy teÌ„porall habitation syng I will magnifie thee 30. Great is the Lord. 48. Except the Lord build the house 127. If thou séest thy selfe had in hate for the truthes sake of thy freÌ„des and kinsfolke leaue not of thy purpose nor feare them which be against thée but thinke on that whiche follow and sing In thee O Lord haue I put my trust 31 If thou beholdst such as be baptised and so deliuered from the corruption of theyr byrth prayse thou the bountifull grace of God and sing Blessed is he whose vnrighteousnes is forgeuen 32. If thou delightest to sing among many call together righteous meÌ„ of godly lyfe and sing Reioyce in the Lord. 33 If by chaunce thou fallest amonges thyne enemies yet hast fortunably escaped them if therfore thou wilte geue thankes call together méeke men and sing I will alwayes geue thankes 34. If thou séest wycked men contend among themselues to do mischiefe thinke not that theyr nature doth impell them by necessitie to worke sinne agaynste theyr wyll as certaine heretikes suppose but consider the psalme My harte sheweth me 36. and thou shalt perceyue that they be to themselues their owne occasion of sinnyng If thou seest how wicked men doo much wickednes that yet simple folke prayse such when thou wilt admonishe any man not to followe them to be like vnto them because they shall be shortly rooted oute and destroyed speake to thy selfe and to other Fret not thy selfe 37. If thou hast decréed to take héede of thy selfe and séest thyne enemy approch nye thée as to such the aduersary is more prouoked to come wyth assault and therfore wilt prepare thy selfe
syng I sayd I will take heede 39. If thou séest many poore men to beg and wilt shew pity to them thou mayst both thy selfe receyue them to mercye and also exhorte other to doo the same saying Blessed is he that considereth the poore 41. If thou hast a desire to Godward and hearest thine enemies to vpbrayde thée bée not troubled but consider what fruite of immortalitie ryseth to thée for this desire comfort thy soule with hope to God and so therein releauyng and asswagyng the heauines of thy lyfe say Like as the hart desireth the water brookes 42. If thou wilt remember of Gods benefites which he dyd to their fathers bothe in theyr out goyng from Egipt as in the deserte and how good God was to them but they vnthankefull to hym Thou hast We haue heard with our eares 44. Heare my law 78. My song shall be alway of the loving kindnes of the Lord. 89. Heare my prayer 102. O geue thankes vnto the Lord. 106. and 107. When Israell came out of Egipt 114. If thou hast made thy refuge to God and hast escaped such trouble as was prepared against thée if thou wylt geue thankes and shew out hys kyndnes to thée syng God is our hope and strength 46. If thou wilt know how to geue thankes to God whē thou doost resort to him wyth vnderstandyng sound sing O clap your handes together 47. Great is the Lore 48. If thou wilt exhort men to put to eir trust in the liuing God who ministreth all things aboundantly to good mēs vse blameth the madnes of the world which sueth theyr God Mammon so inordinately sing O heare this all ye people 49. If thou wouldst call vpon the blynde world for theyr wrong confidence of their brute sacrifices and shew thē what sacrifice God most hath required of them syng The Lord the mighty God 50. If thou hast sinned and art conuerted and moued to do penaunce desirous to haue mercy thou hast woordes of confession in Haue mercy vpon me 51. If thou hast suffred false accusation before the kyng and séest the diuell to triumph therof go aside and say Why boast thou thy selfe 52. If they which persecute thée with accusations woulde betray thée as the Phariseis dyd Iesus and as the alyantes dyd Dauid discomfort not thy selfe therwyth but sing in good hope to God Saue me O God 54.69 Be mercifull vnto me O God 57. If thyne aduersaries which trouble thée do vpbrayde thée and that they which séeme to be thy frendes speake most agaynst thée wherupon if in thy meditation thou art somwhat greued therat thou maist call on God saying Heare my prayer O God 55. If persecution come fierce on thée and vnbewares chance to enter into the caue where thou hydest thy self feare not for in thys strayte thou shalte haue expedient wordes both to comfort thée and to put thée in olde remēbraunce with Be mercifull vnto me O God 57. I cryed vnto the Lord with my voyce 142. If thou wylt confound hypocrites whiche make glorious shewes outwardly speake theyr conuersion Are your myndes set vpon right 58. If thy pursuers commaunde thy house to be watched when thou art escaped geue thankes to God and graue it in the tables of thy harte for perpetuall remembraunce and say Deliuer me from myne enemies 59. If thyne enemies cruelly assault thée and would catch thy lyfe offer the subiection to God agaynst them and be of good comforte for the more they rage the more shall God subdue them and say My soule truely 62. If thou flyest persecution and gettest thée into wildernes feare thou not as though thou were there alone but hauyng God nye vnto thée ryse to hym early in the mornyng sing O God thou art my God earlye will I seeke thee 63. If thyne enemies would put thée in feare and neuer cease to lay traynes for thée and picke all maner quarels agaynst thée though they be very many geue no place to them for the dartes of babes shal be theyr destruction yf thou sayest Heare my cryeng O God 61. Let God aryse 68. Hast thee O God to deliuer me 70. In thee O Lorde 71. If thou wylt laud God wyth a Psalme or hymne sing Thou O God art praysed 65. O be ioyfull 66. If thou askest mercy of God sing God be mercifull 67 If thou wouldest syng to the Lorde thou hast what to say O sing vnto the Lord a new song 96. and 98. If thou hast néede to confesse God wyth thankes sing In thee O Lorde haue I put my trust 71. Vnto thee O God 75. It is a good thing to geue thankes 92. O geue thankes vnto the Lorde 105.118.136 O God my hart 108. I will geue thankes to the Lord with my whole hart 111. and 138. If thou séest wycked men prosper in peace be not offended nor moued there at but say Truelye God is louyng 73. If thyne enemies haue beset the wayes whether thou fléest and art thereby in great anguishe yet in thys trouble dispayre not but pray and if thy prayer be hard geue God thankes and say I will cry to God 77. If they perseuer still and defile the house of God kill hys elects and cast theyr bodies to the foules of the ayre feare not their cruelty but shew pity to them which be in such agany and say O God the Heathen are come 79. If thou wilt enforme anye man with the mysterie of the resurrection sing Heare O thou shepeheard 80. If thou wilt sing to the Lord call together Gods seruauntes on the feastfull day and sing Syng we merely 81. O come let vs sing vnto the Lord. 95. Beholde now prayse the Lord. 134. If the aduersaries flocke together on euery side and threate to destroy the house of God and make their conspiracies against hys religion let not theyr numbers and power trouble thée for thou hast an anker of the wordes of thys Psalme Holde not thy tonge 83. If thou castest an eye to gods house and to his eternal tabernacles and hast a desyre therto as the Apostle had say thou also O how amiable are thy dwellinges 84. If Gods wrathe be ceased and the captiuitie ended thou hast cause how to geue thankes to God wyth Dauid recountyng hys goodnes to thée and others with this Psalme Lord thou art become grations 85. I beleued and therfore will I speake 116. in the ende In Iurye is God knowne 76. If thou wilt rebuke Paynyms and heretikes for that they haue not the knowledge of God in them thou maist haue an vnderstandyng to sing to God Bowe downe thyne eare O Lord. 86. Not to vs O Lord not vnto vs. 115. If thou wilte sée and know the dissent that the catholike churche haue from schismes and wouldest conuert them or to discerne the church concernyng the outward appearaunce and formes therof thou mayst say Her foundations are vpon the holy hils 87. If thou wouldest know how Moyses prayde to God in hys meditation recountyng the
brittle state of mans lyfe desired God to direct so his shorte life that he might follow wisdome read Lord thou hust bene our refuge 90 If thou wouldest comfort thy selfe and others in true religion and teache them that hope to God will neuer suffer a soule to be confounded but to make it bolde and without feare for Gods protection syng Who so dwelleth vnder the fence of the almighty shall abyde 91. If thou wilt sing on the Saboth day thou hast It is a good thing to geue thankes to the lorde 92. If thou wylt sing on the sonday in meditation of gods worde desiring to be instructed therein whereby thou mayst rest in Gods holy will cease from all the workes and doctrines of vayne man reuolue that notable psalm Blessed are those that are vndefiled in the way 119. If thou wilt sing in the seconde day of the Sabbothe thou hast O come let vs syng vnâ—o the Lord. 95. If thou wouldest syng to the Lord thou hast what to say O sing vnto the Lord a new song 96. and 98. If thou wilt sing the fourth day of the Saboth syng O Lord God to whome vengeaunce belongeth 94. for then whan the Lord was betrayed he began to take vengeaÌ„ce on deathe and to triumphe of it therefore when thou readest the gospell Wherein thou hearest the Iewes to take counsail against the Lord and that he standeth boldly agaynst the Deuill then sing the â—oresayd Psalme O Lorde God If thou wilt sing on good Friday thou hast a commeÌ„dation of the Psalme The lord is king 93. for then was the house of Gods churche builded and groundlye founded though the enemies wente aboute to hinder it for which cause sing to God the songes of triumphante victory with the sayd Psalme and wyth Many a tyme haue they fought against me 129. and wyth O sing vnto the lorde a new song 98. If there be any captiuity wherin thy house is layd wast and yet builded agayne sing O sing vnto the lorde 96. If the lande be vext wyth enemies and after come to any rest by the power of God if thou wilt sing therfore sing The lorde is king 97. If thou considerest the prouidence of God in hys gouernaunce so ouer all and wilt instructe any wyth true fayth and obedience when thou hast first perswaded theÌ„ to confesse themselfe sing O be ioyfull in the lorde 100. melius 147. If thou doost acknowledge in God his iudicial power and that in iudgemeÌ„t he mixeth mercy if thou wilt draw nye vnto him thou hast the words of this Psalme to this ende My song shall be of mercy and iudgement 101. If for the imbecillitie of thy nature thou art wery with the continuall miseries and griefes of this lyfe and wouldest comfort thy selfe sing Heare my prayer O lorde 102 If thou wilt geue thankes to God as it is most congruent and due for all his giftes when thou wilt so do thou hast how to inioyne thy soule therunto wyth these Praise the lorde O my soule 103. and 104. If thou wilt prayse God and also knowe how and for what cause and wyth what wordes thou maist best do it consider Prayse the lorde ye seruauntes 113. O prayse the lorde ye heathen 117. Behold how good 133. Praise the lorde O my soule 146. O praise the lorde for it is a good thyng to prayse and Prayse the lorde O Hierusalem 147. O prayse the lorde of heauen 148. O syng vnto the lord 149. O prayse God in hys holines 150. If thou hast sayth to such thinges as God speaketh beleuest that which in prayer thou vtterest say I beleued and therfore I will speake 116. in the ende If thou féelest thy selfe to ryse vpwarde in degrées of well workyng as though thou saydst with S. Paule I forget those thynges which be behynde me and set myne eyes on thinges which be before me thou hast in euerye exaltation of â—â—y progreâ—se what thou mayest saie in the xv songes of the sâ—â—yers 120. If thou béest holden in thraldome vnder straying and wandryng thoughtes and féelest thy selfe drawen by them whereof thou art sorye then staye thy selfe from thenceforth and tary where thou haste founde thy selfe in fault set thée downe and mourne thou also as the Hebrew people dyd and say with them By the waters of Babilon we sate downe and wept 137. If thou perceyuest that temptations bée sent to proue thée thou oughtest after such temptations geue God the thankes and say O lorde thou hast searched me out and knowne me 139. If yet thou be in bondage by thyne enemies wouldest fayne be deliuered say Deliuer me O lorde 140. If thou wouldst pray and make supplication say Lorde I call vpon thee 141. I cryed vnto the lorde 142. Heare my prayer O lorde 143. If any tyrannous enemy ryse vp agaynst the people feare thou not no more then Dauid did Goliath but beleue lyke Dauid and sing Blessed be the lorde 144. If thou art elect out of low degrée speciallye before other to some vocation to serue thy brethern aduance not thy self to hye against theÌ„ in thyne owne power but geue God his glory who dyd chose thée and syng thou I will magnifie thee O god my kyng 145. If thou wilt sing of obedience praysing God with Alleluya thou hast these O geue thankes 105.106 107. I will geue thankes 111. Blessed is the man 112. Prayse the lorde 113. When Israel came out of Aegipt 114. I am well pleased 115. O prayse the lorde 117. O laude the name of the lorde 135. O geue thankes 136 Prayse the lorde O my soule 146. O prayse the lorde 147 O prayse the lorde of heauen 148. O syng vnto the lorde 149. O prayse god in his holines 150. If thou wilt sing specially of our Sauiour Christ thou hast of hym in euery psalme but most chiefly in Vnto thee O lorde will I lift vp my soule 25. My harte is endityng of a good matter 45. The lorde sayd vnto my lord 110 Such Psalmes as shew his lawfull generation of hys father and his corporall presence be these In the lorde put I my trust 11. Saue me O God 69. Such as do prophecy before of his most holye crosse passion tellyng how many deceitfull assaultes he susteyned for vs and how much he suffred be these Why doo the Heathen rage 2. Blessed are those that are vndefiled in the way 119. Such as expresse the malicious enmities of the Iewes and the betraying of Iudas be these Heare my prayer O god 55. Hold not thy tonge 109. The king shall reioyce 21. The lorde euen the most mighty god 50. Geue the king the iudgementee 72. Saue me O god 69. Such as describe his agony in his passion the cruelty of the Iewes the conditioÌ„ of his death and sepulture be My god my god 22. O lorde god 88. and that he suffred not for himself but for vs is declared in the Psalme aforesayd 88. the seuenth verse sayeng Thine
to mée My sonne I say thou art this day I haue begotten thée 8 Aske thou of mée I will geue thée to rule all Gentils londes Thou shalt possesse in suernesse the world how wide it stondes 9 With iron rod as mighty God all rebels shalt thou bruse And breake them all in pieces small as sherdes the potters vse 10 Be wise therfore ye kinges the more Receyue ye wisdomes lore Ye iudges strong of right and wrong aduise you now before 11 The Lorde in feare your seruice beare with dread to him reioyce Let rages be resist not ye him serue with ioyfull voyce 12 The sonne kisse ye lest wroth he be lose not the way of rest For when his ire is set on fire who trust in hym be blest ¶ The Collecte BReake a sonder O Lorde the bondes of our sinnes that we may bee faithfully yoked to the preceptes of thy law to serue thee in feare and reuerence to the laude of thy holy name Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme III. This Psalme endight may comfort haue of God How troubled sprite may comfort haue of God As woe be gone meke Dauid fled so brode From Absalon meke Dauid fled so brode 1 O Lord how ill encrease they still that trouble me so sore Full many rise in spitefull wise agaynst me more and more 2 Right many one whan I do mone alasse my soule they fret They say I haue no God to saue oh this temptation great 3 But yet O Lord thou wilt accord as shielde to fence my soule My worship cleare thou art full deare my hed thou wilt extoll 4 I did but mone with voyce alone to God my Lorde in will He heard me iust as I dyd trust from his so holy hill 5 I layde me downe I slept full sound and vp I rose agayne For God me kept where safe I slept his grace dyd me sustayne 6 To be afrayde or yet dismayde for thousandes ten what néede They go about to driue me out but God will dull theyr spéede 7 Up Lord saue mée my God most frée on chéeke thou smitest my foes Well hast thou chrust theyr téeth to dust of such as wicked goes 8 Unto the Lord by truthes recorde belongth all sauing helth Thy blessing hand so nie doth stand to worke thy peoples welth ¶ The Collecte POure vs O Lorde thy heauenly benediction that we may be armed with the fayth of the resurrection not to feare any army of men set against vs. Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme IIII. The church in stress complaynth to God full sore For heauinesse complaynth to God full sore The good haue ease they sacrifice therfore Of their disease they sacrifice therfore 1 O God so hie heare when I crie my right is all in thée Thou takest me fro al troublous wo haue mercy heare thou mée 2 Ye sonnes of men how long agayne will ye blaspheme my name Why triumphe ye in vanitie why séeke ye lies to frame 3 Know this ye foes that God hath chose himselfe all godly men And when I call this Lord of all he straight will heare me then 4 Of wrathfull ire refraine the fire sinne not but muse in hart Upon your beds kéepe still your heds deathes day recount in part 5 Looke ye arise in sacrifice of righteousnes in skill And put your trust in God so iust but tame your fleshly will 6 There many bée that say O sée who good to vs can do Lift vp thy face of cherefull grace on vs O Lord to go 7 Thou chearst my hart as God thou art with ioye of thy good sprite Since corne and wine with oyle so fine of theirs increast in sight 8 I will me lay in peace I say my sléepe to take full well I hope for thou O Lord as now makst me most safe to dwell ¶ The Collecte HEare vs O mercifull Lorde and haue compassion on vs in our tribulations and where thou alone art most worthely magnified in thy people graunte that we may haue spirituall gladnes in our hartes by the hope of the heauenly reward Through c. The Argument Psalme V. The church in sprite for all opprest in payne Maketh sute aright for all opprest in payne Here Christ aduanceth the Iewes he blamth agayne His heritaunce the Iewes he blamth agayne 1 EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mind recount most kind geue eare for thine owne sake 2 O harke my grone my crying mone my king my God thou art Let me not stray from thée away to thée I pray in hart 3 My voyce and vowe thou wilt alowe betymes O Lord so frée In spring of day I thée will pray and shall looks vp to thée 4 This I may vow the God art thou which hatest all wickednes No malice fell with thée can dwell thou louest no cruelnes 5 Such foolish spite can bide no sight of thy good louely face Thou doost defie their vanitie who wickednes embrace 6 Thou shalt destroy and them annoy with lies who shame thy worde Bloudthirsty men which crafty renne the Lord hath them abhorde 5 Iust will I go thy house into in trust of thy great grace In feare I will do honour still against that holy place 6 O Lord be guide defend my side in thy great righteousnesse Make playne the way lesse I do stray my foes shall brag the lesse 7 Their mouthes expresse no faithfulnesse theyr holow hartes be vayne Wide throte they haue as open graue theyr tonge but lyes do fayne 8 Destroy their thought O God for nought theyr owne wayes be theyr shame Expell them out in lies so stout who thus blaspheme thy name 9 Let them reioyce that trust thy voyce aye thankes they shall extend Who loue thy name shall ioye the same thou doost so them defend 10 Thou Lord wilt than geue rightwise man the heauenly blisse from thence Thy fauour kynde is not behynde as them with shield to fence ¶ The Collecte O Mercifull father whiche knowest the lamentation of a sorrowfull hart and contrited spirite before it be vttered infound into vs thy holye spirite alway to sue vnto thee in all our troubles defend vs with the shield of thy protection that wee may be found daily attending to thy will and pleasure to glorifie thy name through Christ c. The Argument Psalme VI. An earnest crie of men all wrapt in wo To God on hie of men all wrapt in wo At last they winne and glad reioyce they so Gods helpe for sinne and glad reioyce they so 1 O Carpe not sower thou Lord of power my sinne in ire to sore Nor chasten mée in crueltie I pray to thée therfore 2 But mercy haue my life to saue O Lord for weake am I My bones be vext with feare annext thy domes make me to crye 3 My soule also is full of woo my conscyence doth quake O Lord how long thy
sake O mercy take my Lord vpon my sinne It is so great it doth me fret it boylth my soule wythin 12 What man he bée that feareth thée O Lord thou wylt hym teach The rightfull way to choose I say in sprite thereto to retche 13 His soule shall dwell at ease full well in ghostly frée delyght Hys stocke and séede shall neuer néede but hold the land to ryght 14 Among them lye Gods secrecy to feare hym who that shall In gentle fourme he wyll perfourme to them hys couenantes all 15 Myne eyes entent is euer bent to thée my Lord so great For onely he pluckth suerly my féete from out of net 16 Turne thou to mée O Lord so frée haue mercy stay my fall I am in state all desolate in misery full thrall 17 My sorrowes fell my hart doth swell they be enlarged so My troublous payne O God restrayne O quenche this deadly wo. 18 Attend I cry my misery my lyfe and state aduerse Forgeue my fautes which me assautes my ioy to me reuerse 19 Consider ryght my foes theyr spyte how they increase my feare Theyr hate is thus so tyrannous at me that they do beare 20 O kepe most dere my soule intiere and me deliuer iust So let no shame confound my name for I in thée haue trust 21 Let perfectnes and rightfulnes both guide and wayte on mée My trust for ayde in thée is layd from me O neuer flée 22 Deliuer well all Israell O God wyth all hys séede From troubles all that them may fall in thée alway to spéede ¶ The Collecte DEliuer vs from all aduersitie and danger O mercifull God for to thee onely haue we lifte vp our hartes forget we besech thee the trespace of our youth and the ignorance of our former age where as we haue negligently offended thou of thy mercye forgeue it vs through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVI The iust mans song for righteousnes beshent Who suffreth wrong for righteousnes beshent And prayth in will a lyfe leade innocent That he may still a lyfe leade innocent 1 LOrd iudge my déed as I haue lyued in thée my hope is all For this my trust in thée so iust I neuer doubt to fall 2 Lord proue my waye and me assaye by fire trye thou my reynes And search my hart my foe is smart myne giltles life he straynes 3 Thy clemency was nye myne eye to stay me right to do I dyd inure my hart full sure to truth from lyes to go 4 Wyth lyers vayne I would not trayne my lyfe to follow such Wyth crafty men I would not renne whose lyfe dissembleth much 5 The wycked rout that goeth about to harme and hurt I hate I will not set in councell yet wyth men of wycked state 6 For washe I wyll my handes euen still wyth men of perfect lyfe And thus shall I O Lord so hye frequent thyne aulters ryfe 7 Where I shall rayse thy worthy prayse that men may loue the same I wyll there sprede thy grace in deede the workes of thy good name 8 O Lord the place where restth thy grace I haue the bewty loued Thy heauenly house so glorious I loued as me behoued 9 Wyth sinners great Lord do not shet my soule wyth them to bée Thy grace extend my lyfe defend all men of bloud to flée 10 Theyr handes do presse all wyckednes euen guile prepensed â—o Theyr better hand corrupt doth stand wyth brybes euen thus they go 11 But yet will I most certenly in truth my lyfe addresse O make me frée from them to bée shew me thy tendernes 12 My foote as yet in ryght is set in playne simplicitie And still wyll I in company exalt thée Lord on hie ¶ The Collecte GRaunt O Lord we besech thee thy mercy vnto vs thy seruauntes and so ingraue in our hartes the loue of thy truth that we may hold fast all innocency of lyfe and finallye to bee deliuered from all wycked persecutours Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVII Here may we see in trouble though he falleth The iust is free in trouble though he falleth In God he stayeth and so geueth thankes in all On hym he wayeth and so geueth thankes in all 1 THe Lord of might is health and light to me at nede whom should I feare The Lord is strength to lyfe at length of myne I say who can me deare 2 Whan men so bad theyr traynes had layd Euen then at eye they fell downe right Whan foes dyd presse to eate my flesh they slid away for all theyr spite 3 Though armed host besiegd my cost my hart from God shall not relent Though cruell warre should ryse me nar to God therin I would be bent 4 One thing to craue of God to haue I dyd full oft and aye I will To kéepe hys place to sée hys grace to haunt euen so his temple still 5 Thus shal hys power hyde me in bower when troubles should be fierce and fell He would me hyde there close to byde as safe on rocke most sure to dwell 6 My hed yet now he wyll alow aboue my foes in state alwayes In will I bryng glad offeryng the Lord so good to laud and prayse 7 My voyce O heare my Lord so deare I cry my God in wofull part Graunt that I craue and mercy haue extend to me thy louyng hart 8 My hart to thée dyd oft apply séeke ye my face I say ye all O Lord I will thy face séeke still do others how and what they shall 9 Hyde not from mée thy seruaunt frée thy louyng face my ayde thou art Proiect not me displeasantly O Lord my health do not depart 10 My parentes when they bad me renne from them to go my selfe to shift When Patrons all my reyse or fall rought not a myte thou dydst me lyft 11 Teach me thy way thy law I say that rightly leadth in truth to thée My foes O Lord wyth one accorde should els reioyce in hate to frée 12 Up turne me not to beare theyr hate O Lord to them that me pursue False witnes eyes agaynst me ryse and lyes of me they sprede vntrue 13 My hart had quayld and vtter fayld if fast to thée I had not trustd Let me thy grace Lord sée in place in land of rest where ioyth the iust 14 O wayte the Lord hold fast hys worde doubt not at all be strong be still Attend on God take méeke hys rod he will at last thy hart fulfill ¶ The Collecte DEfend vs O God from all the assaults of our enemies that we maye continue in constant confessing of thy name that while we haue the fruition of thy helpyng presence at last may haue the same in glory ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVIII This mans entent all crafty men to scape Is vehement all crafty men to scape And hard he is for this he thaenkes doth shape From God of blisse for this he thankes doth shape 1
thy hand is so fell Thy terrours great my conscience swell I féele my vanitie well My vanitie well 11 When thy rebukes mans sinne correcth Hys strength is soone deiect Hys beauty so checkt thou bringst it a sléepe As mothe in clothe when slily they créepe Eche man is vanitie déepe Is vanitie déepe 12 Expende my cry bowe downe thyne eare O Lord my prayer heare My teares be thou neare for straunger I am And ghest wyth thée my father 's the same And they by vanitie lame By vanitie lame 13 O spare a tyme and cease my payne my strength to wynne agayne Before to refrayne eare death doth me spy Consumde by thée wyth irefull eye Lest I in vanitie dye In vanitie dye The Argument Psalme XL. At Dauid prayed so Christ may ye sâ—e Himselfe to geue full ready to bee To God wyth thankes most hartely free And so they spied theyr foes for to flee They mist not to see 1 BY silent watch I wayted in sprite The Lord of heauen and stayd on his myght At last he howde to shewe me hys sight And heard my cry that I dyd endight Hys eare was so ryght 2 He brought me forth of horrible pit In lome and clay depe myerd in it On stable rocke he made me to sit Hewdes man was and guyded my féete In iourney so fit 3 A song full new he put in my mouth To sing to God hys laud for hys sooth For he kynde thanke most gently alowth Of iust men eke theyr hartes he auowth So frendly he bowth 4 Myne acte shal cause full many to sée How God is good most bountie and frée In feare to hym in hart to agrée In hym to trust all errour to flée God lauded to bée 5 Who trustth in God is blessed in hart Though wo hym vexth how euer it smart From God hys Lord yet will not astart To proude men such as fables impart Wyth lyes ouerwhart 6 My God and Lord thy wonders be hye None can thy thoughts by reason espye Thou bearst to vs though I dyd apply I could not tell the number at eye Them halfe to descrye 7 No sacrifice do worke the delyght Meate offerings none do please thée aryght But eares vnshit thou shopst vs by might Whole offeryngs brent so sinne for to quyte Thou longst not the sight 8 Then sayd I strayt most duely to thys Lo here I come not slowly remisse In volume booke there written it is Of me in chiefe wythout any mis. Thy name for to blisse 9 Thy wyll to do all whole am I bent My God most hye wyth gentle assent To thy swete law my hart doth relent Wherby I trust no tyme to repent My choyce to lament 10 Thy iustice great my selfe shall I strayne To thy great church to tell it agayne No tyme my lippes from it will I frayne And that thou knowest most certainly playne Thy loue to retayne 11 Thy ryghteousnes I hid not in hart Thy truth and health I glad dyd impart I kept not close how louely thou wart Thy fayth to folke I spred it in part So trusty thou art 12 To me alway thy mercy reserue That I may thée most faythfully serue Let thy swéete grace me daâ—ly preserue Thy healthfull truth that I may deserue So neuer to swerue 13 I am beset wyth troublous woes My sinnes so fell do threat me to lose As heares of head in number they rose My hart is faynt it selfe to repose So faintly it goes 14 O Lord assent to sende me thyne ayde To ryd my foes that make me afrayde Make hast to helpe before I be layde I dye if helpe to me be denayde As wholy decayde 15 Who séeke in hate my soule for to kill Let shame them take so cursed in will Confound them all which séeke me to spill Let them fall backe that wishe me so euill That I may be still 16 Wo worth them all which me do defye And shame for mede that they myght aspye Agaynst me who so daily replye And in my payne say fye to the fye Where health myght they cry 17 Let these in thée be ioyfully glad Which séeke thy name which be not adrad To loue thy health no tyme be they sad That God be praysde by them may be sayd For mercy so had 18 Though poore I go and néedy I bée The Lord so good yet careth for mée Thou art myne ayde my suertie frée To tract thy tyme Lord neuer agrée From me for to flée ¶ The Collecte O Lord almighty which art the inuincible defender of all thy true seruauntes and so by prophecies were so promised as is recorded in the head and principall booke of the law We beseche thee to graue in our hartes thy holy lawes wherby we may be able to denounce thy onely righteousnes through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLI Ye see how Christ makth here hys mone Agaynst the Iewes to speake So may the iust when he do grone Gods cause not hys bewreake 1 THat man is blest that counth in hart the poore afflict and nedies payne For he in day of bitter smart hym God hys Lord wyll ease agayne 2 God wyll hym kepe and saue hys lyfe and blesse wyth wealth in earth hys state And ryd hys soule from harme and stryfe of all hys foes in deadly hate 3 The Lord will ease whan he on bed al wrapt in payne lyth sicke full oft And comfort send his paynfull hed thou tournst O Lord his couch full soft 4 In payne I tournd and sayd to thée Haue mercy Lord right sone on me Heale thou my soule and make it frée For I full oft haue sinned to thée 5 Mine enmyes thus sayd wrathfully their angry harts so sweld in spite Why doth he lyue when shall he dye his name and fame to perishe quyte 6 And if they came to visite me they glosde in craft as they were vayne Theyr hartes to guile do full agrée and out from thence spake lyes agayne 7 My foes in one close rounded they agaynst me whole they ioyntly met Euen me wyth lyes they did I say vnworthely wyth guile beset 8 They sayd he wrought some euyll deuise that God him thus so sore doth strike To life no more God let him rise that now in bed he lyeth so sicke 9 Yea euen my frendes familiar at me in scorne they lyft theyr héeles Euen they that farde as I dyd fare yet me to trap they markt at meales 10 To mercy yet Lord condescende to me so poore in hart I call Rayse me agayne that I may mende I shall therfore rewarde them all 11 By this I know thy loue to me for that O Lord myne enmies all From triumphes yet full far to be to sée at eye my house to fall 12 For thou respectes myne innocence wherin thou didst me strongly kepe So shall thy grace well strength me hence I trust euen nye thy face so meke 13 O blessed be of Israell thys mighty God and Lorde
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
the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme C. All men of breath but temporall Which Pilgrimes walke this earthly Ball To ioy be bid here seuerall To God in dayes most festiuall 1 O Ioy all men terrestriall Reioyce in God celestiall I byd not Iewes especiall But Iewes and Gréekes in generall 2 Serue ye thys Lord heroicall Wyth ioy of hart effectuall Seke ye hys sight potentiall Wyth hymnes of myrth most musicall 3 Know ye thys Lord imperiall As God vs made originall Not we our selues he vs doth call Hys folke as flocke kept pastorall 4 Hys gates and courtes tread vsuall Wyth laudes and hymnes poeticall Geue thankes to hym continuall And blesse his name most liberall 5 For why this Lord so principall Is swéete hys grace perpetuall Hys truth of word stand euer shall With hundreth thankes thus ende we all ¶ The Collecte O Lord and father of all honor glory shew vs thy mercy and graunt thy grace that we may spiritually reioyce in the laude of thy name and so in spryte to serue thee that we maye feele in our hartes the delectable comfortes of thy true promises made to vs the poore flocke of thy pasture so to ioyne to thee our louyng pastor to come at the last to thy heauenly folde where thou raignest with the father and holy ghost one God c. ¶ The ende of the second Quinquagene ¶ The third and last Quinquagene of Dauids Psalter translated into Englishe Metre The Argument Psalme CI. When Dauid long was kept from raigne This Psalme he sang to ease his payne â–ª How kinges should rule here see you playne â–ª As he would fayne Ì„Ì„ 1 BOth mercy méeke iudgement right In Metres song I wyll endight To thée I will Lord sing in sight With hartes delyte 2 I wyll my lyfe beare strayt in way If thou from me goest not astray In all my house cleane hart shall lay Without denay â–ª 3 To wycked déede none eye shall stand And hate I wyll all rebels band To ioyne wyth me I wyll wythstand wyth hart and hand 4 A froward hart and wilfull 〈◊〉 From my whole sight shall flée full out To me shall clout no wycked rout Wythout all doâ—t 5 Hys neyghbour who â–ª styâ—â—th priuily â–ª Hym will Astrâ—y 〈◊〉 vtterly â–ª I will not 〈◊〉 proud 〈…〉 Wyth pleasure hye 6 True men in earth I wyll me get Most nye to eye wyth me to seâ— Who walketh more strayt shall serue me bet Wythout all let 7 From far my house they shal be sent Who guiles can forge or lyes inuent None eye on them shall firme be bent Wyth myne assent 8 Yea soone by day I will deface Proud men in earth of wycked trace To dryue all shrewes from Gods good place Wythout all grace ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God which art God of power incomprehensible which shewest to thy seruants ioyntly both mercy and iudgement Graunte we beseche thee so that we may faithfully loue thee truly to follow thee in all godlines through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CII Here man in eare most pituously Wishth Syon built defast in shame He moâ—eth hys longâ— captiuitie Christes heauenly church wishe we the same \ \ 1 O Lord to thée I cry and call My prayer heare O louinglye Thou art my Lord most liberall Receyue my sute admyt my cry 2 While thus I mourne hide not thy face From my distresse so wrathfully Enclyne thyne eares and heare my case But soone in hast O aunswer make 3 My dayes lyke smoke slyde fast apace Consume they do no rest they take As fier brandes my bones are brent Theyr liuely powers my sprites forsake 4 My wounded hart lyeth impotent As witherd hay cut downe by sithe To eate my bread from me it went On me so sore this trouble lyeth 5 For gronyng lowde in thys distresse My wofull hart oh panth and sith That scant to skin cleaneth any flesh My bones be sene thus wast I lay 6 Lyke Pellicane in wildernesse I am which sing but we le away As Owle that fléeth all birdes in sight In desert darke which loueth to stray 7 Full watch I kepe both day and night Myne eyes no slepe can take for mone To Sparow like that leaueth her flight â–ª In houses eues which lowerth alone 8 All day my foes do me reuyle Wyth tauntes they sport when I do grone These boasters mad at me so vyle Agaynst my soule all sworne they bée 9 My bread that I eate all this whyle Was ashes lyke in taste to sée My drinke with teares with weping menkct So many griefes afflicted mée 10 My soule with cares was full besprenct To note thy wrath and heauy frowne Thou liftst me vp as I were strengâ—hd But sone most weake thou threwst me down 11 My dayes draw low â–ª as shadow falth When darke comthâ—â— in field and towne I wyther like as blosome paâ—h My colour wanneth my moysture dryeth 12 But thou yet Lord as thée befalth Art permanent no man denieth Thy memory shall aye remayne Where fast to duâ—t my nature hyeth 13 I know thou wylt once ryse agayne To pitie Lord swete Syon mount To shew hys grace the tyme constraynth The tyme is come by iust account 14 Thy seruants lo desire in hart To sée her stones to building mount They pitie her to spie her smart To marke her thus in dust oppresâ— 15 The Gentils straunge wyl ioyne their part To feare Gods name of all the best Ye kings of power in earth all whole Shall prayse thy name for worthiest 16 When this the Lord shall hye extoll In buildinges fresh this Zyon place And her in booke of fame enroll When glory bryght shall her embrace 17 And when they sée how he is bent To poore mans sute in tender grace And will not be ought discontent To scorne theyr cryes both all and some 18 This thyng thus done â–ª as monument Shall written be for folke to come That countries whole which shall arise May laud thys Lord wyth hye renome 19 For God from hye hath cast his eyes Where holy is his sacrary Thys Lord from heauen in gentle wise Hath lookt to earth to heare the cry 20 To heare I say the wofull playntes Of men fast bound in misery To losen them from theyr constrayntes Which were at deathes dore very neare 21 That they might shew â–ª to all hys saintes In Zyon place Gods name so deare To tell all out Ierusalem His worthy laudes in open quere 22 When people whole shall mete in realme Of all estates which this shall know To serue this God so good to them All reignes to hym shall them bestow 23 Though God as yet my strength hath beate From captine state to iourney slow Though he my dayes hath short extreat I Zyon trust yet built to spy 24 I wyll hym thus wyth wordes intreat Ah God my God to wastefully Cut not my dayes by halfe away Where thy yeares last â–ª eternally
wrath all them confound By fearefull sound 12 He iudgement true shall exercise As iudge among the Gentile sect All places he shall full surprise Wyth bodies dead on earth proiect Abrode he shall in sunder smyte The heds of realmes that him wyll spyte Or scorne hys myght 13 Though here exilde he strayth as bond And shall in way but water drynke Of homely brooke as comth to hand Pursued to death and wysht to sinke Yet he for thys humilitie Shall lift hys head in dignitie Eternally ¶ The Collecte O Lord the eternall sonne of the father which wart begotten before the world was made and art the first of all creatures we lowly beseche thee that where by the session of the ryghte hande of thy father thou subduest thy enemies so make vs to subdue all the dominion of sinne rising against vs to be made meete to serue thee in all godlines who liuest and raignest one God wyth the father and the holy ghost Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme CXI This laudatory is and thankth Gods gentlenes Who made all thyng and vs redeemd from sinne and wretchednes 1 WIth all my hart I will the Lord commend on hye Met secretly with faythfull men in church eke openly 2 Full greate be all the factes of this hye Lord in name Most exquisite and may be found of them that loue the same 3 His déede is worthy prayse most worshipfull I say It Glory is and comlynes his iustice lasts for aye 5 Of all his wondrous workes remembraunce hath he made The Lord is good and mercifull to Israell in trade 5 For meat and spoyle he gaue to them that feard hym due So myndfull he will euer be his pact and league to sue 6 His actes great power shewd to all his peoples sight In geuing them the heritage of Gentils landes for right 7 His workes of hands be séene all truth and equytye And his precepts all faythfull be in iust confâ—rmytye 8 Upholde they stand most firme and euer wyll remayne For made they are by verytye and equytye agayne 9 He sent hys people guydes which them to fréedome lad His pact he bad should euer stand whose holy name be drad 10 The feare of God is sayd of wisdome first the way Who kéepe hys hests haue wisdome cleare whose prayse shal ner decay ¶ The Collecte GOd whose glory all thy saints most gladly delight to confesse graunt vs to haue the feare of thy holy name wherin consist the beginning of all wisdome that wee beyng enstructed in thy will and pleasure may be fedde wyth the heauenly nourishment of thy worde through Christ c. This doth recite of hym that feareth the Lorde The prayses right of hym that feareth the Lorde Whose constancy in God by faythes accorde Lyeth perfectly in God by faythes accorde Ì„Ì„ 1 THat man is blest and liueth at rest that fearth the Lord most pure Who hath delyte most exquisite to worke hys byddinges sure 2 No doubt hys séede shall firmly spéede in all felycitye These regents hye theyr progenye most blessed shall they be 3 He riches store in house the more wyth plenty shall possesse Hys righteousnes in stablenes shall last and still increase 4 And light shall spred from darknes drede to godly mens reliefe The Lord benigne aye pitiyng and iust to ease their griefe 5 This blisfull man he pitye can and lend with diligence His word and déede by wisdoms réede he rightly shall dispence 6 For moued he can neuer be Gods arme shall hym defend The iust shall sure in fame endure till all the world doth ende 7 At tydyngs euyll no tyme he wyll stand dreadfully hymselfe Hys hart for why stands stedfastly he trustth the Lord of health 8 His hart so great is stable set to feare nothyng aduerse Untyll hys eyes their lust espies on all hys foes peruerse 9 He spredth hys store he geueth the poore hys iustice yet abidth His power shal be exalted frée with glory large and wyde 10 The euyll shall sée and fret shall he shall gnash his teth and loweâ— â–ª The wicked lust of men vniust shall wast and turne full sower ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we beseech thee O God which art the light euerlasting and guyde of our hartes that we may loue and feare thee aboue all thinges to delight only in thy praise and so to deale to the necessitie of ouâ— neighbour in thys prcsent lyfe that in the next we heare not that sharpe word of reprobatioÌ„ for vnmercifulnes through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme CXIII This praisth Gods grace on hie therto it doth inuite His dignitie and prouidence it doth in part endight \ \ 1 YE seruauntes all ye children méeke prayse ye the Lorde of all Prayse ye hys name extoll ye due hys power potentiall 2 Gods worthy name be blest froÌ„ hence tyl all the world haue ende To dread and loue his power aboue God graunt we all contende 3 FroÌ„ time the Sunne doth shine in rise til downward fallth the same From East to West O blessed be the Lords swéete holy name 4 For why no fayle the Lord doth rule on Gentils all that be Yea heauens he passth in glory bright thys Lord of maiestie 5 For who is lyke this God the Lord in glory fame or power Who hath set vp himselfe aboue as chiefe and gouernour 6 And yet he bowth himselfe full low of hys great gentlenes All thynges that be in heauen and earth to sée in carefulnes 7 And he it is at will alone that liftth the poore from dust The nedy man he doth promote in dong that low was thrust 8 To make hym hye and equall sit wyth Princes rule to beare Yea that wyth Péeres of age most graue of his own people deare 9 And he alone the baren makth in fruitfull house to dwell As mother glad to ioye in babes O prayse the Lord then well ¶ The Collecte WE geue all prayse most due to thy blessed name almighty god beseching thee so to preserue vs in the lappe of thy welbeloued spouse thy church that we maye encrease and be stablished in the perpetuall knot of charitie and vnitie Thorough Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXIIII Here ioy is made that Iacobs seede Did Aegipt scape in luckie speede That led they were by Gods great might To Canaan land to them behight Ì„Ì„ 1 WHen Israell from Egipt went Where God them held in chastisment When ryd from thrall was Iacobs house Of people fierce and barbarouse 2 Then Iury land was consecrate True God to serue full dedicate Than Israell was hys Empire Hys subiect made to rule intyre 3 Which thing whan that the sea did spye She fled to sée Gods power so nye And Iordan floud reuersed was As geuyng place hys arke to passe 4 The mountaynesleapt as Rammes full light Aboue the waues th'appeard in sight The Hillockes eke did skip full glad As Lambes in grasse all fat bestad 5 What meanst thou
comth he in 2 Canticum graduum ̄̄ 1 TO heauenly hils I lift mine eyes In faythfull hart euen there direct Frō whence can els my help arise Gods foes to quel this cursed sect O cursed sect Let all my help come whole from God Who made this heauen and earth to see Though other stray most far abroade His will his arme my trust shal be My folke speake yee 3 We trust and pray that God of hosts Will not permit thy foote to slyde But make thee beate the Paynyms bostes He sleepeth not he that kepeth thy side His ayde is tried 4 For lo he will not slomber once Much more deepe sleepe he will repell But keepe he will his little ones He warden is of Israell We trust him well 5 The Lord himselfe wil be thy shield The Lord shal be thy shadowes bower At thy right hand most nye in field He will thee keepe both day and hower By godly power 6 The sunne by day shall thee not burne But shine therof shall cleare thy way The moone by night shall serue thy turne Her frory hornes shall thee not fray But be thy stay 7 The Lord our God will thee preserue From all euill haps ▪ from all mischaunce The Lord wil saufe thy soule conserue He will thy fayth and fame auaunce In Gouernaunce 8 The Lord will keepe and keepe mought he Thy comming in thy going out By puissant power ▪ thus pray all we From this tyme forth the world about We haue no dout ¶ The Collecte DEfend thy people O God which art so vigilant a watchman ouer thy flocke graunt that we be conducted safely by thee both by day and nyght from all assaultes of our enemies through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXII Here Salem is well ioyed and wisht That earthly mount is figure past For vs to wish Christes church so blist That we in heauen may mete at last From earth dismist 3. Canticū Graduum 1 MOst glad I was saith good man so When men deuout said thus to me Come we in one in will we go the lordes hie house of maiestie pray him to 2 Our féet shall stand in certentie Within thy gates Hierusalem Within thy courtes where we shall sée Gods true electes to ioyne with them In perfectnes 3 Hierusalem thou shinyng beame Thou builded art in peacefulnes As citie els in any realme Where men may méete for holines In tymes select 4 For thither haue the tribes accesse Euen Gods owne tribes by him elect I meane Gods flocke of Israell To laude hys name by lawes respect His prayse to tell 4 For there the seates be duly dect To iudge the truth by priesthoodes spell Set there we sée of Dauids house His iudgement seat there iust to dwell Most glorious 5 O wishe and pray all ioyfull peace Hierusalem to haue euen thus Who loue thée well or wishe thyne ease All ioy haue they most prosperous Well God to please 6 O peace befall thy walles so wyde No forren power to worke disease God graunt thy towers may strong abide In all successe most happely By God the guide 7 My brethernes sake my neighbours nye Make me thus speake vp on thy side To wishe thée peace so earnestly Thy welth to stand from day to day O Mount most hye 8 Yea thus I séeke thy wealth I say For Gods house sake our Lord of loue Whose regall power therin doth lay O thus do we our hartes to moue In sprite to pray ¶ The Collecte VOuchesaue O Lord to graunt to all such as delight to walk in the courtes of thy house the congregations of thyne elect people continuall abundant peace that while in the same we confesse thy grace exhibited therto we may enioy thy felicitie in the heauenly habitation through Christ c. The Argument Psalm CXXIII On Whome the worlde doth looke awrye This psalme is fit for there behoue Proude worldlye men true man defye All like themselfe they only loue As proofe doth trye 4. Canticum graduum \ \ 1 TO thée I lifte mine eies on hye To thée that dwelst in heauen aboue Thoughe here with shame mē me deny Yet me I trust thou wilt approue O Lord be nye 2 As man and mayd for helpe doth eye Theyr Lords Ladies handes to proue So we our eyes bende certainly To God our Lord his grace to moue O trustelye 3 Haue mercy Lorde to vs applye Haue mercy yet shewe vs thy loue For skornde we be full bitterly They vs with spite from them remoue O cruelly 4 With mockes and taunts reuilde we lye Our soule is ful of their reproue The wealthy Lord the proude we spye Be they that vs with spite disproue O Lord be by ¶ The Collect. O God whose habitation is in heauen we list vp our eyes vnto the beseeching thy mercy to repres the opprobrious despites of the proud fauorably graūt to vs to fele thy wonted mercies through Christ our Lorde ¶ The Argument Psalm CXXIIII The Iues so left in Iury still VVhan they exild were others set VVith thanks theyr songs they did fulfil As they by times together met So we the same May counterfete 5. Canticum graduum 1 BUt God himselfe by redy grace Had stand with vs in carefulnes Against mens spite Irefull face May Israel in tong expresse As we the same Must nedes cōfes 2 I say againe to note the case Except the Lorde himselfe in preace Had ben with vs in open place Whē mē rose vp our harts to presse Like Israell We must confesse 3 They had deuourd by time and space Our soules euē quicke In cruelnesse Whā they so faine would vs disgrace And fumed at vs In wrathfulnesse Lyke Israell We must confesse 4 The storms slouds of woes so base Had drownd vs quite by theyr exces The roring streames so swift in pace Had drencht our soules remedilesse Like Israell We must confesse 5 Proud swelling flouds so ran in race To whelme our soules in heuynes Our rest of life they would deface And thought therin great godlinesse Like Israell We must confesse 6 With hart most kind let vs embrace This louing Lord ▪ with thanks to blesse who duld theyr teeth our flesh to race Their pray so sought in gredinesse Like Israell We must confesse 7 Our soules as birds which foulers trace Be scapt their snares of wickednesse Which they with craft did interlace The snare is broke we haue release Like Israell We must confesse 8 Gods mighty name we ought to blase Our help at néede who made no lesse But heauen and earth and all it hase As Israel maye still expresse So iust the same we wil confesse ¶ The collect SHut vp the cruel mouthes of the euyl O Lord who labour to deuour vs by the rauenouse teeth of detraction that where we doute our owne strength we may be saufe by thee through Christ. The Argument Psalm CXXV This Psalme commendth against our foen
Almighty Gods protection Yf we in faith to him can clyue No power aduerse can vs contryue In vaine they striue 6. Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 WHo stickth to God in stable truste As Sion monnt they stand full iuste which moueth no whit nor yet caÌ„ reel But standth for aye as stiffe as stele Than trust him wele 2 Hierusalem with hils is set Enuyroned with bulwarkes great Right so the Lord standth round about His people nye for euer stout Without all dout 3 For wicked power with all his tayle On iust mens lot shall not preuayle Lest rightwise men should put their hands To wickednesse for feare of bonds So my God stands 4 Do well O Lord in loues respect To godly men though here reiect And right vp men of parfyte hart O them embrace in gentle part As God thou arte 5 But who to wrong will backe declyne Of croked drifts who draw the line Where wicked waile god them shall leade But Israell shall ioy in meede Without al dreade ¶ The Collect. REpulse O Lord the malignant assaultes of the euill from the lot and elect flock of thy true seruants that where they put theyr whole trust in thy protection they may be strong against the troublous stormes of all temptations thorough c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXVI This Psalme in sight doth prophecy What myrth is made most worthely When God doth worke deliuery From soules or bodies misery To liberty CanticuÌ„ Graduum \ \ 1 WHat tyme the Lord shall backe repry Hard Sions thrall to death so nye Appeare shall we then dreamingly Such ioy vnlookt for then to spy So sodenly 2 Our mouth shall laugh then plentuously Our tonges shall flow with songs full hye Then Gentils shall say openly For them the Lord wrought royally We sée at eye 3 The Lord no dout shall magnify For vs his power most notably Thus may we ioy then restfully Our thraldome past all totally So blessedly 4 O Lord returne then spedely Our captiue state our drudgery As riuers cheare the south so dry So shall thine acte vs gratefy Most louingly 6 Who soweth in teares all mourningly Hys corne bought deare in penury Shall reape agayne yet ioyfully To sée increase his néede supply So fruitefully 7 Who goeth from home all heauily With his séede leape his land to try He home returnes wyth hocky cry With sheaues full lade abundantly Reioycingly ¶ The Collecte COmfort thy people most pitifull Lorde and deliuer vs from all maner captiuitie sinne errour infidelitie that where as we sowe here in teares wyth heuines by thy goodnes we may reape in ioy gladnes through Christ. The Argument Psalm CXXVII This Psalme describeth Gods prouidence Whence man must spye his suerety In house towne his whole defence Or els shall he his ruine see In vanitye 8. Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 EXcept the Lord the house by buylde They toyle in vayne who buylde most fayne Except the Lord becityes shielde The watchman playne loose all theyr gayne They win but paine 2 But labour loâ—t that soone ye ryse That late ye créepe you safe to kepe That bread ye eate in carefull wise Where God geueth slepe both sound déepe To his good shéepe 3 Lo childern be an heritage From God so sent beneuolent The frute of wombe to comfort age From God is lent by his assent Munificent 4 As arrowes strong in Gyauntes handes Make strength appeare to scape all feare So childern yong to Gods men standes As staffe and speare in age most deare To them full neare â— O well is him whose quiuer is With such full dight his house well pight At iudgement gate they shall not mis To plead their right at foes despite They shame to quite ¶ The Collecte ETernall God the repayrer vpholder and builder of all mansions both spirituall corporall without whose continuall ouersight all thinges shoulde fall to vtter ruine preserue vs we pray thee and accomplishe our desires thoughtes and workes that we go about to the glory of thy name Thâ—ough Christ. c. The Argument Psalm CXXVIII This Psalme intreat the wedlocke state Yt maketh Gods feare most fortunate Where both be met well God to serue Who can them deare to make them swerue Synce God will here Them both preserue 9 Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 O Blest is he who feareth the Lord and walkth his waies in harts accord Who can agree by fayth full sure To spend his daies to him most pure To seeke no strayes But will endure 2 For thou shalt eate thy labours true Of thine owne hand in ceason due For thus thy meete and trauels free Well shalt thou stand blest shalt thou be In sea and lond most luckely 3 Thy wife most deare as frutefull vine Shall spread thy house the fides to byne Thy childerne cleare shall â—lorish out Like Olyue bowes thy bourde aboute Thus God alowes Thy state no dout 4 O geue good eare expend it than For happy so shal be that man Who iust in feare â–ª to God doth bend His life to woe can not descend God clyueth him to And him defendeth 5 The Lord blesse thee from Sion hye With grace supreame she blest mought lye That thou mayst see while life is prest Hierusalem in goods possest This come to them In feare who rest 6 And God geue grace that thou maist spye Thy childrens seede and progeny God shew his face to Israell In peace to speede In ioy to dwell That al good deede May there excell The Collect. GRaunt to al such as feare thy name O Lord perpetual prosperity in the state of their lyues referring al their actes dedes to the glorification of the same through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXXIX As Syon vext to God she can In prayers meeke her refuge make So Christe his churche and christen man â–ª In God theyr Lord may comfort take In harte yet glad For Christs his sake 10. Canticum graduum 1 GReat grief they haue against me wrought Yea oft and oft from day to day From vp my youth they quarels soughte Speake Israel now truly may So Christ his spouse May ioyntly say 2 Yea oft I say full manye times Great traines at me in spite they lay From vp my youth for all theyr crimes They coulde not yet my state betraye So christen man in like may praye 3 The plowers plowde vpon my backe Theyr errours mad yet thought full gay My truth so strong they could not flacke Their forrowes long had short decay So Christ his spouse may ioyntly say 4 The Lord so iust their cords hath cut Their wicked yokes to ren a stray In prison bound they kept vs shut But God them all hath driuen to bay So Christen man in life may praye 5 Let them be shamde confounded still And backeward tornd in theyr aray All they which hate sweete Sion Hill Or that woulde els her quiet fraye So Christ his churche may ioyntly say 6 Let
them how grene they séeme to stand Be like in sighte the witherd haye On houses tops pluckt vp by hand That fadeth to nought without delay So Christen man in like maye praye 7 Whereof in dayne the mowers gripe When they to such theyr hands do splay Nor gleaners can fynd sheaues so rype That they to fyll theyr bosomes maye So Christ his churche may ioyntly saye 8 That none to them good lucke do wysh Which walke in gate by fide the way On Gods hye name theyr works to blesse But wisht them all far well awaye God graunt that ofte this all we praye The Collect. DEfend thy church O Lord from al assalts of her aduersaryes that they al beyng discomfited the true childe of the same maye ioy in thy â—eritye throughe Christe The Argument psalm CXXX In banishment when Iues were pent And felt gods yre â–ª the greuousnes Thus thralâ— their sinnes they did lament They freedom wisht from cruelnesse In banishment 11 Canticum Graduum \ \ 1 IN deepe excesse In heuynes O Lord to thée my crying went From depth of hart I did expresse My great constraynts most violeÌ„t In deepe excesse 2 O Lord affent â— O here aâ—â—ent My wofull voyce in redines O let thyne eares to harke be bent My prayers cry in lowlines O Lord assent 3 If thou wouldst presse mans â—unefulnes O Lord to send due punishment Who could O Lord the waightines Sustayne to byde thy chastisement If thou wouldst presse 4 Be Lord content lo we repent For thou shewest grace to humblenes Thus feard to be most reuerent Then kepe no sinnes in irefulnes Be Lord content 5 I hope release I trust no lesse The Lord I byde still permanent My soule expecth hys frendlines I wayte his wordes accomplishment I hope release 6 My soule so ment more confident To wayte my Lordes great gentlenes Then watchemen wishe the night full spent And wayt the morne theyr watche to cease My soule so ment 7 In faithfulnes in chearefulnes Let Iacob wayt the Lord so gent Because with God is â—uefulnes He oft redéemth his mercyment In faithfulnes 8 He will relent incontinent And full aquite the wretchtdnes Of Israell his prisonment And pardon all theyr wickednes He wyll relent ¶ The Collecte LEt thyne eares inclyne to our prayers O Lorde of all pitye and compassion for wyth thee is copious redemption whereby thou doost not surely obserue our iniquities daily bestowe on vs thy mercies thorough Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXXI When Dauids foes inueterate Hym slaundred sore as obstinate That he Sâ—ules reigne would vendicat He prayed to God immaculate To cleare his state Ì„Ì„ 1 MY hart proud things lord counted not Myne eyes aloft haunt mounted not In boasting actes I walked not Things past my reach I stalked not Lord deare me not 2 If I my hart refrayned not If I my soule restrayned not If I as childe beweynd me not If I from pride absteynd me not Then heare me not 3 O Israell most fortunate Wayte thou the Lord still moderate Be méeke flée pryde inordinate From this tyme forth interminate And feare thou not ¶ The Collect. SVffer vs not to be ouercome with the haut pryde of the world O Lord to woorke euery disturbaunce of godlines graffe mekenes in vs so to follow thy son our sauiour in the same through Christ our Lord. The Argument Psalm CXXXII This Psalm doth pray for good successe Of all thy realmes priesthodes state So Dauids oathe his vow hys stresse What god him hight it doth debate Ye Christ expresse 13 Canticum graduum 1 REmember Lord meke Dauid king And al his hard affliction For his good sake by pityenge Amoue from vs confusion Haue hym in mynd 2 How he in good deuotion To thée hys Lord hymselfe dyd bynde By othe and vow to God most hye To thée I say strong Iacobs frende Thus constantly 3 Be it my shame if I go in My Cabborne house in rest to lygh If I my shéetes thrust me betwene And clyme my couche in fethers soft Blame might I winne 4 Or els if I myne eyes aloft Should geue them sléepe myne eies the lids To suffer them to slumber oft Though fast they craue to fill their néedes Then fall myne house 5 Untill I fynde without all dreades The Lord a place commodious A sacrary â–ª and temple swéete To Iacobs God victorious To hym most méete 6 Of this place lo I Salomon In Ephrata hard there in stréete And found we haue this holy throne In Ornans field wyth woodes beset O come ye on 7 To his fayre tentes go we to fet To temple built hys arke of grace And bowe we low with honour great To his footestoole hye set in place And thus say we 9 Aryse O Lord and kepe by place Of quiet rest no more to flée O thou thy selfe soone thither moue Thyne arke of strength conioynd with thée O Lord of loue 10 And let thy priestes be deckt alway Wyth right and health as them behouth Let all thy saintes reioyce I say So blest by thée to prayse the due Both nyght and day 11 For Dauids sake thy seruant true To whome thy grace did louely spring Shame not my face so chosen new Thyne owne O Lord annoynted king My hart to freat 12 The Lord in fayth sware promising To Dauid backe he wyll not treat Of thyne owne wombes engendred frute I will to one bestow thy seat All lyke in sute 13 If that in truth thy childerne wyll My pact and statutes execute Which I will teach then shall euen still Thy children sit thy throne for aye Wyth my good will 13 For why the Lord without denay Hath Zyou mount elect in choyce He much desird that it should lay As seate wherof he would reioyce And thus he sayd 14 Here shall my rest from troubly noyse Remayne full sure for euer stayd Here will I dwell for her I wisht In my desire full well apayd Of her I wist 15 Her vitayles all with full increase Shall blesse alway my blissefull fiste Her poore to féede wyth bread at ease I will them all full satisfy If me they please 16 I will their priestes adourne on hye With helth wyth truth wyth lyfe with light And they his saintes shall sanctify That they may ioy in hartes delight With holines 17 There Dauids horne and regall might I will it make to florish fresh And there I will a lyght prouide To myne owne Christ by frutes successe Of Dauids syde 18 And all hys foes wyth vtter shame I will them clothe and them deryde As yet for hym hys crowne and name Shall florish out both large and brode In blessed fame So graunt it God ¶ The Collect. REmember O Lord thyne eternall pact and promise made to mankynd in Christ thy sonne endue our hartes worthely to aunswer the same on our behalfe by the same Christ our Lord c. The Argument Psalm CXXXIII A
fame For euer prayse and magnifie His blessed holy name Rectors O Angels hie of God The Lord your ornament Ye heauens so clere waters eke Aboue the firmament Quire * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O all ye powers of God Ye sunne and moone also Ye starres of heauens ye showres dewes The Lordes rough wyndes that blow Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse â–ª and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O fyre and partching heate Ye winters Sommers all Ye dewes and frostes ye frostes and cold Ye snowes and Yse that fal Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O nights and dayes so bright Ye lights and darkenes dimme Ye lightnings cloudes and earth so round Extoll and laude ye him Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie His blessed holy name Rectors O hils and mountaynes great Grene thyngs on earth that growe Ye wels and springs ye Seas and flouds And Whales in deepes by low Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O all ye fethred foules Ye beasts and herds abroade O ye the sonnes of mortall men O Israell prayse the Lord. Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify his blessed holy name Rectors O priests of God aboue And seruants true of hys Ye sprites and soules of righteous men Extoll the Lord of blisse Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify His blessed holy name Rectors O men of hart so meeke And holy soules in mynde O Anani and Azari And Miâ—aell so kynde Quiere * Prayse ye the king of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify His blessed holy name Benedictus O Blest be God of Israell The Lorde guide we know full well He visited hys people all He them by grace redéemd from thrall And raisde he hath saluation Most mighty now for vs eche one Of Dauids stocke so vertuous His seruauntes line and noble house As he dyd speake in tymes of olde By holy Prophetes mouthes so tolde Which were his will to vtter than And haue bene since the world began That we should be in fréedome quite And saued be from enmies spite To scape the handes and cruell state Of all the men that vs do hate The mercy plight to fathers sage To them performe from age to age And eke recount hys noble acte To call to minde hys sacred pacte His othe to kepe so sworne and plight To Abraham our fathers right Which he in tyme so bounteous Would iust performe and geue to vs. That we so rid from enmies handes From cruell yoke of combrous bandes Myght serue hym styll in ioyfull cheare Without all griefe all care and feare In holines and righteousnes So hym to serue in stablenes Before hym thus all voyde of strife To passe all dayes of this our life And thou good child shalt haue the name Of Prophet great most chiefe in fame For thou shalt go before Gods face To shew before hys wayes of grace To geue vnto his people sone To knowledge healthes â–ª saluation This health to shew the grace of his For all theyr faultes and sinnes remisse Through mercy great and tender loue Of God the Lord that raignes aboue Wherby the day that spring from hie Us visited so ioyfully Them lyght to geue that placed bée In darkenes great and miserie And eke in shade of death no lesse And guide our féete in wâ—yâ—s of peace ¶ Magnificat MY soule the Lord doth magnifie Who shewth his power so mightely Thus hath he done â–ª by his gret might Of onely grace that he hath plight Also my sprite both day and hower Reioyceth in God my sauiour Not me my selfe but thée O Lord I do extoll in hartes accord For he hath thus regarded mée His handmayd true of low degrée Whose poore estate and simple house He doth accept so bounteous And now behold the kyndreds all Shall me henceforth right blessed call So thou hast sayd by thy good worde As aungels voyce doth well recorde For he that is most mighty tride Hath me set vp and magnified By his good grace he doth the same For holy is his worthy name And mercy great that he doth beare Is shewd to all that do hym feare On kinredes all by him alone He helpes vs now and hearth our mone Wyth hys good arme he strength hath shewd And scattred cleane the proud and lewd In their conceiptes â–ª and fansies vayne This is our God that still doth raigne The mighty downe from seat he threw And humble hartes exalted due Thus God hath done by power so hie The worldly riche full low do lie The hungry soule he filde in all Wyth eche good thyng so liberall The riche in wealth wyth all their ray With empty handes he sent away Remembring still hys grace that fell Hys seruaunt holye good Israell Which promisd was our fathers gray And Abraham hys séede for aye Nunc dimittis LOrd now thou lettest thy seruant go To peacefull rest thou good art so Thy loue to me thou doost aforde Accordth thereto thy holy word For these my eyes saw happely Health long desird so ernestly Thy sauing health thou geuest alone My eyes haue seene saluation Which thou hast thus preparde aright Before thy flock and peoples sight Theyr eyes do sée thy loues entent And goodnes great which thou hast sent To be a light to Gentels all To lighten them that lye in thrall That thy good flock in ioy may dwell To glory great of Israell Grace before meate MOst louing Lord to thee we cry All vs to blesse our borde be nye Thy giftes to vse in this repast No spoyle to make hereof in waste And that our want while we do â—yll Our hart and tong expresse none euell Grace after meate PReserue vs Lord which all hast wrought As thou of loue vs all hast bought Refresh our soules with godly feare For these good giftes kind hart to beare Our tyme to spend ech day by day At our liues ende reioyce we may Quicunque vult WHo saued will be before all thinges He must true fayth fast hold in all which safe sound who kepth it not Without all doubt he perish shall This is the fayth calde Catholike Euen through the world full out so famde To serue one god in Trinitie In Trinitie but one so namde Confounding not theyr persons three Their substance sundred cannot be The father sonne and holy goste Be diuers yet in persons three The godhed yet of them all one Of father sonne and