minde those that might not eat of the sacrifice Almightie God tho in his law shewes then who he denies The maner how that they should doo when they to offer went All this was doon to kéep them back from dooing their intent The xxiii chapiter COmmaund did God the Saboth day and Easter to be vsde The first frutes feast and Whitsontide it might not be refusde â–ª The feast of clensing also must be kept in order right With other feastê that ther are mingâ— as Moyses them did write The xxiiii chapiter DEcréed was then that lamps should bâ— and oyle in them light With shew bread set vpon a boorde eche saboth in their sight The childe that curst and did blaspheme was stoned vnto death And he that kils a man must die as God almightie saith The xxv chapiter EChe seuen yéer tho the saboth yéer must solemnly be kept No vine was cut for that whole yéer nor corn yet sowne or rept The first yéer were the bondmen frée and lands restorde again All vsury it is forbod by woords that are ful plain The xxvi chapiter FOrbid did God all Images by woords moste plainly tolde To them to knéel he dooth deny a man to be so bolde God wil defend his people all that wil his woord obay But they whiche not regard his wil their councels shall decay The xxvii chapiter GOd tolde how vowes should prised be woman were it or man And for the tithes that should be paid whiche were apointed than All these commaundementê afore were giuen in mount Sinai With charges great them to obserue from God the almightie ¶ Leuiticus is past and gone twentie and seauen in all And Numeri ye shall haue next the fourth book we it call Numeri The first Chapiter APt vnto battail those that were from twentie yéeres and more Are pointed out of all the tribes saue Leuy kept in store Whiche tribe the Lord did take chuse to minister his wil Suche holy things as he had wild they must them all fulfil The ii chapiter BUild vp y e tentê how that they should was tolde vnto them tho The tabernacle round about eche tribe his tent to knowe The heads and rulers of the hostes are named in their kinde The Leuites serued in the mids as God had them assignde The iii. chapiter CHuse out to battail might they not the Leuites in their tribe For the first born the Lord them took and so set them on side To minister his holy things within the holy place And next therto to build their shrouds they must in any cace The iiii chapiter DEcrée did God what they should doo their offices he tolde And further then he pointed them they not to be so bolde Eche one after his stock and kinde ful decently was set And euery one to kéep his course with outen stay or let The v. chapiter EChe issue and the Lazar man might not among them dwel For wrongs then doon fiue folde restord the law did them compel From company that was suspect to kéep mens wiues in awe There was set out of ielousie a good decréeâ— and law The vi chapiter FOr suche as then did vow the vow of perfet abstinence The Lord almight their fare did point to kéep them from offence And also shewd to Moyses then the maner how Aaron Should blesse the flock saying the Lord blesse and kéep you eche one The vii chapiter GIftê were giuen then of the Lords and heads of Israel Among them all there one was hight by name Nathaniel Great were the giftê that they did giue they spared for no cost In setting foorth Gods seruice right they might with all men boste The viii chapiter HOw that the Lord would haue the lamps to Moyses he did showe The candlesticks in order fit where they were hie or lowe For clensing offring must be had the Leuites they must vse Whiche when they came to fiftie yéeres offring they might not vse The ix chapiter IUstly y e time to kéep their paske to Moyses it was tolde And how the filde or foren man to offer might be bolde He that denied to offer tho he must be made to die Bothe night and day a guide they had a cloud and light from hie The x. chapiter KNowledge suche had the people tho by trumpets that were blowne Were it in warres or time of peace the sound to them was knowne From Sinai they did depart their captaines numbred all And Iethro would not flit with them betide what might befall The xi chapiter LIke fooles the people did complain and plagde they were with fire With Manna cloyd to Egipt back for fleshe was their desire Moyses then did gréeue the Lord whose burthen he did ease On Quailes they fed and kild they were for God they did displease The xii chapiter MIriam then did grudge and swel at Moyses God his iudge And Aaron did consent therto And so they bothe did grudge With leprosie was Miriam stroke to teache her to rebel At Moyses prayer she was restorde and liued and did ful wel The xiii chapiter NOtes to take of Canaan twelue men were thither sent To sée the fatnes of the land therfore afore they went Whiche came tolde how riche it was with grapes a cluster great They tolde of Cities great and strong whiche made them chafe and â—reat The xiiii chapiter OPinion had the peoâ—le then that land not to obtain And grudge they did against the Lord whiche would straight them haue slain Not one of all the Israelites the hest land did possesse Saue Iosue and Caleb bothe whiche two the Lord did blesse The xv chapiter PRescribe did God a sacrifice for sinnes of ignorance But die they should that wilfully did sin by arogance Stonde he was that gathered sticks vpon the Sabbothe day Their garmentê garded round about Gods hestê for to obay The xvi chapiter QUarels picked certain that time and Chorath was the one Also Dathan and Abiron the fourth made vp of On. These did rebel against their heads And mooued God to ire He causd the earth to swallowe them and burnt the rest with fire The xvii chapiter REceiue a token of their euil immediatly they did Twelue rods were brought from all the heads as God him self did bid Among them all then Aarons rod did floorishe foorth with buddes To teache them way the prechers then for loosing of their bloods The xviii chapiter SUche things as Leuites then did vse did God almightie point They were his préestê to serue his wil whom Aaron did anoint To whom the tithes frutes were paid to maintain their degrée And Aaron had an heritage as ye may read and sée ¶ Eyghteen Chapters now heere are past of Numeri by name And eyghteen more ye shall haue next I trust in right good frame The xix chapiter A Red cow then was bid to kil by Eliazer the préest To sparge her blood and burn her quite as he ful wel it wist A law to kéep the
to forge The Cviii. Psalme HAue héer you shall the fiftie seuen and sixtie Psalme in one As laudes and praise to God abooue that vanquished their sone With wishing that the glory of God might rule in euery coste Of Israels far stretching out so telles the holy Ghoste The C.ix. Psalme IN vehement sprite he praith to God to aduenge him on his foes As Doeg in the court and suche that wrought him many woes By flattering talke in foule wise to please the eares of Saule They tolde to him a thousand lies so heaping Dauids thrall The C.x. Psalme KIng Dauid héer of Christe dooth tel as Christe him self dooth say His royall kingdome he sets out to dure bothe now and ay His préesthood eke not Aaron like but as Melchizadeck Triumphantly his rule shalbe all subiect to his beck The C.xj. Psalme LOok what the Lord had promised to Israel long ago From caâ—tiuenes to set them frée he saith that he did so And gaue to them the Gentiles land and eke his holy law Thus he them telles to stir them vp to haue the same in awe The C.xii. Psalme MUche good he saith shall light to him that hath the Lord in fear And dooth delight to kéep his wil blest shall that man appéer To poor and weak he giueth ayd remoou'de he shall not bée Although the wicked chafe therat when they the same shall sée The C.xiii. Psalme NOught els he willes but laud praise to God aboue to giue Whiche looketh down from hie aboue on things that héer doo liue And dooth from dust set vp the poore with princes for to sit And makes the barren frute to haue and to reioyce in it The C.xiiii Psalme OF Gods behauiour towards his flock when Egipt they went out How mountains hilles and waters low from order turnd about All fearing muche the face of God he saith this came to passe And stony rock to water flud by him so turned was The C.xv. Psalme PUtting all glory quite away from Idolles fayned Gods Twire whom and God that is thâ— Lord he prooueth great the ods Not vnto vs not vnto vs but God haue all the praise Who owes the heaueÌ„ guides the earth his name be blest alwayes The C.xvi. Psalme QUeÌ„che they could not but he â— would looue God that heard his cryâ— When Absalon did vexe him sore and caused him to flie Yet hopes he wel for to return Hierusalem to pay The vowes that he to God did vow when he was driuen away The C.xvii Psalme RIght as before so héer again he willeth nations all To laud the Lord that as he reignd so euermore he shall Confirming his benignitie and faith by Christe his sonne From time to time withouten end as he it once begun The C.xviii Psalme SO God alone he dooth confesse because that he is good The Israelites he willes therto as he that sau'de their blood From Philistines and other foes that did against them bark And gaue them rest to laud the Lord and to set vp his Ark. The C â–ª xix Psalme THough it be long yet in a some this Psalme dooth say thus muche That study of the law of God there is no study suche Sometimes he speaks eke of his foes and some also he threatê These thrée are chéef in matters all that in this songs he treatê The C.xx Psalme UNto suche tungs as vse to lie and eke for to backbight He could not wishe suche sharp reward as due to them was right For peaceles men and flatterers suche as with Saule did court Kept him exilde and yet therto they wrought him mickle hurt The C.xxi. Psalme AT God alone all ayd is had on him must we depend For he that made the heauen and earth shall succour to vs send Who stil dooth watche with open eyes and neuer more dooth sléep No hurt can come vnto his Churche for he dooth stil it kéep The C.xxii. Psalme BRought vp when that the ark of God was to Hierusalem He was ful glad to hear consent of all his people then And séeing Iustice like to reign he wisheth ceasse of warres And peace to florishe in her stréetê and round about the barres The C.xxiii Psalme CAused were some this psalme to make whiche for their godlines Were mockt scornd and taunted eke of men in wickednes They wait as maids vpon their dames and tend vpon the Lord Beséeching mercy at his hand though others at them boord The C.xxiiii Psalme DOuble he sayth vnles that God had béen on Israels side Moste certainly by forren foes it had with them béen wide For quick they had deuoured them as flud they had ore run They blesse the Lord that made al thing from whom all help dooth come The C.xxv Psalme EChe one that in the Lord dooth trust shalbe as Sion mount For why the Lord shalbe with him he may thereof account But godly men with wicked men shall not be mixt in one And suche as turn vnto their euils they shalbe wo be gone The C.xxvi Psalme FUl ioyful shall the captiues be when home they doo return And Sion shall for ioy then laugh and make an end to moorn And Gentiles shall report and say that God hath greatly doon For suche as out with teares did go with songs they shall home come The C.xxvii Psalme GOne vnto nought is all the woork bestowe you nere the cost Except the Lord doo build the house the labour is but lost It is in vain to watche at all vnlesse the Lord doo wake The early rising shall not help God fruteful shall thée make The C.xxviii Psalme HOw happy he shalbe he telth that alwayes God dooth fear His handy labour he shall eat his wife him frute shall bear With Sion in his prosperitie and eke Hierusalem He shall beholde and Gransire be and Israels peace yken The C.xxix Psalme IN chéerful wise may Israel say often times they haue Me fought against euen from my youth but God he did me saue Confounded shall the plowers be that plowd vpon my back And all that Sion once did hate their power shalbe but slack The C.xxx Psalme KIng Dauid as some men suppose béeing sore vext of Saule Out of the depth vnto the Lord he did bothe cry and call Beséeching him for to forgiue his sinnes and set him frée The Israelites some thing yâ—t made in their captiuitie The C.xxxi Psalme LIfted aloft his hart is not ne yet his eyes with pride Nor yet in things passing his reache he hath not walkt aside But hath his soule as nurced childe kept stil in perfet awe And willeth them to wait for him the authour of their law The C.xxxii Psalme MEn may suppose this Psalme to be made of King Salomon Beséeching God his fathers broyles that he would think theron Who once had vowd a house to make for God therin to shade And how that préestê and people eke should ioy to sée it made The C.xxxiii Psalme NOte and beholde how good it is bréethern in peace to dwel
Rachel did depart and Beniamin shée bore Ruben vnhilde his fathers wife and lost a fléese therfore The xxxvi chapiter LIkewise is tolde of Esaus wiues and gentles daughters all Hée and Iacob were very riche in goods terrestriall Esau had Dukes that were his sonnes Euen twelue in number iust He was father to Edomits in whom God had no lust The xxxvii chapiter MOre for to hear of Iacobs life in Canaan he dwelt Iosephs bréethern liked him not and cruelly they delt Into Egipt then was he solde his brethern wrought the déed They tolde his sire his sonne was slain whiche made his hart to bléed The xxxviii chapiter NOw then is shown how Iuda took a wife of Canaan He had thrée sonnes two were destroyd the third was nam'd Onan And Thamar was the womans name whiche bothe of them did wed And Iuda by her had two twinnes when she was brought a bed The xxxix chapiter O What an hap then Ioseph had the Lord did so prouide His masters wife did him prouoke but he her sute denide Shée him accus'de but not deseru'de her tale as then took place Wherby Ioseph to prison went but giltles in that cace The xl chapiter PUt in prison were Pharoes men and bothe of them laid fast His baker chéef and butler bothe whiles his anger did last Ioseph with them in prison was and as they slept ful sound They dreamed dreames whiche vnto theÌ„ this Ioseph did expound The xli chapiter QUestion askt of Pharoes dream of Oxen fat and lean Whiche Ioseph did expound ful plain and tolde what they did mean He was set vp and ruler made in Egipt ouer all Two sonnes he had and so the dearth on Egipt then did fall The xlii chapiter RIde out for corne did Iosephs kin and came to him vnknowne He threat them hard that they were spies into that cuntrie blowne Simion laid in prison is whiles they did home return And Beniamin they took with them whiche made their father mourn The xliii chapiter SO back they went to Egipt tho with giftê and presentê great And Simeon is deliuered out and Iosephs chéeks are wet And Ioseph could not then but wéep when Beniamin he saw They sat and feasted in two partê according to their law The xliiii chapiter THen Ioseph wrought a pretie cast Beniamin for to haue And theft he laid vnto his charge suche woords to them he gaue But Iuda suretie he became for Beniamin his sake His father Iacob hée did knowe it heuely to take The xlv chapiter UNknowne was Ioseph all this while at last he tolde them all That he their brother Ioseph was That ruled great and small The xlvi chapiter APpointed foorth then Israel went in Egipt for to bide And God him bad nothing to fear for all should wel betide Iacob his sonnes and all their sonnes is then in order tolde And Ioseph went them all to méet ful ioyful to beholde The xlvij chapiter BRought was Israel before the king in his presence to stand And Pharao wild that he should dwel where fattest was the land Then Iacob sware Ioseph his sonne euen vnderneath his thie â—is bones to lay in Canaan at time when he should die The xlviij chapiter CAusd was Israel sick to bée by course of natures kinde And Ioseph went with his two sonnes to knowe his fathers minde Iacob did wil that Iosephs sonnes Ephraim and Manasses Should be as children to him born whiche Ioseph wel did please The xlix chapiter DOwn fel his sonnes vpon their knées euen twelue of them there was He blest them all and tolde of things that after came to passe Then chargd he them that they should lay his bones in Manebrey féeld Then pluckt he vp his legs to him and vp the ghoste did yéeld The l. chapiter EChe thiÌ„g was doon his corps they took as he on liue did minge And laid it down by Abrahams side fulfilling so eche thing Forgiue did Ioseph all the fault that his brethern had wrought And so he dide and wild his bones to his fathers to be brought ¶ Heer haue ye now the end and some of Moyses his first book The second shall in order come Suche pain the writer took The first Chapiter ANd then the first of Exodus the twelue tribes it dooth name Whiche being dead laid in earth their children came to fame A new king then to Egipt came that gaue the midwiues charge To kil the males when they were borne but they set them at large The ii chapiter BOrn Moyses was and after cast euen down the riuer in réeds And Pharoes daughter took him vp and shewd him motherly déeds Then Moyses slue an Egiptian and fled and took a wife The people cride vnto the Lord whiche saw their woful life The iii. chapiter CAused was Moyses shéep to kéep not far from Oreb hil Wherin a bushe the Lord appéerd and tolde him all his wil. And bad him go to Egipt back the Israelites to tel That out of bondage they should come and liue and doo ful wel The iiij Chapiter DEclaerd by double signes it is that calld he was by God His reasons all they are assoild and foorth the Lord him bad As Aaron met with him in féeld togither then they went Of Iethro Moyses took his leaue and yod where he was sent The v. Chapiter EChe bothe of them withouten fear tolde Pharao God his minde The more the people were opprest â–ª the king was so vnkinde Then cride they out and gan to chide with Moyses and Aaron And Moyses axed God the cause whiche looked them vpon The vj. chapiter FEft fully was deliuerance vnto the Israelites Also the land of Canaan whiche made them chéerful wightê Then Rubens spring with Simeon is tolde and Leuy too Of whom came Moyses and Aaron that had Gods hestê to doo The vii chapiter GOd made Moyses Pharoes God and Aaron his Prophet And then God turned Moyses rod into a Serpent great â–ª The sorcerers did euen the same to harden Pharoes hart Then were their waters turnd to blood yet did he not conuart The viij chapiter HIt was Pharao then and plagued with Frogs ouer the land He sent for Moyses and Aaron to take the thing in hand He mocked them therfore the Lord turned their dust to lice And they put by then came there â—â—ies after the Lords deuice The ix chapiter IN stéed thereof came moren of beastê that died in Pharoes land And sixtly sores with botches great yet did he God withstand The seuenth was haile thunder muche that made the land to shake And lightning great from heuen on hie whiche causd them all to quake The x. Chapiter KNowledge he yet would not his faulâ— but God he did resist He did it not in ignorance but wel he knew and wist The eyght plage next was grashâ—pper that God almightie sent The ninthe was darknes in the day they knew not where they went The xi chapiter LEaue then was giuen the Israelites the Egiptians to spoil
defend so wil he pay his vowes The lvii Psalme REstles again to God he calles for mercy at his néed Also when Saule he might haue slain he dooth not so in déed But prayeth God abooue the heauens his glory to set out And he in hart wil praise the Lord with musick there about The lviii Psalme SAule now is héer described out his flatterers also Who sought alwayes by day and night to turn him vnto wo. Shewing how that he dooth appeal to God to hear the right Affirming that his wrath on them shall cause men praise his might The lix Psalme TO God again for help he cryes in bed he was beset He telles their tales and gileful ginnes deuisde him for to get Protesting that God wil them kil though sparde they be a while And then ful bent to laud the Lord his song he wil compile The lx Psalme WHen Dauid was in Kingly seat eset and crowned King Then he protest vnto his flock that it was Gods working Saying if they alow the same God shall stil them defend And valiant actê again their foes he shall vnto them send The lxi Psalme ABsalon now and Ammonits doo freshe reuiue his care With doleful cry he prayeth God his help for to declare And béeing stayd in quiet throne as oft before he sayes That he wil pay his vowed vow and sing vnto his praise The lxii Psalme BEset with sore temptations his faith to prooue and try He vseth meditations to him that is on hie Affirming eke the vanitie of worldlings in their wele And willeth vs to liue in God who shall our déeds reuele The lxiii Psalme COmfort he did receiue of God in Ziph that wildernes Where Saule had him beset so sore that great was his distresse And so reléeud he thanketh muche the Lord omnipotent And telles before the death of Saule as afterward it went The lxiiii Psalme DAuid dooth pray that suche as doo of him make false reporte That God would strike them sudenly euen after the same sorte That they had thought him for to haue with arrowes sharp and fearce So shall all those that it beholde his mightie woork reherce The lxv Psalme EXtolled praise dooth Sion giue for graces manifolde His people by the same is ment whiche are within his folde How specially he did them chuse and gouern them by might And blest their land with plentiousnes and ceasnably it dight The lxvi Psalme FOr prayses now to men he calles that they should giue to God And shewth his power to make the euil to fear his ireful rod. And how that God from time to time his people had protect And saued him who promise makes his aulters to be dect The lxvii Psalme GOd merciful to be to them this Psalme dooth him beséeche His countenance and iudgement bothe with prayses in their spéeche And how they swarm vpon the earth that then of laudes were doon Should praise his name vnder his blisse when Christe to reign should come The lxviii Psalme HOw mightely from time to time God had his people saued By many wayes and sundry meanes from them that gainst them raued Wherby by reason of his grace and helps wherof no nomber That on his Churche he dooth bestowe he telles for mickle wonder The lxix Psalme IN great distresse with feruent zeal to God for help he calles The cruel wrath of wicked men and what on them be falles As Iudas and the like to him that should his Lord betray And how the séed of Christes Churche should bide and liue for ay The lxx Psalme KNowe wel he did that God alone in daunger must him ayd Wherfore he prayes his spéedy help as he before had praid And that his foes might back â—e turnd and so receiue their shame But ioyfulnes to light on his to praise his holy name The lxxi Psalme LIke as before in faith he makes his prayer in promise fixt Whiche from his youth to hoary age in all his life was mixt His foes their fall he dooth beséeche and graces to him bent Stil to remain and so wil he praise him on instrument The lxxii Psalme MAke prayer he dooth that Salomon his sonne may wisely raign In prosperous state as figure erst of Christe irose again That peace and plentie he should bring and Kings knéel him before And all the lands vpon the earth should laud him euermore The lxxiii Psalme NEyther the wicked welthy state of suche as be reiect Nor yet the broyle of suche as be his chosen and elect Should cause the godly to dispair but Gods forsight to loue He shewes the end of good and bad his liking is aboue The lxxiiij Psalme OPrest they were with raging force religion true defaste The temple and the seruice bothe tofore that was in braste Wherfore to God for ayd they cry his couenant to beholde And for his name his flock to saue his foes eke so controlde The lxxv Psalme PErpetuall prayse the faithful giue to God their Iudge and King Who righteously the world shall Iudge at time of his comming Of setting vp or putting down all power is in his hand His foes as dregs shall drink his wrath vpright the iust shall stand The lxxvi Psalme QUite quailed was the Assirians poâ—re Gods name therby was knowne Sennacheribs hoste Gods Angel slue his brags were ouerthrowne At his rebuke and Iudgement fierce the rayling rout was stayd Suche vowes therfore as they had plight he willes they should be paid The lxxvii Psalme REfuge in fear of Saule his foe he knew none but his God Therfore with voice to him he flies though vnderneath his rod. In halfe dispair and woful gréef yet vewing Gods great might He chéereth vp him self again by meruails wrought in sight The lxxviii Psalme SUche succour as the Lord had sent the Israelites to fore He telles and yet how they rebeld and lou'de him nere the more And yet how God forbare his hand to sée if they would mend When nought preuaild saue Iudah sole he chose none to defend The lxxix Psalme TOrmoild the Iewes with Gentiles were to God they call for ayd To kil their foes to saue their liues so vnto him they prayed For whiche his help to celebrate his laudes they doo protest From time to time they and their â—â—ock should there vnto be prest The lxxx Psalme UNcessantly to God they flée as pastour of his shéep From foes to saue they him besought whiche had them made to wéep From Egipt land his vine he brought the bore did it anoy They him beséeche with power from hie the beast for to destroy The lxxxi Psalme A Law was made for musick men when sacrifice was made That they should play he them so willes to kéep them in their trade And God he brings to speak to them and what for them he did What eke he willes that they should doo but stil amis they yéed The lxxxii Psalme BEholde of this amid the rout of Iudges God dooth sit To cause them fear no
Like Aarons beard anointed fair it hath a plesant smel And as the dewes that fall from hie dooth make the earth increace So God shall make his blessing fall on séekers of his peace The C.xxxiiii Psalme O All ye seruantê of the Lord sing prayses to his name Yée that attend vpon his house ceasse not to doo the same To lift vp hands on hie to him and eke the Lord to praise So shall the Lord vs blesse again who made bothe night and dayes The C.xxxv. Psalme PErfourm ye lauds vnto the Lord that Iacobs house did chuse He passeth all the Gentiles Gods the God I mean of Iewes Who out of Egipt led his flock and gaue them Canaan The dummy Gods are painted out and God is blessed than The C.xxxvi Psalme QUenche not your zeal but stil confes that God is God for ay And that his mercy dooth indure for euer and a day For all his woorks that he hath made we haue good cause therto And for his priuate benefites that he hath shewd to you The C.xxxvii Psalme RIght rufully a song they sung sitting in Babilon Expressing eke the tauntê of them that looked them vpon â–ª Beséeching God them to reward that did them so anoy â–ª And blesseth them that Babilon shall hap for to destroy The C.xxxviii Psalme SUche goodnes as he found of God in troubles and in néed He dooth intend to celebrate to giue him all the méed Before the great he wil not shrink â–ª they shall not make him dum In midst of foes for help he hopes yea in the time to come The C.xxxix Psalme TO God there is nothing vnknowne bothe thoughtê and woordê déedê He séeth all as creatour and so stil must he néeds There is no way to scape his hands he made him by his might For wicked men he praith the end and him to guide aright The C.xl. Psalme UNlose me Lord to God he saith from wicked mens deuice Who with their â—ungs doo me belye and séek my life to trise But God his God he dooth so make that little dooth he care And knowes that God to help the iust it is not to him rare The C.xli. Psalme AS he among the wicked dwelt within the Courtê of Saule He prayeth God that he doo not suche sin as they in fall And that he would preserue him eke and saue him from their ginnes And if he light within their snares that he may break their grinnes The C.xlii. Psalme BEing close hid with in a caue for fear of Saule his foe He praith to God in his distresse to saue and help him so That out of darknes as a naile he would his soule out take And so his prayers béeing heard the iust his part should take The C.xliii Psalme CAll vnto God again he dooth as one opprest with foes As one whose soule and spirite also was set with many woes To hear him and deliuer him and eke to teache his way And him to saue for his names sake thus dooth his seruant pray The C.xliiii Psalme DAuid héer dooth now mixe his Psalme with thanks for foes opprest Affirming man and all his dayes to be but vain and prest To passe away as dooth a shade then dooth he God intreat His other foes for to suppresse and make his quiet seate The C. lâ—v Psalme EUen as before ful often times so héer he dooth declare The maruels of the mightie God how wonderful they are His goodnes and his clemency his mercy and his might How things that wait on him for food he féedeth them ful right The C.xlvi Psalme FUl plesantly this himne and thrée that doo the same sucséed Dooth set out prayses to the Lord with mouth and minde in déed Forbidding confidence to put in any princes might But trust the maker of the heauens that giues the blinde his sight The Cxlvii Psalme GO foorth he dooth and willeth laudâ— Hierusalem to make Whiche mightely did woork for it and stil her parte did take Stil filling her with benefits and Sion eke therto The like to others did hée not as he did them vnto The C.xlviii Psalme HEer dooth he wil the Angels hie and all the powers aboue With fier depth and Dragons great and all things that dooth mooue Bothe heat colde bothe yung and olde the people and their King The mountaines trées créeping beastê all lauds to him to sing The Cxlix Psalme IN this his Psalme he dooth exhort the Israelites to praise Their God and King with instrumentê his people doo him please He telth also that they shall ioy in victory to come On Gentiles and their Kings therto suche ioy shall light on some The C.l. Psalme KNit vp he dooth his psalmes with this that suche as musick vse Their instruments to laud the Lord they should them therfore chuse Exhorting all that breatheth breath to laud and doo the same And so with this he makes an end praise yée his holy name FINIS ¶ Thus ended are the Psalmes in course an hundreth fortie ten In songs as they deuided are I mean the sum of them And if in place some woord or line or verse be out of frame Yet bear with me Iudge my good wil and gladly mend the â—ame And freend or foe that shall me tel by any maner wise VVhere I haue mist miscanning right not vsing meeter guise I shall right gladly giue mine ear to harken to his talke And with my pen I wil be sure his councel not to balke Now perfet Prouerbs followe next of Salomon the King VVho so his rules they doo obserue â–ª good life they shall him bring The sum and pith of all the law â–ª of God the Lord is heer And perfet maners who so list to learn let him come neer And listen wel and giue his minde to print them in his hart VVith life therto whiles he dooth liue so shall he wel depart FINIS The Prouerbs of Salomon The j. chapiter A Man that wisedome wil attain to doo all things aright To fear the Lord he must begin though fooles not so delight Cast not thy lot in sinners life their tising woords refuse Wisedome she cryes in open stréetê but few her lore wil vse The ii chapiter BEnd thy self vnto wisedoms wil as shée dooth thée perswade And shée wil teache thée perfet skil to walke a godly trade From God shée comes he dooth her giue who dooth preserue the iust And wisdome had within thy hart in goodnes shalt thou lust The iii. chapiter COnsider wel the law of God and binde thée to the same Thy trust thy fear and honour bothe let them be in his name If he correct doo thou obay séek wisedome and haue ease Doo thou no wrong ne séek thou strife for suche doo God displease The iiii chapiter DEcline thou not from wisedoms rule shée shall thée woorship bring But in the way that wicked walke vse not for any thing The righteous way stil more dooth shine the wicked walke in dark His woords and rules
did them betide Their pride therfore shall haue a fall he telleth to them plain In thrée yéeres space the multitude should taken be or slain The xvii chapiter REwarded should Damascus be the Sirians he dooth mean And Ephraim that did decline should néee be wasted clean By scourges great they should repent their straying so from God A forren power shall them inuade but sudenly forbod The xviii Chapiter SUche ships as sayled on the sea by Ethiopia might He wilth to flée with wings of sailes to tel the world the plight That Israel was brought vnto for breaking of their law How Gentiles should be calld to grace and stand of God in awe The xix Chapiter THe burden of the heauy plague that Egipt should sustain By Assirian power because they put their trust in Idols vain Yet shall the Lord giue them his law and Assur eke the same And Israel in midst of them these thrée shall praise his name â–ª The xx Chapiter WHen woords would not make them beléeue what Esay then said A signe he gaue by nakednes that so they should be paid For thrée yéeres space th' Assirians should the Ethiopians broile And Egipt land likewise subdue not sparing bothe to spoile The xxj chapiter AGain he telth how Babilon should quite be ouerthrowne â–ª Babel is falne Babel is falne so should the noyes be blowne Idumea and Arabie the like should them befall The Medes and eke Persians should bring them in to thrall The xxii chapiter BEcause Hierusalem did trust in walles and diches déep Therfore the Prophet telth their fall whiche causeth him to wéep And how that Sobna had him made a Sepulture in vain For why as captiue he should die with tossed life in pain The xxiii Chapiter CAst down he saith that God would doo the pride of Tirus town The marchants that had world at wil should be of small renown And yet when yéeres are past and gone that for her plague are sent Shée should again to former statâ— be set and so repent The xxiiii chapiter DEclare he dooth that God wil curse and strike the earth for sin Bothe hed and foot none should escape when that he dooth begin And yet not so but that a few should wel escape the same Unto the end that they might shew the prayses of his name The xxv Chapiter EXalt he dooth the Lord aboue and praise him euermore For punishing the wicked so whiche set not by his â—ore And for the sparing of his flock and forcing foes to vade By similitude vnto his saints a feast to them he made The xxvi Chapiter FAithful men héer sing to their God and doo therin confesse Their sauing helth to come from him and eke also their peace And how the dead in perfet shape shall rise out of the dust And how the Lord shall visit them that in him had no trust The xxvii Chapiter GOd wil destroy Leuiathan the Deuil and all his might And wil defend his vine the Churche and purge her in his sight Then shall shée render to the Lord his laudes with willing wil When from their foes they be returnd vnto his holy hil The xxviii Chapiter HOw God would plague the Israelites who wine so fast did drink That drunkennes they wayed more then on his law to think The stumbling stone that he would lay and woork his wil when hée Should sée his time and point his place how euery thing should be The xxix Chapiter IErusalem shall punisht be their sacrifice shall ceace Their aulter shall oreturned be their foes on them shall preace With lips alone and dreames of men because they did him serue He would them strike and yet of looue some séed he would preserue The xxx chapiter KNowing that they at Egipt sought for help in their distresse And that they did the Prophets mock whiche sought them to redresse Therfore he telth destruction to light vpon the swarme But yet all suche as doo repent he saith shall take no harme The xxxi Chapiter LIkewise the Lord dooth curse all theÌ„ that doo his help forsake And put their trust in man or horse fore him that did them make And yet stil fauour he dooth faith to them that wil amend And cast their Idols quite away on whom they did depend The xxxii Chapiter MUche good dooth come when rulers good haue place to sit Iudge The nature of a churle is suche against the poore to grudge That careles wemen shall lament the ruine shalbe suche But when that Christ shal come to reign their comfort shalbe muche The xxxiii Chapiter NO gain at all shall they obtain that doo the Churche molest When they haue spoild doon their wil God wil their déeds detest And giue vnto his flock a pause while he dooth strike their foes That better they may kéep his lawes that all their dooings knowes The xxxiiii chapiter OF very looue that God dooth bear to his elected sorte He wil imbrue his swoord in blood to bate the wicked porte And so destroy the cursed train their Cittie so deface That Oule Rauen with Ziim and Lim shall there haue dwelling place The xxxv chapiter PErfet good ioy beléef in Christe to suche that héer doo dwel Dooth bring to them their office tolde that preache to men Gospel And eke the frute of those that hear the preching of it right To Sion shall they turn again and that in ioyful plight The xxxvi Chapiter QUestionles the pride was great of Rabsaketh the Prince He thought by threats to make y e Iewes not able for to quinche Blaspheming God with spiteful taunts and bragging in the might Of his great King Senacherib he spake his spéeche in spight The xxxvii Chapiter REnting his clothes Ezechiah axt councel of Esay Who tolde him plain he néed not fear the Lord his foes would pay Senacherib blasphemde again then Ezechiah praid An Angel did his foes destroy so fel it as was sayd The xxxviiii Chapiter SO sick then fel Ezechiah God did him helth restore And caused him prolong his yéeres for fiftéen had he more Then gaue he thanks vnto the Lord when signe of helth he saw And leaues of Figs vnto his pain were layd his sore to drawe The xxxix chapiter THen was the King reprooued muche Ezechiah by name For shewing of his treasures great to men that were of fame And that was to Embassadours that came from Babilon Therfore the Prophet Esay saith thou shalt be wo begon The xl Chapiter WHiche way our sinnes remitted be by Christe he telth before And of Iohn Baptist he dooth shew and what shalbe his lore Rebuking eke Idolaters describing them ful plain And eke all those whiche God forsook and man dooth trust ful vain The xli Chapiter ALone dooth God his people chuse and that of mercy méer They béeing those among them selues eche one dooth other chéer With comfort he dooth comfort them their Idolles are but vain No things to come can tel but God ne make that douts be plain The