and also proued by manifolde experience howe ready God was at hande in all hys troubles he beyng now likewise in daunger of new enemies desireth God to help hym accordyng to hys wont and distroye the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaryes WIth hart and mouthe vnto the Lorde will I syng laude and prayse Sing this as the. iii. ps And speake of all thy wondrous workes and them declare alwayes verse 2 I will be glad and muche reioyce in thee O God moste hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the sterry skie verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flyght They fall downe flat and are destroyd by thy great force and might Thou hast reuenged all my wrong God only defēdeth the iuste cause my grief and all my grudge verse 4 Thou dost with iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doest rebuke the Heathen folke and wicked so confounde That afterwarde the memory of them cannot be founde verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatche and all our townes destroyed Thou hast theyr fame with thē defaced through all the world so wyde verse 7 Know thou that he whiche is aboue for euermore shall raygne And in the seate of equitie true iudgement wil mainteyne verse 8 With iustice he wyll kepe and guyde the worlde and euery weight And so will yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what tyme they be opprest He is in all aduersitie their refuge and theyr rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not theyr sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lorde We seke God there by prayer or by vpright godly lyfe that dwelleth in Sion hill Publishe amonge all nations his noble artes and will verse 12 For he is mindfull of the bloud of those that be opprest For getting not the afflicted hart that seketh to him for rest The second parte verse 13 Haue mercy Lorde on me poore wretche whose enemies still remayne Which from the gates of death are wonte to rayse me vp agayne verse 14 In Sion that I might set forth thy prayse with hart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lorde my soule might still reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their owne fete fast are snarde verse 16 God sheweth his iudgement which wer good The hebr willeth men to meditate dilygently on thys thynge for euery man to marke When as ye see the wicked man lye trapt in his owne warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go downe to hell for euer And all the people of the worlde that will not god remember verse 18 18 But sure the Lorde will not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient folke neuer loke for helpe of God in dayne verse 19 O Lorde arise lest men preuayle that be of worldly might And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord stryke such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortall men Vt quid domine Psalme x. T. S. He complaineth of the fraude rapine tiranny and of all kindes of wrong which worldly men vse assigninge the cause thereof whiche was that wicked men beinge as it were dronken with worldly prosperitie and therfore setting aparte all feare and reuerence towardes God thinke they may doe all thinges without controwlinge Therfore he calleth vppon God to sende some remeady agaynst these desperate enyls And at length comforteth him selfe with hope of deliuerance WHat is the cause that thou O Lorde art now so sarre from thine Sing this as the thirde Psalme And kepest close thy countenaunce from vs this troublous time verse 1 The poore doth pearysh by the proude and wicked mens desire Let them be taken in the craft that they themselues conspire verse 3 For in the lust of his owne hart the vngodly doth delite So doth the wicked praise hym selfe and doeth the Lorde despite verse 4 4 He is so proude that right and wrong he setteth all apart Nay nay there is no God sayeth he for thus he thinketh in hart verse 5 Because his wayes do prosper still he doth thy lawes neglect And with a blast doth puffe against suche as would him correct verse 6 Tush tush saieth he I haue no dread lest mine estate should chaunge And why for all aduersitie to him is very straunge verse 7 His mouth is full of cursednes He meaneth that wickednes is so far ouergrowē that God must nedes nowe helpe or neuer of fraud deceyt and guyle Under his tong doeth mischiefsyt and trauell all the whyle verse 8 He lyeth hid in wayes and holes to slay the innocent Against the poore that passe him by hys cruell eyes are bent verse 9 And like a Lyon priuely lieth lurking in his den If he may snare them in his net to spoyle poore simple men verse 10 And for the nonce full craftely he croucheth downe I say verse 11 So are greate heapes of poore men made by his strong power his pray verse 12 Tush God forgetteth this sayeth he therfore may I be bolde His countenance is cast aside he doth it not beholde verse 13 Arise O Lorde G God in wome the poore mans hope doth rest Lift vp thy hand forget not Lorde the poore that be opprest verse 14 What blasphemy is thys to thee Lorde dost thou not abhorre it To heare the wicked in theyr hartes say tushe thou carest not for it verse 15 But thou seest all thys wickednes and well doest vnderstande verse 16 That frendles and poore fatherles are left into thy hande verse 17 Of wicked and malicions men By the Heathen he meaneth the Hypocrites whyche gloryed as yf they had bene of the churche then breake the power for euer That they with theyr iniquytie may pearish altogether verse 18 The Lorde shall raine for euermore as king and God alone And he will chase the Heathen folke out of hys lande eche one verse 19 Thou hearest O Lord the poore mans plaint vntyll theyr praiers request Their harts thou wilt confirme thine eares to heare be prest verse 20 To iudge the poore and fatherles and helpe them to their right That they may be no more opprest with men of worldly might In Domino confido Psalm xi T. S. This Psalme conteyneth two partes In the firste Dauid shewed how hard assaultes of temtations he susteyned and in howe great anguish of mind he was when Saul did persecute hym Then nexte he reioyseth that God sent hym succor in his necessitie declaryng his iustice as wel in gouernyng the good and the wicked men as the whole worlde I Trust in God how dare ye then say thus my soule vntill Sing this as the third Psalme Flee hence as fast as any foule
worlde so wyde verse 5 For in his wrath the Lorde will say to them vpon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lorde will say verse 6 I haue anoynted him my kyng vpon my holy hyll I will therfore Lorde preach thy lawes and eke declare thy will verse 7 For in this wise the Lorde him selfe did say to me I wotte Thou art my deare and only sonne to day I thee begotte verse 8 All people I will geue to thee as heires at thy request The endes and coastes of all the earth by thee shall be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruse euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters sheardes shalt breake them with an yron rodde verse 10 Nowye O kinges and rulers all bewise therfore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be iudged and discernde verse 11 Se that ye serue the Lorde aboue in trembling and in feare Se that with reuerence ye reioyse to him in like manere verse 12 Se that ye kisse and eke embrace his blessed sonne I say Lest in his wrath ye sodenly perish in the midde way verse 13 If once his wrath neuer so small shall kindle in hys brest Oh then all they that trust in Chryst shall happie be and blest Domine quid multiplicati sūt Psal. iii. T. S. Dauid being persecuted briuen out of his kingdome by his owne sonne Absalon was greatly tormented in minde for hys sinne against God and therfore calleth vpon God and wareth bolde through hys promises against the great terrors of his enemies yea and againste deathe it selfe whyche he sawe present before hys eyes Finally he reioyseth for the good successe and victory that God gaue hym 〈◊〉 the Churche ouer hys enemies O Lord how are my foes increast which vexe me more more They kil my hart when as they say God cā him not restore but thou O Lord art my defence whē I am harde bestead my worship my honor bothe and thou holdst vp my hed verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lorde I did bothe call and cry And he out of his holy hill did heare me by and by verse 5 5 I layde me downe and quyetly Gods strength muste not be measured by manes weakenes and therfore we ought to feare no daungers I slept and rose agayne For why I know assuredly The Lorde will me sustayn verse 6 If ten thousande had hemde me in I could not be afrayde For thou art still my Lorde my God my sauiour and mine ayde verse 7 Rise vp therfore saue me my God He retorneth to hys prayer for now to thee I call For thou hast broke the cheekes and teeth of these wicked men all verse 8 Saluation only doth belong to thee O Lorde aboue Thou doest bestowe vpon thy folke thy blessing and thy loue Cum inuocarem exaudiuit Psal. iiii T. S. Whē Saule persecutid Dauid be called vpō God trusting most assuredly in his promise therfore boldli reproueth his enemies who by wilfull malice resisted his dominion And fynally preferreth the fououre of God before all worldly treasures Let vs lykewyse learne to trust in Gods promises whē we are afflicted with any kinde of Crosse and so we shall neyther feare our enemies nor yet be ouer commen with tentations O God that art my righteousnes Lorde heare me when I call Sing this as the firste Psalme Thou hast set me at liberty when I was bonde and thrall Haue mercy Lorde therfore on me and graunt me this request God will delyuer hys church frō all dangers because he fauoureth it Selah For vnto thee vncessantly to cry I will not rest verse 3 O mortall men how longe will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and folow after lyes verse 4 Knowe ye that good and godly men the Lorde doth take and chuse And when to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse verse 5 Sinne not but stande in awe therfore examine well your heart And in your chambre quyetly see you your selues conuerte verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnes I say And loke that in the liuing Lorde you put your trustalway verse 7 The greater sort craue worldly goodes and riches doo embrace But Lord graunt vs thy countenaunce thy fauour and thy grace verse 8 For thou therby shalt make my hart more ioyfull and more glad Then they that of their corne and wine full great increase haue had verse 9 In peace therfore lie downe will I taking my rest and slepe For thou onely wilt me O Lorde alone in safety kepe Verba mea auribus percipe Psal. v. Th. Stern Dauid hauing suffered greate calamitie as well by Doeg and Achitophell Sauls flaterers as by other infinit enemies calleth to God for succor shewing howe requisite it is That god shuld punish the malicious enuye of hys aduersaryes After beyng assured of prosperous successe he conceiueth comforte concluding that when God shall deliuer him other also shall be partakers of the same mercyes INclyne thyne eares vnto my wordes Sing this as the thirde Psalme O Lorde my playnt consider verse 2 And heare my voyce my kyng my God to thee I make my prayer verse 3 Heare me betime Lorde tary not for I will haue respect My prayer early in the morne to thee for to direct verse 4 And I will trust through patience in thee my God alone That art not pleasd with wickednes and ill with thee dwelleth none verse 5 And in thy sight shall neuer stande The wicked can not escape Gods punishment who wil iudge all the worlde these furious fooles O Lorde Uaine workers of iniquitie Thou hast alwayes abhorde verse 6 The liers and the flatterers thou shalt destroy them then And God will hate the bloud thirstye and the deceitfull man verse 7 Therfore will I come to thy house In the depest of his tēptations he putteth hys full confydence in God trusting vpon thy grace And reuerently will worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lorde leade me in thy rightuousnes for to confounde my foes And eke the way that I shall walke before my face disclose verse 9 9 For in their mouthes there is no truth theyr hart is foule and vayne verse 10 Their throte an open sepulchre their tonges doo glose and fayne verse 11 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought verse 12 Subuert them in theyr heapes of sinne which haue rebellion wrought verse 13 But those that put theyr trust in thee let them be glad alwayes And render thankes for thy defence and geue thy name the prayse verse 14 For thou with fauour wilt increase the iustand righteous still And with thy grace as with a shilde defend him from all ill Heb that will crowne hym 1. Domine in furore tuo arguas me Psal. vi T. S When Dauid by hys sinnes hathe prouoked Gods wrathe nowe felt not only hyshand against hym but also conceyued the horrors of deathe euerlastyng
the hony combe are not so swete as they verse 11 By them thy seruaunt is forewarnde to haue God in regarde And in performance of the same there shalbe greatrewarde verse 12 But lord what earthly man doth know the errours of hys lyfe Then clense my soule from secreat sinnes whyche are in me most ryfe verse 13 And kepe me that presumptuous sinnes prenayle not ouer me And then shall I be innocent and great offences flee verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my hart my wordes and thoughts echone For my redemer and my strength O Lorde thou art alone Exaudiat te dominus Psal. xx T. S. A prayer of the people vnto God that it woulde please hym to heare theyr king and receyue his sacrifice whyche he offred before he went to battell against the ammonites declaryng howe that the Heathen put theyr trust in horses chariotes but they trust only in the name of the Lorde theyr God Wherfore the other shall fall but the Lorde will saue the kinge and hys people IN trouble and aduersitie Sing this as the. xiiii psal the Lorde God heare thee styll The maiestye of Iacobs God defende thee from all ill verse 2 And send thee from his holy place hys helpe at euery nede And so in Sion stablish thee and make thee strong in dede verse 3 Remembring well the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receyue right thankfully thy burnt offringes echeone verse 4 Accordyng to thy hartes desire the Lorde graunt vnto thee And all thy counsell and deuyse full well performe may he verse 5 We shall reioyse when thou vs sauest and our banners displaye Unto the Lorde whyche thy requestes fulfilled hathe alwaye verse 6 The Lorde will his annoynted saue I know well by hys grace And send him health by his right hand out of his holy place verse 7 In charets some put confidence and some in horses trust But we remember God our Lorde that kepeth promise iust verse 8 They fall downe flat but we doo ryse and stand vp stedfastly verse 9 Now saue and helpe vs Lorde king on thee when we doo cry Domine in virture Psalme xxi T. S. Dauid in the parson of the people prayseth God for the victory which he gaue them against the Siriās and Ammonites i. Sam. x. xi wherin he had the riche crowne of the king of Ammon set vpon his head ii Sam. xii and was indued with the manifolde blessinges of God and contrarywise his enemies destroyed O Lord how ioyfull is the king in thy strēgth thy power how vemently doeth he reioyce in thee hys sauior For thou haste geuen vnto him his godly harts desire to hym nothing hast thou denide of that he did require verse 3 Thou didst preuent hym with thy gyftes and blessynges manifold Dauid did not onely obtayne◠lyfe but also assurance that his posteritie shold raigue for euer And thou hast set vpon hys head a crowne of perfect golde verse 4 And when he asked life of thee therof thou madst hym sure To haue longe lyfe yea suche a lyfe as euer should indure verse 5 Greate is hys glory by thy helpe thy benefyte and ayde Greate worship and greate honor bothe thou hast vpon hym layde verse 6 Thou wylte geue hym felycytie that neuer shall decay And with thy chearefull countenaunce wylt comforte hym alway verse 7 For why the kinge doeth strongly trust in God for to preuayle Hereof he describeth the strength of christes kingdome against thenemies thereof Therfore hys goodnes and his grace will not that he shall quayle verse 8 But let thyne enemies fele thy force and those that thee withstande Finde out chy foes and let them fele the power of thy right hande verse 9 And like an ouen burne them Lorde in firie flame and fume Thine angre shall destroy them all and fyre shall them consume verse 10 And thou wilt roote out of the earth their frute that should increase And from the number of thy folke theyr seede shall ende and cease verse 11 For why muche mischief did they muse against thyne holy name Yet did they fayle and had no power for to performe the same verse 12 But as a marke thou shalt them set in a most open place And charge thy bowstringes readily against thyne enemies face verse 13 Be thou exalted Lorde therfore in thy strength euery houre So shall we sing right solempnely praisyng thy might and power Deus deus meus respice Psalm xxii T. S Dauid complayneth hymselfe to be broughte into suche extremities that he is like a man desperate past al hope after declareth wherof he recouereth himself from the botomles pit of temptations And vnder his owne parson he setteth forth the figure of Christ whō he dyd forsee in the spirite of prophecye So this Psalme after two sortes doth declare that prophecye of Esay he was taken forth of yrison and iudgemente O God my God wherfore doest thou forsake me vtterly Sing this as the. xxi psalme And helpest not when I doo make my greate complaynte and cry verse 2 To thee my God euen all day longe I doo bothe crye and call I cease not all the night and yet thou hearest not at all verse 3 Euen thou that in thy sanctuary and holy place dost dwell Thou art the comfort and the ioye and glory of Israell verse 4 And he in whom our fathers olde had all theyr hope for euer And when they put their trust in thee So diddest thou them deliuer verse 5 They were delyuered for euer when they called on thy name And for the fayth they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I am nowe become a worme more like then any man And outcast whom the people scorne with all the spite they can verse 7 And me despise as they beholde me walking on the waye They gren they mowe they nod theyr heads and in this wyse they faye verse 8 8 Thys man did glory in the Lorde his fauore and his loue Let him redeme and helpe hym nowe his power if he will proue verse 9 But Lorde out of my mothers wombe I came by thy request Thou didst preserue me styll in hope while I did sucke her brest verse 10 I was committed from my birth with thee to haue abod Since I was in my mothers wombe thou hast ben euer my God The seconde parte verse 11 Then Lorde depart not now from me in thys my present gryef Since I haue none to be my helpe my succor and relyef verse 12 So many bulles doo compasse me that be full strong of head Yea hulles so fat as though they had in Basan field be fed verse 13 They gape vpon me gredely as though they would me slay Muche like a Lion roring out and ramping for his praye verse 14 But I drop downe lyke water shed my ioyntes in sunder breake My hart doeth in my body melt lyke waxe against the heate verse 15 And like a potshard drithe my
the Lorde doeth him direct To leade his lyfe in suche awaye as he doeth best accept verse 12 His soule shall euermore in goodnes dwell and stande His seede and his posteritie inherite shall the lande verse 13 All those that feare the Lorde know hys secret intent And vnto them he doth declare hys wyll and testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke my hart to hym I wyll aduaunce That pluckt my fete out of the snare of sinne and ignoraunce verse 15 With mercy me beholde to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortles alone verse 16 The troubles of mine hart are multiplyed in dede Bring me out of this misery necessitiy and nede verse 17 Beholde my pouertie mine anguish and my payne Remit my sinne and myne offence and make me cleane agayne verse 18 O Lorde beholde myfoes how they doo styll increase Pursuing me with deadly hate that fayne would lyue in peace verse 19 Preserue and kepe my soule and eke deliuer me And let me not be ouerthrowne because I trust in thee verse 20 Let my simple purenes me from mine enemies shend Because I loke as one of thyne that thou shouldest me defend verse 21 21 Deliuer Lorde thy folke and send them some relief I meane thy chosen Israell from all theyr payne and grief Iudica me domine Psalme xxvi I. H Dauid oppressed with many iniuryes finding no helpe in the worlde called for ayde from God and assured of his integritie toward Saul desireth God to be his iudge and to defend his innocency causeles afflicted Finally he maketh mention of his sacrifice whiche he will offer for his deliueraunce and desireth to be in the company of the faithfull in the congregation of God whence he was banished by Saule promisyng integritie of life open praises and thankes geuingr LOrde be my iudge and thou shall see Sing this as the. xviii psalme My pathes be right and plaine I trust in God and hope that he will strength me to remaine verse 2 Proue me my God I thee desire my waies to searche and trie As men do proue theyr gold with fire my reines and hert espie verse 3 Thy goodnes laide before my face I durst be bold alwaies For of thy trueth I tread the trace and will doo all my dayes verse 4 I doo not lust to haunt or vse with men whose dedes ar vayne To come in house I doo refuse with the deceiptfull trayne verse 5 I muche abhorte the wicked sort their dedes I doo despise I doo not once to them resort that hurtfull thinges deuyse ▪ verse 6 6 My handes I washe and doo procede in workes that walke vpryght Then to the aulter I make spede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speak preache the prayse that doth belonge to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast ben good to me verse 8 O Lorde thy house I loue most deare to me it doeth excell I haue delight and would be neare wher as thy grace doeth dwell verse 9 Oh shut not vp my soule with them in sinne that take their fill Nor yet my lyfe amongst those men that seke much bloud to spill verse 10 whose hands ar heapt with craft guile their life therof is full And their right hand with wrēch wile for bribes doth pluck and pull verse 11 But I in rightuousnes entend my time and daies to serue ▪ Haue mercy Lorde and me defende so that I doo not swarue verse 12 My fote is stayed for all assayes it standeth well and right Wherfore to God will I geue prayse in all the peoples sight Dominus illum inatio Psal. xxvii I. H. Dauid maketh this Psalme being deliuerth frō great pearsts as appeareth by the prayses and thankesgeuyng annexed wherin we may see the constant fayth of Dauid against the assaults of all enemies and also thende wherfore he desireth to lyue and to bedeliuered only to worship God in his congregation Herby he promiseth hymself assuraunce though father mother forsake hym he teacheth this to be the only way to to see the good thinges in the land of the liuing and after his example he exhorteth to faith and to attend vpon the Lorde THe Lord is bothe my health and light Sing this as the. xviii psalme shall man make me dismayde Sith God doth geue me strength why should I be afrayde verse 2 While that my foes with all their strēgth might begin with me to brawle And thinke to eate me vp at length themselues haue caught the fall verse 3 Thoughe they in campe against me lye my hart is not afrayd In battell pight if they will trye I trust in God for ayde verse 4 One thing of God I doo require that he will not denye For whiche I pray and will desyre till he to me applye verse 5 That I within his holy place my lyfe throughout may dwell To see the beauty of his face and vew his temple well verse 6 In time of dreade he shall me hide within hys place most pure And kepe me secret by hys syde as on a rocke most sure verse 7 At length I know the Lordes good grace shall make me strong and stoute My foes to foile and cleane deface that compasse me about verse 8 Therfore within his house will I. Geue sacrifice of prayse With Psalmes and songes I will applye to laude the Lorde alwayes verse 9 Lorde heare the voyce of my request for whyche to thee I call Haue mercy Lord on me opprest and send me helpe withall verse 10 My hart doth knowledge vnto thee I sue to haue thy grace Then seke my face sayste thou to me Lorde I will seke thy face verse 11 In wrath turne not thy selfe a way Nor suffer me to slide Thou art my helpe still to this day be still my God and guide verse 12 My parentes both theyr sonne forsoke and cast me of at large And then the Lorde himselfe yet toke of me the cure and charge verse 13 Teache me O God the way to thee and leade me on forth ryght For feare of suche as watche for me to trap me if they might verse 14 Do not betake me to the will of them that be my foes For they surmyse against me styll false witnes to depose verse 15 My hart would faint but that in me this hope he fixed fast The Lorde Gods good grace shall it see in lyfe that aye shall laste verse 16 Trust still in God whose whole thou art His will abide thou must And he shall ease and strength thy hart if thou in hym doo trust Ad te domine clamabo Psal. xxviii I. H Being in great feare and pensiuenes to see God dishonoured by the wicked men he desireth to be rid of them and cryeth for vengeaunce against them and at length assureth hym selfe that God hath hard his prayer vnto whose tuition he commendeth all the faithefull THou art O Lord my strength and stay Sing this as the. xxi psal the succor
whyche I craue Neglect me not lest I be lyke to them that go to graue verse 2 The voyce of thy suppliant heare that vnto thee doeth crye When I lift vp my handes vnto thy holy arke moste hye verse 3 Repute not me among the sort of wicked and peruert That speake ryght fayre vnto theyr freÌ„ds and thinke full ill in hart verse 4 According to theyr handy worke as they deserue in dede And after their inuencions let them receyue theyr mede verse 5 For they regarde nothing Godes workes his lawe ne yet his lore Therfore will he them and theyr seede destroy for euermore verse 6 To render thankes vnto the Lorde how great a cause haue I My voyce my prayer and my complaynt that heard so willingly verse 7 He is my shield and fortitude my buckeler in destresse My hope my helpe my hartes relyef my songe shall him confesse verse 8 He is our strength and oure defence our enmies to resist The health and the saluacion of his electe by Chryste verse 9 Thy people and thine heritage Lorde blesse guide and preserue Increase them Lorde and rule theyr harts that they may neuer swerue Afferte domino Psalme xxix T. S. An excellent Psalme wherin the Prophet exhorteth the verye Princes and rulers of the world whiche otherwise for the most parte thinke there is no God at the leaste to feare hym for the thunders and tempestes for feare wherat all creatures tremble And though thereby God threatneth sinners yet is he alwayes mercyfull to hys and moueth them therby to prayse his name GIue to the Lorde ye potentates ye rulers of the worlde Sing this as the. xxi Psa. Geue ye all prayse honor and strength vnto the liuing Lorde verse 2 2 Geue honor to his holy name and honor him alone Worship hym in his maiestie within his holy throne verse 3 His voyce doth rule the waters all euen as him selfe doth please He doth prepare the thunder clappes and gouerneth all the sease verse 4 He meaneth the thunderinges tempestes The voyce of God is of great force and wonderous excellent It is most mightye in effect and muche magnificent verse 5 The voyce of God doeth rent and break the Cedre trees so long The Cedre tres of Libanus whiche are most hie and strong verse 6 And makth them leape like as a call or els the Unicorne Not only trees but mountaines great wheron the tres are borne verse 7 His voice deuideth flames of fyre and shakth the wildernes verse 8 It makth the desert quake for feare that called is Cades verse 9 It makth the Hindes for feare to calue and makth the couerte playne Then in his temple euery man his glory doth proclaime verse 10 The Lorde was set aboue the floudes ruling the raging sea So shall he raygne as Lord and king for euer and for aye verse 11 The Lorde will geue his people power in vertue to increase The Lord wyll blesse hys chosen folke with euerlastyng peace Exaltabo te domine Psal. xxx I. Hop When Dauid should haue dedicated hys house to the Lorde he fel so extreme sick that he was without all hope of lyfe therfore after hys recouery he rendreth thankes to God exhortyng others to the lyke learn by his example that God is rather mercyfull then seuere and rigorous towardes his childreÌ„ and also that the fall from prosperitie is sodeine This done he retourneth to prayer promisyng to prayse God for euer ALl laud praise with hart voice O Lorde I geue to thee whiche didst not make my foes reioyse but hast exalted me O lord my god to thee I cryde in all my paine grief thou gauest an eare and didst prouide to ease me with relief verse 3 Of thy good will thou hast calde backe My soule from hell to saue Thou didst reuine when strength did lacke and kept me from the graue verse 4 Sing prayse ye sainctes that proue and see the goodnes of the Lord In memorye of his maiestie Reioyse with one accord verse 5 For why his anger but a space doeth last and slake agayne But in his fauour and hys grace alwayes doeth lyfe remayne Though gripes of grief and panges full sore shall lodge with vs all night The Lorde to ioy shall vs restore before the day be light verse 6 When I enioyde the worlde at will thus would I boast and say Tushe I am sure to feele none ill this wealth shall not decay verse 7 For thou O Lorde of thy good grace hadst sent me strength and ayde But when thou turnd away thy face my mynde was sore dismaide verse 8 Wherfore agayne yet did I cry to thee O Lorde of might My God with plaintes I did apply and prayde both day and night verse 9 What gayne is in my bloud saide I if death destroy my dayes Doth dust declare thy maiestie or yet thy trueth doth prayse verse 10 Wherfore my God some pitie take O Lorde I thee desyre Do not this simple soule forsake of helpe I thee requyre verse 11 Then didst thou turne my grief and wo vnto a chearfull voyce The mournyng weede thou tokste me fro and madst me to reioyse verse 12 Wherfore my soule vncessauntly shall syng vnto thy prayse My Lorde my God to thee will I Geue laude and thankes alwayes Inte domine speraui Psal. xxxi Io. Hop Dauid deliuered from some great daunger in the desert of Maâ—â— or els wher first reherseth what meditation he had by the power of sayth when death was before his eyes his enemy beyng ready to take him then he adioyneth the fauor of God alwaies to be ready to those that feare him Finally he exhorteth al the faithful to trust in God to loue him because he preserueth and strengthneth them as they may se by his example O Lorde I put my trust in thee Let nothyng worke me shame Sing this as the. xviii psalme As thou art iust deliuer me and set me quyte from blame verse 2 Geue me O Lorde and that anone to helpe me make good spead Be thou my rocke and house of stone my fence in time of nede verse 3 For why as stones thy strength is tride thou art my fort and towre For thy names sake be thou my guyde and leade me in thy power verse 4 Plucke forth my feete break the snare which they for me haue layde Thou art my strength and all my care is for thy might and ayde verse 5 In to thy handes Lorde I commit my spirite whyche is thy dew For why thou hast redemed it O Lorde thou God most trewe verse 6 I hate suche folke as wyll not part from thynges to be abhorde When they on trifles set theyr harte my truste is in the Lorde verse 7 For I will in thy mercy ioy I see it doeth excell Thou seest when ought would me annoy and knowest my soule full well verse 8 Thou hast not left me in their hande that would me ouercharge But thou hast set me out of bande
9 The man also that I did trust Actes l c Heb. he lifte by his hele against me or vsed deceitand therfore Iacob had hys name by taking by the heele and deceyuing Gene 15 ◠17◠with me did vse disceite who at my table eat my bread the same for me layd wayte verse 10 Haue merry Lorde on me therfore and let me be preserude That I may render vnto them the things they haue deserude verse 11 By this I know assuredly to be beloued of thee When that mine enemies haue no cause to triumph ouer me verse 12 But in my right thou hast me kept and maintained alway And in thy presence place assignde where I shall dwell for aye verse 13 The Lorde the God of Israell be praysed euermore Euen so be it Lord will I say euen so be it therfore Quemadmodum desiderat Psal. xlii I. H The Prophet greuously complaynech that being letted by his persecutours he could not be present in the congregation of Gods people protesting that although he was seperate in body from them yet his harte was thither affectioned And last of all he sheweth that he was not so far ouercomen with these sorowes and thoughtes but that be continually put his confidence in the Lord. LIke as the hart doth breath and bray the well springs to obteyne Sing this as the. xxxv psa So doth my soule desire alway with thee Lorde to remayne verse 2 My soule doth thirst would draw nere the liuing God of might O when shall I come and appeare in presence of his sight verse 3 The teares all times are my repast which from mine eyes do slide When wicked men cry out so fast where nowe is God thy guide verse 4 Alas what grief is it to thinke what fredome once I had Therfore my soule as at pits brinke is moste heauy and sad When I did marche in good aray furnished with my trayne Unto the temple was our way with songes and harts most fayne verse 5 My soule why art thou sad alwayes and freatst thus in my brest Trust still in God for him to prayse I holde it euer best By him haue I succour at nede against all payne and grief He is my God which with all spede will hast to sende relyef verse 6 And this my soule within me Lorde doth faint to thinke vpon The lande of Iordan and record the little hill Hermon verse 7 One grief an other in doth call as cloudes burst out theyr voyce The floudes of euill that doo fall runne ouer me with noyce God tryeth his children by dyuers and often afflictions verse 8 Yet I by day felt his goodnes and helpe at all assayes Lykewise by night I did not cease the liuyng God to prayse verse 9 I am perswaded thus to say to him with pure pretence O Lorde thou art my guide and stay my rocke and my defence Why doo I then in pensiuenes hanging the head thus walke While that mine enemies me oppres and vexe me with their talke verse 10 For why they pearse myne inward parts with panges to be abhord When they cry out with stubburne harts where is thy God thy Lorde verse 11 So sone why doest thou faint and quayle my soule with paines opprest with thoughts why dost thy self assayle so sore within my brest verse 12 Trust in the Lorde thy God alwayes and thou the time shalt see To geue him thanks with laud and praise for health restorde to thee Iudica me deus Psalme xliii T. S He prayeth to be deliuered from them whiche conspire with Absolō to thend that he might ioyfully prayse God in his holy congregatiō IUdge and reuenge my cause O Lorde From them that euell be Sing this as the. xxxv psalme From wicked and deceitfull men O Lorde delyuer me verse 2 For of my strength thou art the God why puttest thou me thee fro And why walke I so heauily oppressed with my fo verse 3 Send out thy lyght and eke thy trueth and leade me with thy grace which may conduct me to thy hyll and to thy dwellyng place verse 4 Then shal I to the aultar go of God my ioy and cheare And on my harpe geue thankes to thee O God my God most deare verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soule and fretst thus in my brest Still trust in God for hym to prayse I holde it alwayes best By him I haue deliueraunce against all paines and grief He is my God which doth alwayes at nede sende me relief Deus auribus nostris Psal. xliiii T. S. A moste earnest prayer made in the name of the faithfull when they are afflicted by theyr enemies for sustayning the quarell of gods word accordyng to the exposition of S. Paule Roma viii OUr eares haue hard our fathers tel reuerently recorde the wondrous works y e thou hast done in alder time O Lorde How thou didst cast the Gentils out stroyost them with strong hand planting our fathers in theyr place gauest to them their land verse 3 They conquered not by sword nor strength the land of thy behest But by thy hande thy arme and grace because thou louedst them best verse 4 Thou art my king O God that holpe Iacob in sundry wyse verse 5 Led with thy power we threwe downe suche as did against vs rise verse 6 I trusted not in bow ne sword they could not saue me sounde verse 7 Thou kept vs from our enemies rage thou didst oure foes confound verse 8 And still we beast of thee our God and prayse thy holy name verse 9 Yet now thou goest not with our host Selah but leauest vs to shame verse 10 Thou madest vs flee before our foes and so were ouer trode Our enemies robde spoilde our goods when we were sparst abrode verse 11 Thou hast vs geuen to our foes as shepe for to be slayne Amongst the Heathen euery where scartered we doo remayne verse 12 Thy people thou hast sold like slaues and as a thyng of nought For proffit none thou hadst therby no gayne at all was sought verse 13 And to our neyghbours thou hast made of vs a laughing stocke And those that round about vs dwell at vs doo grinne and mocke The secōd parte verse 14 Thus we serue for none other vse but for a common talke They mock they scorn and nod their heds where euer they go or walke verse 15 I am a shamd continually to heare these wicked men Yea so I blush that all my face with red is couered then verse 16 For why we heare such sclaundrous words suche false report and lyes That death it is to see their wronges their threatnings and their cryes verse 17 For all this we forgot not thee nor yet thy couenant brake verse 18 We turn not back our harts from thee nor yet thy pathes forsake verse 19 Yet thou hast trod vs downe to dust where dennes of dragons be And couered vs with shade of death and great aduersitie verse 20 If we had our Gods name
I. H A notable deliueraunce of Hierusalem frō the handes of many kings is mentioned for the which thankes are giuen to God and the estate of that citie is praysed that hathe God so presently at all tymes redye to defende them this Psalme semeth to be made in the tyme of Ahaz Iosaphat Asa or Ezechia for in their times chiefly was the citie by forayne Prynces assaulted GReat is the Lorde and with greate prayse Sing this as the. xlvi psalme to be aduaunced styll Within the citie of our Lorde vpon hys holy hyll Mount Sion is a plesant place it gladdeth all the lande The cytie of the myghty kynge on her northside doth stande Within the pallaces therof God is a refuge knowen For loe the kings were gathered and together eke were gone But when they did beholde it so they wondred and they weare Astonyed muche and sodenly were driuen backe with feare Great terrour there on them did falle for euery wo they crye As doth a woman when she shall go trauayle by and by As thou with esterne winde the shippes vpon the sea doest breake So they were stayd and euen as we harde oure fathers speake So in the citie of the Lorde we saw as it was tolde yea in the citie which oure Lorde for euer will vpholde O Lorde we wayte and doo attende on thy good helpe and grace For whiche we doo all times attende within thy holly place O Lorde according to thy name for euer is thy prayse And thy ryght hand O Lord is full of rightuousnes alwayes Let for thy iudgements Sion mounte full filled be with ioyes And eke of Iuda graunt O Lorde the daunger to reioyse Goe walke about all Syon hyll yea rounde about her go And tell the towres that theruppon are bilded in a rowe And marke ye well her bulwarks all beholde her towres there That ye may tell therof to them that after shalbe here For this God is our God our God for euermore is he yea and vnto the death also our guider shall he be Audite haec omnes Psal. xlix T. S. The holy Ghost calleth all mē to the consideration of mans lyft shewing them not to be most happye that are most wealthy and therefore not to be feared but contrariwyse he lifteth vp our mindes to consider how al thinges are ruled by gods prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldly miseryes to euerlastyng torments so doeth he preserue his will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection i. Thes. i. ALl people herken and geue eare Sing this as the. xlv psalme To that that I shall tell Both high and low both riche and poore that in the worlde doo dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thynges right wise In vnderstanding shall my hart his study exercise verse 4 I will inclyne myne eare to knowe the parables so darke And open all my doubtfull speache in metre on my harpe verse 5 why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toyle Or els my foes whiche at my heles are prest my life to spoyle verse 6 For as for suche as ryches haue wherin their trust is most And they which of their treasures greate them selues doo bragge and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeme Or that can geue a price to God sufficient for hym verse 8 It is to great a pryce to pay none can therto attayne verse 9 Or that he might his lyfe prolong or not in graue remayne verse 10 They see wise men as well as foles subiect vnto deathes handes And beyng dead straungers possesse theyr goods theyr rentes their lāds verse 11 Theyr care is to builde houses fayre and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 Yet shall no man alwayes enioy high honor wealth and rest But shall at length tast of deathes cup as well as the brute beast The seconde parte verse 13 And though they try these folish thoughts to be most leud and vayne Theyr children yet approue theyr talke and in like sinne remayne verse 14 As shepe into the folde are brought so shall they into graue Death shall them eate and in that day the iust shall Lordship haue Their image and theyr royall port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they passe with wo and weale away verse 15 But God will surely preserue me from death and endles payne Because he will of his good grace my soule receyue agayne verse 16 If any man waxe wonderous riche feare not I say therfore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 17 17 For when he dieth of all these thinges nothing shall he receyue His glory will not folow hym his pompe will take her leaue verse 18 Yet in this lyfe he takth him selfe the happiest vnder sunne And others likewise flatter him saying all is well done verse 19 And presuppose he liue as long as did his fathers olde Yet must he nedes at length geue place and be brought to deathes fold verse 20 Thus man to honor God hath calde yet doth he not consider But like brute beastes so dothe he lyue whiche turne to dust and pouder Deus deorum Psalme L. I. H. He prophecieth how God will call all nations by the Gospell and require no other sacrifices of his people but confession of his benefites and thankes geuyng and how he detesteth all such as seme zelous of Ceremonies and not of the pure worde of God onely THe god of Gods the lord hath calde the earth by name from where the sonne doth rise vnto the setting of the same Frō Syon hys faire place hys glory bryght and cleare The perfect beutye of his grace from thence it did appeare verse 3 Our God shall come in haste to speake he shall not doubte Before him shall the fire waste and tempest rounde aboute verse 4 The heauens from on hye the earth below lykewise He will call forth to iudge and try his folke he doeth deuise verse 5 Bring forth my sainctes sayth he my faithfull flocke so dere Which are in band and league with me my lawe to loue and feare verse 6 And when these thinges are tried the heauens shall recorde That God is iust and all must byde the iudgment of the Lorde verse 7 My people O geue heede Israell to thee I crye I am thy God thy healpe at neede thou canst it not denye verse 8 I doo not say to thee thy sacrifice is slacke Thou offrest dayly vnto me muche more then I doo lacke verse 9 Thinkest thou that I doo nede thy cattell yonge or olde Or ells so muche desire to feede on goates out of thy foulde verse 10 Naye all the beastes are mine in woodes that eate their filles And thousands more of nete and kine that runne wilde in the hilles verse 11 The birdes that builde on hie In hilles and oute of sight And the beastes that in the
filds do lye are subiect to my might verse 12 Then though I houngred sore what neede I ought of thyne Sith that the earth with her great store and all therin is myne verse 13 To bullockes fleash haue I suche mind to eate it doest thou thinke Or such a sweetnes doo I finde the bloude of goates to drinke verse 14 Geue to the Lorde his prayse with thankes doo him apply And see thou pay thy vowes alwaies vnto the God most hie verse 15 Then seke and call to me when ought would work thee blame And I will sure deliuer thee that thou maiest prayse my name verse 16 But to the wicked traine whiche talke of God eche daye And yet theyr works are foule and vain to them the Lorde will saye verse 17 With what a face darest thou my worde once speake or name why doth thy taulke my lawe alowe thy dedes denie the same verse 18 Where as for to amend thy lyfe thou art so slacke My word the which thou doest pretend is cast behind thy backe verse 19 When thou a thefe doest see by theft to lyue in welthe with him thou runnest and dost agree lykewyse to thryne by stealthe verse 20 When thou doest them beholde that wiues and maides defile Thou likest it well and waxest boulde to vse that lyfe most vile verse 21 Thy lippes thou doest applye to slaunder and defame ▪ Thy tonge is taught to crafte and lye and still doth vse the same verse 22 Thon studiest to reuile thy frendes to thee so nere With sclaunder thou woldst nedes defile thy mothers sonne moste deare verse 23 Hereat while I doo winke as though I did not see Thou goest on still and so dost thinke that I am lyke to thee verse 24 But sure I will not let to stryke when I beginne Thy faultes in order I will set and open all thy sinne verse 25 Matke this I you require that haue not God in minde Least when I plage you in myneire your helpe be far to fynde verse 26 He that doth geue to me the sacrifice of prayse Doth please me well and he shall see to walke in Godly wayse 1. Miserere mei deus Psalm li. w. w When Dauid was rebuked by the Prophet Nathan for his greate offences he did not onely acknowledge the same to God with protestation of his naturall corruption and iniquitie but also left a memoriall therof to his posteritie Therfore firste he desireth God to forgeue his sinnes and renew in him his holye spirite with promise that he will not be vnmindfull of those great graces Finally fearyng lest god would punish the whole churche for hys faute He requireth that he woulde rather increase his graces towardes the same O Lord consider my distres And now with spede some pitie take My sinnes deface my fautes redresse good Lorde for thy great mercies sake Wash me O Lord and make me cleane Frō this vniust sinfull act purifie yet once againe my hainous crime blody fact verse 2 Remorse and sorow doo constrayne Me to acknowledge myne exces verse 3 My sinne alas doth still remayne Before my face without reles verse 4 4 For thee alone I haue offended committing euyl in thy sight And if I were therfore condemned yet were thy iudgement iust right verse 5 It is to manifest alas that firste I was conceiued in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was and yet vile wretche remaine therin verse 6 Also beholde Lord thou doest loue the inward truthe of a pure hart Therfore thy wisdome from aboue thou hast reueld me to conuert verse 7 If thou with Hissope purge this blot I shalbe cleaner then the glasse And if thou wash away my spot the snow in whitenes shall I passe verse 8 Therfore O Lorde suche ioy me send that inwardly I may synd grace And that my strength may now amend which thou hast swagd for my trespace verse 9 Turne back thy face and frowning ire for I haue felt inoughe thy hande And purge my sinnes I thee desire which doo in number passe the sand verse 10 Make new my hart within my brest and frame it to thy holy will Thy constant spirite in me let rest which may these raging enemies kil The secōd parte verse 11 Cast me not Lorde out from thy face but spedely my tormentes ende Take not from me thy spirite and grace which may from daungers me defend verse 12 Restore me to those ioyes agayne which I was wont in thee to fynde And let me thy free spirite retayne which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus when I shall thy mercyes know I shall instruct others therin And men that are likewise brought low by mine ensample shall flee sinne verse 14 O God that of my health art Lorde forgeue me thys my bloudy vice My harte and toung shall then accorde to sing thy mercies and iustice verse 15 Touch thou my lippes my tonge vntye O Lord which art the only kay And then my mouth shall testifye thy wondrous works praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offred many one But thou estemest them of no pryce and therin pleasure takst thou none verse 17 The heauy hart the mind opprest O Lorde thou neuer dost reiect And to speake truth it is the best and of all sacrifice the effect verse 18 Lorde vnto Sion turne thy face poure out thy mercyes on thy hyll And on Jerusalem thy grace buyld vp the walles and loue it still verse 19 Thou shalt accept then oure offrynges of peace and righteousnes I say Yea calues and many other thynges vpon thyne altare will we lay Another of the same by T. N. HAue mercy on me God after Sing this as the Lamentation thy great abounding grace After thy mercies multitude doo thou my sinnes deface Yet wash me more from mine offence and clense me from my sin For I be know my fautes and still my sinne is in mine eyen Against thee thee alone I haue offended in thys case And euell haue I done before the presence of thy face That in the thynges that thou dost say vpryght thou mayst be tryed And eke in iudging that the dome may passe vpon thy syde Beholde in wickednes my kinde and shape I did receyue And loe my sinfull mother eke in sinne did me conceiue But Loe the truthe in inward partes is pleasant vnto thee And secretes of thy wisdome thou reueled hast to me With hysope Lorde be sprincle me I shalbe clensed so Yea wash thou me and so I shall be whiter than the snow Of ioy and gladnes make thou me to heare the pleasing voyce That so the broosed bones which thou hast broken may reioyce From the beholding of my sinnes Lorde turne away thy face And all my dedes of wickednes doo vtterly deface O God creat in me a hart vnspotted in thy sight And eke within my bowels Lorde renew a stable sprite Ne cast me from thy sight nor take thy holy sprite away The
signyfied by Sion and Ierusalem for the chosing preseruation and gouernaunce of them and for the plentyfull blessings powred forth vpon all the earthe THy prayse alone O Lorde doth reigne in Sion thine owne hill Theyr vowes to thee they doo maintaine Sing this as the. xxx psalme and their behestes fullfill verse 2 For that thou doest theyr prayer heare and dost therfo agree Thy people al bothe far and neare with trust shall come to thee verse 3 Our wicked lyfe so farre excedes that we should fall therin But Lorde forgeue our great misdeedes and purge vs from out synne verse 4 The man is blest whom thou doest chuse within thy courte to dwell Thy house and temple be shall vse with pleasures that excell verse 5 Of thy great iustice heare vs God our health of thee doth ryse The hope of all the earth abrode and the sea coasts likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compasd with thy power Thou makst the mountayns strong stout to stand in euery shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou dost asswage and make their streames full styll Thou dost restrayne the peoples rage and rule them at thy will verse 8 The folke that dwell full farre on earth shall dread thy signes to see Whiche morne and euen in great mirth doo passe with prayse to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chopt and drye and thirsteth more and more Then with thy dropes thou dost applye and muche encrease her store verse 10 The floud of God doth ouerflow and so doth cause to sprynge The seede and corne which men doo sow for he doth guide the thing verse 11 With wete thou dost her forowes fill wherby her cloddes doo fall Thy drops to her thou dost distill and bles her frute withall verse 12 Thou deckst the earth of thy good grace with fayre and pleasaunt crop Thy cloudes distill theyr deaw a pace great plenty they doo drop verse 13 wherby the desert shall begin full great encrease to bryng The litle hilles shall ioy therin muche frute in them shall spryng verse 14 In places playne the flocke shall fede and couer all the earth The valies with corne shall so excede that men shall sing for mirth Iubilate deo omnis terra Psal. lxvl. T. S. He prouoketh all men to prayse the Lorde to considre his workes rehersing two thinges most wonderful He setteth forth the power of God to affray the rebels and sheweth how God hath delyuered Israell from great bondage and afflictions ▪ he promiseth to geue sacryfyce and prouoke all men to heare what God hath done for hym and to prayse hys name YE men on earth in God reioyce Sing this as the. xviii Ps with prayse set forth his name Extoll his might with hart and voyce geue glory to the same verse 2 How wonderfull O Lorde say ye in all thy workes thou art Thy foes for feare doo seke to thee full sore agaynst theyr hart verse 3 All men that dwell the earth throughout doo prayse the name of God The laude therof the worlde about is shewd and set abrode verse 4 All folke come forth beholde and see what things the Lord hath wrought Mark wel the wōdrous works that he for man to passe hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heapes on hye therin away they had On fote to pas both fair and drye wherof theyr harts were glad verse 6 His might doth rule the world alwaye his eyes all thynges be hold All suche as would him disobey by hym shalbe controld verse 7 ye people geue vnto our God due laude and thankes alwayes With ioyfull voyce declare abrode and syng vnto hys prayse verse 8 Whiche doth endue our soule with life and it preserue with all He stayeth our fete so that no stryfe can make vs slippe or fall verse 9 The Lord doth proue our dedes with fire if that they will abyde As workmen doo when they desyre to haue theyr metals tryde verse 10 Although thou suffer vs so long in prison to be cast And there with chaines fetters strong to lye in bondage fast The secōde part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on vs to ryde and raygne Though we through fyre and water ren of very grief and payne verse 12 yet sure thou dost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bring vs out into a place to liue in wealth and rest verse 13 Unto thy house resort will I to offer and to pray And there I will my selfe applye my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in all my grief and smart The vowes I say whiche I did make in dolor of my hart verse 15 Burnt offringe I will geue to thee of Oxen fat and Rammes No other sacrifice shalbe of bullockes goates and lamkes verse 16 Come forth and harken here full sone all ye that feare the Lorde what he for my poore soule hath done to you I will record verse 17 Full oft I call vpon hys grace thys mouth to him doth crye And thou my tonge make spede apace to prayse hym by and by verse 18 But if I fele my hart within in wicked workes reioyce Or if I haue delyte to syn God will not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voice hath heard and what I doo require My prayer he doth well regarde and graunteth my desire verse 20 All prayse to him that hath not put nor cast me out of mynde Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I doo euer fynde Deus misereatur nostri Psalme lxvii I. H. A swete prayer for all the faythfull to obteyne the fauor of God and to be lyghtened with hys countenaunce to thende that hys way and iudgements may be knowne throughout the earth A reioysing that God is the gouernor of all nations HAue mercy on vs Lorde Sing this as the. xxx psalme and graunte to ps thy grace To shew to vs doo thou accorde the bryghtnes of thy face verse 2 That all the earth may knowe thy way to godly wealth And all the nations on a row may see thy sauyng health verse 3 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name O let the people all abrode Extoll and laude the same verse 4 Thoroughout the worlde so wyde let all reioyce with mirth For thou with truth right dost guide the nations of the earth verse 5 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name Oh let the people all abrode extoll and laude the same verse 6 Then shall the earth encrease Great store of frute shall fall And then our God the God of peace Shall bles vs eke with all God shall vs bles I say and then bothe farre and neare The folke throughout the earth alway of him shall stande in feare Exurgat deus Psal. lxviii T. S. In this Psalm Dauid setteth forth as in a glas the wonderfull mee mercyes of God towardes his people who by all meanes and moste
pure and well verse 2 Yet lyke a foole I almost slypt my feete began to slide And or I wist euen at a pinch my steps a wrye gan glyde verse 3 For when I saw suche folysh men I grudge and did disdayne That wicked men all thinges should haue without turmoyle or payne verse 4 They neuer suffer panges nor grief as if death shoulde them smite Theyr bodyes are bothe stoute and strong and euer in good plyte verse 5 And free from all aduersitie when other men be shent And with the rest they take no parte of plague or punishment verse 6 Therfore presumption doth embrace theyr necks as doth a chayne And are euen wrapt as in a robe with rapine and disdaine verse 7 They are so fed that euen for fat their eyes oft times out start And as for worldly goodes they haue more then can wish theyr hart verse 8 Theyr lyfe is moste licentious boastyng muche of the wrong Which they haue done to simple men and euer pryde among verse 9 The heauens and the lyuing Lorde they spare not to blaspheme And prate they doo on worldly thynges no wight they doo esteme verse 10 The people of God oft times turne backe to see theyr prosprous state And almost drynke the selfe same cup and folow the same rate The second parte verse 11 How can it be that God say they should know and vnderstand These worldly thinges since wicked men be Lordes of sea and land verse 12 For we may see how wicked men in riches still increase Rewarded well with worldly goodes and lyue in rest and peace verse 13 Then why doo I from wickednes my fantasy refrayne And wash my handes with innocentes and clense my hart in vayne verse 14 And suffer scourges euery day as subiect to all blame And euery mornyng from my youth susteyne rebuke and shame verse 15 And I had almost sayd as they misliking mine estate But that I should thy children iudge as folke vnfortunate verse 16 Then I bethought me how I might thys matter vnderstande But yet the labor was to great for me to take in hand verse 17 Untill the tyme I went into thy holy place and then I vnderstode right perfectly the ende of all these men verse 18 And namely how thou settest them vpon a slippery place And at thy pleasure and thy wyll thou dost them all deface verse 19 Then all men muse at that straung sight to see how sodenly They are destroid dispatche consumde and dead so horribly verse 20 Much like a dreame when one awakth so shall theyr wealth decay Theyr famous names in all mens sight shall ebbe and pas a way The thirde parte verse 21 Yet thus my hart was greued then my minde was much opprest verse 23 So fond was I and ignorant and in this point abeast verse 23 23 Yet neuertheles by my right hand thou holdest me alwayes fast verse 24 And with my counsell dost me guyde to glory at the last verse 25 What thyng is there that I can wishe but thee in heauen aboue And in the earth there is nothyng lyke thee that I can loue verse 26 My flesh and eke my hart do fayle but God doth fayle me neuer For of my hart God is the strength my portion eke for euer verse 27 And lo all suche as thee forsake thou shalt destroy echeone And those that trust in any thyng sauing in thee alone verse 28 Therfore will I draw nere to God and euer with him dwell In God alone I put my trust thy wonders will I tell Vt quid deus Psalme lxxiiii I. H. The faythfull complayne of the destruction of the church and true relygyon vnder the name of Sion and the aultars destroyed And trustyng in the myght and free mercyes of God by hys couenaunt they require help and succor for the glory of Gods holy name the saluatyon of his pore afflicted seruaunts the cōfusion of his proud enemies WHy art thou Lorde so longe from vs in all this daunger depe Sing this as the. lxxii ps why doth thine anger kindle thus at thyne owne pasture shepe verse 2 Lorde call the people to thy thought which haue ben thine so long The which thou hast redemd brought from bondage sore and strong verse 3 Haue minde and thinke vpon remember it full well Thy pleasant place thy mount Sion where thou wast wont to dwell verse 4 Lift vp thy fote and come in hast and all thy foes deface Whiche now at pleasure rob and wast within thy holy place verse 5 A mid thy congregations all thine enemies roare O God They set as signes on euery wall theyr banners splayde abrod verse 6 As men with axes hew the trees that on the hils do grow So shine the bils and swords of these within thy temples now verse 7 The selings sawde the carued bordes the godly grauen stones with axces hammers billes swordes they beate them downe at ones verse 8 Thy places they consume with flame and eke in all this toile The house appointed to thy name they race downe to the soyle verse 9 And thus they sayde within theyr hart dispatche them out of hand Then burnt they vp in euery part Gods houses through the land verse 10 10 Yet thou no sigue of helpe dost sende our Prophets all are gone To tell when this our plage shuld ende among vs there is none verse 11 Whē wilt thou lord once end this shame and cease thyne enemies strong Shall they alway blaspheme thy name and rayle on thee so long verse 12 Why dost with draw thy hand a backe and hide it in thy lappe O pluck it out and be not slack to geue thy foes a rappe The second part verse 13 O God thou art my kyng and Lorde and euermore hast ben yeathy good grace throughout the world for our good helpe hathe seen verse 14 The seas that are so depe and dead thy might did make them drye And then didst breake the serpents head that he therin did dye verse 15 yea thou didst breake the heads so great of whales that are so fell And gauest them to the folkes to eate that in the desertes dwell verse 16 Thou madest a spring with streames to rise from rock both hard and hye And eke thy hand hath made lykewyse depe riuers to be drye verse 17 Bothe day and eke the night are thyne by thee they were begonne Thou settest to serue vs with theyr shine the light and eke the sunne verse 18 Thou doest appoint the endes and costs of all the earth about Both sommer heates and winter frosts thy hand hath founde them out verse 19 Thinke on O Lorde no time forget thy foes that thee defame And how the folish folke are set to rayle vpon thy name verse 20 O let no cruell beast deuoure thy Turtle that is true Forget not alwayes in thy powre the poore that much doo rue verse 21 Regarde thy couenaunt and beholde thy foes posses the lande All sad and darke
of all prayeth feruently for delyueraunce Somtimes rehearsing his miseryes somtymes the mercyes receyued desiring also to be enstructed of the Lord that he may feare hym also and gloryfye his name He complayneth also of his aduersaryes and requyreth to be delyuered from them LOrde bow thine eare to my request Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. and heare me by and by With greuous payn and gref opprest full poore and weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my waye and doinges holly bee And saue thy seruaunte O my Lorde that puttes his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me expresse defend me eke with all For through the day I doo not cease on thee to crye and call verse 4 Comfort O Lorde thy seruaunts soule that nowe with payne is pinde For vnto thee Lorde I extoll and lift my soule and minde verse 5 For thou arte good and bountifull thy giftes of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentifull to all that call on thee verse 6 O Lorde lyke wise when I doo pray regarde and geue an eare Mark well the words that I doo say and all my prayers heare verse 7 In time when troble doth me moue to thee I doo complayne For why I know and well doo proue thou answerest me agayne verse 8 Among the Gods O Lorde is none with thee to be comparde And none can doo as thou alone the lyke hath not ben harde verse 9 The Gentils and the peoples all whiche thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees will fall and gloryfye thy name verse 10 For why thou art so muche of might all power is thine owne Thou workest wonders still in sight for thou art God alone verse 11 O teache me Lorde thy way and I shall in thy truth procede O ioyne my hart to thee so nye that it thy name may dreade verse 12 To thee my God wil I geue praise with all my hart O Lord And gloryfie thy name alwayse for euer through the worlde verse 13 For why thy mercy shewed to me is great and doth excell Thou settest my soule at libertie out from the lower hell verse 14 O Lorde the proude against me ryse and heapes of men of might They seeke my soule and in no wise will haue thee in theyr sight verse 15 Thou Lorde art mercyfull and meeke full slacke and slow to wrath Thy goodnes is full greate and eke thy truth no measure hathe verse 16 16 O turne me and mercy graunt thy strength to me apply O help and saue thine owne seruaunte thy handmaides sonne am I. verse 17 On me some signe of fauour shew that all my foes may see And be ashamed because Lorde thou doest helpe and comfort me Fundamenta eius Psalm lxxxvii I. H The holy Ghost promiseth that the condicion of the Church whiche was in miserye after the captiuitie of Babilon shoulde be restored to great excelency so that there should be nothing more comfortable thē to be nombred among the membres therof THat city shall full well endure Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. her ground worke still doth staye vpon the holy hilles full sure it can no time decaye verse 2 God loues the gates of Sion best hys grace doth there abyde He loued them more then all the rest of Iacobs tents beside verse 3 Full glorious thinges reported be in Sion and abrod Great thinges I say are sayd of thee thou citie of our God verse 4 On Rahab I will cast an eye and beare in minde the same And Babilon shall eke applye and learne to know my name verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tire also with Ethiope likewise A people oulde full longe agoe were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shall say abrod that diuers men of fame Haue there sprong vp and the hie God hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their recordes to them it shall through Gods deuise appere Of Sion that the chefe of all had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpetters with such as syng therin great plenty be My fountayns my pleasant springs are compast all in thee Domine deus salutis Psalme lxxxviii I. H Agrieuous complaynt of the faythfull sore afflicted by sicknes persecution and abuersitie being as it were left of God without any consolation yet he calleth on God by fayth and striueth against desperation complayning him selfe to be forsaken of all yearthly healpe LOrde God of health y e hope staye thou art alone to me I call cry throughoute the daye and all the nighte to thee O let my prayers sone ascende vnto thy sight on hyghe enclyne thyne eare O Lorde entend and herken to my cry verse 3 For why my soule with wo is filled and doth in trouble dwell My lyfe and breath almost doth yelde and draweth nye to hell verse 4 I am estemd as one of them that in the pit doo fall And made as one among those men that haue no strength at all verse 5 As one amonge the dead and free from things that heare remayne It weare more easy for me to be with them the whiche are slayne verse 6 As those that lye in graue I saye whom thou hast cleane forgot The whiche thy hand hath cut away and thou regardst them not Yea like to one shut vp full sure within the lower pit In places darke and all obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thyne anger and thy wrathe like wise full sore on me doth lye And all thy stormes agaynst me ryse my soule to vex and trye verse 9 Thou puttest my frends far of frō me and makst them hate me sore I am shut vp in prison fast and can come forth no more verse 10 My sight doth faile through grefe wo I call to thee O God Throughout the day my handes also to thee I stretche abrode verse 11 Doest thou vnto the dead declare thy wondrous workes of fame Shall dead to lyfe agayne repayre and prayse thee for the same verse 12 Or shall thy louing kindnes Lorde be preached in the graue Or shall with them that are destroyd thy truth her honor haue verse 13 Shall they that lye in darke full lowe of all thy wonders wotte Or there shall they thy iustice knowe where all thinges are forgot verse 14 But I O Lorde to thee alwaye doo crye and call apace My prayer eare it be daye shall come before thy face verse 15 Why dost thou Lorde abhorre my soule in grefe that seeketh thee And now O Lorde why dost thou hide thy face awaye from me verse 16 I am afflicte as dying still from youthe this many a yere Thy terrours whiche doo vexe me ill with troubled minde I beare verse 17 The furies of thy wrathfull rage full sore vpon me fall Thy terrours eke doo not asswage but me oppres with all verse 18 All day they compas me aboute as water at the tide And all at once with streames ful stoute beset me on eche side verse 19 Thou
exhortaciō to prayse god for the gouernment of the world and the election of his church An admonishion not to folow the rebellion of the olde fathers that tempted God in the wildernes For the which they might not enter into the land of promise O Come let vs lyfte vp oure voyce and synge vnto the Lorde in him our rock of health reioyce let vs with one accorde yea let vs come before his face to geue him thanks and prayse in singing Psalmes vnto his grace let vs be glad all wayes verse 3 For why the Lorde he is no doubte a greate and myghty God A kynge aboue all Gods throughout in all the worlde abrode verse 4 4 The secretes of the yearth so depe and corners of the land The toppes of hilles that are so stepe he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters all are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and all that therin is his hande hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and prayse the Lorde before him let vs fall And knele to him with one acorde the whiche hathe made vs all verse 7 For why he is the Lorde our God for vs he doth prouide We are his folke he doth vs fede his shepe and he our guide verse 8 Today if ye his voice will heare then harden not your hart As ye with grudging many a yeare prouoked me in deserte verse 9 Wher as your fathers tempted me my power for to proue My wondrous works whē they did see yet still they woulde me moue verse 10 Twise twenty yeare they did me greue and I to them did saye They erre in heart and not beleue they haue not knowne my waye verse 11 Wherfore I sware when that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer treade the pathe to enter to my rest Cantate domino Psalme lxxxxvi I. H An exhortacyon bothe to the Iewes and gentiles to prayse God for hys mercye And this specyallye ought to be referred to the kingdom of Chryste Syng ye with prayse vnto the Lorde Sing this as the. lxxvii psalme New songs of ioy and mirthe Sing vnto him with one accorde all people on the yearthe verse 2 yea sing vnto the Lorde I saye prayse ye his holy name Declare and shew from day to daye saluation by the same verse 3 Amonge the Heathen eke declare hys honor round about To shew his wonders doo not spare in all the worlde throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy prayse alway And he is to be dred of ryght aboue all Gods I saye verse 5 For all the Gods of Heathen folke are idoles that will fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 All prayse and honor eke doo dwell for aye before his face Both power and might likewise excell within his holly place verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lorde alway ye people of the worlde All might and worship eke I say ascribe vnto the Lorde verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lorde also the glory of his name And eke into his courtes doo goe with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fall down and worship ye the lorde with in his temple bright Let all the people of the worlde be fearefull at his sight verse 10 Tell all the world be not agaste the Lorde doth raigne aboue Yea he hath set the yerth so fast that it did neuer moue verse 11 And that it is the Lorde alone that ruleth with princely might To iudge the nations euery one with equity and right verse 12 The heauens shall great ioy begin the earth shall eke reioyce The sea with all that is theirin shall shoute and make a noice verse 13 The field shall ioye and euery thing that spryngeth of the earth The wod and euery tree shall sing with gladnes and with mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lorde and comming of his might when he shall iustly iudge the worlde and rule his folke with right Dominus regnauit Psalme lxxxxvii I. H The prophet exhorteth all to reioyce for the coming of the kingdome of Christ dreadfull to the rebels and Idolaters and ioyfull to the iust whom he exhorteth to innocency to reioysing and thanks geuing THe lord doth raigne where all y e earth Sing this as the. lxxxxv may ioy with pleasaunt voyce And eke the yles with ioyfull mirth may triumphe and reioyce verse 2 Bothe cloudes darknes eke doo swell and rounde aboute him beate Yea right and iustice euer dwell and byde aboute his seate verse 3 Yea fier and heate at once doth runne and go before his face Which shall his foes and ennemies burn abrode in euery place verse 4 His lightnes eke full bright did blase and to the world appere Wherat the yearthe did loke and gase with dreade and deadly feare verse 5 The hilles like war did melt in sight and presence of the Lorde They fled before that rulers might which gideth all the worlde verse 6 The heauens eke declare and shew his iustice forth abrode That all the world may see and knowe the glory of our god verse 7 Confusion sure shall come to suche as worship Idols vayne And eke to those that glory muche dome pictures to maintayne verse 8 For all the Idouls of the worlde whiche they as Gods doo call Shall feele the power of the Lorde and downe to hym shall fall verse 9 With ioy shall Sion here this thyng and Iuda shall reioyce For at thy iudgements they shall sing and make a pleasaunt noyce verse 10 That thou O Lorde art set on hie in all the earth abrode And arte exalted wonderously aboue eche other God verse 11 All ye that loue the Lorde doo thys hate all thinges that is ill For he doth kepe the soules of his from suche as would them spill verse 12 And light doth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Greate ioye with gladnes mirth lust to them of vpright hart verse 13 Ye rigteous in the Lord reioyce his hollines proclayme Be thankfull eke with hart and voyce and mindefull of the same Cantate domino Psal lxxxxviii I. H An Earnest exhortacyō to all cratures to prayse the Lorde for his power mercy and fydelitie in his promyse by Christ by whō he hath communicated his saluation to all natiōes OSyng ye now vnto the Lorde a new and pleasaunt songe Sing this as the. lxxxxv For he hath wrought throughout the world His wōders great strong With his rigt hand full worthely he doth his foes deuoure And get him sealf the victory with his owne arme and power verse 3 The Lord doth make the people know his sauing health and might The Lorde doth eke his iustice shew in all the Heathens sight verse 4 His grace and truth to Israell in minde he doth recorde That al the yearth hath sene right wel the goodnes of the Lorde verse 5 Be glad in him with ioyfull voyce all
people of the earth Geue thankes to God sing and reioyce to him with ioy and mirth verse 6 Upon the harp vnto him sing geue thankes to him with psalmes Reioyce before the Lord our king with trumpets and with shalmes verse 7 Yea let the sea with all therin with ioy bothe rore and swell The earth likewise let it begin with all that therin dwell verse 8 And let the flouddes reioyse theyr filles and clap theyr handes apace And eke the mountaynes and the hilles before the Lorde his face verse 9 For he shall come to iudge and try the world and euery wighte And rule the people mightely with iustice and with right Dominus regnauit psalme lxxxxix I. H. He cōmendeth the power equitie and excellency of the kingdome of God by Chryst ouer the Iew and Gentils and prouoketh them to magnyfye the same to serue the Lord folowing the example of the auncyent fathers Mosies Aaron Samuel who calling vpon God wer harde in theyr prayers THe Lord doeth raygne although at it The people rage full fore Sing this as the. lxxxxv p yea he on Cherubin doth sit though all the world woulde rore verse 2 The Lorde that doth in Sion dwell is high and wonders great Aboue all folke he doth excell and he aloft is set verse 3 Let all men prayse thy mightye name for it is featfull sure And let them magnifye the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our king doth loue iudgement and ryght Thou rightly rulest euery thing in Iacob through thy might verse 5 To prayse the Lorde our God deuise all honour to him doo His fote stole worship ye likewise for he is holy too verse 6 Moses Aron and Samuell as priestes on him did call When they did pray he herd them well and gaue them aunswer all verse 7 Within the cloude to them he spake then did they labour still To keepe suche lawes as he did make and pointed them vntill verse 8 O Lord our god thou diddest them here and aunswerst them againe Thy mercy did on them appere theyr deedes diddest not maintayne verse 9 O laude and prayse our God and Lord within this holy hill For why our God throughoute the world is holy euer styll 2 Iubilate deo omnis terra Psalme C. He exhorteth all to serue the Lorde who hath made vs and to enter into his courts and assemblies to prayse his name IN God the Lorde be glad and lyght prayse him throughout the yearthe Sing this as the. lxvii Serue him and come before his sight with singing and with mirth verse 12 Know that the Lorde our God he is he did vs make and kepe Not we our sealues for we are his owne folke and pasture shepe verse 13 O go into his gates alwayes geue thankes within the same within his courts set forth his prayse and laud his holy name verse 14 For why the goodnes of the Lorde for euermore doth raygne From age to age throughout the world his truthe doth still remayne Miserecordiam et iudicium Psalm Ci. N. Dauid describeth what gouernment he will obserue in his house and kingdome He will punish and correct by roting out the wicked and cheryshing the godly persones I Mercye will and iudgement sing O Lorde God vnto thee Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. And wisely doo in perfect way vntill thou come to me And in the middest of my house walke in purenes of my sprite And I no kind of wicked thing will set before my sight I hate their worke that fall away it shall not cleaue to me From me shall part the froward hart none euell will I see Him will I stroy that sclaundereth his neyghbour priuely The lofty hart I can not beare nor him that loketh hie Mine eyes shall be on them within the land that faithfull be In perfect way who worketh shall be seruant vnto me I will no guilefull person haue within my house to dwell And in my presence he shal not remaine that lies doth tell Betymes I will destroy euen all the wicked of the lande That I may from Gods citie cut the wicked workers band Domine exaudi orationem Psalm C. ii I. H. It semeth that this prayer was apointed to the faithful to pray in the captiuitie of Babilon A consolation for the buyldyng of the churche wherof foloweth the prayse of god to be published vnto al posterities The conuersion of the Gentels And the stabilytie of the churche O Heare my prayer Lorde and let my crye come vnto thee In tyme of troble doo not hide thy face away from me Inclyne thyne eares to me make haste Sing this as the. lxvii to heare me when I call For as the smoke doth fade so doo my dayes consume and fall And as a herth my bones are burnt my hart is smitten dead And withers as the grasse that I forget to eate my bread By reason of my groning voyce my bones cleaue to my skinne As pellicane of wildernes suche case now am I in And as an oule in desert is loe I am suche a one I watch and as a sparow on the house top am alone Loe dayly in reprochefull wise mine enmies doo me scorne And they that doo against me rage against me they haue sworne Surely with ashes as with breade my hunger I haue filld And mingled haue my drink with teares that fro mine eyes haue stild Because of thy displeasure Lord thy wrath and thy disdayne For thou hast lifted me aloft and cast me downe agayne The dayes wherin I pas my lyfe are like the fleting shade And I am withered like the gras that sone away doth fade But thou O Lord for euer doest remaine in stedy place And thy remembrance euer doth abide from race to race The second parte Thou wilt aryse and mercy thou to Sion wilt extend The time of mercy now the time foreset is come to end For euen in the stones therof thy seruants do delighte And on the dust therof they haue compassion in theyr sprite Then shall the Heathen peoples feare the Lordes most holy name And all the kinges on earth shall drede thy glory and thy fame Then when the Lord the mighty God againe shall Syon rere And then when he most nobly in his glory shall appeare To prayer of the desolate when he himself shall bend when he shall not disdayne vnto theyr prayer to attend This shalbe written for the age that after shall succede the people yet vncreated the Lordes renome shall sprede For he from his hie sanctuarye hath loked downe belowe and out of Heauen hath the Lord beheld the earth also That of the mourning captiue he might heare the woefull crye And that he might deliuer those that damned are to dye That they in Sion may declare the Lordes most holy name and in Ierusalem set fourth the prayses of the same Then when the people of the land and kingdomes with accorde Shalbe assembled for to do theyr seruice to
hathe accomplished his promes and placed his Arke in Sion for the whiche he geueth thankes and prayeth for the prosperitie of the Church I did in hart reioyce to heare y e peples voyce in offering so willingly For let vs vp say they and in the Lordes house pray thus spake the folke full louingly Oure fete that wandred wide shal in thy gates abide O thou Jerusalem full fayre Which arte so semely set muche lyke a Citie net the like wherof is not els where The trybes with one accorde The tribes of God the Lorde Are thither bent theyr way to take So God before did â—ell That there his israell Their prayers shoulde together make For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set forth iustice orderly Which thrones right to mainteine To dauids house perteine His folke to iudge accordingly To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy friendes God prosper mightely Peace be thy walles about And prosper the throughout Thy places eke continually I wish thy prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That comfort haue by meanes of the. Gods house both me allure Thy welth for to procure So much allwayes as lieth in me Adte leuaui oculos Psalm Cxxiii Th. Stern A praier of the faithfull which are afflicted by the wicked worldelinges and contemners of God O Lord that heuen doest possesse Singe this as the. xxiii psal I lift mine eies to the Euen as the seruant lifteth his his maisters handes to see verse 2 As handmaides watch there maistres handes some grace for to atchiue So we beholde the Lord our God til he do vs forgeue verse 3 Lorde graunt vs thy compassion and mercy in thy sight For we be filled and ouer comen with hatred and despight verse 4 Our mindes be stuffed with great rebuke the rich and worldly wise To make af vs their mocking stock the proude do vs despice Nisi quia dominus Psalm Cxxiiii VV. The people of God beyng delyuered out of a great danger acknowledg not to haue escaped by their owne power but throughe the fauour of God and shew in how greate perill they were NO we Israell may say that truly If that the Lord had not our cause mainteind If that the lord had not our right susteind WheÌ„ all the worlde against vs furiously made their vprors and said we should all die verse 3 Now long a go they had deuoure vs all And swalowed quick for ought y t we could deme Suche was their rage as we might well esteme verse 4 And as the flouddes with mightye force do fall So had they now our life euen brought to thrall verse 5 The raging stremes most proud in roring noice Had long a go ouer whelmde vs in the depe verse 6 But loued by God whiche doth vs safely kepe From bloudy teeth and theyr most cruell voyce Which as a pray to eate vs woulde reioyce verse 7 Euen as the birde out of the foulers grenne Escapth away right so it fareth vs Broke are theyr nets and we haue scaped thus verse 8 God that made heauen earth is our help theÌ„ His name hath saued vs from these wicked men Qui confidunt Psalm cxxv VV. K. He describeth the assurance of the faithfull in their aflictions and desireth their welth and the destruction of the wicked SUche as in God the lord do trust as Mount Sion shall firmely stande and be remoued at no hand the Lorde will count them right and iust So that they shall be sure For euer to indure verse 2 As mightye mountains huge and greate Jerusalem about to close So will the Lorde be vnto those who on his godly will doo wayte Suche are to hym so deare they neuer nede to feare verse 3 For though the rightous trye doeth he by making wicked men his rodde Lest they through grief for sake their God it shall not as their lot still be verse 4 Geue Lorde to those thy lyght whose hartes are true and ryght verse 5 But as for such as turne a syde by croked wayes which they out sought The Lorde will surely bryng to nought with workes vile they shall abide But peace with Israell for euermore shall dwel In conuertendo Psalm cxxvi VV. K This Psalme was made after the returne of the people from Babylon and sheweth that the meane of their deliuerance was wonderful after the seuentie yeres of captiuitie forespoken by Ieremie 25. 12. and. 29. 10. WHen that the Lorde again his SioÌ„ had forth brought from bondage great also seruitude extreme his work was suche as did surmount mans hart thought so that we were muche like to them that vse to dreame our mouthes were with laughter filled then and eke our tongues did shew vs ioyfull men The Heathen folke were forced then this to confes How that the Lord for them also great things had don verse 3 But muche more we and therfore can confes no les Wherfore to ioye we haue good cause as we begonne verse 4 O Lorde go forthe thou canst our bondage end As to desertes thy flowing riuers send verse 5 Full true it is that they whiche sow with teares in dede A time will come when they shal reape in mirth ioye verse 6 They went and wept in bearing of their precious sede For that theyr foes full often times did them anoye But their returne with ioye they shall sure see Their sheaues home bryng and not impered be Nisi dominus Palme Cxxvii VV. It is not mannes wit power or labor but the free goodnes of God that geueth ryches preserueth townes and countrepes graunteth noryshment and chyldren EXcept the Lorde the house doo make And therunto doo set hys hande Sing this as the lords praâ—â— What men doo build it can not stand Likewise in vayne men vndertake Cities and holdes to watch and ward Except the Lord be their safegard Though ye ryse early in the morne And so at night go late to bed Feding full hardly with browne breade yet were your labor lost and worne But they whom God doth loue and kepe Receyue all thinges with quiet slepe Therfore marke well when euer ye see That men haue heires to enioy their laÌ„d It is the gift of Gods owne hand For God him selfe doth multiplye Of his great liberalitie The blessing of posteritie And when the children come to age They grow in strength and actiuenes In person and comelines So that a shaft shot with courage Of one that hath a most strong arme Flyeth not so swyft nor doth lyke harme Oh well is him that hath his quiuer Fournished with such altilerye For when in perill he shalbe Suche one shall neuer shake nor shiuer When that he pleadeth before the iudge Against his foes which beare him grudg Beati omnes qui timent Psalm cxxviii T. T He describeth the prosperous estate of them that be maryed in the feare of God ioyning with all the promises of Gods blessinges to all them that lyue in thys honorable estate
praise his greatnes not cāreach frō race to race they shal thy works praise and thy power preache I Of thy gloryous maiestye the beauty will recorde And meditate vppon thy workes most wonderfull O Lorde And they shal of thy power and of thy fearfull actes declare And I to publish all abrode thy greatnes will not spare And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repete The Lorde our God is gratious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to angre he is slowe yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth excede Loe all thy workes doo praise thee lord and doo their honor sprede Thy sainctes doo bles thee and they doo thy kingdomes glorye shewe And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to sprede the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lorde a kingdom is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through eche age endures without decay The Lorde vpholdeth them that fall the sliding he doth stay The eyes of all doo wayte on thee thou doest them all releue And thou to eche sufficing foode in season due dost geue Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what euer liue with giftes of thy good will The Lorde is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all Nere all he is that call on him in truthe that on him cal He the desires whiche they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they crye and saue them all he will The Lorde preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse hys holy name for euer shall accorde Lauda anima mea Psalm cxlvi I. H Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almightye and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at lybertie comforteth the fatherles widowes and the straungers and raygneth kinge for euer My soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes My God I will confes Sing thys as the. cxxxvii Whyle death and lyfe prolong my dayes my tonge no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why theyr breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their hart decay and pearysh all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the lorde is stayd verse 6 Whiche made the earth waters depe the heauens hie with all Which doth his word and promise kepe In truth and euer shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he procede for suche as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The lord doth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The lorde I saye doth loue the ryght and iust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the strangers sad in hart And quite the wydow from distres and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy lorde and God eternally O Syon still shall rayne In tyme of all posteritie for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme cxlvii N. ☞ The Prophet prayseth the bountye wisdom power iustice prouidence of God vpō all his creatures But specially vpō his church whiche he gathereth together after theyr dispersion Declaring hys word and iudgmēts so vnto them as he hath don to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to synge For it is pleasante and to prayse it is a comely thyng the Lord his owne Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israell doth gather into one He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynde He countes the number of the starres and names them in theyr kynde Great is our Lord great is his power his wisdome infinite The Lord releues the meke throwes to ground the wicked wight Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyse And to our God vpon the harp aduaunce your singing voyce He couers heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth rayne And on the mountaines he doth make the grasse to grow agayne He geues to beastes their fode and to yong rauens when they crye His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legges doth lye But all in those that feare the Lorde the Lord hath his delight And suche as doo attend vpon his mercies shining light O prayse thy Lorde Ierusalem thy God O Syon prayse For he the barres hath forged strong where with thy gaie he stayes Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the floure of wheat he filleth thee And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with spedy course doth swiftly runne about He geueth snow like woll hore frost like ashes doth he spreade Like morsells castes his ise therof the colde whoe can abide He sendeth fourth his mightye worde and melteth them agayne His winde he makes to blow and then the waters flow amayne The doctrine of his holy worde to Iacob doth he shewe His statutes and his iudgements he geues Israell to knowe With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne His secrete iudgementes ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme cxlviii I. P. ☞ He prouoketh all creatures to prayse the Lode in heauen in earth and in all places specially for the power that he hathe geuen to his people Israell whom he hathe taken so nere vnto hym GEue laude vnto the Lord frō heauen that is so hie Praise him in dede and worde Aboue the starry skie 2. And also ye his angels all armies royall prayse him with glee Praise him both mone and Sunne Whiche are so cleare and bryght The same in you be done Ye glistring starres of lyght And eke no les De Heauens faire And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse For at his worde they were All formed as we see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree Whiche he set fast To them he made A law and trade For aye to laste Extoll and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fell All depe doo ye the same For it becommeth you well Him magnyfye Fyre Hayle Ise Snowe And stormes that blow At his decree The hilles and mountaines all And trees that frutfull are The Cedres great and tall His worthy prayie declare Beastes and cattell yea birdes fliyng And wormes crepyng That on earth dwell All kinges both more and les With all their pompons trayne Princes and all iudges That in the worlde remayne Exalte his name
to walke abrode at large The seconde parte verse 9 Great grief O Lord doeth me assaile some pitye on me take Mine eyes waxe dimme my might doth my wombe for wo doth ake verse 10 My lyfe is worne with grief and paine faile my yeares in wo are past My strength is gone through disdaine my bones corrupt and wast verse 11 Amonge my foes I am a scorne my frendes are all dismaide My neighbours and my kinsmen borne to see me are afrayde verse 12 As men once dead are out of minde so am I now forgot As small effect in me they finde as in a broken pot verse 13 I heard the bragges of all the route theyr threates my minde did fraye How they conspirde and went about to take my lyfe awaye verse 14 But Lorde I trust in thee for ayde not to be ouer trod For I confesse and still haue saide thou art my Lorde and God verse 15 The length of all my lyfe and age O Lorde is in thy hand Defend me from the wrathes and rage of them that me withstand verse 16 16 To me thy seruaunt Lord expresse and shew thy ioifull face And saue me Lorde for thy goodnes thy mercy and thy grace The thirde parte verse 17 Lorde let me not be put to blame for that on thee I call But let the wicked beare their shame and in the graue to fall verse 18 Oh how great good hast thou in store layde vp full safe for them That feare and trust in thee therfore before the sonnes of men verse 19 Thy presence shall thē fence and guide from al proud bragges and wrongs Within thy place thou shalt them hyde from all the stryfe of tonges verse 20 Thankes to the lord that hath declard on me his grace so farre Me to defend with watche and ward as in a towne of warre verse 21 Thus did I say both day and night when I was sore opprest Loe I was cleane cast out of sight yet heardst thou my request verse 22 Ye sainctes loue ye the Lord I say the faithfull he doth guide And to the proude he will repay according to their pride verse 23 Be strong and God shall stay your hart be bolde and haue a lust For sure the Lorde wyll take your part sith ye on him doo trust Beati quorum remissi sunt Psal. xxxii T. S. Dauid punished with greuous sicknes for his sinnes counteth them happy to whom God doeth not impute theyr transgressions And after that he had confessed his sinnes and obteyned pardon he exhorteth the wicked men to lyue godly and the good to reioyse THe man is blest whose wickednes the Lorde hath cleane remitted Sing this as the. xxx psal And he whose sin and wretchednes is hid and also couered verse 2 And blest is he to whom the Lorde imputeth not hys sinne Whyche in hys hart hath hid no guile nor fraude is founde therin verse 3 For whilst that I kept close my sinne in silence and constraynt My bones did weare and wast away with dayly mone and playnt verse 4 For night and day thy hand on me so greuous was and smert That all my bloud and humours moist to drines did conuert verse 5 I did therfore confes my fault and all my sinnes discouer Then thou O Lord diddest me forgeue and all my sinnes passe ouer verse 6 The humble man shall pray therfore and seke thee in due time So that the floudes of waters great shall haue no power on hym verse 7 When trouble and aduersitie doo compasse me about Thou art my refuge and my ioye and thou doest rid me out verse 8 Come hither and I shall thee teache howe thou shalt walke a right And will thee guide as I my self haue learnd by profe and sight verse 9 Be not so rude and ignoraunt as is the horse and mule Whose mouth without a raine or bit from harme thou canst not rule verse 10 The wicked man shall manifolde sorowes and grief sustayne But vnto him that trusteth in God his goodnes shall remayne verse 11 Be mery therfore in the Lorde ye iust lyft vp your voyce And ye of pure and perfect hart be glad and eke reioyce Exultate iusti in domino Psalm xxxiii I. H. He exhorteth good men to prayse God for that he hath not only created all thynges and by his prouidence gouerneth the same but also is faythful in his promises He vnderstandeth mans hart and soattereth the counsell of the wicked So that no man can be preserued by any creature or mans strength but they that put their confidence in hys mercy shalbe preserued from all aduersitie YE rightuous in the Lorde reioyse it is a semely sight Sing this as the. xxx psalme That vpright men with thankfull voyce should prayse the God of might verse 2 Prayse ye the Lorde with harp and songe in Psalmes and pleasant thinges With lute and instrument among that soundeth with ten stringes verse 3 Sing to the Lord a song most new with courage geue him prayes verse 4 For why his word is euer true his workes and all his wayes verse 5 To iudgement equitie and right he hath a great good will And with his gifts he doth delight the earth through out to fill verse 6 For by the worde of God alone the heauens all were wrought Theyr hostes and powers euery chone his breath to passe hathe brought verse 7 The waters great gathered hath he on heapes within the shore And hid them in the depth to be as in an house of store verse 8 All men on earth both least and most feare God and kepe hys lawe Be that inhabite in eche cost dreade hym and stande in awe verse 9 what he cōmaunded wrought it was at once with present spede what he doth will is brought to passe with full effect in dede verse 10 The counsels of the nacions rude the Lorde doth drine to nought No counsell cā preuaile against God but shall haue ill succes He doth defeate the multitude of their deuise and thought verse 11 11 But his decres continue still they neuer slake or swage The motions of his mind and will take place in euery age The secōd parte verse 12 And blest are they to whom the Lorde as God and guide is knowen Whom he doth chose of mere accorde to take them as his owne verse 13 The Lorde from heauen cast his sight on men mortall by birth verse 14 Considering from his seate of might the dwellers of the earth verse 15 Te lord I say whose hād hath wrought mans hart and doth it frame For he alone doth know the thought and working of the same verse 16 A king that trusteth in his host God only deliuereth and preserueth his people shall nought preuayle at length The man that of his might doth boast shall fall for all his strength verse 17 The troupes of horsemen eke shall faile their sturdie stedes shall sterue The strength of horse shall not preuaile the rider to
comfort of thy sauing help geue me againe I pray With thy free sprite establish me And I will teache therfore Sinners thy wayes and wicked shall be turnde vnto thy lore O God that art God of my health from blood deliuer me That prayses of thy righteousnes my tonge may syng to thee My lippes that yet fast closed be doo thou O Lorde vnlose The prayses of thy maiestie my mouth shall so disclose I would haue offred sacrifice if that had pleased thee But pleased with burnt offringes I knowe thou wilt not be A trobled sprite is sacrifice delytefull in Gods eyes A broken and an humbled hart God thou wilt not despise In thy good will deale gently Lorde to Sion and with all Graunt that of thy Ierusalem vpreard may be the wall Burnt offrings giftes and sacrifice of iustice in that day Thou shalt accept and calues they shal vpon thyne altar lay Quid gloriaris Psalme lii I. H Dauid describeth the arrogante tyrannye of hys aduersarye Doeg Saules chief shepherde who by false surmyses caused Achimelech with the rest of the priestes to be slain Dauid prophecieth his destruction and encourageth the faithfull to put theyr confidence in God whose iudgements are most sharpe against his aduersaryes And fynally he rendreth thankes to God for his deliueraunce In thys Psalme is lyuely set forthe the kingdome of Antichrist WHy dost thou tyrāt boast abrode thy wicked works to prayse dost thou not knowe there is a God whose mercies last alwayes Why doth thy mind yet still deuise suche wicked wiles to warpe Thy tong vntrue in forging lies is like a rasour sharpe verse 3 On mischief why settest thou thy minde and wilt not walke vpryght Thou hast more lust false tales to fynde then bryng the truth to lyght verse 4 Thou doest delyte in fraude and guile in mischief blud and wrong Thy lyppes haue learnde the flateryng style O false deceitfull tonge verse 5 Therfore shall God for euer confounde and pluck thee from thy place Thy sede rote out from of the grounde and so shall thee deface verse 6 The iust when they beholde thy fall with feare will praise the Lorde And in reproche of thee withall cry out with one accorde verse 7 Behold the man which would not take the Lorde for his defence But of his goods his God did make and trust his corrupt sence verse 8 But I an Oliue fresh and grene shall spring and sprede abrode For why my trust all times hathe bene vpon the lyuing Ood verse 9 For this therfore will I geue prayse to thee with hart and voyce I will set forth thy name always wherin thy sainctes reioyce Dixit in sipiens Psalme Liii T. N The Prophet describeth the croked nature the crueltye and punishment of the wicked when they loke not for it and desireth the deliueraunce of the godlie that they may reioyce together THe foolish man in that whyche he within his hart hath sayde Sing this as the. xiv psalme That there is any God at all hathe vtterly denyde They are corrupt and they also a haynous worke haue wrought Amonge them all there is not one of good that worketh ought The Lorde loked downe on sons of men from Heuen all abrode To see if any were that would be wise and seke for God They are gone all out of the way they are corrupted all There is not one doth any good there is not one at all Do not all wicked workers know that they do fede vpon My people as they fede on breade the Lorde they call not on Euen there they were afrayde and stode with trembling all dismayde Where as there was no cause at all why they should be afrayde For God his bones that thee beseged hath scattered all abrode Thou hast confounded them for they reiected are of God O Lorde geue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfill thy promise made to Israell from out of Syon hill When God his people shall restore that erst was captiue lad Thou Iacob shall therin reioyse and Israel shalbe glad Deus in nomine Psalm Liiii I. H Dauid brought into Great daunger by reasō of Ziphius calleth vpō the name of God to destroy e his enemies promysing sacrifice and froe offerings for their delyueraunce GOd saue me for thy holy name and for thy goodnes sake Sing this as the. xlvi Psa Unto the strength Lorde of the same I doo my cause betake verse 2 Regarde O Lorde and geue an eare to thee when I doo praye Bow downe thy sealfe to me and heare the wordes that I doo saye verse 3 For straungers vp against me ryse and tirauntes vex me still Whiche haue not God before theyr eies they seke my soule to spill verse 4 But loe my God doeth geue me ayde the Lorde is strayght at hand with them by whom my soule is stayed the Lorde doth euer stande verse 5 With plages repay agayne all those for me that lye in wayte And with thy truth destroy my foes with theyr owne snare and bayte verse 6 An offering of free hart and will that I to thee shall make And prayse thy name for therin still greate comfort I doo take verse 7 O Lorde at length doo set me free from them that craft conspire And now mine eye with ioye doeth see on them my hartes desire Exaudi deus Psalme Lv. I. H. Dauid being in greate heauines and distres complayneth of the crueltye of Saule and of the falshod of his familyar acquaintaunce vtteryng most ardent affections to moue the Lord to pitie hym After being assured of deliueraūce he setteth forth the grace of god as though he had all ready obtayned his request O God geue eare and do apply To heare me when I praye Sing this as the. xxxv psalme And when to thee I call and crye hide not thy selfe awaye verse 2 Take hede to me graunt my request and aunswer me agayne with playntes I pray full sore opprest greate grief doeth me constrayne verse 3 Because my foes with threates and cries oppres me through despighte And so the wicked sorte lykewise to vex me haue delighte verse 4 For they in counsell doo conspire to charge me with some ill So in their hasty wrath and ire they doo pursue me styll verse 5 My hart doth faynte for want of breathe it panteth in my breste The terroures and the dread of deathe doo work me muche vnrest verse 6 feare on me doth fall with doo quake Suche 〈◊〉 whelmeth me with all that I can make verse 7 But I will geue me ▪ Of some fayer doue that I may flee and rest me from these thinges verse 8 Lo then I woulde go farre awaye to flye I woulde not cease And I woulde hide my selfe and staye in some greate wildernes verse 9 I would be gon in all the hast and not abide behinde That I weare quite and ouer past these blasts of boisteous winde verse 10 Deuide them Lord and from them pul their diuilish double tounge
enquire For thine elect to lye in wayte theyr councell doth conspire verse 4 4 Come on sayd they let vs expell and plucke these folke awaye So that the name of Israell may vtterly decay verse 5 They all conspire within theyr hart how they may thee withstand Agaynst the Lorde to take a parte they are in league and bande verse 6 The tentes of all the Edomites the Ismalites also The Hagarenes and Moabites with diuers other more verse 7 Geball with Ammon and likewise dothe Amalece conspire The Phillistines against thee ryse with them that dwell at Cyre verse 8 And Assur eke is well apaide with them in league to be And doeth become afence and ayde to Lots posteritie verse 9 As thou diddest to the Madianites so serue them Lorde echeone As to Cicer and to Iabin beside the broke kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor diddest descry and wast them through thy might That they like doung on earth did lye and not in open sighte verse 11 Make them now theyr Lords appere like Zeb and Oreb then As Zebah and Zalmana we are the kynges of Madian verse 12 Whiche said let vs throughout the land in all the costes abrode Posses and take into our hand the fayer houses of God verse 13 Tourn them O God with storms as fast as wheeles that haue no staye Or lyke as chaffe whiche men doo cast with windes to flee awaye verse 14 Lyke as the fire with rage and fume the mightye forest spilles And as the flame doth quyte consume the mountaynes and the hilles verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath vpon theyr neckes be layde And of thy stormy wynde and shower Lorde make them all afrayed verse 16 Lorde brynge them all I thee desire to suche rebuke and shame That it may cause them to enquire and learne to seke thy name verse 17 And let them euermore dayly to shame and sclaunder fall And in rebuke and oblique to perish eke with all verse 18 That they may know fele full well that thou art called Lord And that alone thou doest excell and raygne throughout the worlde Quam dilecta tabernacula Psal. lxxxiiii I. H. Dauid driuen forth of his countrey desireth most ardently to come a gayne to the Tabernacle of the Lord and the assembly of the saincts to prayse God pronouncing them blessed that may so doo Then he prayseth the courage of the people that passe thorow the wildernes to assemble them selues in Sion Finally with prayse of this matter confidence of Gods goodnes he endeth the Psalme HOwe pleasaunt is the dwelling place Sing this as the. lxvii psalme O Lorde of hostes to mee The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasaunte Lorde they bee verse 2 My soule doth longe full sore to go into thy courtes abrode My hart doth lust my flesh also in thee the liuing God verse 3 The sparrowes finde a rome to rest and saue them selues from wrong And eke the swalow hath a neste wherin to kepe her yong verse 4 These birdes full nigh thine aulter maye haue place to sitte and synge O Lorde of hostes thou art I say my God and eke my kynge verse 5 Oh they be blessed that may dwell within thy house alwayse For they all tymes thy factes doo tell and euer geue thee prayse verse 6 yea happy sure lykewise arthey whose staye and strength thou art Which to thy house doo minde the way and seke it in theyr hart verse 7 As they go through the vale of teares they digge vp fountaynes still That as a spring it all appeeres and thou theyr pittes doest fill verse 8 From strength to strength they walke full fast no fayntnes there shalbe And so the God of Gods at laste in Sion they doo see verse 9 O Lorde of hostes to me geue heede and heare when I doo praye And let it through thine eares procede O Iacobes God I saye verse 10 O Lorde our shilde of thy good grace regarde and so draw nere Regarde I say beholde the face of thyne anoynted deere verse 11 For why within thy courtes one daye is better to abyde Then other where to keepe or staye a thousand dayes beside verse 12 Muche rather would I kepe a dore within the house of God Then in the tents of wickednes to settle mine abode verse 13 For God the Lorde light and defence will grace and worship geue And no good thing shall he witholde from them that purely lyue verse 14 O Lorde of hostes that man is blest and happy sure is he That is perswaded in his brest to trust all times in thee Benedixisti domine Psalme lxxxv I. H Because God with drewe not his roddes from his churche after the retorne from Babilon first they put him in mind of theyr delyueraūce to the entent that he should not leue the worcke of his grace vnperfite next they complaine of theyr long affliction And thirdlye the reioyce in hope of felicytie promised for their deliueraunce was a figure of Christes kingdome vnder which should be perfit felycitie THou hast ben mercyfull in dede Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. O Lorde vnto thy land For thou restoredst Iacobs sede from thraldom oute of bande verse 2 The wicked wayes that they were in thou didst them cleane remitte And thou didst hide thy peoples sinne full close thou coueredst it verse 3 Thine anger eke thou didst asswage that all thy wrath was gon And so didst tourne the from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health doo now conuert thy people vnto thee Put all thy wrath from vs aparte and anger cese to be verse 5 Why shall thyne anger neuer ende but still procede on vs And shall thy wrath it selfe extend vpon all ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not rather tourne therfore and quicken vs that we And all thy folke may euermore be glad and ioy in thee verse 7 O Lorde on vs doo thou declare thy goodnes to our welth Shew forth to vs and doo not spare thine ayde and sauing health verse 8 I will hark what God saith for he speaketh to his people peace And to his sainctes that neuer they returne to folishnes verse 9 For why his health is still at hand to suche as him doo feare Wherby great glory in our lande shall dwell and florish there verse 10 For truth and mercy there shall mete in one to take their place And peace also iustice greete with kis and there they shall imbrace verse 11 As truth from earth shall spring a pace and florish pleasauntly So righteousnes shall shew her face and loke from heauen hye verse 12 Yea-God him selfe shall take in hand to geue vs eche good thinge And through the costes of all our land the earth her frutes shall bringe verse 13 Before his face shall iustice goe muche lyke a guide or stay He shall direct his steppes also and kepe them in the way Inclina domine aurem Psalm lxxxvi I. H. Dauid sore afflicted and forsaken
frute of all theyr strength and might With gold and siluer he them brought from Egipt land to passe And in the number of their tribes no feble one there was Egipt was glad and ioyfull then when they did thense depart For terrour and the feare of them was fallen vpon theyr hart To shroude them frō the parching heat a cloude he did display And fire he sent to geue them lyght when night had hid the day They asked and he caused quayles to rayne at their request And fully with the bread of heauen their hunger be represt He opend then the stony rock and waters gushed out And in the drye and parched groundes lyke riuers ranne about For of his holy couenant ay myndefull was he thoe Which to his seruant Abraham he plighted long agoe He brought his people forth with mirth and his elect with ioy Out of the cruell land where they had lyued in great anoye And of the heathen men he gaue to them the frutefull landes The labors of the people eke they toke into theyr hands That they his holy statutes might obserue for euermore And faithfully obey his lawes prayse ye the Lorde therfore Confitemine domino Psal. Cvi N. The people dispersed vnder Antiochus doo magnifie the goodnes of God emonge the iust and repentant Desiring to be brought agayne into the lande by Gods mercyfull vysytacion And after the manifold meruayles of God wrought in their deliueraunce forth of Egipt and the great ingratitude of the people rehearsed they doo praye and dedesier to be gathered from among the Heathē to the entent they may prayse the name of the God of Israell PRayse ye the Lod for he is good Sing this as the. lxxxxv his mercye dures for ay Who can expresse his noble actes or all his prayse display They blessed are that iugment kepe and iustly doo alwaye With fauour of thy people Lorde remember me I pray And with thy sauing health O Lorde vouchesafe to visite me That I the great felicytie of thine elect may see And with thy peoples ioy I may a ioyfull minde posses And may with thine inheritance a glorying hart expres Bothe we and eke our fathers all haue sinned euery one We haue committed wickednes and leudly we haue done The wonders great which thou O lord hast done in Egipt land Our fathers though they saw them al yet did not vnderstand Nor they thy mercies multitude did kepe in thankfull mind But at the sea yea the red sea rebelled most vnkind Neuertheles he saued them for honor of hys name That he might make his power knowne and spred abrode with fame The red sea he did then rebuke and forthwith it was dryed And as in wildernes so through the depe he did them guide He saued them from the cruel hand of their despitefull soo And from the enmies hand he did deliuer them also The second parte The waters their oppressors whelmd not one was left alyue Then they beleued his wordes praise in song they did him geue But by and by vnthankefully his workes they cleane forgat And for his counsell and his will they did neglect to wayte But lusted in the wildernes with fond and gredy lust And in the desert tempted God the stay of all theyr trust And then theyr wanton mindes desire he suffred them to haue but wasting leannes ther withall into their soule he gaue Then when they lodged in the tentes at Moses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the Lorde so did they enuie muche Therfore the earth did open wide and Dathan did deuoure And all Abrams companye did couer in that houre In their assemblie kindled was the whote consuming fyre And wasting flame did then burne vp the wicked in his ire Upon the hill of Horeb they an idole calf did frame And there the molten image they did worship of the same Into the likenes of a calfe that fedeth on the grasse Thus they their glory turnd and all their honor did deface And God their only sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great and mighty things in Egip land hadt wrought The third parte And in the land of Ham for them most wondrous works had done And by the red sea dredfull things performed long agone Therfore for their so shewing them forgetfull and vnkind To bring destruction on them all he purposde in his minde Had not his chosen Moses stoode before them in the breake To turne his wrath lest he on them with slaughter should him wreke They did despise the pleasant land that he beheght to geue Yea and the workes that he had spoke they did no whit beleue But in their tents with grudging hart they wickedly repined Nor to the voyce of God the Lorde they gaue a harkning mynde Therfore against them lifted he his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernes ere they should see the land And to destroy theyr sede among the nations with his rod And through the contrees of the world to scatter them abrode To Baal Peor then they did adioyne themselues also And eate the offringes of the dead so they forsoke him tho Thus with theyr owne inuentions his wrath they did prouoke And in his so inkindled wrath the plage vpon them broke But Phineas stoode vp with zeale the sinners vile to stay And iudgement he did execute and then the plage did stay The. iiii parte It was imputed vnto him for righteousnes that day And from thenceforth so compted is from race to race foraye At waters eke of Meribah they did him angry make Yea so far fourth that Moses was then punisht for theyr sake Because they vext his sprite so sore that in impatient heate His lippes spake vnaduisedly his feruor was so greate Nor as the Lorde commaunded them they slew the people thoe But were among the heathen mixt and learnde their workes also And did their idoles serue whiche were their ruine and decay To feends their sonnes daughters they did offer vp and slay yea with vnkindly murdring knife the giltles bloud they spilt yea theyr owne sons daughters bloud without all cause of gilt Whom they to Canaan idoles then offerd with wicked hand And so with blood of innocents defyled was the land Thus wer they stayned with the works of their owne filthy way And with their owne inuentions a whoring did they stray Therfore against his people was the Lordes wrath kind led sore And euen his owne in heritance therfore he did abhorre Into the handes of heathen men he gaue them for a prey And made theyr foes the lords whō they were forced to obey The v parte Yea and their hatefull enemies opprest them in the land And they were humbly made to stoope as subiectes to theyr hand Full oftentimes from thrall had he deliuerd them before But with their counsels they to wrath prouoked him euermore Therfore they by their wickednes were brought full low to lye yet when he saw them in distres he harkned to theyr crye He calld to
peruerse with grief shall stop theyr voyce verse 43 But who is wise that now full well he may these thinges recorde For certeinly suche shall perceyue the kindnes of the Lorde Paratum cor meum Psalme Cviii. N. This psalme is composed of two other psalmes before the seuen and fyftye and the sixtie The matter here conteyned is That Dauid geueth himselfe with harte and voyce to prayse the Lorde and assureth him selfe of the promes of God concerning his kingdome ouer Israell and his power against other nations who though he seme for to forsake vs for a time yet he alone in the ende will caste downe our enemies O God my harte prepared is Sing this as the. lxxxxv and eke my tong is so I will aduaunce my voyce in song and geuyug prayse also Awake my viole and my harp swete melody to make And in the morning I my selfe right early will awake By me among the people Lorde still praysed shalt thou be And I among the Heathen folke will sing O Lorde to thee Because thy mercie Lorde is great aboue the heauens hie And eke thy truth doth reche the clouds within the lofty skye Aboue the sterry heauens heighth exalt thy selfe O God And Lorde display vpon the earth thy glory all abrode That thy derely beloued may be set at libertie Helpe O my God with thy righte hand and harken vnto me God in his holines hath spoke wherfore my ioyes abound Sychem I shall diuide and mete the vale of Sucoth ground And Gilead shall be myne owne Manasses mine shall be My hed strength Ephraim and Law shall Iuda geue for me Moab my washpot and my shoe on Edom will I throwe Upon the land of Palestine in triumph will I goo Who shall into the citie strong be guide to conduict me Or who by whom to Edom land conueyed shall I be Is it not thou O God which late hadst vs forsaken quyte And thou O Lorde which with our host didst not goe fourth to fyght Geue vs O Lorde thy sauing ayde when trouble doth assayle For all the helpe of man is vayne and can no whit auayle Through God we shal do valiant acts and worthy of renowne He shall subdue our enemies ye he shall treade them downe Deus laudem meam Psalme Cix N. Dauid being falslye accused by flatterers vnto Sawl prayeth God to helpe him and to destroye his enemyes And vnder them he speaketh of Iudas the traitour vnto Iesus Christ and of all the like enemyes of the children of God And desireth so to be deliuered that his enemies may know the work of God Then doth he promise to geue prayses vnto God IN specheles silence doo not holde O God thy tong alwayes Sing this as the. lxxxxv O God euen thou I say that art the God of all my prayse The wicked mouth and gilefull mouth on me disclosed be And they with false and lying tong haue spoken vnto me Euen so doo I departe away as doth declynyng shade And as the grashopper so I am shaken of and fade With fastyng longe from nedefull fode enfebled are my knees And all her fatnes hath my flesh enforced ben to lese And I also a vyle reproche to them was made to be And they that did vpon me loke did shake theyr heds at me But thou O Lorde that art my God myne ayde and succour be Accordyng to thy merycy Lorde saue and delyuer me And they shall know thereby that thys Lord is thy myghty hand And that thou thou hast done it Lorde so shall they vnderstande Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bles with louyng voyce They shall aryse and come to shame thy seruant shall reioyse Let them be clothed all with shame that enmies are to me â–ª And with confusyon as a cloke eke couerd let them be But greatly I will with mg mouthe geue thankes vnto the Lorde And I among the multitude hys prayses will recorde For he with help at hys ryght hand will stande the pooreman by To saue hym from the men that wold condemne his soule to dye Dixit dominus domino Plalm Cx. N Dauid prophecyeth of the power and euerlastyng kyngdome geuen to Chryste and of hys Pristhod whyche shoulde put an ende to the Pristode of Leuy Sing this as the. lxviii Psalm THe Lorde did say vnto my Lorde Sit thou at my right hande Till I haue made thy foes a stoule wheron thy fete shall stande The Lorde shall out of Syon send the scepture of thy myght A midde thy mortall foes be thou the ruler in theyr syght And in the day on which they reigne and power they shall see Then hearby frewill offringes shall thy people offer thee Yea with a holy worshiping then shall they offer all Thy birthes dew is the dew that doth from wombe of morning fall The Lorde hath sworne and neuer will repent what he doth say By thorder of Melchisedech thou art a priest for ay The Lord thy God on thy righthand that standeth for thy stay Shal wound for thee the stately kings vpon his wrathfull day The Heathen he shall iudge and fill the place with bodies dead And ouer diuerse contreyes shall in sonder smite the head And he shall drink out of the broke that runneth in the way Therfore he shall lift vp on hye his ryall hed that day Confitebor tibi domine Psalm Cxi N He geueth thanks to the Lord for his mercifull works towards his church declareth wherin true wisdom right knowledg coÌ„sisteth WIth hart I doo accord To praise laud the Lord Inpresence of the iuste For great his workes are founde To search them suche are bounde as doo hym loue and trust Hys workes are glorious Also his rightousnes It doeth indure for euer His wondrous works he wolde we still remembre shoulde his mercye fayleth neuer verse 5 Suche as doo loue him beare a portion full faire He hath vp for them laid For this they shall well finde He will them haue in minde and kepe them as he sayd verse 6 For he did not disdayne his workes to shew them playne By lightnings and by thunders when he the Heathens land Did geue into their hand verse 7 Of all his workes insueth bothe iudgement right and truth Wherto his statutes tend they are decreed sure verse 8 For euer to endure whiche equitie doth end Redemption he gaue his people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required his promes not to fayle But alwayes to preuayle his holy name be feared verse 10 Whoso with hart full layne true wisdom wolde attayne The Lorde feare and obey suche as his Lawes doo kepe Shall knowledge haue full depe his prayse shall last for aye Beatus vir Psalme Cxii VV. K. He prayseth the felicitie of them that feare God and condemneth the â—â—rsed state of the contemners of God THe man is blest that god doth feare And that his lawes doth loue in dede His sede on earth God will vpreare And bles such as from him
accordyng to his commaundementes BLessed art thou that fearest God Sing thys as the. cxxxvii and walkest in his way For of thy labor thou shalt eate happye arte thou I say Like frutefull vynes on thy house sydes so doth thy wyfe spryng out Thy children stande lyke Oliue plantes thy table round about Thus art thou blest that fearest God and he shall let thee see The promised Ierusalem and hys felicitye Thou shalt thy childrens children see to thy great ioyes increase And likewyse grace on Israell prosperitie and peace Sepe expugnauerunt Psal. cxxix VV. VV ☞ He admonisheth the churche to reioyce though it haue ben afflicted in all ages for God will delyuer it and the enemies for all their glorious shew shall sodenly be destroyed OF Israell thys may now be the song euē frō my youth my foes haue oft me noted Athousand euils since I was tēdre yonge They haue wrought yet was I not destroyed As yet I beare the marks in bone and skyn that one wold think y t the plow mē w t their plowes Upon my back haue made their balkes far in for like plowd groūd euē so haue I lōg forowes But yet the Lorde which doth all things iustly Hath cut the ropes so stayd the wicked rage Euen so shall all suche perish shamefully Whiche hate Sion or wish it any damage 5 Al such men shalbe lyke the gras that groweth Upon the wales or tops of houses most hye Whiche sodenly or one bewar widereth So that no frute on such herbes can gathered be Neuer man saw that any mower mowed Suche grasse as that or therof his hand did fill Much les that he which glaineth of y t is sowed Under his arme bare some thing his house vntill Nor yet that he that passeth by that way Sayth to the repers God saue you or God spede No no man doth wishe them good lucke I saye Or pray y t God would for their work graunt thēmede Deprofundis clamaui Psalme cxxx VV. VV. An effectuous prayer of hym that for his sinnes had susteyned great afflictions and not withstanding he fully trusteth and assureth him selfe to obteyne mercy and forgeuenes of his synnes and at length deliuereth from all euilles LOrd to the I make my mone whē daūgers me oppres I call I sigh plain and grone Trusting to finde reles Heare now O Lord my request For it is full due tyme And let thyne eares aye be prest vnto thys prayer myne O Lorde our God if thou way our sinnes and them peruse Who shall then escape and say I can my selfe excuse But Lord thou art mercifull and turnest to vs thy grace That we with harts most carefull should feare before thy face In God I put my whole trust my soule wayteth on his wyll For his promise is most iust and I hope therin styll My soule to God hath regarde wishing for him alway More then they that watch and ward to see the dauning day Let Israell then boldly in the Lorde put his trust He is that God of mercy that his deliuer must For he it is that must saue Israell from his sinne And all suche as surely haue their cōfidence in him Domine non est Psalme Cxxxi M. ☞ Dauid charged with ambytion and gredyc desire to raygne protesteth his humilitie and modestye before God and teacheth all men what they should doo O Lorde I am not puft in minde Sing this as the lamentatiō I haue no skornfull eye I doo not exercyse my selfe in thynges that be to hye But as a childe that wayned is euen from his mothers brest So haue I Lorde behaued my selfe in sylence and in rest O Israell trust in the Lorde let hym be all thy stay From this tyme forth for euermore from age to age I say Memento domine Psalme Cxxxii. M. ☞ The faythfull groundyng on Gods promise made vnto Dauid desireth that he would establysh the same bothe as touchyng hys posterytic and the buylding of the temple to praye there as was fore spoken REmēber dauids trobles lord how to the Lord he sware voud a vow to Iacobs god to kepe for euermore I wil not com within my house nor clyme vp to my bed nor let my temples take their rest or the eyes in my hed Till I haue found out for the Lorde a place to set theron An house for Iacobs God to be an habitacyon We harde of it at Ephrata there did we heare this sounde And in the fildes and forrestes there these voyces fyrst were found We will assay and go in nowe his tabernarle there Before his for stole to fall doune apon out knees in feare Artic O Lorde aryse I say into thy restyng place Both thou and the like of thy strengthe the presence of thy grace Let all thy prestes be clothed Lorde with truthe and righteousnes Let all thy sayntes and holy men sing all with ioyfulnes And for thy seruaunt Dauids sake refuse not Lorde I say The face of thyne annoynted Lorde or turn thy face away The Lorde to Dauid swore in truth and will not shrink from it Saying the frute of thy body apon thy seate shall syt And if thy sonnes my couenant kepe that I shall learne eche one Then shall theyr sonnes for euer syt apon thy princely throne The Lorde himselfe hath chose Syon and loue therein to dwell Saying thys is my restyng place I loue and like it well And I will blesse with great increase her vittales euery where And I will satisfye with bread the nedy that be there Yea I will decke and cloth her pristes with my saluation And all her sainctes shall sing for ioye of my protection There will I surely make the horne of Dauid for to bud ▪ For I haue there ordaynde for myne alanthorne bright and good As for his enmyes I will clothe with shame for euermore But I will cause his crowne to shine more fresh then here to fore Ecce quam bonum Psalm cxxxiii VV. VV. ☞ This psalme conteyneth the commendation of godly and brother therly amitie which for thexcellencye therof is compared to the most pretious oyle wherwith the Priestes only and instruments of the tabernacle wer annoynted Exodus xxx O How happye a thyng it is Sing thys as the. cxxxvii and ioyfull for to see Brethern together fast to holde the bande of amitie verse 2 It callth to minde that swete perfume and that costly oyntment Which on the sacrifisers head by Gods precept was spent It wet not Aarons head alone but drencht his beard throughout And finally it did runne down his ritche attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doth drynke the dew of Hermon hill And Sion with his siluer droppes the fields with fruite doth fill verse 4 Euen so the Lorde doth poure on them his blessings manifold Whose hartes and myndes without all guile this knot doo kepe and hold Ecce nunc Psalme Cxxxiiii VV. K ☞ He exhorteth the Leuites that watch in the temple to prayse the Lorde BEhold
haue regard ye seruants of the Lorde Which in his house by night do watch prayse him with one accorde Lyft vp your hands on high vnto his holy place And geue the Lorde his prayses due his benefites embrace For why the Lord who did both earth and heauen frame Doeth Sion bles and will conserue for euer more the same Laudate nomen Psalme Cxxxv. M. He exhorteth all the faithful of what estate so euer they be to praise God for his merueylous worcks specially for his graces towards his people wherein he hath declared his maiestie To the confession of all Idolaters and theyr Idolls O Praise y e lord praise him praise him praise him with one accord o praise him stil al ye that be the seruaunts of y e lord o praise him ye that stand be in the house of the Lord ye of his court and of his house praise hym with one accord Prayse ye the Lord for he is good syng prayses to his name It is a comly and good thing alwayes to doo the same For why the Lorde hath chose Iacob his very owne you see So hath he chosen Israell his treasure for to be For this I know and am right sure the Lorde is very greate He is in dede aboue all Goddes most easy to intreate For what so euer pleased him all that fulwell he wrought In heauen in earthe and in the sea whiche he hath framde of nought He lifteth vp cloudes euen from the earthe he makth the lightnings and rayne He bringkth forth the windes also He made nothing in vayne He smote the first borne of eche thing in Egipt that toke rest He spared there no lyuing thyng the man nor yet the beast He hathe in thee shewde wonders great O Egipt voyde of vauntes On Pharao thy cursed kyng and his seuere seruauntes He smote then many nacyons and did great actes and thynges He slew the great and mightyest and chefest of theyr kynges Syhon king of Ammorites and Og kyng of Basan He slew also the kingdomes all that were of Canaan And gaue their lande to Israell an herytage we see To Israell his owne people an heritage to be Thy name O Lorde shall still endure and thy memoriall Throughout all generations that are or euer shall The Lorde will surely auenge his people all in dede And to his seruauntes he will shewe fauour in tyme of nede The Idols of the Heathen are made in all theyr coste and landes Of syluer and of golde be they the workes euen of mens handes They haue mouthes and cannot speake and eyes to at haue no sight They haue eares that heare nothyng Theyr mouthes be breatheles quite Wherfore all they are lyke to them that so doth set them forth And lyke wyse those that trust in them or thinke they be ought worth O all ye house of Israell see that ye prayse the Lorde And ye that be of Aarons house prayse him with one accord And ye that be of Leuis house prayse ye lykewise the Lorde And all that stand in awe of hym prayse him with one accord And out of Syon sound his prayse the great prayse of the Lorde Whiche dwelleth in Ierusalem praise him with one accord Confitemini Psalme Cxxxvi. N. ☞ A most earnest exhortaciō to geue thanks vnto God for the creation and gouernaunce of all thinges which standeth in confessing that he geueth vs all of his mere liberalitie PRaise ye y e lord for he is good for hys mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the God of Gods for his mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer which only doth great wōders work for his mercy endureth for euer verse 5 Which by his wisdome made the heauens for his mercy endureth for euer verse 6 Which on the waters stretcht the earth for his mercy endureth for euer verse 7 Which made great light to shine abrode for his mercy endureth for euer verse 8 As sonne to rule the lightsome day for his merry endureth for euer verse 9 The mone and sterres to guide the night for his mercy endureth for euer verse 10 Whiche smote Egipt with their first-borne for his mercy endureth for euer verse 11 And Israell brought out from them for his mercy endureth for euer verse 12 With mighty hand and stretched arme for his mercy endureth for euer verse 13 Whiche cut the red sea in two partes for his mercy endureth for euer verse 14 And Israell made passe there through for his mercy endureth for euer verse 15 And drouned Pharao and his host for his mercy endureth for euer verse 16 Through wildernes hys people led for his mercy endureth for euer verse 17 He whiche did smite greate noble kinges for his mercy endureth for euer verse 18 And whiche hath slayne the mighty kynges for his mercy endureth for euer verse 19 As Sihon king of Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer verse 20 And Og the king of Basan land for his mercy endureth for euer verse 21 And gaue their land for heritage for his mercy endureth for euer verse 22 Euen to his seruant Israell for his mercy endureth for euer verse 23 Remembred vs in base estate for his mercy endureth for euer verse 24 And from oppressors rescued vs. for his mercy endureth for euer verse 25 Which geueth fode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth for euer verse 26 Praise ye the God of heauen aboue for his mercy endureth for euer verse 27 Geue thankes vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer Super flumina Babilonis Psal. cxxxvii VV. VV ☞ The people of God in their banishment seing Gods true religion decaye lyued in greate anguish and sorow of harte the whiche grief the Eaideons did so litle pitie that they rather increased the same dayly with tauntes reproches and blasphemies againste God wherfore the Israelites desire God to punish the Edomites who prouoked the Babilonians againste them and moued by the spirite of God prophery the destruction of Babilon where they were handeled so tirannously WHen as we sat in Babylon y e riuers rounde about and in remēbraunce of Sion the teares for grief burst out We hāgd out harps instruments the willow trees vpon for in that placemen for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom we prisoners were sayde to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Ebrue songes and pleasant melody verse 4 Alas sayd we who can once frame his sorowfull hart to syng The prayses of our louing God thus vnder a straunge kyng {punctel} verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of my hart let flyde Then let my fingers quyte forget the warblyng harp to guyde verse 6 And let my tong within my mouth be tyde for euer fast If that I ioy before I see thy full deliueraunce past verse 7 Therfore O Lorde remember now the cursed noyse and cry That Edoms sonnes againste vs made when they razed our citie Remember
yong men and maides Olde men and babes Doo ye the same For his name shall we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament For sure he shall Exalt with blisse The horne of his And helpe them all His sainctes all shall forthtell His prayse and worthines The children of Israell Eche one both more and les And also they That with good will His wordes fulfyll And him obey Cantate dominum Psalme exlix N. ☞ An exhortation to the churche to prayse the Lorde for hys victorye and conquest that he geueth his fainctes against all mans power SIng ye vnto the Lorde our God a new reioysing song And let the prayse of him be heard his holy sainctes among Let Israell reioyse in him that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyfull in their king Let them sound prayse with voyce of flut vnto his holy name And with the timbrell and the harpe sing prayses of the same For why the Lorde his pleasure all hath in his peoyle set And by deliuerance he will rayse the meke to glory great With glory and with honor now let all the sainctes reioyse And now aloude vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lorde And in their handes eke let them beare a dooble edged sworde To plage the Heathen and correct the people with theyr handes To bind their stately kinges in chaines their lordes in iron bandes To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor all his sainctes shall haue prayse ye the lorde therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ☞ An exhortacion to prayse the Lorde without sease by all maner of wayes for all hys mightye and wonderfull workes YElde vnto God the mightye Lorde prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in the firmament that shewes his power on hie Aduaunce hys name and prayse hym in his mightye actes alwayes According to his excellencye of greatnes geue him praise His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding tropet blowe Praise him vpon the viole and vpon the harp also Praise him with timbrell and with flute orgaines and virginalles With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him with loud cimballs What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the lorde To praise the name of God the lorde agree with one accord ☞ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in meter The. x. Commaundements of almightie God Exodus xx VV. VV. AT tend my people geue eare of ferly things I wil thee tel {punctel} Se that my words in mind thou bear And to my precepts listen wel I am thy Souerayne Lorde and God Whiche haue thee brought from carefull thrall And eke reclaymed from Pharos rod. Make thee no Gods on them to call Nor facyoned forme of any thyng In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plages this syn will smite Take not in vayne his holy name Abuse it not after thy will For so thou might soone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spill The Lorde from worke the seuenth day cest And brought all thinges to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hests ye may attend Unto thy parents honor geue As Gods commaundements doo pretende That thou long dayes and good maies liue In earth where God a place doth lende Beware of muder and cruell hate All fylthy fornication feare Se thou steale not in any rate False witnes against no man beare Thy neyghbors house with not to haue His wyfe or ought that he caleth mine His field his oxe his asse his sclaue Or any thing whiche is not thine A prayer The sprit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our harts restore And cause vs all with one accorde To magnifie thy name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy will Thy might therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfyll Lorde for thy names sake graunt vs thys Thou art our strength oh Sauior Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in eche respect And with thy holy sprite alwayes The comforter of thine elect The Lordes Prayer D. Coxe OUr father which in heauen art And makst vs all one brotherhod to call vpon thee with one harte Our heauenly Father our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctifyed Thy holy worde mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifye thy holy name From all errours defend and keye the litle flock of thy poore shepe Thy kyngdom come euen at this houre And henceforth euerlastyngly thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his gifts most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hande Thy will be donne with diligence like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience thee to obey in wealth and wo let not flesh bloud or any ill Preueile againste thy holy wyll Geue vs this day our dayly bread And all other good giftes of thyne kepe vs from warre and from bloudshed Also from sicknes derth and Pine that we may liue in quietnes Without all gredy carefulnes Forgeue vs our offences all Releue oure carefull conscience As we forgeue bothe great and small which vnto vs haue done offence Prepare vs lorde for to serue thee In perfect loue and vnitie O lorde into temptacion Leade vs not when the find doth rage to with stande his inuasion Geue power and strength to euery age Arme and make strong thy feble host with fayth and with thy holy ghost O Lorde from euill delyuer vs The dayes and times are daungerous From euerlastyng deathe saue vs And in our last nede comfort vs A blessed ende to vs bequeath Into thy hands our soules receyue For thou O Lorde art king of kinges And thou hast power ouerall Thy glory shineth in all thinges In the wide world vniuersall Amen Let it bedone O Lord That we haue prayd with one accord The. xii Articles of the christian Faythe ALl my belief and confidedce Is in the Lord of might the father which al things hath made the day eke the night the heauēs the firmament and also many a star the earth and all that is therin which passe mās reason far And in lyke maner I beleue In Chryste oure Lorde hys sonne Coequall with the deitie And man in flesh and bone Conceyued by the holy Ghost His word doth me assure And of his mother Mary borne yet she a Uirgin pure Because mankind to Sathan was For sinne in bonde and thrall He came and offred vp him selfe To death to saue vs all And suffering most greuous paine Then Pilate beyng iudge Was crucifyed on the cros And therat did not grudge And so
continually To thee be prayse world without end ☞ A thankes geuing after the receyuyng of the Lordes Supper THe Lorde be thanked for his gyftes And mercy euermore That he doth shew vnto his saynctes Sing this as the. xxx vii Psa To him be laud therfore Our tonges cannot so prayse the Lorde As he doth right deserue Our harts can not of hym so thynke As he doth vs preserue His benefites they be so great To vs that be but sinne That at our handes for recompence There is no hope to winne O sinfull flesh that thou shouldest haue Suche mercyes of the Lorde Thou doest deserue more worthely Of him to be abhord Nought els but sinne ▪ and wretchednes Doth rest within our heartes And stubburnely against the Lorde We dayly play oure partes The sunne aboue in firmament That is to vs a lyght Doth shew it selfe more cleane and pure Then we be in his sight The heauens aboue and all therin More holy are then we They serue the Lorde in theyr estate Eche one in his degree They do not stryue for mastership Nor slake theyr office set But feare the Lorde and do his will Hate is to them no let Also the earth and all therin Of God it is in awe It doth obserue the formers wyll By skilfull natures law The sea and all that therin is Doth bend when God doth beck The spirtes beneathe doo tremble all And feare his wrathfull check But we alas for whom all these Were made them for to rule Do not so know or loue the Lorde As doth the Oxe or mule A law he gaue for vs to know What was his holy wyll He would vs good but we will not Auoyd the thing is ill Not one of vs that seketh out The Lorde of lyfe to please Nor to the thyng that might vs ioyne Our Christ and quiet ease Thus we are all his enemyes We can it not deny And he agayne of his good wyll Would not that we should dye Therfore when remedy was none To bring vs vnto lyfe The sonne of God our flesh he toke To mend our mortall stryfe And all the law of God our Lorde He did it full obey And for our sinnes vpon the crosse Hys bloud our dettes did pay And that we should not yet forget What good be to vs wrought A signe he left our eyes to tell That he our bodyes bought In breade and wine here visible Unto thyne eyes and tast His mercyes great thou maist record If that his spryte thou hast As once the corne did liue and grow And was cut downe with sith And threshed out with many stripes Out from his huske to dryue And as the mill with violence Did teare it out so small And made it lyke to earthly dust Not sparing it at all And as the ouen with fyre hot Did close it vp in heat And all this done that I haue sayd That it should be our meat So was the Lorde in his ripe age Cut downe by cruell death His soule he gaue in torments great And yelded vp his breath Because that he to vs might be An euerlasting bread with muche reproche and trouble great On earth his lyfe he led And as the grapes in pleasant tyme Are pressed very sore And plucked downe when they be rype Nor let to grow no more Because the ioyse that in them is As comfortable drynke We myght receyue and ioyfull be when sorowes make vs shrinke So Christes bloud out pressed was With nailes and eke with speare The ioyse wherof doth saue all those That rightly do him feare And as the cornes by vnitie Into one lofe is knit So is the Lorde and his whole churche Though he in heauen sit As many grapes make but one wyne So shoulde we be but one In fayth and loue in Chist aboue And vnto Christ alone Leading a lyfe without all stryfe In quyet rest and peace From enuye and from malyce both Our heartes and tonges to cease Which if we doo then shall we shew That we his chosen be By fayth in him to leade a lyfe As alwayes willed he And that we may so doo in dede God send vs all his grace Then after death we shall be sure With him to haue a place Robert Wlsdom PReserue vs Lorde by thy deare word From Turk and Pope defend vs Lord whiche bothe would thrust oute of his throne our Lorde Iesus Christ thy deare sonne Lorde Iesus Christ shew forth thy myght That thou art Lorde of Lordes by ryght Thy poore afflicted flocke defend That they may prayse thee without end God holy Ghost our comfortor Be our Patron helpe and succor Geue vs one minde and perfect peace All giftes of grace in vs encrease Thou liuing God in parsons three Thy name be praysed in vnitie In all our nede so vs defend That we may prayse thee world without end ☞ A formst of proyer to be vsed in priuate houses euery mornyng and euening Morning prayer ALmightie God most mercifull Father we do not present our selues here before thy maiestie trusting in oure owne merites or worthines but in thy manifolde mercyes which haste promised to beare our Prayers and graunt our requestes which we shal make to the in the name of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde who hath also cōmaunded vs to assemble ourselues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not only be amongst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obteyne all thinges which shall seme expedient to thy blessed will for oure necessities therfore we beseche thee most mercifull Father to turne thy louyng countenaunce towards vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wher by we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishmēt but rather receyue vs to thy mercy for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offēces in whom only thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seing that of thy great mercyes we haue quietly passed this nyght graunte O heauenly father that we may bestowe thys day wholly in thy seruice so that al our thoughts wordes and dedes may redounde to the glorye of thy name and good ensample to all men who seeyng oure good workes may gloryfye thee oure heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and loue thou hast not onely created vs to thine owne similitude and likenes but also haste chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare sōne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of the worlde we beseche thee to encrease oure faythe and know ledg and to lighten our harts with thy holy spirit that we may in meane time liue in godly conuersatyon and integritie of lyfe knowing that Idolaters adulterers couetous men cōtentious persōs drunkards glottons and such like shall not in herite the kyngdome of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for
hys passion ☞ To him be glory foreuer The vse of the rest of the Psalmes not comprehended in the former Lable of Athanasius IF thou wouldest prayse God because he hathe geuen vs a good Prince whiche wyll and doth punish the enemies of Christes relygion vse the 21. Psalme If thou be persecuted withoute a cause if thou wouldest haue no affinitie with vice nor with the virious vse the 26. Psalme If thou wouldest not be wicked if not accōpted as a malefactor but wouldest haue them punished and thyselfe and suche other godly men defended from the tiranie vse the. 28 Psalme If thou seest the nobilitie the counsell the magistrates Princes not geuen to religion nor to the praysing of God vse the 29. Psalme If thou desirest to be iust and vertuous vse the 33. psalm If thou beest afflicted with any sicknes wouldest faine lyue and see good daies and Christes glory to be encreased vse the. 29. Psalme If thou be banished for religiō and art almost in dispaire of retorning to thy countrey vse the 42 psalme If thou perceyue thy selfe forsaken of God and therfore persecuted for religion and vertue sake vse the. 44. Psalme If thou wouldest complaine of a Doeg of a wycked man and would haue him to be voted oute and thy selfe to haue prosperitye vse the. 52 psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from thyne enemies which persecute thee vnto deathe vse the 54. Psalme If thou wouldest haue the helpe of God againste suche as persecute thee without a cause vse the 59. Psalme If thou wouldest prepare thy selfe to fight against the Idumeane or such lyke enemyes of Christ vse the 60. Psalm If thou wouldest haue Chryste to come conquere beate downe the Siriās Idumes Amonites Papistes Antichristians Nullifidians Neutralles and vngratious Pelagyans vse the 68. Psalme If thou best perswaded that Chryste wyll come and pounysh offenders ayde the true worshippers and poure oure the dregges of wyne and vengeaunce of hys cuppe on the vngodly vse the 75. Psalme If thou neither wouldest haue Idolatry neyther any lycencious lustes rayne in Christes common welth thou must geue God thankes if thou be perswaded he bothe will and can take them awaye vsing the 81 Psalme If thou wouldest gladlie know Christes Churche how that Sion signifieth it and how that the true religion shalbe delated and spred throughe the hole worlde vse the. 87. Psalme If thou goest to fight againste the Idumeans or anye of Christes enemies whether they offende in manners or in doctrine and wouldest desire God to geue the victorye vse the 108. Psalme If thou woldest liue a godly lyfe if thou wouldest replenysh thy mynde with gooly preceptes and therby obtayne imortalitie and eternall felicitie Study diligently the. 119. Psalme If thou be thrust into a Colledge or in a parish towne or countrey whose in habitours are wicked crafty and malicious picke quarels to be deliuered from them vse the. 120. Psalme If thou wouldest haue the congregatiō of Christ to prosper vse the 122. Psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from contempt infamye the derision of the wicked vse 123. Psalme when thou art deliuered out of prison captiuitie or anye distres in geuing thankes to God vse the 124. Psalme To vnderstande the saftie that those are in whiche ar vnder the tuicion of the Lorde Ioua and howe that the wicked shalbe punyshed consider the 125. Psalme If thou desirest to knowe the felicitie that he hathe which reuerenceth God and liueth godly the tranquillitie peace of conscience whiche he enioyeth in this life and the vnspeak able ioye in the life to come meditate diligentlie the 128. Ps. To vnderstand how the good and godlye are defended by the ayde of the Lord and the wicked perish consider the 129. Psalme If thou wouldest not be arrogaunte and proude vse the 131. Psalme If thou wouldest prayse vnitie and concord amonge bretherne vse the. 133. Psalme To syng prayses to god for his mercies vse the 134. Psal. FINIS Venicreator COme holy Ghost eternal God proceding from aboue Both from the Father the son the God of peace loue Uisit our mindes into vs thy heauenly grace inspire that in all truth godlines we may haue true desire Thou art the very comforter in all wo and distres The heauenly gift of God most highe which no tonguee an expres The fountaine and the liuely springe of ioy Celestiall The fyre so bright the loue so cleare and vnction spirituall Thou in thy giftes art manifold wherby Christes church doth stande In faythfull hartes writyng thy law the finger of Gods hand According to thy promise made thou geuest speache of grace That through thy helpe the prayse of God may stande in euery place O holy Gost into our wittes sende downe thy heauenly light Kindle our harts with feruent loue to serue God day and night Strength and stablish all our weaknes sofeable and so frayle That neither flesh the worlde nor deuill against vs do preuayle Put backe our enemies far from vs and graunt vs to obteyne Peace in our hartes with God and man without grudge or disdayne And graunt O Lorde that thou beyng our leader and our guide We may eschewe the snares of sinne and from thee neuer slide To vs suche plentie of thy grace good Lorde graunt we thee pray That thou maiest be our comforter at the last dreadfull day Of all strief and discention O Lord dissolue the handes And make the knots of peace and loue throughout all christen landes Graunt vs O Lord through thee to know the father most of might That of his deare beloued sonne we may atteyne the sight And that with perfect faith also we may acknowledge thee The spirit of them both alway one God in persons three Laude and prayse be to the father and to the Sonne equall And to the holy spirit also one God coeternall And pray we that the only sonne vouchesafe his Sprit to sende To all that doo professe his name vnto the worldes ende Amen Loke for the lxxxxv Psalm iii Fol. 237. The songe of S. Ambrose called Te Deum WE praise thee god we knowledg the the only Lord to be And as eternal father all the earth doth worship the. To the al angels crye the heauens and all the powers therin To the Cherub and Seraphin To crie they do not linne O Holy Holy Holy Lorde Of Saboth Lord the God Through heauē earth thy praise is spred And glory all abrode Thapostles glorious companye yelde prayses vnto thee The Prophets goodly selowship praise thee continually The noble and victorious host Of martirs sounde thy prayse The holy churche throughout the world doth knowledge thee alwayes Father of endles maiestie they doo acknowledge thee Thy Christ thine honorable true and only sonne to be The holy Ghost the comforter of glory thou art king O Christ and of the father arte the sonne euerlasting When sinfull mans decay inhand thou tokest to restore To be enclosde in virgins wombe Thou diddest not abhorre When thou
hadst ouercome of death The sharp and cruell might Thou heauens kingdome didst set ope to eche beleuing wight In glory of the father thou doest sit on Gods right hand We trust that thou shalt come our Iudge our cause to vnderstand Lorde helpe thy seruaunts whom thou hast Bought with thy precious bloud And in eternall glory set Them with thy sainctes so good O Lorde doo thou thy people saue Blesse thine inheritaunce Lorde gouerne them and Lord doo thou for euer them aduaunce we magnifie thee day by day and world withoutē ende Addore thy holy name O Lorde vouchesafe vs to defende From sinne this day haue mercy Lord haue mercy on vs all And on vs as we trust in thee Lorde let thy mercy fall O Lorde I haue reposed all My confidence in thee Put to confounding shame therfore Lord let me neuer be The songe of the thre Children praysing God prouoking all creatures to doo the same O all ye works of god the lord bles ye the Lord prayse him magnifye him for euer O ye the Angels of the Lorde bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the sterry heauens hie blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye waters aboue the sky blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the shining Son and Mone blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the glistring starres of heauen blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O the showers and dropping dew blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the blowing wyndes of God bles ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the fire and warming heate blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer Ye winter and the sommer tyde blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the dewes and binding frostes bles ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the frost and chilling colde blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye congeled ise and snow blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the nightes and light somdayes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O the darknes and the light blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the lightnings and the cloudes blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O let the earth eke blesse the lorde yea bles the lord praise him magnify him for euer O ye the mountaines and the hilles blesse ye the Lord prayse him magnifie hym for euer O all ye grene thinges on the earth blesse ye the Lord praise hym magnifye hym for euer O ye the euer springing welles bles ye the Lorde praise him and magnifye him for euer O ye the seas and ye the floodes bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer whales and all that in waters moue bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O all ye flying foules of thayre bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O all the beastes and cattayll eke bles ye the Lorde praise him and magnifye him for euer O ye the children of mankind bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer Let Israell eke bles the Lorde yea bles the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the priestes of God the Lorde bles ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the seruantes of the Lorde blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer ye sprites and soules of righteous men blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer ye holy and ye meke of hart blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O Ananias blesse the lorde blesse thou the lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O Azarias bles the lorde bles thou the lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer And Misaell bles thou the lorde blesse thou the lord praise him and magnifye him for euer ☞ The song of Zacharias called Benedictus THe only lorde of Israel be praysed euer more For through his visitation mercy kept in store his people now he hathe redemde that longe hathe bene in thrall and spred abrod his sauing health vpon his seruauntes all In Dauids house his seruaunte true According to his minde And also hys annoynted king As we in Scripture finde As by his holy Prophetes all O ft times he did declare The whiche were since the worlde began His way for to prepare That we might be deliuered From those that make debate Our enemies and from the handes Of all that doo vs hate The mercy whiche he promised Oure fathers to fulfill And thinke vpon his couenant made According to hys wyll And also to performe the othe Whiche he before had sworne To Abraham our father deare For vs that were forlorne That he woulde geue him self for vs And vs from bondage bringe Out of the handes of all our foes To serue our heauenly kyng And that without all maner feare and eke in righteousnes and also for to leade our life In stedfast holynes And thou o child which now art borne and of the Lorde elect Shalt be the Prophet of the hiest His wayes for to direct For thou shalt goo before his face For to prepare his wayes and also for to teache his will and pleasure all the dayes To geue thē knowledg how that theyr Saluation is nere and that remission of theyr sinnes Is through his mercy mere wherby the day spring from an hie Is come vs for to visit and those for to illuminate whiche doo in darknes syt To lighten those that shadowed be with death and eke opprest and also for to guide theyr fete The way to peace and rest The songe of Blessed Mary called Magnificat MY soule doth magnifye the Lord My sprit eke euermore reioyseth in the Lorde my God which is my Sauior why because he did regard gaue respect vnto so base estate of his handmaid and let the mightie go For now beholde all nations And generations all From this time forth for euermore Shall me right blessed call Because he hath me magnifyed Which is the lorde of might whose name be euer sanctifyed And praysed day and night For with his mercy and his grace All men he doth inflame Thoro wout all generations To suche as feare his name He shewed strength with his greatarme And made the proude to start With all imaginations That they bare in theyr hart He hathe put downe the mightye ones From their supernall seate And did exalte the meke in hart As he hath thought it mete The hungrie he replenished With all thinges that were good And through his power he made the riche Oft times