ending Psa 17. A prayer of David It personates Christs members in persecution desiring succour comforting thē selves in hope of the blessed vision of God after their Resurrection c. It is vsefull when we have cōsidered the quality of our foes by faith applyed vnto our selves the innocency of Christ with an affection therevnto LOrd hear my cause my suites my cries Which from vnfained lipps do flowe To rightfull things decline thine eyes And from thy self let sentence goe My secret thoughts are in thy sight Thou vew'st them in the darkest night 2 Thou trid'st my fault foundst it none For from offence I kept my tongue And as for things by others done My words preserved me from wrong Oh! be thou pleasd my course to guide And stay my feet lest els they slide 3 On thee I call for thou wilt hear Lord hear my complaint attend Let thy great love to me appeare And thy right-hand my life defend Ev'n that right-hand which from their foes Gards them who trust in thee repose 4 From Tiraunts me beseiging-round From Sinners who my harme assay Lord as thine eye-ball keep me sound And over me thy wings display For they with fatt quite round are clad And haughtie braggs their mouths have made 5 Me in my waies they have withstood And sought about with downe-cast eyes Like lions when they hunt for food Or lions whelp which lurking lies But rise resist foile them Lord From Sinners gard me by thy sword 6 Lord from those world-lings gard thou me Who in this life their lot receive Who full of wealth children be And for their babes large portions leave To wake from sinn looke on thee In thine owne forme cententeth mee Accept oh Lord our weak endeavours so teach us to moderate our thoughts to govern our tongues to order our conversations that no temporal or spirituall adversarie may iustly accuse or harm vs. Take vs into thy speciall protection because our foes are powrfull crue deligent in seeking our destruction but above all keep vs from the poluted conversations affections of those whose belly is their God and whose portion of happines is in this life that when we shal awake out of our graves we may appear in thy righteousnes reioice in our happy lot be fully satified in the fruition of thee who livest raignest world without end Amen Psa 18. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord who sung vnto the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of al his foes from the hand of Saul It mysticallie declareth Gods maiestical proceeding in the work of our redēption And it may be vsed to praise God for our deliverances by the Incarnation resurrection exaltation of Christ for the benifits which we receive thereby I Love the Lord for my support My horne of health is he My Rock my trust my Sheild my fort And oft hath helped me He merrits praise for when I cry Me from all foes he saves Though wrapt in pangs of death I lie And plungd in sorrowes waves 2 Yea when by death hell en-snar'd I sought the Lord in fear My God within his Temple heard And my complaints did hear Earths ground-work shook to feel his yre The trembling hills did quake His nostrills fum'de his mouth breath'd fire Which burning coales did make 3 Then downe he came heavu he bow'd His feet thick darknes hid A flieng Cherube he bestrode The winged windes he ridd A duskie fogg his Cov'ring was Dark waters were his tent Before the brightnes of his face Clouds fire hayle he sent 4 The Lord from heav'n did also make His thunders to be heard Yea when that great Almighty Spake Both fire haile appear'd His darts on ev'ry side he threwe Till they dispersed were His burning Lightninghs flashing flewe And caused them to fear 5 When he did frown a dreadfull blast He from his nostrills blow'd Which vp the seas lowe Depths did cast And Earths foundation show'd Then down he sent from among Great flouds advanced me And from those foes that were too strong He likewise garded me 6 They in my Cares did me prevent But still God was my hope He for his love-sake succour sent And gave me larger scope The Lord my Righteousnes observ'd His favour he bestow'd And as mine innocence deserv'd So he his mercy show'd 7 For in Gods wayes my walkings were From him I have not stept Still in my sight his iudgments are And I his lawes haue kept In him I instifide became For I did leave my sinn And as I iust righteous am Rewarded I haue binn 8 As he my hands did guiltles finde He so did me require For to the meek the Lord is kinde To righteous men vpright Among the pure he will be pure And on the froward frowne The poreman he will make secure And pluck the proud-man downe 9 My Darknes God shall brightnes make My Lampe enlight he shall By him I through an Army brake And overleap'd a wall Gods way is right pure is his word He saves if sought he be For who is God except the Lord Or who cann save but he 10 About my Loines he strength did binde He sett my path-way streight He made my feet out runn the Hinde And rais'd me to this height My hands to fight my Armes to bend A bowe of steel he taught His Buckler he to me did lend And saving-health it brought 11 His right-hand hath supported me His love hath made me great My stepps by him enlarged be And safe my feet are sett I did persue yea tooke my Foes And slewe til all were slaine They fell downe wounded by my blowes And could not rise againe 12 For he to fitt me for the war With powre did me indue And those who my opposers are Beneath my feet he threwe To conquer them who mee envide Me strong enough he made They cride and though to God they cride Replies nor helps they had 13 Then as the dust which whirl-windes tosse So small I them did beat And threw them forth as my rie-drosse Which lies about the streat Thus from the peoples vp-roares freed I through his grace became And now to be the Gentiles Head By him advanc'd I am 14 A nation shall my Servants be which knowes me not as yet Assoone as they have heard of me Themselves they shall submit The stranger shall stand out no more But in his Bullworks feare Oh praise the living Lord therfore Aloud Gods praise declare 15 Let God my saving-health be praisd By whome to passe it came That I above the people raisd And thus avenged am Above all them that me oppose He doth exalt my throne And saveth me from all my foes Ev'n from the Cruel-one 16 Among the gentiles now therefore I 'le thanck him for the same My song shall be for evermore In honor of his Name His king his anointed-one
He gloriously hath freed And everlasting mercie shown To David his seed Vouchsafe most gratious Lord according to thy accustomed mercie to be still our Protector let thy Name be alwaies glorified for the miraculous deliverances of thy Church now in al Ages especially for the great worke of mans generall redemption Instruct vs in the spiritual warfar enable vs against all our visible invisible foes subdue vnto vs all our owne rebellious Affections deliver vs out of all our suffrings Give vs victorie over everie temptation Encrease thy kingdome by the calling of those who are not yet thy People And make vs vnfainedlie thanckful vnto thee for these all the rest of thy mercies through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal 19. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme of David It declares the vniversal preaching of Gods Divinity by the book of his Creatures it is a prophecie of the generall pubâ—iation of the Gospel Rom. 10. It sheweth a so the properties of the divine word It may be used to praise God for the priveledges which we have by his word as a prayer for sanctification c. GOds glorie shines among the Sphears The heav'ns his handle-works disclose Their daylie speach his powre declares And e'vry night his wisdome showes Their language in al tongues is found Their Line about Earths globe doth runn Through-out the world their words do sound And there 's the Pallace of the Sunn 2 He Bride-groome-like refresh'd appears When he forgoes his lodging place Or gyant-like when vp he rears And chears himself to runn a Race His Iornâ—ies are from thence begun Ev'n where the bounds of heav'n are sett And he quite round the world doth runn Refreshing all things with his heat 3 God's Rule is plaine soules convarts His witnes firme maketh wise His lawes are just glad our harts His Precepts pure clear our eyes His blamles Feare is vn-confin'de Both true right are all his doomes More worth then gold ev'n gold refin'de More sweet then hony in the combes 4 Moreover they thy servant warne By keeping them he profit winns But Lord his guilt who cann descerne Oh! therfor purge my secreat sinns From daring Crimes thy sarvant save And let them bear no sway in me So I the lesse rebuke shall have And from the great-offence be free 5 Oh! when I speake let ev'ry word And ev'rie muzing of my hart Be pleasing in thy sight oh Lord For thou my strength saviour art No excuse is lest oh mercifull Father if we be ignorant of thee or vnconformable to thy will for by the book of thy Creatures it was long-since declared vnto the whole world which Text being corrupted by humane Inventions thou didst explaine it againe in the volumes of the Prophets Since then it was more illustrated by the writings of the Apostles And the prime scope of all these Bookes thy blessed Spirit daylie preacheth interpreteth throughout the world by ordinarie or extraordinarie meanes The powre truth puritie sweetnes profitabelnes of this divine word wee do or must confesse also to be evident Nevertheles because wee have much wilful ignorance many secret corruptions we humbly pray thee so extraordinarilie to enlighten our darknes to purge our concealed polutions that we being illuminated sanctified by the holie-ghost the vnpardonable Sinn may be avoided we made acceptable to thee in Christ Iesus Amen Psa 20. To the cheef Musitian A Psalme of David It is a prayer for spirituall graces with a protestation of affiance in God it mistically toucheth the Prest-hood royal dignity of Christ c. It may be vsed to desire Gods acceptance of vs in his Sonn may serve in some cases as a prayer for christian princes and pastors c. THe Lord at need vouchsafe thee grace Let Jacobs God thy cause defend Protect thee from his holy-place And strength to thee from Syon send Thy guifts let him remember still Let him accept thy Sacrifize Selah Thy harts request let him fulfill And prosper all thou shalt devise 2 We wil reioice thy peace to see And in Gods name our Ensignes wave When al thy suites are granted thee For God I know his Christ will save By his right-hand's almightie force God hears vs from his holy-hill Some trust in charrets or in horse But we Gods Name remember still 3 In that regard we raised are And stand vpright when they do fal Oh! let the king our prayers hear And save vs Lord when we do call Assist vs mercifully oh God in all our Aflictions Accept the Sacrifise offred for vs by Christ Iesus the high-preist of our seules in his Mediations grant vnto vs all our faithful petitions That so renouncing al temporall Assurances trustinge only in thy defence we may arise from those sinns into which many fall without repentance and that we may be made partakers of thy Salvation with our kinglie Mediatour who liveth raighneth with thee oh father thy holy-spirit world without end Amen Psa 21. To the cheef Musitian a Psalm of David It is a literal prophecie of the kingly dignitie of Christ mentioninge some of his royall prerogatives c. It may be vsed as a thanckfull commemoration of the preheminence of our spirituall king c. LOrd in thy strength how joies the king And of thine aide how glad is he His harts desires in ev'rie thing Have bene bestow'd on him by thee Selah With blessings thou didst him prevent With purest gold thou cowud'st his head To ask for life was his intent And he of endles life hath sped 2 Through thy defence he famous growes And is to high preferment reard On him thy blisse-evernal flowes Thy gratious lookes his hart have chear'd Through thy meer love the king shal stand Still firme if he on thee tepose And Lord thy hand ev'n thy right-hand Shall serch finde out all thy foes 3 As ovens hot with flames will do So thou shalt scorch them in thyne yre And in thy wrath consume them so As if they burned in the fire Yea thou shalt from the race of man Root out their fruite pluck their seed Because to wrong thee they begann Although they could not act the deed 4 Thou shalt expose them as it were A Marke within thy shooting-place Thy stringed shafts thou shalt prepare And stick thine Arrowes in their face Thus be thou still exalted Lord By thine owne powre thy trophies raise And then with joye wee will record Thy Matchles might in songs of praise Blessed be thy Name oh God for that high preferment which thou hast ouchsafed the Manhood by assuming the same to thy Deitie by bestowing theron a soveraigntie over al the rest of thy Creatures Give vs humility to ascribe al the glorie therof to Christ Iesus Hear all our petitions in him Teach vs by his example so to trust in thee that we may obtaine the priveledges of his glorious
kingdome become partakers of that Life-eternal to which he ascended So escaping those terrible Iudgments which thou inflictest on thy malitious foes we shall behold their confusion to the exaltation of the powre to whome he all honor glorie now for evermore Amen Psa 22. To the cheef Musitian vpon Aijleth Shaha◠A Psalm of David It is a prophecie of Christ his passion vnfolding divers passages thereof mētioning also the calling of the Gentiles c. It may be sung to commemorate the Passion some other misteries of our Redemption c. WHy hast thou oh my God my God Why hast thou me forgone Why nearer is not thy abode To hear help my mone Vnheard of thee I cry whole daies Whole nights the same I doe Yet thou art Isr'els cheefest praise And thou art holy to 2 Our fathers did on thee depend And. thou didst them secure They cride thou didst them defend Their faith did them assure But I pore worme an Abiect am No man but one forlorne The people make of me their game Their proverb their scorne 3 When me they vewe their heads they nod Make mouths jeering say God was his hope now then if God Him loves him save he may But thou didst gard me in the wombe Thou didst convay me thence At nurse my hope thou didst become And keptst me eversince 4 Er'e-since my birth my God thou art My trust is all in thee Oh! do not far fro me depart For perills compasse mee Strong Bulls ev'n herds of Bashan race Beset me round about They stand wide-gaping in my face Like Lions roaring-out 5 Like water I am pour'de aside My bones are strain'd apart E'vn potsherd-like my strength is dride Like wax dissolues my hart Vnto my Iawes my tongue is glew'd For thou didst me confound With cruel doggs I am persu'de By Sinners closed round 6 My hands feet they nailed fast My bones apparant were Vpon my vesture lots they cast My garments they did share Thine ayde therfore no more delay But Lord my strength draw near Cause not the sword my soul to slay Nor doggs to rend my dear 7 Me from the mouthes of Lions garde As I in former daies From hornes of vnicornes was heard So I will sing thy praise Thy fame I 'le in thy church record My brethren being there Oh! praise him yee that fear the Lord And Jacobs ofspring are 8 Him oh yee seed of Isr'el fear For he doth nor despize Afflicted soules nor stop his eare Nor turne from them his eyes But when thy crie their cries are heard For which his praise I sing And in great throngs where God is feard My vowes to him I 'le bring 9 The meek shal feed till they are full And praise the Lord therfore All yee who seek him in your soul Shal live for evermore The worlds far ends to minde shall call Their dutie to the Lord And he of heathen kingdomes all Shall see him self ador'de 10 For his the kingdome is indeed All nations ruleth he Earths fatlings on his bread shal feed And thanckful they shal be Yea they shall all before him bowe Whose lodging is the grave For none but he hath powre enough The soul from death to save 11 A seed whome he shall count his owne Shal then to God returne And make his Acts of Justice known To people yet vnborn Oh! thou glorie of Israel the hope of all who trust in thee seeing by a voluntarie humiliation thou hast in thine own person felt the bitternes of reproches the crueltie of persecuters the sharpnes of povertie the extream torments of the flesh the strongest Agonies of the soul and every horror which may affright vs when in our greatest tryalls temptations we seem as it were vtterly for saken both of God man remember oh remember thine owne passion have mercie vpon vs. Hear vs when we crie help vs when we can crie no longer And when all our strength faileth let thy powre plnck vs out of our tormenters Iawes that we they whom thou hast promised to collect from al places Ages of the world may meet in thy heavenly kingdome to glorify thee for ever ever Amen Psa 23. A Psalm of David The Christian soul acknowledgeth Christ her pastor enritching feedinge retoicinge reforming beautifieng her providing for her an eternall habitation in this owne presence c. It may be sung to praise God for the benifits herein mentioned c. THe Lord my Pastor daignes to be I nothing now shall need To drinck sweet springs he bringeth mee And on green Meads to feed For his Name-sake my hart he glads He makes my wayes vpright And I the vase of deaths black shades Cann passe without affright 2 Thy staffe thy presence thy rodd My joyfull comforts are And thou before my foes oh God My Table shalt prepare Oyle on my head pour'd out thou hast My Cupp doth over-flowe And thou on me whilst life doth last Thy favours wilt bestowe 3 Yea Lord thy goodnes thy grace Shall alwayes follow me And in thy house my dwelling place For evermore shall be Keep vs oh thou faithfull Sheapherd of our soules that the Devil take vs not out of thy folde nor entise vs from thy pastures by faire alurements Setle vs in thy Church Refresh vs by thy Spirit Instruct vs by thy Sacraments Guide vs by thy example reforme vs by thy father'y correction so comfort vs by thy presence that we may acknowledge there is no need of those beggerly assistances whereon worldlings depend and that we may walke without repininge through the aflictions of this life without fear through the shaddowes of Death to those mansions which thou hast appointed for thy chosen flock in the kingdome of heaven Amen Psa 24. A psalme of David It describes the largnes of Christs inheritance shewes who are members of his Church Then by a poetical prosopopeia the everlasting Gates are summoned to give passage for the Ascention of that glorious King It is vsed in commemoration of the Ascention THe Earth's the Lords with her encrease The world all her goods He founded it vpon the seas And layd it on the Flouds What man is he that shal have grace To climbe the hill of God Or Who shall in his holy-place Obtaine their free abode 2 Sure they whose hands are innocent Whose meanings are vpright Whose harts to folly are not bent Who swear without deceit Such gaine from God a blessed meed And from their faviour grace And such oh Iacob are their seed Who truly seek thy face 3 Yee Gates lift vp your heades on high Yee dores which last for aye The king of glory passeth-by Vnclose give him way Who is the king of glorie tell Oh tell who might he be The Lord who doth in strength excell That glorious king is he 4 Yee Gates aloft your Arches heave Yee dores that have no ende Vnto the king of
all shall one day be disclosed c. THe Lord our God th'Almightie-one Hath spoke summon'd all That are bewixt the rising Sunn And places of his fall God's glorie Syon first will showe With noise approch will hee Before him burning fire shall goe A storme shall round him be 2 Through heav'n earth he shall aloud His folke to iudgment call His Saints that Sacrisizes vow'd Appear before him shall His Iustice heav'n shall shewe abrode For God the Iudge will be Hark Isr'el for ev'n I thy God Will thee accuse saith hee 3 I for thine Offrings blame thee not Which were my due of olde Nor Bullock ask I neither Goate Out of thy Stall or Folde For I more heards of Cattell owne Then all the Mountaines yeald To mee all Beasts Birds are known That live in wood or feild 4 If I were hungrie dost thou thinck Since all the world is mine Thy Goates bloud I would ask to drinck Or feed on Bulls of thine No rather pay in thanckfulnes Thy Vowes and call on me So I shall pittie thy destresse And have due praise from thee 5 But to the wicked saies the Lord How darest thou to prate Of my commands of my word Whilst thou dost Counsell hate For when thou dost a Theef perceive A share with him thou tak'st Thou in Adulterie dost live And wicked words thou speak'st 6 Thy Brother thine owne Mothers sonn Thou causles dost revile I silent was thou hast done These wicked things the while Yea thou hast therevpon suppos'd That I was like to thee But all thy folly shall disclos'd And now apparant be 7 Yee that of God forgetfull are Of this Remembrance have Els I shall you in peeces tear When there is none to save For I am glorifide of those That give due praise to mee And such as well their lives dispose My saving-health shall see Allmighty God who with maiestic terror shalt come to iudge the world require an Account of everie one according to the Talent receaved especially of vs who are Saints by an ordinarie visible Callinge give vs grace to offer the acceptable Sacrifize of Righteousnes true obedience Let not our Religion be meerly formall without the fruites of good life Let vs not be of those hypocriticall talkers professers of thy word whoe hate reformation vncharitably censure their owne Brethren neither let thy long forbearance of our Sinns cause vs any way to abuse thy mercies But grant rather that we may so vnfaignedly embrace thee in our harts so truly serve thee in our lives that thou maist be glorified by vs wee saved by thee in the last Iudgment Amen Psa 51. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme of David when Nathan the prophet came vnto him after he had gone into Bethsheba It personates a man trulie penitent and a true confession contrition purpose of amendment is the subiect of this Psalme Everie true penitentiarie may sing it in his humiliation c. OH Lord of thy abounding Love To my offence remissive be My Follies Purge my Sinn remove And of thy grace daigne grace to me For still my fault before me lies Yea by my selfe I am accus'd Thee thee alone my conscience cries Ev'n to thy face I have abus'd 2 Which here I do confesse oh Lord That when to censure thou art brought Men true my finde thy Truthfull word And judge thy Iudgments as they ought For sinnfull though my parents made My Beeing my Birth to bee From thee a secret grace I had To forme the Truth thou seek'st in mee 3 And if I purg'd with hysope were Mee thou shouldst make more white then snowe Yea thy Glad-message when I heare The bones thou brak'st will healthfull growe Then from my faults thy face divart Blot all my follies out of sight Creat in me a spotles hart And make my Spirit Lord vpright 4 Oh! let me not rejected be Take not thy Holie-ghost away To joiefull health restore thou mee Let thy free Spirit be my stay So I will other Sinners guide To seek thy grace walk thy waies And if my bloudie sinn thou hide Thy Iustice oh my God I 'le praise 5 Which praises that my tongue may sing My lipps oh Lord my God vnclose For Burnt-oblations I would bring But thou hast quite reiected those A greeved Soul a contrite hart Is God's best-liked Sacrifize With such oh God! thou pleased art And such thou never shalt despise 6 As thou art pleas'd Mount Syon blesse And wall about Ierusalem The Sacrifize of Righteousnes Shall then obtaine thy good esteem Yea thou shalt then their Guifts receive And they shall all their Offrings pay Ev'n whole Burnt-offrings they shall give And Oxen on thine Altar slay Oh Lord our owne Consciences accuse vs will pronounce thee iust if thou condemn vs for though it might somewhat moove thy compassion to consider our disabilities by Original Polution yet knowing what grace thou hast secretly infused both to resist that naturall corruption and to forme also within vs that Righteousnes which thou requirest wee have no excuse no hope but to appeal to thy mercie To thy Mercie therfor wee appeal beleeving to be perfectly purified by the sprinckling of thy dear Sonns bloud Oh! forgive vs for his sake Restore vs to thy favour repaire what is decaied in soul or bodie so comfort renue guide strengthen vs by the continuall presence of the Holy-ghost that our conversation may be more vpright all our future endeavours become acceptable to thy glorie to the saving of our Soules to the consolation of other penitent Sinners through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal 52. To the cheef Musitian Maschil a Psalm of David when Doeg the Edomite came told Saul said vnto him David is come vnto the house of Abhimelech It mistically personates the Elect vpraiding their persecutors foretelling their shamfull ruine reicicing in their owne deliverances c. It is vsefull in persecutions WHy vaunt'st thou Tiraunt of thy wrong God's love will still the same appear Although thy mischeef-working tongue Faines lies as keen as Razors are Thou evill more then Good respect'st Thou lovest falshood more then right Selah All harmfull speaches thou affect'st And tongues which publish forth deceit 2 But thee from hence the Lord shall tear And from the Land thy dwelling take Selah The Iust shall see the same with feare And sport at thy destruction make Yea they shall say Loe this was hee Who sought not God to make him stronge But labour'd how he great might be By getting wealth doeng wrong 3 Then as for mee I prosper shall As Olive trees that have their place Within Gods holie temple wall And still depend vpon his grace There Lord I 'le spread abrode thy fame Yea then I 'le praise thee for thy love And trust for ever in thy Name Which all thy Saints will well approve Deliver vs oh gratious Lord from the
cruell insolencies falshood of those who seek their Advancement by iniurious wicked meanes Preserve vs also from the guilt of their abhominations but especially from being so shameles as to make vaunts of oppression or of any other sinn Disenable root out of the land all such insolent offenders that the righteous florishing as green Olive trees beholding thy Iudgments may with reverent awe reioice in their subversion who are friends to Vnrighteousnes with a fearles confidence in thy love magnify thy Holy Name for ever ever Amen Psa 53. To the cheef Musitian Maschil A Psalm of David It is almost the same with the 14. Psalm And may be vsed to minde vs that our Nature was wholie depraved and that wee should desire the comming of Christ by whome wee are to be renewed c. THe foole doth God in hart denay And all corrupt are growne Perverse wicked is their way There is no Righteous-one For God from heav'n his eye declin'de Man's of-spring to behold And searched who did seek to finde Or know him as they should 2 But all their waies prepostrous were All fillthie vnsound None sawe he live vprightlie there Not one good man he found Ev'n brutishlie fond Sinners eat God's people as their bread They seek not God and horrors great They feel where is no dread 3 The Lord will breake the bones of them That have beseiged thee And thou shalt shame them since of him They disrespected be Would wee God's healp from Syon had For Iacob triumph shall And Isr'el will there of be glad When them he brings from thrall Free vs oh Lord from that vniversall corruption which overspreadeth our Nature that wee neither become so foolish to deny thee in our harts nor so perverse as to dishonour thee in our waies Soe behold our polutions that thou maist cleanse vs from them Soe consider our weaknes that thou maist breake the bands of all our foes So make vs to fear thee that all our other feares may be turned into ioye And cause vs to be so desirous of that salvation which was promised out of Syon that being delivered from the thraldome of sinn and death wee every true Israelite may triumph in our Salvation Redemption through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 54. To the cheef Musitian on Neginoth Maschil A Psalm of David when the Ziphims came said to Saul doth not David hide himself with vs It mystically prophecied the Iewes trecheries tirannies against Christ c. It is vsefull when wee are or have beene betraied or persecuted by false brethren c. DEfend mee Lord for thy Name sake In thy great powre adjudg thou mee Of all thy suites quick notise take And let my words well heeded be For Strangers doe against me rise And Tirants for my life have sought Not setting thee before their eyes Although my healp thou still hast wrought 2 The Lord my Soules vpholders gards His Truth hath chas'd my foes away And them with Vengance he rewards For which my Vowes I 'le freely pay To laud thy Name is wel approv'd And I oh Lord thy praise will sing Because my greefs thou hast remoov'd And on my foes my wish dost bring Encline thtne eare oh mercifull father vnto all our iust petitions suffer vs not to be oppressed by our professed foes nor to be betraied into their hands by those Aliens vnto thy Truth Goodnes from whome wee have better deserved But as thou hast bene alwaies heretofore our Healper and the vpholder of them who have befreinded vs. So continue we pray thee to reward our friends according to their kindnes to requite our foes according to their deservings to deliver vs from all our sorrowes through Iesus Christ To whome with thy blessed Spirit wee will offer vp the free Sacrifize of praise and thancksgivinge now for ever Amen Psa 55. To the cheef Musitian Neginoth Maschil a Psalm of David It personatet the faithfull complaining petitioning against the inhumanitie of their foes It deciphers also false brethren declares their destruction the securitie of the Elect. It may be vsed as the former OH God! my praiers hear Hide not away thine eare But hear cast on mee thine eye For loud my foes doe roare The wicked greeve me sore And therfore Lord thus loud I crie 2 With wrongs they mee persue A wrathfull spight they shewe And I at hart am greatlie vext Deaths torments mee oppresse I shake through fearfullnes With horrors great I am perplext 3 I sayd Doves wings had I To rest I then would flie Lo then farr hence I would abide I then would haste away And in some Desert stay Which frō the Tempest mee should hide Selah 4 Destroy slitt their tongues For strife oh Lord wrongs Possesse their Cittie night day In midst thereof I spi'de Sinn fraud guile abide These in her streats still made their stay 5 A foes contempt or scorne I could have shund or borne But mee no publike foe abus'de It was my trusted Peer As friends wee freindlie were And wee God's house togither vs'd 6 Arrest them Death Hell With whome such Mischeevs dwell For I vpon the Lord will call To God at night I 'le pray At morninge at nooneday And mee both hear save he shall 7 In warr he gave mee peace And mee will still release Ev'n me the Lord will hear and save But God will punish them Selah For they his feare contemn Because that they no Changes have 8 Their hands the Peace did breake Where they a league did make And though their speach most freindlie were Yet are sometime their words Like darts or naked swords Let God therefore thy Burthen bear 8 For God is thy defence He gardeth innocence And Sinners downe to Hell will thrust Not half their daies they live Who murther or deceive But in the Lord I put my trust Many greevous oh Lord are those troubles which exercise thy Children especially in those places where prophanes or false worship is openly approoved but the greatest Afflictions are occasioned by Hypocrites False breathren those who abuse us vnder cullour of Religeon or by pretences of dearest Amitie Defend vs therfor oh God from those harmfull Serpents Give us the wings of Dovelike innocence to carry us above their snares Grant us those enterchanges of Prosperitie Adversity which may keep us both in thy Fear Love Suffer not the tribulations of the world nor the temptations of the Devill nor the miseries of the Flesh to oppresse us But let us lay all our burthens vpon thee confidently Trust in thee firmly Seek thee duly love thee sincerely enioy thy gratious protection for ever more Amen Psa 56. To the cheef Musitian vpon the mute Dove in the Desert a golden Psalm of David when the Philistims took him in Gath. It typically personates the Church in persecution is a prayer a complaint against her
contemning the desire of world-lings reioicing more in thy gratious aspect then in al temporal advantages we may ly downe to sleep our last sleep without horror rest in the firme hope of a glorious Resurrection Amen Psa 5. To the cheef musician on Neginoth a Psalm of David It beseecheth audience of God for sundry respects prayeth that he would subvert his Adversaries be mercifull to his Church It may be vsefull when we are oppressed by the enimies of Christ for his Cause c. LOrd weigh my thoughts my words attend My King my God encline thine ear My suites I will to thee commend And thou my voice betime shalt hear I will oh Lord betimes arise And pray wait for thy supplies 2 For thou in sinn hast no delight No evills in thy dwellings be The foole abides not in thy sight The wicked are abhord of thee Thou root'st out all who falshoods prate And bloud guile in man dost hate 3 But I in thy abounding grace Thy house will visite in thy fear And worship in thy holy-place Oh teach me Lord thy Justice there Unto my vewe thy way disclose Because of them that are my foes 4 Their words thoughts are false naught Their throte is like a gaping graue Therfore oh God let them be caught And fall by what they plotted haue Yea seeing they thy foes haue binn Expose them to their swarmes of sinn 5 But chear vp those who trust in thee That such as well thy name affect May still therin triumphant be And joy that thou dost them protect For Lord the just thou shalt reward And sheild-like make thy grace their gard Oh soveraigne Lord God make vs both timely diligent seekers of thy grace Let the due consideration of thy perfections of our natural unworthines cause vs humbly to attend on thee vnfainedly frequenting thy Congregation there truly serving thee according to thine owne ordinance Instruct vs fully in thy way left our spiritual adversaries drawe vs into error Let our experience of their malice subtilety keep vs the more cautious Let them be taken in their owne snares to thy glorie let the faithfull alwaies reioice in thy protection through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 6. To the cheef musitian on Neginoth vpon Sheminith a Psalm of David It bewailes the miseries corruptions of the humane nature with penitential expressions emplores Gods mercy c. It may be sung when oppressed by our sinns infirmities we haue invoked God received comforts LOrd in thy rage correct me not To me oh do not roughly speake Nor chide me when thy wrath is hott But pitty me for I am weake Oh Lord vouchsafe to cure my paines For through my bones the torments goe My hart is vext much complaines Good God! hów long shal this be soe 2 Returne help my soul oh Lord Mee let thy meer compassion saue For who in death shall thee record Or give thee praises in the grave With groanes I tire in the nights My bedd in flouds of teares doth swim Through in-ward greefs foes despights Mine cies decay my sight growes dimm 3 But Sinners now depart fro mee God heares my suite my plaint my crie Which let my foes with blushing see And vext greeu'd my presence fly Most awfull God speake favourably to vs in this day of thy offered grace lest in the day of thy wrathfull indignation we be cast into hell sire Behol'd our frailties our torments our horrible distempers Observe into how great perills our desperation may cast vs have mercy oh lord have mercy vpon us miserable offenders Turify our poluted flesh enlighten our bleared eyes cure our wounded harts chear our afflicted spirits revive our fainting soules chase away all our malitious accusers that we escaping the dungeon in which thy praise is forgotten may magnify thy mercies in the land of the living to the vexation of malignant spirits to the honor of thy name for euer euer Amen Psa 7. Shiggaijon of David which he sung to the Lord concerninge the wòrds of Chush the Benjamite It is the Complaint of an innocent vniustly accused referring himself to be iudged according to his inno-cency It may be vsed when the true Church or any members thereof are slandred by their foes c. LOrd God on thee I do depend Me from the spoiler save Lest Lion-like my soul he rend When I no helper have For if oh Lord my God in this My hands found guiltie be If I rewarded him amisse That was at peace with me 2 Nay I to him did mercy shewe Who sought my causeles blame Els let my foe my soul persue And ouertake the same Yea let hlm tread when down I fall My life into the clay And in a dust-heap there-withall Mine honor let him lay 3 Oh Lord thy selfe in wrath advance For wroth my spoilers be According to thine ordinance Arise judge thou me That multitudes to thee may come For their sakes great appear Yea judge them Lord giue me doome As just ag I am clear 4 Confounde the sinners wickednes But still the just maintaine For thou oh God of righteousnes Canst serch both Hart Reine God is my sheild he protects The Godly from decay His doomes are just he corrects The wicked ev'ry day 5 Except they turne his blade he whetts A bowe still bent he hath He shafts for persecutors getts And instruments of death For lo with mischeeues being bigg They first conceive a sinn Next bring forth lies then pitt-falls digg Where they themselues fal in 6 Thus on their heads their mischeeus all Do justly tumble downe And wicked mens devises fall On their devizers crowne For which the justice of the Lord I 'le strive to glorify And will in songs of praise record The name of God most high Eternal God defend vs from slanderous accusations from that roaring Lion who is alway ready to devour vs And though our accusers are often so malitious that in respect of them we may have some appearance of innoceny yet cause vs so to acknowledg our selves guiltie in thy sight that we may be Iustifed by the righteousnes which we have by imputation from thy dear sonn for we have no Innocency but his No Saviour but he nor dare we in our greatest puritie appeare any where but at the Throne of thy mercy which let us who seek the same alwaies obtain let the severity of thy iustice fall only on our Adversaries who despise thy grace that both in mercy iustice thou maist be magnifyed for euer euer Amen Psa 8. To the cheef Musitian vpon Gittith a Psalm of David It sings the glory powre dominion of Christ magnifies the love of God in the admirable exaltation of the humane nature by the incarnation of his Sonn c. It may be vsed to praise God for the great priveledges which we haue
receaved thereby HOw famous Lord our God appears Throughout the world thy glorious Name Above the height of all the Sphears Thou spreadst the splendor of thy fame The mouths of babes thy powr to show And sucklings tongues thou didst ordaine To stopp the mouth of ev'ry foe And their avengings to restraine 2 When on the heav'ns I sixe mine eye And moone starrs thy creatures heed Why careth God for man think I Or why regardeth he his seed He was below thine Angells plac'd And higher now advanc'd is he To rule thy works him raisd thou hast And at his feet all creatures be 3 O're heards flocks in stall solde O're cattell which at randome goe The sov'raigne place he now doth holde And over foules fishes to Yea rule throughout the sea he bears And over all within the same How famous Lord our God appears Throughout the world thy glorious Name Most glorious Lord God thou so lovedst the humane nature that it pleased thee to be made man by the mouths of babes sucklings magnifienge thy great powre by humbling as it were of the Deitie for a tyme to exalt the Manhood for euer For this thy vnexpressible humiliation incomprehensible favour we submissively prostrat our soules and bend the knees of our bodyes to the honor of thy Name beseeching thee that as all other creatures are obediently subiected to thy Sonns Dominion so wee may truly submit our wills to his good pleasure in Act word thought be thanckful for our many priveledges by his blessed Incarnation Resurrection Ascention now for euer Amen Psa 9. To the cheef Musitian vpon Muth-labben a psalm of David Herein the faithfull praise God for many good causes exhort others to do the same It may be vsed to praise the Lord for his many fold mercies vouchsafed to his Church for his just judgments on their foes c. NOw Lord. with all my hart voice Thy wondrous works I le magnify Of thee I 'le sing Of thee reioice And praise thy name oh God most high For thou didst put my foes to slight They fell fled out of thy sight 2 My lawfull cause thou dost vpholde Thou fit'st enthron'd thou judgest right The Gentiles are by thee contrould The wicked thou destroiest quite And thou their names away dost blot For evermore to be forgot 3 Thy slaughters now thou cruel Foe Are to an end for ever brought Those Townes which thou did'st overthrowe Are nameles now out of thought But God still sitteth on his throne Preparing judgment thervpon 4 The world he shall vprightly doome And justly judge the nations all The pore when times of trouble come He gardeth like a castle wall And they who seek know his name Are safe by trusting in the same 5 To God therfore in Syon sing To nations all make knowne his deeds For when to light he blood will bring He poremens wrongs criengs heeds Now also Lord thy grace I crave Oh! mark what woes foes I have 6 Thou sav'st me from the gates of hell That I thy praise with chearfull voice To Syon's daughters may reveal And in thy saving-health rejoice The Gentiles had a pitt-fall wrought But they themselves therin were caught 7 Their Nets have their owne feet en-inar'de And God is by his iudgments knowne The Sinners hands have trapps preparde Whereby them selves were ouerthrowue Thus downe to hell the wicked goe As all who fear not God shall doe 8 There is a time to minde the pore Their hope shall not for ever faile To judge the Gentiles Lord therfere Arise let not man prevaile The Nations fright vntill they see That they are men as others be Selah UUe haue often experience oh God that by thy favour all oppressions insultings secret cruelties shall come to an end and that thy Mercies thy Justice shall everlastingly continue both for the savegard of thy servants to reward the wicked according to their deserts Let this experience therfor be alwaies remembred when we are persecuted or afflicted let our confidence be ever so fixed vpon thee that we may neither be discouraged in Adversitie nor forgetfull in prosperitie to magnifie thy mercies but be readie vpon all occasions to glorifie thee both for the suppression of our foes for all our other deliverances through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 10. The Pride Crueltie Prophanesse Fraude of Antichrist Atheists Hipocrites is described God is invoked to redresse it his Dominion acknowledged his mercifull regard of the afflicted is confessed It may be vsed when we are oppressed by temporall or Spirituall Oppressors THy face oh Lord why dost thou hide And stand aloofe so farr Lo Sinners meerly out of pride The Spoile of poremen are Insnare them by their owne devise For of their Lust they boast And praise those Freindes to Avarice VVhome God abborreth most 2 Their scornefull eyes regard not thee Their hartes do thee denay Too high for them thy judgments be Stil greeuous is their way They snuff sleight their greatest Foes And come what mischeeves will Within their hartes they do suppose That they shal prosper still 3 Their mouthes with cursings overflowe Their tongues lie swear vaunt The pore to catch overthrowe Obscured paths they haunt They watch unseene for simple-men To ceaze them vn-aware They lurck like Lions in their denn And slielie them insnare 4 To catch the pore by lowlie shewes Their strength doth help them on They think in hart that God nor vewes Nor careth what is done But rise oh Lord thy powre to showe Leaue not the pore forgot For why should Sinners sleight thee soe And think thou mind'st them not 5 Thou see'st yea see'st their wickednes That punishd it may be And loe the pore Fatherles Commit their Cause to thee Lord God their helper break the strength Of ev'ry wicked-one Serch out their sinnes thou at length Shalt cause them to have none 6 Our ever-lasting king thou art Thou from the Realme likewise Hast forc'd the Gentiles to depart And heard the poremans cries Their harts thou shalt establish to And hear judge the pore That earth-bred man the Orphanes foe May them oppresse no more Almighty God seeing our safetie consisteth in thy loving presence be thou near at hand to defend assist in all extremities Abate the malice wickednes of our foes let their pride fraude crueltie make vs the more heedfull that we depart not willingly out of thy protection Uouchsafe also so to raigne in our soules to the suppression of all intrusions that our affections being ordered by illuminated Reason sanctified by Grace Christ may have the sole dominion there that we may sincerely embrace him with our whole harts honor him with all our faculties confesse him with our tongues glorify him by our works together with thee oh father the blessed Spirit now for ever
Amen Another of the same LOrd why standest thou so farr Why at need am I forsaken Poremen wrondg'd by Tirants are Let them in those guiles be taken Which by them contrived were 2 For in boast the Sinner sayes That his longings he possesseth He the Covetous doth praise And their practises he blesseth Though the Lord abhors their waies 3 Proud loftie lookes hath he God nor seeking nor beleeving All his Courses greevous be And thy judgments past conceivinge Are too high for him to see 4 With contempt he sleights his foes Fearing neither falls nor sliding From his mouth much cursing flowes Vnderneath his tongue still hiding Mischeef sinn guilefull showes In blinde paths he lurks pries Harmles men to spoile murther At the pore he darts his eyes And unseene his drifts to further Like the denned lion lies He doth watch the pore to spoile Whome he snares ouerthroweth For to take him in his toyle He with humble crowchings boweth Ceazing him by force the while Then in hart thus muzeth he God shall sleightly passe it over Hide his face never see But rise Lord thy strength discover That the meek aven'gd may be Let not Sinners mock thee soe As if thou didst nought regard it Lo thou see'st yea see'st them do Spightfull wrong to reward it Thou shalt set thy hand there-to Thou art poremens hopefull stay Orphanes helper in oppression Break the Sinners armes I pray Serch thou after his transgression And then purg it all away God who raignes for evermore From his land the Gentiles driveth Hears chears helps the pore And the Orphane so reviveth That he feares not as before Psa 11. To the cheef Musitian a Psalm of David The faithful soule being tempted to despaire makes fast the Anchor of his Hope by considering Gods powre his love to such as trust in him his hatred to their vnfaithful adversaries c. It may be vsed to comfort vs in desperate temptations imminent perills IN God my trust is placed still Then wherefor do you say That as a bird vnto the hill My soul should fly away For loe their bow the wicked bend And arrowes they prepare That they vnseene their shafts may send At such as needie are If overthrowne the Ground-works lie What cann the best men do Gods holy seat is heav'n on high And he must look therto Man-kinde with closd open eyes Ev'n righteous men God prooues And him he doth in soul despize That wicked Courses loves For wicked men the Lord prepares And raines into thir eupp A storme of brimstone fire snares Which they must swallow up But being in himself vpright He justice doth affect And godly men have in his sight A looke of good respect Permit not oh God! the accusings of our consciences nor the bitter censures of others whether iustly or vniustly pronounced to overthrow our hopes of thy Mercy Let not the groundworks of our faith be vndermined by any Temptation but seeing thou serchest the secrets of our harts findest that raked vp among our many frailties corruptions there are yet vnquenched in our soules the smokings of that fire which was first kindled by thy grace Re-inflame we pray thee our spiritual affections to thee thy lawe That when malitious offenders receive the bitter draught prepared for them we may thanckfully take the Cupp of Salvation reioice in thy gratious favours through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 12. To the cheef Musitian vpon Sheminith A Psalm of David The elect are prayd for The circumventions insultings of the wicked are mentioned with a promise of redresse the stabilitie of Gods word is declared It may be vsed when heresie or prophanesse beginnes to spread c. HElp Lord for no Good man is left All faithfulnes is quite bereft And from the race of men departs They lies vnto their neighbours tell Vpon their lipps faire speaches dwell When falshood lurketh in their hartes 2 But God shall cut their lipps that gloze And pluck away the tongues of those Who proudly make their vauntings thus Wee of our tongues will masters be Our lipps are ours who is he That shall have Lord-ship over vs 3 But I saith God will now arise Ev'n for the sighengs the cries Of those that wrong'd or greeved are And I will them in saftie sett Beyond their powre who in their nett The poremans footsteps would ensnare 4 Gods wordes refinde the Test will bide Like silver seav'n tymes purifide And God will keep them ever true Though for a while men lewd base Do sitt in honors higest place And ev'ry where their folly shewe Consider oh Lord the general vnfaithfulnes which now overpreads the whole earth Observe the falshood pride hypocrisie insolencies of the Adversaris of Truth Behold the suffrings of thy small flock Convert or confound their oppressors fulfill thy gratious promises made to the pore in Spirit preserve thy word from being made frustrate or perverted by those wicked-ones who are now exalted both in church commonwealth to thy dishonor and when they have acted their follies during the tyme which thou shalt permit let thy purified word prevaile to the purging of this corrupt world to the encreasing of the number of thy elect through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 13. To the Cheef Musitian a Psalm of David It expresseth hartie longinges after spirituall Consolations shews the perplexties of a soule seeking rest in her owne Counsells c. It may besung when feeling our natural defects the malice of our foes we desire the comforts of the Holy-glost c. HOw long forgetst thou mee Shall thus obscured be Thy cheerful face oh Lord for aye Still in my soul shal I Perplext muzing lie With hart oppressed all the day 2 My God! shall still my foe Insult vpon me foe Hear mine eyes enlighten thou Els death wil me surprize And then mine enimies Will say we haue prevailed now 3 For they who malice mee Will Ioy my fall to see But Lord thy mercies I will minde I 'le in thine ayde rejoice And praise thee with my voice Because to me thou hast bene kinde Dear God vnsufferable is a troubled spirit seeking rest in it selfe Or in any thinge without thee when thou art absent the presence of all temporal consolations doe but encrease torment vnles thou speake peace to our soules all thy creatures help to aggravate our afflictions Revive therfor our hartes by thy sweet presence Enlighten the eyes of our mindes that we sleep not in sinn so cbear vs by the light of thy Countenance that our foes insult not over vs but grant rather that we reioicing in thy Saluation may both live dy with Comfort to the honor of thy blessed Name Amen Another of the same OH Lord how long wilt thou drawe back And hide thy face fro me How long shal I selfe-Counsell take And greev'd in spirit
be How long shal my oppressors thrive And I their scornings beare Lest of my life it me deptive Behold oh Lord heare 2 For els my foes will say in boast That I the foile have had And they who now afflict me most Will of my fall be gladd But in my hart are hopes of thee Which health joy will bringe And thou hast dealt so wel with mee That I thy praise will sing Psal 14. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme of David It sheweth mans general corruption our natural estate before we become regenerated by Gods especiall Grace c. We should sing it to minde vs what we are of our selves how much we should desire a Renovation THe foole his God in hart denayes And quite corrupt mankinde is growne Their walkings are in hatefull waies Vpright or good there is not one The Lord from heav'n declinde his eye And all the sonns of men he scannd That he from thence might search trie Who did him seek or vnderstand 2 But all of them corrupted were All men beside the way are gone He saw not one deal justlie there Not one man good oh no not one So bruitish are Transgressors all That they like bread my people eat On God likewise they never call And therfor is their terror great 3 For God preserves the faithfull seed Ev'n them who righteous waies affect And though his Counsel none doth heed Yet God the poreman will protect Would we Gods ayde from Syon had Which must his folke from thraldome bringe For Iacob would therof be glad And Isr'el should rejoice sing Acknowledginge oh most gratious Redeemer our general corruption that in vs there is no goodnes we humbly beseech thee by the Salvation promised out of Syon to deliver us from our spirituall captivitie so to sanctify our poluted nature that our terrors may be removed our lives amended thy evangelical counsells hartelie embraced and that we becomming true Israelites inwhome there is no guile may at last be saved by thy Mercie reioice among the faith full in thy new Jerusalem for ever ever Amen Psa 15. A Psalm of David It questions answeres who shal be admitted into Gods famelie to wit such as are sanctified in thought word deed c. It is vsefull to inform vs what our Conversations ought to be who professe our selues to be of God's houshold LOrd who shall rest within thy tent Or on thy holy hill But he that 's trulie innocent And sheweth mercy still Whose hart emploies a truth-full tongue And none by slander greeves Who neither doth his neighbours wronge Nor lies of them beleeves 2 Who favours those that feare the Lord And sinners doth abhor Who shifts not from his promis'd word Though to his losse he swore Who putts not coine to griping loane Nor takes a wicked fee He doubtles is a blessed one And shall vnmooved be Flesh bloud oh God is neither able to fulfill thy lawe nor to enter into the kingdome of heaven before it be purged sanctified by the pretious body bloud of thy dear Sonn Seeing therfor thou requirest that both our outward inward man should be conformable to that example of perfect Righteousnes which he hath left who is gone up before into thy holy Tabernacles to prepare mansions for all who desire to be followers of him make vs we beseech thee so obedient to the discipline of the Catholick Church his dwelling place on earth that we may have his righteosnes imputed be kept immovable in thy favour vntill we shal be translated to those heavenly habitations where thou livest raignest world without end Amen Psa 16. Michtam of David It is a literal prophecie of Christ Act. 2. 25. it hath relation to the communion of saints The sole-mediatorship of Christ his resurrection his sitting at the right-hand of God c. It is usefull to confirm vs in these articles of our faith afore mentioned c. SAve me oh Lord for I haue laid My trustfull hope alone on thee And to thy self my Soul hath said That thou oh Lord her Lord shalt be My goods to thee are nothing worth But in their vse I will declare That I affect thy Saints on earth And such as well-deservers are 2 All they who serve another God Shall gaine encrease of greefs blame Their drinck-oblation staind with bloud I 'le nor prefer nor speake their Name God is my birth-right my share He fills my Cupp maintaines my Lot Faire portions my divisions are And pleasant places I have gott 3 The Lord be praisd who wrought it so For he in this did me advize My Reines by night inform'd me to And God I place before mine eyes Who stands at my right-hand so near That me no fears of chaing molest It both my hart voice doth cheare My flesh likewise in hope doth rest 4 For Lord thou neither wilt permit That left in hell my soul should lie Nor wilt thou suffer in the Pitt Thy holy-one to putrifie But through lifes path-way me shalt bring Where in thy sight at thy right hand All Ioyes and each delightfull thinge For ever for ever stand Grant oh Lord our soules may so truly affect thee that thy pore members may reap the fruites of our charitable affections Let vs continue so constant also in thy true worship that all our offrings may be made acceptable by the mediation of Christ Iesus that we may inherit our portion with him So his blessed Soul body against which nor hell nor corruption could prevaile shall drawe after him our soules out of the hell of an aflicted conscience our bodies from the graves of sinn mortalitie to enioy with him a ioyfull resurrection at his right-hand the fullnes of all pleasures in thy glorious presence for evermore Amen Another of the same PReserve me Lord for I on thee depend And for her Lord my soul professes thee Though to thy self my wealth no profit lend Thy Saints on earth my love shall therby see But they shall feel their sorrow still encreased Whose offrings are to other Gods addressed 2 Their bloudie-drinck-oblation to present Or with my lipps so name them I disdaine Thou art my Lott where with I am content Thou for my cupp a portion shalt maintaine To me the Lines a goodly share divided And praisd be God that me so well hath guided 3 My reines likewise instruct me in the night Before mine eyes the Lord still seemes to stand And sure I shall preserved be vpright Because the Lord remaines at my right-hand It glads my hart with joy my tongue now singeth And hopefull rest vnto my fleash it bringeth 4 For why my soul thou shalt not leave in hell Nor let thy holy-one corruption see But vnto me thy path of life reveal Which thither tends wher joies perfections be Ev'n thither where at thy right-hand attending Those plaesures are which never shal haue
David It expresseth confidence in God a longing to enioye the priveledges of his sanctuarie It vowes also to seek serve him desires Gods assistance exhort to faith perseverance c. It is vsefull for all Christians to these purposes GOd is my light my health mine Ayde My lifes defence whome should I fear When wicked foes my death assayd They tript fell ruinde were I therfor will nor faint nor fly Although an hoast beseigeth me If God will not this boone deny For which I 'le now a suiter be 2 Ev'n that he grace to me afford My life-time in his house to spend To vewe the beautie of the Lord. And in his Temple to attend For in his Tent when dangers threat In secret he should me enclose Vpon a Rock my footing set And raise my head above my foes 3 Then in God's house a Sacrifise Of praises I would also give Hear therfor Lord let my cries A gratious Answere now receive When thou dost bid me seek thy face Thy face I 'le seek my hart replies Reiect not therfor nor disgrace Thy Servant who on thee relies 4 Oh Lord who didst my soul preserve When me my parents did forsake Because of them who me observe Now plaine to me thy path-waies make Yea from the pleasure of my foes Protect me Lord for lo with lies False witnesses do me oppose And cruel words they do devise 5 That had I not beleef to see Gods grace within that land of blisse Where endles life shal granted be My soul had fainted long e're this Attend thou still vpon the Lord And faint thou not who e're thou art Attend I say vpon the Lord And he shall fortify thy hart It is an vnspeakable favour oh Lord to live where wee may peaceably assemble in thy house obtaine thy comfortable presence in thy blessed word Sacraments How many oh God! how many are deprived of this consolation And oh how long with how litle sense of our happines have wee enioyed this great blessing Grant vnto vs we beseech thee mere thanckfulnes lest thou iustlie withdrawe thy abused grace Give in due time this great Benifit to all who vnfainedlie desire it for thy glorie In the mean while vouchsafe them patience to sustaine their burthen without fainting let the hope of that which is prepared for thie saints in the Land of the living stir vp them vs to a faithfull performance of our whole dutie towards thee through the assistance of thy holy-spirit Amen Psa 28. A Psalme of David It craves Gods assistance imprecates his Iudgments against the wicked professeth assurance in the divine protection ascribes glorie powre thancks to the Almighty c. It may be vsed as a prayer protestation of our faith in persecution OH Lord My strength I crie to thee Give eare Silence do not keep Lest not vnlike to those I be Which downe descend into the deep Observe my Cries what I pray When to thine Arke my hands I rear With sinners pluck me not away Who speake of peace yet purpose warr 2 Give them what their ill deeds require As they deserve so them reward For their lew'd works pay them their hire Because thy works they nought regard Yea seeing they thy works despize Destroy them never to be raisd But hear my suite heed my cries And be thou Lord for ever praisd 3 For thou art Lord my sheild mine ayde My strength of whome I hopeful am Therof my hart is well apaid And of thy praise my Songs I frame Thy Christ thou alway shalt protect Thou art his rock sav'd by thee Thine heritage thine Elect Blest fedd magnifide shall be Immortal God so manie so great perills do alway threaten vs that we are still at the brinck of destruction vnles thou be gratious we shall soone be swallowed vp Hear vs therfor when we cal on thee in the Mediation of Iesus Christ gather vs not among Hypocrites or notorious Malefactors But when they shal receive their due reward who by a dissembled Vnitie trouble the peace of thy Church or dishonor thy Name by Atheisme or prophanes let vs reap the fructe of our hopes to our ioyfull exaltation among thine elect to the glorifieng of thy Mercie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 29. A Psalme of David It mistically expresseth the powre of Gods voice or evangelical word over all sorts of people in all places It may be vsed to praise God for having thereby according to this prophecie converted those who were naturally as obdurate as trees mountaines feilds brute-creatures AScribe yee Mightie to the Lord Ascribe al powre same Let him be in his house ador'd And honor yee his Name The Lord commandeth with his voice The seas greatest Floud And when the thunder makes a noise It is the voice of God 2 With powre the God of glorie speaks And awfull are his words His voice the strongest cedars breaks That Libanon affords Eu'n Libanon Shirion to He makes to start through feare As Vnicornes Bullocks do That yonge frightful are 3 God's voice between the flames doth flie God's voice the Desert shakes God's Voice doth adesh terrifie The Hinde it Calfeles makes Yea with his Voice the thickest grove To plainest veiwe he laies And in his Temple those things move All tongues to sing his praise 4 The Lord likewise doth in the Floud An endles rule possesse And blesseth al the Folke of God With fortitude peace Honor praise be given to thee oh Lord God for the powrful preaching of thy word let the sound of thie voice be still in our eares When we rage like a troubled sea let it calme vs UUhen we are like over-loftie Cedars let it humble vs when me are as vnmoveable as mountaines in our owne opinions let it shake vs when we are wanton like young Bullocks let it tame vs when we are as rude or barren as a wildernes let it civilize make vs fructful when we are pregnant with anie mischeef let it make our conceptions abortive when we are ensnared among the thick bushes of ignorance or worldlie Cares let it discover a passage out of error disentangle our harts from carnall affections that the whole world may be subiected vnto thee that we al tongues may praise magnifie thy Name for ever ever Amen Psa 30. A Psalm or song of the dedication of the house of David It seems a thancksgivinge for the resurrection of Christ whose true house or Temple was his Body It confesseth Gods gratiousnes mans weaknes c. We may vse it when arising from our sinns we resolve to dedicate our selves as tēples to the holy-ghost LOrd God thy praise I will declare For why thou me hast magnifide My foes insultings thou did'st bar And sav'dst me when for help I cride Yea from the dungeon the pit Thou keptst my soul
on him And no disgrace or shame or those cann fall For he in all their troubles helpeth them And hears the pore when he on him doth call God's Angell-gards round those that fear him be Encamped still to keep them from their Foes His greatnes and his goodnes tast see For all are blest who trust in him repose In him let all his Saints confine their fear For povertie from such resttained is Kept hungry oft the whelps of Lions are But they who fear the Lord no goodnes misse Let me from you yee babes attention gaine That I the fear of God to you may showe Mark also this all yee that would attaine Long life on earth happie daies to knowe No sland'rous tales envre your tongues to tell And let your lipps dissembling speach eschewe Of wicked words beware Vprightly deal Enquire our Peace after it persue Plac'd are Gods eyes vpon the Righteous race He to their cries an open ear doth lay Quite opposite to sinners is his face And from the land he rootes their name away Right willingly the Lord inclines his ear To hear save the righteous when they cry Sinn-wounded soules harts that broken are He never shunns but vnto such is nigh Though many greefs vpon the Godly fall The Lord will ev'ry one of them remove Vnbroke ev'n all his bones preserve he shall But sinn the death of sinful men shal prove Whoe so doth hate the Iust shall hated be For God his faithful servants wil redeem Yea all their soules from thral he setteth free And leaveth none that put their trust in him Psa 35. A Psalm of David It containes divers petitions prophetical Imprecations concerning the Adversaries of Christ of his members perticulerly mentioneth some of those misusages which he suffred by the Iewes c. We may properly sing it when we commemorate the Passion c. WIth such oh Lord as me oppose Vouchsafe to plead my right And pleased be to warr on those Who now against me fight Both sheild Buckler take in hand Rise for my help I pray Bring out the spear for me stand In my Persuers way 2 Say to my soul Thy health I am And bring to shameful wrack All those who seek my death or shame Yea sham'd repell them back Let them before God's Angel fly As chaff before the winde Let them before God's Angel fly Through paths vnsafe blinde 3 Since pitts they digg'd therein snares For me vniustly laid Let them be slaine at vn-awares In their owne trapps betraide Then Lord in thee my soul shal ioy Thy help my mirth shall be And all my bones oh Lord shal say That none cann equall thee 4 Thou sav'st thee pore men opprest From those that are too strong Thou free'st the pore who are destrest From such as do them wrong False witnesse rose charged me With words I never sayd And that my soul might spoiled be They Good with Ill repaide 5 Yet when great sicknes them opprest In sack-cloth cladd I mourn'd I fasted into my brest My prayers back return'd I greev'd for them as men bemone A Brother or a freind And sadly walk'd as when that one Bewailes his Mothers end 6 But when my greefs did me besett Their Merry-meetings were The baser sort in private mett And none did scofs forbear Yea at their Feasts in mock of me The Scorners gnash'd their teeth No longer Lord spectator be But save my soul from death 7 My Darling from the Lion save So thy great love oh Lord Where many folk their meetings have I 'le to thy praise record Oh! let not those who me despize Deride my pore estate Or lear on me with scornful eyes Whome they vniustly hate 8 They seek not Peace but Projects lay For them that peaceful be With gaping mouthes AH HA say they Our wish we now do see Thou saw'st it Therfor make no pawse Nor absent long abide But wake arise let my cause By thee Lord God be tri'de 9 Lord judge me in thy righteousnes That they deride not me And say in hart this Fall of his Is that which wee would see Oh! never give them cause to say We have devour'd him quite But shame root them out for aye That in my harme delight 10 Let them with shame scorne be cladd That have my soul deseas'd And let them trivmph be gladd Who in my cause are pleasd The Lord be prais'd let all men say That wish thy Servants Peace And with my tongue I 'le all the day Extol thy Righteousnes Oh blessed Redeemer let thy gratious assistance be alwaies readie to garde vs from the furious malice of our Foes And seeing their condition is not hidd from thee let thy iudgments be executed vpon all those who shall continue vnrepentant in their wickednes that thy Justice may be glorified as wel as thy Mercie Make vs also mindful oh Christ from what height of glorie thou didst voluntarilie humble thy self to what extream contempt thou wort abased how vnkindiie yea how despightfully handled even by those for whose Redemption thou wert pleased to descend And by thy example teach vs to be humble patient charitable in our suffrings that bearing thy crosse imitating thy virtues we may be pertakers of thy exaltation who livest raignest world without end Amen Psa 36. To the cheef Musitian a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. It mentions the impiety corruptions of the wicked It declareth also the infinite Love mercie sweetnes Iustice of God c. It may be sung to bring to consideration God's goodnes whē the over-flowings of vngodlines circumvent vs MY hart within me sayes That Sinners fear not God And their self-pleasing course displaies Their hatefull guilt abrode Their words are wicked wiles Nor wise nor just are they Vpon their bedds they study Guiles And cursed is their way 2 The heav'ns thy Mercy fills Thy Truth doth reach the skye Thy justice Lord or'e-topps the hills And deep thy judgments lie Thou sav'st both man beast For Lord thy grace excells And vnderneath thy wings in rest Man-kinde securely dwells 3 With daineties of thy house They shall replenish'd be And streames of blisse they shall carowse For Life doth flowe from thee Thy light is Lord our light Therfore where thou art knowne Prolong thy grace that men vpright May make thy works their owne 4 Let not the foot of pride Oppose or hinder me Nor let me be remoov'd aside By hands that wicked be For thence the overthrowe Of Sinners first begann And when they fell they fell so lowe That rise they never cann UUee confesse oh Lord that by the corruption still remaining in our owne harts we are plainlie informed how Sinn being first conceived in thought will at last break forth into publike Act if thy great Mercie prevent not Uouch safe vs therfor not onlie thy common grace which thou spreadest over all but be pleased also
to displaie over vs the wings of thy special Mercies that being nourished in thy house with spiritual Banquets such as thy word thy Sacraments the Illuminations of thy Spirit we may escape the falling into those offēces from which there is no risingagaine Let thy Saving-grace be extended also to those who yet know thee not to the multiplieng of thy Elect through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 37. A Psalm of David It proposeth many counsells experimental Arguments to move vs not to be offended at the Prosperitie of world-lings to persuade a patient perseverance in well-doeng c. It is vsefull to keep vs contented with our estates hopefull in all temptations afslictions c. AT Sinners take thou no offence Nor vex thy self at such as they For they shall soone be swept from hence And like the grasse consume a way Beleeve in God live vpright So where thou dwell'st thou shalt be fedd And if in him thou take delight Of all thy hopes thou shalt be spedd Commit thou to the Lord thy way Trust him all shall well be done Thy Iustice shall out-shine the day Thy judgment passe the sunn at noone Delight in God his leasure bide And fret thou not that others thrive But thy displeasure lay aside Lest thou offence by vexing give Expect awhile thou shalt see The wicked fall men vpright Possessors of the land to be When Sinners dwellings vanish quite For meek-men shall possesse the land And peace enioy at full therein Though wicked men do them withstand Conspire gnash their teeth grinn God sees mocks the Sinners end His Blade in vaine he drawes to smite He shall his Bowe as vainely bend To slay the pore men vpright His Blade ev'n his owne hart shall gore His bowe shall breake and that small share The Right'ous hath shall profit more Then all their heaps that wicked are It shall be soe because the Lord Who breaks their arme that are vniust To Godlie-men will healps afford Which never shall deceive their trust Knowne to the Lord are all their waies Their heritage will alwaies last They shall not feare in ev'll-daies Nor emptie be when others Fast Lewd men they who parte have tooke Against the Lord shall then become Like fatt of Lambes or like the smoke Which melts or quite away doth fume Much borrowe those but never pay The Righteous lends mercie shewes Where he doth blesse right blest are they Where he doth curse a curse ensues No course he takes but God will guide His feet in his waye delight He falls not quite although he slide Because God holds him still vpright Olde-age youth I now have seene Yet saw no Iust-man or his seed Forlorne or begg For they have beene So kinde that they finde healp at need Proceed thou in this way therfore Depart from Sinn tread virtues path That thou maist live for ever more For God in Iudgment pleasure hath Quite roots he out the Sinners race But still his saints preserved are The Land they fully shall possesse And safelie dwell for ever there Right fitt for they discreetly talke The Lawe of God they ponder still And in their waies directly walke Though Sinners wait their life to spill Still therfor God will them defend And clear them when araign'd they be If thou likewise on him attend God in the Land will prosper thee The Sinners fall thine eye shall veiwe For I have seene them like the Bay Spread wide and make a goodlie shewe Then suddenly consume away Veiwe thou the Iust Observe them all For peace their later daies attends But wicked men togither fall And mischeef brings them to their ends Which comes to passe because the Iust The Lord at need their helper have For they in him do put their trust And them from Sinners he doth save Almightie God! make vs contented with our portion without medling in what appertaines to others Let not the prosperitie of the wicked cause vs to be envious fretfull or discouraged considering the ficklenes perill of their estate But give vs grace to be rather carefull that we discharge our owne duties Make vs faithfull chearfull patient meek charitable prudent diligent constant in the wayes of well-doeng that so we may be delivered from despaires scornes slanders conspiracies persecutions wants all other temporal disadvantages of this life be iustified in sight of the whole world at the Resurrection where it will be evident that the florishings of the wicked were never worth our envie that according to thy word the later end of the Righteous is the beginning of Blessednes for ever more Amē Psa 38. A Psalme of David to bring to Remembrance It is a penitentiall Psalme emploring the pacification of God's wrath expressing our natural miseries corruptions c. It is vsefull when we feel the guilt punishment of Sinn with a true repentance harty desire of pardon e. LOrd chide not when thou wroth shalt be Nor in thy rage my sinn chastise For deep thy shafts do stick in me And strict thy hand vpon me lies Paines in my flesh thy frownes have bredd My faults have rob'd my bones of rest My flouds of Sinn have drown'd my head And by their waight I am opprest 2 My wounds corrupt foule they growe My Crimes have causd that thus I fare With sorrowes I am pressed lowe And all day long my mournings are My Raines are grip'd sore deseas'd Throughout my body I am sore A wastinge-greef on me hath ceas'd And paind at hart aloud I roare 3 Oh Lord thou know'st what things I want My mournings are not hidd from thee My strength decayes my hart doth pant Mine eye-sight also faileth me My friends kindred shunn my greef My lovers hide themselves away And they who seek to take my life Close-engines to ensnare me lay 4 Yea they who for my harme awaite Speake words that full of mischeef are Yet how al day they muze deceit I hearing will not seeme to hear Nay I have stood as mute as he Whose tongue is partcht whose throte is dry Whose eares depriv'd of hearing be And in whose mouth is no replie 5 For I oh Lord on thee relie And answere I expect from thee Oh! therfor now attend my crie Lest els my foes insult on me For if my foote but slip aside They in my fall them selves delight My feet alas are prone to slide And still my greefs are in my sight 6 Beholde for my offence I greeve And my transgressions I bewaile Yet still my foes encrease live Yea still my causles-foes prevaile Moreover they who render ill For doeng well have mee with stood And borne me hate for my good-will Because I love the thing that 's good 7 Lord go not far therfore from hence From me my God! depart not farr But make thou speed in my defence Because from thee my succours are Most
Foes acknowledging Gods regard of her suffrings professing assurance in him promising to be thanckfull c. It is vsefull to those ends c. HAve Mercie Lord for man hath sought To swallowe vp mischeeve mee My Foes with mee have daylie fought And Lord most high they many bee Thou art my hope when doubts arise Thy word hath brought me comforts to On thee alone my hart relies And fearles is what Flesh cann do 2 They wrest my words Lord ev'rie day To worke me harme they still devise They meet vnseene they mark my way And how they might my Soul surprise Therfore in thy just wrath oh God! Correct them for this Crime of theirs And as thou dost my Faults record Recorde botle vp my teares 3 For thou wilt save me Lord I knowe When thee I seek my Foes flie back Thy promise makes mee joyfull growe And of thy word my songs I make My trust oh God! is all in thee And of man's powre I fearles am Thy vowes are all perform'd on mee And I will praise thee for the same 4 For thou hast freed my Soul from death From falls thou dost my footing stay To walke by thee within that Path Which leads to Life a lightsome way Oh thou faithfull preserver of all who put their trust in thee Our visible invisible Adversaries do continually seek the destruction of our soules bodies by many secret mischeevous devises But our trust being placed vpon thee wee need not fear the malice of any Adversarie Grant vs grace therfore so to depend on thy promises so to lament our errors with teares of true Repentance that as our enimies mark our wayes to entrap vs wee our selves may mark them to prevent ensnarings that thou observing their hatred our penitence mayst cause vs to walke ioyfully in the way of eternal life through Iesus Christ Amen Psal 57. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith A Psalm of David when he fledd from Saul in the Cave It mystically expressed the Iewes persecutinge Christ even vnto his Grave wee that are his members partake in his suffrings may sing it to declare our iniuries to pray praise God for deliverances c. LOrd grant oh grant me thy compassion For I in thee my trust have placed Display thy wings for my Salvation Vntill my greefs are over-passed To thee I sue oh God most high To thee that canst all want supplie 2 From their despights who seek to rend mee Let help oh Lord from heav'n be daigned And let thy Truth Love defend me For I with Lions am detained With men inflam'd whose biting words Are shafts spears naked swords 3 Let over heav'n God's praise be reared And through the world his glorie showed For they who netts for mee prepared They who my soul to ground had bowed Ev'n they with in those trapps are caught Which for my fall their hāds had wrought Selah 4 Oh God! my hart now ready maketh My hart is for thy praise preparing My Tongue my Harpe my Lute awaketh And I my selfe betimes vprearing Will speake sing in praise of thee Where greatest throngs of people be 5 For Lord thy Mercies forth are stretched As farr as are the Sphears extended Thy Truth vnto the Clouds hath reached And thou thy self art high ascended Let still thy Fame praise oh God! Through heav'n earth be spread abrode Oh Lord to whome Mercy belongeth have mercy vpon vs let the Wings of thy protection be gratiously spread over vs vntill the Stormes of this life be overpast For so great so manyfold are those dangers those Miseries wherewith wee are alwaies enclosed by spirituall temporal foes that they have brought our bodies to the Grave our seules near vnto Hell Oh! let thy Truth Love defend vs from our Lion-like persecuters that our Harts being timely cheared our Thoughts Words Actions may harmoniously agree in manifesting thy praises And seeing thy holy Spirit hath plainely declared the Vniversality of thy proffered Grace let not vs presume to sett Limmits there vnto but publish thy glorie as vniversaly as thou hast extended thy Mercies through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 58. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith Michtam of David It reprehends characters that Serpentine generation whoe are obstinate enimies to the Gospell of Christ prophecies illustrates their destruction c. It is vsefull to encourage vs against their malice c. YEe congregation said yee right Yee Mortalls are your Doomes vpright No for you muse on works of Sinn Your hands with mischeevs filled are You from your Births vntoward were And from the wombe have liers binn 1 Your poyson like the serpents flowes Deaf-Adder-like your eares you close Though powrfull Charmes are wisely sung Oh God! their mouthes of teeth disarme And that their Fangs may do no harme Make tootheles Lord the Lion's young 3 Like sudden Flouds their furie slale When they would shoot their arrowes breake Yea make them quite consume away Like snailes consume them from the earth Or els like some vntimely birth Destroy them er'e they see the day 4 Before wee feel them prick or burne Them whirle-winde-like Lord overturne And sweep them hence in wrath alive Which Vengance when the Righteous vewe And vewing Sinn receive her due They joyfull thancks to thee shall give 5 Yea they shall trample on their bloud Who have bene Foes to doeng good And ev'rie man shall say see That Righteous men shall have their meed And that there is a God indeed By whome the world shall iudged be Keep vs oh Lord from having fellowship in the Congregations of those who are perverted in their Iudgment mischeevous in their Conversation Draf to good Instructions Obstinate in their heresies willfull continuers in all their natural Corruptions Deliver us from their malice Breake their Instruments of mischeef and let their deserved confusion fall suddenly vpon them That the Faithfull Congregation may vewe it that all men may see confesse thee to be the Righteous Iudge of the world the rewarder of all those who put their trust in thee Amen Psa 59. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith Michtam a Psalm of David when Saul sent they watched the house to kill him It cheefly prophecied the Iewes dogged crueltie to Christ that they should be preserved to wander in a vagabond Condition as wee see at this day for an example to others c. It serves to warne vs that wee resist not God's grace once offred c. MY God protect mee from my Foes From them who strive with mee From Sinners gard mee from those That bloodie-minded be For loe the mightie do combine They waite my soul to teare And without cause or fault of mine With speed there to prepare 2 Lord God of Hoasts Isr'el wake To heed succour mee The Gentiles Curbe vengance take Where sinns malitious be Selah At
night like Doggs they Bawling come They round the Cittie goe And slanders ranck threatnings from Their Mouthes lipps do flowe 3 For why say they none hears the same But God shall them detect The Gentiles also to defame His ayde I will expect For God 's my strength God healpeth mee Preventing grace bestowes And what my hart requires to see Inflicts vpon my Foes 4 Oh Lord our help disperse with shame Disperse them by thy powre But lest my Folke forget the same Them doe not quite devoure Vntill their tongue all words of spight And falshood vttred hath And when their pride is at the height Consume them in thy wrath 5 Yea Lord consume them vtterlie Till notise they obtaine That God throughout eternitie Doth over Iacob raigne Selah At night vnto the Cittie wall Like doggs they shall retreat Without it they shal bark bawle And whine for want of meat 6 But in the Morne aloud I 'le sing Both of thy powre grace And speake what succours thou didst bring When sore destrest I was Ev'n vnto thee oh God my powre My praise-full song shall be For thou art my defensive Towre And gratious vnto mee Iust Avenger of all malitious iniuries According to thy promises thou hast subiected the Gentiles to thy Sonns Dominion scattred the Iewes with a Cain like marke preventing their vtter extirpation that so their vagabond life may be a perpetuall memoriall both of their crueltie of our Savious Passion Let all those who shall make themselves partakers of their malitious heresie without repentance be partners in their punishment and let them hunt through the earth in error bawling like doggs without the walls of thy new Ierusalē for an example to all Ages But let so many of them as have bene misseled by ignorance only without willfull malice oh let them returne from their obstinacie in the Evening of their life or of this world let them hunger thirst after the true Messiah that in the Morning of their our Resurrection we may altogether praise glorifie thy holy Name Amen Psa 60. To the cheef Musitian vpon Shushan Eduth Michtam of David to teach when he strove with Aram Naharaym with Aram Zobath when Ioab returned slew of Edom in the salt vallie 12000. It bemoanes the present calamitie mitigates it by remembring God's promises Desires his conduct professeth Assurance in him It is vsefull to encourage those who fight vnder God's banner c. OH God! wee are despis'd of thee And in thy wrath dispersed be But now returne to vs againe Thou smot'st our land Loe it quakes Oh! stopp the breach for still it shakes And many cares thy folk sustaine 2 A giddie wine thou mad'st vs drink Yet they that feare thee do not shrinck They Truths displaied Flagg to beare Selah Oh! that thy Darling safe may be Let thy Right-hand or'e shaddow mee And bowe thou downe to me thine ear 3 Then as God's holy-voice declar'd All Shechem shall by mee be shar'd I 'le Succhoth Dale by Line receive I 'le Gilead Manasseth take Mount Eph'rim I my gard will make In Iudah I my law will give 4 My servile worke shall Moab doe O're Edom I will fling my shoe And Palestine of mee shall boast For who to Edom is my Guide Or to the Cittie fortifide But God that had forsook our Hoast 5 That Lord who did our Hoast forsake Shall of our greefs an ending make For man's vaine help wee do contemn Through God wee valiant Acts have done Our Foes by him shall downe be throwne And Hee shall set his feet on them Notwithstanding our many outward Afflictions make vs appeare as reprobates in the worlds opinion though by reason of our sinns wee our selves are sometime half afraids that thou oh God hast for saken despized vs yet havinge among vs the Ensigne of Truth as a testimonie of thy favour wee beleeve that thy spirituall kingdome shall be continued with vs be established in those places also which are not yet of thy visible Church Fulfill oh Lord our hopes herein that wee may break through the fortifications of the mistical Babilon that thy Spirituall Armies may be victorious through the conduct of our Lord Captaine Iesus Christ Amen Psa 61. To the cheef Musitian a psalme of David It desireth God's assistance confesseth former protections promiseth future trust in him It containes also a prediction of Christs kingdome a petition for Grace and a vowe of thanckefulnes To these ends it may be vsed LOrd let my plaint attention move When greev'd at hart I lie And lead mee to the Rock above When from Earth's ends I crie For as a Cittie fortifide From foes thou gardest mee Within thy Tent still safe I bide Thy Wings my Cov'ring bee Selah 2 Thou hear'dst my vowes gav'st mee shares With such as fear thy Name And spar'dst the king till hee in yeares An aged man became Oh! let thy Truth Mercie Lord Preserve him still by thee That still thy praise I may record And pay my vowes to thee Hear our Prayers oh Lord let our cries come vnto thee So firmlie establish vs on that Rock whereon thy Church is founded that it may be our Bullwork of defense in all dangers Cover vs with the wings of thy Mercie Succour vs in thy Tent be gratious vnto vs from what place or in whatsoever affliction wee call vpon thee That so having an outward portion among those who professe thee performing those vowes which wee made vnto thee in our Baptisme wee may be continued in thy favour vntil we shal be admitted into thy triumphant Church enioy life eternall with Christ Iesus Amen Psa 62. To the Cheef Musitian to Iduthun a Psalm of David It professeth trust in God threatens Characters out Antichrist his Members Exhorts to faith in Christ declares the vanitie of man of all tēporall assistances e. It may be sung to encrease Piety Faith Hope the contempt of temporall Vanities c. STill wait thou oh my Soul on God For he my helpe doth prove My Rock my Garde my Safe-abode Whence none cann mee remove Those therfor who conspire my fall His Blade shall root from hence And shake them like a rotten wall Or like a broken fence 2 They seek my shame They lies commend And hate when faire they speake Selah My Soul therfore on God attend Thy hope him only make For God my strength my healp my sort From harme will succour mee My praise my garde my firme support And my sole trust is hee 3 In God yee people alwaies hope To him your harts declare For he will prove a certaine propp When men deceitfull are Selah Men high lowe are lesse in weight Then things that are most vile Trust not therfore nor take delight In wealth in wrongs or guile 4 For once God said oft I heard That God both strong
kinde On all men will bestowe reward As he desert shall finde Grant oh Lord that wee may alway so patientlie attend on thee that persecutors falseteachers and all they who seek our fall or dishonour may be quite subverted or converted Make vs ever mindfull how strong a supporter thou art vnto all those who put their trust in thee how iust a rewarder of every one according to his deserving Seeing also wee cann have no safe assurance in the best men nor in the best outward meanes without thy speciall Assistance let vs never depend vpon them much lesse seek to be secured or to profit our selves by fraudulent or wicked practises But endeavoring rather to fulfill all righteousnes for thy sake and making our petitions to thee only at vs depend wholie on thy protection for ever and ever Amen Psa 63. A Psalm of David when he was in the wildernes of Iudah It may be sung by those who are afflicted in the wildernes of this life hungring thirsting after righteousnes It expresseth their longing to be pertakers of the publike worship who are debarred from the same may be vsed also by them c. OH God! my God thou allwaies art For thee betimes I seeking pant With longing soul thirsting hart Ev'n as the land which raine doth want Yea Lord my soul doth long full sore Thy powre glorie to behold As I have seene them heretofore Ev'n in thy holie-place of olde 2 For why thy love doth life surpasse And I therfore will sing thy praise Thy Name I 'le all my lifetime blesse And vnto thee my hands I 'le raise For when I minde thee on my bed And muze upon thee in the Night It fills me as with marrowe fedd And I with ioye thy praise recite 3 Since me thou healp'st in my destresse Beneath thy wings I gladd remaine My Soul to thee doth closelie presse And thy Righthand shall mee sustaine But they shal to their grave descend Whose purpose is my soul to slay The Sword shall bring them to their end And they shall be the foxes prey 4 The king they who swear in truth By God's great Name in God shall ioy But he shall stop the liers mouth And ev'rie perjur'd soul destroy Cause vs to seeke thee timely oh Lord our God and when wee are wandring in the deserts of this life let vs hunger and thyrst after thee and thy righteousnes that wee may be satisfied according to thy promise Let our muzings be vpon thee both in the night of our Afflictions and vpon the bedd of our prosperities Let the contemplation of thy powre and glorie fill vs as with marrowe and fatnes Let thy Love be pretious vnto vs yea more pretious vnto vs then our lives Let the wings of thy Mercy and the powre of thine Arme so shaddowe and protect vs that both our Lionlike foxlike Adversaries being destroied and the mouth of all vnrighteousnes being stopped VVee and thy whole Church may reioice in thy Salvatoon for ever and ever Amen Psa 64. To the Cheef Musitian a Psalme of David It prophecies the Iewish malice against the Messiah at his passon and that accordinge to their owne imprecation the avengment of his bloud should be vpon them and their children c. It serves to minde vs what manner of foes wee have and for what assistance wee may hope c. LOrd hear my voice me acquite From terrors of the foe And from their plotts feirce despight That mischeefe seek to doe For they like swords their tongues prepare With words like arrowes keen They shoote the righteous without fear With quicknes vnseene 2 Themselves in Mischeefe strong they make Their plotts they thinck vnspide And search how that effect may take Which in their harts they hide But God shall wound them with a shaft Before they be aware So they shall fall by their owne craft And their owne sentence beare 3 Thereat beholders all shall flie And ev'rie man with feare The works of God shall magnifie And ponder what they are The righteous also with delight On God their hope shall build And they that are in hart vpright Shall with true joie be filld Oh Lord wee have so manie visible and invissble Adversaries secretly and continually plotting our destruction that our Soules are afflicted with great terror Some by whispering of slanders or by privie conspiracies seek to endanger our bodies Others by hidinge false Doctrines vnder appearances of Truth or masks of pietie or els by insinuating carnall or spirituall wickednesses before wee be aware deeplie wound our Consciences and very dangerously peirce our Soules with venemous arrowes Oh God! break and quench these fierie darts of Sathan Deliver vs from their cunninge Proiects shoot back their arrowes into their owne bosomes and let their predictions be fulfilled on themselves But grant that wee may still depend on thee that being delivered from all our terrors wee may serve thee in holines righteousnes all the daies of our life Amen Psa 65. To the Cheef Musitian a Psalme song of David It acknowledgeth God's manifold benifits First those which are peculier to the Elect then his Universall providence over all his Creatures c. Wee should sing it to those ends c. IN Syon Lord thine honor lies There vowes to thee are brought Ev'n there thou answer'st all mens cries And of all Flesh art sought Though many sinns do me oppresse From them thou purgest mee For thou thy Chosen-one dost blesse And bringst him near to thee 2 Within thy courts holie-place His dwelling he doth gaine Ev'n there where wee shall of thy grace Our wished fill obtaine Thou in thy Iustice dreadfull art Yet in thy grace wee stand And thou the hope of all men art That live on sea or land 3 Girt round with powre thy Vigor laies A ground-work for the hills The noise of seas Flouds it staies The peoples rage it stills Thy signes remotest Clymates feare Thee daye night they praise Their Lands to visite thou hast care And rich encrease it paies 4 To water all their furrowes there Thy River overflowes To feed them corne thou dost prepare And blessest that which growes Thou Crown'st the year with plentiousnes And fat thy paths are made It dropps vpon the wildernes And makes the mountaines glad 5 Faire flocks their fruitfull meads adorne Their vallies freshlie springe And are so filld with cropps of Corne That they do laugh sing In thy visible Church oh Father of Mercie thine honour thy Grace are most evident Nevertheles thy Mercie is not so confined but that thy Church invisibly extends it self into everie corner of the earth yea thy overflowing River makes vp thy harvest even in those deserts where wee behold no fertilitie there thou havinge regard as well to the soul as the bodic visitest them not only with temporal but with spiritual Blessings For which thy great providence mercie wee blesse
back my Folk as once frō thēce they came That thou maist wash thy feet in thy foes bloud And that thy dogs may come lick the same For they oh God my king thy goengs heeded They saw how in thy house thou hast proceeded 9 The singers first the minstrells next had place With whom the maids on timbrels plaieng wēt And then the Choire of Isr'els blessed race Did all in one to praise the Lord concent There went young Beniamin's Iudah's Guiders And Zabulon's Nepthalies Providers Oh Lord whoe bid'st that we should courage take Cōfirm thi work which thou for vs hast wrought At Salem then and for thy Temple sake To thee by kings shal guifts of price be brouht Their brutish troupes that armes do love to carrie Rebuke disperse make them tributarie 11 Then Egipts kings will seek vnto the Lord And Chush will then to God advance her hands His praise therfore yee kingdomes all record And sing aloud his praises all yee Lands For whē he rides the sphears his horse he maketh And lo his voice is thunder when he speaketh 12 All powre praise ascribe to God alone For his renowne is through all Isr'ell spread God is in heav'n the great Almighty-one And in his holy-place is full of dread His peoples powre by God is much encreased By Isr'els God let him therefore he blessed Eternal Sonn of God who art ascended vnto the right-hand of thy Father shalt come againe with maiestie to be our Vniversall Iudge Deliver vs from the thraldome of Sinn by the powre of thy Righteousnes And though wee have yet our conversations among Dragons in defiled habitions make us innocent as Doves as vnpoluted as the mountaine snowe Encrease the meanes of publishing thy Gospel and preserve Vnitie order good discipline in thy Church that the comelines thereof may allure all beholders to desire fellowship in thy Congregation that hereticks hirelings contentious persons may be reprooved reformed or cutt of that they who are yet without may be received into the Covenant that wee who are admitted may be confirmed without waveringe that the God head may be feared praised blessed now for ever more Amen Psa 69. To the cheef Musitian Shosannim a Psalme of David It personates Christ taking vpon him our sinns infirmities humbling himself before his Father declaring the Condition of his Adversaries shewing the bitternes of his passion signifieng the iudgments prepared for Sinners prayeng for his Elect c. Christs members may vse it to those purposes HEalp Lord for Flouds enclose my Soul In groundles depths I am bemir'd Above my head great waters rowle My parched throate with cries is tir'de Mine eyes are dim'd in seeking thee Moe then my haires my Foes are growne My spoilers are too strong for me And take as theirs what is mine owne 2 Thou knowest how I am too blame But for my sake let none of those Lord God of Isr'el suffer blame Who do in thee their trust repose For I sustaine reprochfull scorne And am disgraced for thy sake My brethren of my mother borne Of mee likewise a stranger make 3 Zeal to thy house hath worne mee out Thy scorners my reprochers be My Fastings my teares they flout And when I mourne they laugh at mee Of mee the Rulers evill spake The Drunckerds made of mee their songs But Lord my moane I timelie make In Mercie mark therefore my wrongs 4 Mee by thy Truth 's protection keep That miry-depths nor spightfull-foes Devouring-Flouds nor whirl-pooles deep Nor Dungeons Mouth my soul enclose But Lord of thy abounding grace For thy Love-sake returne hear To mee thy servant shew thy face And in my need incline thine ear 5 Drawe nigh save sett thou free My soul from those who bear me spight For all my wrongs are knowne to thee And all my Foes are in thy sight Rebukes scornes my hart nigh broke With greefs opprest I made my mone But where I did for pittie looke They would alas afford me none 6 They for my meat did gall prepare Sharp Vineger to quench my thirst Their Bourd therfore shall them ensnare And Blessings be to them accurst Their eye shall be depriv'd of sight A cure-les greef their back shall shake God's heavie wrath shall on them light His Vengance them shall overtake 7 None shall in their abiding-place Or in their Tent be dwelling found For whome thou smot'st those they did chase And greeved him whome thou didst wound More sinnfull still they shall become And in God's Iustice have no share Nor in that book of life have roome Wherein the Iust enrowled are 8 But I that pore scorned am Shall by thyne ayde oh Lord be raisd For which I 'le magnify thy Name And in my songs thou shalt be praisd And that oh Lord more pleases thee Then horn'd hoofed Oxe to give Which when the Meek thee seeking see It shall with ioye their hart revive 9 God's praise yee heav'ns earth declare Him praise thou sea all in thee For to the pore he lends his ear And hee doth sett the pris'ner free He Syon saves in time of need And Iudah's Townes he will erect To be for those for their seed Who serving him his Name affect Oh Lambe of God! which takest away the sinns of the world have mercie vpon vs. Thou that hast taken on thee our sinns felt our infirmities suffred all which wee deserved have mercie vpon vs. Thou who for our salvation didest bear the vnkindnesses of kindred familiers the reproches of Neighbours the scornes oppressions of strangers the reproofs of Magistrates the contempt of the basest people have mercy vpon vs. Thou who for cursakes hast endured insufferable torments of the bodie the vnspeakable agonies of the soul tasted the gall vineger of everie bitter passion have mercie vpon vs. Deliver us from them who seek to crucifie thee againe in thy members Raise us by thy Resurrection whome thou hast redeemed by thy passiō Glorifie us by thy Ascentiō in life eternall whome thou hast secured frō Damnation by thy Death Buriall And for that which thou hast done prepared for thine Elect let heaven earth praise thee world without end Amen Psa 70. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme of David to bring to Remembrance The Church praies for deliverance from her persecutors prophetically imprecates their confusion desires the prosperitie of the Godlie c. It may be sung when oppressors insult over vs. c. DEferr not Lord thy succours longe But bring my Foes to shame Ev'n those who plott my soul to wronge Bring back with losse blame On them who skoffe flout at mee Bestowe the Scorners hire But make them glad ioye in thee Who after thee enquire 2 Still God be prais'd let all men say Who on his ayde relie And make oh Lord no more delay For in great want am
still And much provokd the wrath of God most high By tempting him their lustings to fulfil And craving flesh their longings to supplie For with distrust they ask'd if God were able In that wilde place to furnish out a table 7 Springs flowd indeed sed they when rocks he smot But can he bread flesh as wel provide Which when God heard with Iacob he was hot And in his wrath he did with Isr'el chide Because no faith to his firm promise giving They stil remain'd in trustles vnbeleeving 8 He naitheles the gates of heav'n vnclos'd And made the clouds raine Manna for their meat The bread of heav'n among them he dispos'd And Angells food vnworthy men did eat A wind South-East-by East he then ordained And flesh as dust foules as sand it rained 9 These fild ther camp fluttred round their tēts Til they were cloid with what their lust persu'd Yet none of them his fleshlie minde repents which God avengd ev'n whē the meat thei chewd For his feirce wrath on Isr'el down he poured And of their cheefs the fattest he devoured 10 Yet sin'd they stil set his works at naught For which their time he wasted out in vaine Afflicting them til after him they sought And then in shew they did repent againe Yea then his powre to bear in mind they seemed And said he was the God that them redeemed 11 In which altho he knew their flattring mouth And lieng tōgues did nought but falshood speak Tho him their hart affected not in truth And tho they stil his holy League did break Of his meer grace he naitheles forgave them And from his wrath ev'n he himself did save thē 12 For them to be but flesh in minde he bare And gone like windes which never shal retire That they perverse eu'n in the Deserts were Yea that ev'n there they much incens'd his yre Provoking him by false fain'd repenting The holy-one of Isr'el discontenting 13 Nor on his powre nor on those daies they thought Wherin he from their foes did set them free They minded not the signes in Egipt wrought Nor those which they in Zoan feilds did see How he with bloud the wholsom springs distasted How them with flies of divers kinds he wasted 14 How he with frogs their stubborn foes anoyd How their encrease the Caterpillers pild How then the Locust al their fruits enioy'd Nor how the frost their vines destroid kild Nor how cold haile burning bolts of thunder Did slay their flocks break their trees asunder 15 For he did hurl on them his furious wrath To them both fears harmful-sprites he sent Vnto their deaths his rage did make a path And then to wrack both men cattel went He of their lives their eldest-born bereaved Through Egipt-land where C ham his lot receaved 16 Then like a flock his people forth he led Through places wilde cōducting thē like sheep He kept them safe without all cause of dread Whil'st he their foes o'rewhelmed in the deep And also gave when al this grace was done them That holy hill which his right-hand had won thē 17 Before their face the gentiles thēce he took And what was theirs to Isr'el gave by lot Yet stil almighty God they did provoke And his commands they still regarded not But being like their Fathers double-harted Like broken bowes from him aside they started 18 The Lord was wroth Iealous when he saw Their Images their hill-alters rear'd And ther-vpon from Isr'el did with drawe His former love so incens'd appear'd That of his place among them he repented And left his Tent in Siloh vnfrequented 19 By thraldom then he took way their powr He gave their strength glorie to their foe He caus'd the sword his people to devour And with his Land exceeding wroth did grow Consuming heat their yongmens vigor tired Their maides by none in wedlock were desired 20 Then by the sword his preists away he took Whome to bewaile the widdows were not spar'd But lo the Lord from sleeping then awook As when with wine a mighty man is chear'd Their hinder parts with secret-sores he wounded And al his foes with lasting shame confounded 21 Then he the Tent of Ioseph did refuse And Ephr'ims tent he did likewise reiect But Iudah's tribe it pleased him to chuse Ev'n Syon hill which he did best affect And there aloft he rais'd his habitation To be as firm as is the Earth's foundation 22 He from the flocks his servant David chose Frō bigwombd ewes from attending sheep His heritage to him he did dispose And Iacob's flock Isr'els heards to keep So with pure thoughts discreetly thē he guided And food for them sincerely he provided O Lord God! we have often bitterly censured the Iewes not considering that their storie is a Problem mistically decipheringe our condition Or that wee like David by Nathan's parable are therby made Iudges condemners of our selves If we overlooke the course of our lives we shal finde verified in our owne persons all those things which are mentioned of that People VVe have the like Covenant of grace wee have had miraculous deliverances both temporal spiritual some of us have tempted him as long longer in this wildernes of our Pilgrimage Our murmurings despairings longings yea our frowardnes infidelity hath bene as much as theirs VVe have had as many several pardons to winn us as many enterchanges of prosperity Adversitie to reform us have had them also for our examples yet are as disobedient as negligent as they Oh Good God lay not this to our Charge but grant we may so apply what thou hast left written of them for our warning that the fear of thy Iudgments the love of thy Mercies may reclaime us and that our great Sheapherd ev'n the true David Iesus Christ may guide us out of our wandrings bring us out of this wildernes into his eternal Rest Amen Psa 79. A Psalm for Asaph It is vsefull for any perticuler Church when it is tirannised over by Turks hereticks or such like members of Antichrist For the Church of Christ whose persecutions martirdomes were prefigured by those which fell on Ierusalem is here personated prayeng expressing her suffrings c. VPon thine heritage oh God! The Gentiles Ryots de commit Within thy Temple they have trod And wasted prophaned it The bodies of thy saints bestrowe The feilds about Ierusalem Their blood ev'n in the streets doth flowe And birds beasts do feed onthem 2 Their bones without a grave remaine And all our neighbours vs defame Oh Lord how long shal wee sustaine Thy burning rage thy iealous flame Let thy incensed wrath be pour'd On heathen lands that knowe not thee For they thy Iacob have devour'd And quite consum'd his dwellings be 3 Remember not our follies past Oh God! from whome our help doth flowe But thy sweet grace Lord let vs tast For
Selah Thine anger thou hast quite appeas'd And thy just wrath for borne Oh Lord of Hoasts now thou art pleas'd Let vs to thee returne 2 For why shouldst thou still wroth remaine And vexed rather be Then chear thy people's harts againe That they may joy in thee To save vs Lord thy favour showe And let vs hear in peace Thy word among vs preached soe That wee from sinn may cease 3 Then shall thy saving-health abide Near those who fear thy Name And in our Land shall still reside Thy glories thy fame Then Truth Love shall meet kisse And Iustice Peace embrace Yea Truth on earth Righteousnes From heav'n shal shew her face 4 The Lord with ev'rie needfull store Shall make our Kingdome flowe And send his Righteousnes before That wee his way may know Oh Lord wee acknowledge that from tyme to tyme thou hast bene exceeding gratious to thy whole Church to this parte thereof in perticuler For when thy Blessings made us wanton thou didst alwaies humble us by thy fatherly corrections when thou hadst worthilie afflicted us according as thy wisdome sawe cōvenient thou didst ever mercifully comfort restore us againe to thy favour Continue oh God wee pray thee this thy gratious respect vnto our infirmities grant wee may so repent of our sinns so vnfainedly professe thy Truth so diligently practise the works of righteousnes that Honestie Religeon Faith Good-works may inseperably be vnited in every one of vs that the abundance of thy temporal spiritual blessings may be powred forth on this Kingdome on thy whole Church for ever ever Amen Psa 86. A prayer of David It personates Christ in his humiliation prayeng in the behalfe of his mystical body for several necessities thereof intermixing some vowes of praise acknowledgments of Gods Attributes c. It is an vsefull forme of prayer in many temptations afflictions LOrd hear me for great wants I have My soules defender be My God! thy Saint servant save Who puts his trust in thee That thou thy grace to me afford My daylie crie requires Thy servants hart revive oh Lord Which vp to thee aspires 2 For thou good Lord soone pard'nest all Who seek thy grace to finde Oh! hear me now to thee I call And bear my suite in minde My dangers I to thee will show That thou mayst healp assigne For there is no such God as thou Nor any works like thine 3 All nations whome thou dist creat Shall praise worship thee For thou alone oh God art great And great thy wonders be Teach me thy waies in thy fear My soul to thee vnite So never shall my hart forbear Thy praises to indight 4 I scap'd the grave by thy large grace When proud cruel foes Who set not thee before their face To take my soul arose Oh God! thou art a gratious Lord Long-suffring kinde free With Truth Love most largly stor'd Now therefore pitty mee 5 Return oh Lord mee revive Let mee thy favour have Thy strength to me thy servant give Thy Handmaids of-spring save Yea for my good vouchsafe some signe That all my foes may know I am a Favorite of thine And blush they wrong'd me soe Almighty most mercifull Father have pitty vpon us according to thine infinite goodnes compassion Let vs not alwayes wander after our owne imaginations nor be continually exercised with such Afflictions as may make vs the scorne of all that hate vs but according to thy infinite mercy vnparaleld goodnes Have mercy vpon vs And not on vs only but on all those people whome thou hast created that according to thy promise they may all serve praise thee Setle them vs in thy Truth guide vs in thy waies so restore confirme vs in thy favour by some apparant signes of thy love speciall grace that our adversaries may be ashamed of their hatred we thanckfull for al thy Mercies through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 87. A Psalm or song for the sonns of Chorah It describes the scituation glorie of the Church typified by Syon prophetically declareth that all Kingdomes shall be incorporated into that Citty of God that all Nations shall there obtaine their New-birth c. It serves among other vses to informe that God's Church excludeth no Nation c. THe Lord hath his Foundations plac'd Above the heighest mountaines crownes Yea Syons ports he more hath grac't Then all the rest of Iacob's Townes And glorious things are fam'd abrode Of thee oh Cittie lov'd of God Selah 2 For God accounts as borne in thee Egiptians if they him desire Nay though from Babell sprung they be From Chush Philistia or from Tyre For he hath sayd that all on earth In Syon may renew their Birth 3 The God most high will strengthen her And shall record each faithful soul As having had first-beeing there Selah When hee his people doth enrowl For there are all that play or sing And thence proceeds each blessed thing Thou oh Lord art no accepter of persons but every one that feares thee worketh righteousnes of what place soever he be or from whom soever he were descended hath promise of admission into thy Church to be regestred as a free-borne Citizen of thy spiritual Syon Make vs thanckfull Oh God for this large priveledge And seeing none are exempted but such as willfully exclude themselves seing also it is manifest to thee only who they are let us hope charitably of all men whilst there is time of grace and repentance endeavoureng by our prayers instructions freindly reproofs good examples as much as wee are able to bring them to become the Members of this Corporation to enioy a Christian fellowship with vs in Christ Iesu our Lord. Amen Psal 88. A song or Psalm for the Sonns of Chorah to the cheef Musitian vpon Mahalath Leanoth Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite It personates Christ his members complaining of his their sorrowes contempts suffrings c. And it is full of passionate petitions expostulations We may vse it in private or Publike afflicctions LOrd of whose assisting might I was never yet denied All the day all the night I to thee have call'd cried Now regard my wofull plight 2 Let thine Ear thy Minde thine Eyes To the dropping pleading eryeng Of my Teares my Cause my Cries Grant me hearing weighing eyeng For my soul afflicted lies 3 I to Death am drawing nigh And am priz'd as one interred Like a strengthles man I lye As algeady slaine and buried Free among the dead am I. 4 Yea as one forgot of thee Or as from thy hand Abiected Darksome pitts my lodging be And in Dungeons deep afflicted Thy strict hand oppresseth mee 5 All thy wayes I doe sustaine Thou dost make my Lovers flee mee Selah And my freinds fro me restarine Shutt I am where none cann free me Then
how cann I tears refraine 6 Lord my greefs to thee I showe With my hands to thee vp-raised Cann the dead thy wonders knowe Or thy Love or truth be praised By the Sonns of Death belowe Selah 7 Cann thy Marvailes they vnfold Who in darknes quite are blinded Or thy Ius tice there be tolde Where is nothing said or minded Which was done in times of olde 8 Vnto thee oh Lord I crie And my suites prevent the Morninge Oh! why dost thou cast me by Still fro mee thy presence turninge Who am greev'd like to dy 9 Fro my youth oh Lord till now Mee thy terror hath destressed Nigh distract it makes me grow For thy wrath hath mee oppressed And thy feares have brought me lowe 10 They besett me ev'rie day Floud-like flowing alltogether And no freinds to help me stay Lovers nor Familiers neither For thou driv'st them all away Help us oh gratious Redeemer so to bear the manifold infirmities afflictions of our flesh so to endure the contempts neglects iniuries of the world so constantly to sustaine all the Assaults of our spiritual Adversaries that though we be deprived of all outward Freindships consolations wee may be inwardly satisfied comforted against every terror in every temptation Let us seek soe earnestly so early for thy assistance that escaping the spiritual blindnes which makes vncapable of thy praise that dungeon of vtter Darknes in which thy Righteousnes is obscured that everlasting Death from which there is no Resurrection we may enioy thy blessed presence where we shall magnify thy Mercies for ever ever Amen Another of the same LOrd God my healper day night To thee my moanings are Admit my suites vnto thy sight And my complainings hear For in my soul great sorrowes be My life drawes nigh the grave As one inter'd they count of mee And litle strength I have 2 As hee that 's dead buried long Death's free-man I became As one out of thy presence flung I quite forgotten am Thou laidst mee in the lowest ward Where darksome Dungeons are On mee thine Anger presseth hard And all thy stormes I bear Selah 3 Thou hast my freinds fro me restraind My Lovers mee despize I fast in prison am detain'd And sorrow dimms mine eyes Oh Lord all day to thee I sue My hands I meekly raise Thy wonders cann men buried shewe Or wake to sing thy praise Selah 4 Lord cann the grave thy Love expresse Thy Faith cann ruines teach Thy wonders or thy righteousnes Cann dumb Oblivion preach Betimes oh Lord I will erect My suites cries to thee Why shouldst thou then my soul reject And hide thy face fro mee 5 My soul is pain'd ev'n to the death And all my life I bear The heavy burthens of thy wrath Thy terrors thy fear They clos'd mee round like waters deep Where whilst begirt I lay Fro me my Lovers thou didst keep And hidst my freinds away Psa 89. Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite It celebrates the mercy Goodnes Iustice power of God c. Mentioneth his League with David mystically declares that those covenants belong to his spiritual seed in the cheef place c. It instructs vs who are the right heyres of the promises c. NOw in a song of endles praise Thy Mercies I will sing oh Lord And vnto all succeeding dayes Thy faithfulnes I will record For I have sayd that thy great Love And Mercy shal be raised high And that thou shalt in heav'n above Thy Faith confirm magnify 2 Thou hast both vowed decreed To David thine Elected-one To multiply his faithful seed And build him vp an endles throne Selah Which heav'n shall to thy praise declare In works to be admired at And where thy Saints assembled are Thy Faithfulnes they shall relate 3 For whome like thee doth heav'n afford What earthly Kings thy equalls be Who art among they Saints ador'd And fear'd of all that wait on thee Oh Lord of Hoasts what Lord is found So faithful or so strong as thou Who setts the raging seas their bound And calm'st them when thy furious grow 4 Thou didst afflict all Egipt-land As one made weake by wounds blowes And by the powre of thy strong hand Thou hast dispersed all thy foes Thine heav'n earth all things be For thou alone didst all things frame The North South were made by thee And East West extoll thy Name 5 Strong armes thou hast with powrful hands And where thou dost thy Throne prepare With Iudgment Iustice alway stands And Truth Love thy Vshers are Oh! blest are they who know thy voice Thy look shall chear them in their waies They in thy Name shall still reioice And them thy Iustice high shal raise 6 For thou art Lord our strengths renowne Our horne shall by thy favour spring Thou art our strong defensive Towne The Saint of Isr'el our King By vision thou didst once declare And to thy Holy-one disclose That thou a healper wouldst prepare Among thy people to be chose 7 I have saidst thou my David found My holy oyle on shall flowe By mine owne Arme he shall be crown'd My hand shal strength on him bestowe His Foe shall do him no disgrace The Sonn of sinn he shall not fear For I will smite before his face All them that his Opposers are 8 My faith love on him shal stay My Name his honour shall mainetaine His hand shall make the seas obay His right-hand shall the flouds restraine His Father he shall knowledg me His God his Rock his defence For he my eldest borne shal be And King of ev'ry earthly Prince 9 To him I still will mercy grant He shall enioy my promise given Successors he shall never want His Throne shall stand as firme as heav'n And if my Lawes his Children break If they shall fro my precepts flye My statutes if they shall forsake Or from my Iudgments walk awry 10 Their sinns with stripes I wil correct And scourg them when amisse they do But those whome I do well-affect My Love will never quite forgoe For once ev'n by my self I swore I would no lye to David make My League I will not break therfore Nor change a word of that I spake 11 Lord thus thou saydst that a Throne Vnto his yssue should be given As lasting as the Sunn Moone Or as the witnesses of heav'n Selah But now as if he were abhor'd Thou dost on thyne Anointed frowne Thou makest voyd thy league oh Lord And on the ground hast hurld his crowne 12 His Fences thou didst rend away His warlike forts thou downe dost race All passers-by on him do prey His Neighbours flout at his disgrace His foes thou hast Victorious made Whereat his haters ioyfull be Thou dull'st the sharpnes of his blade And in the fight made faint was he 13 Thou hast obscur'd his glories raies His Throne thou castest on the ground Selah Thou
hast cut short his youthful daies And him with shame thou dost confound Good Lord in thy enflamed rage Shall still thy face obscur'd remaine Oh minde the shortnes of mine age Why shouldst thy make mankind in vanie 14 Who lives whome Death shal not remove Or who from Death is ever free Selah Oh Lord where now is all that Love To David vow'd of old by thee Thy servants great reproach record And in my breast what scornes I bear Among those mightie Nations Lord Who likewise thy blaspheamers are 15 Oh God! ev'n thy Anointed-one They have derided in his waies But Lord what ever they have done To thee for evermore be praise Most gratious God thou hast not only promised thy mercifull assistance to all true beleevers but with an Oath also confirmed the same for the better strengthning of our weak faith Grant we pray thee that we neither become distrustfull of so gratious an Assurance neither discouraged by those Afflictions persecutions where withal thou shalt please to purg our corruptions nor be overcome by those tēptatiōs whereby our faith is exercised in the day of triall but cause us to depend on thy promise to be couragious victorious in all our battailes Give us wisdome likewise so to descern who are the true seed of David to whom the performāce of thy Covenant doth cheefly appertaine that wee deceave not our selves by a false application of thy spiritual promises nor delude our soules with temporarie hopes or fears But make vs ever constant both in that which wee ought to beleeve on thy part in that which is to be performed on our parts through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 90. The prayer of Moses the man of God In this Psalme the humane Nature which as the word Moses signifieth was Drawne out ev'n from the waters of perdition praiseth God for his eternal decree of her Restauration confesseth her vanity mortality c. To the same purpose wee should vse it LOrd thou art alwaies our abode Before the world beginning had Thou wer't eternally our God Yea long e're heav'n earth were made Thou say'st yee sonns of men returne And streight return'd to dust they be As one nights watch or day outworne So are a thousand yeares to thee 2 Thou like a Floud as in a dream Shalt sweep them suddenly away For like the flowring grasse they seem That springs fadeth in a day One frowne of thine consumes vs quite Thy wrath our troubles doth renewe Thou set'st our sinns before thy sight And bring'st our secret faults to vewe 3 Our tyme through thy displeasure wears And like a Tale that 's told are wee Our life is done at seaventie years Or eighty when wee strongest be For all the rest wee spend in woe And vanish e're wee be aware Thine Anger 's force Lord who doth knowe As is thy wrath such is thy fear 4 Instruct vs how to count our dayes That so our harts may wisdome learne And make thou Lord no long delaies But pleased now to me returne To vs betimes thy favour daigne That wee may all our life be glad And dayes years of joye obtaine For those of greef which wee have had 5 Thy workings let thy servants vewe Thy glories let their Children see Oh Lord our God! thy Beautie shewe Still shining on vs let it bee And all our works oh God we pray Establish thou so direct That well our labours prosper may And blessed be with good effect Instruct vs oh blessed God so to consider our vanities our errors the vncertainty of our short lives that wee may redeem the time by true Faith ioind with Christian prudence so order our Conversations that thy wrath may be appeased our sinns blotted away all our sorrowes turned into Ioyes Moreover during our short abiding here vouchsafe vs thy favour so assist our weak endeavours that wee may to thy glory finish the worke for which thou hast placed vs in this world And though our works be vnprofitable or such as like stuble will not abide the Fiery-triall yet let that which we shall build vp be at least grounded on the right Foundation that wee our selves may be safe through the free mercies of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 91. This Psalme shewes that such as abide beleeve in Christ shal be secured from publike private calamities by an especiall protection of what nature soever their perills be at least the mischeef of them shall be prevented life eternal vouchsafed c. It is vsefull to strengthen Faith in great plagues general dangers WHo in the Closet the shade Of God almighty still resides Is by his Highnes fearles made And alway safe with him abides For I confesse the Lord hath binn A Fortresse a Rock to mee My God alone I trusted in And he my trust shall all waies be 2 He will no doubt secure thee from The Fowlers traps noysome Pest His wings thy shelter shall become Thou shalt beneath his feathers rest Thou for thy Sheild his Truth shalt bear And nothing then shall thee dismay Not that which wee at Midnight fear Nor any shaft that flies by day 3 No secret plague offend thee shall Nor what in publike wasts the Land Though at thy side a thousand fall And tenn tymes more at thy right-hand But thou shalt live to mark see The due reward of men vniust For God most high will favour thee Because in him thou putst thy trust 4 No mischeef shall to thee betide Nor any plague thy house infect For he doth Angell-gards provide Which in thy waies will thee protect Their hands will thee vprightly lead And from thy Paths all harmes expell Thou shalt on Aspes Lions tread On Lions younge on Dragons fell 5 For seeing his delight I am I will saith God be still his garde And since he knowes my holy Name To honours high he shall be rear'd When he doth call an ear I 'le give In troubles I with him will be On earth he longe shall honor'd live And he my saving-health shall see Blessed God giue us such assured confidence in thee that wee may be secured in those publike calamities for which our publike sinns have deserved thy scourge be delivered also from the mischeef of those perticuler punishments which our personal offences may iustly bring vpon vs. But how soever thou dealest with our bodies in this life let our soules be saved from the plauge of everlasting Death Let thy holy Angells keep vs in all our waies give vs thy grace to keep the waies in which thou hast appointed vs to walk VVhatsoever perills or terrors affront vs give courage to passe through them in the execution of our lawfull Callings without dismay or distrust And though they bring some smart let them not hinder but rather further the accomplishment of our eternal safety through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Another of the same
stay I will elect no wicked mate The slandrous tongue I 'le cutt away High-lookes I shun proude mindes I hate But through the land to dwell with mee I will equire for men vpright And those men shall my servants be Whose harts in perfect waies delight 3 No Cheater shall with mee have place No Liers in my sight shall stay And from God's Land I soone will chase And root all wicked men away Oh Lord God! all Authoritie is from thee and thou placest good Magistrates Governours both in church Commōwealth for a blessinge or permittest Tirants Fooles corrupt persons for the punishment of a wicked people Defend us wee pray thee from this plague and grant that they whome thou settest over us may be suppressers of all vices protectors of al virtues favourers of true Pietie be alwaies good examples in life conversation both to their Equalls Inferiors Let us also be the same in our severall places Callings that walking with good consciences vpright harts in an vndefiled way wee may as well sing of thy Iudgments as of thy mercios Amen Psa 102. A prayer of the Afflicted when he is overwhelmed and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. The Title shewes it may properly be sung by the pore in spirit who are afflicted by the sight of their owne vnworthines c. It containes a confession with a prediction of the benifits of the Gospell shewes the eternity of Christ's Kingdome LOrd mark my suite receive my crie Be present at my need Thine eares to my complaints apply And hear my suite with speed For smoke-like fumes my tyme away My bones are parcht with heat My wounded hart dries vp like hay And I forgoe my meat 2 My panifull groanes have made me leane And nought but skinn bone I fare ev'n like a Pelicane In deserts left alone Yea like the desert owle am I And watching I have sate As when alone on buildings high A Sparrow wants her mate 3 Mee all day long my foes revile At mee they frett swear And Ashes are my bread the while My drinck my Weepings are For thou in wrath advanced'st me That vile I might be made My dayes like shades declininge be Like new-sprung grasse I fade 4 But Lord thy tymes are without end All Ages thee record Now then arise thou befreind Afflicted Sion Lord. For now the tyme to favour her Fullfilled is outright And greeved all thy servants are To vewe her wofull plight 5 That Earthlie Kings may stand in feare And Princes dread thy Fame Build Syon's wall shew thou there The glorie of thy Name Then thou shalt hear all those that mourne Then thou shalt healp the pore Which I 'le record that men vn-borne May praise thee Lord therefore 6 For from thy holy-place on high The world survayeng then Thou Lord shalt hear the pris'ners cry And save condemned men Thy Name in Syon to declare And in Ierusalem Where Nations all Assembled are To shewe thy praise to them 7 Short-liv'd weak ful of greefe Thou mad'st me in my way But Lord at noonetyde of my life Remove me not I pray Thy yeares through ages all extend Thy hands long since did frame Both heav'n and earth yet when they end Thou shalt remaine the same 8 They old shall growe as garments do And be renew'd by thee Yea thou oh Lord shalt change them so And they shall changed But from all Changes thou art free'd Thy yeares for aye endure And all thy servants their seed Shall bide in thee secure Oh Lord the sole comforter of all destressed soules pittie the sighes complaints of thy pore afflicted Childrē whome thy displeasure for Sinn hath worthily deseased both in minde Body Open vnto us the Armes of thy compassion grant that what we have lost by our Offenses wee may recover by thy Bounty vpon our true repentance amendment of life which amendment wee beseech thee to hasten lest wee be cut short in the midst of our hopes Repaire alsoe the Decayes of thy Church in thy tyme appointed that her children may praise thee for it before mē during their short abiding here that when thou hast changed our Corruption into incorruption we may glorify thee among thy blessed Angels world without end Amen Psa 103. A Psalme of David The Prophet praiseth exhorts to praise God for many perticuler Benifits magnifieng his Compassion longsuffring Iustice c. declares the frailty of man c. It is vsefull to magnify the manifold Mercyes which wee have receaved by Iesus Christ COme praise the Lord come praise his Name My soul all that is in mee My soul come praise his holy Name And of his favours mindfull be For all thine errors he forgave He cur'd thy greefs he clos'd thy wound Thy Life he saved from the grave And thee with tender mercies crown'd 2 With Goodnes he thy mouth doth fill He like on Eagle makes thee younge And righteous Doomes he giveth still To ev'ry one that suffers wrong His waies to Moses he declar'd His deeds to Isr'el he did showe And kinde gratious is our Lord To mercy prone to Anger slowe 2 He will not alwaies vs vprayd Nor evermore displeasd is hee Nor hath he soe our sinns repaid As justly they deserve to be For they that fear him finde his grace Out-reach the spreadings of the skye And he from vs our sinns doth place As farr as East from West doth lie 4 He pitties them who fear his Name As fathers pitty their owne seed For well he knowes our britle frame And that from dust wee did proceed Our tyme is like the feild-bred-flowres Which now doe make a goodly shewe Anon some blast their forme devours And leaves no token where they grewe 5 But still there 's mercy in the Lord For them that awfull of him bee To them that keep minde his word His righteousnes imputeth hee His Throne aboue the heav'ns is rais'd And over all he beareth sway Of powrfull Angells he is prais'd They hear his voice him obay 6 Let all his hoasts his servants to Performe his will and praise his name Yea soe let all his creatures doe And oh my soul do thou the same Father of all pittie who art slowe to anger ready to forgive Looke vpon our infirmities consider our frailties in thy abundant compassion forgive our trespasses and deal not with us according to our deserts Cause us to be renewed like Eagles by casting of the old Man Fill our Mouths with songs of thy praise our harts with thine owne selfe that vnmatchable sweetnes that vnspeakable goodnos Cure all our infirmities healp in all our weaknesses by thy fatherly care Preserve vs in thy feare in the remenbrance of thy Covenant and in the wayes of thy Commandements to our lives end That wee honouring thee by thy Creatures here may glorifie thee among thy Angells Saints hereafter world
Citty fortifide But God of whome despisd were wee 5 Oh God! who didst our hoasts forsake From vs our greefs thus alwaies take For man's vaine succours wee contemn Through God wee valiant Acts have done Our foes by him are overthrowne And he shall sett his feet on them Oh Lord God of Hoasts true in thy word powrful in thy performances According to thy auncient promises thy Church is wonderfully enlarged thou hast now thy lot of Inheritance in those places where they have bene enimies to thy Truth UUee beseech thâ—â— more more to enlarge thy Kingdome to be continually present with us in all our spiritual conflicts that by thy powre we may tread vnder foot the world the flesh the Devill making servants vnto us in the execution of thy will those affections which have heretofore prevailed against us VVee rely on thee only On thee only our harts are fixed And for thy goodnes we desire with all our faculties to praise magnify thy Name for evermore Amen Psa 109. To the cheef Musition a Psalme of David It is applied vnto Iudas Acts 1. 20. and is it vsefull to terrify Gods Foes all Hypocrites by shewing the Iudgments pronounced by the holy-ghost against all such But let none abuse this or any such like Psalmes by repeating them in their owne quarrells lest the Curses fall on themselves OH God my praise now silence breake For wicked men that guileful be With open Iawes against me speake And with false tongues have slandred mee With hatefull words they mee enclose Without all Cause with mee they warr And for my Love they are my foes Yet for their weal my prayers are 2 For my goodworks ill deeds I gett My love with hate they do requite Or'e them therefore some Tyrant set At his right-hand let Sathan waite Let Iustice them to death persue Account it sinn for them to pray Cutt short their dayes make them fewe Let others take their place away 3 Keep fatherles their Orphane-breed And husbandies their widdow'd wives Yea Cause thou their accursed seed To begg wander all their lives Their vncouth denns let then forsake To begg what must their life sustaine Their labors let oppressors take And Strangers rob them of their gaine 4 Let none regard though they lament Nor pitty take on such a race But quite away in one descent Their of-spring their Name deface Let God still minde the guilt they drewe From both their parents at their birth And keep it allway's in his vewe Till they are nam'd no more on earth 5 For why they no compassion shew'd To him that greev'd pained lay But they the needy soul persu'de The broken hart they sought to slay They Cursings Lov'd let them be made The part therefore of their just lot In Blessings they no pleasures had And therfor they possesse them not 6 With curses they themselves did clothe As with a gowne or with a cloke Therefore as oyle or water doth Through bones bowells let them soke Let Curses them like Belts inclose And as their clothes such men aray Ev'n thus oh Lord require my Foes Who of my soul amisse do say 7 But for thy Name sake save thou mee Deal wel with me mercy daigne For wounded is my hart in mee And I am pore full of paine I vanish like an Evening shade I Locust like am tost about My knees are weake through fasting made My flesh is leane wasted out 8 They mee despise ev'n to my face And scornfull nods at mee they make Oh Lord my God! of thy meer grace To bring me help now vndertake Make them to see then confesse That by thy hand I helped am Lord though they Curse yet do thou blesse And let them rise to see their shame 9 But make oh Lord thy Servants glad Whilst they that my illwillers are With shame ev'n their owne shame are clad As if with Robes arayd they were My tongue shall praise thee then therfore Confessing where Assemblies be That God is Patron of the pore And from false doomes their soules doth free Oh God! terrible art thou in those iudgments which thou dost pronounce against all malitious vnrepeÌ„taÌ„t Sinners UUee beseech thee therfore grant us grace to repent all our transgressions to shewe compassion to all thy pore members in their Afflictions that we may finde Mercy in our sorrowes UUee often see thy iudgments but wee neither know whome thou correctest in love to amendment nor whome in fury to their destruction For thou reservest that secret vnto thy self To keep vs both in our dealings Censures alway charitable to those whome thou smitest Oh teach us therefore true Charity let us never doe or wish evill to any man in our owne Causes But let us apply thy iudgmeÌ„ts to sinn in generall imprecate that they may fall only on the enimies of our Lord and saviour Iesus Christ Amen Psa 110. A Psalme of David It is literally of Christ Math. 22. it mentioneth the Deity Humanity Soveraignety Preisthood Powre Conquests Passion Resurrection of the Messiah We may sing it with respect to those perticulers VNto my Lord the Lord thus spake Sitt downe at my right hand And of thy foes I 'le footstooles make Whereon thy feet shall stand The Lord shall out of Syon bring The scepter of thy might And over them thou shalt be king Who now resist thy right 2 On thy great Day in serving thee Men willing mindes will shewe And from the wombe thy birth shall be As is the morninge dewe The Lord hath sworne will nor check Nor change the word he swore Thou art as was Melchizedek A preist for evermore 3 The Lord shall smite when wroth he growes Great kings at thy righthand The Gentiles judge slay his foes Which are in ev'ry land The heads of kingdomes he shall slay And as he passeth-by Shall drinck the Torrent in the way And raise his head on high Almighty God who hast given thy eternal Sonn with whome thou art the same in Essence to be in an unspeakable manner conceaved in the Virgines wombe To be made an everlasting preist for us after the Order of Melchizedek And in his Passage through this life to drinck the bitter Torrent of his Passion Grant wee beseech thee that by virtue of his blessed Incarnation our nature may be sanctified prepared for Grace that by his Death we may dye to sinn that by the powre of his Resurrection wee may arise to righteousnes by his glorious Ascention be victorious ever all our enimies both spiritual temporall for ever ever Amen Psa 111. Halelujah It praiseth God for his miraculous works his wisdome Mercy Iustice for the Covenant of has Grace c. It may be sung to continue in vs the fear of God to praise him for his benefits especially for our Redemption WIth all my hart God's praise I 'le sing Where saints
hear And save thou mee according to thy vvord Yea save thou mee I thy praise will preach When thou shalt thy Commands to mee declare Thy vvord likewise to others I will teach For all thy Precepts true righteous are Yeald me thy hand my saftie to assure For thy Commands my chosen part I make Thy Saving-health I labour to procure And in thy Lavve oh Lord I pleasure take Yet longer let me live to sing thy praise And let thy Iudgments Lord my helpers be Now mee thy servāt seek who sheep-like straies For never is thy Lawe forgot of mee Most mercifull Father wee have all erred strayed from thy waies like lost sheep give us therefore that Lawe of Faith by which wee may be brought home to thy Folde UUhen wee have obtained this Grace let us truely esteeme it hartly praise thee for it diligently preach it to others Oh spare our lives vntill the New-man shall be fully perfected in vs that wee may accomplish the work for which wee were created glorify thy Name world without end Amen Psa 120. A song of Degrees VVhy these Psalmes are so called it is vncertaine for Iewish fancies are not vvorth heeding but perhaps our Degrees tovvard the spirituall Temple are here mystically included for the first degree thithervvard is to have a sight of our misery a detestatiō of the worlds vanities figured by Mesech Kedar in this Psalme It is vsefull when wee are constrained to live among false worshippers or wearied by our owne corruptions c. I Call'd on God in my destresse Who heard mee when I prayd From lieng deceitfulnes Lord save my Soul I said What hire oh thou deceitfull tongue Prepared is for thee But arrowes that are sharp strong And coales that burning be 2 Ah! woe is mee that I so long In Mesech must reside And that perforce I must among The Tents of Kedar bide My soul hath beene too long alas With such as wranglers are For when I speake to them of peace For warr they do prepare Father of Mercie Keep vs from the lieng deceits of the Devill his Members reward them according to their malice Vouchsafe to us also such a sight loathing of our naturall estate that wee may have an earnest longinge to be translated from the Tents of Vngodlines be incorporated into thy heavenly Ierusalem through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 121. A song of Degrees Another Degree is to fixe the eye of our soul on God acknowledging him only the meanes of our deliverance our defence c. It directs vs to whome wee should seek encourageth to depend on God in all our waies MIne eyes above the hills I reare And thence of healp I hopefull am For from the Lord my succours are From him that heav'n earth did frame My feet vnmoov'd he alway keeps He is my garde that ever wakes For he nor slumbers neither sleeps Who charge of Isr'el vndertakes 2 The Lord ev'n as thy shade will stay On thy righthand for thy defence Nor Moone by night nor Sunne by day Shall harme thee by their Influence For God will save thee from all woe Hee will thy soul from dangers free And whether in or out thou goe Thy gard at all times he will bee Gratious Protector Cause us to expect all our deliverances from thee with a constant dependance vpon thy savegard in all proceedings Keep us without slavish fear or wavering in our Faith And be thou all way soe watchfull over us so near vnto vs that neither those dangers whereto wee are commonly subiect nor the extraordinarie Influences of the heavens nor any other vnexpectede Evēts harme our bodies endanger our soules or interrupt our lawfull callings either now or hereafter Amen Psa 122. A song of Degrees Another Stepp is a delight in the pietie of others ioined with love to God's worship accompanied with harty wellwishing to his Church The Elect are here personated reioicing on this Degree Wee should vse it to provoke vs vnto the same I Ioyed when they said to mee God's house let vs ascend vnto For now Ierusalem to thee And through thy Ports our feet shall goe Ierusalem is fairly Scited A Towne well-built well-vnited 2 There meet the Tribes God's Tribes alone Hus name in Isr'el to declare There placed is the Iudgment Throne The Thrones of Davids house are there Oh seek her peare for they are blessed That have to Salem love expressed 3 Let Peace a Bullworke round her make Let Plenties in her Turrets be This Peace wee wish ev'n for their sake Who mates Brethren are to mee Yea God our Lord 's faire habitation Thus makes mee pray for thy Salvation Inspire us oh Lord with a delight mutuall desires to further each other in thy service Let us take pleasure in thy Sanctuarie be alwaies to our powre healpfull zealous to effect continue the Peace of Syon even for the sakes of our brethren for our owne sakes for thy glory sake oh Father that wee may reap the benifit of her Peace Plenties through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 123. A song of Degrees Another Stepp is obedient attendance on God's will in all suffrings with assured faith in him vvhich is here professed by the faithfull soul It is vsefull to advance vs to this Degree OH Lord that in the heav'ns remainest Lo wee advance our eyes to thee And Lord our God till healp thou daignest They shall on the affixed bee As men or Maides that waiting stand Vpon their Lord or Ladie 's hand 2 Oh grant vs Lord thy dear compassion For wee extream contempts have borne Vouchsafe vs Lord thy Consolation For why our harts are greev'd with scorne Ev'n by the scornes pride of them Who live at ease vs contemn Hovv ever thou shalt please to afflict vs oh Lord or hovv longsoever thou deferr any desired Blessing let vs be contented to attend thy Pleasure watchfull to performe what thou shalt require further at our hands soe our suffrings shall the sooner be redressed our dutiful obedience be rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 124. A song of Degrees Another Staire is acknowledgment of former deliverances of the beginnings of Gods graces already obtained as in this Psalme Wee may vse it after any Deliverances but especially such as are most publike BUt that the Lord our part did please to take But that God holpe vs Isr'el now may say When men did their Assaults against vs make Wee to their throtes had bene a living-prey For wroth at vs with spighfull rage were they 2 Wee by the Flouds had then bene closed round Ev'n quite above our soul the streames had gone The swelling flouds our soul had surely drownd Wee therfor blesse praise the Lord alone That by their teeth wee were not ceaz'd vpon 3 For as a bird out of a fouling snare Ev'n so our
attempts of our Adversaries enable us to sustaine with Christian patience that part of thy Crosse which thou appointest us to bear that being chearfull partakers of thy suffrings we may partake also thy victorious Trivmphs in the Kingdome of heaven Amen Psa 130. A song of Degrees Another Ascent is earnest prayer VVhich the Faithfull soul here powreth forth for assistance c. It may serve as a forme of prayer in great extremities LOrd from the depths to thee I sue My vocall prayer hear And when my Voice my wants doth shewe Encline to mee thine ear Lord who cann bear it if severe To mark our faults thou be But that wee faint not in thy fear Compassion waites on thee 2 On God I waite on his word My soul her hopes doth lay My soul more waiteth for the Lord Then watchmen for the day Oh Isr'ell trust in God for hee Hath gratious help in store And from thy sinns delivers thee Both now evermore Gratiously hear our prayers oh Lord in all our troubles enter not into iudgment with us thy servants vnles thou overshaddowe us by the wings of thy Mercy for our iustice is vnrighteousnes in thy sight Give us grace to hope in thee with patient expectation of thy good pleasure soe enable vs at least in our true desire to fufill our promises to thee that without infringment of thy Justice we may be delivered both from the guilt punishment of our sinns through thy Mercie in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 131. A song of Degrees Another Degree is vnfained humilitie For such as humble them selves shall be exalted Here all arrogance ambition selftrust is disclaimed a sole dependance on God professed and others exhorted to the same It is vsefull to beget humility OH Lord I have no scornefull eie Nor proud nor loftie minde I seek not things that are too high But humbly am inclinde My soul is like an infant wean'd Ev'n from his mothers brest And Isr'el so to be sustaind On God should alway rest None of thy Creatures oh God have made them selves to be so vile as wee yet none are more proud or selfeconceited none more presumptiously inquifitive into thy forbidden Seacrets Oh give us more humility lesse desire to those curiosities which are above vs pertinent to advance the Kingdome of Sathan rather then the Kingdome of Heaven which is to be entred which a Childlike Obedience humiliation This Humiliation wee againe beseech thee to grant vs for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Psa 132 A song of Degrees Another Degree is a hartie purpose to prepare a Temple for God in our harts to endeavour the setling of his outward worship which is here mistically implied It is vsefull to stirr vs to this Degree REmember Lord what David's troubles be And what to Iacob's mightie God he swore In house or bedd I will not rest said he Nor shall mine eyes or sleep or slumber more Vntill a place be found of my providing For Iacob's God the mighty Lord's abiding 2 Lo Ephrata wee heard the place should be And in the forrest-feilds wee found the same Thy house therefore to enter purpose wee And at thy footstoole will adore thy Name Arise oh Lord ascend thy resting bowre Thou the Arck of thy Almightie powre 3 Let righteousnes thy sacred Preists aray And. let thy saints a ioyfull tryvmph make Oh turne not thy Messiah's face away For thy beloved Servant David's sake To whome thou swar'st thy promise vnrecalled That on his Throne his Seed should be installed 4 If they saidst thou my League word respect Thy Children on thy Throne shall ever sitt For I the Lord did Syon hill elect And for my dwelling I have chosen it My setled rest is there I 'le possesse it I love it with plenties I will blesse it 5 The pore thereof with bread I will sustaine Her Preists I 'le clothe will health her saints shal A Lamp for mine Anointed I 'le ordaine sing And I will make the horne of David spring I those will shame that for is harme endeavor But on himself his Crowne shall flourish ever Suffer vs not oh Lord to take rest in any thing vntill wee have provided thee a dwelling in our seules then let vs entertaine there nought els but that which may be serviceable vnto thee Take thou possession of vs furnish vs as becommeth Temples for thy presence Remember all thy promises to the Faithfull for they only are that seed of David to whome thy Covenants belong they are those Elected-ones whome thou hast promised never to forsake Give vs all outward meanes of this invisible grace Continue among vs the succession of holy faithfull Pastors The Bread of thy Word the Clothings of Righteousnes the Lampe of Illumination the Horne of good Government the Ioye of the Holy-ghost that the enimies of thy Church may be ashamed shee crowned with honour blessednes for ever Amen Psa 133. A song of Degrees Another Step is that which the preposterous Zeal of Schismaticks hath much defaced to wit Charitie brotherly Vnitie which is here excellenly Illustrated to moove vs to ascend it Wee should sing it to encrease Vnitie Love SEe Breth'ren see how sweet a blisse It is our lives in love to lead It like that pretious Oyntment is Which once anointed Aron's head And on his heard from thence did flowe Ev'n to his garment skirts belowe 2 It like refreshing dewe doth prove Which downe on Hermon's topp distills Ev'n like the dewe which from above Descendeth downe on Syon hills For there God promisd heretofore To blesse with life for ever more Oh God! so deare to thee is brotherly Love that all Faith yea Martirdome wanting that Uirtue is of no esteeme So profitable is it vnto vs That like pretious oyntment on the head or like shewres falling on high mountaines it descends spreads vntill every member be refreshed therewith Encrease therfor wee beseech thee this Virtue among vs without which all others are counterfeits let vs so preserve Vnity brotherly kindnes in this life that wee may enioy thy eternall Love Vniō in the life to come through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 134. A song of Degrees This is the last Degree For the highest Ascent is the glorifieng of God Note that the first last Degrees only are placed according to their Order because necessarily our first step to Godward must be the fight of our Misery The highest is to praise him The rest are not ascended by all in one and the same order therefore no precise order is observed in their placing Wee should sing it to provoke to this Dutie COme now praise the Lord all yee That his attendants are Ev'n you that in God's temple be And praise him nightly there Your hands within Gods holy-place Advance praise his Name And yov from Syon he shall blesse That heav'n
be defended From those that are to violence inclined For in their harts they mischeef have intended And in malitious Leagues are fast combined Their stinging tōgs the vipers teeth have matched Between their lipps is Adders poyson hatched 2 Lord frō the hands of wicked men release mee From Cruel-men vouchafe secure to make me For to supplant my goengs they oppresse me And lo the proud prepareth snares to take mee Yea they have netts ginns trapps prepared In al my waies that I might be insnared 3 Lord hear I pray mark my supplication Thee for my God oh Lord I have professed And thou Lord God the strength of my Salvation Did'st gard mee when in Fight I was oppressed Oh grant not what the wicked man desireth But crosse his plotts lest hee too high aspireth 4 The Mischeef of their lipps will fal vpon them Ev'n on their heads that mee have circumvented Coales burning-hot shall downe be hurled on thē They shal with flames in dung'ons be tormented And in those Pitts infernall be detained From whence Redemption never cann be gained 5 On earth hee shall not thrive that 's evill tōgued For wicked men Reveng to death persueth But God I knowe doth patronize the wronged And in the pore man's cause his judgmet sheweth For which the just within his presence living Shall glorify his name with praises-giving Deliver us oh Mercifull God from the cruel purposes stinging slanders mischeevous practises of our wicked proud Adversaries who seek the ruine of our soules Arme us against them as hither to thou hast bene pleased Frustrate their devises bring on them their owne wickednes inflict on them that vengance which is prepared for impenitent Persecutors That wee being saved by thee thou mayst be glorified by us for ever ever Amen Psa 141. A Psalme of David It personates Christ the lifting vp of whose hands on the Crosse is accepted insteed of the legall sacrifice prayeng in the behalse of his Members And it is vsefull for vs to desire God's acceptation of our Prayers to give us the Goverment of our tongues to rectify our thoughts c. LOrd hear with speed my voices lamentation Vouchsafe to give my mournfull clamors hearing As incense or an Afternoones Oblation Accept my Prayers my hands vprearing Lord let my mouth as with a watch be warded And let the Portalls of my lipps be garded 2 Lest I to sinn with sinners may be trained Preserve my hart oh Lord from sinns infection Who rather then their pleasures to have gained Desire in Love the righteous man's correction As curing balme the same should be received And I would pray for thē whē they were greeved 3 Whē frō the Roks their judges down are heved The rest wil hear for I sweet words have spoken As on the Land where blocks are hew'd cleaved Our bones before the grave lie strow'd brokē Yet still mine eye on thee oh Lord attendeth And still my soul on thee alone dependeth 4 Then suffer not my soul to be reiected And that I be not by their wiles ensnared Let me from those close engines be directed Which for my soul the wicked have prepared Let their own snares which they have layd intrap thē And let me Lord for evermore escape them Accept oh Lord our petitions in the mediation of Christ Iesus Make us watchfull over our tongues so purify our harts from all evil affections that the pleasant baites of the wicked alure vs not to be partners in their sinns To that end teach us to bear patiently accept thanckfully the reproofs Corrections of thy Children yea let us pray for them who shall charitably reforme us And though by persecution wee should be scattred like bones among graves or chipps vpon the face of the earth yet let us alway trust in thee at last be gathered vp revive be made blessed everlastingly through Iesus Christ Amen Psa 142. Maschil of David when he was in the Cave It seemeth mistically to personate Iesus Christ expressing the agony of his soul in the Garden Or his being for saken at his Passion It may be sung when wee are left comfortles of the world MY voice to thee Oh God I reare To thee oh Lord I sue To thee my troubles I declare My greefs to thee I shew For when o're whelm'd my spirit was My Path was knowne to thee Ev'n when they hidd where I should passe A seacret snare for mee 2 I looked on my right-hand side But noe man knew mee there All succours faild not one I spide That of my soul had care Then Lord thou art my hope said I My Lot whilst life I have In my destresse observe my crye From spoile thy servant save 3 Yea since for mee they are too strong To praise thee sett mee free So righteous men to mee shall throng When thy great Love they see Sweet Iesu in thy bitter Agony thou hadst not any one no not among thyne owne desciples so sensible thereof as to watch with thee one howre A secret snare was layd for thee in that Garden whither thou went'st to pray for consolation And when they ledd thee to thy Passion None would knowe thee None assist thee Neither had any one care of thy soul Oh Dearest Redeemer this is often the Case of us thy Members in some Degree And when our Spirits are most overwhelmed with sorrowes it so happens That no man pitties it No eye beholds it but thyne For thy Passion sake do thou behold us with commiseration in these extremities that wee may be comforted that wee others may magnify thy great mercie for ever ever Amen Psa 143. A psalme of David It expresseth with much forvencie many conflicts of the spirit emploreth God's free Mercy in regard of our vniversall impurity of the malice of our foes disability of our nature c. The vse is manifest LOrd my humble supplication Heed heare with acceptation In thy Doomes of Truth Right Iudge but judge thou not severely For if thou observe vs nearly None are blameles in thy sight 2 By the foe my soul is chased Wounded in darknes placed As one buried long agoe I am inwardly perplexed Yea my spirit sore is vexed And my hart is full of woe 3 On the times now past I ponder And on all the works of wonder Which were framed by thy hands Thee I seek with due submission And my soul for thy fruition Longeth as the thirstie Lands Selah 4 Lord with speed give ear vnto me And thy face divart not fro me For my spirits feeble growe Since on thee I have depended Let mee timely be defended Lest into the grave I goe 5 Guide my feet by thy direction For thou hast my hart 's affection Me from all my foes release Lord my God my safe abidinge Bring mee by thy spirits guiding To the Land of Righteousnes 6 Grace to do thy pleasure give mee For thy