haue put their whole confidence and feede theyr ioyfull soules in hope of thy grace graunt vs to be illumined in sprite euermore to loue thee and to celebrate thy name in pure conscience through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLVII Thys psalme exciteth the Iewes to prayse the Lord most chief So good to them who priuatly did worke them all reliefe \ \ 1 PRayse ye the Lord alway for good it is to sing To this our God for sweete he is whom laudes we ought to brin 2 God buildeth Hierusalem he doth her sure protect The poore exiles of Israell he shall agayne collect 3 He heald the brusde in hart who wayle in sprite contrite Theyr plages and sores he bindeth them vp he cureth theÌ„ al ful light 4 No dout God them beholdeth who starres by number tels By proper name he calth them all he knowth theyr rests and cels 5 The Lord of ours is greate and great he is in power His knowledge is all infynite his name as strong as tower 6 The Lord vpholdeth thafflict So gentle is his will He throweth to ground all wicked men So mightye is his skill 7 O sing to God our Lord prayse ye his raygne abroade Confesse his power hys will his skyll In harpe sing ye to God 8 Who clothe the heauen with cloudes and raygne to earth prepares He bringes forth gras on hills to growe to serue mans dayly cares 9 Who geueth to beast theyr foode to all both great and small The rauene her birds he féedth in care whan they forsaken call 10 In barbed horse of strength his pleasure standth not in In legs of men in force of armes it pleaseth not him to wynne 11 They please who feare the Lord by such he fyght with strength who trust all whole his gentlenesse these only please at length Lauda Hierusalem O Thou Ierusalem prayse hye the Lord of thyne Thou Sion mount auaunce thy God in hart therto encline 13 For he makth fast the barres of all thy gates full prest He blissth euen so thy childer al in midst of thée to rest 14 And he doth stablish peace In all thy borders sure He féedth the full deliciously with wheate the flower most pure 15 Who sendth his word on earth and swiftly doth it renne Both rayne and wynd his biddings heare to serue the nede of meâ— 16 And snow he geueth like woll the earth so warme to be The hory frosts the mislyng dewes as ashes scattreth he 17 He casâ—th abroade his yse like morsels so congelde and his great cold who can abyde that he so hard hath seald 18 He sendth his worde will he melt them all agayne He blowth the winde then they anone to waters flow most playne 19 Yea he reuealeth his word to Iacobs seede and stocke His statutes true his iust decrees to Israel his flocke 20 He delt no time as thus with other landes I say He shewed not them his domes so playne O prayse the Lord alwaye ¶ The Collecte STrength fortify the gate of thy church O Lorde and make her to be enlarged in peace and vnity reueale thy word to her vnderstanding that she may be wholy directed by that to please the in truth through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLVIII To prayse here all be byd what heauen or earth contayne The Lord so hye and sapyent nothyng he made in vayne 1 PRayse ye the Lord from heauens ye heauenly mynds I call Prayse him on hye as hye he is ye powers celestiall 2 Prayse hym ye Angels all his legats ye that be ye hosts so cald his armies great prayse hym in maiesty Prayse him ye sunne and mooke in course so maruelous Ye starres so bright ye Planets all prayse hym most glorious Ye heauens by heauens-distinct prayse him with all your shyne ye water streames aboue the ayre so stayde by power deuyne They all might prayse and laud the Lordes good name of myght For he the worde but spake at once they straight were made in plight He constituted hath that they should euer dure He set a law which shall not cease by ordinance most sure Ye earthly thinges on earth prayse ye the Lord with them Ye dragons grim ye depes and gulfes shew ye his power supreme Fire lightning thunder hayle both snow and vapours drye ye hurling wyndes tempestuous which worke his word full nye Great mountains hils and clifs low hillockes all and some ye fruitefull trées ye Ceders all prayse ye the Lordes renome Ye beastes and cattell all both sauage wylde and tame ye serpents flye ye fetherd soules prayse ye his godly name So kinges of earth most due with all their people met So princes hie and iudges all on earth as Gods be set So yonger men and maydes in age syncere and pure As older men with childer yong with all their busy cure The Lordes name let them prayse for it alone is hye His glory passth both heauen earth as thyngs here made do cry He hath his flock aduanced so him his saintes shall prayse Euen Iacobs séede who drawth him nie praise ye the lord always The Collecte O Lord the woorthye prayse and ioy of all thy creatures graunt vs thy grace that we worthely magnify thy name through Christ. The Argument Psalme CXLIX Thys Psalme the Iewes doth moue Theyr God to laude wyth loue It sheweth that grace on them shall lyght So glad their foes to quyte 1 O Syng vnto the Lord A song of new accord And let his prayse declared bée In good mens company 2 Let Israell be glad in God hys maker drad Let Syons youth and childer ioy In their most princely roy 3 Let them prayse out in quiere Hys name to them so dere In Tabret loud in harpe so soft Sing they to hym ful oft 4 For why the Lord reioyce And loueth hys flocke in choyce The meke forlorne he will adourne wyth health to serue theyr turne 5 So godly men made frée in ioy and prayse shal bée They shall reioyce vpon their beds That God did rayse their heds 6 Their throtes shall prayses sound to God by duety bound Two edged swordes in both theyr handes to smite all forren landes 7 To be auenged right of all the Paynyms spite To be a rod to chastise smart straunge peoples froward hart 8 To bynde their kinges wyth chaynes to quite their wrongfull meanes Theyr nobles eke to kepe in warde wyth iron fetters hard 9 To bryng on them in spéede theyr iudgement iust decréed Which shall his saintes to honour rayse prayse ye the Lord alwayes Alleluya ¶ The Collecte O God which art a God of all goodnes vertue whiche doost vse to exalte them whiche humble themselues and to deiecte those who aduaunce themselues graunte vs on earthe to ioye in all puritie of lyfe as thy saintes in heauen ioy in thy glorious preseÌ„ce to the prayse of thy name through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CL. Thys psalme is last
asswage and release them agayne by a soft kinde of harmonie at his will and pleasure Of whom it is writteÌ„ that when he had at a tyme before Alexander sung the Phrigian harmonie he excited him as he was at supper to runne to warre and again by his most gentle and easie harmonie brought hym again to the table among his gestes Such strenght vertue is set in the true vse of musike As Pithagoras once by chance was in coÌ„pany among a sort of wantoÌ„ drunken folke wherupon he bad the mynstrell to change his song to rebuke their dissolute wantonnes with playeng to them the Dorian harmonie by which musike they were cast so in a shame of theÌ„selfe that they threw from theÌ„ their garlands fled home all confused for their lightnes where before by the harmonie he played they raged in fury as men out of their wittes So muche auaileth it to haue our eares filled with vertuous or vitious songes wherefore I would yong men should haue so little a do with such songes of musike as nowe a dayes be moste set by as they would with any thing most monstruous and vicious ye let them ensue that other kinde of musicall songes muche better then the other and stirreth vs to better thinges I meane that was vsed of Dauid the Poete of holye songes by whiche he pacified the mynde of Saule when he was in his raging fury ¶ That the whole multitude of the church sang their Psalmes together testifieth S. Ambrose li. exameron 3. ca. 5. WHat other thing is this consent and congregation of waters but as it were the harmonie singing together of the people wherupon the church is well compared oftentimes to the Seas which churche by the first rushyng in entrie of the people gusheth out as it were waters about all the porches and allies of the temple after that in the prayer of all the billowes meting together make a great noise by the responsaries and answers of the Psalms as when there riseth vp as it were a concorde rebounde of the waters by the singing of men women virgins and children ¶ Nicephorus telleth that the catholike church from the beginning hath receyued the custome of singing Psalmes and hymnes ANd the auntient church euen from the apostles haue receiued the maner of Anthems that is to sing their songes by sides and by course And it is said that diuine Ignatius which was the third Bishop in Antioche churche from Peter the Apostle who liued also a long tyme with the Apostles beyng in a traunse saw a new vision how that the holy aungels did extol in praise the blessed Trinitie with their songs by course one answering an other Wherupon he was the first that did deliuer this forme of singing to the church of Antioch from whoÌ„ as froÌ„ the spring this custome is spred throughout all churches Bernarde in his 312. epistle to Abbate Guido IF song be had at any tyme let it be ful of grauitie that it neither sounde out wantonnes nor rudenes let it be so sweete that it be not light let it so delighte the eares that it moue the hartes in asswaging heauines and tempering ire Let it not depriue the letter of the sence but rather augment it For it is no light losse of spirituall grace to be caried away from the profitablenes of the sence with the lightnes of the notes and to bee more carefull vpon the chanting of the voyce then to geue heede to the matter Lo thus you see what is comely to come into the hearyng of the church what he is that is the author of the same Henrie Haward Earle of Surrie in his Ecclesiastâ—â—es All such as enterprise To put newe thinges in vre Of them that scorne shall their deuise May well themselues assure THis booke is called of the Seuentie Interpretres a Psalter by the name of a Musicall instrument Wherunto as to some others these Psalmes were sunge The Hebrewes name it a booke of laudes or prayses Christ our Lorde calleth it Psalmes and the booke of Psalmes As dothe also Peter the Apostle out of the whiche because our Sauiour Christe taketh hys testimonies he sheweth that they were written by the inspiration of the holy ghost ¶ This first Psalme is as a Preface of the booke to exhorte all men to the studie of Scriptures to get heauenly wisdom and it teacheth that godly men be blessed of God and wycked men be accursed of hym whose endes shall be thereafter The first Psalme ¶ The Argument This Psalme in sence of men both good and bad Shewth difference of men both good and bad It shewth their fruites their endes both glad sad Their hartes pursuites their endes both glad sad 1 MAn blest no doubt who walkth not out in wicked mens affayres And stondth no daie in sinners waie nor sitth in scorners chayres 2 But holdth euen still Gods lawe in will with all his hartes delight And will him vse on it to muse to kéepe it day and night 3 He like shall bée the planted trée nie set the riuers course Which fruth in tyde whose leaues abide all prosperth what he doese 4 Not so not so the wicked do lyke dust or chaffe they bée Uphoyst by winde as light by kynde from face of earth to sée 5 Therfore these men so wicked then in iudgement shall not stand Nor sinners bée in companie of righteous men of hand 6 The Lord doth know and will auow mens wayes that are of God Where shall decaie the beaten waie of wicked men so brode ¶ The Collecte O Blessed father make vs to be as fruitfull trees before thy presence so watered by the dewe of thy grace that we may glorifie thee by the plenteousnes of sweete fruite in our daily conuersation thorough Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme II. Of Christ ye see Thus Dauid spake with vs A Prophecie Thus Dauid spake with vs As merueiling Should rage against him thus That earthly king Should rage against him thus 1 WHy fumeth in sight The Gentils spite In fury raging stout Why taketh in hond the people fond Uayne thinges to bring about 2 The kinges arise the lordes deuise in counsayles mett therto Agaynst the Lord with false accord against his Christ they go 3 Let vs they say breake downe their ray of all their bondes and cordes We will renounce that they pronounce their loores as stately lordes 4 But God of might in heauen so bright Shall laugh them all to scorne The Lord on hie shall them defie they shall be once forlorne 5 Then shall his ire speake all in fire to them agayne therfore He shall with threate their malice beate in his displeasure sore 6 Yet am I set a king so great on Sion hill full fast Though me they kill yet will that hill my lawe and worde outcast 7 Gods wordes decréed I Christ wil sprede for God thus sayd
enemye thy wastes haue now their ende As citie bée destroyed by thée theyr fame wyth them is shend 7 But Gods deuise shall stand and rise the Lord shall still endure In iust regard he hath prepard his seat to iudge vs sure 8 For righteousnes he will expresse when he shall iudge the land And iudge shall hée in equitie his folke by rightfull hand 9 The Lord I say will be all day a fence for man opprest A refuge swéete in season méete when griefe at hand is prest 10 Who knowth thy name will trust the same for they thy worde do léeke For their aduayle thou wilt not fayle all them that thée do séeke 11 O prayse the Lord in psalmes accorde who dwelth in Zion place Declare his strength with wordes at length to folke of his good grace 12 For whan in ire â–ª he doth enquire for bloud he them recounth He will not yet the poore forget theyr cryes to hym do mount 13 O Lord me saue and mercy haue expende my wofull state How suffer I myne enemy ryd me from death the gate 14 That I may tell thy daughters well of Zyon all thy prayse To sprede in stréete thy health so swéete to ioye thy health alwayes 15 The Heathen bée sonke downe ye sée in pit that they dyd delue Their owne set net theyr foote hath get and trapt therwith themselue 16 The Lord is séene how he hath béene true iudge to wicked bandes The wycked is well snarde iwis wyth workes of hys owne handes 17 The naught shall dwell euen thrust to hell if they wyll not repent Yea all the rout that put God out of mynde shall foule be shent 18 For God so wyse wyll not despyse alway the poore that wayle The restfull harte of mysers smarte for euer shall not quayle 19 Up Lord to stand lest vpper hand man get of thy good flocke The Heathens spite iudge thou in â—ight wyth all theyr broode and stocke 20 Put them in feare thy dread to beare O Lord themselfe to sée As wretched men how wyde they renne in errour all from thée ¶ The Collecte LOrde of all comforte and consolation fulfill our hartes with thy heaueÌ„ly ioye to confesse thy name before the powers of this wycked worlde and so assist wyth thy protection that we may persist agaynst all our enemies finally to reioyce in thy helpe saluation Through c. The Argument Psalme X. This Psalme dependth it prayth against the proude Of thothers ende it prayth against the proude Who vse theyr might theyr ende not so allowed To boste in spight theyr ende not so allowed 1 WHy stondst so far and art no nar O Lord why hydest thy face When trouble ryse wilt thou deuise in néede to shew no grace 2 Whyles men of pryde so wycked byde the poore in fire is brent Let them in wiles and all theyr guiles be trapt wyth lyke entent 3 Thungodlies actes his bostes and crackes be praysed at his desire With prayse all rouse the couetous whom God abhorrth in ire 4 The wycked wyght so vaunteth in sight of God to force right nought He taketh no care in welthy fare no God in all his thought 5 Hys croked wayes â–ª all greuous layes thy iudgements scape his eyes He feareth no man say what he can all foes he doth dispise 6 In his proud brayde his hart thus sayd tushe who shall cast me downe No harme or woo can chance me to my power kepeth my renowne 7 His mouth euen flowes with cursing throws he ioynth deceyt and fraude Ungodlynes in folyshnes his tong hath vnder yawde 8 He lurkth in stréete as théefe is méete so close wyth all the riche The iust to kill in peuishe will the poore he marketh mich 9 In denne he dwelth as lyon fell and lurketh the poore to snatche The poore by might to rauishe quyte whom he in net doth catche 10 He falth at eye most fawningly yet guiles be all his fruites That this poore sort myght so resort in handes of hys deputes 11 His hart sayth tush he thinkth euen thus that God forgotten hath His face away he turnth he sayth he séeth no poore mans scath 12 Yet God and Lord for thy true worde arise lyft vp thy hande The poore defend thy might extend forget not hym in bande 13 Why thus so loude should men so proude prouoke almighty God Tush thou they say wilt search no day their hartes talke thus so brode 14 Thou séest at eye and markst full nye to quyte all wrong and stresse The poore doth stand to thy good hand thou aydst all comfortlesse 15 Breake downe the power the malice sower of wycked man so blynde If thou in tyme wouldst searche hys cryme no where thou shouldst hym fynde 16 Our lyuing Lord by truthes record is kyng for aye no doubt The heathen spyte shall perishe quyte from land of hys full out 17 Thou Lord hast hard in good regard the sutes of all the poore Theyr hartes in care thou didst prepare thou hardst both day and hower 18 To iudge the stresse of fatherlesse to helpe the poore to right That earthly man agaynst them than no more might rise in sight ¶ The Collecte O God of all mercye open we beseche thee thyne eares to our meeke confession of thy name thou neuer forsakest them that trust therto graunt that we may be deliuered from the gates of perpetual death and finally to escape the craftye traynes of the temptour Through c. The Argument Psalme XI Here hast thou proofe strong fayth in stormes to stand How it behoueth strong fayth in stormes to stand Agaynst the trayne of all the diuelishe band Of errours vayne of all the diuelishe band 1 IN Lord so great my hope is set why than my soule bid ye That she should hast as bird agast to hils that desert be 2 The wycked loe haue bent theyr bowe theyr shaftes in quiuer thrust To shoote from hye all priuelye at men of hart so iust 3 If earth the ground tournd vpside downe though heauen and earth should fall The iust in woe what should he do but sticke to God in all 4 The Lord is yet in temple set in heauen the Lord hath place The poore he spyeth as thence he trieth mens childerns walkes and pase 5 The Lord alowth and iust auowth the rightwise man full well His soule defieth whose hart applieth in wickednes to dwell 6 Downe he shall rayne to theyr great payne vpon th'ungodlies hart Snare brymstone fyre wyth tempestes ire these stormes theyr cup in part 7 For as the Lorde is iust in worde so loueth he sothfastnes Hys ryghtfull eye will pleasauntly behold all righteousnes ¶ The Collecte DIrect thy mercifull eyes almighty God vpon the humble state of vs thy poore seruauntes fence vs wyth the armour of true fayth So that we escapyng the dartes of all wickednes may bee able to kepe perpetuall equitie and righteousnes to the laud of thy name
thy churche broughte together of diuers nations and countries that we may all in pure hartes so loue thee in the righteousnes of fayth to attayne to the heuenly habitation with our welbeloued fathers who lyuest and raignest one God with the father and the holy ghost worlde c. The Argument Psalme XLVI In this Christes spouse elect full well Her thankes to God extendth For that he dyd her foes debell And that he her defendth 1 OUr hope is God and strength at eye he guidth wyth hys good hand A present helpe in trouble nye hys grace therby doth stand 2 For this we néede not care and feare though world be cast in stowne Though hils to sea were thrown euen there though all turne vpside downe 3 The waters though they rage in streme how euer they do swell Though mountayns quake at noyse of them yet iust man hopth full wel â–ª 4 For why swéete brookes and floudes full nye Gods Citie glad shall stéepe Hys holy place and sanctuarye God strongly it doth kéepe 5 God dwelth in myds of her alone no man shall her remoue Ryght early God shall helpe her sone hys church I meane aboue 6 The heathen though they rage to fonde and realmes resist I say God raysde hys voyce and so in londe our foes dyd melt away 7 The Lord of hostes so strong euen he Wyth vs he standth to fyght So Iacobs God our refuge be we feare no humayne myght 8 Lo come and sée how God in wrath great meruayles aye hath wrought What landes to nought he scatred hath how low theyr Idols brought 9 He put down warrs and stryfe in feare the whole world where they went He knapth the bow and breakth the speare wyth fire he charets brent 10 Be still and know I say all ye that God I am aryght To heathen all knowne will I be the world shall sée my myght 11 The Lord of hostes so strong from hence wyth vs he is I say And Iacobs God is whole our fence our boast in hym doth lay ¶ The Collecte MOst trustye refuge in all perylles and aduersities which hange ouer vs O blessed Lorde to sanctifie the inward tabernacles of our hartes with the liuely springs of thy blessed sprite that we may trust stedfastly in thee our God in all our battayles to haue the better hand through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLVII This Psalme to ioy exhorth all christen men in sight That Christ by power ascended so whom glory sued aright 1 TOgether clap ye handes ye Gentils all be glad Reioyce to God in melody with thanks for mercy had 2 The Lord is hie in power and ought be feard I say He is the king of all the earth to hym all thinges obey 3 He shall so vnder vs the people soone subdue All Gentils cast at feete of vs at vs their Lordes to sue 4 He dyd chose out all vs an heritage so fayre Euen Iacobs hie magnificence whoÌ„ he did loue as heyre 5 God is ascended vp in ioyfull noyse on hye with trumpets noyse as once his arke eueÌ„ thus vp hie did sâ—ye 6 O prayses sing to him O prayses see ye sing Sing prayses still vnto our god and laud him iust as king 7 For that our God is king of all the world so rounde Sing ye his prayse than prudently with vnderstaÌ„ding sound 8 For God by strength doth raigne vpon the heathen all God sitteth vpon his holy seate all thyng doth heare hys call 9 The peoples heds be met with Abrahams god seede Of god they be to shield the earth but god doth theÌ„ exceede ¶ The Collecte ETernall God which art the kyng of all worldes realmes whose kyngdome is aduaunced vpon all people and kynredes we beseche thee to subdue vnder our subiection all heathen vyce and sinne that whyle we sing to thee our God in wordes of wisdome and vnderstanding by thy ayde we may haue the better hande of them through Christ our Lorde c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLVIII Gods Citie here a type of Christ hys spouse Is praysed clere a type of Christ hys spouse It teachth agayne of prayse to pay theyr vowes All Christen men of prayse to pay theyr vowes 1 GReat is the Lord wyth hye accorde so praysed ought to bée In citie great where God is set hys holy hill to sée 2 For Syon hyll is fayer still of all the world the blisse This hyll so wyde holdth North on syde Gods citie hye it is 3 Our God euen thus most glorious is knowne in palace great As refuge sure all men to cure that place is hys so neat 4 For lo the kynges theyr gatherynges in earth made her to spoyle Though thus they met wyth fury whet yet her they could not foyle 5 Her walles and holdes they dyd behold and merueld all agast Theyr hartes were danke theyr brags were blanke eftsones they downe were cast 6 Such feares and panges theyr harts so wrang in tyme of theyr assaute As women knowes theyr bearyng throwes wyth feares lyke were they fraught 7 So dyd they quayle as Tharsls sayle felt wreckt by wyndes of East For Paynyms all be worthy fall Gods heritage to wrest 8 As we dyd heare so saw we neare Gods citye hye and strong Thys God of oures the God of powers wyll strength her aye from wrong 9 As we conceyud so we receyud O Lord thy mercy great For we dyd wayte thy helpe most great in myds of temple set 10 As EL thy name is strong in fame So is thy prayse well sene The world full out and so no dout thy workes full ryghteous bene 11 Let Syon mount her ioy recount let Iudas townes be glad For thys thy dome to pull a downe these Paynyms frantike mad 12 Walke ye about the wals so stout of Syons gostly house And tell her towers her fortes and bowers her prayse that ye may rouse 13 And marke ye well how strong she dwelth in bulwarkes how she lie That ye may tell it euery deale to your posteritie 14 This God euen hée our God we sée for aye and euer strong He shall vs guyde tyll death so wyde of hym shall be our song ¶ The Collecte O Most terrible God most worthy to bee magnified in al thy workes which art so glorious a prince in the heauenly Hierusalem enlarge vs in spirituall vnderstandyng so that after we haue receyued thy mercy in the mydst of the temple of our hartes we maye duely extoll thy name through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLIX The Iewes be here theyr honour not to see Reproued full nere theyr honour not to see It doth inuite of worlde the pryde to flee The Christen knight of worlde the pryde to flee 1 O Heare ye out ye gentiles stout thys thyng that I wyll tell But ponder it wyth eares vnshit thys world all ye that dwell 2 Ye Adams broode ye noble blood heare ye my spell
to shew in part 31 And thys shall please God far aboue who is a sprite most pure Then Oxe or calfe wyth horne and houe to offer hym be sure 32 The humble soules shall thys beholde reioyce they shall by lyue And ye that séeke the Lord be bold reioyce your soule shall lyue 33 For God no doubt the nedy heareth they may reioyce more hye His prisoners in eye he bearth he cannot them defye 34 Let heauen and earth and all betwene hys worthy laud set out The sea and all that cxéepth therin prayse hym all round about 35 For God shall saue swéete Zyon hill hys place of godly rest And Iudas townes build vp he will to dwell in them possest 36 Hys seruauntes true posteritie shall it enherite iust And they that loue hys maiestie of dwellyng theare may trust ¶ The Collecte O Lorde of all pitie and compassion incline thyne eare vnto vs to vnderstande the certentie of thy truth and saluation and that we may bee so purged from the filthines of all synne to haue a name in thy blessed booke of election there to be registred amoÌ„g thy dere electes through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXX The iust man here calth God to ayde To be protect from hasty brayde Of all hys foes to hate so ryfe By hys good hand to be well stayde No tyme that he be ouerlayde By weakenes frayle of all his lyfe 1 O God to me thyne helpe intende In hast thy selfe to mercy bende and me O Lord deliuer quite Lyke grace I craue that thou extend Thy helpe from heauen so downe to send to ayde me strong by godly might 2 In hast be they confounded all Wyth shamefull name men myght them call Which seke in hate my soule to spill Be they put backe and dryuen to wall All vyle reproofe myght them befall who that to me wyshe any euill 3 Euen strayt fled backe let all them bée For theyr reward foule shame to sée these suttle men but glosers all Whose tong to fawne can whole agrée To say there there lo thus to mée by guile and craft to make me fall 4 But let all those that séeke thy myght With gladnes full and ioy he dyght in thée theyr Lord and God all daye And let them all that haue delite In thy swéete health say still aryght the Lord so good be praysed aye 5 As now for me though poore I ligh Afflicted sore in misery O Lord to me make hasty spéede Thou art myne ayde most trustely My God of all deliuery to long fro me do not recéede ¶ The Collecte O God eternall and inuincible protector of thy subiectes we besech thee make hast to helpe and succour thy poore houshold who standeth in sute at thy maiestie that we may escape all shame and rebuke of sinne and aduersitie so defended by thine ayde through Christ c. The Argument Psalme LXXI The iust geueth thankes to God aboue Who kept his youth in stay So craueth he still for further loue In age no tyme to stray 1 MY trust O Lord in thy good name I haue in hart alway reposde Let neuer me be put to shame from hope I haue to be deposde 2 In thyne owne grace and righteousnes all quyte from harme deliuer me Inclyne thyne eare to my great stresse to saue my lyfe and make me frée 3 Both rocke and wall be thou to me to which most sure I may resort Thy will it is that kept I be my holde thou art and stable sort 4 And make me scape the tyrannye my God and Lord of wycked foe To scape the hand of man to spye both false in hart and cruell to 5 Thou art my hope and patience O Lord for whom I dayly long From euen my youth my confidence thou hast no dout bene euer strong 6 For sith my birth by thée alone full sure by thée were kept my wayes Thou pluckst 〈◊〉 out my mothers wombe my mouth therfore shall sprede thy prayse 7 A monster great men me report so many iudge that be vniust But yet thou art my stable sort in whom is all my hope and trust 8 O let my mouth wyth prayses flow that thée I may land alway thus That I may sing to hye and low thyne honour great most glorious 9 In tyme of age reiect me not that out from thée I be not cast And leaue me not all desolate in néedefull tyme when strength doth wast 10 For now my foes together iet in counsayle whole they do conspire To rayle at me they be all set to trap my soule in hateful ire 11 They say hym God hath whole reiect sue on therfore and take hym now And full ye may on hym he wrect for none in earth wyll hym auow 12 O God from me depart not far O God my God to thée I cry From me thy helpe do not debarre make hast to come my foes be nye 13 And let them all confounded bée to sinke and drowne who seke my soule Let shame them take and vilanie who wishe my lyfe my soule to foyle 14 As now for me most quietly I will abyde thy louing hand Yea day by day more earnestly my mouth and tonge shall prayse thy sond 15 My mouth shall tell thy righteousnes thy sauing health to me all day But ende of this great gentlenes I can not thinke or wholy say 16 In this my hope I will go on in God my Lord so great of power I will expresse of thée alone thy truth so ferme both day and hower 17 For thou O God â–ª hast taught me well from all my youth vnto this day Thy meruels I therfore will tell thy wonders great and how they lay 18 But me in age when heares be white depresse me not O Lord adowne I will first tell thy power and myght this age that is and them to come 19 For sure O God thy truth is sâ—ene to heauen aboue lyft vp so hye Things great by thée so wrought hath bene who can in power be lyke to thée 20 How great and sore aduersitie thou madest me oft in lyfe to spy Yet didst thou turne to quicken mée from déepe of stresse to rayse me hye 21 Beside thou didst encrease my raigne with honor much so more and more When turnd thou wart and pleasd agayne of ioy so glad thou gauest me store 22 I will thée prayse in psaltry swéete my God and Lord thy truth to tell To thée my harpe shall stand as méete O Lord so good of Israell 23 My lips and mouth both fayne and glad shall be alway to sing to thée So shall my soule for mercy had Which thou by grace hast made so frée 24 My tonge shall talke thy righteousnes from day to day and that euen â—till â–ª Because wyth shame thou dydst represse my foes so fierce that wisht me euill ¶ The Collecte ALmighty god which raignesâ— eternally in that hie throne of maiestie and yet doost not disdayne to looke vpon
I say loueth Syon gates Her portes and fortes her wals and towers Aboue the rest for all theyr states Of Iacobs tentes and princely bowers 3 Thou citie hye of God no doubt Where he doth raigne in maiestie Hye thynges be sayd to set thée out To blase thy power and dignitie 4 I Raabs realme and Babylons Wyll beare in mynd such shall know me Lo Tyrus lo Philistians Lo Moores most far there borne is he 5 Of Syon thus it shall be sayd That he and he was borne in her But he that is far hyest layd Is he that her confirmth most clere 6 The Lord for truth shall it record The people when he registreth That he so hye that louely Lord Was borne euen there and there he lyegth 7 All singers there and trumpetters Their songes hymnes shall swete rebound Fresh liuely springes wyth all their cheres Shall prayse thys Lord for grace most bound ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God the only foundation of our fayth which doost build the gates and strength of thine eternall maiestye to be seene in the hartes of thine elect as it were vpon thy holy hiles fenced and beset round about by thy righteousnes graunt vs we besech thee to glory in thy true faith and to declare the benefite of thy sonnes redemption wrought for our soules by his incarnation to whom wyth thee and the holy ghost c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXVIII Here is a mone most piteous of man afflicte in stresse It payntes Christes death most dolorous hys sepulture in flesh 1 MY louyng Lord and God of grace on whom my health dependth Both day and night before thy face my crye I haue extend 2 O let therfore my prayer soone come now before thy sight Inclyne thyne eare and heare my bone with teares which I endight 3 My soule is full of miseries in woes full gorgd I rore My lyfe in sight to all mens eyes is euen at death hys dore 4 As one of them I am estéemd that tumble must in pit A sely man I am but déemd so voyde of strength I sit 5 As frée from toyle among the dead as wounded slepe in graue Who far from mynd be sonke as lead whom slayne thy handes now haue 6 In pit most déepe thou hast me throwne in deathes and hels dispayre In places darke down low bestown where coâ—mith no lyght nor ayre 7 Thy fury Lord lyeth hard on me oh striffe on euery side And vext thou hast both hart and eye wyth all thy stormes full tryde 8 Thou hast driuen far my frendes from me acquaynted most to sée Abhord of them thou madest me be thus bound I cannot flée 9 My sight doth fayle for heauines to thée Lord yet I cry No day from thée Lord would I cease to lift my handes full hye 10 Thy meruels great wylt thou deuise to worke to buried men Or els shall sprites to lyfe aryse thy laudes to â—ound agayne 11 Or shall my graue thy pitie tell when once thou hast me â—layne Or shall thy truth be proued so well when I destroyd am layne 12 Thy wondrous workes which wrought thy hand Shall darkenes them expresse Or shall thy iustice shyne in land of mere forgetfulnes 13 To thée O Lord my prayer went to whom els should I go Yea still my sute shall thée preuent at morne while laffth my wo. 14 Why than O Lord abhorst my soule all helpe from me to wynde Why hidest thy face from me so whole that I no grace can fynde 15 Afflict I am at poynt to dye from youth thus haue I bene In hart astound thy dreades fele I so fearefull they be sene 16 Thy sower wrathes so multiplied hane ouerwhelmed me Thy terrours eke which sore abyde haue stroyd me whole to sée 17 They daily did passe ouer me as water surges hye They compasd me in cerâ—enty euen round about full nye 18 Both frend and kinne from me full far â–ª thou hast put whole away My frendes that were familiar in darke fro me they stray ¶ The Collecte O Lord the redemer of all which art meruelous in the procuryng of our health and saluation which by thy descension into hell were made as one among the dead heare the timely prayers of thy family praying to be deliuered from our peruerse enemye labouring to bring vs into bondage graunt this O Lord who lyuest and raygnest with the father c. The Argument Psalme LXXXIX The letter here describeth to eare the state of Dauids raygne The sprite to hart doth this impart that Christ shall ayâ— remayne 1 GOds mercies all wyth song I shall for euer sing and play Wyth mouth euen still expresse I will hys truth from day to day 2 For thus I sayd hys mercy stayde for euer shall remayne Thou shalt confirme thy truth most firme in heauen and it maintayne 3 With Abraham in league I am who was my chief elâ—â—â— To Dauid lo I sware euen so for hym and all his sect 4 I will thy sede prepare in dede for euer world to ende I will aduaunce thy gouernaunce for aye thy raigne extende 5 The heauens O Lord shall iust recorde thy meruayles great in dede Euen so thy saintes wythout restraintes thy truth in church shall sprede 6 For who compare so boldly dare with God in heauen so cleare Whom can we seke the Lord so like among Gods children deare 7 This God of blisse most puissant is amids his saintes echone Most louely feare to hym they beare which stand about his throne 8 O Lord and God of hostes so brode who Lord so strong as thou Euen round about thy truth falth out to them which thée allow 9 Thou canst represse the seas excesse by power imperiall When they do swell in surges fell thou makest them downe to fall 10 Thou Egipt braidst and it so raydst as wounded carcasse proude Thou scatredst wyde thine enemies pride such strength thyne arme auowde 11 The heauens be thyne wyth all their shyne the earth is thine ful sure The world so round thou dydst it found with all the furniture 12 As North and South â–ª stood thorow thy mouth thy worde them both dyd frame So Tabor West and Hermon East both hils shall ioy thy name 13 An arme endude with fortitude thou hast omnipotent O let thyne hand then strongly stand thy ryght hand hie be bent 14 As ryghteousnes so iudgement is thy throne and royall seat With mercy truth most ioyntly sueth before thy face so swete 15 O then most blest such folke doth rest that ioyeth and féelth the same In thy pure light they walke shall right O Lord to prayse thy name 16 Thy name so bright shall them delite all day to ioy therin And they alwayes themselfe shall rayse by thy iust word to winne 17 For thou thy selfe doost worke their welth the ioy of all theyr strength By thy good grace thou shalt in place lyft vp our hornes at length 18 On God
God detect That truth was raisde and lyes deiect 1 THe lyuing Lord doth raigne as king The erth therfore full glad may sing The iles may ioy so many sene That he is come to make thē clene 2 Thicke cloudes and darke be him about On wycked men to thunder stout Both iustice right and equitie Of his high throne the bases bée 3 The fyre him goeth before in sight Wyth blasing leames of fearefull lyght By which full wyde he doth enflame Hys foes to burne which scorne his name 4 His lighteninges shyne the world full out On euery side whote sparkes to spout The earth at sight for feare doth quake No puissance can resistence make 5 The mountaynes hye as ware did melte At God his face thus present feit I say at face of Lord so hye The earth dyd feale his maiestye 6 The heauens declare his rightwisnes When he by them strikth wickednes All peoples thus his glory sawe How drad he is whom all should awe 7 A shamde be all which Idols serue Who chose vayne gods from God to swerne Ye angels all which seruauntes be Come worship hym bowe downe your knée 8 So Sion ioyed in hearing this And Iury ioyd in townes of hys O Lord for these thy domes entent That such should haue sharpe punishment 9 For thou O Lord doost all excell That here by low in earth do dwell Exalted far in name thou art Aboue all Gods so new vpstart 10 O ye that loue thys Lord so hye Hate ye all vyce of mawmetrye He kéepth theyr soules who serue hym pure From wycked hand to ryd them sure 11 Now lyght is sprong to ryghteous man That day from darke ▪ discerne he can And ioy is falne to rightfull hart From whence no power can hym depart 12 Then ioy ye iust in thys your Lord Thys lyght hys grace alway record Hys holines well thynke and thanke Hys name confesse therin be franke ¶ The Collecte O Lord the preseruer of all thy faythfull sayntes on whom as on thyne electe portion thou doost perpetually raigne inspire we besech thee into our harts the bright beames of the scriptures of thy prophets and apostles that what soeuer as yet remayne in our hartes as sauoring the olde carnall blyndnes of our originall darknes may be illitened by the heauenly lyght of thy holy sprite to whom c. The Argument Psalme XCVIII Here thankes be done that God in worde most true Sent Christ his sonne mans losse agayne to cure All thinges that bee must laud hym euer due Such peace to see restord in earth so sure 1 SYng ye all new to God a song on hye For he most true hath meruels newly wrought Hys able hand hath wonne hym victory Hys arme so grand this helth to man hath brought 2 The Lord of loue thys health hath open layd So man to moue to serue in hart aryght Hys righteousnes he hath full plainly splayd For theyr redresse to Gentiles eyes and syght 3 He cald to mynde hys gentle mercies frée To Iacob kynde hys truth and fayth to kepe ▪ The earth all whole thys helth dyd fully sée O hym extoll thys God our Lord so meke 4 Thou earth sing out all whole I say full glad In voyce most stout with gentle musikes sound To God thy Lord reioyce for mercy had Thy songes record thou art most duely bound 5 Yea sing in harpe to God and Lord so hye Sing round sharpe wyth all thy tunes and stringes Wyth harpe bid I with note of Psalmodie Your voyce apply to ioy these heauenly thinges 6 With trūpets blow wyth shaulme so swetely sing Both hye and low extende your harty strength Make iubilies before this heauenly king For Lord he is to serue I say at length 7 Let eke the seas rose out in merie chere Thys Lord to please wyth all her fishe in store The world so round and all the dwellers there your voyce rebound to prayse this Lord the more 8 The floudes a like Let them now clap their hands This Lord to seke wyth man in ioyfull hart The mountayns hie so houge aboue the landes Let them be by to daunce wyth man in part 9 To God do this let it in sight be plyed For come he is as lord to iudge the land Hys iustice sword the worlde shall iudge and guide Hys equall word to all shall euenly stande ¶ The Collecte POure into our harts O Lord thy healthfull grace which thou hast reuelde to all Gentiles so spred by the rightwisnes of thy gospel we hūbly besech thee that as thou once camest to be iudged and condemned for vs most misera le sinners so at thy next returne thou would graunt vs mercy to escape thy fearefull iudgement for whom thou tokst vpon thee to be condemned for the raunsome of our sinne to whom with the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCIX Swete Christ his raigne this Psalme compristh As Rabins all can say no lesse God graunt that they with vs would ryse To sing these thankes to hym in fleshe 1 THe Lord to raigne is bent therin All folke ought than his presence dread He sitteth betwixe the Cherubin Let all the earth then quake I reade 2 This Lord is great in Zion séene Where power he sheweth ruleth with loue And hye he is on all the Heathen If they a like their hartes would moue 3 O let them all thy name confesse The bad to beate the good to blisse For greate it is in fearefulnes The power therof most sacred is 4 All Princely power loueth equitye And equitye thou broughtst in sight In Iacobs stocke thou didst applye To iudgement true and iustice right 5 Our Lord this God O magnifye Both Iewes and Gréekes your wayes relēt To his fotestole his sacrarye Bow downe your knées most reuerent 6 As Moses méeke so Aaron graue Were chiefe his priestes so Samuell Among them were his power to craue They cryed to God he hard them well 7 To them in cloud spred pillour like He spake as all the people sawe They did his hests and statutes kepe Which he them gaue in pact for law 8 O Lord our God thou hardst them iust And spardst them Lord for thine owne sake Yea when with plagues thou didst thē thrust For foule attempts which they did make 9 Extoll this God our Lord so frée Fall downe before his holy hill For God our Lord in maiestye Most sacred is and iust in will ¶ The Collecte THou art both Lord and king we most humbly cōfesse it right deare sauiour although the Iewishe phariseyes saye the contrary thou only gouernst the hartes and conscience of men and by thy only grace doost iustifye the same we beseche thee so to rayse vp the piller of thy heauenly light to shyne to our soules that we may be alway defended from all errour and aduersitie to offer vnto thee the sacrifice of prayer in thankes geuing who liuest raignest one god with
the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme C. All men of breath but temporall Which Pilgrimes walke this earthly Ball To ioy be bid here seuerall To God in dayes most festiuall 1 O Ioy all men terrestriall Reioyce in God celestiall I byd not Iewes especiall But Iewes and Gréekes in generall 2 Serue ye thys Lord heroicall Wyth ioy of hart effectuall Seke ye hys sight potentiall Wyth hymnes of myrth most musicall 3 Know ye thys Lord imperiall As God vs made originall Not we our selues he vs doth call Hys folke as flocke kept pastorall 4 Hys gates and courtes tread vsuall Wyth laudes and hymnes poeticall Geue thankes to hym continuall And blesse his name most liberall 5 For why this Lord so principall Is swéete hys grace perpetuall Hys truth of word stand euer shall With hundreth thankes thus ende we all ¶ The Collecte O Lord and father of all honor glory shew vs thy mercy and graunt thy grace that we may spiritually reioyce in the laude of thy name and so in spryte to serue thee that we maye feele in our hartes the delectable comfortes of thy true promises made to vs the poore flocke of thy pasture so to ioyne to thee our louyng pastor to come at the last to thy heauenly folde where thou raignest with the father and holy ghost one God c. ¶ The ende of the second Quinquagene ¶ The third and last Quinquagene of Dauids Psalter translated into Englishe Metre The Argument Psalme CI. When Dauid long was kept from raigne This Psalme he sang to ease his payne â–ª How kinges should rule here see you playne â–ª As he would fayne Ì„Ì„ 1 BOth mercy méeke iudgement right In Metres song I wyll endight To thée I will Lord sing in sight With hartes delyte 2 I wyll my lyfe beare strayt in way If thou from me goest not astray In all my house cleane hart shall lay Without denay â–ª 3 To wycked déede none eye shall stand And hate I wyll all rebels band To ioyne wyth me I wyll wythstand wyth hart and hand 4 A froward hart and wilfull 〈◊〉 From my whole sight shall flée full out To me shall clout no wycked rout Wythout all doâ—t 5 Hys neyghbour who â–ª styâ—â—th priuily â–ª Hym will Astrâ—y 〈◊〉 vtterly â–ª I will not 〈◊〉 proud 〈…〉 Wyth pleasure hye 6 True men in earth I wyll me get Most nye to eye wyth me to seâ— Who walketh more strayt shall serue me bet Wythout all let 7 From far my house they shal be sent Who guiles can forge or lyes inuent None eye on them shall firme be bent Wyth myne assent 8 Yea soone by day I will deface Proud men in earth of wycked trace To dryue all shrewes from Gods good place Wythout all grace ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God which art God of power incomprehensible which shewest to thy seruants ioyntly both mercy and iudgement Graunte we beseche thee so that we may faithfully loue thee truly to follow thee in all godlines through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CII Here man in eare most pituously Wishth Syon built defast in shame He moâ—eth hys longâ— captiuitie Christes heauenly church wishe we the same \ \ 1 O Lord to thée I cry and call My prayer heare O louinglye Thou art my Lord most liberall Receyue my sute admyt my cry 2 While thus I mourne hide not thy face From my distresse so wrathfully Enclyne thyne eares and heare my case But soone in hast O aunswer make 3 My dayes lyke smoke slyde fast apace Consume they do no rest they take As fier brandes my bones are brent Theyr liuely powers my sprites forsake 4 My wounded hart lyeth impotent As witherd hay cut downe by sithe To eate my bread from me it went On me so sore this trouble lyeth 5 For gronyng lowde in thys distresse My wofull hart oh panth and sith That scant to skin cleaneth any flesh My bones be sene thus wast I lay 6 Lyke Pellicane in wildernesse I am which sing but we le away As Owle that fléeth all birdes in sight In desert darke which loueth to stray 7 Full watch I kepe both day and night Myne eyes no slepe can take for mone To Sparow like that leaueth her flight â–ª In houses eues which lowerth alone 8 All day my foes do me reuyle Wyth tauntes they sport when I do grone These boasters mad at me so vyle Agaynst my soule all sworne they bée 9 My bread that I eate all this whyle Was ashes lyke in taste to sée My drinke with teares with weping menkct So many griefes afflicted mée 10 My soule with cares was full besprenct To note thy wrath and heauy frowne Thou liftst me vp as I were strengâ—hd But sone most weake thou threwst me down 11 My dayes draw low â–ª as shadow falth When darke comthâ—â— in field and towne I wyther like as blosome paâ—h My colour wanneth my moysture dryeth 12 But thou yet Lord as thée befalth Art permanent no man denieth Thy memory shall aye remayne Where fast to duâ—t my nature hyeth 13 I know thou wylt once ryse agayne To pitie Lord swete Syon mount To shew hys grace the tyme constraynth The tyme is come by iust account 14 Thy seruants lo desire in hart To sée her stones to building mount They pitie her to spie her smart To marke her thus in dust oppresâ— 15 The Gentils straunge wyl ioyne their part To feare Gods name of all the best Ye kings of power in earth all whole Shall prayse thy name for worthiest 16 When this the Lord shall hye extoll In buildinges fresh this Zyon place And her in booke of fame enroll When glory bryght shall her embrace 17 And when they sée how he is bent To poore mans sute in tender grace And will not be ought discontent To scorne theyr cryes both all and some 18 This thyng thus done â–ª as monument Shall written be for folke to come That countries whole which shall arise May laud thys Lord wyth hye renome 19 For God from hye hath cast his eyes Where holy is his sacrary Thys Lord from heauen in gentle wise Hath lookt to earth to heare the cry 20 To heare I say the wofull playntes Of men fast bound in misery To losen them from theyr constrayntes Which were at deathes dore very neare 21 That they might shew â–ª to all hys saintes In Zyon place Gods name so deare To tell all out Ierusalem His worthy laudes in open quere 22 When people whole shall mete in realme Of all estates which this shall know To serue this God so good to them All reignes to hym shall them bestow 23 Though God as yet my strength hath beate From captine state to iourney slow Though he my dayes hath short extreat I Zyon trust yet built to spy 24 I wyll hym thus wyth wordes intreat Ah God my God to wastefully Cut not my dayes by halfe away Where thy yeares last â–ª eternally
that man can do Most vayne to trust it is euen so 13 In God we shall all strong endure By hym to do â—duentures sure And he our foes shall sone debell To treade them down though hie they swell ¶ The Collecte PRepare our harts O Lord ready vnto thee to confesse the power of thy name and wheras we know how thou early as conquerour didst ryse to raygne in kingdome euerlasting so we may in life alway ryse from our earthly conuersation to be pertaker of thy heauenly resurrection to whom with the father and the holy ghost art one God worlde without ende Amen The Argument Psalme CIX Here Dauid vext by tyrannye hath Doegs spite bewrayed Whose successour we Iudas spye who falsly Christ betrayed 1 O God my ioy and all my prayse in whome I glory most Hold not thy peace thy vertue rayse destroy my haters bost 2 For wycked mouthes and mouthes of gile at me be open set Wyth lying lippes they me reuile wyth tonges most false they ief 3 Wyth hateful wordes they compasse me such gall in hart they haue They fight at my sinceritie they causeles me depraue 4 For loue I had to them in hart they séeke my hurt and bloud Yet dyd I pray to ease my smart wherin I wysht them good 5 For good they euil agayne requite to malice so they bend And so for loue I shewd in sight whote hate they do repend 6 Some wycked man O constitute â–ª on hym to breake hys band Let Satan stand and execute hys power agaynst hys hand 7 When iudged he be for any déede let hym as gilty come Hys prayers whole ill mought they spéede to sinne turnd all in some 8 And let his dayes abriged be in yeares but fewe to go His office eke withall his fee Some other take hym fro 9 Let all his séede and issue sprong full sone be fatherles And let his wife be widow young and curst with barennesse 10 As wandrels make his childrens stray to beg séeke their bread Depryued so their houses gay abroade to desert led 11 Yea let his goodes the vsurer all wholy catch in net And let also the forriner by spoyle his labours set 12 Let no man be in any place to pitye hys distresse And no man helpe with any grace his children fatherles 13 To wast be led his progenye to ioy in no degrée Their name be blot from memory no second age to sée 14 His fathers crymes be they reuiued in mynde before the Lord His mothers sinne to her deryued and styll of God abhord 15 Yea let them hange in open sight before the Lord for aye Dryue he their fame all whole quyte from all the earth away 16 Because no loue he had in brest to any nedy wight But did pursue poore man opprest to kill the hart contryfe 17 He curse ensued he ioyed therin it came hym home the more He blesse eschued none would he wynne it shal hym flee therfore â–ª 18 To cursednes he whole was set as clad for all the nonce As water yet his bowels wet as oyle it pearst his bones 19 Let it therfore â–ª as cloke to be hymselfe to wrape therin With gyrdell gyrt so like be he alway euen next the skyn 20 This mede from God to them befall which me resist in hate To them euen all in generall agaynst my soule that prate 21 But do thou Lord my Lord with me as it becommeth thy name For swéete is thy benignitye O ryd me far fro shame 22 For sore afflict and poore I wepe I am all destitute My hart within is wounded déepe in death nye constitute 23 As shadow fast I passe away as day doth low declyne As grashopper remouing aye from place I am so dryuen 24 My knées do reale all fatigate in fasting long from meate My flesh is dryed for lacke of fat or oyle to make it sweate 25 A foule rebuke to them I séemde on me they strangly gase As laughing stocke they me estéemd shoke their heads apace 26 O helpe me Lord my God withsaue to thée alone I clyue Preserue me sure thy grace I craue and shortly me reuyue 27 And let them knowe in this thy ayde that this is whole thy hand That thou thy selfe my state hast layd so strong by thée to stand 28 And let them curse so thou do blesse O Lord of all most drad Yea let them rise but foule to misse to make thy seruaunt glad â—9 Let all my foes with shame be broke as clad therwith echone Let them be wrapt as with 〈◊〉 cloke in their confusion â—0 And I with mouth will celebrate the Lord with thankes on hye Whom people most be congregate I wyll his laâ—des applye â—1 For that he stode in poore mans nede at his right hand so strong To saue his soule froÌ„ iudges drede who might him stroy by wroÌ„g ¶ The Collecte O Most pitifull Lorde and intreatable God whiche didst vouchsaue to be cast vnder the malediction of the law so bearyng the wrath of thy father to the ende that thou would discharge vs from all curse and malediction we beseche thee so to deale with vs mercifully that we may escape from the tyranny of synne that doth haunte vs and also to bee defended by the power of thy name from all cursed detractions of euill men so that we may fully ioy to be in thy fauour in the enmitie of the world to whom wyth thy father and holy sprite be all honour and glory for euer Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme CX Though Dauids raigne be somewhat ment Yet Christ is chiefe here prophecied Who was both kyng in regiment And priest in death then after stied To heanen to sit as priest and king His frendes to saue his foes to wring Wyth death the sting Ì„Ì„ 1 THe Lord most hye the father thus Dyd say to Christ my Lord his sonne Set thou in power most glorious On my ryght hand aboue the sunne Untill I make thy foes euen all Thy low footestoole to thée to fall As subiectes thrall 2 The Lord shall send from Zion place Of thy great power imperiall The royall rod and princely mace Whence grace shall spring originall Yea God shall say thou God vp ryse To raigne amids thyne enemies In princely wyse 3 The people glad â–ª in hartes delight Shall offer giftes in worship frée As conquest day of thy great might In shinyng shew of sanctitie For why the dew of thy swete birth As morne new sprong dropth ioyfull mirth So séene on earth 4 The Lord did sweare and fast decréed He will hys worde no tyme repent Which sayd thou art a priest in déed A kingly priest aye permanent Of order namde Melchisedeck Whom peace and right â–ª doth ioyntly decke As Gods elect 5 The Lord as shield kepth right thy hand To make thy raigne inuincible He shall subdue by sea and land All power aduerse most forcible He shall great kyngs and Cesars wound In day of
Almighty Gods protection Yf we in faith to him can clyue No power aduerse can vs contryue In vaine they striue 6. Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 WHo stickth to God in stable truste As Sion monnt they stand full iuste which moueth no whit nor yet caÌ„ reel But standth for aye as stiffe as stele Than trust him wele 2 Hierusalem with hils is set Enuyroned with bulwarkes great Right so the Lord standth round about His people nye for euer stout Without all dout 3 For wicked power with all his tayle On iust mens lot shall not preuayle Lest rightwise men should put their hands To wickednesse for feare of bonds So my God stands 4 Do well O Lord in loues respect To godly men though here reiect And right vp men of parfyte hart O them embrace in gentle part As God thou arte 5 But who to wrong will backe declyne Of croked drifts who draw the line Where wicked waile god them shall leade But Israell shall ioy in meede Without al dreade ¶ The Collect. REpulse O Lord the malignant assaultes of the euill from the lot and elect flock of thy true seruants that where they put theyr whole trust in thy protection they may be strong against the troublous stormes of all temptations thorough c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXVI This Psalme in sight doth prophecy What myrth is made most worthely When God doth worke deliuery From soules or bodies misery To liberty CanticuÌ„ Graduum \ \ 1 WHat tyme the Lord shall backe repry Hard Sions thrall to death so nye Appeare shall we then dreamingly Such ioy vnlookt for then to spy So sodenly 2 Our mouth shall laugh then plentuously Our tonges shall flow with songs full hye Then Gentils shall say openly For them the Lord wrought royally We sée at eye 3 The Lord no dout shall magnify For vs his power most notably Thus may we ioy then restfully Our thraldome past all totally So blessedly 4 O Lord returne then spedely Our captiue state our drudgery As riuers cheare the south so dry So shall thine acte vs gratefy Most louingly 6 Who soweth in teares all mourningly Hys corne bought deare in penury Shall reape agayne yet ioyfully To sée increase his néede supply So fruitefully 7 Who goeth from home all heauily With his séede leape his land to try He home returnes wyth hocky cry With sheaues full lade abundantly Reioycingly ¶ The Collecte COmfort thy people most pitifull Lorde and deliuer vs from all maner captiuitie sinne errour infidelitie that where as we sowe here in teares wyth heuines by thy goodnes we may reape in ioy gladnes through Christ. The Argument Psalm CXXVII This Psalme describeth Gods prouidence Whence man must spye his suerety In house towne his whole defence Or els shall he his ruine see In vanitye 8. Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 EXcept the Lord the house by buylde They toyle in vayne who buylde most fayne Except the Lord becityes shielde The watchman playne loose all theyr gayne They win but paine 2 But labour loâ—t that soone ye ryse That late ye créepe you safe to kepe That bread ye eate in carefull wise Where God geueth slepe both sound déepe To his good shéepe 3 Lo childern be an heritage From God so sent beneuolent The frute of wombe to comfort age From God is lent by his assent Munificent 4 As arrowes strong in Gyauntes handes Make strength appeare to scape all feare So childern yong to Gods men standes As staffe and speare in age most deare To them full neare â— O well is him whose quiuer is With such full dight his house well pight At iudgement gate they shall not mis To plead their right at foes despite They shame to quite ¶ The Collecte ETernall God the repayrer vpholder and builder of all mansions both spirituall corporall without whose continuall ouersight all thinges shoulde fall to vtter ruine preserue vs we pray thee and accomplishe our desires thoughtes and workes that we go about to the glory of thy name Thâ—ough Christ. c. The Argument Psalm CXXVIII This Psalme intreat the wedlocke state Yt maketh Gods feare most fortunate Where both be met well God to serue Who can them deare to make them swerue Synce God will here Them both preserue 9 Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 O Blest is he who feareth the Lord and walkth his waies in harts accord Who can agree by fayth full sure To spend his daies to him most pure To seeke no strayes But will endure 2 For thou shalt eate thy labours true Of thine owne hand in ceason due For thus thy meete and trauels free Well shalt thou stand blest shalt thou be In sea and lond most luckely 3 Thy wife most deare as frutefull vine Shall spread thy house the fides to byne Thy childerne cleare shall â—lorish out Like Olyue bowes thy bourde aboute Thus God alowes Thy state no dout 4 O geue good eare expend it than For happy so shal be that man Who iust in feare â–ª to God doth bend His life to woe can not descend God clyueth him to And him defendeth 5 The Lord blesse thee from Sion hye With grace supreame she blest mought lye That thou mayst see while life is prest Hierusalem in goods possest This come to them In feare who rest 6 And God geue grace that thou maist spye Thy childrens seede and progeny God shew his face to Israell In peace to speede In ioy to dwell That al good deede May there excell The Collect. GRaunt to al such as feare thy name O Lord perpetual prosperity in the state of their lyues referring al their actes dedes to the glorification of the same through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXXIX As Syon vext to God she can In prayers meeke her refuge make So Christe his churche and christen man â–ª In God theyr Lord may comfort take In harte yet glad For Christs his sake 10. Canticum graduum 1 GReat grief they haue against me wrought Yea oft and oft from day to day From vp my youth they quarels soughte Speake Israel now truly may So Christ his spouse May ioyntly say 2 Yea oft I say full manye times Great traines at me in spite they lay From vp my youth for all theyr crimes They coulde not yet my state betraye So christen man in like may praye 3 The plowers plowde vpon my backe Theyr errours mad yet thought full gay My truth so strong they could not flacke Their forrowes long had short decay So Christ his spouse may ioyntly say 4 The Lord so iust their cords hath cut Their wicked yokes to ren a stray In prison bound they kept vs shut But God them all hath driuen to bay So Christen man in life may praye 5 Let them be shamde confounded still And backeward tornd in theyr aray All they which hate sweete Sion Hill Or that woulde els her quiet fraye So Christ his churche may ioyntly say 6 Let
short extrete of loue the strength So large in length in tast so sweete O charity thou art I wisse Of Man the blisse in ech degree O charity wyth vnity 14. Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 O Come and see how things most meete It is and sweete where men agree Whan brethren bound together dwell In peace so â—well In loue be founde O vnity keepe charitye 2 It is as sweete as Balme the best On head well drest which downe did fleete By berd and throte â–ª the berd I say Of Aaron gay his skirt of cote O charity seeke vnitye 3 It is as sweete as dewe that wont Fat Hermon mount to make so weete As dew no dout that heauenlye stils On Sion hils euen round about O vnity beare charity 4 For there euen there the Lord hath chargd Where peace enlargde most rule doth here All blisfull lyfe for aye to be Where men agree and voyd all strife O charity stirre vnity ¶ The Collecte Poure O Lord vpon thy church thy gift of brotherly charity and christiaÌ„ vnity that we may be sprinkled with the dew of thy â—pirituall oyntmente and so that we maye euer reioyce in the grace of thy benediction through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXXXIIII The Leuites set in nights to sing To God so great their Lord and king On steps in sight some one by choyce Dyd thus excyte all mens reioyce So met to bring Both sprite and voyce 15. CanticuÌ„ Graduum 1 LO ye all here Ye seruants déere And ye that stand Of God so grand Now prayse the Lord By Gods accord By night in house And glorious Draw neere recorde His hand with vs. 2 Your handes lift hye Gods sacrary The Lord proclaime Enhaunce the same In holynes Due laude expresse Blisse ye his deede In fayth and dread Apply no lesse His fame to spread 3 The Lord of grace Blisse he this place Who heauen did make For all our sake From Sion Hyll Your hart and will And earth I say Both nighte and day Embrace him still Awake and pray The ende of the songes of the Stayers ¶ The Collecte WE thy seruantes all O Lorde who of duetye doe blesse thee alway with our thankes we hartâ—lye pray thee to vouchsafe to lighten vs darkened as we be with the night of this world whereby we may obtayne most large blessinge from that while we lifte vp our hands in good workes of our vocation through Christ our Lord. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXXV This Psalme endited seemth for ministers in quiere Gods workes it telth vayne Gods it scornth it singth Gods laudes full cleare 1 O Worship thanke and praise the name of God the Lord Ye seruauntes all of thys your God laud ye with one accord 2 Ye ministers which stand in God the Lordes good house And kepe the courtes of this our God O prayse hym glorious 3 Laude ye the Lord for why the Lord is gracious Syng out his name for swéete it is to man delicious 4 The Lord no doubt hath chose vnto hymselfe in care Olde Iacobs stocke all Israell for hys peculyar 5 I knowe the Lord is great and hye I him estéeme And that our God passth other Gods which meÌ„ for gods do déeme 6 And what it lyketh them the Lord doth it in déede In heauen and earth in sea full out in déepes where fishes bréede 7 He vapours lifth from earth and they to clouds do renne He lightnings turnth to raine in store he winds drawth out of deÌ„ne 8 To quite their cruelnes he smote in Egypt land Theyr fruites first got not one to scape from man to beast in band 9 In midst of thee the Lord his signes and wonders sent Thou Egipt land which Pharao and all his seruants shente 10 He many countryes smote and dyuerse nations slew He vanguished most mighty kings and made them all to rew 11 Of Ammorites theyr kyng hight Seon hie in throne So Og that hog of Basan king and Canaans realmes echeone 12 And gaue theyr lands and holds for heritage of right For heritage to Israell his people whole and quite 13 O Lord thy name endureth for euer world to ende From age to age thy memory in fame shal stil extend 14 For now the Lord hath iudged his peoples cause most playne He them auengd and pleasd he was with all his flocke agayne 15 The Gentyls Images be siluer molt and gold But handy worke of wretched men how euer they be fold 16 Mouthes haue they made in them but speake nothing at al So eyes they haue and nought they see blind Gods and casuall 17 And eares they haue in shape and yet they heare no sound Where beast most domme hath life and sprite no breth in them is found 18 As they be all to see theyr makers be the leke Domme deafe and dead brute stockes and blocks so all which theÌ„ do seeke 19 Ye house of Israell do well prayse ye the Lord Yea Aarons house preach ye his praise the lords great actes record 20 Ye Leuis house and seede blesse ye the Lord all whole Ye all that feare and worship true this Lord most hye extoll 21 O praysed be the Lord of Sion nighte and day His place is set Hierusalem O prayse the Lord I say ¶ The Collecte O God of all comfort and swetenes whome all the world for thy incomporable gentlenes more worthely prayse we besech thee to kepe vs from all vayne errour of the Paynyms vanities to worshippe thee in sprite verity through Christ. The Argument Psalme CXXXVI The Rectors This Caroll sweete exhorth vs clere Gods goodnes great to prayse in quiere The Quiere That men wyth laudes should them inure For thankes breede thankes and grace procure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure \ \ The Rectors COnfesse and praise the Lord most kynde For God he is as man doth fynde The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll styll indure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 2 Confesse and prayse the God of Gods Who made vs first of earthly clods The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll still endure The Meane So redie bendth hys loue so pure Which wyll in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 3 Confesse and prayse the Lord of Lordes Who made all thyng by strength of wordes The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs will still endure The Meane So redy bendth his loue so pure Who will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 4 Who wrought alone actes maruelous 5 Who formd the heauens by wisdome thus 6 Who stretcht the earth on fluds from vs. The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 7
¶ The whole Psalter translated into English Metre which contayneth an hundreth and fifty Psalmes The first Quinquagene Quoniam omnis terre Deus Psallite sapienter Psal. 47. Imprinted at London by Iohn Daye dwelling ouer Aldersgate beneath S. Martyns CVM GRATIA ET PRIVILEGIO Regiae Maiestatis per Decennium Ad Lectorem HEc quicunque legis tu flexu acumine vocis In numeros numeros doctis accentibus effer Affectusque impone legens distinctio sensum Auget ignauis dant interualla vigorem To the Reader OF thee good frend thus muche I craue These few requestes I say No browes to bende but first with saue To iudge by like assay And if ye spie as much ye may where strayd amisse I haue To mend where I went out of way with art more sad and graue But reade it round and hacke it not as iumblyng short with long Expresse them sound and racke them not as learners vse among Accent in place your voyce as needth note number poynte and time Both lyfe and grace good reading breedth flat verse it reysth sublime Obserue the trayne the ceasure marke To rest with note in close Rythmedogrell playne as dogs do barke ye make it els to lose Reade oft inough well spell the lyne less iarr to heare by vse If verse be rough no fault is myne if ye the eare abuse ▪ But princepall thing ▪ your lute to tune that hart may sing in corde Your voyce and string so fine to prune to loue and serue the Lorde Paule Ephe. 5. Col. 3. SYng Psalmes and hymnes and songes on hye To God your selues among But sing in hart make melodye To God geue thankes in song Iames. V. IF sad ye be and beare the crosse In faith pray ye contrite If glad ye be and feele no losse Sing Psalmes of thankes aright Dauid Psalme 33.47.68 IN Lute and Harpe reioyce to sing Syng Psalmes in decachorde Of all the earth sith God is Kyng Syng wisely feare the Lorde Iesus Syrach 44. THe fathers olde both sought and found Sweete musikes moodes full fine The Scripture songes they did expound Their hartes were all deuine Iesus Syrach 32. WHo knowledge loueth teach him thy lore No musike hinder thou Where hearyng wanth spare wordes the more And modestie allow Of the vertue of Psalmes WHat man hath hart in heauines With sundry cares opprest And would haue helpe in redines To heale his thoughtfull brest And yet by man in suéertie for Phisike want his cure Thus set in hard perplexitie To God yet trusting sure Let him beholde the melodie of Dauids blissefull harpe In Psalmes there fynde his remedie He may of care so sharpe If forreyne foe or ennemy Hath wasted all thy coastes No helpe thou canst haue suerly more strong to dawnt his boastes If theeues thy goodes haue caught in net And haue made thee ful bare In Psalmes thy mynde if thou do set they will thy losse repayre If wrung thou beest by tyrannie And banishte out of land Thou mayst releaue thy miserie Content by Psalmes to stand If trayne be layd all craftely In spite to trap thy way Take Dauids lore than redily And bid thy foes go play ▪ Thou mournst and sighest in doulefull hart by death thy children gone If Psalmes thou takest in ghostly part They will asswage thy mone In house and land if poore thou lye downe cast on both thy knees Here maist thou haue recouerie for all that thou canst leese If panges and paynes both sharpe and fell with gripes thy body wrynges Sweete Dauids harpe can ease thee well for it good Phisike singes If borne thou be enuiouslie In skorne and great disdayne No patrone thou canst better spie then Dauids life and raigne Thy hie degrée is low deiect by fortunes turnyng blast If Dauids state thou seest reiect thou shalt be lesse agast Thy fieldes lye all in baren sort by burnyng Sunne his heate To Dauids welles if thou resort His dewes thy soyle shal weete Agayne if they be ouerflowne By rage of water streames If Dauids Psalmes thou makest thine owne Thy soyle must feele his beames O foolishe men that marke the skie The Starres and Planets gate By them to searche their destenie and so repose their state And thus what wo or miserie may moue or freat thy hart In Psalmes thou mayst haue remedie to beare all payne and smart Not beare them well I onely saie but them expell ful strong Who like in hart can them defraie as Dauid did among Not thus alone hast thou thine ease of worldly griefe and payne But here thou mayst all soules disease by comfort sweete restrayne So déepe in sinne no wight can bée no conscience so thrall But prest reliefe here may he sée to reyse his deadly fall No wight can be so burdenous mans senses harde to presse But Psalmes that be so vertuous can soone the weight redresse Now go and searche the Discipline of mortall men so vayne Who taught by wit or sort deuine of them these helpes to gayne So foule shalt thou deceiued bée to trust their rules and lawes As dreamers be which thinke to sée all wealth within their clawes Go now to men and beg their art in sicknes thee to saue By meanes vntrue to heale thy smart where God thy hart should haue This Prophet here forbiddeth thee thus once from God to stray Euen he that harpth all melodie of godly wisdomes way For what thou readst Saint Austen holdth in law or stories true In Prouerbs wise or prophets olde the Psalme doth it renue Both what is past and what to come the psalme doth it perfourme It is a law in perfect some to maners them to fourme Though Scripture booke sayth Athanase of vertue rule it bée Yet Psalter booke of soule it hase the state for eche degrée In other bookes where man doth looke but others wordes séeth he As proper hath this onely booke most wordes his owne to be It is a glasse a myrrour bright for soule to sée his state A garden fayre all fully dight with herbes most delicate A treasure house ye may repute this booke of all good lore All wholsome salue to distribute to eche mans griefe and sore For who delyghth them well to sing his mynde shall féele a grace Of sinne both dulde the cursed sting and vertue come in place The Psalmes sayth he in verse be folde and tuned by musike swéete The eare to please of yong and olde so Dauid thought it méete Iosephus sayth and Philo wrighth That Dauid Metres made Quinquemetres some trimetres by musikes tract and trade For that that is commended both with tune and tyme aright It sinkth more swéete and déeper goth in harte of mans delight O wondrous fact of God I saie in his deuise so playne Though we be séene but sing and plaie the soule yet winth his gayne The Psalter booke of Psalterie an instrument so namde For that the Psalmes most commonly to it were tuned and framde And who
of woordes he may amend himselfe how to geue God due thanks least if he should speake otherwise then were conuenient he should fall into impietie by his vnreuerent estimation to God for we must all make an accounte to the iudge as well of our euill dedes as of our idle wordes IF therfore thou wouldest at any tyme describe a blessed man who he is and what thing makethh hym to be so thou hast how in these Psalmes Blessed is that man which hath not walked in the counsaile of the vngodly 1. Blessed is he whose vnrighteousnes is forgeuen 32. Blessed is he that considereth the poore 41. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lorde 112. Blessed are all they that feare the Lorde 128. If thou wouldst rebuke the Iewes for their spite they haue to Christ thou hast Why do the Heathen rage 2. If thine owne familiars pursue thee and if manye rise against thee say Lord how are they encreased 3. Heare my prayer O Lorde 143. If thus in thy trouble thou hast cald on God and hast taried vpon his helpe and wouldst geue him thankes for that he hath heard thee with his helpe sing Heare me when I call 4. I am well pleased 116. I wayted patiently for the Lorde 40. If that thou seest that euill men lay snares for thee therfore desirest Gods eares to heare thy prayer syng Ponder my wordes O Lorde 5. If thou feelest Gods dreadfull threates seest thy self afrayd of theÌ„ thou mayst say O Lord rebuke me not 6. O Lord rebuke me not 38. O Lord God of my saluation 88 If any take counsaile against thée as Achitophell dyd against Dauid if thou be admonished thereof sing O Lorde my God 7. If thou in beholdyng the grace of our sauiour so spred on euery side specially for the restoryng of mankynde to saluation and wouldst speake thereof in meditation to God sing O Lord our gouernour 8. If so agayne thou wilt sing in geuing thanks to God for the prosperous gatheryng in of thy fruites vse the same O Lord our gouernour 8. If thou wouldest haue thine aduersary kept back and thy soule saued trust not in thy selfe but in the sonne of God which can do it and say I will geue thankes 9. If thou perceyuest God to be wroth with his people as though he regarded them nothing thou hast to pacifie him to complayne therof Why standst thou so far of 10. O God thou hast cast vs out 60. O God wherfore â—4 If any maÌ„ would put thée in feare haue thou thy hope in God and sing In the Lord put I my trust 1â— If thou beholdst the pryde of many men and seest malice to abounde so that there is no godlines among men repayre thou to God and say Helpe me Lorde 12. If thyne aduersarye lye long in wayte agaynst thee dispayre not as though God had forgotten thée but call vpon the Lord and sing How long O Lord. 13. Heare my crying O God 61. My God my God 22. If thou hearest any to blaspheme god in his prouideÌ„ce be not pertaker with them in wickednes but make hast to God and say The foole hath sayd 14.53 If thou desirest to know who is a Citizen of heauen sing Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle 15. If thou hast néede of prayer for such as be against thée and haue closed thy soule on euery side sing Preserue me O God 16. Heare the right O Lord. 17. Bow downe thine eare 86. Lorde I call vpon thee 141. If thou hast escaped from thine enemies and art deliuered from them who pursued thée sing thou I will loue thee O Lord. 18. My song shall be of the louyng kindenes of the Lorde 89. If thou doost wonder at the order of thinges created by God consideryng the grace of the deuyne prouidence syng The heauens declare 19. and 24. If thou seest any man in aduersitie comfort hym and pray for hym The Lord heare thee 20. If thou perceyuest thy selfe to be defended and fed by God and to lyue prosperously reioyce therin and sing The Lord is my shepeheard 23. If thine enemies coÌ„spire agaynst thee lift vp thy soule to God and say Vnto thee O Lord. 25. and thou shalt espye them to labour but in vayne against thée If thine enemies clouster agaynst thée and go aboute with their bloudy handes to destroy thée goe not thou about by maÌ„s helpe to reuenge it for all mens iudgemeÌ„ts are not trusty but require God to be the iudge for he alone is iudge and say Be thou my Iudge 26. Pleade thou my cause 35. Geue sentence with me 43. If they presse more fiercely on thée though they be in numbers like an armed host feare them not which thus reiect thée as though thou were not annoynted and electe by God but syng The Lord is my light 27. If they be yet so impudent that lay wayte against thée so that it is not lawfull for thée to haue any vocation by them regard them not but syng to God Vnto thee wil I crye 28. If thou wilt exhort prouoke kyngs princes to submit theyr powers to God and to regard his honor syng Bring vnto the Lord. 29. God standeth in the congregatioÌ„ 82 If thou renuest and builde thyne house bothe of thy soule whereto thou receyuest God to host and of thy teÌ„porall habitation syng I will magnifie thee 30. Great is the Lord. 48. Except the Lord build the house 127. If thou séest thy selfe had in hate for the truthes sake of thy freÌ„des and kinsfolke leaue not of thy purpose nor feare them which be against thée but thinke on that whiche follow and sing In thee O Lord haue I put my trust 31 If thou beholdst such as be baptised and so deliuered from the corruption of theyr byrth prayse thou the bountifull grace of God and sing Blessed is he whose vnrighteousnes is forgeuen 32. If thou delightest to sing among many call together righteous meÌ„ of godly lyfe and sing Reioyce in the Lord. 33 If by chaunce thou fallest amonges thyne enemies yet hast fortunably escaped them if therfore thou wilte geue thankes call together méeke men and sing I will alwayes geue thankes 34. If thou séest wycked men contend among themselues to do mischiefe thinke not that theyr nature doth impell them by necessitie to worke sinne agaynste theyr wyll as certaine heretikes suppose but consider the psalme My harte sheweth me 36. and thou shalt perceyue that they be to themselues their owne occasion of sinnyng If thou seest how wicked men doo much wickednes that yet simple folke prayse such when thou wilt admonishe any man not to followe them to be like vnto them because they shall be shortly rooted oute and destroyed speake to thy selfe and to other Fret not thy selfe 37. If thou hast decréed to take héede of thy selfe and séest thyne enemy approch nye thée as to such the aduersary is more prouoked to come wyth assault and therfore wilt prepare thy selfe
syng I sayd I will take heede 39. If thou séest many poore men to beg and wilt shew pity to them thou mayst both thy selfe receyue them to mercye and also exhorte other to doo the same saying Blessed is he that considereth the poore 41. If thou hast a desire to Godward and hearest thine enemies to vpbrayde thée bée not troubled but consider what fruite of immortalitie ryseth to thée for this desire comfort thy soule with hope to God and so therein releauyng and asswagyng the heauines of thy lyfe say Like as the hart desireth the water brookes 42. If thou wilt remember of Gods benefites which he dyd to their fathers bothe in theyr out goyng from Egipt as in the deserte and how good God was to them but they vnthankefull to hym Thou hast We haue heard with our eares 44. Heare my law 78. My song shall be alway of the loving kindnes of the Lord. 89. Heare my prayer 102. O geue thankes vnto the Lord. 106. and 107. When Israell came out of Egipt 114. If thou hast made thy refuge to God and hast escaped such trouble as was prepared against thée if thou wylt geue thankes and shew out hys kyndnes to thée syng God is our hope and strength 46. If thou wilt know how to geue thankes to God whē thou doost resort to him wyth vnderstandyng sound sing O clap your handes together 47. Great is the Lore 48. If thou wilt exhort men to put to eir trust in the liuing God who ministreth all things aboundantly to good mēs vse blameth the madnes of the world which sueth theyr God Mammon so inordinately sing O heare this all ye people 49. If thou wouldst call vpon the blynde world for theyr wrong confidence of their brute sacrifices and shew thē what sacrifice God most hath required of them syng The Lord the mighty God 50. If thou hast sinned and art conuerted and moued to do penaunce desirous to haue mercy thou hast woordes of confession in Haue mercy vpon me 51. If thou hast suffred false accusation before the kyng and séest the diuell to triumph therof go aside and say Why boast thou thy selfe 52. If they which persecute thée with accusations woulde betray thée as the Phariseis dyd Iesus and as the alyantes dyd Dauid discomfort not thy selfe therwyth but sing in good hope to God Saue me O God 54.69 Be mercifull vnto me O God 57. If thyne aduersaries which trouble thée do vpbrayde thée and that they which séeme to be thy frendes speake most agaynst thée wherupon if in thy meditation thou art somwhat greued therat thou maist call on God saying Heare my prayer O God 55. If persecution come fierce on thée and vnbewares chance to enter into the caue where thou hydest thy self feare not for in thys strayte thou shalte haue expedient wordes both to comfort thée and to put thée in olde remēbraunce with Be mercifull vnto me O God 57. I cryed vnto the Lord with my voyce 142. If thou wylt confound hypocrites whiche make glorious shewes outwardly speake theyr conuersion Are your myndes set vpon right 58. If thy pursuers commaunde thy house to be watched when thou art escaped geue thankes to God and graue it in the tables of thy harte for perpetuall remembraunce and say Deliuer me from myne enemies 59. If thyne enemies cruelly assault thée and would catch thy lyfe offer the subiection to God agaynst them and be of good comforte for the more they rage the more shall God subdue them and say My soule truely 62. If thou flyest persecution and gettest thée into wildernes feare thou not as though thou were there alone but hauyng God nye vnto thée ryse to hym early in the mornyng sing O God thou art my God earlye will I seeke thee 63. If thyne enemies would put thée in feare and neuer cease to lay traynes for thée and picke all maner quarels agaynst thée though they be very many geue no place to them for the dartes of babes shal be theyr destruction yf thou sayest Heare my cryeng O God 61. Let God aryse 68. Hast thee O God to deliuer me 70. In thee O Lorde 71. If thou wylt laud God wyth a Psalme or hymne sing Thou O God art praysed 65. O be ioyfull 66. If thou askest mercy of God sing God be mercifull 67 If thou wouldest syng to the Lorde thou hast what to say O sing vnto the Lord a new song 96. and 98. If thou hast néede to confesse God wyth thankes sing In thee O Lorde haue I put my trust 71. Vnto thee O God 75. It is a good thing to geue thankes 92. O geue thankes vnto the Lorde 105.118.136 O God my hart 108. I will geue thankes to the Lord with my whole hart 111. and 138. If thou séest wycked men prosper in peace be not offended nor moued there at but say Truelye God is louyng 73. If thyne enemies haue beset the wayes whether thou fléest and art thereby in great anguishe yet in thys trouble dispayre not but pray and if thy prayer be hard geue God thankes and say I will cry to God 77. If they perseuer still and defile the house of God kill hys elects and cast theyr bodies to the foules of the ayre feare not their cruelty but shew pity to them which be in such agany and say O God the Heathen are come 79. If thou wilt enforme anye man with the mysterie of the resurrection sing Heare O thou shepeheard 80. If thou wilt sing to the Lord call together Gods seruauntes on the feastfull day and sing Syng we merely 81. O come let vs sing vnto the Lord. 95. Beholde now prayse the Lord. 134. If the aduersaries flocke together on euery side and threate to destroy the house of God and make their conspiracies against hys religion let not theyr numbers and power trouble thée for thou hast an anker of the wordes of thys Psalme Holde not thy tonge 83. If thou castest an eye to gods house and to his eternal tabernacles and hast a desyre therto as the Apostle had say thou also O how amiable are thy dwellinges 84. If Gods wrathe be ceased and the captiuitie ended thou hast cause how to geue thankes to God wyth Dauid recountyng hys goodnes to thée and others with this Psalme Lord thou art become grations 85. I beleued and therfore will I speake 116. in the ende In Iurye is God knowne 76. If thou wilt rebuke Paynyms and heretikes for that they haue not the knowledge of God in them thou maist haue an vnderstandyng to sing to God Bowe downe thyne eare O Lord. 86. Not to vs O Lord not vnto vs. 115. If thou wilte sée and know the dissent that the catholike churche haue from schismes and wouldest conuert them or to discerne the church concernyng the outward appearaunce and formes therof thou mayst say Her foundations are vpon the holy hils 87. If thou wouldest know how Moyses prayde to God in hys meditation recountyng the
brittle state of mans lyfe desired God to direct so his shorte life that he might follow wisdome read Lord thou hust bene our refuge 90 If thou wouldest comfort thy selfe and others in true religion and teache them that hope to God will neuer suffer a soule to be confounded but to make it bolde and without feare for Gods protection syng Who so dwelleth vnder the fence of the almighty shall abyde 91. If thou wilt sing on the Saboth day thou hast It is a good thing to geue thankes to the lorde 92. If thou wylt sing on the sonday in meditation of gods worde desiring to be instructed therein whereby thou mayst rest in Gods holy will cease from all the workes and doctrines of vayne man reuolue that notable psalm Blessed are those that are vndefiled in the way 119. If thou wilt sing in the seconde day of the Sabbothe thou hast O come let vs syng vnâ—o the Lord. 95. If thou wouldest syng to the Lord thou hast what to say O sing vnto the Lord a new song 96. and 98. If thou wilt sing the fourth day of the Saboth syng O Lord God to whome vengeaunce belongeth 94. for then whan the Lord was betrayed he began to take vengeaÌ„ce on deathe and to triumphe of it therefore when thou readest the gospell Wherein thou hearest the Iewes to take counsail against the Lord and that he standeth boldly agaynst the Deuill then sing the â—oresayd Psalme O Lorde God If thou wilt sing on good Friday thou hast a commeÌ„dation of the Psalme The lord is king 93. for then was the house of Gods churche builded and groundlye founded though the enemies wente aboute to hinder it for which cause sing to God the songes of triumphante victory with the sayd Psalme and wyth Many a tyme haue they fought against me 129. and wyth O sing vnto the lorde a new song 98. If there be any captiuity wherin thy house is layd wast and yet builded agayne sing O sing vnto the lorde 96. If the lande be vext wyth enemies and after come to any rest by the power of God if thou wilt sing therfore sing The lorde is king 97. If thou considerest the prouidence of God in hys gouernaunce so ouer all and wilt instructe any wyth true fayth and obedience when thou hast first perswaded theÌ„ to confesse themselfe sing O be ioyfull in the lorde 100. melius 147. If thou doost acknowledge in God his iudicial power and that in iudgemeÌ„t he mixeth mercy if thou wilt draw nye vnto him thou hast the words of this Psalme to this ende My song shall be of mercy and iudgement 101. If for the imbecillitie of thy nature thou art wery with the continuall miseries and griefes of this lyfe and wouldest comfort thy selfe sing Heare my prayer O lorde 102 If thou wilt geue thankes to God as it is most congruent and due for all his giftes when thou wilt so do thou hast how to inioyne thy soule therunto wyth these Praise the lorde O my soule 103. and 104. If thou wilt prayse God and also knowe how and for what cause and wyth what wordes thou maist best do it consider Prayse the lorde ye seruauntes 113. O prayse the lorde ye heathen 117. Behold how good 133. Praise the lorde O my soule 146. O praise the lorde for it is a good thyng to prayse and Prayse the lorde O Hierusalem 147. O prayse the lorde of heauen 148. O syng vnto the lord 149. O prayse God in hys holines 150. If thou hast sayth to such thinges as God speaketh beleuest that which in prayer thou vtterest say I beleued and therfore I will speake 116. in the ende If thou féelest thy selfe to ryse vpwarde in degrées of well workyng as though thou saydst with S. Paule I forget those thynges which be behynde me and set myne eyes on thinges which be before me thou hast in euerye exaltation of â—â—y progreâ—se what thou mayest saie in the xv songes of the sâ—â—yers 120. If thou béest holden in thraldome vnder straying and wandryng thoughtes and féelest thy selfe drawen by them whereof thou art sorye then staye thy selfe from thenceforth and tary where thou haste founde thy selfe in fault set thée downe and mourne thou also as the Hebrew people dyd and say with them By the waters of Babilon we sate downe and wept 137. If thou perceyuest that temptations bée sent to proue thée thou oughtest after such temptations geue God the thankes and say O lorde thou hast searched me out and knowne me 139. If yet thou be in bondage by thyne enemies wouldest fayne be deliuered say Deliuer me O lorde 140. If thou wouldst pray and make supplication say Lorde I call vpon thee 141. I cryed vnto the lorde 142. Heare my prayer O lorde 143. If any tyrannous enemy ryse vp agaynst the people feare thou not no more then Dauid did Goliath but beleue lyke Dauid and sing Blessed be the lorde 144. If thou art elect out of low degrée speciallye before other to some vocation to serue thy brethern aduance not thy self to hye against theÌ„ in thyne owne power but geue God his glory who dyd chose thée and syng thou I will magnifie thee O god my kyng 145. If thou wilt sing of obedience praysing God with Alleluya thou hast these O geue thankes 105.106 107. I will geue thankes 111. Blessed is the man 112. Prayse the lorde 113. When Israel came out of Aegipt 114. I am well pleased 115. O prayse the lorde 117. O laude the name of the lorde 135. O geue thankes 136 Prayse the lorde O my soule 146. O prayse the lorde 147 O prayse the lorde of heauen 148. O syng vnto the lorde 149. O prayse god in his holines 150. If thou wilt sing specially of our Sauiour Christ thou hast of hym in euery psalme but most chiefly in Vnto thee O lorde will I lift vp my soule 25. My harte is endityng of a good matter 45. The lorde sayd vnto my lord 110 Such Psalmes as shew his lawfull generation of hys father and his corporall presence be these In the lorde put I my trust 11. Saue me O God 69. Such as do prophecy before of his most holye crosse passion tellyng how many deceitfull assaultes he susteyned for vs and how much he suffred be these Why doo the Heathen rage 2. Blessed are those that are vndefiled in the way 119. Such as expresse the malicious enmities of the Iewes and the betraying of Iudas be these Heare my prayer O god 55. Hold not thy tonge 109. The king shall reioyce 21. The lorde euen the most mighty god 50. Geue the king the iudgementee 72. Saue me O god 69. Such as describe his agony in his passion the cruelty of the Iewes the conditioÌ„ of his death and sepulture be My god my god 22. O lorde god 88. and that he suffred not for himself but for vs is declared in the Psalme aforesayd 88. the seuenth verse sayeng Thine
indignation lyeth hard vpon me in the 69. psalme in the fourth verse I payd the thinges that I neuer tooke Such as expound his dominion and his presence in the flesh be these Preserue me O god 16. Suche as shew his glorious resurrection of body be The earth is the lordes 24. O clap your handes together 47. Such as set out his ascention into heauen be these The lorde is king 93. O sing vnto the lorde 96.98 The lord is king the people 99. And that he sitteth on the right hand of his father The 110. psalme maketh manifest saying The lorde sayd to my lord sit thou on my right hand Such as shewe that he haue authoritie of his father to iudge expressing his iudicial power both in condemning the deuill and all wicked nations be these 9. psalme the v. verse Thou shalte rebuke the Heathen and destroye the vngodly Geue the king the iudgementes 72. The lorde euen the most mighty god 50 God standeth in the congregation 82. Thus thou mayst by readyng these beholde Christes mysteries and what benefites the Lorde hath geuen vs by hys Natiuitie and passion Lo such is the style fourme of the Psalmes for mans vse and commoditie ☞ It is to be remembred that the beginning of the psalms in this table be according to the translation commonly vsed in churches not of the translatioÌ„ hereafter folowing Psalmi quodammodo sic constituti vt alij sint Prophetici Eruditorij Consolatorij Precatorij Eucharistici Mixti 8 Prophetici Hij prophetant de Iesu Christo ecclesia etiam sanctorum afflictionibus Dicuntur in narratione Exponunt felicitatem Dei prouidentiam c. Continentes Promisâ—iones de liberandis pijs perden dis Impijs Historiaâ— rerum descriptiones beatitudinis 1 Narratorij  Expositorij 1 Eruditorij Hij docent quid faciendum quid omittendum Adhortantur ad bona opera Imprecantur impijs confusionem c. Continentes Commendationes verbi Dei vituperationes traditionum Condemnationes malorum hominum 7 Adhortatorij 2 Comminatorij  Consolatorij Hij consolantur in aduersis Gratulantur in prosperis Inuitant ad iustitiamgratitudum c. Continentes Exempla consolationuÌ„ tentationum patrum Mutuas piorum congratulationes 4 Gratulatorij 5 Inuitatorij 6 Deprecatoriâ— Hij orant inuocant Obsecrantur implorant opem Dei in necessitate Expostulant de malorum prosperitate Continentes Petitiones Deplorationes propter peccata calamitates Accusationes propter vim aduersariorâ—â—â— 7 Obsecratorij 3 Interpollatorij 4 Eucharistici Hij gratias agunt Continentes Confessiones beneficiorum Dei mirabilium operum eius Exultationes de pâ—rta victoria liberatione  Laudatorij Celebrant opera Dei 5 Exultatorij Letantur c.  Mixti Hij plures simul vel omnes locos habent  Videlicet prophetiam doctrinam consolationem orationem grotiarum actionem Qui prophetant 21.22.24.45.47.72.93.55.97 Qui denunciant vaticinantur 11.110 Qui narrant 19.49.50.73.78.87.89.105.114.115.127.137 Qui narrant confitentur 26.121.139.131 Qui describunt beatitudinem 1.32.41.112.128 Qui docent virtutes 15.101.119.125.133 Qui admonent 37. Qui exhortantur 29.33.96.98.103.104 Qui exhortantur cum cantico 145.81.66 Qui minanter imprecantur 109.64.94.120.74.70.71 Qui veterum exempla habent 60.77.108.135.80 Qui in domino gloriantur 23.27.40.42.62.76.84.99.122 Qui alacriter canunt 91.118 Qui prouocant ad iustitiam 58.82 Qui inuitant ad gratitudines 67.95.107.134 Qui precantur 5.68.90.102.132.141.17.20.28 Qui confitentur plorant peccatum 9.51.6.39.38.75.106.136.143.130 Qui inuocant 4.54.142.3.69.123 Qui ad euentum votum obsecrationem 7.12.13.16.25.27.31.35.43.44.57.59.61.83.86.88.140 Qui ad euentum solum 3.26.69.70.71.79.80.123.130.131 Qui accusant impios 2.10.14.36.52.53.79 Qui in actione gratiarum sunt 8.18.30.34.46.63.85.116.124.126.129 Qui cum hymnis canunt 48.65.92.144 Qui laudem anunciant 113.117.146.147.148.149.150.138 111. Qui exultat de resurrectione 56. Qui exultant tantum 100. VEteres quatuor taÌ„tum musicos modos quos tropos siue tonos vocarunt celebres habuerunt Scilicet Prothum Dentrum Tritum tetradum quibus recentiores superinstruxeruÌ„t alios quatuor quasi collaterales hos ex gentium peculiaribus affectibus sic vocabulis notarunt vt Dorium Phrigium Lydium c. quibus modis maxime trahebantur Nam morum similitudine molliores in molliore gaudent tono natura hilares Iucundioribus tristes grauioribus modis delectantur iuxta innatam quandam proportionem affectuum animorum cum diuer sitate consonantiarum quibus occulta familiaritate excitantur ¶ Octo tonorum distinctiones proprietates Prothus Dorius Primus modeste religiose graditur Hipodorius Secundus seuere cum maiestate tonat Dentrus Phrigius Tertius Indignatur acerbe insultat Hipophrigius Quartus quasi adulatur allicit Tritus Lydius Quintus Iucunde delectat ridet Hipolidius Sextus Lachrimatur plorat Tetradus Mixolidius Septimus Incitate progreditur imperiosâ— Hipomixolidius Octauus decenter moderate incedit ALl manner of Scripture for that it is inspierde from God aboue as necessary for instructioÌ„ is expressed by the determinatioÌ„ of the holy gost to the intent that all men in commen shoulde gather out therof as out of a storehouse of Phisike for the soule peculiar remedies euery one of vs for our owne infirmities for such Phisike as a certaine writer testifieth will restraine great and many sinnes Now where as the Prophetes haue doctrine proper to themselues and the bokes of the deuine histories matter by themselfe the law haue his peculiar forme of teaching and the Prouerbiall bookes haue their seuerall kinde of exhortations The booke of the psalmes comprehende in it selfe the whole commoditie of all their doctrines aforesaid for it prophecieth of thinges to come it reciteth the histories it sheweth lawe for the gouernaunce of life it teacheth what ought to be done and to be shorte it is a common storehouse of al good doctrine which doth aptly distribute matter to euery man peculiar to himself for it healeth not only olde festured woundes of the soule but also can geue quicke remedy to suche as be newly made It stayeth and comforteth that member which is sicke and corrupt preserueth that which is whole and sound it plucketh vp by the rootes as much as is possible all such euil affectioÌ„s as do raign so tirannically in the whole course of mans life which effect it worketh as it were with agreable delectation instilling pleasantly into our hart all sober honestye For where as the holy ghost perceiued that mankind was hardly trayned to vertue that we be very negligent in thinges concerning the true life in dede by reason of our inclination to worldly pleasures delectations What hath he inuented he hath mixte in his forme of doctrine the delectation of musike to thintent that the commoditie of the doctrine might secretlye steale into vs while our eares bee touched with the pleasauntnes of the melodie Euen muche like as expert Phisitions vse to doo when they
riches and glory of this worlde thou shalt heare him againe singing Wo be to them which trust in their power and in the multitude of their goodes and in an other place Man is in his dayes as grasse whose pompe shal not go downe into the graue with him and thus by such considerations thou shalt repute nothing in all the earth much to be estemed for if thou despisest these two thinges I meane power and glory which exceed all other thinges in mens estimacion what can there be beside wherto thou shouldst set so much thy hart Also if thou shouldst be ouercharged with any heauines of hart thou mayst here there Why art thou thus heauy O my soule and why doost thou so vexe me Trust in the lord for I will geue him thankes Ouer this if thou spiest manye men to haue great commendation without any cause of deseruing speake thou thus to thy selfe Be not enuious at wycked men for they shall wither away like grasse and shall fade to nought euen as the grene herbe in the field If thou chaunce to marke how good men and euill men he both together afflicted yet by Dauid thou shalt vnderstand that the maner of theyr affliction is not alone for he sayth that there be many scourges for sinners which yet he doth not affirme to be inflicted vpon good men when he saith That the iust man haue many temtations but out of them all God will deliuer him and agayne The death of sinners is odible Where the death of his electes is very honourable before the Lorde Reuolue therfore such thinges as these be oft with thy selfe and by the instruction of them get thee some vnderstandyng for there is a large wilde fielde of wise sentences comprehended in these sayinges aforesayd yea in euery one of them thoughe they be brieflye thus vewed and perused by vs. But if ye will more exactly search out these sentences of Dauid ye shall perceiue that they wil sprede into plentuous store of gostly treasure Ouer and beyond that euery man that will may by these sayinges purge himselfe of euill vices how fast so euer they haue roote within them If he will neither geue eare redily to enuye neither yet to bitter malice if he will despise riches if he set light by aduersitie by trouble by pouertie if he set not much by his lyfe at all This maner of contemplation will far driue from vs all vice and sinne for the subduing of which vices we muste geue our thankes to God and thus by despising these transitory goodes we may winne the goodes euerlastyng and through patience in aduersitie and by the consolatiō we haue in holy scripture we may haue hope and at the last to enioy the blisse to come thorough Iesus Christ to whom with the father the holy ghost be all honor world without ende Amen Augustinus lib. confess 10. cap. 33. THe delectation of the eares had once bound me strongly yea they had subdued me but thou O Lorde didst vnbinde me and madest me free Now in these sweete tunes which thy holy scriptures geue so liuely a grace vnto when they be sunge with the sweete voyce of cunning men I do confesse that I am somwhat delectably holden but yet not for that I would dwell and abide still there but that my affection might be stirred to rise vpwarde when I see my time But yet these tunes and notes thus liuelye made by the dittie of thy worde the rather doo they desire to haue place in me yea they woulde my harte should haue them in great affiance which yet I haue not peraduenture altogether as is most agreable For sometime me thinke I esteme this musicall harmonie more hiely then is conueniēt as when I feele my hart to be more vehemently stirred to ardent deuotion by those holy wordes when they be so set out with song then if they were not so sunge For this I perceyue that all the affections of our sprites in their diuersitie of natural disposition to haue their peculier properties and facions as well in respect of the voyce as of the tunes So that by a secrete familiaritie and similitude that is betwixt them the mindes of men be diuerslye affected and rauished but the delectation of my flesh thoughe it ought not to subdue my mynde with to much vaine and feeble sensualitie yet it ofte deceyueth me in that my brute senses doo not wayte on Lady Reason as modestlye content to come after her but they striue to go before her would be her guide and other cause can they alleage none but for that by her at the first they were broughte in and admitted And thus I offend vnbewares thoughe afterward I perceiue it So againe while that I eschue this suttle deceit of my senses beyond due measure I erre on the other side by ouermuch sower grauitie yea so far otherwhiles that I would all such swete harmonie of delectable singing wherewith Dauids Psalter is vsed to be sung vtterly remoued not from mine owne eares only but banished out of the church to as iudging that waie to be more sure and furthest from perill of abuse that I remember hath bene ofte told me done of Athanasius bishop of Alexandria who caused the readers of the quier to recite the psalmes in such euen equalitie of the voyce that it appeared to bee more like a reading then a singing How be it when I cal to minde what teares I wept at the hearing of the songes which thy churche and congregation did vse to sing to thee O Lord what time I first began to recouer my faith vnto thee as me thinke euen yet still I feele my selfe rauished not yet with the singing but with the sweete matter which is sung specially when it is sung with full expressed voyces and with decent harmonie then againe I iudge this ordinance of singing to be much profitable and expedient And thus am I tost betwixt the danger of vaine delectation and the experience of wholesome edification But more am I inclined and induced to allowe this custome of singing in the churche although I speake not this as in sentence diffinitiue that the weaker sorte of men might by suche delectation of the eare rise vp to godly affection and heauenly deuotion Notwithstanding when I fele this in my selfe that the melodie moueth me more then the matter of the dittie which is sung I confesse then that I offend mortally therin then wish I rather not to heare such singyng then so to heare it Iosephus lib. antiq Iud. 7. ca. 12. WHen Dauid was at rest from warres and other such daungers and had now peace at will he composed songes and hymnes to God of diuers Metres some trimetres and some quinquemetres and caused diuers instruments to be made and he taught the Leuites how they shoulde in their diuersities sing and playe hymnes on the Saboth and other feastiuall daies Of which instrumēts some as the harpe were
to mée My sonne I say thou art this day I haue begotten thée 8 Aske thou of mée I will geue thée to rule all Gentils londes Thou shalt possesse in suernesse the world how wide it stondes 9 With iron rod as mighty God all rebels shalt thou bruse And breake them all in pieces small as sherdes the potters vse 10 Be wise therfore ye kinges the more Receyue ye wisdomes lore Ye iudges strong of right and wrong aduise you now before 11 The Lorde in feare your seruice beare with dread to him reioyce Let rages be resist not ye him serue with ioyfull voyce 12 The sonne kisse ye lest wroth he be lose not the way of rest For when his ire is set on fire who trust in hym be blest ¶ The Collecte BReake a sonder O Lorde the bondes of our sinnes that we may bee faithfully yoked to the preceptes of thy law to serue thee in feare and reuerence to the laude of thy holy name Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme III. This Psalme endight may comfort haue of God How troubled sprite may comfort haue of God As woe be gone meke Dauid fled so brode From Absalon meke Dauid fled so brode 1 O Lord how ill encrease they still that trouble me so sore Full many rise in spitefull wise agaynst me more and more 2 Right many one whan I do mone alasse my soule they fret They say I haue no God to saue oh this temptation great 3 But yet O Lord thou wilt accord as shielde to fence my soule My worship cleare thou art full deare my hed thou wilt extoll 4 I did but mone with voyce alone to God my Lorde in will He heard me iust as I dyd trust from his so holy hill 5 I layde me downe I slept full sound and vp I rose agayne For God me kept where safe I slept his grace dyd me sustayne 6 To be afrayde or yet dismayde for thousandes ten what néede They go about to driue me out but God will dull theyr spéede 7 Up Lord saue mée my God most frée on chéeke thou smitest my foes Well hast thou chrust theyr téeth to dust of such as wicked goes 8 Unto the Lord by truthes recorde belongth all sauing helth Thy blessing hand so nie doth stand to worke thy peoples welth ¶ The Collecte POure vs O Lorde thy heauenly benediction that we may be armed with the fayth of the resurrection not to feare any army of men set against vs. Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme IIII. The church in stress complaynth to God full sore For heauinesse complaynth to God full sore The good haue ease they sacrifice therfore Of their disease they sacrifice therfore 1 O God so hie heare when I crie my right is all in thée Thou takest me fro al troublous wo haue mercy heare thou mée 2 Ye sonnes of men how long agayne will ye blaspheme my name Why triumphe ye in vanitie why séeke ye lies to frame 3 Know this ye foes that God hath chose himselfe all godly men And when I call this Lord of all he straight will heare me then 4 Of wrathfull ire refraine the fire sinne not but muse in hart Upon your beds kéepe still your heds deathes day recount in part 5 Looke ye arise in sacrifice of righteousnes in skill And put your trust in God so iust but tame your fleshly will 6 There many bée that say O sée who good to vs can do Lift vp thy face of cherefull grace on vs O Lord to go 7 Thou chearst my hart as God thou art with ioye of thy good sprite Since corne and wine with oyle so fine of theirs increast in sight 8 I will me lay in peace I say my sléepe to take full well I hope for thou O Lord as now makst me most safe to dwell ¶ The Collecte HEare vs O mercifull Lorde and haue compassion on vs in our tribulations and where thou alone art most worthely magnified in thy people graunte that we may haue spirituall gladnes in our hartes by the hope of the heauenly reward Through c. The Argument Psalme V. The church in sprite for all opprest in payne Maketh sute aright for all opprest in payne Here Christ aduanceth the Iewes he blamth agayne His heritaunce the Iewes he blamth agayne 1 EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mind recount most kind geue eare for thine owne sake 2 O harke my grone my crying mone my king my God thou art Let me not stray from thée away to thée I pray in hart 3 My voyce and vowe thou wilt alowe betymes O Lord so frée In spring of day I thée will pray and shall looks vp to thée 4 This I may vow the God art thou which hatest all wickednes No malice fell with thée can dwell thou louest no cruelnes 5 Such foolish spite can bide no sight of thy good louely face Thou doost defie their vanitie who wickednes embrace 6 Thou shalt destroy and them annoy with lies who shame thy worde Bloudthirsty men which crafty renne the Lord hath them abhorde 5 Iust will I go thy house into in trust of thy great grace In feare I will do honour still against that holy place 6 O Lord be guide defend my side in thy great righteousnesse Make playne the way lesse I do stray my foes shall brag the lesse 7 Their mouthes expresse no faithfulnesse theyr holow hartes be vayne Wide throte they haue as open graue theyr tonge but lyes do fayne 8 Destroy their thought O God for nought theyr owne wayes be theyr shame Expell them out in lies so stout who thus blaspheme thy name 9 Let them reioyce that trust thy voyce aye thankes they shall extend Who loue thy name shall ioye the same thou doost so them defend 10 Thou Lord wilt than geue rightwise man the heauenly blisse from thence Thy fauour kynde is not behynde as them with shield to fence ¶ The Collecte O Mercifull father whiche knowest the lamentation of a sorrowfull hart and contrited spirite before it be vttered infound into vs thy holye spirite alway to sue vnto thee in all our troubles defend vs with the shield of thy protection that wee may be found daily attending to thy will and pleasure to glorifie thy name through Christ c. The Argument Psalme VI. An earnest crie of men all wrapt in wo To God on hie of men all wrapt in wo At last they winne and glad reioyce they so Gods helpe for sinne and glad reioyce they so 1 O Carpe not sower thou Lord of power my sinne in ire to sore Nor chasten mée in crueltie I pray to thée therfore 2 But mercy haue my life to saue O Lord for weake am I My bones be vext with feare annext thy domes make me to crye 3 My soule also is full of woo my conscyence doth quake O Lord how long thy
scourge so strong shall me thus fearefull make 4 O Lord returne thou seest I mourne make free my soule to go Oh saue me now thy grace auowe thy glory standth therto 5 In death no man remember can thy name to celebrate What man thus bound thy prayse can sound in pit and hell to late 6 Of groning so I weary go my bed I nyghtly washe My couch with teares for sinfull feare I water thus alas 7 My beuty warmeth my trouble standth myne eyes for thought be dymme My zeale for wrath much magre hath amyds my foes so brymme 8 Auaunt ye all to you I call which worke all vanitie The Lord of hostes hath heard your bostes and eke my weping crye 9 This Lord I say at néedefull day hath heard my meke request From hence he will with mercy still heare me to geue me rest 10 Myne enemies all hatefull spies shall féele both shame and payne Gods helping grace them all shall chace to flée swift backe agayne ¶ The Collecte O Most mercifull father which of thine owne tender fauour art alway inclined to heare all mens peticions Heare now the hūble voyce of our mournfull prayers and graunt to our infirmitie health perpetual and as thou vouchsauest to accept the request of our prayers so vouchsaue to comforte vs still wyth the continuaunce of thy mercy through Chtist c. ¶ The Argument Psalme VII As Semei at Dauid shewed his spite Full wickedly at Dauid shewed his spite So who with lye may pray this Psalme aright Is charged hie may pray this Psalme aright 1 O Lord in thée my trust I sée for why my God thou art From men vntrue which me pursue saue me and take my part 2 Lest he deuour my soule so stoure as Lyon doth the shéepe Lest pieces small he make of all if none be me to kéepe 3 O God my Lord let truth record if this in me do stand Let it be sought if guile I wrought if euill done hath my hand 4 If I good will haue taken euill to frende that frendly delt Yea quit did I my enemy when causeles hate I felt 5 Then let my foes worke all their woes and take my soule in spite Let them confound my life to ground my name in dust to wright 6 O rise in ire Lord I desire my wrathfull foes represse Stirre vp to me thy set decrée which once thou didst expresse 7 So folke in stréete on heapes will méete in church to prayse thy might For all their sake my partie take rayse vp thy selfe on hight 8 The Lord iudgeth all as truth befall O sentence geue my side To my desert stand Lord in hart as iust my workes be tried 9 Let euill I pray consume alway of wicked men the traynes Oh guide the iust true God of trust thou triest both hartes and raynes 10 No helpe of man obteyne I can my God is all myne ayde He them preserueth that well deserueth whose hartes to right be layde 11 God iudge he is full right iwis both strong and patient Who dare prouoke his heauy stroke to ire when he is bent 12 Except ye tourne your life in fourme his sword he myndth to whe◠His bowe to bend he doth entend it is so ready set 13 Deathes dartes most hard he hath preparde against their pride and wrong His arrowes bright be prest to smight these persecutors strong 14 Behold and sée how traueleth hée to do all wickedly Conceyued hath hée anxietie but beare he shall a lye 15 To delue and digge a pit so bigge his hart was wholy bent But he in pit shall fall in it that he so crafty ment 16 For iust in spéede his wrathfull déede with hym shall méete at gate His wickednes in spitefulnes shall fall vpon hys pate 17 In hart all whole I will extoll this Lord as he deserue I will record this heauenly Lord his name I meane to serue ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God searcher of all hartes deliuer vs frō all them that persecute vs graunt to our hartes stedfast perseueraunce in patience in the expectation of thy iudgement so that we reuenge not our selues on our enemies to preuent thy iudgement and commaundement Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme VIII Here thankes ensue for his great giftes to men To God most due for his great giftes to men How Christ deiect and how he raignth agayne Of cruell sect and how he raignth agayne 1 O Lord our guide thy name how wide in all the world excels Thy glory great thou hie hast set aboue the heauenly cels 2 Babes mouthes so yong◠euen sucklings tong thy laude thou madest them tell Thy foes to blanke their threates to danke to still th aduenger fell 3 Thy heauens whan I consider hie thy mighty worke of hand The Moone by night of Starres the light in order how they stand 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I than that thou so him regardst What is mans childe so pore so milde that thou so hym rewardst 5 Thou didst abate his porte and state more lowe then aungels bée Thou didst him crowne in great renowne aduanst in dignitie 6 Thou madest him sitte as Lord most fitte of all thy workes of hand And vnder cast all thing thou hast as his footestoole to stand 5 Both shéepe and cowe the oxe to plowe thou madest for man his loue The beast in fielde both tame and wylde that man might all improue 6 All foules in skie how hye they flie yet stoupe for man his néede All fishe in sea how déepe they be they ryse mans sonne to féede 7 O Lord of power our gouernour how much excelth thy name This world so wide therin what bydeth doth sprede thy worthy fame ¶ The Collecte MOst puissaunt and bountifull creatour we most humbly beseche thy maruelous name and power deuine that where thou hast made all creatures subiect to the vse of man So vouchsaue to make vs mete and worthy subiectes to the lowly seruice of thy mercifull goodnes Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme IX Thankes here be spyed for tyrauntes iust decaie To God applyed for tyrauntes iust decaie Who persecute good Christians all daie In hatefull sute good Christians all daie 1 DUe thankes with song I wil ful long in hart geue Lord to thée I will endight of thy great might thy workes so wondrous bée 2 I will reioyce in hart and voyce full glad in thée O Lorde Thy name so hie to magnifie in song I will accorde 3 For that in hast my foes fled fast and backe fell all their might No better spéede shall them succéede but fall from thy good sight 4 But thou in déede hast maynteined my right and eke my cause Thy throne is true thy sentence due thou iudgest with equall lawes 5 The heathen sect well hast thou checkt thou hast stroyd wicked men Thou hast theyr name put out with shame for aye and euer agayne 6 O thou so hye myne
Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XII This Psalme declarth for truth so falne to ground The poore mans care for truth so falne to ground When pride bearth sayle But God will it confound No truth preuayle But God will it confound 1 HElpe Lord so hye this case for why not one good man is more The faythfull gone scant any one theyr children mynished sore 2 They talke so frée of vanitie one neyghbour neyghbour to In tong they glose it double gose their hartes dissemble so 3 All lips so vayne God will them strayne and plucke them vp by roote Oh that he wrung the boasting tunge to treade it vnderfoote 4 For thus they rayle we wyll preuayle our tonges must matters breake For who dare thus be Lord to vs our tonges must onely speake 5 For thys the stresse of comfortlesse for sighes that poore men make Now ryse wyll I sayth God most hye and helpe theyr part to take 6 Gods worde is sure it is as pure from earth as siluer quit Though tryde be golde in fire seuen folde his worde yet passeth it 7 O Lord so graue thou vs shalt saue and euermore preserue From all thys route that be so stoute for euer thée to serue 8 These walke most wyde in wycked pryde all cruelty they frame Whyle they so far exalted are poore men be put to shame ¶ The Collecte HAue mercy of our frailtie most louing father and graunte that we may keepe thy holy wordes with pure chaste hartes to escape the manifold deceites of mad and vayne talkers in errour Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XIII For patience In trouble Dauid crieth For Gods desence In trouble Dauid crieth Lest deadly might Good hope in God he spieth Should blynd his sight Good hope in God he spieth 1 HOw long wilt thou forget me now for euer Lord my guyde How long wylt thou not me alow how long thy face wylt hyde 2 How long shall I thus heauely in soule séeke counsayle so How long my hart shall féele this smart to be thus vext wyth foe 3 O Lord my God represse thy rod heare now consider mée Myne eyes wyth lyght O cleare thou bryght dead sléepe lest they do sée 4 Lest that to hye myne enemye myght boast of hys preuayle If downe I were thys baratter would ioye to sée me quayle 5 But all my trust lyeth fully iust in thy good mercy still My hart thy helth shall ioy it selfe Gods goodnes laude I will The Collecte TOurne not thy face awaye from vs O God of all might and consolation lest our enemies preuayle against vs and so endue the hartes of vs thy seruantes with the reioysing spirite of thy saluation that we escape the dreadfull sleepe of second death Through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme XIIII This Psalme set out of sinners obstinate The carelesse route of sinners obstinate How far is syde which hold with God debate They wander wyde which hold with God debate 1 THe foole hath sayd in hart astrayd that God there is euen none In workes they are corrupt so far not one doth good not one 2 The Lord casth eye from heauen to spye the trade of Adams broode If that as there some wyse man were which God would séeke so good 3 But all astray haue take theyr way abominable made There is not one to do well none they all from truth decayd 4 For throtes they haue lyke open graue theyr tonges haue vsed deceyt And vnderslips theyr poyson lips of Aspes the venome beyt 5 Theyr mouthes do swim wyth cursings brim all bitternes to fyll Theyr féete make spede mans bloud to shede they force not whom they spyll 6 Destruction confusion in all theyr wayes do ryse Of peace no day they know the way Gods feare sée not theyr eyes 7 Haue they no mynd in hart so blynd in myschiefe how they go Who lyke as meate my people eate and God they call not to 8 But they shall there be once in feare where nought they feard in déede For God is spide most strong to bide wyth iust mans righteous séede 6 Where vaynly now ye mocke and mow at poore mans purpose iust When he is bent wyth fast entent in God to put his trust 7 Who els can spéede poore Iacobs séede wyth helpe from Zyon hill When God shall call hys people thrall reioyce all Iury will ¶ The Collecte VOuchsaue O Lorde to looke from thy holye heauens vpon the children of men and graunte vs to knowe the way of peace that we auoydyng the bondage of synne may haue the fruition of thy habitatiō in heauenly Ierusalem Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XV. Here Dauid craueth whom God alowth in sight And answer haueth whom God alowth in sight The sprite so sayth to worke by loue aright Who hath a fayth to worke by loue aright 1 WHo Lord shall byde by thy swéete syde In tabernacle sure Or who shall styll hold fast thy hyll which holy doth endure 2 Who walkth in state immaculate who blameles lyfe ensueth And rightwise déede fulfilth in spéede who speakth from hart the truth 3 Whose tonge in spyte doth not backebyte ne doth hys neyghbour euill Who cannot beare wyth quyet eare hys neyghbour slanderd still 4 And he whose eyes the bad despise and lawdth Gods fearefull men Who swearth also hys neyghbour to and chaungth not it ageyn 5 Who will not plie to vsurie hys coyne for lucres loue Who bribeth nothyng the iust to wryng oh he shall neuer moue ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we besech thee O bountiful lord god immaculate that we may walke in thy church without spot withdrawn wholy from the harmful workes of this wretched worlde so that while we labour to obserue the preceptes in earth we may at last attayne to thy heauenly habitation where thou raignest eternally one God the father the sonne and the holy spirite to whome be all honour and glory worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme XVI That Christ did pray and when himselfe did sue For his alway and when himselfe did sue His buriall the Prophet told full true His rise withall the Prophet told full true 1 O God of trust preserue me iust In soule and body to For why to thée my hope doth slée to none els will I go 2 O soule in sprite thou saydst aright to God who thée so wrought My God thou art of faythfull hart my goodes can vayle thée nought 3 All my delyght to sayntes full bryght is set which trauell here In vertues all celestiall they do excell so clere 4 Who multiplie theyr Idols hie and after them do gad Their sacrifice I whole despise I hate theyr names so mad 5 The Lord alone is porcion of myne inheritaunce My cup he is my crosse to blisse my lot he wyll aduaunce 6 My lot ful brode by lyne and rod so fayre did fall to mée That I reioyce the goodly choyce
myne heritage to sée 7 The Lord to blisse I wyll not mysse who gaue me counsayle so My reynes by nyght yet shewd me lyght in thought to God to go 8 In face I set my God so great he alwayes was my marke For strong he standth on my ryght hand how can I fall in darke 9 For helpe thus had my harte was glad my glory ioyed his fill My flesh in graue though earth it haueth yet rest in hope it will 10 For why in hell my soule to dwell thou wilt not leaue it there The holy one corruption to sée thou canst not beare 11 Thou shalt shew mée lyues path 〈◊〉 sée and ioy in thy good sight Thy ryght hand hase all ioyfull grace to stand for aye in might â–ª ¶ The Collecte PReserue O mighty Lorde all them whiche trust in thee graue in our hurtes to fulfill 〈◊〉 holy will that whyle we be recomforted with the ioyfull remembraunce of thy resurrection we may attayne to sitte on thy right hande wyth thy blessed sayntes in ioy euerlasting through Christ c. The Argument Psalme XVII That fayth myght stand the iust man praythfull fayne In vpper hand the iust man praythfull fayne And museth in part thus should be vext in payne That iust in hart thus should be vext in payne 1 HEare thou the right O Lord my might consider my complaynt My lippes be streight and hate deceight geue eare to my constraynt 2 Geue thou assent to myne entent in hand my right to take Let thy good eye my cause discrye for thée my iudge I make 3 My hart thou tridst by nyght thou spâ—dst thou scorndst me nye in déed Thou foundst not yet my fault so great my thought to mouth agréed 4 Mens workes ful nought by them so wrought agaynst thy worde and wyll Made me to marke theyr wayes most darke thy lawes who do but spill 5 O stay my féete of lyfe most méete thy worde to holde the path Least wrong I walke thy truth to balke to slip in thy great wrath 6 O God of all on thée I call for thou my sute wyâ—â— heare Enclyne to mée thy face so frée my wordes in hearyng beare 7 Thy mercies great extend thou yet saue them whych trust in thée From such as stand agaynst thy hand and vayne resisters bée 8 As ball of eye O tenderly kepe me my Lord and kyng And shadow me so close to be hyd vnder thy good wyng 9 Defend me quyte from all the spyte of them that me molest My foes I sée round compasse me my soule to haue opprest 10 So fat and fed they iet so redde in wealth they stand full hye Proud spéeche to séeke euen what they léeke they walke disdaynfully 11 In wayes they wayte to note our gate so set on euery side They bend theyr eyes as crafty spies on ground to cast vs wyde 12 Lyke Lyon slye they priuy lye which gréedy séekth his pray As close it were fierce wolfe or beare or Lyons whelpe they lay 13 For thy renowne ryse cast hym downe destroy hys spyte O God My soule O saue from wycked â—laue who is thy sword and rod. 14 From men so fond that be thy hond O Lord from worldly beast Who make good chere thou filst them here they leaue theyr babes the rest 15 And I shall bold thy face beholde in righteousnes so bryght I shall in déede be satisfide thy glory brought to lyght ¶ The Collecte COnuert the eyes of our faith O dere father to beholde the truth of thy iudgement that when wee be tryed by the spirituall fire of probation we maye haue at the last fruition of thy glorious presence to be satisfied wyth the fruite of thy righteousnes Thorough Christ our Lorde Amen The Argument Psalme XVIII Christ here in this geueth thankes to God aright For hym and his geueth thankes to God aright For that they bee from all vngodly spight Deliuered free from all vngodly spight 1 I Will loue thée most inwardly O Lord my strength thou art Thy mercies all both great and small do comfort much my hart 2 My Lord is hence my rocke and fence my sauyng God I say My myght and shield my trust in field my horne of health my stay 3 The Lorde alwayes most worthy prayes on hym I mynde to call So safe shall I most stedfastly escape myne enemies all 4 The greuousnes of deadly stresse dyd compasse me about The streames of sinne so whelmd me in they troubled me full out 5 The paynes of hell that were so fell dyd me inclose full fast The trappes and snares of deadly cares preuented me in hast 6 In troublous wo I cald vnto my Lord my God in feare To heare my case his will it was my cry euen toucht hys eare 7 The earth did shake for feare did quake the hils theyr bases shooke Remoued they were in place most faire at Gods ryght fearefull looke 8 Darke smoke rose so hys face there fro hys mouth as fire consumde That coales at it were kyndled bryght when he in anger fumde 9 The heauens fullow he made to bowe and downe dyd he ensue And darkenes great was vnder set his féete in clowdy hue 10 He rode on hye and dyd so flye vpon the Cherubins He came in sight and made hys flight vpon the wyng of wyndes 11 His place he set In darkenes great as secret there to byde Wyth cloudes about he set it out wyth waters blacke beside 12 At hys great light of present sight the cloudes past ouer quight As stones of hayle do melt and quayle by coales in fire light 13 The Lord from heauen sent down his leauen and thundred thence in ire He thunder cast in wonders blast wyth hayle and coales of fire 14 With arrow dartes he gald theyr hartes and scatterd them about And forth he bringes hys lightnyngs the Lord destroyd theyr rout 15 When he dyd thret the waters set theyr springes to be dewrayed The blastyng breath of hys great wrath the worldes déepe boâ—tome shewd 16 From heauen aboue his grace and loue to fetche me he dyd send From waters déepe he dyd me kéepe he dyd me strong defend 17 He dyd represse I saw no lesse my foes that strongest be And rid me quite of all theyr spite to strong they were for me 18 They dyd preuent with troublement the day of my great stresse Yet Gods good hand dyd them wythstand preuentyng theyr excesse 19 In libertie he placed mée and led me strayght thereto He brought me out of stresse no doubt hys grace dyd loue me so 20 The Lord dyd thus most gracious my dealyng he aloude He dyd me quite as he in sight me innocent approued 21 For Gods true wayes I kept alwayes Hys law I trustd therto Wyth my Lord God I still abode the wycked do not so 22 I haue an eye hys law to spye from mans tradition Nor hys precept dyd I reiect to my destruction 23 And pure I went wyth true
sprite in sence 1 GOd graunt he heare with blessed eare the sutes in day of wo Gods name so great whom Iacob met promoote thée where thou go 2 God send thée ayde â–ª where power is layd from sanctuary place He strengtht thée sure full strong t' endure from Syon hill of grace 3 Let hym kéepe hye in memorye thy sacrifices all The bullockes brent so redolent to mynde all them to call 4 Graunt he thy will of hart to fill in sickenes eke and health Confirme he shall thy counsayles all to worke thy peoples wealth 5 In helth of thée glad we shal bée and triumphes make we will In gods good name his prayse to fame thy vowes God shall fulfill 6 I know that now God will allowe his Christ and saue him deare To heare him nye from heauen so hye by healthfull hand he bearth 7 Some trust their horse some charets force thus they presume of strength But we wyll bynde Gods name in mynde for he is Lord at length 8 For where we sée how low they bée and falne so foule deceyued We ryse in sight and stand vpright by myght of God receyued 9 O Lord we sing saue kéepe the king heare vs and saue vs aye Both hym and his preserue and blis his realme defend we pray ¶ The Collecte FVlfill O Lord all our peticions and accepte vs as well allowed sacrifice to grace that all the force power of our aduersaries may bee resisted by thee so that we may reioyce in the present ayde of thy sauing health through Christ our Lord who with thee c. The Argument Psalme XXI Here is exprest is hard which went beforne How that request is hard which went beforne Now thankes the more to see hys foes forlorne He geueth therfore to see hys foes forlorne 1 THe king with voyce doth most reioyce thy strength O Lord most kynde For health so had he is full glad excedingly in mynde 2 Thou hast him geuen such helpe to wynne in hart as he desyrde For that he sought by thée was wrought as full his lips requirde 3 Thy good entent dyd hym preuent thy blessyng swéete thou gauest Upon his hed a crowne so red of gold well set thou hast 4 He asked lyfe and lyfe ful ryfe thou gauest him that will last More hym thou gaue then he dyd craue euen lyfe that shall not wast 5 His honour great in thée is set in thy saluation true Thou didst him crowne with bright renowne and glory hym dyd sue 6 Thou hast againe exalt hys raygne wyth long felicitie To glad hys state most fortunate with ioy thy face to sée 7 The cause is thys the kyng I wis in God dyd put his trust Hys louyng grace so steyd hys place no man could downe hym thrust 8 Thy strong ryght hand by sea and land shall all thy foes confound Thou shalt séeke out thy haters stout wyth power to cast on ground 9 In thyne whote ire as ouen wyth fire thou shalt them make to fume The Lord in wrath shall stroy theyr pathe the fire shall them consume 10 Thou shalt supplant theyr fruite to want theyr rootes from earth full low Theyr séede euen quyte from all mens sight no man thence shall them know 11 For they entend on thée to send some euill in spitefull fourme Theyr cursed déede yet wanted spéede they could not it perfourme 12 For such a thyng thou shalt O kyng them all put foule to flight Thou shalt bestow thy stryng and bow agaynst theyr face to smite 13 O Lord of helth exalt thy selfe in thyne owne strength and might So wyll we syng to thée O kyng to prayse thy power aright ¶ The Collecte BLesse vs lord with the benediction of thy swete mercy and fulfil our desire to be alway set to thee that where in our harmonie we extoll thy excellent power we may obtayn the perpetuitie of dayes in the world to come through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXII Lo Dauid here in anguishe all be set Christes type doth beare in anguishe all be set For here in summe and rising iust be met Christes passion and rising iust be met 1 MY God my God regard me God why hast me left alone To make so farre my health to â—arre from wordes of my great mone 2 My God I cry as day doth pry and yet thou geuest none eare No rest by night I take in sight no silence any where 3 Yet holdst thy will in thée so still as onely good thy selfe Thou Iacobs prayse thy selfe vp rayse they sang alwayes thy health 4 Our fathers olde on thée were bolde to hope and had theyr ease As oft as they to thée did pray theyr troubles then dyd cease 5 They cald on thée and helpe therby thou gauest to them anone They layd theyr trust on thée so iust and scapt confusion 6 Concernyng mée a worme to sée I am no man of pryce A scorne all day a cast away of men in theyr deuyce 7 All they that mée wyth eye dyd sée hye scornes to me they layd Wyth lips they mowd with knées they bowd they shooke theyr hed and sayd 8 In God he set affiaunce great let hym than rid hym quyte Deliuer â—ée to make hym frée for hym he pleasth in sight 9 Yet he thou arte that dydst depart my mothers wombe from me At both her brestes in quyet rest â–ª thou nurst me tenderly 10 I was whole cast on thée full fast from that my mothers pappe No dout from thence in sure defence thou God keptst me in lappe 11 Fro me to go oh do not so for trouble is at hand No helpe of man optayne I can in thée my refuge standth 12 Wylde buls most stout flocke me about by me full fierce they ryde Fat buls in déede as Basan féede be set on euery side 13 My death to shape wyth mouthes they gape on me they stare I say They swell and stampe as Lyons rampe when they do rore at pray 14 Out am I cast as water wast my bones in ioyntes be lose My hart wythin doth melt and pyne as waxe by fier dose 15 As potsherd dry my strength doth lye to mouth my tong cleau'th fast To death in dust thou hast me thrust thus made I am agast 16 Yea dogs full grim haue closde me in in councels mad they méete Besiegd I stand of wicked â—and they pearst my hand and féete 17 My bones to tell I may full well at me they gase and stare They did delite in my despite they dyd deryde my care 18 My clothes they part wyth ioyfull hart as spoyle the sowgiers do For that my cote they cast theyr loâ— for that vnsowed was so 19 But be not far my gouerner O Lord my castle strong Thy mercy send and me defend in hast no tyme prolong 20 From sworde and knyfe discharge my lyfe my soule lest they deuoure Kéepe well my soule as derlyng fole from dogges theyr handes and
power 21 O kepe in awe the Lyons iawe saue me from them that byte From all the hornes of Unicornes protect me Lord of myght 22 Thy power and name I shall declame to all my bretherne met Glad wyll I rayse in church thy prayse in congregation set 23 The Lord who fearth with lawds draw nere all Iacobs séede hym prayse Feare ye hym well all Israell hym magnify alwayes 24 He wyll aduise and not despise the poore for low degrée He hydth no face in tyme and place my prayer heard hath hée 25 I purpose mée to speake of thée in church thy prayse to sprede My vowes so plight in iust mens fight I will perfourme in dede 26 The méeke his brede shall eate full fed and prayse the Lord all day For God who séekth hys prayse he kéepth theyr hart shall lyue for aye 27 The world so brode will turne to God whyle thys they call to hart Before hys face all folke in place shall honour hym impart 28 All kyngdomes stand to God as bond theyr trybes and kynredes eke And them in raigne he shall retayne all quarters them to seke 29 The fat shall fede and serue in drede they all shall worshyp ryfe Yea dead men all to hym shall fall who gaue theyr soules no lyfe 30 My séede and bloud thys Lord so good shall serue in worship frée And thus my stocke as God hys flocke shall iust reputed bée 31 They shall procéede to shew in déede to people thence to come Gods iustice great from heauenly seat what he to them hath done ¶ The Collecte O God the heade and fountayne of all grace mercye which for our sake diddest descende into the wombe of the Virgine was fastened to a tree pierced through in thy handes and feete thy garmentes parted by lottes and yet after all this done thou dydst gloriously ryse agayne from death We beseche thee so to beare in mynde this thy humayne conuersation among men that thou mayst be alway to them which put theyr trust in thee a mercifull deliuerer who lyuest and raignest one God wyth the father the holy ghost for euer in perpetuall felicitie Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme XXIII The Christen man how God his lyfe doth guide Confesse he can how God his lyfe doth guide With meat so good from death his soule to hide of heauenly foode from death his soule to hide 1 THe Lord so good who geueth me food my shepeheard is and guide How can I want or suffer scant whan he defendth my side 2 To féede my néede he will me lead in pastures gréene and fat He forth brought me in libertie to waters delicate 3 My soule and hart he did conuert to me he sheweth the path Of rightwisenes in holines his name such vertue hath 4 Yea though I go through death hys wo his vaale and shadow wyde I feare no dart wyth me thou art wyth staffe and rod to guide 5 Thou shalt prouyde a table wyde for me agaynst theyr spite With oyle my head thou hast bespred my cup is fully dight 6 Thy goodnes yet and mercy great will kepe me all my dayes In house to dwell in rest full well wyth God I hope alwayes The Collecte LEade vs O Lorde by the rules of thy comfortable preceptes that when we haue optaynd the habitation of thy euerlasting mansion we may be fully satisfied with the cup of ioyful eternitie through Christ our Lord. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXIIII Of Christ to come his raigne this psalme doth preach All whole in summe his raigne this psalme doth preach How God will bee the letter this doth teach In temple free the letter this doth teach 1 THe earth it is the Lordes of blisse wyth all the garnishyng The world so round he hath it found and all that dwell therin 2 This earth he cast on seas so fast as ouer them to stand And floudes he made for corne and blade and eke to part the land 3 Up who shall stye on hill so hye where resteth thys Lord of grace Or who shall ryse in restfull wyse to that his holy place 4 Euen he whose hand and hart doth stand in cleannes innocent Who sought no gayne in fansies vayne nor othe hath falsly ment 5 He shall posses in stablenes the Lordes swéete blessednes Hys God of health from euen hymselfe shall send hym righteousnes 6 And these be they which séeke alway in stocke theyr God in déede Euen truely they who seke I say the God of Iacobs séede 7 Lift vp your gates you heades and states ye lastyng dores aryse In at this house kyng glorious wyll enter princely wyse 8 What is this kyng thus enteryng wyth glory thus beset The Lord is hée full strong to sée a Lord in battayle great 9 Arise I say thou temple gay though I thée cannot builde Yet ioyth my sprite that God of might hys arke shall be thy shield 10 What is thys king desiering wyth glory thus to raigne The Lorde of hostes of glory most the kyng and soueraigne ¶ The Collecte EVerliuyng God the fourmer and maker of the worlde to whome the whole ornament thereof is seruiceable and subiect we praye thee to restore vs to the innocency of lyfe â—hat we may be able to folow thy steppes vp into holy mount where thou raignest for euer almighty God in maiesty through Christ. The Argument Psalme XXV This cry and call as supplication graue Is Generall as supplication graue It doth confesse and pardon craueth to haue Done wickednes and pardon craueth to haue 1 O Lord to thée my soule to flée is set my God thou art I whole referre my lyfe most nare to thée wyth all my hart 2 My God of fence my confidence on thée was alway borne O let no shame confound my name my foes els will me scorne 3 Who trustth in thée ashamd to bée can neuer man it spye Who breake thy lawes without a cause confounded let them lye 4 Shew me thy wayes O Lord alwayes of truth me teach the path Thy word and way is certayne stay for that all vertue hath 5 In truth me lead teach me thy read my God of health thou art My trust doth lay in thée all day to thée is bent my hart 6 Call thou to mynde O Lord full kynde thy louyng mercies olde Thy bounties frée which euer bée as fathers them haue tolde 7 Of youth my faut so great and haut such sinne O Lord forget For mercy sake O Lord awake thy mynd vpon me set 8 Both gratious and righteous the Lord is equall so He teachth wyth rod yet louyng God by giftes he teachth also 9 Who méeke abyde them he will guide in iudgement good and ryght And whome we sée most gentle bée his wayes he teachth them lyght 10 The wayes of God be large and brode both truth and mercy iust Euen still to such as loueth much his hestes and couenauntes trust 11 For thy names
sake O mercy take my Lord vpon my sinne It is so great it doth me fret it boylth my soule wythin 12 What man he bée that feareth thée O Lord thou wylt hym teach The rightfull way to choose I say in sprite thereto to retche 13 His soule shall dwell at ease full well in ghostly frée delyght Hys stocke and séede shall neuer néede but hold the land to ryght 14 Among them lye Gods secrecy to feare hym who that shall In gentle fourme he wyll perfourme to them hys couenantes all 15 Myne eyes entent is euer bent to thée my Lord so great For onely he pluckth suerly my féete from out of net 16 Turne thou to mée O Lord so frée haue mercy stay my fall I am in state all desolate in misery full thrall 17 My sorrowes fell my hart doth swell they be enlarged so My troublous payne O God restrayne O quenche this deadly wo. 18 Attend I cry my misery my lyfe and state aduerse Forgeue my fautes which me assautes my ioy to me reuerse 19 Consider ryght my foes theyr spyte how they increase my feare Theyr hate is thus so tyrannous at me that they do beare 20 O kepe most dere my soule intiere and me deliuer iust So let no shame confound my name for I in thée haue trust 21 Let perfectnes and rightfulnes both guide and wayte on mée My trust for ayde in thée is layd from me O neuer flée 22 Deliuer well all Israell O God wyth all hys séede From troubles all that them may fall in thée alway to spéede ¶ The Collecte DEliuer vs from all aduersitie and danger O mercifull God for to thee onely haue we lifte vp our hartes forget we besech thee the trespace of our youth and the ignorance of our former age where as we haue negligently offended thou of thy mercye forgeue it vs through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVI The iust mans song for righteousnes beshent Who suffreth wrong for righteousnes beshent And prayth in will a lyfe leade innocent That he may still a lyfe leade innocent 1 LOrd iudge my déed as I haue lyued in thée my hope is all For this my trust in thée so iust I neuer doubt to fall 2 Lord proue my waye and me assaye by fire trye thou my reynes And search my hart my foe is smart myne giltles life he straynes 3 Thy clemency was nye myne eye to stay me right to do I dyd inure my hart full sure to truth from lyes to go 4 Wyth lyers vayne I would not trayne my lyfe to follow such Wyth crafty men I would not renne whose lyfe dissembleth much 5 The wycked rout that goeth about to harme and hurt I hate I will not set in councell yet wyth men of wycked state 6 For washe I wyll my handes euen still wyth men of perfect lyfe And thus shall I O Lord so hye frequent thyne aulters ryfe 7 Where I shall rayse thy worthy prayse that men may loue the same I wyll there sprede thy grace in deede the workes of thy good name 8 O Lord the place where restth thy grace I haue the bewty loued Thy heauenly house so glorious I loued as me behoued 9 Wyth sinners great Lord do not shet my soule wyth them to bée Thy grace extend my lyfe defend all men of bloud to flée 10 Theyr handes do presse all wyckednes euen guile prepensed â—o Theyr better hand corrupt doth stand wyth brybes euen thus they go 11 But yet will I most certenly in truth my lyfe addresse O make me frée from them to bée shew me thy tendernes 12 My foote as yet in ryght is set in playne simplicitie And still wyll I in company exalt thée Lord on hie ¶ The Collecte GRaunt O Lord we besech thee thy mercy vnto vs thy seruauntes and so ingraue in our hartes the loue of thy truth that we may hold fast all innocency of lyfe and finallye to bee deliuered from all wycked persecutours Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVII Here may we see in trouble though he falleth The iust is free in trouble though he falleth In God he stayeth and so geueth thankes in all On hym he wayeth and so geueth thankes in all 1 THe Lord of might is health and light to me at nede whom should I feare The Lord is strength to lyfe at length of myne I say who can me deare 2 Whan men so bad theyr traynes had layd Euen then at eye they fell downe right Whan foes dyd presse to eate my flesh they slid away for all theyr spite 3 Though armed host besiegd my cost my hart from God shall not relent Though cruell warre should ryse me nar to God therin I would be bent 4 One thing to craue of God to haue I dyd full oft and aye I will To kéepe hys place to sée hys grace to haunt euen so his temple still 5 Thus shal hys power hyde me in bower when troubles should be fierce and fell He would me hyde there close to byde as safe on rocke most sure to dwell 6 My hed yet now he wyll alow aboue my foes in state alwayes In will I bryng glad offeryng the Lord so good to laud and prayse 7 My voyce O heare my Lord so deare I cry my God in wofull part Graunt that I craue and mercy haue extend to me thy louyng hart 8 My hart to thée dyd oft apply séeke ye my face I say ye all O Lord I will thy face séeke still do others how and what they shall 9 Hyde not from mée thy seruaunt frée thy louyng face my ayde thou art Proiect not me displeasantly O Lord my health do not depart 10 My parentes when they bad me renne from them to go my selfe to shift When Patrons all my reyse or fall rought not a myte thou dydst me lyft 11 Teach me thy way thy law I say that rightly leadth in truth to thée My foes O Lord wyth one accorde should els reioyce in hate to frée 12 Up turne me not to beare theyr hate O Lord to them that me pursue False witnes eyes agaynst me ryse and lyes of me they sprede vntrue 13 My hart had quayld and vtter fayld if fast to thée I had not trustd Let me thy grace Lord sée in place in land of rest where ioyth the iust 14 O wayte the Lord hold fast hys worde doubt not at all be strong be still Attend on God take méeke hys rod he will at last thy hart fulfill ¶ The Collecte DEfend vs O God from all the assaults of our enemies that we maye continue in constant confessing of thy name that while we haue the fruition of thy helpyng presence at last may haue the same in glory ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVIII This mans entent all crafty men to scape Is vehement all crafty men to scape And hard he is for this he thaenkes doth shape From God of blisse for this he thankes doth shape 1
O Lord I cry my rocke on hye rest not thus still forsake me not Or els should I resemble nye the déede that be in pit bewrapt 2 Heare my request of humble brest whan I so méeke do sue to thée Agaynst thy seate of mercy swéete my handes on hye when lift they bée 3 And draw my hart from wycked part wyth them O Lord that worke so euill Theyr tonge cryth truse wâ—â—h hart refuseth theyr myndes all set to stroy and spill 4 As is theyr déede so let them spéede retort their craftes they vse to delue Theyr malice great the same to get wyth lyke by ryght to quite themselue 5 Theyr myndes disdayne Gods actes to frainâ— hys stately workes to marke euen so He shall them stroy and not employ theyr lyues no tyme in wealth to go 6 Well worthy prayse is God alwayes my mouth in song shall hym forth sound He heard my grone my prayers mone he dyd not me wyth shame confound 7 God is my shield my strength in field he helpt me iust as I beleued For this good chance my hart may daunce and sing in laudes so wel releaued 8 To my small host God praysd be most that tymely health he soone dyd bryng The Lord is strength and fence at length to his most true annoynted kyng 9 Thy people saue O Lord I craue and blesse wyth ioy thyne heritage Féede them as guide promoote them wyde to prayse thée God from age to age ¶ The Collecte O Lord most strong forte and refuge to all thy people preserue vs from such as goe downe into the pit of schisme and dissention and knit vs together in vnitie of mynde beyng children of one onelye God and of one fayth so that we may holde fast in harte that we outwardly professe in mouth through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXIX This doth inuite to note Gods mighty power All stately might to note Gods mighty power Hym iust to serue and els can them deuoure Who can preserue and els can them deuoure 1 YE sonnes of God sprede ye abrode the Lordes great power and strength Bryng ye your lambes of mighty rambes to God hys laudes at length 2 The Lord ensue wyth honor due extoll his myght and name And eke expresse his holines hym laude in court of fame 3 His voyce so grand on sea and land note how the floudes it stayd Gods maiesty you then dyd sée on them when thunder brayd 4 Hys voyce rulth sea how houge it be hys voyce is sterne and stout His voyce is thus most glorious when it dryueth leuyn out 5 This voyce so frée breakth Cedre trée no force can it repell It dryueth euen downe of Lybanon hys Cedres though they swell 6 He made them skip in rootes to flip as calues do vse to praunce So Lybanon and Syrion as Unicorne to daunce 7 The Lord by voyce the fiery noyce of flames in partes can send The cloudes among he lightneth strong wyth shoures he fyre can blend 8 It can distres all wyldernes yea Cades desert wyde The beastes I say which there do stray it make themselfe to hyde 9 This voyce doth bynde to calue the Hynde thicke trées it open layth Therfore men all in temple shall hys honour prayse in fayth 10 Where they shall sing that God as kyng hath rule of waters all On whom he setth as kyng is fit and so for euer shall 11 The Lord all wealth and stable health shall geue hys people kynde God them shall blesse wyth full increase all peace and rest to fynde ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we beseche thee Lord vnto vs constancye in thy worde and make vs the temple of thy blessed sprite so that we may reuerence thy godly voyce to rebound the same to all powers of this world that they may be compunct therby to present themself to thy honour wyth due sacrifice of thankefull hartes through c. The Argument Psalme XXX Thankes here be ment for iust deliueraunce To God so sent for iust deliueraunce And here ye spie in Gods good gouernaunce All suertie in Gods good gouernaunce 1 LOrd thée all whole I will extoll for thou hast lift me hye Thou wouldst not make my foes to crake agaynst me ioyfully 2 O Lord of myght my God of ryght to thée I cryed in griefe Thou gauest an eare to heare me neare thou sentst me healthes reliefe 3 Thou broughtst ful wel my soule from hell O Lord thou didst wythsaue Thou me releuest my strength thou kepest thou pluckst me quyte from graue 4 To God sing ye ye saintes agrée hys prayses eleuate And mynde ye still hys holy will his graces celebrate 5 Hys heauy wrath short time it hath lyfe standth at hys good grace At nyght we wéepe yet after sléepe at morne we myrth embrace 6 Whan well I was in ioyfull case I sayd as then I thought That I no day should fele decay and neuer moue to nought 7 For thy good will so strenghtd my hill O Lord most stedfastly But whan thy face had tournd hys grace I than fell troublously 8 In thys my payne I was full fayne to cry to thée for might My God wyth cry I dyd apply and prayd both day and nyght 9 What gayne sayd I hath lyfe thereby if death cut short my dayes Can dust declare thy power in care in graue to tell thy prayse 10 My God therfore spare me the more O Lord I thée desire My simple sprite despyse not quyte but helpe I thée requyre 11 Thou tournst from mée my wo and grée to myrth in cherefull voyce The mournyng wéede thou changest in déede so fensd I dyd reioyce 12 Wherfore euen still all good men will thy glory sing and prayse O Lord of loue my God aboue I thée wyll laude alwayes ¶ The Collecte MOst louyng and mighty protector almighty God suffer not our enemies to triumph ouer vs we beseche thee but so strength vs wyth thy strong hande that after heauines is turned into gladnesse we maye geue condigne thanks and laudes in due remeÌ„brance of thy holynes through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXI Thus Dauid prayed from Saule so scapte in letter thankth he so But Christ is ment vvith all hys church for sprite bodies vvâ— 1 IN thee O Lord I put my trust let me neuer be shamde Rid me in thy true righteousnes which thou for me hast framâ—â— 2 Bow downe thine eare make hast to me deliuerd that I be Be thou my fort my rocke so ferme so stabled iust by thee 3 Thou art my rocke castell sure my fortres large and wide For thy names sake lord lead me forth be thou my light and 〈◊〉 4 My foote O Lord draw out of net full priuy set for me Thou art my strength as I haue said al hope doth rest in thee 5 To thy good hands I yelde my sprite O lord to thy great ruthe â–ª Thou hast redemd me certenly O lord thou God
of truthe 6 I hate their superstition who holde of vanitie where iust hath bene my confidence O Lord alway in thee 7 I will be glad and eke reioyce for thyne humanitie For thou didst note my soules distresse my state aduerse to see 8 In cruell hand of deadly foes thou hast not shut me vp But set my feete at large in roume thou temperstd so my cup. 9 Haue mercy Lord vpon my wo myne eyes therin consume My soule and eke my body sore much payne they do resume 10 My lyfe is wast in heauines my yeares in mournynges wayle My strength is falne for myne offence my bones beginne to quayle 11 A scorne I am among my foen but most to neyghbourhed A feare I was to daily frende seene out of dores they fled 12 I am so cleane cast out of mynd as dead man layd in graue I am become a vessel broke which no man list to haue 13 I saw so great conspiracy of men in counsayle met My feare encreast whan they dyd rise my soule to trap in net 14 But yet my hope hath bene in thee O Lord I thus dyd say Thou art my God my trusty God thou wilt me kepe for aye 15 My dayes be set in thy good handes ryd me from all my foes whose handes be set to persecute to lade my soule wyth woes 16 Thy gentle light of countinance shew me thy seruaunt poore Saue me O Lord by mercy great I trust therto the more 17 And let me not confounded be O Lord of thee I craue Confounded be all wicked men in silence put to graue 18 Let lyeng lips be stopt to speake to whist downe lowe be thrust In cruell spite disdaynfully they prate agaynst the iust 19 How is thy grace so plentifull prepard in store to bee For righteous men which thee do feare as Adams broode may see 20 To hide them safe euen iust by thee from all prouokyng men Thine eies in house will kepe them sure from tonges that venim 〈◊〉 21 O thankes be due to this the Lord whose pity such I felt As I with forte were closed in or I in citye dwelt 22 Though whan I fled and felt excesse I sayd thou me despisde Yet when I cryde thou heardst my voyce in humble sute deuisde ▪ 23 O Loue the Lord ye all his saintes the Lord the iust preseruth The doer prowd he thorowly rewardth as he deseruth 24 Be strong in hart most manfully For he your hartes shall strength All ye that wayte the Lord so good O trust ye hym at length ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull father which excelst in aboundāce of pitie and compassion we beseche thy tender and infinite mercy that while we search for the eternall veritie of thy worde and commaundement we may escape the detestable presumption and pryde of vayne walkers in this worlde contrary to the eternal veritie in thy worde through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXII Here Dauid teachth to vnderstande what is cleare blessednes Euen pardon free at Gods good hande for all our sinnefulnes 1 O Blest be they whose trespaces all whole remitted lye Whose sinne is hid in secrecies from which God turnth his eye 2 O blessed man to whom in sight God doth impute no sinne Who hath no guile in suttle sprite as hypocrite within 3 For that my sinne I hyd so blynde and would not it confesse My bones and strength for sorrow pynde all day I cryed in stresse 4 For dayes and nyghtes thy heauy hand my soule dyd presse so stout That all my powers and moysture changd as dryed by sommer drout 5 I shewed to thée my wyckednes not still my gilt I hid I sayd I will my fault expresse then straight thou it didst ryd 6 For this to thée will euery saynt make sute in tyme of grace Though waters flow in déepe constraynt they shall not hym deface 7 My refuge thou art couertly from trouble me to bryng Thus fenst by thée glad sing shall I as men made frée do sing 8 I will geue thée intelligence right thée to teach the way That thou mayst walke wythout offence on thée myne eye shall stay 9 But he not lyke the horse and mule who nought can vnderstand Whose mouthes wyth bittes except ye rule they wyll not come to hand 10 The wycked man wyth cares is fret wyth sorrowes fouly vext But who hys trust in God hath set to hym all grace is next 11 In thys the Lord reioyce ye still ye righteous men be glad All ye that haue ryght hartes and wyll ioy ye be not adrad The Collecte O Blessed Lord whiche by remittyng sinnes geuest them who confesse the same thy true iustice heare thou the prayers of thy congregation and so dull the dartes of synne in vs that we escapyng the sorow full wo therof may bee replenished wyth restfull and spirituall gladnes in the holy ghost to ioye with thee in the blisse to come through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXII Here hily aduanst Gods grace do ye see Who sinne doth remit All wholy so free 1 O Happy be they Whose sins be releast Who hath theyr offence Whole hyd by request 2 And happy the man Whom God doth aquite Whose sprite hath no guile To doubt of hys might 3 For holding my tong My bones fell away I gronde in my hart All whole by the day 4 By nyght and by day Thy hand was to stout My moysture was dryed Lyke sommer the drout 5 My cryme I bewrayed Euen iust in thy sight I hyd not my gylt But brought it to light I cast wyth my selfe My fault to reueale And straight thou releast It euery deale 6 For this shall we sée All saintes to desire In sute for to bée When tyme doth require Though trouble aryse as flouds when they grow Yet shall they no tyme The iust ouerflow 7 My bower thou art To kéepe me at ease Thou fentest me about With songes of release 8 To teache thée I will And guide thée the way On thée will I looke So neuer to stray 9 But be ye not lyke The horse and the mule For brutish they be And hard to recule Wyth bridle and bit Their mouthes do ye strain Lest at you they wynce And turne so agayne 10 The bad shal haue plages On euery side Who trust in the Lord Them grace doth abide 11 Ye men of the ryght Be glad to reioyce Ye true men in hart Be ioyfull in voyce ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXIII The iust alway in mynde bearth this Wyth hart to ioye in God of his To prayse his name that mighty is For he geueth helpe and heauenly blis But vayne all other remedies But payne all worldly policies Remember this 1 REioyce in God the Lord he is Ye rightwise men and do not mis The iust be bound to thanke iwis Repete ye this 2 Prayse ye the Lord wyth melodies Wyth harpe and lute wyth simphonies Syng Psalmes to hym in
Psalteries Forget not this 3 Syng Carols new wyth iubilie To God the Lord in maiestie Hys laudes hys prayse sing hartely Well vse ye this 4 His worde is true most certeinly His workes be wrought most faythfully Holde thys in hart most constantly Abuse not this 5 He iudgement loueth and right entent The earth therwith is all besprent Such grace and loue he downe hath sent Well trust ye this 6 The heauens were made by thys the Lord The hostes of them by hys true word Hys breth of mouth theyr power afordth Distrust not thys 7 The seas on heapes he doth them place As bottell close he them embraceth The depes he coutcht in secret space Denounce ye this 8 Let all the earth the Lord if eare What man this world and mould doth beare Serue hym in dread wyth gentle eare Renounce not thys 9 He spake the word and done it was The earth firme stoode in stable case What he dyd byd it came to passe Reuolue ye thys 10 All Paynyms wayes God doth reiect Uayne peoples dryftes by hym be chect Proude Prynces craftes he doth detect Dissolue not thys 11 Gods counsayles aye shall all abyde Hys thoughtes of hart shall neuer slyde From tyme to tyme on neyther syde Respect ye thys 12 What folke hath God Iehoua Lord Elect as heyre by hys accord O blest they be by truthes record Suspect not thys 13 The Lord from heauen beholdth vs all All kynde of men both frée and thrall He séeth theyr reyse he séeth theyr fall Aduise ye thys 14 From his high seat he casâ—th hys eyes All men to vewe theyr tract to spye Where euer they in earth do lye Despise not thys 15 The hartes of all he shope no dout He knowth theyr thoughts wythin wythout Theyr workes what they do go about Repute ye thys 16 No kyng is saued by route of host No giaunt strong for all hys bost Of strength and power though haue they most Dispute not thys 17 Strong horse is thyng but weake agayne That man by hym myght safe remayne Both horse and man are all but vayne Approue ye thys 18 Behold the Lord holdth eye full iust On fearefull men whych hym do trust Wyth grace them guide he safely must Disproue not thys 19 Theyr soule from death to ryd them quite In tyme of dearth to féede them ryght All paynfull stresse he makth full lyght Betrouth ye thys 20 Our soule hath taryed quietly For thys our God assuredly Our guide our shield most trustely Forslouth not thys 21 Our hartes in hym wyll styll reioyce For hys good name we trust the choyce And sing we will in ioyfull noyce Repete ye thys 22 Extend O Lord thy gentlenesse As we in thée haue trustinesse Thou art the Lord of ryghteousnes Forget not thys ¶ The Collecte FEede vs O Lord thy miserable people in that time whan raigneth the famine of thy worde deliuer our soules from the death of sinne that we maye bee â—illed wyth thy mercy finally to bee associate to the righteous in the ioyes of eternitie by thy gratious gift Through Christ c. The Argument Psalme XXXIIII When Dauid fledde to Achis king At death he was full neere And saued yet this Psalme did sing With all his frendes in quiere 1 I Will geue thankes to God alwayes Who raignes in power most hie Within my mouth shall be hys prayse declarde continuallie 2 Of thys good Lord to bost the fame My soule shall neuer lynne The humble sort shall heare the same And eke reioyce therein 3 O laude and prayse the liuyng Lord wyth me performe his prayse And let vs all wyth frée accorde extoll hys name alwayes 4 I sought the Lord and when I cryde he bowde hys louyng eare Yea he me kéepes eche tyme and tyde and dyd me rid from feare 5 Lo thus to God the poore doth call his cry he doth regarde And he from paynes and wofull thrall likewyse doth hym awarde 6 They had an eye full bent in hym and so they lightened were A shamefast face not one of them from that tyme forth dyd beare 7 Gods aungels standes hym round about whose lyfe him fearth aryght No harme they take by wycked route he them deliuereth quyte 8 O tast and sée how gratious the Lord remayneth iust That man is blest all prosperous that layes on hym hys trust 9 O feare the Lord ye sainctes of his therin your trauayle plant For they that feare the Lord of blis shall nothyng euer want 10 The Lyons néede wyth hunger fret the ryche and proud in hart But he whose feare in God is set of all good thynges haue part 11 Ye children yong approche ye neare geue eare vnto my worde I wyll you learne the Lord to feare in godly hartes accorde 12 What man he be that list to liue and fayne would sée good dayes Let hym no fraude in tongue atchieue in lewde and frowarde wayes 13 Reiect the euill and take the good all wycked wayes eschue Séeke pleasaunt peace wyth modest moode and do the same ensue 14 Upon the iust and godly men the Lorde hys eyes doth splay And boweth hys eares as God to them as oft as they do pray 15 Gods face is séene most irefully to wycked men of hand To roote full out theyr memory from all the earth to stand 16 To God the Lord the righteous call who heares theyr heauy case And he from cares and troubles all deliuereth them by grace 17 The Lord is nie to hym by might that is contrite in hart And saueth the man of humble sprite nor will from hym depart 18 Great are the cares of perfect men and great theyr troubles bée But yet the Lord deliuereth them from all aduersitie 19 He kéepth theyr bones both safe and sound Unbroken them to â—aue The euil euil happes shall all confound no stay by God to haue 20 The Lord will kéepe his seruauntes all theyr soules he wyll defend And none shall be in sorrow thrall who iust to hym doth bend ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God that arte the strong protector of them that be in aduersitie and art most mercifull deliuerer from all daungers of the world We besech thee of thy godly prouidence to sende thy holy aungell to assist vs on euery side from tribulation to bee at last deliuered from the miserable death of sinners Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXIIII When Dauid fledde to Achis king At death the doore he was full neere And saued yet this Psalme dyd sing Wyth all his frendes in godly quiere To God hys Lorde to hym so dere In voyces clere with hart and will Geue thankes I will 1 GEue thankes I will geue thankes I will For aye to God most gratious He is my forte my rocke on hill My Lord he is most bounteous My mouth shall prayse hym plenteous In hart and mynde most feruent still Geue thankes I will â–ª 2 My soule may boast of
this my Lord He was my helpe so trustelie Let méeke men heare wyth one accorde Let wofull men ioye willingly That God hath done so louingly From whom all grace doth downe distill Geue thankes I will 3 Prayse ye the Lorde wyth hart and voyce With me ye sée hys gentlenes Together come let vs reioyce To laude hys name in faythfulnes Lyke ayde to you he wyll expresse To kéepe from you all troublous ill Geue thankes I will 4 I sought the Lord he sent me ease He hard my griefe and all my payne He pluckt me forth of all disease That deadly gript my hart the vayne He rid my feare he turnd agayne For I hym sought with all my skill Geue thankes I will 5 I fledde to hym and sawe his light Who eye did cast to his good grace All lightened were with visage bright Confounded not were they in face No payne no spite could them disgrace God them defendes none can them spill Geue thankes I will 6 God hard my crye as sweete incense I poore man lo felt this in part He geueth all blisse he quith offence He bade all wo from me depart Of troublous paine to quench the dart Right sone he did his worde fulfill Geue thankes I will 7 Gods host stode by to strength my fight For angels power most glorious About the iust lie strong in myght To make hym goe victorious To scape theyr foes so quarilous Hys power in grace endureth still Geue thankes I wil. 8 O taste and sée he none forsakth Gods goodnes smelleth most fragrantly To whom who wyll themselfe betake O blest they go ryght happelie Who trust in hym assuredlie To them all helpe shall downe distill Geue thankes I will 9 O feare the Lord in childelie feare Ye saintes of hys in holines Serue hym in truth your hartes him beare For who hym dredth in singlenes Can féele no want in baronnes No hurt no harme nor other ill Geue thankes I will 10 The Lyons lacke in hunger fret The ryche I meane and gluttons vayne To seke theyr pray though they be set No foode wyth rest can they obtayne Who séekes the Lord shall misse no gayne Of all mens néede he hath the skill Geue thankes I wil. 11 I saylde full sure the seas at length Ye children come and heare the case I wyll you teach Gods feare and strength By that I scapte so doubtfull place For God me kept in all my race From all theyr hate which would me spill Geue thankes I will 12 Swéete lyfe is good it makth men glad Who loueth it well wyth all hys hart He shall not néede to be adrad From dayes eterne who would not start Kéepe ye hys tong from ouerthwart And all good wordes let hym fulfill Geue thankes I wyll 13 Fast truthfull worde confoundth all blame Inure thy tong in truth to lose Truth may be shent yet feare no shame Forbeare all wordes opprobrious All craft all curse most odious For God of myght wyll strength thée still Geue thankes I will 14 Flée euill do good and haue good rest Olde Adam kill thou formerlie So Adam newe wyll follow best Then séeke thou peace most busilie But it ensue most earnestly For peace from God doth full distill Geue thankes I wyll 15 God séeth the iust in prouidence Hys eyes them marke in tendernes He them relieueth in indigens Hys eares he bendes in redines When they do pray in carefulnes He heares theyr voyce that worke none ill Geue thankes I wyll 16 God hateth the proude and them beshenth With irefull face to daunt theyr brayne Hys vysage grim on them is bent Theyr gay renowne he wyll distayne Whych aye to lyue they would so fayne Where they reiect all truth and skill Geue thankes I wyll 17 The iust opprest to God they cryed He heard them soone in tyme and place In stresse and néede he them espyed Wyth all defence he them dyd brace To make them safe he hyed hys pace For ryghtfull men no spyte can spyll Geue thankes I wyll 18 God loueth the méeke theyr ghostes be swéete To them soft sprites he doth impart Wyth faythfull teares who here doth gréete He wyll them ease of all theyr smarte To scape their foes theyr spytefull arte Who would theyr wrecke on them fulfill Geue thankes I will 19 The iust felt payne they yet indurde In woes though wrapt all dolorous Great gayne to them is death assured God them so stayeth most meruelous They ioye in lyfe most troubelous The rage therof to quenche and still Geue thankes I wyll 20 The iust be strong they neuer quayle Theyr bones in strength kept totallie Theyr constant hartes can neuer fayle Theyr heyres be numbred seuerallie No bone to breake can possiblie Such helpe from God doth most distill Geue thankes I wyll 21 The euill dyeth euyll to death full loth To late he spyeth hys wyckednes He must feare death that hated troth He must for swéete féele bitternes He harmde the iust he sinnd no lesse As euill he lyued so dyeth he ill Geue thankes I wyll 22 Thanke thou the Lord who kéepes thée still All helpe from hym doth ay distill Poore soules he ridde from bondage ill Of wo and thrall none shall haue skill Whych trust in hym nought shall them spill O then hys prayse looke ye fulfill Geue thankes I wyll ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXV Christ prayth in this for recompence his foes to reape agayne theyr part So man for wrong done hym agens doth yet no spite in hatefull hart 1 PLead thou O Lord my ryghtfull case O iudge thy selfe my hurtfull foes Oppugne thou them in open face which me all day impugne to lose 2 Lay hand O Lord vpon the sworde and eke take so the buckler to Stand vp to helpe in thy good worde to kéepe from me my wrathfull fo 3 Bryng forth the speare and stop the way of them so fierce which me would harme To my poore soule good Lord oh say I am thy health and stable arme 4 Let them be driuen and put to shame that séeke by craft my soule to spill Put them abacke to shamefull name that me wyth griefe would deadly fill 5 Make them to bée as dust we sée before the wynde so lightly blowne In hast let Gods swift aungel nie them dryue in chase wyth power knowne 6 Make way to them all slippery let it to them be blynd and darke Gods aungel so mought dryue them by to féele thy myght and handy warke 7 For they close net and snare haue layd euen causeles me to kil and stroy Yea causles sure euen as I sayd my soule in pit and graue to cloy 8 Let sodayne wo take hym vnware hys crafty net hymselfe to trap Let mischiefe fall wyth payne and care ryght soone into hys onely lap 9 My soule I say I bid thée leape wyth ioye all glad in thys thy Lord It shall no doubt hys health so reape that ioy he shall alway recorde 10 My
did disdayne How the very right way he mought attayne 4 I noted eke so by night what he thought When Gods men vsen to recount their trespas â–ª But his head in his bed all mischiefe sought Imagening all goodnes to deface To banyshe all truth and that to disgrace In no godly way set was his busy brayne For all wicked wayes he toke for hys gayne 5 The wicked thus heaping his sinne on hyâ— Where by desert he might be forsake How meruelous O Lord is than thy mercy That from this world thy care thou dost not take Hye vp to heauen and clouds his course doth it make All men to féede both good and eke the bad Such faythfulnes euer thy promyse haue had 6 Thy prouidence O God most meruelous To all men mortall is inscrutable More stable and hye then mountaynes hideous More déepe then sea botomles vnsearcheable Be thy secret iudgements insuperable For not man only of thy power doth tast But brute beasts of thée also hath their repast 7 Man might muse much O God this to expeÌ„d But what earthly man could this matter tell How thou by thy hand doost all things defend In what bounty thy mercy doth excell How profound eke thou art in thy counsell Well Adams childern may well in thée trust Under thy good wings to be shadowed iust 8 Who wil thy blessed word trust in faith sure They shal be filled with all plenteousnes For thy store house is full of all pleasure For thou geuest them to tast of thy sprits goodnes Whose swete welles they shall drynke by thy larges From whose bellyes shall lyuely water spring Others to refreshe to thy gloryfyeng 9 For with the only be these welles of lyfe Of frayle men spring but podels of myre From whom sourdeth errour croked strife In the only is that we can require Both lyght truth and lyfe to fill our desire For in thy lyght truely lyght must we sée Or els in all darkenes wrapt shall we dée 10 Thy gentle goodnes O Lord impart To such as faythfully thy word do kepe Who know thée both wyse merciful in hart That from day to day they may thy face seke For they to thée beare aright their hartes meke Thy righteousnes they know thy iudgements Thy holy worde eke thy commaundementes 11 Since than the meke of hart be so at ease And proude be out of fauour all exilde Kepe me O Lord from pride their foule disease For they haue both thée and thy worde reuylde Let not my foote be in theyr steps begylde Kepe away from my soule their violence That they lay no hand vpon my pacience 12 Thus depe musing with my selfe in a trance Callyng to mynde the endes of good and bad Though they tweine here lead a life in distance How the bad for hys myrth shall once be sad And the good for theyr woe shall once be glad How the nought shal be cast on the worse hand then déemd I in fine that truth shal sure stand ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXVI Here playne do ye see how the earthly man All sinne do commit in his hart that he can No loue can him moue of the Lord for to see No feare can him stay from hys errour to flee 1 THe wycked in hart as I gesse is he bent All sinfull abuse in hys lyfe to frequent Of God hath he not any feare in hys eyes So wilfull he goes in hys awkly deuyse 2 For blyndly he vseth for to flatter himselfe So pride hath hym puft by his waltering wealth Untyll that his sinne so behated of God Found out by his search be dewrayed by his rod. 3 The wordes of hys mouth be vnrightfully wayed In sleyghty deceyt be they craftely layed Quyte ceased he hath to behaue hym aryght Good déed for to do hath he driuen from hys syght 4 All mischiefe he dreames to deuise in his bed From godly desertes hath he turned hys hed No way that is good hath he â—leaued vnto No euill can he hats but in it doth he go 5 Thy mercy O Lord to the heauen doth ascend Styll hym to abide so to make hym amend Thy faythfulnes eke to the cloudes doth amount Though graceles he be not hys lyfe to recount 6 Thy righteousnes standeth like the mountayns on hye Most stable it is how so vaynly he lye Thy Iustice in domes to the déepes be they lyke Frayle man with the beast with thy helth for to séeke â–ª 7 How wondrous O God is thy pityfull hart Thus man to relieue in hys lyfe ouerthwart More suerly trust may the chyldren of men Thy wynges shall them kéepe as her birdes doth yâ— hen 8 Full fed shall they be by thy plenteous store Thy grace is so large to thy prayse euermore Swéete drinke shall they haue by thy deinty repast As floudes do â–ª we sée fro the sprynges to be cast 9 For truly with thée is the fountayne of lyfe All vertue in whom may we spye to be rife No doubt in thy light shall we light euer sée And blynd shall we be if we vary fro thée 10 Continue to them O thy fatherly grace Who knowe thy renome who thy bounty embrace To them do we craue so thy iustice impart Who serue thée aright in a purified hart 11 One bone for my selfe do I hartely pray No foote of the proud that against me he laye And let not the hand of the wickedly wight Confound me by sleight â–ª so to vanguyshe my might 12 Euen there are they fallen in their crafty deuise These workers of euyll be they neuer so nyse And cast be they downe by thy powerfull hand Not able to ryse neuer able to stand The Argument Psalme XXXVII Here taught we be our selfe in hart to hang of God That we deny our selfe in hart to hang of God How good shall well at last in state haue their abode And euill shall euill at last in state haue their abode 1 ENsue thou not men obstinate Ne fret in hart ne stryue wyth them Enuy thou nat theyr wycked state A tyme but short to row the streme 2 For soone as hay they shall away as witherd grasse cut downe I say So swiftly fade as herbe the blade how gréene and fresh so euer it lay 3 Trust thou the Lord hold fast hys worde be doyng still good righteous déede Dwell thou in land hold still thy hand in truth and rest thy fayth to féede 4 Thus thy delyte shall God be ryght to hym than set thyne eare and hart What mynde can craue or wyshe to haue God wyll it iust ryght soone impart 5 Commit thy way thy state and stay to Gods most strong all louyng grace Trust hym in fayth for what he sayth he bringth it well to redy passe 6 He will expresse thy ryghteousnes at length of tyme as sunne so bryght And will endue thy iudgement true wyth lyght as noone doth shyne in sight 7 Be still in God abyde hys rod let
hym alway do what he wyll Fret not I réede though wycked spéede who sueth so fast all counsayles euill 8 Recede from ire no tyme conspire wyth them to go thy heate refrayne Els shall thy will be moued still to counterfet theyr wycked brayne 9 Maligners all shall haue a fall They shall be all déepe rooted out Where who abyde the Lord theyr guide shall vse at wyll the lande no dout 10 Wythin a whyle all wycked wyle shall passe away and melt to nought Hys place wheras late gréene he was shall not be found though Nylo sought 11 But yet the méeke shall as they lyke enherite sure the stable earth God wyll theyr stresse In heauen refreshe wyth store and choyce of peaceful myrth 12 Th'ungodly séeke agaynst the méeke his counsayles mad to weaue and warpe He gnasht hys téeth yf nought he séeth in lyfe of them in shame to carpe 13 The Lord shall let hys wrath and threat and laugh at hym full dry in scorne For he doth sée hys day to bée at hand to wayle full sore forlorne 14 Theyr sword drawne out bow bent so stout the wycked sort all redy hath To bryng the poore to death hys dore to kill the iust in hatefull wrath 15 Theyr sword so fierce theyr hartes shal pierce themselfe agayne so iust to quyte Theyr bow so bent shall be but rent and voyde shall be theyr irefull myght 16 A little store got iust before to ryghteous man is alway more Than is the food and all the good of suttle man that crafth therfore 17 The armes and sleyghtes wyth all the baytes of wycked man shall shortly quayle Yet wyll the Lord the iust aforde theyr holde and trust shall neuer fayle 18 God knowth the dayes and loueth the wayes of godly men theyr lyues to ayde From tycle chaunce theyr heritaunce shall last in tyme for euer stayde 19 In perilous dayes of dreadfull frayes they shall not stand in feare amasde In tyme of dearth of barren earth theyr store and plenty shall be blasde 20 But wycked men shall peryshe then gods foes though they be hye aloft Yet lyke the sunne shall they consume as meltyng fat of lambes so soft 21 The wycked man he borow can but wyll not pay hys det agayne The ryghteous man to lend he can and féelth therin no bitter payne 22 Gods blessed men déepe rooted then shall raygne at will and haue their fyll Gods cursed men vp rooted then shall sterue for lacke and want theyr wyll 23 The Lord is guyde at good mans syde hys kynde of lyfe he so alowth Hys steps and gate hys lyfe hys state God guideth full sure and it auowth 24 If chaunce he slippe by humayne tryp yet fully flat he falth not down Gods hand hym stayth and vnder layth to kéepe hym iust both safe and sound 25 I yong haue bene now olde am sene the iust as yet I neuer knew Once destitute or yet hys fruite to seke theyr bread in nede vndue 26 The iust man wull be mercifull still lendth hys good he hourdth not than And yet hys séede in grace shall spéede both blest and praysd of God and man 27 Flée thou all euill wyth hart and wyll do good that God of thée requyrth Than trust thou sure long tyme t' endure to haue all thyng what hart desierth 28 For God loueth ryght and wyll not quyte geue vp hys sayntes for aye to wayle Hys deare elect be euer kept where wycked séede shall fowly quayle 29 The ryghteous man most stable than the earth at rest inherite shall Therin to dwell most safely well for euer sure and not to fall 30 The ryghteous mouth is traynd in south in wisdom godly all inured Hys tonge wyll talke all wysdomes walke in sentence ryght alway assured 31 For why Gods law is all hys awe and shet in hart it is full fast Hys lyfe and gate as stable state shall neuer slyde once made agast 32 The wycked prye they toote to spye the walke and trade of ryghteous man They search and séeke some cause to pyke to kill hym quyte and if they can 33 But God hys strength wyll not at length leaue them in theyr foule suttle handes To be condemnd ▪ by foes so fremde at sentence nye so when he standes 34 Trust thou the Lord kéepe fast hys worde for he wyll thée on hye promoote To holde the land where wycked band at eye ryght downe shall fall in foote 35 For I euen I haue spyed wyth eye the wycked wyght O far a loft So strong to sée as Ceder trée so grene and freshe as bay full oft 36 Tho went I by hys seate to spy but lo full soone it was agone I sought hys place to sée hys grace fye stable place then had he none 37 Thys is the summe soone good become in cliffe alway be innocent Hold truth full fast for truth at last bringth ioyfull peace with gods assent 38 But wretched men who wicked ren by heapes shall fall in shamefull feare Their fortune falth their pleasure palth their ende of dayes is woofull chere 39 Where helth and welth from God himselfe to righteous men so fastly growth He is theyr shield theyr strength in field when trouble chance or ouerflowth 40 God them shall fence and ryd them thence where proudly rule all wycked men He wyll them saue for why they haue theyr trust and hope in hym agayne The Collecte O Father which art the assured stay and blisse of all righteous men for thou neuer forsakest them in hunger ne yet permitst them to be ouercome in the battayle of tribulation we beseche thee to defend vs wyth that ryght hande of thyne which thou vsest redily to reache to them which be in daunger from perishyng therein graunt thys for thy sonnes sake to whome c. The Argument Psalme XXXVIII Meeke Dauid prayde and ceased nat In wo dismayde nye dead in that Yet so arayde he faltred nat In God he stayde he altered nat No further strayde he varied nat But thus he sayde he taried nat 1 O Lord to sore correct me not In angers store oh checkt me not For sinne the sore abiect me not O Lord abiect me not 2 Thy irefull dartes be asperous They pricke my hart most dolorous Thy hand so smart is burdenous Reiect me not 3 There is no helth in all my flesh Thy wrath my wealth doth so represse My bones themselfe for sinne want peace Abuse me not 4 My sinnes my héede haue ouerflown As heauy lead they be so grown Theyr fearefull dread haue down me thrown Refuse me not 5 My woundes do ren and sore they stinke Alasse the dynne them when I thinke My folish sinne I do forethinke Despise me not 6 In far great wo lowe am I brought My trespace so my payn hath wrought Al day I go in mournyng thought Repryse me not 7 My loynes are fyld with sore disease My fleshe is spyld and haue none ease Al parts be
thy hand is so fell Thy terrours great my conscience swell I féele my vanitie well My vanitie well 11 When thy rebukes mans sinne correcth Hys strength is soone deiect Hys beauty so checkt thou bringst it a sléepe As mothe in clothe when slily they créepe Eche man is vanitie déepe Is vanitie déepe 12 Expende my cry bowe downe thyne eare O Lord my prayer heare My teares be thou neare for straunger I am And ghest wyth thée my father 's the same And they by vanitie lame By vanitie lame 13 O spare a tyme and cease my payne my strength to wynne agayne Before to refrayne eare death doth me spy Consumde by thée wyth irefull eye Lest I in vanitie dye In vanitie dye The Argument Psalme XL. At Dauid prayed so Christ may ye sâ—e Himselfe to geue full ready to bee To God wyth thankes most hartely free And so they spied theyr foes for to flee They mist not to see 1 BY silent watch I wayted in sprite The Lord of heauen and stayd on his myght At last he howde to shewe me hys sight And heard my cry that I dyd endight Hys eare was so ryght 2 He brought me forth of horrible pit In lome and clay depe myerd in it On stable rocke he made me to sit Hewdes man was and guyded my féete In iourney so fit 3 A song full new he put in my mouth To sing to God hys laud for hys sooth For he kynde thanke most gently alowth Of iust men eke theyr hartes he auowth So frendly he bowth 4 Myne acte shal cause full many to sée How God is good most bountie and frée In feare to hym in hart to agrée In hym to trust all errour to flée God lauded to bée 5 Who trustth in God is blessed in hart Though wo hym vexth how euer it smart From God hys Lord yet will not astart To proude men such as fables impart Wyth lyes ouerwhart 6 My God and Lord thy wonders be hye None can thy thoughts by reason espye Thou bearst to vs though I dyd apply I could not tell the number at eye Them halfe to descrye 7 No sacrifice do worke the delyght Meate offerings none do please thée aryght But eares vnshit thou shopst vs by might Whole offeryngs brent so sinne for to quyte Thou longst not the sight 8 Then sayd I strayt most duely to thys Lo here I come not slowly remisse In volume booke there written it is Of me in chiefe wythout any mis. Thy name for to blisse 9 Thy wyll to do all whole am I bent My God most hye wyth gentle assent To thy swete law my hart doth relent Wherby I trust no tyme to repent My choyce to lament 10 Thy iustice great my selfe shall I strayne To thy great church to tell it agayne No tyme my lippes from it will I frayne And that thou knowest most certainly playne Thy loue to retayne 11 Thy ryghteousnes I hid not in hart Thy truth and health I glad dyd impart I kept not close how louely thou wart Thy fayth to folke I spred it in part So trusty thou art 12 To me alway thy mercy reserue That I may thée most faythfully serue Let thy swéete grace me daâ—ly preserue Thy healthfull truth that I may deserue So neuer to swerue 13 I am beset wyth troublous woes My sinnes so fell do threat me to lose As heares of head in number they rose My hart is faynt it selfe to repose So faintly it goes 14 O Lord assent to sende me thyne ayde To ryd my foes that make me afrayde Make hast to helpe before I be layde I dye if helpe to me be denayde As wholy decayde 15 Who séeke in hate my soule for to kill Let shame them take so cursed in will Confound them all which séeke me to spill Let them fall backe that wishe me so euill That I may be still 16 Wo worth them all which me do defye And shame for mede that they myght aspye Agaynst me who so daily replye And in my payne say fye to the fye Where health myght they cry 17 Let these in thée be ioyfully glad Which séeke thy name which be not adrad To loue thy health no tyme be they sad That God be praysde by them may be sayd For mercy so had 18 Though poore I go and néedy I bée The Lord so good yet careth for mée Thou art myne ayde my suertie frée To tract thy tyme Lord neuer agrée From me for to flée ¶ The Collecte O Lord almighty which art the inuincible defender of all thy true seruauntes and so by prophecies were so promised as is recorded in the head and principall booke of the law We beseche thee to graue in our hartes thy holy lawes wherby we may be able to denounce thy onely righteousnes through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLI Ye see how Christ makth here hys mone Agaynst the Iewes to speake So may the iust when he do grone Gods cause not hys bewreake 1 THat man is blest that counth in hart the poore afflict and nedies payne For he in day of bitter smart hym God hys Lord wyll ease agayne 2 God wyll hym kepe and saue hys lyfe and blesse wyth wealth in earth hys state And ryd hys soule from harme and stryfe of all hys foes in deadly hate 3 The Lord will ease whan he on bed al wrapt in payne lyth sicke full oft And comfort send his paynfull hed thou tournst O Lord his couch full soft 4 In payne I tournd and sayd to thée Haue mercy Lord right sone on me Heale thou my soule and make it frée For I full oft haue sinned to thée 5 Mine enmyes thus sayd wrathfully their angry harts so sweld in spite Why doth he lyue when shall he dye his name and fame to perishe quyte 6 And if they came to visite me they glosde in craft as they were vayne Theyr hartes to guile do full agrée and out from thence spake lyes agayne 7 My foes in one close rounded they agaynst me whole they ioyntly met Euen me wyth lyes they did I say vnworthely wyth guile beset 8 They sayd he wrought some euyll deuise that God him thus so sore doth strike To life no more God let him rise that now in bed he lyeth so sicke 9 Yea euen my frendes familiar at me in scorne they lyft theyr héeles Euen they that farde as I dyd fare yet me to trap they markt at meales 10 To mercy yet Lord condescende to me so poore in hart I call Rayse me agayne that I may mende I shall therfore rewarde them all 11 By this I know thy loue to me for that O Lord myne enmies all From triumphes yet full far to be to sée at eye my house to fall 12 For thou respectes myne innocence wherin thou didst me strongly kepe So shall thy grace well strength me hence I trust euen nye thy face so meke 13 O blessed be of Israell thys mighty God and Lorde
agayne So be it aye of men so well wyth twise at ende Amen Amen The Collecte MOst gentle remitter of sinne almighty God who louingly shewest the way to escape all daungers to such as be mercifull to theyr brethren in their neecssities we beseche thee to ease our diseases that where thou doost chastise our carnall offences yet wyth mercy graunt vs health of soule through Christ. ¶ The ende of the first booke Here beginneth the second booke of Psalme ▪ The Argument Psalme XLII As Christ the Lord for hym and hys In trust did pray in paynfull stresse So man euen like as did his head May iust the same in worde expresse 1 EUen lyke in chase the hunted Hynde the water brookes doth glad desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is to thée my God would fayne aspire 2 My wery soule dyd thyrst to God To God the fount of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come To sée at eye Gods liuely face 3 My teares in stede of foode and meate Both day and nyght to me they were Whyle that all day rebukers sayd Where is thy God fro thée so far 4 When this O Lord came soone to hart I yet therin recomfort felt And trust to lead the people forth to go full glad where thou hast dwelt 5 To ioy in hart and voyce of myrth Wyth laudes thankes most due alway Among thy folke when that they kepe So hye in sight theyr holy day 5 Why castes thy selfe than flatly downe My fainty soule I sayd no lesse Why layest in me so painfully In greuous wo and carefulnes Put thou thy trust and hope in God Let earthly thyng not thée amase I wyll hym thanke for all his helpe In sight most sure of hys good grace 6 My God my soule is dayly vext Wyth inward paynes pangs so thrill I mynde thy workes ▪ in Iordan yet so done by thée next Hermon hill 7 As déepe profound to déepe reboundth at dreadfull noyce of thy great showers Thy streames by course so ouerflowes My soule alasse the payne deuoures 8 But God yet will commaund the day To shyne most clere me grace to sée My night of wo shall prayse hym than Who kept yet lyfe to byde in mée 9 Thou art my strength alone O God I myght therby than playne in wo Why hast me thus forgot so quyte So sad to go for mortall fo 10 It pierceth my bones as sharpe as sword To heare my foes in cruell spyte They daily thus at me vpbreyde Where is become thy God of myght 11 Why art thou then I say my soule So vext wyth griefe and prostrate so Why makest in me so much a do Where God is frende in all thy wo. 12 O put thy hope I byd in God I trust therto in tyme and place He is my God whom I wyll thanke My face shall sée hys helpyng grace ¶ The Collecte O Lord which art the onelye chearer of mans conscience and countenance wyth the aspect of thy face which the soules of thy faythfull seruauntes do long to beholde We beseche thee that whyle we seke thy fauour by the manifold teares of our compuncte myndes we may be watred wyth the heauenly showers of thy grace to place thee within the tabernacle of our hartes Through c. The Argument Psalme XLIII For Saule hys wrong among Philistians Prayd Dauid strong among Philistians The poore euen so may thus theyr cry auance To God in wo. may thus theyr cry auance 1 O God eterne as iudge discerne my cause from folkes vncleane And ryd me so from man that go in vyce and guyle doth meane 2 My God of myght thou art of ryght Why hast vs dryuen from thée Whyle thus go I so mournfully at mens hostilitie 3 Send out thy lyght and truth to sight to leade and guyde my way To sée thy place thy hyll of grace where thou doost rest all day 4 That I may go Gods aulters to to thée my God euen tyll To thée my ioye my God and roye wyth harpe thée thanke I wyll 5 My soule so dull why art so full of griefe and heauines Why standst agast as helpe were past such thoughtes why doost impresse Put all thy trust in God most iust I wyll hym thankes extende He shewth me grace euen nye at face as God all health he sendth ¶ The Collecte WE call vpon thee wyth most harty supplication O God which art the eternall fountayne of all light shyne on vs the glorious lyght of thy truth whyle we here trauayle in thys world to be illimited wyth the beames of euerlasting lyght of glory in the worlde to come through c. The Argument Psalme XLIII Poore Dauid prest by tyranny Of wilfull Saule who could not blin For his blacke garde to search hym nye Prayth thus to God his helpe to winne And wysheth that he his cause would try He thus beginneth 1 AH iudge me God O iudge most true Discern my cause by power opprest Unfaintly men do me pursue By lawes vniust my right deprest Which yet thy word allowth full due O geue me rest Rule me to scape that wycked man That sinfull Saule of shameles face Who boasteth himselfe all that he can And doth vsurpe thy godly place Whose power by sleite and sinne began O iudge my case 2 Know this I do my God thou art To thée my strength I whole appeale Why putst me backe why standst apart My state to thée I iust reueale Why turnst from mée thy louyng hart O mercy deale Eternall God why go I thus Ashamd in face and vily checkt My cause but made opprobrious Why doth my fo thus me reiect To beare me downe so rigorous O me respect 3 Returne thy light my hart to cheare Perfourme thy fayth that thou hast hight Thy lyght and truth let it appeare To teache the blynde thy worde so bryght That it may rule as law most deare O kepe thy ryght Make hast O Lord and bring me nye Thy holy hill to sing thy prayse Thy truth and lyght of sanctuarie Will be my guide in all these frayes Expell thys crosse thys misery O cheare my dayes 4 That I may go gods aulters to To offer thankes in sacrifice In hart deuout as due is so Yea nye in sight to God to rise My God of ioy ease thou my wo O glad myne eyes That thou alone hast geuen reliefe I thée wyll laude wyth harpe and lute My God intiere my helpe in chiefe Thou shalt my foes for me confute So me to ayde to ease my griefe O heare my sute 5 Why then my soule art thou so sad Why fretst within why troublest me So foule dismayd in thoughts bestad Knowst not that God thy God is he Call thys to mynde to make thée glad O make me frée Euen trust to God in stablenes No more but trust for sure he is I will hym yet wyth laudes confesse For he wyll cheare my face iwis
and lore Both hye and low all whole in row the ryche and eke the poore 3 My mouth shall splay all wisdomes way that will man kepe and saue My hart doth muse most godly truthes all vnderstandyng graue 4 I wyll incline these eares of myne to parable full méete Déepe wordes in harpe my mouth wil carpe the sence though shall be swéete 5 Why should I feare euill dayes to beare to set on mucke my hart That euen my héele of lyfe so euill at last myght bryng me smart 6 For some there bée whose hartes agrée in goodes to put theyr trust And boast themselues as carkyng elues of ryches store vniust 7 No brother can redeme a man from death though fayne he would Or God to go to offer to agréement who so should 8 The pryce to great herein is set from death a soule to bye That must he leaue to gods owne leaue for aye in hym to lye 9 That is to say that he should aye byde here in morâ—all state That he no graue â–ª should euer haue but lyue in pleasant raâ—e 10 For he may spy that wyse men dye and peryshe all the fort As well the wyse as mad and nyse to others leaue theyr port 11 And can they thynke that neuer sinke theyr houses shall and fames That they here still shall dwell theyr fill and landes to beare theyr names 12 It will not be that euer he shall last in glory gay But forth must go as beastes they do in britle state and way 13 Lo this theyr way is folishe stray they blunder blyndly thus And yet theyr broode prayse this for good as fooles obliuious 14 They shall lye déepe in hell lyke shéepe and death shall gnaw theyr mawe But clere in lyght of mornyng bryght the iust shall be their awe 15 Theyr beauty gay shall wast away in graue with stinche on swéete Theyr housee clene shal not be sene for them so after méete 16 But as for me my God euen be my soule he iust will saue From hell the power in blessed hower my sprite to hym to haue 17 But feare thou nat ne deare thou that though one be welthy made Though now hys house shyne glorious in honours portly trade 18 For nought he shall of riches all hence cary whan he dyth Nor yet hys pryde hys pompe so wyde in graue wyth hym shall lye 19 Whyle here he dwelt hys soule he delt all ease wyth pleasures wealth Such men will thée prayse wyse to bée if thou so helpst thy selfe 20 That thou also wyth them myghtst go theyr fathers steps to sue Where they no lyght shall sée in syght for theyr excesse vndue 21 Man lyuyng thus all gorgious who vnderstandyng wanth Is lyke to beast wyth them to rest whose fame is short and scant ¶ The Collecte REplenish our mouthes O Lord with thy heauenly wisdom that we may remeÌ„ber the mystery of thy blessed incarnation wherby thou redemest vs froÌ„ the power of hell graunt that we may be found meete to be presented to thy blessed face through c. The Argument Psalme L. Here is reproued the sacrifice of Iewes for foolishe trust And taught here is wyth sad aduise that thankes be yet more iust 1 THe God of Gods the lord of myght one God in persons thrée He bidth and calth the earth in sight from East to West to sée 2 Thys God appeard from Zyon hill as God of beauty most From whence he would should spring his wil and law to euery coast 3 Our God is come in tyme of grace he wyll no silence kéepe Wyth wastyng fire before hys face about hym tempest déepe 4 The heauen aboue the earth below he doth vpon them call Hys people all to iudge and know to helpe them that be thrall 5 Collect ye now my sayntes sayth he in one before my sight Who stand in leage and pact wyth me by sacrifices ryte 6 The heauens shall sprede hys iustice cleare that all the world may spy That God himselfe wyll iudge appeare the good from bad to try 7 My people heare for thus I say thy selfe to wytnesse iust O Israell thy God alway thy God I am to trust 8 For sacrifice or burnt incence I wyll not thée reproue To blame therin thy negligence to send them me aboue 9 From out thy house I wyll not craue Bull Bullocke Oxe or calfe Of thy folde els he goates to haue to ioy of theyr behalfe 10 The beastes that grase the wood so wyde they be all myne at wyll On thousand hyls the beastes that stryde I made them thée to fill 11 On moâ—ataynes foules that vse theyr flyght I know them all and some Wylde beastes of field be nye my sight as made for my renoume 12 If hungers stresse though myght I fele I would not tell it thée The world all whole euen euery dele is myne and all ye sée 13 And thinkst thou thus so grosse in wit that I buls flesh would eate Or bloud of Goates to drynke of it as bloud to spill were swéete 14 Na this it is that I allow to God aye offer thankes And pay to God of lyfe thy vow and séeke none other crankes 15 In all thy wo call thou on mée when troubles thée do thrust I wil no fayle deliuer thée thus shalt thou prayse me iust 16 But God thus chect vngodly man what meanst to preach my lawes My pact in mouth why takest thou than where lyfe hath wycked sawes 17 To be correct by discipline thou hatest to heare the worde So thou doost cast at backe of thyne my law of swéete recorde 18 When theâ—e thou spiest wyth him thou goest to part the spoyle in hast Who wedlocke breake with them thou boast thy lot wyth them is cast 19 To cursed speche thy tonge thou dightst to clout all crafty guile The iust thou wringst the bad thou quytest by lawes pretense and style 20 Thou sitst as iudge thy brothers name by sleit to ouer runne Thou quarell pikst in crafty frame agaynst thy mothers sonne 21 Whyle thus thou doost I sayeng nought thou iudgest me nought lyke thée But yet I shall what thou hast wrought detect before thyne eye 22 O ponder this I do you pray all you that God forget Lest I in hast plucke you away in wo to sée you set 23 Who offer me the sacrifice of thankes he honorth mée And thys the way wherby I vyse Gods helth to let hym sée ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God God of all Gods we humbly pray thee to take and accepte our sacrifice of thankes geuyng in good parte So that after we be discharged of the burden of sinne we maye declare wythout hypocrisie that we walke in the way that leadeth to saluation Through Christ. FINIS ¶ The ende of the first Quinquagene ¶ The Seconde Quinquagene of Dauids Psalter translated into Englishe Metre The Argument Psalme LI. A prayer pure and forme full good for penitentes so meeke Thus Dauids hart
and prayse God wyll I prayse and all my trust in hym I set alwayes 11 On God I haue me whole bestowde a tyme though I be thrall What flesh can do though all beshrowd I feare no whit at all 12 Now fit for me my vowes to pay to God they be so hyght And hym due laudes to sing by day and thankes in open sight 13 For thou my soule hast ryd from death from fall thou kéepst my féete To walke in lyght whyle lyfe hath breath before my God so swéete The Collecte O Lord of all power and myght which defendst thy seruauntes from all inuisible hostilitie and neuer sufferest them to be ouercome that trust in thy mercy wype from our eyes we praye thee teares shed for our sinnes that after we haue subdued our carnall affectiōs we may rest in the land of the liuing through Iesus Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LVII The iuct for his deliuery geueth thankes that God hym sped So Christ reioyste when he dyd stye to heauen when death was ded 1 GOd pity me O pitie me on thée my soule is cast Thy wynges I trust wyll shadow be till all thys spyte be past 2 Thy trusty helpe I wyll implore of God my Lord most hye He wyll my cause perfourme the more that now in hand doth ligh 3 He shall from heauen send down hys power to saue from me their spite And those that would my soule deuower wyth shame shall full be dight 4 Twixt Lyons fierce doth stand my lyfe wyth fiery men I dwell Whose téeth be speares and dartes in stryfe theyr tonges sharpe swordes and fell 5 Aduaunce thy selfe O God appeare from heauens more hye thou they Thy glory great set vp so cleare on all the earth to stay 6 To catche my féete a net they splayd my soule they haue deprest Into that pyt for me they layd themselues therin be threst 7 My hart is fixt my hart is fixt O God in thée full stayd And sing I will my griefes betwixt in psalmes wyth musike playd 8 Awake my tonge my ioy awake awake both harpe and lute Come forth at morne I me betake to sing wyth shaume and flute 9 Thy laudes wyth thankes out wyll I sound◠when people méete aryght To sing O Lord to thée so bound I wyll in Paynyms syght 10 Thy mercy great to heauens doth retch what thyng can it denay To heauenly cloudes thy truth doth stretch to mans most stable stay 11 Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauens as is most méete Aboue the earth thy glory moue the stoole of both thy féete ¶ The Collecte REmoue O Lord all iniquity and enmitie from thy familie which mekely set theyr whole trust in the shadow of thy winges so that by enioyeng thy mercy sent from heauen we may bee perpetually deliuered from all malicious snares and trappes of our enemies Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LVIII Saules counsaylours so far fro ryght This Psalme doth here dewray Whose craftes wyth like shall God requite To sing once well away 1 IF iust your myndes be truly set ye counsaylours to ryght Iudge equally in weyght and met ye sonnes of men in syght 2 Yea ye in hart do nothyng lesse in earth to wrong ye bende Your handes do worke all wyckednes though ye the ryght pretende 3 These wycked walke in froward wyse from euen theyr mothers mylke Once borne they stray and talke but lyes theyr wordes yet soft as silke 4 Theyr poyson lyke the poyson is of venome cockafryce Euen Adder lyke all deafe I wis who stopth her eares to ryse 5 Who hateth to heare the charmers voyce charme he so neuer wyse Of ryght and wrong they make no choyce all warnyng they despyse 6 Wythin theyr mouthes theyr téeth O God crushe thou they be to sharpe The Lyons mouthes theyr iawes so brode breke Lord proud wordes they carpe 7 To nought they passe as water swyft wythin it selfe doth slyde And when to shoote theyr shaftes they list let them go broken wyde 8 As snayle that wasth let them so wast thus créepyng crookedly As womans byrth to tymely cast let them no sunne espy 9 As tender ympes of wycked thorne before theyr pryckes be hard Men roote them vp so all be torne by wrath they shall be marde 10 Then shall reioyce the iust and good to sée Gods vengeaunce come To bathe hys handes in sinners bloud and thanke for hys good dome 11 Then man shall say wythouten mis the iust hath iust reward No doubt a God in earth there is to iudge in ryght regard ¶ The Collecte MOst righteous Lord graunt we besech thee that the people may folow all the righteousnes of thy law and gladly in loue to embrace the same neuer to turne their hearyng from the truth thereof or to bee deluded wyth the mortiferous perswasions of the serpent to be agayne wounded by hym from whom we be redeemed thorough the death of thy welbeloued sonne to whom with thee and the holy ghost be c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LIX Agaynst the proud is made request Who dealth wyth guile and fraude Whom God shall driue to want theyr rest with famine ouer yawde 1 FRom all my foes deliuer me O God my God thou art Shield me from them in suertie that vp at me be start 2 From workers bad O saue my lyfe wyth them no tyme to mell From bloudy men whole set to strife make me most far to dwell 3 For lo they wayt my soule to catch these freakes be met in spyte Though iust offence they cannot latch at me O Lord of ryght 4 Yet causeles they styll flocke at mée to hurt they them prepare Aryse therfore O Lord and sée helpe me now plungd in care 5 Stand vp thou God and Lorde of hostes thou Lord of Iacobs lyne All Paynyms Lord vew thou theyr bostes spare not theyr wilfull cryme 6 They go at euen both to and fro they grin as dogs to bite The streates they trot in citie so as pickethankes them delyte 7 Behold they speake wythin theyr mouth but swordes wythin theyr lyps They thinke belyke none heare the sothe from them that falshode slips 8 But thou O Lord shalt them deryde to scorne theyr mad attempt These heathen dogs that barke so wyde from thée who can exempt 9 My strength I will kepe fast by thée O God I will not shrynke Of thée I know all strength to bée as rocke on thée I thynke 10 For God of grace wil me preuent wyth mercy plentuously And how my foes shall once be shent God shal make me to spy 11 Yet slea them not all sodenly lest them my flocke forget But scatter them a stray to fly deiect them Lord so great 12 Theyr sinne of mouth theyr word of tong theyr pryde shall them betray For periury they speake and wrong they prate but lyes all day 13 Consume them Lord in hasty wrath consume them
man opprest by might May pray this psalme with Christ hys head Who lawdes to God did pay aright In desert set where lyfe he led 1 O God to thée my God so strong From mornyng watch I cry in stresse My soule and flesh for thée they long In desert land dry waterlesse 2 Thus thée I trust to sée in place Where resth thy grace in holynes That I myght sée thy mighty face Thy glory hye and noblenes 3 For better is thy goodnes yet Than is thys lyfe the blessednes Wherfore my lips shall still beset To sing thy prayse and worthines 4 Thus all my lyfe Lord thée shall blisse And render thankes obeysantly To lyft my handes I wyll not misse Thy holy name to glorifye 5 Lo thus my soule full frankt shall bée As fed wyth fat and marow swéete When that my mouth in landes so frée Shall ioyous breake to Carols méete 6 Euen thus of thée I myndefull was When that in bed I tooke my rest As watches all the nyght dyd passe Of thée I musde in gratefull brest 7 Because thou wart my helpe at néede as helpe thou couldst and so thou hast Therfore I wyll reioyce in déede Wythin thy winges thus safely plast 8 For when my soule was set to thée As fast to ioyne in feares assaut Thy mighty hand then leande to mée And stayd me vp wythout defaâ—t 9 Now these which séekâ— my soule to spyll To bryng me downe to sée my graue In vayne I trust they worke in wyll Theyr wynding shéete they first shall haue 10 Wyth edged sworde they shall be threst As they deuisde to me full flye They shall be prayes to sauage beast In Foxes lyues lyke Foxe to dye 11 The kyng in God yet shall reioyce For hys defence â–ª in suertie Who swerth to hym shall ioy the choyce For glauering lips all stopt shall bée ¶ The Collecte O God the author and fountayne of the light euerlasting grauÌ„t we besech thee vnto vs which early do watche before light vnto thee that our lips maye sownd out thy prayse and that our lyues maye sanctyfye thee so that our whole meditaâ—ion and conuersation may glorify thee both euen and moâ—ne through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXIIII. Here Dauid blamth hys foes attempt and telth how dye they shall So Christ reprouth the Iewes contempt and prophecieth theyr fall 1 O Heare my Lord â–ª my voyce and cry in tellyng thus my woes And kepe my life in suertie from feare of all my foes 2 And hyde me Lord from all the trayne of cursed men in close From all theyr rowte conspired agayne in wycked lyfe so lose 3 Which wheth theyr tonges as sword so sharpe and poyson dartes they shoote Euen bitter wordes in tonge they carpe to bring me vnder foote 4 To shoote at hym in stelth they lye who lyfe intiere doth beare On hym vnwares theyr dartes they wry and haue therin no feare 5 They strength themselfes in wycked pryde theyr crafty fetch to ply They do conferre theyr snares to hyde they say who them can spy 6 They searche all spite and do it round that is by search comprisd What hartes most depe or wit profound can fynde is hye deuisde 7 But God shall shoote at them agayne hys arrowes sodenly Wyth sundry woundes he them shall payne all vnâ—ewares to spye 8 He then shall make theyr proper tonge theyr owne confusion That who them sée how they be wrunge shall shake as wo begone 9 All men shall sée thys worke ryght well and much commend this acte As wrought by God they shall it tell and wisely note the facte 10 The ryghteous man shall ioy in God in hym to put his trust Yea all true hartes shall ioy abrode that God kept me so iust ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God sauegarde of all them whiche put their trust in thee preserue thy Church from the conuenticles of all her malignant aduersaryes which so busely assault her with their crafty engynes that she maye still retayne thy presence in the true vnderstandyng of the worde through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXV For foyson thankes to God the letter doth aforde the sprite for that the church encreasth by dews of his swete worde 1 AL laudes be due to thée O God in Zyon hil with harty vowes of thaÌ„ks to thée all Saâ—eÌ„ shal we fil 2 Which hearst requests so light in faith made fast to thée all men for this to thée ful glad shal come in eche degrée 3 Ungodly dedes preuaild on me so lowd they cryde but thou our sins wilt purify as oft we haue if tryed 4 O blest is he in all whom thou doost chose and take in thy courtes he shall dwel full fed where he al ioy shall make 5 O God most drad in ryght heare vs thou art our health To them that dwell by sea or land thou art theyr onely wealth 6 Which mountains didst prepare by theyr own streÌ„gth to rest So gyrt he is with fortitude of all the worthyest 7 Which swagth the ragyng seas wyth all theyr roring dinne So all vprores of multitudes to stowage he doth winne 8 And they that furthest dwel in earth thy signes shall dread Theyr goinges forth at nyght morne thy laudes shall duely spread 9 Thou vewst the earth for good thou makest it rich in store Gods fluds be ful men food thou geuest thou framdst the earth therfore 10 Her forowes thou doost moyst thou breakst the clods in two Thou makest theÌ„ soft wyth rainy drops her fruites thou blest euen so 11 Thou crownst the earth full whole wyth thy riche gentlenes thy cloudes as waynes do cary showers they drop fat plenteousnes 12 Theyr fatnes eke distilth on desert pastures wyde The little hils depe wet by them shal ioy on euery side 13 The playnes wyth flocks bespred the vales with wheat ful clad Thus shal reioyce and mercy sing for fruitefulnes so glad ¶ The Collecte O God and king euerlasting graunt that we may so be watred wyth the plenteous dewes of grace to escape the droutes of deadly siune and to grow in spirituall increase of sprite to be able to sing hymmes laudes alwayes to thy honor and glory Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXVI An hymne of thankes to God for helpe in tyranny With sacrifice the Iewes it song in feastes most solempnely 1 REioyce to God wyth ioy how wyde the land ye dwell Expresse your ioyes to shew how hie his Godhed doth 〈◊〉 2 And loke wyth song ye prayse hys name most glorious And thynke it is your glory most hys fame most hye to rowse 3 Say thus before the Lord how workst thou dreadfully Thy power shall make thy foes to stoupe therin though falâ—â— they 〈◊〉 4 The earth all whole full low shall worshyp thée as God And sing in psalmes they shal to thée to sound thy name abrode 5 O come and note Gods workes how wonderfull
of all our health in power most glorious 20 He is our God euen God I say all health and wealth to shape Yea death is ruld by God the lord whose dint by him we scape qwel 21 This God shal wound his enmies heds he shal their worthies Their heary scalpes to pare full nie that still in sinne wil dwel 22 God sayd I will restore as once from Basan myne I dyd I will returne all myne as once from seas most depe I ryd 23 That dipt thy féete in all their bloud may reade appeare aâ—eye That dogs myght licke their enmies bloud so read to be therby 24 Who lyst did sée O puissaunt God thy great procedings hie The goings iust of thée my God my king in sanctuary 25 WheÌ„ thanks were song first fingers went theÌ„ minstrels mouth theyr féete In myds were set the damsel maides who playd with timbrels swéete 26 When they in one were ioyntly met thus god they praysed wel From hart the ground they blest the Lord who sprang of Israel 27 Small Beniamin there ruler went so Iudas tribe theyr stone So went the Pieres of Zebulon and Neptaly came on 28 Thus god hath bid all streÌ„gth power for thée ful nye to be With strength O God coÌ„firme this worke that yâ— hast wrought so frée 29 FroÌ„ thy swéete house Ierusalem make this thy strength procede Then kings shal bryng theyr offerings to thée to praise thy dede once tamde 30 The launce mens routes once scatred wyde the peoples calueâ— When they shal stoupe and presentes bring and warring folâ—â— once shamde 31 Then shal the Pieres of Egipt land for this come meke in sigâ—â— Then Ethiops ful soone shal yeld to God their hands and might 32 O all ye realmes of all the earth sing ye to God of blis Sing psalmes and hymnes to testify how worthy prayse he is 33 To him that rydeth on heauen of heuens as he hath done of 〈◊〉 Lo he his voyce hath vttred forth a voyce most strong and bold 34 Ascribe to God all strength and myght to Israel so showed On whom hâ—s power no lesse is wrought then is on heauen bâ—â—stowe 35 O God thou art full terrible from out thy sanctuary This Iacobs God hys people aydth O blest be God therby ¶ The Collecte O Lord and gouernour whiche refreshest thy electe flocke with spirituall nourishment of all dilectation graunte vnto all thy congregation so to vnderstand thy victorious deth that we may alway confesse thy worthy victory against sinne death and hell and to honour thy maiesty now syttyng on the right hand of thy father to whome with thee and the holy ghost be all honor and glory for euer Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme LXIX A sute of man in trouble bounde that hath his hart opprest To Christ and his it nye doth sounde as Paule somewhere exprest 1 SAue me O Lord in heauines by woes depressed downe The ragyng waues of all distres be falne my soule to drowne 2 In myre so déepe I sticke full fast all bottomeles to sée In waters déepe downe am I cast the flouds haue whelmed mée 3 In crying still I wery go my throate is horse and dry Myne eyes be dimme and fainty so whyle God I wyshe to spy 4 My foes excéede my heares of head at me they causeles looke My foes preuayle that wyshe me dead I payd I neuer tooke 5 Thou know O God my folishnes if ought amisse I dyd My crymes of lyfe my simplenes from thée be neuer hyd 6 Who wayte on thée féele they no hostes of shame for my desert O God the Lord of Iacobs hostes let them féele neuer smart 7 Forsooth for thée susteyned I both shame and vyle reproofe My face is hyd for infamy so felt for thy behoofe 8 I was repute as stranger fremd to all my brethren bad As aliant so me condemnd my mothers children had 9 For why the zeale of thy swéete house hath me vp eaten quite On me fell dedes opprobrious of them that thée did spyte 10 I wept and fast my soule to chast my body low to bryng Thus when I dyd they did it cast to my disabelyng 11 When sackecloth course I put me on to mourne my griefe the more Theyr laughyng stocke and iestyng stone they made me then therfore 12 The Iudges eke which sate in gate on me they babled euill So dyd on me wyne bibbers prate yea songes they made theyr fill 13 Yet I O Lord prayd whole to thée in tyme acceptably For thy great ruthe and veritie wyth helpe heare thou my cry 14 O plucke me out of myre and sand before I sinke to stéepe Let me escape my haters hand to ryse from waters déepe 15 Let me no tyme by floudes and sea all ouerflowne to bée Nor let the déepe vp swalow me ne pit shit mouth on mée 16 This graunt to mée O God this day thy grace is liberall Turne thy respect to me I pray regard thy mercies all 17 Hyde not thy face and cherefull sight from me thy seruant poore For greuous woes on me be lyght make hast and heare therfore 18 Draw nye my soule to chalenge it redeme and saue it well For these my foes so haut they sit saue me from them so sell. 19 Thou knowst what spite what shame I beare what vyle rebukes I féele Myne enemies all that me do deare be known to thée full well 20 The shame hath pearst and rent my hart I féele all hartes disease I lookt if man would ease my smart but none was me to ease 21 In stede of meat for my repast they gaue me bitter gall In my great thyrst they esill cast to quenche my thirst wythall 22 Theyr table be to them a snare theyr swéete meates tournd to sowre And that for ioy they dyd prepare let theare but sorrow lowre 23 Theyr eyes be darke to sée no lyght and wyt be far fro them And make theyr loynes to réele vpright be they lyke drunken men 24 Poure out thy wrath these frekes to strike who walke so stubburnely And let thyne ire and wrath a lyke take hold of them full nye 25 Theyr dwellyngs fyne be they supprest that they theyr country lose In all theyr tents let no man rest theyr stocke no man to chose 26 For whom thou smitest they scourge in sport as though thou wouldst them so Of thyne afflict and wounded sort they talke wyth pleasure to 27 O let them fall from sinne to sinne as thou dydst plague the blynde And suffer not that they go in thy iustice it to fynde 28 Be they cast out of booke of lyfe who thus impugne Gods grace No where in booke memoratiue wyth iust men haue they place 29 As now for me for that I mourne in paynes and dolours lye Thy health to me O God returne to rayse vp me on hye 30 Gods name I wyll wyth prayse aduaunce in song full déepe in hart I will in hymnes hys laudes enhaunce hys grace
the sweete And good men feele the smart 17 I doubted still tyll God I sought in hys most saintly place To note hys wont in all their endes at last of all theyr race 18 I spied thou setst theyr slipper state in brittle goodes vnclere Thou cast thē down on hed to nought yea when most hie they were 19 O how they quayld most sodenly cast down and perisht quyte For their misdéedes wyckednes to nought brought down in sight Then good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 20 As dreames so vayne do vanyshe quite from man that wakth frō slepe Theyr image Lord so shalt thou stroy thy citie not to kepe 21 Myne inward ghost sore vext it was before this case I knew It pearst my raynes and rootes of hart to note their workes vntrue 22 So fond I was and ignorant in secret workes of thée To brute beast lyke all voyde of wit so dull thy trade to sée For good thou art to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 23 But yet O lord though thus I thought I was held vp by thée My right hand yet thou heldst so vp that far I dyd not flée 24 As me thou taughtst so hence thou wylt teach me thy secret wil And after that with glory bright my soule with ioy to fill 25 For whome haue I in heauen but thée to loue or trust aright Or who in earth can health impart but thou my harts delight All good thou art to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 26 Though flesh hart here fayled me thou didst not me forsake Thou art O God my strength of hart my part thou art to take 27 For lo who far from thée do stray they perishe shall no doubt A whoryng who eke renne fro thée thou driuest them al to nought 28 But good for me by God to hold in thée O God to trust To tell thyne actes how good thou art in Syon gate full iust O good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart ¶ The Collecte GEue vs assistence of thy grace almighty father so guide our feete in meditation of thy righteous iudgementes that we slyde at no tyme or be offended by vndiscrete zele or enuy at the prosperitie of thine aduersaries eyther to misconceyue thy euerlastyng prouidence or yet to bee the slacker in the godlye wayes of thy holye testimonies so that we may alway ioyfully beare thy crosse sent vnto vs hauing thee for our lot and comfort therin and so hauyng our hartes pure in thee we maye prayse thy rightuousnes in the eternall gates of thy heauenly Hierusalem and euerlastyng habitation Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXIIII A sore complaint here may ye read Agaynst Gods foes so vayne Which Christ his worde and eke his flocke Pursue wyth myght and mayne 1 WHy art so far O God our God For euer wylt thou flée Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy shéepe Of pasture as we bee 2 O God our Lord thinke thou vpon thy congregation dere Of olde so strong possest by thée whom thou redemst so clere And thynke vpon the chosen lot of thyne inheritaunce Of Syon mount wherin thou dwelt wyth thy good ordinaunce 3 Lift vp in hast thy féete and handes confound thy foe in face How hath he stroyd thy sanctuary the seat of thy good grace Why art so far O God our God For euer wilt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 4 Thy foes dyd rore full hye in pryde in tyme of feastfull day As conquest signes in temple there theyr banners did they splay 5 Where he that once did cut and hew a beame or sparre of wood To beautifie thy temple worke was thought deuout and good 6 But now they boast and brag herein to pull all down to nought To breake with mall eke wyth are the gates of caruers wrought And yet art far O God our God For euer wilt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 7 Yea fyre and flame now haue they set vpon thy holy place They haue defylde cast to ground the house where dwelt thy grace 8 They sayd in wrath to stroy them quite let vs in one consent Gods houses thus in all the land they haue all wholy brent We now can sée no wonted signes there is no Prophet more Not one wyth vs of wisdom sage to ease our bondage sore And yet art far O God our God For euer wylt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath against thy shepe Of pasture as we be 10 How long O God shall thus in spite the aduersary brayd Thy house thy feastes thy fold deface hys brags at thée be layd How long I say shall he so mad thy holy name blaspheme For euer thus hym shall we sée thy power so lyght to deme 11 Why than O Lord hold still thy handes winkst at this his spite Thy hand draw out of bosom soone to stroy thy foes by myght Why art so far O God our God For euer wylt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy shepe Of pasture as we be 12 Yet God my kyng and Lord he is of olde in yeares now gone He health bestowd on all the earth himselfe doth it alone 13 Thou didst deuyde the sea as once by myght of thy great hand The Dragons heds thou brakest in two so drownd by sea land 14 Thou crushedst the head of Whales I say Leniathan so great For thy dere flocke thou madest hym meat which was in desert set Then why art far from vs O God For euer wilt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 15 Of stony rockes so flinty hard thou broughtst out fluds springs And so thou driedst great waters vp for all theyr gatheryngs 16 The nyght day be thine at will thou spreadst both light sunne The sunne by day to shyne so cleare by nyght to shyne the Moone 17 The costes of all the earth so wyde thou dydst them place ful due Thou summer madest and wynter both eche other right to sue And yet art far from vs O God For euer wylt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 18 Remember this in mynd O Lord thyne emnies how they vaunt How folishly the people haue reuylde thy name a taunt 19 Geue not thy turtels sely soule to beast of cruell port Forget not aye the company of thyne afflicted sort 20 Behold thy pact ones made to vs for darkenes pestilent Is spred the earth where théeues do dwell both false and violent And yet art far from vs O God For euer wilt thou flee
poore and fatherles speake law to theyr behoue Of men afflict in heauines in ryght theyr cause approue 4 The nedies sute ryd ye hys cause deliuer hym wyth spede And plucke the poore from all the clawes of wycked bribers drede 5 They nothyng know nor vnderstand they walke in darkenes depe The bases réele of all the land for ryght men mourne and wepe 6 I sayd no lesse but Gods ye bée so hye I you estéemd Of God most hye as children frée I you in office déemde 7 But ye shall dye as wretched men to children most vnlike To tyrauntes lyke as one of them ye all shall fall in dyke 8 Ryse thou O God iudge thou the land where wronge hath such excesse To heritage thy mighty hand shall clayme all heathennes ¶ The Collecte GRaunt vs O Lorde thy grace to decline froÌ„ wrongful domes in iudgement as thou commaundest it vnto vs that we may relieue the nedefull sutes of thy poore afflict seruauntes whereby we may be associated to the electe number of thy children Thorough Christ c. The Argument Psalme Lxxxiij The Hebrues here do inuocate Their God for helpe against mens spite The church this psalme doth renouate In her distresse to scape all quite 1 O God our God within thy selfe Hold not thy tonge thys muet still Nor silence kepe but kepe our helth Stay not O God but punishe euill 2 For lo thou séest what murmuryng Thyne enmies make most arrogant How hye aloft theyr heds they bryng Who thée do hate how proud they vaunt 3 They haue in guyle their counsayles take in Ire agaynst thy people poore Conspirde they be close drifts they make and all thy sayntes they will deuoure 4 They sayd come on let vs them roote euen quyte from out all nations Of Israell the name to wroote no man to be to name them once 5 For they haue layd their heades in one together knit in hart and mynde Confederat they be echone agaynst thy selfe like beastes vnkinde 6 The tents where kepe the Edomits the Ismalits with might and mayne With them be ioynd the Moabits the Agareus they fume agayne 7 So Geball folke and Ammon to beset in leage with Amaleke The Palestyns with them do go and they that dwell in Tyrus eke 8 To them be knyt thassirians a people fierce and strong in armes Lothes childer hye they would aduaunce whose streÌ„gth they be to worke their harms 9 But do to them as Madian did féele thy hand and angry looke As eke thou didst to Siseran to Iabyn eke at Kyson broke 10 They whole on heapes at Endor quaylde no graue receyued their bodyes deade Gods hand them all so countervaylde as dunge on earth their carcase spred 11 Make them withall their princes gaye to Oreb like and Zeb also As Zebée and Salmana make all their péeres like them to go 12 Who sayd in pride let vs possesse Gods temple hye to vs to ryse Let vs deface that holynes with all the rites and sacrifice 13 Make them my God to be in sight all like the whele down hill that slidâ—h And let them be as stuble light tost hye wyth wynde that neuer bidth 14 And lyke as fyre that brenth the woode the rage wherof no trée can flée As flames the hyls where forage stode do wast for heate and parched be 15 Euen so O God all them pursue with thy great sâ—ormes and tempests stoure In thy sore wrath make them to rue all foule dismayde in hart to loure 16 With vyle reprofe their faces fyll with very shame confound them all That they might search thy name and wyll O Lord to thée that they might fall 17 Be they abasht and vexed still Yea more and more both day and nyght And let theyr fames all shame bespill Destroy theyr flesh but saue theyr sprite 18 That they may know that thou alone Whose name deuine Iehoua is Art rocke most hye against our foen Aboue the earth that sittest in blisse ¶ The Collecte O Shake and discusse from vs most louyng Lorde all superfluitie of error that we may so defie all heathen vyce to feare and worship thee onely who in hiest maiestie raignest on all the earth Through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXXIIII As Dauid longd Gods house to walke where ciuill warres hym drew So should we loue Christes church in sprite hys heauenly face to vew 1 O God of hostes how louely be thy tabernacles all where god yâ— raignst in grace truth for help at nede to call 2 My soule doth breâ—s in loue it melth it longth Gods courtes to sée My hart and flesh doth pant and cry wyth God of lyfe to bée 3 Yea there her nost the sparow buildth the swalow there may bredâ— Thine altars nye Lord God kyng where wandring wars I led 4 O wel is theÌ„ their harts be blest who may thy house frequâ—â— They may sing out â–ª thy laudes always to ioy in mind conteÌ„t 5 O happy men whose helpe thou art whose harts thy paths do seke Whose soules inspirde do ioy to walke thy wayes in credeÌ„ce meke 6 They passyng here thys vale of teares yet wels of ioy they finde Theyr pooles at ful with heauenly showers shal flow for rest of minde 7 FroÌ„ strength to strength from faith to faith â–ª to god they shal go still Till they by flockes eche one appeare wyth God in Syon hill 8 O Lord of hostes god of strength heare yâ— my harts request With open eare O harken God on whom doth Iacob rest 9 Behold O God protectour good our state in all assayes Behold thy Christes annoynted face for grace thy people prayes 10 In thy good courtes one day passâ—h more then thousand daies els where I rather wish gods dore to kepe â–ª then proud mens halles to teare 11 For God the Lord is light and shield he glory giueth and grace No good thyng he shall hold from them who godly lyfe embrace 12 O Lord of hostes O puissant God I must conclude for ryght That man is blest and blest agayne who trustth in thy great might The Collecte ALmighty God whiche art the eternall founder of all the heauenlye mansions aboue graue in our harts such eleuations of gostly meditation to behold thy passyng goodnesse thou bearest to mankynde that we may bee found worthye to ascend vp to thy celestial place in heauen Through Christ. The Argument Psalme LXXXV Man here makth sute for sinne who felt Deserued captiuitie And shewth what helth Christs kingdom delt To mans felicitie 1 AGaynst thy land become thou art O Lord most gracious thou hast returnd froÌ„ Iacobs hart his thraldom burdenous 2 Thou hast forgeuen thy peoples sinne that was so hugely growne Yea all theyr sinnes thou couerdst in wherby thy grace was knowne 3 Thou hast restraynd thine heate all quyte from indignation Thou hast withdrawn thy face and sight from wraths destruction 4 Whole turne vs than O God
our wealth to grace that we conuert Remoue thine ire impart thy health forgeue our foule desert 5 Eternall God agaynst vs thus for euer wilt thou threate Shalt thou thyne ire stretch out to vs from age to age so great 6 Uphold thy worde to vs returne and quicken vs agayne So shall thy flocke no longer mourne but ioy in thée full fayne 7 Shew vs thy grace O Lord of power that it we may perceyue And geue to vs thy sauiour that health we myght receyue 8 Plaine wyll I heare what God shall speake for peace he shall denounce To all hys folke and louers eke that they their vyce renounce 9 All they no doubt who will hym feare is hys saluation nye Hys glory than shall iust appeare in all our land at eye 10 Ryght frendlines and veritie they shall ech others méete So ryghteousnes and peace from hye shall kisse eche other swéete 11 Known truth from earth shal then out spring wyth all good fruites aryght For ryghteousnes all florishyng from heauen shall cast her sight 12 Euen thus the Lord shall manifest hys bounteous goodnes neare That full our land wyth grace possest all godly frutes shall beare 13 Ryght iustice eke shall be hys guide that strait may good man walke His wayes and gate her steps shall stryde no tyme the ryght to balke ¶ The Collecte PArdon O mercifull Lord the sinnefulnes of all thy people and shew to vs thy mercy and light which may lead vs into the way of peace by followyng the guidance and direction of thy righteousnes through Iesus Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXVI Here Dauid prayth this Psalme I say That Saule hym fraith with great distresse But Christ more true yea Christ doth pray â–ª Who once did sue as man in flesh To scape all spite but most for vs He this endight and sayth euen thus and sayth euen thus 1 BOw downe thyne eare O Lord heare me For thée I feare as God most hye Whose fauour kynd my hart would sée I fayne would finde thy grace at eye For poore I lye all wrapt in thrall My wante I spye to thée I call To thée I call 2 My soule preserue for thyne it is Aye thée to serue vnfainedly So wholy bought it may not misse Kéepe then in thought my Lord sayd I Thy seruant poore to thée I call To thée the more wythstand my fall Wythstand my fall 3 Extend thy grace saue me O Lord And shew thy face all louingly In mercy so thy grace aforde I stand therto assuredly Wherto I hyed to seke for ease And dayly cryed I wyll not cease I wyll not cease 4 O Lord make glad thy seruantes hart My state full sad and soule is fret To thée I go from thée to start From all my wo I wyll not yet I mourne to thée â–ª in soules disease Though hie thou bée I trust to please I trust to please 5 For kynde thou art O Lord of grace Of gentle hart and mercifull To all a lyke in euery place Who wyll thée seke most bountefull In stable fayth thou art to spie In thée who stayth who mournth in thée Who mournth in thée 6 Agayne I say my Lord geue care To thée I praye in thys my mone Thou knowst my paine which now I beare My foes restraine I wéepe alone Expende my crie full bitterlie Thou séest I ligh all heauilie All heauilie 7 When troubles rise in dreadfull dayes In sundrie wise on thée I call I drawe thée neare in all my frayes For thou wilt heare when I am thrall Then helpe me send from heauen so bright As trustie frend my hart to light My hart to light 8 None like to thée O God most hie Of Gods that be all day so sought For wit for might for maiestie Thy workes be right thy dedes be wrought Who wyll contend wyth thée in sight As them to mend O most of myght O most of myght 9 All people iust whom thou hast fourmd Now come they must to worship thée O Lord full low wyth mynd refourmd And them bestow in hart most frée Thy grace to prayse thy name to sprede So good alwayes theyr doynges lead Theyr doynges lead 10 For God art thou thou wonders doost As once so now thou shewest thy myght Thou madest all thyng on earth and dust The heauens do sing thy power in sight No God but thée shall Paynyms néede As eye may sée by Gospels réede By Gospels réede 11 Teach me thy way O Lord agayne That sue I may thy truth so frée All walke to it make me to strayne My hart O knit in thée to lygh Wyth reuerence to loue thy name In confidence to feare the same To feare the same 12 I thée wyll thanke O Lord my God Wyth hart most franke to sing thy prayse Thy louyng grace so wyde and brode I wyll embrace fall out my dayes Thyne excellence I wyll proclayme Wyth diligence to shew thy name To shew thy name 13 Thyne actes to me I must confesse Full great they be myne eyes doth sée Thou rydst full quyte my depe distresse By thy great myght thou madest me frée My soule of late nye gone and lost From hell the state all nethermost All nethermost 14 O God so great the proud aryse At me they fret in numbers ryfe The worst of all in cruell wyse They wyshe my fall they seke my lyfe They feare not thée they much do boast Thy face they flée in euery coast In euery coast 15 But thou O Lord yet God most méeke As truth recordth of louyng brest Art pitifull thée poore to séeke To wrath but dull to mercy prest In grace and truth looke thou on vs To mone in ruth all gratious All gratious 16 O turne to me and turne anone My rocke to be thy grace I craue Thy seruant strength for which I grone That I at length my soule to saue Wyth thée may wonne in thy cleare house Thy handmaiâ—s sonne all glorious All glorious 17 O shew to me for good some signe Some amitie shew thou in sight Agaynst my foes though foes repyne Thou healtst my woes to shame theyr spite That they may sée and so agrée I stayde by thée in comfort frée In comfort frée ¶ The Collecte O Lord of all comfort and compassion we beseche thee to cheare the countenaunce of the congregation of thyne elect familie from all terrours of hell and other hostilitie so that we may bee protected by the louyng visage of thy grace in beholdyng our miserable trauayle that we haue in thys worlde that by thee we may haue the dominion of our carnall affection to tread them vnder foote Through Christ. The Argument Psalme LXXXVII This pleasant song describeth the state Of Christs dere spouse where Christ was borne Hierusalem most fortunate To nurse both Iewe and gentile lorne 1 GOd hily loueth Hierusalem Whose bases strong be depely set In holy mounâ—es sure layd in them Moria Syon Olyuet 2 The Lord
is set our helpe so great our shield he is to tell And be our kyng all health to bryng that saint of Israell 19 Thou spakest thus once in visions to thy swete saintes full nye My helpe I layd to strong mens ayde I chase and hauntst him hye 20 I Dauid found my seruant sound I sacred hym wyth oyle Hym kyng made I ryght holily and Lord of all the soyle 21 Wyth hym my hand shall strongly stand my power shall hym defend My valiant arme shall whole hym arme for strength I will him send 22 No force so â—yne can vndermyne hys strength to make him thrall No crafty wyle shall him beguile by wycked man to fall 23 I down will bray his foes aray which shall hys face resist His haters lyke I will them strike and stroy them shall my fist 24 My faythfulnes and gentlenes wyth hym shall long abyde In my good name shall spring his fame hys horne and strength full wyde 25 Unto the sea his raigne shall be and he the Lord of it His right hand shall rule ryuers all on fluds as chiefe to sit 26 He me full grate shall inuocate most frankly thus to say My father thou my God t'auow my helth my rocke my stay 27 Yea more then this I wyll him blisse my first begotten sonne More hie to stand then kings in land that yet to earth be gone 28 I will him kepe my fauour meke for euer hym to loue My couenaunt fast to hym so past shall neuer voyde remoue 29 His séede euen so shall stable go so depe I will it plant His regall powers shall days and howers as heauen stand valiant 30 But if his sede from me recede and shall my law forsake Or yet shall balke in all theyr walke my iudgemente them to slake 31 And shall perchance myne ordinance prophane and cast it backe Or my precept as light reiect to kepe it shall be slacke 32 I wyll no doubt then visite stout to scourge theyr wyckednes I wyll them smite wyth plagues in sight to beate their sinnefulnes 33 Yet wyll not I my clemency wythdraw from them to go And lowd to lye so wyll not I my fayth to ieopard so 34 I list not vayne my pact prophane though they defile theyr south I wyll me take to that I spake to kepe my word of mouth 35 Once sware I dyd and testified my holines to pledge From Dauids part I would not start as this may he alledge 36 That is his sede should euer sprede and neuer should decay Hys throne begunne should shyne as sunne in my swete light to lay 37 As moone in sight it should be bryght though oft it féelth the clips These witnes sure in heauen endure to try my fayth of lips 38 But lo as now what done hast thou thou hast abhord thy Christ And hym forsakt and abiect makt at hym displeasd thou lighst 39 Of couenant made thou breakst the trade wyth this thy seruant knit His regall crowne thou rentst it down euen flat on earth to sit 40 His walles as wast thou battred hast and none thou leauest to stand Thou breakst hys fortes stroyst his portes thyne ire séemth now so grand 41 All they to spy which iorney by tread downe hys raygne in spyte The neyghbour next hys state hath vext as laughyng stocke in sight 42 Who foes therto in hatred go theyr handes thou lyftes on hye The enemy coye thou makst him ioy at it hys iestes to wry 43 Thou hast whole stynt hys weapons dynt hys edge of sword but blunt It had no power as conquerour to wynne as it was wont 44 Thus hys renowne thou pulst a downe wyth darkenes all obscurde Hys scepter flat on ground is plat dispayre he séeth assurde 45 Thou hast in déede thus shortened hys yong and flouryng dayes Thou hast hym clad wyth shame bestad ashamed thus he layes 46 How long by day wylt thou for aye O Lord thus hyde thy face And shall thyne ire thus burne as fire wylt thou thys raigne disgrace 47 O call to mynde in hart yet kynde what brittle date I beare Or hast thou wrought mankynd for nought to stroy hym thus in feare 48 What man is hée in lyfe so frée that death shall neuer sée Can he escape hys mortall shape from graue whole ryd to bée 49 Where may we holde thy mercies olde O Lord where do they lygh As thou dydst sweare in Dauids eare in truth most earnestly 50 Then call to mynde spite done vnkynde O Lord to thyne electes What tauntes in brest â–ª I hold at rest of diuers peoples sectes 51 Wherwyth thy foes haue wrought vs woes O Lord despitefully They threat vs hye opprobriously no steps of Christ to spy 52 We may conclude though we be rude the Lord will turne agayne The Lord therfore for euermore be blest Amen Amen ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God most true in thy promises and terrible yet in thy iudgementes graunt we beseche thee that we may walke faythfullye before thy holye face to feele the comfort of thy louyng presence and where we bee scourged at any tyme for straying from thee that yet agayne we may receyue thy mercy to glorify thy name Through Iesus Christ c. ¶ The ende of the third booke Here beginneth the fourth Booke of Psalmes ¶ The Argument Psalme XC The wofull lyfe of man for sinne here Moses paynted clere Gods grace aduaunst mans state deiect Christes aduent craued here 1 O Lord thou hast our refuge bene as sanctuary most frée In tyme now past froÌ„ age to age to whoÌ„ safe might we flée made 2 Before the hils had ful their shape ere earth world was FroÌ„ world to world true God thou art thy power shal neuer fade 3 Thou doost retract mans life to dust thou so dissoluest his trayne And saist eftsoones ye Adams séede returne to lyfe agayne 4 A thousand yeres in thy good sight as yesterday that was though long they seme yet swift thy slide as nightly watch doth pas 5 Thou makest theÌ„ flow as fluds in course as dremes they vanish lyte As early grasse in sodentye doth change hys hue and plight 6 Which flourth at moâ—ne groethful grene gatherth streÌ„gth ful gay But rept it is at nyght full dym and witherth dry away 7 A like we wast and fall away when thou art wroth for sinne And whyle thys sence of wrath doth last aâ—rayd we be therin 8 Thou hast detect before thy face â–ª our sinnes ful open layd Our hydden crymes our secrecies thy face hath bright dewrayd 9 For all our dayes do slyde away in thy displeasant wrath We spend our yeres â–ª as tale is told that brittle pleasure hath 10 Our yeres in dais be seuenty selde though streÌ„gth wan eighty mo That pride at last were paine and griefe it passe and hence we go 11 Thy wrathfull power who can comprise no man by reasonyng for more that maÌ„ doth feare thy power â–ª
thy wrath him more doth wring 12 That we our days may nuÌ„ber right O teach this wit to vs Theyr date so frayle shal make our harts apply to wisdome thus 13 Be thou retournd O Lord we pray how long wylt thou depart Thy seruantes rue most pityfull intreatable in hart 14 Refresh vs Lord and fill vs full with thy swete early loue To ioy a while to sing the laudes whyle we our breth can moue 15 And cheare our hartes wyth dayes as good as thou hast vs afflict And as our yeres haue smarted long with heauy scourges strickt 16 Thy seruantes teach thy worke deuine â–ª theyr state thy grace to sée That thy renowne may so appeare to theyr posteritie 17 The cherefull grace of God our Lord remayne on vs as now Our workes of handes confirme in vs our handes O prosper thou ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and euerlastyng God which art our defensible refuge in thys oure briefe space of lyfe whych we perceyue to be miserable we beseche thee not to presse vs wyth the burden of thy heuy indignation but so nurture vs wyth thy fatherly rod that we may desyre these eternall dayes of reste where thou wyth thy sonne and holy spryte reygnest eternal God to whome c. The Argument Psalme XCI The faythfull man doth here confesse that Gods defence is strong Against all griefe that hym can presse to scape all wo and wrong 1 WHo vnder fence and couert dwelth of God that is most hye He shall be sure in shadow well By God of heauen to ligh No dout of thys ought man to haue who proofe therof will make For God is strong vs all to saue if fayth to hart we take 2 The iust by fayth may thus be bolde to say to God so iust Thou art my hope my strength and holde my God in whom I trust I haue no hope in worldly thyng that may be sene or felt Though things I vse as nede doth bring which god for vse hath delt 3 To make the scape he will not misse all crafty hunters snares From pestilence that noysome is as far from other cares When diuel or maÌ„ hys soule wil spyte then God wyl helpe hym free Hys body frayle shal yet be quyte from plages how fierce they bee 4 For vnder wynge he thée shall hyde hys fethers thée to broode Hys fayth and truth shall fence thy side as shield and buckler good As once in th'arke theyr wynges so wyde the Cherubins dyd splay As vseth the henne her byrdes to stryde to kepe the kyte away 5 Thou shalt not néede to be adrad for feares of all the nyght No dart so sharpe shall make thée sad that flyeth by day in syght No horrors fell shall so preuayle to make thy hart agaâ—t Misfortune none shall thee assayle God wyll eye thee so fast 6 Thou shalt escape all pestilence which walkth in darke to noye Of sicknes sore to haue defence that hye at none doth stroye No venome bayte shal thee infect by diuell or man be layd For God to thee shall it detect by whom it shall be stayd 7 Though thousandes fast to murre in renne by thee that dwellers bée On thy right hand though thousandes ten do fall thou shalt be frée Thou nedest not feare what fortune fall to all the world beside Thou shalt not stand so casuall for God shall be thy guyde 8 Yea both thyne eyes shall make thée sée how proud men shall decay How faythles impes shall scourged bée for theyr desert I say God shall his foes tread vnder foote who him his did hate Theyr lies and brags them shal not boote with all their cruel state 9 For thou my God myne onely trust my hope thou art t' endure Thou hast my soule thus made full iust thy helpe to haue ryght sure Because thou hast affiance had in God who dwelth so hye He shall kepe thee from chances bad and be thy sanctuary 10 There shall no euill so chance to thée but all shall worke thy wealth No plage shall nye thy dwellyng bée to stroy therof the health Thou safe shalt dwell protected well by God if hym thou fearst From wrathfull men that be so fell if fayth to God thou bearst 11 For he shall geue hys angels charge on thée to cast theyr sight To sée thy wayes full set at large to walke therin aryght Hys angels be thy seruantes prest thy welth and helth to kepe To worke thy rest to prompt thy brest thy God in hart to seke 12 They shall in handes beare thée alone to stay thy hold aloft Lest thou shouldst hurt thy foote at stone els mought thou fall full oft If God thou fearst kepe hys wayes hys sprite wyll thee preserue Thou nedest no dout to walke in strayes if god thou vowst to serue 13 The Lyons fierce and adder flye on both them shalt thou go Thou shalt tread down the Lyons frye and eke the dragon to All venome beastes shall renne fro thee they shall serue thee at will The diuell so stoute thy fayth shall flee though he thy soule would spill 14 Because hys hope on me he set I will hym rid from shame I wyll hym lyft to make hym great because he knew my name I will sayth God my helpe hym send in all hys troublous dayes No better cause make me to bend then that on me he stayes 15 When he shall call and sue to me to hym I shall apply I will wyth hym in trouble be and ryd hym gloriously His trust and fayth shall not decay hys loue shall haue reward Though here he wepe from day to day yet I hys teares regard 16 Wyth length of dayes where lyfe shall last I wyll hym satisfy I wyll hym shew for louyng tafâ— my sauyng helth so hye Though here opprest as vyle outcast the iust for ryght doth wayle The greater ioy sayth God at last shall chance to hys aduayle Who vnder fence and couert dwelth of God that is mosâ— hye He shall be sure in shadow well by God of heauen to ligh ¶ The Collecte EXtende O mercifull father through the inuocation of thy holy name thy louing tuition vpoÌ„ vs thy poore seruants that where we be to weake by our own strength to ouercome the crafry and combrous assawts of our enemyes that yet by thy fatherly protection we may bee defended agaynst al their hostylitie and so in pacience passe ouer this mortal conuersation to ioy with thee in the length of dayes in thy blessed presence Through c. The Argument â–ª Psalme XCII Of sabboth day the solemne feast â–ª doth vs excyte by rest Gods mighty workes that we declare loue hym for all the best 1 A Ioyfull thyng to man it is the Lord to celebrate â–ª To thy good name O God so hye due laudes to modulate 2 To preach and shew thy gentlenes in early mornyng lyght Thy truth of worde to testifie all whole by length of nyght 3 Upon the psalme
the decachord vpon the pleasant lute On sounding good swéete instruments with shaumes with harpe with flute 4 For thou hast ioyed my fearefull hart O Lord thy workes to sée And I with prayse will iust reioyce these handy workes of thée 5 How glorious O blessed Lord be these the factes of thyne Thy thoughts be depe thy counsayles hye inscrutable deuyne 6 The brutish man that is vntaught is nought of this beséene The foole as is the carnall man perceyueth not what it meanth 7 When euill men flour as doth the grasse wicked workers bud Then shall they all come downe at once for euer drownd in mud 8 But thou art hye full hye aloft as Lord and president For euer standst vnmoueable and wyse in regiment 9 For lo thy foes O Lord so strong thy foes shall perishe all And such as worke all wickedly shall haue a shamefull fall 10 My horne and power shall yet be raysd as Unicornes is séene Euen now I seme as swetely dewd with oyle of Oliue gréene 11 Myne eyes full out theyr lust shall haue of all my waityng spyes Myne eares the same of crafty men who vp at me dyd ryse 12 The true elect and ryghteous man shall florishe lyke the palme As Ceder trée in Lybanus hymselfe shall sprede wyth balme 13 Depe planted they in rootes alway in gods swete house to byde Shall florish lyke in both the courtes of this our God and guyde 14 In age most sure they shall encrease theyr fruite aboundantly Well likyng they and fat shal be to beare most fruitfully 15 That is to say they out shall preach this lordes true faythfulnes Who is my strength mighty rocke who hateth vnryghteousnes ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God which art the contynuall ioye and perpetuall felicytye of all thy saynts whom thou doost inwardly water with the dew of thy heauenly grace wherby thou makst them to floryshe like the Palme tree in the celestial courts of thy church we besech thee that thou would so discusse from vs the burdenous weight of sinne that we maye enioye their felowship Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCIII This praith in faith when stormes aryse in trust of helpe full sure But here in raigne is Christ bewrayde and how his church shall dure 1 THe Lord is kyng in hys aray the Lord is clad wyth strength He girt hymselfe the world is sure it cannot réele at length 2 Thy throne is strong prepared sure from tyme all out of mynde Thou art that art all durably which neuer ende shalt fynde 3 The flouds haue lift aloft O Lord the fluds haue lift their voyce The stremes â—â—â—â—rge wyth griefly waues thy foes to hie reioyce 4 But far aboue all rage of fluds or dreadfull stormes of sea Doth God surmount more excellent hys enmies all to slea 5 Thy worde is sure thy testament is tryed in all assayes All holines doth decke thy house O Lord for yeares and dayes ¶ The Collecte MOst maruelous God which art begirt round about withall godly maiestye and power as thy handy workes in the creation and situation of heauen and earth do manifestly declare heare vs we beseeche thee thy humble suters and inspire into our hartes fast fayth to beleue thy worde perfect our soules to confesse it in tonge and coÌ„firme vs to shew the holynes therof in our life to the glory of thy name Through Iesus Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCIIII The poore opprest doth helpe implore agaynst proud iudges myght As Christ and hie long heretofore be paternes good in sight 1 O God and Lord reuenger ryght of sinne reuenger God Now shew thy selfe declare thy might make hast to shake thy rod. 2 Be thou set vp in maiesty thou iudge of all the land Requite the proud accordingly and let them féele thy hand 3 How long O Lord these wycked men how long tryumphe shall they Thy people thus to ouer renue wythout both stop and stay 4 They blatter out euen what they list sore wordes they be and proude All wycked ympes wyll not desist to vaunt and boast aloude 5 Thy people Lord full sore they flyte thyne heritage they vexe Their poore estates wyth wronges they smyte and threates therto annexe 6 The widow lo the straunger eke they murther craftely The fatherlesse they quell alyke though deare to thée they ligh 7 Theyr mouthes thus speake as hartes deuise tush God séeth nought of this Nor Iacobs God shall thys aduise in thys he is remysse 8 Ye doltes of all most brute to sée betyme yet vnderstand When prudent wise when will ye bée ye fooles I say so fond 9 Can he be deafe which made the eare how harken should not hée Who made the eye can ye hym bleare that he should nothyng sée 10 Or he that checkes the heathen els shall he not you reproue And he that man all wisdom tels shall he not you remoue 11 The Lord doth know the thoughtes of man to be both fond and vayne Your open wronges how can they than escape deserued payne 12 Then happy is that man and blest whom thou doost chastise here And whom by loue in law thou teach est O blessed Lord most deare 13 To make hym sit wyth patience in dreadfull dayes at rest Whyle that to men of violence theyr pit be digd and drest 14 For God no dout wyll not reiect hys people them to fayle Nor yet forsake hys lot elect to make them long to wayle 15 Untill that ryght be turnd agayne to dome as iust it ought And follow it shall they full fayne whose harte hath iustice sought 16 O who wyll vp for me to stand agaynst malignant spies Or wyll wyth me conioyne hys hand at wycked men to ryse 17 If soone the Lord had sent none ayde to me in myne vnrest It had not faylde my soule dismayde had dwelt in graue opprest 18 But when I sayd my foote doth réele to note the worldes disdayne Then helpe O Lord thou didst me deale thy grace dyd me sustayne 19 As carefull thoughtes in store dyd ryse when thus my hart dyd boyle Thy comfort so dyd me repryse my soule to scape the foyle 20 Shall wycked seates of tyranny cleaue fast to thée as thence That thou should fayne to scourge therby the poore by lawes pretence 21 They cloyne in one in companies agaynst the iust mans lyfe The giltles soule of wycked vyce they whole condemne in stryfe 22 The Lord yet was to me in stresse a refuge strong of fence My God was rocke as inaccesse my trust and confidence 23 He shall them quite their crafty guiles as they dyd others cloy God shall them slea for all theyr wyles our Lord shall them destroy ¶ The Collecte NVrture vs O Lord with the sincere doctrine of thy blessed worde be thou to vs a refuge in time of tribulation so guide vs by true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy word that we neuer fall from thee Through Iesus
Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCV This cherefull Psalme doth inuite vs in voyce This cherefull Psalme inuiteth our voyce Due laudes to God in our hymnes to rebounde Due laudes to God in hymnes to sounde With lowly hartes in hys grace to reioyce With lowly hartes that we reioyce His worde to heare as we duely be bound His worde to heare as we be bound 1 O Come in one let vs sing to the Lord O Come in one to prayse the Lord And hym recounte for the stay of our wealth And hym recounte our stay and wealth All harty ioyes let vs duely recorde All harty ioyes let vs recorde To this strōg rocke to the Lord of our health To this strōg rocke our Lord of health 2 His face with prayse let vs ryse to preuent His face with prayse let vs preuent Hys factes in sight to the world to denounce Hys factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in our ioyfull assent Ioyne we I say in glad assent Our psalms hymns let vs early pronounce Our psalms hymns let vs pronounce 3 For why this Lord is a God of a might For why this Lord is God of might For helpe at néede Upon whom we may call For helpe at néede whom we may call A puissant kyng in hys radiant lyght A puissant kyng in hys brght lyght He passth all Gods by his rule ouer all He passth all Gods by rulyng all 4 All coastes of earth in hys power do ligh All coastes of earth by hym do ligh His celles and groundes be they neuer so depe His celles and groundes though they be depe As fast by hym be the mountaynes on hye As fast by hym stand mountaynes hye And stoupe to hym be they neuer so stéepe And stoupe to hym though they be stéepe 5 The sea is hys as the worke of hys handes The sea is hys his worke of handes Her ryse and fall with her mutable rode Her ryse and fall with all her rode The land from her by authoritie standes The land from her by power standes Whom God so stayed for hys stable abode Whom God so stayed for hys abode 6 O then come we let vs humbly adore O then come we let vs adore And prostrate ligh be we downe on our knées And prostrate ligh on both our knées He made vs all both the riche and the poore He made vs all both riche and poore Both kyng and slaue in theyr priuate degrées Both kyng and slaue in theyr degrées 7 For God he is as our Lord and our stay For God he is our Lord and stay Hys people we in hys pasture to rest Hys people we in pasture neare His flocke of hand for he lead vs in way His flocke of hand who leadth our way His voyce to day if ye heare at the lest His voyce to day if well ye heare 8 Beware say I that ye harde not your hartes Beware say I ye hard no hartes Agaynst hys grace when he byd you repent Agaynst hys grace to you so ment As desert saw in a strife ouer whart As desert saw once strife or ewhart Lyke tempting day of an eluishe entent Lyke tempting day of mad entent 9 In which pastyme as your fathers aforne In which pastyme your fathers olde Dyd tempt my strength to assay what I could Dyd tempt my strength to proue my myght They proued but me in a mocke and a scorne They proued but me in scorne to bold Where yet my workes might they sée if they would Where yet my workes they saw in syght 10 Full forty yeres dyd I chyde with this age Full forty yeres I blamde this age Great griefes by them did I suffer in mynde Great griefes by them I felt by thys I sayd euen thus whē ▪ I spied how they raged I sayd euen thus to spy theyr rage They erre in hart in my wayes be they blynde They erre in hart my wayes they misse 11 To whom I sware in myne angry reproche To whom I sware all wrathfully By theyr foule strayes was I forst therunto By theyr foule strayes thus forst therto If they so euill to my rest shall approche If they so euill my rest should sée Then blame haue I if it euer be so Then blame haue I if it be so ¶ The Collecte LOrd of all saluation beholde we beseche thee the sheepe of thy pasture redeemed by thy precious bloud graunt that in prudence we accepte thy voyce to be ruled therby at last to ioy wyth thee in thy rest perpetuall through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCVI This Gentiles calleth to christian fayth ▪ In Christ to ioy their head In whome all power and glory layth To iudge both quicke and dead 1 O Syng I bid to God the Lord A song of new deuise Let all the earth his prayse recorde for grace most new shall ryse 2 Unto thys Lord so new sing aye And prayse hys maiestie Be tellyng forth from day to day His great benignitie 3 To Gentiles him looke ye declare Hys glory tell them all And shew all folke wyth all your care Hys workes most martiall 4 For why no dout this Lord is hye Aboue all prayse so famde To be most drad ryght worthely Aboue all Gods so namde 5 For all euen all the hethen gods Be vayne be things of nought This Lord in heauen hath his abode and heauens by him were wrought 6 All glory prayse all worship fame Be his as ornament All prayse and power be his to name In heauenly firmament 7 Ye stocks of men and familyes Of peoples bring this Lord Bryng ye this Lord as comly is All laud for power of worde 8 Yea glory geue all ye full true To his swéete name most hye Heaue vp your giftes present hym due His courtes thus drawe ye nye 9 Before this Lord his face bow downe Before his holy grace Ye dwellers all in fielde and towne O dread his mighty face 10 Tel ye I say the Gentiles all This Lord his raigne hath pight The world is fast not lyke to fall And he shall iudge in right 11 Let heauens so hye be glad so pure Let all the earth reioyce Let all the sea in furniture enhaunce theyr cherefull voyce 12 The fruitfull fieldes and all therin Ought now reioyce full lite Than shall all trées In woode be séene to gether ioye in sight 13 Before this Lord who shortly comth For come to rule is he To iudge the worlde bright brightfull dome His flocke by verytye The Collecte O God almightye creatour of heauen and earthe whose prayse the whole ornament of them both doth daily magnifie we beseche thee that as we confesse the victory of the crosse so we may renounce all heathen errour to beholde the glory of thy seconde commyng wyth full ioy of our consciences through Iesus c. The Argument Psalme XCVII This Psalme in sprite doth gratulate Cbristes kingdome cleare immaculate Wherby such lyght hath
agaynst vs thou seest howe weake we be of our selfe assist vs therefore O Lorde with thy godly protection to glorifye thy holy name in earth as thy holy sprites doo in heauen thorough Christ c. The Argument Psalme CIIII. This Psalme setth out for prouidence Almighty Gods magnificence His wisdome power his goodnes eke Of night of day of yere of weeke His excellence all thyng doth kepe Ì„Ì„ 1 O Prayse my soule the Lord of name O Lord my God of worthy fame Thou doost excell in dignitie Wyth honour clothd and maiestie O hym proclame Prayse his degrée 2 For he is clad most cleare wyth light As he were deckt wyth vesture bryght He spreadth the heauens as vayle most fyne Where lyeth hys grace and power deuyne O séeke hys sight To hym incline 3 The vpper heauens be so arayde Wyth waters lyke as beames be layde The cloudes he makth hys charet swift On wynde the wynges hys walke he listh O hym estéeme Expend hys gyft 5 And he doth make hys aungels sprites In wyndes and blastes to worke theyr mightes The flamyng fier is minister Whose worde to do they waite full nere O loue his lightes Trust hym intiere 6 He setteth the earth on bases sound The seas they be O wondrous ground The world to ende it shall not reale It can no change ne ruine féele O hym rebound Hys myght reueale 7 Wyth waters depe this earth was shet As it wyth coate all darke beset For once the seas as mountaynes stoode Most hye aboue as raging floud O prayse hym yet Repute hym good 7 Though thus theyr waues the waters spred At thy rebuke they swiftly fled At thy rough voyce in thunder hard They fast gaue vp their hold and warde O hym a drede His strength regard 8 The hils then hye in sight dyd mount The fieldes fell low as now they wont As them thou stowdst â–ª in most due place They stand euen so they moue no space O hym recount Extoll hys grace 9 To all thynges made thou gauest hys roume Theyr proper place not out to come Thou doost the seas in boundes repose Not backe to turne the earth to close O hym renome His hand disclose 10 He springes sendth out to floudes to grow And they in sea discharge we know Betwene the hyls they kepe their flote To fresh the earth with new gréene coate O hym betrow Hys larges note 11 All beastes of field there drynke theyr fill They séeke them néedes though fed on hill The asses wilde they slake their thirst Most dry which be so made at first O marke hys wyll His care betrift 12 Theâ—â— fetherd foules séeke harborow As nye their drinke they sit on bough Where byrdes do chirme the trées among To God theyr Lord in cherefull song O hym auow And praise hym long 13 He wetith the hyls and makth them soft From heauenly cels by dewes aloft By frutefull cloudes which wrought his hand The showers fall down to moyst the land O laud him oft Him vnderstand 14 He makth for beast the grasse to spring And herbage els for man to bryng To serue hys néede his bread to get In earth such vse in beast he set O serue this king His actes intreat 15 Whence wyne is geuen mans hart to cheare And oyle his face so bryght to cleare And bread fro thence he doth addres Mans hart to strength in stablenes O count him deare Hys laudes expresse 16 The Lordes own trées by man vntyld Wyth Sap by showers be fully fild As Ceders hye of Libanus Which he hath plant right plentuous O praise him milde His care discusse 17 In these hye trées the birdes do nest God geueth them wit to séeke theyr rest The Storkes there build and houses haue In trées of fyrre themselfe to saue O loue him best His loue ingraue 18 The mountayns hye a refuge bée For buckes and beastes of Uenerie And so the rockes all inaccesse To Conies bée theyr sikernesse O praisd be hée Hys workes confesse â—9 The moone he made for ceasons due The nyght to cleare wyth chaunges new The sunne so hye a creature Hys down fall knowth and kéepth it sure O good ensue Hym worship pure â—0 And after day thou bringst in darke So nyght comth on and blyndnes starke The Sauage beasts yet gayne therby So créepe they forth to féede full slye O note hys warke Hys reed espy 21 The Lyons whelpes most fierce they rore In rangyng long of pray the store They séeke by darke their sustenance Prepard by Gods good ordinance O hym adore Hys worke enhance 22 When sunne returnth and shewth hys rise Expellyng darke hys light surpristh These beastes by heapes then soone remoue They kepe theyr dens for lyght aboue O thys aduise Hys prudence loue 23 Thus man goth forth hys worke to do More bold that they be thus ago To tillage true he maketh hys gate And spendth hys day till it be late O stand hym to Recount thy state 24 O mighty Lord my fort and holde How be thy workes tride manifold Thou madest them all in wisdome hye Of thy great goods full therth do lygh O hym behold Hym magnify 25 The sea so houge the Ocean So large in armes and space for man Theare liuing things saunce number créepe Great beasts and small therin do kéepe O search it than This meruel seke 26 Theâ—â— ships by sayles the bilowes passe Where men transport â–ª theyr wardly trasâ—e There playth his vages Leuiathan Whom thou dydst forme to sport theran O marke this case â–ª Reuolue it man 27 All creatures of thée expect Their foode most apt for euery feet That thou shouldst geue theyr nourishment In tyme of néede most competent O hym respect To hym assent 28 When deale thou doost they gather strayt In hungers stresse themselues to bayt If thou splayst hand wyth blessyng méete With good full good they be replete O hym awayte Esteme hym swéete 29 When face thou hidest and nought doost send O then they wayle to death they bend If breath thou stopst decay they must They must returne into theyr dust O then amend Regard hym iust 30 When thou returnst thy sprite agayne New thynges by thée new breath optayne Then yerely thus thou deckst a fresh The face of earth wyth new increase O holde him fayne Hys loue possesse 31 Gods maiestie be it for aye In glory blest in all hys way The Lord shall hye reioyce in thought In all hys workes so godly wrought O soule thus pray As thou art taught 32 This God when he mans sinnes to fynde But lookth on earth it quakth and twynd When he the hyls wyth hand but touch They smoke for feare and low they couche O soule hym mynde Thy Lord auouch 33 For I will sing to thys my Lord Whyle I am here and hym record In Psaltries swéete I wyll my song To my Lord God in lyfe prolong O soule accord Performe it strong 34 My talke of hym most pleasant is
No day I will be found remisse To ioy in God I will not cease He is my health my rest myne ease O soule him blisse Hym séeke to please Where sinfull men from earth shall fayle All wycked freakes God let them quayle But thou my soule thy Lord aduaunce Prayse all the Lord hys heritaunce For thyne aduayle Syng still all hayle ¶ The Collecte MOst excellent almighty God which doost wyth thy blessing hand most richly refreshe all liuyng thynges wyth theyr foode and sustinaunce graunte that our soules may so be refresht in the contemplation of thy godly maiesty alway to behold thy glory in heauen in the meditation of thy wonderfull workes here in earth through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CV Gods actes here lauded be by stories order tolde His pact alledge no thanke to man but God most due extolde Ì„Ì„ O Prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accord Exalt hys name search out hys fame Hys worthy dedes record 1 O prayse in voyce the Lord vpon hys name to call Denounce and tell the people cleare his doynges liberall 2 Syng out wyth iust accorde and play in instrumentes Tell all hys factes most meruelous sprede out hys ornamentes 3 Exalt hys name wyth ioy most hye and most deuyne And let theyr hart that seke the Lord to mirth all glad inclyne 4 Search out hys fame and power the Lordes right famous arke Séeke here hys face still euermore draw nye to note hys warke 5 Hys worthy déedes recorde which he hath wrought as God His strange foreshewes hys godly domes so past his mouth abrode O prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name search out hys fame Hys worthy dedes recorde 6 Ye séede of Abraham hys seruaunt thys respect I you appeale praise ye the Lord ye Iacobs stocke elect 7 He is the Lord our God yea none I say but hée His iudgementes be in all the world but most wyth vs to sée 8 For he hys couenant myndth for euer it to do In thousand worldes still fast to stand hys word commaunded so 9 Hys pact to Abraham fast made with fayth endude Hys othe also to Isaac agayne the same renude 10 And he this league as law to Iacob sure decréed To Israell as testament for euer well to spéede â—1 Thus saying geue I will to the land Canaan For plot of your inheritaunce as met with lyne by man â—2 But thus when few they were to them in lyke respect And there in land as straungers set as Pilgrimes whole reiect â—3 And strayed from land to land of nations wandringly From countries wyde to other realmes of people diuersly 14 He sufâ—red yet no man to do them any wrong For all theyr sake yea kinges be chect and plaged them among 15 He say touch not my Christes that sacred flocke to mée My Prophetes true afflict not ye which preach my maiestie O prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name search out hys fame Hys worthy dedes recorde 16 When he sent dearth on earth to stop theyr foodes reliefe And stroyed of bread the sustenance which stayd their strength most chiefe 17 A man before he sent to them as herbeger Lo Ioseph sold to seruitude to serue in Egipt theare 18 Whose féete they wrung in stockes by Putiphars complaynt In iron cast wyth chaynes I bound hys lyfe felt hard constraynt 19 Untill the tyme was come that iust hys cause was séene Whom God approued and throughly tryed by Oracle deuine 20 The kyng then sent and hym dyd lose by men of hys The Prince that there the people ruld did him froÌ„ bondes dismisse 21 He made hym Lord in chiefe of all hys court about And ruler sole of all hys goods in hys Empyre full out 22 That he might bynde and lose his Dukes and lordes at wyll And wit to teache hys sages all by hys approued skill O prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy dedes recorde 23 So Israell in went to Egypt glad and sad This Iacob olde a straunger liued in land of Cham the bad 24 And there God multiplied hys people notably And made hym far more strong and big then were hys foes at eye 25 The Moores then changd theyr hartes as God dyd them detect That they dyd hate his people sore with guiles hys seruantes checkt 26 Then God sent Moses out hys seruant good and true Yea Aaron eke whom he dyd chose his hart on them dyd rue 27 Which there to them dyd splay his workes and wordes by signes Hys meruels rare in land of Cham such power theÌ„ God resignes 28 And he depe darkenes sent all thinges then darke was so The signes themselfe ne Moses yet rebeld Gods wyll to do 29 He turnd theyr waters all to bloud not them they dranke He slue theyr fish theyr nourishment for all theyr waters stanke 30 The Lord euen so brought frogs in numbers wonderfull Which crept vpon the beds of kynges theyr priuy chambers full 31 He spake the worde then came on heapes all kynde of flies So lyse of dust as myngyns small in all theyr costes dyd ryse 32 For all theyr raynes and dewes he gaue them hayle to change And flames of fyer so mixt wyth theÌ„ in all their landes most strange 33 Wherwyth he smote their vines their fig trées flat to ground He brake euen down their fruitful trées in all their quarters round 34 And when hys worde came forth of grashoppers on heape In numbers theare nigh infinite dyd Caterpillers leape 35 Which dyd all whole deuoure theyr grasse about the land Yea frute and all that grew in soyle thus heauy lay hys hand 36 Theyr fruites first borne he slue in all theyr realme in length Their pryme offpring most principal â–ª of all their natures strength O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde 37 He then dyd lead them out wyth gold and siluer stuft And none there was in all theyr tribes that fell or febly puft 38 So Egypt ioyd full glad when they went out of realme For they the Iewes drad fearefully theyr feare so fell on them 39 He spred on them a cloud to couer them by day Wyth piller bryght to cleare the nyght he dyd dyrect their way 40 At theyr request and sute he brought them quayles for meate He filled them with bread of heauen swéete aungels foode to eate 41 He claue and opte the rock whence water flowed full prest They ran lyke streames in wildernes to comfort man and beast 42 For why he bare in mynde hys holy promise thus Hys loue also to Abraham hys seruaunt vertuous 43 And full wyth ioy and myrth he led hys people forth Hys deare electes wyth iubilies so taken well in worth O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out
hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde 44 And last he gaue them whole the gentils landes by met They all possest for heritage for which the people swet 45 To th end that they should kepe hys statutes true and ryght That they should aye obserue his lawes prayse ye this lord of might O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde ¶ The Collecte WEe sue vnto thee most louyng Lorde besechyng thee by the power of thy name that where our fathers were conducted therby to the ministration of thy heauenlye aungels foode that thou would so vouchsaue to feede and comfort vs wyth thy misticall nourishment of thy body bloud to whome with the father and holy ghost be The Argument Psalme CVI. The Iewes which dwelt in Babilon thus sang their thankes in harte They do confesse gods onely grace they blame their owne desarte \ \ THe Lorde so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men bee then Lord teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see 1 The Lord so good with thanks confesse sing prayse laud him hie All good he is for why hys grace for euer standth full nie 2 Who fully can his power expresse wyth tong he Lord so great Or cause be harde hys prayses all who can hys grace extreat 3 Wel true men be in hart most blest who iudgemeÌ„t true performe Which worke alway that righteous is in iust and lawfull forme 4 TheÌ„ lord I craue teach me ful kind haue mind to work my welth As friendly thou thy people mindst to me resort wyth helth 5 Thy seruauntes state O Lord to sée shew me their blisse at eye â–ª That I reioyce wyth thy good folke and thanke thée ioyfully The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 6 We all to thée haue sinned sore as oft our fathers dyd We haue gone wrong and done amisse most wickedly in déede 7 Thy noble faytes in Egipt done our fathers noted seald Of thy great loues no mynd they had at red sea they rebeld 8 Yet he full kynd dyd them preserue for loue of his great name To make hys power so notable the world to feare the same 9 The sea so red he dyd rebuke then soone vp dryed it was And through great déepes he led them dry as desert men do passe 10 And he by strength defended them from aduersaries power He ryd them sure from enemies hand they could not them deuour 11 The waters depe so whelmed such as them dyd vexe and greue That none remaynd not one of them he them dyd quite remeue 12 Hys stable word they then beleued to spy theyr foes distresse And then they sung an hymne of thankes to prayse hys worthines The Lord so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 13 In their great heat though hast they made his works they soone forgot No tyme they would his counsailes byde no tary would they not 14 They fondly longd in wycked lust for meat in wyldernes â–ª They tempted God in desert hye wyth shamefull sturdines â—5 And there euen there he gaue them full their asking redily But yet theyr bane they tooke therin theyr lyues destroyd therby â—6 And Moses guide yet they prouokt with wrath in their own tentes Yea Aaron eke Gods holy priest wyth foolish brablementes 17 Wherfore in hast the earth dyd ryue swalowd Dathon quyte It couerd whole the route and band of Abyram in sight 18 The fyre froÌ„ heauen fell whote and fierce amids their company The flame dyd burne those wycked men wyth all theyr familie 19 Eftsoones as God a calfe they made at Horeb mount most fond They worshipped this molteÌ„ worke which made theyr proper hand whole 20 And thus they turnd Gods onely glore who was their worship To shap of calfe but eatyng hay which they did hye extoll 21 They God forgot and left full soone who them to grace dyd take Who wrought as god in Egipt land â–ª strange dedes for al their sake 22 Great thyngs to sée O wonderfull in land of Cham I say And thynges of power most terrible at red sea there in way 23 To stroy them he then full decréed if Moses his elect Had not in sight vp start to treate his wrath to stay vnwreckt 24 And they despisde and lightly scornd that land delicious No fayth they gaue vnto hys word but went contrarious 25 They did in hart eke grutch and moyne in all theyr tents vnkynd They heard no tyme gods holy word it was to them but wynd 26 By liftyng vp his irefull hand God sware vnto them all That he would them in wildernes destroy wyth shamefull fall 27 And that he would cast shortly out their séede where gentils byde And sparple them as runnegates in countries farly wyde 28 Yea yokt they were and knit in hart to Baal Peor fast They glad dyd eat the sacrifice to dead men which was cast 29 Thus they all out dyd him prouoke to wrath by filthy vyce So hie that néedes Gods heauy plage on them did sharply ryse 30 Then Phinées stoode vp in zeale as iudge he vengeaunce tooke And strait the plage did stay cease gods wrath so them forsooke 31 Which godly zeale reputed was to hym for righteousnes From age to age Gods prest to be wyth all hys séede no lesse 32 They also greued and angred God at waters namde of stryfe That Moses meke gate harme for them for God abridgd hys lyfe 33 For they prouokt hys gentle sprite wordes doubtfull out to lashe Wherby he spake without aduise with lips to swift and rashe The Lorde so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 34 They did not eke in warre destroy the Heathen peoples sect As God them bad most earnestly that they should them reiect 35 But myxt and ioynd they were full nye among the gentils sort And learnd their workes outragious wherof they made but sport â—6 Wherby full soone they honoured and serued theyr idols gay Which were a snare so sought by them to brede their own decay â—7 So far as blynd they doted than vnnaturall and mad That they to diuels did sacrifice their sonnes daughters glad 38 Much giltles bloud they spild shedâ— of their own childers brood To Idols slayne of Canaan the land foule staynd wyth bloud 39 Thus foule to foule with their self workes they were defild staind A whoryng far their fancies straid no fayth to God remaind 40 TheÌ„ iustly gods most dreadful wrath his own good people brent That he abhord his heritage where stoode hys regiment 41 So that he gaue them wholy vp to Gentils cruell handes That they them ruld which hated them before
in other landes 42 And then full soone theyr enemies full sore dyd them oppresse As subiectes vyle subdude they were to all their cruelnes 43 He oft in loue deliuerd them but they more oft rebeld With theyr inuentes and so for sinne they were but iustly feld 44 He yet at length hys eyes dyd cast when they in trouble grond And when he heard how painfully in wo they daily mond 45 He them agayne to mind did call his pact to them betrought He dyd repent and pitied them hys heaped grace so wrought 46 Yea more then this he made euen such to shew them pitie all Which earst full hard theÌ„ captiue held as slaues most bond shrall The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men bee then Lord teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see 47 O saue vs Lord our louyng God from Gentils vs collect Thy holy name that we may found thy laudes wyth ioy erect The gentle Lord of Israel and God wyth prayse be raysde From world to world let all men say Amen the Lord be praysde The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see The Collecte BE myndefull of vs O mercifull Lorde for the deare loue that thou bearest to thy people and discharge vs from all seruitude and bondage of sinne and saue vs by thy healthfull hande and gather vs to gether in one vnitie of sprite to glorifie thee onelye our Lorde and sauiour to whome wyth the father and the holy ghost c. ¶ The ende of the fourth booke Here beginneth the fifth Booke of Psalmes Psalme CVII ¶ The Argument This hath fiue partes distinct where diuers men be bid The Lord to prayse to preach hys power who them from perils rid ¶ The Quiere The rearefreyt of the Psalme GOd graunt that we would prayse euer agayne The Lord for hys grace so to sing in our quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so nere to all doth appeare To all doth appeare ¶ The Meane 1 O Prayse the Lord all ye Due thankes to hym extende For good he is whose gentlenes Shall last till world doth ende 2 Let them say thus in thankes who were by God made frée Whom he redéemd from cruell hand of troublous enmitie 3 And whom he gatherd nye from countries strange and wyde From East and West from North and South in citie safe to byde 4 Who wandred out of way in desertes wildernes And found no way to dwelling towne to stay in restfulnes 5 Who hunger felt and thirst nye pynde by famishment Whose hartes within dyd melt away for néedefull nourishment ¶ The Rectors 6 Who thus afflict when they did cry To God in meeke complaintes He them dyd saue most louingly From all theyr hard constrayntes 7 For he led them the way full kynde Both ryght and prosperous Wherby they dyd a citie fynde To dwell commodious ¶ The Quiere 8 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to sing in theyr quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 9 For that he refresht theyr bodely neede Where thirsty they strayd as wyth anguishe opprest Theyr soule dyd he ease of theyr hunger in speede To set them in rest wyth foode of the best ¶ The Meane 10 And they that sate in darke in deadly shadowes blacke Afflict in bondes and iron chaynes and felt all comfortes lacke 11 They thus deserud for why gods wordes they did detest The counsayles eke they did despise of all the worthiest â—2 He then brought downe their hartes wyth griefes most tedious They fell full faynt none helpyng them so far rebellious ¶ The Rectors 13 Who thus afflict when they dyd cry To God in meeke complayntes He them dyd saue most louingly From all theyr hard constrayntes 14 For he them brought from sorrowes long From darke and deadly shade He brake their bondes and fetters strong To freedome they to wade ¶ The Quiere 15 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to sing in theyr quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 16 For that he releast their burdenouse holde The gates that in brasse were inuincible fast As also the barres that in yron were folde By hym were they brast set ope at the last ¶ The Meane 17 And fooles that lewdly did by surfet foule transgres And were for al theyr sinnes afflict by sicknes fell excesse 18 Who meat in tast abhord though swéete and wholesome dyght And then came nigh to death hys gates to stop theyr breth and sight ¶ The Rectors 19 Who thus afflict whan they do crye To God in meke complayntes He them did saue most louinglye From all their hard constrayntes 20 For he then sent his worde anone He them restord by myght Wherby they scapte destruction From perill saued quite ¶ The Quiere 21 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lorde for hys grace so to sing in their quiere The wonders he doth for the childer of men Whose mercy so neare to them did appeare 22 That offer they may the sacrifice pure Iust thankes of their lippes out of hart so to rayse Hys workes to renome so the world to allure His walkes and his wayes most gladly to prayse ¶ The Meane 23 And they that enter do the sea wyth shyp and sayle To worke theyr feates in waters depe â–ª for lyfelodes great auayle 24 They sée Gods dreadfull workes in tempestes them they note His meruels eke of thynges so houge in depe also in flote 25 God speakth and strait ryse vp the wyndes of blustring stormes Which vp do hoyse the bellowes rage in gastly grisly formes 26 Theare ships rise vp to heauen agayne to deepe they fall Thus tosse in waues the mariners great feares their hartes apall 27 They to and fro be tost they réele as man full dronke Theyr arte theÌ„ faylth theyr wits be gone they fare as men but sonke ¶ The Rectors 28 Who thus afflict when they do cry To God in meke complayntes He them doth saue most louingly From all their harde constrayntes 29 For he the stormes doth calme in sea the waues he stilleth their dinne 30 Then glad are they that still they be Safe hauen he driueth them in ¶ The Quiere 31 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to syng in their quiere The wonders he doth for the childern of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 32 Hys fame to aduaunce as duely they ought Downe set as they be with the people in place To prayse hym aright for indempnitie wrought Where elders in space their courtes do embrace ¶ The Meane 33 So let men note Gods myght in dread
of hym to stand Which turnth moist soyle to wildernes dryeth vp springs to land 34 A fruitefull earth he makth as salt and barren ground The dwellers sinnes be cause therof where in their liues be found 35 So he the desert makth to flow wyth water springes And soyle most dry from barennes by runnyng brookes he bringes 36 And there he setth to dwell all hungry nedefull men To build themselfe a city strong as Forte therto to renne 37 And there the fieldes they sowe and vineyardes large they plant Swéete frutes to beare of yeres increase to féede their néede want 38 All them he blessth wyth store they then increase most hye And suffreth not theyr cattell once to droupe or yet to dye 39 But when they fall to sinne he them decayth agayne By cruell powers he bringth them low with cares opprest payne ¶ The Rectors 40 When thus afflict they feele decay By Princes great abuse Though out of way a tyme they stray At last he them reduce 41 For he the poore returnd by smart Doth rayse from misery His householdes yet he makth in part As flockes of sheepe to ligh ¶ The Quiere God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lorde for hys grace so to sing in their quiere The wonders he doth for the chylder of men Whose mercy so neare to them did appeare 42 That tymely they may this ponder aryght As righteous man in his duety so glad Is prest to reioyce wyth a godly delyte Where mouth of the bad shall dumly be sad The conclusion Mans hart that is wise these things wil aduise Pure thankes to procure â–ª to hys God for his cure And thus hys deuise may he iustly comprise Ryght oft is hys vre by loue to allure Kynde mercy so sure in hym doth endure Extoll hym I say both by night and by day Ren neuer astray from his mercifull way ¶ The Collecte WE do acknowledge O Lord thy manifolde mercies which thou doost daily bestow vppon our miserable necessities beseching thee as thou sittest in heauen on the ryght hand of thy father in throne of equall glory with him that we may worthely coÌ„ceiue and vnderstand this great mystery of thy inestimable mercies duely to laude the same to the glorye of thy name who with the father and the holy gost art worthy all prayse Amen ¶ Certayne verses of the sayd Psalme otherwise translated 6 When thus they cryed to God thus set in woes excesse Ryght soone he dyd deliuer them from all theyr hard distresse 7 For he led them the way both ryght and prosperous Wherby they did a citie fynde to dwell commodious 8 O that men would then prayse the Lordes benignitie To tell what actes ful strange he doth to mans posteritie 9 For that he doth refresh the soule in thyrst so dry And filleth the soule that hungry is wyth goodnes largely 13 When thus they cryed to God thus set in woes excesse Ryght soone he dyd deliuer them from all theyr hard distresse 14 For he then brought them forth from darke and dedly shade He brake theyr bondes and fetters strong to fréedom sure to wade 15 O that men would then prayse the Lordes benignitie To tell what actes ful strange he doth to mans posteritie 16 For he the gates of brasse hath all to shiuers broke And burst the barres a sunder quite in yron forgd by stroke 19 When thus they cryed to God thus set in woes excesse Ryght soone he dyd deliuer them from all theyr hard distresse 20 For he then sent hys worde he them restord by might Wherby they scapte destruction from peryll saued quite 21 O that men would then prayse the Lordes benignitie To tell what actes ful strange he doth to mans posteritie 22 That they would offer hym of thankes the sacrifice And full tell out hys workes so great in glad and thankfull wyfe 28 When thus they cryed to God thus set in woes excesse Ryght soone he dyd deliuer them from all theyr hard distresse 29 For he dryueth down the stormes and makth them soone to cease So that the waues be still agayne wherby they winne release 30 Then are they glad at hart because at rest they bée He bringth them thus to that theyr hauen which they so glad wold sée 31 O that men would then prayse the Lordes benignitie To tell what actes ful strange he doth to mans posteritie 32 That they would hym exalt when people most be met And prayse hym due where Elders bée together ioyntly set 40 Though he doth beare a whyle that tyrantes them oppresse And suffer them to go astray in wandryng wyldernesse 41 Yet he doth helpe the poore from hys great misery Hys householdes yet he makth in part as flockes of shepe to lye 42 The righteous man wyll this expend and eke reioyce Where that the mouth of wickednes shall whole be stopt in voyce 43 Who that is wyse I say will ponder all these thynges They shall so know what mercies frée the Lord in sorow bringes ¶ The Argument Psalme CVIII When Dauid kept Odollan caue Where Saule he scapte for all hys raue Thus thankes in song he dyd extende To God who did hys lyfe defende 1 MY hart to God is ready found Thy worthy laudes deuout to sound For sing I will and Psalmes recorde With glory due in tong and worde 2 Lyft vp thy selfe thou Psaltrye swéete Thou harpe euen so with tunes most méete For I my selfe will early ryse Newe songes to sing I wyll deuise 3 I thée wyll prayse O Lord in songe In peoples sight euen them among Yea Psalmes to thée I wyll arrect Among all folke of euery sect 4 For farre aboue the heauen we sée Standth firmly thy benignytie Thy fayth and truth as proufe doth teache Most nye the cloudes doth wholy reach 5 Be thou exalt O God on hye Aboue the heauens in maiestye Aboue all earth thy glory set That men may know thy power so great 6 That thy beloued from wretchednes Whole rydde may be in stablenesse Let thy right hand than vs preserue O aunswere me my turne to serue 7 God spake his word in holynes Wherein I ioy and shall no lesse All Sychem iust in partes I set And Sucoth vale I also met 8 All myne no doubt is Gilead And so is myne Manasses had And Ephraim my reigne the strength And Iuda is my guyde at length 9 Land Moab is my water pot And Idumye my conquerd lot Wheron my sho extend I wyll On Philistyne ioy shall I still 10 Who hath me brought to be so nye â–ª That cytye great â–ª so walled hye Who led me forth so iust to come To Idâ—mye to wynne renome 11 Was it not thou I say O God Which vs forsokst cast wyde abroade Which didst not walke as God with vs With our mayne hostes victorious 12 O geue vs helpe and that at hand Of all our griefe of troubles band For weake the helpe
wrath all them confound By fearefull sound 12 He iudgement true shall exercise As iudge among the Gentile sect All places he shall full surprise Wyth bodies dead on earth proiect Abrode he shall in sunder smyte The heds of realmes that him wyll spyte Or scorne hys myght 13 Though here exilde he strayth as bond And shall in way but water drynke Of homely brooke as comth to hand Pursued to death and wysht to sinke Yet he for thys humilitie Shall lift hys head in dignitie Eternally ¶ The Collecte O Lord the eternall sonne of the father which wart begotten before the world was made and art the first of all creatures we lowly beseche thee that where by the session of the ryghte hande of thy father thou subduest thy enemies so make vs to subdue all the dominion of sinne rising against vs to be made meete to serue thee in all godlines who liuest and raignest one God wyth the father and the holy ghost Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme CXI This laudatory is and thankth Gods gentlenes Who made all thyng and vs redeemd from sinne and wretchednes 1 WIth all my hart I will the Lord commend on hye Met secretly with faythfull men in church eke openly 2 Full greate be all the factes of this hye Lord in name Most exquisite and may be found of them that loue the same 3 His déede is worthy prayse most worshipfull I say It Glory is and comlynes his iustice lasts for aye 5 Of all his wondrous workes remembraunce hath he made The Lord is good and mercifull to Israell in trade 5 For meat and spoyle he gaue to them that feard hym due So myndfull he will euer be his pact and league to sue 6 His actes great power shewd to all his peoples sight In geuing them the heritage of Gentils landes for right 7 His workes of hands be séene all truth and equytye And his precepts all faythfull be in iust confâ—rmytye 8 Upholde they stand most firme and euer wyll remayne For made they are by verytye and equytye agayne 9 He sent hys people guydes which them to fréedome lad His pact he bad should euer stand whose holy name be drad 10 The feare of God is sayd of wisdome first the way Who kéepe hys hests haue wisdome cleare whose prayse shal ner decay ¶ The Collecte GOd whose glory all thy saints most gladly delight to confesse graunt vs to haue the feare of thy holy name wherin consist the beginning of all wisdome that wee beyng enstructed in thy will and pleasure may be fedde wyth the heauenly nourishment of thy worde through Christ c. This doth recite of hym that feareth the Lorde The prayses right of hym that feareth the Lorde Whose constancy in God by faythes accorde Lyeth perfectly in God by faythes accorde Ì„Ì„ 1 THat man is blest and liueth at rest that fearth the Lord most pure Who hath delyte most exquisite to worke hys byddinges sure 2 No doubt hys séede shall firmly spéede in all felycitye These regents hye theyr progenye most blessed shall they be 3 He riches store in house the more wyth plenty shall possesse Hys righteousnes in stablenes shall last and still increase 4 And light shall spred from darknes drede to godly mens reliefe The Lord benigne aye pitiyng and iust to ease their griefe 5 This blisfull man he pitye can and lend with diligence His word and déede by wisdoms réede he rightly shall dispence 6 For moued he can neuer be Gods arme shall hym defend The iust shall sure in fame endure till all the world doth ende 7 At tydyngs euyll no tyme he wyll stand dreadfully hymselfe Hys hart for why stands stedfastly he trustth the Lord of health 8 His hart so great is stable set to feare nothyng aduerse Untyll hys eyes their lust espies on all hys foes peruerse 9 He spredth hys store he geueth the poore hys iustice yet abidth His power shal be exalted frée with glory large and wyde 10 The euyll shall sée and fret shall he shall gnash his teth and loweâ— â–ª The wicked lust of men vniust shall wast and turne full sower ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we beseech thee O God which art the light euerlasting and guyde of our hartes that we may loue and feare thee aboue all thinges to delight only in thy praise and so to deale to the necessitie of ouâ— neighbour in thys prcsent lyfe that in the next we heare not that sharpe word of reprobatioÌ„ for vnmercifulnes through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme CXIII This praisth Gods grace on hie therto it doth inuite His dignitie and prouidence it doth in part endight \ \ 1 YE seruauntes all ye children méeke prayse ye the Lorde of all Prayse ye hys name extoll ye due hys power potentiall 2 Gods worthy name be blest froÌ„ hence tyl all the world haue ende To dread and loue his power aboue God graunt we all contende 3 FroÌ„ time the Sunne doth shine in rise til downward fallth the same From East to West O blessed be the Lords swéete holy name 4 For why no fayle the Lord doth rule on Gentils all that be Yea heauens he passth in glory bright thys Lord of maiestie 5 For who is lyke this God the Lord in glory fame or power Who hath set vp himselfe aboue as chiefe and gouernour 6 And yet he bowth himselfe full low of hys great gentlenes All thynges that be in heauen and earth to sée in carefulnes 7 And he it is at will alone that liftth the poore from dust The nedy man he doth promote in dong that low was thrust 8 To make hym hye and equall sit wyth Princes rule to beare Yea that wyth Péeres of age most graue of his own people deare 9 And he alone the baren makth in fruitfull house to dwell As mother glad to ioye in babes O prayse the Lord then well ¶ The Collecte WE geue all prayse most due to thy blessed name almighty god beseching thee so to preserue vs in the lappe of thy welbeloued spouse thy church that we maye encrease and be stablished in the perpetuall knot of charitie and vnitie Thorough Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXIIII Here ioy is made that Iacobs seede Did Aegipt scape in luckie speede That led they were by Gods great might To Canaan land to them behight Ì„Ì„ 1 WHen Israell from Egipt went Where God them held in chastisment When ryd from thrall was Iacobs house Of people fierce and barbarouse 2 Then Iury land was consecrate True God to serue full dedicate Than Israell was hys Empire Hys subiect made to rule intyre 3 Which thing whan that the sea did spye She fled to sée Gods power so nye And Iordan floud reuersed was As geuyng place hys arke to passe 4 The mountaynesleapt as Rammes full light Aboue the waues th'appeard in sight The Hillockes eke did skip full glad As Lambes in grasse all fat bestad 5 What meanst thou
sea to flée so fast Thou Iordan why aback wart cast Was this the cause Gods truthfull grace Or fathers fayth that ye gaue place 6 You Mountaynes hye why leape ye thus As Rammes with fruite most plenteous Ye litle hylles why skypt ye so Thys sight to sée as yong shéepe do 7 At Gods bright face the earth thus shooke At Iacobs Gods most present loke Be whole adrad than earth to sée Thys puissant Lord so nye to bée 8 Whose power dyd turne the stone to gushe Great water brokes most merueylous The flint so hard whence fier springth Euen water flouds he made it bring ¶ The Collecte GRaunt vs O Lord euer to escape the seruitude of all errour and Egipticall sinne and wyckednesse that we may always beare our lyues sanctified to thee to reioyce in thy protection Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Thus Gentiles Gods be scornd vnpure â–ª Where God of heauen is God most sure On hym to trust to lawd hym aye Who blessth our lyfe and keepth our way Ì„Ì„ 1 NO prayse geue vs O Lord to vs Geue it thy name most glorious For thy swéete loue for thy good truth Defend vs Lord and shew thy ruth 2 Why els no doubt the Heaâ—hen sect Would say where is their God so tect If God they haue as we in sight Let hym come forth and shew his might 3 But sure our God is God in heauen Not made or séene to carnall eyne He doth at will what lyke hym best He made all thinges by hym they rest 4 Their Idols all the best they bée But siluer cast and gold to sée The handy worke of mortall men They be thus made full brittle then 5 Wyde mouthes they haue but speake no whit Of speache but domme to them most fit And eyes they haue yet haue no sight All voyde of lyfe all voyde of light 6 So eares they haue but heare nothyng How loud men cry in halowing And nose they haue but haue no tast Their brent incense on them is wast 8 Yea handes they haue but handle nat Two féete they haue but haue no gate They make no voyce from out theyr throtes Where yet small flies haue open notes 7 As those be all so such be they Which make them first of gold or clay And so be they which worship them Or them do trust in any realme 9 But thou that séest O Israell Trust thou the Lord bid them farewell The Lord is whole thyne ayde and shield Protectour sure in towne and field 10 Ye Aarons house trust ye this Lord None other serue to hym accord The Lord is whole your ayde and shield Protectour sure in towne and field 11 All ye that feare the Lord so hye Trust ye this Lord to hym applye The Lord is whole your ayde and shylde Protectour sure in town and filde 12 The Lord hath mynd and careth for vs He wyll vs blesse most prosperous And Iacobs house so will he blesse Blesse Aarons house he wyll not mysse 13 Who feare the Lord he blesse them all Both rich and poore both great and small To do them good is hys entent Who worship him most reuerent 14 The Lord wyll adde to your encrease To heape hys gyftes he wyll not cease Uppon your selfe in ioyfull cheare And after on your children deare 15 Ye are the Lordes most blessed lot Yf feare in you be not forgot The Lordes ye be hys heritage Who made of heauen and earth the stage 16 The heauens so houge the heauens I saye Be all the Lords in whom they staye The earth he gaue to men a place To dwell therin to serue his grace 17 The dead that be prayse not the Lord No sence in them no voyce or word Ne they whose corps be layd to rest By them no laudes can be exprest 18 But we alyue wyth voyce and hart Wyll prayse thys Lord tyll we depart From thys tyme forth and so for aye Than sing we styll Alleluya ¶ The Collecte BE thou our protectour helpe O mercifull Lord for we put our whol affiance in thee only be mindfull that thou formedst vs oute of the moulde of the earth graunt vs therfore thy streÌ„gth to acknowledge thee our maker duly to laud thee and celebrate thy name through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXVI When Dauid scapt aduersitie to God wyth thankes he goes So man full past all miserie may so hys hart disclose 1 I Loued haue the Lord and shall wyth all my hart for why He soone hath heard my prayers all wyth voyce when I dyd cry 2 Full nye I say his eare he bent to me most redily Wherfore my dayes that me be lent hym will I call most hye 3 The snares of death dyd close me in yea panges of hell me found Fell anguish smart and woes betwene I felt about me round 4 Eftsoones I cryed in Gods good name for helpe and sayd euen thus O Lord I pray thy grace I clame my soule from payne discusse 5 Of clemency the Lord is full and iust he is in worde And this our God is mercifull which doth all grace aforde 6 The Lord preseruth the simple ones as abiectes counted here For lo my selfe was wo begone and health he brought me nere 7 Wherfore I sayd O turne agayne my soule into thy rest Since that the Lord â–ª hath easd thy payne for thyne aduantage best 8 For thou O Lord hast ryd my feares my soule from death besyde And eke myne eyes from wepyng teares my féete from falling wyde 9 To walke in life I purpose then before the Lord vpright Whyle here I lyue with liuing men on earth to please his sight Credidi propter quod 10 I held my fayth therout I spake to God in hope full strong Although with woes my hart did quake and sorowes seamed long 11 In all my flightes so forst to flée I sayd thus halfe amasd All men on earth but liers bée myne eyes were so adasd 12 To quyte my Lord what shall I geue hys benefites at length His grace so great by whom I lyue surmounth my simple strength 13 I will take vp and heaue on hye the cuppe of thankfulnes And Gods good name besech wyll I who compast all my wealth 14 To God my Lord I now will paye my vowes that I behight With thankfull hart from day to daye In all hys peoples sight 15 The Lord no doubt full deare reputes the death of all his saynts He taketh to hart their wrong pursuts and heareth their wofull playnts 16 For truth lo I â–ª thy seruaunt lord thy seruaunt this may speake Thy hand maydes sonne can this record for thou my bandes didst breake 17 To thee therfore I offer shall of thanckes the sacrifice The lordes good name theron to call I will in gratefull wise 18 To God my Lord I wyll repaye my vowes that I behight With thankfull hart from daye to daye in all hys peoples sight In all the courtes
euen iust in them of Gods hye house so bright In mydst of thée Hierusalem O prayse this Lord aright ¶ The Collecte GOd the clenser of manes soule froÌ„ the filthynes of sinne which in redines doost coÌ„fort his sprite that call vpon thee faythfully we besech thee to plucke vs from the daunger of death and hell and to place vs in the region of the lyuing where death and sinne be abolished Through Christ. Psalme CXVII ¶ The Argument \ Laudate Dominum This Hymne doth endight Gods glorious might His truth and grace most free That Gentils a farre Were made to be narre With Iewes one flocke to bee \ 1 PRayse duly the lord in myndful accord ye hethen ones all vayne Ye Gentils I bid recount how ye sâ—id prayse this Lord agayne And honour ye right this Lord in his light ye nations all in town All people I say where euer ye lay extoll this Lordes renowne 2 For méerly hys grace and mercifull face confirmd lyeth on vs all â–ª Hys loue doth excell all sinne to debell his grace is generall This lord in his truth most stable ensuth his word promise iust The faith of his way will neuer decay O praise this lord of trust ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and most merciful Lord which wouldest be praysed by the mouthes of all nations thorow out all the world whose grace we the Gentils cald vs to the perticipation of thy sonne Iesus Christ we beseche thee so to confirme this grace in vs that we neuer declyne there fro but continually laud thy mercy through the same Iesus Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXVIII This Psalme is sung â–ª of prayse and laudes that Dauids rule begonne In sprite it shewth and ioyeth the raigne of Christ Gods onely sonne Ì„Ì„ 1 O Thanke and laud the heauenly lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standth to vs. 2 Let Israell nowe glad confesse wyth song melodious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 3 Let Aarons house and stocke confesse in thankes most plenteous Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 4 Yea let them all that feare the Lord this grace in hart discusse Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 5 In trouble layd to straytes be thrust I cald the Lord from thence He hard at large and set me wyde this Lord of excellence 6 The Lord as thus with me to stand on my nye side to be I can not feare for what can man preuayle in spite at me 7 The Lord takth part with them to ioyne that me do helpe ayds Myne eyes shall sée their full desire my foes reuengd and frayd 8 O good it is the Lord to trust on hym all hope to cast More sure it is then man to trust on hym to leane to fast 9 Yea good it is the Lord to trust to hym all whole to stand More safe it is then Prince to trust with all hys gard and band 10 Though nations all do compasse me and hedge me round about By name I trust of this the Lord I shall cut downe theyr route 11 Let them besege and compasse me â–ª on euery side at wyll The Lordes good name I hope therby theyr pride to quel kill 12 Though they lyke bées swarme me about to sting to hurt to noye They soone shall fade as fyer in thornes in God I shall them stroy 13 By pushing oft they thrust at me to make me full agast But yet the Lord my piller strong was whole my stayful fast 14 The Lord of power â–ª my strength he is of laudes my tenors style For he was made my health and fence to scape all mortall guyle 15 The voyce of ioye â–ª and healthful mirth rebound in iust mens tents For why ful great the Lords right hand hath wrought experimeÌ„ts 16 The Lords ryght hand exalted is hys power is clearly knowen The lords right hand great feates hath done mans strength is not his owne 17 Not dead I am but liue as yet and trust to spend my dayes To tell Gods workes his mighty actes by whom my liuing stayes 18 The Lord although he me correct in chastisment most fyt Yet downe to death he draue me not he would not so permyt 19 Ope me the gates of righteousnes that iust men vse to haunt To enter now â–ª Gods temple so the Lord with prayse to vaunt 20 This gate is wyde the Lord his gate where due his grace is spred All â—ightwise men do passe therin who faythfull life haue led 21 I wyll wyth thankes set out thy prayse for thou hast answerd mâ— Though thou didst strike yet ease thou seÌ„tst for helth I had by thée â–ª 22 The stone it selfe which was reiect by all the buylders choyce Was made the heade and corner stone to all good mens reioyce 23 From god the Lord this act issued his worke it was alone A thing it is most meruelous in all our eyes so done 24 This is the day the ioyfull day which that the Lord hath made Let vs therin reioyce and sing a day that shall not fade 25 Ah Lord helpe now and saue I praye assist vs presently O Lord on hye geue helpe I praye good lucke send spéedely 26 O blest be he that comth as thus in God the Lords good name To you as we gods house that kepe haue wisht good lucke fame 27 God is the Lord and lightned vs all health who luckly sendes Sprede bowes therfore and bynde your hosts with cords at alters endes 28 Thou art my God whom thanke I will whom I shall celebrate Thou art my God to whom my laudes I will whole dedicate 29 O thanke and laude the heauenly Lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull God which art the vndoubted coÌ„forter in all our aduersities and makst the houses of the iust to be filled with ioye gladnes extoll thy churche and congregations by the power of thy ryght hande to bee the eternall gate thorough which all righteousnes may procede so established vpoÌ„ the hed corner stone Iesus Christ in this lyfe that at the resurrection she may be presented glorious in thy fighte thorough the same Iesus Christ c. A Preface to the Psalme 119. MAde is this Psalme by Alphabete in Octonaries folde All letters two and twentie set as Hebrues them haue tolde The verses all an hundred bee threescore and iust sixtene Thus framde and knit for memorie and elegance some wene Here letters all so sortely bound do shew in mysterie Eternall health may sure be found in scripture totallie Uerse yokt by eight Christes rising day doth figure them in some Sweete Saboth rest not here I say I meane of world to come Peruse this psalme so wide and brode eche verse saue one is freight As still in termes of law of God most ofte by
them how grene they séeme to stand Be like in sighte the witherd haye On houses tops pluckt vp by hand That fadeth to nought without delay So Christen man in like maye praye 7 Whereof in dayne the mowers gripe When they to such theyr hands do splay Nor gleaners can fynd sheaues so rype That they to fyll theyr bosomes maye So Christ his churche may ioyntly saye 8 That none to them good lucke do wysh Which walke in gate by fide the way On Gods hye name theyr works to blesse But wisht them all far well awaye God graunt that ofte this all we praye The Collect. DEfend thy church O Lord from al assalts of her aduersaryes that they al beyng discomfited the true childe of the same maye ioy in thy â—eritye throughe Christe The Argument psalm CXXX In banishment when Iues were pent And felt gods yre â–ª the greuousnes Thus thralâ— their sinnes they did lament They freedom wisht from cruelnesse In banishment 11 Canticum Graduum \ \ 1 IN deepe excesse In heuynes O Lord to thée my crying went From depth of hart I did expresse My great constraynts most violeÌ„t In deepe excesse 2 O Lord affent â— O here aâ—â—ent My wofull voyce in redines O let thyne eares to harke be bent My prayers cry in lowlines O Lord assent 3 If thou wouldst presse mans â—unefulnes O Lord to send due punishment Who could O Lord the waightines Sustayne to byde thy chastisement If thou wouldst presse 4 Be Lord content lo we repent For thou shewest grace to humblenes Thus feard to be most reuerent Then kepe no sinnes in irefulnes Be Lord content 5 I hope release I trust no lesse The Lord I byde still permanent My soule expecth hys frendlines I wayte his wordes accomplishment I hope release 6 My soule so ment more confident To wayte my Lordes great gentlenes Then watchemen wishe the night full spent And wayt the morne theyr watche to cease My soule so ment 7 In faithfulnes in chearefulnes Let Iacob wayt the Lord so gent Because with God is â—uefulnes He oft redéemth his mercyment In faithfulnes 8 He will relent incontinent And full aquite the wretchtdnes Of Israell his prisonment And pardon all theyr wickednes He wyll relent ¶ The Collecte LEt thyne eares inclyne to our prayers O Lorde of all pitye and compassion for wyth thee is copious redemption whereby thou doost not surely obserue our iniquities daily bestowe on vs thy mercies thorough Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXXI When Dauids foes inueterate Hym slaundred sore as obstinate That he Sâ—ules reigne would vendicat He prayed to God immaculate To cleare his state Ì„Ì„ 1 MY hart proud things lord counted not Myne eyes aloft haunt mounted not In boasting actes I walked not Things past my reach I stalked not Lord deare me not 2 If I my hart refrayned not If I my soule restrayned not If I as childe beweynd me not If I from pride absteynd me not Then heare me not 3 O Israell most fortunate Wayte thou the Lord still moderate Be méeke flée pryde inordinate From this tyme forth interminate And feare thou not ¶ The Collect. SVffer vs not to be ouercome with the haut pryde of the world O Lord to woorke euery disturbaunce of godlines graffe mekenes in vs so to follow thy son our sauiour in the same through Christ our Lord. The Argument Psalm CXXXII This Psalm doth pray for good successe Of all thy realmes priesthodes state So Dauids oathe his vow hys stresse What god him hight it doth debate Ye Christ expresse 13 Canticum graduum 1 REmember Lord meke Dauid king And al his hard affliction For his good sake by pityenge Amoue from vs confusion Haue hym in mynd 2 How he in good deuotion To thée hys Lord hymselfe dyd bynde By othe and vow to God most hye To thée I say strong Iacobs frende Thus constantly 3 Be it my shame if I go in My Cabborne house in rest to lygh If I my shéetes thrust me betwene And clyme my couche in fethers soft Blame might I winne 4 Or els if I myne eyes aloft Should geue them sléepe myne eies the lids To suffer them to slumber oft Though fast they craue to fill their néedes Then fall myne house 5 Untill I fynde without all dreades The Lord a place commodious A sacrary â–ª and temple swéete To Iacobs God victorious To hym most méete 6 Of this place lo I Salomon In Ephrata hard there in stréete And found we haue this holy throne In Ornans field wyth woodes beset O come ye on 7 To his fayre tentes go we to fet To temple built hys arke of grace And bowe we low with honour great To his footestoole hye set in place And thus say we 9 Aryse O Lord and kepe by place Of quiet rest no more to flée O thou thy selfe soone thither moue Thyne arke of strength conioynd with thée O Lord of loue 10 And let thy priestes be deckt alway Wyth right and health as them behouth Let all thy saintes reioyce I say So blest by thée to prayse the due Both nyght and day 11 For Dauids sake thy seruant true To whome thy grace did louely spring Shame not my face so chosen new Thyne owne O Lord annoynted king My hart to freat 12 The Lord in fayth sware promising To Dauid backe he wyll not treat Of thyne owne wombes engendred frute I will to one bestow thy seat All lyke in sute 13 If that in truth thy childerne wyll My pact and statutes execute Which I will teach then shall euen still Thy children sit thy throne for aye Wyth my good will 13 For why the Lord without denay Hath Zyou mount elect in choyce He much desird that it should lay As seate wherof he would reioyce And thus he sayd 14 Here shall my rest from troubly noyse Remayne full sure for euer stayd Here will I dwell for her I wisht In my desire full well apayd Of her I wist 15 Her vitayles all with full increase Shall blesse alway my blissefull fiste Her poore to féede wyth bread at ease I will them all full satisfy If me they please 16 I will their priestes adourne on hye With helth wyth truth wyth lyfe with light And they his saintes shall sanctify That they may ioy in hartes delight With holines 17 There Dauids horne and regall might I will it make to florish fresh And there I will a lyght prouide To myne owne Christ by frutes successe Of Dauids syde 18 And all hys foes wyth vtter shame I will them clothe and them deryde As yet for hym hys crowne and name Shall florish out both large and brode In blessed fame So graunt it God ¶ The Collect. REmember O Lord thyne eternall pact and promise made to mankynd in Christ thy sonne endue our hartes worthely to aunswer the same on our behalfe by the same Christ our Lord c. The Argument Psalm CXXXIII A
Who made great lightes in firmament 8 The sunne for day in regiment 9 The moone and starres on night to glent The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 10 Who Egipt smote with their first borne 11 And brought fro thence the Iewes forlorne 12 By mighty strength both night and morne The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth his mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 13 Who sea so red dyd whole deuide 14 And Iacob made through it to slide 15 But Pharo drownd his host beside The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still indure Who will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 16 Who led his flocke by wildernes 17 Who slew great kinges of Heathennes 18 The strongest kings he put to stresse The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Who will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 19 As Seons brags and Ogs despites 20 Of Basan kinges and Amorites 21.22 Whose landes he made true Iacobs rightes The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys gyod cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane Hys grace to vs doth still endure Who wyll in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 23 Who mynded vs in trouble set 24 And vs redeemd from them vs fret 25 Who heapeth all flesh with heaped met The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Who will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 26 Then prayse and thanke the God of heauen With hart with tonge with lyfe most cleane The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll styll endure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which wyll in ioy our hartes assure Rectors O thinke and thanke the Lord of Lordes His thoughtes his actes hys louely wordes The Quiere For euer standth his mercy sure To thankefull hart it wyll endure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure The Collect. BE myndfull O Lord of our misery whych art Lord of all mercye and graunte that as thou leadest the fathers into the lande of promyse so to restore vs to the heauenly land of all felicitie through Christ c. The Argument Psalm Cxxxvij When Babilon the Iewes supprest they tell how they did playne From whence well rid they her detest to wishe her spoylde agayne Ì„Ì„ 1 AT water sides of Babilon euen there we sate and wept â–ª While Syon mount â–ª we thought vpoÌ„ remembring Gods precept 2 We hong among the Salow trées our Harpes and Organs all No ioy we had with wéeping eyes to matters musicall 3 They craued of vs who thrald vs wrong Some dyties melody In scorne they sayd sing vs some song Of Syon merely 4 How can we syng sayd we agayne The Lordes swéete songes deuyne In land so strange â–ª who vs constrayne we must all mirth resigne 5 If I should thee cast out of mynde O good Ierusalem I would my hand went out of kinde to play to pleasure them 6 Yea let my tonge to palate sticke if that I minde thee not If Syons prayse I should not seeke â–ª as chiefe to ioy in that 7 The Edomits O Lord requite for Salâ—ms heauy day Who cryed wast her spoyle her in sight euen flat on ground to lay 8 O Babilon thou doughter light which waylst thy spoyling déepe Well mought he spéede that thee did quite as thou madst vs to weepe 9 And well fare him that toke thee ones which vs downe fiercely threwest Who slong thy babes agaynst the stones as ours in rage thou flewest ¶ The Collect. ALmighty God the strong deliuerer of al them that be bound in captiuity graunte vs so to rebounde thy praise in agreable consent of spiritual songs that where out lyues harts hath hetherto bene in a discord from thy holy wils and as outlawes haue wandred astraye nowe restore vs againe by thy mightye power in one vnitye to glorifye thy name throughe Christe The Argument Psalm CXXXVIII Whan Dauid skapt much wo on kynde Thus thanks to God he dyd extende So taughte by proofe he vowed in mynde That he of God would styll depende As he entendth 1 I Wyll O Lord geue thankes to thée My hart therto doth wholy bende Before the powrs as Gods they bée So sing I will my voyce to spend Els God forfend 2 I knéele to thy right regal cell To prayse thy name for truth and loue Thy word and name thou madst excell Aboue all thinges the déede doth proue As men expende 3 For this I sawe what day I cryed Thou answerdst me most louingly To my poore soule thou lentst I spyed More grace so strength to multiply Thus didst thou lende 4 All kings of earth prayse thée they must O Lord most true as right allowth When they shall here performed iust Thy word to me which spake thy mouth They will contende 5 Loe they shall sing with harts most free Of all the Lords most rightful wayes That great is God in maiesty So they his name shall euer prayse and thanks repend 6 And that the Lord though placed hye Who glory hath as God aboue Yet he the meke respecth full nye And knowth the proud from far aloofe him low to bend 7 What though I walke in midst of woe Yet wilt thou me reuiue and ease And stey by power myne Irefull foe Thy right hand strong shall me release Thy helpe to send 8 The Lord shall this performe for me That is begon to bringe to ende Thy grace benigne Lord aye shal be Thy handy woorke thou wilt not blende But still defend ¶ The collect MVltiplye thy strength in vs O Lorde and enlarge the powers of our soules ' that while we worship thee dayly in thy holy temple at the last we may glory with thy elect angels in heauen through Christe ¶ The Argument Psalm Cxxxix When Dauid mysreported was that he would Saul subuert He thus appeald to God hymself who knew hys giltles hart Ì„ 1 O God thou hast ful searcht me out Thou knowst my harte and reines Accused I am to compasse in Both king and realme wyth traynes 2 My sitting downe my rising vp my Actes thou knowest echone Thou vnderstandst my thoughts a far before I thinke them on 3 My walks thou knowst my rests steys my bed thou goest abcute Yea al my wayes thou hast contriued all sercht by the no doute 4 No secret word in all my tonge so whispered closly in But thou O Lord it knowst at whole although it make no dinne 5 For
why thou me thy selfe didst frame behynd before in forme Thou laydst thyne hand â–ª to this my clay thy hands did me perform 6 This knowledge is to meruelous for me to reach I knoow To hye and hard for me to fetch â–ª by hye or yet by lowe 7 And whether can I thinke to goe fro this thy sprite and thought From thee in face how can I flye or whether shall I flought 8 If I do clime to heauen aboue euen there thou artfull néere If so by low I make my bed In hell thou art lo there 9 If now I take the morning wings who spredth her beames so swift That strayt I cowd to fordest Sea remoue my house to shift 10 Yet there thy hand shall lede me forth as pastor guideth his sheepe thy strong right hand would me vphold by prouidence most deepe 11 If eke I say or thinke at least that darke shall hide my heade Than shall the night as shining day be round about me spreade 12 For sure the darke so dark cannot endarke thy louely sight The night as day do shine to thee so darkenes is as light 13 For iust my reynes with theyr affects are thine how hid they be In wrapst thou me my mothers wombe with vestures sonderly 14 I geue thee thanks for that I am in shape formd straungely Thy works so hye be wrought in me which playnd my soule doth spye 15 My substance first both bones Ioynts were nothing hid fro the In earth ful depe when I was wrought and wouen was curiously 16 My masse vnshapt thyne eyes did see was writ in thine owne boke By dayes increase my parts were formd wheÌ„ none on them could looke 17 How dere to me O God appere thy thoughts these counsels gret How manifold be but the summe In count if they were set 18 If I would tell the summe of them they should excéede the sand Than this reuolued I watch to thée by thée I trust to stand 19 If thou uow wouldst thy self O God confound that wicked man bloud thursty men whome I defye would leaue me wholy than 20 For these they be that sigh at thee and speake vngraciously They vse thy name in vayne to light thy foes be puft to hye 21 Do I not hate all them O Lorde who thée with hate disdayne And fret not I and fume at them which rise at thee by trayne 22 Yes Lord from hart I hate them all with perfect hate and â—yne Thy foes I take myne enemies as they were onely myne 23 Than search me God and boult my hart to thée this cause I yelde Well try and know in thoughte and driftes what hauntes in life I held 24 And see in me if any wayes be founde rebellious Then lead me forth the worldly way of death obliuiouse ¶ The Collecte O God the wonderfull creature of all thinges earthly the eternall protectour of the same who knowst all our secret partes more perfectly than we our selfe can discerne graunt we beseech thee that we may behaue our self in perpetuall feare vnder this thy parfit beholding of all our doyng and clense the thoughts of our hartes that they maye be acceptable to thee through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXL This prayth for good and iuste deliuerance FroÌ„ wayting spies guyleful fawning freÌ„ds Yt sheweth eueÌ„so what ones at leÌ„gth shal chance To good and bad in both theyr finall ends 1 O Lord most good in haste deliuer me From man that is so euell and wholly nought O keepe me saufe In stedfaste suerty From wrongful man of cursed wicked thought 2 To euill theyr hartes do whole alwaye agree From whence they haue all suttle mischief wrought To hate and bate them selfes they fullye bende But strife all day by them is vainely sought 3 Theyr tongs so sharpe on me they haue extende As serpent slye as snake moste pestilente Like Adders sting theyr venome poyson sende Such poyson they in fawning lippes frequente 4 My sely soule O Lorde my God defende From wicked power most fierce and violent From wrongfull men O me good Lorde preserue To trip my foote by them is lewdly ment 5 These hawty men to death to make me sterne Hath hid theyr snares with suttle cordes in brayde And spred their nets me thus they wayte to serue With wiâ—y trappes my wayes and steps they layde 6 Yet sure from God I would not farly swerue To whom in fayth euen thus I boldly sayd Thou art my God O heare my wo full mone From hart the roote by tong in word displayd 7 My Lord and God my trust most iust alone My strength and health my closely couerture Thou shieldst my hed to scape my deadly fone In day of warre to stand on foote full sure 8 Permit not Lord whyle thus for wo I grone His will to haue this wicked man vnpure To hys attempt O Lord geue no successe Lest proud they swell and harme the more procure 9 O let theyr lippes in crafty wickednes Betrap themselfe in all their daily paynes O let their hed féele first their due distres That compasse me wyth suttle wily traynes 10 Let burnyng coales for their so mad excesse Fall downe on them to dull their hasty brayries Let fire and pit be wholy theyr rewarde No tyme to ryse to any better gaynes 11 Of bablyng tong who hath no bit or warde O let them Lord here neuer proue to thriue Him euill shall hunt till he to nought be marde No wealth to hym at all shall downe deriue 12 Full sure I am God will most kynde regard The poore mans case with ayde and ease beliue Of helpelesse man to try his truth and right In iudgement strong for hym alway to striue 13 Thus righteous men so met in open sight Shall prayse thy name O Lord that is so high Then strayt vp men in heauenly ioyous light Shall sée thy face to lyue eternally ¶ The Collecte DEfend vs thy poore destitute seruauntes O Lorde from the crafty traines of the malignant enemies of all godlines resist their pryde asswage their malice confound theyr deuises that we beyng vnder thy protection may laud thy mercy for the same Thorough Christ c. The Argument Psalme CXLIâ— Here Dauid prayth for stedfastnes among the wycked sect To scape theyr traps and wyckednes That they may low be chect \ \ 1 O Lord I haue lowde cryed to thée to me therfore make spede Unto my voyce thine eare agrée whyle that I cry in drede 2 O let my sute in syght so ryse as doth incense to thée My rayse of handes as sacrifice of myght Lord let it bée 3 Lord set a watch before my mouth kepe thou my mouth and lips To speake nothyng but truth and south to scape all snares and trips 4 Let not my hart declyne to euill with wycked workes inurde With wycked men to worke in will by their delites allurde 5 Yea let the iust as frendly led me smite and
blame I say No wycked balme to stroke my hed agaynst them still I pray 6 O hedlong be their iudges thrust as down from rockes bethrowne They would haue harde my wordes at first if swete they had be browne 7 Our scattred bones they breake in moode so nye the graue they lay As man which cleanth and shiuerth woode or one that clods doth bray 8 For that myne eyes O Lord to thée O Lord be firmly cast And thée I trust then vtterly spill not my soule in wast 9 O kepe me saufe fro crafty snare which they to me do driue From wicked trappes that men prepare which wickednes contriue 10 But rather let these wicked fall ▪ all whoel into theyr nets Betrapt themself so be they all while I may scape theyr threats ▪ ¶ The Collecte SEt a watch O Lord vnto our mouthes least◠that we apply our speech to vanity to consent wyth the wicked of the world correcte thou vs with thy mercifull rod of chastisement by vertue wherof we may be kept in aw to decline from all vyce through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXLI◠What Dauid thought and how he prayd whan feare draue bym to caue He here reporth◠on God he stayed who did him strongly saue \ \ 1 VNto the Lord with voyce I crye◠So nye in parell set Unto the Lord my prayer hyed both hart and voyce were met 2 I pourd my sute my sore complaynt before his face in sight My troublouse state I did depaynt before himself in light 4 What tyme my sprite was inly pent my life thou knewest the path Yet layd they snares vext though I went in all my walkes in wrath 5 On hand both right and left I vewed none saw I that me knew No scape was free none so endued that once my soule woulde rue 6 O Lord than thee I cryed vpon and thus I sayd eue◠then ▪ Thou art my hope and portion in land of lyuing men 7 Respect my crye for worne I goe in cares full deepe I wayle Saue me fro them which vext me so on me they sore preuayle 8 O bring my soule from prison bound Thy name to celebrate So iust men wil me glad surround whan thou shalt quite my state ¶ The Collect. WYth humble voyce we sue vnto thy deuine maiesty O Lord that we may haue our hope so strengthed by thee to inherite the like state of thine electe in the land of the liuing through Christ. The Argument Psalm CXLIII Whose hart wyth hate the world resolueth To state all base deicet If he in fayth this psalme reuolueth God sone wyll him erect \ \ 1 NOw heare my sute O Lord in stresse to my request agree For all thy truthes and rightwisenes sone aunswere thou to me 2 But enter not to iudge extreme thy seruant hye by lawe For who himselfe can cleane esteme yet him I neuer saw 3 For loe the foole my soule hath chasd to earth my life hath wrest My state in darke he hath abasde as men of old deceast 4 My pinched sprite in me doth fayle opprest in heuines My hart sore vext-doth morne and wayle astoynd in pensiuenes 5 Old yeares from fyrst I haue recount our fathers how thou ledst Thine actes I marke how hye they mount I muse the woorkes thou didst 6 My hands to thee I held full hye that thou wouldst me vouchsaue My thristy soule as pasture drye thy graces dewe doth craue 7 Then heare me Lord but sone heare thou my sprite doth feble ligh Hyde not thy face from me as now least strayt my graue I spy 8 Thy voyce at morne cause me to heare for thée I trust alone Shew me thy wayes my steps to steare my soule to thée is gone 9 O rid me Lord from all theyr spite that would me causeles trayne For I to thée referre my right in hid defence full fayne 10 Teach me to worke thy will to please thou art my God I say And let thy sprite so neuer cease to leade me straite the way 11 For thy swéete name Lord quicken me from them that me pursue And make my soule from perill frée my hart with ioy endue 12 Thy grace I trust my foes will quell and make their strength but lame Who vexth my soule thou wilt debell for I thy seruant am ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God which hast brought to lyghte the ioyfull mornynge of thy sonnes resurrection which filled the earth with ioye and gladnes we require of thy goodnes that as thou didst cheare the hartes of thyne apostles by that comfortable resurrection so comfort thy holy spouse the church which daily holdth vp her hands crauyng thy mercy to ioy in the holy ghost through the same Christ our sauior ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLIIII That God in warre wyth Dauyd stoode here thankes he dyd apply And prayth to scape all heathen spyte hys reygne to prosper hye 1 THe Lord be blest most worthy prayse who is my God might Who teachth my hands ▪ hys warres to rule my fyngers eke to fighte 2 My louely grace ▪ my hold my fort ▪ my raunsommer is he protector sure ▪ in whome I trust who boweth my flocke to me 3 O Lord benigne what thing is man that thus thou him respectst the sonne of man so weake so vayne that thus thou him erectst 4 For man is made like vanity a thing of nought most frayle his dayes passe fast as shadow fleeth as water bobles fayle 5 O Lord bow downe the heauens come be nye helpe our payne O touch these mounts these heathen Dukes that they may smoke agayne 6 Thy lightnings spout and scater them like men amasde and strau◠Thyne arrowes sharpe shoote out at them disturbe their brags so haut 7 But send thy hand from hye aboue and me deliuer free from waters déepe from childer straunge theyr power make me t◠flee 8 Whose mouth doth speake all vanity and bost all conquests wyde whose right hand will but them deceyue so sweld in lies and pride 9 O God I will thus saued by grace sing newly songs to thee In psaltry sweete of strings full ten my psalmes shall tuned be 10 For thou geust health and victory to kings by stable woorde me Dauid lo thou hast discharged to scape theyr cruel sword 11 O saue me Lord deliuer me from forreine childers spite Whose mouth full vayne doth boast and prate whose right hand false is dighte 12 But graunt that al our childer grow as playnts frō youth vpright our doughters yonge so polished as pallace pillers bright 13 That full may flow our garners wide with kinds of vitaile swete that all our sheepe bring thousands forth yea millions in streete 14 And that well fed our Oxen goe to labour stronge to see that battries none no leadings thrall in streetes no waylings be 15 Oh happy is that people sure who hath these thinges at will Yea blessed is that people best whose God the Lord is
still ¶ The Collect. TEach vs O Lord to vse so all our spirituall armors agaynst our ghostly aduersaryes that we may resist all euill that we be not made bond vnder the vanitye of thys world so to be excluded from thy gouernaÌ„ce in grace through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLV Thys Dauyd framde by Alphabete Where God he thaÌ„kth in hart most hie Whose power might whose grace so great â–ª In prouidence most cleare we spy Ì„Ì„ 1 ARise I will my God and king to rouse my grace with toÌ„g most hie and blesse thy name to me bening I will and shall eternally 2 Both day and night I will declame thy worthy laudes most thankfully By praysing due thy holy name for aye and aye without delayes 3 Clere is this Lord most hye of fame his state surmounth all mortal prayse Can no man search how he excell in greatnes hym by weight to paise 4 Describe to age shall age full well thy handy workes with reuerence Declare they must where that they dwel thy godly mightes magnificence 5 Enhaunce I shall thy glory bright thy fame and name thine excellence Enditing still thine actes of might so wonderfull that be to sée 6 For that that man may speake wright thy princely dedes that dreadfull bée From hence euen so I will resound thy godheds grand abilitie 7 Good men shall preach how grace abound in thée O Lord with gentlenes Glad songes to sing they will in sound of thy great truth and bounteousnes 8 How good the Lord how gracious he is to all in paynefull stresse How slow to wrath not furious his mercy ruleth and stayth his ire 9 In loue he is most piteous to all that him therof require Imprinted be his mercies sure on all his workes all whole intiere 10 Know this will euery creature with thankes most due O Lord to thée Kynd harted men will them inure in hart to blesse thy maiestie 11 Loude will they speake thy regall seat most glorious at eye to sée Lord so shall men be glad to treate thy power deuine so tried by déede 12 Men thus will still thy strength repeate to Adams stocke and liuing séede Most wide they will with kinde assent thy kingdomes laud and glory sprede 13 No dout the reigne is permanent a reigne of blisse to stand for aye Nedes must thy power and regiment endure in length from day to day 14 O sure in worde the Lord is tryed most faithfull true and iust alway On all his workes his will is spyed most holy God all them to saue 15 Poore wauering men the Lord bestrideth their stay and hold by him to haue Playne faln or wrongd he reiseth againe if they their reyse in faith can craue Quicke eyes all thing doth fastly straine on thée O Lord so good at néede Quite all their foode they aske so fayne in tyme most fit thou geuest in déede 17 Right wide thou splaist thy blessing hand all liuing things wyth store to féede Refresht by thée so full to stand with plenty fed in foode delight 18 Still iust appearth this Lord so grand in all his wayes to man aright So wholy he doth aye appeare in all his workes of his great might 19 The Lord to all approcheth nere to him for helpe which make request To all I say soone them to heare which call on him with faithfull brest 20 With ready spéede he filleth their mynd who feare hym iust both most and lest Unto their cry he bendth so kynd and saueth them whole as him it likth 21 Exceding sure before behynde the Lord hys louers frendly kéepth Exile he doth vngodly men to scatter them most wide he séekth 22 Yelde shall my lipps by duetye then this Lords deserued laud and prayse Yea let all flesh geue thankes agayn to his good name most due alwayes The Collect. ETernall gouernour of all ages and tymes O Lord almighty which doost minister foode to all liuing creatures in due season geue vs grace alway to thaÌ„ke thee for the same and to reioyce most coÌ„stantly with all thyne elect for thyne almighty power exprest by thy right hand in the prouision therof Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLVI To trust to man this Psalme forfendth Whose arme is flesh and worde but wynde Where God full ayde to man extendth By whome twise lyfe he iust dyd fynde Which Dauid knew the text dewrayes Wherfore his soule sang still his prayse Alleluya \ \ 1 O Thou my soule prayse thou the Lord The Lord of loue and God of light Extend thy powers with one accorde Recount his name in inward spryte â–ª Expresse thy voyce without delayes O thou my soule singe still his prayse 2 My hart is set to lawde this Lord Thys Lord so good â–ª is God of grace His laudes my life shall whole recorde Yea â—ure as long I bide in place My God to thanke I wil alwayes O thou my soule sing still his prayse 3 O put no trust in princes power The God of might is Lord to trust Yea trust no man his frute is sower No helpe in hym â–ª no credence iust Gods loue is sure at all assayes O thou my soule singe still â–ª his prayse 4 Mans breath ones past he turneth to dust This Lord so strong he euer lastth All earthly power decay it must Mans counsayles all deathes day doth waste Gods helpe is ferme without decayes O thou my soule sing stil his praise 5 Blest is the man whose helpe is God The God of hosts to Iacobs seede Full fast with them he styl abode Who God will trust aswell shall speede In hym beset al stable stâ—ayes O thou my soule Sing still his prayse 6 This God made heauen and earth betwene The Lord so grand so infinite He made the seas with all therein His truth in word he kepeth full right â–ª His déede from tong makes neuer sâ—ayes O thou my soule sing styll his prayse 7 The Lord reuength oppressed man Thys God of right â–ª as is deserued All wrongs and spites requite he can He dealth out bread to hungersterued Thrall men in bonds he vseth to rayse O thou my soule singe still his prayse 8 The Lord giueth sight to blynded eyes This God so bright to see agayne He lifteth the lame from ground to rise The iust doth hee in loue retayne To fill his lyfe with ioyefull dayes O thou my soule singe still his prayse 9 In care the Lord all straungers kepth Of them sure God he is at neede And Orphans loueth and widowes seeketh Nye hart he takth theyr cryes of dreade Euill minded men to dust he brayes Syng still my soule syng out hys prayse 10 Prayse God as king who raygneth for aye As God of thyne O Sion hye Resort to him Go not astray Knyt fast thyne hart â–ª shrinke not awrye Expell he will all feares and frayes Rouse hym my soule Sing stil his prayse ¶ The Collect. EVerliuing God on whome the elect
not onely by Triades of verse but also by thys Triade included in mystery thoughe not expressely So determinyng the chiefe and laste woorke that thys blessed man so described in all the course of hys lyfe should meditate which acte in the next lyfe he shall most perfectly do and performe Therfore the Chaunter is not vntymely broughte in for fresher remembraunce to proclayme once agayne hys ioyfull Alleluya to ende therin to the glorye of God in Trinitie the Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghoct to whome be all honour glory and praise euerlastingly Amen ¶ For the Coniunction of Psalmes and tunes FIrst ye ought to conioyne a sad tune or song with a sad Psalme And a ioyfull tune and songe wyth a ioyfull Psalme And an indifferent tune and song with a Psalm which goeth indifferently Psalmes of ioy be such as be constitute in the third and fift place of Athanasius table which be Psalmes consolatory and of thankesgeuyng with theyr Coniugates Sad Psalmes be such as be set in the fourth common place as Deprecatory and Interpellatory Indifferent be suche as be in the first and second place as Propheticall or such as do teach and exhort and such also as be mixte containyng diuers of the sayd fiue places For a difference of tunes fonges in this triple nature and diuersitie be vsed the thre charectes of the thre common accentes as the sharp accent to ioyfull songes and tunes The graue accent to sad The circumflect accent to indifferent Not yet by this meanyng to prescribe a rule to preiudice any mans peculiar spirit or eare for as there be diuersities of tastes in mens palaces So bee there in mens spirites and so also in theyr eares For what Psalme or songe one mans spirite shall iudge graue and sad some other shall thinke it pleasaunt And what one mans eare shall thinke pleasaunt another shall iudge it sower and seuere And therefore in this diuersitie I leaue it to euery mans spirite as God shall moue hym and to euery mans eare as nature shall frame hym I set thys onely in example for that it so agreed to my vnderstandyng inwardly and to myne eare outwardlye But such copulations would there be in Psalmes and songes who can attayne to that grace Omne tulit punctum c. which Dauid expressed and obserued who was a Christian deuine in sprite a perfecte Poete in hys Merre and an expert musiciō in ordering of his instruments and setting of his tunes agreably ¶ Fiue bookes of Psalmes according to the Hebrues The .1 from the .1 psalme vnto the 41. And they haue in the end eyther Fiat Fiat or els Amen Alleluya The .2 from .42 vnto .72 And they haue in the end eyther Fiat Fiat or els Amen Alleluya The .3 from .73 vnto .89 And they haue in the end eyther Fiat Fiat or els Amen Alleluya The .4 from .90 vnto .106 And they haue in the end eyther Fiat Fiat or els Amen Alleluya The .5 from .107 vnto .150 And they haue in the end eyther Fiat Fiat or els Amen Alleluya The nature of the eyght tunes ̄ 1 The first is méeke deuout to sée \ 2 The second sad in maiesty \ 3 The third doth rage and roughly brayth 4 The fourth doth fawne and flattry playth 5 The fyfth delight and laugheth the more \ 6 The sixt bewayleth it wéepeth full sore \ 7 The seuenth tredeth stoute in froward race ̄ 8 The eyghte goeth milde in modest pace ☞ The Tenor of these partes be for the people when they will syng alone the other parts put for greater queers or to suche as will syng or play them priuatelye ̄ The Meane MAn blest no dout who walkth not out in wicked mēs affayres And standth no day in sinners way nor sitth in scorners chayres But hath his will in Gods law still this law to loue aright And will him vse on it to muse to kepe it day and night The Contra tenor MAn blest no dout who walkth not out in wycked mens affayres And standth no day in sinners way nor sitth in scorners chayres But hath his will in Gods law still this law to loue aright And will him vse on it to muse to kepe it day and night Psalme 1. The first Tune Tenor. MAn blest no dout who walkth not out in wicked mens affayres And standth no day in sinners way nor sitth in scorners chayres But hath hys will in Gods law still this law to loue aryght And will him vse on it to muse to keepe it day and night Base MAn blest no dout who walkth not out in wicked mens affayres And standth no day in synners way nor sitth in scorners chayres But hath hys wyll in Gods law styll thys law to loue aryght And will him vse on it to muse to keepe it day and night \ Psalme 68. The second Tune Meane LEt God aryse in maiestie and scatred be his foes Yea flee they all hys sight in face to hym which hatefull goes As smoke is driuen and comth to nought repulse theyr tyranny At face of fire as waxe doth melt gods face the bad mought fly Contra tenor LEt God aryse in maiestie and scattred be hys foes Yea flee they all his sight in face to him which hatefull goes As smoke is driuen and comth to nought repulse theyr tyranny At face of fire as waxe doth melt gods face the bad mought fly Psalme 68. The second Tune Tenor. LEt God aryse in maiestie and scattred be hys foes Yea flee they all hys syght in face to hym which hatefull goes As smoke is driuen and comth to nought repulse theyr tyranny At face of fyre as waxe doth melt gods face the bad mought fly Base LEt God aryse in maiestie and scattred be his foes Yea flee they all his sight in face to hym which hatefull goes As smoke is driuen and comth to nought repulse their tyranny At face of fire as waxe doth melt gods face the bad mought fly \ Psalme 2. The third Tune Meane WHy fumeth in sight the Gentils spyght in fury ragyng stout why takth in hand the people fond vayne thinges to bryng about The kyngs arise the lordes deuise in counsayles met therto Agaynst the Lord wyth false accord agaynst hys Christ they go Contra tenor WHy fumeth in syght the Gentils spyght in fury raging stout why takth in hand the people fond vayne thinges to bryng about The kyngs aryse the Lordes deuyse in counsayles met therto Agaynst the Lord wyth false accord agaynst hys Christ they go The third Tune Tenor. WHy fumeth in syght the Gentils spyght in fury ragyng stout why takth in hand the people fond vayne thinges to bryng about The kynges aryse the Lordes deuyse in counsayles met therto Agaynst the Lord wyth false accord agaynst hys Christ they go Base WHy fumeth in sight the Gentils spight in fury raging stout why takth in hand the people fond vayne thyngs to bryng about The kyngs aryse the Lordes
deuyse in counsayles met therto Agaynst the Lord wyth false accord agaynst hys Christ they go \ Psalm 95. The fourth Tune Meane O Come in one to prayse the lord him recount our stay health All harty ioyes let vs record to this strong rocke our Lord of health His face with prayse let vs preuent his factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in glad assent our psalmes hymnes let vs pronounce Contra tenor O Come in one to prayse the lord him recount our stay and health All harty ioyes let vs record to this strong rocke our Lord of health Hys face wyth prayse let vs preuent hys factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in glad assent our psalmes hymnes let vs pronounce The fourth Tune Tenor. O Come in one to praise the lord him recount our stay helth All harty ioyes let vs record to this strong rocke our Lord of health His face wyth prayse let vs preuent his factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in glad assent our psalmes and hymnes let vs pronounce Base O Come in one to praise the lord and him recount our stay and health All harty ioyes let vs record to this strong rocke our Lord of health Hys face wyth prayse let vs preuent his factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in glad assent our psalmes hymnes let vs pronounce Psalme 42. The fift Tune Meane EUen lyke the hunted hynd the water brokes desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is To thee would fayne aspire My soule did thirst to God to God of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come to see Gods liuely face Contra tenor EUen lyke the hunted hynd the water brokes desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is to thee would fayne aspire My soule did thirst to God to God of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come to see Gods liuely face The fift Tune Tenor. EUen lyke the hunted hynde the water brookes desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is to thee would fayne aspire My soule did thirst to God to God of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come to see gods liuely face Base EUen lyke the hunted hynde the water brookes desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is to thee would fayne aspire My soule did thirst to God to God of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come to see gods liuely face \ Psalme 5. The sixt Tune Meane EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mynd recount most kynd geue eare for thyne owne sake O harke my grone my cryeng mone my king my God thou art Let me not stray from thee away to thee I pray in hart Contra tenor EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mynd recount most kynd geue eare for thine owne sake O harke my grone my crying mone my kyng my God thou art Let me not stray from thee away to thee I pray in hart The sixt Tune Tenor. EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mynd recount most kynde geue eare for thine owne sake O harke my grone my crying mone my kyng my God thou art Let me not stray from thee away to thee I pray in hart Base EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mynd recount most kynde geue eare for thine owne sake O harke my grone my crying mone my kyng my God thou art Let me not stray from thee away to thee I pray in hart Psalme 52. The seuenth Tune Meane WHy bragst in malice hie O thou in mischief stout God 's goodnes yet is nye all day to me no doubt Thy tongue to muse all euill it doth it selfe in vre As rasor sharpe to spill all guile it doth procure Contra tenor WHy bragst in malice hie O thou in mischief stout God 's goodnes yet is nye all day to me no doubt Thy tonge to muse all euill it doth it selfe in vre As rasor sharpe to spill all guile it doth procure Psalme 52. The seuenth Tune Tenor. WHy bragst in malice hie O thou in mischief stout God 's goodnes yet is nye all day to me no doubte Thy tonge to muse all euill it doth it selfe in vre As rasor sharpe to spill all guile it doth procure Base WHy bragst in malice hie O thou in mischief stout God 's goodnes yet is nye to me all day no dout Thy tonge to muse all euill it doth it selfe in vre As rasor sharpe to spill all guile it doth appeare ̄ Psalme 67. The eight Tune Meane GOd graunt with grace he vs imbrace in gentle part blesse he our hart With louing face shyne he in place his mercies all on vs to fall That we thy way may know al day while we do saile this world so fraile Thy healthes reward is nye declard as playne as eye all Gentils spy Contra tenor GOd graunt with grace he vs imbrace in gentle part blesse he our hart With louing face shine he in place his mercies all on vs to fall That we thy way may know al day while we do saile this world so fraile Thy healthes reward is nye declard as playne as eye all Gentils spy Psalme 67. The eight Tune Tenor. GOd graunt with grace he vs imbrace in gentle part blesse he our hart with louing face shine he in place his mercies all on vs to fall That we thy way may know al day while we do saile this world so fraile Thy healthes reward is nye declard as playne as eye all Gentils spy Base GOd graunt with grace he vs imbrace in gentle part blesse he our hart with louing face shyne he in place his mercies all on vs to fall That we thy way may know al day while we do saile this world so fraile Thy healthes reward is nye declard as plaine as eye all Gentils spy Meane COme holy ghost eternall God which doost frō God procede the father first and eke the Sonne one God as we do rede Contra tenor COme holy ghost eternall God which doost from God procede the father first and eke the Sonne one God as we do rede Tenor. COme holy ghost eternall God which doost from God procede the father first and eke the Sonne one God as we do rede Base COme holy ghost eternall God which doost from God procede the father first and eke the Sonne one God as we do rede The Table 65 AL laudes be due to thée 85 Against thy laude 92 A ioyfull thyng it is ̄ 103 Aryse my soule ̄ 119 A right vp man ̄ 137 At waters sides ̄ 145 Arise I will 43 Ah iudge me God B. 40 By silent watch ̄ 72 Bestow O God 86 Bow downe thyne eare ̄ 101 Both mercy méeke 124 But God himselfe C. \ 136 Confesse and prayse \  Come