kepe me for I trust in thee and doo confesse in dede Sing thisas the xiiii psal Thou art my God and of my good O Lorde thou hast no nede verse 2 I geue my goodnes to the sainctes that in the worlde doo dwell And namely to the faithfull flocke in vertue that excell verse 3 They shall heape sorowes on their heds which runne as they were mad To offer to the Idols gods alas it is to bad verse 4 As for theyr bloudy sacrifyce He would neyther by outeward professiō nor in hart consent with Ido latryes and offringes of that sort I will not touch nor yet therof my lippes shall make report verse 5 For why the Lorde the portion is of mine in heritaunce And thou art he that doest mainteyne my rent my lot my chaunce verse 6 The place wherin my lot did fall in beauty did excell Mine heritage assigned to me doth please me wondrous well verse 7 I thanke the Lorde that caused me The faithfular sure to perseuer to the ende to vnderstand the right For by hismeanes my secreat thoughtes do teache me euery nyght verse 8 I set the Lorde still in my sight and trust in him ouer all For he doth stande on my ryght hand therfore I shall not fall verse 9 Wherfore my hart and tong also doeth bothe reioyse together My fleshe and body rest in hope when I this thyng consider verse 10 Thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue for Lorde thou louest me That is to say hys lyfe Nor yet will geue thyne holy one corruption for to see verse 11 But wilt teache me the way to lyfe Where god fauoreth there is perfit felicitie for all treasures and store Of perfect ioy are in thy face and power for euermore Exaudi domine iustitiam meam Psal. xvii T. S Here he complayneth to god of thecruel pride and arrogancye of Saule and the rest of his enemies who thus raged withoute anye cause geuen on his part therfore he desireth God to reuenge his innocency and deliuer him This Psalm ought diligently to be noted of sucheas receiue euell for well doyng O Lorde geue eare to my iust cause Sing this as the. xiiii psalme attend when I complaine And heare the prayer that I put forth with lippes that doo not fayne verse 2 And let the iudgement of my cause procede alwayes from thee And let thyne eyes beholde and cleare thys my simplicitie verse 3 Thouhast well tryed me in the night and yet couldst nothyng fynde That I haue spoken with my tonge that was not in my minde verse 4 As from the workes of wicked men and pathes peruerse and ill For loue of thy most holy worde I haue refrayned styll verse 5 Then in thy pathes that be most pure stay me Lorde and preserue That from the way wherin I walke my steppes may neuer swerue verse 6 For I dou call to thee O Lorde surely thou wylt me ayde Then heare my prayer way right wel the wordes that I haue sayde verse 7 O thou the sauiour of all them that put theyr trust in thee Declare thy strength on thē that spurn against thy maiestie verse 8 O kepe me Lord as thou wouldst kepe the apple of thine eye And vnder couert of thy winges defend me secretly The seconde parte verse 9 From wicked men that trouble me and dayly me anoy Ind from my foes that go about my soule for to destroy verse 10 10 Whiche wallow in their worldly wealth so full and eke so fat That in theyr pride they do not spare to speake they care not what verse 11 They lye in wayte where we should passe Meaning himself and his cōpanyons with craft me to confounde And musing mischief in their mindes to cast me to the grounde verse 12 Muche lyke a Lyon gredely that would hys praye embrace Or lurking like a Lyons whelpe within some secrete place verse 13 Up Lorde with hast preuent my foe and cast hym at thy feete Saue thou my soule from the euil man and with thy sworde him smite verse 14 Deliuer me Lorde by thy power out of these tyrantes handes Whiche nowe so longe time raigned haue and kepe vs in theyr bandes verse 15 I meane from worldly men to whom all worldly goodes are ryse That haue no hope nor part of ioy but in this present lyfe Thou of thy store theyr bellies filst with pleasures to their minde Theyr children haue inough and leaue to theirs the rest behinde verse 16 But I shall with pure conscience beholde thy gratious face So when I wake I shalbe full with thine image and grace Diligam te domine psal xviii T. S. This Psalme is the fyrste beginnyng of Dauids saluation and thancks geuing in the entring into his kingdome wherin he extolleth and praiseth most highly the maruelous mercies and grace of God who hathe bothe preserued and defended hym he setteth forthe the Image of Christes kingdome painted in hys kindom that the faithfull mai be assured that Christe shall alwayes conquere and ouercome by the vnspeakable power of hys father though all the whole world shuld say there against O God my strēgth and fortitude of force I must loue the Thou art my castell defence in mine necessitie My god my rock in whō I trust y e worker of my wealth my refuge buckler my shield y e horn of al mi health verse 3 When I sing laud vnto the Lorde most worthy to be strued Then fro my foes I am right sure that I shalbe preserued verse 4 The panges of death did compas me and bounde me euery where The flowing waues of wickednes did put me in great feare verse 5 The slie and suttell snares of hell were round aboute me set And for my death there was preparde a deadly trapping net verse 6 I thus beset with payne and gryef did pray to God for grace And he forthwith did heare my playnt out of his holy place verse 7 Suche is hys power that in his wrath he made the earth to quake Yea the foundation of the mounte of Basan for to shake verse 8 And from his nostrels came a smoke When kindled was his ire And from his mouth came kindled coles of hote consuming fire verse 9 The Lorde descended from aboue and bowde the heauens hie And vnderneth his fete he cast the darknes of the skye verse 10 On Cherubs and on Cherubins full royally he rode and on the winges of all the windes came fliyng all abrode The second parte And like a denne most darke he made his denne and secret place With waters black and ayrie cloudes enuironed he was verse 12 But when the presence of his face in brightnes shall appeare Then cloudes consume in their stead come hayles and coales of fyre verse 13 These fiery dartes and thunder boltes disperse them here and there And with his often lightninges he puttes them in great feare verse 14 Lorde at thy wrath and threatenings and at thy chyding cheare The springes and the
foundations of all the worlde appeare verse 15 And from aboue the Lorde sent downe to fetche me from belowe And pluckt me out of waters great that would me ouerflowe verse 16 And me deliuered from my foes that would haue made me thrall Yea from such foes as were to strong for me to deale with all verse 17 They did preuent me to oppres in time of my great gryef But yet the Lorde was my defence my succor and relief verse 18 18 He brought me forth in open place where as I might be free And kept me safe because he had a fauor vnto me verse 19 And as I was an innocent so did he me regarde And to the cleanes of my hands he gaue me my reward verse 20 For that I walked in his wayes and in his pathes haue trod And haue not wauered wickedly against my Lorde my God The third parte verse 21 But euermore I haue respect to his law and decree His statutes and commaundementes I cast not out fro me verse 22 But pure and cleane and vncorrupt appearde afore his face And did refrayne from wickednes and sinne in any case verse 23 The Lorde therfore will me reward as I haue done aright And to the cleannes of my handes appearing in hys sight verse 24 For Lorde with him that holy is wilt thou be holy to And with the good and vertuous men right vertuously wilt doo verse 25 And to the louing and elect thy loue thou wilt reserue And thou wilt vse the wicked men as wicked men deserue verse 26 For thou dost saue the simple folke In trouble when they lye And dost bring downe the countenance of them that loke full hie verse 27 The Lorde will light my candell so that it shall shine full bryght The Lorde my God will make also my darknes to be light verse 28 For by thy helpe an host of men disconfite Lorde I shall By thee I scale and ouerleape the strength of any wall verse 29 Unspotted are the wayes of God his worde is purely tryed He is a sure defence to suche as in his faith abide verse 30 For who is God except the Lorde for other there is none Or els who is omnipotent sauing our God alone The forthe parte verse 31 The God that girded me with strēgth is he that I doo meane That all the wayes wherin I walke did euermore kepe cleane verse 32 That made my feete lyke to the hartes in swiftnes of my pace And for my suertie brought me forth into an open place verse 33 He did in order put my handes to bataile and to fyght To breake in sunder barres of bras he gaue my armes the myght verse 34 Thou reachest me my sauing health thy right hand is my tower Thy loue and familiaritie doeth styll encrease my power verse 35 And vnder me thou makest playne the waye where I should walke So that my feete shall neuer stippe nor stumble at a balke verse 36 And fiersely I pursue and take my foes that me annoyed And from the field doo not reforne till they be all destroyde verse 37 So I suppresse and wound my foes that they can rise no more For at my seate they fall downe flat I strike them all so sore verse 38 For thou dost gird me with thy strength to warre in suche a wyse That they be all scatred abroade that vp against me ryse verse 39 Lorde thou hast put into my handes my mortall enemies yoke And all my foes thou dost deuide in sonder with thy stroke verse 40 They calld for help but none gaue eare to helpe them with reliefe Yea to the Lorde they callde for helpe yet hearde he not their grief The fifth parte verse 41 And styll lyke dust before the winde I driue them vnder feate And swepe them out lyke filthy claye that stinketh in the streat verse 42 Thou kepest me from sedicious folke that still in stryfe be led And thou doest of the heathen folke apoint me to be hed verse 43 A people straunge to me vnknowen and yet they shall me serue And at the first obey my word wheras mine owne will swarue verse 44 I shalbe ircksom to mine owne they will not see my light But wander wide out of theyr wayes and hide them out of sight verse 45 But blessed be the lyuyng Lorde most worthy of all prayse That is my rocke and sauing health praysed be he alwayes verse 46 For God it is that gaue me power reuenged for to be And with his onely worde subdued the people vnto me verse 47 And fro my foe me deliuered and set me hier then those That cruell and vngodly were and vp against me rose verse 48 48 And for this cause O Lorde my God to thee geue thankes I shall And syng out prayses to thy name among the Gentils all verse 49 That gauest great prosperitie vnto the kyng I saye To Dauid thy anoynted kyng and to his seede for aye Coeli enarrant gloriam dei Psalme xix T. S. To the intent he might moue the faithfull to a deper consideration of Gods glory he setteth before theyr eyes the most exquisite workemāship of the Heauens with theyr proportion and ornamentes And afterwarde calleth them to the law wherin God hath reueled hymselfe more familiarly to his chosen people The whiche peculiar grace by commending the lawe he setteth foorth more at large and at thende he concludeth with a Prayer THe heauens and the firmament doo wonderously declare Sing this as the. xiiii psalme The glory of God omnipotent his workes and what they are verse 2 The wonderous workes of God apere by euery dayes successe The nightes which likewise theyr race run the self same thinges expresse verse 3 There is no language tong or speach where theyr sounde is not heard Roma x. d. actes xiiii c. verse 4 In all the earth and coastes therof their knowledge is conferd In them the Lorde made for the sunne a place of great renome verse 5 Who like a bridegrome ready trimde doth from hys chamber come And as a valiaunt champion He noteth thre excellent qualytses in the sūn◠his beautie sweftnes and heate who for to get a pryce With ioy doth hast to take in hande some noble enterprise verse 6 And all the skie from ende to ende he compasseth about Nothyng can hide it from his heat but he will finde it out verse 7 Howe perfect is the law of God how is his couenaunt sure Conuerting soules and makyng wyse the simple and obscure Mans inuentions are croked without cōfort filthy and blind verse 8 Iust are the Lordes commaundimēts and glad both hart and mynde His precept pure and geueth light to eyes that be full blynde verse 9 The feare of God is excellent and doth indure for euer What soeuer mans fantasye doth inuent is but lyes and vanitit The iudgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to be embraste alwayes then fined golde I say The hony and
9 The man also that I did trust Actes l c Heb. he lifte by his hele against me or vsed deceitand therfore Iacob had hys name by taking by the heele and deceyuing Gene 15 ◠17◠with me did vse disceite who at my table eat my bread the same for me layd wayte verse 10 Haue merry Lorde on me therfore and let me be preserude That I may render vnto them the things they haue deserude verse 11 By this I know assuredly to be beloued of thee When that mine enemies haue no cause to triumph ouer me verse 12 But in my right thou hast me kept and maintained alway And in thy presence place assignde where I shall dwell for aye verse 13 The Lorde the God of Israell be praysed euermore Euen so be it Lord will I say euen so be it therfore Quemadmodum desiderat Psal. xlii I. H The Prophet greuously complaynech that being letted by his persecutours he could not be present in the congregation of Gods people protesting that although he was seperate in body from them yet his harte was thither affectioned And last of all he sheweth that he was not so far ouercomen with these sorowes and thoughtes but that be continually put his confidence in the Lord. LIke as the hart doth breath and bray the well springs to obteyne Sing this as the. xxxv psa So doth my soule desire alway with thee Lorde to remayne verse 2 My soule doth thirst would draw nere the liuing God of might O when shall I come and appeare in presence of his sight verse 3 The teares all times are my repast which from mine eyes do slide When wicked men cry out so fast where nowe is God thy guide verse 4 Alas what grief is it to thinke what fredome once I had Therfore my soule as at pits brinke is moste heauy and sad When I did marche in good aray furnished with my trayne Unto the temple was our way with songes and harts most fayne verse 5 My soule why art thou sad alwayes and freatst thus in my brest Trust still in God for him to prayse I holde it euer best By him haue I succour at nede against all payne and grief He is my God which with all spede will hast to sende relyef verse 6 And this my soule within me Lorde doth faint to thinke vpon The lande of Iordan and record the little hill Hermon verse 7 One grief an other in doth call as cloudes burst out theyr voyce The floudes of euill that doo fall runne ouer me with noyce God tryeth his children by dyuers and often afflictions verse 8 Yet I by day felt his goodnes and helpe at all assayes Lykewise by night I did not cease the liuyng God to prayse verse 9 I am perswaded thus to say to him with pure pretence O Lorde thou art my guide and stay my rocke and my defence Why doo I then in pensiuenes hanging the head thus walke While that mine enemies me oppres and vexe me with their talke verse 10 For why they pearse myne inward parts with panges to be abhord When they cry out with stubburne harts where is thy God thy Lorde verse 11 So sone why doest thou faint and quayle my soule with paines opprest with thoughts why dost thy self assayle so sore within my brest verse 12 Trust in the Lorde thy God alwayes and thou the time shalt see To geue him thanks with laud and praise for health restorde to thee Iudica me deus Psalme xliii T. S He prayeth to be deliuered from them whiche conspire with Absolō to thend that he might ioyfully prayse God in his holy congregatiō IUdge and reuenge my cause O Lorde From them that euell be Sing this as the. xxxv psalme From wicked and deceitfull men O Lorde delyuer me verse 2 For of my strength thou art the God why puttest thou me thee fro And why walke I so heauily oppressed with my fo verse 3 Send out thy lyght and eke thy trueth and leade me with thy grace which may conduct me to thy hyll and to thy dwellyng place verse 4 Then shal I to the aultar go of God my ioy and cheare And on my harpe geue thankes to thee O God my God most deare verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soule and fretst thus in my brest Still trust in God for hym to prayse I holde it alwayes best By him I haue deliueraunce against all paines and grief He is my God which doth alwayes at nede sende me relief Deus auribus nostris Psal. xliiii T. S. A moste earnest prayer made in the name of the faithfull when they are afflicted by theyr enemies for sustayning the quarell of gods word accordyng to the exposition of S. Paule Roma viii OUr eares haue hard our fathers tel reuerently recorde the wondrous works y e thou hast done in alder time O Lorde How thou didst cast the Gentils out stroyost them with strong hand planting our fathers in theyr place gauest to them their land verse 3 They conquered not by sword nor strength the land of thy behest But by thy hande thy arme and grace because thou louedst them best verse 4 Thou art my king O God that holpe Iacob in sundry wyse verse 5 Led with thy power we threwe downe suche as did against vs rise verse 6 I trusted not in bow ne sword they could not saue me sounde verse 7 Thou kept vs from our enemies rage thou didst oure foes confound verse 8 And still we beast of thee our God and prayse thy holy name verse 9 Yet now thou goest not with our host Selah but leauest vs to shame verse 10 Thou madest vs flee before our foes and so were ouer trode Our enemies robde spoilde our goods when we were sparst abrode verse 11 Thou hast vs geuen to our foes as shepe for to be slayne Amongst the Heathen euery where scartered we doo remayne verse 12 Thy people thou hast sold like slaues and as a thyng of nought For proffit none thou hadst therby no gayne at all was sought verse 13 And to our neyghbours thou hast made of vs a laughing stocke And those that round about vs dwell at vs doo grinne and mocke The secōd parte verse 14 Thus we serue for none other vse but for a common talke They mock they scorn and nod their heds where euer they go or walke verse 15 I am a shamd continually to heare these wicked men Yea so I blush that all my face with red is couered then verse 16 For why we heare such sclaundrous words suche false report and lyes That death it is to see their wronges their threatnings and their cryes verse 17 For all this we forgot not thee nor yet thy couenant brake verse 18 We turn not back our harts from thee nor yet thy pathes forsake verse 19 Yet thou hast trod vs downe to dust where dennes of dragons be And couered vs with shade of death and great aduersitie verse 20 If we had our Gods name
are no les then heares are on my hed verse 5 Though for no cause they vexe me sore they prosper and are glad They doo compell me to restore the thynges I neuer had verse 6 What I haue done for want of wit thou Lorde all times canst tell And all the same that I commit to thee is knowne ful well verse 7 O God of hostes defend and staye al those that trust in thee Let no man doubt or shrink awaye for ought that chaunceth me verse 8 It is for thee and for thy sake that I doo beare this blame In spite of thee they would me make to hyde my face for shame verse 9 My mothers sonnes my brethern all forsake me on a rowe And as a straunger they me call my face they will not knowe verse 10 vnto thy house suche zeale I beare that it doth pine me muche Theyr checks taunts at thee to heare my very hart doth grutch The second parte verse 11 Though I doo fast my flesh to chaste yea if I wepe and mone Yet in my teath this geare is cast they passe not thereupon verse 12 If I for grief and payne of hart in sackcloth vse to walke Then they anone will it peruert therof they iest and talke verse 13 Both hie and lowe and all the throng that sit within the gate They haue me euer in theyr tong of me they talke and prate verse 14 The dronkards whiche in wine delyte it is their cheif pastime To seke whiche way to worke me spite of me they sing and rime verse 15 But thee the whyle O Lorde I pray that when it pleaseth thee For thy great truth thou wilt alwaye sende downe thyne ayde to me verse 16 Pluck thou my feete out of the myre from dro wning doo me kepe From suche as owe me wrath and ire and from the waters depe verse 17 Lest with y e waues I should be drownd and depth my soule deuouer And that the pit should me confound and shut me in her power verse 18 O Lorde of hostes to me geue eare as thou arte good and kynde And as thy mercy is most deare Lorde haue me in thy mynde verse 19 And doo not from thy seruaunt hyde nor turne thy face awaye I am opprest on euery syde in hast geue eare I say verse 20 O Lorde vnto my soule draw nye the same with ayde repose Because of theyr great tyrannye acquite me fro my foes The thirde parte verse 21 That I abide rebuke and shame thou knowest and thou canst tell For those that seke and worke the same thou seest them all full well verse 22 When they with brags doo breake my hart I seke for helpe anone But finde no frendes to ease my smarte to comfort me not one verse 23 But in my meate they gaue me gall to cruell for to thynke And gaue me in my thirst withall stronge vineger to dryncke verse 24 Lorde turne their table to a snare to take them selues therin And when they thinke full well to fare then trap them in the gin verse 25 And let theyr eyes be darke and blynde that they may nothyng see Bow downe their back doo thē binde in thraldome for to be verse 26 Powre out thy wrath as hoate as fyer that it on them may fal Let thy displeasure in thyne yre take holde vpon them all As desert drye theyr house disgrace their offring eke expell verse 27 That none therof posses their place nor in their tents doo dwell If thou dost strike the man to tame on him they lay full sore verse 28 And if that thou do wounde the same they seke to hurt him more Then let them heape vp mischief still sith they are all peruert verse 29 That of thy fauor and good will they neuer haue no part And dash them cleane out of the boke of life of hope of trust That for their names they neuer loke in number of the iust The forth parte verse 31 Though I O Lorde with wo grief haue bene full sore opprest Thy helpe shall geue me suche relief that all shall be redrest verse 32 That I may geue thy name the prayse and shew it with a song I will extoll the same alwayes with harty thankes among verse 33 Which is more pleasant vnto thee Such minde thy grace hath borne Then either Oxe or Calfe can be that hath bothe hoofe and horne verse 34 When simple folke doo this beholde it shall reioyce them sure All ye that seke the Lorde beholde your lyfe for aye shall dure verse 35 For why the Lord of hosts doth heare the poore when they complayne His prisoners are to him full deare he doth them not disdayne verse 36 Wherfore the skie and earth belowe The sea with floud and stream His prayse they shall declare and showe with all that liue in them verse 37 For sure our God will Sion saue and Iudaes cities builde verse 38 38 Much folke possession there shall haue her streate shall all be filde Her seruaunts sede shall kepe the same all ages out of minde verse 39 And there all they that loue hys name adwellyng place shall fynde Deus in adiutorium Psalme lxx I. H. He prayeth to be ryght spedely delyuered as in the. ix Psalm Then he desireth the shame of hys enemyes and the ioy full comforte of all those that seke the Lorde O God to me take hede of helpe I thee require Sing this as the. lxxii ps O Lorde of hosts with hast and spede helpe helpe I thee desire verse 2 With shame confound them all that seke my soule to spill Rebuke them backe with blame to fall that thinke and wish me ill verse 3 Confounde them that applye and seke to worke me shame And at my harme do laugh and crye so so there goth the game verse 4 But let them ioyfull be in thee with ioy and wealth Which only trust and seke to thee and to thy sauing health verse 5 That they may say alwayes in mirth and one accorde All glory honor laude and prayse be geuen to thee O Lorde verse 6 But I am weake and poore come Lorde thine ayde I lacke Thou art my stay and helpe therfore make spede and be not slack In te domine speraui Psalm lxxi I H. He prayeth in sayth establyshed by the worde of the promise and confirmed by the worke of God from his youth he desireth now to be deliuered from the wicked and cruell man meanyng his sonne Absolō and his confederacy and he promiseth to be mindefull and thankefull for the same MY Lorde my God in all distres my hope is whole in thee Sing this as the. lxix psa Then let no shame my soule oppres nor once take holde on me verse 2 As thou art iust defend me Lorde and rid me out of drede Geue eare and to my suite accorde and send me helpe at nede verse 3 Be thou my rock to whom I may for ayde all times resort Thy promise is to helpe alwaye
mind his couenant which he to them had swore And by his mercies multitude repented him therfore And fauour he them made to finde before the sight of those That led them captiue from their land when erst they were their foes Saue vs O Lorde that art our God saue vs O Lord we pray And from among the Heathen folke Lorde gather vs away That we may spred the noble prayse of thy most holy name That we may glory in thy prayse and sounding of thy fame The Lorde the God of Israell be blest for euermore Let all the people say Amen prayse ye the Lord therfore Confitemini domino Psalme Cvii VV. K. The Prophet exhorteth all those that are redemed by the Lord and gathered vnto hym to geue thankes for this mercyfull prouidence of God gouerning all thynges at his good pleasure sending good and euill prosperitie and aduersitie to bryng men vnto him Therfore as the righteous thereat reioyce so shall the wicked haue their mouthes stopped GEue thankes vnto the Lorde our God Sing this as the. xxix Psal. for gratious is he And that his mercy hath none ende all mortall men may se. verse 2 Suthe as the Lorde redemed hathe with thanks should prayse his name And shew how they from foes wet fred and yow he wrought the same verse 3 He gathered them forth of the landes that lay so farre about From East to west from north to south his hand did finde them out verse 4 They wandred in the wildernes and strayed from the way And founde no citie where to dwell that serue might for theyr stay verse 5 Whose thirst and honger was so great in these desertes so voyde That faintnes did them sore assalt and eke their soules anoyde verse 6 Then did they crye in their distres vnto the Lorde for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 7 And by that way which was most right be led them like a guide That they might to a citie go and there also abide verse 8 Let men therfore before the Lorde confes his goodnes then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 9 For he the emptie soule sustaynde whom thirst had made to faynte The hungrie soule with goodnes fed and did them eke acquainte verse 10 Suche as doo dwell in darkenes depe where they of death do wayte Fast bound to tast such troublous storms as yron chains doo threate The second parte verse 11 For that against the lords owne words they sought so to rebell Esteming light his counsels high which doo so farre excell verse 12 But when he humbled them full lowe they then fell downe with grief And none was found so muche to helpe wherby to get relief verse 13 Then did they crye in their distres vnto the Lorde for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 14 For he from darknes out them brought and from deaths dredfull shade Bursting with force the yron bandes which did before them lade verse 15 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his kindnes then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 16 For he threw downe their gates of bras and brake them with strong hand Theyron barres he smote in two nothing could him withstand verse 17 The foolish folke great plagues do fele and cannot from them wend But hepe on me to those they haue because they doo offend verse 18 Their soule so much did lothe all meat that none they coulde abyde Wherby death had them almost caught as they full truly tryde verse 19 Then did they crye in theyr distres vnto the Lorde for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 20 For he then sent to them his worde whiche health did sone restore And brought them frō those dangers depe wherin they were before The thyrde parte verse 21 Let men therfore before the Lorde confes his kindnes then And shew the wonders that he doeth before the sonnes of men verse 22 And let them offer sacrifice with thankes and also feare And speake of all his wondrous works with glad and ioyfull cheare verse 23 Suche as in shippes or brittell barkes into the seas descend Their marchandise through fearful flods to compas and to ende verse 24 Those men are forced to beholde the Lordes workes what they be And in the dangerous depe the same most marueilous they see verse 25 For at his worde the stormie winde ariseth in a rage And stirreth vp the surges so as nought can them asswage verse 26 Then are they lifted by so hygh the clouds they seme to gayne And plunging downe the depth vntill theyr soules consume with payne verse 27 And like a drunkard to and fro now here now there they reele As men with teare of wit bereft or had of sense no feele verse 28 Then did they cry in theyr distresse vnto the Lorde for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 29 For with his word the Lord doth make the sturdie storme to cease So that the gret waues frō their rage are brought to rest and peace verse 30 Then are men glad when rest is come which they so muche doo craue And are by him in hauen brought which they so fayne woulde haue The forth parte verse 31 Let men therfore before the Lorde confes his kindenes then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sounes of men verse 32 32 Let them in presence of the folke with prayse extoll his name And where the elders doo conuent let them there doo the same verse 33 For running floods to dry desertes he doeth oft change and turne And dryeth vp as it were dust the springing well and burne verse 34 A frutefull land with pleasures deckt full barren doeth he make When on their sinnes which dwell therin he doeth iust vengeance take verse 35 Againe the wildernes full rude he maketh frute to beare With pleasant springs of water cleare though none before were there verse 36 Wherin suche hungrye soules are set as he doeth freely chuse That they a citie may them buylde to dwell in for theyr vse verse 37 That they may sow theyr pleasant lād and vineyardes also plant To yelde them frutes of suche increase as none may seme to want verse 38 They multiplye exceadingly the Lord doeth bles them so Who doeth also their brut beastes make by numbers great to growe verse 39 But whē the faithfull are low brought by the oppressors stoute And minish do through many plagues that compas them about verse 40 Then doeth he princes bring to shame which did them so oppres And likewise caused them to erre within the wildernes verse 41 But yet the poore he rayseth vp out of his troubles depe And oft times doeth his trayne augmēt muche like a flocke of shepe verse 42 The righteous shall beholde this sight and also muche reioyce whereas the wicked and
of the Lorde God is the Lorde that sheweth vs lyght bynde ye therfore with corde Your sacrifice to the alter and geue thankes to the Lorde Thou art my God I will confes and render thankes to thee Thou art my God and I will prayse thy mercy towardes me O geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde for gratious is he Because his mercy dothe endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalm Cxix VV. VV. In thys psalme is contayned an exquisit art and a wonderfull vehemencye in settyng forth the prayses of gods law wherin the Prophet cannot satisfye hymselfe nor sufficyently expres the affection whiche he beareth thereunto adding moreouer manye notable complaynts consolatyons wherefore it is mete that all the faythfull haue it alway bothe in harte and mouthe and in the Ebrue euery vii verses begyn with one lerter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in mind hart whose liues and conuersation frō Gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue them selues hys statutes to obserue Sekyng the Lorde with all theyr hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astraye nor doo no wicked thing Whiche stedfastly walke in his pathes without any wandring verse 4 It is thy wyll and commaundement that with attentiue hede Thy noble and deuyne precepts we learne and kepe in dede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to adres That I myght bothe in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe atteyne whylst I thus set myne eyes And bende my mynde alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then will I prayse with vpright hart and magnifye thy name When I shall learne thy iudgements iust and lykewyse proue the same verse 8 And wholy will I geue my selfe to kepe thy lawes most ryght For sake me not for euer Lorde but shew thy grace and myght The. ii parte MTH verse 9 By what meanes may a yong man best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his tyme spend verse 10 Unfaynedly I haue thee sought and thusse kyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lorde from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart and secret thoughtes thy wordes I haue hyd styll That I might not at any tyme offende thy godly wyll verse 12 We magnifye thy name O Lorde and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lorde teache me therfore verse 13 My lippes haue neuer ceast to preache and publysh day and nyght The iudgments all whiche did procede from thy mouth full of might verse 24 Thy testymonies and thy wayes please me noles in dede Then all the treasures of the earth which worldlings make theyr mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I will still muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so will I aime thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My only ioy shalbe so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynde that I thy wordes for get The thyrd parte MMEL Graunt to thy seruaunt now such grace as may my lyfe prolong Thy holy worde then will I kepe bothe in my hart and tong verse 18 18 Mine eies whiche were dim shut vp so open and make bryght That of thy law and merueilous works I may haue the cleare syght verse 19 I am a straunger in this earth wandring now here now there Thy worde therfore to me disclose my fotesteppes for to cleare verse 20 My soule is rauished with desyre and neuer is at rest But seketh to know thy iudgments hie and what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malitious thou hast destroyd echone And cursed are suche as doo not thy hests attend vpon verse 22 Lord turne me from rebuke and shame whiche wicked men conspire For I haue kept thy couenaunts with zele as hote as fyre verse 23 The princes great in counsel sat and did against me speake But then thy seruaunt thought how he thy statutes myght not breake verse 24 For why thy couenants are my ioy and my great harts solace They serue in stede of counsellers my matters for to pas The. iiii parte DALETH verse 25 I am alas as brought to graue and almost turnd to dust Restore therfore my lyfe agayne as thy promise is iust verse 26 My wayes when I acknowledged with mercy thou didst heare Here now eftsones and me instruct thy lawes to loue and feare verse 27 Teache me once throughly for to know thy precepts and thy lore Thy workes then will Imeditate and lay them vp in store verse 28 My soule I fele so sore opprest that it melteth for grief According to thy word therfore hast Lorde to sende relyef verse 29 From lying and deceitfull lyppes let thy grace me defend And that I may learue thee to loue thy holy law me send verse 30 The way of truth both straight sure I haue chosen and founde I set thy iudgement me before whiche kepe me safe and sound verse 33 Since then O Lord I forced my selfe thy couenants to embrase Let me therfore haue no rebuke nor check in any case verse 32 Then will I runne with ioyfull cheare where thy worde doth me call When thou hast set my hart at large and rid me out of thrall The. v. parte H E verse 33 Instruct me Lord in the right trade of thy statutes deuyne And it to kepe euen to the end my hart will I inclyne verse 34 Graunt me the knowledge of thy law and I shall it obey With hart and mind and all my might I will it kepe I say verse 35 In the right path of thy precepts guide me Lorde I require None other pleasure doo I wishe nor greater thing desire verse 36 Inclyne my hart thy lawes to kepe and couenants to embrace And from all filthy auarice and shield me with thy grace verse 37 From vaine desire and worldly lustes turne backe myne eyes and syght Geue me the sprite of lyfe and power to walke thy wayes a ryght verse 38 Confirme thy gratious promise Lorde whiche thou hast made to me Which am thy seruaunt and doo loue and feare nothyng but thee verse 39 Reproche and shame whiche I so feare from me O Lord expell For thou dost iudge with equitie and therin dost excell verse 40 Beholde my harts desire is bent thy lawes to kepe for aye Lorde strēgthen me so with thy grace that it performe I may The. vi parte VAV verse 41 Thy mercyes great and manifolde let me obteyne O Lorde The sauing health let me enioy accordyng to thy word verse 42 So shall I stop y e slaundrous mouths of leud men and vniust For in thy faithfull promises stand the my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of truth with in my mouth let euer still be prest For in thy iudgements wonderfull my hope doth stand and rest verse 44 And while that breath
another we doo not only make request O Lord for ourselues and them that thou hast alreadie called to the true vnderstanding of thy heauenly wil but for all people and Nations of the world who as they knowe by thy wonderfull workes that thou art god ouer al So they may be instructed by thy holy spirite to beleue in thee theyr only Sauior and redemer But for as much as they cānot beleue except they heare nor can not heare but by preachyng and none can preache excepte they be sent therfor O Lorde raise vp faithfull destributers of thy misteries who setting apartal worldly respectes may bothe in their life and doctryne only seeke thy glorye Contrarylye confound Sathan Antichriste with all hierlinges whom thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sēce that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiet thy littell flocke And because O Lorde we be fallen into the latter dayes daungerous tymes wherin ignoraunce hathe gotten the vpper hande and Sathan by his ministeres seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospel we besech the to maintaine thy cause against those rauening wolues and strengthen all thy seruauntes whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion either to encrease theyr tirannye or to discourage thy childrē nether yet let our sinnes and wickednes be a hinderance to thy mercies but with spede O Lorde consider these great miseries For thy people Israel many times by theyr sinnes prouoked thine anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgemente yet though their sinnes wer neuer so greuous if they once returned from their iniquitie thou receiuedst them to mercye We therfore moste wretched synners be wayle our manifolde sinnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wickennes and vngodly behauior towards thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humblie beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercyes vpon vs and receyue vs agayne to thy fauour Graunt vs deare father these oure requests and all other thinges necessary for vs thy whole churche according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our Lorde In whose name we beseche thee as he hath taught vs saying Oure father c. A prayer to be sayde before meales ALl thinges depende vpon thy prouidence O Lord to receiue at thy handes due sustenāce in time conuenienie Thou geuest to them they gather it thou openest thy hand and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father whiche art the fountaine ful treasure of all good nes we besech thee to shew thy mercyees vpon vs thy children and sanctifye these giftes whiche we receiue of thy merciful liberalitie graunt vs grace to vse them soberlye and purely according to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we may acknowledge thee to be the author and geuer of all good things and aboue all that we may remember continually to seke the spiritual fode of thy word wherwith our soules may be norished euerlastingly throughe oure sauior Christe who is the true breade of lyfe whiche came downe from heauen of whom whoso euer eateth shall lyue for euer and reigne with him in glory worlde without ende So be it ☞ A thankes geuing after meales LEt all nations magnifye the Lorde let all people reioyce in praysing extollyng his great mercyes For his fatherly kindnes is plentyfully shewed forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise indureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde god for the manifold benefites whiche we continually receaue at thy bountifull hande not only for that it hath pleased thee to fede vs in this present life geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies facioned vs a new into an assured hope of a farre better lyfe the whiche thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Ghospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer oure affections to bee so intangled or roted in these earthly and corruptible thinges but that we maye alwayes haue oure mindes directed to thee on high continually watching for the comming of oure Lorde and Saiuour Chryste what tyme he shall appeare for oure full redemption To whom with thee and the holye Ghoste be all honor and glory for euer and euer So be it A nother thankes geuing before meate ETernall and euer liuing God Father of oure Lord Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankinde haste appointed to his sustenance not only the frutes of thearth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of thearth and fishes of the sea and hast commaūded thy benefites to be receyued as from thy hāds with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane all things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctified by thy word and by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderatly to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies beyng refreshed the soules may be more hable to procede in all good works to the prayse of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Sobeit Oure Father whiche art in heauen c. Another THe eyes of all things doo loke vp and trust in thee O Lord thou geuest them meat in due season thou openest thy hand and fillest with thy blessinge euery liuing creature good Lorde bles vs and all thy giftes which we receyue of thy large liberalitie through Iesus Christ our Lorde Sobeit Our father c. Another thanks geuing after meat GLorye prayse and honor be vnto thee moste merciful omnipotent Father who of thyne infinite goodnes hast created man to thyne owne image similitude who also hast fed dayly fedest of thy most bountiful hand all liuing creatures graunt vnto vs that as thou hast norished these oure mortall bodies with corporall foode so thou woldest replenish our soules with the perfet knowledge of the liuely word of thy beloued sonne Iesus to whom be prayse glorye and honor for euer Sobeit ☞ God saue the Church vniuersall our Quene and Realme God comforte all them that be comfortles Lord increase our faith O Lord for christ thy sōnes sake be mercifull to the cōmon wealths where thy Gospell is truely preached and harbor graunted to the afflicted members of Christes body and illuminate according to thy good pleasure all nations with the bryghtnes of thy word So beit Another THe God of glory and peace who hath created redemed and presently fed vs be blessed for euer and euer Sobeit The God of all power who hathe called frō death that great pastor of the shepe our Lorde Iesus comfort and defend the flock whiche he hathe redemed by the bloud of the eternall Testamente increase the number of true Preachers repres the rage of obstinate tirants mitigate and lightē the hartes of the ignorant relieue the paynes of suche as be afflicted but especially of those that suffer for the testimony of thy truth and finally cōfoūd Sathan by
THE WHOLE BOOKE of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold I. Hopkins others conferred with the Ebrue with apt Notes to synge theÌ„ with al Faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes maiesties Iniunctions Very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace comfort laying apart all vngodly Songes and Ballades which tende only to the norishing of vyce and corrupting of youth IAMES V. If any be afflicted let him praye and if any be mery let hym syng Psalmes COLLOSS III. Let the worde of God dwell plentuouslye in all wisedom teachinge exhorting one another in psalmes Hymnes spirituall songs sing vnto the Lord in your herts Imprinted at LoÌ„don by John Day dwelling ouer Aldersgate Cumgratia priuilegio Regie Maiestatis perscpteunium An. 1562. ⧠A shorte Introduction into the Science of Musicke made for such as are desirous to haue the knowledge therof for the singing of these Psalmes FOr that the rude ignorant in Song may with more delight desire and good wyl be moued and drawen to the godly exercise of singing of Psalmes aswell in common place of prayer where altogether with one voyce render thankes prayses to God as priuatly by themselues or at home in their houses I haue set here in the beginning of this boke of psalmes an easie and moste playne way and rule of the order of the Notes and Kayes of singing whiche commonly is called the scale of Musicke or the Gamma vt Wherby any diligeÌ„ce geuen therunto euerye man may in a fewe dayes yea in a few houres easely without all payne that also without ayde or helpe of any other teacher attayne to a sufficient knowledg to singe any Psalme contayned in thys Booke or any suche other playne and easy Songes as these are ☞ Beholde this table In this table or gaÌ„ma vt is coÌ„teyned all what is necessari to the knoweledge of singing Wherefore it must be diligent lie waid muste also bee perfectly coÌ„mitted to memory so that ye can redely and distinctly say it without boke both forwarde and backward that is vpward and downward And this is the greatest pain that ye nede to take in this trauayle Ye must also note that the letters ascending on the left hande of the Table are called Kaies or Cleuis of whiche the first is a Greke letter signifying g is called gamma of whom the whole table or scale is called the Gamma vt All the other ar lattin letters vii in number a b c d e f g then repeting the same again beginning at a the third time repeting the same till ye com to ee la. which is the last but all these Kayes ar not signed or set in these Psalmes but onely ii or three most commonly c or e or b. C hath this form or signe ð„¡ E is signed after this maner ð„¢ B hath thus â–ª or thus sharpe ♯ The kayes of this Scale or Table are deuided and set forth by thre diuers orders of letters From gamma vt to G sol re vt ar signed with capitall letters are called graue base or capitall kayes From G sol re vt to G sol re vt they are wrytten with small letters and are called meane or small kayes And from g sol re vt to ee la they are written with double letters and are called double kaies and treble kaies When it chaunceth ii kaies to be of one letter as G sol re vt and g sol re vt A la mi re and a la mi re E fa vt and f fa vt E la mi e la mi ye may to put difference and distinctioÌ„ betwene them call the one capitall G or G sol re vt the lower and tother small g or g sol re vt the higher and so of others They are called kayes because they opeÌ„ as it were the doore and make awaye into song for by the sight and place of the kaye ye shall know easelye the whole songe the nature of euery Note in what kaie or place it standeth and how ye shall name it ye see also in the table that some of the kayes be set in lines or rules and other are set in spaces betwene the lines as gamma vt is set in rule a re in space b mi in rule c fa vt in space d sol re in rule and so ascending to the ende so also in the songs of your Boke ye se rules and spaces so that euery rule space in your boke answereth to some one rule or space of your table or scale and taketh the name of the same whiche ye may easely fynde oute eyther by ascending or descending from the kaye set and marked in your song Moreouer it is to be noted that there are vi voyces or Notes signified and expressed by these vi sillables vt re mi fa sol la by whiche through repetition of them may be soÌ„g al songes of what compasse so euer they be which vi notes ye must learn to tune aptely of some one that can already sing or by som Instrument of musike as the Uirginals or some other suche like Which thing wel learned ye shal nede none other teaching of any And for a plainer learning therof I haue set before your eyes those vi notes asceÌ„ding and descending and again with a litle varietie from theyr naturall order to the end ye may attayne to the iust tunes of them how so euer they be placed For these two examples well had and tuned a righte all other songes and Psalmes with little vse and a small labour will sone be attayned vnto Firste ye muste diligently searche out in what kaie euery note of your song stoÌ„deth Which ye may easely do in beholding your signed kaie coÌ„moÌ„ly called the cleaue which is set in the beginning of euery song that lyne or space wherin the signed kaie is set beareth the name of the same kaie and all Notes standinge in y e line or space are saide to stand in that kaie and so ascending or desceÌ„ding from that kaie ye shall straight way see wherin or in what kaie euery Note of your song standeth As in this present example if ye will know wherin your first Note standeth consider youre kaie signed marked with this letter C. in the second rule and because it standeth in rule ye finde by youre Table that it is C sol fa vt For thother two c c whiche are c fa vt and cc sol fa stande in space wherfore that seconde lyne throughout is called c sol fa vt and all the notes placed in that line are counted to stand in c sol fa vt Then discend froÌ„ that kaie to the next space which as your table telleth you is b fa ♯ mi. from thence to the next rule whiche is a la mi re from thence to the nexte space wherin your first Note standeth which is G sol re vt so finde ye by descending in order beginning at
of the Jews against the Sauiour say the second Psalme If thyne acquaintaunce persecute thee and many ryse against thee thou hast the thirde Psalme If thou being troubled on this sort hast called vpon the Lorde and because he hath hard the thou wouldest giue him thanks syng the. 4. psa and the. 115 Psalme If thou perceyuest wayte to be layd for the of euil willers and desyrest that thy prayer should be hard syng the. 5. psal If thou feelest the threatninges of God and thereby perceyuest thy selfe to be dismaied thou mayest say the. 6. psalm and the. 37. If any consult or conspire againste the as Achitophel agaynst Dauid and some man tel it the syng the 7. Psalme when thou considerest the grace of our Sauiour euerywhere spread abrode and man kind restored vnto helth thē if thou wilt talke to the Lord syng the 8. Psalme If againe thou wilt synge of the wonderous workes of God gyuing God thankes thou hast the 8. Psalme and the 81. Psalme If thou wilt haue thine enemy stopped and driuen back neuertheles the creature to be saued not trusting in thy self but in Gods sonne say the 9. Psalme If any man wil make thee afrayed thou with trust in the Lord shalt syng the. 10. Psalme If thou seest the pride and malice of many to abounde so that nothing which is good and godly is regarded amongst men flye thou vnto Lorde and say the. 11. Psalme If the lyinges in waite of enemies continew still do not forget thy selfe as though the Lord set nought by thee but call vpon the Lord synging the. 26. Psalme If thou heare any man blaspheming and speaking ill against the prouidence be not thou partaker of their wickednes but flying vnto God say the. 14. Psalme and 53. Psalme If thou wilt know after what sort the life of a citizen of the kingdome of heauen is syng the 15. Psalme If thou hast nede of prayer for them which withstand the and compas thy soule aboute singe the 17. Psalme and 86. 89. and 142. Psalme If thou wilt knowe howe Moyses prayed thou hast the 90. Psalme If thou art escaped from enemies and deliuered from thē which persecute the sing the 18. Psalme If thou maruelest at thorder of thynges created and the grace of the diuine prouidence syng 19. 26. 27. Psalme If thou seest any man troubled cōfort them and praying for them say the wordes of the Psalme 20. If thou seest thy selfe kept of the Lord and that thou prosperest reioyce and syng the 23. Psalme If thine enemies rush vpon thee lift vp thy soule to God and say the 25. Psalme and thou shalt see them worke wickednes in vayne If thine enemies perseuer and continew as with bloudy handes seke to seduce thee or kill thee geue not iudgement vnto manne for all humaine thinges are suspect But requiring God to be iudge who is thonly Iudge say 26. psalme and 35. 43. Psalme If thine enemies cruelly curse the multiply as it were an host with dispite feare not no more thē though thou wer nothing in daunger at all and sing 46. Psalme If againe they be impudent which lye in wayte set thou nothin by them but sing vnto the Lorde that which is in the 47. Psalme If thou wilt know how thou ought to go vnto the Lord when thou wilt geue him thanks playnly thou shalt vnderstand and sing 48. Psalme Furthermore when thou renuest thy house soule which receiueth the Lord the sensible house in which thou bodely dwellest geue thankes and say 49. and 127. Psalme If thou see thy kinsmen and frendes hate the for the truth leaue not of thy loue nether feare such aduersaries but think what is to come and sing the 31. psalme If thou seest them that be christened deliuered frō the corruptible birthe maruelling at the deuine bounteousnes sing the. 31. Psalme If thou wilt sing with the iust men and remembring thē whiche liue a righte synge the. 33. psalme If thou haste fallen amongst enemies and wisely escaped them and fled from their snares therfore wilt geue thāks call together the meke and sing with them the 34. Psalme If thou see the wicked striue to do mischief think not that sinne is naturally in them as certayne heretikes helde an opinion but say 36. Psalme If thou se the euill work vnrighteousnes and beare them selues loftie against the lower sorte and desirest to warne some therof say the 37. Psalme If thou hast determined to take hede vnto thy selfe seest the aduersary lying in wait who is most earnest against such and woldest arme thy self against him sing the 39. psalme If thou seest many pore men and beggers and wouldest pitie them thou mayst both trye them whiche are now pitied al redy and exhorte other to do the same saing 41. Psalm If thou hast a desire towarde God hearest the enemyes vpbraiding let it not dismay thee but vnderstanding thimmor tall frute whiche springeth of this desire comforte the soule with hope toward God and with this releue and mitigate the griefes of lyfe saying 42 psalme If thou wilt often call to remembraunce the benefites of God which he shewed to the fathers bothe in the going out of Egipt and in the wildernes and how God was good to them but they were vnthankfull thou hast the 44. Psalme the 79. 80. 102. 106. 107. 114. Psalmes If fleing vnto God thou hast escaped such things as wer spoken against thee woldest geue thankes vnto God and declare his liberalitie goodnes towards the thou hast 46. If thou haste sinned being turned fallest to repentance and wouldest obteyne mercy thou hast the words of confession in the. 51. Psalme If thou hast suffred a false accusation before an euill kyng and seest thenemy to bost go aside and saye the. 52. Psalme If any persecute thee quarell willing to betray the like as the Phariseis did Christe and straungers Dauid abashe not thy selfe but with trust in the Lorde syng the 54. Psalm and the. 56. If persecution chaunce and the persecutour vnwares enenter into the caue where thou arte hyd feare not for thou hast in this strayte profitable wordes both for comfort and for remembraunce of the thinges in the. 57. psalm and 142. If he that lieth in waite of thee haue cōmaunded to watch and beset thy house and thou hast escaped geue thankes vnto God and in the tables of thy soule graue the thinge and say the 59. Psalme If thenemies which troble thee vp brayde thee and with many wordes backbyte thee which sem to be frends and in thexercise of this thy trosse thou arte somwhat weake thou mast call vpon the same also saying the. 4. Psalme Against hipocrites and such as bragge to a mans face saie to conuert them withall the 58. Psalme If they sharply rush vpon thee and would catch thy soule set against them thy subiection to God ward and be of good comfort for the fearser they are themore shall they be subiecte vnto God saye thou the 62. Psalme If
to anoyde persecution thou flee into the deserte fearenot as though thou werte there alone and desolate but hauing God and in the dawning of the day rysing to him sing the. 63. Psalme If the enemies make thee afrayd and cease not to sow deceytes and searche alwayes against thee althoughe they be neuer so many cease not for all that for theyr nettes shalbe lyke shaftes of little chyldren if thou sing the. 64. 68. 70. 71. Psalmes yf thou wilt synge of God and his prayse thou haste the 65. Psalme yf thou wilt enstruct anye man in the misterye of the resurrection thou hast the 80. Psalme yf thou aske mercy of God sing the 67. Psalme yf thou seest the wicked prosper in peace be not so offended that thou be moued but say the 73. psalme yf God be angry with his people thou haste woordes wherwith thou maist cōforte the same in the. 74. Psalme yf thou thinkest expedient to confes thee sing the 71. 75. 92. 105. 106. 108 111. 118. 136. and. 138. Psalmes yf thou wilt rebuke a Gentile and an heretike namelye such a one as knoweth not God thou maist with intelligēce sing and say that whiche is in the. 86. Psalme yf thenemies haue taken thy refuges thou art in great distres althoughe thou arte troubled yet despaire not but praye and if when thou criest thou art hearde geue thankes vnto God saying that whiche is in the. 77. Psalme If the enemies holde on and continue breaking in defilyng the house of God and killing the sainctes and casting their bodies to the soules of thayre feare not their crueltie but suffering with them that suffer affliction say the 79. psa If thou wilt sing to the Lorde in solemnitie call together the seruauntes of God and sing the 81. and the 95. Psalm If thenemies be gathered together euery where threaten the house of the Lorde conspiring againste godlines let not the multitude and power of them dismaie thee thou hast as it were an authoure of hope the wordes whiche are in the. 83. Psalme yf thou see the house of God and his euerlasting tabernacles and hast a mind or affection toward them as had the Apostle say the 84. Psalme yf rancor be stinted and captiuitie released thou haste to geue God thankes withall the 85. Psalm and a 116. yf thou wilt know discord of the catholike church against diuisions woldest conuert them thou maist say that which is in the 87 Psalme If thou wilt moue thy selfe and other to true religion perswade that the hope in God maketh not the soule ashamed but rather put awaye all feare prayse God saying the 91. Psalme If thou wilt synge vpon the Sabboth thou haste the. 92 Psalme If thou wilte geue thankes vpon the Sonday thou haste in the 13. Psalme If thou wylt geue thankes in the second Sabboth synge the. 95. Psalme If thou wylt sing vpoon the day of preparation thou hast a forme of praise in the. 93. Psalme and therfore a song of reioysing ought to be songe vnto God hymselfe If there haue ben imprisonmente and the house wasted bulded agayne singe that which is in the. 96. Psalme If the land haue ben vexed of thenemies and whyles the Lorde ruleth and rayneth it be at quiet thou hast to singe the 97. Psalme If thou wilt synge vpon the fourthe Sabboth thou hast the 94. Psalme for then he being betrayed began to reuenge deathe and to triumphe ouer the same Therfore when thou redest the Gospell seest the Jewes consulting against the Lorde and the Lord himself standing boldlye on our side against the deuill syng that whiche is in the. 94. Psalme as is next before sayde If thou markest the prouidence of the Lorde in al things and the Lorde of the same and woldest enstruct any with the faythe and obedience therof when thou hast perswaded thē syrft to acknowledge synge the 100. Psalme If thou knowest power in hym to iudge and that God iudgeth mingling iudgemente with mercy and hast a desyre to attayne vnto it thou hast for this purpose wordes in the 101. Psalme If because of thim becillitie of oure nature thou arte after the maner of a phisicion irke and weary of the manifold mischefes of life and wouldest comfort thy self thou hast the. 102. Psalme For asmuche as it is mete and conuenient alwayes and in all thinges to geue God thankes when thou wilt praise him thou hast wherwith to exhort thy soule the 103. Psalme If thou wilt praise God and know how to praise him for any thing and what wordes he that prayseth ought to vse thou hast 113. 127. 146. 133. 147. 148. 149. 150. Psalmes If thou hast saythe as the Lorde hath sayd and beleuest in those thinges which thou speakest when thou prayest say the 96. Psalme If thou be captiuated with straunge cogitations and hast perceiued thy self to be led out of the way and are sorie therfore cease from henceforth and staying there where thou perceyuedst thy selfe to sinne syt and mourne also as the people did saying the 137. Psalme If thou suppose temptations to be for thy tryall geue thankes after the temptation vnto God saying 139. Psalm If thou art agayne caught of thyne enemies and wouldest be delyuered say the 140. Psalme If thou wilt make thy prayers say the 5. Psalme and the 141. 142. 143. 144. Psalme If an enemie and tyrante be rysen vp against the people feare thou no more then Dauid did Goliath but with Dauid beleue and syng the 144. Psalme If thou call to remembrance the goodnes of God toward thee and all men and wouldest prayse God say the 85. Psal. If thou wilt synge vnto the Lorde thou hast to say in the 96. and in the 98. Psalmes If thou being but a meane man peraduenture art set before thy brethren in some thing puffe not vp thy self in pride against them but geue the prayse to God and synge the 52. or the 151. Psalme If thou wyltsing obedience thou hast the 105. and the. 106 107. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 134. 145. 147. 148. 149. 150. Psalmes If thou wilt syng particularly of the sauior thou haste of him in euery psalme but specially in the 25. the 110. Psalm Suche Psalmes as shew his lawful generation of the father and his presence are the 11. Psalm Suche as preache of the diuine crosse and how muche lying in wayte he receiued for vs and how great things he suffred are the 2. Psalme and the 119. Suche as signifie the lyinges in wayte of the Iewes and the malyce and Iudas Iscariothes betrainges are the 21. Psalme and the 50. 72. Psalmes Suche as declare his kingdome and power to iudge and his presence in the flesh is the 16. Psalme For declaration of his gloryous resurrection in the fleshe reade the 24. and the. 47. Psalme For his ascencion into heauen the 93. Psalme 96. and the 98. the 99. Psalmes Which it thou read thou maiest espye what benefytes the Lorde bestowed vpon vs by
to want their fode And calling to remembraunee His mercy euery dele Hath holpen vp assistantly His seruaunt Israell According to his promise made To Abraham before And to his sede successiuely To stande for euermore The song of Simeon called Nunc dimittis S. O Lord because my harts desire hath wished long to see my only Lord sauiour thy sonne before I die the ioye and health of all mankind desired long before which now is come in to the worlde of mercy bringing store Thou sufferest thyseruaunt now In peace for to depart According to thy holy word which lighteneth my hart Because mine eies whiche thou hast made To geue my body light Haue now behelde thy sauing health which is the Lord of might Whom thou mercifully hast set Of thine aboundant grace In open sight and visible Before all people face The Gentils to illuminate And Sathan ouer quell And eke to be the glory of Thy people Israell ☞ The Crede of Athanasius N WHat man soeuer he be that saluation will attayne the catholike belefe he muste before all thinges retayne which faith vnles he holy kepe and vndefiledly without al doubt eternally he shalbe sure to dye The Catholike belefe is this that God we worship one In Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie alone So as we neyther doo confound the persons of the three Nor yet the substance whole of one In sunder parted be One person of the father is an other of the Sonne An other person propre of the holy Ghost alone Of Father Sonne and holy Ghost but one the Godhed is Like glory coeternall eke the maiestie likewise Suche as the father is such is the Sonne in eche degree And suche also we do beleue the holy Ghost to be Nncreat is the Father and vncreat is the Sonne The holy Ghost vncreate so vncreat is eche one In comprehensible Father is Incomprehensible Sonne And comprehensible also is The holy Ghost of none The Father is eternall and the Sonne eternall so And in like sort eternall is the holy Ghost also And yet though we beleue that eche of these eternall be Yet there but one eternall is and not eternals three As ne incomprensible we ne yet vncreat three But one incomprensible one vncreat holde to be Almightie so the father is the sonne almightye so And in like sort almightye is the holy Ghost also And albeit that euery one of these almightie be Yet there but one almightie is and not almighties three The Father God is God the Sonne God holy Ghost also Yet are there not three Gods in all but one God and nâ—mo So likewise Lorde the Father is and Lorde also the Sonne And Lord the holy Ghost yet are there not three Lordes but one For as we are compeld to graunt by Christian veritie Eche of the persons by himselfe both God and Lord to be So Catholick religion for biddeth vs alway That eyther Gods be three or that there Lordes be three to say Of none the father is ne made ne creat nor begot The Sonne is of the Father not creat ne made but got The holy Ghost is of them both the father and the Sonne Ne made ne creat nor begot but doth procede alone So we one Father hold not three one Sonne also not three One holy Ghost alone and not three holy Ghostes to be None in this Trinitie before nor after other is Ne greater any then the rest ne lesser be likewise But euery one amonge them selues of all the persons three Together coeternall all and all coequall be So vnitie in Trinitie as said it is before And Trinitie in vnitie in all things we adore Therfore what man so euer that saluation will attayne This faith touching the Trinitie of force he must reteyne And nedefull to eternall life it is that euery wight Of the incarnating of Christ our Lord beleue a right For this the right faith is that we beleue and eke beknow That Christ our Lorde the son of God is God and man also God of his fathers substaunce got before the world began And of his mothers substance borne in worlde a very man Both perfect God and perfect man in one one Iesus Christ That doth of resonable soule an humane flesh subsist Touching his Godhed egall with his father God is he Touching his manhed lower then his father in degree Who though he be both very God and very man also yet is he but one Christ alone and is not persons two One not by turning of Godhed into the flesh of man But by taking manhod to God this beyng one began All one not byconfounding of the substance into one But onely by the vnitie that is of one persone For as the reasonable soule and flesh but one man is So in one persone God and man is but one Christ likewise Who suffred for to saue vs all to hell he did descend The third day rose agayne from dead to heauen he did ascend He sittes at the right hand of God thalmightie father there From thence to iudge the quick and dead againe he shall retire At whose returne all men shall rise with bodies new restorde And of theyr owne workes they shall geue accompt vnto the Lorde And they into eternall lyfe shall go that haue done well Who haue done ill shall go into eternall fire to dwell This is the catholike belefe who doth not faithfully Beleue the same without all dout he saued can not be To Father Sonne and holy Ghost all glory be therfore As in beginning was is now and shalbe euermore The Lamentation of a Sinner M O Lord turn not away thy face froÌ„ him that lieth prostrate Lamenting sore his sinfull lyfe before thy mercy gate Which gate thou openest wide to those that doo lament their sinne shut not y t gate against me lord but let me enter in And call me not to mine accompts How I haue liued here For then I know right well O Lorde How vile I shall appere I nede not to confesse my lyfe I am sure thou canst tell what I haue ben and what I am I know thou knowest it well O lord thou knowest what things be past And eke the thinges that be Thou knowest also what is to come Nothing is hid from thee Before the heauens earth were made Thou knowest what thinges were then As all things els that hath bene since Among the sonnes of men And can the thinges that I haue done Be hidden from thee then Nay nay thou knowest them all O Lord where they were done and when wherfore with teares I come to thee To begge and to entreat Euen as the child thht hath done euill And feareth to be beat So come I to thy mercy gate where mercy doth abound Requiring mercy for my sinne Toheale my deadly wound O Lorde I nede not to repete what I doo beg or craue Thou knowest O Lorde before I aske The thing that I would haue Mercy good Lorde mercy I aske This is the totall summe For
mercy Lorde is all my sute Lorde let thy mercy come The humble sute of the Sinner M. O Lorde of whom I do depend be holde my carefull hart when thy wil pleasure is relese me of my smart thou seest my sorowe what they are my gref is knowne to thee there is none y t can remoue or take the same frō me But only thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy still is prest To ease all those that come to thee for souccour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teres and greuous grone Attende vnto my sute O Lorde Marke well my plaint and mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me aboute That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot release or mitigate thys payne But euen thy Christ my Lord and God whiche for my sinnes was slayne Whose blody woundes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy sainctes beholde them all And so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hynder me a whyle When thou shalt see it good I shall enioye the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels and thy saynctes doo now beholde the same So trust I to possesse that place With them to prayse thy name But whiles I liue here in this vale where sinners doo frequent Assist me euer with thy grace My sinnes still to lament Lest that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Only thy grace must be my staye lest that I fall downe flat And being downe then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once againe my sute and my request To graunt me pardon for my sinne that I in thee may rest Then shall my hart my tong and voyce be instruments of prayse And in thy Churche and house of sainctes Sing psalmes to thee alwayes The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OUr father which in heauen art lord halowd be thy name Thy kingdō come thy will be don in earth euen as the same in heauē is Gene vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptatiō lead vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thyne bothe now and euer be The x. Commaundements Audi Israell Exod. xx N HArk Israel what I say geue hede to vnderstād I am the lord thy God y t brought thee out of Egipt land euen frō the house wherin thou didst in thraldō liue a slaue Non other gods at all before my presence shalt thou haue No maner grauen image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfayted be Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth belowe Nor in waters beneth the earth to them thou shalt not bowe Nor shalt them serue The Lorde thy God a ielous God am I That punish parents faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Upon their children that me hate and mercy doo display To thousands of suche as me loue and my precepts obey The name thou of the Lorde thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne the Lorde shall not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Sabbat day Six daies thou labour shalt and doo thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke shalt thou doo in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruaunt nor handmayd thine oxe nor yet thine asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in six dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did Upon the seuenth take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him self alone apointed to remayne Yeld honor to thy parentes that prolonged thy dayes may be Upon the land the which the Lord thy God hath geuen thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adulterye Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neyghbor doth belong Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wyfe to doo him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asseof his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbor proper is FINIS ⧠PSALMES OF DAVID Beatus vir Psalme i. T. S. Whether it was Esdras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set thys Psalme firste in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffecte herof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their life to Gods lawe And that the wicked contemners of God though they seme for a whyle fortunate yet at lengthe shall come to miserable destruction 1_THe man is blest that hath not bent to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chair 2. But in the law of god y e lord both set his whole delight in that law doth exercise him selfe both day night verse 3 He shall be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Whiche bringeth forth most pleasant fruite in her due time and tide Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fall But florish still and stand Euen so all thinges shall prosper well that this man taketh inhand verse 4 So shall not the vngodly men Although the wicked seme to beare the swing in this worlde yet the lorde scattereth them likechaffe with a blaste of his mouthe they shalbe nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the windes dryue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stande vpryght Nor yet the sinners with the iust shall come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of Godly men vnto the Lorde is knowne And eke the way of wicked men shall quyte be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalm ii T. S. Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding hys enemies rage worldely power yet God wil continue hys kyngdome for euer and aduaūce it euen to the formost ende of the worlde And therfore be exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory apart they would humbly submit themselues vnder Gods yoke Herein is signified Chryste and hys kyngdome WHy did the Gentiles tumultesraise Sing this psalme with the first tune what rage was in their braine Why dyd the Iewish people muse seyng all is but vayne verse 2 The kinges and rulers of the earth conspire and are all bent Against the lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shall we be bounde to them say they let all theyr bondes be broke Inheb greate ropes or cables And of their doctrine and theyr lawe let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doinges will deride And make them all as mocking stockes throughout the
worlde so wyde verse 5 For in his wrath the Lorde will say to them vpon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lorde will say verse 6 I haue anoynted him my kyng vpon my holy hyll I will therfore Lorde preach thy lawes and eke declare thy will verse 7 For in this wise the Lorde him selfe did say to me I wotte Thou art my deare and only sonne to day I thee begotte verse 8 All people I will geue to thee as heires at thy request The endes and coastes of all the earth by thee shall be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruse euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters sheardes shalt breake them with an yron rodde verse 10 Nowye O kinges and rulers all bewise therfore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be iudged and discernde verse 11 Se that ye serue the Lorde aboue in trembling and in feare Se that with reuerence ye reioyse to him in like manere verse 12 Se that ye kisse and eke embrace his blessed sonne I say Lest in his wrath ye sodenly perish in the midde way verse 13 If once his wrath neuer so small shall kindle in hys brest Oh then all they that trust in Chryst shall happie be and blest Domine quid multiplicati sūt Psal. iii. T. S. Dauid being persecuted briuen out of his kingdome by his owne sonne Absalon was greatly tormented in minde for hys sinne against God and therfore calleth vpon God and wareth bolde through hys promises against the great terrors of his enemies yea and againste deathe it selfe whyche he sawe present before hys eyes Finally he reioyseth for the good successe and victory that God gaue hym 〈◊〉 the Churche ouer hys enemies O Lord how are my foes increast which vexe me more more They kil my hart when as they say God cā him not restore but thou O Lord art my defence whē I am harde bestead my worship my honor bothe and thou holdst vp my hed verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lorde I did bothe call and cry And he out of his holy hill did heare me by and by verse 5 5 I layde me downe and quyetly Gods strength muste not be measured by manes weakenes and therfore we ought to feare no daungers I slept and rose agayne For why I know assuredly The Lorde will me sustayn verse 6 If ten thousande had hemde me in I could not be afrayde For thou art still my Lorde my God my sauiour and mine ayde verse 7 Rise vp therfore saue me my God He retorneth to hys prayer for now to thee I call For thou hast broke the cheekes and teeth of these wicked men all verse 8 Saluation only doth belong to thee O Lorde aboue Thou doest bestowe vpon thy folke thy blessing and thy loue Cum inuocarem exaudiuit Psal. iiii T. S. Whē Saule persecutid Dauid be called vpō God trusting most assuredly in his promise therfore boldli reproueth his enemies who by wilfull malice resisted his dominion And fynally preferreth the fououre of God before all worldly treasures Let vs lykewyse learne to trust in Gods promises whē we are afflicted with any kinde of Crosse and so we shall neyther feare our enemies nor yet be ouer commen with tentations O God that art my righteousnes Lorde heare me when I call Sing this as the firste Psalme Thou hast set me at liberty when I was bonde and thrall Haue mercy Lorde therfore on me and graunt me this request God will delyuer hys church frō all dangers because he fauoureth it Selah For vnto thee vncessantly to cry I will not rest verse 3 O mortall men how longe will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and folow after lyes verse 4 Knowe ye that good and godly men the Lorde doth take and chuse And when to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse verse 5 Sinne not but stande in awe therfore examine well your heart And in your chambre quyetly see you your selues conuerte verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnes I say And loke that in the liuing Lorde you put your trustalway verse 7 The greater sort craue worldly goodes and riches doo embrace But Lord graunt vs thy countenaunce thy fauour and thy grace verse 8 For thou therby shalt make my hart more ioyfull and more glad Then they that of their corne and wine full great increase haue had verse 9 In peace therfore lie downe will I taking my rest and slepe For thou onely wilt me O Lorde alone in safety kepe Verba mea auribus percipe Psal. v. Th. Stern Dauid hauing suffered greate calamitie as well by Doeg and Achitophell Sauls flaterers as by other infinit enemies calleth to God for succor shewing howe requisite it is That god shuld punish the malicious enuye of hys aduersaryes After beyng assured of prosperous successe he conceiueth comforte concluding that when God shall deliuer him other also shall be partakers of the same mercyes INclyne thyne eares vnto my wordes Sing this as the thirde Psalme O Lorde my playnt consider verse 2 And heare my voyce my kyng my God to thee I make my prayer verse 3 Heare me betime Lorde tary not for I will haue respect My prayer early in the morne to thee for to direct verse 4 And I will trust through patience in thee my God alone That art not pleasd with wickednes and ill with thee dwelleth none verse 5 And in thy sight shall neuer stande The wicked can not escape Gods punishment who wil iudge all the worlde these furious fooles O Lorde Uaine workers of iniquitie Thou hast alwayes abhorde verse 6 The liers and the flatterers thou shalt destroy them then And God will hate the bloud thirstye and the deceitfull man verse 7 Therfore will I come to thy house In the depest of his tēptations he putteth hys full confydence in God trusting vpon thy grace And reuerently will worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lorde leade me in thy rightuousnes for to confounde my foes And eke the way that I shall walke before my face disclose verse 9 9 For in their mouthes there is no truth theyr hart is foule and vayne verse 10 Their throte an open sepulchre their tonges doo glose and fayne verse 11 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought verse 12 Subuert them in theyr heapes of sinne which haue rebellion wrought verse 13 But those that put theyr trust in thee let them be glad alwayes And render thankes for thy defence and geue thy name the prayse verse 14 For thou with fauour wilt increase the iustand righteous still And with thy grace as with a shilde defend him from all ill Heb that will crowne hym 1. Domine in furore tuo arguas me Psal. vi T. S When Dauid by hys sinnes hathe prouoked Gods wrathe nowe felt not only hyshand against hym but also conceyued the horrors of deathe euerlastyng
and hide you in youre hyll verse 2 Beholde the wicked bende theyr bowes and make their arrowes prest To shote in secret and to hurte the sound and harmeles brest verse 3 Of worldly hope and stayes were shrunke and clearly brought to nought Alas the iust and rightuous man what euill hath he wrought verse 4 But he that in his temple is most holy and most hye And in the heauens hath his seate of royall maiestie The poore and simple mans estate All thinges are gouerned by gods prouidēce considereth in his minde And searcheth out full narowly the maners of mankinde verse 5 And with a cherefull countenaunce the rightuous man will vse But in his harte he doth abhorre all suche as mischiefmuse verse 6 And on the sinners casteth snares as thicke as any rayne ▪ Fire and brimstone and whirle windes thicke As in the distruction of Sodom and Gomo appoynted for theyr payne verse 7 Ye see then how a righteous God doeth righteousnes embrace And to the iust and vpryght man sheweth forth his pleasant face Saluum mefac Deus Psalm xii T. S. The Prophet learnyng the miserable estate of the people and the decaye of all good order desyreth God spedely to sende succor to his children Then comfortyng himselfe others with thassuraunce of gods helpe he commendeth the constant beritye that God obserueth in keping his promises concluding that when all orders are most corrupted then will God delyuer hys HElpe Lorde for good and godly men Sing this as the third psalme doo perysh and decay And fayth and truth from worldly men is parted cleane away verse 2 Who so doeth with his neighboure talke his talke is all but vayne For euery man bethinketh how to flatter lye and fayne verse 3 But flatteryng and deceitfull lippes and tounges that be so stoute To speake proud words make great bragges the Lorde soone cut them out verse 4 For they say still we wyll preuayle our tonges shall vsextoll Oure tonges are ours we ought to speake what Lorde shall vs controll verse 5 But for the great complaint and cry The lord doth deliuer from all daungers of poore and men opprest Arise will I now sayeth the Lorde and them restore to rest verse 6 6 Gods worde is lyke to siluer pure that from the earth is tried And hath no les then seuen times in fire bene puryfyed verse 7 Now since thy promise is to helpe God can not deceue them that put theyr trust in him Lorde kepe thy promise then And saue vs now and euermore from this ill kinde of men verse 8 For now the wicked world is full of mischief manifolde When vanitie with mortall men so highly is extolde Vsquequo domine Psalme xiii T. S. Dauid as it were ouercomen with sundry and new afflictions fleeth to God as his onely refuge and so at the length being encouraged through Gods promises he conceyueth moste sure confidence againste the extreame horrors of deathe HOwe longe wilt thou forget me Lorde shall I neuer be remembred Sing this Psalm with the iii. tune ▪ How long wilt thou thy visage hide as though thou were offended verse 2 In hart and mynde how longe shall I. with care tormented be Howe longe eke shall my deadly foe thus tryumphe ouer me verse 3 Beholde me now my Lorde my God and heare me sore opprest Lighten mine eyes lest that I slepe as one by death possest verse 4 Lest this mine enemie sai to me beholde I doo preuayle Lest they also that hate my soule reioyse to see me quayle verse 5 But for thy mercyes and goodnes The mercye of God is the cause of our saluation my hope shall neuer start In thy relife and sauing health right glad shall be my hart verse 6 I will geue thankes vnto the Lorde and prayses to hym syng Because he hathe hard my request and graunted my wishyng Dixit insipiens Psalme xiiii T. S. He described the peruerse nature of men whiche were so growen to licenciousnes that God was brought to vtter cotempt for the which thing although he was greatly greued yet being perswaded that god would send som present remedy he comfort him selfe and others THere is no God as folish mē affirm in their mad mode their drifts ar al corrupt and vain not one of thē doth good The lord beheld frō heauen hie y e whole race of mākind and saw not one y t sought in dede y e liuing god to find verse 3 They went all wide and were corrupt and truely there was none That in the worlde did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Is all theyr indgement so farre lost that all worke mischief styll Eatyng my people euen as breade not one to seke Gods wyll verse 5 When they thus rage then sodenly great feare on them shall fall For God doth loue the rightuous men and will maintayne them all verse 6 He mocke the doinges of the poore to theyr reproche and shame Because they put theyr trust in God and call vpon hys name verse 7 But who shall geue thy people health and when wilt thou fulfill Where wicked men raine all felicitie is but very slauery lyke to Egipte or Babilon The promise made to Israell from out of Sion hill verse 8 Euen when thou shalt restore agayne suche as were captiues lad Then Iacob shall therin reioyse and Israell shall be glad Domine quis habitabit Psalm xv T. S This Psalme teacheth on what condition Goddid chuse the Jewes for his peculiar people and wherfore he placed his Temple amonge them whyche was to thentent that they by liuing vprightly godly might witnes that they were his speciall and holy people O Lorde with in thy tabernacle Sing thisas thr iiii Psa. who shall inhabite styll Or whom wilt thou receyue to dwell in thy most holy hill verse 2 The man whose lyfe is vncorrupt whose workes are iust and streit Whose hart doth thinke the very truthe whose tong speaketh no deceyt verse 3 Nor to his neyghboure doth none ill in body goods or name Nor willingly doeth moue salse tales which might empere the same verse 4 That in hys hart regardeth not malicious wicked men But those that loue and feare the Lorde he maketh muche of them verse 5 His othe and all his promises that kepeth faithfully Although he make his couenaunt so that he doth lose therby verse 6 That put teth not to vsury hys money and hys coyne Them the which doo not this shalbe cast out of the church with Ismaelli and the hipocrites Ne for to hurt the innocent doeth brybe or els purloyne verse 7 Who so doeth all thynges as you see that here is to be done Shall neuer perish in thys world nor in the worlde to come Conserua me domine psalm xvi T. S. Dauid prayeth to God for succor not for hys workes but for hys faithes sake protestyng that he hateth all Idolatry takyng God only for hys comforte and felicytie who suffereth hys to lacke nothing LOrde
the hony combe are not so swete as they verse 11 By them thy seruaunt is forewarnde to haue God in regarde And in performance of the same there shalbe greatrewarde verse 12 But lord what earthly man doth know the errours of hys lyfe Then clense my soule from secreat sinnes whyche are in me most ryfe verse 13 And kepe me that presumptuous sinnes prenayle not ouer me And then shall I be innocent and great offences flee verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my hart my wordes and thoughts echone For my redemer and my strength O Lorde thou art alone Exaudiat te dominus Psal. xx T. S. A prayer of the people vnto God that it woulde please hym to heare theyr king and receyue his sacrifice whyche he offred before he went to battell against the ammonites declaryng howe that the Heathen put theyr trust in horses chariotes but they trust only in the name of the Lorde theyr God Wherfore the other shall fall but the Lorde will saue the kinge and hys people IN trouble and aduersitie Sing this as the. xiiii psal the Lorde God heare thee styll The maiestye of Iacobs God defende thee from all ill verse 2 And send thee from his holy place hys helpe at euery nede And so in Sion stablish thee and make thee strong in dede verse 3 Remembring well the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receyue right thankfully thy burnt offringes echeone verse 4 Accordyng to thy hartes desire the Lorde graunt vnto thee And all thy counsell and deuyse full well performe may he verse 5 We shall reioyse when thou vs sauest and our banners displaye Unto the Lorde whyche thy requestes fulfilled hathe alwaye verse 6 The Lorde will his annoynted saue I know well by hys grace And send him health by his right hand out of his holy place verse 7 In charets some put confidence and some in horses trust But we remember God our Lorde that kepeth promise iust verse 8 They fall downe flat but we doo ryse and stand vp stedfastly verse 9 Now saue and helpe vs Lorde king on thee when we doo cry Domine in virture Psalme xxi T. S. Dauid in the parson of the people prayseth God for the victory which he gaue them against the Siriās and Ammonites i. Sam. x. xi wherin he had the riche crowne of the king of Ammon set vpon his head ii Sam. xii and was indued with the manifolde blessinges of God and contrarywise his enemies destroyed O Lord how ioyfull is the king in thy strēgth thy power how vemently doeth he reioyce in thee hys sauior For thou haste geuen vnto him his godly harts desire to hym nothing hast thou denide of that he did require verse 3 Thou didst preuent hym with thy gyftes and blessynges manifold Dauid did not onely obtayne◠lyfe but also assurance that his posteritie shold raigue for euer And thou hast set vpon hys head a crowne of perfect golde verse 4 And when he asked life of thee therof thou madst hym sure To haue longe lyfe yea suche a lyfe as euer should indure verse 5 Greate is hys glory by thy helpe thy benefyte and ayde Greate worship and greate honor bothe thou hast vpon hym layde verse 6 Thou wylte geue hym felycytie that neuer shall decay And with thy chearefull countenaunce wylt comforte hym alway verse 7 For why the kinge doeth strongly trust in God for to preuayle Hereof he describeth the strength of christes kingdome against thenemies thereof Therfore hys goodnes and his grace will not that he shall quayle verse 8 But let thyne enemies fele thy force and those that thee withstande Finde out chy foes and let them fele the power of thy right hande verse 9 And like an ouen burne them Lorde in firie flame and fume Thine angre shall destroy them all and fyre shall them consume verse 10 And thou wilt roote out of the earth their frute that should increase And from the number of thy folke theyr seede shall ende and cease verse 11 For why muche mischief did they muse against thyne holy name Yet did they fayle and had no power for to performe the same verse 12 But as a marke thou shalt them set in a most open place And charge thy bowstringes readily against thyne enemies face verse 13 Be thou exalted Lorde therfore in thy strength euery houre So shall we sing right solempnely praisyng thy might and power Deus deus meus respice Psalm xxii T. S Dauid complayneth hymselfe to be broughte into suche extremities that he is like a man desperate past al hope after declareth wherof he recouereth himself from the botomles pit of temptations And vnder his owne parson he setteth forth the figure of Christ whō he dyd forsee in the spirite of prophecye So this Psalme after two sortes doth declare that prophecye of Esay he was taken forth of yrison and iudgemente O God my God wherfore doest thou forsake me vtterly Sing this as the. xxi psalme And helpest not when I doo make my greate complaynte and cry verse 2 To thee my God euen all day longe I doo bothe crye and call I cease not all the night and yet thou hearest not at all verse 3 Euen thou that in thy sanctuary and holy place dost dwell Thou art the comfort and the ioye and glory of Israell verse 4 And he in whom our fathers olde had all theyr hope for euer And when they put their trust in thee So diddest thou them deliuer verse 5 They were delyuered for euer when they called on thy name And for the fayth they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I am nowe become a worme more like then any man And outcast whom the people scorne with all the spite they can verse 7 And me despise as they beholde me walking on the waye They gren they mowe they nod theyr heads and in this wyse they faye verse 8 8 Thys man did glory in the Lorde his fauore and his loue Let him redeme and helpe hym nowe his power if he will proue verse 9 But Lorde out of my mothers wombe I came by thy request Thou didst preserue me styll in hope while I did sucke her brest verse 10 I was committed from my birth with thee to haue abod Since I was in my mothers wombe thou hast ben euer my God The seconde parte verse 11 Then Lorde depart not now from me in thys my present gryef Since I haue none to be my helpe my succor and relyef verse 12 So many bulles doo compasse me that be full strong of head Yea hulles so fat as though they had in Basan field be fed verse 13 They gape vpon me gredely as though they would me slay Muche like a Lion roring out and ramping for his praye verse 14 But I drop downe lyke water shed my ioyntes in sunder breake My hart doeth in my body melt lyke waxe against the heate verse 15 And like a potshard drithe my
preserue verse 18 But lo the eyes of God intend and watche to ayde the iust With such as feare him to offende and on his goodnes trust verse 19 That he of death and all distres may set theyr soule from dread And if that death the land oppresse in houger them to fead verse 20 Wherfore our soule doeth still depende on God our strength and stay He is the shield vs to defende and driue all dartes away verse 21 Oure soule in God hath ioy and game reioysing in his might For why in his most holy name we hope and muche delight verse 22 Therfore let thy goodnes O Lorde still present with vs be As we alwayes with one accorde doo onely trust in thee Benedicam domino Psal. xxxiiii T. Stern After Dauid had escaped Achis according as is writtē in the 1. Sa. xxi whome in this title he calleth Abimelech whiche was a general name to al the kings of the Philistenes he prayseth God for his deliueraunce prouoking all others by his example to trust in God to feare and serue him who defendeth the godly with his angels and vtterly destroieth the wicked in theyr sinnes I Will geue laud and honor both Unto the Lorde alwayes Sing this as the. xxx psal And eke my mouth for euermore shall speake vnto his prayes verse 2 I doo delite to laude the Lorde in soule and eke in voyce That humble men and mortified may heare and so reioyce verse 3 Therfore see that ye magnifye with me the liuyng Lorde And let vs now exalt hys name together with one accorde verse 4 For I my selfe besought the Lorde he answered me agayne And me deliuered incontinent from all my feare and paine verse 5 who so they be that him beholde shall see his light most cleare Their countenaunce shall not be dashed they nede it not to feare verse 6 This sely wretch for some relyef vnto the Lorde did call who did him heare without delay and rid him out of thrall Gen 19. 31. 32. 4. Reg. 6. Heb. 1 verse 7 The angell of the Lorde doth pitche his tentes in euery place To saue all suche as feare the Lorde that nothing them deface verse 8 Tast and consider well therfore that God is good and iust O happy man that maketh hym his onely stay and trust verse 9 Feare ye the Lorde his holy ones aboue all earthly thing For they that feare the liuing Lorde are sure to lack nothyng verse 10 The Lions shall be hongerbit and pinde with famine muche But as for them that feare the Lorde no lacke shalbe to suche The seconde parte verse 11 Come neare therfore my children deare and to my wordes geue eare I shall you teache the perfite way how you the Lorde should feare verse 12 who is that man that would liue long 1. Pete 5. b. and leade a blessed lyfe verse 13 Se thou refrayne thy tong and lippes from all disceipt and stryfe verse 14 Turne backe thy face from doing ill Heb. iiii c. Eccle. xv d. and doo the godly dede Inquire for peace and quyetnes and folow it with spede verse 15 For why the eyes of God aboue vpon the iust are bent His eares likewise do heare the plaint of the pore innocent verse 16 But he doth frowne bend his browes vpon the wicked trayne And cutt away the memory that should of them remayne verse 17 But when the iust doo call and cry the Lorde doo heare them so That out of paine and misery for the with he letth them go verse 18 The Lord is kind and straight at hand to suche as be contrite He sauthe also the sorowfull the meke and poore in spirite verse 19 Full many be the miseries that righteous men doo suffer But out of all aduersities the Lorde doth them deliuer verse 20 The Lorde doeth so preserue and kepe his very bones alway That not so muche as one of them doth pearish or decay verse 21 The sinne shall slea the wicked man whiche he him self hathe wrought And suche as hate the righteous man shall soone be brought to nought verse 22 But they that serue the liuyng Lorde the Lorde doth saue them sounde And who that put their trust in hym nothing shall them consounde Iudica domine Psalm xxxv I. Hop So long as Saull was enemie to Dauid all that had ani auctoritie vnver him to flater their king did also most Cruellie persecute David against whome he prayeth God to plead to aueng his cause that thei maie be taken in their netts snares wich they laid for him his inocencie maie be declared And that the inocent which taketh part with him maie reioice praise the name of the lord that thus deliuereth his seruaunt And so he promyseth to speake furth the iustice of the lord to mangnisie his name all the dayes of his lyfe LOrde pleade my cause against my foes confounde their force and myght Fyght on my part against all those that seke with me to fight Lay hand vpon thy speare shild thy selfe in armour dres stād vp for me fight the feld to help me from distres verse 3 Gird on thy sworde and stoppe the waye my enemies to withstande That thow vnto my soule doo saye lo I thy helpe at hande verse 4 Confounde them with rebuke and blame that seke my soule to spill Let them turne backe and flie with shame that thinke to worke me ill verse 5 Let them disperse and flie abrode as winde doth driue the duste And that the aungell of our God their might away may thrust verse 6 Let all theyr wayes be voide of light and slipprie lyke to fall And send thine aungell with thy might to persecute them all verse 7 For why without my faulte they haue in secret set their grinne And for no cause haue digd a caue to take my soule therin verse 8 when they think least and haue no care O Lorde destroy them all Let them be trapt in their owne snare and in theyr mischief fall verse 9 And let my soule my harte and voyce in God haue ioye and welthe That in the Lorde I may reioyce and in his sauing health verse 10 And then my bones shall speake saye my partes shall all agree O lorde though they doo seme full gaie what man is lyke to thee The seconde parte verse 11 Thou doest defend the weake from thē that are bothe stout and stronge And ridde the poore from wicked men that spoyle and doo them wronge verse 12 My cruell foes against me ryse to witnes thinges vntrue And to acuse me they deuise of that I neuer knew verse 13 where I to them did owe good will they quite me with disdayne That they should pay my good with ill my soule doth sore complayne verse 14 14 When they wer sicke I mornd therfore and clad my selfe in sack With fasting I did faint full sore to pray I was not slacke verse 15 As they had ben my brethern dere I did my selfe behaue As one that maketh wofull chere
all these leud and worldly mens rich pompe and heaped store verse 17 For be their power neuer so stronge God will it ouerthrowe Where contrary he doth preserue the humble men and lowe verse 18 He seeth by his great prouidence the good mens trade and way And will geue them inheritaunce which neuer shall decay verse 19 They shall not be discouraged when some are hard bested When other shalbe hungre bit they shall be clad and fed verse 20 For whosoeuer wicked is and enemie to the Lorde Shal quaile yea melt euē as lābs grease or smoke that flieth abrode The thirde parte verse 21 Beholde the wicked boroweth muche and neuer paith againe wheras the iust by liberall giftes makth many glad and faine verse 22 For they whō God doth bles shall haue the lande for heritage And they whom he doth curse likewise shall pearysh in his rage verse 23 The Lord the iust mās waies doth guid and geuth him good successe To euery thing he taketh in hande he sendeth good addresse verse 24 Though that he fall yet is he sure not vtterly to quayle Because the Lord stretche out his hand at nede and doth not fayle verse 25 I haue ben yong and now am olde yet did I neuer see The iust man left or els his sede to begge for miserye verse 26 But geueth alwayes most liberally and lendthe wheras is nede His children and posteritie receiue of God their mede verse 27 Flee vice therfore and wickednes and vertue doo embrace So God shall graunt thee long to haue in earth a dwellyng place verse 28 For God so loueth equitie and she wth to his such grace That he preserueth them euermore but destroyth the wicked race verse 29 Where as the good and godly men inherite shall the land Hauing as Lordes all thing therin in their owne power and hand verse 30 30 The iust mans mouth doth euer speake of maters wise and hye His tong doth talke to edifie with truth and equitie verse 31 For in his hart the law of God his Lorde doth still abide So that where he goeth or walketh his foote can neuer slide verse 32 The wicked like a rauening wolfe the iust man doth beset By all meanes seking him to kill if he fall in his net The forthe parte verse 33 Though he should fall into his hands yet God would succor send Though men against him sentence geue God would him yet defend verse 34 Wayt thou on God and kepe his way he shall preserue thee then The earth to rule and thou shalt see destroyde these wicked men verse 35 The wicked haue I sene most strong and placed in high degree Florishing in all wealth and store as doth the Laurell tree verse 36 But sodenly he passed away and lo he was quite gone Then I him sought but could scarse finde the place where dwelt such one verse 37 Marke and behold the perfite man how God doth him increase for the iust man shall haue at length great ioy with rest and peace verse 38 As for transgressours wo to them destroyde they shall all be God will cut of theyr budding race and ryche posteritie verse 19 But the saluation of the iust doth come from God aboue Who in their trouble sendth them aide of mercy grace and loue verse 40 God doth them helpe saue and deliuer from leud men and vniust And still will saue them whilst that they in him do put theyr trust Domine ne in furore Psalm 38. I. H. Dauid lying sicke of some greuous disease acknowlegeth him selfe to be chastysed of the Lorde for his sinnes and therfore prayeth God to tourne away his wrath he vttereth the greatnes of his grief by many wordes and circumstances as wounded with the arrowes of gods Ire forsaken of his frends euell entreated of his enemies but in the ende with firme confidence he cōmendeth his cause to God hopeth for spedie helpe at hys hande PUt me not to rebuke O Lorde in thy prouoked ire Sing this as the xxxv psa Ne in thy heauy wrath O Lorde Correct me I desire Thine arowes doo sticke fast in me thy hand doth presse me sore And in my flesh no health at all appeareth any more And all thys is by reason of thy wrath that I am in Nor any rest is in my bones by reason of my synne For loe my wicked doinges Lorde aboue my hed are gone As greater lode then I can beare they lye me sore vpon My woundes stinck and are festred so as lothesome is to see Which all through mine owne folishnes betideth vnto me And I in carefull wise am brought in trouble and distres That I go wayling all the day my dulfull heauines My loynes are fild with sore disease my flesh hath no whole parte I feble am and broken sore I rore for grefe of hart Thou knowst Lord my desire my grones are open in thy syght My hart doth pant my strēgth hath faild mine eyes haue lost theyr lyght My louers and my wonted frendes stand lokyng in my woe And eke my kinesmen far away are me departed froe They that did seke my life layd snares and they that sought the way To doo me hurt spake lyes and thought on treason all the day The secōd parte But as a deefe man I became that cannot heare at all And as one dumme that opens not his mouth to speake withall For all my confidence O Lorde is wholly set in thee O Lord thou Lorde that art my God thou shalt geue eare to me This I did craue that they my foes triumphe not ouer me For when my foote did slip then they did ioy my fall to see And truly I poore wretch am set in plage a wofull wight And eke my grefefull heauines is euer in my sight For whyle that In my wickednes in humble wise confesse And while I for my sinfull dedes my sorow doo expresse My fooes doo still remayne alyue and mighty are also And they that hate me wrongfully in number hugely growe They stande agaynste me that my God with euell doo repay Because that good and honest thynges I doo ensue alway Forsake me not O Lolde my God be thou not far away Hast me to help my Lord my God my safety and my stay Dixi custodiam xxxix Iohn Hop Dauid vttereth with what great gref and bitternes of mind he was driuen to these outragious complaynts of his infirmities for he canfesseth that when he had determined sylence that he brast forth yet in to words that he woulde not through the greatnes of his greef Thē be reherseth certayne requests which tast of infirmitie of man mixeth with them many prayers but all to shew a mind wōderfully troubled that it may plainly appeare how he did stryue myghtiye agaynste deathe and desperatyon I Sayde I will loke to my wayes For feare I should go wronge Sing this as the. xxxv psalme I will take heede all tymes that I Offend not in my tounge verse 2 As with a bit
I will kepe fast my mouth with force and might Not once to whisper all the whyle the wicked are in sighte verse 3 I held my tonge and spake no word but kept me close and still Yea from good tallke I did refrayne but sore against my will verse 4 My hart waxt whote within my brest with musing thought and doubte Whiche did encrease and stire the fire at last these words brast oute verse 5 Lorde number oute my lyfe and dayes whiche yet I haue not past So that I may be certifyed how long my lyfe shall laste verse 6 6 Lorde thou hast poynted oute my lyfe in length muche like a spanne Mine age is nothing vnto thee so vayne is euery man verse 7 Man walketh lyke a shade and doth in vayne him self annoye In getting goods and cannot tell who shall the same enioye verse 8 Now lord sith things this wise do frame what helpe doo I desire Of truth my helpe doth hange on thee I nothing elles require The secōd parte verse 9 From all the sinnes that I haue done Lorde quyteme out of hand And make me not a scorne to fooles that nothing vnderstand verse 10 I was as dumme and to complayne no trouble might me moue Because I know it was thy worke my patience for to proue verse 11 Lord take from me thy scourg plage I can them not withstande I faynt and pine away for feare of thy most heuy hand verse 12 when thou for sinne dost man rebuke he waxeth wo and wanne As doth a clothe that mothes haue fret so vayne a thyng is man verse 13 Lord heare my sute and geue good hede regarde my teares that fall Soiourne like a straunger here as did my fathers all verse 14 Oh spare a litle geue me space my strength for to restore Before I go away from hence and shall be seene no more Expectans expectaui Psalm lx I. H Dauid deliuered from great daunger doth magnifye and prayse the grace of God for his deliueraunce and commendith his prouidence towardes all mankynd Then doth he promyse to geue hym self wholy to Gods seruice and so declareth how God is truly worshipped Afterward he geueth thanckes and prayseth God and hauing complained of his enemies w t good courage he calleth for aide cuccour I wayted longe and sought the Lorde and patiently did beare At length to me he did accorde Sing this as the. xxxv psalme my voyce and cry to heare verse 2 He pluckt me from the lake so deepe out of the mire and clay And on a rocke he set my feete and he did gide my waye verse 3 To me he taught a psalme of prayse whiche I must shew abrode And sing new songes of thankes alwayse vnto the Lorde our God verse 4 When all the folke these thinges shall see as people muche afrayde Then they vnto the Lorde will flee and trust vpon his ayde verse 5 O blest is he whose hope and hart doth in the Lorde remayne That with the proude doth take no part nor suche as lye and faine verse 6 For Lorde my God thy wondrous dedes in greatnes far doo passe Thy fauour towards vs excedes all things that euer was verse 7 When I entend and doo deuise thy workes abrode to shew To suche a reckning they doo ryse therof no ende I know verse 8 Burnt offringes thou delightste not in I know thy whole desire With sacrifice to purge their sinne thou doest no man require verse 9 Meate offering and sacrifice thou woldst not haue at all But thou O Lorde hast open made mine eares to heare withall verse 10 But then said I behold and loke I come a meane to be For in the volume of the booke thus it is sayd of me The second parte verse 11 That I O God should doo thy minde whiche thyng doth like me well For in my hart thy lawe I fynde fast placed there to dwell verse 12 Thy Iustice and thy righteousnes in great resorts I tell Beholde my toung no time doth cease O Lord thou knowest full well verse 13 I haue not hid within my brest thy goodnes as by stelth But I declare and haue exprest thy truth and sauing health verse 14 I kept not close thy louyng minde that no man shoulde it knowe The trust that in thy truth I finde to all the churche I shewe verse 14 For I with mischefes many one am sore beset aboute My sinnes encrease and so com on I can not spy them out verse 15 For why in number they excede the heares vpon my head My hart doth faynt for very drede that I almost am deade verse 16 With speed send help and set me free O Lorde I thee require Make hast with ayde to succour me O Lorde at my desire verse 17 Let them sustayne rebuke and shame that seeke my soule to spille Driue back my foes and them defame that wish and would me ill verse 18 For their ill feates doo them discrie that wolde deface my name Alwayse at me they rayle and cry fie on him fie for shame verse 19 Let them in thee haue ioye and welth that seeke to thee alwayse That those that loue thy sauing health may say to God be prayse verse 20 But as for me I am but poore opprest and brought full lowe Yet thou O Lorde wilt me restore to health full well I know verse 21 For why thou art my hope and trust my refuge helpe and stay wherfore my God as thou art iust with me no time delaye Beatus qui in telligit Psalm xli T. S Dauid being greuously afflicted blessed them that pitie his case and complayneth of the treason of his owne frendes familiars as came to passe in Iudas Ioh. xv After he felyng the great mercyes of god gently chastisyng him and not suffring his ennemies to triumphe against him geueth most hartye thankes vnto God THe mā is blest y e careful is the nedie to cōsider For in the season perilous the lorde will him delyuer The lord wil make him safe and sound happy in the land And he will not deliuer him into his enemies hand verse 3 And in his bed when he lieth sicke the Lord will him restore And thou O lord will tourn to health his sicknes and his sore verse 4 Then in my sicknes thus say I haue mercy Lord on me And heale my soule whiche is full wo that I offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies wished me ill in hart and thus of me did say When shall he die that all his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visite me they aske if I doo well But in theyr harts mischief they hatche and to their mates it tell verse 7 They bite theyr lippes and whisper so as though they woulde me charme And cast theyr fetches how to trappe me with some mortall harme verse 8 Some greuous sin hath brought him to this sicknes say they playne He is so low that without doubt rise can he not agayne verse
I. H A notable deliueraunce of Hierusalem frō the handes of many kings is mentioned for the which thankes are giuen to God and the estate of that citie is praysed that hathe God so presently at all tymes redye to defende them this Psalme semeth to be made in the tyme of Ahaz Iosaphat Asa or Ezechia for in their times chiefly was the citie by forayne Prynces assaulted GReat is the Lorde and with greate prayse Sing this as the. xlvi psalme to be aduaunced styll Within the citie of our Lorde vpon hys holy hyll Mount Sion is a plesant place it gladdeth all the lande The cytie of the myghty kynge on her northside doth stande Within the pallaces therof God is a refuge knowen For loe the kings were gathered and together eke were gone But when they did beholde it so they wondred and they weare Astonyed muche and sodenly were driuen backe with feare Great terrour there on them did falle for euery wo they crye As doth a woman when she shall go trauayle by and by As thou with esterne winde the shippes vpon the sea doest breake So they were stayd and euen as we harde oure fathers speake So in the citie of the Lorde we saw as it was tolde yea in the citie which oure Lorde for euer will vpholde O Lorde we wayte and doo attende on thy good helpe and grace For whiche we doo all times attende within thy holly place O Lorde according to thy name for euer is thy prayse And thy ryght hand O Lord is full of rightuousnes alwayes Let for thy iudgements Sion mounte full filled be with ioyes And eke of Iuda graunt O Lorde the daunger to reioyse Goe walke about all Syon hyll yea rounde about her go And tell the towres that theruppon are bilded in a rowe And marke ye well her bulwarks all beholde her towres there That ye may tell therof to them that after shalbe here For this God is our God our God for euermore is he yea and vnto the death also our guider shall he be Audite haec omnes Psal. xlix T. S. The holy Ghost calleth all mē to the consideration of mans lyft shewing them not to be most happye that are most wealthy and therefore not to be feared but contrariwyse he lifteth vp our mindes to consider how al thinges are ruled by gods prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldly miseryes to euerlastyng torments so doeth he preserue his will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection i. Thes. i. ALl people herken and geue eare Sing this as the. xlv psalme To that that I shall tell Both high and low both riche and poore that in the worlde doo dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thynges right wise In vnderstanding shall my hart his study exercise verse 4 I will inclyne myne eare to knowe the parables so darke And open all my doubtfull speache in metre on my harpe verse 5 why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toyle Or els my foes whiche at my heles are prest my life to spoyle verse 6 For as for suche as ryches haue wherin their trust is most And they which of their treasures greate them selues doo bragge and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeme Or that can geue a price to God sufficient for hym verse 8 It is to great a pryce to pay none can therto attayne verse 9 Or that he might his lyfe prolong or not in graue remayne verse 10 They see wise men as well as foles subiect vnto deathes handes And beyng dead straungers possesse theyr goods theyr rentes their lāds verse 11 Theyr care is to builde houses fayre and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 Yet shall no man alwayes enioy high honor wealth and rest But shall at length tast of deathes cup as well as the brute beast The seconde parte verse 13 And though they try these folish thoughts to be most leud and vayne Theyr children yet approue theyr talke and in like sinne remayne verse 14 As shepe into the folde are brought so shall they into graue Death shall them eate and in that day the iust shall Lordship haue Their image and theyr royall port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they passe with wo and weale away verse 15 But God will surely preserue me from death and endles payne Because he will of his good grace my soule receyue agayne verse 16 If any man waxe wonderous riche feare not I say therfore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 17 17 For when he dieth of all these thinges nothing shall he receyue His glory will not folow hym his pompe will take her leaue verse 18 Yet in this lyfe he takth him selfe the happiest vnder sunne And others likewise flatter him saying all is well done verse 19 And presuppose he liue as long as did his fathers olde Yet must he nedes at length geue place and be brought to deathes fold verse 20 Thus man to honor God hath calde yet doth he not consider But like brute beastes so dothe he lyue whiche turne to dust and pouder Deus deorum Psalme L. I. H. He prophecieth how God will call all nations by the Gospell and require no other sacrifices of his people but confession of his benefites and thankes geuyng and how he detesteth all such as seme zelous of Ceremonies and not of the pure worde of God onely THe god of Gods the lord hath calde the earth by name from where the sonne doth rise vnto the setting of the same Frō Syon hys faire place hys glory bryght and cleare The perfect beutye of his grace from thence it did appeare verse 3 Our God shall come in haste to speake he shall not doubte Before him shall the fire waste and tempest rounde aboute verse 4 The heauens from on hye the earth below lykewise He will call forth to iudge and try his folke he doeth deuise verse 5 Bring forth my sainctes sayth he my faithfull flocke so dere Which are in band and league with me my lawe to loue and feare verse 6 And when these thinges are tried the heauens shall recorde That God is iust and all must byde the iudgment of the Lorde verse 7 My people O geue heede Israell to thee I crye I am thy God thy healpe at neede thou canst it not denye verse 8 I doo not say to thee thy sacrifice is slacke Thou offrest dayly vnto me muche more then I doo lacke verse 9 Thinkest thou that I doo nede thy cattell yonge or olde Or ells so muche desire to feede on goates out of thy foulde verse 10 Naye all the beastes are mine in woodes that eate their filles And thousands more of nete and kine that runne wilde in the hilles verse 11 The birdes that builde on hie In hilles and oute of sight And the beastes that in the
comfort of thy sauing help geue me againe I pray With thy free sprite establish me And I will teache therfore Sinners thy wayes and wicked shall be turnde vnto thy lore O God that art God of my health from blood deliuer me That prayses of thy righteousnes my tonge may syng to thee My lippes that yet fast closed be doo thou O Lorde vnlose The prayses of thy maiestie my mouth shall so disclose I would haue offred sacrifice if that had pleased thee But pleased with burnt offringes I knowe thou wilt not be A trobled sprite is sacrifice delytefull in Gods eyes A broken and an humbled hart God thou wilt not despise In thy good will deale gently Lorde to Sion and with all Graunt that of thy Ierusalem vpreard may be the wall Burnt offrings giftes and sacrifice of iustice in that day Thou shalt accept and calues they shal vpon thyne altar lay Quid gloriaris Psalme lii I. H Dauid describeth the arrogante tyrannye of hys aduersarye Doeg Saules chief shepherde who by false surmyses caused Achimelech with the rest of the priestes to be slain Dauid prophecieth his destruction and encourageth the faithfull to put theyr confidence in God whose iudgements are most sharpe against his aduersaryes And fynally he rendreth thankes to God for his deliueraunce In thys Psalme is lyuely set forthe the kingdome of Antichrist WHy dost thou tyrāt boast abrode thy wicked works to prayse dost thou not knowe there is a God whose mercies last alwayes Why doth thy mind yet still deuise suche wicked wiles to warpe Thy tong vntrue in forging lies is like a rasour sharpe verse 3 On mischief why settest thou thy minde and wilt not walke vpryght Thou hast more lust false tales to fynde then bryng the truth to lyght verse 4 Thou doest delyte in fraude and guile in mischief blud and wrong Thy lyppes haue learnde the flateryng style O false deceitfull tonge verse 5 Therfore shall God for euer confounde and pluck thee from thy place Thy sede rote out from of the grounde and so shall thee deface verse 6 The iust when they beholde thy fall with feare will praise the Lorde And in reproche of thee withall cry out with one accorde verse 7 Behold the man which would not take the Lorde for his defence But of his goods his God did make and trust his corrupt sence verse 8 But I an Oliue fresh and grene shall spring and sprede abrode For why my trust all times hathe bene vpon the lyuing Ood verse 9 For this therfore will I geue prayse to thee with hart and voyce I will set forth thy name always wherin thy sainctes reioyce Dixit in sipiens Psalme Liii T. N The Prophet describeth the croked nature the crueltye and punishment of the wicked when they loke not for it and desireth the deliueraunce of the godlie that they may reioyce together THe foolish man in that whyche he within his hart hath sayde Sing this as the. xiv psalme That there is any God at all hathe vtterly denyde They are corrupt and they also a haynous worke haue wrought Amonge them all there is not one of good that worketh ought The Lorde loked downe on sons of men from Heuen all abrode To see if any were that would be wise and seke for God They are gone all out of the way they are corrupted all There is not one doth any good there is not one at all Do not all wicked workers know that they do fede vpon My people as they fede on breade the Lorde they call not on Euen there they were afrayde and stode with trembling all dismayde Where as there was no cause at all why they should be afrayde For God his bones that thee beseged hath scattered all abrode Thou hast confounded them for they reiected are of God O Lorde geue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfill thy promise made to Israell from out of Syon hill When God his people shall restore that erst was captiue lad Thou Iacob shall therin reioyse and Israel shalbe glad Deus in nomine Psalm Liiii I. H Dauid brought into Great daunger by reasō of Ziphius calleth vpō the name of God to destroy e his enemies promysing sacrifice and froe offerings for their delyueraunce GOd saue me for thy holy name and for thy goodnes sake Sing this as the. xlvi Psa Unto the strength Lorde of the same I doo my cause betake verse 2 Regarde O Lorde and geue an eare to thee when I doo praye Bow downe thy sealfe to me and heare the wordes that I doo saye verse 3 For straungers vp against me ryse and tirauntes vex me still Whiche haue not God before theyr eies they seke my soule to spill verse 4 But loe my God doeth geue me ayde the Lorde is strayght at hand with them by whom my soule is stayed the Lorde doth euer stande verse 5 With plages repay agayne all those for me that lye in wayte And with thy truth destroy my foes with theyr owne snare and bayte verse 6 An offering of free hart and will that I to thee shall make And prayse thy name for therin still greate comfort I doo take verse 7 O Lorde at length doo set me free from them that craft conspire And now mine eye with ioye doeth see on them my hartes desire Exaudi deus Psalme Lv. I. H. Dauid being in greate heauines and distres complayneth of the crueltye of Saule and of the falshod of his familyar acquaintaunce vtteryng most ardent affections to moue the Lord to pitie hym After being assured of deliueraūce he setteth forth the grace of god as though he had all ready obtayned his request O God geue eare and do apply To heare me when I praye Sing this as the. xxxv psalme And when to thee I call and crye hide not thy selfe awaye verse 2 Take hede to me graunt my request and aunswer me agayne with playntes I pray full sore opprest greate grief doeth me constrayne verse 3 Because my foes with threates and cries oppres me through despighte And so the wicked sorte lykewise to vex me haue delighte verse 4 For they in counsell doo conspire to charge me with some ill So in their hasty wrath and ire they doo pursue me styll verse 5 My hart doth faynte for want of breathe it panteth in my breste The terroures and the dread of deathe doo work me muche vnrest verse 6 feare on me doth fall with doo quake Suche 〈◊〉 whelmeth me with all that I can make verse 7 But I will geue me ▪ Of some fayer doue that I may flee and rest me from these thinges verse 8 Lo then I woulde go farre awaye to flye I woulde not cease And I woulde hide my selfe and staye in some greate wildernes verse 9 I would be gon in all the hast and not abide behinde That I weare quite and ouer past these blasts of boisteous winde verse 10 Deuide them Lord and from them pul their diuilish double tounge
For I haue spied their citie full of rapyne stryfe and wronge verse 11 Which things bothe night day throghoute doo close her as a wall In middes of her is mischif stoute and sorow eke with all verse 12 Her priuie partes are wicked playne her dedes are muche to vyle And in her stretes there doth remayne all crafty fraude and guile verse 13 If that my foes did seke my shame I might it well abide From open enmies checke and blame some where I coulde me hide verse 14 But thou it was my fellow dere which frendship didest pretend And diddest my secrete counsell here as my famillier frende verse 15 With whom I had delight to taulke in secret and abrode And we to gether oft did walke within the house of God verse 16 Let death in hast vpon them fall and send them quicke to hell For mischief rayneth in theyr hall and parloure where they dwell verse 17 But I vnto my God doo crye to him for healpe I flee Ohe Lorde doth heare me by and by and he doeth succour me verse 18 At morning noone and euening tide vnto the Lorde I praye When I so instantly haue tryed he doth not say me naye verse 19 To peace he shall restore me yet though warre be now at hande All though the number be full greate that would against me stande verse 20 The Lord that first last doth raigne bothe now and euermore will heare when I to him complayne and punish them full sore verse 21 For sure there is no hope that they to tourne will once accorde For why they will not God obey nor doo not feare the Lorde verse 22 Upon their frends they laid theyr hands whiche weare in couenaunt knitte ▪ Of frendship to neglect the bandes they passe or care no whyt verse 23 while they haue war within their hart as butter are theyr wordes Although his words wer smothe as oyle they cut as sharp as swordes verse 24 Cast thou thy care vpon the Lorde and he shall nourish thee For in no wise wyll he accorde the iust in thrall to see verse 25 But God shall cast them deepe in pit that thirst for bloud alwayes He will no guilefull man permit to lyue oute halfe hys dayes verse 29 Thoughe such be quite destroyde gon in the O Lorde I trust I shall depende thy grace vpon with all my hart and luste Miserere Psalme Lvi I. H Dauid being broughte to Achis the kinge of Gath Saum complayneth of hys enemyes demaundeth succoure putteth hys trust in God and hys promisses and promiseth to performe hys vowes whyche he had taken vpon hym Wherof thys was the effecte to prayse God in hys Churche HAue mercy Lorde on me I pray for man woulde me deuoure Sing this as the. li. Psa. He fyghteth with me day by daye and troubleth me eche houre verse 2 Myne enmies dayly enterprise to swalowe me outeryghte To fyght agaynst me many ryse O thou moste hygh of myghte verse 3 When they would make me most afraid with boast and bragges of pryde I trust in thee alone for ayde by thee will I abyde verse 4 Gods promise I doo minde and prayse O Lorde I sticke to thee I doo not care at all assayes what flesh can doo to me verse 5 What thinges I eyther did or spake they wrast them at theyr will And all the counsell that they take is how to worke me ill verse 6 They all consent them sealues to hyde close watche for me to laye They spie my pathes snares haue tred to take my lyfe awaye verse 7 Shall they thus scape on mischef set thow God on them will frowne For in his wrath he doth not let to throwe whole kingdomes downe verse 8 Thou seest how oft they make meflee and on my teares doest looke Reserue them in a glas by thee and wryte them in thy booke verse 9 When I doo call vpon thy name my foes awaye doo starte I well perceaue it by that same that God doeth take my parte verse 10 I glory in the worde of God to prayse it I accorde with Ioye will I declare abrode the promise of the Lore verse 11 I trust in God and yet I saye as I afore beganne The Lorde he is my healpe and stay I doo not care for man verse 12 I will performe with hart so free to God my vowes alwayes And I O Lorde all times to thee will offer thankes and prayse verse 13 My soule frō death thou dost me defēd and keepe my feete vpright That I before thee may ascend with suche as lyue in lyght Miserere Psalme lvii I. H Dauid being in the deserte of Ziph where the in habitauntes did betraye hym and at length in the same Caue with Sauil. Calleth most earnestly vnto God with full confidence that he will perform his promis and take his cause in hand Also that he wil shew his glory in the Heauens and the earthe agaynst hys cruell enemyes Therfore doth he render laude and prayse TAke pitie for thy promise sake haue mercy Lorde on me For why my soule doth her betake Sing this as the. ill psal vnto the helpe of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy winges I set my selfe full fast Till mischief malice and lyke thyngs be gon and ouer paste verse 3 I call vpon the God moste hye to whom I sticke and stand I meane the God that will stand by the cause I haue in hand verse 4 From heauen he hath sent hys ayde to saue me from theyr spighte That to deuoure me haue assayed his mercy truth and myght verse 5 I leade my lyfe with Lyons fell all set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwell that freate lyke flambes offyre verse 6 Theyr teeth are speares arrowes lōg as sharpe as I haue seene They wound cut with theyr quick toūg like swerdes and weapons kene verse 7 Set vp and shew thy selfe O God aboue the heauens bryght Exalt thy prayse on earth abrode thy maiestie and myghte verse 8 They lay theyr net and doo prepare a priuie caue and pitte Wherin they thinke my soule to snare but they are fallen in it verse 9 My harte is set to laude the Lorde in hym to ioye alwayes My hart I say doth well accorde to syng hys laude and prayse verse 10 Awake my ioy awake I saye my lute my harpe and strynge For I my sealf before the daye will rise reioyre and syng verse 11 Amonge the people I will tell the goodnes of my God And shew hys prayse that doeth excell in Heathen landes abrode verse 12 His mercy doeth extend as farre as heauens all are hie His truthe is highe as any starre that standeth in the skye verse 13 Set fourth and shew thy self O God aboue the heauens bryghte Extoll thy prase on earthe abrode thy maiestie and might Siuere vtique Psalme lviii I. H He describeth the malyce of hys enemyes the flatterers of Saule who bothe secretiye and openly sought hys dystruction
from whom he apealeth to Gods iudgement shewing that the iust shall reioyce when they see the punishment of the wicked to the glory of God YE rulers that are put in trust to iudge of wronge and ryght Sing this as the. lix Psa. Be all your iudgements true and iust not knowing nede or might verse 2 Nay in your hartes ye marke and muse in mischief to consent And where ye shoulde true iustice vse your handes to brybes are bent verse 3 This wicked sorte from theyr birth day haue erred on this wise And from their mothers womb alwaie haue vsed craft and lyes verse 4 In them the poyson and the breathe of serpents doo appeare Yea lyke the adder that is deafe and fast doeth stoppe his eare verse 5 Because he will not heare the voyce of one that charmeth well No though he were the chefe of choice and did therin excell verse 6 O God breake thou their teeth at once within their mouthe throughoute The tuskes that in their great chawbones lyke Liones whelpes hange oute verse 7 Let them consume awaye and wast as water renth fourth right The shafts that they doo shoute in haste let them be broke in flight verse 8 As snailes doo wast within the shell and vnto slime doo runne As one before his time that fell and neuer saw the sunne verse 9 Before the thornes that now are yonge to bushes bigge shall growe The stormes of anger waxing stronge shall take them ere they knowe verse 10 The iust shall ioy it doth them good that God doeth vengance take And they shall wash their feete in bloud of them that him forsake verse 11 Then shal the world shew forth and tel that good men haue rewarde And that a God in yearth doeth dwell that iustice doeth regarde Eripe me Psalme lix I. H Dauid being in great daunger of Saull who sent to slaye him in his bed prayeth vnto God declareth his innocency and theyr furye despryng god to destroye all those that synne of malityous wickednes Whom thoughe he kepe a liue for a tyme to exercyse his people yet in the ende he wyll consume them in his wrathe that he maye be knowne to be the God of Iacob to the worldes ende for thys he sing eth prayses to God assured of his mercyes SEnde ayde and saue me from my foes O Lorde I pray to thee defende and kepe me from all those that ryse and stryue with me O Lorde preserue me from those men whose doings are not good and set me sure and saufe from them that thursteth after bloud verse 3 For loe they wayte my soule to take they rage agaynst me styll Yea for no faulte that I did make I neuer did them ill verse 4 They runne do their selues prepare When I no whit offende Arise and saue me from theyr snare and see what they entend verse 5 O Lorde of hostes of Israell arise vp and strike all landes And pittie none that doth rebell and in their mischife standes verse 9 At night they stirre and seke aboute as houndes they houle and grenne And all the citie cleane throughoute from place to place they renne verse 7 They spake of me with mouth alway but in theyr lyppes weare swordes They greed my death and then wold saye What none doth heare our wordes verse 8 But Lord thou hast theyr waies espied and laught therat a pace The Heathen folke thou shalt deride and mocke them to theyr face verse 9 The strength that doth my foes withstād O Lorde doth come of thee My God he is my healpe at hand a forte of fence to me verse 10 The Lorde to me doeth shew his grace in greate abondaunce styll That I may see my foes in case suche as my hart doeth wyll verse 11 Destroy them not at once O God lest it from minde doo fall But with thy strength driue them abrode and so consume them all verse 12 For theyr ill words and trutheles toung confounde them in theyr pryde Theyr wicked othes with lies wrong let all the worlde deryde verse 13 Consume them in thy wrath O Lordd that naughte of them remayne That men may know throught the worlde Iacobs God doth raygne verse 14 At euening retourne apace as dogges they grinne and crye Throughoute the stretes in euery place they renne aboute and spye verse 15 They seke aboute for meate I saye but let them not be fed Nor fynde an house wherin they may be bolde to put theyr head verse 16 But I will shew thy strength abrode thy goodnes I will prayse For thou arte my defence and God at nede in all assayes verse 17 Thou art my strēgth thou hast me staid O Lorde I synge to thee Thou arte my forte my fence and ayde a louing God to me Deus repulsit Psalme lx I. H. Dauid being now king ouer Iudah and hauing had many victories sheweth by euydent signes that God elected hym kyng assuring the people that God will prosper them yf they approue the same After he prayeth vnto God to fynish that that he hathe begone O Lorde thou diddest vs cleane forsake and scatteredst vs abrode Sing this as the. lix psalme Suche greate displeasure thou diddest take retourne to vs O God verse 2 Thy might did moue the lande so sore that it in sonder brake The hurte therof O Lorde restore for it doothe bowe and quake verse 3 with heauy chaunce thou plagest thus the people that are thyne And thou hast geuen vnto vs a drinke of deadly wyne verse 4 But yet to suche as feare thy name a token shall ensue That they may tryumphe in the same because thy worde is true verse 5 So that thy might may keepe and saue thy folke that fouour thee That they thy helpe at hand may haue O Lorde graunte thys to me verse 6 The Lorde did speake from his owne place thys was his ioyful tale I will deuide Sichem by pace and mete oute Succothes vale verse 7 Galaad is geuen to my hande Manasses mine beside ▪ Ephraim the strength of all my lande my law dothe Iuda guide verse 8 In Moab I will wash my feete ouer Edom throw my shoo And thou Palestine oughtst to seke for fauoure me vnto verse 9 But who will brynge me at thys tyde vnto the citie stronge Or who to Edom will me gide so that I goo not wronge verse 10 Wilt thou my God which didst forsake thy folke theyr land and costes Our warres in hād thou woldst not take nor walke amonge our hostes verse 11 Geue ayde O Lorde and vs releue from them that vs disdayne The healp that hostes of men can geue it is but all in vayne verse 12 But through our God we shall haue to take great things in hand He will treade downe and put to flight might all those that vs withstand Exaudi deus Psalme lxi I. H whether that he were in daunger of the Amonites or beyng purfusued of Absalon Here he crieth to be heard and delyuered And
foes do loue of lyfe they laugh and iest it oute verse 8 O take vs Lorde vnto thy grace conuert our mindes to thee Shew forth to vs thy ioyfull face and we full safe shalbe verse 9 From Egipt where it grew not well thou broughtest a vine full deare The heathen folke thou diddest expell and then diddest plant it here verse 10 Thou diddest prepare for it a place and set her rootes full fast That it did growe and sprynge a pace and fill the land at last verse 11 The hilles were couered rounde about with shade that from it came And eke the Ceders high and stoute with braunches of the same verse 12 Why then diddest thou her wal destroy her hedg pluckt vp thou hast That all the folke that pas therby thy vine may spoyle and waste verse 13 The bore out of the wodes so wilde doeth digge and rote it oute The furious beastes out of the field deuoure it all aboute verse 14 O Lorde of hostes retourne agayne from heauen loke betime Beholde and with thy healpe sustayne this poore vineyard of thyne verse 15 Thy Plant I say thyne Israell whom thy right hand hath set The sonne whiche thou didst loue so wel O Lorde doo not forget verse 16 They loppe and cut it downe apace they burne it eke with fyre And through the frowning of thy face we perish in thine ire verse 17 Let thy right hand be with them nowe whom thou hast kept so longe And with the sonne of man whom thou to thee hast made so stronge verse 18 And so when thou hast set vs free and saued vs from shame Then will we neuer fall from thee but call vpon thy name verse 19 Lord of hosts through thy good grace conuert vs vnto thee Beholde vs with a Pleasaunte face and then full safe are wee Exultate deo Psalme lxxxi I. H. An exhortation to prayse God bothe in harte and voyce for his benefytes and to worship him only God condemneth the ingratitude and sheweth what greate benefites they haue loste thorowe theyr owne malyce BE lyghte and glad in God reioyce which is our strength staie be ioyfull and lyfte vp your voyce to Iacobs God I say prepare your instrumentes most mete some ioyfull psalme to synge stryke vp with harp and â—ute so swete on euery pleasant stryng verse 3 Blow as it were in the new mone with trumpets of the best As it is vsed to be done at any solemne feast verse 4 For this is vnto Israell a statute and a trade A lawe that must be kept full well which Iacobs God hath made verse 5 This clause with Ioseph was decreed when he from Egipt came That as a witnes all his sede shoulde still obserue the same verse 6 When God I say had so preparde to bryng him from that land Where as the speach which he had heard he did not vnderstand verse 7 I from his shoulders toke saith he the burden cleane awaye And from the furnace quit him free from burnyng bricke of claye verse 8 When thou in grief diddest cry and cal I holpe thee by and by And I did aunswer the withall in thunder secretly verse 9 Yea at the waters of discorde I did thee tempt and proue Wheras the goodnes of the Lorde with muttering thou diddest moue verse 10 Heare O my folke O Israell and I assure it thee Regarde and marke my wordes full wel if thou wilt cleaue to me verse 11 Thou shalte no God in thee reserue of any land abrode Nor in no wise to bow or serue a straunge and fortaine God verse 12 I am the Lorde thy God and I from Egipt set thee free Then aske of me aboundauntly and I will geue it the. verse 13 And yet my people woulde not heare my voyce when that I spake Nor Israell would not obey but did me quite forsake verse 14 Then did I leaue them to their will in hardnes of theyr hart To walke in theyr owne counsels still themselues they might peruert verse 15 O that my people would haue hard the wordes that I did say And eke that Israell would regarde to walke within my waye verse 16 How soone would I coÌ„found their foes and bring them downe full lowe And tourne my hand vpon all those that woulde them ouerthrowe verse 17 And they that at the Lorde doo rage as slaues shoulde seke him till But of his folke the time and age should florish euer stilll verse 18 18 I would haue fed them with the croppe and finest of the wheate And make the rock with hony droppe that they theyr filles should eate Deus stetit in Sinagoga Psalm lxxxii I. H The Prophet Declaring God to be present amongest the iudges and maiestrates reproueth their parcialitie and vnrighteousnes and exhorteth them to doo iustice but seeyng no amendemente he desireth God to vndertake the matter and execute iustice hym selfe A Mid the prease with men of might Sing this as the lxxvui Ps. The Lorde him selfe did stand To pleade the cause of truth and ryght with iudges of the land verse 2 How long said he will you procede false iudgement to awarde And haue respect for loue of mede the wicked to regarde verse 3 Whereas of due ye shoulde defend the fatherles and weake And when the poore man doth contend in iudgement iustly speake verse 4 If ye be wyse defende the cause of poore men in theyr ryght And ryd the nedie from the clawes of tyrants force and myght verse 5 But nothyng will they know or learne in vayne to them I talke They will not see or ought discerne but still in darknes walke For so euen now the tyme is come that all thynges fall to nought And like wise lawes both all and some for gayne are sold and bought verse 6 I had decreed it in my syght as Gods to take you all And children to the most of myght for loue I did you call verse 7 But not withstanding ye shall dye as men and so decay O tyrannes I shall you destroye and plucke you quyte away verse 8 Up Lord let thy strength be knowne and iudge the worlde with might For why all nations are thyne owne to take them as thy ryght Deus quis Similis Psalme lxxxiii I. H The people of Israell pray vnto the Lord to delyuer them from theire enemies bothe at home and far of which imagined nothing but their destruccyon and they desyre that all suche wicked people maye according as God was accostomed be stricken with the stormye tempests of Gods wrathe that they maye know that the Lord is most hye vpon the earthe DO not O God refrayne thy tounge in silence doo not staye Withholde not Lord thy selfe so long nor make no more delaye Sing this as the. lxxvii P verse 2 For why beholde thy foes and see how they doo rage and crye And those that beare an hate to thee holde vp theyr heades on hye verse 3 Against thy folke they vse disceate and craftly they
of all prayeth feruently for delyueraunce Somtimes rehearsing his miseryes somtymes the mercyes receyued desiring also to be enstructed of the Lord that he may feare hym also and gloryfye his name He complayneth also of his aduersaryes and requyreth to be delyuered from them LOrde bow thine eare to my request Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. and heare me by and by With greuous payn and gref opprest full poore and weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my waye and doinges holly bee And saue thy seruaunte O my Lorde that puttes his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me expresse defend me eke with all For through the day I doo not cease on thee to crye and call verse 4 Comfort O Lorde thy seruaunts soule that nowe with payne is pinde For vnto thee Lorde I extoll and lift my soule and minde verse 5 For thou arte good and bountifull thy giftes of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentifull to all that call on thee verse 6 O Lorde lyke wise when I doo pray regarde and geue an eare Mark well the words that I doo say and all my prayers heare verse 7 In time when troble doth me moue to thee I doo complayne For why I know and well doo proue thou answerest me agayne verse 8 Among the Gods O Lorde is none with thee to be comparde And none can doo as thou alone the lyke hath not ben harde verse 9 The Gentils and the peoples all whiche thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees will fall and gloryfye thy name verse 10 For why thou art so muche of might all power is thine owne Thou workest wonders still in sight for thou art God alone verse 11 O teache me Lorde thy way and I shall in thy truth procede O ioyne my hart to thee so nye that it thy name may dreade verse 12 To thee my God wil I geue praise with all my hart O Lord And gloryfie thy name alwayse for euer through the worlde verse 13 For why thy mercy shewed to me is great and doth excell Thou settest my soule at libertie out from the lower hell verse 14 O Lorde the proude against me ryse and heapes of men of might They seeke my soule and in no wise will haue thee in theyr sight verse 15 Thou Lorde art mercyfull and meeke full slacke and slow to wrath Thy goodnes is full greate and eke thy truth no measure hathe verse 16 16 O turne me and mercy graunt thy strength to me apply O help and saue thine owne seruaunte thy handmaides sonne am I. verse 17 On me some signe of fauour shew that all my foes may see And be ashamed because Lorde thou doest helpe and comfort me Fundamenta eius Psalm lxxxvii I. H The holy Ghost promiseth that the condicion of the Church whiche was in miserye after the captiuitie of Babilon shoulde be restored to great excelency so that there should be nothing more comfortable thē to be nombred among the membres therof THat city shall full well endure Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. her ground worke still doth staye vpon the holy hilles full sure it can no time decaye verse 2 God loues the gates of Sion best hys grace doth there abyde He loued them more then all the rest of Iacobs tents beside verse 3 Full glorious thinges reported be in Sion and abrod Great thinges I say are sayd of thee thou citie of our God verse 4 On Rahab I will cast an eye and beare in minde the same And Babilon shall eke applye and learne to know my name verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tire also with Ethiope likewise A people oulde full longe agoe were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shall say abrod that diuers men of fame Haue there sprong vp and the hie God hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their recordes to them it shall through Gods deuise appere Of Sion that the chefe of all had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpetters with such as syng therin great plenty be My fountayns my pleasant springs are compast all in thee Domine deus salutis Psalme lxxxviii I. H Agrieuous complaynt of the faythfull sore afflicted by sicknes persecution and abuersitie being as it were left of God without any consolation yet he calleth on God by fayth and striueth against desperation complayning him selfe to be forsaken of all yearthly healpe LOrde God of health y e hope staye thou art alone to me I call cry throughoute the daye and all the nighte to thee O let my prayers sone ascende vnto thy sight on hyghe enclyne thyne eare O Lorde entend and herken to my cry verse 3 For why my soule with wo is filled and doth in trouble dwell My lyfe and breath almost doth yelde and draweth nye to hell verse 4 I am estemd as one of them that in the pit doo fall And made as one among those men that haue no strength at all verse 5 As one amonge the dead and free from things that heare remayne It weare more easy for me to be with them the whiche are slayne verse 6 As those that lye in graue I saye whom thou hast cleane forgot The whiche thy hand hath cut away and thou regardst them not Yea like to one shut vp full sure within the lower pit In places darke and all obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thyne anger and thy wrathe like wise full sore on me doth lye And all thy stormes agaynst me ryse my soule to vex and trye verse 9 Thou puttest my frends far of frō me and makst them hate me sore I am shut vp in prison fast and can come forth no more verse 10 My sight doth faile through grefe wo I call to thee O God Throughout the day my handes also to thee I stretche abrode verse 11 Doest thou vnto the dead declare thy wondrous workes of fame Shall dead to lyfe agayne repayre and prayse thee for the same verse 12 Or shall thy louing kindnes Lorde be preached in the graue Or shall with them that are destroyd thy truth her honor haue verse 13 Shall they that lye in darke full lowe of all thy wonders wotte Or there shall they thy iustice knowe where all thinges are forgot verse 14 But I O Lorde to thee alwaye doo crye and call apace My prayer eare it be daye shall come before thy face verse 15 Why dost thou Lorde abhorre my soule in grefe that seeketh thee And now O Lorde why dost thou hide thy face awaye from me verse 16 I am afflicte as dying still from youthe this many a yere Thy terrours whiche doo vexe me ill with troubled minde I beare verse 17 The furies of thy wrathfull rage full sore vpon me fall Thy terrours eke doo not asswage but me oppres with all verse 18 All day they compas me aboute as water at the tide And all at once with streames ful stoute beset me on eche side verse 19 Thou
The hie hilles are succours for wilde goates to rest And eke the rocks stonye for conyes to hyde verse 19 The moone then is set her seasons to runne The dayes from the nightes therby to discearne And by thee descending also of the sunne The colde from heate alway therby we do learne verse 20 When darkenes doth come by Gods will and power Then crepe forth doo all the beastes of the wood verse 21 21 The lions range roaring their pray to deuoure But yet it is thou Lord which giuest them foode verse 22 Assone as the sunne is vp they retyre To touche in theyr dennes then are they full fayne verse 23 That man doo his worke may as right doth require Till night come and call him to take rest agayne The thirde parte verse 24 How sondry O Lorde are all thy workes founde With wisdom full great they are in dede wrought So that the whole worlde of thy prayse doth sounde And as for thy ryches they passe all mens thought verse 25 So is the great sea which large is and broade Where thinges that crepe swarme and beastes of eche sorte verse 26 There both mightie shippes saile and some lye at roade The whale huge and monstrous there also doth sporte verse 27 All thinges on thee wayte thou doest them relieue And thou in due tyme full well doest them fede verse 28 28 Now when it doth please thee the same so to geue They gather full gladly those thinges which they nede Thou openest thyne hand and they finde suche grace That they with good thinges are filled we see verse 29 But sore are they troubled if thou turne thy face For if thou their breath take vile dust then they be verse 30 Againe when thy sprite from thee doth procede All things to appoint and what shall insue Then are they created as thou hast decreed And doest by thy goodnes the drye earth renew verse 31 The prayse of the Lorde for euer shall last Who may in his workes by right well reioyce verse 32 His loke can the earth make to tremble full fast And likewise the mountains to smoke at his voyce verse 33 To thys Lorde and God sing will I alwayes So longe as I liue my God prayse wyll I verse 34 Then am I most certayne my wordes shall him please I will reioyce in him to him will I cry verse 35 The sinners O Lorde consume in thine ire And eke the peruerse them roote out with shame But as for my soule now let it still desire And say with the faithful prayse ye the Lordes Name Confitemini domino Psalm Cv. N. He prayseth the singuler goodnes of God who hathe of all the people of the worlde chosen a peculier people to him selfe and hauyng chosen them neuer ceaseth to doo them good euen for his promes sake GEue prayses vnto God the Lorde and call vpon his name Among the people eke declare his workes to spred his fame Sing this as the. lxxxxv Singye vnto the Lorde I say and sing vnto him prayse And talke of all the wondrous workes that he hath wrought alwayes In honor of his holy name reioyse with one accorde And let the hart also reioyse of them that seke the Lorde Seke ye the Lord and seke the strength of his eternall might And seke his face continually And presence of his sight The wondrous works that he hath don kepe still in mindfull hart Ne let the iugements of his mouth out of your minde depart Ye that of faithfull Abraham his seruant are the sede ye his elect the children that of Iacob doo procede For he he only is I say the myghty Lord our God And his most rightfull iugements are through all the earth abrode His promise and his couenant whiche he hath made to his He hath remembred euermore to thousandes of degrees The. ii parte The couenant which he hath made with Abraham long agoe And faithfull othe which he hath sworne to Isaac also And did confirme the same for law that Iacob should obey And for eternall couenant to Israell foray when thus he said loe I to you all Canaan land will geue The lot of your inheritance wherin your sede shall lyue Although their number at that tyme did very small appeare yea very small and in the land they then but strangers were Whyle yet they walkt from land to lande without a sure abode And while fro sondry kingdomes they did wander all abrode And wrong at none oppressers hand he suffred them to take But euen the great and mighty kinges reproued for their sake And thus he sayd touche ye not those that mine anoynted be Ne doo the prophets any harme that doo pertayne to me He calld a dearth vpon the land of death he stroyed the store But he against their time of nede had sent a man before The third parte Euen Ioseph which had once ben solde to liue a slaue in woe Whose feete they hurt in stocks whose soule the iron pearst also Untill the tyme came when his cause was knowne apparantly The mighty word of God the Lord his faultles truth did trye The king sent and deliuerd him from prison where he was The ruler of the people then did freely let hym pas And ouer all hys house he made him Lorde to beare the swey and of his substance made him haue the rule and all the stay That he might to his will instruct the princes of his land And wisdomes lore his auncyent men might teache to vnderstand Then into the Egiptian land came Israell also And Iacob in the land of Ham did liue a straunger thoo His people he excedingly in number made to flowe And ouer all their enemies in strength he made them growe whose hart he turnd that they with hate his people did entreate And did his seruantes wrongfully Abuse with false deceite His faithfull seruant Moses then and Aaron whom he chose He did commaund to goe to them his message to disclose The wondrous message of his signes among them they did shewe And wonders in the land of Ham then did they worke also Darknes he sent and made it darke in dede of brighter day And vnto his commission they did not disobey He turnd theyr waters into bloud he did their fishes slay Their land brought frogs euē in y t place where their king Pharao lay He spake and at his voyce there came great swarmes of noysome flyes And all the quarters of theyr land were filld with crauling lyse He gaue them colde and stony hayle in stede of milder rayne And firy flames within theyr land he sent vnto theyr payne He smote their vines and al theyr trees wheron their figges did growe And all the trees within their coastes downe did he ouerthrowe He spake then caterpillers did and greshoppers abound Which eate the grasse in all their land and frute of all their ground The. v. parte The first begotten in their land eke deadly did he smite yea the beginning and first
within my brest doth naturall lyfe preserue yea till this world shalbe dissolued thy law will I obserue verse 45 So walke will I as set at large and made free from all drede Because I sought how for to kepe thy precepts and thy rede verse 46 Thy noble actes I will describe as thinges of most great fame Euen before kings I will them blase and shrink no whit for shame verse 47 I will reioyse them to obey thy worthy hests and will Which euermore I haue loued best and so will loue them still verse 48 48 My handes will I lyft to thy lawes whiche I haue dearely sought And practise thy commaundementes in will in dede and thought The. vii parte ZAIN verse 49 Thy promise whiche thou madst to me thy seruaunt Lorde remember For therin haue I put my trust and confidence for euer verse 50 It is my comfort and my ioy when troubles me assayle For were my lyfe not by thy worde my lyfe would sone me fayle verse 51 The proude and suche as God contemn still made of me a skorne yet would I not thy law forsake as he that were forlorne verse 52 But cald to mind lord thy great works shewde to our fathers olde Wherby I felt the ioy surmount my grief an hundred folde verse 53 But yet alas for feare I quoke seing how wicked men Thy law forsoke and did procure thy iudgment who knoweth when verse 54 And as for me I framed my songs thy statutes to exalt When I among the straungers dweld and thoughtes gan me assalt verse 55 I thought vpon thy name O Lorde by nyght when others slepe As for thy law also I kept and euer will it kepe verse 56 This grace I did obteyne because thy couenants swete and deate I did embrace and also kepe with reuerence and with feare The. viii parte HETH verse 57 O God which art my part and lot My comfort and my stay I haue decreed and promised thy lawe to kepe alway verse 58 Mine earnest hart did humbly sue in presence of thy face As thou therfore hast promised Lorde graunt me of thy grace verse 59 My lyfe I haue examined and tryde my secrete hart Whiche to thy statutes caused me my fete strayght to conuert verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as they that slouthfull are But hastely thy lawes to kepe I did my selfe beware verse 61 The cruell bandes of wicked men haue made of me theyr pray Yet would I not thy law forget nor from thee go astray verse 62 Thy rightous iudgment shewd toward me so great is and so hie That euen at midnight will I ryse thy name to magnifye verse 63 Companion am I to all them whiche feare thee in theyr hart And neyther will for loue nor dread ▪ from thy commaundements start verse 64 Thy mercies Lorde most plentuously doo all the worlde fulfyll Oh teache me how I may obey thy statutes and thy will The ix parte TETH verse 65 According to thy promise Lorde so hast thou with me delt For of thy grace in sundry sorts haue I thy seruaunt felt verse 66 Teache me to iudge alwayes a ryght and geue me knowledge sure For certenly beleue I doo that thy precepts are pure verse 67 Yer thou didst touche me with thy rod I erred and went astray But now I kepe thy holy word and make it all my stay verse 68 Thou art both good and gratious and geuest most liberally Thy ordinaunces how to kepe therfore O Lord teache me verse 69 The proud and wicked mē haue forged against me many a lye yet thy commaundements still obserue with all my hart will I. verse 70 Their harts are swolne with worldly welth as gras so are they fat But in thy law doo I delyte and nothyng seke but that verse 71 Oh happy tyme may I well say when thou didst me correct For as a guide to learne thy lawes thy rods did me direct verse 72 So that to me thy worde and law is dearer manifold Then thousands great of siluer golde or ought that can be tolde The. x. parte IOD verse 73 Seing thy hands haue made me Lord to be thy creature Graunt knowledg like wise how to learne to put thy lawes in vre verse 74 So they that feare thee shall reioyce when euer they me see Because I haue learned by thy worde to put my trust in thee verse 75 When with thy rods y e world is plagd I know the cause is iust So when thou didst correct me Lorde the cause iust nedes be must verse 76 Now of thy goodnes I thee pray some comforte to me send As thou to me thy seruaunt hetest so from all ill me shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies power on me and I shall surely lyue For ioy and consolation bathe thy lawes to me doth geue verse 78 78 Confound the proud whose false pretēce is me for to destroy But as for me thy hestes to know I will myself employ verse 79 Who so with reuerence doo thee feare to me let them retire And suche as doo thy couenants knowe and them alone desire verse 80 My hart without all waueryng let on thy lawes be bent That no confusion come to me wherby I should be shent The xi parte GAPH verse 81 My soule doth faynt and ceaseth not thy sauing health to craue And for thy wordes sake still I trust my hartes desyre to haue verse 82 Mine eyes doo fayle with loking for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilte thou me comfort Lorde why dost thou thus delay verse 83 As a skin bottell in the smoke so am I partcht and dryed yet will I not out of my hart let thy commaundement slide verse 84 Alas how long shall I yet lyue before I see the houre That on my foes whyche me torment thy vengeaunce thou wilt power verse 85 Presūptuons men haue digged pittes thinking to make me sure Thus contrary agaynst thy law my hurte they doo procure verse 86 But thy commaundements are al true and causeles they me greue To thee therfore I doo complayne that thou mightest me relieue verse 87 Almost they had me cleane destroide and brought me quite to grounde yet by thy statutes I abode and therin succor founde verse 88 Restore me Lorde agayne to lyfe for thy mercyes excell And so shall I thy couenants kepe till death my lyfe expell The. xii parte LAMID verse 89 In heauens lord where thou dost dwel thy word is stablished sure And shall for all eternitie fast grauen there indure verse 90 From age to age thy truth abideth as doth the earth witnes Whose ground work thou hast layd so sure as no tounge can expres verse 91 Euen to thys day we may well see how all thynges perseuer Accordyng to thy ordinance for all thinges thee reuere verse 92 Had it not ben that in thy lawe my soule had comfort sought Long time yere now in my distres I had ben brought to nought verse 93 Therfore will I thy
precepts aye in memory kepe fast By them thou hast my lyfe restorde when I was at last cast verse 94 No wight to me can title make for I am onely thyne Saue me therfore for to thy lawes myne eares and hart inclyne verse 95 The wicked men doo seke my bane and therto lye in wayte But I the while considered thy notable actes and great verse 96 I see nothyng in this wide world at length which hath not ende But thy commaundement and thy word beyond all end extende The. xiii parte MEM verse 97 What great desire and feruent loue doo I beare to thy lawe All the day long my whole deuyse is only on thy lawe verse 98 Thy worde hath taught me far to pas my foes in polycye For still I kepe it as a thyng of most excellencye verse 99 My teachers whiche did me instruct in knowledge I excell Because I doo thy couenauntes kepe and them to others tell verse 100 In wisdome I doo pas also the auncient men in dede And all because to kepe thy lawes I helde it aye best rede verse 101 My fete I haue refrayned eke from euery euyll way Because that I continually thy worde might kepe I say verse 102 I haue not swarued from thy iudgmēts nor yet shronk any dell For why thou hast taught me therby to lyue godly and well verse 103 Oh Lorde howe swete vnto my tast fynde I thy wordes alwaye Doubtles no hony in my mouth fele ought so swete I may verse 104 Thy lawes haue me such wisdō learnd that vtterly I hate All wicked and vngodly wayes in euery kinde or rate The. xiiii parte NVN verse 105 Euen as a lanterne to my fete so doth thy word shine bryght And to my pathes where euer I go it is a flamyng lyght verse 106 I haue both sworne and will perform most certenly doubtles That I will kepe thy iudgments iust and them in lyfe expres verse 107 Affliction hath me sore oppressed and brought me to deathes dore O Lorde as thou hast promised so me to lyfe restore verse 108 The offrings which with hart voyce most frankly I thee geue Accept and teache me how I may after thy iudgements lyue verse 109 My soule is aye so in my hande that daungers it assayle yet doo I not thy law forget nor it to kepe will fayle verse 110 Although the wicked layd their nets to catche me at a bray yet did I not from thy precepts once swerue or go astray verse 111 Thy lawe I haue so claymed alway as mine owne heritage And why for therin I delyte and set my whole courage verse 112 For euermore I haue ben bent thy statutes to fullfill Euen so lyke wyse vnto the ende I will continue styll The. xv parte SAMECH verse 113 The crafty thoughts and double hart I doo alwayes detest But as for thy law and precepts I loued them euer best verse 114 Thou art my hid and secret place my shield of strong defence Therfore haue I thy promises loked for with pacience verse 115 Go to therfore ye wicked men depart from me anone For the commaundments will I kepe of God my Lorde alone verse 116 As thou hast promisd so performe that death me not assayle Nor let my hope abuse me so that through distrust I quayle verse 117 Uphold me and I shalbe safe for ought they doo or say And in thy statutes pleasure take will I bothe night and day verse 118 Thou hast trod suche vnder thy fete as do thy statutes breake For nought auayleth theyr subtiltie theyr counsell is but weake verse 119 Like drosse thou castes the wicked oute where euer they go ordwell Therfore can I as thy statutes loue nothyng halfe so well verse 20 My fleshe alas is taken with feare as though it were benomde For when I see thy iudgmentses strayt I am as one astounde The. xvi parte AIN verse 121 I doo the thyng that lawfull is and geue to all men right Resigne me not to them that would oppresse me with their might verse 122 But for thy seruaunt surty be in that thing that is good That proudmen geue me not the foyle which rage as they were wood verse 123 Mine eies with waiting are now blind thy health so muche I craue And eke thy righteous promise Lorde wherby thou wilt me saue verse 124 Intreate thy seruaunt louingly and fauour to him shew Thy statutes of most excellence teache me also to knowe verse 125 Thy humble seruaunt Lorde I am oh graunt me to vnderstand Howe by thy statutes I may know best what to take in hand verse 126 It is now time Lorde to begin for truthe is quyte decayd Thy law lyk wyse they haue transgrest and none against them sayd verse 127 Thys is the cause wherfore I loue thy lawes better then gold Or iewels fine which are estemd most costly to be sold verse 128 I thought thy precepts all most iust and so them layd in store All crafty and malicious wayes I doo abhorre therfore The. xvii parte PE verse 129 Thy couenaunts are most wonderfull and full of thynges profound My soule therfore doth kepe them sure when they are tride and found verse 130 when men first enter into thy wordes they finde alyght most cleare And very idiots vnderstand when they it reade or heare verse 131 For ioie I haue both gaped breathed to know thy commaundement That I might guide my lyfe therby I sought what thyng it ment verse 132 With mercy and compassion Lord beholde me from aboue As thou art wont to behold suche as thy name feare and loue verse 133 Direct my fote steppes by thy worde that I thy will may know And neuer let iniquitie thy seruaunt ouerthrow verse 134 From slaunderous tonges and deadly harms preserue kepe me sure Thy precepts then I will obserue and put them eke in vre verse 135 Thy countenaūce which doth surmoūt the sunne in his bright hew Let shine on me and by thy lawe teache me what to eschew verse 136 Out of mine eyes great flods gush out of drery teares and fell When I beholde how wicked men thy law kepe neuer a dell The. xviii parte ZADE verse 137 In euery point Lord thou art iust the wicked though they grudge And when thou dost sentēce pronunce thou art a righteous iudge verse 138 To render right and flie from guile are two chief pointes most hye And suche as thou hast in thy law commaunded vs streightly verse 139 With zele and wrath I am consumde and euen pyned awaye To see my foes thy wordes forget for ought that I doo may verse 140 So pure and perfect is thy word as any hart can deme And I thy seruaunt nothing more doo loue or yet esteme verse 141 And though I be nothing set by as one of base degree Yet doo I not thy hestes forget nor shrinke awaye from thee verse 142 Thy righteousnes Lorde is most iust for euer to endure Also thy law is truth
it selfe most constant and most pure verse 143 Trouble and grief haue seased on me and brought me wondrous lowe yet doo I still of thy precepts delyght to heare and know verse 144 The righteous of thy iudgements doo last for euermore Then teache them me for euen in them my lyfe lyeth vp in store The. xix parte â—OPH verse 145 With feruent heart I callde and crid now answere me O Lord That thy commaundement to obserue I may fully accord verse 146 To thee my God I make my sute with most humble request Saue me therfore and I will kepe thy precept and thy hest verse 147 To thee I crye euen in the morne before the day waxe lyght Because that I haue in thy word my confidence whole plyght verse 148 Mine eyes preuent the watch by night and yere they call I wake That by deuisyng of thy word I might some comfort take verse 149 Incline thyne eares to heare my voice and pitie on me take As thou wast wont so iudge me Lorde lest lyfe me should forsake verse 150 My foes draw nere and doo procure my deathe malitiously Which from thy law are far gone back and straid from it leudly verse 151 Therfore O Lorde approche thou nere for nede doth so require And all thy precepts true they are then helpe I thee desyre verse 152 By thy coÌ„maundements I haue learnd not now but longe ago That they remayne for euermore thou hast them grounded so The. xx parte RES verse 153 My trouble and affliction consider and beholde Delyuer me for of thy lawe I euer take fast holde verse 154 Defend my good and righteous cause with spede me succor send From death as thou hast promised Lorde kepe me and defend verse 155 As for the wicked farre they are from hauing health and grace Wherby they might thy statutes know they enter not the trace verse 156 Great are thy mercyes Lord I graunt what tong can them atteyne And as thou haste me iudged yer now so let me lyfe obteyne verse 157 Though many men did trouble me and persecute most sore Yet from thy lawes I neuer shronk nor went awry therfore verse 158 And truth it is for grief I dye when I these traitors see Because they kepe no whit thy worde nor yet seke to know thee verse 159 Beholde for I doo loue thy lawes with hart most glad and fayne As thou art good and gratious Lorde restore my lyfe agayne verse 160 What thy word doth decree must be and so it hath bene euer Thy rightuous iudgements are also most true and decay neuer The. xxi parte SCHIN verse 161 Princes haue sought by crueltye causeles to make me crouche But all in vayne for of thy word the feare did my hart touche verse 162 And certenly euen of thy word I was more mery and glad Then he that of ryche spoyles and pray great store and plentye had verse 163 As for all lyes and falsitie I hate most and detect For why thy holy law doo I aboue all thinges loue best verse 164 Seuen times aday I prayse the Lord singing with hart and voyce Thy rightuous actes and wonderfull so cause me to reioyse verse 165 Great peace and rest shall all such haue whiche doo thy statutes loue Nor danger shall theyr quiet state impere or once remoue verse 166 My only health and comfort Lorde I loke for at thy hand And therfore haue I done those things whiche thou didst me commaunde verse 167 Thy lawes haue ben my exercise whiche my soule most desired So muche my loue to them was bent that nought els I required verse 168 Thy statutes and commaundements I kept thou knowest a ryght For all the things that I haue done are present in thy syght The. xxii parte TAV verse 169 O Lorde let my complaynt and crye before thy face appeare And as thou hast me promise made so teache me thee to feare verse 170 Mine humble supplication toward thee let find acces And graunt me Lord deliueraunce for so is thy promes verse 171 Then all my lippes thy prayses speake after most ample sort When thou thy statutes hast me taught wherin standeth all comfort verse 172 My tong shall sing and preache thy word and on this wise say shall Gods famous actes and noble lawes are iust and perfect all verse 173 Stretch out thy hand I thee beseche and spedely me saue For thy commaundments to obserue chosen O Lorde I haue verse 174 Of thee alone Lorde I craue health for other I know none And in thy law and nothyng els I doo delyte alone verse 175 Graunt me therfore long dayes to lyue thy name to magnifye And of thy iudgements mercifull let me thy fauor trye verse 176 For I was lost and went astraye muche lyke a waydryng shepe Oh seke me for I haue not fayled thy commaundmentes to kepe Dd dominum cum tribularer Psal. cxx T. S. The praier of Dauid beyng now banished among the barbarious people of Arabia by the fasle reports of enuious flatterers And therefore he lamenteth his long abode amonge those infidels who were geuen to all kind of wickednes and contetion IN trouble and in thrall vnto the Lord I call he doth me coÌ„fort deliuer me I say froÌ„ liers lips alway And tong of false reyort verse 4 What vantage or what thyng Getst thou thus for to sting Thou false and flattering lyer verse 5 Thy tongue doth hurt I wene No les then arrowes kene Of whote consuming fire verse 6 Alas to longe I slake Within these tentes so blake Whiche kedars are by name By whom the flocke elect And of Isaackes sect Are put to open shame verse 7 With them that peace did hate I came a peace to make And set a quyet lyfe verse 8 But when my worde was tolde Causeles I was controld By them that would haue stryfe Leuaui oculos meos Cxxi VV. VV. The Prophet shewed by his owne example that the faythful ought to loke for all their succor of God alone who will gouerne and giue good successe to all theyr godly enterpryses I Lyfte mine eies to Sion hill froÌ„ whence I doo attend that succor God me send The mighty God me succor will which heaueÌ„ and earth framed all things therin named 3 Thy fote from slip he will preserue And will thee safely kepe For he will neuer slepe Lo he that doth Israll conserue No slepe at all can him catche But his eyes shall euer watche The Lorde is thy warrant alway The Lorde eke doth thee couer As at thy ryght hand euer The sunne shall not thee parche by day Nor the mone not halfe so bryght Shall with could thee hurt by night The Lorde will kepe thee from distres And wyll thy lyfe sure saue And thou also shalt haue In all thy busines good successe Where euer thou goest in or out God will thy thinges bring about Letatus sum Psalme Cxxii VV. K. Dauid reioyceth in the name of the faythfull that God
Lorde theyr cruell wordes when as with one accorde They cryed on sack and raze their wals in despite of theyr Lorde verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought And happy shall that man be calld that our reuenge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shall that man be calld that taketh thy children yonge To dash theyr bones against hard stones whiche lye the streates amonge Confitebor tibi Psalme Cxxxviii N. ☞ Dauid with greate courage prayseth the goodnes of God toward hym whiche is so greate that it is knowne to forren prynces who shall prayse the Lord together with hym And he is assured to haue lyke comforte of God in the time folowyng as he hathe had here to fore THee will I prayse with my whole hart my Lorde my God alwayes Sing thys as the. cxivii Ps. Euen in the presence of the Gods I will aduaunce thy prayse Towarde thy holy temple I will looke and worship thee And praysed in my thankfull mouth thy holy name shall be Euen for thy louing kindnes sake and for thy truth withall For thou thy name hast by thy worde auaunced ouer all When I did call thou heardest me and thou hast made also The power of encreasced strength within my soule to grow Yea all the kynges on earth they shall geue prayse to thee O Lorde For they of thy most holy mouth haue hard the mightye word They of the wayes of God the Lord in singing shall entreate Because the glory of the Lorde it is exceding great The Lorde is hye and yet he doth beholde the lowly spirite But he contemning knowes a farre the proud and lofty wight Although in middes of trouble I doo walke yet shall I stand Renued by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand vpon the wrath of all my foes and saued shall I be By thy right hand The Lord God wil performe his worke to me Thy mercy Lorde endures for ay Lorde doo me not forsake Forsake me not that am the work whiche thine owne hand did make Domine probasti Psalme cxxxix N. ☞ Dauid to clense his harte from all hipocrisie sheweth that there is nothing so hye whiche God seyth not whiche he confirmeth by the creation of man After declaryng his zeale and feare of God he protesteth to be enemy to all them that contem God O Lorde thou hast me tryed and knowne my sitting doste thou knew And tysing eke my thoughts a farre thou vnderstandst also My pathes yea and my lying downe thou compassest alwayes And by familiar custome art acquaynted with my wayes No word is in my tong O lorde but knowne it is to thee Thou me behinde holdst and before thou layst thy hand on me To wonderfull aboue my reache Lorde is thy cunning skill it is so hie that I the same can not atteyne vntill From sight of thy all seeyng sprite Lorde whether shall I goo Or whether shall I flee away thy presence to scape froe To heauen if I mount aloft loe thou art present there In hell if I lye downe by lowe euen there thou dost appeare Yea let me take the mornings winges and let me goo and hide Euen there where ar the farthest partes where flowing sea doth slide Yea euen thether also shall thy reaching hand me guide And thy ryght hand shall holde me fast and make me to abide yea if I say the darknes shall yet shrowde me from thy sight Loe euen also the darkest night about me shalbe light yea darknes hideth not from thee but night doth shine as day To thee the darknes and the light are bothe alike alway For thou possessed hast my reynes and thou hast couerd me When I within my mothers wombe enclosed was by thee Thee will I prayse made fearfully and wondrously I am Thy works are maruellous right well my soule doth knowe the same My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue ben made and in the earth beneth I shapen was When I was formeles then thyne eye saw me far in thy boke Were written all nought was before that after fashion toke The thoughtes therfore of thee O God bow dere are they to me And of them all how passing great the endles nombers be If I should compt them loe their summe more then the sand I see And whensoeuer I awake yet am I still with thee The wicked and the blody men of that thou woldest slaye Euen those O God to whom depart depart from me I say Euen those of thee O lord my God that speake full wickedlye These that are lifted vp in vayne beyng enemies to thee Hate I not them that hate thee Lord and not in earnest wise Contende I Lorde against them all against thee that arise I hate them with vnfayned hate euen as my vtter foes Trye me O God and know my hart my thoughtes proue and disclose Consider Lorde if wickednes in me there any be And in the way O God my guide for euer leade thou me Eripeme Psalme Cxl. N. ☞ Dauid complayneth of the crueltye falshed and iniuryes of his enemies against whiche he prayeth vnto the Lorde and assureth him selfe of hys helpe and succoure Wherfore he prouoketh the iuste to prayse thee and to assure them selues of hys tuicion LOrde saue me from the euill man and from the cruell wight Deliuer me whiche euell doo imagine in their sprite Whiche make on me continuall warre their tonges loe they haue whet Like serpents vnderneth their lyppes is adders poyson set Kepe me O Lorde from wicked handes preserue me to a bide Free from the cruell man that meanes to cause my steppes to slide The proud haue laid a snare for me and they haue spred a net With cordes in my path way and ginnes for me eke haue they set Therfore I said vnto the Lord thou art my God alone Here me O Lorde oh heare the voyce wherwith I pray and mone O Lord my God thou only art the strength that saueth me My head in day of battell hath ben couerd still by thee Let not O lorde the wicked haue the end of his desire Perform not his wicked thought lest they with pride be set on fyre Of them that compas me about the chefest of them all Lord let the mischef of their lippes vpon them selues befall Let coales fall on them let him cast them in consuming flame And in depe pittes so as they may not rise out of the same For no backbiter shall on earth beset in stable plight And euill to destruction still shall hunt the cruel wight I know the lorde thafflicted will reuenge and iudge the poore The iust shall prayse thy name iust shall dwell with thee euermore Domine clamaui Psalme Cxli. N. ☞ Dauid being greuouslye persecuted vnder Saull onely flicth vnto God to haue succour despring him to bridle his affections that he may paciently abyde 〈◊〉 God take vengeaunce of his enemies O Lord vpon thee doo I cal Lord
hast thee vnto me and herken Lord vnto my voyce when I do crye to thee as inscence let my praiyer be directed in thine eyes the vplifting of my hands as euening sacrifice My Lord for guiding of my mouth set thou a watche before And also of my mouing lipppes O lorde kepe thou the dore That I should wicked works commit incline thou not my hart With ill men of their delicates Lorde let me eate no parte But let the righteous suite me Lorde for that is good for me Let him reproue me and the same a precious oyle shall be Suche smiting shall not breake my hed the time shall shortly fall When I shall in their miserye make prayers for them all Then when in stony places downe theyr iudges shalbe cast Then shall they heare my words for then they haue a pleasant tast Our bones about the graues mouth loe scattred are they found As he that heaweth wod or he that diggeth in the ground But O my lorde my God mine eyes doo loke vp vnto thee In thee is all my trust let not my soule forsaken be Whiche they haue layd to catch me in Lorke kepe me from the snare And from the suttle grennes of them that wicked workers are The wicked into their owne nets together let them fall while I doo by thy help escape the danger of them all Voce mea ad Psalme Cxlii. N. ☞ Dauid neither a stonied with feare nor caryed awaye with anger nor forsed by desperation would kyll Saule but with a quyet mind directed his earnest prayer vnto God who did preserue hu◠BEfore the lorde God with my voyce did I send out my crye And with my streamed voyce vnto the lorde God prayed I. My meditation in his sight to poure I did not spare And in the presence of the Lorde my trouble did declare Although perplexed were my sprite my pathe was knowne to thee In way where I did walke a snare they slyly layde for me I lookt and vewd on my ryghthand but none there wold me knoo All refuge fayled me and for my soule none cared thoo Then cryed I Lorde to thee and sayde my hope thou only art Thou in the lande of lyuing art my portion and my part Harke to my crye for I am brought full low delyuer me From them that doo me persecute for me to strong they be That I may prayse thy name my soule from prison lord bringe oute When thou art good to me the iust shall prese me round about Domine exaudi Psalme Cxliii N ☞ An earnest prayer for remission of synnes acknowledging that the enemies did cruelly persecute hym by Gods iust iudgment He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirite that he may spende the rest of hys lyfe in the true fere and seruice of God LOrde heare my prayer harke the playnte That I doo make to thee Lorde in thy natiue truthe and in thy iustice aunswer me In iugement with thy seruant lorde oh enter not at all For iustyfyed be in thy syght no one that lyueth shall The enmie hath pursued my soule my lyfe to ground hath throwne And layde me in the darke like them that dead are longe agone Within me in perplexitie was my accombred spryte And in me was my troubled hart amased and afflight Yet I recorde time past in all thy workes I meditate Yea in the workes I meditate that thy handes haue create To thee O lorde my God loe I doo stretch my crauing hands My soule desyreth after thee as doo the thirstye landes Heare me with spede my sprite doth faile hide not thy face me froe els shall I be like them that downe into the pit doo goe Let me thy louing kindnes in the morning heare and know For in thee is my trust shew me the way that I shall goe For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lorde deliuer me From all mine enemies for I haue hidden me with thee Teache me to doo thy will for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good sprite vnto the land of misery me conuey with thy names sake with quickning grace a lyue doo thou me make And out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy iustice sake And for thy mercy slay my foes O lorde destroy them all That doo oppres my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shall Bene dictus dominus Psalme cxliiii N. ☞ Dauid prayseth the Lorde with greate affection and humilitie for hys kyngdome restored and for his victoryes obtayned yet callyng for helpe the destruction of the wicked promisyng to acknowleg the same with song of prayses and declareth wherin the felicytie of anye people consisteth BLest be the lorde my strength that doth instruct my hand to fight The lord that doth my fingers frame to battell by his might He is my Goodnes fort and toure deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yelde O Lord what thing is man that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wyse man is but like to vanitie so pas hys dayes to ende As fleting shade Bow downe O Lorde thy heauens and descend The mountains touche they shal smoke cast fourth thy lightning flame And scatter them thine arrowes shote consume them with the same Send downe thy hand euen from aboue O Lorde delyuer me Take me from waters great from hand of strangers make me free Whose subtle mouth of vanitie and fondnes doth entreate And their right hand is a right hand of falshod and deceit A new song I will sing O God and singing will I be On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee Euen he it is that only geues deliuerance to kynges Unto hys seruaunt Dauid helpe From hurt full sword he bringes From strangers hand me saue and sheld whoes mouth talkes vanitie And their right hand is a ryght hand of guile and sutteltye That oure sonnes may be as the plants whom growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued corner stones lyke to a palace fayre Our corners full and plenty may with sondry sortes be found Our shepe bring thousands in our strets ten thousands may abound Our oxen be to labor strong that none doo vs inuade There be no going out no crye within our strets be made The people blessed are that with such blessings are so stered Yea blessed all the people are whose God is God the lorde Exaltabo te deus Psalme Cxlv. N. ☞ This Psalme was made when the kingdome of Dauid florished Wherein he describeth the wonderfull prouidence of God as well in gouerning man as in preseruing al the rest of his creatures He praiseth God for his iustice and mercie but specially for hys louyng kindnes toward those that call vpon him that feare hym and loue hym THee will I laude my God kyng bles thy name for aye for euer wil I prayse thy name and bles thee day by day great is the Lord most worthy
praise his greatnes not cāreach frō race to race they shal thy works praise and thy power preache I Of thy gloryous maiestye the beauty will recorde And meditate vppon thy workes most wonderfull O Lorde And they shal of thy power and of thy fearfull actes declare And I to publish all abrode thy greatnes will not spare And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repete The Lorde our God is gratious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to angre he is slowe yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth excede Loe all thy workes doo praise thee lord and doo their honor sprede Thy sainctes doo bles thee and they doo thy kingdomes glorye shewe And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to sprede the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lorde a kingdom is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through eche age endures without decay The Lorde vpholdeth them that fall the sliding he doth stay The eyes of all doo wayte on thee thou doest them all releue And thou to eche sufficing foode in season due dost geue Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what euer liue with giftes of thy good will The Lorde is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all Nere all he is that call on him in truthe that on him cal He the desires whiche they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they crye and saue them all he will The Lorde preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse hys holy name for euer shall accorde Lauda anima mea Psalm cxlvi I. H Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almightye and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at lybertie comforteth the fatherles widowes and the straungers and raygneth kinge for euer My soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes My God I will confes Sing thys as the. cxxxvii Whyle death and lyfe prolong my dayes my tonge no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why theyr breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their hart decay and pearysh all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the lorde is stayd verse 6 Whiche made the earth waters depe the heauens hie with all Which doth his word and promise kepe In truth and euer shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he procede for suche as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The lord doth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The lorde I saye doth loue the ryght and iust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the strangers sad in hart And quite the wydow from distres and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy lorde and God eternally O Syon still shall rayne In tyme of all posteritie for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme cxlvii N. ☞ The Prophet prayseth the bountye wisdom power iustice prouidence of God vpō all his creatures But specially vpō his church whiche he gathereth together after theyr dispersion Declaring hys word and iudgmēts so vnto them as he hath don to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to synge For it is pleasante and to prayse it is a comely thyng the Lord his owne Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israell doth gather into one He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynde He countes the number of the starres and names them in theyr kynde Great is our Lord great is his power his wisdome infinite The Lord releues the meke throwes to ground the wicked wight Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyse And to our God vpon the harp aduaunce your singing voyce He couers heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth rayne And on the mountaines he doth make the grasse to grow agayne He geues to beastes their fode and to yong rauens when they crye His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legges doth lye But all in those that feare the Lorde the Lord hath his delight And suche as doo attend vpon his mercies shining light O prayse thy Lorde Ierusalem thy God O Syon prayse For he the barres hath forged strong where with thy gaie he stayes Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the floure of wheat he filleth thee And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with spedy course doth swiftly runne about He geueth snow like woll hore frost like ashes doth he spreade Like morsells castes his ise therof the colde whoe can abide He sendeth fourth his mightye worde and melteth them agayne His winde he makes to blow and then the waters flow amayne The doctrine of his holy worde to Iacob doth he shewe His statutes and his iudgements he geues Israell to knowe With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne His secrete iudgementes ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme cxlviii I. P. ☞ He prouoketh all creatures to prayse the Lode in heauen in earth and in all places specially for the power that he hathe geuen to his people Israell whom he hathe taken so nere vnto hym GEue laude vnto the Lord frō heauen that is so hie Praise him in dede and worde Aboue the starry skie 2. And also ye his angels all armies royall prayse him with glee Praise him both mone and Sunne Whiche are so cleare and bryght The same in you be done Ye glistring starres of lyght And eke no les De Heauens faire And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse For at his worde they were All formed as we see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree Whiche he set fast To them he made A law and trade For aye to laste Extoll and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fell All depe doo ye the same For it becommeth you well Him magnyfye Fyre Hayle Ise Snowe And stormes that blow At his decree The hilles and mountaines all And trees that frutfull are The Cedres great and tall His worthy prayie declare Beastes and cattell yea birdes fliyng And wormes crepyng That on earth dwell All kinges both more and les With all their pompons trayne Princes and all iudges That in the worlde remayne Exalte his name
yong men and maides Olde men and babes Doo ye the same For his name shall we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament For sure he shall Exalt with blisse The horne of his And helpe them all His sainctes all shall forthtell His prayse and worthines The children of Israell Eche one both more and les And also they That with good will His wordes fulfyll And him obey Cantate dominum Psalme exlix N. ☞ An exhortation to the churche to prayse the Lorde for hys victorye and conquest that he geueth his fainctes against all mans power SIng ye vnto the Lorde our God a new reioysing song And let the prayse of him be heard his holy sainctes among Let Israell reioyse in him that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyfull in their king Let them sound prayse with voyce of flut vnto his holy name And with the timbrell and the harpe sing prayses of the same For why the Lorde his pleasure all hath in his peoyle set And by deliuerance he will rayse the meke to glory great With glory and with honor now let all the sainctes reioyse And now aloude vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lorde And in their handes eke let them beare a dooble edged sworde To plage the Heathen and correct the people with theyr handes To bind their stately kinges in chaines their lordes in iron bandes To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor all his sainctes shall haue prayse ye the lorde therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ☞ An exhortacion to prayse the Lorde without sease by all maner of wayes for all hys mightye and wonderfull workes YElde vnto God the mightye Lorde prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in the firmament that shewes his power on hie Aduaunce hys name and prayse hym in his mightye actes alwayes According to his excellencye of greatnes geue him praise His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding tropet blowe Praise him vpon the viole and vpon the harp also Praise him with timbrell and with flute orgaines and virginalles With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him with loud cimballs What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the lorde To praise the name of God the lorde agree with one accord ☞ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in meter The. x. Commaundements of almightie God Exodus xx VV. VV. AT tend my people geue eare of ferly things I wil thee tel {punctel} Se that my words in mind thou bear And to my precepts listen wel I am thy Souerayne Lorde and God Whiche haue thee brought from carefull thrall And eke reclaymed from Pharos rod. Make thee no Gods on them to call Nor facyoned forme of any thyng In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plages this syn will smite Take not in vayne his holy name Abuse it not after thy will For so thou might soone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spill The Lorde from worke the seuenth day cest And brought all thinges to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hests ye may attend Unto thy parents honor geue As Gods commaundements doo pretende That thou long dayes and good maies liue In earth where God a place doth lende Beware of muder and cruell hate All fylthy fornication feare Se thou steale not in any rate False witnes against no man beare Thy neyghbors house with not to haue His wyfe or ought that he caleth mine His field his oxe his asse his sclaue Or any thing whiche is not thine A prayer The sprit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our harts restore And cause vs all with one accorde To magnifie thy name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy will Thy might therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfyll Lorde for thy names sake graunt vs thys Thou art our strength oh Sauior Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in eche respect And with thy holy sprite alwayes The comforter of thine elect The Lordes Prayer D. Coxe OUr father which in heauen art And makst vs all one brotherhod to call vpon thee with one harte Our heauenly Father our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctifyed Thy holy worde mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifye thy holy name From all errours defend and keye the litle flock of thy poore shepe Thy kyngdom come euen at this houre And henceforth euerlastyngly thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his gifts most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hande Thy will be donne with diligence like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience thee to obey in wealth and wo let not flesh bloud or any ill Preueile againste thy holy wyll Geue vs this day our dayly bread And all other good giftes of thyne kepe vs from warre and from bloudshed Also from sicknes derth and Pine that we may liue in quietnes Without all gredy carefulnes Forgeue vs our offences all Releue oure carefull conscience As we forgeue bothe great and small which vnto vs haue done offence Prepare vs lorde for to serue thee In perfect loue and vnitie O lorde into temptacion Leade vs not when the find doth rage to with stande his inuasion Geue power and strength to euery age Arme and make strong thy feble host with fayth and with thy holy ghost O Lorde from euill delyuer vs The dayes and times are daungerous From euerlastyng deathe saue vs And in our last nede comfort vs A blessed ende to vs bequeath Into thy hands our soules receyue For thou O Lorde art king of kinges And thou hast power ouerall Thy glory shineth in all thinges In the wide world vniuersall Amen Let it bedone O Lord That we haue prayd with one accord The. xii Articles of the christian Faythe ALl my belief and confidedce Is in the Lord of might the father which al things hath made the day eke the night the heauēs the firmament and also many a star the earth and all that is therin which passe mās reason far And in lyke maner I beleue In Chryste oure Lorde hys sonne Coequall with the deitie And man in flesh and bone Conceyued by the holy Ghost His word doth me assure And of his mother Mary borne yet she a Uirgin pure Because mankind to Sathan was For sinne in bonde and thrall He came and offred vp him selfe To death to saue vs all And suffering most greuous paine Then Pilate beyng iudge Was crucifyed on the cros And therat did not grudge And so
he dyed in the fleshe But quickned in the sprite His body then was buryed As is our vse and ryte His sprit did after this descend Into the lower partes To them that long in darknes were The true lyght of theyr hartes And in the third day of his death He rose to lyfe agayne To thende he might be gloryfyed Out of oll grief and payne Ascending to the heauens hie To sit in glory styll On Gods right hand his Father dere According to his will Untill the day of iudgement come When he shall come againe With Angels power yet of that day We all be vncertayne To iude all people rightuously Whom he hath dearly bought The lyuing and the dead also Which he hath made of nought And in the holy spirit of God My fayth to satisfye The third parson in Trinitie Beleue I sted fastlye The holy and catholick Churche That Gods worde doth maintayne And holy Scripture doth alowe Which Sathan doth disdayne And also I doo trust to haue By Iesu Christ his death Release and pardon of my sinnes And that only by fayth What time all flesh shall ryse agayne Before the Lorde of might And se vim with theyr bodely eyes Whiche now doo geue them light And then shall Christe our sauior The shepe and Goates deuide And geue lyfe euerlastyngly to those whom he hath tride Whiche is the realme celestiall In glory for to rest With all the holy company Of Saincts and Angels blest Whiche serue the Lorde omnipotent Obediently eche houre To whom be all dominion and prayse for euermore A Prayer vnto the holy ghost to be song before the Sermon COme holy sprite the god of might Comforter of vs all Teach vs to knowe thy word a right Sing thys as the. cxix Psal. that we doo neuer fall O holy Ghost visit our coast defend vs with thy shild Against all sinne and wickednes Lorde helpe vs win the field Lorde kepe our Quene and her counsell and geue them will and might To perseuer in thy Gospell which can put sinne to flyght O Lorde that geuest thy holy worde send preachers plenteouslye That in the same we may accorde and therin lyue and dye O holy Sprite direct a ryght the Preachers of thy worde Thot thou by them maist cut downe syn As it were with a sworde Depart not from those pastors pure but ayde them at all nede Whiche breake to vs the breade of lyfe wheron our soules doo feede O blessed spirit of truthe kepe vs In peace and vnitie Kepe vs from sectes and errours all And from all papistrie Conuert all those that are oure foes and bryng them to thy lyght That they and we may well agree and prayse thee day and nyght O Lorde increase our fayth in vs and loue so to abounde That man and wyfe be voyde of strife and neyghbours about vs rounde In oure tyme geue thy peace O Lorde to nations farre and nye And teache them all thy holy worde that we may syng to thee All glory to the Trinitie that is of mightes most The lyuing Father and the Sonne and eke the holy Ghost As it hath bene in all the time that hathe been here to fore As it is now and so shalbe henceforth for euermore Dapacem domine Geue peace in these our daies o lord great daungers are now at hand thine enemies with one accorde Christ name in euery lande seke to deface route out and race thy trew right worship in dede be thou the stay lord we the pray thou helpest alone in all nede Geue vs that peace ▪ whiche we doo lack Through misbelief and ill lyfe Thy word to offer thou dost not slack Whiche we vnkindly gainstriue with fire and sword This healthfull word Some persecute and opprisse Some with the mouth Confes the truth Without sincere godlines Geue peace and vs thy spirite downe send With grief and repentaunce true Do pearce our harts our liues to amend And by fayth Chryst renue That feare and dread Warre and bloudshed Through thy swete mercy and grace May from vs slyde Thy truth may byde And shine in euery place The complaint of a Sinner who craueth of Christ to be kept vnder hys mercye WHere rightuousnes doth say lord for my sinfull part in wrath y ◠shouldst me pay vēgaunce for 〈◊〉 desart I can it not deny but nedes I must confes how y t continually thy lawes I doo transgres Thy lawes I do transgresse But if it be thy will With sinners to contend Then all thy flock shall spill And be lost without end For who liueth here so right That rightly he can say He sinneth not in thy sight Full oft and euery day Thy scripture plaine telth me The righteous man offendeth Seuen times a day to thee Wheron thy wrath dependth So that the rightwise man Doth walke in no such path but he falth now or than In daunger of thy wrath Then since the case so standes That euen the man rightwise Falth oft in sinfull bandes Wherby thy wrath may ryse Lorde I that am vniust And rightwisenes none haue Wherto then shall I trust My synfull soule to saue But truly to that post Wherto I cleaue and shall Whiche is thy mercy most Lorde let thy mercy fall And mitigate thy mode Or els we perish all The pryce of this thy bloud Wherin mercy I call Thy scripture doth declare No drop of bloud in thee But that thou didst not spare To shed eche drop for me Now let those drops most swet So moyst my hart so dry That I with sinne replete May liue and sinne may die That being mortifyed Thys synne of myne in me I may be sanctifyed By grace of thine in thee So that I neuer fall Into suche mortall sinne That my foes infernall Reioyse my death therin But vouchesafe me to keep From those infernall foes And from that lake so depe Wheras no mercy growes And I shall sing the songes Confirmed with the iust That vnto thee belonges Whiche art mine only trust ☞ Through perfecte repentaunce the sinner hath a sure trust in God that his sinne s shalbe washed away in Christes ēloud O Lord in thee is al my trust geue eare vnto my wofull cry Refuse me not that am vniust but bowing downe thy heauēly eye behold how I doo still lament my sinnes wherin I do offende O Lord for them shall I be shent Sith thee to playse I doo intend No no not so thy will is bent To deale with sinners in thine ire But when in hart they shall repent Thou grauntst with sped their iust desire To thee therfore still shall I cry to wash away my sinfull cryme Thy bloud O Lorde is not yet drye but that it may help me in time Hast thee O Lorde hast thee I say To power on me the giftes of grace That when this life must flit away In heauen with thee I may haue place Where thou dost reigne eternally with God which once did downe the sēd Where angels sing
continually To thee be prayse world without end ☞ A thankes geuing after the receyuyng of the Lordes Supper THe Lorde be thanked for his gyftes And mercy euermore That he doth shew vnto his saynctes Sing this as the. xxx vii Psa To him be laud therfore Our tonges cannot so prayse the Lorde As he doth right deserue Our harts can not of hym so thynke As he doth vs preserue His benefites they be so great To vs that be but sinne That at our handes for recompence There is no hope to winne O sinfull flesh that thou shouldest haue Suche mercyes of the Lorde Thou doest deserue more worthely Of him to be abhord Nought els but sinne ▪ and wretchednes Doth rest within our heartes And stubburnely against the Lorde We dayly play oure partes The sunne aboue in firmament That is to vs a lyght Doth shew it selfe more cleane and pure Then we be in his sight The heauens aboue and all therin More holy are then we They serue the Lorde in theyr estate Eche one in his degree They do not stryue for mastership Nor slake theyr office set But feare the Lorde and do his will Hate is to them no let Also the earth and all therin Of God it is in awe It doth obserue the formers wyll By skilfull natures law The sea and all that therin is Doth bend when God doth beck The spirtes beneathe doo tremble all And feare his wrathfull check But we alas for whom all these Were made them for to rule Do not so know or loue the Lorde As doth the Oxe or mule A law he gaue for vs to know What was his holy wyll He would vs good but we will not Auoyd the thing is ill Not one of vs that seketh out The Lorde of lyfe to please Nor to the thyng that might vs ioyne Our Christ and quiet ease Thus we are all his enemyes We can it not deny And he agayne of his good wyll Would not that we should dye Therfore when remedy was none To bring vs vnto lyfe The sonne of God our flesh he toke To mend our mortall stryfe And all the law of God our Lorde He did it full obey And for our sinnes vpon the crosse Hys bloud our dettes did pay And that we should not yet forget What good be to vs wrought A signe he left our eyes to tell That he our bodyes bought In breade and wine here visible Unto thyne eyes and tast His mercyes great thou maist record If that his spryte thou hast As once the corne did liue and grow And was cut downe with sith And threshed out with many stripes Out from his huske to dryue And as the mill with violence Did teare it out so small And made it lyke to earthly dust Not sparing it at all And as the ouen with fyre hot Did close it vp in heat And all this done that I haue sayd That it should be our meat So was the Lorde in his ripe age Cut downe by cruell death His soule he gaue in torments great And yelded vp his breath Because that he to vs might be An euerlasting bread with muche reproche and trouble great On earth his lyfe he led And as the grapes in pleasant tyme Are pressed very sore And plucked downe when they be rype Nor let to grow no more Because the ioyse that in them is As comfortable drynke We myght receyue and ioyfull be when sorowes make vs shrinke So Christes bloud out pressed was With nailes and eke with speare The ioyse wherof doth saue all those That rightly do him feare And as the cornes by vnitie Into one lofe is knit So is the Lorde and his whole churche Though he in heauen sit As many grapes make but one wyne So shoulde we be but one In fayth and loue in Chist aboue And vnto Christ alone Leading a lyfe without all stryfe In quyet rest and peace From enuye and from malyce both Our heartes and tonges to cease Which if we doo then shall we shew That we his chosen be By fayth in him to leade a lyfe As alwayes willed he And that we may so doo in dede God send vs all his grace Then after death we shall be sure With him to haue a place Robert Wlsdom PReserue vs Lorde by thy deare word From Turk and Pope defend vs Lord whiche bothe would thrust oute of his throne our Lorde Iesus Christ thy deare sonne Lorde Iesus Christ shew forth thy myght That thou art Lorde of Lordes by ryght Thy poore afflicted flocke defend That they may prayse thee without end God holy Ghost our comfortor Be our Patron helpe and succor Geue vs one minde and perfect peace All giftes of grace in vs encrease Thou liuing God in parsons three Thy name be praysed in vnitie In all our nede so vs defend That we may prayse thee world without end ☞ A formst of proyer to be vsed in priuate houses euery mornyng and euening Morning prayer ALmightie God most mercifull Father we do not present our selues here before thy maiestie trusting in oure owne merites or worthines but in thy manifolde mercyes which haste promised to beare our Prayers and graunt our requestes which we shal make to the in the name of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde who hath also cōmaunded vs to assemble ourselues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not only be amongst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obteyne all thinges which shall seme expedient to thy blessed will for oure necessities therfore we beseche thee most mercifull Father to turne thy louyng countenaunce towards vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wher by we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishmēt but rather receyue vs to thy mercy for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offēces in whom only thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seing that of thy great mercyes we haue quietly passed this nyght graunte O heauenly father that we may bestowe thys day wholly in thy seruice so that al our thoughts wordes and dedes may redounde to the glorye of thy name and good ensample to all men who seeyng oure good workes may gloryfye thee oure heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and loue thou hast not onely created vs to thine owne similitude and likenes but also haste chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare sōne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of the worlde we beseche thee to encrease oure faythe and know ledg and to lighten our harts with thy holy spirit that we may in meane time liue in godly conuersatyon and integritie of lyfe knowing that Idolaters adulterers couetous men cōtentious persōs drunkards glottons and such like shall not in herite the kyngdome of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for
the power of our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen Euening prayer O Lorde God Father euerlasting full of pitie we acknowledge and confesse that we be not worthy to lyft vp our eyes to heaueÌ„ muche les to presente our selues before thy maiestie with confidence that thou wilt heare our prayers and graunt our requestes if we consider oâ—â—e owne deseruinges for oure conciences doo accuse vs and our sinnes witnes against vs we know that thou art an vpright iudge which dost not iustifye the sinners and wicked men but punishest the fautes of all such as transgres thy commaundements Yet most mercifull father since it hathe pleased thee to commaunde vs to call on thee in aloure troubles and aduersities promising euen theÌ„ to help vs when wefele our selues as it wer swalowed vp of death and desperation we vtterly renounce all worldly confydence and flee to thy so-souerayne bountie as our only stay and refuge beseching thee not to call to remembraunce our manifolde sinnes and wickednes wherby we contynuallye prouoke thy wrathe and indignation againste vs neyther oure negligence and and vnkindnes whiche haue neyther worthely estemed nor in our liues sufficiently expressed the swete coÌ„fort of thy Gospell reueled vnto vs but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ who by offring vp his body in sacrifice once for all hathe made a sufficient recompence for all our sinnes Haue mercy therfore vpon vs O lord and forgeue vs our offences Teache vs by thy holy spirite that we may rightly wey them and earnestly repent for the same And so much the rather O Lorde because that the reprobate and suche as thou hast for saken cannot prayse thee nor call vpon thy name but the repenting hart the sorow full minde the conscience oppressed hungring and thirsting for thy grace shal euer set forth thy praise and glory And albeit we be but worms and dust yet thou arte oure creator and we be the worke of thy handes yea thou art oure father and we thy children thou art oure shepeherd and we thy flock thou art our redemer and we the people whoÌ„ thou hast bought thou art oure God and we thyne inheritaunce Correct vs not therfore in thine anger O Lorde neither according to our desertes punish vs but mercifully chastyce vs with a fatherly affection that all the worlde may knowe that at what time soeuer a sinner doth repent him of hys sinne from the bottom of his hart thou wilt put a way his wickednes out of thy remembraunce as thouhast promised by thy holy prophet Finally for asmuche as it hathe pleased thee to make y e night for maÌ„ to rest in as thou hast ordayned him the day to trauel graunt o deare father that we may so take our bodely rest y t oure soules may continually watch for the time that our lord Iesus christ shall appeare for our deliuerance out of this mortall lyfe and in the meane season that we not ouercomen by any fantasies dreames or other temptations may fully set our mindes vpon thee loue thee feare thee and rest in thee furthermore that our slepe be not excessiue or ouermuche after the insaciable desires of our flesh but onelye sufficient to contente oure weake nature that we may be better disposed to lyue in all godly conuersatyon to the glory of thy holy name and profit of oure brethren Sobeit A godly Prayer to be sayd at all tymes HOnor and prayse be geuen to thee O Lorde God almightie most deare Father of heaueÌ„ for all thy mercies and louing kindnes shewed vnto vs in that it hathe pleased thy gratious goodnes frely and of thine owne accorde to elect and chose vs to saluation before the beginning of the worlde and euen like continull thankes be geueÌ„ to the for creating vs after thine owne image for redeming vs with the precious bloude of thy deare some when we were vtterly lost for sanctifying vs with thy holy spirit in the releuing and succoring vs in all our nedes and necessities for sauing vs from aldaungers of body and soule for comforting vs so fatherly in all oure tribulations and persecutions for sparing vs so long and geuyng vs so large a tyme of repentance These benefites O most mercifull father like as we know ledg to haue receyued them of thy only goodnes euen so we beseche thee for thy dere sonne Iesus Christes sake to graunte vs alwayes thy holy spirite wherby we may continually grow in thankfulnes towardes thee to be led into all truth and comforted in all our aduersities O Lorde strengthen our faith kindle it more in feruentnes loue towardes thee and our neyghbours for thy sake Suffer vs not most deare Father to receyue thy worde any more in vaine but graunt vs alwayes the assistance of thy grace and holy spirite that in hart worde and dede we maye sanctifye and doo worship to thy name Helpe to amplifie increase thy kingdome and what so euer thou sendest we may be hartely well contente with thy good pleasure and will Let vs not lack the thynge O Father without the whych we can not serue the but blesse thou soo all the workes of our handes that we may haue sufficiente and not to be chargeable but rather helpefull vnto others be mercifull O Lord to our offences and seyng our det is great whiche thou haste for geuen vs in Iesus Christe make vs toloue thee and our neyghbors so muche the more Be thou our Father our captayne and defender in all temptations holde thou vs by thy mercyfull hand that we may be deliuered from all inconueniences and end our lyues in the sanctifying honor of thy holy name through Iesu Christ our Lord and only sauior Sobe it Let thy mightie hand and out stretched arme O Lorde be still oure defence thy mercy and louyng kindnes in Iesu Christ thy deare sonne our saluation thy true and holy woord our instruction thy grace and holy spirit our comforte and consolatioÌ„ vnto the ende and in the ende Sobe it O Lorde increase our fayth A confession of all estates and tymes O Eternall God and most mercifull father we confesse and acknowledg heare before thy diuine maiestie that we are miserable synners conceyued and borne in sinne and iniquitye so that in vs there is no goodnes For the flesh euermore rebelleth agaynst the spirite wherby we continually transgres thy holy precepts and commaundemeÌ„ts so purchase to our selues through thy iust iudgement deathe and damnation Notwithstanding O heauenly father for asmuche as we are displeased with oure selues for the synnes that we haue committed against thee and do vnfeynedly repent vs of the same we most humblye beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake to shewthy mercy on vs to forgeue vs al our sinnes and to increase our holy spirite in vs that we acknowledgyng from the botome of our hartes our owne vnrighteousnes may from henceforth not only mortifie our sinful lusts and affections but also bring forth such frutes as may be agreable