Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XII This Psalme declarth for truth so falne to ground The poore mans care for truth so falne to ground When pride bearth sayle But God will it confound No truth preuayle But God will it confound 1 HElpe Lord so hye this case for why not one good man is more The faythfull gone scant any one theyr children mynished sore 2 They talke so frée of vanitie one neyghbour neyghbour to In tong they glose it double gose their hartes dissemble so 3 All lips so vayne God will them strayne and plucke them vp by roote Oh that he wrung the boasting tunge to treade it vnderfoote 4 For thus they rayle we wyll preuayle our tonges must matters breake For who dare thus be Lord to vs our tonges must onely speake 5 For thys the stresse of comfortlesse for sighes that poore men make Now ryse wyll I sayth God most hye and helpe theyr part to take 6 Gods worde is sure it is as pure from earth as siluer quit Though tryde be golde in fire seuen folde his worde yet passeth it 7 O Lord so graue thou vs shalt saue and euermore preserue From all thys route that be so stoute for euer thée to serue 8 These walke most wyde in wycked pryde all cruelty they frame Whyle they so far exalted are poore men be put to shame ¶ The Collecte HAue mercy of our frailtie most louing father and graunte that we may keepe thy holy wordes with pure chaste hartes to escape the manifold deceites of mad and vayne talkers in errour Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XIII For patience In trouble Dauid crieth For Gods desence In trouble Dauid crieth Lest deadly might Good hope in God he spieth Should blynd his sight Good hope in God he spieth 1 HOw long wilt thou forget me now for euer Lord my guyde How long wylt thou not me alow how long thy face wylt hyde 2 How long shall I thus heauely in soule séeke counsayle so How long my hart shall féele this smart to be thus vext wyth foe 3 O Lord my God represse thy rod heare now consider mée Myne eyes wyth lyght O cleare thou bryght dead sléepe lest they do sée 4 Lest that to hye myne enemye myght boast of hys preuayle If downe I were thys baratter would ioye to sée me quayle 5 But all my trust lyeth fully iust in thy good mercy still My hart thy helth shall ioy it selfe Gods goodnes laude I will The Collecte TOurne not thy face awaye from vs O God of all might and consolation lest our enemies preuayle against vs and so endue the hartes of vs thy seruantes with the reioysing spirite of thy saluation that we escape the dreadfull sleepe of second death Through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme XIIII This Psalme set out of sinners obstinate The carelesse route of sinners obstinate How far is syde which hold with God debate They wander wyde which hold with God debate 1 THe foole hath sayd in hart astrayd that God there is euen none In workes they are corrupt so far not one doth good not one 2 The Lord casth eye from heauen to spye the trade of Adams broode If that as there some wyse man were which God would séeke so good 3 But all astray haue take theyr way abominable made There is not one to do well none they all from truth decayd 4 For throtes they haue lyke open graue theyr tonges haue vsed deceyt And vnderslips theyr poyson lips of Aspes the venome beyt 5 Theyr mouthes do swim wyth cursings brim all bitternes to fyll Theyr féete make spede mans bloud to shede they force not whom they spyll 6 Destruction confusion in all theyr wayes do ryse Of peace no day they know the way Gods feare sée not theyr eyes 7 Haue they no mynd in hart so blynd in myschiefe how they go Who lyke as meate my people eate and God they call not to 8 But they shall there be once in feare where nought they feard in déede For God is spide most strong to bide wyth iust mans righteous séede 6 Where vaynly now ye mocke and mow at poore mans purpose iust When he is bent wyth fast entent in God to put his trust 7 Who els can spéede poore Iacobs séede wyth helpe from Zyon hill When God shall call hys people thrall reioyce all Iury will ¶ The Collecte VOuchsaue O Lorde to looke from thy holye heauens vpon the children of men and graunte vs to knowe the way of peace that we auoydyng the bondage of synne may haue the fruition of thy habitatiō in heauenly Ierusalem Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XV. Here Dauid craueth whom God alowth in sight And answer haueth whom God alowth in sight The sprite so sayth to worke by loue aright Who hath a fayth to worke by loue aright 1 WHo Lord shall byde by thy swéete syde In tabernacle sure Or who shall styll hold fast thy hyll which holy doth endure 2 Who walkth in state immaculate who blameles lyfe ensueth And rightwise déede fulfilth in spéede who speakth from hart the truth 3 Whose tonge in spyte doth not backebyte ne doth hys neyghbour euill Who cannot beare wyth quyet eare hys neyghbour slanderd still 4 And he whose eyes the bad despise and lawdth Gods fearefull men Who swearth also hys neyghbour to and chaungth not it ageyn 5 Who will not plie to vsurie hys coyne for lucres loue Who bribeth nothyng the iust to wryng oh he shall neuer moue ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we besech thee O bountiful lord god immaculate that we may walke in thy church without spot withdrawn wholy from the harmful workes of this wretched worlde so that while we labour to obserue the preceptes in earth we may at last attayne to thy heauenly habitation where thou raignest eternally one God the father the sonne and the holy spirite to whome be all honour and glory worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme XVI That Christ did pray and when himselfe did sue For his alway and when himselfe did sue His buriall the Prophet told full true His rise withall the Prophet told full true 1 O God of trust preserue me iust In soule and body to For why to thée my hope doth slée to none els will I go 2 O soule in sprite thou saydst aright to God who thée so wrought My God thou art of faythfull hart my goodes can vayle thée nought 3 All my delyght to sayntes full bryght is set which trauell here In vertues all celestiall they do excell so clere 4 Who multiplie theyr Idols hie and after them do gad Their sacrifice I whole despise I hate theyr names so mad 5 The Lord alone is porcion of myne inheritaunce My cup he is my crosse to blisse my lot he wyll aduaunce 6 My lot ful brode by lyne and rod so fayre did fall to mée That I reioyce the goodly choyce
short extrete of loue the strength So large in length in tast so sweete O charity thou art I wisse Of Man the blisse in ech degree O charity wyth vnity 14. Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 O Come and see how things most meete It is and sweete where men agree Whan brethren bound together dwell In peace so â—well In loue be founde O vnity keepe charitye 2 It is as sweete as Balme the best On head well drest which downe did fleete By berd and throte â–ª the berd I say Of Aaron gay his skirt of cote O charity seeke vnitye 3 It is as sweete as dewe that wont Fat Hermon mount to make so weete As dew no dout that heauenlye stils On Sion hils euen round about O vnity beare charity 4 For there euen there the Lord hath chargd Where peace enlargde most rule doth here All blisfull lyfe for aye to be Where men agree and voyd all strife O charity stirre vnity ¶ The Collecte Poure O Lord vpon thy church thy gift of brotherly charity and christiaÌ„ vnity that we may be sprinkled with the dew of thy â—pirituall oyntmente and so that we maye euer reioyce in the grace of thy benediction through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXXXIIII The Leuites set in nights to sing To God so great their Lord and king On steps in sight some one by choyce Dyd thus excyte all mens reioyce So met to bring Both sprite and voyce 15. CanticuÌ„ Graduum 1 LO ye all here Ye seruants déere And ye that stand Of God so grand Now prayse the Lord By Gods accord By night in house And glorious Draw neere recorde His hand with vs. 2 Your handes lift hye Gods sacrary The Lord proclaime Enhaunce the same In holynes Due laude expresse Blisse ye his deede In fayth and dread Apply no lesse His fame to spread 3 The Lord of grace Blisse he this place Who heauen did make For all our sake From Sion Hyll Your hart and will And earth I say Both nighte and day Embrace him still Awake and pray The ende of the songes of the Stayers ¶ The Collecte WE thy seruantes all O Lorde who of duetye doe blesse thee alway with our thankes we hartâ—lye pray thee to vouchsafe to lighten vs darkened as we be with the night of this world whereby we may obtayne most large blessinge from that while we lifte vp our hands in good workes of our vocation through Christ our Lord. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXXV This Psalme endited seemth for ministers in quiere Gods workes it telth vayne Gods it scornth it singth Gods laudes full cleare 1 O Worship thanke and praise the name of God the Lord Ye seruauntes all of thys your God laud ye with one accord 2 Ye ministers which stand in God the Lordes good house And kepe the courtes of this our God O prayse hym glorious 3 Laude ye the Lord for why the Lord is gracious Syng out his name for swéete it is to man delicious 4 The Lord no doubt hath chose vnto hymselfe in care Olde Iacobs stocke all Israell for hys peculyar 5 I knowe the Lord is great and hye I him estéeme And that our God passth other Gods which meÌ„ for gods do déeme 6 And what it lyketh them the Lord doth it in déede In heauen and earth in sea full out in déepes where fishes bréede 7 He vapours lifth from earth and they to clouds do renne He lightnings turnth to raine in store he winds drawth out of deÌ„ne 8 To quite their cruelnes he smote in Egypt land Theyr fruites first got not one to scape from man to beast in band 9 In midst of thee the Lord his signes and wonders sent Thou Egipt land which Pharao and all his seruants shente 10 He many countryes smote and dyuerse nations slew He vanguished most mighty kings and made them all to rew 11 Of Ammorites theyr kyng hight Seon hie in throne So Og that hog of Basan king and Canaans realmes echeone 12 And gaue theyr lands and holds for heritage of right For heritage to Israell his people whole and quite 13 O Lord thy name endureth for euer world to ende From age to age thy memory in fame shal stil extend 14 For now the Lord hath iudged his peoples cause most playne He them auengd and pleasd he was with all his flocke agayne 15 The Gentyls Images be siluer molt and gold But handy worke of wretched men how euer they be fold 16 Mouthes haue they made in them but speake nothing at al So eyes they haue and nought they see blind Gods and casuall 17 And eares they haue in shape and yet they heare no sound Where beast most domme hath life and sprite no breth in them is found 18 As they be all to see theyr makers be the leke Domme deafe and dead brute stockes and blocks so all which theÌ„ do seeke 19 Ye house of Israell do well prayse ye the Lord Yea Aarons house preach ye his praise the lords great actes record 20 Ye Leuis house and seede blesse ye the Lord all whole Ye all that feare and worship true this Lord most hye extoll 21 O praysed be the Lord of Sion nighte and day His place is set Hierusalem O prayse the Lord I say ¶ The Collecte O God of all comfort and swetenes whome all the world for thy incomporable gentlenes more worthely prayse we besech thee to kepe vs from all vayne errour of the Paynyms vanities to worshippe thee in sprite verity through Christ. The Argument Psalme CXXXVI The Rectors This Caroll sweete exhorth vs clere Gods goodnes great to prayse in quiere The Quiere That men wyth laudes should them inure For thankes breede thankes and grace procure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure \ \ The Rectors COnfesse and praise the Lord most kynde For God he is as man doth fynde The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll styll indure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 2 Confesse and prayse the God of Gods Who made vs first of earthly clods The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll still endure The Meane So redie bendth hys loue so pure Which wyll in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 3 Confesse and prayse the Lord of Lordes Who made all thyng by strength of wordes The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs will still endure The Meane So redy bendth his loue so pure Who will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 4 Who wrought alone actes maruelous 5 Who formd the heauens by wisdome thus 6 Who stretcht the earth on fluds from vs. The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 7
enemye thy wastes haue now their ende As citie bée destroyed by thée theyr fame wyth them is shend 7 But Gods deuise shall stand and rise the Lord shall still endure In iust regard he hath prepard his seat to iudge vs sure 8 For righteousnes he will expresse when he shall iudge the land And iudge shall hée in equitie his folke by rightfull hand 9 The Lord I say will be all day a fence for man opprest A refuge swéete in season méete when griefe at hand is prest 10 Who knowth thy name will trust the same for they thy worde do léeke For their aduayle thou wilt not fayle all them that thée do séeke 11 O prayse the Lord in psalmes accorde who dwelth in Zion place Declare his strength with wordes at length to folke of his good grace 12 For whan in ire â–ª he doth enquire for bloud he them recounth He will not yet the poore forget theyr cryes to hym do mount 13 O Lord me saue and mercy haue expende my wofull state How suffer I myne enemy ryd me from death the gate 14 That I may tell thy daughters well of Zyon all thy prayse To sprede in stréete thy health so swéete to ioye thy health alwayes 15 The Heathen bée sonke downe ye sée in pit that they dyd delue Their owne set net theyr foote hath get and trapt therwith themselue 16 The Lord is séene how he hath béene true iudge to wicked bandes The wycked is well snarde iwis wyth workes of hys owne handes 17 The naught shall dwell euen thrust to hell if they wyll not repent Yea all the rout that put God out of mynde shall foule be shent 18 For God so wyse wyll not despyse alway the poore that wayle The restfull harte of mysers smarte for euer shall not quayle 19 Up Lord to stand lest vpper hand man get of thy good flocke The Heathens spite iudge thou in â—ight wyth all theyr broode and stocke 20 Put them in feare thy dread to beare O Lord themselfe to sée As wretched men how wyde they renne in errour all from thée ¶ The Collecte LOrde of all comforte and consolation fulfill our hartes with thy heaueÌ„ly ioye to confesse thy name before the powers of this wycked worlde and so assist wyth thy protection that we may persist agaynst all our enemies finally to reioyce in thy helpe saluation Through c. The Argument Psalme X. This Psalme dependth it prayth against the proude Of thothers ende it prayth against the proude Who vse theyr might theyr ende not so allowed To boste in spight theyr ende not so allowed 1 WHy stondst so far and art no nar O Lord why hydest thy face When trouble ryse wilt thou deuise in néede to shew no grace 2 Whyles men of pryde so wycked byde the poore in fire is brent Let them in wiles and all theyr guiles be trapt wyth lyke entent 3 Thungodlies actes his bostes and crackes be praysed at his desire With prayse all rouse the couetous whom God abhorrth in ire 4 The wycked wyght so vaunteth in sight of God to force right nought He taketh no care in welthy fare no God in all his thought 5 Hys croked wayes â–ª all greuous layes thy iudgements scape his eyes He feareth no man say what he can all foes he doth dispise 6 In his proud brayde his hart thus sayd tushe who shall cast me downe No harme or woo can chance me to my power kepeth my renowne 7 His mouth euen flowes with cursing throws he ioynth deceyt and fraude Ungodlynes in folyshnes his tong hath vnder yawde 8 He lurkth in stréete as théefe is méete so close wyth all the riche The iust to kill in peuishe will the poore he marketh mich 9 In denne he dwelth as lyon fell and lurketh the poore to snatche The poore by might to rauishe quyte whom he in net doth catche 10 He falth at eye most fawningly yet guiles be all his fruites That this poore sort myght so resort in handes of hys deputes 11 His hart sayth tush he thinkth euen thus that God forgotten hath His face away he turnth he sayth he séeth no poore mans scath 12 Yet God and Lord for thy true worde arise lyft vp thy hande The poore defend thy might extend forget not hym in bande 13 Why thus so loude should men so proude prouoke almighty God Tush thou they say wilt search no day their hartes talke thus so brode 14 Thou séest at eye and markst full nye to quyte all wrong and stresse The poore doth stand to thy good hand thou aydst all comfortlesse 15 Breake downe the power the malice sower of wycked man so blynde If thou in tyme wouldst searche hys cryme no where thou shouldst hym fynde 16 Our lyuing Lord by truthes record is kyng for aye no doubt The heathen spyte shall perishe quyte from land of hys full out 17 Thou Lord hast hard in good regard the sutes of all the poore Theyr hartes in care thou didst prepare thou hardst both day and hower 18 To iudge the stresse of fatherlesse to helpe the poore to right That earthly man agaynst them than no more might rise in sight ¶ The Collecte O God of all mercye open we beseche thee thyne eares to our meeke confession of thy name thou neuer forsakest them that trust therto graunt that we may be deliuered from the gates of perpetual death and finally to escape the craftye traynes of the temptour Through c. The Argument Psalme XI Here hast thou proofe strong fayth in stormes to stand How it behoueth strong fayth in stormes to stand Agaynst the trayne of all the diuelishe band Of errours vayne of all the diuelishe band 1 IN Lord so great my hope is set why than my soule bid ye That she should hast as bird agast to hils that desert be 2 The wycked loe haue bent theyr bowe theyr shaftes in quiuer thrust To shoote from hye all priuelye at men of hart so iust 3 If earth the ground tournd vpside downe though heauen and earth should fall The iust in woe what should he do but sticke to God in all 4 The Lord is yet in temple set in heauen the Lord hath place The poore he spyeth as thence he trieth mens childerns walkes and pase 5 The Lord alowth and iust auowth the rightwise man full well His soule defieth whose hart applieth in wickednes to dwell 6 Downe he shall rayne to theyr great payne vpon th'ungodlies hart Snare brymstone fyre wyth tempestes ire these stormes theyr cup in part 7 For as the Lorde is iust in worde so loueth he sothfastnes Hys ryghtfull eye will pleasauntly behold all righteousnes ¶ The Collecte DIrect thy mercifull eyes almighty God vpon the humble state of vs thy poore seruauntes fence vs wyth the armour of true fayth So that we escapyng the dartes of all wickednes may bee able to kepe perpetuall equitie and righteousnes to the laud of thy name
brittle state of mans lyfe desired God to direct so his shorte life that he might follow wisdome read Lord thou hust bene our refuge 90 If thou wouldest comfort thy selfe and others in true religion and teache them that hope to God will neuer suffer a soule to be confounded but to make it bolde and without feare for Gods protection syng Who so dwelleth vnder the fence of the almighty shall abyde 91. If thou wilt sing on the Saboth day thou hast It is a good thing to geue thankes to the lorde 92. If thou wylt sing on the sonday in meditation of gods worde desiring to be instructed therein whereby thou mayst rest in Gods holy will cease from all the workes and doctrines of vayne man reuolue that notable psalm Blessed are those that are vndefiled in the way 119. If thou wilt sing in the seconde day of the Sabbothe thou hast O come let vs syng vnâ—o the Lord. 95. If thou wouldest syng to the Lord thou hast what to say O sing vnto the Lord a new song 96. and 98. If thou wilt sing the fourth day of the Saboth syng O Lord God to whome vengeaunce belongeth 94. for then whan the Lord was betrayed he began to take vengeaÌ„ce on deathe and to triumphe of it therefore when thou readest the gospell Wherein thou hearest the Iewes to take counsail against the Lord and that he standeth boldly agaynst the Deuill then sing the â—oresayd Psalme O Lorde God If thou wilt sing on good Friday thou hast a commeÌ„dation of the Psalme The lord is king 93. for then was the house of Gods churche builded and groundlye founded though the enemies wente aboute to hinder it for which cause sing to God the songes of triumphante victory with the sayd Psalme and wyth Many a tyme haue they fought against me 129. and wyth O sing vnto the lorde a new song 98. If there be any captiuity wherin thy house is layd wast and yet builded agayne sing O sing vnto the lorde 96. If the lande be vext wyth enemies and after come to any rest by the power of God if thou wilt sing therfore sing The lorde is king 97. If thou considerest the prouidence of God in hys gouernaunce so ouer all and wilt instructe any wyth true fayth and obedience when thou hast first perswaded theÌ„ to confesse themselfe sing O be ioyfull in the lorde 100. melius 147. If thou doost acknowledge in God his iudicial power and that in iudgemeÌ„t he mixeth mercy if thou wilt draw nye vnto him thou hast the words of this Psalme to this ende My song shall be of mercy and iudgement 101. If for the imbecillitie of thy nature thou art wery with the continuall miseries and griefes of this lyfe and wouldest comfort thy selfe sing Heare my prayer O lorde 102 If thou wilt geue thankes to God as it is most congruent and due for all his giftes when thou wilt so do thou hast how to inioyne thy soule therunto wyth these Praise the lorde O my soule 103. and 104. If thou wilt prayse God and also knowe how and for what cause and wyth what wordes thou maist best do it consider Prayse the lorde ye seruauntes 113. O prayse the lorde ye heathen 117. Behold how good 133. Praise the lorde O my soule 146. O praise the lorde for it is a good thyng to prayse and Prayse the lorde O Hierusalem 147. O prayse the lorde of heauen 148. O syng vnto the lord 149. O prayse God in hys holines 150. If thou hast sayth to such thinges as God speaketh beleuest that which in prayer thou vtterest say I beleued and therfore I will speake 116. in the ende If thou féelest thy selfe to ryse vpwarde in degrées of well workyng as though thou saydst with S. Paule I forget those thynges which be behynde me and set myne eyes on thinges which be before me thou hast in euerye exaltation of â—â—y progreâ—se what thou mayest saie in the xv songes of the sâ—â—yers 120. If thou béest holden in thraldome vnder straying and wandryng thoughtes and féelest thy selfe drawen by them whereof thou art sorye then staye thy selfe from thenceforth and tary where thou haste founde thy selfe in fault set thée downe and mourne thou also as the Hebrew people dyd and say with them By the waters of Babilon we sate downe and wept 137. If thou perceyuest that temptations bée sent to proue thée thou oughtest after such temptations geue God the thankes and say O lorde thou hast searched me out and knowne me 139. If yet thou be in bondage by thyne enemies wouldest fayne be deliuered say Deliuer me O lorde 140. If thou wouldst pray and make supplication say Lorde I call vpon thee 141. I cryed vnto the lorde 142. Heare my prayer O lorde 143. If any tyrannous enemy ryse vp agaynst the people feare thou not no more then Dauid did Goliath but beleue lyke Dauid and sing Blessed be the lorde 144. If thou art elect out of low degrée speciallye before other to some vocation to serue thy brethern aduance not thy self to hye against theÌ„ in thyne owne power but geue God his glory who dyd chose thée and syng thou I will magnifie thee O god my kyng 145. If thou wilt sing of obedience praysing God with Alleluya thou hast these O geue thankes 105.106 107. I will geue thankes 111. Blessed is the man 112. Prayse the lorde 113. When Israel came out of Aegipt 114. I am well pleased 115. O prayse the lorde 117. O laude the name of the lorde 135. O geue thankes 136 Prayse the lorde O my soule 146. O prayse the lorde 147 O prayse the lorde of heauen 148. O syng vnto the lorde 149. O prayse god in his holines 150. If thou wilt sing specially of our Sauiour Christ thou hast of hym in euery psalme but most chiefly in Vnto thee O lorde will I lift vp my soule 25. My harte is endityng of a good matter 45. The lorde sayd vnto my lord 110 Such Psalmes as shew his lawfull generation of hys father and his corporall presence be these In the lorde put I my trust 11. Saue me O God 69. Such as do prophecy before of his most holye crosse passion tellyng how many deceitfull assaultes he susteyned for vs and how much he suffred be these Why doo the Heathen rage 2. Blessed are those that are vndefiled in the way 119. Such as expresse the malicious enmities of the Iewes and the betraying of Iudas be these Heare my prayer O god 55. Hold not thy tonge 109. The king shall reioyce 21. The lorde euen the most mighty god 50. Geue the king the iudgementee 72. Saue me O god 69. Such as describe his agony in his passion the cruelty of the Iewes the conditioÌ„ of his death and sepulture be My god my god 22. O lorde god 88. and that he suffred not for himself but for vs is declared in the Psalme aforesayd 88. the seuenth verse sayeng Thine
the leact whiche he syngeth though his disposition inclineth to the contrary So that by this meane we shall not winne that commoditie but manye other commodities as we shall for example reherse First the prophet Dauid wrote not onely of thinges that were to come but he disputeth of these visible creatures of the inuisible forme of the firmament Now if peraduenture thou desirest to be taught whether this firmament shal stand firmely in that same state that it is of now or no will not Dauid straightway aunswer thee and saie The heauens shall waxe olde as doth a garment and thou O Lord shalt chaunge them as a vesture for they shall be transposed Also if thou desirest to heare of the facion of the heauens by him maist thou vnderstand it writing thus I stretcht out the heauens like a curtayne Beside this if thou wouldest knowe further of the backehalfe of the heauens he shall say to thee whiche couerest the vppermost partes of heaueÌ„s with waters And yet is he not content to rest here but maketh mention of the bredth therof declaryng that both sides be of equall distance sayeng How much the East is from the West so farre hath he put our sinnes from vs. And as hie as the heauen is from the earth the Lorde hath so largely confirmed his mercy on them that feare him Furthermore yf thou wouldest searche for the foundation of the earthe thou canst not bee ignoraunt thereof when thou hearest him say For he hath found the earth vpon the seas Also if thou desirest to know the cause of the earthquakes thou mayst vnderstand it by him when he singeth thus Who beholdeth the erth and maketh it to tremble so that now of this thing he putteth thee quite out of doubt Moreouer if thou longest to know the course of the nighte euen of him maist thou haue this knowledge In the night saith he all the beastes of the woode haue their walke and to what vse the hils were made he also telleth it thee The hie hils he appointed for hartes and hyndes And wherfore the stony rockes serue that he describeth also sayeng The cliffes and rockes be the couert to conies And why the vnfruitefull trees be there growing there sayth he shall the sparowes build their nestes Why moreouer water springes be flowing in wildernes thus he sheweth By them will the beasts of the field haue their abiding Also to know why wine serueth not for to drinke onely seeyng that water mighte supplye that want aboundantly but for this entent to make the more mery and ioconde Wyne sayth he maketh glad the hart of maÌ„ wherby thou mayst consider how far forth wine should goe in lawfull vse Furthermore of him mayest thou heare howe â—oules and sauage beastes be nourished They all O Lord set their eyes to thee that thou shouldest geue them meate in due season And if thou askest a reason of the creation of thy household beastes he will answer thee that these also were created for thy sake sayeng thus Who bringeth forth grene herbe and grasse for beastes to the seruice of man Why the Moone is nedefull Heare of his worde Who made the Moone for distinctions of tymes How beside all thinges visible and inuisible were made he sheweth it clearely thus He sayde the worde and made they were He commaunded and by and by they were created And that there shall be once a discharge from continuall dyeng he teacheth thee after this sorte God haue deliuered my soule from the power of death when he shal take me vnto him Furthermore he enformeth vs whence this our body had his originall thus I am saythe he in good remembraunce that I am dust and earth and shall returne agayne to my dust wheÌ„ce I sprong Furthermore that all things were created for thy sake thus he sayth Thou hast crowned him O Lord with honour and glory and set him vppe ouer the workes of thy handes And what similitude we mortall men haue with aungels thus he sheweth it Thou hast abased him somewhat lower then the state of aungels Also what loue almightie God beareth to vs thus he doth expresse it Like as a father pitieth his children euen so hath the Lorde compassion on all them which feare him What is layd vp for vs for hereafter and what rest we shall haue in the ende of this life thus he certifieth vs. Returne O my soule into thy rest and quiet Furthermore why the heaueÌ„s be of so huge compasse he sheweth thus the cause The heauens set out to sight the glorye of God Why the night and day were made he telleth this also not to geue light onely and rest but beside this to instructe vs. There is sayth he no language or woordes in them and yet their voyces be heard Finally in what maner God doth walke in his compasse both on sea and land he describeth it as the epistle to the Hebrewes auoucheth the same The deepe is as his garment Thus taking a tast of those thinges that be said before ye may coniesture other thinges higher and greater that is to say of Christ of his resurrection of the ioyes and paines to come of inordinate affections of lawes and such other so that ye cannot resort to Dauids bookes but ye shall cary thence innumerable riches For if thou shouldest fall into any heauines or into any euill affection of minde these psalmes wil much auaile to thy comforte If thou be sliden into sinne there shalte thou finde many salues to restore thee if thou beest ouerladen with pouertie or with any aduersitie in them shalt thou see to appeare many restfull hauens for thy refuge if thou be in state of righteousnes there maiest thou finde howe to keepe thee in suertie therof if thou be in state of sinne there shalt thou be put in much hope to be pardoned if thou sufferest many displesures for righteousnes sake thou shalte heare Dauid confesse thus For thy sake O Lord am I as daily appointed to death and againe We be esteemed as sheepe prepared to the slaughter all these thinges saith he be come on vs and yet we haue not forgotteÌ„ thee but if thou shouldst waxe proude by the sight of thy good deedes thou shalt heare him pray Enter not O lord into iudgement with thy seruauntes for no man on liue can be iustified before thy sight and thus straightway shalt thou bee wonne to follow humilitie Yea furthermore if thou hast committed any thing wherof thou mightst take dispaire thou shalt heare him oftentimes to sing This day if ye heare his voyce harden not your hartes the hearing wherof will soone resolue the soule into repentance Beside all this though thou were a king gloriously crowned and therwith hawtie and proude yet there shalt thou learne this That a king is not saued for all his valiauntnes nor the Gyant is in safetie by his great power and mighte and so by this meane thou shalt be abated in thy pride If thou flowest in
scourge so strong shall me thus fearefull make 4 O Lord returne thou seest I mourne make free my soule to go Oh saue me now thy grace auowe thy glory standth therto 5 In death no man remember can thy name to celebrate What man thus bound thy prayse can sound in pit and hell to late 6 Of groning so I weary go my bed I nyghtly washe My couch with teares for sinfull feare I water thus alas 7 My beuty warmeth my trouble standth myne eyes for thought be dymme My zeale for wrath much magre hath amyds my foes so brymme 8 Auaunt ye all to you I call which worke all vanitie The Lord of hostes hath heard your bostes and eke my weping crye 9 This Lord I say at néedefull day hath heard my meke request From hence he will with mercy still heare me to geue me rest 10 Myne enemies all hatefull spies shall féele both shame and payne Gods helping grace them all shall chace to flée swift backe agayne ¶ The Collecte O Most mercifull father which of thine owne tender fauour art alway inclined to heare all mens peticions Heare now the hūble voyce of our mournfull prayers and graunt to our infirmitie health perpetual and as thou vouchsauest to accept the request of our prayers so vouchsaue to comforte vs still wyth the continuaunce of thy mercy through Chtist c. ¶ The Argument Psalme VII As Semei at Dauid shewed his spite Full wickedly at Dauid shewed his spite So who with lye may pray this Psalme aright Is charged hie may pray this Psalme aright 1 O Lord in thée my trust I sée for why my God thou art From men vntrue which me pursue saue me and take my part 2 Lest he deuour my soule so stoure as Lyon doth the shéepe Lest pieces small he make of all if none be me to kéepe 3 O God my Lord let truth record if this in me do stand Let it be sought if guile I wrought if euill done hath my hand 4 If I good will haue taken euill to frende that frendly delt Yea quit did I my enemy when causeles hate I felt 5 Then let my foes worke all their woes and take my soule in spite Let them confound my life to ground my name in dust to wright 6 O rise in ire Lord I desire my wrathfull foes represse Stirre vp to me thy set decrée which once thou didst expresse 7 So folke in stréete on heapes will méete in church to prayse thy might For all their sake my partie take rayse vp thy selfe on hight 8 The Lord iudgeth all as truth befall O sentence geue my side To my desert stand Lord in hart as iust my workes be tried 9 Let euill I pray consume alway of wicked men the traynes Oh guide the iust true God of trust thou triest both hartes and raynes 10 No helpe of man obteyne I can my God is all myne ayde He them preserueth that well deserueth whose hartes to right be layde 11 God iudge he is full right iwis both strong and patient Who dare prouoke his heauy stroke to ire when he is bent 12 Except ye tourne your life in fourme his sword he myndth to whe◠His bowe to bend he doth entend it is so ready set 13 Deathes dartes most hard he hath preparde against their pride and wrong His arrowes bright be prest to smight these persecutors strong 14 Behold and sée how traueleth hée to do all wickedly Conceyued hath hée anxietie but beare he shall a lye 15 To delue and digge a pit so bigge his hart was wholy bent But he in pit shall fall in it that he so crafty ment 16 For iust in spéede his wrathfull déede with hym shall méete at gate His wickednes in spitefulnes shall fall vpon hys pate 17 In hart all whole I will extoll this Lord as he deserue I will record this heauenly Lord his name I meane to serue ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God searcher of all hartes deliuer vs frō all them that persecute vs graunt to our hartes stedfast perseueraunce in patience in the expectation of thy iudgement so that we reuenge not our selues on our enemies to preuent thy iudgement and commaundement Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme VIII Here thankes ensue for his great giftes to men To God most due for his great giftes to men How Christ deiect and how he raignth agayne Of cruell sect and how he raignth agayne 1 O Lord our guide thy name how wide in all the world excels Thy glory great thou hie hast set aboue the heauenly cels 2 Babes mouthes so yong◠euen sucklings tong thy laude thou madest them tell Thy foes to blanke their threates to danke to still th aduenger fell 3 Thy heauens whan I consider hie thy mighty worke of hand The Moone by night of Starres the light in order how they stand 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I than that thou so him regardst What is mans childe so pore so milde that thou so hym rewardst 5 Thou didst abate his porte and state more lowe then aungels bée Thou didst him crowne in great renowne aduanst in dignitie 6 Thou madest him sitte as Lord most fitte of all thy workes of hand And vnder cast all thing thou hast as his footestoole to stand 5 Both shéepe and cowe the oxe to plowe thou madest for man his loue The beast in fielde both tame and wylde that man might all improue 6 All foules in skie how hye they flie yet stoupe for man his néede All fishe in sea how déepe they be they ryse mans sonne to féede 7 O Lord of power our gouernour how much excelth thy name This world so wide therin what bydeth doth sprede thy worthy fame ¶ The Collecte MOst puissaunt and bountifull creatour we most humbly beseche thy maruelous name and power deuine that where thou hast made all creatures subiect to the vse of man So vouchsaue to make vs mete and worthy subiectes to the lowly seruice of thy mercifull goodnes Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme IX Thankes here be spyed for tyrauntes iust decaie To God applyed for tyrauntes iust decaie Who persecute good Christians all daie In hatefull sute good Christians all daie 1 DUe thankes with song I wil ful long in hart geue Lord to thée I will endight of thy great might thy workes so wondrous bée 2 I will reioyce in hart and voyce full glad in thée O Lorde Thy name so hie to magnifie in song I will accorde 3 For that in hast my foes fled fast and backe fell all their might No better spéede shall them succéede but fall from thy good sight 4 But thou in déede hast maynteined my right and eke my cause Thy throne is true thy sentence due thou iudgest with equall lawes 5 The heathen sect well hast thou checkt thou hast stroyd wicked men Thou hast theyr name put out with shame for aye and euer agayne 6 O thou so hye myne
entent before my God also I iust eschude my déede so rude I gaue good héede therto 24 For doyng iust my Lord I trust will frendly me requite My righteous déede as well did spéede in hys approued sight 25 As man is iust so mayst thou trust wyth good so good to bée Wyth perfect man so thou agayne shall perfect be and frée 26 And thus wyth pure thou mayst be sure thou shalt be pure and cleane Euen so wyth euill of froward will euen froward shalt thou meane 27 For thou to saue wilt soone wyth saue the méeke in all theyr wo And shalt deryde mens stately pryde and make them low to go 28 For thou dydst lyght my candell bryght and kéepst my fortune ryght The Lord my God dyd ease my rod and darkenes tournd to lyght 29 For strong to sée I was by thée whole hostes to dyng downe ryght In God no dout I was so stout stone wall to leape it quite 30 Gods way I wis vnspotted is hys worde is tryde in fire He is a shield to man in field who trust to hym intiere 31 What God is there euen any where but this the Lord of hostes What rocke excelth in strength so well as thys our God in coste 32 For God euen he round girdeth me wyth strength and feate of warre He kéepth my way in redy stay lest vyce my lyfe should marre 33 He makth my féete as swyft and méete as féete of hartes to sée In perfect grace he stayd my race and sate me vp on hye 34 My handes aryght he made to fyght both diuell and man to wryng Myne armes in partes did breake their dartes yea bowes of stéele wyth stryng 35 Thy sauyng shield kept me in field thy right hand me sustaynd Thy bounteousnes dyd ease my stresse though greuously it paynd 36 Thou gauest me roume where euer I come to stand to go to ryde Full strong to stand on sea and land my héeles dyd neuer slyde 37 I dyd rechase my foes in face and ouer tooke theyr spyte I dyd not stynt wyth sword the dynt till I had stroyed them quite 38 I dyd them bray in such aray theyr woundes shall neuer heale They could not ryse in any wyse but fall at myne owne héele 39 Strait girdst thou me wyth strength to be to warre euen full inured Thou threwest them round vpon the ground my soule who thus pursude 40 These noughty packes did turne their backes theyr neckes thou madest me smight My haters fell thou didst them quell downe thou dydst beat them right 41 They cryde dismayde and craued ayde but none to helpe was there Whan they did crie to God so hie then God did turne hys eare 42 I dyd as small thus beat them all as dust before the wynde As clay in stréete oft trode wyth féete I dyd them stampe and grynde 43 Thou rydst my lyfe from peoples stryfe thou didst me sure preserue To Gentiles bred thou madest me hed straunge people me dyd serue 44 When me they heare at sound of eare they me now soone obey Wher children strange their frendship change all falshoode they dewray 45 These children strange which strangely range so vp and downe dyd fayle They all afrayd in fearefull brayd in theyr great forts shall wayle 46 The Lord lyue hée most blessedly who was my helper strong God rowsed bée my rocke so frée hym prayse I will full long 47 This God of ours he geueth me powers t' auenge my wycked foes And doth subdue my people true that they like subiectes goes 48 He daunted so my cruell â—o to them he made me head From wicked spite thou dydst me quite theyr wickednes to tread 49 For thys O Lord in hart and word I will geue thankes in song Of thy great name thy power to fame where Gentils dwel among 50 Hys kyng he sought he health hym wrought he shewed true loue in déede To Dauid true annoynted due and aye to his good séede ¶ The Collecte MOst louyng Lord and puissant protectour which art our refuge in all distresse and aduersitie preserue vs from all hostilitie and froÌ„ the snares of death and hell so that after we be drawne vp from the danger of all maner temptations we maye deuoutly syng to thy holy name in all puritie of life Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XIX This Psalme deliteth who is to sunne comparde Gods worke to cyte who is to sunne comparde His law it treateth of his Apostles garde And so it speaketh of his Apostles garde 1 THe heauens do tell how God excelth in glory power and might The firmament so excellent his handy worke endight 2 For day to day succéedyng aye doth playne hys power declare As night to nyght ensuyng ryght setteth out hys louyng care 3 No speche or tong to them doth long theyr voyce distinct not hard To magnifie theyr Lord so hie by languages regard 4 But yet theyr sound as wordes rebound on all the earth it strayes To further cost all vttermost their noyse theyr maker prayse 5 In them he set the sunne so net ¶ lyke bridegrome which procéedth His chamber out as Giaunt stout reioyceth hys course to spéede 6 His course goeth out euen round about the heauen and backe retreath From East to West it hath no rest all thyng doth féele hys heate 7 Gods law is iust a law to trust as spotlesse turnyng hartes His wytnes pure record is sure to babe it wyt impartes 8 The Lordes behest is all the best to ioy the hart in ryght His biddinges be so pure to sée blynd syght they turne to lyght 9 The Lord his feare is cleane and cleare which euer shall endure His iudgementes bée the truth most frée and be themselues full sure 10 They be to vs more gracious then gold or precious stone To man more méete then hony swéete they passe the hony combe 11 Yea more then this thy seruant is to kéepe them alway prest And sure shall he rewarded be wyth ioy whych is behest 12 Synnes which be wrought in déed thought wythout thys law who knowth Fro faultes that lye oh secretly thy clensing hand bestow 13 From sinnes of pryde thy seruanthyde that me they do not guide That vndefilde and lesse beguilde the great sinne myght I slyde 14 My wordes thus said my thoughts depe laid God graunt they please thy sight O Lord my power my rocke and â—â—wer and my redemer quite ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull and louyng Sauiour Christ which once comming forth out of the virginal wombe didst proceede vp to the right hand of thy father we beseche thee that we may be so conuerted by the law illightened by thy preceptes and taught by thy holy testimonies to be deliuered froÌ„ all straunge doctrine and craftye inuasions agaynst our fayth who lyuest and raignest c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XX. This prayth for kinges Good prosperinges theyr realmes to haue defence Where Christ is ment By fore entent of Dauids
sake O mercy take my Lord vpon my sinne It is so great it doth me fret it boylth my soule wythin 12 What man he bée that feareth thée O Lord thou wylt hym teach The rightfull way to choose I say in sprite thereto to retche 13 His soule shall dwell at ease full well in ghostly frée delyght Hys stocke and séede shall neuer néede but hold the land to ryght 14 Among them lye Gods secrecy to feare hym who that shall In gentle fourme he wyll perfourme to them hys couenantes all 15 Myne eyes entent is euer bent to thée my Lord so great For onely he pluckth suerly my féete from out of net 16 Turne thou to mée O Lord so frée haue mercy stay my fall I am in state all desolate in misery full thrall 17 My sorrowes fell my hart doth swell they be enlarged so My troublous payne O God restrayne O quenche this deadly wo. 18 Attend I cry my misery my lyfe and state aduerse Forgeue my fautes which me assautes my ioy to me reuerse 19 Consider ryght my foes theyr spyte how they increase my feare Theyr hate is thus so tyrannous at me that they do beare 20 O kepe most dere my soule intiere and me deliuer iust So let no shame confound my name for I in thée haue trust 21 Let perfectnes and rightfulnes both guide and wayte on mée My trust for ayde in thée is layd from me O neuer flée 22 Deliuer well all Israell O God wyth all hys séede From troubles all that them may fall in thée alway to spéede ¶ The Collecte DEliuer vs from all aduersitie and danger O mercifull God for to thee onely haue we lifte vp our hartes forget we besech thee the trespace of our youth and the ignorance of our former age where as we haue negligently offended thou of thy mercye forgeue it vs through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVI The iust mans song for righteousnes beshent Who suffreth wrong for righteousnes beshent And prayth in will a lyfe leade innocent That he may still a lyfe leade innocent 1 LOrd iudge my déed as I haue lyued in thée my hope is all For this my trust in thée so iust I neuer doubt to fall 2 Lord proue my waye and me assaye by fire trye thou my reynes And search my hart my foe is smart myne giltles life he straynes 3 Thy clemency was nye myne eye to stay me right to do I dyd inure my hart full sure to truth from lyes to go 4 Wyth lyers vayne I would not trayne my lyfe to follow such Wyth crafty men I would not renne whose lyfe dissembleth much 5 The wycked rout that goeth about to harme and hurt I hate I will not set in councell yet wyth men of wycked state 6 For washe I wyll my handes euen still wyth men of perfect lyfe And thus shall I O Lord so hye frequent thyne aulters ryfe 7 Where I shall rayse thy worthy prayse that men may loue the same I wyll there sprede thy grace in deede the workes of thy good name 8 O Lord the place where restth thy grace I haue the bewty loued Thy heauenly house so glorious I loued as me behoued 9 Wyth sinners great Lord do not shet my soule wyth them to bée Thy grace extend my lyfe defend all men of bloud to flée 10 Theyr handes do presse all wyckednes euen guile prepensed â—o Theyr better hand corrupt doth stand wyth brybes euen thus they go 11 But yet will I most certenly in truth my lyfe addresse O make me frée from them to bée shew me thy tendernes 12 My foote as yet in ryght is set in playne simplicitie And still wyll I in company exalt thée Lord on hie ¶ The Collecte GRaunt O Lord we besech thee thy mercy vnto vs thy seruauntes and so ingraue in our hartes the loue of thy truth that we may hold fast all innocency of lyfe and finallye to bee deliuered from all wycked persecutours Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVII Here may we see in trouble though he falleth The iust is free in trouble though he falleth In God he stayeth and so geueth thankes in all On hym he wayeth and so geueth thankes in all 1 THe Lord of might is health and light to me at nede whom should I feare The Lord is strength to lyfe at length of myne I say who can me deare 2 Whan men so bad theyr traynes had layd Euen then at eye they fell downe right Whan foes dyd presse to eate my flesh they slid away for all theyr spite 3 Though armed host besiegd my cost my hart from God shall not relent Though cruell warre should ryse me nar to God therin I would be bent 4 One thing to craue of God to haue I dyd full oft and aye I will To kéepe hys place to sée hys grace to haunt euen so his temple still 5 Thus shal hys power hyde me in bower when troubles should be fierce and fell He would me hyde there close to byde as safe on rocke most sure to dwell 6 My hed yet now he wyll alow aboue my foes in state alwayes In will I bryng glad offeryng the Lord so good to laud and prayse 7 My voyce O heare my Lord so deare I cry my God in wofull part Graunt that I craue and mercy haue extend to me thy louyng hart 8 My hart to thée dyd oft apply séeke ye my face I say ye all O Lord I will thy face séeke still do others how and what they shall 9 Hyde not from mée thy seruaunt frée thy louyng face my ayde thou art Proiect not me displeasantly O Lord my health do not depart 10 My parentes when they bad me renne from them to go my selfe to shift When Patrons all my reyse or fall rought not a myte thou dydst me lyft 11 Teach me thy way thy law I say that rightly leadth in truth to thée My foes O Lord wyth one accorde should els reioyce in hate to frée 12 Up turne me not to beare theyr hate O Lord to them that me pursue False witnes eyes agaynst me ryse and lyes of me they sprede vntrue 13 My hart had quayld and vtter fayld if fast to thée I had not trustd Let me thy grace Lord sée in place in land of rest where ioyth the iust 14 O wayte the Lord hold fast hys worde doubt not at all be strong be still Attend on God take méeke hys rod he will at last thy hart fulfill ¶ The Collecte DEfend vs O God from all the assaults of our enemies that we maye continue in constant confessing of thy name that while we haue the fruition of thy helpyng presence at last may haue the same in glory ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVIII This mans entent all crafty men to scape Is vehement all crafty men to scape And hard he is for this he thaenkes doth shape From God of blisse for this he thankes doth shape 1
Psalteries Forget not this 3 Syng Carols new wyth iubilie To God the Lord in maiestie Hys laudes hys prayse sing hartely Well vse ye this 4 His worde is true most certeinly His workes be wrought most faythfully Holde thys in hart most constantly Abuse not this 5 He iudgement loueth and right entent The earth therwith is all besprent Such grace and loue he downe hath sent Well trust ye this 6 The heauens were made by thys the Lord The hostes of them by hys true word Hys breth of mouth theyr power afordth Distrust not thys 7 The seas on heapes he doth them place As bottell close he them embraceth The depes he coutcht in secret space Denounce ye this 8 Let all the earth the Lord if eare What man this world and mould doth beare Serue hym in dread wyth gentle eare Renounce not thys 9 He spake the word and done it was The earth firme stoode in stable case What he dyd byd it came to passe Reuolue ye thys 10 All Paynyms wayes God doth reiect Uayne peoples dryftes by hym be chect Proude Prynces craftes he doth detect Dissolue not thys 11 Gods counsayles aye shall all abyde Hys thoughtes of hart shall neuer slyde From tyme to tyme on neyther syde Respect ye thys 12 What folke hath God Iehoua Lord Elect as heyre by hys accord O blest they be by truthes record Suspect not thys 13 The Lord from heauen beholdth vs all All kynde of men both frée and thrall He séeth theyr reyse he séeth theyr fall Aduise ye thys 14 From his high seat he casâ—th hys eyes All men to vewe theyr tract to spye Where euer they in earth do lye Despise not thys 15 The hartes of all he shope no dout He knowth theyr thoughts wythin wythout Theyr workes what they do go about Repute ye thys 16 No kyng is saued by route of host No giaunt strong for all hys bost Of strength and power though haue they most Dispute not thys 17 Strong horse is thyng but weake agayne That man by hym myght safe remayne Both horse and man are all but vayne Approue ye thys 18 Behold the Lord holdth eye full iust On fearefull men whych hym do trust Wyth grace them guide he safely must Disproue not thys 19 Theyr soule from death to ryd them quite In tyme of dearth to féede them ryght All paynfull stresse he makth full lyght Betrouth ye thys 20 Our soule hath taryed quietly For thys our God assuredly Our guide our shield most trustely Forslouth not thys 21 Our hartes in hym wyll styll reioyce For hys good name we trust the choyce And sing we will in ioyfull noyce Repete ye thys 22 Extend O Lord thy gentlenesse As we in thée haue trustinesse Thou art the Lord of ryghteousnes Forget not thys ¶ The Collecte FEede vs O Lord thy miserable people in that time whan raigneth the famine of thy worde deliuer our soules from the death of sinne that we maye bee â—illed wyth thy mercy finally to bee associate to the righteous in the ioyes of eternitie by thy gratious gift Through Christ c. The Argument Psalme XXXIIII When Dauid fledde to Achis king At death he was full neere And saued yet this Psalme did sing With all his frendes in quiere 1 I Will geue thankes to God alwayes Who raignes in power most hie Within my mouth shall be hys prayse declarde continuallie 2 Of thys good Lord to bost the fame My soule shall neuer lynne The humble sort shall heare the same And eke reioyce therein 3 O laude and prayse the liuyng Lord wyth me performe his prayse And let vs all wyth frée accorde extoll hys name alwayes 4 I sought the Lord and when I cryde he bowde hys louyng eare Yea he me kéepes eche tyme and tyde and dyd me rid from feare 5 Lo thus to God the poore doth call his cry he doth regarde And he from paynes and wofull thrall likewyse doth hym awarde 6 They had an eye full bent in hym and so they lightened were A shamefast face not one of them from that tyme forth dyd beare 7 Gods aungels standes hym round about whose lyfe him fearth aryght No harme they take by wycked route he them deliuereth quyte 8 O tast and sée how gratious the Lord remayneth iust That man is blest all prosperous that layes on hym hys trust 9 O feare the Lord ye sainctes of his therin your trauayle plant For they that feare the Lord of blis shall nothyng euer want 10 The Lyons néede wyth hunger fret the ryche and proud in hart But he whose feare in God is set of all good thynges haue part 11 Ye children yong approche ye neare geue eare vnto my worde I wyll you learne the Lord to feare in godly hartes accorde 12 What man he be that list to liue and fayne would sée good dayes Let hym no fraude in tongue atchieue in lewde and frowarde wayes 13 Reiect the euill and take the good all wycked wayes eschue Séeke pleasaunt peace wyth modest moode and do the same ensue 14 Upon the iust and godly men the Lorde hys eyes doth splay And boweth hys eares as God to them as oft as they do pray 15 Gods face is séene most irefully to wycked men of hand To roote full out theyr memory from all the earth to stand 16 To God the Lord the righteous call who heares theyr heauy case And he from cares and troubles all deliuereth them by grace 17 The Lord is nie to hym by might that is contrite in hart And saueth the man of humble sprite nor will from hym depart 18 Great are the cares of perfect men and great theyr troubles bée But yet the Lord deliuereth them from all aduersitie 19 He kéepth theyr bones both safe and sound Unbroken them to â—aue The euil euil happes shall all confound no stay by God to haue 20 The Lord will kéepe his seruauntes all theyr soules he wyll defend And none shall be in sorrow thrall who iust to hym doth bend ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God that arte the strong protector of them that be in aduersitie and art most mercifull deliuerer from all daungers of the world We besech thee of thy godly prouidence to sende thy holy aungell to assist vs on euery side from tribulation to bee at last deliuered from the miserable death of sinners Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXIIII When Dauid fledde to Achis king At death the doore he was full neere And saued yet this Psalme dyd sing Wyth all his frendes in godly quiere To God hys Lorde to hym so dere In voyces clere with hart and will Geue thankes I will 1 GEue thankes I will geue thankes I will For aye to God most gratious He is my forte my rocke on hill My Lord he is most bounteous My mouth shall prayse hym plenteous In hart and mynde most feruent still Geue thankes I will â–ª 2 My soule may boast of
the sweete And good men feele the smart 17 I doubted still tyll God I sought in hys most saintly place To note hys wont in all their endes at last of all theyr race 18 I spied thou setst theyr slipper state in brittle goodes vnclere Thou cast thē down on hed to nought yea when most hie they were 19 O how they quayld most sodenly cast down and perisht quyte For their misdéedes wyckednes to nought brought down in sight Then good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 20 As dreames so vayne do vanyshe quite from man that wakth frō slepe Theyr image Lord so shalt thou stroy thy citie not to kepe 21 Myne inward ghost sore vext it was before this case I knew It pearst my raynes and rootes of hart to note their workes vntrue 22 So fond I was and ignorant in secret workes of thée To brute beast lyke all voyde of wit so dull thy trade to sée For good thou art to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 23 But yet O lord though thus I thought I was held vp by thée My right hand yet thou heldst so vp that far I dyd not flée 24 As me thou taughtst so hence thou wylt teach me thy secret wil And after that with glory bright my soule with ioy to fill 25 For whome haue I in heauen but thée to loue or trust aright Or who in earth can health impart but thou my harts delight All good thou art to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 26 Though flesh hart here fayled me thou didst not me forsake Thou art O God my strength of hart my part thou art to take 27 For lo who far from thée do stray they perishe shall no doubt A whoryng who eke renne fro thée thou driuest them al to nought 28 But good for me by God to hold in thée O God to trust To tell thyne actes how good thou art in Syon gate full iust O good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart ¶ The Collecte GEue vs assistence of thy grace almighty father so guide our feete in meditation of thy righteous iudgementes that we slyde at no tyme or be offended by vndiscrete zele or enuy at the prosperitie of thine aduersaries eyther to misconceyue thy euerlastyng prouidence or yet to bee the slacker in the godlye wayes of thy holye testimonies so that we may alway ioyfully beare thy crosse sent vnto vs hauing thee for our lot and comfort therin and so hauyng our hartes pure in thee we maye prayse thy rightuousnes in the eternall gates of thy heauenly Hierusalem and euerlastyng habitation Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXIIII A sore complaint here may ye read Agaynst Gods foes so vayne Which Christ his worde and eke his flocke Pursue wyth myght and mayne 1 WHy art so far O God our God For euer wylt thou flée Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy shéepe Of pasture as we bee 2 O God our Lord thinke thou vpon thy congregation dere Of olde so strong possest by thée whom thou redemst so clere And thynke vpon the chosen lot of thyne inheritaunce Of Syon mount wherin thou dwelt wyth thy good ordinaunce 3 Lift vp in hast thy féete and handes confound thy foe in face How hath he stroyd thy sanctuary the seat of thy good grace Why art so far O God our God For euer wilt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 4 Thy foes dyd rore full hye in pryde in tyme of feastfull day As conquest signes in temple there theyr banners did they splay 5 Where he that once did cut and hew a beame or sparre of wood To beautifie thy temple worke was thought deuout and good 6 But now they boast and brag herein to pull all down to nought To breake with mall eke wyth are the gates of caruers wrought And yet art far O God our God For euer wilt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 7 Yea fyre and flame now haue they set vpon thy holy place They haue defylde cast to ground the house where dwelt thy grace 8 They sayd in wrath to stroy them quite let vs in one consent Gods houses thus in all the land they haue all wholy brent We now can sée no wonted signes there is no Prophet more Not one wyth vs of wisdom sage to ease our bondage sore And yet art far O God our God For euer wylt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath against thy shepe Of pasture as we be 10 How long O God shall thus in spite the aduersary brayd Thy house thy feastes thy fold deface hys brags at thée be layd How long I say shall he so mad thy holy name blaspheme For euer thus hym shall we sée thy power so lyght to deme 11 Why than O Lord hold still thy handes winkst at this his spite Thy hand draw out of bosom soone to stroy thy foes by myght Why art so far O God our God For euer wylt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy shepe Of pasture as we be 12 Yet God my kyng and Lord he is of olde in yeares now gone He health bestowd on all the earth himselfe doth it alone 13 Thou didst deuyde the sea as once by myght of thy great hand The Dragons heds thou brakest in two so drownd by sea land 14 Thou crushedst the head of Whales I say Leniathan so great For thy dere flocke thou madest hym meat which was in desert set Then why art far from vs O God For euer wilt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 15 Of stony rockes so flinty hard thou broughtst out fluds springs And so thou driedst great waters vp for all theyr gatheryngs 16 The nyght day be thine at will thou spreadst both light sunne The sunne by day to shyne so cleare by nyght to shyne the Moone 17 The costes of all the earth so wyde thou dydst them place ful due Thou summer madest and wynter both eche other right to sue And yet art far from vs O God For euer wylt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 18 Remember this in mynd O Lord thyne emnies how they vaunt How folishly the people haue reuylde thy name a taunt 19 Geue not thy turtels sely soule to beast of cruell port Forget not aye the company of thyne afflicted sort 20 Behold thy pact ones made to vs for darkenes pestilent Is spred the earth where théeues do dwell both false and violent And yet art far from vs O God For euer wilt thou flee
our wealth to grace that we conuert Remoue thine ire impart thy health forgeue our foule desert 5 Eternall God agaynst vs thus for euer wilt thou threate Shalt thou thyne ire stretch out to vs from age to age so great 6 Uphold thy worde to vs returne and quicken vs agayne So shall thy flocke no longer mourne but ioy in thée full fayne 7 Shew vs thy grace O Lord of power that it we may perceyue And geue to vs thy sauiour that health we myght receyue 8 Plaine wyll I heare what God shall speake for peace he shall denounce To all hys folke and louers eke that they their vyce renounce 9 All they no doubt who will hym feare is hys saluation nye Hys glory than shall iust appeare in all our land at eye 10 Ryght frendlines and veritie they shall ech others méete So ryghteousnes and peace from hye shall kisse eche other swéete 11 Known truth from earth shal then out spring wyth all good fruites aryght For ryghteousnes all florishyng from heauen shall cast her sight 12 Euen thus the Lord shall manifest hys bounteous goodnes neare That full our land wyth grace possest all godly frutes shall beare 13 Ryght iustice eke shall be hys guide that strait may good man walke His wayes and gate her steps shall stryde no tyme the ryght to balke ¶ The Collecte PArdon O mercifull Lord the sinnefulnes of all thy people and shew to vs thy mercy and light which may lead vs into the way of peace by followyng the guidance and direction of thy righteousnes through Iesus Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXVI Here Dauid prayth this Psalme I say That Saule hym fraith with great distresse But Christ more true yea Christ doth pray â–ª Who once did sue as man in flesh To scape all spite but most for vs He this endight and sayth euen thus and sayth euen thus 1 BOw downe thyne eare O Lord heare me For thée I feare as God most hye Whose fauour kynd my hart would sée I fayne would finde thy grace at eye For poore I lye all wrapt in thrall My wante I spye to thée I call To thée I call 2 My soule preserue for thyne it is Aye thée to serue vnfainedly So wholy bought it may not misse Kéepe then in thought my Lord sayd I Thy seruant poore to thée I call To thée the more wythstand my fall Wythstand my fall 3 Extend thy grace saue me O Lord And shew thy face all louingly In mercy so thy grace aforde I stand therto assuredly Wherto I hyed to seke for ease And dayly cryed I wyll not cease I wyll not cease 4 O Lord make glad thy seruantes hart My state full sad and soule is fret To thée I go from thée to start From all my wo I wyll not yet I mourne to thée â–ª in soules disease Though hie thou bée I trust to please I trust to please 5 For kynde thou art O Lord of grace Of gentle hart and mercifull To all a lyke in euery place Who wyll thée seke most bountefull In stable fayth thou art to spie In thée who stayth who mournth in thée Who mournth in thée 6 Agayne I say my Lord geue care To thée I praye in thys my mone Thou knowst my paine which now I beare My foes restraine I wéepe alone Expende my crie full bitterlie Thou séest I ligh all heauilie All heauilie 7 When troubles rise in dreadfull dayes In sundrie wise on thée I call I drawe thée neare in all my frayes For thou wilt heare when I am thrall Then helpe me send from heauen so bright As trustie frend my hart to light My hart to light 8 None like to thée O God most hie Of Gods that be all day so sought For wit for might for maiestie Thy workes be right thy dedes be wrought Who wyll contend wyth thée in sight As them to mend O most of myght O most of myght 9 All people iust whom thou hast fourmd Now come they must to worship thée O Lord full low wyth mynd refourmd And them bestow in hart most frée Thy grace to prayse thy name to sprede So good alwayes theyr doynges lead Theyr doynges lead 10 For God art thou thou wonders doost As once so now thou shewest thy myght Thou madest all thyng on earth and dust The heauens do sing thy power in sight No God but thée shall Paynyms néede As eye may sée by Gospels réede By Gospels réede 11 Teach me thy way O Lord agayne That sue I may thy truth so frée All walke to it make me to strayne My hart O knit in thée to lygh Wyth reuerence to loue thy name In confidence to feare the same To feare the same 12 I thée wyll thanke O Lord my God Wyth hart most franke to sing thy prayse Thy louyng grace so wyde and brode I wyll embrace fall out my dayes Thyne excellence I wyll proclayme Wyth diligence to shew thy name To shew thy name 13 Thyne actes to me I must confesse Full great they be myne eyes doth sée Thou rydst full quyte my depe distresse By thy great myght thou madest me frée My soule of late nye gone and lost From hell the state all nethermost All nethermost 14 O God so great the proud aryse At me they fret in numbers ryfe The worst of all in cruell wyse They wyshe my fall they seke my lyfe They feare not thée they much do boast Thy face they flée in euery coast In euery coast 15 But thou O Lord yet God most méeke As truth recordth of louyng brest Art pitifull thée poore to séeke To wrath but dull to mercy prest In grace and truth looke thou on vs To mone in ruth all gratious All gratious 16 O turne to me and turne anone My rocke to be thy grace I craue Thy seruant strength for which I grone That I at length my soule to saue Wyth thée may wonne in thy cleare house Thy handmaiâ—s sonne all glorious All glorious 17 O shew to me for good some signe Some amitie shew thou in sight Agaynst my foes though foes repyne Thou healtst my woes to shame theyr spite That they may sée and so agrée I stayde by thée in comfort frée In comfort frée ¶ The Collecte O Lord of all comfort and compassion we beseche thee to cheare the countenaunce of the congregation of thyne elect familie from all terrours of hell and other hostilitie so that we may bee protected by the louyng visage of thy grace in beholdyng our miserable trauayle that we haue in thys worlde that by thee we may haue the dominion of our carnall affection to tread them vnder foote Through Christ. The Argument Psalme LXXXVII This pleasant song describeth the state Of Christs dere spouse where Christ was borne Hierusalem most fortunate To nurse both Iewe and gentile lorne 1 GOd hily loueth Hierusalem Whose bases strong be depely set In holy mounâ—es sure layd in them Moria Syon Olyuet 2 The Lord
I say loueth Syon gates Her portes and fortes her wals and towers Aboue the rest for all theyr states Of Iacobs tentes and princely bowers 3 Thou citie hye of God no doubt Where he doth raigne in maiestie Hye thynges be sayd to set thée out To blase thy power and dignitie 4 I Raabs realme and Babylons Wyll beare in mynd such shall know me Lo Tyrus lo Philistians Lo Moores most far there borne is he 5 Of Syon thus it shall be sayd That he and he was borne in her But he that is far hyest layd Is he that her confirmth most clere 6 The Lord for truth shall it record The people when he registreth That he so hye that louely Lord Was borne euen there and there he lyegth 7 All singers there and trumpetters Their songes hymnes shall swete rebound Fresh liuely springes wyth all their cheres Shall prayse thys Lord for grace most bound ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God the only foundation of our fayth which doost build the gates and strength of thine eternall maiestye to be seene in the hartes of thine elect as it were vpon thy holy hiles fenced and beset round about by thy righteousnes graunt vs we besech thee to glory in thy true faith and to declare the benefite of thy sonnes redemption wrought for our soules by his incarnation to whom wyth thee and the holy ghost c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXVIII Here is a mone most piteous of man afflicte in stresse It payntes Christes death most dolorous hys sepulture in flesh 1 MY louyng Lord and God of grace on whom my health dependth Both day and night before thy face my crye I haue extend 2 O let therfore my prayer soone come now before thy sight Inclyne thyne eare and heare my bone with teares which I endight 3 My soule is full of miseries in woes full gorgd I rore My lyfe in sight to all mens eyes is euen at death hys dore 4 As one of them I am estéemd that tumble must in pit A sely man I am but déemd so voyde of strength I sit 5 As frée from toyle among the dead as wounded slepe in graue Who far from mynd be sonke as lead whom slayne thy handes now haue 6 In pit most déepe thou hast me throwne in deathes and hels dispayre In places darke down low bestown where coâ—mith no lyght nor ayre 7 Thy fury Lord lyeth hard on me oh striffe on euery side And vext thou hast both hart and eye wyth all thy stormes full tryde 8 Thou hast driuen far my frendes from me acquaynted most to sée Abhord of them thou madest me be thus bound I cannot flée 9 My sight doth fayle for heauines to thée Lord yet I cry No day from thée Lord would I cease to lift my handes full hye 10 Thy meruels great wylt thou deuise to worke to buried men Or els shall sprites to lyfe aryse thy laudes to â—ound agayne 11 Or shall my graue thy pitie tell when once thou hast me â—layne Or shall thy truth be proued so well when I destroyd am layne 12 Thy wondrous workes which wrought thy hand Shall darkenes them expresse Or shall thy iustice shyne in land of mere forgetfulnes 13 To thée O Lord my prayer went to whom els should I go Yea still my sute shall thée preuent at morne while laffth my wo. 14 Why than O Lord abhorst my soule all helpe from me to wynde Why hidest thy face from me so whole that I no grace can fynde 15 Afflict I am at poynt to dye from youth thus haue I bene In hart astound thy dreades fele I so fearefull they be sene 16 Thy sower wrathes so multiplied hane ouerwhelmed me Thy terrours eke which sore abyde haue stroyd me whole to sée 17 They daily did passe ouer me as water surges hye They compasd me in cerâ—enty euen round about full nye 18 Both frend and kinne from me full far â–ª thou hast put whole away My frendes that were familiar in darke fro me they stray ¶ The Collecte O Lord the redemer of all which art meruelous in the procuryng of our health and saluation which by thy descension into hell were made as one among the dead heare the timely prayers of thy family praying to be deliuered from our peruerse enemye labouring to bring vs into bondage graunt this O Lord who lyuest and raygnest with the father c. The Argument Psalme LXXXIX The letter here describeth to eare the state of Dauids raygne The sprite to hart doth this impart that Christ shall ayâ— remayne 1 GOds mercies all wyth song I shall for euer sing and play Wyth mouth euen still expresse I will hys truth from day to day 2 For thus I sayd hys mercy stayde for euer shall remayne Thou shalt confirme thy truth most firme in heauen and it maintayne 3 With Abraham in league I am who was my chief elâ—â—â— To Dauid lo I sware euen so for hym and all his sect 4 I will thy sede prepare in dede for euer world to ende I will aduaunce thy gouernaunce for aye thy raigne extende 5 The heauens O Lord shall iust recorde thy meruayles great in dede Euen so thy saintes wythout restraintes thy truth in church shall sprede 6 For who compare so boldly dare with God in heauen so cleare Whom can we seke the Lord so like among Gods children deare 7 This God of blisse most puissant is amids his saintes echone Most louely feare to hym they beare which stand about his throne 8 O Lord and God of hostes so brode who Lord so strong as thou Euen round about thy truth falth out to them which thée allow 9 Thou canst represse the seas excesse by power imperiall When they do swell in surges fell thou makest them downe to fall 10 Thou Egipt braidst and it so raydst as wounded carcasse proude Thou scatredst wyde thine enemies pride such strength thyne arme auowde 11 The heauens be thyne wyth all their shyne the earth is thine ful sure The world so round thou dydst it found with all the furniture 12 As North and South â–ª stood thorow thy mouth thy worde them both dyd frame So Tabor West and Hermon East both hils shall ioy thy name 13 An arme endude with fortitude thou hast omnipotent O let thyne hand then strongly stand thy ryght hand hie be bent 14 As ryghteousnes so iudgement is thy throne and royall seat With mercy truth most ioyntly sueth before thy face so swete 15 O then most blest such folke doth rest that ioyeth and féelth the same In thy pure light they walke shall right O Lord to prayse thy name 16 Thy name so bright shall them delite all day to ioy therin And they alwayes themselfe shall rayse by thy iust word to winne 17 For thou thy selfe doost worke their welth the ioy of all theyr strength By thy good grace thou shalt in place lyft vp our hornes at length 18 On God
thy wrath him more doth wring 12 That we our days may nuÌ„ber right O teach this wit to vs Theyr date so frayle shal make our harts apply to wisdome thus 13 Be thou retournd O Lord we pray how long wylt thou depart Thy seruantes rue most pityfull intreatable in hart 14 Refresh vs Lord and fill vs full with thy swete early loue To ioy a while to sing the laudes whyle we our breth can moue 15 And cheare our hartes wyth dayes as good as thou hast vs afflict And as our yeres haue smarted long with heauy scourges strickt 16 Thy seruantes teach thy worke deuine â–ª theyr state thy grace to sée That thy renowne may so appeare to theyr posteritie 17 The cherefull grace of God our Lord remayne on vs as now Our workes of handes confirme in vs our handes O prosper thou ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and euerlastyng God which art our defensible refuge in thys oure briefe space of lyfe whych we perceyue to be miserable we beseche thee not to presse vs wyth the burden of thy heuy indignation but so nurture vs wyth thy fatherly rod that we may desyre these eternall dayes of reste where thou wyth thy sonne and holy spryte reygnest eternal God to whome c. The Argument Psalme XCI The faythfull man doth here confesse that Gods defence is strong Against all griefe that hym can presse to scape all wo and wrong 1 WHo vnder fence and couert dwelth of God that is most hye He shall be sure in shadow well By God of heauen to ligh No dout of thys ought man to haue who proofe therof will make For God is strong vs all to saue if fayth to hart we take 2 The iust by fayth may thus be bolde to say to God so iust Thou art my hope my strength and holde my God in whom I trust I haue no hope in worldly thyng that may be sene or felt Though things I vse as nede doth bring which god for vse hath delt 3 To make the scape he will not misse all crafty hunters snares From pestilence that noysome is as far from other cares When diuel or maÌ„ hys soule wil spyte then God wyl helpe hym free Hys body frayle shal yet be quyte from plages how fierce they bee 4 For vnder wynge he thée shall hyde hys fethers thée to broode Hys fayth and truth shall fence thy side as shield and buckler good As once in th'arke theyr wynges so wyde the Cherubins dyd splay As vseth the henne her byrdes to stryde to kepe the kyte away 5 Thou shalt not néede to be adrad for feares of all the nyght No dart so sharpe shall make thée sad that flyeth by day in syght No horrors fell shall so preuayle to make thy hart agaâ—t Misfortune none shall thee assayle God wyll eye thee so fast 6 Thou shalt escape all pestilence which walkth in darke to noye Of sicknes sore to haue defence that hye at none doth stroye No venome bayte shal thee infect by diuell or man be layd For God to thee shall it detect by whom it shall be stayd 7 Though thousandes fast to murre in renne by thee that dwellers bée On thy right hand though thousandes ten do fall thou shalt be frée Thou nedest not feare what fortune fall to all the world beside Thou shalt not stand so casuall for God shall be thy guyde 8 Yea both thyne eyes shall make thée sée how proud men shall decay How faythles impes shall scourged bée for theyr desert I say God shall his foes tread vnder foote who him his did hate Theyr lies and brags them shal not boote with all their cruel state 9 For thou my God myne onely trust my hope thou art t' endure Thou hast my soule thus made full iust thy helpe to haue ryght sure Because thou hast affiance had in God who dwelth so hye He shall kepe thee from chances bad and be thy sanctuary 10 There shall no euill so chance to thée but all shall worke thy wealth No plage shall nye thy dwellyng bée to stroy therof the health Thou safe shalt dwell protected well by God if hym thou fearst From wrathfull men that be so fell if fayth to God thou bearst 11 For he shall geue hys angels charge on thée to cast theyr sight To sée thy wayes full set at large to walke therin aryght Hys angels be thy seruantes prest thy welth and helth to kepe To worke thy rest to prompt thy brest thy God in hart to seke 12 They shall in handes beare thée alone to stay thy hold aloft Lest thou shouldst hurt thy foote at stone els mought thou fall full oft If God thou fearst kepe hys wayes hys sprite wyll thee preserue Thou nedest no dout to walke in strayes if god thou vowst to serue 13 The Lyons fierce and adder flye on both them shalt thou go Thou shalt tread down the Lyons frye and eke the dragon to All venome beastes shall renne fro thee they shall serue thee at will The diuell so stoute thy fayth shall flee though he thy soule would spill 14 Because hys hope on me he set I will hym rid from shame I wyll hym lyft to make hym great because he knew my name I will sayth God my helpe hym send in all hys troublous dayes No better cause make me to bend then that on me he stayes 15 When he shall call and sue to me to hym I shall apply I will wyth hym in trouble be and ryd hym gloriously His trust and fayth shall not decay hys loue shall haue reward Though here he wepe from day to day yet I hys teares regard 16 Wyth length of dayes where lyfe shall last I wyll hym satisfy I wyll hym shew for louyng tafâ— my sauyng helth so hye Though here opprest as vyle outcast the iust for ryght doth wayle The greater ioy sayth God at last shall chance to hys aduayle Who vnder fence and couert dwelth of God that is mosâ— hye He shall be sure in shadow well by God of heauen to ligh ¶ The Collecte EXtende O mercifull father through the inuocation of thy holy name thy louing tuition vpoÌ„ vs thy poore seruants that where we be to weake by our own strength to ouercome the crafry and combrous assawts of our enemyes that yet by thy fatherly protection we may bee defended agaynst al their hostylitie and so in pacience passe ouer this mortal conuersation to ioy with thee in the length of dayes in thy blessed presence Through c. The Argument â–ª Psalme XCII Of sabboth day the solemne feast â–ª doth vs excyte by rest Gods mighty workes that we declare loue hym for all the best 1 A Ioyfull thyng to man it is the Lord to celebrate â–ª To thy good name O God so hye due laudes to modulate 2 To preach and shew thy gentlenes in early mornyng lyght Thy truth of worde to testifie all whole by length of nyght 3 Upon the psalme
the decachord vpon the pleasant lute On sounding good swéete instruments with shaumes with harpe with flute 4 For thou hast ioyed my fearefull hart O Lord thy workes to sée And I with prayse will iust reioyce these handy workes of thée 5 How glorious O blessed Lord be these the factes of thyne Thy thoughts be depe thy counsayles hye inscrutable deuyne 6 The brutish man that is vntaught is nought of this beséene The foole as is the carnall man perceyueth not what it meanth 7 When euill men flour as doth the grasse wicked workers bud Then shall they all come downe at once for euer drownd in mud 8 But thou art hye full hye aloft as Lord and president For euer standst vnmoueable and wyse in regiment 9 For lo thy foes O Lord so strong thy foes shall perishe all And such as worke all wickedly shall haue a shamefull fall 10 My horne and power shall yet be raysd as Unicornes is séene Euen now I seme as swetely dewd with oyle of Oliue gréene 11 Myne eyes full out theyr lust shall haue of all my waityng spyes Myne eares the same of crafty men who vp at me dyd ryse 12 The true elect and ryghteous man shall florishe lyke the palme As Ceder trée in Lybanus hymselfe shall sprede wyth balme 13 Depe planted they in rootes alway in gods swete house to byde Shall florish lyke in both the courtes of this our God and guyde 14 In age most sure they shall encrease theyr fruite aboundantly Well likyng they and fat shal be to beare most fruitfully 15 That is to say they out shall preach this lordes true faythfulnes Who is my strength mighty rocke who hateth vnryghteousnes ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God which art the contynuall ioye and perpetuall felicytye of all thy saynts whom thou doost inwardly water with the dew of thy heauenly grace wherby thou makst them to floryshe like the Palme tree in the celestial courts of thy church we besech thee that thou would so discusse from vs the burdenous weight of sinne that we maye enioye their felowship Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCIII This praith in faith when stormes aryse in trust of helpe full sure But here in raigne is Christ bewrayde and how his church shall dure 1 THe Lord is kyng in hys aray the Lord is clad wyth strength He girt hymselfe the world is sure it cannot réele at length 2 Thy throne is strong prepared sure from tyme all out of mynde Thou art that art all durably which neuer ende shalt fynde 3 The flouds haue lift aloft O Lord the fluds haue lift their voyce The stremes â—â—â—â—rge wyth griefly waues thy foes to hie reioyce 4 But far aboue all rage of fluds or dreadfull stormes of sea Doth God surmount more excellent hys enmies all to slea 5 Thy worde is sure thy testament is tryed in all assayes All holines doth decke thy house O Lord for yeares and dayes ¶ The Collecte MOst maruelous God which art begirt round about withall godly maiestye and power as thy handy workes in the creation and situation of heauen and earth do manifestly declare heare vs we beseeche thee thy humble suters and inspire into our hartes fast fayth to beleue thy worde perfect our soules to confesse it in tonge and coÌ„firme vs to shew the holynes therof in our life to the glory of thy name Through Iesus Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCIIII The poore opprest doth helpe implore agaynst proud iudges myght As Christ and hie long heretofore be paternes good in sight 1 O God and Lord reuenger ryght of sinne reuenger God Now shew thy selfe declare thy might make hast to shake thy rod. 2 Be thou set vp in maiesty thou iudge of all the land Requite the proud accordingly and let them féele thy hand 3 How long O Lord these wycked men how long tryumphe shall they Thy people thus to ouer renue wythout both stop and stay 4 They blatter out euen what they list sore wordes they be and proude All wycked ympes wyll not desist to vaunt and boast aloude 5 Thy people Lord full sore they flyte thyne heritage they vexe Their poore estates wyth wronges they smyte and threates therto annexe 6 The widow lo the straunger eke they murther craftely The fatherlesse they quell alyke though deare to thée they ligh 7 Theyr mouthes thus speake as hartes deuise tush God séeth nought of this Nor Iacobs God shall thys aduise in thys he is remysse 8 Ye doltes of all most brute to sée betyme yet vnderstand When prudent wise when will ye bée ye fooles I say so fond 9 Can he be deafe which made the eare how harken should not hée Who made the eye can ye hym bleare that he should nothyng sée 10 Or he that checkes the heathen els shall he not you reproue And he that man all wisdom tels shall he not you remoue 11 The Lord doth know the thoughtes of man to be both fond and vayne Your open wronges how can they than escape deserued payne 12 Then happy is that man and blest whom thou doost chastise here And whom by loue in law thou teach est O blessed Lord most deare 13 To make hym sit wyth patience in dreadfull dayes at rest Whyle that to men of violence theyr pit be digd and drest 14 For God no dout wyll not reiect hys people them to fayle Nor yet forsake hys lot elect to make them long to wayle 15 Untill that ryght be turnd agayne to dome as iust it ought And follow it shall they full fayne whose harte hath iustice sought 16 O who wyll vp for me to stand agaynst malignant spies Or wyll wyth me conioyne hys hand at wycked men to ryse 17 If soone the Lord had sent none ayde to me in myne vnrest It had not faylde my soule dismayde had dwelt in graue opprest 18 But when I sayd my foote doth réele to note the worldes disdayne Then helpe O Lord thou didst me deale thy grace dyd me sustayne 19 As carefull thoughtes in store dyd ryse when thus my hart dyd boyle Thy comfort so dyd me repryse my soule to scape the foyle 20 Shall wycked seates of tyranny cleaue fast to thée as thence That thou should fayne to scourge therby the poore by lawes pretence 21 They cloyne in one in companies agaynst the iust mans lyfe The giltles soule of wycked vyce they whole condemne in stryfe 22 The Lord yet was to me in stresse a refuge strong of fence My God was rocke as inaccesse my trust and confidence 23 He shall them quite their crafty guiles as they dyd others cloy God shall them slea for all theyr wyles our Lord shall them destroy ¶ The Collecte NVrture vs O Lord with the sincere doctrine of thy blessed worde be thou to vs a refuge in time of tribulation so guide vs by true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy word that we neuer fall from thee Through Iesus
Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCV This cherefull Psalme doth inuite vs in voyce This cherefull Psalme inuiteth our voyce Due laudes to God in our hymnes to rebounde Due laudes to God in hymnes to sounde With lowly hartes in hys grace to reioyce With lowly hartes that we reioyce His worde to heare as we duely be bound His worde to heare as we be bound 1 O Come in one let vs sing to the Lord O Come in one to prayse the Lord And hym recounte for the stay of our wealth And hym recounte our stay and wealth All harty ioyes let vs duely recorde All harty ioyes let vs recorde To this strōg rocke to the Lord of our health To this strōg rocke our Lord of health 2 His face with prayse let vs ryse to preuent His face with prayse let vs preuent Hys factes in sight to the world to denounce Hys factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in our ioyfull assent Ioyne we I say in glad assent Our psalms hymns let vs early pronounce Our psalms hymns let vs pronounce 3 For why this Lord is a God of a might For why this Lord is God of might For helpe at néede Upon whom we may call For helpe at néede whom we may call A puissant kyng in hys radiant lyght A puissant kyng in hys brght lyght He passth all Gods by his rule ouer all He passth all Gods by rulyng all 4 All coastes of earth in hys power do ligh All coastes of earth by hym do ligh His celles and groundes be they neuer so depe His celles and groundes though they be depe As fast by hym be the mountaynes on hye As fast by hym stand mountaynes hye And stoupe to hym be they neuer so stéepe And stoupe to hym though they be stéepe 5 The sea is hys as the worke of hys handes The sea is hys his worke of handes Her ryse and fall with her mutable rode Her ryse and fall with all her rode The land from her by authoritie standes The land from her by power standes Whom God so stayed for hys stable abode Whom God so stayed for hys abode 6 O then come we let vs humbly adore O then come we let vs adore And prostrate ligh be we downe on our knées And prostrate ligh on both our knées He made vs all both the riche and the poore He made vs all both riche and poore Both kyng and slaue in theyr priuate degrées Both kyng and slaue in theyr degrées 7 For God he is as our Lord and our stay For God he is our Lord and stay Hys people we in hys pasture to rest Hys people we in pasture neare His flocke of hand for he lead vs in way His flocke of hand who leadth our way His voyce to day if ye heare at the lest His voyce to day if well ye heare 8 Beware say I that ye harde not your hartes Beware say I ye hard no hartes Agaynst hys grace when he byd you repent Agaynst hys grace to you so ment As desert saw in a strife ouer whart As desert saw once strife or ewhart Lyke tempting day of an eluishe entent Lyke tempting day of mad entent 9 In which pastyme as your fathers aforne In which pastyme your fathers olde Dyd tempt my strength to assay what I could Dyd tempt my strength to proue my myght They proued but me in a mocke and a scorne They proued but me in scorne to bold Where yet my workes might they sée if they would Where yet my workes they saw in syght 10 Full forty yeres dyd I chyde with this age Full forty yeres I blamde this age Great griefes by them did I suffer in mynde Great griefes by them I felt by thys I sayd euen thus whē ▪ I spied how they raged I sayd euen thus to spy theyr rage They erre in hart in my wayes be they blynde They erre in hart my wayes they misse 11 To whom I sware in myne angry reproche To whom I sware all wrathfully By theyr foule strayes was I forst therunto By theyr foule strayes thus forst therto If they so euill to my rest shall approche If they so euill my rest should sée Then blame haue I if it euer be so Then blame haue I if it be so ¶ The Collecte LOrd of all saluation beholde we beseche thee the sheepe of thy pasture redeemed by thy precious bloud graunt that in prudence we accepte thy voyce to be ruled therby at last to ioy wyth thee in thy rest perpetuall through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCVI This Gentiles calleth to christian fayth ▪ In Christ to ioy their head In whome all power and glory layth To iudge both quicke and dead 1 O Syng I bid to God the Lord A song of new deuise Let all the earth his prayse recorde for grace most new shall ryse 2 Unto thys Lord so new sing aye And prayse hys maiestie Be tellyng forth from day to day His great benignitie 3 To Gentiles him looke ye declare Hys glory tell them all And shew all folke wyth all your care Hys workes most martiall 4 For why no dout this Lord is hye Aboue all prayse so famde To be most drad ryght worthely Aboue all Gods so namde 5 For all euen all the hethen gods Be vayne be things of nought This Lord in heauen hath his abode and heauens by him were wrought 6 All glory prayse all worship fame Be his as ornament All prayse and power be his to name In heauenly firmament 7 Ye stocks of men and familyes Of peoples bring this Lord Bryng ye this Lord as comly is All laud for power of worde 8 Yea glory geue all ye full true To his swéete name most hye Heaue vp your giftes present hym due His courtes thus drawe ye nye 9 Before this Lord his face bow downe Before his holy grace Ye dwellers all in fielde and towne O dread his mighty face 10 Tel ye I say the Gentiles all This Lord his raigne hath pight The world is fast not lyke to fall And he shall iudge in right 11 Let heauens so hye be glad so pure Let all the earth reioyce Let all the sea in furniture enhaunce theyr cherefull voyce 12 The fruitfull fieldes and all therin Ought now reioyce full lite Than shall all trées In woode be séene to gether ioye in sight 13 Before this Lord who shortly comth For come to rule is he To iudge the worlde bright brightfull dome His flocke by verytye The Collecte O God almightye creatour of heauen and earthe whose prayse the whole ornament of them both doth daily magnifie we beseche thee that as we confesse the victory of the crosse so we may renounce all heathen errour to beholde the glory of thy seconde commyng wyth full ioy of our consciences through Iesus c. The Argument Psalme XCVII This Psalme in sprite doth gratulate Cbristes kingdome cleare immaculate Wherby such lyght hath
agaynst vs thou seest howe weake we be of our selfe assist vs therefore O Lorde with thy godly protection to glorifye thy holy name in earth as thy holy sprites doo in heauen thorough Christ c. The Argument Psalme CIIII. This Psalme setth out for prouidence Almighty Gods magnificence His wisdome power his goodnes eke Of night of day of yere of weeke His excellence all thyng doth kepe Ì„Ì„ 1 O Prayse my soule the Lord of name O Lord my God of worthy fame Thou doost excell in dignitie Wyth honour clothd and maiestie O hym proclame Prayse his degrée 2 For he is clad most cleare wyth light As he were deckt wyth vesture bryght He spreadth the heauens as vayle most fyne Where lyeth hys grace and power deuyne O séeke hys sight To hym incline 3 The vpper heauens be so arayde Wyth waters lyke as beames be layde The cloudes he makth hys charet swift On wynde the wynges hys walke he listh O hym estéeme Expend hys gyft 5 And he doth make hys aungels sprites In wyndes and blastes to worke theyr mightes The flamyng fier is minister Whose worde to do they waite full nere O loue his lightes Trust hym intiere 6 He setteth the earth on bases sound The seas they be O wondrous ground The world to ende it shall not reale It can no change ne ruine féele O hym rebound Hys myght reueale 7 Wyth waters depe this earth was shet As it wyth coate all darke beset For once the seas as mountaynes stoode Most hye aboue as raging floud O prayse hym yet Repute hym good 7 Though thus theyr waues the waters spred At thy rebuke they swiftly fled At thy rough voyce in thunder hard They fast gaue vp their hold and warde O hym a drede His strength regard 8 The hils then hye in sight dyd mount The fieldes fell low as now they wont As them thou stowdst â–ª in most due place They stand euen so they moue no space O hym recount Extoll hys grace 9 To all thynges made thou gauest hys roume Theyr proper place not out to come Thou doost the seas in boundes repose Not backe to turne the earth to close O hym renome His hand disclose 10 He springes sendth out to floudes to grow And they in sea discharge we know Betwene the hyls they kepe their flote To fresh the earth with new gréene coate O hym betrow Hys larges note 11 All beastes of field there drynke theyr fill They séeke them néedes though fed on hill The asses wilde they slake their thirst Most dry which be so made at first O marke hys wyll His care betrift 12 Theâ—â— fetherd foules séeke harborow As nye their drinke they sit on bough Where byrdes do chirme the trées among To God theyr Lord in cherefull song O hym auow And praise hym long 13 He wetith the hyls and makth them soft From heauenly cels by dewes aloft By frutefull cloudes which wrought his hand The showers fall down to moyst the land O laud him oft Him vnderstand 14 He makth for beast the grasse to spring And herbage els for man to bryng To serue hys néede his bread to get In earth such vse in beast he set O serue this king His actes intreat 15 Whence wyne is geuen mans hart to cheare And oyle his face so bryght to cleare And bread fro thence he doth addres Mans hart to strength in stablenes O count him deare Hys laudes expresse 16 The Lordes own trées by man vntyld Wyth Sap by showers be fully fild As Ceders hye of Libanus Which he hath plant right plentuous O praise him milde His care discusse 17 In these hye trées the birdes do nest God geueth them wit to séeke theyr rest The Storkes there build and houses haue In trées of fyrre themselfe to saue O loue him best His loue ingraue 18 The mountayns hye a refuge bée For buckes and beastes of Uenerie And so the rockes all inaccesse To Conies bée theyr sikernesse O praisd be hée Hys workes confesse â—9 The moone he made for ceasons due The nyght to cleare wyth chaunges new The sunne so hye a creature Hys down fall knowth and kéepth it sure O good ensue Hym worship pure â—0 And after day thou bringst in darke So nyght comth on and blyndnes starke The Sauage beasts yet gayne therby So créepe they forth to féede full slye O note hys warke Hys reed espy 21 The Lyons whelpes most fierce they rore In rangyng long of pray the store They séeke by darke their sustenance Prepard by Gods good ordinance O hym adore Hys worke enhance 22 When sunne returnth and shewth hys rise Expellyng darke hys light surpristh These beastes by heapes then soone remoue They kepe theyr dens for lyght aboue O thys aduise Hys prudence loue 23 Thus man goth forth hys worke to do More bold that they be thus ago To tillage true he maketh hys gate And spendth hys day till it be late O stand hym to Recount thy state 24 O mighty Lord my fort and holde How be thy workes tride manifold Thou madest them all in wisdome hye Of thy great goods full therth do lygh O hym behold Hym magnify 25 The sea so houge the Ocean So large in armes and space for man Theare liuing things saunce number créepe Great beasts and small therin do kéepe O search it than This meruel seke 26 Theâ—â— ships by sayles the bilowes passe Where men transport â–ª theyr wardly trasâ—e There playth his vages Leuiathan Whom thou dydst forme to sport theran O marke this case â–ª Reuolue it man 27 All creatures of thée expect Their foode most apt for euery feet That thou shouldst geue theyr nourishment In tyme of néede most competent O hym respect To hym assent 28 When deale thou doost they gather strayt In hungers stresse themselues to bayt If thou splayst hand wyth blessyng méete With good full good they be replete O hym awayte Esteme hym swéete 29 When face thou hidest and nought doost send O then they wayle to death they bend If breath thou stopst decay they must They must returne into theyr dust O then amend Regard hym iust 30 When thou returnst thy sprite agayne New thynges by thée new breath optayne Then yerely thus thou deckst a fresh The face of earth wyth new increase O holde him fayne Hys loue possesse 31 Gods maiestie be it for aye In glory blest in all hys way The Lord shall hye reioyce in thought In all hys workes so godly wrought O soule thus pray As thou art taught 32 This God when he mans sinnes to fynde But lookth on earth it quakth and twynd When he the hyls wyth hand but touch They smoke for feare and low they couche O soule hym mynde Thy Lord auouch 33 For I will sing to thys my Lord Whyle I am here and hym record In Psaltries swéete I wyll my song To my Lord God in lyfe prolong O soule accord Performe it strong 34 My talke of hym most pleasant is
No day I will be found remisse To ioy in God I will not cease He is my health my rest myne ease O soule him blisse Hym séeke to please Where sinfull men from earth shall fayle All wycked freakes God let them quayle But thou my soule thy Lord aduaunce Prayse all the Lord hys heritaunce For thyne aduayle Syng still all hayle ¶ The Collecte MOst excellent almighty God which doost wyth thy blessing hand most richly refreshe all liuyng thynges wyth theyr foode and sustinaunce graunte that our soules may so be refresht in the contemplation of thy godly maiesty alway to behold thy glory in heauen in the meditation of thy wonderfull workes here in earth through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CV Gods actes here lauded be by stories order tolde His pact alledge no thanke to man but God most due extolde Ì„Ì„ O Prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accord Exalt hys name search out hys fame Hys worthy dedes record 1 O prayse in voyce the Lord vpon hys name to call Denounce and tell the people cleare his doynges liberall 2 Syng out wyth iust accorde and play in instrumentes Tell all hys factes most meruelous sprede out hys ornamentes 3 Exalt hys name wyth ioy most hye and most deuyne And let theyr hart that seke the Lord to mirth all glad inclyne 4 Search out hys fame and power the Lordes right famous arke Séeke here hys face still euermore draw nye to note hys warke 5 Hys worthy déedes recorde which he hath wrought as God His strange foreshewes hys godly domes so past his mouth abrode O prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name search out hys fame Hys worthy dedes recorde 6 Ye séede of Abraham hys seruaunt thys respect I you appeale praise ye the Lord ye Iacobs stocke elect 7 He is the Lord our God yea none I say but hée His iudgementes be in all the world but most wyth vs to sée 8 For he hys couenant myndth for euer it to do In thousand worldes still fast to stand hys word commaunded so 9 Hys pact to Abraham fast made with fayth endude Hys othe also to Isaac agayne the same renude 10 And he this league as law to Iacob sure decréed To Israell as testament for euer well to spéede â—1 Thus saying geue I will to the land Canaan For plot of your inheritaunce as met with lyne by man â—2 But thus when few they were to them in lyke respect And there in land as straungers set as Pilgrimes whole reiect â—3 And strayed from land to land of nations wandringly From countries wyde to other realmes of people diuersly 14 He sufâ—red yet no man to do them any wrong For all theyr sake yea kinges be chect and plaged them among 15 He say touch not my Christes that sacred flocke to mée My Prophetes true afflict not ye which preach my maiestie O prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name search out hys fame Hys worthy dedes recorde 16 When he sent dearth on earth to stop theyr foodes reliefe And stroyed of bread the sustenance which stayd their strength most chiefe 17 A man before he sent to them as herbeger Lo Ioseph sold to seruitude to serue in Egipt theare 18 Whose féete they wrung in stockes by Putiphars complaynt In iron cast wyth chaynes I bound hys lyfe felt hard constraynt 19 Untill the tyme was come that iust hys cause was séene Whom God approued and throughly tryed by Oracle deuine 20 The kyng then sent and hym dyd lose by men of hys The Prince that there the people ruld did him froÌ„ bondes dismisse 21 He made hym Lord in chiefe of all hys court about And ruler sole of all hys goods in hys Empyre full out 22 That he might bynde and lose his Dukes and lordes at wyll And wit to teache hys sages all by hys approued skill O prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy dedes recorde 23 So Israell in went to Egypt glad and sad This Iacob olde a straunger liued in land of Cham the bad 24 And there God multiplied hys people notably And made hym far more strong and big then were hys foes at eye 25 The Moores then changd theyr hartes as God dyd them detect That they dyd hate his people sore with guiles hys seruantes checkt 26 Then God sent Moses out hys seruant good and true Yea Aaron eke whom he dyd chose his hart on them dyd rue 27 Which there to them dyd splay his workes and wordes by signes Hys meruels rare in land of Cham such power theÌ„ God resignes 28 And he depe darkenes sent all thinges then darke was so The signes themselfe ne Moses yet rebeld Gods wyll to do 29 He turnd theyr waters all to bloud not them they dranke He slue theyr fish theyr nourishment for all theyr waters stanke 30 The Lord euen so brought frogs in numbers wonderfull Which crept vpon the beds of kynges theyr priuy chambers full 31 He spake the worde then came on heapes all kynde of flies So lyse of dust as myngyns small in all theyr costes dyd ryse 32 For all theyr raynes and dewes he gaue them hayle to change And flames of fyer so mixt wyth theÌ„ in all their landes most strange 33 Wherwyth he smote their vines their fig trées flat to ground He brake euen down their fruitful trées in all their quarters round 34 And when hys worde came forth of grashoppers on heape In numbers theare nigh infinite dyd Caterpillers leape 35 Which dyd all whole deuoure theyr grasse about the land Yea frute and all that grew in soyle thus heauy lay hys hand 36 Theyr fruites first borne he slue in all theyr realme in length Their pryme offpring most principal â–ª of all their natures strength O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde 37 He then dyd lead them out wyth gold and siluer stuft And none there was in all theyr tribes that fell or febly puft 38 So Egypt ioyd full glad when they went out of realme For they the Iewes drad fearefully theyr feare so fell on them 39 He spred on them a cloud to couer them by day Wyth piller bryght to cleare the nyght he dyd dyrect their way 40 At theyr request and sute he brought them quayles for meate He filled them with bread of heauen swéete aungels foode to eate 41 He claue and opte the rock whence water flowed full prest They ran lyke streames in wildernes to comfort man and beast 42 For why he bare in mynde hys holy promise thus Hys loue also to Abraham hys seruaunt vertuous 43 And full wyth ioy and myrth he led hys people forth Hys deare electes wyth iubilies so taken well in worth O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out
hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde 44 And last he gaue them whole the gentils landes by met They all possest for heritage for which the people swet 45 To th end that they should kepe hys statutes true and ryght That they should aye obserue his lawes prayse ye this lord of might O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde ¶ The Collecte WEe sue vnto thee most louyng Lorde besechyng thee by the power of thy name that where our fathers were conducted therby to the ministration of thy heauenlye aungels foode that thou would so vouchsaue to feede and comfort vs wyth thy misticall nourishment of thy body bloud to whome with the father and holy ghost be The Argument Psalme CVI. The Iewes which dwelt in Babilon thus sang their thankes in harte They do confesse gods onely grace they blame their owne desarte \ \ THe Lorde so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men bee then Lord teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see 1 The Lord so good with thanks confesse sing prayse laud him hie All good he is for why hys grace for euer standth full nie 2 Who fully can his power expresse wyth tong he Lord so great Or cause be harde hys prayses all who can hys grace extreat 3 Wel true men be in hart most blest who iudgemeÌ„t true performe Which worke alway that righteous is in iust and lawfull forme 4 TheÌ„ lord I craue teach me ful kind haue mind to work my welth As friendly thou thy people mindst to me resort wyth helth 5 Thy seruauntes state O Lord to sée shew me their blisse at eye â–ª That I reioyce wyth thy good folke and thanke thée ioyfully The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 6 We all to thée haue sinned sore as oft our fathers dyd We haue gone wrong and done amisse most wickedly in déede 7 Thy noble faytes in Egipt done our fathers noted seald Of thy great loues no mynd they had at red sea they rebeld 8 Yet he full kynd dyd them preserue for loue of his great name To make hys power so notable the world to feare the same 9 The sea so red he dyd rebuke then soone vp dryed it was And through great déepes he led them dry as desert men do passe 10 And he by strength defended them from aduersaries power He ryd them sure from enemies hand they could not them deuour 11 The waters depe so whelmed such as them dyd vexe and greue That none remaynd not one of them he them dyd quite remeue 12 Hys stable word they then beleued to spy theyr foes distresse And then they sung an hymne of thankes to prayse hys worthines The Lord so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 13 In their great heat though hast they made his works they soone forgot No tyme they would his counsailes byde no tary would they not 14 They fondly longd in wycked lust for meat in wyldernes â–ª They tempted God in desert hye wyth shamefull sturdines â—5 And there euen there he gaue them full their asking redily But yet theyr bane they tooke therin theyr lyues destroyd therby â—6 And Moses guide yet they prouokt with wrath in their own tentes Yea Aaron eke Gods holy priest wyth foolish brablementes 17 Wherfore in hast the earth dyd ryue swalowd Dathon quyte It couerd whole the route and band of Abyram in sight 18 The fyre froÌ„ heauen fell whote and fierce amids their company The flame dyd burne those wycked men wyth all theyr familie 19 Eftsoones as God a calfe they made at Horeb mount most fond They worshipped this molteÌ„ worke which made theyr proper hand whole 20 And thus they turnd Gods onely glore who was their worship To shap of calfe but eatyng hay which they did hye extoll 21 They God forgot and left full soone who them to grace dyd take Who wrought as god in Egipt land â–ª strange dedes for al their sake 22 Great thyngs to sée O wonderfull in land of Cham I say And thynges of power most terrible at red sea there in way 23 To stroy them he then full decréed if Moses his elect Had not in sight vp start to treate his wrath to stay vnwreckt 24 And they despisde and lightly scornd that land delicious No fayth they gaue vnto hys word but went contrarious 25 They did in hart eke grutch and moyne in all theyr tents vnkynd They heard no tyme gods holy word it was to them but wynd 26 By liftyng vp his irefull hand God sware vnto them all That he would them in wildernes destroy wyth shamefull fall 27 And that he would cast shortly out their séede where gentils byde And sparple them as runnegates in countries farly wyde 28 Yea yokt they were and knit in hart to Baal Peor fast They glad dyd eat the sacrifice to dead men which was cast 29 Thus they all out dyd him prouoke to wrath by filthy vyce So hie that néedes Gods heauy plage on them did sharply ryse 30 Then Phinées stoode vp in zeale as iudge he vengeaunce tooke And strait the plage did stay cease gods wrath so them forsooke 31 Which godly zeale reputed was to hym for righteousnes From age to age Gods prest to be wyth all hys séede no lesse 32 They also greued and angred God at waters namde of stryfe That Moses meke gate harme for them for God abridgd hys lyfe 33 For they prouokt hys gentle sprite wordes doubtfull out to lashe Wherby he spake without aduise with lips to swift and rashe The Lorde so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 34 They did not eke in warre destroy the Heathen peoples sect As God them bad most earnestly that they should them reiect 35 But myxt and ioynd they were full nye among the gentils sort And learnd their workes outragious wherof they made but sport â—6 Wherby full soone they honoured and serued theyr idols gay Which were a snare so sought by them to brede their own decay â—7 So far as blynd they doted than vnnaturall and mad That they to diuels did sacrifice their sonnes daughters glad 38 Much giltles bloud they spild shedâ— of their own childers brood To Idols slayne of Canaan the land foule staynd wyth bloud 39 Thus foule to foule with their self workes they were defild staind A whoryng far their fancies straid no fayth to God remaind 40 TheÌ„ iustly gods most dreadful wrath his own good people brent That he abhord his heritage where stoode hys regiment 41 So that he gaue them wholy vp to Gentils cruell handes That they them ruld which hated them before
wrath all them confound By fearefull sound 12 He iudgement true shall exercise As iudge among the Gentile sect All places he shall full surprise Wyth bodies dead on earth proiect Abrode he shall in sunder smyte The heds of realmes that him wyll spyte Or scorne hys myght 13 Though here exilde he strayth as bond And shall in way but water drynke Of homely brooke as comth to hand Pursued to death and wysht to sinke Yet he for thys humilitie Shall lift hys head in dignitie Eternally ¶ The Collecte O Lord the eternall sonne of the father which wart begotten before the world was made and art the first of all creatures we lowly beseche thee that where by the session of the ryghte hande of thy father thou subduest thy enemies so make vs to subdue all the dominion of sinne rising against vs to be made meete to serue thee in all godlines who liuest and raignest one God wyth the father and the holy ghost Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme CXI This laudatory is and thankth Gods gentlenes Who made all thyng and vs redeemd from sinne and wretchednes 1 WIth all my hart I will the Lord commend on hye Met secretly with faythfull men in church eke openly 2 Full greate be all the factes of this hye Lord in name Most exquisite and may be found of them that loue the same 3 His déede is worthy prayse most worshipfull I say It Glory is and comlynes his iustice lasts for aye 5 Of all his wondrous workes remembraunce hath he made The Lord is good and mercifull to Israell in trade 5 For meat and spoyle he gaue to them that feard hym due So myndfull he will euer be his pact and league to sue 6 His actes great power shewd to all his peoples sight In geuing them the heritage of Gentils landes for right 7 His workes of hands be séene all truth and equytye And his precepts all faythfull be in iust confâ—rmytye 8 Upholde they stand most firme and euer wyll remayne For made they are by verytye and equytye agayne 9 He sent hys people guydes which them to fréedome lad His pact he bad should euer stand whose holy name be drad 10 The feare of God is sayd of wisdome first the way Who kéepe hys hests haue wisdome cleare whose prayse shal ner decay ¶ The Collecte GOd whose glory all thy saints most gladly delight to confesse graunt vs to haue the feare of thy holy name wherin consist the beginning of all wisdome that wee beyng enstructed in thy will and pleasure may be fedde wyth the heauenly nourishment of thy worde through Christ c. This doth recite of hym that feareth the Lorde The prayses right of hym that feareth the Lorde Whose constancy in God by faythes accorde Lyeth perfectly in God by faythes accorde Ì„Ì„ 1 THat man is blest and liueth at rest that fearth the Lord most pure Who hath delyte most exquisite to worke hys byddinges sure 2 No doubt hys séede shall firmly spéede in all felycitye These regents hye theyr progenye most blessed shall they be 3 He riches store in house the more wyth plenty shall possesse Hys righteousnes in stablenes shall last and still increase 4 And light shall spred from darknes drede to godly mens reliefe The Lord benigne aye pitiyng and iust to ease their griefe 5 This blisfull man he pitye can and lend with diligence His word and déede by wisdoms réede he rightly shall dispence 6 For moued he can neuer be Gods arme shall hym defend The iust shall sure in fame endure till all the world doth ende 7 At tydyngs euyll no tyme he wyll stand dreadfully hymselfe Hys hart for why stands stedfastly he trustth the Lord of health 8 His hart so great is stable set to feare nothyng aduerse Untyll hys eyes their lust espies on all hys foes peruerse 9 He spredth hys store he geueth the poore hys iustice yet abidth His power shal be exalted frée with glory large and wyde 10 The euyll shall sée and fret shall he shall gnash his teth and loweâ— â–ª The wicked lust of men vniust shall wast and turne full sower ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we beseech thee O God which art the light euerlasting and guyde of our hartes that we may loue and feare thee aboue all thinges to delight only in thy praise and so to deale to the necessitie of ouâ— neighbour in thys prcsent lyfe that in the next we heare not that sharpe word of reprobatioÌ„ for vnmercifulnes through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme CXIII This praisth Gods grace on hie therto it doth inuite His dignitie and prouidence it doth in part endight \ \ 1 YE seruauntes all ye children méeke prayse ye the Lorde of all Prayse ye hys name extoll ye due hys power potentiall 2 Gods worthy name be blest froÌ„ hence tyl all the world haue ende To dread and loue his power aboue God graunt we all contende 3 FroÌ„ time the Sunne doth shine in rise til downward fallth the same From East to West O blessed be the Lords swéete holy name 4 For why no fayle the Lord doth rule on Gentils all that be Yea heauens he passth in glory bright thys Lord of maiestie 5 For who is lyke this God the Lord in glory fame or power Who hath set vp himselfe aboue as chiefe and gouernour 6 And yet he bowth himselfe full low of hys great gentlenes All thynges that be in heauen and earth to sée in carefulnes 7 And he it is at will alone that liftth the poore from dust The nedy man he doth promote in dong that low was thrust 8 To make hym hye and equall sit wyth Princes rule to beare Yea that wyth Péeres of age most graue of his own people deare 9 And he alone the baren makth in fruitfull house to dwell As mother glad to ioye in babes O prayse the Lord then well ¶ The Collecte WE geue all prayse most due to thy blessed name almighty god beseching thee so to preserue vs in the lappe of thy welbeloued spouse thy church that we maye encrease and be stablished in the perpetuall knot of charitie and vnitie Thorough Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXIIII Here ioy is made that Iacobs seede Did Aegipt scape in luckie speede That led they were by Gods great might To Canaan land to them behight Ì„Ì„ 1 WHen Israell from Egipt went Where God them held in chastisment When ryd from thrall was Iacobs house Of people fierce and barbarouse 2 Then Iury land was consecrate True God to serue full dedicate Than Israell was hys Empire Hys subiect made to rule intyre 3 Which thing whan that the sea did spye She fled to sée Gods power so nye And Iordan floud reuersed was As geuyng place hys arke to passe 4 The mountaynesleapt as Rammes full light Aboue the waues th'appeard in sight The Hillockes eke did skip full glad As Lambes in grasse all fat bestad 5 What meanst thou
euen iust in them of Gods hye house so bright In mydst of thée Hierusalem O prayse this Lord aright ¶ The Collecte GOd the clenser of manes soule froÌ„ the filthynes of sinne which in redines doost coÌ„fort his sprite that call vpon thee faythfully we besech thee to plucke vs from the daunger of death and hell and to place vs in the region of the lyuing where death and sinne be abolished Through Christ. Psalme CXVII ¶ The Argument \ Laudate Dominum This Hymne doth endight Gods glorious might His truth and grace most free That Gentils a farre Were made to be narre With Iewes one flocke to bee \ 1 PRayse duly the lord in myndful accord ye hethen ones all vayne Ye Gentils I bid recount how ye sâ—id prayse this Lord agayne And honour ye right this Lord in his light ye nations all in town All people I say where euer ye lay extoll this Lordes renowne 2 For méerly hys grace and mercifull face confirmd lyeth on vs all â–ª Hys loue doth excell all sinne to debell his grace is generall This lord in his truth most stable ensuth his word promise iust The faith of his way will neuer decay O praise this lord of trust ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and most merciful Lord which wouldest be praysed by the mouthes of all nations thorow out all the world whose grace we the Gentils cald vs to the perticipation of thy sonne Iesus Christ we beseche thee so to confirme this grace in vs that we neuer declyne there fro but continually laud thy mercy through the same Iesus Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXVIII This Psalme is sung â–ª of prayse and laudes that Dauids rule begonne In sprite it shewth and ioyeth the raigne of Christ Gods onely sonne Ì„Ì„ 1 O Thanke and laud the heauenly lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standth to vs. 2 Let Israell nowe glad confesse wyth song melodious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 3 Let Aarons house and stocke confesse in thankes most plenteous Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 4 Yea let them all that feare the Lord this grace in hart discusse Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 5 In trouble layd to straytes be thrust I cald the Lord from thence He hard at large and set me wyde this Lord of excellence 6 The Lord as thus with me to stand on my nye side to be I can not feare for what can man preuayle in spite at me 7 The Lord takth part with them to ioyne that me do helpe ayds Myne eyes shall sée their full desire my foes reuengd and frayd 8 O good it is the Lord to trust on hym all hope to cast More sure it is then man to trust on hym to leane to fast 9 Yea good it is the Lord to trust to hym all whole to stand More safe it is then Prince to trust with all hys gard and band 10 Though nations all do compasse me and hedge me round about By name I trust of this the Lord I shall cut downe theyr route 11 Let them besege and compasse me â–ª on euery side at wyll The Lordes good name I hope therby theyr pride to quel kill 12 Though they lyke bées swarme me about to sting to hurt to noye They soone shall fade as fyer in thornes in God I shall them stroy 13 By pushing oft they thrust at me to make me full agast But yet the Lord my piller strong was whole my stayful fast 14 The Lord of power â–ª my strength he is of laudes my tenors style For he was made my health and fence to scape all mortall guyle 15 The voyce of ioye â–ª and healthful mirth rebound in iust mens tents For why ful great the Lords right hand hath wrought experimeÌ„ts 16 The Lords ryght hand exalted is hys power is clearly knowen The lords right hand great feates hath done mans strength is not his owne 17 Not dead I am but liue as yet and trust to spend my dayes To tell Gods workes his mighty actes by whom my liuing stayes 18 The Lord although he me correct in chastisment most fyt Yet downe to death he draue me not he would not so permyt 19 Ope me the gates of righteousnes that iust men vse to haunt To enter now â–ª Gods temple so the Lord with prayse to vaunt 20 This gate is wyde the Lord his gate where due his grace is spred All â—ightwise men do passe therin who faythfull life haue led 21 I wyll wyth thankes set out thy prayse for thou hast answerd mâ— Though thou didst strike yet ease thou seÌ„tst for helth I had by thée â–ª 22 The stone it selfe which was reiect by all the buylders choyce Was made the heade and corner stone to all good mens reioyce 23 From god the Lord this act issued his worke it was alone A thing it is most meruelous in all our eyes so done 24 This is the day the ioyfull day which that the Lord hath made Let vs therin reioyce and sing a day that shall not fade 25 Ah Lord helpe now and saue I praye assist vs presently O Lord on hye geue helpe I praye good lucke send spéedely 26 O blest be he that comth as thus in God the Lords good name To you as we gods house that kepe haue wisht good lucke fame 27 God is the Lord and lightned vs all health who luckly sendes Sprede bowes therfore and bynde your hosts with cords at alters endes 28 Thou art my God whom thanke I will whom I shall celebrate Thou art my God to whom my laudes I will whole dedicate 29 O thanke and laude the heauenly Lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull God which art the vndoubted coÌ„forter in all our aduersities and makst the houses of the iust to be filled with ioye gladnes extoll thy churche and congregations by the power of thy ryght hande to bee the eternall gate thorough which all righteousnes may procede so established vpoÌ„ the hed corner stone Iesus Christ in this lyfe that at the resurrection she may be presented glorious in thy fighte thorough the same Iesus Christ c. A Preface to the Psalme 119. MAde is this Psalme by Alphabete in Octonaries folde All letters two and twentie set as Hebrues them haue tolde The verses all an hundred bee threescore and iust sixtene Thus framde and knit for memorie and elegance some wene Here letters all so sortely bound do shew in mysterie Eternall health may sure be found in scripture totallie Uerse yokt by eight Christes rising day doth figure them in some Sweete Saboth rest not here I say I meane of world to come Peruse this psalme so wide and brode eche verse saue one is freight As still in termes of law of God most ofte by
voyces eyght Right statutes olde precepts decrees cōmaundemēts word law Known iudgemēts domes witnesses al rightous wais thei draw Enuie no man Gods worde to painte in arte by such deuise Reade Hebrue tonge the tong so sainte and causeles be not nise Upfolde be here Gods truthes discust right sure vs all to teache So lies of man all low be thrust full false in glosing speache ¶ The Argument Psalme CXIX This Psalme dewrayth good mens desire Gods law to know so milde Which Dauid prayth whom men in ire Did curse from home exilde Aleph 1. ̄̄ 1 A Rightvp man of perfect wayes ▪ is blest and blest agayne As blest be they which walke their dayes in gods true law so playne 2 And yet I speake so blest they be who kepe his witnesses All whole in hart which will agrée to search Gods promises 3 Admit they do no sinfulnes who walke his pathes alwayes At wil who worke but wickednes they tread not these his wayes 4 Aduisedly thou gauest in charge thy hests that we should kepe Approued so by thée at large ▪ for vs most due to leke 5 Ah then O lord ▪ where the wilt so would God my wayes were steyd Affected right in hart to go thy statutes iustly leyd 6 Ashamed then I shall not shrinke in hart or visage cold Abacke to stand what tyme I thinke thy lawes and them behold 7 Ascribe will I to thée my thanke in hart most right and clene Assoone as I shall learne so franke thy iudgements iust besene 8 Agayne I vow withall my hart to kepe thy true decrées A far then Lord do not depart from me thy grace to léefe In quo corigit 1 By what or how can yong man clense ▪ or yet reforme his way Best word of thyne if he the sence will warely kepe I saye 2 Betymes where I thy word haue sought with all my harts entent Be guyde lest I might erre in thought from thy commaundemēt ▪ 3 By lowe I hyd thy word in hart thy willes inspird to kepe Blasphemingly lest might I start from thée in sinne to déepe 4 Both blest and praysed thou doost remayne O lord of secrecye Bestryde my hart and teach my brayne thy statutes inwardly 5 Bold haue I bene and euer shall by thée with tong to tell Before all men thy iudgements all which once thou spakst so well ▪ 6 Blith whole my hart did ioye to trace ▪ thy testimonyes wayes Beholding them more glad in face than riches gaynfull prayse 7 Bestowe I will my tyme and talke in thy precepts to muse Beside to note thy wondrous walke no tyme I will refuse 8 Besport me still I purpose me in thy decrées whole set Beleue I haue thy wordes decrée no tyme I shall forget Retribue 1 Confirme O lord thy seruantes will with thy good grace so meke Consist that I in lyfe may still so iust thy wordes to kepe 2 Cleare thou mine eies both darke thral reforme my sprite afresh Consider then thy law I shall what meruels they expresse 3 Cast here on earth as Pilgrimes be I am poore traueler Conceale not Lord thy law from me depart not thou to fer 4 Consume do I afflict in sprite for loue to know thy worde Comprise I would alwayes aright thy iudgements hye O Lorde 5 Correct thou doost the proud therfore which thy precepts despise Curst be they all from thy good lore who wander wyll to nyse 6 Contempt and shame frō me remoue which proud men cast on me Content for that in lyfe I loue thy lawes to testifie 7 Chiefe Princes lo in counsell sate and me they hie controld Chaunge yet my choyce so would I not I vsed thy statutes bold 8 Cause why to me thy witnesses are whole my hartes delites Close counsellers they be no lesse agaynst these cursed wyghtes Adhesit 1 Deare Lord to dust my soule is knit nye dead I ligh for griefe Draw nye my life and quicken it with thy swéete wordes reliefe ▪ 2 Detect I haue my wayes to thée thou aunswerdst me agayne Declare thy will that I may sée in hart thy statutes playne 3 Due sence geue me to vnderstand the wayes of thy preceptes Demure I will then take in hand to talke thy wondrous steppes 4 Distemperd cares dyd melt my hart to note the worldes despite Deale then some ease in gentle part as thy true worde hath hight 5 Deliuer me from lying wayes from suttle glosing sect Delite my hart in all thy layes vouchsaue this good effect 6 Do this for why right path of lyfe I haue now chosen due Deteyne I will myne eyes so rife to vew thy iudgements true 7 Directly Lord where hold I haue thy testimonyes fast Defame me not of thée I craue to fall by shame agast 8 Deliuerly runne shall I light thy lawes the perfect gate Dilated large ▪ when thou in sprite shalt make it ioy in state Legem pone 1 Eternall God teach me the way of thy most iust decrées Euen then I shall kepe them all day in all their full degrées 2 Employ my wits to perfectnes so hold thy law I may Effect therof I shall expresse wyth all my hartes assay 3 Eke lead me strayt to sée the path of thy preceptes most right Elect for why my hart themhath wherin I most delite 4 Egge thou my hart to magnifie thy testimonies all Escape that I may vtterly foule auarice thée gall 5 Erect myne eyes not down to cliue by lustes to things most vayne Encleare my sight and me reuiue thy wayes to loue the trayne 6 Establish Lord thy worde all sure thy seruaunt lo I am Els could not I thy feare procure to reuerence thy name 7 Eftsoones remoue the brute vnswete of shame that I do feare Espy I do thy doomes discrete all mixt with mercy deare 8 Enforst I haue lo all my minde thy statutes iust to sue Encourage me soone them to finde I craue thy iustice true Et veniat 1 First Lord I craue thy grace deuyne thy mercyes swéete to féele Fence thou my soule with health of thyne as thy true word doth deale 2 Fynd thus I maye to answere right and dul blasphemers slent◠Fast that my hope is wholly plight to thyne aduertisments 3 Farre driue not lord thy word most sure frō out my mouth to stray Full still for why I will endure to wayte thy iudgements way 4 Ferme will I kepe thy laye and lore sith thou wilt teach the way Fayth still to beare I wyll the more from age to age for aye 5 Fayre walke and large thus shall I hold in conscience vpright Forth on where I do séeke so bolde thy cleare precepts in light 6 Frée shall my tong thy witnes tell before both Lord and king Foule shame shall not my hart debell to shrinke for manacyng 7 Fro thence I shall my comfort fynd thy lawes shall me delyte Fresh loue I beare to them in mynde no tyme
them how grene they séeme to stand Be like in sighte the witherd haye On houses tops pluckt vp by hand That fadeth to nought without delay So Christen man in like maye praye 7 Whereof in dayne the mowers gripe When they to such theyr hands do splay Nor gleaners can fynd sheaues so rype That they to fyll theyr bosomes maye So Christ his churche may ioyntly saye 8 That none to them good lucke do wysh Which walke in gate by fide the way On Gods hye name theyr works to blesse But wisht them all far well awaye God graunt that ofte this all we praye The Collect. DEfend thy church O Lord from al assalts of her aduersaryes that they al beyng discomfited the true childe of the same maye ioy in thy â—eritye throughe Christe The Argument psalm CXXX In banishment when Iues were pent And felt gods yre â–ª the greuousnes Thus thralâ— their sinnes they did lament They freedom wisht from cruelnesse In banishment 11 Canticum Graduum \ \ 1 IN deepe excesse In heuynes O Lord to thée my crying went From depth of hart I did expresse My great constraynts most violeÌ„t In deepe excesse 2 O Lord affent â— O here aâ—â—ent My wofull voyce in redines O let thyne eares to harke be bent My prayers cry in lowlines O Lord assent 3 If thou wouldst presse mans â—unefulnes O Lord to send due punishment Who could O Lord the waightines Sustayne to byde thy chastisement If thou wouldst presse 4 Be Lord content lo we repent For thou shewest grace to humblenes Thus feard to be most reuerent Then kepe no sinnes in irefulnes Be Lord content 5 I hope release I trust no lesse The Lord I byde still permanent My soule expecth hys frendlines I wayte his wordes accomplishment I hope release 6 My soule so ment more confident To wayte my Lordes great gentlenes Then watchemen wishe the night full spent And wayt the morne theyr watche to cease My soule so ment 7 In faithfulnes in chearefulnes Let Iacob wayt the Lord so gent Because with God is â—uefulnes He oft redéemth his mercyment In faithfulnes 8 He will relent incontinent And full aquite the wretchtdnes Of Israell his prisonment And pardon all theyr wickednes He wyll relent ¶ The Collecte LEt thyne eares inclyne to our prayers O Lorde of all pitye and compassion for wyth thee is copious redemption whereby thou doost not surely obserue our iniquities daily bestowe on vs thy mercies thorough Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXXI When Dauids foes inueterate Hym slaundred sore as obstinate That he Sâ—ules reigne would vendicat He prayed to God immaculate To cleare his state Ì„Ì„ 1 MY hart proud things lord counted not Myne eyes aloft haunt mounted not In boasting actes I walked not Things past my reach I stalked not Lord deare me not 2 If I my hart refrayned not If I my soule restrayned not If I as childe beweynd me not If I from pride absteynd me not Then heare me not 3 O Israell most fortunate Wayte thou the Lord still moderate Be méeke flée pryde inordinate From this tyme forth interminate And feare thou not ¶ The Collect. SVffer vs not to be ouercome with the haut pryde of the world O Lord to woorke euery disturbaunce of godlines graffe mekenes in vs so to follow thy son our sauiour in the same through Christ our Lord. The Argument Psalm CXXXII This Psalm doth pray for good successe Of all thy realmes priesthodes state So Dauids oathe his vow hys stresse What god him hight it doth debate Ye Christ expresse 13 Canticum graduum 1 REmember Lord meke Dauid king And al his hard affliction For his good sake by pityenge Amoue from vs confusion Haue hym in mynd 2 How he in good deuotion To thée hys Lord hymselfe dyd bynde By othe and vow to God most hye To thée I say strong Iacobs frende Thus constantly 3 Be it my shame if I go in My Cabborne house in rest to lygh If I my shéetes thrust me betwene And clyme my couche in fethers soft Blame might I winne 4 Or els if I myne eyes aloft Should geue them sléepe myne eies the lids To suffer them to slumber oft Though fast they craue to fill their néedes Then fall myne house 5 Untill I fynde without all dreades The Lord a place commodious A sacrary â–ª and temple swéete To Iacobs God victorious To hym most méete 6 Of this place lo I Salomon In Ephrata hard there in stréete And found we haue this holy throne In Ornans field wyth woodes beset O come ye on 7 To his fayre tentes go we to fet To temple built hys arke of grace And bowe we low with honour great To his footestoole hye set in place And thus say we 9 Aryse O Lord and kepe by place Of quiet rest no more to flée O thou thy selfe soone thither moue Thyne arke of strength conioynd with thée O Lord of loue 10 And let thy priestes be deckt alway Wyth right and health as them behouth Let all thy saintes reioyce I say So blest by thée to prayse the due Both nyght and day 11 For Dauids sake thy seruant true To whome thy grace did louely spring Shame not my face so chosen new Thyne owne O Lord annoynted king My hart to freat 12 The Lord in fayth sware promising To Dauid backe he wyll not treat Of thyne owne wombes engendred frute I will to one bestow thy seat All lyke in sute 13 If that in truth thy childerne wyll My pact and statutes execute Which I will teach then shall euen still Thy children sit thy throne for aye Wyth my good will 13 For why the Lord without denay Hath Zyou mount elect in choyce He much desird that it should lay As seate wherof he would reioyce And thus he sayd 14 Here shall my rest from troubly noyse Remayne full sure for euer stayd Here will I dwell for her I wisht In my desire full well apayd Of her I wist 15 Her vitayles all with full increase Shall blesse alway my blissefull fiste Her poore to féede wyth bread at ease I will them all full satisfy If me they please 16 I will their priestes adourne on hye With helth wyth truth wyth lyfe with light And they his saintes shall sanctify That they may ioy in hartes delight With holines 17 There Dauids horne and regall might I will it make to florish fresh And there I will a lyght prouide To myne owne Christ by frutes successe Of Dauids syde 18 And all hys foes wyth vtter shame I will them clothe and them deryde As yet for hym hys crowne and name Shall florish out both large and brode In blessed fame So graunt it God ¶ The Collect. REmember O Lord thyne eternall pact and promise made to mankynd in Christ thy sonne endue our hartes worthely to aunswer the same on our behalfe by the same Christ our Lord c. The Argument Psalm CXXXIII A
Who made great lightes in firmament 8 The sunne for day in regiment 9 The moone and starres on night to glent The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 10 Who Egipt smote with their first borne 11 And brought fro thence the Iewes forlorne 12 By mighty strength both night and morne The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth his mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 13 Who sea so red dyd whole deuide 14 And Iacob made through it to slide 15 But Pharo drownd his host beside The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still indure Who will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 16 Who led his flocke by wildernes 17 Who slew great kinges of Heathennes 18 The strongest kings he put to stresse The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Who will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 19 As Seons brags and Ogs despites 20 Of Basan kinges and Amorites 21.22 Whose landes he made true Iacobs rightes The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys gyod cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane Hys grace to vs doth still endure Who wyll in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 23 Who mynded vs in trouble set 24 And vs redeemd from them vs fret 25 Who heapeth all flesh with heaped met The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Who will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 26 Then prayse and thanke the God of heauen With hart with tonge with lyfe most cleane The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll styll endure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which wyll in ioy our hartes assure Rectors O thinke and thanke the Lord of Lordes His thoughtes his actes hys louely wordes The Quiere For euer standth his mercy sure To thankefull hart it wyll endure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure The Collect. BE myndfull O Lord of our misery whych art Lord of all mercye and graunte that as thou leadest the fathers into the lande of promyse so to restore vs to the heauenly land of all felicitie through Christ c. The Argument Psalm Cxxxvij When Babilon the Iewes supprest they tell how they did playne From whence well rid they her detest to wishe her spoylde agayne Ì„Ì„ 1 AT water sides of Babilon euen there we sate and wept â–ª While Syon mount â–ª we thought vpoÌ„ remembring Gods precept 2 We hong among the Salow trées our Harpes and Organs all No ioy we had with wéeping eyes to matters musicall 3 They craued of vs who thrald vs wrong Some dyties melody In scorne they sayd sing vs some song Of Syon merely 4 How can we syng sayd we agayne The Lordes swéete songes deuyne In land so strange â–ª who vs constrayne we must all mirth resigne 5 If I should thee cast out of mynde O good Ierusalem I would my hand went out of kinde to play to pleasure them 6 Yea let my tonge to palate sticke if that I minde thee not If Syons prayse I should not seeke â–ª as chiefe to ioy in that 7 The Edomits O Lord requite for Salâ—ms heauy day Who cryed wast her spoyle her in sight euen flat on ground to lay 8 O Babilon thou doughter light which waylst thy spoyling déepe Well mought he spéede that thee did quite as thou madst vs to weepe 9 And well fare him that toke thee ones which vs downe fiercely threwest Who slong thy babes agaynst the stones as ours in rage thou flewest ¶ The Collect. ALmighty God the strong deliuerer of al them that be bound in captiuity graunte vs so to rebounde thy praise in agreable consent of spiritual songs that where out lyues harts hath hetherto bene in a discord from thy holy wils and as outlawes haue wandred astraye nowe restore vs againe by thy mightye power in one vnitye to glorifye thy name throughe Christe The Argument Psalm CXXXVIII Whan Dauid skapt much wo on kynde Thus thanks to God he dyd extende So taughte by proofe he vowed in mynde That he of God would styll depende As he entendth 1 I Wyll O Lord geue thankes to thée My hart therto doth wholy bende Before the powrs as Gods they bée So sing I will my voyce to spend Els God forfend 2 I knéele to thy right regal cell To prayse thy name for truth and loue Thy word and name thou madst excell Aboue all thinges the déede doth proue As men expende 3 For this I sawe what day I cryed Thou answerdst me most louingly To my poore soule thou lentst I spyed More grace so strength to multiply Thus didst thou lende 4 All kings of earth prayse thée they must O Lord most true as right allowth When they shall here performed iust Thy word to me which spake thy mouth They will contende 5 Loe they shall sing with harts most free Of all the Lords most rightful wayes That great is God in maiesty So they his name shall euer prayse and thanks repend 6 And that the Lord though placed hye Who glory hath as God aboue Yet he the meke respecth full nye And knowth the proud from far aloofe him low to bend 7 What though I walke in midst of woe Yet wilt thou me reuiue and ease And stey by power myne Irefull foe Thy right hand strong shall me release Thy helpe to send 8 The Lord shall this performe for me That is begon to bringe to ende Thy grace benigne Lord aye shal be Thy handy woorke thou wilt not blende But still defend ¶ The collect MVltiplye thy strength in vs O Lorde and enlarge the powers of our soules ' that while we worship thee dayly in thy holy temple at the last we may glory with thy elect angels in heauen through Christe ¶ The Argument Psalm Cxxxix When Dauid mysreported was that he would Saul subuert He thus appeald to God hymself who knew hys giltles hart Ì„ 1 O God thou hast ful searcht me out Thou knowst my harte and reines Accused I am to compasse in Both king and realme wyth traynes 2 My sitting downe my rising vp my Actes thou knowest echone Thou vnderstandst my thoughts a far before I thinke them on 3 My walks thou knowst my rests steys my bed thou goest abcute Yea al my wayes thou hast contriued all sercht by the no doute 4 No secret word in all my tonge so whispered closly in But thou O Lord it knowst at whole although it make no dinne 5 For
still ¶ The Collect. TEach vs O Lord to vse so all our spirituall armors agaynst our ghostly aduersaryes that we may resist all euill that we be not made bond vnder the vanitye of thys world so to be excluded from thy gouernaÌ„ce in grace through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLV Thys Dauyd framde by Alphabete Where God he thaÌ„kth in hart most hie Whose power might whose grace so great â–ª In prouidence most cleare we spy Ì„Ì„ 1 ARise I will my God and king to rouse my grace with toÌ„g most hie and blesse thy name to me bening I will and shall eternally 2 Both day and night I will declame thy worthy laudes most thankfully By praysing due thy holy name for aye and aye without delayes 3 Clere is this Lord most hye of fame his state surmounth all mortal prayse Can no man search how he excell in greatnes hym by weight to paise 4 Describe to age shall age full well thy handy workes with reuerence Declare they must where that they dwel thy godly mightes magnificence 5 Enhaunce I shall thy glory bright thy fame and name thine excellence Enditing still thine actes of might so wonderfull that be to sée 6 For that that man may speake wright thy princely dedes that dreadfull bée From hence euen so I will resound thy godheds grand abilitie 7 Good men shall preach how grace abound in thée O Lord with gentlenes Glad songes to sing they will in sound of thy great truth and bounteousnes 8 How good the Lord how gracious he is to all in paynefull stresse How slow to wrath not furious his mercy ruleth and stayth his ire 9 In loue he is most piteous to all that him therof require Imprinted be his mercies sure on all his workes all whole intiere 10 Know this will euery creature with thankes most due O Lord to thée Kynd harted men will them inure in hart to blesse thy maiestie 11 Loude will they speake thy regall seat most glorious at eye to sée Lord so shall men be glad to treate thy power deuine so tried by déede 12 Men thus will still thy strength repeate to Adams stocke and liuing séede Most wide they will with kinde assent thy kingdomes laud and glory sprede 13 No dout the reigne is permanent a reigne of blisse to stand for aye Nedes must thy power and regiment endure in length from day to day 14 O sure in worde the Lord is tryed most faithfull true and iust alway On all his workes his will is spyed most holy God all them to saue 15 Poore wauering men the Lord bestrideth their stay and hold by him to haue Playne faln or wrongd he reiseth againe if they their reyse in faith can craue Quicke eyes all thing doth fastly straine on thée O Lord so good at néede Quite all their foode they aske so fayne in tyme most fit thou geuest in déede 17 Right wide thou splaist thy blessing hand all liuing things wyth store to féede Refresht by thée so full to stand with plenty fed in foode delight 18 Still iust appearth this Lord so grand in all his wayes to man aright So wholy he doth aye appeare in all his workes of his great might 19 The Lord to all approcheth nere to him for helpe which make request To all I say soone them to heare which call on him with faithfull brest 20 With ready spéede he filleth their mynd who feare hym iust both most and lest Unto their cry he bendth so kynd and saueth them whole as him it likth 21 Exceding sure before behynde the Lord hys louers frendly kéepth Exile he doth vngodly men to scatter them most wide he séekth 22 Yelde shall my lipps by duetye then this Lords deserued laud and prayse Yea let all flesh geue thankes agayn to his good name most due alwayes The Collect. ETernall gouernour of all ages and tymes O Lord almighty which doost minister foode to all liuing creatures in due season geue vs grace alway to thaÌ„ke thee for the same and to reioyce most coÌ„stantly with all thyne elect for thyne almighty power exprest by thy right hand in the prouision therof Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLVI To trust to man this Psalme forfendth Whose arme is flesh and worde but wynde Where God full ayde to man extendth By whome twise lyfe he iust dyd fynde Which Dauid knew the text dewrayes Wherfore his soule sang still his prayse Alleluya \ \ 1 O Thou my soule prayse thou the Lord The Lord of loue and God of light Extend thy powers with one accorde Recount his name in inward spryte â–ª Expresse thy voyce without delayes O thou my soule singe still his prayse 2 My hart is set to lawde this Lord Thys Lord so good â–ª is God of grace His laudes my life shall whole recorde Yea â—ure as long I bide in place My God to thanke I wil alwayes O thou my soule sing still his prayse 3 O put no trust in princes power The God of might is Lord to trust Yea trust no man his frute is sower No helpe in hym â–ª no credence iust Gods loue is sure at all assayes O thou my soule singe still â–ª his prayse 4 Mans breath ones past he turneth to dust This Lord so strong he euer lastth All earthly power decay it must Mans counsayles all deathes day doth waste Gods helpe is ferme without decayes O thou my soule sing stil his praise 5 Blest is the man whose helpe is God The God of hosts to Iacobs seede Full fast with them he styl abode Who God will trust aswell shall speede In hym beset al stable stâ—ayes O thou my soule Sing still his prayse 6 This God made heauen and earth betwene The Lord so grand so infinite He made the seas with all therein His truth in word he kepeth full right â–ª His déede from tong makes neuer sâ—ayes O thou my soule sing styll his prayse 7 The Lord reuength oppressed man Thys God of right â–ª as is deserued All wrongs and spites requite he can He dealth out bread to hungersterued Thrall men in bonds he vseth to rayse O thou my soule singe still his prayse 8 The Lord giueth sight to blynded eyes This God so bright to see agayne He lifteth the lame from ground to rise The iust doth hee in loue retayne To fill his lyfe with ioyefull dayes O thou my soule singe still his prayse 9 In care the Lord all straungers kepth Of them sure God he is at neede And Orphans loueth and widowes seeketh Nye hart he takth theyr cryes of dreade Euill minded men to dust he brayes Syng still my soule syng out hys prayse 10 Prayse God as king who raygneth for aye As God of thyne O Sion hye Resort to him Go not astray Knyt fast thyne hart â–ª shrinke not awrye Expell he will all feares and frayes Rouse hym my soule Sing stil his prayse ¶ The Collect. EVerliuing God on whome the elect
haue put their whole confidence and feede theyr ioyfull soules in hope of thy grace graunt vs to be illumined in sprite euermore to loue thee and to celebrate thy name in pure conscience through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLVII Thys psalme exciteth the Iewes to prayse the Lord most chief So good to them who priuatly did worke them all reliefe \ \ 1 PRayse ye the Lord alway for good it is to sing To this our God for sweete he is whom laudes we ought to brin 2 God buildeth Hierusalem he doth her sure protect The poore exiles of Israell he shall agayne collect 3 He heald the brusde in hart who wayle in sprite contrite Theyr plages and sores he bindeth them vp he cureth theÌ„ al ful light 4 No dout God them beholdeth who starres by number tels By proper name he calth them all he knowth theyr rests and cels 5 The Lord of ours is greate and great he is in power His knowledge is all infynite his name as strong as tower 6 The Lord vpholdeth thafflict So gentle is his will He throweth to ground all wicked men So mightye is his skill 7 O sing to God our Lord prayse ye his raygne abroade Confesse his power hys will his skyll In harpe sing ye to God 8 Who clothe the heauen with cloudes and raygne to earth prepares He bringes forth gras on hills to growe to serue mans dayly cares 9 Who geueth to beast theyr foode to all both great and small The rauene her birds he féedth in care whan they forsaken call 10 In barbed horse of strength his pleasure standth not in In legs of men in force of armes it pleaseth not him to wynne 11 They please who feare the Lord by such he fyght with strength who trust all whole his gentlenesse these only please at length Lauda Hierusalem O Thou Ierusalem prayse hye the Lord of thyne Thou Sion mount auaunce thy God in hart therto encline 13 For he makth fast the barres of all thy gates full prest He blissth euen so thy childer al in midst of thée to rest 14 And he doth stablish peace In all thy borders sure He féedth the full deliciously with wheate the flower most pure 15 Who sendth his word on earth and swiftly doth it renne Both rayne and wynd his biddings heare to serue the nede of meâ— 16 And snow he geueth like woll the earth so warme to be The hory frosts the mislyng dewes as ashes scattreth he 17 He casâ—th abroade his yse like morsels so congelde and his great cold who can abyde that he so hard hath seald 18 He sendth his worde will he melt them all agayne He blowth the winde then they anone to waters flow most playne 19 Yea he reuealeth his word to Iacobs seede and stocke His statutes true his iust decrees to Israel his flocke 20 He delt no time as thus with other landes I say He shewed not them his domes so playne O prayse the Lord alwaye ¶ The Collecte STrength fortify the gate of thy church O Lorde and make her to be enlarged in peace and vnity reueale thy word to her vnderstanding that she may be wholy directed by that to please the in truth through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLVIII To prayse here all be byd what heauen or earth contayne The Lord so hye and sapyent nothyng he made in vayne 1 PRayse ye the Lord from heauens ye heauenly mynds I call Prayse him on hye as hye he is ye powers celestiall 2 Prayse hym ye Angels all his legats ye that be ye hosts so cald his armies great prayse hym in maiesty Prayse him ye sunne and mooke in course so maruelous Ye starres so bright ye Planets all prayse hym most glorious Ye heauens by heauens-distinct prayse him with all your shyne ye water streames aboue the ayre so stayde by power deuyne They all might prayse and laud the Lordes good name of myght For he the worde but spake at once they straight were made in plight He constituted hath that they should euer dure He set a law which shall not cease by ordinance most sure Ye earthly thinges on earth prayse ye the Lord with them Ye dragons grim ye depes and gulfes shew ye his power supreme Fire lightning thunder hayle both snow and vapours drye ye hurling wyndes tempestuous which worke his word full nye Great mountains hils and clifs low hillockes all and some ye fruitefull trées ye Ceders all prayse ye the Lordes renome Ye beastes and cattell all both sauage wylde and tame ye serpents flye ye fetherd soules prayse ye his godly name So kinges of earth most due with all their people met So princes hie and iudges all on earth as Gods be set So yonger men and maydes in age syncere and pure As older men with childer yong with all their busy cure The Lordes name let them prayse for it alone is hye His glory passth both heauen earth as thyngs here made do cry He hath his flock aduanced so him his saintes shall prayse Euen Iacobs séede who drawth him nie praise ye the lord always The Collecte O Lord the woorthye prayse and ioy of all thy creatures graunt vs thy grace that we worthely magnify thy name through Christ. The Argument Psalme CXLIX Thys Psalme the Iewes doth moue Theyr God to laude wyth loue It sheweth that grace on them shall lyght So glad their foes to quyte 1 O Syng vnto the Lord A song of new accord And let his prayse declared bée In good mens company 2 Let Israell be glad in God hys maker drad Let Syons youth and childer ioy In their most princely roy 3 Let them prayse out in quiere Hys name to them so dere In Tabret loud in harpe so soft Sing they to hym ful oft 4 For why the Lord reioyce And loueth hys flocke in choyce The meke forlorne he will adourne wyth health to serue theyr turne 5 So godly men made frée in ioy and prayse shal bée They shall reioyce vpon their beds That God did rayse their heds 6 Their throtes shall prayses sound to God by duety bound Two edged swordes in both theyr handes to smite all forren landes 7 To be auenged right of all the Paynyms spite To be a rod to chastise smart straunge peoples froward hart 8 To bynde their kinges wyth chaynes to quite their wrongfull meanes Theyr nobles eke to kepe in warde wyth iron fetters hard 9 To bryng on them in spéede theyr iudgement iust decréed Which shall his saintes to honour rayse prayse ye the Lord alwayes Alleluya ¶ The Collecte O God which art a God of all goodnes vertue whiche doost vse to exalte them whiche humble themselues and to deiecte those who aduaunce themselues graunte vs on earthe to ioye in all puritie of lyfe as thy saintes in heauen ioy in thy glorious preseÌ„ce to the prayse of thy name through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CL. Thys psalme is last