of the and be ioyfull w t a careles herte Harken vnto me froÌ„ thy holy hyll as ofte as I crye vnto the make me not to fear yea though thousaÌ„des of men stand against me Lord at thy haÌ„des only is ayde and helth to be receyued blessyng ouer thy people Aryse therfore lord helpe me and endowe me w t thy blessyng For the lyghtenyng of the holy ghoste psal 4. HEare me when I crye for succour to the o Christ which arte my ryghteousnes and innoceÌ„cy and in aduersitie solace me with the ioye of thy spirite Poure vpon me thy grace and graunt me my peticions lyfte vp ouer me y e lyght of thy couÌ„tenaunce o lorde and thy fauour y t through thy spirite I maye knoweledge the and with the same be hertely cherefull for euer Graue within me o lord almyghty peace fast hope brennyng loue and fayth vnfeyned euermore to endure So be it A prayer for grace in the mornyng psalm 5. LOrde heare thou my wordes marke my cryeng o my kynge and my god for vnto y e only I come to pray neyther do I loke for succour any where els thaÌ„ of the. Thou shalte graciously herken vnto my peticion o lord in the mornyng that is that thy grace mought spryng in myne herte with the morowe lyght of comforte the nyght of care perturbacions being ouer passed Suffre me not to peryshe with vngodly folke whom thou cursest I come runnyng vnto the not trustyng to myne owne ryghteousnes but to thyne vnspeakable mercy towardes thy holy temple I shall addresse my selfe to worshyp the with al reuerence and feare Lorde with the rule of thy iustyce thou shalte dyrecte me for thy names sake thou shalt make playne thy waye before me and my way before the least y e spirite of malice turne me theÌ„s Let them reioyce which repose them selues and truste alwayes in thy succour let theÌ„ syng hymnes psalmes whiche do glory and reioyce of the let theÌ„ tryumphe whiche loue thy name Thou shalte defende vs with thy grace as with a shylde in tyme of sclauÌ„der and peryll to thintent when we be assaulted of them we may yet w t constauÌ„t chere growe vp into our ful ê‘fectioÌ„ In aduersitie for the comforte of the holy ghoste psalm 6. LOrde in thy wrathe reproue me not neyther in the heate of thy mynde chasten me but rather pacify and aswage my troubled spirite and haue compassyon on me for I am sore diseased Oh lorde play the phisicion vpoÌ„ me for my bones are greuously shaken vexed Howe longe lorde wyll it be thus When shall I fele coÌ„forte at thy handes Retourne lorde to thine accustomed mercy and delyuer my soule healpe me for thy mercies sake for in death noman remembreth the neither they which be in hell or helly tormentes of herte do gyue worthy thankes for benefites receyued of the. Succour my necessitie o lorde bryng me againe kepe me for elles I shall peryshe and be vtterly loste Heare my wofull and lamentable voyce gyue answere to my requestes Turne from me myne enemies and ryd me of all incoÌ„modities and greuaunces Amen A prayer that the chyldren of god may be gathered togyther psalm 7. O Lorde my god we haue trusted in the defende vs therfore from persecutours kepe vs. For if thou ceasest it is certayne we shal be trodeÌ„ vnder fote Aryse Lorde and guyde thy church assembled in spirite with a godly dispensyng of mysteries to thintent thy name mought be glorified by the same in lyuyng cleauyng togyther For these vngodly persoÌ„s which be euermore snapping agaynste vs thynke thou haste no kyngdome to gouerne wheras it is certeyne thou hast receiued al power of thy father and arte alway present in mens doynges Oh my lord come forth at laste with strength power for theyr sake whiche be as yet somwhat weake euen redy to fall when any storme of aduersitie sodeÌ„ly arise least they vtterly shrynke away Let vs se ones at laste an end of the malice of these vngodly AuauÌ„ce iustice for thou o my god doste searche the hertes and the raynes Bryng comforte and be our buckler which arte wonte to helpe meÌ„ of vpright herte Make vs o lorde suche as we maye set forth thy name with louyng hertes For thy names sake delyuer vs from perilles SO BE IT In necessitie a prayer accordyng to the example of Christe Psalm 8 O LORDE our ruler for thy names sake which is wonderfull in the world haue mercy on me deliuer me out of al distresse by Iesus Christ whoÌ„ after he had susteyned y e crosse and foule death thou dyddest crowne with immortall glorye makyng him lorde ouer all the workes of thy handes and likewyse hast auaunced vs in him to the same dignitie and power This same Christe thou haste gyuen vs and with hym all thynges In his name we gyue thankes vnto the coÌ„fessyng without ende thy bouÌ„tyful benefytes towardes vs. AMEN That the enemyes of Christe myght be spoyled of theyr power Psalm 9. REplenysh my herte lorde with ioye and gyue me courage for I wyl blowe abrode thy name which arte most hygh Stande on my syde and defeÌ„de my quarel lyke a mighty patrone whiche in very dede is thy quarel O iuste iudge Unto me pore wretch be thou a fortresse buckeler in this my trouble and vexacion at tyme conuenient which to the is best knowen For thou lorde neuer forsakest them that seke the neyther wylt thou forget y e lameÌ„table complaynt of the pore Be mercyfull vnto me and beholde my wretchednes layde open to myne enemyes yea let me rather reioyce I beseche the in thy sauegarde defeÌ„ce succour AMEN Agaynst the enemyes and persecutours of Christe Psal. 10. FOR what cause o lorde staÌ„dest thou so farre from me and hidest thy face at times troublesome How greate miseries suffre thy pore seruauÌ„tes of the wicked What so euer them lusteth that proudly and stubburnly they dare do none otherwyse then if thou haddest no knowledge of mens matters or haddest forgotten thy promises and threttes which be conteyned in thy lawe Aryse vp lorde put forth thyne hande forget not thy wretched seruauntes which canst not but se what wretchednes and wo is euery where specially amonges vs whiche referre all vnto the dare not ones wyshe any thing after our owne wyll and pleasure thou I saye arte the healper of the pore and frendles Consider y e longe hope and awayting of the troubled conducte theyr hertes that they may duely call on the in suche wyse as they may be herde From wronges reuenge defende them lorde AmeÌ„ That we shrynke not from the truthe Psalm 11. IN THE O lorde I laye vp my hope let me not shrynke from the in aduersitie althoughe my moste sworne and hartiest freÌ„des gyue me counsayle eyther to dissemble or vtterly to deny thy trouth Breathe in to me a mynde to endure euen to my death that shall confesse openly to al men thy
e man of Inde can chaūge his skyn and the cat of the mountayne her spottes then maye ye that be exercysed in euyl do good Therfore wyll I scattere you sayeth the lord lyke as the stouble that is takē awaye with the southe wynde This shall be your lot and the porcion of your measure wherwith ye shall be rewarded of me sayeth the lorde because ye haue forgoten me and put youre trust in disceytefull thinges Therfore haue I tourned thy clothes ouer thy head and discouered thy thyghes y t thy priuities myght be sene thy aduoutrye thy deadlye malice thy beastlynes and thy shamefull horedome For vpon feldes hylles I haue sene thy abominacions Wo be to the o Ierusalem wilt thou not be clensed syth thou art yet vnclene The prayer that Baruch prescribed vnto the captyues in Babylon for their synnes Baruch 23. THe Lord our God is ryghtous and we with our fathers are brought to open shame as it is to se this daye And as for these plages that are come vpon vs alredye the lorde had deuised them for vs yet wolde we not praye vnto the Lorde our God that we myght euery man tourne from his naughty wayes Therfor the Lord hath caused such plages to come vpon vs for he is ryghteous in al his workes that he hath cōmaunded vs which we also haue not done nor harkened vnto his voyce for to walke in the commaundementes of the Lorde that he had gyuen vnto vs. And now O Lord God of Israell thou that hast brought thy people out of the lande of Egypte with a myghtye hande with tokens and wonders with thy greate power oute stretched arme and hast goten thy selfe a name as it is come to passe this day O Lord oure god we haue synned we haue don wickedly we haue behaued our selues vngodly in all thy ryghtousnesse Tourne thy wrath frō vs we besech the for we are but a fewe left amonge the Heythen where thou hast scatered vs. Heare our prayers O Lord and our peticions brynge vs out of bondage for thyne owne sake get vs fauoure in the syght of them which haue led vs awaye that allandes may knowe that thou arte the Lord our god and that Israell and his generaciō calleth vpon thy name O Lorde loke downe frome thy holy house vpō vs encline thine eare and heare vs. For the dead that be gone downe to their graues and whose sowles are out of their bodyes gyue vnto the Lorde neyther prayse nor ryghteousmakyng but the soule that is vexed for the multitude of her synnes which walketh heuely and weakely whose eyes begyn to fayle such a soule gyueth prayse and ryghteousnesse vnto the lorde O Lorde we powre out oure prayers before the require mercy in thy syght not for any godlynes of our forefathers but because thou hast sent out thy wrathe and indignacion vpon vs accordinge as thou dydest threaten vs by thy seruaūtes the Prophetes O Lorde our God thou hast entreated vs after all thy goodnes and accordinge to all thy great louyng mercy lyke as thou spakest by thy seruaunte Moses in the daye when thou dyddest commaunde hym to wryte thy lawe before the chyldren of Israel sayenge If ye wyl not harkē vnto my voyce then shall this greate multitude be tourned into a very small people for I wil scatter them abrode notwithstanding I am sure that this folke will not heare me for it is an hardenecked people but in the lande of their captiuitie they shall remembre thē selues and lerne to knowe that I am the lord their god whē I shall gyue them an hart to vnderstande and eares to heare then shall they prayse me in the lande of their captiuite and thinke vpon my name Then shall they tourne them from their harde backes and from their vngodlynes Then shall they remēber the thinges that happened vnto their fathers which synned agaynst me So will I brynge them agayne in to the lande which I promysed w t an othe vnto their fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob they shall be lordes of it yea I will encreace them and not minishe them And I wil make an other couenaunte with them suche one as shall endure for euer namely that I will be their God and they shal be my people I will no more dryue my people the childern of Israell out of the lande that I haue gyuen them And now O Lorde almyghtye thou god of Israell our soule that is in trouble our spirite that is vexed crye vnto the. Heare vs o lorde and haue pity vpon vs for thou arte a mercyfull god God be gracyous vnto vs for we haue synned before the. Thou endurest for euer shuld we then vtterly peryshe O lord almighty thou god of Israel heare now the prayer of the deade Israelites and of their children which haue synned before the and haue not harkened vnto the voyce of y e lorde their god for which cause these plages hange now vpon vs. Oh lord remēbre not the wickednes of our forefathers but thynke vpon thy power and name now at this tyme for thou art the lorde our God and the o lorde will we prayse For thou hast put thy feare in oure hartes to the intente we shulde call vpō thy name and prayse the in our captiuitie that we myght tourne frome the wyckednes of our forefathers that sinned before the. Behold we are yet this day in our captiuite wheras thou hast scatered vs to be an abominacion curse and syn lyke as it hath happened vnto oure forefathers because of all their wyckednes and departinge frome the euen frome the that arte the Lorde oure God Amen The prayer of Daniel the prophete for his owne synnes and for the synnes of the hole nacion Daniel 9. O Lorde thou greate and fearful god thou that kepest couenaūt and mercy with them that loue the and kepe thy commaundementes we haue synned we haue trespassed we haue bene disobedient and haue gone backe we haue departed from thy preceptes and iudgementes we wolde neuer folowe thy seruauntes y e prophetes that spake in thy name to our kynges and princes to oure forefathers and to all the people of the land O lorde ryghteousnesse belongeth vnto the but to vs open shame as it is com to passe this day vnto all Israell that is to saye thy churche or congregacion whyther they be farre or nyghe thorowe all landes wherin thou haste scatered them because of the offēces they dyd agaynst the. O lorde vnto vs to our kynges and princes to our forefathers euen to vs al that haue offended the belongeth open shame But vnto y e o lord god perteyneth mercy and forgyuenes wher as we on our behalfe are gone backe frome the haue not obeyed the voyce of the lord our god to walke in his lawes which he layde before vs by his seruauntes the prophetes yea all Israel haue gone backe from thy lawe so that they haue not harkned vnto thy voyce wherfore the curse
the better I shulde haue coÌ„mitted the very dede also In lyke wyse I am not pure from thefte from aduowtry from false witnes bearyng but haue in my herte wished and desyred my neighbours goods and thinges I haue folowed the prynce of thys worlde Satan whiche hathe bene a lyer from the begynnyng in concupiscence of the fleshe in pryde of lyuing in lyeng in deceitfulnes in lechery in hatred and enuy in backebytyng in dispayre and misbeleue My fyue wittes haue I fouly mis-spent in hearyng seyng smellyng tasting and fealing which thou hast gyuen me to vse vnto thy honour to the edification and profite of my neyghbour But in what maner so euer that I haue offended and synned agaynst thy maiesty for noman knoweth throughly his synnes as thy prophete witnesseth whither it hath bene by daye or by nyght euen from my chyldhode vnto this daye were it in wordê workes or thoughtê secretly or openly my mercyful god I am sory for it euen from the very botom of my herte Yea my soule mourneth for sorowe most mercifull father that I am not a thousande tymes soryer then I am Howbeit in token of repentaunce thoughe all hertes be knowen wel ynough vnto the I knocke and stryke my breaste and say in bytternes of soule Lorde god father haue mercy Lorde god son haue mercy lorde god holy ghost haue mercy Spare me of thyne infinite mercy deare lorde nowe and at the dayes of my lyfe let me haue parte of thyne aboundaunt grace so as I maye chaunge my synfull lyfe and put out of me the olde man with all his euyll concupiscence and also that I may dye vnto the world and that the worlde may be vnto me a crosse and so go forth in a newe lyfe Strengthen me o lorde in a trewe humble herte in perfecte loue hope and truste in the. Gyue my soule the grace to desyre the only in the onely to reioyce and repose my selfe and y e I may vtterly renounce and forsake the vayne affyaunce of this worlde so that thou mayste fynde me ready with the good seruaunt in the mydnyght of my death whiche shall sodenly steale vpon me lyke a thefe ere I be ware Be thou vnto me at that time of nede o lord a toure of streÌ„gth a place of refuge and a defensable god namely agaynste the face of the fende who lyke a roryng lyon shal be then moste ready to deuoure me and agaynst desperacioÌ„ which then shall be busy to greue me Let then thy comforte cleaue faste vnto me thy mercy kepe me and thy grace guyde me Fetche then agayne Lorde god father that whiche thy puyssaunt myght hathe shapen Fetche then againe lorde son that which thou hast so wysely gouerned bought with thy preciouse bloude Take agayne then lorde holy ghoste that whiche thou haste kepte and preserued so louyngly in this region of synne and vale of misery thre persons and one very god vnto whom be prayse and honour for euer and euer AMEN ⧠THE EPITOME OF PSALMES TRANSLATED BY RICHARDE TAVERNER A prayer for true Godlynes PSALM I. O LORDE god and father I beseche the by Christ our lorde that of thyne iÌ„finite mercy thou kepe me so as at no time I folowe the counsayles eyther of the wicked which knowe the not or of hypocrytes which with herte seke the not and that I entre not in the way of synners w t a minde to fulfyll the desyres and workes of the fleshe But rather when so euer throughe fraylty of this olde and corrupte nature I shall chaunce to run a straye as no man is voyde of synne thou wilte cause me to stey and plucke my fote backe agayne Kepe me that I syt not in the seate of pestilent scorners which clokyng theyr pharisaicall and deuelysh intentes coÌ„demne in other men thy veritie and gospel Go to bring to passe by thy holy spirite that I may bren in desyre of thy lawe that vpon thauauncement of thy worde my mynde may alway be occupyed y t I maye euermore chuse that is moste pleasaunt to the and hate that bothe in my selfe and in other whiche to the is displeasaunt Make I pray the that I may be a tree planted by the swete ryuers of gostly waters to the intent I maye bryng forthe fruite to thy glory and profyte of my neyghbour as often as thou shalte ministre time and occasion therunto lest my leaues that is my wordes and workes shulde fade fall away but that al thinges may prospere whatsoeuer I shal do in thy name Assyste me I pray the that I may take rote in the grounde of lyfe least with the vngodly lyke chaffe and duste I be blowen abrode by the moste perniciouse wynde of this world And graunt that I may stande in the iudgement and in the assemblie of the ryghteouse that I may entre into iudgement without punyshment and escape euerlasting damnacion Amen For the true knowledge of Christe psalm 2. LOrde if at any tyme for thy names sake this worlde shall furiously trouble me then with pacience and streÌ„gth of spirite arme thou me and be thou at hande that I maye braste the bandes and counsayles of the vngodly and cast away that vnfruitful yoke of the synfull conscieÌ„ce and fear of damnacion which euyls thou o lorde that haste thy residence in heauen doste scorne Graunt that I may stande faste in y e statutes and preceptes of thy son our lorde Iesu Christe whiche be honest studyes to helpe my neyghbour procedyng of fayth vnfeined y e which Iesus thou haste proclaymed kyng ouer Syon thy holy hyll that is amonges the faythful christiaÌ„s so as he only may rule me by the spirite of his mouth which to that intente was made thy son in time appoynted that thou the father shuldest adopt and chuse me into thine eternal heritage by whom nowe I am partetaker of thy kyngdome and coheyre with him Graunt lorde that I may with true awe euer more serue the but not with the false and feyned seruyce of the world neither yet coÌ„streynedly but of a franke spirite and syncere trouthe obeyeng neuerthelesse to all temporall power and humane ordinauÌ„ces whyle they be not agaynst thy worde y t I maye attayne vnto the vnspeakeable ioye of thy promises for thy wordes sake not doubtyng of my saluacion and that I maye louyngly obey thy fatherly chastisemeÌ„t for surely sharpenes of correccioÌ„ maketh that we lose not the way of trouth Ah good god gyue me grace that in the I maye continually and fastly hope and of the loke for all thynges by Christe our lorde So be it A commune prayer to the lorde for healpe in aduersitie psalm 3. FOrasmuche as many o Lorde ryse maliciously against me and say within theÌ„ selues there is surely no health to be loked for from god vnto this felowe take thou me vp I pray the be thou my shylde and my succour and replenysh thou me with true glory in thy syght to the intent I may boste
grace and ryghteousnes of herte Psalm 78. FOr asmuch Lord God as thou haste shewed many wonderous sygnes in rescuyng and delyuering thy people Israel forth from Egipt and therto wroughte no smale myracles in conduytyng them thorow the wyldernes wherby thou hast declared that in thyne handes is an incomparable power both to saue and slaye graunt vs grace alwaye both in worde and in dede to followe thy lawe Bowe oure eares to the wordes of thy mouth And let thy wordes so worke in vs y t we maye teach other y e same let vs euermore trust on the alone remembrynge thy workes and valiaunt dedes leste eyther we forsake the or be negligēt rechles in our seruice towardes the but rather thorow thy spirite which graciously thou shalt poure on our hertes cause that faythfully and busely we maye make sute vnto the in both tymes aswel in prosperite as in aduersitie Fede vs continually wyth angels fode that is wyth thy holy worde wherby oure hertes maye be made ryghtuouse and strōge to our Lorde Iesus Christe Be not euer more angry wyth vs syth thou knowest we be but fleshe and as a puf of wynde that sodenly vanysheth ▪ and neuer returneth Graunt that y e true Dauid Iesus Christ maye be oure herdman to guyde vs thorow innocency and purenes of herte to gouerne vs as his gracious hāde knoweth best to be done Amen Howe the chylden of God ought to praye in theyr mysfortune and aduersitie Psalm 79. HOwe longe wylt thou O lorde beare vs such displeasure how longe shal thy fume thus be hote as fyre come home I besech the agayn to vs bryngynge wyth the thy louynge fauoure and gyftes loke not narowly on the offences of our auncestours and forfathers nor yet of our owne lyfe yea rather let thy mercy encrease vpon vs for we are become very caytyfes and wretches meruelously vexed of the vngodlye personnes because thou wollest it so to be Helpe God for only thou hast power to delyuer vs not y t we haue deserued the same for surely no fauoure haue we deserued at thy handes neyther can we clayme of duety any thynge of the but rather after our desertes we be the chyldrē of dānacion castawayes yet haue thou O Lorde respecte to thy holy name that it may be glorifyed thorow vs. Forgyue vs I saye our synnes euē for thy holye names sake that we may haue occasiō therby to hallowe it to thintent we may accordynge to thy worthynes and as thou arte of thyne owne nature reporte the to be euen our God sauiour father kynd herted meke mercyfull our only cōforte trust defence and raunsome Suffer the gronynges and cōplaintes of thy prisoners to come to the delyuer them preserue thy deuoute and sworne subiectes as many as be appoynted to be of thy flocke Then shall we the pytious shepe of thy pasture wythoute ceasynge endure in settynge forth thy prayses and euermore we shal reioyse of thy great benefytes Amen For buyldynge of the poore church greatly fallen in decaye psalm 80. LOrde that arte hedman ouer thy people heare vs rayse vp thy power come helpe vs Lorde of hoostes brynge me astray and vagaraūt person home agayne let thy countenaunce shyne on vs and we shal be hole How longe wylte thou not regarde our prayers how longe shal we fede our selues with teares thou hast caused our neyghboures to rage and wonder on vs our enemyes laugh vs to scorne and extremely deale wyth vs. Lorde call vs home agayne let thy amiable countenaunce I saye shyne vpon vs so we shal be perfectly hole Returne loke beholde come se thy churche of Christ this thy vyneyarde for lo howe it is fowlye spoyled by the seruauntes of Satan Lorde repare thy vyneyarde a newe brynge it in to a goodly fashion agayne hedge it rounde aboute on euery syde inclose the vyneyarde that thou haste planted wyth thy ryghthāde dygge it vp afreshe prouyde that it maye brynge forth frute ouerse it yet agayne maynteyne and defende it from villany and al harmes Lorde God of hoostes brynge vs home agayne frō our wylsome wandering let thy louynge face glyster on vs so we shal be save and sounde Amē That God wolde vouchsafe to teach vs. Psalm 81. LOrde be thou our strength and our sauegarde that of pleasure and courage we maye auaunce the and set forth thy name delyuer vs from daungers for we cal only vpō the And sythens of thy goodnes we be admitted to thy scole let vs heare the alone Suffre no straūge god to meddel any thynge amonges vs let vs knowe none other scoolemayster but the let vs make diuine sute and homage to none other fyl our mouthes wyth the swetnes of thy worde for we open them to the only Graūt vs those peticions that be profytable both to body and soule leaue vs not to the fansies of our herte suffre vs not to be wedded ne gyuē to our owne wyl but let vs fashion al thinges vnto thy sure worde to y e prayse and honoure of thy name Amen For faythfull workemen to the edifyenge of Christes kyngdome Psalm 82 LOrde set trustye prynces iudges ouer thy people that they maye ministre iustice and equitie to the poore miserable nedy fatherles and wydowes to thyntent they may rescue delyuer suche thy poore folkes from the wycked mens handes but for lacke of suche prynces iudges of whych for the more parte is alwaye great skasetie thou thy self O most deare father take in hande to defende thy people for myserably of a surety they be oppressed prouide thou connynge teachers to be put in authoritie ouer thy churche that thorow thy worde they may mollifie the hard hertes swage the troubled cōsciences and stablysh the same in grace such preachers I saye as wyl busely search not theyr owne profyt and worldly luker but our health felicitie Amen Agaynst Christes enemyes and the pharisaycall doctrine Psalm 83. WHo may be lyke to the o god noman verely noman Then holde thy peace no lōger nor do not dissemble in my cause for it is thy cause rather then myne Lo howe thyne enemyes triumphe and waxe proude in stomacke they lay snares for thy people they conspire against thy holy and chosen persons whych be vnknowen to the worlde to thintent to robbe them of theyr good reputacion and fame Lorde thys matter pertayneth properly to y e for they be confederate and knyt as it were in a leage agaynst the. Wherfore represse theyr myscheuous intētes put them to shame so as they maye at last espye and haue experience that thy name is puissaūt almyghty lordely and that thou alone art the hyghest and chief ruler thorow out all the earth Amen For the despysynge of this worlde Psalm 97. HOwe pleasaunt O Lorde be thy dwellyng places againe how vgsome how vnpleasaūt is the tyrannye of thys worlde and y e treason of naughty personnes Wherfore my soule lōgeth sore to come to thy courte and
god the strēgth that saueth me It is god that auengeth me and that bringeth downe y e people vnder me and delyuereth me from my enemyes Thou lyftest me vp on hyghe from them that ryse agaynste me and delyuerest me from the wicked men Therfore I will prayse the O lorde amonge the heythen and will singe vnto thy name A blessing of Tobias the elder wherwith he blessed the lorde in the ende of his lyfe Tob. 13. GReate art thou o lorde for euer more and thy kyngdom world withoute ende For thou scourgest healest thou ledest vnto hell bryngest oute agayne Yea there is none that maye escape thyne hande O ye chyldern of Israel gyue thankes vnto the lord and prayse him in the syghte of the heythen For amonge the heythen whiche knowe him not hath he scatered you that ye shulde shewe forth his meruelous workes cause them to knowe that there is none other god almyghtye but he He hath chastened vs for oure mysdedes for his owne mercyes sake shall he saue vs. Consider then how he hath dealte with you and prayse him with feare and drede and magnify the euerlastinge kinge in youre workes Certes I will prayse him euen in the place of my captiuitie for he hath shewed hys maiestie vnto a synneful people Turne you therfor o ye synners and doo ye ryghteousnesse before god trustinge veryly he wyll shew his mercy vpō you Assuredly I and my soule wolle reioyce in god Prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnes and be thankeful vnto him Oh my soule blesse thou the lorde Amen The blessynge of Seraphin Esay 6. HOly arte thou holy arte thou holy arte thou thou arte the lorde god of hostes all the earth is full of thy glory Thankinges Esay 23. O Lord thou art my god I wyll prayse the and magnifye thy name for thou bryngest meruelouse thinges to passe accordinge to thyn olde counselles trulye stedfastly An other of the same Esay 26. O Lorde gyue vs peax for thou workest in vs all oure workes O lorde our god though suche lordes haue dominacion vpon vs as know the not yet graunt y t we may hope only in the kepe thy name in remembraunce Amen A blessynge with an admiration of the meruelouse counsels of god Hiere 32. O Lorde god it is thou that hast made heauen earth with thy greate power and hygh arme ther is nothinge to harde for the. Thou sheweste mercy vpon thousandes thou doest recompense the wyckednes of the fathers into the bosom of the childern that come after them Thou art the greate myghty god whose name is the lorde of hostes greate in counsayll and infinite in thoughte Thyne eyes loke vpon al the wayes of mens children to reaward euery one after his waye and accordynge to the frutes of hys inuentions The songe and thankesgyuynge of the blessed virgin Mary Luc. I. MY soule magnifieth the Lorde my spirite reioyseth in God my sauiour For he hath loked vpon the pore degre of his handemayde Behold now frome hense forth shall all generacions call me blessed for he that is myghty hath done to me greate thinges holy is his name And his mercy on them that feare him thorowout all generacions He vttered strength with his arme he disperpled the proude in the imaginacion of their hertes He deposed the myghty from their seates and aduaunced them of lowe degree He fylled the hungry with good thīges and sente away the ryche empty He remembred mercy and helped his seruaunte Israell Euen as he promysed to our fathers Abraham and to his sede for euer The prophecy and gyuynge of thankes of zachary Luc. 1. PRaysed be the lorde god of Israell for he hath visited and redemed his people And hath raysed vp an horne of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruaunte Dauid Euen as he promysed by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sythens the worlde beganne that we shulde be delyuered from our ennemyes from the handes of all that hate vs To thintent he myght fulfyll the mercy promysed to our fathers and remembre his holy couenaunt And performe the oth which he sware to our father Abraham to gyue vs that we beyng ones delyuered oute of the handes of our ennemyes myght serue him without feare all the dayes of our lyfe in holynes and ryghtousnes before him And thou childe shalt be called the Prophete of the hygheste for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes To gyue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the forgyuenes of sinnes Through the tendre mercy of oure god wherby the daye sprynge from aboue hath visited vs to gyue light to them that sate in darkenesse in shadow of death to gyde our fete in the waye of peax Thankes of Paul for his conuersion vnto Christ. 1. Tim. 1. VNto God kynge euerlastinge immortall inuisible and wise only be honour and prayse for euer and euer Amen A songe of the triumphers ouer the beast Apoc. 15. GReate and meruelouse are thy workes Lorde god almyghty iuste and true are thy wayes kyng of sayntes Who shall not feare O Lorde and glorifie thy name For thou only arte holye all gentyles shall come and worshyp before the for thy iudgementes are made manifest A blessynge of the people by kyng Salomon 3. Reg. 8. BLessed be the Lorde that hath gyuen rest vnto his people Israel according to all that he promysed so that ther is not one worde escaped of all y e good promyses which he promysed by the hand of Moses his seruaunte The Lorde our God be with vs as he was with our fathers forsake vs not neyther leue vs but let him bowe our hertes vnto him y t we walke in all hys wayes and kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and rites which he cōmaunded our fathers And let these my wordes whiche I haue prayed before the lord come nygh vnto the lorde our god daye and nyght that he defend the quarell of his seruaūt and of his people Israell euermore to thintente all nacions of the earth maye knowe that the lorde is God and none other but he and let oure hertes be sounde with the lorde our god that we may walke in his ordinaunces and kepe his lawes Amē ¶ PRAYERS FOR SVCcours and reliefes of lyfe for wysdome for humylitie and for other naturall gyftes A prayer of Salomon for a competency of lyfe Prouerb 30. TWo thinges I require of the that thou wylte not denye me before I dye Remoue from me vanitie and lyes gyue me neyther pouertie nor ryches only graunt me a necessary lyuyng least yf I be to ful I mought happely denye the say what felow is the lorde or constrayned through pouerty I mought fal vnto stealyng forsweare the name of my god Amen A prayer for obteynyng of wysdome Sap. 9. GOd of my fathers and lorde of mercyes thou that haste made all thinges with thy worde and ordined
man thoroughe thy wisdome that he shulde haue dominion ouer the creature which thou haste made that he shulde ordre the worlde accordynge to equitie ryghteousnes and execute iudgemente with a true herte gyue me wisdome which is euer about thy seate and put me not out from amonge thy chyldren For I thy seruaūt and sōne of thy hādemayde am a feble person of a short tyme and to yonge to the vnderstādinge of iudgement of thy lawes Yea though a man be neuer so perfect among the childern of men yet yf thy wisdome be not with him he shal be nothing worth Oh send her out of thy holye heauens and from y e trone of thy maiestie that she may be with me labour with me that I maye knowe what is acceptable in thy syght For she knoweth and vnderstādeth al thinges she shall conducte me ryght soberly in my workes and preserue me in her power So shall my workes be acceptable Amen A prayer for mekenes and the obteyning of chastitie Eccle. 23. O Lord thou father god of my lyfe let me not haue a proude loke But turne awaye all voluptuousnes from me Take from me the lustes of the bodye let not the desyres of vnclennes take holde vpon me and gyue me not ouer into an vnshamefast and obstinate mynde Amen The prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirache in necessitie and for wisdome Eccle. the laste I Thanke the O Lorde and king and prayse the o god my sauiour I wil yelde prayses vnto thy name for thou art my defender and helper frō the snare of traitorours tōges and from them that are occupied in lyes Thou hast bene my helper frō suche as rose agaynst me and haste deliuered me according to thy great mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou hast delyuered me from the roarynge of them that prepared thē selues to deuoure me out of the hādes of such as sought after my lyfe frō the multitude of them that troubled me and went aboute to set fyer vpon me on euery syde so that I was not brent in the myddes of the fyer From the depe of hell thou delyueredst me from the vncleane tongue from lyenge wordes from the wycked iuge and from the vnryghteouse tōgue My soule shall prayse the Lorde vnto death for my lyfe drewe nye vnto hel They compased me roūd about on euery syde and ther was no man to helpe me I loked about me if ther were anye man that wold socoure me but ther was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O Lorde and vpon thy actes that thou haste done euer of olde namely that thou delyuereste such as put their trust in the ryddest them out of the handes of the false panims Thus lyfted I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce from death I called vpon the lord my father that he wolde not leaue me with out healpe in the daye of my trouble and in the tyme of the proude I praysed thy name continually yelding honour and thākes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedst me frō destructiō and delyueredst me from the vnrighteouse tyme. Therfore wil I knowledge and prayse the auaūce the name of the Lord. Whē I was yet but yonge or euer I wēt a straye I desired wisdome openly in my prayer I came therfor before the temple and I sought her very busyly Then floryshed she vnto me as a grape that is sone rype My herte reioysed in her then wente my fote y e right waye yea frō my youth sought I after her I bowed downe my eare and receyued her I founde in my selfe much wisdome prospered greatly in her Therfore wyll I gyue y e glory vnto him that gyueth me wisdome for I am aduised to do therafter I wil be gelouse to cleaue vnto that is good so shal I not be cōfounded My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue bene diligent to be occupied in her I lyfted vp myne hādes on hygh then was my soule lyghtened thorough wysdome so that I knowledged my folyshnes I ordred my soule after her she and I were one herte from the begynnyng and I found her in clennesse and therfore shal I not be forsaken My hart longeth after her I gate a good treasure Thorough her the lorde hath gyuen me a newe tongue wherwith I wil prayse him Oh come vnto me ye vnlerned and dwel in the house of wysdome with drawe not your selues from her but talke and comon of these thynges for your soules are very thursty I opened my mouth and spake Oh come and bye wysdom without mony bow down your necke vnder her yoke and your soule shal reaceyue wisdome she is euen at hande and is content to be found Behold with your eyes how I haue had but lytle labour yet haue found muche rest Oh receyue wisdome ye shall haue plenty of syluer and golde in your possession Let your mynde reioyce in her mercy and be not ashamed of her prayse worke her worke by tymes she shal gyue you youre rewarde in due tyme. The prayer of Abacuc the prophete for ignorancies Abacuc 5. O Lord when I herde speake of the then I was afrayde The worke that thou hast taken in hand shalt thou performe in his tyme O Lorde when thy tyme cometh thou shalt declare it In thy very wrath thou thinkest vpon mercy The lord God is my strength he shall make my fete as y e fete of an herte and he which gyueth the victory shal bring me to my hye places syngyng vpon psalmes Amen A prayer of the faythful congregacion that they maye speake the word of god boldely Actu 4. LOrde thou arte god which hast made heauen and earth the see and al that in them is which by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid hast sayde why dyd the heathen rage the people ymagyne vayne thynges The kynges of the earth stode vp and the rulers came togyther agaynst the Lorde and agaynst his Christ. For suerly agaynst his holy son Iesus whom thou hast anoynted both Herode and also Poncius Pylate with the Panyms and the people of Israel gathered them selues togyther to do euen what so euer thyn handes and thy counsayle determyned before to be done And now Lord behold their threatenynges and graunt vnto thy seruauntes with al confidence to speake thy word that thou wolt stretch forth thyne hande to thintente that healyng sygnes and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy sonne Iesus Amen ¶ A PRAYER VNTO THE Lorde Iesus for the peax of the church made by the most excellent clerke Erasmus LOrde Iesus Christe whiche of thyne almyghtynes madest al creatures both visible and invisible which of thy godly wisdom gouernest settest al thinges in moste goodly ordre which of thyn vnspeakeable goodnes kepest defendest and furderest al thinges whiche of thy botomles mercy restorest the decayed renewest the fallē raysest the deade vouchesaue we praye the at last to cast
AN EPItome of the Psalmes or briefe meditacions vpon the same with diuerse other moste christian prayers translated by Richard Tauerner Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum 1539 TO THE MOST MYGHTY and most redoubted price HENRY the VIII Kynge of Englande and of Fraūce Defensor of the Fayth lorde of Irelād and in earth supreme head immediatly vnder CHRIST of the church of Englande hys most hūble seruaūt Rychard Tauerner desyreth all felicitie ioye and encrease of lawfull posteritie PLease it your excellēt Maiestie to vnderstande that where as more then thre yeares passed my verye good lorde and olde mayster my lorde Priuie seale for such qualities as he thought to haue espyed in me whych I my selfe neuertheles acknowlege not preferred and delyuered me vp vnto your graces seruice and sythens that tyme to thintent he wolde make me the more hable mete to serue your hyghnes in my callyng hath enured me with dyuerse translacions and other exercises So it is moost gracious and moost redoubted soueraigne lorde that amōges other thynges he hath cōmytted thys boke of prayers to my pennynge translatynge into the Englysh tongue The selue prayers no doubte be excellent pure syncere godly Christian. But my translacion I feare is rude base vnpleasaunt grosse and barbarouse I feare I saye lest accordynge to the prouerbe I shal rēder pro aureis ferrea lest of good latine I haue made euil English lest I haue turned wyne into water My courage good wyll is much thexpectacion of myne olde Mecoenas is of me great finally the celsitude of youre maiestie requyreth no base thyng But I am sore afrayed that myne industrie herin imployed shal answere nether to your maiesties most royal dignitie nether to my sayd lordes expectacion nether yet to myne owne good wyl desyre Neuertheles how so euer my translacion is for vnto your maiesties moost exacte iudgement censure as vnto another Aristarchus I moost humbly submyt it certes the incomparable benignitie of your moost gracious person hath impelled me wyth a bolde spirite to offer and dedicate the frutes of these my labours vnto y e same to thintent that vnder the moost noble patrocinie of youre royall name the boke maye the more plausibly and gredely be deuoured of your louynge subiectes Truth it is that my poore degre basenesse of condicion is farre vnmete to offer any thynge vnto your moost excellent hyghnes Howbeit yf Hethen kinges haue very thākfully receyued of their subiectes hādes Pome granates hādfuls of water and such other tryflyng thynges estemyng rather the prompt and ready wyl of the gyuers than the pryce of the thynges gyuen yf also Christ hymselfe our myghty sheperde whose vicare for the church realme of Englande youre maiestie is recognised not onely accepted but also preferred the two minutes of y e poore wydowe afore the precious oblacions of the rych personages I doubt not but your maiestie beyng a christiā Kynge and such a kynge woll not ingratelye receyue at youre humble seruauntes hande these hys symple lucubracions whych tende to the hygh benefyte edificacion and cōmoditie of youre graces people But leste wyth my loquacitie I myght be an impediment vnto youre moost serious occupacions I make an ende The God of peace and of consolacion graunte that lyke as your hyghnes most lyke vnto the godlye kynge Ezechias ernestly go about the perfecte instauracion of the true religion and thauauncement of gods glorie all false religion destroyed so he woll vouchsaue to sende you the thynge that the most wyse kynge Salomō estemed for the swetest and beste porcion of mans lyfe and for a treasure inestimable that is to wyte a prudent and wyse lady to your maiesties wyfe and to our youre moost addicte subiectes Quene whyche accordynge to the voyce of the prophete maye be as a frutfull vyne in your maiesties house furnyshed wyth chyldren lyke olyue braūches roūde about your graces table For lo thus shall the man be blessed sayeth he whyche feareth the Lorde What shall we saye God hath alredy herde our moost ardent vowes and peticions Thys lady moost excellente is prepared of thalmyghtye for your maiestye she is in iorney readye to be transported into your graces realme The God of spirites mought so tempre and breath the weather and so graciously conducte her in her iorney as she maye moost happely arriue at the tyme desyred into your graces presens to the full contentacion of your hartes desyre to the plausible expectacion of your graces subiectes and fynally to the true honoure and glorie of almyghty God For the accomplishmente wherof we all wyth one accorde mought poure out these prayers folowing semblable to the Lorde of all Amen Domine saluum fac Regem ⧠A GENErall Confession of synnes vnto God dayly to be sayde of the christen person O Moste mercyful lorde god and moste tendre deare father vouche safe I hertely beseche the to loke downe with thy fatherly eyen of pytye vpon me moste vile wretched synner which lye here prostrate before the fete of thy botōles mercy For I haue synned agaynst the trone of thy glory before the o father in so muche y t I am nomore worthy to be called thy son Neuertheles forasmuch as thou arte the god father of al comforte and agayne desyrest not the death of the synner but lyke a true Samaritane takest thought of my sely woūded soule make me I praye the by infoūdyng thy preciouse oyle of comforte into my woundes ioyefully to rūne with the loste son vnto the lap of thyne euerlastyng pytie For lo y u arte my hope and truste in whom I only repose my selfe hauyng in the full confydence and fayth and so I say with very herte I beleue in the o god the father in the o god the son and in the o god the holy ghost thre persons and one true and very god besyde whom I knowledge none other god in heuin aboue nor in earth beneth Yea and I accuse my selfe vnto the deare father that I haue greuously offended thy almighty goodnes and maiestie in the cōmyttyng of myne aboundaunt and manifold synnes For I haue not kepte the leaste of thy most godly cōmaundementes lyke as thy ryghteousnes maye demaunde the same of me I haue I saye not honoured the lyke my god drad the lyke my lord loued the lyke my father trusted in the lyke my creatour and sauiour Thy holy and dradfull name vnto whom all glory and honour belongeth haue I vsed in vayne I haue not sanctified the holy dayes w t workes whiche be acceptable vnto the nor instructing my neygheboure in vertue accordingly I haue not honoured my parentes nor bene obedient vnto them through whom as by an instrumēt thou hast wrought my cōmyng into this worlde The highe powers and rulers whiche take theyr authoritie of the I haue not bene wyllyngly obedient vnto I haue not kepte my herte pure from manslaughter yea had not thy grace defended me
the hertes Psalm 24. REnue me shape me agayne O Lorde for thyne is the worlde and all that is therin that I may be able to clyme vp vnto thy mount to abyde in thyne holy cytie to receaue at thy handes helth blessynge mercy and ryghteousnes Let me be as a person new borne of the let me ensearch the alwaye O Christ kynge of glory haue thou an euerlastynge raygne in me for thou arte stronge ynough thou arte puyssaūt myghtye in battell and Lorde of hoostes yea let the boūdes and lymytes of thy kyngdome stretch throughe the worlde Cause all mē to do theyr homage and sute vnto the as to the most glorious conquerour of synne death and hell Amen To be admytted one of Gods flocke Psalm 25. TO the Lorde I lyfte vp my herte and my soule my God I truste in the put me not to reproche that myne enemyes haue no cause to laugh at me No man shal be shamed that trusteth in the. Shewe me thy waye teache me thy pathes preserue me from wickednes and vnbelefe that I swarue not from the rule and touche stone of thy worde Guyde me in thy trouth teach me for thou arte the God of my helthe and sauetie and daylye do I longe for the. Lorde remēber not my faultes and mysdemenours whyche frō my chyldhode I haue cōmytted one vppon anothers necke neyther call thou to remembraūce my stony dulnes and blynde ignoraunce but rather thynke on thy tender mercye whych thou hast cōtinued towardes those that thou haste chosen from the begynnynge of the worlde neyther is there any mā that can stoppe the from thyne accustomed wonte Wherfore I beseche the that I also maye be partaker of thy gracious goodnes accordyng to the depth of thy mercy for thou Lorde art ryghteous and good therfore thou canst not but warne synners whan they wandre frō thy waye that they ones taught by thy spirite shuld walke in spirite and truth and returne from wylsomnes Doubtles Lorde thy wayes be good and faythfull of thy mere kyndnes thou dost promyse thy promyse thou kepest faythfully to all such as kepe the condicions of thy couenaunt I meane the ten cōmaundementes and whose hertes desyre is set in y e and in thy wordes both daye and nyght Go to Lorde call me to be one of thys nombre for thy names sake pardon me my gyltes whych be excedynge greate Make me to feare the teache me the waye thou beste allowest make my soule to dwell in these thy good pauillions Let thy chyldren beynge ones taught thy worde and embrasynge the true fayth in the be thyne heyres accordynge to thy promyse whych arte Lorde of heauen erth Be oure staye that we fall not from fayth declare vnto vs thy heauenly secretes thy couenaūt vnknowen to fleshe and bloude Thys to do is thy most pure grace whych by fayth we receaue as in a vessell where by we attayne to know y e whych knowlege of the vndoubtedly no man can haue onles he hath takē it of the by Iesus Christe My eyes be fixed alwayes vpō the draw backe my feete from the snare of synne from ignoraunce and frō goynge astraye loke towardes me haue mercy vpon me for I am left alone very heuy How excedynge greate is the ignoraunce of my herte Leade me I besech the out of these straytes and necessities Lorde loke vpō my distresse wype awaye my synnes Thou knowest howe many enemyes I haue lyenge in my necke and whych kepe backe the knowlege of the which haue bytterly hated me Fence therfore my soule in thys strayte Plucke me out of thys ignoraunce for in the is my trust otherwyse I shulde vtterly fal to grounde All godly honeste true herted and ryghteous persons woll the same that I woll and make request vnto the for y e same I meane that we myghte be delyuered from the grosse darkenes of our herte Assuredly it cam only of thy goodnes that hytherto I fel not awaye from the company of the godly that yet dayly I loke for ayde from the and that I cōtinue after a maner in this trade of good lyuynge Lorde God vouchsafe to deliuer Israel thy people whych trusteth to the and hangeth vpon thy hādes from all theyr tribulacions by Christ our Lorde So be it For continuaunce in Christ. Psal. 26. LOrde be thou my iudge and defēde me from the wyckednes of myne aduersaries strengthen my truste that I haue towarde the that I slyde not pourge myne herte and raynes for I loke onely vpon thy mercye that by fayth and truste vnto the truth I maye please the and continually walke therin So order my thynges as I haue nought to do with the wycked nor be of coūsel wyth them but in y e church of innocentes of beleuers and of sayntes kepe thou me in whyche churche O lorde thou makest thy abode and kepeste thy resydence so that I maye heare the swete voyce of thankes gyuynge of prayse and of the rehersal of thy maruelles and benefytes to thyntent I also maye thanke and prayse the. Take not awaye my soule wyth y e vngodly nor my lyfe wyth the bloudye let me walke innocently in the safe conduyte of thy grace Delyuer me haue pytie on me let my feete stāde fast in y e brode felde at large out of the prison of synne that in all assebles I myghte prayse and auaunce the my redemer and sauiour for euer Amen For strength and encrease of fayth Psalm 27. ILluminate my herte Lorde and so helpe thou me that I nede to feare no man be thou my herte of cōforte y t I be not dismayed thoughe the whole worlde aryse agaynst me In thy house let me styll dwell that I maye beholde and enioye thy delices and pleasures I meane that I maye fele ioye in the holy spirite aswell concernynge forgeuenesse of my synnes as the inheritaūce of heauen that is geuen me Let me visyte thy holy temple that is thy chosen flocke in whome thou dwellest Let me go about my busynes safly protected vnder thy wynges and rered vpon Christ my rocke Let me be founde no churle for y e benefites I haue taken at thy handes Thy name let me honoure wyth chearful herte in the church of sayntes Herkē O Lorde tenderly to my voyce lamentably cryenge vnto the be pytyful heare me graciously for my hert hunteth for the and wolde God we mought dayly more and more trace the out and continually increase frō fayth to fayth Hyde not thy face frō me Me thy seruaūt in thyne anger cast not awaye be myne aydour and defensoure fayle me not Thy helpynge hande O lorde god of helth wythdrawe not from me in thys my syckenes and malady My chefe frēdes haue forsaken me but thou O Lorde take me and let me fele sensibly that thou hast taken me Tel me thy wayes leade me the moost redye and gaynest waye because of myne enemyes whych be excedyng many agaynst whome yf I be destitute deuoyde
I remembre he is sente of the agaynste me to my profite and auayle Turne awaye from me destruccion leste by the dredfull stroke of thy hāde I vtterly perysh Heare Lorde my humble prayers requestes let my teares enter vnto y e. Syt not styll for I am a straūger wyth y e as were my forefathers Slacke a lytle thy hande that thus preasseth me so as beyng a lytle eased I may yet ones loke vp afore I dye Graunt me the comforte of thy spirite that I may espye thy fatherly kyndnes where as nowe thou she west euen the extremite of a iudge vnto me whyche haue moost haynously I can not but confesse synned against the. But haue mercy on me O Lorde for thy names sake So be it That in peryll one shulde vtterly offre hym selfe to Christ. Psalm 40. BOwe the O Lorde vnto me for vpon the is myne attendaunce heare my lamentable crye Out of the horrible pytte of woo wherinto I am cast delyuer me Thy name be my hope let me not bowe asyde to y e proude holowe herted Haue thou mercy on me most deare father for Iesus Christ thy sōnes sake whych by the only euerlastynge sacrifice of hys owne body wyped away all our sinnes on y e crosse brought vs home againe vnto the made vs of damned persons ryghteous And thys thy wyll by al the prophetes was afore declared Thys Christ thy sōne hath taughte vs thy ryghteousnes by which through thy gracious fauoure we be iustified and hath opēly at the tyme appoynted performed the thynge that lōge afore was shewed to the fathers vnder shadowes and fygures whych be nowe passed broughte to an ende neyther doest thou nowe requyre of vs any other thynge but that in thy sonne we be hoole gyuen offred sanctifyed and consecrate vnto the. For thys thy welbeloued sōnes sake continue thy mercy towardes me Let thy good wyl and grace alwayes defende me for lo innumerable daungers haue assaulted me on euery syde Exceadynge many I confesse be my offēces and therfore am I clene voyde of coūsayle what to do But o lorde restore me agayne into my former degre Hastē the I saye to ayde me Suche as couete to spyll the lyfe of my soule make them departe from me And agayne let thē be glad that seke the and whych loue thy saluacion wherwyth thou delyuerest vs so that we alway may sprede abrode thy name Uyle and wretched am I Lorde but take thou charge of me help me restore me Thou shalt not differ thy grace from me o my god for the glorye of thy name Amen For a swete and styll herte Psalm 41. THis fauoure and grace o lorde shewe thou me that all my lyfe longe I maye succoure and releue to my power y e necessite of the nedy aswell w t gostly helpes as with corporal and y t I may employ y t labour vpon the. For doutles what so euer is bestowed vpon thē the same thou rekenest bestowed on the. Pytie thou me O Lorde heale the woundes of my soule for agaynst y e haue I trespassed delyuer me from myne enemyes whyche busye them selues to noye me that they reioyse not ouer me Hereby shall I vnderstande thy good wyll towarde me in that thou vouchsauest to cut myne enemyes combes so as they triumphe not ouer me whych had thought to haue gyuē me a foule fall Therfore lorde God of Israel to y e be glory prayse and thankynges eternall So be it A prayer of the vexed conscience Psalm 42. LYke as in a forest the herte gapeth for thurst at the foūtaynes of waters O Lorde God so doutles my soule thursteth for desyre of the. My soule I saye longeth after the that valiaunt lyuynge God But alas whē shal I entre in to beholde thy graciouse face Shewe thy selfe my Lorde How ofte shall it be sayd vnto me where is thy God I being thus troubled shall water my soule wyth stremes of teares wythin my selfe but neuertheles thys grefe of herte thy comfortable countenaūce shall aswage Oh what ayleth the my soule what thynge troubleth y e what toylest thou what rēnest thou hyther and thyther Se thou truste in the Lorde to whome shortely be thou ryghte well assured I shall haue cause to rendre moost louynge thākes for my delyuery receaued at hys handes accordinge as hymselfe hath commaunded that in welth prosperite we shulde prayse hys clemency and bountyfull goodnes the worker therof and againe in aduersite we not forgettynge hys promyses shulde praye for helpe Suffer that a day of comforte maye spryng vnto me then shall I hyghly blowe abrode and auaunce thy name In the meane season steye me vp wyth continuall remembraūce of thy promyses and former benefytes that thoughe I be oppressed wyth euyls yet I dyspayre not Teache me O lorde the due forme of prayer to the intent my peticion maye the better be herde Amen For the edificacion of the church Psal. 43. MY quarell O Lorde discusse thou agaynst the vngodly panymes From lyers and malicious wretches delyuer me for thou God art my strength By the I wyll set my foote agaynste the helly power but O Lorde why nowe doest thou pusshe me from the why walke I thus heuy why in thys my trouble doest thou not comforte me Wyth the lyghte therfore of thy spirite replenyshe my herte O my Lorde in such wyse as hauyng the experimēt of the thynge in dede I maye gyue credite to the truth of thy promyse and by the same be conduited to thy holy moūte to the pauilions of thy chosen to the realme of lyght to the heritage eternall to thintent that I cōtemnynge y e proude bragges and thretes of y e vngodly may manfully holde on my iorney vnto the o lorde the well of my ioye so myght blase thy name and for the grace of thy continuaūce rendre due thankes accordyngly So be it A prayer of the church for redempcion Psalm 44. HOw straungely Lorde dydest thou auaūce thy people in olde tyme whan thou gauest thē the lāde of behest that thou dyddest promyse them and draue out the Cananeys For the chyldren of Israell not by theyr owne powers but by thy fauoure conquered the lande In lykewyse thou haste made vs heyres of the heauenly countrey not of our deserte but of thy pure grace whom in Christe afore the worlde was made thou chase Wherfore to the we owe of ryght to rendre continuall thankes But nowe thou hast also dryuen vs forth in such wyse as we be a reproche mockynge stocke to the vngodly panyms which coūt vs vnworthy whom the earth shuld beare who do greuously vexe torment vs both in body and mynde Many of vs are wrapped in errours all of vs be ashamed whan we consyder how the vngodly haue preuayled agaynst vs. Certes we maye be lykened to shepe readye to be slayne They thynke to please the by the slaughter of vs. What shall we attempt to do beyng thus enuironed wyth
Lorde and rydde me from myne enemyes whych seke to drawe me away from thy true seruice In thy comforte let me reioyse and be full of spirituall ioye let me I saye euer brute thy name not beynge vnmyndful of thy benefytes and releue me most pytifull God accordynge to thy worde whych is nothynge but truth Most tender father shewe me that thy ioyfull helth So be it A prayer vpon the psalme of Miserere for the wypynge awaye of synnes renuaunce of strength and spirite Psal. 51. HAue mercy on me God accordynge to thy great tendernes of herte for I am sore pressed wyth synnes I can beare them no lōger of thy bountyful mercy wype away my trespas Tenne thousande myllions of golde I owe the Lorde I am not able to paye I can not discharge my selfe Washe me cleane frō my errours clēse me not only of my synnes passed but also of my hoole lyfe to come Wyth the ploungynge of spirite in the fyre of thyne illuminacion baptyse me whyche is the myght and strēgth of baptisme which we receaued in our chyldhod The same spirite mought alway cōduyte vs tyl y e infecciō vyce which we haue dronkē in by Adā be perfectly takē away in the moūte of flesh I knowlege o lord my transgressiō afore myne eyes are my trespases my studies and doynges be al together synne Certes vnto the alone haue I synned iuste and true arte thou in the worde of thy promyse whiche Christe declared vnto vs I meane that by him our synnes be released Yf eyther the vngodly persons or myne vnfaythfull consciēce wyll stryue agaynst the holde plee that thou forgeuest not the beleuer vndoubtedly thou shalte ouercome them and proue thē lyers Declare thy truth graūt grace so as my synnes beynge forgeuen I may knowlege thy bountye truth for in wyckednes borne I was and in synnes my mother conceaued me so that of my nature what so euer I am I am but synne Thys my knowlegynge of the truth I wote wel is ryght acceptable vnto the wher as in y e most parte of other persons thou hast eyther hydde the same or made it vnknowen Purge and sprynkle me wyth the bloud of Iesu Christ thyn vnspotted lambe Yf thou wash me I shal be as whyte as snowe so shal I receaue these glad tydynges into my herte that my synnes be forgeuen Replenysh my bones wyth the ioye of spirite whych now consyderinge thy sharpe iudgementes be al to shakē and brused For my spirite is stryken into a deadly dompe and therfore my bones be dryed vp Turne away thy face from my synnes and then for ioye of thy fauourable forgyuenes I shall forget thē Myne owne proper workes Lorde examyne not roughly whych I cōfesse be nothynge but synnes Yea yf thou laye them to my charge as I haue deserued I muste nedes abyde the chylde of dānacion Thyne vnspeakeable mercye wyth humble prayer I demaūde and craue vpon the whych thou hast promysed sayenge Hys synnes I wyl not remēbre Do away therfore my synnes A cleane herte my god make in me restore in me a wyllynge and ryghte spirite Banysh me not frō thy syght blinde not mine eyes Let not an vnrepentaunt herte growe in me neyther let me dispayre on thy goodnes Denye me not thy holy gooste take not awaye agayne from me y t which thou hast ones gyuē Render solace vnto me for doubtles the helth and saluacion which I loke for in Christ doth assuredly appease ascertayne my conscience vpon remission of my synnes Stablysh me wyth the spirite of lybertie so shall I beynge in fayth and spirite purified and made stronge teach the wycked and suche as know the not the waye that leadeth vnto the so that they also shall be turned vnto the. Lorde God discharge me of my hydde and houge synnes which be knyt to my corrupt nature I meane werynes of thy worde grutchyng agaynst thy commaundemētes and blasphemy My tonge then beynge furnyshed wyth boldnesse of spirite shall frankely wythout tremblynge teach confesse blowe abrode thy ryghtuousnes wythout whyche no man is ryghtuous Lorde thou shalt open my lyppes then my mouth shall set forth thy prayses and thy wayes Graunt me such mouth and wysedome as myne aduersaries shall not be able to stryue against namely in the quarel of thy worde Indowe me wyth grace to thyntent I may offre sacrifices of thankes for nothing els verely requyrest thou Albeit yet thou despysest not the oblacion and sacrifyce of a contrite spirite I meane the mortifyenge of oure owne luste and wyll and of that olde Adam that soiourneth in vs vntyll we maye be able to offre the sacrifice of thankes and wyth glad semblaunt embrace celebrate thy ryghtuousnes espyed in the releasynge of our synnes Wherfore for as muche as we of our selues can perfourme nothynge that good is blesse thou O Lorde of thy benignitie and fatherly beneuolence thy Christen people Let the walles of Hierusalem be made vp agayne by thyne auctoritie let good workemen be sette on worke I meane true teachers pastours and prophetes and let vs be fashioned for lyuely stones to the holy buyldynge let them edifye the people ryghtely let vs obey theyr instructions duly Thou art the good man of y e house thurst thou oute the workemē into the haruest that they maye gather by thy worde of fayth the people now rype and redy to be reaped into y e heauēly barnes which workemen onles thou sende forth shall runne of themselues vaynly For how shulde they preach not beynge sent Surely in vayne we shal auaunce eyther our learnyng or habilite yf thou tempre not the successe of our thynges yf thou forther not our doynges yf thou sende vs not Lo then thou shalt receaue continual sacrifices of ryghteousnes for on thy aulter we shal then laye the bullockes fatte sacrifices of oure lyppes yea and our owne selfes therto praysynge and worshyppynge the wythout styntynge Amen For renouncynge the company of hypocrites Psal. 52. MOost holy Lorde let vs beyng instructed and furnyshed wyth thy grace cast vp the wyly and malicious mē which cā beare no truth but gyue thē selues to lyes trustyng to the vayne helpes of thys worlde Brouse thou them O Lorde rote them out of the lande of the lyuinge persones whych thynge whā y e ryghtuous folke shall se they shall feare the and reioyce Graunt that wyth an vnconquerable truste we maye alwaye leane to the onely let vs not resemble the baren corrupt trees but let vs be founde lyke to y e ranke and fruteful olyues in thyne house Upon thy name let vs set our hope vppon thy name I saye that is so good and that helpeth moost redely all them that earnestly call theron lyke as in thy holynes is euidentlye espyed Wherfore let vs also rendre vnto the euerlastynge thankes syth in vs thou workest and heapest vpō vs all those benefytes and commodities So be it For delyueraunce out of the deuyls bondage Psal. 53.
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HOw hast thou O Lorde humblyd and pluckte me downe I dare now vnnethes make my prayers vnto the for thou arte angry w t me but not wythout my deseruyng Certaynly I haue synned Lorde I confesse it I wyll not denye it But oh my God pardō my trespasses release my dettes rēdre now thy grace agayne vnto me stoppe my woūdes for I am all to plaged and beaten yet Lorde thys not wythstandynge I abyde pacientlye and gyue myne attendaūce on the continually waytynge for relefe at thy hande that not wythout skyll for I haue receaued a tokē of thy fauoure and grace towardes me I meane thy worde of promyse concernynge Christe who for me was offered on the crosse for a raunsome a sacrifice penyworth for my synnes Wherfore accordyng to that thy promyse defēde me lorde by thy ryghthande and gyue a gracious eare to my requestes be thou my steye in peryls for al mās stayes are but vayne Beate downe therfor myn enemyes thyne owne selfe with thy power whych arte myne only aydour and protectour O Lorde God almyghty Amen For comforte and vertue of spirite Psalm 61. MY complayntes heare thou O mercyfull God marke my sutes and demaūdes My herte is strykē ful of heuynes set me on an hygh rocke al at large and lybertie Thou arte my onely succoure and refuge thy name is as a stronge towre agaynst myne enemyes Let me dwel in thy pauilions euermore and vnder thy wynges let me leade a mery and careles lyfe Thys my longyng and peticion graunt me O Lorde Gyue euerlastynge enheritaunce to such as feare thy name Gyue vs goodnes to thys ende that we maye alwaye kepe thy trouth Then shall we styl prayse thy maiesty wyth mysticall songes and psalmes Amen For pacience and denyall of a mans owne selfe Psalm 62. MY soule wythout ceasynge reioyse in the o Lorde whych by thy worde hast offered vs helth and saluacion For surely of the only floweth and procedeth all helth Thou arte my God my shoteanker helth and proteccion I receaue al y t good is at thy hāde yf thou be my defensour I shall not fayle but haue the vpper hande Protecte thou me that I trust neyther to power nor to ryches but to the only Thou hast power I can not gaynsaye to damne me agayn thou hast a louyng wyl to saue me Let me be nūbred I besech the not amōges the cursed and disalowed persons but amōges thy chosen faythful subiectes Amen For goostly gyftes and heauenly ryches psalm 93. MY God doutles art thou early in the mornynge I ryse vp in my herte seke the my soule my very fleshe thyrsteth euen longeth after the exceadyngly I couet to se thy power Lorde whych sauest me and thy glory most glorious kinge whyche stayest me vp what tyme I am oppressed Thy goodnes verely is better vnto me then lyfe Thys goodnes yf thou shewe me I shall not leaue to magnify brute thy renome euery where for I shall not cease continually to yelde vnto the due worthye thankes to sanctifye thy name Fyll therfore myne herte o my God with grace stuffe it wyth swetenes of spirite euen as the body is stuffed wyth breade and foyson of meates Then shall my mouthe extolle prayse and hallowe y e not wyth fayned lyppes but wyth a full glad courage and quyck spirite O Lorde be thou myne helpe and refuge and so vnder the sauegarde of thy wynges I shall leade out my lyfe peacybly My soule mought styll cleaue faste vnto the let thy ryghthande holde me vp by thy name and to the glory therof let me sweare The vndoubted trouth that I cōfesse let me ascribe and impute to the onely The mouthes of thē Lorde whych can vtter nothyng but errours and leasynges stoppe myghtely So be it Agaynst the enemyes of Christ. psalm 64. THe voyce of my lamentacion playnyng heare O Lorde Frō daūger of enemyes delyuer my lyfe Wythdrawe me from the assemblye of euell persōs and from the conspiracy of the vngodly whyche whette theyr tonges as sharpe as rasours sendynge out theyr enuenomed dartes as it were to the marke to thyntent they may shote thorowe the innocent and harmeles persons and that couertly God be thou my shild my staye and raunsome Endowe me wyth ioye peace and hope so as euerlastyngly I maye boast glory of the. Amen For the obtaynynge of fauoure Psalm 65. PRayses O Lorde are semynge comly for the whych deuoute godly persōs shulde recorde synge in thy congregacion Lysten to my prayers and attende to my humble sute What fleshly body what earthly person oweth not to approch vnto thy presence to become a suter vnto the My synnes my synnes Lord be wonderfully increased but forgeue me most mercyful Lorde haue mercy on me let me content please thy mynde accompte me O Lorde almyghty amonges thy chosen seruaūtes graūt me accesse cōmynge vnto thy presence to thyntēt I may dwell in thy heauenlye palace Fyll me wyth the goodes of thy house wyth the holy gyftes of thy temple In thy iustice heare me O God of my helth whych arte y e only succour and refuge of all the inhabitaūtes aswell of the lāde as of y e see whych repose themselues in the be they neuer so farre asounder Wyth thy goodnes thou vysetest the earthe whych thou enrychest makest fat Both to man and beast thou gyuest foode Prayses therfore and thākes we gyue the agayne on our behalfe wythout ceasynge ende O Lorde almyghty as to our duety belōgeth For thankes gyuynge a prayer Psalm 66. WOnderfull are thy workes O Lorde amonges the chyldren of men Lo thou turnest the see into drye lande that the beleuers maye passe through the waters of tribulacions wyth myrth and ioye whyche they haue conceaued of the. Thou haste drawen me euen thorowe fyre and water thou hast loded me wyth afflicciō O lorde brynge me agayne into fulnes of ioye that I maye gyue the due thankes lyke as in the poynte of necessitie thou hast promysed I wyll tell euery body what benefites and goodnes thou hast heaped vpon me wythout my deserte to thyntēt other may be moued in lyke case to setle thēselues in y e w c sure full truste when they be greuouslye oppressed Repell not my humble requestes o my god nether yet chaūge thyne accustomed goodnes for thy names sake Amen For the lyght and blessynge of Christ. Psalm 67. THy mercy and blessynge moost myghty god we craue and requyre of the full instantly Let thy countenaunce shyne on vs haue cōpassion vpon vs that here in earth we maye fynde out the waye whych leadeth vnto the and maye attayne thy saluacion amōges the Gentyls O that al peoples wolde cōfesse the wyth louyng hertes for the manyfold benefytes and pleasures which they haue receaued at thy handes whyche wyth iustice doest gouerne men arte theyr leader vpon earth Poure downe Lorde thy goodnes so shal the
earth yelde vnto the glorye and prayse and vnto vs frutes for our foode and sustenaūce Thou God the father blesse vs thou God the sōne blesse vs thou god y e holy goost blesse vs. O y t all the costes of the earth Lorde God wolde feare stāde in awe of the. Wolde God also that I mought studye to worke nomā eyther pleasure or displeasure y t shulde be agaynst thy wyll Amen For consolacion and concorde of Christes church Psalm 68. ARyse Lorde let thyne enemyes be scattered thy haters put to flyght the ryghtuouse and Christes disciples made pleasaūt and mery Let them synge prayses pleasaunt songes vnto the let them blowe abrode thy magnificēce let thē most hyghly auaūce thy Maiestye let thy glorye growe let the kyngdome of Christ from heauen amonge y e chosen be enlarged be thou the father of the fatherlesse the iudge of the wydowes and the protectour of them namely whom the worlde forsaketh whose consciences be troubled whome the worlde pursueth for Christes sake whych be nedye wrapped full of myserye In thy house O Lorde let vs dwel in peace and concorde gyue vs al one herte one mynde one interpretacion vpō thy worde Plucke of the bādes aswell from the consciences as from the bodyes of the myserable captyues and of them also whych as yet be hedged in wythin the lystes of death vnaduisedly striue agaynst grace How drye Lorde is thyne heritage I pray the poure downe largely the showres of thy graces let a more plenteous frutfulnes chaūce let thy people be strengthened with spirite Graunt vs Lorde thy worde aboūdaūtly so as there may be many preachers of thy Gospell whych maye wythin themselues holyly cōspyre Let thy churche the spouse of Christ deale large spoyles of the cōquered Satā All that beleue in the by Christe O Lorde God of helth mought lyfte the vp wyth prayses mought renoume the and extol the. We be entred into the viage of saluacion conduyte vs luckely vnto y e porte that beynge delyuered by the from the very death we may escape and come to the very lyfe Fynysh y e thynge thou haste begonne in vs make vs encrease frō faith to faith Leaue vs not to oure owne wyll choyse for it is slyppery and readye to fall To the thunderboltes of thy worde put violēce y t we may gyue y e glorye to the all only Gyue to thy people courage and power to wythstande synne and to obey thy worde in all thynges O Lorde God moste glorious and excellēt ouer al. Amē In persecucion Psal. 69. O god succour me for I am drowned wyth the surges waues of aduersities I am without al helpes Helpe me my lorde Iesu Christ which ones not wyth lyke but with passyng greater myseries wast pressed and dyddest paye that whyche thou neuer owedest dyddest restore that wherof thou neuer was wrōge doer thou redemedst the synnes of all men for whych Lorde I styll cōtinually thanke the. Moost mylde tender Lorde Iesu Christ rydde me of thys distresse for thy passion and deathes sake Lorde of strength let them not be shamed whyche wyth a certayne and sure hope seke for the. In tyme conuenient I make my prayers O Lorde vnto the. Accordynge to thy bountyfull mercy and trouth of thy promyse succoure me Rydde me out of these strayghtes heare me for surely thy tendernes gētle herte towardes synners is very pleasaunt Turne thy face vnto me euen of thy depe clemēcy and pety whych can neuer be spent nor wasted hyde not thy countenaūce from me whych am thyne humble liege seruaunt for certes I am excedynge carefull and all full of wauerynge and perplexitie wherfore I besech y e vouchsaue to receaue spedely my hūble peticions ioyne wyth my soule O Lorde my Sauiour and defensour at the leste for myne enemyes sake whych be so extreme cōtrary both agaynst the and me alwayes ready to worke vs al kyndes of displeasure Truely I am at thys present succourles wythout comforte and full of anguysh Oh God most mercyful let thy sauyng helpe fense me And thā I make a vowe I shall not cease to magnify to brute to extolle and glorifye thy name wyth hygh prayses I shal serue the wyth ernest thankes gyuyng to thintent that other folke beynge brought in to the lyke mysery maye learne to flee for succours vnto the to seke fynde the whych arte the onely lyfe and relief of oure hertes It is thou who knoweth not that hearest the poore thou doest not despyse the oppressed and prisoners Succour the Christian churche buylde it so that full many may inhabyte it whyche loue thy holy name Amen A prayer of the church of Christ. Psalm 70. COme helpe me at ones Lorde Let them departe wyth shame and reproche whyche wyshe me all myschief they that ymagen dayly lye in wayte to brynge me to vtter destrucciō Agayne let them reioyse whych seke the and desyre my edificacion and furtheraunce let them alway say Praysed be God on hygh Howe impotent and myserable am I O Lorde Make hast O my god vnto me stande at myne elbowe assyste me and delyuer me Lynger no longer but wyth all hast and expediciō come helpe me O Lorde and my God Amen A prayer of the faythfull in aduersyte Psalm 71. AL myne hope and hole affiaūce moost pytyfull Lorde haue I caste on the let me be nomore I praye y e shaken of for that were sore to my rebuke shame amōges myn enemyes Delyuer succour me of thy iustice Bow downe thyne eares to me marke my supplicacion more attentyfly more surely then I my selfe can conceaue or vtter it and of thy botōles mercy help me Be thou to me a shoteanker and sure refuge let me wade hēce vnto the for I am rounde aboute beset on euery syde with euels I know thou wylt helpe me because thou haste promysed to assyste all that call vpon the. Thou alone assuredly art my fortresse and defence out of y e vngodly mens hādes therfore rescue me lorde my god Euen from my chyldhode thou hast ben the author and foundour of my hope my solace sauetie euen from the tyme that my mother bare me thou hast kept me O Lorde thou arte myne only glorye assuraunce My mouth mought euen flowe and runne full of thys thy glory Caste me not away from the in thys myne infirmitie and weaknes forsake me not thou though the strength ether of my bodye or of my soule forsake me Go not farre awaye moost mercyful father from me Make quycke spede to ayde and succoure me for constantly I abyde and tary for the only By reason wherof I shall not stynte to increase daye by daye thy prayses styll readye to declare and set forthe euen to all the worlde thy ryghtuousnes and saluacion knowynge certaynlye that thou arte styll present and at hande wyth me in all myne aduersities and mysfortunes wyth thy heauenly grace to helpe
wyth remembraunce of all good workes prouyd that we thus beynge planted in thy house maye so sprynge and floryshe as do the palmes and cedre trees in mount Libane Amen Of Christes kyngdome Psalm 93 LOrde thou art our kynge thou hast taken vpon the all power myght and honoure be thou chiefe mayster in our hertes brynge the deuell downe Chase farre from vs the worlde synne death and hel what so euer our olde Adam hath heretofore possessed by any tytle or clayme Cancell and stryke out the rygoure of the lawe by the bloude of Christe thy sonne O Lorde let the streames of thyne holy goost braste forthe on vs and that wyth a great sounde noyse muche stronger then the ragynge waues of worldly wysedome chefe schoolmayster of fleshly truste affiance Thyne holy worde which is Christes gospel myght ouercome and throwe downe to the groūde all fleshly wysdome that all men maye gyue credence to thy scripture for it is true iuste and certaine Let vs be founde ryghteous and holy in thy house Amen Agaynst false preachers of the lawe Psalm 94. GOd syth punyshment vengeaūce is thyne shew thy selfe aryse thou whych arte the ryghteous iudge of the world delyuer vs from these malicious enemies Lord how longe shall they triūphe how longe I saye shall they thus scornefully spyt at thy ryghteousnes how lōge shall they thus lyke tyrauntes entreate thy people I beseche the ones at laste make an ende of thys our trouble and affliccion Lorde be thou our schoolmayster Happy is he doubtles that maye be taught corrected at thyne hande wherfore let vs knowe the. In thys tyme of aduersitie graūt vs pacience dryue not thy people from the forsake not thyne enheritaūce let thy iudgemēte be sette vp agayne that we maye followe it alwaye wyth an vpryght herte Refresh vs thorowe thy comforte in our trouble And god be our defence and our sauegarde Amen For the schoolers of fayth Psalm 95. HOwe glad shal we be to thāke the we that setle oure selues in the how greatly shal we reioyse as many of vs as knowlege our selfes to be of thy schole our trust helth arte thou take vs to thy proteccion that we may be thy people and thy shepe to be fed at thyne handes and on thy pastures Make the beames of thy beneuolence to shyne on vs so worke in vs that oure hertes be neuer stubburne agaynst the voyce of thy worde nor that we be founde at any tyme vnbeleuynge but that we may entre into thy rest both here and els where thorowe Christ oure captayne and myghty shepherde For the same Psal. 96. PUt a new songe into our mouth that as new men we may synge vnto the and worthely auaunce thy Sauiour Iesus Christ by whome wonderfully thou hast wrought our health To the wyth the same Christ id due all honoure prayse and glory for thou through hym gouernest thy people in trouth Amen For to loue Christ and to be glad in hym Psal. 102. LOrde Iesu Christe our kynge graunte vs grace that euer we may be iocunde and mery in the for thou arte exalted aboue all other goddes in euery lande defende oure soules that we may euermore loue the and hate that euell is Preserue vs from the handes of the wycked sprynge thou that art the true lyght into our hertes let vs reioyce in the that sauest and iustifiest vs. Then shall we continually synge prayses to thy name geuynge thankes for benefytes and gyftes taken of the. A commune prayer to Christ. Psalm 118. GRaunte vs swete Lorde Iesu Christe that we as newe men may geue the new thākes in spirite for doubtles thou hast wrought wōderfull feates thou haste delyuered thy selfe in peryls thou hast raysed thy selfe from death euen by thy heauenly power Thyne health and sauynge power be knowen abrode to the worlde thy ryghteousnes be spred forthe to all sortes of men for therby only we be taken for ryghteous persons in thy syght Remember O Lorde thy gracious fauoure and promyse towarde vs to thintēt all the worlde maye approue the prayse the extol the and gyue the cōtinuall thankes Amen For Christes kyngdome Psal. 99. LOrde thou surely art the kynge though the wicked Iewes and Pharisees neuer so proudly deny y e thou allone gouernest the consciences and hertes of men and makeste vs ryghtuouse euen of thy mere grace by oure fayth and belefe only Thou furtherest thou settest alofte those that beleue in the and agayne thou pardonest none that despyse the thou alone gyuest righteousnes and iudgement wherby we be allowed and coūted good Encrease thā O Lorde our fayth defende and delyuer vs from the hole route of our enemyes and from all our anguysh and tribulacion So be it swete Sauiour Iesu Christ. For the true seruyes of God Psalm 100. LOrde God take thou yet mercy on vs graunt vs thy grace so as we maye be glad and fresh in spirite to serue the purely syncerely hertely but not to the boastyng and settynge forth of our owne selues in mens eyes Declare thy selfe to be a frende to vs thy propre people sore oppressed and the forsaken shepe of thy folde stablysh thy goodnes and trouth on vs o lorde for euer Amen To be new and goostly persons Psalm 101. LOrde so shape and renewe vs that we may alway walke afore the in an innocente and pure herte that we maye interpryse none euel that we maye hate the breach of thy commaundemētes that we cleue to no man y t hath a malicious herte nor that we rayle agaynste no man with despytful wordes and that we haue no proude lokes or couetous herte nor that we do any euell what so euer it be but that we maye loue euery one another wyth pure herte kyndled wyth a feruente zele to set forth the glory of thy name Amen The prayer of the synner knowlegynge hys owne synnes Psal. 102. LOrde heare my lowly prayer let my crye come vnto thyne eares In this tyme of aduersite hyde not thy face bow downe thyn eare when I call on the. Heare me quyckely I praye the for loo my dayes vanish as doth the smoke I am O Lorde a silly poore catyffe nought can do On what syde so euer I tourne me anone I mete with thy iudgemētes w t dispayre No wher I fynde any gentlenes fauour or helpe Men be displeased with me bicause I can not follow their appetites nor brooke them I am as a Pellicane in wyldernesse Beholde I haue no taste neyther in meate nor drynke so sore am I charmed with thy wrathe and displeasure I was of this opinion y t I thought y u tokeste myne enemyes part agaynst me so luckely after theyr hartes lust al aduersitie cam vpō me euery one euyl in others necke My dayes slyde away as doth the shadow but thou Lorde art for euer No doubte thy memorial cōtinueth world wyth out ende Tokens ther be excedyng many on euery syde whych may put vs
in mynde of the for thou shewest vs a proue of thy goodnes mercye by thy creatures by scriptures by miracles but chefely by our sauiour Lord Iesu Christ thyn anoynted wherfor yf he fayle me in peryls vtterly am I lost Aryse Lorde haue mercy on thy churche haue pytie on me whych am a sely meÌ„ber of christê body for surely I am an outcast euery where It is tyme o lord to shewe coÌ„passion Now I saye it is tyme to shewe vs thy mercy o lorde Herken thaÌ„ to our praier despise it not Lo I am a miserable pÌ„soner hear therfore my gronynges delyuer me and then w t great thankes I shall not stynt to glorifye and blase thy name In thassemblie of all people shall I in ful large and goodly wise make reaporte of the. O Lord my god plucke me not hence sodeÌ„ly but in the myddes of my dayes let me remember myne ende lest by my soden departure frome this lyfe I be depriued of that euerlastyng lyfe Be therfore mercyfull to me euen for thyne holy names sake Amen A prayer to cast of the olde man Psalm 103. LOrde it is semely that my soule shulde prayse y e and all y e myght that is in me shuld magnify thy holy name for the great benefites and louynge kindnes whiche thou haste done vnto me Pardon Lorde my wyckednes heale y e reÌ„nauntes of syn whych as yet be in this my corrupte nature delyuer my lyfe from death kepe me well fensed from myne enemyes in peryls in death and in hel Enuiron me with goodnes and mercye that I maye be stronge agaynst synne death the deuell agaynst al the force of myne aduersaries Fyl my mouth wyth goodes profytable both to body and sprete yea though al the world be agaynst me yet staÌ„de thou on my syde Let me waxe yoÌ„ge thorowe coÌ„forte of thyne holy goost Make me couragious and bolde in al that good is O Lorde of thy iudgement ryghtuousnes and mercye helpe all those that suffer wronge LoÌ„ge forbeare vs in our synnes punyshe vs not longe though we haue deserued it be not euer more angry nor let not our innumerable sinnes suffer theyr worthy punyshmeÌ„t but remoue them farre awaye from vs. Be oure father take vs in the nomber of thy chyldren Oh howe frayle a worke be we euen verye dust and ashes oure dayes be as the floure in the felde Lorde teach vs to fear the so as we may performe thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes the condicions of thy couenauÌ„t Thy goodnes be euermore wyth vs present delyuer vs swete Lorde from all euyll Amen That God may be knowen by hys creatures psalm 104. GEue me thys grace O Lorde that with my hole body soule wyth my hole myght and spirite I maye alway prayse the by the knowlege and belefe of thy heaueÌ„ly predestinacion made in Christe Iesu by a wonderous workmanshyppe of all thynges in heauen in earth in the see and that by consyderyng the nature of all thynges I may be rauyshed eueÌ„ vnto the y e maker of them and that here vpon I may be encoraged to trust vnto y e in al thynges so as I maye be well assured to receaue al coÌ„modities at thyne haÌ„des both these that I already haue and that I maye haue in tyme to come what thynge so euer I shal staÌ„de in nede of Surely at thyne haÌ„de loke al beastes for theyr fode euery one in hys due tyme. Al thynges wyl go to nought yf thou turne thy face awaye To the therfore be prayse and glory for euer Amen To knowe Christ. Psalm 105. THorow thy bouÌ„teous goodnes let vs coÌ„tinually blowe abrode thy prayses Graunt vs only to call on thy name let vs remember thy moost famous dedes let vs talke of reason of them so that in the onelye we may reioyse for in the euermore we be glad we serche the beleue the yea and to the onely we praye and thorowe thy power we be conserued At all tymes therfore let vs remembrynge thy benefites be not churlish nor ingrate vnto the o Lorde syth y u w t infinite benefites endowest both vs and the hole worlde Amen In peryls for helpe Psalm 106. TO thy goodnes euermore we gyue thaÌ„kes Lorde besechyng the also that we maye do iustice and iudgement Graunt vs alwaye to feare the to geue credite vnto the to trust fastly vnto the. Remember vs lyke as thou art wonte to be fauourable vnto thy people Uisyte vs wyth thy sauynge health for bothe we oure fathers haue sore synned we haue done wickedly and vngodly And nowe for oure synnes we be brought low and made euen the driuels of y e worlde But O Lorde loke vpon our nede heare our playnte remember vs for that couenauntes sake whych thou madest wyth vs. Haue remorse at lengthe of thys affliction and trouble sente froÌ„ the as thou arte most meke and mercyful take awaye thys scourge shewe thy selfe frendfull Let thy mercy defeÌ„de vs from oure enemyes helpe vs Lorde our God that we maye geue true and moost deserued thankes to thyne holy name Praysed be thou o Lorde God for euer Amen For comforte good officers and faythfull ministers of Goddes worde Psalm 107. THy goodnes Lorde God hath none ende ofteÌ„tymes thou hast redemed delyuered and rescued thy people of Israel forth of a thousand dauÌ„gers euen as ofteÌ„ as they cryed vnto the though theyr synnes were neuer so great O Lorde haue mercy on me for I am in great daunger Trustynge vpoÌ„ thyne infinite goodnes I cal to the heare me helpe me spedely for thyne holy names sake Brynge me from thys blacke darknes brast asonder my bondes sende vnto me thy worde whereby thou madest all thynges and relieue me thy poore wretch O Lord sende geÌ„tell Prynces and such as be diligeÌ„t in theyr authoritie and office in asmuch as they do that pleaseth the in nothynge swarue froÌ„ thy wayes Saue me from myserye and vtter dammage Make me also haue delite and pleasure in thy workes and that by vnderstandynge thyne vnspeakable goodnes I maye be thorowly gladde at myne herte for euer more haue I full good cause to prayse thy goodnes and to rendre due thankes vnto thy godly Maiestye So I haue moste gentel and benigne Lorde To be raunsomed and delyuered from bondage of conscience Psalm 108. LOrde god almyghty myne hert is at thys present season ready to synge prayses vnto the to reÌ„der vnto the most worthy thaÌ„kes Only I desyre the thou wol vouchsaue to deliuer me froÌ„ these greuous peryls in whych I am now wrapped Surmount Lorde aboue the heauens spreade thy glory ouer al the earth Shewe thy louynge kyndnes auaunce thy trouthe so hyghe that it may reach vnto the heauens Helpe me thorowe thy ryght hande ayde assyste me for surely al maÌ„nes helpe is but vayne Let me be stronge in the and for thy names sake o lorde brynge downe myne enemyes naye thy enemyes rather and make them to stoupe
for truely so we haue in commaūdement of the where as yet the encrease and furtheraunce of oure labours to the mayntenaunce of oure lyuynge whyle we be in thys body we loke for at thyne handes and not by our owne paynes takynge Take awaye Lorde al couetyse and vayne studye of ryches frō our hertes Let vs be founde lyke vnto the arrowes shot from a bowe euen ernestly bent and constant in thy worde Let oure quyuers and hert strynges be foūde full of hote and feruent zeale alway by peticiō shotynge vnto the so that in face of oure enemyes we neuer be steyned wyth any blot of reproche To be blessed of the Lorde Psalm 128. GEue vs grace swete Lorde to feare the to walke in thy waies and fotesteppes and well to prosper in our iorney Moreouer vouchsaue to blesse vs and all thynges belongynge vnto vs so as we also maye se many children of fayth and peace in Israel Amen For defence agaynst our enemyes Psal. 129. LOrde many ther be that cōspire agaynst vs full many that inuade vs that make hurly burlies amōge vs and fyersly assault vs but suffer them not to preuayle neyther to haue y e vpperhande on vs O our moost mercyfull God cut a sonder theyr ropes and snares Let them returne with shame as many as work vs any trouble but blesse thou vs O Lord for thyne holy names sake Amen For the troubled conscience Psalm 130. LOrde I crye vnto y t euē in myddes of al my troubles Wherfor I besech the mercyfull Lorde heare my voyce Bow downe thyne eares vnto my pyteous cōplaynt yf thou laye to our charge our horrible innumerable faultes who shal escape or go quyte whan thou shalt syt as iudge who shal be able to holde plee with the yea who is he that shal not be forced vnto vtter despayre Truly then shulde we all peryshe Thys notwythstādyng ther is yet in thyne handes Lorde both power and also a good wyll to forgeue vs oure synnes which thyng I know thou wolt do yf it were but to perfourme thy promyse made by thy sonne Christe our Lorde and prest who assuredly hath payed a sufficient raūsome for oure synnes euen the mooste deare sacrifice of his owne bodye to thintente y u mightest be our soueraygne Lorde God and y t we myght knolege our synnes and make sute vnto y e for pardon therof Lorde graūt me to wayte for thy gracious pardon longe to trust hange on the euen so longe tyll at length thou dispetche me as my truste is in thy promise From daysprynge to daysprynge diligently I wayte Lorde our god without dout thy mercy is great great pardō styl remaineth in thyn handes yea thy mercy can neuer be spēt Agayn thy promises can not be vndone nor made voyde Delyuer me then pluck from me this incommodite other casualtyes of this wretched lyfe Preserue all true Israelites in spirite I meane al the beleuers in y e frō these remnauntes of synnes naturally buddyng forth of our harte Defende vs also from all aduersities of flesh O Lorde of thy moost gracious clemencye mercye and pytye Amen For the auoydyng of spirituall pryde Psalm 131. SUffer not my harte to swell in pryde nor myne eyes to shew any proude lokes that I take not to much vpon me neyther arrogantly auaunce my selfe aboue Christe our heade but make y t I maye gredyly couet to haue good sauoure in thy worde only as much as thou shalte vouchsaue to open vnto me And in case thou wythholdest the mylke of cōforte whych streameth frō Christe wel vnderstanded and knowen yet let vs not Lorde despayre but truste wyth a quyet herte alway vpon the. So be it To obteyne Christes benefites Psalm 132 THou son of Dauid Iesu Christ arise take seasin of thy resting place which I beseche y e it may be amonges vs for asmoche as by thy promyse we be entytled recognised to be thy court and dwellyng place God thy father which can not deceyue hath made vs an ernest promise confirming also the same by his solemne othe that thou shuldest be our sauiour maynteynour and defēsour Truly it is not possible for hym to go backe and not to stande by his worde yea euen nowe hathe he suche is his fidelitie performed it in dede and what so euer helth he hath sent vs the same also hath he confirmed by sure and substantiall witnes aswell of his owne word as of his sacramētes Thou also most deare Lorde Iesu hast forther promised y t thou wolt abyde wyth vs euen vntyl the worldes ende This thy worde is oure assured ioye and comfort for we know that euermore sythens thy deathe and bodylye departyng thou art thobteyner of our remission and pardon wherfore O moste gracious Lorde through thy fauour and in the let vs fynd mercy and that for euer In al our workes and procedynges prosper vs saue vs fyll vs with ioye Thyne halowynge mought shyne clere vpon vs thy kyngdome and crown abyde with vs and in thy peax euermore preserue vs. Amen For Christiane charite and cōmunion of sayntes Psalm 133. INspire vs ī suche wise O Lord y t as most louynge brethren quietly and peaciably we may dwell to gether in thyne house Brynge to passe I saye that by true and faythfull loue we maye be ioyned and fastened euery one to other as membres of Christes body Thyne oyle of hallowynge I meane euen thyne holy goost mought waxe hote and fragrant amonges vs vpon vs let fall thy dewe of blessynge the plentyfull encrease of all thynges bothe bodely and goostly to thintent accordynge vnto thy moost fre promyse we may obteyne euerlastynge lyfe For continuaunce of grace Psal. 134. GRaunte vs thy seruauntes alwaye to auaunce y e our Lorde in thyne house to walke vpryghte wythout blemish or cause of reproch yea in our trouble and affliccion to lyfte vp innocente and pure handes vnto the prayenge on thys maner vnto the. Blesse vs O God for thou arte the maker of heauen and earth Amen A generall prayer of Christians for helpe from God Psalm 135 DYspose our hertes Lorde that we thy seruaūtes may worthely prayse and lyfte vp thy name for we knowe thou arte gentyll meke mercyfull free Thy name is gracious frendfull and ryght amyable to all that cal on the in tyme of theyr aduersite of thy mere goodnes thou hast chosen vs to be thyne owne seuerall people Thou alone arte the great very God thou madest both heauen and earth euen accordynge to thyn owne pleasure thou dealtest thy benefytes and gyftes of grace to euery one of them namely to thy electe chosen euen agaynst Satan and the hole kyngdome of y e vngodly Wherfore Lorde let the remembraunce prayse of thy name euermore be feruent amonges vs. Reason thou debate thou iuge thou thy peoples cause surely they suffer passynge great wronges But stande thou I say good gracious Lorde vnto thy seruauntes be mercyful to them
Ryd them frō theyr greuouse daungers so as in moost large wyse thou mayst be bruted and auaūced in Sion and in thyne holy Hierusalem Amen A prayer to put God in mynde of hys accustomed goodnes Psal. 136. MOost gentell Lorde thy goodnes and mercy surely abydeth for euer though we neuer so muche fall and vanyshe awaye thy grace doth nothynge wydder nor decaye Thys thy grace O Lorde by many tokens and proues thou hast plentyfully declared vnto vs euē from the begynnyng of the worlde And euen nowe at thys daye doest thou not ceasse largely to hepe these thy manyfolde benefytes on vs Stablysh therfore thy goodnes and aboūdaūt grace towarde vs O Lorde wyth no sodē displeasure turne not away from vs. But be thou mercyful and tender vpon our myserie And from oure enemyes and all aduersitie for thyne euerlastynge goodnes sake defende vs O Lorde Amen For the captiues vnder Antichrist Psalm 137. LOrde we be refuse personnes brought vnder captiuite thralle and bonde vnder the power of thyn aduersary And yet thys our lamentable and pyteous complaynt thou semest not to ponder thou regardest not oure supplicacion and that not wythout good cause for we graunte we haue trespased heinously against the. Howbeit syth the vngodly thus laugh vs to scorne condemnynge the songes that we synge the and y e prayses that we geue the yea y e word also that we preach of the O Lorde I beseche the shewe some proufe of thy selfe declare thy name power amōges those thy spyteful enemies Brynge downe Antichristes kyngdome w t all hys vngodly sectes for surely ouerlonge it hath oppressed vs yea and at thys daye it styll letteth and holdeth vnderfote very many whyche els spedelye wolde haue runne to the kyngdome of fredome Pull it therfore downe O Lorde wyth al hys stōblynge blockes euell exāples croked doctrine neuer suffer it to recouer agayne Than shall we beynge quyetly set at rest serue y e euen wyth herte al our lyues longe For delyueraunce in peryls Psalm 138. LOrde let me fele by experience how good thou arte and howe trustye Delyuer me euē to make thy promyse good than shall I neuer cease to thanke the wyth all myne herte and to magnify thy moost glorious name for by thy open worde thou haste made it excedynge glorious beyonde all other thynges Certes my god and father vpon the do I call Gyue my soule perfyte strength in suche wyse as I maye set forth and blowe abrode thy prayses to the hygh auauncement of thy name Cause thou O my God that all kyngdomes of the earthe maye heare thy worde maye walke in thy wayes Hallowe thy name blowe abrode thyne excellent glory Graūt to gouernours and other in authoritie this grace that they may knowlege the to be aboue them all Lorde loke vpon y e lowly hertes that thou mayst promote them Marke well the proude hertes afarre from the to thintent thou mayst brynge them lowe and cast them forth of thy presence In this straight saue my lyfe strengthē thyne hāde agaynst myne enemyes and take my part agaynst them Lorde thy goodnes is euerlastynge cast not away thyne owne hādyworke haue pytie on me helpe me Plucke me forth of these peryls for thyne holy names sake For denyenge of thy selfe and holly to yelde the vnto Christ. Psalm 139. LOrde thou knowest me so well as any man doth els lo I and all that euer I haue be holly in thy handes Thou madest me thou fashionedst me thou hast endowed me wyth all thynges necessary euen frō my byrth vnto thys daye I can not prayse ynough thy wonderous prouision thus practised amonges all creatures it is more then is possible for man ones to conceyue it in hys thought What other thynge doest thou requyre of vs than to yelde vp oure selfe wyth all that is ours vnto the I meane holly to resigne vnto thy pleasure all that belonge to the necessary reliefe eyther of bodye or of soule and the same agayne hūbly to requyre at thyne handes for Christ Iesus sake Wherfore my God I besech the for thyne holy names sake take charge of me Graūte me constantly to trust on the vtterly refusyng my selfe so as in al peryls I sue for no help but onely at thyne handes lyke as thou haste in ryght large maner made me a promyse of the same Make a tryal of me proue myne harte Take from me all euyll thoughtes disceyt double dealyng and lyes thus shalt y u cleane purge myne harte mercyfullye leade me on the waye of perpetuall felicite Agaynst the enemyes of Christes trouth Psalm 140. Delyuer me O Lorde frome the vngodly and styfe necked personnes for thou seest howe in theyr hartes they ymagē mischeue haue greate pleasure to pycke quarels theyr tonges be more sharpe then any adders styng And vnder theyr lyppes lurketh poysone of adders But O mercyfull Lorde let me not fall in theyr handes that they handle me not after theyr owne luste Thou only arte my God thou must heare my pyteous playnte Lorde y t rulest al to gether y t arte the strēgth and power of my defēce be thou as a sallet on my heade when so euer y e vngodlye shall assaulte me neyther suffre thou y e wycked thus to prosper in theyr matters Encrease not theyr croked and malicious stomackes leste they take harte of grayse spytefully reuile the. Loke vpon thy poore wretches cause and rydde me out of these dayly greuaunces then shall I wyth a ryghte vp harte and pleasaunt countenaunce extoll and magnifie thy name Amen To kepe thy tonge and to eschewe the infection of the worlde Psalm 141. TO the I crye O Lorde heare me spedely let my prayer be as a swete taste and sauoure in thy presence and the lyftynge vp of myne handes as an euenynge sacrifice Lorde set a watch about my mouth kepe my lyppes my tong also that they speake nothyng amisse as do y e vngodly but that they call purely syncerelye vpon the and reporte thy worthy prayses Bow not myn hart to luste after euell nor to folowe the fashion of y e wycked and abominable synners leste I happen to cloke my wyckednes wyth other synnes as hypocrites do Let me not lyue as they wolde haue me do but rather as it shall beste please the. Let me not approue neyther theyr counsels nor theyr dedes though they cast neuer so goodly a shewe fayre face to the worlde Let me not herkē to the tyessynges and swete beytes of the vngodly whych counsayle me to fylthy vnclene thynges but rather let me gyue good eare to y e rightuouse and godlye man thoughe he sharply correct and chyde me let me alwaye haue a readye eye towarde the only in the to trust and to apply my selfe vnto the. Cast not away my soule neyther suffer thou it to perish Kepe me that I be not tangled with the snares of the vngodly and from the priuie trappes of
malicious persons saue me Defende me Lorde thorowe thy grace only for in al our deuyses and workes can nothynge be founde sure for vs to trust vpon The prayer of any captiue accordynge to the forme of Dauid whan he was hyd in the caue Psal. 142. WIth my voyce I crye to the afore the I open my lamentations in thy bosome I disclose the secret word of myne hart my dolours and greafes I shewe vnto y e. Myne harte is almooste lyke to braste so greate is my discomfyture Thou knowest all my fashions O Lorde and thou seeste wel ynough how the vngodlye haue layed theyr snares for me Lo I caste myne eye on thys syde and y t syde aswel on my frēdes as on my kynsfolkes but all in vayne none of them all helpeth me And agayne I can not rūne away I am so laden and ouercharged w t yrons O Lorde my maker and father nowe vnto the I crye y u arte my only shoteanker defēce helpe Thou art my portion and herytage in all contreyes yea I haue none other possession but the onely To the therfore I stycke altogether knowynge certaynly that so nothyng can go amysse wyth me Consyder then my lamentable complaynt beholde how I am lowe brought From the cruel pursuers which be much more of power then I am defēde me Delyuer me from thys prison and horrible feare of synne and death that I maye set out thy name All the holy ones aswell Angels as men make sute for me desyrynge the for my cōforte They shal not cease vntyl they obteyne theyr request I meane vntyl thou forgyue me my synnes and sende me comforte in thys distresse wyth pacience and longe sufferynge This ones obteyned the godly shal flocke about me and shall not stynte to gyue the thākes whā they se that y u ryddest me forth of these daūgers to y e hygh prayse of thy name Lorde be mercyfull vnto vs take part w t vs then shall we for euer lyfte vp magnifie thy glorious name Amē In greate trouble of conscience Psalm 134. LOrde heare my prayer receyue my supplication herken to my playnt for thy ryghtuousnes Trye not the lawe with thy seruaunt for truely then shall no lyuyng man be founde vngyltie yea not one of thy sayntes shulde escape quyte at thy barre oneles thou graunte hym thy gracious pardon in so muche euen the very starres be not pure faultlesse afore the. In the angels thou foundest synne Now myne enemies hūte for my soule they beate dryue it downe they thrust it into darke doūgeons where felons conuict cōdemned to death were wonte to be kepte My spirite is sorowfull my herte is heuy sad wythin my brest To the I holde vp my handes requyrynge the of mercy for lyke as y e drye grounde longeth for a shoure of rayne so my soule thinketh longe tyl it haue thyne helpe and succour Heare me spedely yf y u do not I am in despayre My spirite is al wery of thys bondage I haue byd my lyfe farewel Wherfore O god hyde not thy face y t I be not lyke vnto those that be hurled into the pytte of damnacion After thys nyght of myserye ouerpassed let the pleasaūt morning of cōforte luckely shyne on me that by tyme I maye heare and fele thy goodnes for in the is all my truste Poynte me the waye that I shall walke in for yf y u be not my guyde I muste nedes wander and straye out of the waye To the Lorde I lyfte vp my soule and that wyth al myne harte I besech the take me forth of myne enemyes handes Thou onelye arte my succour and sauegarde Teache me to worke what so euer shall be thy pleasure for thou arte my God Let thy good spirite conduyte me into the lyuyng lande encourage my spirite for thy names sake Forth of these troubles for thy ryghtuousnes delyuer me Destroy myne enemyes as thou arte gracious and fauourable towarde me Those that woll worke me sorowe and greife plucke forth of the way for I am thy seruaūt for thy sake suffer I all thys hurly burly As thou art God so helpe thou me To be exempt from thys worlde thorowe the spirite Psalm 144. FOr all thy benefytes we shall auaunce the wyth prayse and glorye for euer O Lorde our God namely syth thou hast kepte vs in thy fayth in the cōfession of thy worde Thys goodnes O Lorde continue thou styl in me encrease strengthē thou my fayth euery daye more and more Compel my flesh thorowe thy spirite to hys bounden duetye and obedience Be thou my defence my buckler bulwarke rescuer and raunsomer Lorde bow downe the heuēs come downe put forth thyne hāde from aboue to drawe me from these depe waters frō the cruelty of these boystouse straūgers who be none of thy chyldren Delyuer me and wyth all myne herte I shall synge the a new songe render y e new thankes And herof I am right wel assured y t I cā lacke no goodnes o lorde God yf I haue the my gracious Lorde and defender Of the kyngdome of God and that Christ maye dwell in our hertes by fayth Psal. 145. I Wyl exalt the my soueraigne O God prayse thy name for euer I shall reporte thy wonderful prayses from tyme to tyme for thou arte of great power worthy to be praysed neyther can any man attayne to the knowlege of thy moost excellent maiestye Thy workes shal be spokē of for euer I meane thy endles power thy myracles and glory in that thou hast done to vs thy pore folkes manyfolde and boūteous benefites onely of thy mere loue fauoure mercye longe forbearynge and ryghteousnes In all thy dedes the holy persons shall prayse the for euer specially for the magnificence of thy power royal and for that power which thou practisest to the subduynge of all thynges for oure sauegarde and lyfe Thy mercy excedeth al thyne other workes In wordes that thou promysest thou arte trusty and true and in all thy workes ryght holy Lorde haue mercy on me and be my father for Iesus Christ sake bow to my peticion for thyne endles mercy fidelite holynesse Lorde gouerne my herte I am weake but make me stronge I am spente and decayed but make me lustye agayne I am pyned and famyshed but fede thou me wyth thy goodnes O herdman and nurse of all thynges lyuynge which of thy mere goodnes fyllest al creatures that haue lyfe in them whyche in all thy doynges dealest ryghteously wyth all myne herte O Lorde I call on the be at hande be my ioye and comforte accordynge to thy promyse Preserue me alway frō the snares and trappes of Satan that I be not wronge led but that my mouth maye continually brute thy prayses and gyue worthy thankes vnto thy name For lyberty of fayth Psalm 146. MY soule what so euer thynge is in me shal prayse auaunce thy name o Lorde god God be thou my
make to thy selfe any graueÌ„ Image nor any lykenes of any thynge y t is in heueÌ„ aboue or in erth beneth nor in y e water vnder the erth thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them Thou shalt not take y e name of thy Lorde God in vayne Remember that thou kepe holy the Sabboth daye Honour thy father and thy mother Thou shalt do no murther Thou shalt not coÌ„myt adultery Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neyghbour Thou shalte not desyre thy neyghbours house thou shalte not desyre thy neyghboures wyfe nor hys seruauÌ„t nor hys mayde nor hys Oxe nor hys Asse nor any thynge that is thy neyghboures FINIS THE PRINCIPAL PRAYERS OF the BYBLE moste necessary for christen men gathered out by RICHARD TAVERNER The prayer of Moises to the Lorde for the synnes of the people Exod. 32. LOrde why hoyleth thy wrath againste thy people whome thou haste brought forth of the laÌ„d of Egypte that is to wete out of y e captiuitie and boÌ„dage of the deuil Let not these EgyptiaÌ„s I meane these vngodly and deuelishe persons say God dealeth craftely with them euen to rydde theÌ„ out of the world Let thy wrath be asswaged ouerthe wyckednesse of thy people Amen An other prayer of Moses to the some entente Exod 32. OH this people haue synned an heynouse syn and haue made theÌ„ golden goddes Eyther forgyue them this offense or els wipe me out of this boke whiche thou hast written Amen For the synne of the people grudging agaynste god a prayer of Moses Num. 14. THe Lorde is pacient and ful of mercy bearing awaye synne trespase and leauyng none gyltles Thou doest visite the vnrighteousnes of the fathers vpon the children eueÌ„ to y e thyrde and fourthe kyndred Forgyue I beseche the the synne of thê thy people accordiÌ„g to thy great mercy as thou haste bene mercifull vnto them commyng out of Egypt euen vnto this place An other of Moses Aaron for the people Num. 16. MOst myghty god of spirites of all flesh Wilte y u for the syn of one be wroth with al the multitude For the stubbernes of the people the true pÌ„acher on this wyse as Moses dyd may make his prayer vnto god Deut. 9. DEstroye not Lord thy people enheritauÌ„ce whom thou haste deliuered through thy greatnes and whom thou hast brought out of the Egypt of this worlde RemeÌ„bre thy seruauntes Abraham Isaac Iacob loke not vnto the stubbernes of this people neither to theyr wyckednes and offeÌ„ses for it is thyne owne people and enheritauÌ„ce which thou hast chaleÌ„ged for thyne owne in thy greate myght stretched out arme Amen A prayer of Esdras for the synnes of the people 1. Esd. 9. MY God I am confounded and dare not lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the my god for our wyckednes is growen ouer oure hed and oure trespaces are waxen great vnto the heauen euen from the tyme of our fathers yea our selues also haue greuously synned vnto this daye because of our wyckednes haue we our kynges and preestes bene delyuered into the hand of the kinges of the nacioÌ„s into the swerde into captiuitie into spoyle and into confusion of face as it is come to passe this daye But nowe is there a lytle and sodayne graciousnes come from the Lorde our God so that some of vs are escaped to thinteÌ„te he may gyue vs his peace in his holy place that our God maye lyght our eyes and gyue vs a lytle lyfe in our bondage For we are bonde men yet our god hath not forsaken vs in our boÌ„dage but hath inclined mercy vnto vs in the syght of the hethen kynges y t he shulde gyue vs lyfe promote the house of our God and so set vp the desolacion therof and gyue vs an hedge iÌ„ Iuda and Hierusalem And nowe O our God what shall we say after this for we haue forsaken thy coÌ„maundementes which thou hast commaunded by thy seruauntes Prophetes and sayde The lande wherevnto ye go to possesse it is an vncleane lande throughe the fylthynes of the people of the landes in their abominacioÌ„s wherewith they haue made it full of vnclennes on euery syde Therfore shall ye not gyue youre doughters vnto their sonnes and their doughters shal ye not take vnto youre sonnes seke not their peace and wealth for euer that ye maye be stronge and enioy the good in the lande and that ye your children maye haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore And after al this that is come vpoÌ„ vs because of our most naughty dedes and our greate trespace thou our god hast spared our wyckednesse hast gyueÌ„ vs a deliueraunce as it is come to passe this day to y e entente we shuld not turne backe and let go thy commaundementes neyther be ioyned iÌ„ matrimony with the people of these abominacions Wilte thou then be wroth at vs tyl we be vtterly consumed so that nothinge remayne and tyll there be no delyuerauÌ„ce O lord of Israel thou art righteous for we remayne yet escaped as it is this day Behold in thy presence are we iÌ„ our trespace for herevpon is there no standinge before the. The prayer of Nehemias for the synnes of the people before the Lord. Nehem. 1. O Lorde God of heaueÌ„ y u greate terrible God thou that kepest couenaunte and mercy with them that loue the and kepe thy coÌ„maundementes let thyne eares harken thyne eyes be open that thou mayst heare y e prayer of thy seruauÌ„t which I praye nowe before the day and night for the children of Israel thy seruauntes and knowledge the synnes of y e chyldreÌ„ of Israel which we haue coÌ„mitted agaynst the. And I and my fathers haue sinned also we haue bene led out of the waye by vanities iÌ„ that we haue not kept thy coÌ„maundementes statutes lawes which thou commaundedst thy seruaunt Moses And they are thy seruauntes thy people whome thou hast delyuered through thy greate power and myghty hand I beseche the lorde let thyne eare bowe downe to the prayer of thy seruauÌ„tê whose desire is to feare thy name Amen A confession and solemne prayer of the leuites and of the church for synnes with a rehersal of the benefytes of God 2. Esd. 9. LOrd thou alone hast made heauen and the heauen of heauens with all their companye the earth all that is therupon the see and all that is coÌ„teyned therin thou gyuest lyfe vnto all and the host of heauen bowe them selues vnto the. Thou art the Lorde god that didest chose Abraham foundest his hert faythfull before the and madeste a couenaunt with him to gyue hym his sede the land of the Cananites Hethytes Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Gergesites And thou madest good thy wordes for thou art righteous and dydest consydre the mysery of oure fathers in Egypte herdest their coÌ„playnte by the redde see and shewedst tokens wonders vpon Pharao and on al
and othe that is written in the lawe of Moses the seruaūte of god against whome we haue offended is poured vpō vs. And he hath performed his wordes which he spake agaynst vs and agaynste oure iudges that iudged vs to brynge vpon vs suche a plage as neuer was vnder heauen lyke as it is nowe come to passe in Ierusalem yea all this plage as is writen in the law of Moses is come vpō vs. Yet we neuer made any supplicacion before the o lorde that we myght tourne agayn from our wickednes and thinke vpon thy trouth Therfore hath the lorde made hast to bring this plage vpon vs for the lord our god is ryghtwyse in all his workes which he doth for we wolde not harken to his voyce And nowe O lorde oure god thou that with a myghty hand hast brought thy people oute of Egypte to get thy selfe a name as thou hast at this daye we haue synned O lorde and done wickedly agaynst all thy rightousnesse Let thy wrothfull displeasure be tourned awaye I beseche the frome vs for through the haynouse offēce of vs and oure forefathers is thy churche abhorred of all them that are aboute vs. Now therfore O our god heare the prayer of thy seruaūte let thy face shyne ouer thy Sanctuary y t lyeth wast O my god bowe downe thyne eare herken at least for thyne owne sake open thyn eyes and see howe we be spoyled for we do not cast our prayers before the in our owne ryghtousnes but only in thy greate mercyes O lorde heare O lorde forgyue O lorde consydre tary not ouer longe but for thyne owne sake do it PRAYERS IN TYME OF ADVERSITIE AND FOR A MANS OVVNE SYNNES A prayer and an open confession of the people of Israel to be delyuered from their ennemy Iudic. 10. WE haue synned agaynste the for we haue forsaken our own god haue seruyd Baalym Lorde we haue synned do thou vnto vs what so euer please the and delyuer vs only at this tyme. Amen In warres agaynst Turkes and inuadours the prayer of kynge Asa. 2. Paral 14. LOrde it is all one with the to helpe them that haue no power with fewe or with many Helpe vs o lorde our god for we truste to the in thy name be we come agaynste this multitude Thou arte the lorde oure God let no man preuayle against the. Amen If god sende the trouble eyther for a punyshment of thy synnes or to proue thy pacyence therwith praye thus Tobia 3. O Lorde thou arte rightous and all thy iudgementes are true yea all thy wayes are mercy faythfulnes and iudgemente And nowe o lorde be myndefull of me and take no vengeaunce on my synnes neyther remēbre my mysdedes neyther the mysdedes of my elders for we haue not bene obedient vnto thy cōmaūdementes therfore are we spoyled brought in to captiuitie in to death into derision and shame vnto all nacyons And nowe O lorde thy iudgementes are great for we haue not done according to thy commaūdementes neyther haue we walked innocētly before the. Wherfore now o lorde deale with me accordinge to thy wyll and commaunde my spirite to be receyued in peace for more expedient were it for me to dye then to lyue The prayer of Manasses kynge of Iuda when he was in pryson for remission of synnes and for gods fauour and delyueraunce 2. Paral. 36. O Lord almyghty god of our fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob and of the ryghteouse sede of them which hast made heauen and earth with all the ornament therof which haste ordeyned the see by the worde of thy cōmaundement which haste shut vp the depe haste sealed it for thy fearfull laudable name drad of all men honorable before the face of thy vertue the fearse anger of thy threteninge is aboue measur heuy to synners But the mercy of thy promesse is greate vnserchable for thou art the lorde god most hyghe aboue al the earth longe sufferinge and excedynge mercyfull sory for the malyce of men I haue prouoked thyne anger haue done euyl before the in cōmitting abominacyons multiplieng of offences And now I bow y e knees of my hart requiringe goodnes of the o lorde I haue synned lorde I haue synned and knowe my wyckednes I desire the by prayer o lorde forgyue me O lorde forgyue me and destroye me not with myn iniquities neyther do thou alwaye remembre my euels to punyshe thē but saue me which am vnworthy after thy greate mercye I wyll prayse the euerlastingly all the dayes of my lyfe for all y e vertue of heauen prayseth the vnto the belongeth glorye worlde without ende Amen The prayer of Mardocheus in the pursute of Haman whome the byshop of Rome at thys daye resembleth Hester 15. O Lorde thou valyaunt myghty kynge for all thinges are in thy power yf thou wilt help and delyuer Israel ther is no mā can with stande the for thou hast made both heauen and earth thou arte lorde of all and there is none can resist the o lorde Thou knowest al thou wotest lorde it was neyther of malyce ne of presumption neyther for any desire of glory y t I wolde not bowe downe my self and worship the most proud Haman for I wolde gladlye yf it might haue tourned Israel to good haue kyste euen his fotesteppes but I feared leste I shulde haue gyuen Gods glorye vnto a man because I wolde worship none but only the. Wherfore O Lorde thou God and kynge haue mercy on thy people for they ymagen howe to brynge vs to nought yea their desire is full set to destroye and ouerthrowe the people that haue euer bene thyne Oh despise not thin own good which thou hast delyuered and brought forth of Egypte euen for thyne owne cause Heare my prayer be mercyful to thy people whome thou haste chosen for an heritage to thy selfe Tourne our complaynte and sorowe into ioye so as we maye lyue o lorde and prayse thy name O Lorde suffer not the mouthes of them that prayse the to be destroyed The oration and blessing of Iob in his most greuous aduersitie and losse of goodes Iob. 1. NAked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shall I retourne agayn The lorde gaue and the Lorde hath taken away as it hath pleased the lorde so is it done Nowe blessed be the name of the lorde Amen A prayer that we may be deliuered frome our aduersaries Esai 37. O Lorde of hoostes thou god of Israell which sittest vpon cherubin thou arte the god alone of al the kyngdomes of the worlde thou only hast created heauen and earth Enclyne thyne eare Lorde and consyder open thyne eyes and se delyuer vs from the hande of our aduersaries to thintēt all the kyngdomes of the earthe maye knowe that thou only art the lorde Amen The prayer of Esaye when the people were sore plaged Esaye 65.64 LOke downe frome heauen and beholde the dwellynge place of thy sanctuary and thy
and will deuyde the spoyle I will satisfye my lust vpon them I will draw my swerde myn hande shall destroy them But thou bluest with thy breth and the see couered them they sanke as leade in the mighty waters Who is lyke vnto the o lorde amonges the goddes who is lyke the so glorious in holynes fearfull laudable and whiche shewest wonders Thou stretchedst thy right hande and the earth swalowed them with mercy thou caryedst thy people whiche thou delyueredst and broughtest them with thy strength vnto thy holy lande The nacions hearde and were afrayde panges came vpon the Philestines Then the Dukes of the Edomites were amased and tremblynge came vpon the myghtyest of the Moabytes all the inhabitauntes of Canaan waxed faynte harted Let feare drede fall vpon them throughe the greatnesse of thyne arme whyle thy people passe thoroughe O Lorde Brynge them in and plante them in the moūtaynes of thyn enheritaūce the place lord which thou hast made to dwell in the sanctuary lord which thy hādes haue prepared The lorde raygne euer alwaye For Pharao went on horseback with his charettes horsemen into the see and the lorde broughte the waters of the see vpon thē But the children of Israel went on drye lande through the see Anna thankyng the lord for his benefyte on this maner syngeth to god 1. Kynges 2. MY herte reioyseth in the lorde myne horne is hygh in the lord and my mouthe is wyde open ouer myne ennemyes for I reioyce in thy sauinge There is none so holye as thou o lorde no there is none saue thou Neyther is ther any strengthe lyke vnto our God Talke not to moche proudely let olde thinges departe oute of your mouthes for the lorde is god of knowledge and iudgeth the thoughtes The bowes of the stronge are broken the weake be endued with strength They that of late were full haue let forth them selues for bred but the hongry be satisfyed in so moche the baren hathe borne seuen and she that had many childern is waxed feble The lorde kylleth quickeneth agayn he bringeth downe to hell and fetteth vp agayne The lorde maketh poore and maketh rych bryngeth lowe and heueth vp on hyghe he rayseth vp the poore out of the dust and lyfteth vp the beggar frome the dongehyll to set hym amonge princes and make him holde the seate of glory For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes he hath set the rounde worlde vpon thē He wil kepe the fete of his sayntes but the wycked shall kepe sylēce in darkenes For noman in his owne myght shall be stronge The lordes aduersaries shall be made to feare him and out of heauen he shal thunder vpon them The lorde shall iudge the costes of the worlde shal gyue myght vnto his kinge and exalte the horne of his Christ. Amen A songe that Dauid sounge vnto the lorde in the day that the lorde delyuered him out of the hande of his enemyes 2. Reg. 22. THe lorde is my rocke my castle and my delyuerer God is my strengthe and in him woll I truste my shylde and the horne that defendeth me myne hyghe holde and refuge O my sauyoure saue me from wronge I wyll prayse call on the Lorde and so shall I be saued from my enemyes for the waues of death haue closed me about and the floudes of Beliall haue feared me the cordes of hell haue compased me about and the snares of deathe haue ouertakē me In my tribulacion I called to the lord cryed to my god and he herde my voyce out of hys temple and my crye entred in to his eares The earth trembled quoke and the fundations of heauen moued shoke because he was angrye Smoke wēt out of his nosethrylles consumyng fyre out of his mouth that coales were kyndled of it he bowed the heauen and came downe darknes was vnderneth hys fete And he rode vpon Cherub flewe and appeared vpon the winges of the wynde and he made darkenesse a tabernacle round about him with water gathered together in thycke cloudes Of y e bryghtnes that was before him coles were set on fyre The Lorde thundred from heauen the most hyghe put out his voyce he shot arowes scattered them hurled lyghtenynge and turmoyled them The botom of the See appered the foundations of the worlde were sene by reason of the rebuking of the lorde and thorough blastinge of the breth of his nosethrylles he sent frome aboue and fet me plucked me oute of myghtye waters He delyuered me from my myghty enemye and from them that hated me were to stronge for me When they had compased me in the daye of my tribulation the lorde stayed me vp and brought me out into roumth delyuered me bycause he delyted in me The lorde rewarded me accordynge to my ryghteousnes and according to the purenesse of my handes he dealt with me For I kept y e wayes of the lorde and dyd no wickednes nor forsoke my God But I had all his lawes in my syght and turned my face from none of his ordinaunces I was pure vnto him warde and kepte my selfe from wickednes y e Lorde dyd to me againe accordynge to my ryghtuousnesse after my purenesse that I had in his syght With y e holy thou shalte be holy and with the man that is vncorrupte thou shalt be vncorrupt with the pure thou shalt be pure with the froward thou shalt be froward also Certaynely the people that are in aduersitie thou shalt help and on the proud shalt thou cast thyn eyes Thou art my lyght O lord and the lorde shall lyghten my darkenesse Loo with thyn helpe I wil run thorough an host of men by the ayde of my god I wil spryng ouer a wal The waye of god is vndefyled and the word of the lord fyned as golde and he is a shylde to al that trust in him Who is a god saue the lorde who myghty saue our god God is my strength in warre and ryddeth the waye before me He maketh my fete as swyft as an hyndes and setteth my fete fast vpon my holde He teacheth my handes to fyght that a bowe of brasse is to weake for myne arme And thou hast saued me with thy shylde and kepest me for euer in mekenes Thou madest me rowme to walke in that my fete shulde not stumble I followed myne enemyes and destroyed them and turned not agayne vntyll I had consumed thē I wasted them and so clouted them that they coulde in no wyse aryse but fell vnderneth my fete Thou compasedest me aboute with myght to batell and madest them that rose agaynst me to stoupe vnder me Thou madeste myne ennemyes to tourne their backes to me and them that hated me I destroyed them They loked for helpe but none cam to saue them vnto the lord they cryed but he herde them not The lorde mought lyue and blessed be he my strēgth exalted be
glorye Howe is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercyes thy louyng kyndnes will not be entreated of vs yet arte thou our father Abrahā knewe vs not neyther was Israell acquaynted with vs. But thou Lorde arte our father and redemer and thy name is euerlastyng O lorde wherfore haste thou led vs out of thy way Wherfore hast thou hardened our hertes that we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake whiche be of the generacion of thyne heritage Thy people hath hadde but lytle of thy sanctuary in possession for our enemyes haue taken it in And we are become euen as we were at the beginning what tyme we were not vnder thy dominion nor called on thy name O that y u woldest cleaue y e heauē in sonder come downe that the mountaynes myght melt a way at thy presence lyke as an hote fyre and that the malicious myght boyle as the water dothe vpon the fyre wherby thy name myght be knowen amonges thyne enemyes and that the panyms might tremble before y e that y u myghtest come downe wyth thy wonderous strange workes thā shuld the hylles melt at thy p̄sence for sythens the begynnynge of the world was none except thou o god y t harde or perceyued neyther hathe any eye sene what y u doste for them that put theyr trust in the. Thou helpest him that dothe ryghte withe cherefulnes and them that thynke vpon thy wayes But lo thou arte angry for we haue synned and haue bene euer in sinne yea there is not one hole we are all as an vncleane thynge and al our ryghtuousnesses are as clothes stayned with y e floures of a woman we fal eueryone as the leafe for our synners cary vs awaye as the wynde There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that stādeth vp to take holde by the. Therfore hydest thou thy face from vs and cōsumest vs because of our synnes But nowe o lorde thou that art our father we ar the clay thou arte oure potter and we are all the worke of thy handes Be not to sore displeased o lorde and kepe not our offences to long in thy remēbraunce but consydre that we all are thy people The cyties of thy sanctuarye lye wast Syon is a wyldernes and Ierusalem a deserte Oure holy house whiche is our beuty wheare our fathers praysed y t is brente vp yea all our commodities and pleasures are wasted away wilt y u not be ētreated Lorde for all this wylt thou holde thy peax scourge vs so sore An other prayer of Hieremye Hierem. 17. HEale me o lorde and I shal be hole saue thou me and I shall be saued for thou arte my prayse Be not thou terrible vnto me O Lorde for thou arte he in whome I hope whē I am in peryl Let my persecuters be confounded but not me let them be afrayed not me Thou shalt brynge vpon them the fyme to their plage and shalt destroye them ryght sore Amen An other prayer of Hieremye Hier. 31. O lorde thou hast chastened me thy chastenynge haue I receyued as an vntamed calfe Conuerte thou me and I shall be conuerted for thou arte my lorde God for as sone as thou tournedst me I repented my self And when I vnderstode I smote vpon my thyghe I confessed and was ashamed because I suffred reproche of my youthe A prayer of Hieremye vnder the person of Christ which euery Christen maye saye in tyme of aduersitie Lamenta 3. THou haste herde my voyce O lorde and haste not tourned awaye thyne eares from my sighyng and cryeng Thou haste approched nere me when I called vpon the hast sayde feare not Thou O lord haste maynteyned the quarell of my soule and haste redemed my lyfe O lord thou hast sene my blasphemers take thou my quarell vpon y e. Thou haste well considered howe they go about to do me harme and that all their counsayles are agaynste me Thou haste herde their dispytefull wordes o lord yea and al their imaginacions agaynste me Thou seyst also their syttynge downe and their rysynge vp they make their songes of nothinge but of me Rewarde them o lorde accordinge to the workes of their handes Gyue them the thinge y t their owne herte is afrayd of euen thy curse Persecute them o Lorde with thyne indignacion and rote thē out frō vnder y e heauē Amē The prayer of Iudas Machabeus when he shuld encountre with his ennemyes 1. Machab. 4. BLessed arte thou o sauyoure of Israell whych dydest destroye the violent power of the gyaunt in the hande of thy seruaunt Dauid gauest the host of the heythen into y e hand of Ionathas the son of Saul his weapen bearer put this hooste nowe into the hand of thy people Israell and let them be confounded in their multitude horsemen Make them afrayde and discomfyte the boldnesse of their strength that they maye be moued throughe their destruction Caste them down through the sworde of thy louers then shall al they that knowe thy name prayse y t for euer with thākesgyuyng Amē The prayer of Nehemias for the people oppressed of the Heythen 2. Machab. 1. O Lord god maker of al thinges thou fearfull and stronge thou ryghteous and mercyfull thou that art only a gracious king only lyberal only iust almyghty and euerlastinge thou that delyuerest Israell from all trouble thou that hast chosen the fathers and haste halowed them receyuinge the offringe for the hole people of Israel preserue thyn owne porcion and halow it Gather those togither y t are scatered abroad from vs. Delyuer them that are vnder the heythens bondage loke vpon them which are despysed and abhorred that the heythen may knowe and se howe thou arte our god Punyshe them that oppresse proudlye put vs to dishonoure Amen OF THE BYBLE THANKESGYVYNges and prayses vnto God of the fathers The songe of Moses and the chyldren of Israell for their delyueraunce from Pharao Exod. 15. LEt vs singe vnto the lorde for he is become glorious the horsman he hath ouerthrowen in the se. The lord is my strength my song and is become my saluacion he is my god and I will glorifye him he is my fathers god and I wil extolle him vpon hyghe The lorde is as a stronge man of warre almyghty is his name Pharaos charettes his hoste hath he cast into the see His pyked capitaynes were drowned in the red see the depe waters haue couered them they sonk to the botome as a stone Thy hāde lorde is gloriouse in power thyne hande hath all to shaken thyne enemyes and withe thy greate glory thou hast destroyed thyne aduersaries Thou senteste forth thy wrath and it consumed thē euen as stubble with the brethe of thyn anger The water gathered togither and the floudes stode styll as a rocke and the depe water cōgeled togither in the myddest of the see The ennemye sayde I wyll folow ouertake them