and byddeth vs prayse That first and last doth vs behooue Whan thyngs be past and spent our dayes Yet laudes shall last wyth thankefull loue Alleluya In heauen aboue 1 O Prayse ye God of excellence In his respect of holynes And prayse ye hys magnifycence In fyrmament of stablenes Wyth lowlines 2 O prayse ye hym as Sauiour For his sweete actes heroycall And prayse ye hym as gouernour For his great power potentiall most principal 3 O prayse ye hym for maiesty In trompets sound effectuouse And prayse yee hys Authority In lute and harpe melodiouse most studiousâ— 4 O prayse ye hym all sapyent In Tymbrell sweete wyth daunce in quiere And prayse ye hym so prouident In fydle strâ—ung in recordere wyth harty chere 5 O prayse ye hym all bountifull In Cymbals sound out lowd in state And prayse ye him so pytyfull In Cymbals sound more mittigate Omnis Spiritus laudet Dominum Full moderate 6 Let all with breath or lyfe endued Or what with sound is fortefied Prayse out the Lord in state renewed For grace and power applied To none denyed Alleluya I chaunter cry to all you here Prayse ye the Lord with harty cheare ¶ The Collecte MOst laudable and mercifull God beyng the swete Tenor of all our harmony which doost here exercise our hartes otherwhiles wyth songes of teares and lamentations and otherwhiles of ioy and gladnes Graunte we beseche thee that after wee haue songe vp our temporall songes in praysing of thy name wee may at last bee associated to that heauenly quire aboue to behold thy glorious maiestye wyth thy saintes thorough c. FINIS ¶ Gloria Patri for diuers Metres To God on hye in vnitie agayne In Trinitie in vnitie agayne Reigne power and prayse to hym be geuen Amen As due alwayes to hym be geuen Amen To God on hye be prayse The father first of myghtâ— To Christ his sonne and their good sprite â–ª For euer due of ryght His name be blest in vnitie For euer one in Trinitie From this tyme forth as it hath bene Say we therto Amen Amen To God on hye in Trinitie In vnitie yet one agayne Reigne power praise most due to see Be alway geuen of mortall men So mought it be Say we Amen To God the father first of myght To Christ his sonne both God and Lord To God of them the holy sprite Though three yet one in iust accorde Reigne power and prayse as due by right Ascribe we all in open sight With all our might Te Deum O God we prayse the Lord most hye Which liust and reignst eternally Wâ—th hart voyce in one accorde We knowledge thee to be the Lorde And all the earth doth worship thee As Lord and God our king to be All things were made by word of thyne Thou father art of power deuine All aungels lowde to thee doth crye They laude thy name continually The heauens and all the powers therin Thy prayse to spred do neuer lynne To thee do cry the mighty sprites The Cherubins all dayes and nights And Ceraphin doth neuer cesse Thy louely laudes full out t' expresse And thus they crye in sweete accord O holy holy holy Lord Thou art of hosts the guyde and boote Thou Lord thou God of Sabbaoth Thy maiesty and power of hoste Do spred the heuens in glory most The earth is fylde with thy great fame With thy great power and gloriouse name Thapostles gard so gloriouse Extoll thy name most precious Which haue by déedes of worthinesse Set forth thy prayse and noblenes The Godly band of prophets wyse To prayse thée God they whole deuise Which haue declard thy holy will From age to age for euer still The Martyrs meeke of army stronge Which spent theyr bloud for thee so longe Do glorifye thy blessed name And prayse thee Lord thou most of fame The holy church through world so wyde Do knowledge thee the Lord and guyde They do confesse thy power and might And knowledge thee eche day and night The father God eternally Of power so great and maiestye That rulst and dwelst in heauen aboue As father God which doost vs loue The church euen so most faythfully Confesse in truth and vnitye That Tower of strength that holy one Thy honorable only sonne The holy church confesseth eke The holy sprite in fayth alyke O blessed God our harts enspyre Thou holy Ghost thou comforter Thou art O Christ of glory kyng And beame most bright so glisteringe Thy hart so kinde is knowne to all Thou diedst for man to rid his thrall Of Father God â–ª in mighty throne Thou art O Christ aye lasting sonne Begot before â–ª the worlds were made Or els of earth foundation layde When thou didst take that worke on thee Mankind to bring to liberty The Uirgines wombe thou didst accept Nor it abhordst nor it reiect When thou hadst sâ—ayne of death the darte Of Sathans power and hell the smarte The heauenly gates thou opendst free To all that did beleue on thee On Gods right hand thou sittest full nye â–ª In equall power and maiestye With father God in iust accord In heauen thou sitst O Christ our Lord. We do beleue when th' end shal be That thou shalt come in maiestye Where thou shalt sit as iudge to déeme Both quicke and dead as thee beseme Helpe thou therfore thy seruants true With thee do pray with harts moste due Which thou redemdst of hart so good With sheding out thy precious bloud Wyth thy good saynts make them to be So numbred whole in company That they may ioy in glory iust From earth from sinne â–ª most clene discust By thy good grace thy people saue O Lord theyr helpe in thee they haue They put themselfs to thy good charge O blesse thou God thyne heritage Direct thou them in thy right way And gouerne them â–ª to thée we pray And lift them vp for euer still Exalt them hye by thy good will We thee O Lord do magnify Still day by day â–ª continually As so O God most due it is We should not be therto remisse Thy worship asketh the same of vs It is so good so bounteouse Thy name to prayse we do entend For euer world withouten end This day preserue our harts within And kepe O God our soules from sinne Uouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs pure In thy good lawes â–ª our liues assure Haue mercy Lord on vs we call Haue mercy still vpon vs all Without the whych we cannot stand We clayme the strength of thy good hand Let mercy light on vs O Lord We trust in thee with one accord We do thus craue most earnestly As we do put our trust in thee In thée O Lord I haue my trust In thée my hope and helpe so iust Beholde O God I stand to thée Then let me not confounded bée ¶ The song of the three Children Quire * Prayse ye the king of kinges Blesse ye the Lorde of
holy Sprite Theyr glory lyke their maiesty All one eternall is aright The father such the sonne is such The holy gost is such a lyke The father hie the sonne euen so The holy gost vncreat eke The father god the sonne the sprite Incomprehensible they be all â–ª Eternall god eternall sonne The holy goste eterne we call Yet they not three eternals be But one they stande eternally Not three distinct in power or tyme But one all whole in vnitie The father houge of power he is The sonne the holy ghost euen so Not thrée almighties so be sayde But one almighty knowne no mo The father God the sonne is God The holy ghost euen so is God Not yet three Gods but one is God In all the world so long and broade The Father Lord the Son is Lord The holly Ghost is truely Lorde Not yet thrée Lords but one is Lord We say and singe in true accord As we ech person God and Lord Be bid by Christian truth to name Forbidden so we be by fayth thrée gods or els thrée lords to frame The Father made of none nor born Of none begotten well we know The sonne of God alone not made Nor created begotten thoughe The sprite is iust of God and so Of Christ not got proceding yet One Father so one son one sprite Not thrise in name these persons set In Trinity â–ª not one beforne Nor yet behynde more great or lesse These persons thrée all equall be Eterne a like we must confesse So that in all this vnity In trinity I say agayne The trinity in vnity We must adore as one full playne Who saued will be most rightly iuge The Trinity forsooth euen thus And helth eke aske to think the Christe Incarnate was made flesh for vs. For this is fayth both right sounde That we beleue and iust confesse That Iesus Christ the sonne of God Is God and man our Lorde no lesse Of God his substaunce God begot Before the worlde was made in sight And man he is of Maryes flesh His mother him in world so dight He perfect God and perfect man Of soule with reason most indued Of humayne flesh subsistyng is By whome our nature was renued Christ equall is in Deity To God so great his father iust Yet greater he and Christ the lesse For birth in manhoode so discust Who though he be both God man One Christ he is in déede not two To â—lesh his godhed did not chaunge But taking flesh on godhed so Of substance whole he is vnmixte By person yet he is but one As soule wyth wit and flesh one man One Christ is so both God and man Who suffred death for all our health And downe he went in sprite to Hel He did yet ryse from death agayne The thyrd day iust as scripture telth To Heuen he â—â—ied and there he sitth On gods right hand which mighty is from whence he shall return to iudge The quick and deade all right I wis And when he comth all men shal ryse In bodies dead reuiued agayne And geue they shall accompt full due of al their thoughts works so plain And they that haue done good I saye Shall enter sure to life eterne And they that haue done euill to fyre To darknes cast that is externe This is the fayth most Catholike Which any man if it mistake And faythfully doth not beleue No wight him saued once can make Veni creator COme holy Ghost eternall God Which doost from God procéede The father fyrst and eke the sonne One God as we do reade Oh visite thou our minds and harts Thy heauenly grace inspire That we in truth and godlinesse May set our whole desire Thou art O sprite the comforter In woe and hard distresse The heauenly gift of God so highe Which tongue cannot expresse Thou fountayne art and liuely spring Of ioy celestiall The fyre so bright the loue so cleare and vnction spirituall For thou in gifts art manifold Whereby Christs church doth stand And wrightst thy loue in faythfull hartes The power of God hys hand And like as thou hast promise made Thou geuest the speach of grace That through thy helpe the prayse of God May sound in euery place O holy Ghost to moue our wits Sende downe thyne heauenly light Inflame our harts our God to serue With loue both day and night Our weaknes strength confyrme vs Lord Both féeble faynt and frayle That nether flesh the world ne deuill In vs do once preuayle Put backe from vs our enemies And graunt that wée obtayne Swéete peace of hart with God and man From grudge and proude disdayne And graunt O Lord O leader sure That we by thée as guide May safe eschue the snares of sinne From thée no tyme to slyde And plenty Lord of thy good grace Graunt vs we humble pray Be thou our ioy and comforter To scape that dreadfull day Of stryfe and foule dissention O Lord dissolue the bands And knit the knot of peace and loue Through out all Christen lands Graunt vs O Lord through thée to know The Father most of might That we of his beloued sonne May sure obtayne the sight And that with perfect stable fayth We mought acknowledge thée The sprite of them â–ª of both I say One God and persons thrée Be laude to God the father hye And God his sonne prayse ye Be prayse to God the holy sprite One God in Trinity Pray we that Christ the sauiour Uouchsafe his sprite to send To all which true professe his name Till all the world doth ende THe 150. beyng the last Psalme is a serious and earnest inuitation to the prayses of God and so most agreably placed as last to knit vp the ende of all that is treated in the fiue seueral bookes of Psalmes so deuided by the Hebrues In whiche fiue bookes bee insparsed abroad matter of Prophecy of Christ and hys church of History of Doctrine of Instruction of Inuitation of Exhortation of Reformation of Insultation of Consolation of Gloriation of Inuocation of Obsecration of Meditation of Patience and such lyke So that all breath voyce and sound of worde sunge sayd or thoughte should tende wholy in the ende to prayse the Lorde whych is the first the mydst and finall worke and sacrifice wherunto all should be referred Furthermore because in rhe thyrd fourth and fifth verses onelye musicall instrumentes be recyted lest they should be but bare instrumentes wythout distinction or signification of sound in them be added for supplement the three appropriates ascribed to God in Trinitie as Power and Authoritie whereby all thynges were created and wrought Wysdome and Prouidence wherby all thynges be iustly gouerned and ruled Goodnes and Bountie wherby all thinges be preserued from whence procede all graces and giftes both bodely and ghostly Thus this Psalme whych is the last beyng conformable to that whych is the first which is also tracted by certayne Triades describyng the felicitye of man doth resemble the same
bones so broosde shall say O Lord who may in strength to thée be lyke Which sauest the poore from tyrantes swords from irefull spoylyng hym to kéepe 11 False witnes soone at me dyd ryse in wyckednes most hasty whote Of me they spurde of thynges full nyse that I knew not at all God wot 12 They dyd vnkynd reward me euill for good to them I frendly wrought To greue my soule it was theyr wyll to bryng my lyfe and dayes to nought 13 But yet I say when they were sicke in sacke cloth then I wept and mournd My soule wyth fast I humbled meke my prayer to me eftsoones retournd 14 I wept and waylde as dearest frende as any brother that they had As childe for mother doth by kynde in blacke aray I was all clad 15 But they agayne in my great euill they floct on heapes and dyd reioyce Most abiectes cam and mockt me still and I not ware in spitefull noyce 16 Wyth such lewd slaues so vyle to sée to them were scorners ioyntly knit Theyr téeth they gnast and grynd on mée as peysant mockers was be fit 17 When wylt thou set O Lord thy sight on thys my payne I dayly beare O Lord ryd me from all theyr spite from Lyons whelpes defend my deare 18 My thankes therfore I will extend when folke in place be met so most In companies as due to sende all prayse to thée in euery cost 19 Let not my foes in ire at me reioyce in quarell falsly styll For gyltles they hate me to frée wyth wynkyng eyes they mocke theyr fill 20 For why no peace in truth they speake but all do rage agaynst the meke Good men on earth they wyshe to wreke for thys in craft and guile they séeke 21 Theyr face and mouth they haue disfort at me they cry wyth fie and fie Our eye hath séene they say a sport that we wyth ryght may hym defie 22 O Lord my God this hast thou séene be not at this to dumme and still In thée thou knowst my trust hath béene depart not far from me in will 23 Ryse vp and wake in hast I say to iudge my cause in open syght My Lord and God thou canst them fray aduenge thou soone my quarell ryght 24 Oh iudge my cause as thou art wont in equall iustice Lord of thyne O Lord my God least in this bront my foes reioyce to much in fyne 25 Refrayne in tonge them thus to say there there we sée for vs inough Let them not say O Lord I pray we haue hym surely swalowd now 26 Let them féele shame and blame at full which ioye and laugh at my distresse At me who brag and boast that wull let shame and spyte them fully presse 27 Let them euen so in ioy be glad that wyshe to sée my ryght redrest To God for aye let thankes be had who wylth so kynd hys seruants rest 28 My tonge then thus shall lowd rebound thy prayse O Lord and iustice eke All day I will in perfect sound thy laude tell iust euen wéeke by wéeke ¶ The Collecte EVerlyuing God the health the stay and refuge of our soules we beseche thee to couer and arme vs wyth the helmet of hope and wyth the buckler of inuincible faythe so that we may feele thy helpe in all causes of our necessities at lengthe to be replenished wyth ioy and gladnes to magnifie thy goodnes in the churche and congregation of ryghteous christen mē and that all our lyfe long thorough Iesus Christ our Lorde c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXVI Here wycked mens delite Is paynted what it is But blyndenes deepe in open sight In vertue whole remisse 1 IN mydst of euill mans hart Hys sinne hath blynd hym so Gods feare all whole is set a part From both hys eyes ago 2 For he himselfe doth glose In hys bewitched eyes Tyll God his sinne so foule disclose Most worthy hate to ryse 3 Hys wordes of mouth be nought And kepes much guile in store To cease he biddeth hys hart and thought To worke by vertues lore 4 Shrewd turnes in irefull mood He most in bed doth muse He hold on wayes not truely good No euill déede he refuseth 5 Thy mercy Lord in heauen Yet ouer all doth spread Thy faythfull truth is daily séene The cloudes to reache in bread 6 Thy iustice Lord we sée As mountaynes ferme to rest Thy iudgements hye O secret bée Thou shalt saue man and beast 7 How worthy Lord most iust Excelth thy grace benigne As Adams flocke shall firmely trust In fence of thy good wynge 8 Of thy fat houshold store As drunken shall they bée And drinke at néede them shalt thou poure Of pleasures welles most frée 9 For thou hast well of lyfe With thée all health aboundth And Lord in thy bryght lyght so ryfe Of vs shall lyght be found 10 O draw thy mercy neare To them which loue thée then And let thy grace O Lord appeare To rightfull harted men 11 And let no foote of pryde Approche me hawtely Nor wicked hand in hate beside To moue me wretchedly 12 These workers vayne of euill In theyr owne turne be cast Repulse they haue in croked will From footyng be they past ¶ The Collecte PVrifie our hartes with thy heauenly light O mercifull God which art originall fountayne of euerlasting lyght that we maye bee fullye replenished wyth the plenteous grace of thy sweete house so to eschue all wyckednes and crafte to treade vnder our foote the vauntyng furies wherewith the men of this worlde bee caried by Sathan the Prince of the same graunt this for thy beloued sonnes sake Christe oure Lorde to whome wyth thee and the holy ghost be all honour worlde wythout ende The Argument Psalme XXXVI Here haue ye paynted beforne your eyes tweyne The restles witte of the fell wycked wyght How he careth and carkth for his lytheir gayne How he flotth aloft in hye power and myght And setth God and his hallowes all in despyte Whose cursed steps the iust makth his orison In lyfe not to tread to hys confusion MUsing vpon the variable busines That thys troubly world haunth by sea lande My hart geueth me that sinne and wyckednes Suggestth to the wycked that he may stand ▪ Wythout any feare safely of Gods hand For no feare of hym is in all hys sight Of Gods law he is bereaued the shyning lyght 2 Me fel to mynd that he wonted thus to go To flatter aye hymselfe in his own sight For sinne the venom did enchaunt hym so That in it he hase his whole delyte And thynkth in hart that all is aright But God will spye out his sinne abominable Though to the world it hath visour commendable 3 Busily in mynd I gan to reuolue His words vnrighteous and craftely layd All truth and Iustice of God to dissolue But mere deceit in hipocrisye wayghed And would not be controld of that he sayd To learne of any man he
enbrued wyth bloud hys God for grace dyd seeke 1 HAue mercy God on me I craue for thy great gentlenes Thy mercies store on me vouchsaue put out my sinfulnes 2 But washe me depe from all my sinne for déepely falne I am O clense me clere wythout wythin from synne that beastly came 3 For I confesse my wyckednes my state I fele most vyle In sight I beare my giltines it doth myne eye reuyle 4 To thée alone I trespaced I â—ind before thyne eyes That iust in word thou mightst be tryed thou iudge so pure to ryse 5 Behold in sinne I shapen was in natyue filth infect My mother me conceyud alas in sinne of Adams sect 6 But lo thou hast the truth well loued in hart alway to raigne Thys wisdome hid to few approued thou shewest to me most playne 7 Thou shalt me purge wyth Isope grene so clensd men me shall know Thou shalt me washe to be full clene more whyte than is the snow 8 Thou shalt make me much ioye to heare and rest for all my payne My shaken bones shall them besteare and ioye then once agayne 9 From my misdedes turne thou thy face I cannot say to oft From out thy bookes my gilt O rase to féele thy mercy soft 10 A puer hart make thou in me O God both good and true A rightful sprite wythin to be my soule agayne renue 11 From open sight of thy swete face O Lord reiect me not Withdraw not thou thy sprite of grace from me so desolate 12 Thy ioyfull health restore wyth all to me thus tâ—st wyth wo Wyth sprite most frée and principall strength me agayne to go 13 Then wyll I teache thy wayes for ryght to all the wycked sort That they to the conuerted quyte for comfort may resort 14 Ryd me from all bloudgiltines thou God my God of health My tonge shal sing thy ryghteousnes and iust condemne my selfe 15 O Lord my lips set open wyde in thankes to make them frée So shall my mouth on euery side geue laudes most due to thée 16 For thou regardst no sacrifice I would els geue it thée Nor yet requirst by law precise our offrings brent that bée 17 The sacrifice to God elect is iust a troubled sprite Good God thou wylt no tyme reiect a broken hart contrite 18 O shew thy grace and fauour yet to Syon Dauids throne Ierusalem â–ª that citie great build thou her wals of stone 19 Then ryghteous hostes thou shalt allow whole offrings burnt in sight Wyth sacrifice of calfe and cow they shall thyne aulters dyght ¶ The Collecte POure vpon vs O god most holy thy manifold mercies and compassions by whiche thou cleansest vs from the filthy corruption of sinne and therwyth makest our hartes cleane in thy sight we besech thee still to renue in our inward partes the gift of thy holy and principall sprite by power wherof we may glorifie thy name in this present worlde at last to come to thy heauenly Ierusalem through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme LII This Psalme inueith and is full wroth agaynst oppressours myght To Christ so Iudas fygure goth to Dauid Doegs spyte 1 WHy boast thy selfe thou tyraunt thus in malice vauntyng aye Knowst not that God is gracious to good men day by daye 2 Thy tong contriueth all crokednes of hartes aboundance great Wyth guiles it cutteth in craftines as rasour sharply whet 3 Thou malice louest aboue all good to hurt more then to helpe To hatch more lyes then truth to broode lyke Adams byrd and whelpe 4 Thou hast but loued to speake all nought that may perdition bring O thou false tong thou hast but sought deceite by flatteryng 5 Therfore shall God quite thée subuert thy house to take from thée And roote thée out all ouerwhart no lyuing land to sée 6 In seyng thys the ryghteous man shall feare and worshyp God And shall say thus to scorne hym than in Gods so heauy râ—d 7 Lo thys the man that had no lust in God hys strength to set But he in heapes of gold dyd trust by sinne hys strength he met 8 But I am lyke in God hys house a fruitfull Olyue grene In Gods good grace most piteous my trust shall aye be sene 9 I will laude thée â–ª for euer iust thy word doth neuer mis Thy name so good shall be my trust wyth good men good it is ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God which in thy power and fearefull wrath beatst downe all the vanitie of the worlde and spite of maÌ„s pride graunt vs so to florish as fruitfull Olyue trees in the house and congregatioÌ„ of thy people that by trust of thy name we may bee deliuered from the curse and malediction of thy wrath through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LII Thus clawbackes heare theyr shame Whom God shall once consume They Princes hartes enflame Wyth causeles ire to fume 1 WHy bragst in malice hye O thou in mischiefe stout Gods goodnes yet is nye All day to me no doubt 2 Thy tong to muse all euyll It doth it selfe inure As rasour sharpe to spill All guile it doth procure 3 Thou malice louedst to wrye Aboue all goodnes walke And more thou louest to lye Then righteousnes to talke 4 Yea loued thou hast no lesse To speake one worde for all All wordes of noughtines Thou tong in fraude most thrall 5 But God once thée shall wast Shall stroy and scrape by hand Thy tent from thée at last To roote thée out of land 6 And ryghteous men shall sée And feare therby shall take But yet at hym full frée Good laughter shall they make 7 O lo the man hymselfe That made not God hys ayde That trustd in ryches wealth Whose myght in mischiefe layde 8 But I as Olyue gréene In Gods swéete house shall lay My trust hath euer bene In Gods good grace for ay 9 I thée shall laude euen still For thys thou dydst say I Thy name to wayte I wyll For good thy sayntes it spy ¶ The Argument Psalme LIII Our natyue sinne this Psalme detecth that sinners all be we And that from grace who be reiect confounded must they be 1 THe foole haue sayd in hart euen so no God at all to bée Wherfore corrupt foule sinne they do to do good none wyll sée 2 God looked down from heauen so hye on Adams children all Some prudent man if he could spye that God would séeke or call 3 But they be all astrayd and gone abhominable made That would do good not one not one corrupt in all theyr trade 4 Know they no thyng in hart so stoure these wycked workers all My flocke as bread which do deuoure nor yet on God they call 5 They were afrayd where feare dyd lacke to shame God put them ryght Men pleasers bones God all to brake for he abhorde them quite 6 Oh that by God to Israell from Syon health were had Hys people thrall no more
the sweete And good men feele the smart 17 I doubted still tyll God I sought in hys most saintly place To note hys wont in all their endes at last of all theyr race 18 I spied thou setst theyr slipper state in brittle goodes vnclere Thou cast thē down on hed to nought yea when most hie they were 19 O how they quayld most sodenly cast down and perisht quyte For their misdéedes wyckednes to nought brought down in sight Then good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 20 As dreames so vayne do vanyshe quite from man that wakth frō slepe Theyr image Lord so shalt thou stroy thy citie not to kepe 21 Myne inward ghost sore vext it was before this case I knew It pearst my raynes and rootes of hart to note their workes vntrue 22 So fond I was and ignorant in secret workes of thée To brute beast lyke all voyde of wit so dull thy trade to sée For good thou art to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 23 But yet O lord though thus I thought I was held vp by thée My right hand yet thou heldst so vp that far I dyd not flée 24 As me thou taughtst so hence thou wylt teach me thy secret wil And after that with glory bright my soule with ioy to fill 25 For whome haue I in heauen but thée to loue or trust aright Or who in earth can health impart but thou my harts delight All good thou art to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 26 Though flesh hart here fayled me thou didst not me forsake Thou art O God my strength of hart my part thou art to take 27 For lo who far from thée do stray they perishe shall no doubt A whoryng who eke renne fro thée thou driuest them al to nought 28 But good for me by God to hold in thée O God to trust To tell thyne actes how good thou art in Syon gate full iust O good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart ¶ The Collecte GEue vs assistence of thy grace almighty father so guide our feete in meditation of thy righteous iudgementes that we slyde at no tyme or be offended by vndiscrete zele or enuy at the prosperitie of thine aduersaries eyther to misconceyue thy euerlastyng prouidence or yet to bee the slacker in the godlye wayes of thy holye testimonies so that we may alway ioyfully beare thy crosse sent vnto vs hauing thee for our lot and comfort therin and so hauyng our hartes pure in thee we maye prayse thy rightuousnes in the eternall gates of thy heauenly Hierusalem and euerlastyng habitation Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXIIII A sore complaint here may ye read Agaynst Gods foes so vayne Which Christ his worde and eke his flocke Pursue wyth myght and mayne 1 WHy art so far O God our God For euer wylt thou flée Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy shéepe Of pasture as we bee 2 O God our Lord thinke thou vpon thy congregation dere Of olde so strong possest by thée whom thou redemst so clere And thynke vpon the chosen lot of thyne inheritaunce Of Syon mount wherin thou dwelt wyth thy good ordinaunce 3 Lift vp in hast thy féete and handes confound thy foe in face How hath he stroyd thy sanctuary the seat of thy good grace Why art so far O God our God For euer wilt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 4 Thy foes dyd rore full hye in pryde in tyme of feastfull day As conquest signes in temple there theyr banners did they splay 5 Where he that once did cut and hew a beame or sparre of wood To beautifie thy temple worke was thought deuout and good 6 But now they boast and brag herein to pull all down to nought To breake with mall eke wyth are the gates of caruers wrought And yet art far O God our God For euer wilt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 7 Yea fyre and flame now haue they set vpon thy holy place They haue defylde cast to ground the house where dwelt thy grace 8 They sayd in wrath to stroy them quite let vs in one consent Gods houses thus in all the land they haue all wholy brent We now can sée no wonted signes there is no Prophet more Not one wyth vs of wisdom sage to ease our bondage sore And yet art far O God our God For euer wylt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath against thy shepe Of pasture as we be 10 How long O God shall thus in spite the aduersary brayd Thy house thy feastes thy fold deface hys brags at thée be layd How long I say shall he so mad thy holy name blaspheme For euer thus hym shall we sée thy power so lyght to deme 11 Why than O Lord hold still thy handes winkst at this his spite Thy hand draw out of bosom soone to stroy thy foes by myght Why art so far O God our God For euer wylt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy shepe Of pasture as we be 12 Yet God my kyng and Lord he is of olde in yeares now gone He health bestowd on all the earth himselfe doth it alone 13 Thou didst deuyde the sea as once by myght of thy great hand The Dragons heds thou brakest in two so drownd by sea land 14 Thou crushedst the head of Whales I say Leniathan so great For thy dere flocke thou madest hym meat which was in desert set Then why art far from vs O God For euer wilt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 15 Of stony rockes so flinty hard thou broughtst out fluds springs And so thou driedst great waters vp for all theyr gatheryngs 16 The nyght day be thine at will thou spreadst both light sunne The sunne by day to shyne so cleare by nyght to shyne the Moone 17 The costes of all the earth so wyde thou dydst them place ful due Thou summer madest and wynter both eche other right to sue And yet art far from vs O God For euer wylt thou flee Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 18 Remember this in mynd O Lord thyne emnies how they vaunt How folishly the people haue reuylde thy name a taunt 19 Geue not thy turtels sely soule to beast of cruell port Forget not aye the company of thyne afflicted sort 20 Behold thy pact ones made to vs for darkenes pestilent Is spred the earth where théeues do dwell both false and violent And yet art far from vs O God For euer wilt thou flee
agaynst vs thou seest howe weake we be of our selfe assist vs therefore O Lorde with thy godly protection to glorifye thy holy name in earth as thy holy sprites doo in heauen thorough Christ c. The Argument Psalme CIIII. This Psalme setth out for prouidence Almighty Gods magnificence His wisdome power his goodnes eke Of night of day of yere of weeke His excellence all thyng doth kepe Ì„Ì„ 1 O Prayse my soule the Lord of name O Lord my God of worthy fame Thou doost excell in dignitie Wyth honour clothd and maiestie O hym proclame Prayse his degrée 2 For he is clad most cleare wyth light As he were deckt wyth vesture bryght He spreadth the heauens as vayle most fyne Where lyeth hys grace and power deuyne O séeke hys sight To hym incline 3 The vpper heauens be so arayde Wyth waters lyke as beames be layde The cloudes he makth hys charet swift On wynde the wynges hys walke he listh O hym estéeme Expend hys gyft 5 And he doth make hys aungels sprites In wyndes and blastes to worke theyr mightes The flamyng fier is minister Whose worde to do they waite full nere O loue his lightes Trust hym intiere 6 He setteth the earth on bases sound The seas they be O wondrous ground The world to ende it shall not reale It can no change ne ruine féele O hym rebound Hys myght reueale 7 Wyth waters depe this earth was shet As it wyth coate all darke beset For once the seas as mountaynes stoode Most hye aboue as raging floud O prayse hym yet Repute hym good 7 Though thus theyr waues the waters spred At thy rebuke they swiftly fled At thy rough voyce in thunder hard They fast gaue vp their hold and warde O hym a drede His strength regard 8 The hils then hye in sight dyd mount The fieldes fell low as now they wont As them thou stowdst â–ª in most due place They stand euen so they moue no space O hym recount Extoll hys grace 9 To all thynges made thou gauest hys roume Theyr proper place not out to come Thou doost the seas in boundes repose Not backe to turne the earth to close O hym renome His hand disclose 10 He springes sendth out to floudes to grow And they in sea discharge we know Betwene the hyls they kepe their flote To fresh the earth with new gréene coate O hym betrow Hys larges note 11 All beastes of field there drynke theyr fill They séeke them néedes though fed on hill The asses wilde they slake their thirst Most dry which be so made at first O marke hys wyll His care betrift 12 Theâ—â— fetherd foules séeke harborow As nye their drinke they sit on bough Where byrdes do chirme the trées among To God theyr Lord in cherefull song O hym auow And praise hym long 13 He wetith the hyls and makth them soft From heauenly cels by dewes aloft By frutefull cloudes which wrought his hand The showers fall down to moyst the land O laud him oft Him vnderstand 14 He makth for beast the grasse to spring And herbage els for man to bryng To serue hys néede his bread to get In earth such vse in beast he set O serue this king His actes intreat 15 Whence wyne is geuen mans hart to cheare And oyle his face so bryght to cleare And bread fro thence he doth addres Mans hart to strength in stablenes O count him deare Hys laudes expresse 16 The Lordes own trées by man vntyld Wyth Sap by showers be fully fild As Ceders hye of Libanus Which he hath plant right plentuous O praise him milde His care discusse 17 In these hye trées the birdes do nest God geueth them wit to séeke theyr rest The Storkes there build and houses haue In trées of fyrre themselfe to saue O loue him best His loue ingraue 18 The mountayns hye a refuge bée For buckes and beastes of Uenerie And so the rockes all inaccesse To Conies bée theyr sikernesse O praisd be hée Hys workes confesse â—9 The moone he made for ceasons due The nyght to cleare wyth chaunges new The sunne so hye a creature Hys down fall knowth and kéepth it sure O good ensue Hym worship pure â—0 And after day thou bringst in darke So nyght comth on and blyndnes starke The Sauage beasts yet gayne therby So créepe they forth to féede full slye O note hys warke Hys reed espy 21 The Lyons whelpes most fierce they rore In rangyng long of pray the store They séeke by darke their sustenance Prepard by Gods good ordinance O hym adore Hys worke enhance 22 When sunne returnth and shewth hys rise Expellyng darke hys light surpristh These beastes by heapes then soone remoue They kepe theyr dens for lyght aboue O thys aduise Hys prudence loue 23 Thus man goth forth hys worke to do More bold that they be thus ago To tillage true he maketh hys gate And spendth hys day till it be late O stand hym to Recount thy state 24 O mighty Lord my fort and holde How be thy workes tride manifold Thou madest them all in wisdome hye Of thy great goods full therth do lygh O hym behold Hym magnify 25 The sea so houge the Ocean So large in armes and space for man Theare liuing things saunce number créepe Great beasts and small therin do kéepe O search it than This meruel seke 26 Theâ—â— ships by sayles the bilowes passe Where men transport â–ª theyr wardly trasâ—e There playth his vages Leuiathan Whom thou dydst forme to sport theran O marke this case â–ª Reuolue it man 27 All creatures of thée expect Their foode most apt for euery feet That thou shouldst geue theyr nourishment In tyme of néede most competent O hym respect To hym assent 28 When deale thou doost they gather strayt In hungers stresse themselues to bayt If thou splayst hand wyth blessyng méete With good full good they be replete O hym awayte Esteme hym swéete 29 When face thou hidest and nought doost send O then they wayle to death they bend If breath thou stopst decay they must They must returne into theyr dust O then amend Regard hym iust 30 When thou returnst thy sprite agayne New thynges by thée new breath optayne Then yerely thus thou deckst a fresh The face of earth wyth new increase O holde him fayne Hys loue possesse 31 Gods maiestie be it for aye In glory blest in all hys way The Lord shall hye reioyce in thought In all hys workes so godly wrought O soule thus pray As thou art taught 32 This God when he mans sinnes to fynde But lookth on earth it quakth and twynd When he the hyls wyth hand but touch They smoke for feare and low they couche O soule hym mynde Thy Lord auouch 33 For I will sing to thys my Lord Whyle I am here and hym record In Psaltries swéete I wyll my song To my Lord God in lyfe prolong O soule accord Performe it strong 34 My talke of hym most pleasant is
hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde 44 And last he gaue them whole the gentils landes by met They all possest for heritage for which the people swet 45 To th end that they should kepe hys statutes true and ryght That they should aye obserue his lawes prayse ye this lord of might O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde ¶ The Collecte WEe sue vnto thee most louyng Lorde besechyng thee by the power of thy name that where our fathers were conducted therby to the ministration of thy heauenlye aungels foode that thou would so vouchsaue to feede and comfort vs wyth thy misticall nourishment of thy body bloud to whome with the father and holy ghost be The Argument Psalme CVI. The Iewes which dwelt in Babilon thus sang their thankes in harte They do confesse gods onely grace they blame their owne desarte \ \ THe Lorde so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men bee then Lord teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see 1 The Lord so good with thanks confesse sing prayse laud him hie All good he is for why hys grace for euer standth full nie 2 Who fully can his power expresse wyth tong he Lord so great Or cause be harde hys prayses all who can hys grace extreat 3 Wel true men be in hart most blest who iudgemeÌ„t true performe Which worke alway that righteous is in iust and lawfull forme 4 TheÌ„ lord I craue teach me ful kind haue mind to work my welth As friendly thou thy people mindst to me resort wyth helth 5 Thy seruauntes state O Lord to sée shew me their blisse at eye â–ª That I reioyce wyth thy good folke and thanke thée ioyfully The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 6 We all to thée haue sinned sore as oft our fathers dyd We haue gone wrong and done amisse most wickedly in déede 7 Thy noble faytes in Egipt done our fathers noted seald Of thy great loues no mynd they had at red sea they rebeld 8 Yet he full kynd dyd them preserue for loue of his great name To make hys power so notable the world to feare the same 9 The sea so red he dyd rebuke then soone vp dryed it was And through great déepes he led them dry as desert men do passe 10 And he by strength defended them from aduersaries power He ryd them sure from enemies hand they could not them deuour 11 The waters depe so whelmed such as them dyd vexe and greue That none remaynd not one of them he them dyd quite remeue 12 Hys stable word they then beleued to spy theyr foes distresse And then they sung an hymne of thankes to prayse hys worthines The Lord so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 13 In their great heat though hast they made his works they soone forgot No tyme they would his counsailes byde no tary would they not 14 They fondly longd in wycked lust for meat in wyldernes â–ª They tempted God in desert hye wyth shamefull sturdines â—5 And there euen there he gaue them full their asking redily But yet theyr bane they tooke therin theyr lyues destroyd therby â—6 And Moses guide yet they prouokt with wrath in their own tentes Yea Aaron eke Gods holy priest wyth foolish brablementes 17 Wherfore in hast the earth dyd ryue swalowd Dathon quyte It couerd whole the route and band of Abyram in sight 18 The fyre froÌ„ heauen fell whote and fierce amids their company The flame dyd burne those wycked men wyth all theyr familie 19 Eftsoones as God a calfe they made at Horeb mount most fond They worshipped this molteÌ„ worke which made theyr proper hand whole 20 And thus they turnd Gods onely glore who was their worship To shap of calfe but eatyng hay which they did hye extoll 21 They God forgot and left full soone who them to grace dyd take Who wrought as god in Egipt land â–ª strange dedes for al their sake 22 Great thyngs to sée O wonderfull in land of Cham I say And thynges of power most terrible at red sea there in way 23 To stroy them he then full decréed if Moses his elect Had not in sight vp start to treate his wrath to stay vnwreckt 24 And they despisde and lightly scornd that land delicious No fayth they gaue vnto hys word but went contrarious 25 They did in hart eke grutch and moyne in all theyr tents vnkynd They heard no tyme gods holy word it was to them but wynd 26 By liftyng vp his irefull hand God sware vnto them all That he would them in wildernes destroy wyth shamefull fall 27 And that he would cast shortly out their séede where gentils byde And sparple them as runnegates in countries farly wyde 28 Yea yokt they were and knit in hart to Baal Peor fast They glad dyd eat the sacrifice to dead men which was cast 29 Thus they all out dyd him prouoke to wrath by filthy vyce So hie that néedes Gods heauy plage on them did sharply ryse 30 Then Phinées stoode vp in zeale as iudge he vengeaunce tooke And strait the plage did stay cease gods wrath so them forsooke 31 Which godly zeale reputed was to hym for righteousnes From age to age Gods prest to be wyth all hys séede no lesse 32 They also greued and angred God at waters namde of stryfe That Moses meke gate harme for them for God abridgd hys lyfe 33 For they prouokt hys gentle sprite wordes doubtfull out to lashe Wherby he spake without aduise with lips to swift and rashe The Lorde so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 34 They did not eke in warre destroy the Heathen peoples sect As God them bad most earnestly that they should them reiect 35 But myxt and ioynd they were full nye among the gentils sort And learnd their workes outragious wherof they made but sport â—6 Wherby full soone they honoured and serued theyr idols gay Which were a snare so sought by them to brede their own decay â—7 So far as blynd they doted than vnnaturall and mad That they to diuels did sacrifice their sonnes daughters glad 38 Much giltles bloud they spild shedâ— of their own childers brood To Idols slayne of Canaan the land foule staynd wyth bloud 39 Thus foule to foule with their self workes they were defild staind A whoryng far their fancies straid no fayth to God remaind 40 TheÌ„ iustly gods most dreadful wrath his own good people brent That he abhord his heritage where stoode hys regiment 41 So that he gaue them wholy vp to Gentils cruell handes That they them ruld which hated them before
in other landes 42 And then full soone theyr enemies full sore dyd them oppresse As subiectes vyle subdude they were to all their cruelnes 43 He oft in loue deliuerd them but they more oft rebeld With theyr inuentes and so for sinne they were but iustly feld 44 He yet at length hys eyes dyd cast when they in trouble grond And when he heard how painfully in wo they daily mond 45 He them agayne to mind did call his pact to them betrought He dyd repent and pitied them hys heaped grace so wrought 46 Yea more then this he made euen such to shew them pitie all Which earst full hard theÌ„ captiue held as slaues most bond shrall The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men bee then Lord teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see 47 O saue vs Lord our louyng God from Gentils vs collect Thy holy name that we may found thy laudes wyth ioy erect The gentle Lord of Israel and God wyth prayse be raysde From world to world let all men say Amen the Lord be praysde The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see The Collecte BE myndefull of vs O mercifull Lorde for the deare loue that thou bearest to thy people and discharge vs from all seruitude and bondage of sinne and saue vs by thy healthfull hande and gather vs to gether in one vnitie of sprite to glorifie thee onelye our Lorde and sauiour to whome wyth the father and the holy ghost c. ¶ The ende of the fourth booke Here beginneth the fifth Booke of Psalmes Psalme CVII ¶ The Argument This hath fiue partes distinct where diuers men be bid The Lord to prayse to preach hys power who them from perils rid ¶ The Quiere The rearefreyt of the Psalme GOd graunt that we would prayse euer agayne The Lord for hys grace so to sing in our quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so nere to all doth appeare To all doth appeare ¶ The Meane 1 O Prayse the Lord all ye Due thankes to hym extende For good he is whose gentlenes Shall last till world doth ende 2 Let them say thus in thankes who were by God made frée Whom he redéemd from cruell hand of troublous enmitie 3 And whom he gatherd nye from countries strange and wyde From East and West from North and South in citie safe to byde 4 Who wandred out of way in desertes wildernes And found no way to dwelling towne to stay in restfulnes 5 Who hunger felt and thirst nye pynde by famishment Whose hartes within dyd melt away for néedefull nourishment ¶ The Rectors 6 Who thus afflict when they did cry To God in meeke complaintes He them dyd saue most louingly From all theyr hard constrayntes 7 For he led them the way full kynde Both ryght and prosperous Wherby they dyd a citie fynde To dwell commodious ¶ The Quiere 8 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to sing in theyr quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 9 For that he refresht theyr bodely neede Where thirsty they strayd as wyth anguishe opprest Theyr soule dyd he ease of theyr hunger in speede To set them in rest wyth foode of the best ¶ The Meane 10 And they that sate in darke in deadly shadowes blacke Afflict in bondes and iron chaynes and felt all comfortes lacke 11 They thus deserud for why gods wordes they did detest The counsayles eke they did despise of all the worthiest â—2 He then brought downe their hartes wyth griefes most tedious They fell full faynt none helpyng them so far rebellious ¶ The Rectors 13 Who thus afflict when they dyd cry To God in meeke complayntes He them dyd saue most louingly From all theyr hard constrayntes 14 For he them brought from sorrowes long From darke and deadly shade He brake their bondes and fetters strong To freedome they to wade ¶ The Quiere 15 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to sing in theyr quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 16 For that he releast their burdenouse holde The gates that in brasse were inuincible fast As also the barres that in yron were folde By hym were they brast set ope at the last ¶ The Meane 17 And fooles that lewdly did by surfet foule transgres And were for al theyr sinnes afflict by sicknes fell excesse 18 Who meat in tast abhord though swéete and wholesome dyght And then came nigh to death hys gates to stop theyr breth and sight ¶ The Rectors 19 Who thus afflict whan they do crye To God in meke complayntes He them did saue most louinglye From all their hard constrayntes 20 For he then sent his worde anone He them restord by myght Wherby they scapte destruction From perill saued quite ¶ The Quiere 21 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lorde for hys grace so to sing in their quiere The wonders he doth for the childer of men Whose mercy so neare to them did appeare 22 That offer they may the sacrifice pure Iust thankes of their lippes out of hart so to rayse Hys workes to renome so the world to allure His walkes and his wayes most gladly to prayse ¶ The Meane 23 And they that enter do the sea wyth shyp and sayle To worke theyr feates in waters depe â–ª for lyfelodes great auayle 24 They sée Gods dreadfull workes in tempestes them they note His meruels eke of thynges so houge in depe also in flote 25 God speakth and strait ryse vp the wyndes of blustring stormes Which vp do hoyse the bellowes rage in gastly grisly formes 26 Theare ships rise vp to heauen agayne to deepe they fall Thus tosse in waues the mariners great feares their hartes apall 27 They to and fro be tost they réele as man full dronke Theyr arte theÌ„ faylth theyr wits be gone they fare as men but sonke ¶ The Rectors 28 Who thus afflict when they do cry To God in meke complayntes He them doth saue most louingly From all their harde constrayntes 29 For he the stormes doth calme in sea the waues he stilleth their dinne 30 Then glad are they that still they be Safe hauen he driueth them in ¶ The Quiere 31 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to syng in their quiere The wonders he doth for the childern of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 32 Hys fame to aduaunce as duely they ought Downe set as they be with the people in place To prayse hym aright for indempnitie wrought Where elders in space their courtes do embrace ¶ The Meane 33 So let men note Gods myght in dread
wrath all them confound By fearefull sound 12 He iudgement true shall exercise As iudge among the Gentile sect All places he shall full surprise Wyth bodies dead on earth proiect Abrode he shall in sunder smyte The heds of realmes that him wyll spyte Or scorne hys myght 13 Though here exilde he strayth as bond And shall in way but water drynke Of homely brooke as comth to hand Pursued to death and wysht to sinke Yet he for thys humilitie Shall lift hys head in dignitie Eternally ¶ The Collecte O Lord the eternall sonne of the father which wart begotten before the world was made and art the first of all creatures we lowly beseche thee that where by the session of the ryghte hande of thy father thou subduest thy enemies so make vs to subdue all the dominion of sinne rising against vs to be made meete to serue thee in all godlines who liuest and raignest one God wyth the father and the holy ghost Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme CXI This laudatory is and thankth Gods gentlenes Who made all thyng and vs redeemd from sinne and wretchednes 1 WIth all my hart I will the Lord commend on hye Met secretly with faythfull men in church eke openly 2 Full greate be all the factes of this hye Lord in name Most exquisite and may be found of them that loue the same 3 His déede is worthy prayse most worshipfull I say It Glory is and comlynes his iustice lasts for aye 5 Of all his wondrous workes remembraunce hath he made The Lord is good and mercifull to Israell in trade 5 For meat and spoyle he gaue to them that feard hym due So myndfull he will euer be his pact and league to sue 6 His actes great power shewd to all his peoples sight In geuing them the heritage of Gentils landes for right 7 His workes of hands be séene all truth and equytye And his precepts all faythfull be in iust confâ—rmytye 8 Upholde they stand most firme and euer wyll remayne For made they are by verytye and equytye agayne 9 He sent hys people guydes which them to fréedome lad His pact he bad should euer stand whose holy name be drad 10 The feare of God is sayd of wisdome first the way Who kéepe hys hests haue wisdome cleare whose prayse shal ner decay ¶ The Collecte GOd whose glory all thy saints most gladly delight to confesse graunt vs to haue the feare of thy holy name wherin consist the beginning of all wisdome that wee beyng enstructed in thy will and pleasure may be fedde wyth the heauenly nourishment of thy worde through Christ c. This doth recite of hym that feareth the Lorde The prayses right of hym that feareth the Lorde Whose constancy in God by faythes accorde Lyeth perfectly in God by faythes accorde Ì„Ì„ 1 THat man is blest and liueth at rest that fearth the Lord most pure Who hath delyte most exquisite to worke hys byddinges sure 2 No doubt hys séede shall firmly spéede in all felycitye These regents hye theyr progenye most blessed shall they be 3 He riches store in house the more wyth plenty shall possesse Hys righteousnes in stablenes shall last and still increase 4 And light shall spred from darknes drede to godly mens reliefe The Lord benigne aye pitiyng and iust to ease their griefe 5 This blisfull man he pitye can and lend with diligence His word and déede by wisdoms réede he rightly shall dispence 6 For moued he can neuer be Gods arme shall hym defend The iust shall sure in fame endure till all the world doth ende 7 At tydyngs euyll no tyme he wyll stand dreadfully hymselfe Hys hart for why stands stedfastly he trustth the Lord of health 8 His hart so great is stable set to feare nothyng aduerse Untyll hys eyes their lust espies on all hys foes peruerse 9 He spredth hys store he geueth the poore hys iustice yet abidth His power shal be exalted frée with glory large and wyde 10 The euyll shall sée and fret shall he shall gnash his teth and loweâ— â–ª The wicked lust of men vniust shall wast and turne full sower ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we beseech thee O God which art the light euerlasting and guyde of our hartes that we may loue and feare thee aboue all thinges to delight only in thy praise and so to deale to the necessitie of ouâ— neighbour in thys prcsent lyfe that in the next we heare not that sharpe word of reprobatioÌ„ for vnmercifulnes through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme CXIII This praisth Gods grace on hie therto it doth inuite His dignitie and prouidence it doth in part endight \ \ 1 YE seruauntes all ye children méeke prayse ye the Lorde of all Prayse ye hys name extoll ye due hys power potentiall 2 Gods worthy name be blest froÌ„ hence tyl all the world haue ende To dread and loue his power aboue God graunt we all contende 3 FroÌ„ time the Sunne doth shine in rise til downward fallth the same From East to West O blessed be the Lords swéete holy name 4 For why no fayle the Lord doth rule on Gentils all that be Yea heauens he passth in glory bright thys Lord of maiestie 5 For who is lyke this God the Lord in glory fame or power Who hath set vp himselfe aboue as chiefe and gouernour 6 And yet he bowth himselfe full low of hys great gentlenes All thynges that be in heauen and earth to sée in carefulnes 7 And he it is at will alone that liftth the poore from dust The nedy man he doth promote in dong that low was thrust 8 To make hym hye and equall sit wyth Princes rule to beare Yea that wyth Péeres of age most graue of his own people deare 9 And he alone the baren makth in fruitfull house to dwell As mother glad to ioye in babes O prayse the Lord then well ¶ The Collecte WE geue all prayse most due to thy blessed name almighty god beseching thee so to preserue vs in the lappe of thy welbeloued spouse thy church that we maye encrease and be stablished in the perpetuall knot of charitie and vnitie Thorough Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXIIII Here ioy is made that Iacobs seede Did Aegipt scape in luckie speede That led they were by Gods great might To Canaan land to them behight Ì„Ì„ 1 WHen Israell from Egipt went Where God them held in chastisment When ryd from thrall was Iacobs house Of people fierce and barbarouse 2 Then Iury land was consecrate True God to serue full dedicate Than Israell was hys Empire Hys subiect made to rule intyre 3 Which thing whan that the sea did spye She fled to sée Gods power so nye And Iordan floud reuersed was As geuyng place hys arke to passe 4 The mountaynesleapt as Rammes full light Aboue the waues th'appeard in sight The Hillockes eke did skip full glad As Lambes in grasse all fat bestad 5 What meanst thou
Who made great lightes in firmament 8 The sunne for day in regiment 9 The moone and starres on night to glent The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 10 Who Egipt smote with their first borne 11 And brought fro thence the Iewes forlorne 12 By mighty strength both night and morne The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth his mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 13 Who sea so red dyd whole deuide 14 And Iacob made through it to slide 15 But Pharo drownd his host beside The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still indure Who will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 16 Who led his flocke by wildernes 17 Who slew great kinges of Heathennes 18 The strongest kings he put to stresse The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Who will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 19 As Seons brags and Ogs despites 20 Of Basan kinges and Amorites 21.22 Whose landes he made true Iacobs rightes The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys gyod cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane Hys grace to vs doth still endure Who wyll in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 23 Who mynded vs in trouble set 24 And vs redeemd from them vs fret 25 Who heapeth all flesh with heaped met The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Who will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 26 Then prayse and thanke the God of heauen With hart with tonge with lyfe most cleane The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll styll endure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which wyll in ioy our hartes assure Rectors O thinke and thanke the Lord of Lordes His thoughtes his actes hys louely wordes The Quiere For euer standth his mercy sure To thankefull hart it wyll endure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure The Collect. BE myndfull O Lord of our misery whych art Lord of all mercye and graunte that as thou leadest the fathers into the lande of promyse so to restore vs to the heauenly land of all felicitie through Christ c. The Argument Psalm Cxxxvij When Babilon the Iewes supprest they tell how they did playne From whence well rid they her detest to wishe her spoylde agayne Ì„Ì„ 1 AT water sides of Babilon euen there we sate and wept â–ª While Syon mount â–ª we thought vpoÌ„ remembring Gods precept 2 We hong among the Salow trées our Harpes and Organs all No ioy we had with wéeping eyes to matters musicall 3 They craued of vs who thrald vs wrong Some dyties melody In scorne they sayd sing vs some song Of Syon merely 4 How can we syng sayd we agayne The Lordes swéete songes deuyne In land so strange â–ª who vs constrayne we must all mirth resigne 5 If I should thee cast out of mynde O good Ierusalem I would my hand went out of kinde to play to pleasure them 6 Yea let my tonge to palate sticke if that I minde thee not If Syons prayse I should not seeke â–ª as chiefe to ioy in that 7 The Edomits O Lord requite for Salâ—ms heauy day Who cryed wast her spoyle her in sight euen flat on ground to lay 8 O Babilon thou doughter light which waylst thy spoyling déepe Well mought he spéede that thee did quite as thou madst vs to weepe 9 And well fare him that toke thee ones which vs downe fiercely threwest Who slong thy babes agaynst the stones as ours in rage thou flewest ¶ The Collect. ALmighty God the strong deliuerer of al them that be bound in captiuity graunte vs so to rebounde thy praise in agreable consent of spiritual songs that where out lyues harts hath hetherto bene in a discord from thy holy wils and as outlawes haue wandred astraye nowe restore vs againe by thy mightye power in one vnitye to glorifye thy name throughe Christe The Argument Psalm CXXXVIII Whan Dauid skapt much wo on kynde Thus thanks to God he dyd extende So taughte by proofe he vowed in mynde That he of God would styll depende As he entendth 1 I Wyll O Lord geue thankes to thée My hart therto doth wholy bende Before the powrs as Gods they bée So sing I will my voyce to spend Els God forfend 2 I knéele to thy right regal cell To prayse thy name for truth and loue Thy word and name thou madst excell Aboue all thinges the déede doth proue As men expende 3 For this I sawe what day I cryed Thou answerdst me most louingly To my poore soule thou lentst I spyed More grace so strength to multiply Thus didst thou lende 4 All kings of earth prayse thée they must O Lord most true as right allowth When they shall here performed iust Thy word to me which spake thy mouth They will contende 5 Loe they shall sing with harts most free Of all the Lords most rightful wayes That great is God in maiesty So they his name shall euer prayse and thanks repend 6 And that the Lord though placed hye Who glory hath as God aboue Yet he the meke respecth full nye And knowth the proud from far aloofe him low to bend 7 What though I walke in midst of woe Yet wilt thou me reuiue and ease And stey by power myne Irefull foe Thy right hand strong shall me release Thy helpe to send 8 The Lord shall this performe for me That is begon to bringe to ende Thy grace benigne Lord aye shal be Thy handy woorke thou wilt not blende But still defend ¶ The collect MVltiplye thy strength in vs O Lorde and enlarge the powers of our soules ' that while we worship thee dayly in thy holy temple at the last we may glory with thy elect angels in heauen through Christe ¶ The Argument Psalm Cxxxix When Dauid mysreported was that he would Saul subuert He thus appeald to God hymself who knew hys giltles hart Ì„ 1 O God thou hast ful searcht me out Thou knowst my harte and reines Accused I am to compasse in Both king and realme wyth traynes 2 My sitting downe my rising vp my Actes thou knowest echone Thou vnderstandst my thoughts a far before I thinke them on 3 My walks thou knowst my rests steys my bed thou goest abcute Yea al my wayes thou hast contriued all sercht by the no doute 4 No secret word in all my tonge so whispered closly in But thou O Lord it knowst at whole although it make no dinne 5 For
fame For euer prayse and magnifie His blessed holy name Rectors O Angels hie of God The Lord your ornament Ye heauens so clere waters eke Aboue the firmament Quire * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O all ye powers of God Ye sunne and moone also Ye starres of heauens ye showres dewes The Lordes rough wyndes that blow Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse â–ª and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O fyre and partching heate Ye winters Sommers all Ye dewes and frostes ye frostes and cold Ye snowes and Yse that fal Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O nights and dayes so bright Ye lights and darkenes dimme Ye lightnings cloudes and earth so round Extoll and laude ye him Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie His blessed holy name Rectors O hils and mountaynes great Grene thyngs on earth that growe Ye wels and springs ye Seas and flouds And Whales in deepes by low Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O all ye fethred foules Ye beasts and herds abroade O ye the sonnes of mortall men O Israell prayse the Lord. Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify his blessed holy name Rectors O priests of God aboue And seruants true of hys Ye sprites and soules of righteous men Extoll the Lord of blisse Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify His blessed holy name Rectors O men of hart so meeke And holy soules in mynde O Anani and Azari And Miâ—aell so kynde Quiere * Prayse ye the king of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify His blessed holy name Benedictus O Blest be God of Israell The Lorde guide we know full well He visited hys people all He them by grace redéemd from thrall And raisde he hath saluation Most mighty now for vs eche one Of Dauids stocke so vertuous His seruauntes line and noble house As he dyd speake in tymes of olde By holy Prophetes mouthes so tolde Which were his will to vtter than And haue bene since the world began That we should be in fréedome quite And saued be from enmies spite To scape the handes and cruell state Of all the men that vs do hate The mercy plight to fathers sage To them performe from age to age And eke recount hys noble acte To call to minde hys sacred pacte His othe to kepe so sworne and plight To Abraham our fathers right Which he in tyme so bounteous Would iust performe and geue to vs. That we so rid from enmies handes From cruell yoke of combrous bandes Myght serue hym styll in ioyfull cheare Without all griefe all care and feare In holines and righteousnes So hym to serue in stablenes Before hym thus all voyde of strife To passe all dayes of this our life And thou good child shalt haue the name Of Prophet great most chiefe in fame For thou shalt go before Gods face To shew before hys wayes of grace To geue vnto his people sone To knowledge healthes â–ª saluation This health to shew the grace of his For all theyr faultes and sinnes remisse Through mercy great and tender loue Of God the Lord that raignes aboue Wherby the day that spring from hie Us visited so ioyfully Them lyght to geue that placed bée In darkenes great and miserie And eke in shade of death no lesse And guide our féete in wâ—yâ—s of peace ¶ Magnificat MY soule the Lord doth magnifie Who shewth his power so mightely Thus hath he done â–ª by his gret might Of onely grace that he hath plight Also my sprite both day and hower Reioyceth in God my sauiour Not me my selfe but thée O Lord I do extoll in hartes accord For he hath thus regarded mée His handmayd true of low degrée Whose poore estate and simple house He doth accept so bounteous And now behold the kyndreds all Shall me henceforth right blessed call So thou hast sayd by thy good worde As aungels voyce doth well recorde For he that is most mighty tride Hath me set vp and magnified By his good grace he doth the same For holy is his worthy name And mercy great that he doth beare Is shewd to all that do hym feare On kinredes all by him alone He helpes vs now and hearth our mone Wyth hys good arme he strength hath shewd And scattred cleane the proud and lewd In their conceiptes â–ª and fansies vayne This is our God that still doth raigne The mighty downe from seat he threw And humble hartes exalted due Thus God hath done by power so hie The worldly riche full low do lie The hungry soule he filde in all Wyth eche good thyng so liberall The riche in wealth wyth all their ray With empty handes he sent away Remembring still hys grace that fell Hys seruaunt holye good Israell Which promisd was our fathers gray And Abraham hys séede for aye Nunc dimittis LOrd now thou lettest thy seruant go To peacefull rest thou good art so Thy loue to me thou doost aforde Accordth thereto thy holy word For these my eyes saw happely Health long desird so ernestly Thy sauing health thou geuest alone My eyes haue seene saluation Which thou hast thus preparde aright Before thy flock and peoples sight Theyr eyes do sée thy loues entent And goodnes great which thou hast sent To be a light to Gentels all To lighten them that lye in thrall That thy good flock in ioy may dwell To glory great of Israell Grace before meate MOst louing Lord to thee we cry All vs to blesse our borde be nye Thy giftes to vse in this repast No spoyle to make hereof in waste And that our want while we do â—yll Our hart and tong expresse none euell Grace after meate PReserue vs Lord which all hast wrought As thou of loue vs all hast bought Refresh our soules with godly feare For these good giftes kind hart to beare Our tyme to spend ech day by day At our liues ende reioyce we may Quicunque vult WHo saued will be before all thinges He must true fayth fast hold in all which safe sound who kepth it not Without all doubt he perish shall This is the fayth calde Catholike Euen through the world full out so famde To serue one god in Trinitie In Trinitie but one so namde Confounding not theyr persons three Their substance sundred cannot be The father sonne and holy goste Be diuers yet in persons three The godhed yet of them all one Of father sonne and