Psalm all of a piece the short Psalms and here and there a longer rendred in duplicates The whole might be reduc'd to six sâ—eets Numpâ—il whereof the Hymns would with the Psalme-Hymns added make up two Te Deum is an exquisite Hymn harping all along upon Scripture and in my Translation exemplified with Scripture-proofs done at the request of one of you but there is no room for printing either it or any Psalm-Hymns till the next impression And that with your concurrence and the Company of Stationers lest any should suspect the prejudicing of their interest Thus desiring to answer your desires in all things to edification I rest Your ready servant for Jesus sake William Barton ERRATA In the second line of the last staff of the book for greater read Gentiles The rest of the faults are but literal and some of them in some Copies only p. 42 52. and 59. are miâ—figured And Hymn XCIV transposed HYMN I. ACCLAMATION of PRAISE for Babylons FALL Rev. 14. 8. 16. 5 NOw Babylon is fallen and sunk that City great in state Because she made the Nations drunk with wine adulterate And thou O Lord aâ—t righteous who art and alwaies wast And art to come most glorious for judging as thou hast 6 7. For thy Saints blood hangs on their seore thy Prophets blood they shed And blood to drink thou gavest them store as they have merited Even so Lord God omnipotent we gladly do confesse Thy judgments are most eminâ—nt â—or truth and righteousnesse 19. 3 1 7. Now Allelujah sing aloud salvation glory fame Be given to the Lord our God and honour to his Name Be glad in God for this just doom rejoyce and honour him The Marriage of the Lamb is come â—is Wife hath made her trim H. 2. ALLELVJAH for the same Give laud c. Rev. 19. 5 6 PRaise to our God proclaim O ye his Servants all And ye that fear his Name together great and small Allelu-jah For God supream with power doth reign and bears the sway 9 1 O they be ever blest that shall be cal'd unto The Lambs great Marriage Feast these are Gods words most true Allelu-jah Strength glory power and fame to our Lord God alway 2. For thou hast poured forth thy wrath on that great whore That did corrupt the earth with all her acts impure And hast this day Aveng'd the flood of thy Saints blood Allelu-jah 11. 15. The Kingdoms of this world are every one become The Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ his Son And he alway Shall reign on high with Majesty Allelu-jah H. 3. ALMS-DEEDS Isa. 32. 8. Psal. 112. 9. THe Just deviseth liberall things and by such things shall stand He hath disperst his Charity and with a liberall hand With honour and with dignity his horn shall sure be rais'd And these his Deeds of piety for ever shall be prais'd 2 Cor. 9. 6. Ecc. 11. 1. For he that soweth liberally shall gather many a heap And he that soweth sparingly but sparingly shall reap Then on the waters cast thy bread it shall not be in vain For when long time 's accomplished it shall be found again Prov. 19. 17. For he that giveth to the poor doth lend unto the Lord And trusting him he shall be sure to have it all restor'd H. 4. The Blessed DEATH Rev. 14. 13. BLessed O blessed are the dead that in the Lord do die Thus hath the Spirit witnessed and most assuredly For from their royles that were extream they are in quiet rest Their works likewise do follow them to be their true attest Isa. 57. 2. Thus shall they enter into Peace and quiet rest possesse In blessed beds each one of these that walk in uprightnesse H. 5. BLESSINGS of OBEDIENCE Prov. 3. 1 2 3 MY Sonne keep my Commandements forget not my decree For length of daies long life and peace shall these things adde to thee Then let not truth and mercy kind forsake thee and depart About thy neck my Precepts bind and write them in thy heart 4. ch. 2. 5 6 So shalt thou find a good respect and understanding then Approved in the sight of God and in the sight of men Then shalt thou understand and know his wisdome and his fear For from his mouth doth wisdom slow and he gives knowledge cleer 10 11 9 When wisdom enters in thy heart and is thy souls delight Discretion shall preserve thee then and knowledge keep thee right Then righteousnesse shall readily by thee be understood Judgment like wise and equity and every path that 's good Mat. 25. 29. Prov. 4. 18. For unto every one that hath there shall be given more And he shall have abundant grace still to encrease his store For like unto the shining light is every good mans way Which more and more shines cleer and bright unto the perfect day 2 PART Deut. 28. 1 2 3 4. If thou shalt hearken diligently to all that God commands The Lord thy God shall set thee high above all other Lands And all these blessings shall come on and overtake thee soon The blessings of the Town and Field and blessings of the Womb 5 6 27. The Lord shall bless thee mightily with fruits upon thy ground Thy Flocks of sheep shall multiply thy Cattell shall abound The Lord shall take away from thee all sicknesse and disease And lay upon thee no such Plague as did on Aegypt seize 7 12 The Lord shall smite thine enemies that rise up in thy sight One way against thee shall they rise and seven waies take their flight The Lord shall make the Heavens give rain in season on thy Land And prosper thee in all the works which thou shalt take in hand 9 1 Sam. 15. 22. The Lord shall then establish thee a people of his praise If thou shalt keep to his decree and walk in all his wayes For better is Obedience then Bullocks Goats and Lambs And hearkening to the will of God then all the fat oâ— Rammes H. 6. Blessed QVALIFICATIONS Mat. 5. 3 to the 10. BBlessed O blessed are the poor the poor I say in spirit For they shall have the Kingdom sure of Heaven to inherit And blessed they that mourn and weep for they shall meet with mirth And blessed also are the meek for theirs is all the earth Blessed are they that hunger much and thirst for righteousnesse For God shall satisfie all such with comforts that refresh And blessed are the mercifull for God will shew them grace And blessed are the pure in soul for they shall see his face Blessed are they that strive for peace to make men to accord For we must call all such as these the Children of the Lord And blessed are the sufferers for love of righteousnesse Because a Kingdom shall be theirs in heaven to possesse H. 7. CALL out of Babylon Have mercy c. Rev. 18. 4 to the 8. COme out of Babylon my people at my Call Lest for her sake ye should partake her sins
regard nor learn Religion by the same But most unjustly will transgresse Here in the Land of uprightnesse and will not see Gods Majesty But they shall see and see with shame And feel as foes thy fiery flame for envying our felicity 2 PART Isa. 16. 18 12 Lord we have been with child in vain And we have been in grievous pain and as it were brought forth the wind For by our power we have not wrought The least deliverance can be thought in all the earth in any kind Nor have the dwellers on the earth Fal'n by the power that we put forth but by thy strength are undertrod For Lord thou wilt ordain at last True Peace for us because thou hast wrought all our work in us O God 20 21. O come my people enter thou Into thy secret chambers now and shut thy doors about thee fast And hide thy self now as it were But for a little moment there untiâ—â— the wrath be overpast For lo the Lord comes from his place To punish this maâ—ignant race for wickednesse that they maintain The earth shall also now disclose The blood shed of our barbarous foes and shall no more conceal her slain H. 29. EXAMPLE of SAINTS Eph. 5 1 2. Heb. 6. 12. BRethren be followers of the Lord as Children dear and true And walk in love with one accord as Christ hath loved you And be not slack through neglâ—gence but followers of their spirit That thorow Faith and Patience the Promises inherit 13. 7. Mat. 5. 16. Whose Faith likewise do ye pursue considering the end And blessed issue whereunto their conversations tend And let your light so shine to men that your good works discri'd May cause your heavenly Father then to be much glorified H 30. EZEKIELS IN FANT. Ye Children c. Ezek. 16. 3 5 6 THus saith the Lord to Israel Thy birth and birth-place know I well of Canaans cursed land to be And in the day when thou wast born Thou wast cast out to open scorn there was no eye to pity thee And when I saw thee passing by Polluted in thy blood to lye Behold it was the time of love When in thy blood thou didstremain I said to thee and said again Live Infant now born from above 8 11 14. Then over thee my skirt I spread Thy nakednesse I covered I sware to thee and made thee mine With ornaments I did thee deck I put a chain upon thy neck And Bracelets on those hands of thine And thy renown for beauty then Went forth among the heathen men that praised it with one accord For true it was a perfect dresse Through my exceeding comelinesse which I put on thee saith the Lord H. 31. FAITH PRAISED Heb. 11. 1 2 13 FAith is the substance of those things which once we hope to get And the assured evidence of things not seen as yet By it the Elders have obtain'd a good report and fame And died boldly in this Faith before the Promise came 6. Rom. 4. 3. But without Faith and confidence for which the Scriptures call It is a thing impossible to please the Lord at all For he that comes to God must trust that God is God most high And the rewarder of them all that seek him diligently Gal. 3. 7 9. Know then that they that are of Faith are all of Abrahams seed And blest with faithfull Abraham that are of faith indeed H. 32. FAITH PROVED Jam. 2. 14 20 VVHat profit's it my Brethren dear if any person saith That he hath faith and hath not works is that a saving Faith But wilt thou know O thou vain man that faith by works unknown Is not a living faith but dead it being all alone 26. Gal. 5. 6. For as the body is but dead the which no breath supplies So Faith that is not perfected by works is dead likewise And neither circumcision availes with God above Nor yet uncircumcision but Faith that works by love H. 33. GODS Glittering SWORD Deut. 32. 39 to 43. I Kill saith God and make alive I wound and heal alone And there is none with me can strive to rescue any one For I lift up my hand on high to heaven above and say Behold I live eternally and am without decay If once my hand with judgment close and whets my glittering Sword With vengeance on my hatefull foes I 'le execute my Word I 'le make mine arrows drunk with blood my Sword shall flesh devour The slain and captives shall be food from the first on-set hour Rejoyce ye Nations with his land to whom he will be good And while his foes shall feel his hand avenge his servants blood H. 34. GOVERNMENT 2 Sam. 23. 1. Deut. 16. 20. 2 Co. 4. 4. 〈…〉 2 Chr. 19. 6. Ps. 82. 1. THe Prince that ruleth over men must be exceeding just And Goveâ—n in the fear of God that putteth him in trust Because the judgment is not mans but Gods the King of Kings Who sits among these earthly Gods to judge of all these things Rom. 13. 1. 5. 1 Tim. 2. 2. And every soul must needs submit unto the powers supream And not for wrâ—th but conscience sake be subject unto them And pray for Kings and Rulers all that we through their defence â—ay live in Peace and Godlinesse with all good conscience 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 5. 10. For we must every one appear and personally â—ome Before the judgment â—eat of Christ there to receive our doom Accordingly as every man hath in the body done And as the work is good or bad So shall his sentence run 2 PART 1 Th. 5. 12. 13. 1. Pâ— 4. 10. Obey those Rulers over you that warn you in the Lord And for their work sake prize them much that preach to you the word As each man hath receiv'd the gift let him discharge his place As good and faithfull Ministers of Gods abundant grace 1 Th. 5. â—4 2 Th. 3. 6 14. 1 Tim. 5. 22. Warn the â—â—ruly help the weak Support them lest they fall Câ—mfort the feeble minded ones be patient towards all Withdraw from the inordinate to shame them for their sin And no way be partakers of the sins that such live in Heb. 12. 15 16. 1 Cor. 14. 26 33. And let no root of bitternesse no person vain and vilde Spring up among you troubling you and many be defil'd Let all be done to edifie for God's the God of Peace In all the Churches of the Saints to make disorders cease 2 Cor. 13. 11. Rom. 13. 8. And live in Peace and Holinesse whereto ye have your call And then the God of Love and Peace shall still be with you all And owe to no man any thing but one to love another For 't is the Laws accomplishing to be a perfect Lover 2 PART Eph 6. 1 2 4. Obey your Parents in the Lord ye children as 't is fit This is the first Commandement with promise made to it Parents provoke not unto wrath your children in their youth But bring
vain delights which we our selves have serv'd 1 Pet. 2. 9. But a peculiar people now a chosen generation A royal Priest-hood are we made and call'd an holy Nation That we should shew the praises forth of him that called us From darknesse great to greater light that is most marvelous 1. 16. As he therefore that called us is holy so must they That are to his profession call'd be holy every way 2. PART Eph. 2. 11 12 19 Remember you were alâ—ens from Israels Common-wealth And strangers from the Covenants which promise saving health But now are yee that were far off made nigh by Christ his blood And fellow Citizens with Saints and of the house of God 20 21 22. Built on the sure foundation laid down in holy writ And Christ himself head corner-stone who makes the building knit In whom together built ye grow into an holy place An habitation of the Lord by his sweet spirit of grace Rom. 8. 16. Which spirit witnesseth with ours and testimony beares That we are made the sons of God and if his sons then heirs 3. PART Jam. 2. 5. 1 Cor. 1. 26 Hearken beloved brethren dear your call ye plainly see How God hath chose the poor on earth full rich in faith to be Not many mighty men are call'd not many wise and learn'd Nor yet in many noble men this calling is discern'd 27. Mat. 11. 26. But God hath chose weak foolish things and such as men despise To bring to naught and to confound the noble great and wise We thank thee Father Lord of all that hast these things conceal'd From many wiâ—e and prudent men and them to babes reveal'd 1 Cor 1 29 31. Even so O father since it was thy â—leasure and drecree That â—n thy sight no flesh on earth might glory but in thee HYMN XCIV Wisdoms EXHORTATION Have mercy Prov. 1. 20 21. LO wisdome crieth out she crieth in the streets She uttereth her zealous breath where all the concourse meets In opening of the gates of Cities populoâ—s She calls and cries with words most wise exhorting sinners thus 22 23. How long ye simple ones will ye delight in folly And scorners in so vile a sin and fools hate knowledge wholly Turn you at my reproof behold I will poure forth My Spirit to take hold on you I 'le shew you words of worth 2. PART Have mercy c. Prov. 4. 5 7 8. ch. 3. 15 17. Get wisdome O my Son with all the care thou canst She is of all things principal and most to be advanc'd Of greater price then pearls and all desired treasure Her paths and wayes have all the praise of perfect peace and pleasure 18 14 16 18. A tree of â—ife to them upon her that lay hold Her Merchandise of greater price then silver or then gold Her right hand length of dayes her left bears wealth and honour And happy he where ere he be that lays fast hold upon her HYMN XCV The whole ARMOâ—R Eph. 6. 10 13 14 BE strong my brethren in the Lord and in his powerful might Put on your soul his armour whole to make you stand in fight Stand therefore having girt your loyns with truth which ye profess And having done the brest-plate on of perfect righteousnesse 15 16 And with the preparation of the Gospel of our God The Gospel of his peace and love let both your feet be shod And chiefly take the shield of faith that so your valiant hearts May quench thereby most powerfully the wickeds fiery darts 17 18. The helmet of salvation take and that two-edged sword The sword of his good spirit it is to wit Gods holy Word And alwayes in the spirit pray with all requests and prayer And watch thereto what ere ye do with constancy and care HYMN XCVI The WILL for the DEED 2 Cor. 8. 12. Mat. 10. 42. IF there be first a willing heart the Lord the same accepts And what one hath takes in good part and pardons our defects Cold water onely one small cup to a Disciple spar'd For that names sake is sure summ'd up and shall not miss reward 20. Rom. 8. 26. Eph. 3. 20 Nor will he quench the smoking stax nor break the bruised reed Till judgement have a sure dispatch with victory to speed And though we know not how or what to pray for as we ought His spirit helps our wants in that beyond our speech or thought 21. To him in all the Church therefore be glory yet agen Through ages all for evermore by Jesus Christ Amen HYMN XCVII The WORD Preached All people c. 1 Cor. 10. 4. Heb. 4. 12. THe weapons of our warfare here have nothing carnal plac'd therein But mighty thorough God they are to pull down all strong holds of sin Gods word is such a powerful one sharper then any two edged sword It parts the marrow from the bone and is an heart-discerning word 1 Pet. 2. 2. Jam. 1. 20. Then shunning guile and malice lewd destraction and hypocrisie As babes new born desire the food of Gods pure word to grow thereby And let us set all sins apart with meekness to receive and have Gods Word ingrafted in our heart which is of power our souls to save HYMN XCVIII The WORKER of Grace 2 Cor. 3. 5. Phil. 2. 12. WE have not the susficiency and power of our own To think so much as one good thought as of our selves alone But all our whole susficiency doth of the Lord proceed Who works in us most graciously both the desire and deed Jam. 1. 17. Rom. 9. 16. For every good and perfect gift proceeds from God above With whom there is no varying nor shadow of remove It is not then of him that wills nor him that runs the race But all our good on us distils from God that sheweth grace â—ude 24 25. To God therefore the only wise our Saviour strength and stay Be Thrones Dominions Dignities for evermore we pray HYMN XCIX The World and the Church 1 Joh. 5. 19 WE know we are of God most high for we are born of him And this whole world most generally lies soaking in their sin And lo the Son of God is come and we the same have known And he hath thus instructed us to know the faithful one 20. Rev. 5. 13. And we are in him that is true in â—esus Christ his Son This is the true God known to you and endlesse life begun Blessing and power and praise therefore to him be altogether That sits upon the sacred Throne and to the Lamb for ever HYMN C. Worldly CARES forbidden Mat. 6. 31 25 32. O Take no thought solicitons what you should eat or drink And wherewithal you should be cloath'd be never toyl'd to think Is not the life much more then meat the body then the cloaths And that your need of these is great your heavenly father knows 26 28 29. The sowles that neither sow nor reap nor into barnes do gather Consider how they are supply'd by your celestial father Think how in fields the Lilies grow that neither toyle nor spin Yet made that glory no such shew that Solomon liv'd in 3â— 25. And suâ—e if God so cloath the grass cut down when at the heighth Shall he noâ— then much more cloath you O ye of little faith Take ye therefore no thoughtful care for present life I say What ye should eat or drink or wear for bodily aray 32. 1 Pet. 5. 7. Jude 25. For after all these things abroad the greater do pursue But cast ye all your care on God for he takes care for you God onely wise our Saviour have all the glory then Dominion Majesty and Power for evermore Amen FINIS