hys passion ☞ To him be glory foreuer The vse of the rest of the Psalmes not comprehended in the former Lable of Athanasius IF thou wouldest prayse God because he hathe geuen vs a good Prince whiche wyll and doth punish the enemies of Christes relygion vse the 21. Psalme If thou be persecuted withoute a cause if thou wouldest haue no affinitie with vice nor with the virious vse the 26. Psalme If thou wouldest not be wicked if not accōpted as a malefactor but wouldest haue them punished and thyselfe and suche other godly men defended from the tiranie vse the. 28 Psalme If thou seest the nobilitie the counsell the magistrates Princes not geuen to religion nor to the praysing of God vse the 29. Psalme If thou desirest to be iust and vertuous vse the 33. psalm If thou beest afflicted with any sicknes wouldest faine lyue and see good daies and Christes glory to be encreased vse the. 29. Psalme If thou be banished for religiō and art almost in dispaire of retorning to thy countrey vse the 42 psalme If thou perceyue thy selfe forsaken of God and therfore persecuted for religion and vertue sake vse the. 44. Psalme If thou wouldest complaine of a Doeg of a wycked man and would haue him to be voted oute and thy selfe to haue prosperitye vse the. 52 psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from thyne enemies which persecute thee vnto deathe vse the 54. Psalme If thou wouldest haue the helpe of God againste suche as persecute thee without a cause vse the 59. Psalme If thou wouldest prepare thy selfe to fight against the Idumeane or such lyke enemyes of Christ vse the 60. Psalm If thou wouldest haue Chryste to come conquere beate downe the Siriās Idumes Amonites Papistes Antichristians Nullifidians Neutralles and vngratious Pelagyans vse the 68. Psalme If thou best perswaded that Chryste wyll come and pounysh offenders ayde the true worshippers and poure oure the dregges of wyne and vengeaunce of hys cuppe on the vngodly vse the 75. Psalme If thou neither wouldest haue Idolatry neyther any lycencious lustes rayne in Christes common welth thou must geue God thankes if thou be perswaded he bothe will and can take them awaye vsing the 81 Psalme If thou wouldest gladlie know Christes Churche how that Sion signifieth it and how that the true religion shalbe delated and spred throughe the hole worlde vse the. 87. Psalme If thou goest to fight againste the Idumeans or anye of Christes enemies whether they offende in manners or in doctrine and wouldest desire God to geue the victorye vse the 108. Psalme If thou woldest liue a godly lyfe if thou wouldest replenysh thy mynde with gooly preceptes and therby obtayne imortalitie and eternall felicitie Study diligently the. 119. Psalme If thou be thrust into a Colledge or in a parish towne or countrey whose in habitours are wicked crafty and malicious picke quarels to be deliuered from them vse the. 120. Psalme If thou wouldest haue the congregatiō of Christ to prosper vse the 122. Psalme If thou wouldest be deliuered from contempt infamye the derision of the wicked vse 123. Psalme when thou art deliuered out of prison captiuitie or anye distres in geuing thankes to God vse the 124. Psalme To vnderstande the saftie that those are in whiche ar vnder the tuicion of the Lorde Ioua and howe that the wicked shalbe punyshed consider the 125. Psalme If thou desirest to knowe the felicitie that he hathe which reuerenceth God and liueth godly the tranquillitie peace of conscience whiche he enioyeth in this life and the vnspeak able ioye in the life to come meditate diligentlie the 128. Ps. To vnderstand how the good and godlye are defended by the ayde of the Lord and the wicked perish consider the 129. Psalme If thou wouldest not be arrogaunte and proude vse the 131. Psalme If thou wouldest prayse vnitie and concord amonge bretherne vse the. 133. Psalme To syng prayses to god for his mercies vse the 134. Psal. FINIS Venicreator COme holy Ghost eternal God proceding from aboue Both from the Father the son the God of peace loue Uisit our mindes into vs thy heauenly grace inspire that in all truth godlines we may haue true desire Thou art the very comforter in all wo and distres The heauenly gift of God most highe which no tonguee an expres The fountaine and the liuely springe of ioy Celestiall The fyre so bright the loue so cleare and vnction spirituall Thou in thy giftes art manifold wherby Christes church doth stande In faythfull hartes writyng thy law the finger of Gods hand According to thy promise made thou geuest speache of grace That through thy helpe the prayse of God may stande in euery place O holy Gost into our wittes sende downe thy heauenly light Kindle our harts with feruent loue to serue God day and night Strength and stablish all our weaknes sofeable and so frayle That neither flesh the worlde nor deuill against vs do preuayle Put backe our enemies far from vs and graunt vs to obteyne Peace in our hartes with God and man without grudge or disdayne And graunt O Lorde that thou beyng our leader and our guide We may eschewe the snares of sinne and from thee neuer slide To vs suche plentie of thy grace good Lorde graunt we thee pray That thou maiest be our comforter at the last dreadfull day Of all strief and discention O Lord dissolue the handes And make the knots of peace and loue throughout all christen landes Graunt vs O Lord through thee to know the father most of might That of his deare beloued sonne we may atteyne the sight And that with perfect faith also we may acknowledge thee The spirit of them both alway one God in persons three Laude and prayse be to the father and to the Sonne equall And to the holy spirit also one God coeternall And pray we that the only sonne vouchesafe his Sprit to sende To all that doo professe his name vnto the worldes ende Amen Loke for the lxxxxv Psalm iii Fol. 237. The songe of S. Ambrose called Te Deum WE praise thee god we knowledg the the only Lord to be And as eternal father all the earth doth worship the. To the al angels crye the heauens and all the powers therin To the Cherub and Seraphin To crie they do not linne O Holy Holy Holy Lorde Of Saboth Lord the God Through heauē earth thy praise is spred And glory all abrode Thapostles glorious companye yelde prayses vnto thee The Prophets goodly selowship praise thee continually The noble and victorious host Of martirs sounde thy prayse The holy churche throughout the world doth knowledge thee alwayes Father of endles maiestie they doo acknowledge thee Thy Christ thine honorable true and only sonne to be The holy Ghost the comforter of glory thou art king O Christ and of the father arte the sonne euerlasting When sinfull mans decay inhand thou tokest to restore To be enclosde in virgins wombe Thou diddest not abhorre When thou
the power of our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen Euening prayer O Lorde God Father euerlasting full of pitie we acknowledge and confesse that we be not worthy to lyft vp our eyes to heaueÌ„ muche les to presente our selues before thy maiestie with confidence that thou wilt heare our prayers and graunt our requestes if we consider oâ—â—e owne deseruinges for oure conciences doo accuse vs and our sinnes witnes against vs we know that thou art an vpright iudge which dost not iustifye the sinners and wicked men but punishest the fautes of all such as transgres thy commaundements Yet most mercifull father since it hathe pleased thee to commaunde vs to call on thee in aloure troubles and aduersities promising euen theÌ„ to help vs when wefele our selues as it wer swalowed vp of death and desperation we vtterly renounce all worldly confydence and flee to thy so-souerayne bountie as our only stay and refuge beseching thee not to call to remembraunce our manifolde sinnes and wickednes wherby we contynuallye prouoke thy wrathe and indignation againste vs neyther oure negligence and and vnkindnes whiche haue neyther worthely estemed nor in our liues sufficiently expressed the swete coÌ„fort of thy Gospell reueled vnto vs but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ who by offring vp his body in sacrifice once for all hathe made a sufficient recompence for all our sinnes Haue mercy therfore vpon vs O lord and forgeue vs our offences Teache vs by thy holy spirite that we may rightly wey them and earnestly repent for the same And so much the rather O Lorde because that the reprobate and suche as thou hast for saken cannot prayse thee nor call vpon thy name but the repenting hart the sorow full minde the conscience oppressed hungring and thirsting for thy grace shal euer set forth thy praise and glory And albeit we be but worms and dust yet thou arte oure creator and we be the worke of thy handes yea thou art oure father and we thy children thou art oure shepeherd and we thy flock thou art our redemer and we the people whoÌ„ thou hast bought thou art oure God and we thyne inheritaunce Correct vs not therfore in thine anger O Lorde neither according to our desertes punish vs but mercifully chastyce vs with a fatherly affection that all the worlde may knowe that at what time soeuer a sinner doth repent him of hys sinne from the bottom of his hart thou wilt put a way his wickednes out of thy remembraunce as thouhast promised by thy holy prophet Finally for asmuche as it hathe pleased thee to make y e night for maÌ„ to rest in as thou hast ordayned him the day to trauel graunt o deare father that we may so take our bodely rest y t oure soules may continually watch for the time that our lord Iesus christ shall appeare for our deliuerance out of this mortall lyfe and in the meane season that we not ouercomen by any fantasies dreames or other temptations may fully set our mindes vpon thee loue thee feare thee and rest in thee furthermore that our slepe be not excessiue or ouermuche after the insaciable desires of our flesh but onelye sufficient to contente oure weake nature that we may be better disposed to lyue in all godly conuersatyon to the glory of thy holy name and profit of oure brethren Sobeit A godly Prayer to be sayd at all tymes HOnor and prayse be geuen to thee O Lorde God almightie most deare Father of heaueÌ„ for all thy mercies and louing kindnes shewed vnto vs in that it hathe pleased thy gratious goodnes frely and of thine owne accorde to elect and chose vs to saluation before the beginning of the worlde and euen like continull thankes be geueÌ„ to the for creating vs after thine owne image for redeming vs with the precious bloude of thy deare some when we were vtterly lost for sanctifying vs with thy holy spirit in the releuing and succoring vs in all our nedes and necessities for sauing vs from aldaungers of body and soule for comforting vs so fatherly in all oure tribulations and persecutions for sparing vs so long and geuyng vs so large a tyme of repentance These benefites O most mercifull father like as we know ledg to haue receyued them of thy only goodnes euen so we beseche thee for thy dere sonne Iesus Christes sake to graunte vs alwayes thy holy spirite wherby we may continually grow in thankfulnes towardes thee to be led into all truth and comforted in all our aduersities O Lorde strengthen our faith kindle it more in feruentnes loue towardes thee and our neyghbours for thy sake Suffer vs not most deare Father to receyue thy worde any more in vaine but graunt vs alwayes the assistance of thy grace and holy spirite that in hart worde and dede we maye sanctifye and doo worship to thy name Helpe to amplifie increase thy kingdome and what so euer thou sendest we may be hartely well contente with thy good pleasure and will Let vs not lack the thynge O Father without the whych we can not serue the but blesse thou soo all the workes of our handes that we may haue sufficiente and not to be chargeable but rather helpefull vnto others be mercifull O Lord to our offences and seyng our det is great whiche thou haste for geuen vs in Iesus Christe make vs toloue thee and our neyghbors so muche the more Be thou our Father our captayne and defender in all temptations holde thou vs by thy mercyfull hand that we may be deliuered from all inconueniences and end our lyues in the sanctifying honor of thy holy name through Iesu Christ our Lord and only sauior Sobe it Let thy mightie hand and out stretched arme O Lorde be still oure defence thy mercy and louyng kindnes in Iesu Christ thy deare sonne our saluation thy true and holy woord our instruction thy grace and holy spirit our comforte and consolatioÌ„ vnto the ende and in the ende Sobe it O Lorde increase our fayth A confession of all estates and tymes O Eternall God and most mercifull father we confesse and acknowledg heare before thy diuine maiestie that we are miserable synners conceyued and borne in sinne and iniquitye so that in vs there is no goodnes For the flesh euermore rebelleth agaynst the spirite wherby we continually transgres thy holy precepts and commaundemeÌ„ts so purchase to our selues through thy iust iudgement deathe and damnation Notwithstanding O heauenly father for asmuche as we are displeased with oure selues for the synnes that we haue committed against thee and do vnfeynedly repent vs of the same we most humblye beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake to shewthy mercy on vs to forgeue vs al our sinnes and to increase our holy spirite in vs that we acknowledgyng from the botome of our hartes our owne vnrighteousnes may from henceforth not only mortifie our sinful lusts and affections but also bring forth such frutes as may be agreable
to thy moste blessed will not for the worthines thereof but for the merites of thy dearelye beloued sonne Iesus Christ our only Sauior whom thou hast already geuen an oblation and offering for oure sinnes for whose sake we are certenlye perswaded that thou wilte denie vs nothing that we shall aske in his name according to thy will For thy spirit doth assure our consciences that thou art our mercifull father and so louest vs thy children through hym that nothing is able to remoue thy heauēly grace and fauoure from vs to thee therfore O father with the sonne and the holy Ghoste be all honor glory worlde without ende Sobeit ☞ A Prayer to be sayde before a man begin his worke O Lorde God most mercifull father and Sauiour seyng it hath pleased thee to cōmaūd vs to traueil that we may releue our nede webeseche thee of thy grace so to blesse our labour that thy blessing may extend vnto vs without the whiche we are not able to continue and that this great fauour may be a witnes vnto vs of thy boūtifulnes assistance so that therby we may know the fatherly care that thou hast ouer vs. Moreouer O Lord we beseche thee that thou woldest strengthen vs with thine holye spirite that we may faithfully trauaill in oure estate and vocation without fraude or deceit that we maye indeuour our selus to folow thine holy ordinance rather then to seke to satisfye our gridie affectiōs or desire to gayne And if it please thee O Lorde to prosper our labour geue vs a mind also to help thē that haue nede according to that abilitie that that thou of thy mercy shalte geue vs and knowing that all good things come of thee graunt that we may humble oure selues to our neyghbours not by any meanes lift our selues vp aboue them whiche haue not receyued so liberalla portion as of thy mercy thou haste geuen vnto vs. And if it please thee to try and exercise vs by greater pouertie and nede then our flesh would desire that thou woldest yet O Lorde graunt vs grace to knowe that thou wilt nourish vs continually through thy bountifull liberalitie that we be not so tempted that we fall into distrust but that we may paciētly wayte tyll thou fill vs not only with corporall graces and benefites but chiefly with thine heauēlye and spirituall treasures to the intent that we maye alwayes haue more ample occasion to geue thee thankes and so wolly to rest vpon thy mereyes Heare vs O Lorde of mercy through Iesus Christ thy Sonne our Lorde Amen A Prayer for the hole state of Christes church ALmyghtye God and most mercifull father we humbly submit ourselues and fal downe before thy Maiestie beseching thee from the botome of oure hates that thys sede of thy worde nowe sowen amongest vs may take suche deepe rote that neyther the burning heat of persecution cause it to wither neither thorny cares of thys life choke it but that as sede sowen in good ground it may brynge foorth thirtie sixtie and an hundreth folde as thy heauenly wysdom hath appointed And because we haue nede cōtinually to craue many thyngs at thy handes we humbly beseche thee O heauenly father to graunt vs thy holy spirite to directe our petitions that they may procede frō suche a feruente minde as may be agreable to thy most blessed will And seing that our infirmitie is hable to doo nothing withoute thy helpe and that thou art not ignorant with how many and great temptations we poore wretches are on euery syde enclosed and compassed Let thy strength o lord sustayne oure weaknes that we being defended with the force of thy grace may be safely preserued against all assaults of Sathan who goeth about continually like a roring Lion seking to deuoure vs. Encrease our fayth o merciful father that we do not swarue at any time frō thy heauenlyword but augment in vs hope and loue with a carefull keping of all thy commaundements that no hardnes of harte no Ipocrisie no concupiscence of the eyes nor inticements of the world do draw vs away from thy obedience And seyng we liue now in these most perilous times let thy fatherly prouidence defend vs againste the violence of our enemies whiche doo seke by all meanes to oppres thy truth Furthermore for as much as by thy holy apostle we be taught to make our prayers and supplication for all menne We pray not only for oureselues here present but beseche thee also to reduce all such as be yet ignorant from the miserable captiuitie of blindnes and errours to the pure vnderstanding and knowledge of thy heauenly truthe that we all with one consent and vnitie of mindes may worship thee our only God and sauior And that all pastors shepeheards ministers to whō thou hast committed the dispensation of thy holye worde and charge of thy chosen people may both in theyr lyfe doctrine befound faythfull setting onely before theyr eyes thy glory and that by thē all poore shepe which wander and go astray may be gathered and brought home to thy folde Moreouer because the hartes of rulers are in thy handes We beseche thee to direct and gouern the harts of all kinges princes and maistrats to whō thou hast committed the sword especially O lord according to oure bounden dutye we beseche thee to mainteine and encrease the honorable estate of the Queenes maiestie and all her most noble coūsellers and maiestrates and all the whole bodye of thys commune weale Let thy fatherly fauor so preserue them and thy holy spirit so gouerne their harts y t they may in such sort execute theyr office that thy relygion may be purely mainteined maners reformed and sin punished accordynge to the precise rule of thy holy word And for that we be all members of the mistical body of Iesus Christ we make our requests vnto thee O heauenly father for all suche as are afflicted with any kind of cros or tribulation as warre plage famyne sicknes pouertie imprisonmente persecution banishment or any other kinde of thy rods whether it be calamitie of body or vexatiō of mind that it wold please the to geue them pacience and constancye til thou send them full deliuerance of all theyr troubles Rote out from hence O Lorde all rauening wolues which to fyll theyr bellyes seke to destroy thy flock And shew thy great mercyes vpon those our brethren in other countreis which are persecuted cast into prison and daily condemned for the testimony of thy truth And though they be vtterlye destitute of all mans aide yet let thy swete cōfort neuer depart from them but so inflame theyr hartes with thy holy spirit that they may boldlye and chearfully abyde such triall as thy godly wisdome shall appoynt So that at length as wel by theyr deathe as by their lyfe the kingdome of thy deare sonne Iesus Christ may increase and shine throughe all the worlde In whose name we make hurt humble peticions to thee as he hathe taught
filds do lye are subiect to my might verse 12 Then though I houngred sore what neede I ought of thyne Sith that the earth with her great store and all therin is myne verse 13 To bullockes fleash haue I suche mind to eate it doest thou thinke Or such a sweetnes doo I finde the bloude of goates to drinke verse 14 Geue to the Lorde his prayse with thankes doo him apply And see thou pay thy vowes alwaies vnto the God most hie verse 15 Then seke and call to me when ought would work thee blame And I will sure deliuer thee that thou maiest prayse my name verse 16 But to the wicked traine whiche talke of God eche daye And yet theyr works are foule and vain to them the Lorde will saye verse 17 With what a face darest thou my worde once speake or name why doth thy taulke my lawe alowe thy dedes denie the same verse 18 Where as for to amend thy lyfe thou art so slacke My word the which thou doest pretend is cast behind thy backe verse 19 When thou a thefe doest see by theft to lyue in welthe with him thou runnest and dost agree lykewyse to thryne by stealthe verse 20 When thou doest them beholde that wiues and maides defile Thou likest it well and waxest boulde to vse that lyfe most vile verse 21 Thy lippes thou doest applye to slaunder and defame ▪ Thy tonge is taught to crafte and lye and still doth vse the same verse 22 Thon studiest to reuile thy frendes to thee so nere With sclaunder thou woldst nedes defile thy mothers sonne moste deare verse 23 Hereat while I doo winke as though I did not see Thou goest on still and so dost thinke that I am lyke to thee verse 24 But sure I will not let to stryke when I beginne Thy faultes in order I will set and open all thy sinne verse 25 Matke this I you require that haue not God in minde Least when I plage you in myneire your helpe be far to fynde verse 26 He that doth geue to me the sacrifice of prayse Doth please me well and he shall see to walke in Godly wayse 1. Miserere mei deus Psalm li. w. w When Dauid was rebuked by the Prophet Nathan for his greate offences he did not onely acknowledge the same to God with protestation of his naturall corruption and iniquitie but also left a memoriall therof to his posteritie Therfore firste he desireth God to forgeue his sinnes and renew in him his holye spirite with promise that he will not be vnmindfull of those great graces Finally fearyng lest god would punish the whole churche for hys faute He requireth that he woulde rather increase his graces towardes the same O Lord consider my distres And now with spede some pitie take My sinnes deface my fautes redresse good Lorde for thy great mercies sake Wash me O Lord and make me cleane Frō this vniust sinfull act purifie yet once againe my hainous crime blody fact verse 2 Remorse and sorow doo constrayne Me to acknowledge myne exces verse 3 My sinne alas doth still remayne Before my face without reles verse 4 4 For thee alone I haue offended committing euyl in thy sight And if I were therfore condemned yet were thy iudgement iust right verse 5 It is to manifest alas that firste I was conceiued in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was and yet vile wretche remaine therin verse 6 Also beholde Lord thou doest loue the inward truthe of a pure hart Therfore thy wisdome from aboue thou hast reueld me to conuert verse 7 If thou with Hissope purge this blot I shalbe cleaner then the glasse And if thou wash away my spot the snow in whitenes shall I passe verse 8 Therfore O Lorde suche ioy me send that inwardly I may synd grace And that my strength may now amend which thou hast swagd for my trespace verse 9 Turne back thy face and frowning ire for I haue felt inoughe thy hande And purge my sinnes I thee desire which doo in number passe the sand verse 10 Make new my hart within my brest and frame it to thy holy will Thy constant spirite in me let rest which may these raging enemies kil The secōd parte verse 11 Cast me not Lorde out from thy face but spedely my tormentes ende Take not from me thy spirite and grace which may from daungers me defend verse 12 Restore me to those ioyes agayne which I was wont in thee to fynde And let me thy free spirite retayne which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus when I shall thy mercyes know I shall instruct others therin And men that are likewise brought low by mine ensample shall flee sinne verse 14 O God that of my health art Lorde forgeue me thys my bloudy vice My harte and toung shall then accorde to sing thy mercies and iustice verse 15 Touch thou my lippes my tonge vntye O Lord which art the only kay And then my mouth shall testifye thy wondrous works praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offred many one But thou estemest them of no pryce and therin pleasure takst thou none verse 17 The heauy hart the mind opprest O Lorde thou neuer dost reiect And to speake truth it is the best and of all sacrifice the effect verse 18 Lorde vnto Sion turne thy face poure out thy mercyes on thy hyll And on Jerusalem thy grace buyld vp the walles and loue it still verse 19 Thou shalt accept then oure offrynges of peace and righteousnes I say Yea calues and many other thynges vpon thyne altare will we lay Another of the same by T. N. HAue mercy on me God after Sing this as the Lamentation thy great abounding grace After thy mercies multitude doo thou my sinnes deface Yet wash me more from mine offence and clense me from my sin For I be know my fautes and still my sinne is in mine eyen Against thee thee alone I haue offended in thys case And euell haue I done before the presence of thy face That in the thynges that thou dost say vpryght thou mayst be tryed And eke in iudging that the dome may passe vpon thy syde Beholde in wickednes my kinde and shape I did receyue And loe my sinfull mother eke in sinne did me conceiue But Loe the truthe in inward partes is pleasant vnto thee And secretes of thy wisdome thou reueled hast to me With hysope Lorde be sprincle me I shalbe clensed so Yea wash thou me and so I shall be whiter than the snow Of ioy and gladnes make thou me to heare the pleasing voyce That so the broosed bones which thou hast broken may reioyce From the beholding of my sinnes Lorde turne away thy face And all my dedes of wickednes doo vtterly deface O God creat in me a hart vnspotted in thy sight And eke within my bowels Lorde renew a stable sprite Ne cast me from thy sight nor take thy holy sprite away The
Lorde theyr cruell wordes when as with one accorde They cryed on sack and raze their wals in despite of theyr Lorde verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought And happy shall that man be calld that our reuenge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shall that man be calld that taketh thy children yonge To dash theyr bones against hard stones whiche lye the streates amonge Confitebor tibi Psalme Cxxxviii N. ☞ Dauid with greate courage prayseth the goodnes of God toward hym whiche is so greate that it is knowne to forren prynces who shall prayse the Lord together with hym And he is assured to haue lyke comforte of God in the time folowyng as he hathe had here to fore THee will I prayse with my whole hart my Lorde my God alwayes Sing thys as the. cxivii Ps. Euen in the presence of the Gods I will aduaunce thy prayse Towarde thy holy temple I will looke and worship thee And praysed in my thankfull mouth thy holy name shall be Euen for thy louing kindnes sake and for thy truth withall For thou thy name hast by thy worde auaunced ouer all When I did call thou heardest me and thou hast made also The power of encreasced strength within my soule to grow Yea all the kynges on earth they shall geue prayse to thee O Lorde For they of thy most holy mouth haue hard the mightye word They of the wayes of God the Lord in singing shall entreate Because the glory of the Lorde it is exceding great The Lorde is hye and yet he doth beholde the lowly spirite But he contemning knowes a farre the proud and lofty wight Although in middes of trouble I doo walke yet shall I stand Renued by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand vpon the wrath of all my foes and saued shall I be By thy right hand The Lord God wil performe his worke to me Thy mercy Lorde endures for ay Lorde doo me not forsake Forsake me not that am the work whiche thine owne hand did make Domine probasti Psalme cxxxix N. ☞ Dauid to clense his harte from all hipocrisie sheweth that there is nothing so hye whiche God seyth not whiche he confirmeth by the creation of man After declaryng his zeale and feare of God he protesteth to be enemy to all them that contem God O Lorde thou hast me tryed and knowne my sitting doste thou knew And tysing eke my thoughts a farre thou vnderstandst also My pathes yea and my lying downe thou compassest alwayes And by familiar custome art acquaynted with my wayes No word is in my tong O lorde but knowne it is to thee Thou me behinde holdst and before thou layst thy hand on me To wonderfull aboue my reache Lorde is thy cunning skill it is so hie that I the same can not atteyne vntill From sight of thy all seeyng sprite Lorde whether shall I goo Or whether shall I flee away thy presence to scape froe To heauen if I mount aloft loe thou art present there In hell if I lye downe by lowe euen there thou dost appeare Yea let me take the mornings winges and let me goo and hide Euen there where ar the farthest partes where flowing sea doth slide Yea euen thether also shall thy reaching hand me guide And thy ryght hand shall holde me fast and make me to abide yea if I say the darknes shall yet shrowde me from thy sight Loe euen also the darkest night about me shalbe light yea darknes hideth not from thee but night doth shine as day To thee the darknes and the light are bothe alike alway For thou possessed hast my reynes and thou hast couerd me When I within my mothers wombe enclosed was by thee Thee will I prayse made fearfully and wondrously I am Thy works are maruellous right well my soule doth knowe the same My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue ben made and in the earth beneth I shapen was When I was formeles then thyne eye saw me far in thy boke Were written all nought was before that after fashion toke The thoughtes therfore of thee O God bow dere are they to me And of them all how passing great the endles nombers be If I should compt them loe their summe more then the sand I see And whensoeuer I awake yet am I still with thee The wicked and the blody men of that thou woldest slaye Euen those O God to whom depart depart from me I say Euen those of thee O lord my God that speake full wickedlye These that are lifted vp in vayne beyng enemies to thee Hate I not them that hate thee Lord and not in earnest wise Contende I Lorde against them all against thee that arise I hate them with vnfayned hate euen as my vtter foes Trye me O God and know my hart my thoughtes proue and disclose Consider Lorde if wickednes in me there any be And in the way O God my guide for euer leade thou me Eripeme Psalme Cxl. N. ☞ Dauid complayneth of the crueltye falshed and iniuryes of his enemies against whiche he prayeth vnto the Lorde and assureth him selfe of hys helpe and succoure Wherfore he prouoketh the iuste to prayse thee and to assure them selues of hys tuicion LOrde saue me from the euill man and from the cruell wight Deliuer me whiche euell doo imagine in their sprite Whiche make on me continuall warre their tonges loe they haue whet Like serpents vnderneth their lyppes is adders poyson set Kepe me O Lorde from wicked handes preserue me to a bide Free from the cruell man that meanes to cause my steppes to slide The proud haue laid a snare for me and they haue spred a net With cordes in my path way and ginnes for me eke haue they set Therfore I said vnto the Lord thou art my God alone Here me O Lorde oh heare the voyce wherwith I pray and mone O Lord my God thou only art the strength that saueth me My head in day of battell hath ben couerd still by thee Let not O lorde the wicked haue the end of his desire Perform not his wicked thought lest they with pride be set on fyre Of them that compas me about the chefest of them all Lord let the mischef of their lippes vpon them selues befall Let coales fall on them let him cast them in consuming flame And in depe pittes so as they may not rise out of the same For no backbiter shall on earth beset in stable plight And euill to destruction still shall hunt the cruel wight I know the lorde thafflicted will reuenge and iudge the poore The iust shall prayse thy name iust shall dwell with thee euermore Domine clamaui Psalme Cxli. N. ☞ Dauid being greuouslye persecuted vnder Saull onely flicth vnto God to haue succour despring him to bridle his affections that he may paciently abyde 〈◊〉 God take vengeaunce of his enemies O Lord vpon thee doo I cal Lord
hast thee vnto me and herken Lord vnto my voyce when I do crye to thee as inscence let my praiyer be directed in thine eyes the vplifting of my hands as euening sacrifice My Lord for guiding of my mouth set thou a watche before And also of my mouing lipppes O lorde kepe thou the dore That I should wicked works commit incline thou not my hart With ill men of their delicates Lorde let me eate no parte But let the righteous suite me Lorde for that is good for me Let him reproue me and the same a precious oyle shall be Suche smiting shall not breake my hed the time shall shortly fall When I shall in their miserye make prayers for them all Then when in stony places downe theyr iudges shalbe cast Then shall they heare my words for then they haue a pleasant tast Our bones about the graues mouth loe scattred are they found As he that heaweth wod or he that diggeth in the ground But O my lorde my God mine eyes doo loke vp vnto thee In thee is all my trust let not my soule forsaken be Whiche they haue layd to catch me in Lorke kepe me from the snare And from the suttle grennes of them that wicked workers are The wicked into their owne nets together let them fall while I doo by thy help escape the danger of them all Voce mea ad Psalme Cxlii. N. ☞ Dauid neither a stonied with feare nor caryed awaye with anger nor forsed by desperation would kyll Saule but with a quyet mind directed his earnest prayer vnto God who did preserue hu◠BEfore the lorde God with my voyce did I send out my crye And with my streamed voyce vnto the lorde God prayed I. My meditation in his sight to poure I did not spare And in the presence of the Lorde my trouble did declare Although perplexed were my sprite my pathe was knowne to thee In way where I did walke a snare they slyly layde for me I lookt and vewd on my ryghthand but none there wold me knoo All refuge fayled me and for my soule none cared thoo Then cryed I Lorde to thee and sayde my hope thou only art Thou in the lande of lyuing art my portion and my part Harke to my crye for I am brought full low delyuer me From them that doo me persecute for me to strong they be That I may prayse thy name my soule from prison lord bringe oute When thou art good to me the iust shall prese me round about Domine exaudi Psalme Cxliii N ☞ An earnest prayer for remission of synnes acknowledging that the enemies did cruelly persecute hym by Gods iust iudgment He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirite that he may spende the rest of hys lyfe in the true fere and seruice of God LOrde heare my prayer harke the playnte That I doo make to thee Lorde in thy natiue truthe and in thy iustice aunswer me In iugement with thy seruant lorde oh enter not at all For iustyfyed be in thy syght no one that lyueth shall The enmie hath pursued my soule my lyfe to ground hath throwne And layde me in the darke like them that dead are longe agone Within me in perplexitie was my accombred spryte And in me was my troubled hart amased and afflight Yet I recorde time past in all thy workes I meditate Yea in the workes I meditate that thy handes haue create To thee O lorde my God loe I doo stretch my crauing hands My soule desyreth after thee as doo the thirstye landes Heare me with spede my sprite doth faile hide not thy face me froe els shall I be like them that downe into the pit doo goe Let me thy louing kindnes in the morning heare and know For in thee is my trust shew me the way that I shall goe For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lorde deliuer me From all mine enemies for I haue hidden me with thee Teache me to doo thy will for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good sprite vnto the land of misery me conuey with thy names sake with quickning grace a lyue doo thou me make And out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy iustice sake And for thy mercy slay my foes O lorde destroy them all That doo oppres my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shall Bene dictus dominus Psalme cxliiii N. ☞ Dauid prayseth the Lorde with greate affection and humilitie for hys kyngdome restored and for his victoryes obtayned yet callyng for helpe the destruction of the wicked promisyng to acknowleg the same with song of prayses and declareth wherin the felicytie of anye people consisteth BLest be the lorde my strength that doth instruct my hand to fight The lord that doth my fingers frame to battell by his might He is my Goodnes fort and toure deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yelde O Lord what thing is man that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wyse man is but like to vanitie so pas hys dayes to ende As fleting shade Bow downe O Lorde thy heauens and descend The mountains touche they shal smoke cast fourth thy lightning flame And scatter them thine arrowes shote consume them with the same Send downe thy hand euen from aboue O Lorde delyuer me Take me from waters great from hand of strangers make me free Whose subtle mouth of vanitie and fondnes doth entreate And their right hand is a right hand of falshod and deceit A new song I will sing O God and singing will I be On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee Euen he it is that only geues deliuerance to kynges Unto hys seruaunt Dauid helpe From hurt full sword he bringes From strangers hand me saue and sheld whoes mouth talkes vanitie And their right hand is a ryght hand of guile and sutteltye That oure sonnes may be as the plants whom growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued corner stones lyke to a palace fayre Our corners full and plenty may with sondry sortes be found Our shepe bring thousands in our strets ten thousands may abound Our oxen be to labor strong that none doo vs inuade There be no going out no crye within our strets be made The people blessed are that with such blessings are so stered Yea blessed all the people are whose God is God the lorde Exaltabo te deus Psalme Cxlv. N. ☞ This Psalme was made when the kingdome of Dauid florished Wherein he describeth the wonderfull prouidence of God as well in gouerning man as in preseruing al the rest of his creatures He praiseth God for his iustice and mercie but specially for hys louyng kindnes toward those that call vpon him that feare hym and loue hym THee will I laude my God kyng bles thy name for aye for euer wil I prayse thy name and bles thee day by day great is the Lord most worthy
yong men and maides Olde men and babes Doo ye the same For his name shall we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament For sure he shall Exalt with blisse The horne of his And helpe them all His sainctes all shall forthtell His prayse and worthines The children of Israell Eche one both more and les And also they That with good will His wordes fulfyll And him obey Cantate dominum Psalme exlix N. ☞ An exhortation to the churche to prayse the Lorde for hys victorye and conquest that he geueth his fainctes against all mans power SIng ye vnto the Lorde our God a new reioysing song And let the prayse of him be heard his holy sainctes among Let Israell reioyse in him that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyfull in their king Let them sound prayse with voyce of flut vnto his holy name And with the timbrell and the harpe sing prayses of the same For why the Lorde his pleasure all hath in his peoyle set And by deliuerance he will rayse the meke to glory great With glory and with honor now let all the sainctes reioyse And now aloude vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lorde And in their handes eke let them beare a dooble edged sworde To plage the Heathen and correct the people with theyr handes To bind their stately kinges in chaines their lordes in iron bandes To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor all his sainctes shall haue prayse ye the lorde therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ☞ An exhortacion to prayse the Lorde without sease by all maner of wayes for all hys mightye and wonderfull workes YElde vnto God the mightye Lorde prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in the firmament that shewes his power on hie Aduaunce hys name and prayse hym in his mightye actes alwayes According to his excellencye of greatnes geue him praise His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding tropet blowe Praise him vpon the viole and vpon the harp also Praise him with timbrell and with flute orgaines and virginalles With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him with loud cimballs What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the lorde To praise the name of God the lorde agree with one accord ☞ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in meter The. x. Commaundements of almightie God Exodus xx VV. VV. AT tend my people geue eare of ferly things I wil thee tel {punctel} Se that my words in mind thou bear And to my precepts listen wel I am thy Souerayne Lorde and God Whiche haue thee brought from carefull thrall And eke reclaymed from Pharos rod. Make thee no Gods on them to call Nor facyoned forme of any thyng In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plages this syn will smite Take not in vayne his holy name Abuse it not after thy will For so thou might soone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spill The Lorde from worke the seuenth day cest And brought all thinges to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hests ye may attend Unto thy parents honor geue As Gods commaundements doo pretende That thou long dayes and good maies liue In earth where God a place doth lende Beware of muder and cruell hate All fylthy fornication feare Se thou steale not in any rate False witnes against no man beare Thy neyghbors house with not to haue His wyfe or ought that he caleth mine His field his oxe his asse his sclaue Or any thing whiche is not thine A prayer The sprit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our harts restore And cause vs all with one accorde To magnifie thy name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy will Thy might therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfyll Lorde for thy names sake graunt vs thys Thou art our strength oh Sauior Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in eche respect And with thy holy sprite alwayes The comforter of thine elect The Lordes Prayer D. Coxe OUr father which in heauen art And makst vs all one brotherhod to call vpon thee with one harte Our heauenly Father our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctifyed Thy holy worde mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifye thy holy name From all errours defend and keye the litle flock of thy poore shepe Thy kyngdom come euen at this houre And henceforth euerlastyngly thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his gifts most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hande Thy will be donne with diligence like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience thee to obey in wealth and wo let not flesh bloud or any ill Preueile againste thy holy wyll Geue vs this day our dayly bread And all other good giftes of thyne kepe vs from warre and from bloudshed Also from sicknes derth and Pine that we may liue in quietnes Without all gredy carefulnes Forgeue vs our offences all Releue oure carefull conscience As we forgeue bothe great and small which vnto vs haue done offence Prepare vs lorde for to serue thee In perfect loue and vnitie O lorde into temptacion Leade vs not when the find doth rage to with stande his inuasion Geue power and strength to euery age Arme and make strong thy feble host with fayth and with thy holy ghost O Lorde from euill delyuer vs The dayes and times are daungerous From euerlastyng deathe saue vs And in our last nede comfort vs A blessed ende to vs bequeath Into thy hands our soules receyue For thou O Lorde art king of kinges And thou hast power ouerall Thy glory shineth in all thinges In the wide world vniuersall Amen Let it bedone O Lord That we haue prayd with one accord The. xii Articles of the christian Faythe ALl my belief and confidedce Is in the Lord of might the father which al things hath made the day eke the night the heauēs the firmament and also many a star the earth and all that is therin which passe mās reason far And in lyke maner I beleue In Chryste oure Lorde hys sonne Coequall with the deitie And man in flesh and bone Conceyued by the holy Ghost His word doth me assure And of his mother Mary borne yet she a Uirgin pure Because mankind to Sathan was For sinne in bonde and thrall He came and offred vp him selfe To death to saue vs all And suffering most greuous paine Then Pilate beyng iudge Was crucifyed on the cros And therat did not grudge And so
he dyed in the fleshe But quickned in the sprite His body then was buryed As is our vse and ryte His sprit did after this descend Into the lower partes To them that long in darknes were The true lyght of theyr hartes And in the third day of his death He rose to lyfe agayne To thende he might be gloryfyed Out of oll grief and payne Ascending to the heauens hie To sit in glory styll On Gods right hand his Father dere According to his will Untill the day of iudgement come When he shall come againe With Angels power yet of that day We all be vncertayne To iude all people rightuously Whom he hath dearly bought The lyuing and the dead also Which he hath made of nought And in the holy spirit of God My fayth to satisfye The third parson in Trinitie Beleue I sted fastlye The holy and catholick Churche That Gods worde doth maintayne And holy Scripture doth alowe Which Sathan doth disdayne And also I doo trust to haue By Iesu Christ his death Release and pardon of my sinnes And that only by fayth What time all flesh shall ryse agayne Before the Lorde of might And se vim with theyr bodely eyes Whiche now doo geue them light And then shall Christe our sauior The shepe and Goates deuide And geue lyfe euerlastyngly to those whom he hath tride Whiche is the realme celestiall In glory for to rest With all the holy company Of Saincts and Angels blest Whiche serue the Lorde omnipotent Obediently eche houre To whom be all dominion and prayse for euermore A Prayer vnto the holy ghost to be song before the Sermon COme holy sprite the god of might Comforter of vs all Teach vs to knowe thy word a right Sing thys as the. cxix Psal. that we doo neuer fall O holy Ghost visit our coast defend vs with thy shild Against all sinne and wickednes Lorde helpe vs win the field Lorde kepe our Quene and her counsell and geue them will and might To perseuer in thy Gospell which can put sinne to flyght O Lorde that geuest thy holy worde send preachers plenteouslye That in the same we may accorde and therin lyue and dye O holy Sprite direct a ryght the Preachers of thy worde Thot thou by them maist cut downe syn As it were with a sworde Depart not from those pastors pure but ayde them at all nede Whiche breake to vs the breade of lyfe wheron our soules doo feede O blessed spirit of truthe kepe vs In peace and vnitie Kepe vs from sectes and errours all And from all papistrie Conuert all those that are oure foes and bryng them to thy lyght That they and we may well agree and prayse thee day and nyght O Lorde increase our fayth in vs and loue so to abounde That man and wyfe be voyde of strife and neyghbours about vs rounde In oure tyme geue thy peace O Lorde to nations farre and nye And teache them all thy holy worde that we may syng to thee All glory to the Trinitie that is of mightes most The lyuing Father and the Sonne and eke the holy Ghost As it hath bene in all the time that hathe been here to fore As it is now and so shalbe henceforth for euermore Dapacem domine Geue peace in these our daies o lord great daungers are now at hand thine enemies with one accorde Christ name in euery lande seke to deface route out and race thy trew right worship in dede be thou the stay lord we the pray thou helpest alone in all nede Geue vs that peace ▪ whiche we doo lack Through misbelief and ill lyfe Thy word to offer thou dost not slack Whiche we vnkindly gainstriue with fire and sword This healthfull word Some persecute and opprisse Some with the mouth Confes the truth Without sincere godlines Geue peace and vs thy spirite downe send With grief and repentaunce true Do pearce our harts our liues to amend And by fayth Chryst renue That feare and dread Warre and bloudshed Through thy swete mercy and grace May from vs slyde Thy truth may byde And shine in euery place The complaint of a Sinner who craueth of Christ to be kept vnder hys mercye WHere rightuousnes doth say lord for my sinfull part in wrath y ◠shouldst me pay vēgaunce for 〈◊〉 desart I can it not deny but nedes I must confes how y t continually thy lawes I doo transgres Thy lawes I do transgresse But if it be thy will With sinners to contend Then all thy flock shall spill And be lost without end For who liueth here so right That rightly he can say He sinneth not in thy sight Full oft and euery day Thy scripture plaine telth me The righteous man offendeth Seuen times a day to thee Wheron thy wrath dependth So that the rightwise man Doth walke in no such path but he falth now or than In daunger of thy wrath Then since the case so standes That euen the man rightwise Falth oft in sinfull bandes Wherby thy wrath may ryse Lorde I that am vniust And rightwisenes none haue Wherto then shall I trust My synfull soule to saue But truly to that post Wherto I cleaue and shall Whiche is thy mercy most Lorde let thy mercy fall And mitigate thy mode Or els we perish all The pryce of this thy bloud Wherin mercy I call Thy scripture doth declare No drop of bloud in thee But that thou didst not spare To shed eche drop for me Now let those drops most swet So moyst my hart so dry That I with sinne replete May liue and sinne may die That being mortifyed Thys synne of myne in me I may be sanctifyed By grace of thine in thee So that I neuer fall Into suche mortall sinne That my foes infernall Reioyse my death therin But vouchesafe me to keep From those infernall foes And from that lake so depe Wheras no mercy growes And I shall sing the songes Confirmed with the iust That vnto thee belonges Whiche art mine only trust ☞ Through perfecte repentaunce the sinner hath a sure trust in God that his sinne s shalbe washed away in Christes ēloud O Lord in thee is al my trust geue eare vnto my wofull cry Refuse me not that am vniust but bowing downe thy heauēly eye behold how I doo still lament my sinnes wherin I do offende O Lord for them shall I be shent Sith thee to playse I doo intend No no not so thy will is bent To deale with sinners in thine ire But when in hart they shall repent Thou grauntst with sped their iust desire To thee therfore still shall I cry to wash away my sinfull cryme Thy bloud O Lorde is not yet drye but that it may help me in time Hast thee O Lorde hast thee I say To power on me the giftes of grace That when this life must flit away In heauen with thee I may haue place Where thou dost reigne eternally with God which once did downe the sēd Where angels sing
continually To thee be prayse world without end ☞ A thankes geuing after the receyuyng of the Lordes Supper THe Lorde be thanked for his gyftes And mercy euermore That he doth shew vnto his saynctes Sing this as the. xxx vii Psa To him be laud therfore Our tonges cannot so prayse the Lorde As he doth right deserue Our harts can not of hym so thynke As he doth vs preserue His benefites they be so great To vs that be but sinne That at our handes for recompence There is no hope to winne O sinfull flesh that thou shouldest haue Suche mercyes of the Lorde Thou doest deserue more worthely Of him to be abhord Nought els but sinne ▪ and wretchednes Doth rest within our heartes And stubburnely against the Lorde We dayly play oure partes The sunne aboue in firmament That is to vs a lyght Doth shew it selfe more cleane and pure Then we be in his sight The heauens aboue and all therin More holy are then we They serue the Lorde in theyr estate Eche one in his degree They do not stryue for mastership Nor slake theyr office set But feare the Lorde and do his will Hate is to them no let Also the earth and all therin Of God it is in awe It doth obserue the formers wyll By skilfull natures law The sea and all that therin is Doth bend when God doth beck The spirtes beneathe doo tremble all And feare his wrathfull check But we alas for whom all these Were made them for to rule Do not so know or loue the Lorde As doth the Oxe or mule A law he gaue for vs to know What was his holy wyll He would vs good but we will not Auoyd the thing is ill Not one of vs that seketh out The Lorde of lyfe to please Nor to the thyng that might vs ioyne Our Christ and quiet ease Thus we are all his enemyes We can it not deny And he agayne of his good wyll Would not that we should dye Therfore when remedy was none To bring vs vnto lyfe The sonne of God our flesh he toke To mend our mortall stryfe And all the law of God our Lorde He did it full obey And for our sinnes vpon the crosse Hys bloud our dettes did pay And that we should not yet forget What good be to vs wrought A signe he left our eyes to tell That he our bodyes bought In breade and wine here visible Unto thyne eyes and tast His mercyes great thou maist record If that his spryte thou hast As once the corne did liue and grow And was cut downe with sith And threshed out with many stripes Out from his huske to dryue And as the mill with violence Did teare it out so small And made it lyke to earthly dust Not sparing it at all And as the ouen with fyre hot Did close it vp in heat And all this done that I haue sayd That it should be our meat So was the Lorde in his ripe age Cut downe by cruell death His soule he gaue in torments great And yelded vp his breath Because that he to vs might be An euerlasting bread with muche reproche and trouble great On earth his lyfe he led And as the grapes in pleasant tyme Are pressed very sore And plucked downe when they be rype Nor let to grow no more Because the ioyse that in them is As comfortable drynke We myght receyue and ioyfull be when sorowes make vs shrinke So Christes bloud out pressed was With nailes and eke with speare The ioyse wherof doth saue all those That rightly do him feare And as the cornes by vnitie Into one lofe is knit So is the Lorde and his whole churche Though he in heauen sit As many grapes make but one wyne So shoulde we be but one In fayth and loue in Chist aboue And vnto Christ alone Leading a lyfe without all stryfe In quyet rest and peace From enuye and from malyce both Our heartes and tonges to cease Which if we doo then shall we shew That we his chosen be By fayth in him to leade a lyfe As alwayes willed he And that we may so doo in dede God send vs all his grace Then after death we shall be sure With him to haue a place Robert Wlsdom PReserue vs Lorde by thy deare word From Turk and Pope defend vs Lord whiche bothe would thrust oute of his throne our Lorde Iesus Christ thy deare sonne Lorde Iesus Christ shew forth thy myght That thou art Lorde of Lordes by ryght Thy poore afflicted flocke defend That they may prayse thee without end God holy Ghost our comfortor Be our Patron helpe and succor Geue vs one minde and perfect peace All giftes of grace in vs encrease Thou liuing God in parsons three Thy name be praysed in vnitie In all our nede so vs defend That we may prayse thee world without end ☞ A formst of proyer to be vsed in priuate houses euery mornyng and euening Morning prayer ALmightie God most mercifull Father we do not present our selues here before thy maiestie trusting in oure owne merites or worthines but in thy manifolde mercyes which haste promised to beare our Prayers and graunt our requestes which we shal make to the in the name of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde who hath also cōmaunded vs to assemble ourselues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not only be amongst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obteyne all thinges which shall seme expedient to thy blessed will for oure necessities therfore we beseche thee most mercifull Father to turne thy louyng countenaunce towards vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wher by we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishmēt but rather receyue vs to thy mercy for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offēces in whom only thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seing that of thy great mercyes we haue quietly passed this nyght graunte O heauenly father that we may bestowe thys day wholly in thy seruice so that al our thoughts wordes and dedes may redounde to the glorye of thy name and good ensample to all men who seeyng oure good workes may gloryfye thee oure heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and loue thou hast not onely created vs to thine owne similitude and likenes but also haste chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare sōne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of the worlde we beseche thee to encrease oure faythe and know ledg and to lighten our harts with thy holy spirit that we may in meane time liue in godly conuersatyon and integritie of lyfe knowing that Idolaters adulterers couetous men cōtentious persōs drunkards glottons and such like shall not in herite the kyngdome of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for
another we doo not only make request O Lord for ourselues and them that thou hast alreadie called to the true vnderstanding of thy heauenly wil but for all people and Nations of the world who as they knowe by thy wonderfull workes that thou art god ouer al So they may be instructed by thy holy spirite to beleue in thee theyr only Sauior and redemer But for as much as they cānot beleue except they heare nor can not heare but by preachyng and none can preache excepte they be sent therfor O Lorde raise vp faithfull destributers of thy misteries who setting apartal worldly respectes may bothe in their life and doctryne only seeke thy glorye Contrarylye confound Sathan Antichriste with all hierlinges whom thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sēce that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiet thy littell flocke And because O Lorde we be fallen into the latter dayes daungerous tymes wherin ignoraunce hathe gotten the vpper hande and Sathan by his ministeres seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospel we besech the to maintaine thy cause against those rauening wolues and strengthen all thy seruauntes whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion either to encrease theyr tirannye or to discourage thy childrē nether yet let our sinnes and wickednes be a hinderance to thy mercies but with spede O Lorde consider these great miseries For thy people Israel many times by theyr sinnes prouoked thine anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgemente yet though their sinnes wer neuer so greuous if they once returned from their iniquitie thou receiuedst them to mercye We therfore moste wretched synners be wayle our manifolde sinnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wickennes and vngodly behauior towards thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humblie beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercyes vpon vs and receyue vs agayne to thy fauour Graunt vs deare father these oure requests and all other thinges necessary for vs thy whole churche according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our Lorde In whose name we beseche thee as he hath taught vs saying Oure father c. A prayer to be sayde before meales ALl thinges depende vpon thy prouidence O Lord to receiue at thy handes due sustenāce in time conuenienie Thou geuest to them they gather it thou openest thy hand and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father whiche art the fountaine ful treasure of all good nes we besech thee to shew thy mercyees vpon vs thy children and sanctifye these giftes whiche we receiue of thy merciful liberalitie graunt vs grace to vse them soberlye and purely according to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we may acknowledge thee to be the author and geuer of all good things and aboue all that we may remember continually to seke the spiritual fode of thy word wherwith our soules may be norished euerlastingly throughe oure sauior Christe who is the true breade of lyfe whiche came downe from heauen of whom whoso euer eateth shall lyue for euer and reigne with him in glory worlde without ende So be it ☞ A thankes geuing after meales LEt all nations magnifye the Lorde let all people reioyce in praysing extollyng his great mercyes For his fatherly kindnes is plentyfully shewed forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise indureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde god for the manifold benefites whiche we continually receaue at thy bountifull hande not only for that it hath pleased thee to fede vs in this present life geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies facioned vs a new into an assured hope of a farre better lyfe the whiche thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Ghospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer oure affections to bee so intangled or roted in these earthly and corruptible thinges but that we maye alwayes haue oure mindes directed to thee on high continually watching for the comming of oure Lorde and Saiuour Chryste what tyme he shall appeare for oure full redemption To whom with thee and the holye Ghoste be all honor and glory for euer and euer So be it A nother thankes geuing before meate ETernall and euer liuing God Father of oure Lord Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankinde haste appointed to his sustenance not only the frutes of thearth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of thearth and fishes of the sea and hast commaūded thy benefites to be receyued as from thy hāds with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane all things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctified by thy word and by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderatly to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies beyng refreshed the soules may be more hable to procede in all good works to the prayse of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Sobeit Oure Father whiche art in heauen c. Another THe eyes of all things doo loke vp and trust in thee O Lord thou geuest them meat in due season thou openest thy hand and fillest with thy blessinge euery liuing creature good Lorde bles vs and all thy giftes which we receyue of thy large liberalitie through Iesus Christ our Lorde Sobeit Our father c. Another thanks geuing after meat GLorye prayse and honor be vnto thee moste merciful omnipotent Father who of thyne infinite goodnes hast created man to thyne owne image similitude who also hast fed dayly fedest of thy most bountiful hand all liuing creatures graunt vnto vs that as thou hast norished these oure mortall bodies with corporall foode so thou woldest replenish our soules with the perfet knowledge of the liuely word of thy beloued sonne Iesus to whom be prayse glorye and honor for euer Sobeit ☞ God saue the Church vniuersall our Quene and Realme God comforte all them that be comfortles Lord increase our faith O Lord for christ thy sōnes sake be mercifull to the cōmon wealths where thy Gospell is truely preached and harbor graunted to the afflicted members of Christes body and illuminate according to thy good pleasure all nations with the bryghtnes of thy word So beit Another THe God of glory and peace who hath created redemed and presently fed vs be blessed for euer and euer Sobeit The God of all power who hathe called frō death that great pastor of the shepe our Lorde Iesus comfort and defend the flock whiche he hathe redemed by the bloud of the eternall Testamente increase the number of true Preachers repres the rage of obstinate tirants mitigate and lightē the hartes of the ignorant relieue the paynes of suche as be afflicted but especially of those that suffer for the testimony of thy truth and finally cōfoūd Sathan by
vs. Our Father whiche arte in Heauen halowed by thy c. EINIS The Table A Table bothe for the number of the whole Psalmes olso what leafe you may fynde euery of them A   Psal.  Fol. 30 ALl laud praise 61 40 All people her III 78 Attend my people to my law 186 82 A mid the prease 204 B   81 Be light and glad 201 119 Blessed are they 302 128 Blessed art thou 337 134 Beholde and haue 344 142 Before the Lorde 360 144 Blest be the. 363 D   83 Do not O Bod re 205 E   127 Except the Lord 335 G   29 Geue to the Lorde ye 59 37 Grudge not to see 81 48 Great is the Lord. 109 54 God saue me for thy 127 105 Geue prayses vnto 261 107 Geue thankes vnto 275 147 Geue laud vnto 271 H   12 Helpe Lorde for 22 13 How longe wylte 23 Psalm  Fol. 51 Haue mercy on 121 56 Haue mercy Lord 131 67 Haue mercy on vs. 153 73 How euer it be yet 173 84 How pleasant is 208 91 He that within 228 I   5 Incline thine eares 8 11 I trust in God 21 20 In trouble and aduercitie 40. 25 I lyft mine hart 50 34 I will geue laude 71 39 I said I will loke 89 40 I wayted longe and 91 43 Iudge and reuenge 98 77 I with my voice 183 92 It is a thyng bothe 231 100 In God the Lord. 245 101 I mercy will and 246 109 I specheles scilence 281 116 I loue the Lorde 296 120 In troble and in 326 121 I lift myne eyes 327 122 I did in harte 328 L   6 Lorde in thy wrath re proue me not 9 Psal.  Fol. 16 Lorde kepe me for 27 26 Lorde be my iudge 84 35 Lord plead my cause 74 42 Like as the hart 96 68 Let God aryse 154 72 Lord geue thy iudg 169 86 Lord bow thine eare 212 88 Lord God of health 215 130 Lorde to thee I. 338 140 Lorde saue me 356 143 Lord heare my 361  M  23 My sheperd is the 48 45 My hart doth now 10 62 My soule to God 143 71 My Lord my God 166 103 My soule geue 251 14 My soule prayse 254 146 My soule prayse 367  N  115 Not vnto vs. 291 124 Now Israll 331  O  3 O Lord how are my 5 4 O God that art my 6 7 O Lord my God 13 8 O god oure lord how 14 15 O Lord within thy ta 29 17 O Lorde geue eare 28 18 O God my strength 31 21 O Lorde how ioyful 41 22 O God my God 44 31 O Lorde I put my 64 44 Our eares haue hard 99 51 O Lord consider my 118 55 O God geue eare 128 62 O Lord thou didest 140 63 O God my God 145 64 O lord vnto my voy 146 70 O God to me take 165 79 O Lord the Gentils 196 94 O Lord thou dost 233 95 O come let vs. 237 98 O syng ye now 243 102 O here my prayer 247 108 O God my hart 279 117 O all the nations 298 118 O geue ye thankes 298 123 O Lorde that 330 129 Of Israell this 337 131 O Lord I am not 340 133 O how happy a. 343 135 O praise the Lorde 344 139 O Lorde thou hast 353 141 O Lorde vpon thee 358  P  38 Put me not to rebuk 86 106 Praise ye the Lord. 267 136 Prayse ye the Lord. 347 147 Praise ye the Lorde 369  R  61 Regard O Lord for 141 132 Remember Dauids 340  S  59 Sende ayde and saue 137 69 Saue O God 159 96 Sing ye with 239 125 Such as in God 332 Psal  Fol. T   1 The man is blest 1 14 There is no God 24 19 The heauens and the. 38 24 The earth is all 49 27 The Lorde is bothe 56 28 Thou art O Lorde 58 32 The man is blest 67 36 The wicked with 79 41 The man is blest 94 46 The Lord is oure 105 50 The God of Gods 113 53 The foolish man 125 57 Take pitie for thy 133 65 Thy prayse alone 149 76 To all that now 181 80 Thou Lord that Isra 198 85 Thou hast ben 210 87 That citie shal 214 89 To syng the mor. 218 90 Thou Lorde haste 226 93 The Lorde as kyng 233 97 The Lord doth rain 241 99 The lord doth raine 244 110 The Lorde dyd 283 112 The man is blest 283 138 Thee will I prayse 352 145 Thee will I laude 365 V   75 Unto the God we 186 2 why did the Gentils 3 9 with hart and mouth 15 10 what is the cause 18 52 why dost thou tirant 123 74 why art thou Lord. 176 111 with hart I doo 284 114 when Israell by 296 126 when that the Lord. 334 137 when as we sat 350 Y   33 ye righteous in 68 47 ye people all in 107 58 ye rulers that 135 66 ye men on earth 150 113 ye children which 288 150 yeld vnto the. 375 These folowe after the Psalmes Attende my people Oure Father whiche art All my belefe Come holy spirit Geue peace in these where righteousnes doth O Lorde in thee is all my Preserue vs Lorde The Lorde be thanked Also serten godly praiers ☞ These ye shall haue in the beginning of the boke Venicreator spiritus Tedeum laudamus Benedicite Benedictus dominus Magnificat anima Nunc dimittis The Lamentation of a. The humble sute of a sinner Quicunque vult The Pater noster The. x. Cōmaundements FINIS POST FVNERA VIRTVS VIVET TIMEN ETSI MORS INDIES ACCELERAT Imprinted at London by Iohn Day dwelling ouer Aldersgate beneath Saincte Martines Cum gratia priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis perseptennium These bookes are to be solde at his shop vnder the Gate 1562.