God detect That truth was raisde and lyes deiect 1 THe lyuing Lord doth raigne as king The erth therfore full glad may sing The iles may ioy so many sene That he is come to make thē clene 2 Thicke cloudes and darke be him about On wycked men to thunder stout Both iustice right and equitie Of his high throne the bases bée 3 The fyre him goeth before in sight Wyth blasing leames of fearefull lyght By which full wyde he doth enflame Hys foes to burne which scorne his name 4 His lighteninges shyne the world full out On euery side whote sparkes to spout The earth at sight for feare doth quake No puissance can resistence make 5 The mountaynes hye as ware did melte At God his face thus present feit I say at face of Lord so hye The earth dyd feale his maiestye 6 The heauens declare his rightwisnes When he by them strikth wickednes All peoples thus his glory sawe How drad he is whom all should awe 7 A shamde be all which Idols serue Who chose vayne gods from God to swerne Ye angels all which seruauntes be Come worship hym bowe downe your knée 8 So Sion ioyed in hearing this And Iury ioyd in townes of hys O Lord for these thy domes entent That such should haue sharpe punishment 9 For thou O Lord doost all excell That here by low in earth do dwell Exalted far in name thou art Aboue all Gods so new vpstart 10 O ye that loue thys Lord so hye Hate ye all vyce of mawmetrye He kéepth theyr soules who serue hym pure From wycked hand to ryd them sure 11 Now lyght is sprong to ryghteous man That day from darke ▪ discerne he can And ioy is falne to rightfull hart From whence no power can hym depart 12 Then ioy ye iust in thys your Lord Thys lyght hys grace alway record Hys holines well thynke and thanke Hys name confesse therin be franke ¶ The Collecte O Lord the preseruer of all thy faythfull sayntes on whom as on thyne electe portion thou doost perpetually raigne inspire we besech thee into our harts the bright beames of the scriptures of thy prophets and apostles that what soeuer as yet remayne in our hartes as sauoring the olde carnall blyndnes of our originall darknes may be illitened by the heauenly lyght of thy holy sprite to whom c. The Argument Psalme XCVIII Here thankes be done that God in worde most true Sent Christ his sonne mans losse agayne to cure All thinges that bee must laud hym euer due Such peace to see restord in earth so sure 1 SYng ye all new to God a song on hye For he most true hath meruels newly wrought Hys able hand hath wonne hym victory Hys arme so grand this helth to man hath brought 2 The Lord of loue thys health hath open layd So man to moue to serue in hart aryght Hys righteousnes he hath full plainly splayd For theyr redresse to Gentiles eyes and syght 3 He cald to mynde hys gentle mercies frée To Iacob kynde hys truth and fayth to kepe ▪ The earth all whole thys helth dyd fully sée O hym extoll thys God our Lord so meke 4 Thou earth sing out all whole I say full glad In voyce most stout with gentle musikes sound To God thy Lord reioyce for mercy had Thy songes record thou art most duely bound 5 Yea sing in harpe to God and Lord so hye Sing round sharpe wyth all thy tunes and stringes Wyth harpe bid I with note of Psalmodie Your voyce apply to ioy these heauenly thinges 6 With trūpets blow wyth shaulme so swetely sing Both hye and low extende your harty strength Make iubilies before this heauenly king For Lord he is to serue I say at length 7 Let eke the seas rose out in merie chere Thys Lord to please wyth all her fishe in store The world so round and all the dwellers there your voyce rebound to prayse this Lord the more 8 The floudes a like Let them now clap their hands This Lord to seke wyth man in ioyfull hart The mountayns hie so houge aboue the landes Let them be by to daunce wyth man in part 9 To God do this let it in sight be plyed For come he is as lord to iudge the land Hys iustice sword the worlde shall iudge and guide Hys equall word to all shall euenly stande ¶ The Collecte POure into our harts O Lord thy healthfull grace which thou hast reuelde to all Gentiles so spred by the rightwisnes of thy gospel we hūbly besech thee that as thou once camest to be iudged and condemned for vs most misera le sinners so at thy next returne thou would graunt vs mercy to escape thy fearefull iudgement for whom thou tokst vpon thee to be condemned for the raunsome of our sinne to whom with the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCIX Swete Christ his raigne this Psalme compristh As Rabins all can say no lesse God graunt that they with vs would ryse To sing these thankes to hym in fleshe 1 THe Lord to raigne is bent therin All folke ought than his presence dread He sitteth betwixe the Cherubin Let all the earth then quake I reade 2 This Lord is great in Zion séene Where power he sheweth ruleth with loue And hye he is on all the Heathen If they a like their hartes would moue 3 O let them all thy name confesse The bad to beate the good to blisse For greate it is in fearefulnes The power therof most sacred is 4 All Princely power loueth equitye And equitye thou broughtst in sight In Iacobs stocke thou didst applye To iudgement true and iustice right 5 Our Lord this God O magnifye Both Iewes and Gréekes your wayes relēt To his fotestole his sacrarye Bow downe your knées most reuerent 6 As Moses méeke so Aaron graue Were chiefe his priestes so Samuell Among them were his power to craue They cryed to God he hard them well 7 To them in cloud spred pillour like He spake as all the people sawe They did his hests and statutes kepe Which he them gaue in pact for law 8 O Lord our God thou hardst them iust And spardst them Lord for thine owne sake Yea when with plagues thou didst thē thrust For foule attempts which they did make 9 Extoll this God our Lord so frée Fall downe before his holy hill For God our Lord in maiestye Most sacred is and iust in will ¶ The Collecte THou art both Lord and king we most humbly cōfesse it right deare sauiour although the Iewishe phariseyes saye the contrary thou only gouernst the hartes and conscience of men and by thy only grace doost iustifye the same we beseche thee so to rayse vp the piller of thy heauenly light to shyne to our soules that we may be alway defended from all errour and aduersitie to offer vnto thee the sacrifice of prayer in thankes geuing who liuest raignest one god with
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
euen iust in them of Gods hye house so bright In mydst of thée Hierusalem O prayse this Lord aright ¶ The Collecte GOd the clenser of manes soule froÌ„ the filthynes of sinne which in redines doost coÌ„fort his sprite that call vpon thee faythfully we besech thee to plucke vs from the daunger of death and hell and to place vs in the region of the lyuing where death and sinne be abolished Through Christ. Psalme CXVII ¶ The Argument \ Laudate Dominum This Hymne doth endight Gods glorious might His truth and grace most free That Gentils a farre Were made to be narre With Iewes one flocke to bee \ 1 PRayse duly the lord in myndful accord ye hethen ones all vayne Ye Gentils I bid recount how ye sâ—id prayse this Lord agayne And honour ye right this Lord in his light ye nations all in town All people I say where euer ye lay extoll this Lordes renowne 2 For méerly hys grace and mercifull face confirmd lyeth on vs all â–ª Hys loue doth excell all sinne to debell his grace is generall This lord in his truth most stable ensuth his word promise iust The faith of his way will neuer decay O praise this lord of trust ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and most merciful Lord which wouldest be praysed by the mouthes of all nations thorow out all the world whose grace we the Gentils cald vs to the perticipation of thy sonne Iesus Christ we beseche thee so to confirme this grace in vs that we neuer declyne there fro but continually laud thy mercy through the same Iesus Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXVIII This Psalme is sung â–ª of prayse and laudes that Dauids rule begonne In sprite it shewth and ioyeth the raigne of Christ Gods onely sonne Ì„Ì„ 1 O Thanke and laud the heauenly lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standth to vs. 2 Let Israell nowe glad confesse wyth song melodious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 3 Let Aarons house and stocke confesse in thankes most plenteous Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 4 Yea let them all that feare the Lord this grace in hart discusse Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 5 In trouble layd to straytes be thrust I cald the Lord from thence He hard at large and set me wyde this Lord of excellence 6 The Lord as thus with me to stand on my nye side to be I can not feare for what can man preuayle in spite at me 7 The Lord takth part with them to ioyne that me do helpe ayds Myne eyes shall sée their full desire my foes reuengd and frayd 8 O good it is the Lord to trust on hym all hope to cast More sure it is then man to trust on hym to leane to fast 9 Yea good it is the Lord to trust to hym all whole to stand More safe it is then Prince to trust with all hys gard and band 10 Though nations all do compasse me and hedge me round about By name I trust of this the Lord I shall cut downe theyr route 11 Let them besege and compasse me â–ª on euery side at wyll The Lordes good name I hope therby theyr pride to quel kill 12 Though they lyke bées swarme me about to sting to hurt to noye They soone shall fade as fyer in thornes in God I shall them stroy 13 By pushing oft they thrust at me to make me full agast But yet the Lord my piller strong was whole my stayful fast 14 The Lord of power â–ª my strength he is of laudes my tenors style For he was made my health and fence to scape all mortall guyle 15 The voyce of ioye â–ª and healthful mirth rebound in iust mens tents For why ful great the Lords right hand hath wrought experimeÌ„ts 16 The Lords ryght hand exalted is hys power is clearly knowen The lords right hand great feates hath done mans strength is not his owne 17 Not dead I am but liue as yet and trust to spend my dayes To tell Gods workes his mighty actes by whom my liuing stayes 18 The Lord although he me correct in chastisment most fyt Yet downe to death he draue me not he would not so permyt 19 Ope me the gates of righteousnes that iust men vse to haunt To enter now â–ª Gods temple so the Lord with prayse to vaunt 20 This gate is wyde the Lord his gate where due his grace is spred All â—ightwise men do passe therin who faythfull life haue led 21 I wyll wyth thankes set out thy prayse for thou hast answerd mâ— Though thou didst strike yet ease thou seÌ„tst for helth I had by thée â–ª 22 The stone it selfe which was reiect by all the buylders choyce Was made the heade and corner stone to all good mens reioyce 23 From god the Lord this act issued his worke it was alone A thing it is most meruelous in all our eyes so done 24 This is the day the ioyfull day which that the Lord hath made Let vs therin reioyce and sing a day that shall not fade 25 Ah Lord helpe now and saue I praye assist vs presently O Lord on hye geue helpe I praye good lucke send spéedely 26 O blest be he that comth as thus in God the Lords good name To you as we gods house that kepe haue wisht good lucke fame 27 God is the Lord and lightned vs all health who luckly sendes Sprede bowes therfore and bynde your hosts with cords at alters endes 28 Thou art my God whom thanke I will whom I shall celebrate Thou art my God to whom my laudes I will whole dedicate 29 O thanke and laude the heauenly Lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull God which art the vndoubted coÌ„forter in all our aduersities and makst the houses of the iust to be filled with ioye gladnes extoll thy churche and congregations by the power of thy ryght hande to bee the eternall gate thorough which all righteousnes may procede so established vpoÌ„ the hed corner stone Iesus Christ in this lyfe that at the resurrection she may be presented glorious in thy fighte thorough the same Iesus Christ c. A Preface to the Psalme 119. MAde is this Psalme by Alphabete in Octonaries folde All letters two and twentie set as Hebrues them haue tolde The verses all an hundred bee threescore and iust sixtene Thus framde and knit for memorie and elegance some wene Here letters all so sortely bound do shew in mysterie Eternall health may sure be found in scripture totallie Uerse yokt by eight Christes rising day doth figure them in some Sweete Saboth rest not here I say I meane of world to come Peruse this psalme so wide and brode eche verse saue one is freight As still in termes of law of God most ofte by
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
minister their bitter potions to sicke children least they should abhorre their helth for the bitternes of their drinkes for the most part they annointe the brinkes of the cuppes with hony And for this ende bee these sweete and harmonious songes deuised for vs that such as be children either by age or children by maners should in deede haue their soules wholesomely instructed though for the time they seme but to sing onely Furthermore we see commonlye that they which be of the vulgare people or of rude and grosse nature can not redely beare away and kepe in mynde the graue preceptes of the Apostles or Prophetes where yet the deuine psalmes they synge at home in their houses and abrode they can recorde them And certainly though a man were neuer so furiouslye raging in ire and wrath yet assone as he heare the swete tunes of the Psalmes straight way is he asswaged of his fury and must depart more quiet in mynd by reason of the melodie The psalme is the rest of the soule the rodde of peace it stilleth and pacifieth the ragyng bellowes of the minde for it doth asswage and mollifie that irefull power and passion of the soule it induceth chastity where reigned wantonnes it maketh amitie where was discorde it knitteth frendes together it returneth enemies to an vnitie againe For who can long repute him as an enemy with whom he ioyneth himselfe in lifting vppe hys voyce to God in prayer So that the song of the Psalme worketh charitie whiche is the greatest treasure of all goodnesse that can be deuising by this inducement of concord singing the knot and bonde of vnitie so ioyning the people together after the similitude of a quiere in their vnitie of singing The Psalme is an introduction to beginners it is a furtherer to them which go forwarde to vertue it is to the perfect man a stable foundation to rest on it is the swete voyce the onely mouth of the spouse of Christ the church The psalme doth cheare the feastfull day the better to reioyce it worketh that same heauines whiche is heauines to godwarde for the psalme is able to plucke out teares of any mans hart though it be neuer so stony harde O wise and merueilous deuise of our heauenlye scholemaister who could inuent that we should both pleasantly sing and therwith profitably learne where by wholesome doctrine might bee the deper printed in vs for that which with violence and force is learned of vs is not wont to abide long but that whiche entreth into vs with pleasure and by louing grace it continueth the lenger in our hartes it sticketh the faster in our memories Now as for the matter and content of the Psalme what is there but that a man maye learne it there Is not there to be learned the valiauntnes of fortitude The righteousnes of iustice The sobernes of temperance The perfection of prudence The forme of penaunce The measure of patience Yea and whatsoeuer soundeth to vertue or perfection is it not there taught In the Psalme is conteined absolute diuinitie both prophecy of christes comming in the flesh The thretfull warninges of the iudgement The hope of our rising agayne The feare of Gods punishmentes The promises of euerlasting ioye The reuelatiō of all mysteries all these be laide and couched vp in the Psalter booke as in a great treasure house common to al men Which booke the Prophet Dauid framed most aptly among many instruments of musike to agree with the instrumente called the Psaltrie Signifieng therby as I can iudge the grace of God to come frō boue by the inspiration of the holye ghost for thys onely instrumente of all other haue the cause of hys sounde from his vpper parte where the harpe or the lute by their wrestes haue their sound cōming forthe out of the lower parte of them but the psalterye put forth the swetenes of his harmonious melodie from the vpper part teaching vs therby that we should set our whole study and meditation in heauenly thinges aboue and not by the sweetenes of the tunes to bee borne downe to the sensuall affections and delectations of the fleshe Chrisostomus In Psalmos to .2 ho. 15. AS this life is susteyned by meate which it doth straighte way ministre after it be receyued euen so if we bestowe our endeuour to vertuous actes we shall obtaine Gods liuelye sprite by the possession whereof we shall flowe in all good workes which on the other side if we performe not the sayde sprite will flee from vs of whome if we be destitute we muste nedes halte in any doing we haue for if this holy sprite should depart from vs consequently wil the wicked sprite enter which thing may clearely be learned in Saule who was sore haunted therwith Now what should it helpe vs though we be not vexed so extreemely wyth suche a spirite as Saule was vexed if we bee tormented and choked by malicious actes and wretched dedes We haue therefore muche neede to haue Dauids harpe to sing to our soule some diuine harmony as well gotten out of the Prophet as also flowing from good life so that whether of them both we vse that is either to sing some Psalme or song of Dauid or yet to beginne a vertuous life we shal therby destroy the deuils power in vs as readily as Dauid was wont to asswage Saules fury with his harpe And this shall be our principall remedy to obtaine all righteousnes to the healthe of our soule yea beside this the deuill shall rage so much the more in fury when he seeth that for all his sinfull suggestions we be nothing drawne to euill for these vngratious and vncleane spirites are euen in the beginning of their temptations afrayde least we should haue occasion geuen vs by their wicked suggestions to turne our whole entent the rather to worke some laudable acte So that when they see we stande and perseuer stedfastly they rage the more for that they bee so frustrate in all their busie care they haue to hurt vs. Wherupon after our victory so gotten let vs sing out some song of thankes the farther to beate from vs that diuelish importune assault of our enemye for the deuill in deede cannot vtterly depriue vs of heauen no for many times he is a furderer to vs by his warryng against vs so that we be watching warely at him and vse sobernes to winne heauen from whence wilfully many be cast by their vngratious and sinfull liuing And verely whatsoeuer he be that offendeth of purpose and that of set will rageth in mischiefe is a plaine deuill and is not worthy to haue pardon or fauor of any man Let vs therfore sing to that soule that is affected wyth other sayinges of holy scripture specially Dauids Psalmes In suche wise that the outwarde voyce maye edifie the inwarde mynde Doubtlesse when we instructe and frame our tongue thus to sing the conscience of man must needes be ashamed if he doo not preserue that thing at
riches and glory of this worlde thou shalt heare him againe singing Wo be to them which trust in their power and in the multitude of their goodes and in an other place Man is in his dayes as grasse whose pompe shal not go downe into the graue with him and thus by such considerations thou shalt repute nothing in all the earth much to be estemed for if thou despisest these two thinges I meane power and glory which exceed all other thinges in mens estimacion what can there be beside wherto thou shouldst set so much thy hart Also if thou shouldst be ouercharged with any heauines of hart thou mayst here there Why art thou thus heauy O my soule and why doost thou so vexe me Trust in the lord for I will geue him thankes Ouer this if thou spiest manye men to haue great commendation without any cause of deseruing speake thou thus to thy selfe Be not enuious at wycked men for they shall wither away like grasse and shall fade to nought euen as the grene herbe in the field If thou chaunce to marke how good men and euill men he both together afflicted yet by Dauid thou shalt vnderstand that the maner of theyr affliction is not alone for he sayth that there be many scourges for sinners which yet he doth not affirme to be inflicted vpon good men when he saith That the iust man haue many temtations but out of them all God will deliuer him and agayne The death of sinners is odible Where the death of his electes is very honourable before the Lorde Reuolue therfore such thinges as these be oft with thy selfe and by the instruction of them get thee some vnderstandyng for there is a large wilde fielde of wise sentences comprehended in these sayinges aforesayd yea in euery one of them thoughe they be brieflye thus vewed and perused by vs. But if ye will more exactly search out these sentences of Dauid ye shall perceiue that they wil sprede into plentuous store of gostly treasure Ouer and beyond that euery man that will may by these sayinges purge himselfe of euill vices how fast so euer they haue roote within them If he will neither geue eare redily to enuye neither yet to bitter malice if he will despise riches if he set light by aduersitie by trouble by pouertie if he set not much by his lyfe at all This maner of contemplation will far driue from vs all vice and sinne for the subduing of which vices we muste geue our thankes to God and thus by despising these transitory goodes we may winne the goodes euerlastyng and through patience in aduersitie and by the consolatiō we haue in holy scripture we may haue hope and at the last to enioy the blisse to come thorough Iesus Christ to whom with the father the holy ghost be all honor world without ende Amen Augustinus lib. confess 10. cap. 33. THe delectation of the eares had once bound me strongly yea they had subdued me but thou O Lorde didst vnbinde me and madest me free Now in these sweete tunes which thy holy scriptures geue so liuely a grace vnto when they be sunge with the sweete voyce of cunning men I do confesse that I am somwhat delectably holden but yet not for that I would dwell and abide still there but that my affection might be stirred to rise vpwarde when I see my time But yet these tunes and notes thus liuelye made by the dittie of thy worde the rather doo they desire to haue place in me yea they woulde my harte should haue them in great affiance which yet I haue not peraduenture altogether as is most agreable For sometime me thinke I esteme this musicall harmonie more hiely then is conueniēt as when I feele my hart to be more vehemently stirred to ardent deuotion by those holy wordes when they be so set out with song then if they were not so sunge For this I perceyue that all the affections of our sprites in their diuersitie of natural disposition to haue their peculier properties and facions as well in respect of the voyce as of the tunes So that by a secrete familiaritie and similitude that is betwixt them the mindes of men be diuerslye affected and rauished but the delectation of my flesh thoughe it ought not to subdue my mynde with to much vaine and feeble sensualitie yet it ofte deceyueth me in that my brute senses doo not wayte on Lady Reason as modestlye content to come after her but they striue to go before her would be her guide and other cause can they alleage none but for that by her at the first they were broughte in and admitted And thus I offend vnbewares thoughe afterward I perceiue it So againe while that I eschue this suttle deceit of my senses beyond due measure I erre on the other side by ouermuch sower grauitie yea so far otherwhiles that I would all such swete harmonie of delectable singing wherewith Dauids Psalter is vsed to be sung vtterly remoued not from mine owne eares only but banished out of the church to as iudging that waie to be more sure and furthest from perill of abuse that I remember hath bene ofte told me done of Athanasius bishop of Alexandria who caused the readers of the quier to recite the psalmes in such euen equalitie of the voyce that it appeared to bee more like a reading then a singing How be it when I cal to minde what teares I wept at the hearing of the songes which thy churche and congregation did vse to sing to thee O Lord what time I first began to recouer my faith vnto thee as me thinke euen yet still I feele my selfe rauished not yet with the singing but with the sweete matter which is sung specially when it is sung with full expressed voyces and with decent harmonie then againe I iudge this ordinance of singing to be much profitable and expedient And thus am I tost betwixt the danger of vaine delectation and the experience of wholesome edification But more am I inclined and induced to allowe this custome of singing in the churche although I speake not this as in sentence diffinitiue that the weaker sorte of men might by suche delectation of the eare rise vp to godly affection and heauenly deuotion Notwithstanding when I fele this in my selfe that the melodie moueth me more then the matter of the dittie which is sung I confesse then that I offend mortally therin then wish I rather not to heare such singyng then so to heare it Iosephus lib. antiq Iud. 7. ca. 12. WHen Dauid was at rest from warres and other such daungers and had now peace at will he composed songes and hymnes to God of diuers Metres some trimetres and some quinquemetres and caused diuers instruments to be made and he taught the Leuites how they shoulde in their diuersities sing and playe hymnes on the Saboth and other feastiuall daies Of which instrumēts some as the harpe were
lowde and shirle made of ten stringes which were touched with the one end of the wrest Nabla was of xij stringes and tunes and was playde on with the fingers There were also Cymbals of brasse both large and broade Eusebius li. 2. cap. 16.17 in hist. ecclesiastica PHilo an Hebrewe borne who as reporte goeth came to Rome in Emperour Claudius daies and saw Peter the Apostle and was his auditor hearyng the doctrine he preached amonge other thinges that he wrate of the christian sect sayth thus The christen people haue in all places of their assemblies houses dedicated wholye to prayer into the which they resorte aparte by themselfe and there vse to haue their mysteries ministred in most honest and chast life wherein they bring nothing that serue for eating drinking or for any other corporall necessitie of the body but onely the bookes of Gods lawe and of the Prophetes and hymnes made to God and such like things as these be by which discipline vertuous exercise they be together edified so by daily continual diligence they attaine to very perfect life Furthermore they do not onely vnderstand the auntient hymnes of their Elders ▪ but they themselues deuise newe to Gods honour whiche they sing with all kinde of graue numbers and rythmes in a comely honest maner and with sweete harmonie And furthermore Philo saith our hymnes are so song with vs that where one as Chanter singeth before one verse orderly and comely by obseruing the certentie of his numbers all the multitude beside secretlye geuyng eare vnto him at the laste syng together the latter partes of the hymnes Eusebius lib. 3. cap. 33. in hist. eccl PLinius the second who bare office in a certen prouince vnder Traiane the Emperour perceyuing how frō day to day were slaine great numbers of the christian people being much moued at the slaughter of them reported to the sayde Emperour that thousandes of people almost innumerable were daily put to death in whome was spyed no crime at any tyme done or committed nor any thing els contrary to the Romaine lawes sauing this onely that they vsed to sing before day to one Christ as to a God their morning hymnes But as for adulteries and such other crimes they vtterly abhord and kept themselues clere from them and liued otherwise customably after the common lawes Traiane the Emperour by this mans aduertisement made decree by authoritie of his rescript that the Christians shoulde no more be serched for and except that any of them offred themselues els not to be punished Hieronimus in prologo galeato CErtaine Psalmes as the 36.110.111.114 the 144. although they be writen and composed in diuers Metres neuerthelesse they bee interlaced wyth the Alphabet letters of all one number Eusebius de prepara euange lib. 11. ca. 3. WHo had the perfect skill of the Hebrues tonge should perceiue that they had among them many right eloquent oratours for they haue verses and Poesies made by moste exquisite arte and cunning as that great Canticle of Moses the 118. Psalme of Dauid be composed in Heroicall Metre which is called verse Exametre They haue also such other as well trimetres and tetrametres which as concerning the composition of them be deuised moste eloquently substantially and pleasantly and as concerning the sence and matter of them no mans writing is to be compared with them for in them are expressed gods wordes and wordes of mere truth where in be conteyned godly doctrine knowledge of notable thinges and wholesome conclusions Idem Eusebius lib. 12. ca. 14. PLato that deuine Philosoper iudged that Metres ought to be sung for sayth he disciplines be fit for education and bringyng vp of Children to traine them to a right life lawful conuersatiō To the entent therfore that childrens myndes might follow the lawe that therwith they should both ioy mourne let them learne Metres and songes and let them sing oft such Wherein be conteyned the commendations and condēnations of such things which the lawes commend and condemne because the tender wittes and yeares of children can not comprise the reason of vertue they be well prepared therto by play and song Not without good skill therfore doo we Christian men vse that children doo learne the the canticles of the Prophetes Necessarie it were as the saide Plato affirmeth that Poetes who be inuenters of such Meters were forced by lawe that in their verses when they be describing a blessed man in felicitie to praise none other for such but him that is a good man modest rightfull in his doyng whether he be little or great riche or poore And that whosoeuer were a wrong doer to call him miser thoughe he were richer then Cresus or Mydas Let these Poetes therfore call no man a blessed man excepte he come by these goodes which be so called of the vulgar people both rightfully and also rightfully dispend the same And suche matters beyng compiled in their rythmes and verses were good for the youth to learne As Dauid inspierd with the grace of gods holy sprite so described a blessed man in his Odys and songes longe before these dayes teaching who is truely a blessed man and who is contrary In the beginning of his Psalter saying Blessed is that man whiche walketh not in the counsayles of wicked men c. And furthermore writeth Plato that it is a grace specially belonging to God himselfe or to some perfect man chosen by him well to vse rythmes verses and therefore it were good that there were diligent law prouided for them that they should haue no other respect but to set out vertue to which ende all Musike shoulde be applied As it was so prouided among the Hebrues who were restrained from receyuing any other hymnes and songs then such as were composed by the Prophetes who were inspired by the holy ghost Furthermore I graunt to Plato in this thing which is commonly spoken that delectation plesant satisfieng of the eare is iudge to musike But I say that is best musike which delighteth good men learned men specially such as excell others in vertue And therfore vertue must bee iudge in this case specially fortitude and prudence and not Musike to be estemed good by the allowance of the rude people which be led and blinded with ignoraunce and wyth cowardly base affections For so among the Iewes of olde time the iudgement of diuine songes was not permitted to the multitude but some there were thogh thei were but a few which iudged these things by diuine inspiration who had the authoritie to consecrate as I might say and to approue the bookes of the Prophetes as also to disalowe and to reiect suche as they thought disagreable from Gods holy spirite Basilius in concione ad adolescentes TImotheus the Musitiō so excelled in that arte and facultie that he coulde stirre vp a mannes mynde to anger by his roughe and sower harmonie could
to mée My sonne I say thou art this day I haue begotten thée 8 Aske thou of mée I will geue thée to rule all Gentils londes Thou shalt possesse in suernesse the world how wide it stondes 9 With iron rod as mighty God all rebels shalt thou bruse And breake them all in pieces small as sherdes the potters vse 10 Be wise therfore ye kinges the more Receyue ye wisdomes lore Ye iudges strong of right and wrong aduise you now before 11 The Lorde in feare your seruice beare with dread to him reioyce Let rages be resist not ye him serue with ioyfull voyce 12 The sonne kisse ye lest wroth he be lose not the way of rest For when his ire is set on fire who trust in hym be blest ¶ The Collecte BReake a sonder O Lorde the bondes of our sinnes that we may bee faithfully yoked to the preceptes of thy law to serue thee in feare and reuerence to the laude of thy holy name Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme III. This Psalme endight may comfort haue of God How troubled sprite may comfort haue of God As woe be gone meke Dauid fled so brode From Absalon meke Dauid fled so brode 1 O Lord how ill encrease they still that trouble me so sore Full many rise in spitefull wise agaynst me more and more 2 Right many one whan I do mone alasse my soule they fret They say I haue no God to saue oh this temptation great 3 But yet O Lord thou wilt accord as shielde to fence my soule My worship cleare thou art full deare my hed thou wilt extoll 4 I did but mone with voyce alone to God my Lorde in will He heard me iust as I dyd trust from his so holy hill 5 I layde me downe I slept full sound and vp I rose agayne For God me kept where safe I slept his grace dyd me sustayne 6 To be afrayde or yet dismayde for thousandes ten what néede They go about to driue me out but God will dull theyr spéede 7 Up Lord saue mée my God most frée on chéeke thou smitest my foes Well hast thou chrust theyr téeth to dust of such as wicked goes 8 Unto the Lord by truthes recorde belongth all sauing helth Thy blessing hand so nie doth stand to worke thy peoples welth ¶ The Collecte POure vs O Lorde thy heauenly benediction that we may be armed with the fayth of the resurrection not to feare any army of men set against vs. Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme IIII. The church in stress complaynth to God full sore For heauinesse complaynth to God full sore The good haue ease they sacrifice therfore Of their disease they sacrifice therfore 1 O God so hie heare when I crie my right is all in thée Thou takest me fro al troublous wo haue mercy heare thou mée 2 Ye sonnes of men how long agayne will ye blaspheme my name Why triumphe ye in vanitie why séeke ye lies to frame 3 Know this ye foes that God hath chose himselfe all godly men And when I call this Lord of all he straight will heare me then 4 Of wrathfull ire refraine the fire sinne not but muse in hart Upon your beds kéepe still your heds deathes day recount in part 5 Looke ye arise in sacrifice of righteousnes in skill And put your trust in God so iust but tame your fleshly will 6 There many bée that say O sée who good to vs can do Lift vp thy face of cherefull grace on vs O Lord to go 7 Thou chearst my hart as God thou art with ioye of thy good sprite Since corne and wine with oyle so fine of theirs increast in sight 8 I will me lay in peace I say my sléepe to take full well I hope for thou O Lord as now makst me most safe to dwell ¶ The Collecte HEare vs O mercifull Lorde and haue compassion on vs in our tribulations and where thou alone art most worthely magnified in thy people graunte that we may haue spirituall gladnes in our hartes by the hope of the heauenly reward Through c. The Argument Psalme V. The church in sprite for all opprest in payne Maketh sute aright for all opprest in payne Here Christ aduanceth the Iewes he blamth agayne His heritaunce the Iewes he blamth agayne 1 EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mind recount most kind geue eare for thine owne sake 2 O harke my grone my crying mone my king my God thou art Let me not stray from thée away to thée I pray in hart 3 My voyce and vowe thou wilt alowe betymes O Lord so frée In spring of day I thée will pray and shall looks vp to thée 4 This I may vow the God art thou which hatest all wickednes No malice fell with thée can dwell thou louest no cruelnes 5 Such foolish spite can bide no sight of thy good louely face Thou doost defie their vanitie who wickednes embrace 6 Thou shalt destroy and them annoy with lies who shame thy worde Bloudthirsty men which crafty renne the Lord hath them abhorde 5 Iust will I go thy house into in trust of thy great grace In feare I will do honour still against that holy place 6 O Lord be guide defend my side in thy great righteousnesse Make playne the way lesse I do stray my foes shall brag the lesse 7 Their mouthes expresse no faithfulnesse theyr holow hartes be vayne Wide throte they haue as open graue theyr tonge but lyes do fayne 8 Destroy their thought O God for nought theyr owne wayes be theyr shame Expell them out in lies so stout who thus blaspheme thy name 9 Let them reioyce that trust thy voyce aye thankes they shall extend Who loue thy name shall ioye the same thou doost so them defend 10 Thou Lord wilt than geue rightwise man the heauenly blisse from thence Thy fauour kynde is not behynde as them with shield to fence ¶ The Collecte O Mercifull father whiche knowest the lamentation of a sorrowfull hart and contrited spirite before it be vttered infound into vs thy holye spirite alway to sue vnto thee in all our troubles defend vs with the shield of thy protection that wee may be found daily attending to thy will and pleasure to glorifie thy name through Christ c. The Argument Psalme VI. An earnest crie of men all wrapt in wo To God on hie of men all wrapt in wo At last they winne and glad reioyce they so Gods helpe for sinne and glad reioyce they so 1 O Carpe not sower thou Lord of power my sinne in ire to sore Nor chasten mée in crueltie I pray to thée therfore 2 But mercy haue my life to saue O Lord for weake am I My bones be vext with feare annext thy domes make me to crye 3 My soule also is full of woo my conscyence doth quake O Lord how long thy
Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XII This Psalme declarth for truth so falne to ground The poore mans care for truth so falne to ground When pride bearth sayle But God will it confound No truth preuayle But God will it confound 1 HElpe Lord so hye this case for why not one good man is more The faythfull gone scant any one theyr children mynished sore 2 They talke so frée of vanitie one neyghbour neyghbour to In tong they glose it double gose their hartes dissemble so 3 All lips so vayne God will them strayne and plucke them vp by roote Oh that he wrung the boasting tunge to treade it vnderfoote 4 For thus they rayle we wyll preuayle our tonges must matters breake For who dare thus be Lord to vs our tonges must onely speake 5 For thys the stresse of comfortlesse for sighes that poore men make Now ryse wyll I sayth God most hye and helpe theyr part to take 6 Gods worde is sure it is as pure from earth as siluer quit Though tryde be golde in fire seuen folde his worde yet passeth it 7 O Lord so graue thou vs shalt saue and euermore preserue From all thys route that be so stoute for euer thée to serue 8 These walke most wyde in wycked pryde all cruelty they frame Whyle they so far exalted are poore men be put to shame ¶ The Collecte HAue mercy of our frailtie most louing father and graunte that we may keepe thy holy wordes with pure chaste hartes to escape the manifold deceites of mad and vayne talkers in errour Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XIII For patience In trouble Dauid crieth For Gods desence In trouble Dauid crieth Lest deadly might Good hope in God he spieth Should blynd his sight Good hope in God he spieth 1 HOw long wilt thou forget me now for euer Lord my guyde How long wylt thou not me alow how long thy face wylt hyde 2 How long shall I thus heauely in soule séeke counsayle so How long my hart shall féele this smart to be thus vext wyth foe 3 O Lord my God represse thy rod heare now consider mée Myne eyes wyth lyght O cleare thou bryght dead sléepe lest they do sée 4 Lest that to hye myne enemye myght boast of hys preuayle If downe I were thys baratter would ioye to sée me quayle 5 But all my trust lyeth fully iust in thy good mercy still My hart thy helth shall ioy it selfe Gods goodnes laude I will The Collecte TOurne not thy face awaye from vs O God of all might and consolation lest our enemies preuayle against vs and so endue the hartes of vs thy seruantes with the reioysing spirite of thy saluation that we escape the dreadfull sleepe of second death Through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme XIIII This Psalme set out of sinners obstinate The carelesse route of sinners obstinate How far is syde which hold with God debate They wander wyde which hold with God debate 1 THe foole hath sayd in hart astrayd that God there is euen none In workes they are corrupt so far not one doth good not one 2 The Lord casth eye from heauen to spye the trade of Adams broode If that as there some wyse man were which God would séeke so good 3 But all astray haue take theyr way abominable made There is not one to do well none they all from truth decayd 4 For throtes they haue lyke open graue theyr tonges haue vsed deceyt And vnderslips theyr poyson lips of Aspes the venome beyt 5 Theyr mouthes do swim wyth cursings brim all bitternes to fyll Theyr féete make spede mans bloud to shede they force not whom they spyll 6 Destruction confusion in all theyr wayes do ryse Of peace no day they know the way Gods feare sée not theyr eyes 7 Haue they no mynd in hart so blynd in myschiefe how they go Who lyke as meate my people eate and God they call not to 8 But they shall there be once in feare where nought they feard in déede For God is spide most strong to bide wyth iust mans righteous séede 6 Where vaynly now ye mocke and mow at poore mans purpose iust When he is bent wyth fast entent in God to put his trust 7 Who els can spéede poore Iacobs séede wyth helpe from Zyon hill When God shall call hys people thrall reioyce all Iury will ¶ The Collecte VOuchsaue O Lorde to looke from thy holye heauens vpon the children of men and graunte vs to knowe the way of peace that we auoydyng the bondage of synne may haue the fruition of thy habitatiō in heauenly Ierusalem Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XV. Here Dauid craueth whom God alowth in sight And answer haueth whom God alowth in sight The sprite so sayth to worke by loue aright Who hath a fayth to worke by loue aright 1 WHo Lord shall byde by thy swéete syde In tabernacle sure Or who shall styll hold fast thy hyll which holy doth endure 2 Who walkth in state immaculate who blameles lyfe ensueth And rightwise déede fulfilth in spéede who speakth from hart the truth 3 Whose tonge in spyte doth not backebyte ne doth hys neyghbour euill Who cannot beare wyth quyet eare hys neyghbour slanderd still 4 And he whose eyes the bad despise and lawdth Gods fearefull men Who swearth also hys neyghbour to and chaungth not it ageyn 5 Who will not plie to vsurie hys coyne for lucres loue Who bribeth nothyng the iust to wryng oh he shall neuer moue ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we besech thee O bountiful lord god immaculate that we may walke in thy church without spot withdrawn wholy from the harmful workes of this wretched worlde so that while we labour to obserue the preceptes in earth we may at last attayne to thy heauenly habitation where thou raignest eternally one God the father the sonne and the holy spirite to whome be all honour and glory worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme XVI That Christ did pray and when himselfe did sue For his alway and when himselfe did sue His buriall the Prophet told full true His rise withall the Prophet told full true 1 O God of trust preserue me iust In soule and body to For why to thée my hope doth slée to none els will I go 2 O soule in sprite thou saydst aright to God who thée so wrought My God thou art of faythfull hart my goodes can vayle thée nought 3 All my delyght to sayntes full bryght is set which trauell here In vertues all celestiall they do excell so clere 4 Who multiplie theyr Idols hie and after them do gad Their sacrifice I whole despise I hate theyr names so mad 5 The Lord alone is porcion of myne inheritaunce My cup he is my crosse to blisse my lot he wyll aduaunce 6 My lot ful brode by lyne and rod so fayre did fall to mée That I reioyce the goodly choyce
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
vs poore miserable wormes crepyng here on earth and also doost not suffer vs to bee confounded with shame for euermore we beseehe thee to fulfill our lyps wyth thy worthy prayse and exercise our hartes in continuall meditation of all thy goodnes declared to vs Through Christ c. The Argument Psalme LXXII In letter prayd king Dauid playne His sonne to spede in all hys raigne In sprite more true yet mâ—nt it is Of Christes God sonne and king of blis 1 BEstow O God thy iudgements true Upon the kyng annoynted due Thy iustice eke geue thou therto To this kings sonne in it to go 2 Then shall he iudge the people ryght The good to saue the bad to smyte He shall the poore afflict defend The meke to quyte the proud to bend 3 The mountaines great swete peace shal bring Unto thy folke in gouernyng The smaller hils shall righteousnes So sprede a lyke in faythfulnes 4 The simple sort in misery To holde their right he shall applye The poore mans childe he shall protect And briber stroy that him so wrect 5 They shall feare thée in reuerence As long as sunne hath influence Or while the moone her face doth showe From age to age from hye to lowe 6 He shall come down as rayn from seas On grasse new shorne or woll the flease As showers swéete on earth do lyte To cheare all thing in fruitfull sight 7 In his good dayes all rightwise men Shall floryshe then and rise agayne Swéete peace shal be on euery side As long as Moone â–ª her sphere doth ryde 8 From sea to sea his rule shal be From Palestyne to déepe red sea From Euphrates to holy land From cost to cost how wyde it standth 9 The Ethiopes in wildernes Full méeke to hym shall bowe their knées His foes shall séeme to licke the dust All prostrate ligh to hym they must 10 Of Tharsys kings and other Iles shall gifts present him otherwhiles Of arabye and saba kings shall humbly bryng their offeryngs 11 To make short tale what kings there be In earth must geue hym homage frée Yea nations all shall them submyt To hold of hym and kysse his féete 12 For he the poore shall soone releife The crying wretch to ryd from griefe The nedy man all comfortles Without all helpe he will release 13 I saye agayne he will be good To nedy man and poore of bloud Though here he be both torne and brent Their soules to saue he will consent 14 Their soules from fraude in vsurye He will them ryd that tyranny Theyr names to him shall shine full cleare Their bloud his sight shall count full deare 15 And liue he shall to hym shal be So geuen the golde of Arabye He shall for poore make sute alway The poore for it shall prayse hym â—ye 16 One hand full sowen of wheate on hyll For growth and length then shake it will In Lybanon eke trées so hye As gréene as grasse all townes shall lygh 17 Hys name shall still and aye endure Before the sonne it was full sure Hys grace shall blesse all people iust All heathen him â–ª shall prayse and trust 18 This God our Lord he blest full well Euen iust the God of Israell He wondrous thinges doth worke alone All mysteries by hym be done 19 Hys name be blest in vnitie For euer one in trinitie This name shall fill the earth agayne Say we therto Amen Amen ¶ The Collecte WE acknowledge O God almighty thy holy name to be worthely magnified wherunto we now resort with humble supplication besechyng thee to suppresse all hostilitie of our oppressours who enuye thy prosperous and blissefull raygne of thy sonne our Sauiour Christe geue vs thy people such peace wherby we may ensue all righteousnes godlines through the mediation of our said Lord sauiour who wyth thee c. ¶ The ende of the second booke Here beginneth the thirde Booke of Psalmes ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXIII This musing Psalme by Dauid made to Aâ—aph put to sing Doth shew the endes of good and bad what vice what vertue bringth 1 O Good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the swéete And good men féele the smart 2 But yet my féete wel nye were gone to dout of godly wayes My steps of lyfe almost were slipt to renne in lyke astrayes 3 For why I fret â–ª all whoâ—e in zeale to note how sinners were In peace wyth blisse all whole beset the good men all in feare 4 For they of death féele no distresse nor much it doth them fret Theyr strength is fresh in euery part well fed and fat they iet Yet good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 5 Misfortune none befalth these men no labour pressth them hard They haue no scourge as other men all welth is theyr reward 6 Of this ariseth their hawty pride wherin they vaunt so stout All clad they bée wyth wyckednes and wrong euen round about 7 With falnes foule theyr eyes be sweld their gullets féele no â—hurst Their paunches ful their helth so quart theyr hartes excede in lust Yet good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 8 And others they corrupt with talke they speake all that is nought They do blaspheme euen God aboue such rage dewraith their thought 9 For vp to heauen â–ª they cast their mouth Gods prouideÌ„ce to scorne Their tong in earth must beare the rule by them the poore is lorne 10 This makth all folke to fall to them to sue their wealth vnto Their water cups to drinke in part to ease theyr want and wo. Yet good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 11 The people mad tush say they all do God such matters know Hath God aboue respect or care of thinges so done below 12 For lo say they these wycked men they prosper well in all The world is theirs as ioly men all goodes to them befall 13 And some of them sayd thus agayne my hart I clensd in vayne To purge my lyfe from suttle art I count it folish payne Yet good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here the sweete And good men feele the smart 14 Thus vext I went afflict in hart all day by wycked sect In early morne sore scourged I was to haue this caâ—e detect 15 I had almost sayd euen as they lo then I had bene wood For so should I haue euill reproued thy flocke of children good 16 I sought and sought to search it out O Lord what this might be But thou O God so secret wart it was to hard for me Yet good is God to Israell To them of perfect hart Though wycked men haue here
Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 21 O suffer not the poore that is contryte to féele a shame But let the poore and nedy soule for helpe aye prayse thy name 22 Ryse God awake and iudge thy cause thy foe thou séest extreme Beare still in mynde hys vyle attempt for daily he blasphemth 23 Forget not thou the ragyng voyce the brags of all thy foes Theyr boasting pryde do mount alway at thée theyr hatred goes O than be nye O God our God For euer do not flee And fume no more agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee ¶ The Collecte O Lorde the almightye maker of heauen and earth with al the furnishing therof which of thine inestimable loue didst redeme the world agayn by the price of thy precius blud be myndful of thy poore desolate flocke ouermuch laden in misery and wo to beholde how thy glorye is troden vnder foote by the wycked powers of this worlde heare our lamentable teares and comfort vs wyth ioy agayne after our afflictions to prayse thy mighty hand all dayes of our lyfe who liuest and raignest one God wyth the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXVI A prophecy of Christ ye spye who threath the wycked state Not so to wry their tiranny to wreke poore men in hate 1 WE do confesse and thankes expresse to thée O God wyth prayse Thy name is nye as testifie thy wondrous workes alwayes 2 When tyme most fit shall serue to it I then will iudge the ryght In day so set when men be met all hartes to sprede in sight 3 Proud earthly man shall melt euen than who dwelleth on earth shall quaile I set the ground of earth so round I can it shake no fayle 4 I did vpbrayd such fooles and sayd deale not so madly sirs To wycked rout I spake full out blow not your horne to fierce 5 Lift not to hie your horne sayd I your power all wrong ensuth Wyth stubburn neckes speake you no checks but bend your hartes to truth 6 For hye renowne commeth not adowne from East or West or South How wyde ye bée ye cannot flée this Gods true worde of mouth 7 For God iwis right domes man is no thought can scape his eyes Hym throweth he downe hym doth he crown as he can best deuise 8 In Gods ryght hand a cup theyr standth of wyne full red to sée But mixt wyth lies and dregs it lighes which he poorth diuersly The good at brynke the cleare doth drynke God brinche them gently so The bad doth sup the dregs full vp the botomes troublous wo. 9 Still will I talke such wonted walke of Iacobs God and Lord His doomes to sing hym worshippyng I will wyth hartes accord 10 And God sayth thus downe will I crushe all hornes of wycked men Euen so will I exalt on hye all ryghteous power agayne ¶ The Collecte O Most louing sheparde which for the redemption of thy flocke didst drinke the bytter cup of thy paynfull passion we pray thee so attempre the cup of aduersitie in such measure to vs that we may gladly in hart beare our crosse therto strengthned by thy holy sprite and that we neuer walke in the proude wayes of this world to drynke their heauy cup in the world to come who lyuest and reygnest with the father and the holy ghost c. The Argument Psalme LXXVI Against oppressours tyrannous who put Gods flocke to wrong This Psalme would they should well discusse ▪ Gods power and hand so strong 1 IN Iury God is known full well the ryghteous doth confesse His name is great in Israell the wycked sayth no lesse 2 His tabernacle Salem is a place of peace most swéete And Syon hill a seat of his where raignth hys grace full méete 3 This God euen there for all theyr sake his loue so them behelde Bowe arrowes sword and shield he brake all battayle set in field 4 Thou Syon mount doost more excell in honor fame and myght Then robbers hils where that they dwell how fierce they range in sight 5 These Gyantes proud of stomacke fell euen they be spoylde agayne They slept theyr sléepe though full they swell theyr handes shall nought retayne 6 O Iacobs God at thy reproofe these tyrantes fell to ground Theyr charets splayd and strayed aloofe both horse and man I drownd 7 Euen thou alone thou fearefull art in wrath agaynst the proud Who can resist thyne irefull dart O Lord who euer could 8 From heuen thou madest thy iudgement soūd that earth thy power myght heare So earthly man was soone on ground he shooke and quayld for feare 9 When God arose to iudge in ryght hys sayntes opprest wyth smart Then dyd hys strength appeare in sight to saue the meke in hart 10 Mans fiercenes past shall full set out thy prayse O Lord no lesse Their traynes guiles which stil they clout from hence thou shalt represse 11 Then vow your vowes and pay them well to your Lord God full glad I byd you all which nye hym dwell bryng giftes to God so drad 12 Stout Princes sprites so furious he can both quenche and quell On them his hand is wonderous how fierce in earth they swell ¶ The Collecte MOst drad and soueraygne Lord graunt we besech thee to our meditations such effect for the confession of thy holy name that we be so illightned by thy eternall hyls to haue vnderstandyng of thy glorious resurrection that we be not disapointed of thy glory at thy fearefull iudgement Through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme LXXVII Strong fayth in voyce with diligence for helpe he cryeth a lowd He stickth to Gods good prouidence and seeth himselfe alowd 1 TO God to cry in voyce I will to God I say in voyce He shall to me geue eare full still to make my hart reioyce 2 In troublous dayes the Lord I sought my woundes still ranne by night My handes and strength ful low were brought my soule fled comfort quyte 3 I will of God yet mindfull be to wayle I wyll not cease Whan I my soule fore vext shall sée my voyce shall not decrease 4 Thou holdst myne eyes full waking still that rest I none can take So faynt and weake I haue no wil once speche by mouth to make 5 I did therfore than strayt recownt the dayes of olde ferne yeares I did reuolue the fathers wont in their distresse and feares 6 My songs from mynde shall not depart to others which I sing By night I muse and talke in hart my sprite searcht euery thinge 7 And thus I playne wyll God my Lord absent himselfe for aye Shal I be thus so sore abhorde will he his grace denay 8 Hys pytye great will it a waye for euer not to tourne And will his worde now ende I saye to make vs still to mourne 9 Hath God forgot to pytye thus can he himselfe forget And will he shut
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
that man can do Most vayne to trust it is euen so 13 In God we shall all strong endure By hym to do â—duentures sure And he our foes shall sone debell To treade them down though hie they swell ¶ The Collecte PRepare our harts O Lord ready vnto thee to confesse the power of thy name and wheras we know how thou early as conquerour didst ryse to raygne in kingdome euerlasting so we may in life alway ryse from our earthly conuersation to be pertaker of thy heauenly resurrection to whom with the father and the holy ghost art one God worlde without ende Amen The Argument Psalme CIX Here Dauid vext by tyrannye hath Doegs spite bewrayed Whose successour we Iudas spye who falsly Christ betrayed 1 O God my ioy and all my prayse in whome I glory most Hold not thy peace thy vertue rayse destroy my haters bost 2 For wycked mouthes and mouthes of gile at me be open set Wyth lying lippes they me reuile wyth tonges most false they ief 3 Wyth hateful wordes they compasse me such gall in hart they haue They fight at my sinceritie they causeles me depraue 4 For loue I had to them in hart they séeke my hurt and bloud Yet dyd I pray to ease my smart wherin I wysht them good 5 For good they euil agayne requite to malice so they bend And so for loue I shewd in sight whote hate they do repend 6 Some wycked man O constitute â–ª on hym to breake hys band Let Satan stand and execute hys power agaynst hys hand 7 When iudged he be for any déede let hym as gilty come Hys prayers whole ill mought they spéede to sinne turnd all in some 8 And let his dayes abriged be in yeares but fewe to go His office eke withall his fee Some other take hym fro 9 Let all his séede and issue sprong full sone be fatherles And let his wife be widow young and curst with barennesse 10 As wandrels make his childrens stray to beg séeke their bread Depryued so their houses gay abroade to desert led 11 Yea let his goodes the vsurer all wholy catch in net And let also the forriner by spoyle his labours set 12 Let no man be in any place to pitye hys distresse And no man helpe with any grace his children fatherles 13 To wast be led his progenye to ioy in no degrée Their name be blot from memory no second age to sée 14 His fathers crymes be they reuiued in mynde before the Lord His mothers sinne to her deryued and styll of God abhord 15 Yea let them hange in open sight before the Lord for aye Dryue he their fame all whole quyte from all the earth away 16 Because no loue he had in brest to any nedy wight But did pursue poore man opprest to kill the hart contryfe 17 He curse ensued he ioyed therin it came hym home the more He blesse eschued none would he wynne it shal hym flee therfore â–ª 18 To cursednes he whole was set as clad for all the nonce As water yet his bowels wet as oyle it pearst his bones 19 Let it therfore â–ª as cloke to be hymselfe to wrape therin With gyrdell gyrt so like be he alway euen next the skyn 20 This mede from God to them befall which me resist in hate To them euen all in generall agaynst my soule that prate 21 But do thou Lord my Lord with me as it becommeth thy name For swéete is thy benignitye O ryd me far fro shame 22 For sore afflict and poore I wepe I am all destitute My hart within is wounded déepe in death nye constitute 23 As shadow fast I passe away as day doth low declyne As grashopper remouing aye from place I am so dryuen 24 My knées do reale all fatigate in fasting long from meate My flesh is dryed for lacke of fat or oyle to make it sweate 25 A foule rebuke to them I séemde on me they strangly gase As laughing stocke they me estéemd shoke their heads apace 26 O helpe me Lord my God withsaue to thée alone I clyue Preserue me sure thy grace I craue and shortly me reuyue 27 And let them knowe in this thy ayde that this is whole thy hand That thou thy selfe my state hast layd so strong by thée to stand 28 And let them curse so thou do blesse O Lord of all most drad Yea let them rise but foule to misse to make thy seruaunt glad â—9 Let all my foes with shame be broke as clad therwith echone Let them be wrapt as with 〈◊〉 cloke in their confusion â—0 And I with mouth will celebrate the Lord with thankes on hye Whom people most be congregate I wyll his laâ—des applye â—1 For that he stode in poore mans nede at his right hand so strong To saue his soule froÌ„ iudges drede who might him stroy by wroÌ„g ¶ The Collecte O Most pitifull Lorde and intreatable God whiche didst vouchsaue to be cast vnder the malediction of the law so bearyng the wrath of thy father to the ende that thou would discharge vs from all curse and malediction we beseche thee so to deale with vs mercifully that we may escape from the tyranny of synne that doth haunte vs and also to bee defended by the power of thy name from all cursed detractions of euill men so that we may fully ioy to be in thy fauour in the enmitie of the world to whom wyth thy father and holy sprite be all honour and glory for euer Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme CX Though Dauids raigne be somewhat ment Yet Christ is chiefe here prophecied Who was both kyng in regiment And priest in death then after stied To heanen to sit as priest and king His frendes to saue his foes to wring Wyth death the sting Ì„Ì„ 1 THe Lord most hye the father thus Dyd say to Christ my Lord his sonne Set thou in power most glorious On my ryght hand aboue the sunne Untill I make thy foes euen all Thy low footestoole to thée to fall As subiectes thrall 2 The Lord shall send from Zion place Of thy great power imperiall The royall rod and princely mace Whence grace shall spring originall Yea God shall say thou God vp ryse To raigne amids thyne enemies In princely wyse 3 The people glad â–ª in hartes delight Shall offer giftes in worship frée As conquest day of thy great might In shinyng shew of sanctitie For why the dew of thy swete birth As morne new sprong dropth ioyfull mirth So séene on earth 4 The Lord did sweare and fast decréed He will hys worde no tyme repent Which sayd thou art a priest in déed A kingly priest aye permanent Of order namde Melchisedeck Whom peace and right â–ª doth ioyntly decke As Gods elect 5 The Lord as shield kepth right thy hand To make thy raigne inuincible He shall subdue by sea and land All power aduerse most forcible He shall great kyngs and Cesars wound In day of
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
entent before my God also I iust eschude my déede so rude I gaue good héede therto 24 For doyng iust my Lord I trust will frendly me requite My righteous déede as well did spéede in hys approued sight 25 As man is iust so mayst thou trust wyth good so good to bée Wyth perfect man so thou agayne shall perfect be and frée 26 And thus wyth pure thou mayst be sure thou shalt be pure and cleane Euen so wyth euill of froward will euen froward shalt thou meane 27 For thou to saue wilt soone wyth saue the méeke in all theyr wo And shalt deryde mens stately pryde and make them low to go 28 For thou dydst lyght my candell bryght and kéepst my fortune ryght The Lord my God dyd ease my rod and darkenes tournd to lyght 29 For strong to sée I was by thée whole hostes to dyng downe ryght In God no dout I was so stout stone wall to leape it quite 30 Gods way I wis vnspotted is hys worde is tryde in fire He is a shield to man in field who trust to hym intiere 31 What God is there euen any where but this the Lord of hostes What rocke excelth in strength so well as thys our God in coste 32 For God euen he round girdeth me wyth strength and feate of warre He kéepth my way in redy stay lest vyce my lyfe should marre 33 He makth my féete as swyft and méete as féete of hartes to sée In perfect grace he stayd my race and sate me vp on hye 34 My handes aryght he made to fyght both diuell and man to wryng Myne armes in partes did breake their dartes yea bowes of stéele wyth stryng 35 Thy sauyng shield kept me in field thy right hand me sustaynd Thy bounteousnes dyd ease my stresse though greuously it paynd 36 Thou gauest me roume where euer I come to stand to go to ryde Full strong to stand on sea and land my héeles dyd neuer slyde 37 I dyd rechase my foes in face and ouer tooke theyr spyte I dyd not stynt wyth sword the dynt till I had stroyed them quite 38 I dyd them bray in such aray theyr woundes shall neuer heale They could not ryse in any wyse but fall at myne owne héele 39 Strait girdst thou me wyth strength to be to warre euen full inured Thou threwest them round vpon the ground my soule who thus pursude 40 These noughty packes did turne their backes theyr neckes thou madest me smight My haters fell thou didst them quell downe thou dydst beat them right 41 They cryde dismayde and craued ayde but none to helpe was there Whan they did crie to God so hie then God did turne hys eare 42 I dyd as small thus beat them all as dust before the wynde As clay in stréete oft trode wyth féete I dyd them stampe and grynde 43 Thou rydst my lyfe from peoples stryfe thou didst me sure preserue To Gentiles bred thou madest me hed straunge people me dyd serue 44 When me they heare at sound of eare they me now soone obey Wher children strange their frendship change all falshoode they dewray 45 These children strange which strangely range so vp and downe dyd fayle They all afrayd in fearefull brayd in theyr great forts shall wayle 46 The Lord lyue hée most blessedly who was my helper strong God rowsed bée my rocke so frée hym prayse I will full long 47 This God of ours he geueth me powers t' auenge my wycked foes And doth subdue my people true that they like subiectes goes 48 He daunted so my cruell â—o to them he made me head From wicked spite thou dydst me quite theyr wickednes to tread 49 For thys O Lord in hart and word I will geue thankes in song Of thy great name thy power to fame where Gentils dwel among 50 Hys kyng he sought he health hym wrought he shewed true loue in déede To Dauid true annoynted due and aye to his good séede ¶ The Collecte MOst louyng Lord and puissant protectour which art our refuge in all distresse and aduersitie preserue vs from all hostilitie and froÌ„ the snares of death and hell so that after we be drawne vp from the danger of all maner temptations we maye deuoutly syng to thy holy name in all puritie of life Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XIX This Psalme deliteth who is to sunne comparde Gods worke to cyte who is to sunne comparde His law it treateth of his Apostles garde And so it speaketh of his Apostles garde 1 THe heauens do tell how God excelth in glory power and might The firmament so excellent his handy worke endight 2 For day to day succéedyng aye doth playne hys power declare As night to nyght ensuyng ryght setteth out hys louyng care 3 No speche or tong to them doth long theyr voyce distinct not hard To magnifie theyr Lord so hie by languages regard 4 But yet theyr sound as wordes rebound on all the earth it strayes To further cost all vttermost their noyse theyr maker prayse 5 In them he set the sunne so net ¶ lyke bridegrome which procéedth His chamber out as Giaunt stout reioyceth hys course to spéede 6 His course goeth out euen round about the heauen and backe retreath From East to West it hath no rest all thyng doth féele hys heate 7 Gods law is iust a law to trust as spotlesse turnyng hartes His wytnes pure record is sure to babe it wyt impartes 8 The Lordes behest is all the best to ioy the hart in ryght His biddinges be so pure to sée blynd syght they turne to lyght 9 The Lord his feare is cleane and cleare which euer shall endure His iudgementes bée the truth most frée and be themselues full sure 10 They be to vs more gracious then gold or precious stone To man more méete then hony swéete they passe the hony combe 11 Yea more then this thy seruant is to kéepe them alway prest And sure shall he rewarded be wyth ioy whych is behest 12 Synnes which be wrought in déed thought wythout thys law who knowth Fro faultes that lye oh secretly thy clensing hand bestow 13 From sinnes of pryde thy seruanthyde that me they do not guide That vndefilde and lesse beguilde the great sinne myght I slyde 14 My wordes thus said my thoughts depe laid God graunt they please thy sight O Lord my power my rocke and â—â—wer and my redemer quite ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull and louyng Sauiour Christ which once comming forth out of the virginal wombe didst proceede vp to the right hand of thy father we beseche thee that we may be so conuerted by the law illightened by thy preceptes and taught by thy holy testimonies to be deliuered froÌ„ all straunge doctrine and craftye inuasions agaynst our fayth who lyuest and raignest c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XX. This prayth for kinges Good prosperinges theyr realmes to haue defence Where Christ is ment By fore entent of Dauids
sprite in sence 1 GOd graunt he heare with blessed eare the sutes in day of wo Gods name so great whom Iacob met promoote thée where thou go 2 God send thée ayde â–ª where power is layd from sanctuary place He strengtht thée sure full strong t' endure from Syon hill of grace 3 Let hym kéepe hye in memorye thy sacrifices all The bullockes brent so redolent to mynde all them to call 4 Graunt he thy will of hart to fill in sickenes eke and health Confirme he shall thy counsayles all to worke thy peoples wealth 5 In helth of thée glad we shal bée and triumphes make we will In gods good name his prayse to fame thy vowes God shall fulfill 6 I know that now God will allowe his Christ and saue him deare To heare him nye from heauen so hye by healthfull hand he bearth 7 Some trust their horse some charets force thus they presume of strength But we wyll bynde Gods name in mynde for he is Lord at length 8 For where we sée how low they bée and falne so foule deceyued We ryse in sight and stand vpright by myght of God receyued 9 O Lord we sing saue kéepe the king heare vs and saue vs aye Both hym and his preserue and blis his realme defend we pray ¶ The Collecte FVlfill O Lord all our peticions and accepte vs as well allowed sacrifice to grace that all the force power of our aduersaries may bee resisted by thee so that we may reioyce in the present ayde of thy sauing health through Christ our Lord who with thee c. The Argument Psalme XXI Here is exprest is hard which went beforne How that request is hard which went beforne Now thankes the more to see hys foes forlorne He geueth therfore to see hys foes forlorne 1 THe king with voyce doth most reioyce thy strength O Lord most kynde For health so had he is full glad excedingly in mynde 2 Thou hast him geuen such helpe to wynne in hart as he desyrde For that he sought by thée was wrought as full his lips requirde 3 Thy good entent dyd hym preuent thy blessyng swéete thou gauest Upon his hed a crowne so red of gold well set thou hast 4 He asked lyfe and lyfe ful ryfe thou gauest him that will last More hym thou gaue then he dyd craue euen lyfe that shall not wast 5 His honour great in thée is set in thy saluation true Thou didst him crowne with bright renowne and glory hym dyd sue 6 Thou hast againe exalt hys raygne wyth long felicitie To glad hys state most fortunate with ioy thy face to sée 7 The cause is thys the kyng I wis in God dyd put his trust Hys louyng grace so steyd hys place no man could downe hym thrust 8 Thy strong ryght hand by sea and land shall all thy foes confound Thou shalt séeke out thy haters stout wyth power to cast on ground 9 In thyne whote ire as ouen wyth fire thou shalt them make to fume The Lord in wrath shall stroy theyr pathe the fire shall them consume 10 Thou shalt supplant theyr fruite to want theyr rootes from earth full low Theyr séede euen quyte from all mens sight no man thence shall them know 11 For they entend on thée to send some euill in spitefull fourme Theyr cursed déede yet wanted spéede they could not it perfourme 12 For such a thyng thou shalt O kyng them all put foule to flight Thou shalt bestow thy stryng and bow agaynst theyr face to smite 13 O Lord of helth exalt thy selfe in thyne owne strength and might So wyll we syng to thée O kyng to prayse thy power aright ¶ The Collecte BLesse vs lord with the benediction of thy swete mercy and fulfil our desire to be alway set to thee that where in our harmonie we extoll thy excellent power we may obtayn the perpetuitie of dayes in the world to come through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXII Lo Dauid here in anguishe all be set Christes type doth beare in anguishe all be set For here in summe and rising iust be met Christes passion and rising iust be met 1 MY God my God regard me God why hast me left alone To make so farre my health to â—arre from wordes of my great mone 2 My God I cry as day doth pry and yet thou geuest none eare No rest by night I take in sight no silence any where 3 Yet holdst thy will in thée so still as onely good thy selfe Thou Iacobs prayse thy selfe vp rayse they sang alwayes thy health 4 Our fathers olde on thée were bolde to hope and had theyr ease As oft as they to thée did pray theyr troubles then dyd cease 5 They cald on thée and helpe therby thou gauest to them anone They layd theyr trust on thée so iust and scapt confusion 6 Concernyng mée a worme to sée I am no man of pryce A scorne all day a cast away of men in theyr deuyce 7 All they that mée wyth eye dyd sée hye scornes to me they layd Wyth lips they mowd with knées they bowd they shooke theyr hed and sayd 8 In God he set affiaunce great let hym than rid hym quyte Deliuer â—ée to make hym frée for hym he pleasth in sight 9 Yet he thou arte that dydst depart my mothers wombe from me At both her brestes in quyet rest â–ª thou nurst me tenderly 10 I was whole cast on thée full fast from that my mothers pappe No dout from thence in sure defence thou God keptst me in lappe 11 Fro me to go oh do not so for trouble is at hand No helpe of man optayne I can in thée my refuge standth 12 Wylde buls most stout flocke me about by me full fierce they ryde Fat buls in déede as Basan féede be set on euery side 13 My death to shape wyth mouthes they gape on me they stare I say They swell and stampe as Lyons rampe when they do rore at pray 14 Out am I cast as water wast my bones in ioyntes be lose My hart wythin doth melt and pyne as waxe by fier dose 15 As potsherd dry my strength doth lye to mouth my tong cleau'th fast To death in dust thou hast me thrust thus made I am agast 16 Yea dogs full grim haue closde me in in councels mad they méete Besiegd I stand of wicked â—and they pearst my hand and féete 17 My bones to tell I may full well at me they gase and stare They did delite in my despite they dyd deryde my care 18 My clothes they part wyth ioyfull hart as spoyle the sowgiers do For that my cote they cast theyr loâ— for that vnsowed was so 19 But be not far my gouerner O Lord my castle strong Thy mercy send and me defend in hast no tyme prolong 20 From sworde and knyfe discharge my lyfe my soule lest they deuoure Kéepe well my soule as derlyng fole from dogges theyr handes and