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A15970	The vvhole Psalter translated into English metre, which contayneth an hundreth and fifty Psalmes. The first quinquagene; Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Parker.	Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.; Tallis, Thomas, 1505 (ca.)-1585.	1567 (1567)	STC 2729; ESTC S102297	215,780	544

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

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