No day I will be found remisse To ioy in God I will not cease He is my health my rest myne ease O soule him blisse Hym séeke to please Where sinfull men from earth shall fayle All wycked freakes God let them quayle But thou my soule thy Lord aduaunce Prayse all the Lord hys heritaunce For thyne aduayle Syng still all hayle ¶ The Collecte MOst excellent almighty God which doost wyth thy blessing hand most richly refreshe all liuyng thynges wyth theyr foode and sustinaunce graunte that our soules may so be refresht in the contemplation of thy godly maiesty alway to behold thy glory in heauen in the meditation of thy wonderfull workes here in earth through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CV Gods actes here lauded be by stories order tolde His pact alledge no thanke to man but God most due extolde Ì„Ì„ O Prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accord Exalt hys name search out hys fame Hys worthy dedes record 1 O prayse in voyce the Lord vpon hys name to call Denounce and tell the people cleare his doynges liberall 2 Syng out wyth iust accorde and play in instrumentes Tell all hys factes most meruelous sprede out hys ornamentes 3 Exalt hys name wyth ioy most hye and most deuyne And let theyr hart that seke the Lord to mirth all glad inclyne 4 Search out hys fame and power the Lordes right famous arke Séeke here hys face still euermore draw nye to note hys warke 5 Hys worthy déedes recorde which he hath wrought as God His strange foreshewes hys godly domes so past his mouth abrode O prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name search out hys fame Hys worthy dedes recorde 6 Ye séede of Abraham hys seruaunt thys respect I you appeale praise ye the Lord ye Iacobs stocke elect 7 He is the Lord our God yea none I say but hée His iudgementes be in all the world but most wyth vs to sée 8 For he hys couenant myndth for euer it to do In thousand worldes still fast to stand hys word commaunded so 9 Hys pact to Abraham fast made with fayth endude Hys othe also to Isaac agayne the same renude 10 And he this league as law to Iacob sure decréed To Israell as testament for euer well to spéede â—1 Thus saying geue I will to the land Canaan For plot of your inheritaunce as met with lyne by man â—2 But thus when few they were to them in lyke respect And there in land as straungers set as Pilgrimes whole reiect â—3 And strayed from land to land of nations wandringly From countries wyde to other realmes of people diuersly 14 He sufâ—red yet no man to do them any wrong For all theyr sake yea kinges be chect and plaged them among 15 He say touch not my Christes that sacred flocke to mée My Prophetes true afflict not ye which preach my maiestie O prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name search out hys fame Hys worthy dedes recorde 16 When he sent dearth on earth to stop theyr foodes reliefe And stroyed of bread the sustenance which stayd their strength most chiefe 17 A man before he sent to them as herbeger Lo Ioseph sold to seruitude to serue in Egipt theare 18 Whose féete they wrung in stockes by Putiphars complaynt In iron cast wyth chaynes I bound hys lyfe felt hard constraynt 19 Untill the tyme was come that iust hys cause was séene Whom God approued and throughly tryed by Oracle deuine 20 The kyng then sent and hym dyd lose by men of hys The Prince that there the people ruld did him froÌ„ bondes dismisse 21 He made hym Lord in chiefe of all hys court about And ruler sole of all hys goods in hys Empyre full out 22 That he might bynde and lose his Dukes and lordes at wyll And wit to teache hys sages all by hys approued skill O prayse in voyce the Lord Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy dedes recorde 23 So Israell in went to Egypt glad and sad This Iacob olde a straunger liued in land of Cham the bad 24 And there God multiplied hys people notably And made hym far more strong and big then were hys foes at eye 25 The Moores then changd theyr hartes as God dyd them detect That they dyd hate his people sore with guiles hys seruantes checkt 26 Then God sent Moses out hys seruant good and true Yea Aaron eke whom he dyd chose his hart on them dyd rue 27 Which there to them dyd splay his workes and wordes by signes Hys meruels rare in land of Cham such power theÌ„ God resignes 28 And he depe darkenes sent all thinges then darke was so The signes themselfe ne Moses yet rebeld Gods wyll to do 29 He turnd theyr waters all to bloud not them they dranke He slue theyr fish theyr nourishment for all theyr waters stanke 30 The Lord euen so brought frogs in numbers wonderfull Which crept vpon the beds of kynges theyr priuy chambers full 31 He spake the worde then came on heapes all kynde of flies So lyse of dust as myngyns small in all theyr costes dyd ryse 32 For all theyr raynes and dewes he gaue them hayle to change And flames of fyer so mixt wyth theÌ„ in all their landes most strange 33 Wherwyth he smote their vines their fig trées flat to ground He brake euen down their fruitful trées in all their quarters round 34 And when hys worde came forth of grashoppers on heape In numbers theare nigh infinite dyd Caterpillers leape 35 Which dyd all whole deuoure theyr grasse about the land Yea frute and all that grew in soyle thus heauy lay hys hand 36 Theyr fruites first borne he slue in all theyr realme in length Their pryme offpring most principal â–ª of all their natures strength O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde 37 He then dyd lead them out wyth gold and siluer stuft And none there was in all theyr tribes that fell or febly puft 38 So Egypt ioyd full glad when they went out of realme For they the Iewes drad fearefully theyr feare so fell on them 39 He spred on them a cloud to couer them by day Wyth piller bryght to cleare the nyght he dyd dyrect their way 40 At theyr request and sute he brought them quayles for meate He filled them with bread of heauen swéete aungels foode to eate 41 He claue and opte the rock whence water flowed full prest They ran lyke streames in wildernes to comfort man and beast 42 For why he bare in mynde hys holy promise thus Hys loue also to Abraham hys seruaunt vertuous 43 And full wyth ioy and myrth he led hys people forth Hys deare electes wyth iubilies so taken well in worth O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out
they sought hym then full gent They séemed tho theyr sinnes to rue to God at morne they went 35 Then could they well remember this that God was all their strength That God full good redemer is theyr comfort most at length 36 But yet they dyd but glose in speache theyr hartes agréed not so They lyed in tonge thus hym to seache dissemblers dyd they go 37 Theyr myndes to hym were nothing sound but hollow hartes they had They stoode not still wyth hym so bound in league and couenaunt glad 38 Yet he so good theyr sinnes forget and would not them despise Full oft hys wrath he dyd retrete that whole it should not ryse 39 For he dyd count they were but flesh as frayle as britle glasse And that they were like wynde to gesse that passth wythout repasse 40 Ryght many tymes in wildernes they hym prouoked sore How much grieued they his gentlenes in desert more and more 41 They dyd reuolte oft God to tempt that saint of Israell They proued hys power in mad contempt as he in boundes should dwell 42 They minded not hys able hand what once for them it wrought Nor yet that day when they were bond how he redemption brought 43 How he had done miraculously in Egipt fully out In Zoan field his wonders hye they dyd forget no dout 44 When he did turne theyr waters swéete to bloud how they increast And made theyr springes all full on méete for drinke for man or beast 45 He lyce sent eke all kynd of flies which them deuoured quyte Among them frogs dyd scraule and ryse to vexe them day and nyght 46 He gaue theyr fruites of whole encrease to caterpillers spoyle The grashopper dyd neuer cease to wast theyr labours toyle 47 He dyd vnbarke of vyne the trées wyth stones in clods congeald And eke theyr trées of mulberies wyth frostes so sene but selde 48 He smote their beastes of cart and plough wyth hayle in his great ire Their other flockes he smoote full rough wyth coales of burnyng fire 49 He cast on them his fury whote wrath woo with anguyshe styng With such fel plages them sore he smote which Angels euyll do bring 50 He made playn waye for his sore wrath to go and stroyd them quyte No sowle he sparde from sodaine death their beasts the plage dyd smyte 51 He stroyd theyr fruites begotten fyrst In Egypt furious Their prymer fruts of all their lust where Chams séede dwelt in house 52 But yet he led his people frée lyke shepe he kept them aye As shepe in flocke most tenderly in desert led their waye 53 He brought them out in suertye all feares that they might flée He ouerwhelmd their foes at eye In waues of fomyng sea 54 He brought them iust within the cost of his good Sanctuary To this swete hyl of vertue most which hys right hand dyd bye 56 He Payâ—yms draue all out of place and Iacobs stocke put in Theyr heritage he set the space and met theyr lot by lyne 57 But yet the Lord they tempted hie and hym prouoked still They turned quite his law awry the signes of hys good wyll 58 They turnd theyr backes yea did conspire as once theyr fathers went To theyr old wontes they dyd retyre as sturdy bow in bent 59 To reare hill aulters was theyr trade wherby they moued hym sore Of Idols grauen theyr Gods they made by which they greued him more 60 God heard thys case full wroth was he wyth indignation great At Israell excedingly hys sore displeasure fret 61 That he did shoone hys sacrary which once in Sylo stoode Hys tent I say pitchd stedfastly among olde Adams bloud 61 So he eftsones to thraldom sent hys arke that was theyr strength Which was theyr olde fayre ornament their foes possest at length 62 His folke he gaue vnto the sword wyth warres entangled so Hys heritage full sore he deard in much displeasant wo. 63 The fire eate vp theyr lusty men both yong in armes and sydes Theyr virgins yong not honord then wyth wedlocke songes as brides 64 Theyr priestes by sword were vily slayne â–ª religion set at nought No wydowes left which should complayne before all slayne by thought 65 The Lord as one layd long in slepe at length from slepe awoke Wyth wyne refresht in hart full depe as gyaunt strength he toke 66 Hys foes rearwardes euen down he felde theyr hynder partes he strake That most in shame they euer dweld so he theyr armies brake 67 All Iosephs trybe he dyd refuse hys arke to them to bryng So Ephraym he would not vse he ment an other thyng 68 But Iudas trybe he toke hym till wherin he bode in place And olde beloued swéete Zyon hyll he chase in louely grace 69 And there he built hys sanctuary as princely palace hye He founded it as earth to lygh in state perpetually 70 And Dauid meke he dyd elect hys seruaunt whom he loued To state so hye from state abiect from shepe cotes hym remoued 71 He toke them vp in followyng hys ewes full big wyth yong To guide hys folke in pasturyng hys heyres of Iacob sprong 72 And he them fed in faythfull hart as Christ annoynted kyng He gouernd them in prudent part hys raygne all blisse dyd spring ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God which art most bountifull feast maker we beseche thee release our soules with that heauenly Manna thy spirituall grace that we dyrected by the hand of thy prouidence may continually dwell in the holy mount of thy chosen congregation once redemed by thyne almighty hand at the last to come to thy holy tabernacle to ioy with thee eternally by the gift of thy sonne Iesus Christ to whoÌ„ with thee and the holy ghost be all honor and glory Amen The Argument Psalme LXXIX ¶ The church lamenth the tyranny of all her foes so fell Her sinnes she waylth most mourningly â–ª yet trust of helpe full well 1 O God now come be Paynyms wylde thyne heritance to wast Thy holy house they haue defylde Hierusalem is raced 2 Thy seruaunts corps this heathen sect hath cast to byrdes for meate Thy sayntes weake flesh they haue reiect to beastes of earth to eate 3 Theyr bloud they haue lyke water shed about Hierusalem And none there was to mourne the dead or yet to bury them 4 We are become an open shame to all our neyghbours next But mockyng stockes in laughyng game on all sides we be vext 5 O Lord how long shall last thyne ire for euer shall it bée Thy gelousie to burne as fyre for euer shall we sée 6 Poure out thy wrath vpon thy foes for Paynyms know not thée Upon those realmes which be to lose thy name and power to sée 7 Deuourd they haue true Iacobs place hys séede and house lygheth wast The sanctuary of thy good grace the walles they haue defaced 8 Our former sinnes remember not make spéede shew mercy soone Thou séest our griefe our wofull state how all
so hard from vs his loues and mercyes great 10 At last I sayd this wauering declareth my frayltye fonde But I entend in mynd to bryng the chaunge of his good hande 11 My Lords great actes I will recount my fayth to hym to bynde His wondrous workes how hye they mount In tymes of olde to fynde 12 In all thy workes so wrought by thée my study whole shall stand My talke shal be most frankly frée to spreade thy dedes of hand 13 Thy way O God I sée is set in holynes all bryght What God is like in glory great as this our God of might 14 Thou God art he which openly workst wonders hye as God To people farre and sonderly thy power thou spredst abroade 15 Thou hast redéemd with might in déede thy people tenderly Olde Iacobs stocke and Iosephes séede escapt by thée they be 16 The waters déepe saw thée O God the waters déepe saw thée They were afrayd to féele thy rod the depthes dyd quake to sée 17 Thy cloudes raynd down so waters fell the heauens for sound dyd ryng The stones of hayle were arrowes fell by them thy foes to wryng 18 Thy thunders noyse dyd rumble stout in ayre the sphere aboue Thy lightnyngs shoone all round about the earth dyd quake and moue 19 Thy way in sea is large and wyde thy pathes in waters great Thy footesteps yet cannot be spied how there thy féete be set 20 Thou ledst thy people pastor like as shéepe in all theyr way By Moses hand thou didst them kéepe whom Aaron helpt to stay ¶ The Collecte O God the wonderfull workesman of deedes incōprehensible most specially in the element of water sometyme by staying the rage of them to the defence of thine elect to the cōsuming of thine enemies sometyme in turnyng to the nature of wyne to the cōfort of thy seruauntes we besech thee so to accept the voyces of our cryes that we may feele thy mercy continually poured vpon vs to preserue and to comforte vs Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXVIII This hye profound oration A monitorie is To God to turne to trust vpon by workes so great of his 1 MY people kinde heare this my law true lore it full auowth Inclyne your eare in gentle awe to harke my wordes of mouth 2 My lipes sage sawes shall now vnfolde which parables might séeme And prouerbes straunge of yeares of olde how we should God estéeme 3 Which thinges we haue both hard and tride to be most certen true Which fathers olde to vs a lyed vs tolde that should ensue 4 Not we therfore will hyde the same from their posterytye To them to tell Gods lauds and fame his wonders straunge to sée 5 He made a pact with Iacob iust and law set Israell Wherin he chargd our fathers trust these things their seede to tell 6 That so myght all their linage know in ages still to come To ryse and sprede to hye and low Gods actes to hys renome 6 That so myght all theyr linage know in ages still to come To ryse and sprede to hye and low Gods actes to his renome 7 That they therby myght truly set in God affiaunce strong That they should not hys workes forget but kepe his hestes full long 8 Lest they should proue theyr fathers lyke a faythles stubburne kynde A people loth the ryght to seke which fell from God in mynde 9 All lyke the tribe of Ephraym in armes wyth dartes and bowes Yet turnd theyr backes at fightyng tyme and had foule ouerthrowes 10 They kept not lo true tutch wyth God hys pact they oueryed From hys swéete hestes they strayd abrode to walke hys law they fled 11 And soone forgate what done had he to them as beastes vnkynd His wondrous workes that they had séene were cleane cast out of mynd 12 Great meruels wrought his mighty hand in theyr forefathers sight At Zoan field in Egipt land to shew hys power and might 13 He cut the seas ▪ apart to stand as walles erect on hye He led them through to go to land while they like heapes did lygh 14 He led them forth in Iorneys right by clowde as guyde by day By night whole out in firy lyght his angels kept their way 15 He claue the rockes in wildernes how hard so euer growne Where out he slackt theyr thirstines as flouds from depthes had flowne 16 He made the stone to gushe in streams from them did water strike Though flyntes by kynd kepe fiery leames God made them drinke to kepe 17 For all this yet agaynst his will they sinned more and more They hym prouokt in desert still for all his gentle store 18 They tempted God to proue hys power theyr hartes went much astray They would haue meat at present hower theyr lustes they would assay 19 Agaynst theyr God ▪ most euery where they spake lyke rebels thus Can God prouide a table here in wyldernes for vs 20 He strake the rocke the waters spred as streames they flowed in déede But can say they God geue vs bread or flesh hys flocke to féede 21 When God this heard he was full wroth his fyre in Iacob brent Hys heauy plage in anger goeth euen downe on Israell sent 22 Because no hope in God they layde that he could féede theyr want Nor yet put trust in hym for ayde God made theyr hartes to pant 23 He dyd commaund the cloudes aboue which flote the ayre about He bade the heauens theyr gates remoue to poure theyr giftes full out 24 Then rayned downe that Manna swéete therof that they should tast He sent them down about theyr féete from heauen thys vyand cast 25 O wondrous act that man dyd eate such foode of aungels strong He pourd them down theyr fill of meate their pitched tentes among 26 He made the East wynd blow hys blast amid the heauen in length He forst the southwynde blow as fast by hys great power and strength 27 So than he raynd as thicke as dust of flesh aboundant store And fetherd foules to fill theyr lust as thicke as sand on shore 28 Amid theyr tentes it fell as motes not far to séeke therfore Euen round about theyr dwellyng cotes it dyd them serue the more 29 They thus dyd eate and fed they were full vp vnto the chin He graunted them theyr lust so far what they could wishe therin 30 Theyr lust was not abased so for still in lust they quothed And whyle they chowd both to and fro in mouth this meat they lothed 31 Lo wrath from God was kyndled sheu he slew theyr worthies great He feld to ground theyr chosen men in Israell beset 32 For all this yet they sinned still theyr wonted guise they playde To trust to hym they had no will though wonders he displayde 33 Therfore he spoyld theyr lyuyng dayes in vanitie to lygh Theyr yeares he spent in feares and frayes to vere both hart and eye 34 As long as God them strake and slue