hadst ouercome of death The sharp and cruell might Thou heauens kingdome didst set ope to eche beleuing wight In glory of the father thou doest sit on Gods right hand We trust that thou shalt come our Iudge our cause to vnderstand Lorde helpe thy seruaunts whom thou hast Bought with thy precious bloud And in eternall glory set Them with thy sainctes so good O Lorde doo thou thy people saue Blesse thine inheritaunce Lorde gouerne them and Lord doo thou for euer them aduaunce we magnifie thee day by day and world withoutē ende Addore thy holy name O Lorde vouchesafe vs to defende From sinne this day haue mercy Lord haue mercy on vs all And on vs as we trust in thee Lorde let thy mercy fall O Lorde I haue reposed all My confidence in thee Put to confounding shame therfore Lord let me neuer be The songe of the thre Children praysing God prouoking all creatures to doo the same O all ye works of god the lord bles ye the Lord prayse him magnifye him for euer O ye the Angels of the Lorde bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the sterry heauens hie blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye waters aboue the sky blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the shining Son and Mone blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the glistring starres of heauen blesse ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O the showers and dropping dew blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the blowing wyndes of God bles ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the fire and warming heate blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer Ye winter and the sommer tyde blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the dewes and binding frostes bles ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the frost and chilling colde blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye congeled ise and snow blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the nightes and light somdayes blesse ye the lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O the darknes and the light blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O ye the lightnings and the cloudes blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O let the earth eke blesse the lorde yea bles the lord praise him magnify him for euer O ye the mountaines and the hilles blesse ye the Lord prayse him magnifie hym for euer O all ye grene thinges on the earth blesse ye the Lord praise hym magnifye hym for euer O ye the euer springing welles bles ye the Lorde praise him and magnifye him for euer O ye the seas and ye the floodes bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer whales and all that in waters moue bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer O all ye flying foules of thayre bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O all the beastes and cattayll eke bles ye the Lorde praise him and magnifye him for euer O ye the children of mankind bles ye the Lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer Let Israell eke bles the Lorde yea bles the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O ye the priestes of God the Lorde bles ye the Lorde prayse hym and magnifye hym for euer O ye the seruantes of the Lorde blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer ye sprites and soules of righteous men blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye hym for euer ye holy and ye meke of hart blesse ye the lorde prayse him and magnifye him for euer O Ananias blesse the lorde blesse thou the lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer O Azarias bles the lorde bles thou the lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer And Misaell bles thou the lorde blesse thou the lord praise him and magnifye him for euer ☞ The song of Zacharias called Benedictus THe only lorde of Israel be praysed euer more For through his visitation mercy kept in store his people now he hathe redemde that longe hathe bene in thrall and spred abrod his sauing health vpon his seruauntes all In Dauids house his seruaunte true According to his minde And also hys annoynted king As we in Scripture finde As by his holy Prophetes all O ft times he did declare The whiche were since the worlde began His way for to prepare That we might be deliuered From those that make debate Our enemies and from the handes Of all that doo vs hate The mercy whiche he promised Oure fathers to fulfill And thinke vpon his couenant made According to hys wyll And also to performe the othe Whiche he before had sworne To Abraham our father deare For vs that were forlorne That he woulde geue him self for vs And vs from bondage bringe Out of the handes of all our foes To serue our heauenly kyng And that without all maner feare and eke in righteousnes and also for to leade our life In stedfast holynes And thou o child which now art borne and of the Lorde elect Shalt be the Prophet of the hiest His wayes for to direct For thou shalt goo before his face For to prepare his wayes and also for to teache his will and pleasure all the dayes To geue thē knowledg how that theyr Saluation is nere and that remission of theyr sinnes Is through his mercy mere wherby the day spring from an hie Is come vs for to visit and those for to illuminate whiche doo in darknes syt To lighten those that shadowed be with death and eke opprest and also for to guide theyr fete The way to peace and rest The songe of Blessed Mary called Magnificat MY soule doth magnifye the Lord My sprit eke euermore reioyseth in the Lorde my God which is my Sauior why because he did regard gaue respect vnto so base estate of his handmaid and let the mightie go For now beholde all nations And generations all From this time forth for euermore Shall me right blessed call Because he hath me magnifyed Which is the lorde of might whose name be euer sanctifyed And praysed day and night For with his mercy and his grace All men he doth inflame Thoro wout all generations To suche as feare his name He shewed strength with his greatarme And made the proude to start With all imaginations That they bare in theyr hart He hathe put downe the mightye ones From their supernall seate And did exalte the meke in hart As he hath thought it mete The hungrie he replenished With all thinges that were good And through his power he made the riche Oft times
exhortaciō to prayse god for the gouernment of the world and the election of his church An admonishion not to folow the rebellion of the olde fathers that tempted God in the wildernes For the which they might not enter into the land of promise O Come let vs lyfte vp oure voyce and synge vnto the Lorde in him our rock of health reioyce let vs with one accorde yea let vs come before his face to geue him thanks and prayse in singing Psalmes vnto his grace let vs be glad all wayes verse 3 For why the Lorde he is no doubte a greate and myghty God A kynge aboue all Gods throughout in all the worlde abrode verse 4 4 The secretes of the yearth so depe and corners of the land The toppes of hilles that are so stepe he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters all are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and all that therin is his hande hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and prayse the Lorde before him let vs fall And knele to him with one acorde the whiche hathe made vs all verse 7 For why he is the Lorde our God for vs he doth prouide We are his folke he doth vs fede his shepe and he our guide verse 8 Today if ye his voice will heare then harden not your hart As ye with grudging many a yeare prouoked me in deserte verse 9 Wher as your fathers tempted me my power for to proue My wondrous works whē they did see yet still they woulde me moue verse 10 Twise twenty yeare they did me greue and I to them did saye They erre in heart and not beleue they haue not knowne my waye verse 11 Wherfore I sware when that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer treade the pathe to enter to my rest Cantate domino Psalme lxxxxvi I. H An exhortacyon bothe to the Iewes and gentiles to prayse God for hys mercye And this specyallye ought to be referred to the kingdom of Chryste Syng ye with prayse vnto the Lorde Sing this as the. lxxvii psalme New songs of ioy and mirthe Sing vnto him with one accorde all people on the yearthe verse 2 yea sing vnto the Lorde I saye prayse ye his holy name Declare and shew from day to daye saluation by the same verse 3 Amonge the Heathen eke declare hys honor round about To shew his wonders doo not spare in all the worlde throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy prayse alway And he is to be dred of ryght aboue all Gods I saye verse 5 For all the Gods of Heathen folke are idoles that will fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 All prayse and honor eke doo dwell for aye before his face Both power and might likewise excell within his holly place verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lorde alway ye people of the worlde All might and worship eke I say ascribe vnto the Lorde verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lorde also the glory of his name And eke into his courtes doo goe with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fall down and worship ye the lorde with in his temple bright Let all the people of the worlde be fearefull at his sight verse 10 Tell all the world be not agaste the Lorde doth raigne aboue Yea he hath set the yerth so fast that it did neuer moue verse 11 And that it is the Lorde alone that ruleth with princely might To iudge the nations euery one with equity and right verse 12 The heauens shall great ioy begin the earth shall eke reioyce The sea with all that is theirin shall shoute and make a noice verse 13 The field shall ioye and euery thing that spryngeth of the earth The wod and euery tree shall sing with gladnes and with mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lorde and comming of his might when he shall iustly iudge the worlde and rule his folke with right Dominus regnauit Psalme lxxxxvii I. H The prophet exhorteth all to reioyce for the coming of the kingdome of Christ dreadfull to the rebels and Idolaters and ioyfull to the iust whom he exhorteth to innocency to reioysing and thanks geuing THe lord doth raigne where all y e earth Sing this as the. lxxxxv may ioy with pleasaunt voyce And eke the yles with ioyfull mirth may triumphe and reioyce verse 2 Bothe cloudes darknes eke doo swell and rounde aboute him beate Yea right and iustice euer dwell and byde aboute his seate verse 3 Yea fier and heate at once doth runne and go before his face Which shall his foes and ennemies burn abrode in euery place verse 4 His lightnes eke full bright did blase and to the world appere Wherat the yearthe did loke and gase with dreade and deadly feare verse 5 The hilles like war did melt in sight and presence of the Lorde They fled before that rulers might which gideth all the worlde verse 6 The heauens eke declare and shew his iustice forth abrode That all the world may see and knowe the glory of our god verse 7 Confusion sure shall come to suche as worship Idols vayne And eke to those that glory muche dome pictures to maintayne verse 8 For all the Idouls of the worlde whiche they as Gods doo call Shall feele the power of the Lorde and downe to hym shall fall verse 9 With ioy shall Sion here this thyng and Iuda shall reioyce For at thy iudgements they shall sing and make a pleasaunt noyce verse 10 That thou O Lorde art set on hie in all the earth abrode And arte exalted wonderously aboue eche other God verse 11 All ye that loue the Lorde doo thys hate all thinges that is ill For he doth kepe the soules of his from suche as would them spill verse 12 And light doth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Greate ioye with gladnes mirth lust to them of vpright hart verse 13 Ye rigteous in the Lord reioyce his hollines proclayme Be thankfull eke with hart and voyce and mindefull of the same Cantate domino Psal lxxxxviii I. H An Earnest exhortacyō to all cratures to prayse the Lorde for his power mercy and fydelitie in his promyse by Christ by whō he hath communicated his saluation to all natiōes OSyng ye now vnto the Lorde a new and pleasaunt songe Sing this as the. lxxxxv For he hath wrought throughout the world His wōders great strong With his rigt hand full worthely he doth his foes deuoure And get him sealf the victory with his owne arme and power verse 3 The Lord doth make the people know his sauing health and might The Lorde doth eke his iustice shew in all the Heathens sight verse 4 His grace and truth to Israell in minde he doth recorde That al the yearth hath sene right wel the goodnes of the Lorde verse 5 Be glad in him with ioyfull voyce all
frute of all theyr strength and might With gold and siluer he them brought from Egipt land to passe And in the number of their tribes no feble one there was Egipt was glad and ioyfull then when they did thense depart For terrour and the feare of them was fallen vpon theyr hart To shroude them frō the parching heat a cloude he did display And fire he sent to geue them lyght when night had hid the day They asked and he caused quayles to rayne at their request And fully with the bread of heauen their hunger be represt He opend then the stony rock and waters gushed out And in the drye and parched groundes lyke riuers ranne about For of his holy couenant ay myndefull was he thoe Which to his seruant Abraham he plighted long agoe He brought his people forth with mirth and his elect with ioy Out of the cruell land where they had lyued in great anoye And of the heathen men he gaue to them the frutefull landes The labors of the people eke they toke into theyr hands That they his holy statutes might obserue for euermore And faithfully obey his lawes prayse ye the Lorde therfore Confitemine domino Psal. Cvi N. The people dispersed vnder Antiochus doo magnifie the goodnes of God emonge the iust and repentant Desiring to be brought agayne into the lande by Gods mercyfull vysytacion And after the manifold meruayles of God wrought in their deliueraunce forth of Egipt and the great ingratitude of the people rehearsed they doo praye and dedesier to be gathered from among the Heathē to the entent they may prayse the name of the God of Israell PRayse ye the Lod for he is good Sing this as the. lxxxxv his mercye dures for ay Who can expresse his noble actes or all his prayse display They blessed are that iugment kepe and iustly doo alwaye With fauour of thy people Lorde remember me I pray And with thy sauing health O Lorde vouchesafe to visite me That I the great felicytie of thine elect may see And with thy peoples ioy I may a ioyfull minde posses And may with thine inheritance a glorying hart expres Bothe we and eke our fathers all haue sinned euery one We haue committed wickednes and leudly we haue done The wonders great which thou O lord hast done in Egipt land Our fathers though they saw them al yet did not vnderstand Nor they thy mercies multitude did kepe in thankfull mind But at the sea yea the red sea rebelled most vnkind Neuertheles he saued them for honor of hys name That he might make his power knowne and spred abrode with fame The red sea he did then rebuke and forthwith it was dryed And as in wildernes so through the depe he did them guide He saued them from the cruel hand of their despitefull soo And from the enmies hand he did deliuer them also The second parte The waters their oppressors whelmd not one was left alyue Then they beleued his wordes praise in song they did him geue But by and by vnthankefully his workes they cleane forgat And for his counsell and his will they did neglect to wayte But lusted in the wildernes with fond and gredy lust And in the desert tempted God the stay of all theyr trust And then theyr wanton mindes desire he suffred them to haue but wasting leannes ther withall into their soule he gaue Then when they lodged in the tentes at Moses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the Lorde so did they enuie muche Therfore the earth did open wide and Dathan did deuoure And all Abrams companye did couer in that houre In their assemblie kindled was the whote consuming fyre And wasting flame did then burne vp the wicked in his ire Upon the hill of Horeb they an idole calf did frame And there the molten image they did worship of the same Into the likenes of a calfe that fedeth on the grasse Thus they their glory turnd and all their honor did deface And God their only sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great and mighty things in Egip land hadt wrought The third parte And in the land of Ham for them most wondrous works had done And by the red sea dredfull things performed long agone Therfore for their so shewing them forgetfull and vnkind To bring destruction on them all he purposde in his minde Had not his chosen Moses stoode before them in the breake To turne his wrath lest he on them with slaughter should him wreke They did despise the pleasant land that he beheght to geue Yea and the workes that he had spoke they did no whit beleue But in their tents with grudging hart they wickedly repined Nor to the voyce of God the Lorde they gaue a harkning mynde Therfore against them lifted he his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernes ere they should see the land And to destroy theyr sede among the nations with his rod And through the contrees of the world to scatter them abrode To Baal Peor then they did adioyne themselues also And eate the offringes of the dead so they forsoke him tho Thus with theyr owne inuentions his wrath they did prouoke And in his so inkindled wrath the plage vpon them broke But Phineas stoode vp with zeale the sinners vile to stay And iudgement he did execute and then the plage did stay The. iiii parte It was imputed vnto him for righteousnes that day And from thenceforth so compted is from race to race foraye At waters eke of Meribah they did him angry make Yea so far fourth that Moses was then punisht for theyr sake Because they vext his sprite so sore that in impatient heate His lippes spake vnaduisedly his feruor was so greate Nor as the Lorde commaunded them they slew the people thoe But were among the heathen mixt and learnde their workes also And did their idoles serue whiche were their ruine and decay To feends their sonnes daughters they did offer vp and slay yea with vnkindly murdring knife the giltles bloud they spilt yea theyr owne sons daughters bloud without all cause of gilt Whom they to Canaan idoles then offerd with wicked hand And so with blood of innocents defyled was the land Thus wer they stayned with the works of their owne filthy way And with their owne inuentions a whoring did they stray Therfore against his people was the Lordes wrath kind led sore And euen his owne in heritance therfore he did abhorre Into the handes of heathen men he gaue them for a prey And made theyr foes the lords whō they were forced to obey The v parte Yea and their hatefull enemies opprest them in the land And they were humbly made to stoope as subiectes to theyr hand Full oftentimes from thrall had he deliuerd them before But with their counsels they to wrath prouoked him euermore Therfore they by their wickednes were brought full low to lye yet when he saw them in distres he harkned to theyr crye He calld to
haue regard ye seruants of the Lorde Which in his house by night do watch prayse him with one accorde Lyft vp your hands on high vnto his holy place And geue the Lorde his prayses due his benefites embrace For why the Lord who did both earth and heauen frame Doeth Sion bles and will conserue for euer more the same Laudate nomen Psalme Cxxxv. M. He exhorteth all the faithful of what estate so euer they be to praise God for his merueylous worcks specially for his graces towards his people wherein he hath declared his maiestie To the confession of all Idolaters and theyr Idolls O Praise y e lord praise him praise him praise him with one accord o praise him stil al ye that be the seruaunts of y e lord o praise him ye that stand be in the house of the Lord ye of his court and of his house praise hym with one accord Prayse ye the Lord for he is good syng prayses to his name It is a comly and good thing alwayes to doo the same For why the Lorde hath chose Iacob his very owne you see So hath he chosen Israell his treasure for to be For this I know and am right sure the Lorde is very greate He is in dede aboue all Goddes most easy to intreate For what so euer pleased him all that fulwell he wrought In heauen in earthe and in the sea whiche he hath framde of nought He lifteth vp cloudes euen from the earthe he makth the lightnings and rayne He bringkth forth the windes also He made nothing in vayne He smote the first borne of eche thing in Egipt that toke rest He spared there no lyuing thyng the man nor yet the beast He hathe in thee shewde wonders great O Egipt voyde of vauntes On Pharao thy cursed kyng and his seuere seruauntes He smote then many nacyons and did great actes and thynges He slew the great and mightyest and chefest of theyr kynges Syhon king of Ammorites and Og kyng of Basan He slew also the kingdomes all that were of Canaan And gaue their lande to Israell an herytage we see To Israell his owne people an heritage to be Thy name O Lorde shall still endure and thy memoriall Throughout all generations that are or euer shall The Lorde will surely auenge his people all in dede And to his seruauntes he will shewe fauour in tyme of nede The Idols of the Heathen are made in all theyr coste and landes Of syluer and of golde be they the workes euen of mens handes They haue mouthes and cannot speake and eyes to at haue no sight They haue eares that heare nothyng Theyr mouthes be breatheles quite Wherfore all they are lyke to them that so doth set them forth And lyke wyse those that trust in them or thinke they be ought worth O all ye house of Israell see that ye prayse the Lorde And ye that be of Aarons house prayse him with one accord And ye that be of Leuis house prayse ye lykewise the Lorde And all that stand in awe of hym prayse him with one accord And out of Syon sound his prayse the great prayse of the Lorde Whiche dwelleth in Ierusalem praise him with one accord Confitemini Psalme Cxxxvi. N. ☞ A most earnest exhortaciō to geue thanks vnto God for the creation and gouernaunce of all thinges which standeth in confessing that he geueth vs all of his mere liberalitie PRaise ye y e lord for he is good for hys mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the God of Gods for his mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer which only doth great wōders work for his mercy endureth for euer verse 5 Which by his wisdome made the heauens for his mercy endureth for euer verse 6 Which on the waters stretcht the earth for his mercy endureth for euer verse 7 Which made great light to shine abrode for his mercy endureth for euer verse 8 As sonne to rule the lightsome day for his merry endureth for euer verse 9 The mone and sterres to guide the night for his mercy endureth for euer verse 10 Whiche smote Egipt with their first-borne for his mercy endureth for euer verse 11 And Israell brought out from them for his mercy endureth for euer verse 12 With mighty hand and stretched arme for his mercy endureth for euer verse 13 Whiche cut the red sea in two partes for his mercy endureth for euer verse 14 And Israell made passe there through for his mercy endureth for euer verse 15 And drouned Pharao and his host for his mercy endureth for euer verse 16 Through wildernes hys people led for his mercy endureth for euer verse 17 He whiche did smite greate noble kinges for his mercy endureth for euer verse 18 And whiche hath slayne the mighty kynges for his mercy endureth for euer verse 19 As Sihon king of Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer verse 20 And Og the king of Basan land for his mercy endureth for euer verse 21 And gaue their land for heritage for his mercy endureth for euer verse 22 Euen to his seruant Israell for his mercy endureth for euer verse 23 Remembred vs in base estate for his mercy endureth for euer verse 24 And from oppressors rescued vs. for his mercy endureth for euer verse 25 Which geueth fode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth for euer verse 26 Praise ye the God of heauen aboue for his mercy endureth for euer verse 27 Geue thankes vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer Super flumina Babilonis Psal. cxxxvii VV. VV ☞ The people of God in their banishment seing Gods true religion decaye lyued in greate anguish and sorow of harte the whiche grief the Eaideons did so litle pitie that they rather increased the same dayly with tauntes reproches and blasphemies againste God wherfore the Israelites desire God to punish the Edomites who prouoked the Babilonians againste them and moued by the spirite of God prophery the destruction of Babilon where they were handeled so tirannously WHen as we sat in Babylon y e riuers rounde about and in remēbraunce of Sion the teares for grief burst out We hāgd out harps instruments the willow trees vpon for in that placemen for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom we prisoners were sayde to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Ebrue songes and pleasant melody verse 4 Alas sayd we who can once frame his sorowfull hart to syng The prayses of our louing God thus vnder a straunge kyng {punctel} verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of my hart let flyde Then let my fingers quyte forget the warblyng harp to guyde verse 6 And let my tong within my mouth be tyde for euer fast If that I ioy before I see thy full deliueraunce past verse 7 Therfore O Lorde remember now the cursed noyse and cry That Edoms sonnes againste vs made when they razed our citie Remember
hast thee vnto me and herken Lord vnto my voyce when I do crye to thee as inscence let my praiyer be directed in thine eyes the vplifting of my hands as euening sacrifice My Lord for guiding of my mouth set thou a watche before And also of my mouing lipppes O lorde kepe thou the dore That I should wicked works commit incline thou not my hart With ill men of their delicates Lorde let me eate no parte But let the righteous suite me Lorde for that is good for me Let him reproue me and the same a precious oyle shall be Suche smiting shall not breake my hed the time shall shortly fall When I shall in their miserye make prayers for them all Then when in stony places downe theyr iudges shalbe cast Then shall they heare my words for then they haue a pleasant tast Our bones about the graues mouth loe scattred are they found As he that heaweth wod or he that diggeth in the ground But O my lorde my God mine eyes doo loke vp vnto thee In thee is all my trust let not my soule forsaken be Whiche they haue layd to catch me in Lorke kepe me from the snare And from the suttle grennes of them that wicked workers are The wicked into their owne nets together let them fall while I doo by thy help escape the danger of them all Voce mea ad Psalme Cxlii. N. ☞ Dauid neither a stonied with feare nor caryed awaye with anger nor forsed by desperation would kyll Saule but with a quyet mind directed his earnest prayer vnto God who did preserue hu◠BEfore the lorde God with my voyce did I send out my crye And with my streamed voyce vnto the lorde God prayed I. My meditation in his sight to poure I did not spare And in the presence of the Lorde my trouble did declare Although perplexed were my sprite my pathe was knowne to thee In way where I did walke a snare they slyly layde for me I lookt and vewd on my ryghthand but none there wold me knoo All refuge fayled me and for my soule none cared thoo Then cryed I Lorde to thee and sayde my hope thou only art Thou in the lande of lyuing art my portion and my part Harke to my crye for I am brought full low delyuer me From them that doo me persecute for me to strong they be That I may prayse thy name my soule from prison lord bringe oute When thou art good to me the iust shall prese me round about Domine exaudi Psalme Cxliii N ☞ An earnest prayer for remission of synnes acknowledging that the enemies did cruelly persecute hym by Gods iust iudgment He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirite that he may spende the rest of hys lyfe in the true fere and seruice of God LOrde heare my prayer harke the playnte That I doo make to thee Lorde in thy natiue truthe and in thy iustice aunswer me In iugement with thy seruant lorde oh enter not at all For iustyfyed be in thy syght no one that lyueth shall The enmie hath pursued my soule my lyfe to ground hath throwne And layde me in the darke like them that dead are longe agone Within me in perplexitie was my accombred spryte And in me was my troubled hart amased and afflight Yet I recorde time past in all thy workes I meditate Yea in the workes I meditate that thy handes haue create To thee O lorde my God loe I doo stretch my crauing hands My soule desyreth after thee as doo the thirstye landes Heare me with spede my sprite doth faile hide not thy face me froe els shall I be like them that downe into the pit doo goe Let me thy louing kindnes in the morning heare and know For in thee is my trust shew me the way that I shall goe For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lorde deliuer me From all mine enemies for I haue hidden me with thee Teache me to doo thy will for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good sprite vnto the land of misery me conuey with thy names sake with quickning grace a lyue doo thou me make And out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy iustice sake And for thy mercy slay my foes O lorde destroy them all That doo oppres my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shall Bene dictus dominus Psalme cxliiii N. ☞ Dauid prayseth the Lorde with greate affection and humilitie for hys kyngdome restored and for his victoryes obtayned yet callyng for helpe the destruction of the wicked promisyng to acknowleg the same with song of prayses and declareth wherin the felicytie of anye people consisteth BLest be the lorde my strength that doth instruct my hand to fight The lord that doth my fingers frame to battell by his might He is my Goodnes fort and toure deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yelde O Lord what thing is man that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wyse man is but like to vanitie so pas hys dayes to ende As fleting shade Bow downe O Lorde thy heauens and descend The mountains touche they shal smoke cast fourth thy lightning flame And scatter them thine arrowes shote consume them with the same Send downe thy hand euen from aboue O Lorde delyuer me Take me from waters great from hand of strangers make me free Whose subtle mouth of vanitie and fondnes doth entreate And their right hand is a right hand of falshod and deceit A new song I will sing O God and singing will I be On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee Euen he it is that only geues deliuerance to kynges Unto hys seruaunt Dauid helpe From hurt full sword he bringes From strangers hand me saue and sheld whoes mouth talkes vanitie And their right hand is a ryght hand of guile and sutteltye That oure sonnes may be as the plants whom growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued corner stones lyke to a palace fayre Our corners full and plenty may with sondry sortes be found Our shepe bring thousands in our strets ten thousands may abound Our oxen be to labor strong that none doo vs inuade There be no going out no crye within our strets be made The people blessed are that with such blessings are so stered Yea blessed all the people are whose God is God the lorde Exaltabo te deus Psalme Cxlv. N. ☞ This Psalme was made when the kingdome of Dauid florished Wherein he describeth the wonderfull prouidence of God as well in gouerning man as in preseruing al the rest of his creatures He praiseth God for his iustice and mercie but specially for hys louyng kindnes toward those that call vpon him that feare hym and loue hym THee will I laude my God kyng bles thy name for aye for euer wil I prayse thy name and bles thee day by day great is the Lord most worthy
praise his greatnes not cāreach frō race to race they shal thy works praise and thy power preache I Of thy gloryous maiestye the beauty will recorde And meditate vppon thy workes most wonderfull O Lorde And they shal of thy power and of thy fearfull actes declare And I to publish all abrode thy greatnes will not spare And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repete The Lorde our God is gratious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to angre he is slowe yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth excede Loe all thy workes doo praise thee lord and doo their honor sprede Thy sainctes doo bles thee and they doo thy kingdomes glorye shewe And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to sprede the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lorde a kingdom is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through eche age endures without decay The Lorde vpholdeth them that fall the sliding he doth stay The eyes of all doo wayte on thee thou doest them all releue And thou to eche sufficing foode in season due dost geue Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what euer liue with giftes of thy good will The Lorde is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all Nere all he is that call on him in truthe that on him cal He the desires whiche they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they crye and saue them all he will The Lorde preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse hys holy name for euer shall accorde Lauda anima mea Psalm cxlvi I. H Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almightye and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at lybertie comforteth the fatherles widowes and the straungers and raygneth kinge for euer My soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes My God I will confes Sing thys as the. cxxxvii Whyle death and lyfe prolong my dayes my tonge no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why theyr breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their hart decay and pearysh all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the lorde is stayd verse 6 Whiche made the earth waters depe the heauens hie with all Which doth his word and promise kepe In truth and euer shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he procede for suche as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The lord doth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The lorde I saye doth loue the ryght and iust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the strangers sad in hart And quite the wydow from distres and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy lorde and God eternally O Syon still shall rayne In tyme of all posteritie for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme cxlvii N. ☞ The Prophet prayseth the bountye wisdom power iustice prouidence of God vpō all his creatures But specially vpō his church whiche he gathereth together after theyr dispersion Declaring hys word and iudgmēts so vnto them as he hath don to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to synge For it is pleasante and to prayse it is a comely thyng the Lord his owne Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israell doth gather into one He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynde He countes the number of the starres and names them in theyr kynde Great is our Lord great is his power his wisdome infinite The Lord releues the meke throwes to ground the wicked wight Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyse And to our God vpon the harp aduaunce your singing voyce He couers heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth rayne And on the mountaines he doth make the grasse to grow agayne He geues to beastes their fode and to yong rauens when they crye His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legges doth lye But all in those that feare the Lorde the Lord hath his delight And suche as doo attend vpon his mercies shining light O prayse thy Lorde Ierusalem thy God O Syon prayse For he the barres hath forged strong where with thy gaie he stayes Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the floure of wheat he filleth thee And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with spedy course doth swiftly runne about He geueth snow like woll hore frost like ashes doth he spreade Like morsells castes his ise therof the colde whoe can abide He sendeth fourth his mightye worde and melteth them agayne His winde he makes to blow and then the waters flow amayne The doctrine of his holy worde to Iacob doth he shewe His statutes and his iudgements he geues Israell to knowe With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne His secrete iudgementes ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme cxlviii I. P. ☞ He prouoketh all creatures to prayse the Lode in heauen in earth and in all places specially for the power that he hathe geuen to his people Israell whom he hathe taken so nere vnto hym GEue laude vnto the Lord frō heauen that is so hie Praise him in dede and worde Aboue the starry skie 2. And also ye his angels all armies royall prayse him with glee Praise him both mone and Sunne Whiche are so cleare and bryght The same in you be done Ye glistring starres of lyght And eke no les De Heauens faire And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse For at his worde they were All formed as we see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree Whiche he set fast To them he made A law and trade For aye to laste Extoll and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fell All depe doo ye the same For it becommeth you well Him magnyfye Fyre Hayle Ise Snowe And stormes that blow At his decree The hilles and mountaines all And trees that frutfull are The Cedres great and tall His worthy prayie declare Beastes and cattell yea birdes fliyng And wormes crepyng That on earth dwell All kinges both more and les With all their pompons trayne Princes and all iudges That in the worlde remayne Exalte his name
mercy Lorde is all my sute Lorde let thy mercy come The humble sute of the Sinner M. O Lorde of whom I do depend be holde my carefull hart when thy wil pleasure is relese me of my smart thou seest my sorowe what they are my gref is knowne to thee there is none y t can remoue or take the same frō me But only thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy still is prest To ease all those that come to thee for souccour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teres and greuous grone Attende vnto my sute O Lorde Marke well my plaint and mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me aboute That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot release or mitigate thys payne But euen thy Christ my Lord and God whiche for my sinnes was slayne Whose blody woundes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy sainctes beholde them all And so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hynder me a whyle When thou shalt see it good I shall enioye the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels and thy saynctes doo now beholde the same So trust I to possesse that place With them to prayse thy name But whiles I liue here in this vale where sinners doo frequent Assist me euer with thy grace My sinnes still to lament Lest that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Only thy grace must be my staye lest that I fall downe flat And being downe then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once againe my sute and my request To graunt me pardon for my sinne that I in thee may rest Then shall my hart my tong and voyce be instruments of prayse And in thy Churche and house of sainctes Sing psalmes to thee alwayes The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OUr father which in heauen art lord halowd be thy name Thy kingdō come thy will be don in earth euen as the same in heauē is Gene vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptatiō lead vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thyne bothe now and euer be The x. Commaundements Audi Israell Exod. xx N HArk Israel what I say geue hede to vnderstād I am the lord thy God y t brought thee out of Egipt land euen frō the house wherin thou didst in thraldō liue a slaue Non other gods at all before my presence shalt thou haue No maner grauen image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfayted be Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth belowe Nor in waters beneth the earth to them thou shalt not bowe Nor shalt them serue The Lorde thy God a ielous God am I That punish parents faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Upon their children that me hate and mercy doo display To thousands of suche as me loue and my precepts obey The name thou of the Lorde thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne the Lorde shall not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Sabbat day Six daies thou labour shalt and doo thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke shalt thou doo in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruaunt nor handmayd thine oxe nor yet thine asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in six dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did Upon the seuenth take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him self alone apointed to remayne Yeld honor to thy parentes that prolonged thy dayes may be Upon the land the which the Lord thy God hath geuen thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adulterye Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neyghbor doth belong Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wyfe to doo him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asseof his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbor proper is FINIS ⧠PSALMES OF DAVID Beatus vir Psalme i. T. S. Whether it was Esdras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set thys Psalme firste in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffecte herof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their life to Gods lawe And that the wicked contemners of God though they seme for a whyle fortunate yet at lengthe shall come to miserable destruction 1_THe man is blest that hath not bent to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chair 2. But in the law of god y e lord both set his whole delight in that law doth exercise him selfe both day night verse 3 He shall be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Whiche bringeth forth most pleasant fruite in her due time and tide Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fall But florish still and stand Euen so all thinges shall prosper well that this man taketh inhand verse 4 So shall not the vngodly men Although the wicked seme to beare the swing in this worlde yet the lorde scattereth them likechaffe with a blaste of his mouthe they shalbe nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the windes dryue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stande vpryght Nor yet the sinners with the iust shall come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of Godly men vnto the Lorde is knowne And eke the way of wicked men shall quyte be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalm ii T. S. Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding hys enemies rage worldely power yet God wil continue hys kyngdome for euer and aduaūce it euen to the formost ende of the worlde And therfore be exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory apart they would humbly submit themselues vnder Gods yoke Herein is signified Chryste and hys kyngdome WHy did the Gentiles tumultesraise Sing this psalme with the first tune what rage was in their braine Why dyd the Iewish people muse seyng all is but vayne verse 2 The kinges and rulers of the earth conspire and are all bent Against the lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shall we be bounde to them say they let all theyr bondes be broke Inheb greate ropes or cables And of their doctrine and theyr lawe let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doinges will deride And make them all as mocking stockes throughout the
to walke abrode at large The seconde parte verse 9 Great grief O Lord doeth me assaile some pitye on me take Mine eyes waxe dimme my might doth my wombe for wo doth ake verse 10 My lyfe is worne with grief and paine faile my yeares in wo are past My strength is gone through disdaine my bones corrupt and wast verse 11 Amonge my foes I am a scorne my frendes are all dismaide My neighbours and my kinsmen borne to see me are afrayde verse 12 As men once dead are out of minde so am I now forgot As small effect in me they finde as in a broken pot verse 13 I heard the bragges of all the route theyr threates my minde did fraye How they conspirde and went about to take my lyfe awaye verse 14 But Lorde I trust in thee for ayde not to be ouer trod For I confesse and still haue saide thou art my Lorde and God verse 15 The length of all my lyfe and age O Lorde is in thy hand Defend me from the wrathes and rage of them that me withstand verse 16 16 To me thy seruaunt Lord expresse and shew thy ioifull face And saue me Lorde for thy goodnes thy mercy and thy grace The thirde parte verse 17 Lorde let me not be put to blame for that on thee I call But let the wicked beare their shame and in the graue to fall verse 18 Oh how great good hast thou in store layde vp full safe for them That feare and trust in thee therfore before the sonnes of men verse 19 Thy presence shall thē fence and guide from al proud bragges and wrongs Within thy place thou shalt them hyde from all the stryfe of tonges verse 20 Thankes to the lord that hath declard on me his grace so farre Me to defend with watche and ward as in a towne of warre verse 21 Thus did I say both day and night when I was sore opprest Loe I was cleane cast out of sight yet heardst thou my request verse 22 Ye sainctes loue ye the Lord I say the faithfull he doth guide And to the proude he will repay according to their pride verse 23 Be strong and God shall stay your hart be bolde and haue a lust For sure the Lorde wyll take your part sith ye on him doo trust Beati quorum remissi sunt Psal. xxxii T. S. Dauid punished with greuous sicknes for his sinnes counteth them happy to whom God doeth not impute theyr transgressions And after that he had confessed his sinnes and obteyned pardon he exhorteth the wicked men to lyue godly and the good to reioyse THe man is blest whose wickednes the Lorde hath cleane remitted Sing this as the. xxx psal And he whose sin and wretchednes is hid and also couered verse 2 And blest is he to whom the Lorde imputeth not hys sinne Whyche in hys hart hath hid no guile nor fraude is founde therin verse 3 For whilst that I kept close my sinne in silence and constraynt My bones did weare and wast away with dayly mone and playnt verse 4 For night and day thy hand on me so greuous was and smert That all my bloud and humours moist to drines did conuert verse 5 I did therfore confes my fault and all my sinnes discouer Then thou O Lord diddest me forgeue and all my sinnes passe ouer verse 6 The humble man shall pray therfore and seke thee in due time So that the floudes of waters great shall haue no power on hym verse 7 When trouble and aduersitie doo compasse me about Thou art my refuge and my ioye and thou doest rid me out verse 8 Come hither and I shall thee teache howe thou shalt walke a right And will thee guide as I my self haue learnd by profe and sight verse 9 Be not so rude and ignoraunt as is the horse and mule Whose mouth without a raine or bit from harme thou canst not rule verse 10 The wicked man shall manifolde sorowes and grief sustayne But vnto him that trusteth in God his goodnes shall remayne verse 11 Be mery therfore in the Lorde ye iust lyft vp your voyce And ye of pure and perfect hart be glad and eke reioyce Exultate iusti in domino Psalm xxxiii I. H. He exhorteth good men to prayse God for that he hath not only created all thynges and by his prouidence gouerneth the same but also is faythful in his promises He vnderstandeth mans hart and soattereth the counsell of the wicked So that no man can be preserued by any creature or mans strength but they that put their confidence in hys mercy shalbe preserued from all aduersitie YE rightuous in the Lorde reioyse it is a semely sight Sing this as the. xxx psalme That vpright men with thankfull voyce should prayse the God of might verse 2 Prayse ye the Lorde with harp and songe in Psalmes and pleasant thinges With lute and instrument among that soundeth with ten stringes verse 3 Sing to the Lord a song most new with courage geue him prayes verse 4 For why his word is euer true his workes and all his wayes verse 5 To iudgement equitie and right he hath a great good will And with his gifts he doth delight the earth through out to fill verse 6 For by the worde of God alone the heauens all were wrought Theyr hostes and powers euery chone his breath to passe hathe brought verse 7 The waters great gathered hath he on heapes within the shore And hid them in the depth to be as in an house of store verse 8 All men on earth both least and most feare God and kepe hys lawe Be that inhabite in eche cost dreade hym and stande in awe verse 9 what he cōmaunded wrought it was at once with present spede what he doth will is brought to passe with full effect in dede verse 10 The counsels of the nacions rude the Lorde doth drine to nought No counsell cā preuaile against God but shall haue ill succes He doth defeate the multitude of their deuise and thought verse 11 11 But his decres continue still they neuer slake or swage The motions of his mind and will take place in euery age The secōd parte verse 12 And blest are they to whom the Lorde as God and guide is knowen Whom he doth chose of mere accorde to take them as his owne verse 13 The Lorde from heauen cast his sight on men mortall by birth verse 14 Considering from his seate of might the dwellers of the earth verse 15 Te lord I say whose hād hath wrought mans hart and doth it frame For he alone doth know the thought and working of the same verse 16 A king that trusteth in his host God only deliuereth and preserueth his people shall nought preuayle at length The man that of his might doth boast shall fall for all his strength verse 17 The troupes of horsemen eke shall faile their sturdie stedes shall sterue The strength of horse shall not preuaile the rider to