Almighty God Audi Israel Exod. xx N. HArke Israell and what I say geue hede to vnderstaÌ„d I am the Lord thy God y e brought thee out of Egipt laÌ„d eueÌ„ froÌ„ the house wherin y u didst in thraldoÌ„ liue a slaue None 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 bee Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth below Nor in waters beneath the earth to theÌ„ thou shalt not bow Nor shalt them serue The Lord thy God a ielous God am I That punish parentes faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Vpon their children that me hate and mercy do display To thousandes of such as me loue and my preceptes obey The name thou of the Lord thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne y e lord shal not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Saboth day Six dayes y â— labour shalt do thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke then shalt thou do in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruauÌ„t nor handmayd thine Oxe nor yet thine Asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in sixe dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did vpon the seuenth day take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him selfe alone appointed to remayne yeld honor to thy parentes that prolongd thy dayes may be VpoÌ„ the land the which the Lord thy God hath geueÌ„ thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neighbour doth beloÌ„g Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wife to do him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asse of his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbour proper is Beatus vir i. Thomas Sternhold ¶ Whether it was Esoras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set this Psalme first in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffect hereof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their lyfe to Gods law And that the wicked contemners of god though they seme for a while fortunate yet at length shall come to miserable destruction verse 1 THe maÌ„ is blest that hath not beÌ„t to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chaire verse 2 But in the law of god y e lord doth set hys who le delight in y â— law doth exercise him selfe both day and nyght verse 3 He shal be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Which bringeth forth most pleasaunt fruit in her due time tyde Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fal but florish stil and stand Euen so al things shal prosper wel that this man takes in hand verse 4 So shal not the vngodly men they shal be nothing so But as the dust which froÌ„ the earth the wyndes driue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stand vpright Nor yet the sinners with the iust shal come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of godly men vnto the Lord is knowne And eke the way of wicked meÌ„ shal quite be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalme .ii. T. S. ¶ Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding his enemies rage and worldly power yet god will continue his kingdome for euer and aduauÌ„ce it euen to the formost end of the world And therfore he exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory a part they would humble submit them selues vnder gods yoke Herein is signâ—â—ed Christ and his kingdome Syng this Psalme as the first WHy did y e GeÌ„tils tumultes raise what rage was in their braine Why did the Iewish people muse seing al is but vayne verse 2 The kings and rulers of the earth conspire and are al bent Against the Lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shal we be bound to them say they let al their bondes be broke And of their doctrine and their law let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doings wil deride And make theÌ„ al as mocking stockes through out y e world so wide verse 5 For in his wrath the Lord wil say to them vpon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lord wil say verse 6 I haue anoynted him my king vpon my holy hil I wil therfore Lord preach thy lawes and eke declare thy wil. verse 7 For in this wise the Lord him self did say to me I wote Thou art my deare and onely sonne to day I thee begot verse 8 All people I wil geue to thee as heires at thy request The ends and coastes of al the earth by thee shal be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruse euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters shardes shalt breake them with an yron rod. verse 10 Now ye O Kings and rulers al be wise therfore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be iudged and discernde verse 11 Se that ye serue the Lord aboue in trembling and in feare Se that with reuerence ye reioyce to him in like maner verse 12 Se that ye kisse and eke embrace his blessed sonne I say Least in his wrath ye sodenly perish in the mid way verse 13 If once his wrath neuer so smal shal kindle in his brest Oh then al they that trust in Christ shal happy be and blest Domine quid multiplicati Psalme .iii. T. S. ¶ Dauid being persecuted and driuen out of his kingdome by his owne sonne Absalon was greatly tormented in minde for his sinne against god and therfore calleth vpon god and waxeth holde through his promises agaynst the great terrors of his enemies yea and against death it self which he saw present before his eyes Finally he reioyseth for the good successe and victory that god gaue him and all the Church ouer his enemies O Lord how are my foes increast which vexe me more and more They kil my hart when as they say God can him not restore but thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead my worshyp and myne honour both and thou holdst vp my head verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lord I did both cal and cry And he out of his holy hill did heare me by and by verse 5 I layd me downe and quietly I slept and rose again For why I know assuredly the Lord wil me sustaine verse 6 If ten thousand had hemde me in I could not be afrayde For thou art stil my Lord my God my sauiour myne ayde
waters depe Yet none can there thy steps espy nor know thy pathe to kepe verse 20 Thou leadest thy folke vpon the land as shepe on euery syde through Moyses through Aarōs hād y u didst them safely guide Attendite populi psalme .lxxviii. T. S. ¶ He sheweth howe God of his mercye chose his churche of the posteritie of Abraham casting in their teeth the stubburne rebellion of their fathers that their children might not onely vnderstand that God of his free mercies made his couenaunt with their auncestors but also seing them so malitious and peruerse might be ashamed and so turne wholy to God In this psalm the holy ghost hath cōprehended as it were y ◠sum of al gods benefits to the intent the ignorāt gros people might see in few words the effect of the whole histories ATtend my people to my law and to my wordes incline My mouth shal speake straunge parables and sentences deuyne Which we our selues haue heard and learnd euen of our fathers old and which for our instruction our fathers haue vs told verse 4 Because we should not kepe it close frō thē that should come after who should gods power to their race praise al his workes of wōder verse 5 To Iacob he cōmaūdemēt gaue how Israel should liue Willing our fathers should the same vnto their children geue verse 6 That they and their posteritie that were not sprong vp tho Should haue the knowledge of the law and teach their sede also verse 7 That they may haue the better hope in God that is aboue And not forget to kepe his lawes and his precepts in loue verse 8 Not beyng as theyr fathers were rebelling in gods sight and would not frame their wicked harts to know their god aright verse 9 How went the people of Ephraim their neighbours for to spoyle Shooting their darts the day of war and yet they toke the foyle verse 10 For why they did not kepe with God y e couenant that was made Nor yet would walke or lead their liues according to hys trade verse 11 But put into obliuion his counsel and his wil and al his workes most magnifique which he declared stil The second part verse 12 What wonders to our forefathers did he himself disclose In Egipt land within the field that called is Thaneos verse 13 He did deuyde and cut the sea that they might passe at once And made the water stand as stil as doth an heape of stones verse 14 He led them secret in a cloud by day when it was bright And in the night when darke it was with fire he gaue thē light verse 15 He brake the rockes in wildernes and gaue the people drinke As plentiful as when the depes do flow vp to the brinke verse 16 He drew out riuers out of rocks that were both dry and hard Of suche a boundance that no floudes to them might be compard verse 17 yet for all this against the Lord their sinne they did increase And styred him that is most hygh to wrath in wildernes verse 18 They tēpted hym within their harts lyke people of mistrust Requiring such a kynd of meat as serued to their lust verse 19 Saying with murmuration in their vnfaythfulnes What can this God prepare for vs a feast in wildernes verse 20 Behold he strake the stony rock and floudes forth with did flo But can he now geue to his folke both biead and fless also verse 21 When God heard this he waxed wroth with Iacob and his sede So did his indignation on Israel procede The third part verse 22 22 Because they did not faithfully beleue and hope that he Could alwayes help and succor them in their necessitie verse 23 Wherfore he did cōmaund y ◠clouds forthwith they brake in sūder verse 24 And raind down Manna for thē to eate a foode of mickel wonder verse 25 When earthly men with angels fode were fed at their request verse 26 He bad the east wind blow away and brought in the south west verse 27 And rainde down flesh as thick as dust foule as thick as sand verse 28 Which he did cast amids the place where al the tents did stand verse 29 Then did they eate excedingly and al men had their fils Yet more and more they did desire to serue their lusts and wils verse 30 But as the meat was in their mouthes his wrath vpon them fel. verse 31 And slew the floure of al their youth and choyse of Israel verse 32 Yet fel they to theyr wonted sinne and stil they did him greue For al the wonders that he wrought they would him not beleue verse 33 Their dayes therfore he shortened and made their honor vayne Their yeres did wast and pas away with terrours with payn verse 34 But euer when he plaged thē they sought hym by and by verse 35 Remēbring thē he was their strēgth their help God most hy verse 36 Though in their mouthes they did but glose flatter w t the Lord and with their tongs in their harts dissembled euery word The fourth part verse 37 For why their harts wer nothyng bēt to hym nor to hys trade Nor yet to kepe or to perform the couenant that was made verse 38 Yet was he stil so merciful when they deserued to dye That he forgaue them their misdedes and would not thē destroy Yea many a time he turned his wrath and did himself aduise and would not suffer al his whole displeasure to arise verse 39 Considering they were but flesh and euen as a wind that passeth away and cannot wel returne by his own kind verse 40 How oftentimes in wildernes did they their Lord prouoke How did they moue stir theyr Lord to plage thē with his stroke verse 41 Yet dyd they turn agayn to sinne and tempted God eftsone prescribing to the holy Lord what things they would haue done verse 42 Not thinking of his hand power nor of the day when he Deliuered them out of the bonds of the fierce enemy verse 43 Nor how he wrought his miracles as they themselues beheld In Egipt and the wonder that he dyd in Zoan field verse 44 Nor how he turned by his power their waters into bloud that no man might receyue his drink at ryuer nor at floud verse 45 Nor how he sent thē swarms of flies which did them sore annoy and fild their coūtries ful of frogs which shuld their Lord destroy The fyft part verse 46 46 Nor how he did commit their fruites vnto the Caterpiller and al the labour of their hands he gaue to the grashopper verse 47 With hailstones he destroid their vines so that they were al lost and not so much as wild fig trees but he consumde with frost verse 48 And yet with hailstones once again the Lord their cattle smote and al their flocks and heards like wise w t thunderbolts ful hote verse 49 He cast vpon them in his ire and in his
yet there but one almighty is and not almighties three The father God is God the Sonne God holy Ghost also yet are there not three Gods in al but one God and no mo So like wise Lord the Father is and Lord also the Sonne And lord the holy ghost yet are there not thre lords but one For as we are compeld to graunt by christian veritie Eche of the persons by hymfelfe both God and Lord to be So catholike religion forbiddeth vs alway That eyther gods be three or y t there lordes be three to say Of none the father is ne made ne create nor begot The Sonne is of the Father not create ne made but got The holy Ghost is of them both the father and the Sonne He made ne create nor begot but doth proceede alone So we one Father hold not three one Sonne also not three One holy Ghost alone and not three holy Ghostes to bee None in this Trinitie before nor after other is Ne greater any then the rest ne lesser be likewise But euery one among themselues of all the persons three Together coeternal al and al coequal bee So vnitie in Trinitie as said it is before And Trinitie in vnitie in all thynges we adore Therfore what man soeuer that saluation wil attayne This faith touching the Trinitie of force he must retayne And nedeful to eternal lyfe it is that euery wight Of the incarnating of Christ our Lord beleue aright For this the right faith is that we beleue and eke beknow That Christ our lord y e son of God is God and man also God of his fathers substance got before the world began And of his mothers substance borne in world a very man Both perfect god and perfect man in one one Iesus Christ That doth of reasonable soule and humaine flesh subsist Touchyng hys Godhode equal with his father God is he Touching his manhode lower then his father in degree Who though he be both very God and very man also yet is he but one Christ alone and is not persons two One not by turning of Godhode into the flesh of man But by takyng manhode to God this beyng one began All one not by confounding of the substance into one But onely by the vnitie that is of one person For as the reasonable soule and flesh but one man is So in one person God and man is but one Christ lykewyse Who suffred for to saue vs all to hell he did descend The third day rose agayne frō death to heauen he did ascēd He sittes at the ryght hand of God the almighty father there From thence to iudge the quicke dead againe he shal retire At whose returne all men shall rise with bodies new restorde And of their own workes they shal geue accōpt vnto y e lord And they into eternal lyfe shall go that haue done wel Who haue done il shal go into eternal fire to dwel This is the Catholike beliefe who doth not faithfully Beleue the same without al dout he saued cannot be To Father Sonne and holy ghost al glory be therfore As in beginning was is now and shal be euermore The Lamentation of a synner Marckant O Lord turne not away thy face frō him that lieth prostrate Lamenting sore his sinful life before thy mercy gate Which gate thou openest wide to those y t do lament their sin shut not y r gate against me lord but let me enter in And call me not to mine accomptes howe I haue liued here For then I know right well O Lord how vile I shall appeare I nede not to confesse my lyfe I am sure thou canst tell what I haue ben and what I am I know thou knowest it wel O Lord thou knowest what things be past eke the things that bee Thou knowest also what is to come nothing is hid from thee Before y e heauēs earth wer made y u knowest what things wer thē As all things els that haue ben since among the sonnes of men And can the thinges that I haue done be hidden from thee then Nay nay y u knowest thē all O Lord where they wer done whē Wherfore with teares I come to thee to begge and to entreate Euen as the child that hath done euill and feareth to be beate So come I to thy mercy gate where mercy doth abound Requiring mercy for my sinne to heale my deadly wounde O Lord I nede not to repeate what I do begge or craue Thou knowest O Lord before I aske y e thing that I would haue Mercy good Lord mercy I aske this is the totall summe For mercy Lord is all my sute Lord let thy mercy come The humble sute of a sinner O Lord of whom I do depēd be hold my care full hart whē thy will pleasure is release me of my smart y u seest my sorowes what they are my gref is knowne to thee and there is none that cā remoue or take the same frō me But onely thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy stil is prest To ease all those that come to thee for succour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teares greuous grone Attēde vnto my sute O Lord marck wel my plaint mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me about That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot realease or mitigate this payne But euē thy Christ my lord god which for my sinnes was slaine Wose bloudy woūdes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy saints behold them all and so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hinder me a while when thou shalt see it good I shall nioy the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels thy saintes do now behold the same So trust I to possesse that place with them to prayse thy name But whiles I lyue here in this vale where sinners do frequent Assist me euer with thy grace my sinnes still to lament Least that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Onely thy grace must be my stay least that I fall down flat And beyng down then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once agayne 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 church house of saints sing Psalmes to thee alwaies The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OVr father which in heauē art lord halowd be thy name thy kingdom come thy wil be done in earth euen as the same in heauē is Geue vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so Forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptation leade vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thine both now and euer be The .x. 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pay thy vowes alwayes vnto the God most hye verse 15 Then seke and cal to me whē ought would worke the blame And I wil sure deliuer thee that thou maist prayse my name verse 16 But to the wicked trayne which talke of God ech day And yet theyr workes are foule vaine to thē the Lord wil say verse 17 With what a face darest thou my word once speake or name Why doth thy talke my law alow thy dedes deny the same verse 18 Where as for to amend thy life thou art so slacke My word the which thou doost pretēd is cast behind thy backe verse 19 When thou a thefe doost see by theft to liue in welth With him thou runnest doost agre likewise to thriue by stelth verse 20 When thou doost them behold that wiues and maydes defile Thou likest it wel and waxest bold to vse that life most vile verse 21 Thy lippes thou doost apply to sclaunder and defame Thy tong is taught to craft and lye and doth stil vse the same verse 22 Thou studiest co reuile thy frends to thee so nere With slaūder thou wouldst nedes defile thy mothers sōne most deare verse 23 Hereat while I do winke as though I did not see Thou goest on stil and so doost thinke that I am like to thee verse 24 But sure I wil not let to strike when I begynne Thy faultes in ordre I wil set and open al thy sinne verse 25 Marke this I you require that haue not God in mind Least whē I plage you in mine ire your help be far to find verse 26 He that doth geue to me the sacrifice of prayse Doth please me wel he shal se to walke in godly wayes i. Miserere mei deus Psalme .li. VV VV. ¶ When Dauid was rebuked by the Prophet nathan for his great offences he did not onely acknowledge the same to God with protestation of his natural corruption and iniquirie But also left a memorial therof to his posteritie Therfore first he desireth God to forgeue his sinnes and renew in him his holy spirit with promise that he wil not be vnmindfull of those great graces Finally fearing least God would punish the whole Church for his faute He requireth that he would rather increase his graces towards the same O Lord consider my distres And now with spede some pitie take My sinnes deface my fautes redresse good Lord for thy great mercyes sake Wash me O Lord and make me cleane Frō this vniust and sinful act and purifie yet once agayne my haynous crime and bloudy fact verse 2 Remorse and sorow do constraine me to acknowledge mine exces verse 3 My sinne alas doth stil remaine before my face without reles verse 4 For thee alone I haue offended committing euel in thy sight And if I were therfore condemned yet were thy iudgmēt iust right verse 5 It is to manifest alas that first I was conceyued in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was yet vile wretch remayne therin verse 6 Also behold Lord thou doost loue the inward truth of a pure hart Therfore thy wisdome frō aboue thou hast reueld me to conuert verse 7 If thou with Hissope purge this blot I shal be cleaner thē the glasse And if y u wash away my spot the snow in whitenes shal I passe verse 8 Therfore O Lord such ioy me sēd that in wardly I may find grace And y ◠my strēgth may now amēd which y u hast swagd for my trespas verse 9 Turne back thy face frownig ire for I haue felt inough thy hād And purge my sinnes I thee desire which do in nūber passe the sād verse 10 Make new my hart within my brest frame it to thy holy wil Thy cōstāt spirit in me let rest which may these raging enmies kil The second parte verse 11 Cast me not Lord out from thy face but spedely my torments end Take not frō me thy spirit grace which may frō dāgers me defēd verse 12 Restore me to those ioyes again which I was wōt in thee to find And let me thy fre spirit retain which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus whē I shal thy mercies know I shal instruct others therin And mē that ar likewise brought low by mine ensāple shal flee sinne verse 14 O God that of my helth art Lord forgeue me this my bloudy vice My hart toung shal thē accord to sing thy mercies and iustice verse 15 Touch thou my lips my tonge vnty O Lord which art y e only kay And thē my mouth shal testify thy wōdrous works praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offred many one But thou estemest thē of no price therin pleasure takest y u none verse 17 The heauy hart the mynd opprest O Lord thou neuer doost reiect And to speake truth it is the best and of al sacrifice the effect verse 18 Lord vnto Siō turne thy face poure out thy mercyes on thy hil And on Ierusalē thy grace build vp the walles and loue it stil verse 19 Thou shalt accept thē our offrings of peace righteousnes I say yea calues many other things vpon thine altar wil we lay ¶ An other of the same by T. N. Sing this as the lamētation HAue mercy on me God after thy great abounding grace After thy mercies multitude do thou my sinnes deface Yet wash me more frō myne offēce clense me frō my sinne For I beknow my fautes stil my sin is in mine eyne Agaynst thee thee alone I haue offended in this case And euel haue I done before the presence of thy face That in the things that thou doost say vpright thou maist be tried And eke in iudgyng that the dome may passe vpon thy side Behold in wickednes my kind and shape I did receyue And loe my sinful mother eke in sin did me conceyue But Loe the truth in inward partes is pleasant vnto thee And secrets of thy wisdome thou reueled hast to mee With Hysope Lord be sprincle me I shal be clensed so yea wash thou me and so I shal be whiter then the snow Of ioy gladnes make thou me to heare the pleasing voyce That so the broosed bones which y u hast brokē may reioyce From the beholding of my sinnes Lord turne away thy face And al my dedes of wickednes do vtterly deface O God create in me a hart vnspotted in thy sight And eke within my bowels Lord renew a stable spirit Ne cast me from thy sight nor take thy holy spirit away The comfort of thy sauing helpe geue me agayne I pray With thy free spirit establish me and I wil teach therfore Sinners thy wayes wicked shal be turnd vnto thy lore The seconde part O God that art God of my helth from bloud deliuer mee That praises of thy righteousnes my tōg may sing to thee My lips that yet fast closed be do thou O Lord
sometymes the mercyes receyued desiryng also to be instructed of the Lord that he may feare hym also and glorifie his name He complayneth also of hys aduersaries and requireth to be deliuered from them Syng this as the .81 Psalm verse 1 LOrd bow thine eare to my request and heare me by and by With greuous payne grief opprest ful poore weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my way and doings holy bee and saue thy seruaunt O my Lord that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me expresse defend me eke with al For through the day I do not cease on thee to cry and cal verse 4 Cōfort O Lord thy seruaūts soule that now with payne is pinde For vnto thee Lord I extol and lift my soule and mynde verse 5 For thou art good and bountiful thy gifts of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentiful to al that cal on thee verse 6 O Lord likewise when I do pray regard and geue an eare Marke wel the wordes that I do say and al my prayers heare verse 7 In time when trouble doth me moue to thee I do complayne For why I know and wel do proue thou aunswerest me againe verse 8 Among the Gods O Lord is none with thee to be comparde and none can do as thou alone the like hath not bene hard verse 9 The gentils and the people al which thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees wil fal and glorify thy name verse 10 For why thou art so much of might al power is thine owne Thou workest wonders stil in sight for thou art God alone verse 11 O teach me Lord thy way and I shal in thy truth procede O ioyne my hart to thee so nye that it thy name may dread verse 12 To thee my God wil I geue praise with al my hart O Lord and glorify thy name alwayes for euer through the world verse 13 For why thy mercy shewed to me is great and doth excel Thou setst my soule at liberty out of the lower hel verse 14 O Lord the proud agaynst me rise and heapes of men of might They seke my soule and in no wise wil haue thee in theyr sight verse 15 Thou Lord art merciful and meke ful slacke and slow to wrath Thy goodnes is ful great and eke thy truth no measure hath verse 16 O tourne me Lord and mercy graunt thy strength to me apply O helpe saue thyne own seruaunt thy handmayds sonne am I. verse 17 On me some signe of fauour shew that al my foes may see And be ashamde because Lord thou doost helpe and comfort mee Fundamenta eius Psalme .lxxxvii. I. H. ¶ The holy ghost promiseth that the condition of the Church whiche was a misery after the captiuity of Babilon should be restored to great excellēcy so that there should be nothing more comfortable then to be nombred among the members therof Sing this as the .81 Psalme verse 1 THat city shal ful wel endure her ground worke stil doth stay Vpon the holy hils ful sure it can no time time decay verse 2 God loues the gates of Siō best his grace doth there abide He loued them more then al the rest of Iacobs tents beside verse 3 Ful glorious things reported be in Sion and abrod Great things I say are sayd of thee thou city of our God verse 4 On Rahab I wil cast an eye and beare in mind the same and Babilon shal eke apply and learne to know my name verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tyre also with Ethiope like wise a people old ful long ago were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shal say abrod that diuers men of fame Haue there sprong vp the hye God hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their recordes to them it shal through Gods deuise appere Of syon that the chief of al had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpetters with such as sing therin great plenty bee My fountaynes and my pleasaunt springs are compast al in thee Domine deus salutis Psalme .lxxxviii. I. H. ¶ A grieuous complaint of the faithful sore afflicted by sicknes persecutiō aduersitie being as it were left of God without any consolation yet he calleth on God by fayth and striueth against desperation complainyng him selfe to be forsaken of al yearthly helpe LOrd God of health the hope stay thou art alone to me I cal cry throughout the day and al the night to thee O let my prayers sone ascēd vnto thy sight on high encline thyne eare O Lord entend and herken to my cry verse 3 For why my soule with wo is fild and doth in trouble dwel My lyfe and breath almost doth yeld and draweth nye to hel verse 4 I am esteemd as one of them that in the pit do fal And made as one among those men that haue no strength at al. verse 5 As one among the dead and free from things that heare remayne It were more easy for me to be with them the which are slayne verse 6 As those that lye in graue I say whom thou hast cleane forgot The which the hand hath cut away and thou regardst thē not verse 7 Yea lyke to one shut vp ful sure within the lower pit In places darke and al obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thine anger and thy wrath likewise ful sore on me doth lye And al thy stormes agaynst me ryse my soule to vexe and try verse 9 Thou puttest my frends far of from me makst them hate me sore I am shut vp in prison fast and can come forth no more verse 10 My sight doth faile through grief and wo I cal to thee O God Throughout the day my handes also to thee I stretch abrod verse 11 Doost thou vnto the dead declare thy wondrous workes of fame Shal dead to life agayne repayre and prayse thee for the same verse 12 Or shal thy louing kindnes Lord be preached in the graue Or shal with them that are destroyd thy truth her honor haue verse 13 Shal they that lye in darke ful low of al thy wonders wot Or there shal they thy iustice know where al things are forgot verse 14 But I O Lord to thee alway do cry and cal apace My prayer eke ere it be day shal come before thy face verse 15 Why doost thou Lord abhorre my soule in grief that seketh thee And now O Lord why doost thou hide thy face away from me verse 16 I am afflict as dying stil from youth this many a yeare Thy terrours which do vexe me il with troubled mind I beare verse 17 The furies of thy wrathful rage ful sore vpon me fal Thy terrours eke do not asswage but me oppres with al. verse 18 Al day they compas me about as water at the tyde And al at once with streames ful stoute beset me on ech syde verse 19 Thou settest far from me my frends
I flee he is my strength and rocke And he shal cause their mischiefs al themselues for to annoy and in their malice they shal fal our God shal them destroy Venite exultemus psalme .xcv. I. H. An carnest exhortation to prayse God for the gouerment of the world and the election of hys church An admonition not to follow the rebellion of the oldfathers that tempted God in the wildernes For the which they might not enter into the land of promise O Come let vs lift vp our voyce and syng vn to the Lorde in hym oure rocke of health reioyce let vs wyth one accord Yea let vs come before hys face to geue hym thanks and prayse in syngyng Psalmes vnto his grace let vs be glad alwayes verse 3 For why the Lord he is no doubt a great and mighty God A kyng aboue al gods throughout in al the world abrode verse 4 The secrets of the earth so depe and corners of the land The tops of hils that are so stepe he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters al are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and al that therin is his hand hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and prayse the Lord before hym let vs fal and knele to hym with one accord the which hath made vs al. verse 7 For why he is the Lord our God for vs he doth prouyde We are his folke he doth vs fede his shepe and he our guide verse 8 To day if ye his voyce wil heare then harden not your hart as ye with grudging many a yeare prouokte me in desert verse 9 Where as your fathers tempted me my power for to proue my wōdrous works whē they did see yet stil they wold me moue verse 10 Twise twenty yeares they did me greue and I to them did say They erre in hart and not beleue they haue not known my way verse 11 Wherfore I sware whē that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer tread the path to enter to my rest Cantate domino Psalme .xcvi. I. H. An exhortation both to the Iewes and Gentils to praise god for hys mercy And this specially ought to be referred to the kingdom of Christ Sing thys as the .77 ▪ psalme verse 1 SYng ye with prayse vnto the Lord new songs of ioy mirth Sing vnto hym with one accord al people on the earth verse 2 Yea sing vnto the Lord I say prayse ye his holy name Declare and shew from day to day saluation by the same verse 3 Among the heathen eke declare his honor round about To shew his wonders do not spare in al the world throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy prayse alway and he is to be dread of right aboue al Gods I say verse 5 For al the gods of Heathen folke are idols that wil fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 Al prayse and honor eke do dwel for aye before his face Both power and might likewyse excel within his holy 〈◊〉 verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lord alway ye people of the world Al might and worship eke I say ascribe vnto the Lord. verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lord also the glory of his name And eke into his courtes do go with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fal down and worship ye the Lord within his temple bright Let al the people of the world be fearful at hys syght verse 10 Tel al the world be not agast the Lord doth raigne aboue Yea he hath set the earth so fast that it did neuer moue verse 11 And that it is the Lord alone that rules with princely might To iudge the nations euery one with equity and right verse 12 The heauens shal great ioy begin the earth shal eke reioyce The sea with al that is therin shal shoote and make a noyce verse 13 The field shal ioy and euery thyng that springeth of the earth The wood and euery tree shal syng with gladnes and w t mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lord and commyng of hys might when he shal iustly iudge the world and rule his folke w t right Dominus regnauit psalme .xcvii. I. H The prophet exhorteth al to reioyce for the comming of the kyngdome of Christ dreadfull to the rebels and Idolaters and ioyful to the iust whom he exhorteth to innocency to reioycing and thankes geuyng Sing this as the 9◠Psalme verse 1 THe Lord doth raign where at y ◠earth may ioy w t pleasāt voyce and eke the yles wich ioyful mirth may triūph and reioyce verse 2 Both cloudes darknes eke do swel round about him beat yea right and iustice euer dwel and bide about hys seat verse 3 Yea fyre and heat at once doth run and go before his face Which shal his foes and enmies burne abrode in euery place verse 4 His lightnes eke ful bright did blase and to the world appeare wherat the earth did looke and gase with dread and deadly feare verse 5 The hils like waxe did melt in sight and presence of the Lord they fled before that rulers might which gideth al the world verse 6 The heauens eke declare and shew his iustice forth abrode That al the world may see and know the glory of our God verse 7 Confusion sure shal come to such as worship Idoles vayne and eke to those that glory much dome pictures to maintayne verse 8 For al the Idols of the world which they as gods did cal Shal fele the power of the Lord and down to him shal fal verse 9 With ioy shal Sion heare this thing and Iuda shal reioyce For at thy iudgements they shal sing and make a pleasant noyce verse 10 That thou O Lord art set on hye in al the earth abrode And art exalted wondrously aboue ech other God verse 11 Al ye that loue the Lord do this hate al thyng that is il For he doth kepe the soules of his from such as would them spil verse 12 And lyght doth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Great ioy w t gladnes mirth and lust to them of vpright hart verse 13 Ye righteous in the Lord reioyce his holines proclayme Be thankful eke with hart and voyce and mindful of the same Cantate domino Psalme .xcviii. I. H. An earnest exhortation to al creatures to prayse the Lord for his power mercy tidelity in the promise by Christ by whom he hath communicated his saluation to al nations Syng this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 O Sing ye now vnto the Lord a new and pleasaunt song for he hath wrought throughout y ◠world his wōders great strōg w t his right hād ful worthely he doth his foes deuour And get himself the victory with his own arme and power verse 2 The lord doth make the people know his sauing helth and myght The Lord
ay That froÌ„ the earth their memory he may cut cleane away verse 16 Sith mercy he forgat to shew but did pursue with spite The troubled maÌ„ sought to slay the woful harted wight verse 17 As he did cursing loue it shal betide vnto him so and as he did not blessing loue it shal be far him fro verse 18 As he with cursing clad him selfe so it like water shal Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befal verse 19 As garment let it be to him to couer him for ay and as a gyrdle wherwith he shal gyrded be alway verse 20 Lo let this same be from the Lord the guerdon of my fo yea and of those that euel speake against my soule also verse 21 But thou O Lord that art my God deale thou I say w t me after thy name deliuer me for good thy mercyes be verse 22 Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and poore and eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore verse 23 Euen so do I depart away as doth declining shade and as the grashopper so I am shaken of and fade verse 24 With fasting long froÌ„ nedeful fode enfebled are my knees and al her fatnes hath my flesh enforced ben to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproch to them was made to be and they that did vpoÌ„ me looke did shake their heds at me verse 26 But thou O Lord that art my God mine ayde succour be according to thy mercy Lord saue and deliuer me verse 27 And they shal know therby y â— this lord is thy mighty haÌ„d and that y u thou hast done it Lord so shal they vnderstand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bles w t louing voice They shal arise and come to shame thy seruaunt shal reioyce verse 29 Let them be clothed al with shame that enmyes are to me and with confusion as a cloke eke couerd let them be verse 30 But greatly I wil with my mouth geue thankes vnto the Lord and I among the multitude his prayses wil record verse 31 For he with help at his right hand wil stand the poore man by To saue him from the men that would condemne his soule to dy Dixit dominus domino Psalme Cx. N. ¶ Dauid prophecieth of the power and euerlastyng kyngdome geuen to Christ of his priesthood whiche should put an end to the priesthood of Leuy Sing this ad the .68 Psalm verse 1 THe Lord did say vnto my Lord sit thou at my right hand Til I haue made thy foes a stoole wheron thy feete shal staÌ„d verse 2 The Lord shal out of Sion send the scepter of thy might Amid thy mortal foes be thou the ruler in theyr sight And in the day on which they raygne and power they shal see verse 3 Then hereby frewil offrings shal thy people offer thee yea with a holy worshipping then shal they offer al Thy birthes dew is the dew that doth froÌ„ woÌ„be of morning fal verse 4 The Lord hath sworne neuer wil repent what he doth say By thorder of Melchisedech thou art a priest for ay verse 5 The Lord thy God on thy right hand that standeth for thy stay Shal wouÌ„d for thee the stately kings vpon his wrathful day verse 6 The heathen he shal iudge and fil the place with bodyes dead and ouer diuers countreys shal in sonder smite the head And he shal drinke out of the broke that runneth in the way Therfore he shal lift vp on hye his royal head that day Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .cxi. N. ¶ He geueth thankes to the Lord for his mercifull workes towardes his Churche and declareth wherein true wisedome and right knowledge consisteth WIth hart I do accord to prayse laud the Lord In presence of the iust For great his workes are found To search them such are bound as do him loue and trust His workes are glorious also his righteousnes it doth endure for euer his wondrous workes he would we stil remember should hys mercy fayleth neuer verse 5 Suche as do loue him beare a portion full fayre He hath vp for them laid for this they shal wel finde He will them haue in minde and kepe them as he sayd verse 6 For he did not disdayne his workes to shew them playne By lightning and by thunders when he the Heathens land Did geue into their hand where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his workes insueth both iudgement right and truth Wherto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreed sure For euer to endure whiche equitie doth end Redemption he gaue his people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required his promes not to fayle But alwayes to preuaile his holy name be feared verse 10 Whoso with hartful faine true wisdom wold attaine The Lord feare and obey such as his lawes do kepe shall knowledge haue ful depe his praise shal last for aye Beatus vir psalme Cxii VV. K. ¶ He praiseth the felicitie of them that feare God and condemneth the cursed state of the conâ—emners of God Sing this as the Pater noster verse 1 THe man is blest that god doth feare and that his lawes doth loue in dede His sede on earth God wil vpreare And bles such as from hym procede His house with good he wil fulfil His rightousnes endure shal stil verse 2 Vnto the righteous doth aryse ⧠In trouble ioy in darkenes lyght Compassion is in his eyes And mercy alwayes in his syght verse 3 Yea pitie moueth such to lend He doth by iudgement things expend ⧠verse 4 And furely such shal neuer fayle For in remembrance had is he verse 5 No tidings il can make hym quayle Who in the Lord sure hope doth see verse 6 His hart is firme his feare is past For he shal see his foes down cast verse 7 He did wel for the poore prouide ⧠his righteousnes shal stil remayn And hys estate with prayse abyde Though that the wicked man disdayne verse 8 Yea gnashe his teeth therat shal hee And so consume hys state to see Laudate pueri Psalme Cxiii VV. K. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord for his prouidence in that that contrary to the course of nature he worketh in his church YE childreÌ„ which do serue the Lord praise ye his name with one accorde yea blessed be alwayes hys name who from the rysing of the sunne till it returne where it begunne is to be praysed with great fame The Lord al peoples doth surmount as for his glory we may count aboue the heauens hye to be With God the Lord who may compare whose dwellings in the heauens are of suche great power and force is he verse 6 He doth abase himself we know Thinges to beholde both here below And also in heauen aboue verse 7 The nedy out of dust to drawe and eke the poore which help none sawe His onely mercy did him moue verse
6 Then when in stony places down their iudges shal be cast Then shal they heare my words for theÌ„ they haue a pleasaunt tast verse 7 Our bones about the graues mouth lo scattred are they found as he that heweth wood or he that diggeth vp the ground verse 8 But O my Lord my God myne eyes do looke vp vnto thee In thee is al my trust let not my soule forsaken hee verse 9 Which they haue layd to catch me in Lord keepe me from the snare and from the suttle grennes of them that wycked workers are verse 10 The wicked into theyr own nets together let them fal while I do by thy helpe escape the daungers of them al. Voce mea ad Psalme Cxlij N. ¶ Dauid neither ast onied with feare nor caried w t anger nor forced by desperation would kil Saule but with a quiet mind directed his earnest prayer vnto God who did preserue him Sing this as the .14 psalme verse 1 BEfore the Lord God with my voyce I did send out my cry and with my streamed voice vnto the Lord God prayed I. verse 2 My meditation in his sight to poure I did not spare and in the presence of the Lord my trouble did declare verse 3 Although perplexed were my spirit my path was knowen to thee In way where I did walke a snare they slyly layd for mee verse 4 I lookt vewd on my right hand but none there would me know al refuge fayled me and for my soule none cared tho verse 5 Then cried I Lord to thee sayd my hope thou onely art Thou in the land of lyuing art my portion and my part verse 6 Harke to my cry for I am brought ful low deliuer me From them that do me persecute for me to strong they be verse 7 That I may prayse thy name my soule from prisoÌ„ Lord bring out when thou art good to me the iust shal prease me round about Domine exaudi Psalme Cxliij N. ¶ An earnest prayer for remission of sinnes acknowledging that the enemies did cruelly persecute him by Gods iust iudgement He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirit that he may spend the rest of his life in the true feare and seruice of God Syng this as the .141 Psalme verse 1 LOrd heare my prayer harke y e plaint that I do make to thee Lord in thy natiue truth and in thy iustice aunswer mee verse 2 In iudgement with thy seruaunt Lord oh enter not at al For iustified be in thy sight not one that liueth shal verse 3 The enmy hath pursued my soule my life to ground hath throwne and layd me in the dark like them that dead are long agone verse 4 Within me in perplexitie was my accombred spirit and in me was a troubled hart amased and afflight verse 5 Yet I record time past in al thy workes I meditate yea in the workes I meditate that thy hands haue creat verse 6 To thee O Lord my God loe I do stretch my crauing haÌ„ds My soule desireth after thee as do the thirsty lands verse 7 Heare me with spede my spirit doth faile hide not thy face me fro Els shal I be like them that down into the pit to go verse 8 Let me thy louing kindnes in the morning heare know For in thee is my trust shew me the way that I shal got verse 9 For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lord deliuer mee From al mine enemies for I haue hidden me with thee verse 10 Teach me to do thy wil for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good spirit vnto the land of mercy me conuey verse 11 For thy names sake w t quikning grace a liue do thou me make and out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy iustice sake verse 12 And for thy mercy slay my foes O Lord destroy them al That do oppresse my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shal Benedictus dominuus Psalme Cxliiij N. ¶ Dauid prayseth y â— Lord w e great affectioÌ„ humility for his kingdom restored for his victories obtained yet calling for helpe the destructioÌ„ of the wicked â—promising to acknowledge the same with songs of prayses declareth wherin the felicity of any people consisteth Syng this as the .141 Psalme verse 1 BLest be the Lord my streÌ„gth that doth instruct my haÌ„d to fight The Lord that doth my fingers frame to battel by his might verse 2 He is my goodnes for t and tower deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yeld verse 3 O Lord what thing is maÌ„ that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wise verse 4 Man is but like to vanity so pas his dayes to end verse 5 As fleting shade Bow down O Lord thy heaueÌ„s discend verse 6 The mountaines touch they shal smoke cast forth thy lightning flame And scatter theÌ„ thine arrowes shote coÌ„sume theÌ„ w t the same verse 7 Send down thy hand euen from aboue O Lord deliuer mee Take me froÌ„ waters great froÌ„ hand of straungers make me free verse 8 Whose subtle mouth of vanity and fondnes doth entreat and their right hand is a right hand of falshod and deceit verse 9 A new song I wil syng O God and singing wil I bee On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee verse 10 Euen he it is that onely geues deliueraunce to kings Vnto his seruaÌ„t Dauid helpe froÌ„ hurtful sword he bryngs verse 11 FroÌ„ strauÌ„gers haÌ„d me saue sheld whose mouth talkes vanity and their right hand is a right hand of guile and suttelty verse 12 That our sonnes may be as the plants whoÌ„ growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued cornerstones like to a palace fayre verse 13 Our corners ful and plenty may with sondry sortes be found Our shepe bring thousaÌ„ds in our strets ten thousaÌ„ds may abouÌ„d verse 14 Our Oxen be to labor strong that none do vs inuade There be no going out no cry within our stretes be made verse 15 The people blessed are y t with such blessings are so stord yea blessed al the people are whose God is God the Lord. Exaltabo te deus Psalme Cxlv. N. ¶ This Psalme was made when the kingdome of Dauid florished Wherein he describeth the wonderful prouidence of God as well in gouernyng man as in preseruyng all the rest of his creatures He prayseth God for his iustice mercy but specially for his louyng kindnes toward those that cal vpon him that feare him and loue hym THee wil I laud my God and kyng blesse thy name for aye 2 For euer wil I prayse thy name and blesse the day by day 3 Great is the Lord most worthy prayse hys greatnes none can reach 4 From race to race they shal thy workes prayse and thy power preach verse 5 I of thy glorious maiestie the beauty wil record
here before thy maiesty trusting in our owne merites or worthines but in thy manifold mercies which hast promised to heare our prayers grauÌ„t our requests which we shal make to thee in y â— name of thy beloued son Iesus Christ our Lord who hath also commaunded vs to assemble our selues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not onely be amoÌ„gst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obtayne all thinges which shal seme expedient to thy blessed wil for our necessities therfore we besech thee most merciful Father to turne thy louyng countenance towardes vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wherby we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishment but rather receyue vs to thy mercye for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offences in whom onely thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seyng that of thy great mercies we haue quietly passed this nyght graunt O heauenly Father that we may bestow this day wholy in thy seruice so that al our thoughts words and dedes may redouÌ„d to the glory of thy name and good ensample to al men who seyng our good workes may glorify thee our heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and â—oue thou hast not onely created vs to thyne own similitude and lykenes but also hast chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of y e world we besech thee to encrease our faith knowledge and to lighten our harts with thy holy sprite that we may in y â— mean tyme liue in godly conuersation and integrity of lyfe knowyng that Idolaters adulterers couetous men coÌ„tentious persons drunkards gluttons and such like shal not inherite the kingdom of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for an other we do not onely make request O Lord for our selues and them that thou hast already called to the true vnderdandyng of thy heauenlye wil but for all people nations of the world who as they know by thy wonderful workes that thou art God ouer al so they may be instructed by thy holy spirit to beleue in thee theyr onely Sauiour redemer But for as much as they cannot beleue except they heare nor cannot heare but by preachyng and none can preache except they be sent therfore O Lord rayse vp faithful distributers of thy misteries who settyng apart al worldly respects may both in their lyfe doctrine onely seeke thy glory Contrarily confound Sathan Antichrist with all hyrelinges whome thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sence that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiete thy little flocke And because O Lord we be fallen into the latter dayes and daungerous tymes wherein ignoraunce hath gotten the vpper hand and Sathan by his ministers seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospell we besech thee to maintayne thy cause against those rauenyng wolues and strengthen al thy seruants whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion eyther to encrease their tiranny or to discourage thy children neyther yet let our synnes and wickednes be a hynderaunce to thy mercies but with speede O Lord consider these great miseries For thy people Israell many tymes by their synnes prouoked thyne anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgement yet thoughe theyr synnes were neuer so greuous if they once returned from theyr iniquity thou receyuedst them to mercy We therefore most wretched synners be wayle our manifolde synnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wyckednes and vngodly behauiour towardes thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humbly besech thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercies vpon vs and receyue vs againe to thy fauour Graunt vs dere father these our requests and al other thynges necessary for vs and thy whole church according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our lord In whose name we besech thee as he hath taught vs saying Our father c. A prayer to be sayd before meales ALl thynges depend vppon thy prouidence O Lord to receyue at thy hands due sustenance in time conuenient thou geuest to them and they gather it thou openest thy hande and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father which art the fountayne ful treasure of al goodnes we beseche thee to shew thy mercies vpon vs thy children sanctify these gyfts which we receyue of thy mercifull liberality graunt vs grace to vse them soberly and purely accordyng to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we maye acknowledge thee to bee the author and geuer of all good things and aboue al that we may remember continually to seeke the spirituall foâ—â—e of thy worde wherwith our soules may be nourished euerlastingly through our sauior Christ who is the true bread of life which came down from heauen of whom whosoeuer eateth shal liue for euer and raigne with him in glory world without end So be it A thankes geuyng after meales LEt all nations magnify the Lord let all people reioyce in praysing and extollyng hys great mercies For his fatherly kyndnes is plentifully shewd forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise endureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde God for the manifolde benefites which we continually receiue at thy bountiful hand not onely for that it hath pleased thee to frede vs in this present lyfe geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies fashioned vs a new into an assured hope of a far better lyfe the which thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Gospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer our affections to bee so intangled or rooted in these earthly and corruptible thyngs but that we may alwayes haue our myndes dyrected to thee on high coÌ„tinually watchyng for the coÌ„myng of our Lord and Sauiour Christ what time he shal appeare for our ful redemption To whome with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory for euer and euer So be it Another thankes geuyng before meales ETernall and euerlyuing God Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankynde hast appointed to his sustenaunce not onely the frutes of the earth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of the earth and fishes of the sea and hast commaunded thy benefits to be receyued as from thy handes with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane al things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctifâ—d by thy word by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderately to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies being refreshed the soules may be