fame For euer prayse and magnifie His blessed holy name Rectors O Angels hie of God The Lord your ornament Ye heauens so clere waters eke Aboue the firmament Quire * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O all ye powers of God Ye sunne and moone also Ye starres of heauens ye showres dewes The Lordes rough wyndes that blow Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse â–ª and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O fyre and partching heate Ye winters Sommers all Ye dewes and frostes ye frostes and cold Ye snowes and Yse that fal Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O nights and dayes so bright Ye lights and darkenes dimme Ye lightnings cloudes and earth so round Extoll and laude ye him Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie His blessed holy name Rectors O hils and mountaynes great Grene thyngs on earth that growe Ye wels and springs ye Seas and flouds And Whales in deepes by low Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O all ye fethred foules Ye beasts and herds abroade O ye the sonnes of mortall men O Israell prayse the Lord. Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify his blessed holy name Rectors O priests of God aboue And seruants true of hys Ye sprites and soules of righteous men Extoll the Lord of blisse Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify His blessed holy name Rectors O men of hart so meeke And holy soules in mynde O Anani and Azari And Miâ—aell so kynde Quiere * Prayse ye the king of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify His blessed holy name Benedictus O Blest be God of Israell The Lorde guide we know full well He visited hys people all He them by grace redéemd from thrall And raisde he hath saluation Most mighty now for vs eche one Of Dauids stocke so vertuous His seruauntes line and noble house As he dyd speake in tymes of olde By holy Prophetes mouthes so tolde Which were his will to vtter than And haue bene since the world began That we should be in fréedome quite And saued be from enmies spite To scape the handes and cruell state Of all the men that vs do hate The mercy plight to fathers sage To them performe from age to age And eke recount hys noble acte To call to minde hys sacred pacte His othe to kepe so sworne and plight To Abraham our fathers right Which he in tyme so bounteous Would iust performe and geue to vs. That we so rid from enmies handes From cruell yoke of combrous bandes Myght serue hym styll in ioyfull cheare Without all griefe all care and feare In holines and righteousnes So hym to serue in stablenes Before hym thus all voyde of strife To passe all dayes of this our life And thou good child shalt haue the name Of Prophet great most chiefe in fame For thou shalt go before Gods face To shew before hys wayes of grace To geue vnto his people sone To knowledge healthes â–ª saluation This health to shew the grace of his For all theyr faultes and sinnes remisse Through mercy great and tender loue Of God the Lord that raignes aboue Wherby the day that spring from hie Us visited so ioyfully Them lyght to geue that placed bée In darkenes great and miserie And eke in shade of death no lesse And guide our féete in wâ—yâ—s of peace ¶ Magnificat MY soule the Lord doth magnifie Who shewth his power so mightely Thus hath he done â–ª by his gret might Of onely grace that he hath plight Also my sprite both day and hower Reioyceth in God my sauiour Not me my selfe but thée O Lord I do extoll in hartes accord For he hath thus regarded mée His handmayd true of low degrée Whose poore estate and simple house He doth accept so bounteous And now behold the kyndreds all Shall me henceforth right blessed call So thou hast sayd by thy good worde As aungels voyce doth well recorde For he that is most mighty tride Hath me set vp and magnified By his good grace he doth the same For holy is his worthy name And mercy great that he doth beare Is shewd to all that do hym feare On kinredes all by him alone He helpes vs now and hearth our mone Wyth hys good arme he strength hath shewd And scattred cleane the proud and lewd In their conceiptes â–ª and fansies vayne This is our God that still doth raigne The mighty downe from seat he threw And humble hartes exalted due Thus God hath done by power so hie The worldly riche full low do lie The hungry soule he filde in all Wyth eche good thyng so liberall The riche in wealth wyth all their ray With empty handes he sent away Remembring still hys grace that fell Hys seruaunt holye good Israell Which promisd was our fathers gray And Abraham hys séede for aye Nunc dimittis LOrd now thou lettest thy seruant go To peacefull rest thou good art so Thy loue to me thou doost aforde Accordth thereto thy holy word For these my eyes saw happely Health long desird so ernestly Thy sauing health thou geuest alone My eyes haue seene saluation Which thou hast thus preparde aright Before thy flock and peoples sight Theyr eyes do sée thy loues entent And goodnes great which thou hast sent To be a light to Gentels all To lighten them that lye in thrall That thy good flock in ioy may dwell To glory great of Israell Grace before meate MOst louing Lord to thee we cry All vs to blesse our borde be nye Thy giftes to vse in this repast No spoyle to make hereof in waste And that our want while we do â—yll Our hart and tong expresse none euell Grace after meate PReserue vs Lord which all hast wrought As thou of loue vs all hast bought Refresh our soules with godly feare For these good giftes kind hart to beare Our tyme to spend ech day by day At our liues ende reioyce we may Quicunque vult WHo saued will be before all thinges He must true fayth fast hold in all which safe sound who kepth it not Without all doubt he perish shall This is the fayth calde Catholike Euen through the world full out so famde To serue one god in Trinitie In Trinitie but one so namde Confounding not theyr persons three Their substance sundred cannot be The father sonne and holy goste Be diuers yet in persons three The godhed yet of them all one Of father sonne and
holy Sprite Theyr glory lyke their maiesty All one eternall is aright The father such the sonne is such The holy gost is such a lyke The father hie the sonne euen so The holy gost vncreat eke The father god the sonne the sprite Incomprehensible they be all â–ª Eternall god eternall sonne The holy goste eterne we call Yet they not three eternals be But one they stande eternally Not three distinct in power or tyme But one all whole in vnitie The father houge of power he is The sonne the holy ghost euen so Not thrée almighties so be sayde But one almighty knowne no mo The father God the sonne is God The holy ghost euen so is God Not yet three Gods but one is God In all the world so long and broade The Father Lord the Son is Lord The holly Ghost is truely Lorde Not yet thrée Lords but one is Lord We say and singe in true accord As we ech person God and Lord Be bid by Christian truth to name Forbidden so we be by fayth thrée gods or els thrée lords to frame The Father made of none nor born Of none begotten well we know The sonne of God alone not made Nor created begotten thoughe The sprite is iust of God and so Of Christ not got proceding yet One Father so one son one sprite Not thrise in name these persons set In Trinity â–ª not one beforne Nor yet behynde more great or lesse These persons thrée all equall be Eterne a like we must confesse So that in all this vnity In trinity I say agayne The trinity in vnity We must adore as one full playne Who saued will be most rightly iuge The Trinity forsooth euen thus And helth eke aske to think the Christe Incarnate was made flesh for vs. For this is fayth both right sounde That we beleue and iust confesse That Iesus Christ the sonne of God Is God and man our Lorde no lesse Of God his substaunce God begot Before the worlde was made in sight And man he is of Maryes flesh His mother him in world so dight He perfect God and perfect man Of soule with reason most indued Of humayne flesh subsistyng is By whome our nature was renued Christ equall is in Deity To God so great his father iust Yet greater he and Christ the lesse For birth in manhoode so discust Who though he be both God man One Christ he is in déede not two To â—lesh his godhed did not chaunge But taking flesh on godhed so Of substance whole he is vnmixte By person yet he is but one As soule wyth wit and flesh one man One Christ is so both God and man Who suffred death for all our health And downe he went in sprite to Hel He did yet ryse from death agayne The thyrd day iust as scripture telth To Heuen he â—â—ied and there he sitth On gods right hand which mighty is from whence he shall return to iudge The quick and deade all right I wis And when he comth all men shal ryse In bodies dead reuiued agayne And geue they shall accompt full due of al their thoughts works so plain And they that haue done good I saye Shall enter sure to life eterne And they that haue done euill to fyre To darknes cast that is externe This is the fayth most Catholike Which any man if it mistake And faythfully doth not beleue No wight him saued once can make Veni creator COme holy Ghost eternall God Which doost from God procéede The father fyrst and eke the sonne One God as we do reade Oh visite thou our minds and harts Thy heauenly grace inspire That we in truth and godlinesse May set our whole desire Thou art O sprite the comforter In woe and hard distresse The heauenly gift of God so highe Which tongue cannot expresse Thou fountayne art and liuely spring Of ioy celestiall The fyre so bright the loue so cleare and vnction spirituall For thou in gifts art manifold Whereby Christs church doth stand And wrightst thy loue in faythfull hartes The power of God hys hand And like as thou hast promise made Thou geuest the speach of grace That through thy helpe the prayse of God May sound in euery place O holy Ghost to moue our wits Sende downe thyne heauenly light Inflame our harts our God to serue With loue both day and night Our weaknes strength confyrme vs Lord Both féeble faynt and frayle That nether flesh the world ne deuill In vs do once preuayle Put backe from vs our enemies And graunt that wée obtayne Swéete peace of hart with God and man From grudge and proude disdayne And graunt O Lord O leader sure That we by thée as guide May safe eschue the snares of sinne From thée no tyme to slyde And plenty Lord of thy good grace Graunt vs we humble pray Be thou our ioy and comforter To scape that dreadfull day Of stryfe and foule dissention O Lord dissolue the bands And knit the knot of peace and loue Through out all Christen lands Graunt vs O Lord through thée to know The Father most of might That we of his beloued sonne May sure obtayne the sight And that with perfect stable fayth We mought acknowledge thée The sprite of them â–ª of both I say One God and persons thrée Be laude to God the father hye And God his sonne prayse ye Be prayse to God the holy sprite One God in Trinity Pray we that Christ the sauiour Uouchsafe his sprite to send To all which true professe his name Till all the world doth ende THe 150. beyng the last Psalme is a serious and earnest inuitation to the prayses of God and so most agreably placed as last to knit vp the ende of all that is treated in the fiue seueral bookes of Psalmes so deuided by the Hebrues In whiche fiue bookes bee insparsed abroad matter of Prophecy of Christ and hys church of History of Doctrine of Instruction of Inuitation of Exhortation of Reformation of Insultation of Consolation of Gloriation of Inuocation of Obsecration of Meditation of Patience and such lyke So that all breath voyce and sound of worde sunge sayd or thoughte should tende wholy in the ende to prayse the Lorde whych is the first the mydst and finall worke and sacrifice wherunto all should be referred Furthermore because in rhe thyrd fourth and fifth verses onelye musicall instrumentes be recyted lest they should be but bare instrumentes wythout distinction or signification of sound in them be added for supplement the three appropriates ascribed to God in Trinitie as Power and Authoritie whereby all thynges were created and wrought Wysdome and Prouidence wherby all thynges be iustly gouerned and ruled Goodnes and Bountie wherby all thinges be preserued from whence procede all graces and giftes both bodely and ghostly Thus this Psalme whych is the last beyng conformable to that whych is the first which is also tracted by certayne Triades describyng the felicitye of man doth resemble the same
Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XII This Psalme declarth for truth so falne to ground The poore mans care for truth so falne to ground When pride bearth sayle But God will it confound No truth preuayle But God will it confound 1 HElpe Lord so hye this case for why not one good man is more The faythfull gone scant any one theyr children mynished sore 2 They talke so frée of vanitie one neyghbour neyghbour to In tong they glose it double gose their hartes dissemble so 3 All lips so vayne God will them strayne and plucke them vp by roote Oh that he wrung the boasting tunge to treade it vnderfoote 4 For thus they rayle we wyll preuayle our tonges must matters breake For who dare thus be Lord to vs our tonges must onely speake 5 For thys the stresse of comfortlesse for sighes that poore men make Now ryse wyll I sayth God most hye and helpe theyr part to take 6 Gods worde is sure it is as pure from earth as siluer quit Though tryde be golde in fire seuen folde his worde yet passeth it 7 O Lord so graue thou vs shalt saue and euermore preserue From all thys route that be so stoute for euer thée to serue 8 These walke most wyde in wycked pryde all cruelty they frame Whyle they so far exalted are poore men be put to shame ¶ The Collecte HAue mercy of our frailtie most louing father and graunte that we may keepe thy holy wordes with pure chaste hartes to escape the manifold deceites of mad and vayne talkers in errour Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XIII For patience In trouble Dauid crieth For Gods desence In trouble Dauid crieth Lest deadly might Good hope in God he spieth Should blynd his sight Good hope in God he spieth 1 HOw long wilt thou forget me now for euer Lord my guyde How long wylt thou not me alow how long thy face wylt hyde 2 How long shall I thus heauely in soule séeke counsayle so How long my hart shall féele this smart to be thus vext wyth foe 3 O Lord my God represse thy rod heare now consider mée Myne eyes wyth lyght O cleare thou bryght dead sléepe lest they do sée 4 Lest that to hye myne enemye myght boast of hys preuayle If downe I were thys baratter would ioye to sée me quayle 5 But all my trust lyeth fully iust in thy good mercy still My hart thy helth shall ioy it selfe Gods goodnes laude I will The Collecte TOurne not thy face awaye from vs O God of all might and consolation lest our enemies preuayle against vs and so endue the hartes of vs thy seruantes with the reioysing spirite of thy saluation that we escape the dreadfull sleepe of second death Through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme XIIII This Psalme set out of sinners obstinate The carelesse route of sinners obstinate How far is syde which hold with God debate They wander wyde which hold with God debate 1 THe foole hath sayd in hart astrayd that God there is euen none In workes they are corrupt so far not one doth good not one 2 The Lord casth eye from heauen to spye the trade of Adams broode If that as there some wyse man were which God would séeke so good 3 But all astray haue take theyr way abominable made There is not one to do well none they all from truth decayd 4 For throtes they haue lyke open graue theyr tonges haue vsed deceyt And vnderslips theyr poyson lips of Aspes the venome beyt 5 Theyr mouthes do swim wyth cursings brim all bitternes to fyll Theyr féete make spede mans bloud to shede they force not whom they spyll 6 Destruction confusion in all theyr wayes do ryse Of peace no day they know the way Gods feare sée not theyr eyes 7 Haue they no mynd in hart so blynd in myschiefe how they go Who lyke as meate my people eate and God they call not to 8 But they shall there be once in feare where nought they feard in déede For God is spide most strong to bide wyth iust mans righteous séede 6 Where vaynly now ye mocke and mow at poore mans purpose iust When he is bent wyth fast entent in God to put his trust 7 Who els can spéede poore Iacobs séede wyth helpe from Zyon hill When God shall call hys people thrall reioyce all Iury will ¶ The Collecte VOuchsaue O Lorde to looke from thy holye heauens vpon the children of men and graunte vs to knowe the way of peace that we auoydyng the bondage of synne may haue the fruition of thy habitatiō in heauenly Ierusalem Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XV. Here Dauid craueth whom God alowth in sight And answer haueth whom God alowth in sight The sprite so sayth to worke by loue aright Who hath a fayth to worke by loue aright 1 WHo Lord shall byde by thy swéete syde In tabernacle sure Or who shall styll hold fast thy hyll which holy doth endure 2 Who walkth in state immaculate who blameles lyfe ensueth And rightwise déede fulfilth in spéede who speakth from hart the truth 3 Whose tonge in spyte doth not backebyte ne doth hys neyghbour euill Who cannot beare wyth quyet eare hys neyghbour slanderd still 4 And he whose eyes the bad despise and lawdth Gods fearefull men Who swearth also hys neyghbour to and chaungth not it ageyn 5 Who will not plie to vsurie hys coyne for lucres loue Who bribeth nothyng the iust to wryng oh he shall neuer moue ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we besech thee O bountiful lord god immaculate that we may walke in thy church without spot withdrawn wholy from the harmful workes of this wretched worlde so that while we labour to obserue the preceptes in earth we may at last attayne to thy heauenly habitation where thou raignest eternally one God the father the sonne and the holy spirite to whome be all honour and glory worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme XVI That Christ did pray and when himselfe did sue For his alway and when himselfe did sue His buriall the Prophet told full true His rise withall the Prophet told full true 1 O God of trust preserue me iust In soule and body to For why to thée my hope doth slée to none els will I go 2 O soule in sprite thou saydst aright to God who thée so wrought My God thou art of faythfull hart my goodes can vayle thée nought 3 All my delyght to sayntes full bryght is set which trauell here In vertues all celestiall they do excell so clere 4 Who multiplie theyr Idols hie and after them do gad Their sacrifice I whole despise I hate theyr names so mad 5 The Lord alone is porcion of myne inheritaunce My cup he is my crosse to blisse my lot he wyll aduaunce 6 My lot ful brode by lyne and rod so fayre did fall to mée That I reioyce the goodly choyce
bones so broosde shall say O Lord who may in strength to thée be lyke Which sauest the poore from tyrantes swords from irefull spoylyng hym to kéepe 11 False witnes soone at me dyd ryse in wyckednes most hasty whote Of me they spurde of thynges full nyse that I knew not at all God wot 12 They dyd vnkynd reward me euill for good to them I frendly wrought To greue my soule it was theyr wyll to bryng my lyfe and dayes to nought 13 But yet I say when they were sicke in sacke cloth then I wept and mournd My soule wyth fast I humbled meke my prayer to me eftsoones retournd 14 I wept and waylde as dearest frende as any brother that they had As childe for mother doth by kynde in blacke aray I was all clad 15 But they agayne in my great euill they floct on heapes and dyd reioyce Most abiectes cam and mockt me still and I not ware in spitefull noyce 16 Wyth such lewd slaues so vyle to sée to them were scorners ioyntly knit Theyr téeth they gnast and grynd on mée as peysant mockers was be fit 17 When wylt thou set O Lord thy sight on thys my payne I dayly beare O Lord ryd me from all theyr spite from Lyons whelpes defend my deare 18 My thankes therfore I will extend when folke in place be met so most In companies as due to sende all prayse to thée in euery cost 19 Let not my foes in ire at me reioyce in quarell falsly styll For gyltles they hate me to frée wyth wynkyng eyes they mocke theyr fill 20 For why no peace in truth they speake but all do rage agaynst the meke Good men on earth they wyshe to wreke for thys in craft and guile they séeke 21 Theyr face and mouth they haue disfort at me they cry wyth fie and fie Our eye hath séene they say a sport that we wyth ryght may hym defie 22 O Lord my God this hast thou séene be not at this to dumme and still In thée thou knowst my trust hath béene depart not far from me in will 23 Ryse vp and wake in hast I say to iudge my cause in open syght My Lord and God thou canst them fray aduenge thou soone my quarell ryght 24 Oh iudge my cause as thou art wont in equall iustice Lord of thyne O Lord my God least in this bront my foes reioyce to much in fyne 25 Refrayne in tonge them thus to say there there we sée for vs inough Let them not say O Lord I pray we haue hym surely swalowd now 26 Let them féele shame and blame at full which ioye and laugh at my distresse At me who brag and boast that wull let shame and spyte them fully presse 27 Let them euen so in ioy be glad that wyshe to sée my ryght redrest To God for aye let thankes be had who wylth so kynd hys seruants rest 28 My tonge then thus shall lowd rebound thy prayse O Lord and iustice eke All day I will in perfect sound thy laude tell iust euen wéeke by wéeke ¶ The Collecte EVerlyuing God the health the stay and refuge of our soules we beseche thee to couer and arme vs wyth the helmet of hope and wyth the buckler of inuincible faythe so that we may feele thy helpe in all causes of our necessities at lengthe to be replenished wyth ioy and gladnes to magnifie thy goodnes in the churche and congregation of ryghteous christen mē and that all our lyfe long thorough Iesus Christ our Lorde c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXVI Here wycked mens delite Is paynted what it is But blyndenes deepe in open sight In vertue whole remisse 1 IN mydst of euill mans hart Hys sinne hath blynd hym so Gods feare all whole is set a part From both hys eyes ago 2 For he himselfe doth glose In hys bewitched eyes Tyll God his sinne so foule disclose Most worthy hate to ryse 3 Hys wordes of mouth be nought And kepes much guile in store To cease he biddeth hys hart and thought To worke by vertues lore 4 Shrewd turnes in irefull mood He most in bed doth muse He hold on wayes not truely good No euill déede he refuseth 5 Thy mercy Lord in heauen Yet ouer all doth spread Thy faythfull truth is daily séene The cloudes to reache in bread 6 Thy iustice Lord we sée As mountaynes ferme to rest Thy iudgements hye O secret bée Thou shalt saue man and beast 7 How worthy Lord most iust Excelth thy grace benigne As Adams flocke shall firmely trust In fence of thy good wynge 8 Of thy fat houshold store As drunken shall they bée And drinke at néede them shalt thou poure Of pleasures welles most frée 9 For thou hast well of lyfe With thée all health aboundth And Lord in thy bryght lyght so ryfe Of vs shall lyght be found 10 O draw thy mercy neare To them which loue thée then And let thy grace O Lord appeare To rightfull harted men 11 And let no foote of pryde Approche me hawtely Nor wicked hand in hate beside To moue me wretchedly 12 These workers vayne of euill In theyr owne turne be cast Repulse they haue in croked will From footyng be they past ¶ The Collecte PVrifie our hartes with thy heauenly light O mercifull God which art originall fountayne of euerlasting lyght that we maye bee fullye replenished wyth the plenteous grace of thy sweete house so to eschue all wyckednes and crafte to treade vnder our foote the vauntyng furies wherewith the men of this worlde bee caried by Sathan the Prince of the same graunt this for thy beloued sonnes sake Christe oure Lorde to whome wyth thee and the holy ghost be all honour worlde wythout ende The Argument Psalme XXXVI Here haue ye paynted beforne your eyes tweyne The restles witte of the fell wycked wyght How he careth and carkth for his lytheir gayne How he flotth aloft in hye power and myght And setth God and his hallowes all in despyte Whose cursed steps the iust makth his orison In lyfe not to tread to hys confusion MUsing vpon the variable busines That thys troubly world haunth by sea lande My hart geueth me that sinne and wyckednes Suggestth to the wycked that he may stand ▪ Wythout any feare safely of Gods hand For no feare of hym is in all hys sight Of Gods law he is bereaued the shyning lyght 2 Me fel to mynd that he wonted thus to go To flatter aye hymselfe in his own sight For sinne the venom did enchaunt hym so That in it he hase his whole delyte And thynkth in hart that all is aright But God will spye out his sinne abominable Though to the world it hath visour commendable 3 Busily in mynd I gan to reuolue His words vnrighteous and craftely layd All truth and Iustice of God to dissolue But mere deceit in hipocrisye wayghed And would not be controld of that he sayd To learne of any man he
and byddeth vs prayse That first and last doth vs behooue Whan thyngs be past and spent our dayes Yet laudes shall last wyth thankefull loue Alleluya In heauen aboue 1 O Prayse ye God of excellence In his respect of holynes And prayse ye hys magnifycence In fyrmament of stablenes Wyth lowlines 2 O prayse ye hym as Sauiour For his sweete actes heroycall And prayse ye hym as gouernour For his great power potentiall most principal 3 O prayse ye hym for maiesty In trompets sound effectuouse And prayse yee hys Authority In lute and harpe melodiouse most studiousâ— 4 O prayse ye hym all sapyent In Tymbrell sweete wyth daunce in quiere And prayse ye hym so prouident In fydle strâ—ung in recordere wyth harty chere 5 O prayse ye hym all bountifull In Cymbals sound out lowd in state And prayse ye him so pytyfull In Cymbals sound more mittigate Omnis Spiritus laudet Dominum Full moderate 6 Let all with breath or lyfe endued Or what with sound is fortefied Prayse out the Lord in state renewed For grace and power applied To none denyed Alleluya I chaunter cry to all you here Prayse ye the Lord with harty cheare ¶ The Collecte MOst laudable and mercifull God beyng the swete Tenor of all our harmony which doost here exercise our hartes otherwhiles wyth songes of teares and lamentations and otherwhiles of ioy and gladnes Graunte we beseche thee that after wee haue songe vp our temporall songes in praysing of thy name wee may at last bee associated to that heauenly quire aboue to behold thy glorious maiestye wyth thy saintes thorough c. FINIS ¶ Gloria Patri for diuers Metres To God on hye in vnitie agayne In Trinitie in vnitie agayne Reigne power and prayse to hym be geuen Amen As due alwayes to hym be geuen Amen To God on hye be prayse The father first of myghtâ— To Christ his sonne and their good sprite â–ª For euer due of ryght His name be blest in vnitie For euer one in Trinitie From this tyme forth as it hath bene Say we therto Amen Amen To God on hye in Trinitie In vnitie yet one agayne Reigne power praise most due to see Be alway geuen of mortall men So mought it be Say we Amen To God the father first of myght To Christ his sonne both God and Lord To God of them the holy sprite Though three yet one in iust accorde Reigne power and prayse as due by right Ascribe we all in open sight With all our might Te Deum O God we prayse the Lord most hye Which liust and reignst eternally Wâ—th hart voyce in one accorde We knowledge thee to be the Lorde And all the earth doth worship thee As Lord and God our king to be All things were made by word of thyne Thou father art of power deuine All aungels lowde to thee doth crye They laude thy name continually The heauens and all the powers therin Thy prayse to spred do neuer lynne To thee do cry the mighty sprites The Cherubins all dayes and nights And Ceraphin doth neuer cesse Thy louely laudes full out t' expresse And thus they crye in sweete accord O holy holy holy Lord Thou art of hosts the guyde and boote Thou Lord thou God of Sabbaoth Thy maiesty and power of hoste Do spred the heuens in glory most The earth is fylde with thy great fame With thy great power and gloriouse name Thapostles gard so gloriouse Extoll thy name most precious Which haue by déedes of worthinesse Set forth thy prayse and noblenes The Godly band of prophets wyse To prayse thée God they whole deuise Which haue declard thy holy will From age to age for euer still The Martyrs meeke of army stronge Which spent theyr bloud for thee so longe Do glorifye thy blessed name And prayse thee Lord thou most of fame The holy church through world so wyde Do knowledge thee the Lord and guyde They do confesse thy power and might And knowledge thee eche day and night The father God eternally Of power so great and maiestye That rulst and dwelst in heauen aboue As father God which doost vs loue The church euen so most faythfully Confesse in truth and vnitye That Tower of strength that holy one Thy honorable only sonne The holy church confesseth eke The holy sprite in fayth alyke O blessed God our harts enspyre Thou holy Ghost thou comforter Thou art O Christ of glory kyng And beame most bright so glisteringe Thy hart so kinde is knowne to all Thou diedst for man to rid his thrall Of Father God â–ª in mighty throne Thou art O Christ aye lasting sonne Begot before â–ª the worlds were made Or els of earth foundation layde When thou didst take that worke on thee Mankind to bring to liberty The Uirgines wombe thou didst accept Nor it abhordst nor it reiect When thou hadst sâ—ayne of death the darte Of Sathans power and hell the smarte The heauenly gates thou opendst free To all that did beleue on thee On Gods right hand thou sittest full nye â–ª In equall power and maiestye With father God in iust accord In heauen thou sitst O Christ our Lord. We do beleue when th' end shal be That thou shalt come in maiestye Where thou shalt sit as iudge to déeme Both quicke and dead as thee beseme Helpe thou therfore thy seruants true With thee do pray with harts moste due Which thou redemdst of hart so good With sheding out thy precious bloud Wyth thy good saynts make them to be So numbred whole in company That they may ioy in glory iust From earth from sinne â–ª most clene discust By thy good grace thy people saue O Lord theyr helpe in thee they haue They put themselfs to thy good charge O blesse thou God thyne heritage Direct thou them in thy right way And gouerne them â–ª to thée we pray And lift them vp for euer still Exalt them hye by thy good will We thee O Lord do magnify Still day by day â–ª continually As so O God most due it is We should not be therto remisse Thy worship asketh the same of vs It is so good so bounteouse Thy name to prayse we do entend For euer world withouten end This day preserue our harts within And kepe O God our soules from sinne Uouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs pure In thy good lawes â–ª our liues assure Haue mercy Lord on vs we call Haue mercy still vpon vs all Without the whych we cannot stand We clayme the strength of thy good hand Let mercy light on vs O Lord We trust in thee with one accord We do thus craue most earnestly As we do put our trust in thee In thée O Lord I haue my trust In thée my hope and helpe so iust Beholde O God I stand to thée Then let me not confounded bée ¶ The song of the three Children Quire * Prayse ye the king of kinges Blesse ye the Lorde of
riches and glory of this worlde thou shalt heare him againe singing Wo be to them which trust in their power and in the multitude of their goodes and in an other place Man is in his dayes as grasse whose pompe shal not go downe into the graue with him and thus by such considerations thou shalt repute nothing in all the earth much to be estemed for if thou despisest these two thinges I meane power and glory which exceed all other thinges in mens estimacion what can there be beside wherto thou shouldst set so much thy hart Also if thou shouldst be ouercharged with any heauines of hart thou mayst here there Why art thou thus heauy O my soule and why doost thou so vexe me Trust in the lord for I will geue him thankes Ouer this if thou spiest manye men to haue great commendation without any cause of deseruing speake thou thus to thy selfe Be not enuious at wycked men for they shall wither away like grasse and shall fade to nought euen as the grene herbe in the field If thou chaunce to marke how good men and euill men he both together afflicted yet by Dauid thou shalt vnderstand that the maner of theyr affliction is not alone for he sayth that there be many scourges for sinners which yet he doth not affirme to be inflicted vpon good men when he saith That the iust man haue many temtations but out of them all God will deliuer him and agayne The death of sinners is odible Where the death of his electes is very honourable before the Lorde Reuolue therfore such thinges as these be oft with thy selfe and by the instruction of them get thee some vnderstandyng for there is a large wilde fielde of wise sentences comprehended in these sayinges aforesayd yea in euery one of them thoughe they be brieflye thus vewed and perused by vs. But if ye will more exactly search out these sentences of Dauid ye shall perceiue that they wil sprede into plentuous store of gostly treasure Ouer and beyond that euery man that will may by these sayinges purge himselfe of euill vices how fast so euer they haue roote within them If he will neither geue eare redily to enuye neither yet to bitter malice if he will despise riches if he set light by aduersitie by trouble by pouertie if he set not much by his lyfe at all This maner of contemplation will far driue from vs all vice and sinne for the subduing of which vices we muste geue our thankes to God and thus by despising these transitory goodes we may winne the goodes euerlastyng and through patience in aduersitie and by the consolatiō we haue in holy scripture we may haue hope and at the last to enioy the blisse to come thorough Iesus Christ to whom with the father the holy ghost be all honor world without ende Amen Augustinus lib. confess 10. cap. 33. THe delectation of the eares had once bound me strongly yea they had subdued me but thou O Lorde didst vnbinde me and madest me free Now in these sweete tunes which thy holy scriptures geue so liuely a grace vnto when they be sunge with the sweete voyce of cunning men I do confesse that I am somwhat delectably holden but yet not for that I would dwell and abide still there but that my affection might be stirred to rise vpwarde when I see my time But yet these tunes and notes thus liuelye made by the dittie of thy worde the rather doo they desire to haue place in me yea they woulde my harte should haue them in great affiance which yet I haue not peraduenture altogether as is most agreable For sometime me thinke I esteme this musicall harmonie more hiely then is conueniēt as when I feele my hart to be more vehemently stirred to ardent deuotion by those holy wordes when they be so set out with song then if they were not so sunge For this I perceyue that all the affections of our sprites in their diuersitie of natural disposition to haue their peculier properties and facions as well in respect of the voyce as of the tunes So that by a secrete familiaritie and similitude that is betwixt them the mindes of men be diuerslye affected and rauished but the delectation of my flesh thoughe it ought not to subdue my mynde with to much vaine and feeble sensualitie yet it ofte deceyueth me in that my brute senses doo not wayte on Lady Reason as modestlye content to come after her but they striue to go before her would be her guide and other cause can they alleage none but for that by her at the first they were broughte in and admitted And thus I offend vnbewares thoughe afterward I perceiue it So againe while that I eschue this suttle deceit of my senses beyond due measure I erre on the other side by ouermuch sower grauitie yea so far otherwhiles that I would all such swete harmonie of delectable singing wherewith Dauids Psalter is vsed to be sung vtterly remoued not from mine owne eares only but banished out of the church to as iudging that waie to be more sure and furthest from perill of abuse that I remember hath bene ofte told me done of Athanasius bishop of Alexandria who caused the readers of the quier to recite the psalmes in such euen equalitie of the voyce that it appeared to bee more like a reading then a singing How be it when I cal to minde what teares I wept at the hearing of the songes which thy churche and congregation did vse to sing to thee O Lord what time I first began to recouer my faith vnto thee as me thinke euen yet still I feele my selfe rauished not yet with the singing but with the sweete matter which is sung specially when it is sung with full expressed voyces and with decent harmonie then againe I iudge this ordinance of singing to be much profitable and expedient And thus am I tost betwixt the danger of vaine delectation and the experience of wholesome edification But more am I inclined and induced to allowe this custome of singing in the churche although I speake not this as in sentence diffinitiue that the weaker sorte of men might by suche delectation of the eare rise vp to godly affection and heauenly deuotion Notwithstanding when I fele this in my selfe that the melodie moueth me more then the matter of the dittie which is sung I confesse then that I offend mortally therin then wish I rather not to heare such singyng then so to heare it Iosephus lib. antiq Iud. 7. ca. 12. WHen Dauid was at rest from warres and other such daungers and had now peace at will he composed songes and hymnes to God of diuers Metres some trimetres and some quinquemetres and caused diuers instruments to be made and he taught the Leuites how they shoulde in their diuersities sing and playe hymnes on the Saboth and other feastiuall daies Of which instrumēts some as the harpe were
thy churche broughte together of diuers nations and countries that we may all in pure hartes so loue thee in the righteousnes of fayth to attayne to the heuenly habitation with our welbeloued fathers who lyuest and raignest one God with the father and the holy ghost worlde c. The Argument Psalme XLVI In this Christes spouse elect full well Her thankes to God extendth For that he dyd her foes debell And that he her defendth 1 OUr hope is God and strength at eye he guidth wyth hys good hand A present helpe in trouble nye hys grace therby doth stand 2 For this we néede not care and feare though world be cast in stowne Though hils to sea were thrown euen there though all turne vpside downe 3 The waters though they rage in streme how euer they do swell Though mountayns quake at noyse of them yet iust man hopth full wel â–ª 4 For why swéete brookes and floudes full nye Gods Citie glad shall stéepe Hys holy place and sanctuarye God strongly it doth kéepe 5 God dwelth in myds of her alone no man shall her remoue Ryght early God shall helpe her sone hys church I meane aboue 6 The heathen though they rage to fonde and realmes resist I say God raysde hys voyce and so in londe our foes dyd melt away 7 The Lord of hostes so strong euen he Wyth vs he standth to fyght So Iacobs God our refuge be we feare no humayne myght 8 Lo come and sée how God in wrath great meruayles aye hath wrought What landes to nought he scatred hath how low theyr Idols brought 9 He put down warrs and stryfe in feare the whole world where they went He knapth the bow and breakth the speare wyth fire he charets brent 10 Be still and know I say all ye that God I am aryght To heathen all knowne will I be the world shall sée my myght 11 The Lord of hostes so strong from hence wyth vs he is I say And Iacobs God is whole our fence our boast in hym doth lay ¶ The Collecte MOst trustye refuge in all perylles and aduersities which hange ouer vs O blessed Lorde to sanctifie the inward tabernacles of our hartes with the liuely springs of thy blessed sprite that we may trust stedfastly in thee our God in all our battayles to haue the better hand through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLVII This Psalme to ioy exhorth all christen men in sight That Christ by power ascended so whom glory sued aright 1 TOgether clap ye handes ye Gentils all be glad Reioyce to God in melody with thanks for mercy had 2 The Lord is hie in power and ought be feard I say He is the king of all the earth to hym all thinges obey 3 He shall so vnder vs the people soone subdue All Gentils cast at feete of vs at vs their Lordes to sue 4 He dyd chose out all vs an heritage so fayre Euen Iacobs hie magnificence whoÌ„ he did loue as heyre 5 God is ascended vp in ioyfull noyse on hye with trumpets noyse as once his arke eueÌ„ thus vp hie did sâ—ye 6 O prayses sing to him O prayses see ye sing Sing prayses still vnto our god and laud him iust as king 7 For that our God is king of all the world so rounde Sing ye his prayse than prudently with vnderstaÌ„ding sound 8 For God by strength doth raigne vpon the heathen all God sitteth vpon his holy seate all thyng doth heare hys call 9 The peoples heds be met with Abrahams god seede Of god they be to shield the earth but god doth theÌ„ exceede ¶ The Collecte ETernall God which art the kyng of all worldes realmes whose kyngdome is aduaunced vpon all people and kynredes we beseche thee to subdue vnder our subiection all heathen vyce and sinne that whyle we sing to thee our God in wordes of wisdome and vnderstanding by thy ayde we may haue the better hande of them through Christ our Lorde c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLVIII Gods Citie here a type of Christ hys spouse Is praysed clere a type of Christ hys spouse It teachth agayne of prayse to pay theyr vowes All Christen men of prayse to pay theyr vowes 1 GReat is the Lord wyth hye accorde so praysed ought to bée In citie great where God is set hys holy hill to sée 2 For Syon hyll is fayer still of all the world the blisse This hyll so wyde holdth North on syde Gods citie hye it is 3 Our God euen thus most glorious is knowne in palace great As refuge sure all men to cure that place is hys so neat 4 For lo the kynges theyr gatherynges in earth made her to spoyle Though thus they met wyth fury whet yet her they could not foyle 5 Her walles and holdes they dyd behold and merueld all agast Theyr hartes were danke theyr brags were blanke eftsones they downe were cast 6 Such feares and panges theyr harts so wrang in tyme of theyr assaute As women knowes theyr bearyng throwes wyth feares lyke were they fraught 7 So dyd they quayle as Tharsls sayle felt wreckt by wyndes of East For Paynyms all be worthy fall Gods heritage to wrest 8 As we dyd heare so saw we neare Gods citye hye and strong Thys God of oures the God of powers wyll strength her aye from wrong 9 As we conceyud so we receyud O Lord thy mercy great For we dyd wayte thy helpe most great in myds of temple set 10 As EL thy name is strong in fame So is thy prayse well sene The world full out and so no dout thy workes full ryghteous bene 11 Let Syon mount her ioy recount let Iudas townes be glad For thys thy dome to pull a downe these Paynyms frantike mad 12 Walke ye about the wals so stout of Syons gostly house And tell her towers her fortes and bowers her prayse that ye may rouse 13 And marke ye well how strong she dwelth in bulwarkes how she lie That ye may tell it euery deale to your posteritie 14 This God euen hée our God we sée for aye and euer strong He shall vs guyde tyll death so wyde of hym shall be our song ¶ The Collecte O Most terrible God most worthy to bee magnified in al thy workes which art so glorious a prince in the heauenly Hierusalem enlarge vs in spirituall vnderstandyng so that after we haue receyued thy mercy in the mydst of the temple of our hartes we maye duely extoll thy name through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLIX The Iewes be here theyr honour not to see Reproued full nere theyr honour not to see It doth inuite of worlde the pryde to flee The Christen knight of worlde the pryde to flee 1 O Heare ye out ye gentiles stout thys thyng that I wyll tell But ponder it wyth eares vnshit thys world all ye that dwell 2 Ye Adams broode ye noble blood heare ye my spell
enbrued wyth bloud hys God for grace dyd seeke 1 HAue mercy God on me I craue for thy great gentlenes Thy mercies store on me vouchsaue put out my sinfulnes 2 But washe me depe from all my sinne for déepely falne I am O clense me clere wythout wythin from synne that beastly came 3 For I confesse my wyckednes my state I fele most vyle In sight I beare my giltines it doth myne eye reuyle 4 To thée alone I trespaced I â—ind before thyne eyes That iust in word thou mightst be tryed thou iudge so pure to ryse 5 Behold in sinne I shapen was in natyue filth infect My mother me conceyud alas in sinne of Adams sect 6 But lo thou hast the truth well loued in hart alway to raigne Thys wisdome hid to few approued thou shewest to me most playne 7 Thou shalt me purge wyth Isope grene so clensd men me shall know Thou shalt me washe to be full clene more whyte than is the snow 8 Thou shalt make me much ioye to heare and rest for all my payne My shaken bones shall them besteare and ioye then once agayne 9 From my misdedes turne thou thy face I cannot say to oft From out thy bookes my gilt O rase to féele thy mercy soft 10 A puer hart make thou in me O God both good and true A rightful sprite wythin to be my soule agayne renue 11 From open sight of thy swete face O Lord reiect me not Withdraw not thou thy sprite of grace from me so desolate 12 Thy ioyfull health restore wyth all to me thus tâ—st wyth wo Wyth sprite most frée and principall strength me agayne to go 13 Then wyll I teache thy wayes for ryght to all the wycked sort That they to the conuerted quyte for comfort may resort 14 Ryd me from all bloudgiltines thou God my God of health My tonge shal sing thy ryghteousnes and iust condemne my selfe 15 O Lord my lips set open wyde in thankes to make them frée So shall my mouth on euery side geue laudes most due to thée 16 For thou regardst no sacrifice I would els geue it thée Nor yet requirst by law precise our offrings brent that bée 17 The sacrifice to God elect is iust a troubled sprite Good God thou wylt no tyme reiect a broken hart contrite 18 O shew thy grace and fauour yet to Syon Dauids throne Ierusalem â–ª that citie great build thou her wals of stone 19 Then ryghteous hostes thou shalt allow whole offrings burnt in sight Wyth sacrifice of calfe and cow they shall thyne aulters dyght ¶ The Collecte POure vpon vs O god most holy thy manifold mercies and compassions by whiche thou cleansest vs from the filthy corruption of sinne and therwyth makest our hartes cleane in thy sight we besech thee still to renue in our inward partes the gift of thy holy and principall sprite by power wherof we may glorifie thy name in this present worlde at last to come to thy heauenly Ierusalem through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme LII This Psalme inueith and is full wroth agaynst oppressours myght To Christ so Iudas fygure goth to Dauid Doegs spyte 1 WHy boast thy selfe thou tyraunt thus in malice vauntyng aye Knowst not that God is gracious to good men day by daye 2 Thy tong contriueth all crokednes of hartes aboundance great Wyth guiles it cutteth in craftines as rasour sharply whet 3 Thou malice louest aboue all good to hurt more then to helpe To hatch more lyes then truth to broode lyke Adams byrd and whelpe 4 Thou hast but loued to speake all nought that may perdition bring O thou false tong thou hast but sought deceite by flatteryng 5 Therfore shall God quite thée subuert thy house to take from thée And roote thée out all ouerwhart no lyuing land to sée 6 In seyng thys the ryghteous man shall feare and worshyp God And shall say thus to scorne hym than in Gods so heauy râ—d 7 Lo thys the man that had no lust in God hys strength to set But he in heapes of gold dyd trust by sinne hys strength he met 8 But I am lyke in God hys house a fruitfull Olyue grene In Gods good grace most piteous my trust shall aye be sene 9 I will laude thée â–ª for euer iust thy word doth neuer mis Thy name so good shall be my trust wyth good men good it is ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God which in thy power and fearefull wrath beatst downe all the vanitie of the worlde and spite of maÌ„s pride graunt vs so to florish as fruitfull Olyue trees in the house and congregatioÌ„ of thy people that by trust of thy name we may bee deliuered from the curse and malediction of thy wrath through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LII Thus clawbackes heare theyr shame Whom God shall once consume They Princes hartes enflame Wyth causeles ire to fume 1 WHy bragst in malice hye O thou in mischiefe stout Gods goodnes yet is nye All day to me no doubt 2 Thy tong to muse all euyll It doth it selfe inure As rasour sharpe to spill All guile it doth procure 3 Thou malice louedst to wrye Aboue all goodnes walke And more thou louest to lye Then righteousnes to talke 4 Yea loued thou hast no lesse To speake one worde for all All wordes of noughtines Thou tong in fraude most thrall 5 But God once thée shall wast Shall stroy and scrape by hand Thy tent from thée at last To roote thée out of land 6 And ryghteous men shall sée And feare therby shall take But yet at hym full frée Good laughter shall they make 7 O lo the man hymselfe That made not God hys ayde That trustd in ryches wealth Whose myght in mischiefe layde 8 But I as Olyue gréene In Gods swéete house shall lay My trust hath euer bene In Gods good grace for ay 9 I thée shall laude euen still For thys thou dydst say I Thy name to wayte I wyll For good thy sayntes it spy ¶ The Argument Psalme LIII Our natyue sinne this Psalme detecth that sinners all be we And that from grace who be reiect confounded must they be 1 THe foole haue sayd in hart euen so no God at all to bée Wherfore corrupt foule sinne they do to do good none wyll sée 2 God looked down from heauen so hye on Adams children all Some prudent man if he could spye that God would séeke or call 3 But they be all astrayd and gone abhominable made That would do good not one not one corrupt in all theyr trade 4 Know they no thyng in hart so stoure these wycked workers all My flocke as bread which do deuoure nor yet on God they call 5 They were afrayd where feare dyd lacke to shame God put them ryght Men pleasers bones God all to brake for he abhorde them quite 6 Oh that by God to Israell from Syon health were had Hys people thrall no more
Why fumeth thy wrath agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee 21 O suffer not the poore that is contryte to féele a shame But let the poore and nedy soule for helpe aye prayse thy name 22 Ryse God awake and iudge thy cause thy foe thou séest extreme Beare still in mynde hys vyle attempt for daily he blasphemth 23 Forget not thou the ragyng voyce the brags of all thy foes Theyr boasting pryde do mount alway at thée theyr hatred goes O than be nye O God our God For euer do not flee And fume no more agaynst thy sheepe Of pasture as we bee ¶ The Collecte O Lorde the almightye maker of heauen and earth with al the furnishing therof which of thine inestimable loue didst redeme the world agayn by the price of thy precius blud be myndful of thy poore desolate flocke ouermuch laden in misery and wo to beholde how thy glorye is troden vnder foote by the wycked powers of this worlde heare our lamentable teares and comfort vs wyth ioy agayne after our afflictions to prayse thy mighty hand all dayes of our lyfe who liuest and raignest one God wyth the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXVI A prophecy of Christ ye spye who threath the wycked state Not so to wry their tiranny to wreke poore men in hate 1 WE do confesse and thankes expresse to thée O God wyth prayse Thy name is nye as testifie thy wondrous workes alwayes 2 When tyme most fit shall serue to it I then will iudge the ryght In day so set when men be met all hartes to sprede in sight 3 Proud earthly man shall melt euen than who dwelleth on earth shall quaile I set the ground of earth so round I can it shake no fayle 4 I did vpbrayd such fooles and sayd deale not so madly sirs To wycked rout I spake full out blow not your horne to fierce 5 Lift not to hie your horne sayd I your power all wrong ensuth Wyth stubburn neckes speake you no checks but bend your hartes to truth 6 For hye renowne commeth not adowne from East or West or South How wyde ye bée ye cannot flée this Gods true worde of mouth 7 For God iwis right domes man is no thought can scape his eyes Hym throweth he downe hym doth he crown as he can best deuise 8 In Gods ryght hand a cup theyr standth of wyne full red to sée But mixt wyth lies and dregs it lighes which he poorth diuersly The good at brynke the cleare doth drynke God brinche them gently so The bad doth sup the dregs full vp the botomes troublous wo. 9 Still will I talke such wonted walke of Iacobs God and Lord His doomes to sing hym worshippyng I will wyth hartes accord 10 And God sayth thus downe will I crushe all hornes of wycked men Euen so will I exalt on hye all ryghteous power agayne ¶ The Collecte O Most louing sheparde which for the redemption of thy flocke didst drinke the bytter cup of thy paynfull passion we pray thee so attempre the cup of aduersitie in such measure to vs that we may gladly in hart beare our crosse therto strengthned by thy holy sprite and that we neuer walke in the proude wayes of this world to drynke their heauy cup in the world to come who lyuest and reygnest with the father and the holy ghost c. The Argument Psalme LXXVI Against oppressours tyrannous who put Gods flocke to wrong This Psalme would they should well discusse ▪ Gods power and hand so strong 1 IN Iury God is known full well the ryghteous doth confesse His name is great in Israell the wycked sayth no lesse 2 His tabernacle Salem is a place of peace most swéete And Syon hill a seat of his where raignth hys grace full méete 3 This God euen there for all theyr sake his loue so them behelde Bowe arrowes sword and shield he brake all battayle set in field 4 Thou Syon mount doost more excell in honor fame and myght Then robbers hils where that they dwell how fierce they range in sight 5 These Gyantes proud of stomacke fell euen they be spoylde agayne They slept theyr sléepe though full they swell theyr handes shall nought retayne 6 O Iacobs God at thy reproofe these tyrantes fell to ground Theyr charets splayd and strayed aloofe both horse and man I drownd 7 Euen thou alone thou fearefull art in wrath agaynst the proud Who can resist thyne irefull dart O Lord who euer could 8 From heuen thou madest thy iudgement soūd that earth thy power myght heare So earthly man was soone on ground he shooke and quayld for feare 9 When God arose to iudge in ryght hys sayntes opprest wyth smart Then dyd hys strength appeare in sight to saue the meke in hart 10 Mans fiercenes past shall full set out thy prayse O Lord no lesse Their traynes guiles which stil they clout from hence thou shalt represse 11 Then vow your vowes and pay them well to your Lord God full glad I byd you all which nye hym dwell bryng giftes to God so drad 12 Stout Princes sprites so furious he can both quenche and quell On them his hand is wonderous how fierce in earth they swell ¶ The Collecte MOst drad and soueraygne Lord graunt we besech thee to our meditations such effect for the confession of thy holy name that we be so illightned by thy eternall hyls to haue vnderstandyng of thy glorious resurrection that we be not disapointed of thy glory at thy fearefull iudgement Through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme LXXVII Strong fayth in voyce with diligence for helpe he cryeth a lowd He stickth to Gods good prouidence and seeth himselfe alowd 1 TO God to cry in voyce I will to God I say in voyce He shall to me geue eare full still to make my hart reioyce 2 In troublous dayes the Lord I sought my woundes still ranne by night My handes and strength ful low were brought my soule fled comfort quyte 3 I will of God yet mindfull be to wayle I wyll not cease Whan I my soule fore vext shall sée my voyce shall not decrease 4 Thou holdst myne eyes full waking still that rest I none can take So faynt and weake I haue no wil once speche by mouth to make 5 I did therfore than strayt recownt the dayes of olde ferne yeares I did reuolue the fathers wont in their distresse and feares 6 My songs from mynde shall not depart to others which I sing By night I muse and talke in hart my sprite searcht euery thinge 7 And thus I playne wyll God my Lord absent himselfe for aye Shal I be thus so sore abhorde will he his grace denay 8 Hys pytye great will it a waye for euer not to tourne And will his worde now ende I saye to make vs still to mourne 9 Hath God forgot to pytye thus can he himselfe forget And will he shut
Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCV This cherefull Psalme doth inuite vs in voyce This cherefull Psalme inuiteth our voyce Due laudes to God in our hymnes to rebounde Due laudes to God in hymnes to sounde With lowly hartes in hys grace to reioyce With lowly hartes that we reioyce His worde to heare as we duely be bound His worde to heare as we be bound 1 O Come in one let vs sing to the Lord O Come in one to prayse the Lord And hym recounte for the stay of our wealth And hym recounte our stay and wealth All harty ioyes let vs duely recorde All harty ioyes let vs recorde To this strōg rocke to the Lord of our health To this strōg rocke our Lord of health 2 His face with prayse let vs ryse to preuent His face with prayse let vs preuent Hys factes in sight to the world to denounce Hys factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in our ioyfull assent Ioyne we I say in glad assent Our psalms hymns let vs early pronounce Our psalms hymns let vs pronounce 3 For why this Lord is a God of a might For why this Lord is God of might For helpe at néede Upon whom we may call For helpe at néede whom we may call A puissant kyng in hys radiant lyght A puissant kyng in hys brght lyght He passth all Gods by his rule ouer all He passth all Gods by rulyng all 4 All coastes of earth in hys power do ligh All coastes of earth by hym do ligh His celles and groundes be they neuer so depe His celles and groundes though they be depe As fast by hym be the mountaynes on hye As fast by hym stand mountaynes hye And stoupe to hym be they neuer so stéepe And stoupe to hym though they be stéepe 5 The sea is hys as the worke of hys handes The sea is hys his worke of handes Her ryse and fall with her mutable rode Her ryse and fall with all her rode The land from her by authoritie standes The land from her by power standes Whom God so stayed for hys stable abode Whom God so stayed for hys abode 6 O then come we let vs humbly adore O then come we let vs adore And prostrate ligh be we downe on our knées And prostrate ligh on both our knées He made vs all both the riche and the poore He made vs all both riche and poore Both kyng and slaue in theyr priuate degrées Both kyng and slaue in theyr degrées 7 For God he is as our Lord and our stay For God he is our Lord and stay Hys people we in hys pasture to rest Hys people we in pasture neare His flocke of hand for he lead vs in way His flocke of hand who leadth our way His voyce to day if ye heare at the lest His voyce to day if well ye heare 8 Beware say I that ye harde not your hartes Beware say I ye hard no hartes Agaynst hys grace when he byd you repent Agaynst hys grace to you so ment As desert saw in a strife ouer whart As desert saw once strife or ewhart Lyke tempting day of an eluishe entent Lyke tempting day of mad entent 9 In which pastyme as your fathers aforne In which pastyme your fathers olde Dyd tempt my strength to assay what I could Dyd tempt my strength to proue my myght They proued but me in a mocke and a scorne They proued but me in scorne to bold Where yet my workes might they sée if they would Where yet my workes they saw in syght 10 Full forty yeres dyd I chyde with this age Full forty yeres I blamde this age Great griefes by them did I suffer in mynde Great griefes by them I felt by thys I sayd euen thus whē ▪ I spied how they raged I sayd euen thus to spy theyr rage They erre in hart in my wayes be they blynde They erre in hart my wayes they misse 11 To whom I sware in myne angry reproche To whom I sware all wrathfully By theyr foule strayes was I forst therunto By theyr foule strayes thus forst therto If they so euill to my rest shall approche If they so euill my rest should sée Then blame haue I if it euer be so Then blame haue I if it be so ¶ The Collecte LOrd of all saluation beholde we beseche thee the sheepe of thy pasture redeemed by thy precious bloud graunt that in prudence we accepte thy voyce to be ruled therby at last to ioy wyth thee in thy rest perpetuall through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCVI This Gentiles calleth to christian fayth ▪ In Christ to ioy their head In whome all power and glory layth To iudge both quicke and dead 1 O Syng I bid to God the Lord A song of new deuise Let all the earth his prayse recorde for grace most new shall ryse 2 Unto thys Lord so new sing aye And prayse hys maiestie Be tellyng forth from day to day His great benignitie 3 To Gentiles him looke ye declare Hys glory tell them all And shew all folke wyth all your care Hys workes most martiall 4 For why no dout this Lord is hye Aboue all prayse so famde To be most drad ryght worthely Aboue all Gods so namde 5 For all euen all the hethen gods Be vayne be things of nought This Lord in heauen hath his abode and heauens by him were wrought 6 All glory prayse all worship fame Be his as ornament All prayse and power be his to name In heauenly firmament 7 Ye stocks of men and familyes Of peoples bring this Lord Bryng ye this Lord as comly is All laud for power of worde 8 Yea glory geue all ye full true To his swéete name most hye Heaue vp your giftes present hym due His courtes thus drawe ye nye 9 Before this Lord his face bow downe Before his holy grace Ye dwellers all in fielde and towne O dread his mighty face 10 Tel ye I say the Gentiles all This Lord his raigne hath pight The world is fast not lyke to fall And he shall iudge in right 11 Let heauens so hye be glad so pure Let all the earth reioyce Let all the sea in furniture enhaunce theyr cherefull voyce 12 The fruitfull fieldes and all therin Ought now reioyce full lite Than shall all trées In woode be séene to gether ioye in sight 13 Before this Lord who shortly comth For come to rule is he To iudge the worlde bright brightfull dome His flocke by verytye The Collecte O God almightye creatour of heauen and earthe whose prayse the whole ornament of them both doth daily magnifie we beseche thee that as we confesse the victory of the crosse so we may renounce all heathen errour to beholde the glory of thy seconde commyng wyth full ioy of our consciences through Iesus c. The Argument Psalme XCVII This Psalme in sprite doth gratulate Cbristes kingdome cleare immaculate Wherby such lyght hath
in other landes 42 And then full soone theyr enemies full sore dyd them oppresse As subiectes vyle subdude they were to all their cruelnes 43 He oft in loue deliuerd them but they more oft rebeld With theyr inuentes and so for sinne they were but iustly feld 44 He yet at length hys eyes dyd cast when they in trouble grond And when he heard how painfully in wo they daily mond 45 He them agayne to mind did call his pact to them betrought He dyd repent and pitied them hys heaped grace so wrought 46 Yea more then this he made euen such to shew them pitie all Which earst full hard theÌ„ captiue held as slaues most bond shrall The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men bee then Lord teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see 47 O saue vs Lord our louyng God from Gentils vs collect Thy holy name that we may found thy laudes wyth ioy erect The gentle Lord of Israel and God wyth prayse be raysde From world to world let all men say Amen the Lord be praysde The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see The Collecte BE myndefull of vs O mercifull Lorde for the deare loue that thou bearest to thy people and discharge vs from all seruitude and bondage of sinne and saue vs by thy healthfull hande and gather vs to gether in one vnitie of sprite to glorifie thee onelye our Lorde and sauiour to whome wyth the father and the holy ghost c. ¶ The ende of the fourth booke Here beginneth the fifth Booke of Psalmes Psalme CVII ¶ The Argument This hath fiue partes distinct where diuers men be bid The Lord to prayse to preach hys power who them from perils rid ¶ The Quiere The rearefreyt of the Psalme GOd graunt that we would prayse euer agayne The Lord for hys grace so to sing in our quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so nere to all doth appeare To all doth appeare ¶ The Meane 1 O Prayse the Lord all ye Due thankes to hym extende For good he is whose gentlenes Shall last till world doth ende 2 Let them say thus in thankes who were by God made frée Whom he redéemd from cruell hand of troublous enmitie 3 And whom he gatherd nye from countries strange and wyde From East and West from North and South in citie safe to byde 4 Who wandred out of way in desertes wildernes And found no way to dwelling towne to stay in restfulnes 5 Who hunger felt and thirst nye pynde by famishment Whose hartes within dyd melt away for néedefull nourishment ¶ The Rectors 6 Who thus afflict when they did cry To God in meeke complaintes He them dyd saue most louingly From all theyr hard constrayntes 7 For he led them the way full kynde Both ryght and prosperous Wherby they dyd a citie fynde To dwell commodious ¶ The Quiere 8 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to sing in theyr quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 9 For that he refresht theyr bodely neede Where thirsty they strayd as wyth anguishe opprest Theyr soule dyd he ease of theyr hunger in speede To set them in rest wyth foode of the best ¶ The Meane 10 And they that sate in darke in deadly shadowes blacke Afflict in bondes and iron chaynes and felt all comfortes lacke 11 They thus deserud for why gods wordes they did detest The counsayles eke they did despise of all the worthiest â—2 He then brought downe their hartes wyth griefes most tedious They fell full faynt none helpyng them so far rebellious ¶ The Rectors 13 Who thus afflict when they dyd cry To God in meeke complayntes He them dyd saue most louingly From all theyr hard constrayntes 14 For he them brought from sorrowes long From darke and deadly shade He brake their bondes and fetters strong To freedome they to wade ¶ The Quiere 15 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to sing in theyr quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 16 For that he releast their burdenouse holde The gates that in brasse were inuincible fast As also the barres that in yron were folde By hym were they brast set ope at the last ¶ The Meane 17 And fooles that lewdly did by surfet foule transgres And were for al theyr sinnes afflict by sicknes fell excesse 18 Who meat in tast abhord though swéete and wholesome dyght And then came nigh to death hys gates to stop theyr breth and sight ¶ The Rectors 19 Who thus afflict whan they do crye To God in meke complayntes He them did saue most louinglye From all their hard constrayntes 20 For he then sent his worde anone He them restord by myght Wherby they scapte destruction From perill saued quite ¶ The Quiere 21 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lorde for hys grace so to sing in their quiere The wonders he doth for the childer of men Whose mercy so neare to them did appeare 22 That offer they may the sacrifice pure Iust thankes of their lippes out of hart so to rayse Hys workes to renome so the world to allure His walkes and his wayes most gladly to prayse ¶ The Meane 23 And they that enter do the sea wyth shyp and sayle To worke theyr feates in waters depe â–ª for lyfelodes great auayle 24 They sée Gods dreadfull workes in tempestes them they note His meruels eke of thynges so houge in depe also in flote 25 God speakth and strait ryse vp the wyndes of blustring stormes Which vp do hoyse the bellowes rage in gastly grisly formes 26 Theare ships rise vp to heauen agayne to deepe they fall Thus tosse in waues the mariners great feares their hartes apall 27 They to and fro be tost they réele as man full dronke Theyr arte theÌ„ faylth theyr wits be gone they fare as men but sonke ¶ The Rectors 28 Who thus afflict when they do cry To God in meke complayntes He them doth saue most louingly From all their harde constrayntes 29 For he the stormes doth calme in sea the waues he stilleth their dinne 30 Then glad are they that still they be Safe hauen he driueth them in ¶ The Quiere 31 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to syng in their quiere The wonders he doth for the childern of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 32 Hys fame to aduaunce as duely they ought Downe set as they be with the people in place To prayse hym aright for indempnitie wrought Where elders in space their courtes do embrace ¶ The Meane 33 So let men note Gods myght in dread
that man can do Most vayne to trust it is euen so 13 In God we shall all strong endure By hym to do â—duentures sure And he our foes shall sone debell To treade them down though hie they swell ¶ The Collecte PRepare our harts O Lord ready vnto thee to confesse the power of thy name and wheras we know how thou early as conquerour didst ryse to raygne in kingdome euerlasting so we may in life alway ryse from our earthly conuersation to be pertaker of thy heauenly resurrection to whom with the father and the holy ghost art one God worlde without ende Amen The Argument Psalme CIX Here Dauid vext by tyrannye hath Doegs spite bewrayed Whose successour we Iudas spye who falsly Christ betrayed 1 O God my ioy and all my prayse in whome I glory most Hold not thy peace thy vertue rayse destroy my haters bost 2 For wycked mouthes and mouthes of gile at me be open set Wyth lying lippes they me reuile wyth tonges most false they ief 3 Wyth hateful wordes they compasse me such gall in hart they haue They fight at my sinceritie they causeles me depraue 4 For loue I had to them in hart they séeke my hurt and bloud Yet dyd I pray to ease my smart wherin I wysht them good 5 For good they euil agayne requite to malice so they bend And so for loue I shewd in sight whote hate they do repend 6 Some wycked man O constitute â–ª on hym to breake hys band Let Satan stand and execute hys power agaynst hys hand 7 When iudged he be for any déede let hym as gilty come Hys prayers whole ill mought they spéede to sinne turnd all in some 8 And let his dayes abriged be in yeares but fewe to go His office eke withall his fee Some other take hym fro 9 Let all his séede and issue sprong full sone be fatherles And let his wife be widow young and curst with barennesse 10 As wandrels make his childrens stray to beg séeke their bread Depryued so their houses gay abroade to desert led 11 Yea let his goodes the vsurer all wholy catch in net And let also the forriner by spoyle his labours set 12 Let no man be in any place to pitye hys distresse And no man helpe with any grace his children fatherles 13 To wast be led his progenye to ioy in no degrée Their name be blot from memory no second age to sée 14 His fathers crymes be they reuiued in mynde before the Lord His mothers sinne to her deryued and styll of God abhord 15 Yea let them hange in open sight before the Lord for aye Dryue he their fame all whole quyte from all the earth away 16 Because no loue he had in brest to any nedy wight But did pursue poore man opprest to kill the hart contryfe 17 He curse ensued he ioyed therin it came hym home the more He blesse eschued none would he wynne it shal hym flee therfore â–ª 18 To cursednes he whole was set as clad for all the nonce As water yet his bowels wet as oyle it pearst his bones 19 Let it therfore â–ª as cloke to be hymselfe to wrape therin With gyrdell gyrt so like be he alway euen next the skyn 20 This mede from God to them befall which me resist in hate To them euen all in generall agaynst my soule that prate 21 But do thou Lord my Lord with me as it becommeth thy name For swéete is thy benignitye O ryd me far fro shame 22 For sore afflict and poore I wepe I am all destitute My hart within is wounded déepe in death nye constitute 23 As shadow fast I passe away as day doth low declyne As grashopper remouing aye from place I am so dryuen 24 My knées do reale all fatigate in fasting long from meate My flesh is dryed for lacke of fat or oyle to make it sweate 25 A foule rebuke to them I séemde on me they strangly gase As laughing stocke they me estéemd shoke their heads apace 26 O helpe me Lord my God withsaue to thée alone I clyue Preserue me sure thy grace I craue and shortly me reuyue 27 And let them knowe in this thy ayde that this is whole thy hand That thou thy selfe my state hast layd so strong by thée to stand 28 And let them curse so thou do blesse O Lord of all most drad Yea let them rise but foule to misse to make thy seruaunt glad â—9 Let all my foes with shame be broke as clad therwith echone Let them be wrapt as with 〈◊〉 cloke in their confusion â—0 And I with mouth will celebrate the Lord with thankes on hye Whom people most be congregate I wyll his laâ—des applye â—1 For that he stode in poore mans nede at his right hand so strong To saue his soule froÌ„ iudges drede who might him stroy by wroÌ„g ¶ The Collecte O Most pitifull Lorde and intreatable God whiche didst vouchsaue to be cast vnder the malediction of the law so bearyng the wrath of thy father to the ende that thou would discharge vs from all curse and malediction we beseche thee so to deale with vs mercifully that we may escape from the tyranny of synne that doth haunte vs and also to bee defended by the power of thy name from all cursed detractions of euill men so that we may fully ioy to be in thy fauour in the enmitie of the world to whom wyth thy father and holy sprite be all honour and glory for euer Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme CX Though Dauids raigne be somewhat ment Yet Christ is chiefe here prophecied Who was both kyng in regiment And priest in death then after stied To heanen to sit as priest and king His frendes to saue his foes to wring Wyth death the sting Ì„Ì„ 1 THe Lord most hye the father thus Dyd say to Christ my Lord his sonne Set thou in power most glorious On my ryght hand aboue the sunne Untill I make thy foes euen all Thy low footestoole to thée to fall As subiectes thrall 2 The Lord shall send from Zion place Of thy great power imperiall The royall rod and princely mace Whence grace shall spring originall Yea God shall say thou God vp ryse To raigne amids thyne enemies In princely wyse 3 The people glad â–ª in hartes delight Shall offer giftes in worship frée As conquest day of thy great might In shinyng shew of sanctitie For why the dew of thy swete birth As morne new sprong dropth ioyfull mirth So séene on earth 4 The Lord did sweare and fast decréed He will hys worde no tyme repent Which sayd thou art a priest in déed A kingly priest aye permanent Of order namde Melchisedeck Whom peace and right â–ª doth ioyntly decke As Gods elect 5 The Lord as shield kepth right thy hand To make thy raigne inuincible He shall subdue by sea and land All power aduerse most forcible He shall great kyngs and Cesars wound In day of