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A93797	Psalterium Carolinum. The devotions of His sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings, rendred in verse. / Set to musick for 3 voices and an organ, or theorbo, by John Wilson Dr. and music professor of Oxford.	Wilson, John, 1595-1674.; Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678.; Lawes, Henry, 1602-1645.; Gauden, John, 1605-1662.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, attributed name.	1657 (1657)	Wing S5243A; Thomason E1076_1; ESTC R208646	36,979	285

Love in our equal hearts infuse Of thee and him who us t' excuse His sinless life resign'd VIII WHo vengeance on my wrongs hast showne And by my foes my foes or'ethrown Let not his fall invite My soul by close delight To make thy just revenge her own Thou hast reverted on his head The mischief he for others spread Unâ•Œwish'd unask'd by me That all the earth might see Thou didst my cause in judgment plead I will not dare not imprecate The like on all that bear me hate No to their souls dispence pardon and penitence Charg'd with no due affliâ•Œctions weight dprive me Not of Theams so fit for mercy But their sins remit whose bold demerit climbes Next those ungratefull crimes Of which thou me art pleas'd t'acquit IX THrough humane clouds thy Rayes Like lightning glide No prejudice thy sentence swayes For knowledge is thy judgments guide The proud my soul oppose And slight thy Lawes Help Lord for many are my foes They hate me yet without a cause I never did thou knowest these broyles begin In which though I adventure most yet I am certain least to win But oft deplor'd and strove with care t' avoyd My life such dangers could not love Better to save then kill employ'd My other suff'rings far their Calumnie Outweighs who tell the world this war my greatest crosse was rais'd by me Yet this by silence I to men would owne Might it their malice satisâ•Œfie whilst thou my innocence hast knowne X. OH my God to thee I fly stronger than the enemy Heaven nor Earth are wisht by me In comparison of thee Let me be when all deny'd More than all by thee supply'd Haste to help thou fail'st not those who their trust in thee repose XI ETernal wisdom arm'd with might With truth and right my Reason clear To which to make my will adhere No threats may from their dictates fright Thou didst not raise me to a Throne To barr me common liâ•Œberâ•Œty Shall that be nam'd a crime in me Which others as a vertue own Unjustly they their King deny The freedome which all mortals claim Whilst even themselves exact the same With partial pertiâ•Œnaciâ•Œty To thee I pray who through the Maze Of my own thoughts and suits like snares spred to involve my soul in cares Canst surely guide make plain thy waies XII THy mercies Lord hence in displeasure fled On me and my torn Kingdoms I implore Whose losse we both too justly merited But never can deserve thou shouldst restore Thou seest the cruelty that Christians use In the false colours of Religion dy'd As if the names of Christians they should lose Unless they one another crucify'd Since we thy Truth and Charity despis'd Error and Hatred now their room possess My God O pardon those thou hast chastis'd Our wounds with penitential balme redresse Make not our sufferings less in thy esteeme and to our Conscience let our sinns appear As they i' th' mirror of thy judgements seem Which to small crimes are never so severe XIII MY troubles Lord are multiâ•Œply'd O succour the distrest in simplest truth thy Servant guide The wisest Interest From the associate strength of those Be thou my just defence Who for the Serpents craft depose The Doves white innocence Though to oppress me they agree Combin'd in mutuall aid Let not my Soul and Honour be To their deceits betray'd Devotion and Allegiance thou Canst in their hearts renew That him they may restore whom now They eager eaâ•Œgerâ•Œly pursue XIIII LOrd I to thee direct my cries My subjects forward Oaths remit Quicken their sence of those firm ties By Law upon their Conscience knit With which no pious no pretence Of Reforâ•Œmaâ•Œtion can dispence Religion owns no injurie No Sacriledge by thee allow'd Though mask'd with Hate t'Idolitry Their zeale disguised fraud uncloud Things holy 't is a snare to take And after Vowes enquirie make XV. O Lord thou seest my wrongs abound Lions enrag'd my Soul surround With poisnous words Their tongues like swords Their teeth like Arrows wound My foes reproach me all the day And sworn deceits together lay My God how long Shall they grow strong Who with vain Lies inveigh The calumnies which they have sown One every side to thee are known Hold not thy peace Least they increase And bury my Renown The lyar thou wilt ruinate The bloody and the false do'st hate Let my upright Intents a light Clear as the Sun dilate XVI THOU still the same for ever blest Whom mercies infinite invest In various constancy exprest Thou hast us with new sense indu'd Of our old wants nor scorn'st renu'd Desires in unchang'd words pursu'd Still let our fix'd Devotions join Our suits to thy firm will encline Our fervent spirits move by thine For thou in all perfection wise Nor novelty in prayer dost prize Nor pious constancy despise By thy command prefering neither Left in thy Churches power together To use but not disparage either XVII TO thee my uprightness is known Who hast appointed me to own Thy sacred faith's defence O let me not of thee forlorn Against my Conscience be oreâ•Œborn By Floods of violence Up Lord in thine own cause arise Least Schisme make thy Church its prize And trample on her power From thee continued to our time When Wealth is made her fatall crime Her sinn is her fair dower Whom some have plunderd others wound The rest deserted as they found Or in her sufferrings joy May I her hurts and wants relieve The power which I from thee receive Teach me for thee t' imploy To her that love be still sustain'd I owe as Christian though restrain'd As King from all my right The bounties on thy Church displaid By Providence let none invade With sacrilegious might XVIII OF Peace and Reason Lord Delighting in accord The wicked who from Sinn With offer'd grace would win Whose mercy courts to save Though power to kill thou have Our hearts to softness woo'd In our Redeemers blood Perswade us to agree Both with our selves and thee As men and Christians ought Peace often have I sought But it no sooner name Than Wars my foes proclaime Our actions never may Destructive passions sway Our judgements clear that we Thy truth may plainly see Our stubborn hearts incline In bonds of Peace to joyn Our irreligious hate To thee O dissipate That to our selves remove With interchanged love The war our sins have wrought With peace which Christ hath bought XIX WIth ready joy O let me Lord agree To be orecome when thou wilt have it so Instruct me in the noblest victory By patience to subdue my self and Foe Conquests like Christ's a Christian King best shew Mould us to piety betwixt thy hands Prest by thy left supported by thy right Pardon the pride of our successfull Bands And the repinings of our luckless fight When trusting in our own denied thy Might When we are ought or nothing be thou all That thy wide glories the whole world may fill Or in our

God to thee I fly stronger than the enemy Heaven nor Earth are wisht by me In comparison of thee Let me be when all deny'd More than all by thee supply'd Haste to help thou fail'st not those who their trust in thee repose XI ETernal wisdom arm'd with might With truth and right my Reason clear To which so make my will adhere No threats may from their dictates fright Thou didst not raise me to a Throne To barr me common liâ•Œberâ•Œty Shall that be nam'd a crime in me Which others as a vertue own Unjustly they their King deny The freedome which all mortals claim Whilst even themselves exact the same With partial pertiâ•Œnaâ•Œcity To thee I pray who through the Maze Of my own thoughts and suits like snares spred to involve my soul in cares Canst surely guide make plain thy waies XII THy mercies Lord hence in displeasure fled On me and my torn Kingdoms I implore Whose losse we both too justly merited But never can deserve thou shouldst restore Thou seest the cruelty that Christians use In the false colours of Religion dy'd As if the names of Christians they should lose Unless they one another crucify'd Since we thy Truth and Charity despis'd Error and Hatred now their room possess My God O pardon those thou hast chastis'd Our wounds with penitential balme redresse Make not our sufferings less in thy esteeme and to our Conscience let our sinns apPear As they i' th' mirror of thy judgements seem Which to small crimes are never so severe XIII MY troubles Lord are multiâ•Œply'd O succour the distrest in simplest truth thy Servant guide The wisest Interest From the associate strength of Foes Be thou my just defence Who for the Serpents craft depose The Doves white innocence Though to oppress me they agree Combin'd in mutuall aid Let not my Soul and Honour be To their deceits betray'd Devotion and Allegiance thou Canst'in their hearts renew That him they may restore whom now They eager eaâ•Œgerâ•Œly pursue XIIII LOrd I to thee direct my cries My subjects forward Oaths remit Quicken their sence of those firm ties By Law upon their Conscience knit With which no pious no pretence Of Reforâ•Œmaâ•Œtion can dispence Religion owns no injurie No Sacriledge by thee allow'd Though mask'd with Hate t'Idolitry Their zeale disguised fraud uncloud Things holy 't is a snare to take And after Vowes enquirie make XV. O Lord thou seest my wrongs abound Lions enrag'd my Soul surround With poisnous words Their tongues like swords Their teeth like Arrows wound My foes reproach me all the day And sworn deceits together lay My God how long Shall they grow strong Who with vain Lies inveigh The calumnies which they have sown On every side to thee are known Hold not thy peace Least they increase And bury my Renown The lyar thou wilt ruinate The bloody and the false do'st hate Let my upright Intents a light Clear as the Sun dilate XVI THOU still the same for ever blest Whom mercies infinite invest In various constancy exprest Thou hast us with new sense indu'd Of our old wants nor scorn'st renu'd Desires in unchang'd words pursu'd Still let our fix'd Devotions joyn Our suits to thy firm will encline Our fervent spirits move by thine For thou in all perfection wise Nor novelty in prayer dost prize Nor pious constancy despise By thy command preferring neither Left in thy Churches power together To use but not disparage either XVII TO thee my uprightness is known Who hast appointed me to own Thy sacred faith's defence O let me not of thee forlorn Against my Conscience be oreâ•Œborn By Floods of violence Up Lord in thine own cause arise Least Schisme make thy Church its prize And trample on her power From thee continued to our time When Wealth is made her fatall crime Her sinn is her fair dower Whom some have plunderd others wound The rest deserted as they sound Or in her sufferrings joy May I her hurts and wants relieve The power which I from thee receive Teach me for thee t' imploy To her that love be still sustain'd I owe as Christian though restrain'd As King from all my right The bounties on thy Church displaid By Providence let none invade With sacrilegious might XVIII OF Peace and Reason Lord Delighting in accord The wicked who from Sinn With offer'd grace wouldst win Whose mercy courts to save Though power to kill thou have Our hearts to softness woo'd In our Redeemers blood Perswade us to agree Both with our selves and thee As men and Christians ought Peace often have I sought But it no sooner name Than War my foes proclaime Our actions never may Destructive passions sway Our judgements clear that we Thy truth may plainly see Our stubborn hearts incline In bonds of Peace to joyn Our irreligious hate To thee O dissipate That to our selves remove With interchanged love The war our sins have wrought With peace which Christ hath bought XIX WIth ready joy O let me Lord a gree To be orecome when thou wilt have it so Instruct me in the noblest viâ•Œctoâ•Œry By patience to subdue my self and Foe Conquests like Christ's a Christian King best shew Mould us to piâ•Œeâ•Œty betwixt thy hands Prest by thy left supported by thy right Pardon the pride of our successfull Bands And the repinings of our luckless fight When trusting in our own denied thy Might When we are ought or nothing be thou all That thy wide glories the whole world may fill Or in our conquest or inglorious fall Thou know'st with what regret I suffer ill From those whose good 's the scope of all my will The ills they force me to inflict I bear And in their punishments my own embrace Victor or vanquish'd since a double share Of certain suffering doth my hope displace Grant me a double portion of thy grace XX. LOrd thou who beauty canst return To them that mourn And the disguis'd pretext of Art To truth convert O let us not by shews beguil'd Seem pure without within defil'd Within where most deform'd we are Be our first care Then with clear eyes the Church we may And State survey Our hearts our spirits Lord renew That we thy dictates may pursue Upon our foul disorders bred By them who led With rage to purge us undertooke With pitty looke Quench thou the fire that Factions raise From Reformations specious blaze As their division Lord proclaims Their weak bad aims So let us in those fires refin'd In love be join'd From passions freed blest with increase Of inward vertue outward peace XXI THou Lord who by thy wise Decree Dost our contingency dispose Make me thy constant mercies see In the advantage of my foes Thou canst their Counsells turn away And their deâ•Œviâ•Œces ruâ•Œiâ•Œnate Who all my secrets open lay To worke me in my peoples hate To thy Omniscience I repair Witnesse with my integrity How false the wrested Comments are Which they to what I write apply The ill directed by their aim

Soul and Honours be To their deceits betray'd Devotion and Allegiance thou Canst in their hearts renew That him they may restore whom now They eagerly eaâ•Œgerâ•Œly pursue XIIII LOrd I to thee direct my cries My subjects forward Oaths remit Quicken their sence of those firm ties By Law upon their Conscience knit With which no pious no pretence Of Reforâ•Œmaâ•Œtion can dispence Religion owns no injurie No Sacriledge by thee allow'd Though mask'd with Hate t'Idolitry Their zeale disguised fraud uncloud Things holy 't is a snare to take And after Vowes enquirie make XV. O Lord thou seest my wrongs abound Lions enrag'd my Soul surround With poisnous words Their tongues like swords Their teeth like Arrows wound My foes reproach me all the day And sworn deceits together lay My God how long Shall they grow strong Who with vain Lies inveigh The calumnies which they have sown On every side to thee are known Hold not thy peace Least they increase And bury my Renown The lyar thou wilt ruinate The bloody and the false do'st hate Let my upright Intents a light Clear as the Sun dilate XVI THOU still the same for ever blest Whom mercies infinite invest In various constancy exprest Thou hast us with new sense indu'd Of our old wants nor scorn'st renu'd Desires in unchang'd words pursu'd Still let our fix'd Devotions joyn Our suits to thy firm will encline Our fervent spirits move by thine For thou in all perfection wise Nor novelty in prayer dost prize Nor pious constancy despise By thy command preferring neither Left in thy Churches power together To use but not disparage either XVII TO thee my uprightness is known Who hast appointed me to own Thy sacred faith's defence O let me not of thee forlorn Against my Conscience be oreâ•Œborn By Floods of violence Up Lord in thine own cause arise Least Schisme make thy Church its prize And trample on her power From thee continued to our time When Wealth is made her fatall crime Her sinn is her fair dower Whom some have plunderd others wound The rest deserted as they found Or in her sufferrings joy May I her hurts and wants relieve The power which I from thee receive Teach me for thee t' imploy To her that love be still sustain'd I owe as Christian though restrain'd As King from all my right The bounties on thy Church displaid By Providence let none invade With saâ•Œcriâ•Œleâ•Œgiâ•Œous might XVIII OF Peace and Reason Lord Delighting in accord The wicked who from Sinn With offer'd grace wouldst win Whose mercy courts to save Though power to kill thou have Our hearts to softness woo'd In our Redeemers blood Perswade us to agree Both with our selves and thee As men and Christians ought Peace often have I sought But it no sooner name Than War my foes proclaime Our actions never may Destructive passions sway Our judgements clear that we Thy truth may plainly see Our stubborn hearts incline In bonds of Peace to joyn Our irreligious hate To thee O dissipate That to our selves remove With interchanged love The war our sins have wrought With peace which Christ hath bought XIX WIth ready joy O let me Lord agree To be orecome when thou wilt have it so Instruct me in the noblest viâ•Œctoâ•Œry By patience to subdue my self and Foe Conquests like Christ's a Christian King best shew Mould us to piâ•Œeâ•Œty betwixt thy hands Prest by thy left supported by thy right Pardon the pride of our successfull Bands And the repinings of our luckless fight When trusting in our own denied thy Might When we are ought or nothing be thou all That thy wide glories the whole world may fill Or in our conquest or inglorious fall Thou know'st with what regret I suffer ill From those whose good 's the scope of all my will The ills they force me to inflict I bear And in their punishments my own embrace Victor or vanquish'd since a double share Of certain suffering doth my hope displace Grant me a double portion of thy grace XX. LOrd thou who beauty canst return To them that mourn And the disguis'd pretext of Art To truth convert O let us not by shews beguil'd Seem pure without within defil'd Within where most deform'd we are Be our first care Then with clear eyes the Church we may And State survey Our hearts our spirits Lord renew That we thy dictates may pursue Upon our foul disorders bred By them who led With rage to purge us undertooke With pitty looke Quench thou the fire that Factions raise From Reformations specious blaze As their division Lord proclaims Their weak bad aims So let us in those fires refin'd In love be join'd From passions freed blest with increase Of inward vertue outward peace XXI THou Lord who by thy wise Decree Dost our contingency dispose Make me thy constant mercies see In the advantage of my foes Thou canst their Counsells turn away And their deâ•Œvi ces ruâ•Œiâ•Œnate Who all my secrets open lay To worke me in my peoples hate To thy Omniscience I repair Witnesse with my integrity How false the wrested Comments are Which they to what I write apply The ill directed by their aim To me so turn up on their head That they may be involv'd in shame And with conâ•Œfuâ•Œsiâ•Œon overspread XXII THou who all souls all conscienâ•Œces dost sway To thee I look dismaid To thy protection I commit my way Thou who my life didst aid Still in my weaknesse canst thy strength display A fierie Pillar in darke nights to me And with thy light direct In scorching daies a cloudy Pillar be And with thy shade protect O let me find both sun and shield in thee My life I was not by perversnesse wrought To hazards thus t' expose But Reason Honour and Religion taught To guard myself from those Whose impious force to wrest them from me sought XXIII THou that alone art infinite In good and greatnesse dwel'st with me Weigh'd with thy presence life is light Thy service perfect liberty Own me for thine I cannot but be free As I am man with reason blesse With Zeal as Christian Right as King Of outwards stript let me possesse Thee in the joyes that from thee spring Which gainst my will no force can from me wring Let not my passion overâ•Œboyle To fruitless rage or sordid fear They think him helpless whom they foyle But let thy chearfull light appear And secure freedom shall my glories cleer Befitting my afflicted state A patient constancy bestow My strength and hopes are dissipate My self imprison'd by the foe O be not far lest they too mighty grow XXIV TO thee my solitary prayers I send The help that others my distress deny With thy assistant spirit Lord supply To dulness life light to my darkness lend Thou Sun that beams of righteousness dost spread Thou sacred spring of heavenly light and heat Both warmth and clearness in my heart beget Instruct and for thy servant intercede Fullness sufficience favour thee array Enough thou comfort

I Nothing through willfullness deny Nor grant through Flattery or Fear No suits by my consent be sign'd Injurious to the publike good No publike benefits withstood To sooth my own dissenting mind To such though from my Enemies Teach me to give a free accesse Our honest errours thou canst blesse As blast the Counsells falsely wise Since private words thy scourge obey Teach me to poise what I declare The bolder mens Petitions are Let me the more my Answers weigh Though troubles Me and mine attend And Peace our Pressures would acquit Yet let me not to purchase it My Conscience which is thine expend ODE XII Vpon the Rebellion and troubles in Ireland THy mercies Lord hence in displeasure fled On me and my torn Kingdoms I implore Whose loss we both too justy merited But never can deserve thou shouldst restore Thou seest the cruelty that Christians use In the false colours of Religion dy'd As if the names of Christians they should lose Unless they one another crucify'd Since we thy Truth and Charity despis'd Errour and Hatred now their room possess My God O pardon those thou hast chastiz'd Our wounds with penitentiall Balm redress Make not our sufferings less in thy esteem And to our Conscience let our sins appear As they in th'mirrour of thy judgements seem Which to small crimes are never so severe Remove their numerous weight and be appeas'd Yet then our sinns may they afflict us less More willing to repent than to be eas'd With peace our Souls next our Kingdoms bless By thy great mercy our offences drown'd In the calme Sea of our Redeemers blood And through the purple current of our own Steer us at last to Plenty Peace and Good To me a share of all the ills that press My Subjects doth my wide relation bring Give me a pious sense of their distress Such as befits their Father and their King Let the reproachfull breath their Malice spreads Kindle in me compassionate desires My Charity heap Coles upon their heads Whose zealous cruelty my Kingdom fires O rescue those whom yet thou hast preserv'd Reduceing all to thy Truths saving waies Who by mistake or ignorance have swerv'd But punish them who these combustions raise Not with the guilty thou the innocent Nor th'erring wilt with the malitious slay To Foes through avarice on Slaughter bent Give not that poor seduced Realm away In the devouring Fornace of thine ire A race that may thy mercy praise maintain Deal not with me as mens untruths require But as my guiltless hands are free from stain If I have sought or lov'd my Kingdomes woes Nor did my studies faithfully employ These bloody wild distractions to compose Then let thy hand my fathers house destroy That I have Foes enough thou Lord doest see I durst not call thy curse on me and mine Were I not guiltless to my self and thee Thy mercies are my trust Thy wrath decline ODE XIII Vpon the calling in of the Scots MY troubles Lord are multipli'd O succour the distrest In simplest truth thy Servant guide The wisest interest From th'associate strength of Foes Be thou my just defence Who for the Serpents craft depose The Doves white Innocence Though to oppresse Me they agree Combin'd in mutuall aid Let not my Soul and Honours be to their deceits betray'd Devotion and Allegiance thou Canst in their hearts renue That him they may restore whom now They eagerly pursue Love of thy Truth preserve in me And I despair not theirs At thy command the flowing Sea Back to it s bound repair's My God on thee my hopes depend Me let not shame surprize But them who without cause offend Repulse my Enemies My Armour be Integrity For Lord on thee I wait The Church which thou hast own'd set free From her perplex'd estate ODE XIV Vpon the Covenant LOrd I to thee direct my cries My Subjects forward Oaths remit Quicken their sense of those firm ties By law upon their Conscience knit With which no pious no pretence Of Reformation can dispence Religion owns no injury No Sacreledge by thee allow'd Though mask'd with hate t'Idolatry Their zeal-disguised fraud uncloud Things Holy t is a snare to take And after Vowes enquiry make Asssist thy servant to withstand Rapines involv'd in Perjury Nor ever let me wear the brand Of having rob'd thy Church and thee Since what to us thy bounty gives From us thy Clemency receives Though my Revenues are decreast My debts enlarg'd my Treasures drain'd Let not my wants by such unblest Rapines consent to be sustain'd Least from thy Altar fall a Cole And fire at once my Throne and Soul Let no vain publike Indigence The Church from her endowments sever The ' State by peacefull Providence May theirs regain the Church can never Whilst Charity is thought a vice Religion plac'd in Avarice Let them who in thy Temple serve What pious Donors gave enjoy And those incitements to deserve Their wealth to aid the low imploy The Priests in Righteousness array'd The hunger of the Poor allai'd No hallow'd things let Swine divide Nor Doggs devour the Churches bread But Grin and Snarle unsatisfi'd Whilst all that have already fed Death in those sacred morsells finde And leave a rotten name behinde Lord break the Treasons of my Foes In Sacriledge Confederate Disjoin the Hearts and Tongues of those Who bandy ' gainst the Church and State Let all the world their folly see And in my clearness succour me ODE XV. Vpon the Jealousies raised and Scandalls cast upon the King c. O Lord thou seest my wrongs abound Lyons enrag'd my Soul surround With poi snous words Their Tongues like Swords Their teeth like Arrows wound My foes reproach me all the day And sworn deceits together lay My God! how long Shall they grow strong Who with vain Lies inveigh The Calumnies which they have sown On every side to thee are known Hold not thy peace Least they increase And bury my Renown The Lier thou wilt ruinate The Bloody and the false do'st hate Let my upright Intents a light Clear as the Sun dilate My patience let not wrath out-weigh Nor silence Innocence betray That I may tread As thou hast led Curses with blessings pay Shimei when his envenom'd pride Seem'd by thy judgements justifi'd Thou didst ore-throw But deal not so With them that me deride My Pray'r and Patience in these wrongs Like water cool and quench their toungs Enflam'd with Ire By that black fire Which unto Hell belongs O let my Deeds their Words refute Nor they enjoy the deadly fruit Which dip'd in gall Their lipps let fall But my indulgent suit My Soul to meek Devotion win That I thy boundlesse mercies in Their malice may With joy survay Thy justice in their sin O let the Curses they have thrown At me invite thy blessings down What some refuse Be pleas'd to chuse For the Head corner stone Look down from thy eternall Tower Redeem from them that would devoure My Soul O hide