Ev'n of his people to be King And he a joyfull mother made Of her that erst no children had Vnto the Lord oh therefor sing To God the Father To the Sonn And holy-Ghost those three in one And that eternall One in three All glory bee for ever more All powre praise as heretofore Ascribed now ever be Psa 114. By alluding to the deliverance from Egipt to the driving back of Iordan the Redsea to the trembling of Sinay forcing waters from hard rocks our spirituall deliverances Reformations are typified Therfore our Church vseth this Psalme as proper for Easterday WHen Isr'el brought from Egipt was And Iacob from a forraigne tongue In Iudah was his holy place To him did Isre'ls rule belong The Sea saw that fledd away Ev'n Iordan also backward slipt The mountaines then like Rams did play Like Lambes the lesser hillocks tript 2 Thou sea what made thee so to fly Why didst thou Iordan backward goe Why daunc't like Rams the mountaines hye Yee hills like Lambs why tript yee so Shake earth at presence of the Lord When Iacob's God is present shake For he from Rocks a standing Ford And fountaines in the flints doth make Almighty God the deliverer of all pore destressed Captives wee are hy Nature the slaves of Sinn Death the Devill who do labour to hold us in eternall bondage But wee praise thee thou hast made a miraculous passage for our escape Oh! grant therfor that thy presēce may so startle us out of our securitie soe mollifie our flintie nature that the teares of true penitence may flowe plentifully from vs that we thanckfully walking in that way which thou hast prepared for our entrance into the Land of the living may be quite freed from our servitude enioy peace rest in thy Kingdome for ever ever Amen Psal 115. The Faithfull desire that al honor may be ascribed to God alone that their foes may not blaspheamously question his powre Then in the name of heathen Idolls their worshippers reprooves the vanity of all those assistances whereon carnall men rely c. It is vsefull when false worshippers blaspheame God by reason of our affliction c. NOt ours the glory make Lord give not vs the fame But for thy Truth Mercy sake Ascribe it to thy Name 2 To say where is their God! Why should the Gentiles dare Since he in heav'n hath his abode And works his pleasure there 3 Men's hands their Idolls make They gold silver be Possessing mouthes that cannot speake And eyes that cannot see 4 Their eares are senseles to Their nostril smelleth not Their hands feet nor feel nor goe No breath is in their throte 5 All they whoe those adore Or forme them like them be In God let Isr'el trust therefore For their defence is he 6 On God preserving them Let Aron's house depend Let those who feare him trust in him For he will such defend 7 God will remember vs And on vs Mercy showe On Isr'el on Aron's house He blessings will bestowe 8 He prospers great small That fear of him professe You your seed likewise he shall Still more more encrease 9 Of God you blessed be Who made both earth heav'n The heav'n of heav'ns inhabits he And earth to men hath given 10 Lord none cann thee adore Who dead silenc't are But I both now evermore Thy praises will declare Not for our owne deservings cann wee claime any thing oh Lord God neither for our owne sakes or our owne glorie ought wee to desire any deliverances or benifits from thy Maiestie As much therfor as our self-love will permit wee desire meerly for thine owne honour sake that publike Idolaters carnall minded men who serve Gods of their owne making may not scandalize thee or thy Truth by Occasion of such Miseries or Disgraces as fall on vs who professe the same But make vs oh God to love thee thy glory so farr above our owne lives reputations That whether wee be delivered or no wee may submit our selves to thy pleasure be truly comforted hartely pleased reioyce vnfainedly that wee are counted worthie to suffer for thy glory Amen Psa 116. The Faithfull professe affection to Christ Acknowledg their condition both by Nature Grace encourage others to trust in Gods favour resolve the same in them selves We may sing it when after some great Affliction or temptation wee are comforted sensible of our present passed estate c. I love the Lord for hee an eare To my complaints doth give And since he pleaseth me to hear I 'le seek him whil'st I live The feares of death enclosd me round Hell torments mee enthrald But still when paind my self I found On God's great Name I cal'd 2 Preserve my soul oh Lord I sayd For thou art full of grace Iust kinde ev'ry pore man's ayde My healp when greev'd I was My soul to this thy refuge fly For God is thy larg meed From death my soul from teares mine eye From falls my feet he freed 3 I shall with God enioy my life Where livinge men abide This I professe with firme beleif Though I was terrifide Yea though in rashnes I did say That all men liers were What for thy guifts I should repay Now Lord my questions are 4 Thy Cupp of saving-health I 'le take Vpon thy name I 'le call And of my vowes I 'le payment make Before thy servants all Thy saints their deaths suffrings be Right pretious in thine eye Oh Lord thy servant serving thee Thy handmayds Childe am I. 5 My fetters all thou brak'st away And I oh Lord therfore The sacrifize of thancks will pay And thy great Name adore To thee oh Lord I 'le pay my vowes Where thy Assemblies be Ev'n in the Courts of Gods owne house Ierusalem in thee Haleluiah Hear our prayers oh Lord God deliver our soules from the Death of Sinn For we are compassed with many perills fearfull Temptations Insomuch that wee are sometime almost ready to despaire distrust that there is noe Truth in any of our hopes Oh keep us by thy speciall grace from falling into those whirlpooles out of which there is no returning VVhen the guilt of Sinn the fears of Death the torments of hell the sugestions of the Devill conspiring with our frailties have once enclosed vs. UUee have then no powre of resistance in our selves it is thy great Mercy if the litle spark of our faith be not wholy quenched Help vs therfore in our extremityes Break the chaines of our Sinns vnlose the snares of Sathan give us grace to praise thee in thy Ierusalem to magnify thy Mercy in the Land of the living world without end Amen Psa 117. This is the least Psalme but it hath respect vnto the greatest Mysterie For it provokes all Nations to praise God for extending his grace to the whole
he timely brings And his leaf shall neuer perish Ev'rie thing shall prosper to Which he vndertakes to do 3 Thus the wicked shall not fare But be like such dustie matter As the whirl-winde here there On the spatious earth doth scatter Nor shall they withstand their doomes When the day of Judgment comes 4 Neither haue they place or stay In the righteous congregation For God knowes the Just-mans waie With a gratious approbation But those paths that Sinners tread To assured ruine lead Psa 2. It is a prophecie of Christ his kingdom Act. 4. declaring the vaine furie of his Opposers the wrath of God against them his eternall Decree concerning that King the powre extent of his kingdom c. It exhorts Kings subiects also to fear serue him It may be sung to encrease Faith amid the Churches persecutions c. WHat mooves the Gentiles to repine What makes the people foolish growe That Earthlie Kings do thus combine And Rulers meet in Counsell so The Lord his beloved Christ Rebelliously they disobay His powre say these let vs resist And break cast their cords away 2 But God who sitts in heav'n aboue Their foolish purpose will deride His anger shall their torment proue And them in wrath he then shall chide Ev'n I' saith God my King did place Vpon my holy Syon hill And by the Lord what vttred was To me saith Christ now sing I will 3 Thou art my Sonn begot by me This day and if thou make demande The gentiles I will give to thee And make thee King of e'vry land An yron scepter thou shalt sway And if thy Lore they followe not Thou shalt compel them to obay Or break them like an earthen pott 4 Then Kings be wise Rulers lerne To serue the Lord with awfull joy Yea kisse the Sonn lest wroth he turne And ouerthrow you in your way For when his wrath inflamed growes Though but a litle moon'd he seem Then blest are all who shall repose Their constant hopes faith in him Blessed Sonn of God begotten before all time and by thy Father appointed to be King over the whole world let thy Kingdom come all the oppositions of thy adversaries be turned to thy glorie let thy grace erable vs to pluck downe that Antichrist which the world the flesh or the Devil shal seek to set vp against thee in the TeÌ„ple of our harts that wee yealding due obedience to thee thy commands may escape thy burning indignation sincerely embrace thy Gospell with awful ioy persevere in the way leading to that felicity which is prepared for those who put their trust in thee Amen Another of the same SUch uproars mad why do the Gentiles make What follies do the people doate upon Earths Kings conspire Rulers counsel take Against the Lord his Anointed-one Oh come let us break their bands they say Come let vs cast from vs their cords away 2 But God in heav'n deriding their designe Shall vexing them his minde in wrath declare Who e're saies he repines this King of mine On Syon fitts 't was I that plac'd him there And what the Lord himself to me hath told Concerning him I purpose to vnfold 3 Thou art my sonn this day begot I thee Demand therfore he said I will giue The Gentiles thine inheritance to be And rule of all the world thou shalt receiue An iron mace thou shalt vpon them lay And break them like a sherd of potters clay 4 Therfore yee Kings Rulers be more wise Come serve the Lord your God with awfull ioy And kisse the Sonn lest if his wrath arise You be destroid perish from the way For when inflam'd his burning anger growes Right blest are all who trust in him repose Psa 3. Apsalm of David when he fled from Absolom his Son It mistically Prophecied the multitude of Christs foes their bitter censures the great love of God the effects of Prayer Christ his Death Resurrection the confusion of his Adversaries the safety of his Elect. c It is vsefull to strengthen faith in our temptations c. MY foes how many Lord are they What swarmes of them there be And of my soul how many say In God no part hath he Yet thou art Lord my praise my gard Thou didst my head vprear And from thy holy-hill hast heard What my entreaties were 2 I lay slept safe arose Because thou brought'st me ayd And though tenn thousands me enclose I will not be afraid Rise Lord my God from all foes Me safe now also make Their Jaw-bone smite let thy blows The teeth of Sinners breake 3 For saving health alone to thee To thee oh Lord pertaines And whosoe're thy people be Thy peace on them remaines Sweet Iesu who being causesly compassed about with all those innumerable emnities persecutions which wee deserued didst nevertheles trusting in the powre of thy God head ly down without fear sleeping as it were in the midst of them by a voluntary Death wake againe the third day by the same powre to the confusion of thy foes Grant we pray thee that the multitude of our corporall spirituall enemies never make vs despaire of thy mercy but that in all troubles temptations we reioicing trusting in thy love may be kept harmles confesse that our salvation is by thee only who livest raignest world without end Amen Psa 4. To the cheef musician on Neginoth a Psalm of David It vpraides those who deride the Truth exhorts to faith Repentance The common with of world-lings the desire also of a faithful-soul is here expressed It serves to confirme vs against the scornes of Atheists meer carnal men c. OH God my Righteousnes give ear Enlargd I was by thee My humble suite now also hear And pitty take on me Vaine Sonns of men how long will yee My glorie thus abuse Though lies you seek assured be That God the just will chuse 2 Yea God will hear me when I cry Fear therfore to offend And on your bedd serch privatly Your thinckings amend Make Righteousnes your sacrifize On God assurance place For worldly Goods the world-ling cries But grant me Lord thy grace 3 For thou my hart hast joyed more Then corne wine's encrease Thou mak'st me safe I therefore In thee will sleep in peace Olthou fountaine of all righteousnes free justifier of thne Elect seeing by thy common grace we are som what enlarged from our natural bondage grant a full delverance from all our corruptions by thy speciall favour Let neither frailties discouragments nor alurements incline vâ—to vanitie But so cause vs to consider whome thou chusest that with a filial fear we may refrain from sinn having our inward man renewed as well as our outward actions reformed we may offer the true sacrifize of righteousnes Encourage vs also through assurance of thy favour that
Selah Thine anger thou hast quite appeas'd And thy just wrath for borne Oh Lord of Hoasts now thou art pleas'd Let vs to thee returne 2 For why shouldst thou still wroth remaine And vexed rather be Then chear thy people's harts againe That they may joy in thee To save vs Lord thy favour showe And let vs hear in peace Thy word among vs preached soe That wee from sinn may cease 3 Then shall thy saving-health abide Near those who fear thy Name And in our Land shall still reside Thy glories thy fame Then Truth Love shall meet kisse And Iustice Peace embrace Yea Truth on earth Righteousnes From heav'n shal shew her face 4 The Lord with ev'rie needfull store Shall make our Kingdome flowe And send his Righteousnes before That wee his way may know Oh Lord wee acknowledge that from tyme to tyme thou hast bene exceeding gratious to thy whole Church to this parte thereof in perticuler For when thy Blessings made us wanton thou didst alwaies humble us by thy fatherly corrections when thou hadst worthilie afflicted us according as thy wisdome sawe cōvenient thou didst ever mercifully comfort restore us againe to thy favour Continue oh God wee pray thee this thy gratious respect vnto our infirmities grant wee may so repent of our sinns so vnfainedly professe thy Truth so diligently practise the works of righteousnes that Honestie Religeon Faith Good-works may inseperably be vnited in every one of vs that the abundance of thy temporal spiritual blessings may be powred forth on this Kingdome on thy whole Church for ever ever Amen Psa 86. A prayer of David It personates Christ in his humiliation prayeng in the behalfe of his mystical body for several necessities thereof intermixing some vowes of praise acknowledgments of Gods Attributes c. It is an vsefull forme of prayer in many temptations afflictions LOrd hear me for great wants I have My soules defender be My God! thy Saint servant save Who puts his trust in thee That thou thy grace to me afford My daylie crie requires Thy servants hart revive oh Lord Which vp to thee aspires 2 For thou good Lord soone pard'nest all Who seek thy grace to finde Oh! hear me now to thee I call And bear my suite in minde My dangers I to thee will show That thou mayst healp assigne For there is no such God as thou Nor any works like thine 3 All nations whome thou dist creat Shall praise worship thee For thou alone oh God art great And great thy wonders be Teach me thy waies in thy fear My soul to thee vnite So never shall my hart forbear Thy praises to indight 4 I scap'd the grave by thy large grace When proud cruel foes Who set not thee before their face To take my soul arose Oh God! thou art a gratious Lord Long-suffring kinde free With Truth Love most largly stor'd Now therefore pitty mee 5 Return oh Lord mee revive Let mee thy favour have Thy strength to me thy servant give Thy Handmaids of-spring save Yea for my good vouchsafe some signe That all my foes may know I am a Favorite of thine And blush they wrong'd me soe Almighty most mercifull Father have pitty vpon us according to thine infinite goodnes compassion Let vs not alwayes wander after our owne imaginations nor be continually exercised with such Afflictions as may make vs the scorne of all that hate vs but according to thy infinite mercy vnparaleld goodnes Have mercy vpon vs And not on vs only but on all those people whome thou hast created that according to thy promise they may all serve praise thee Setle them vs in thy Truth guide vs in thy waies so restore confirme vs in thy favour by some apparant signes of thy love speciall grace that our adversaries may be ashamed of their hatred we thanckfull for al thy Mercies through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 87. A Psalm or song for the sonns of Chorah It describes the scituation glorie of the Church typified by Syon prophetically declareth that all Kingdomes shall be incorporated into that Citty of God that all Nations shall there obtaine their New-birth c. It serves among other vses to informe that God's Church excludeth no Nation c. THe Lord hath his Foundations plac'd Above the heighest mountaines crownes Yea Syons ports he more hath grac't Then all the rest of Iacob's Townes And glorious things are fam'd abrode Of thee oh Cittie lov'd of God Selah 2 For God accounts as borne in thee Egiptians if they him desire Nay though from Babell sprung they be From Chush Philistia or from Tyre For he hath sayd that all on earth In Syon may renew their Birth 3 The God most high will strengthen her And shall record each faithful soul As having had first-beeing there Selah When hee his people doth enrowl For there are all that play or sing And thence proceeds each blessed thing Thou oh Lord art no accepter of persons but every one that feares thee worketh righteousnes of what place soever he be or from whom soever he were descended hath promise of admission into thy Church to be regestred as a free-borne Citizen of thy spiritual Syon Make vs thanckfull Oh God for this large priveledge And seeing none are exempted but such as willfully exclude themselves seing also it is manifest to thee only who they are let us hope charitably of all men whilst there is time of grace and repentance endeavoureng by our prayers instructions freindly reproofs good examples as much as wee are able to bring them to become the Members of this Corporation to enioy a Christian fellowship with vs in Christ Iesu our Lord. Amen Psal 88. A song or Psalm for the Sonns of Chorah to the cheef Musitian vpon Mahalath Leanoth Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite It personates Christ his members complaining of his their sorrowes contempts suffrings c. And it is full of passionate petitions expostulations We may vse it in private or Publike afflicctions LOrd of whose assisting might I was never yet denied All the day all the night I to thee have call'd cried Now regard my wofull plight 2 Let thine Ear thy Minde thine Eyes To the dropping pleading eryeng Of my Teares my Cause my Cries Grant me hearing weighing eyeng For my soul afflicted lies 3 I to Death am drawing nigh And am priz'd as one interred Like a strengthles man I lye As algeady slaine and buried Free among the dead am I. 4 Yea as one forgot of thee Or as from thy hand Abiected Darksome pitts my lodging be And in Dungeons deep afflicted Thy strict hand oppresseth mee 5 All thy wayes I doe sustaine Thou dost make my Lovers flee mee Selah And my freinds fro me restarine Shutt I am where none cann free me Then
thy grace did then vphold 7 When many thoughts opprest me much Thy comforts did my soul delight For thou partakest not with such Whoe sentence give against the right Or such as have the Iust withstood To death condemning guiltles blood 8 But thou oh Lord shalt me defend Thou art my God my Rock my Fort And all the harmes my Foes intend Thou shalt vpon themselves retort Yea for the guilt of their offence Thou Lord our God shalt root them hence Oh thou supream Iudge of the world severe Avenger of all wrongs Behold the fury the despight insolent Cruelties of our Adversaries and deliver the pore the widdowe the Fatherles all thy Oppressed Children out of their wicked hands Thy forbearance hath made the perverters of Iustice seeme to conceive that thou either see'st not or els regardest not their impieties Yea those oppressers are growne so powrfull so many that wee scarce finde any to take part with vs against their Iniuries but that wee have assurance of thy Assistance wee should be vtterly without hope Oh! continue our hopes in thee Sett thou in order all that is amisse destroy all the Favourers of Iniustice keep vs alway harmles both in soul body through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 95. This Psalme exhorts to praise God and warnes to harken to his voice whilst wee have tyme lest like our fore-Fathers wee be deprived of his Rest for our obstinacie It should be often sung to remember vs that wee embrace God's free grace whilst it is offred TO God our Saviour lett 's renewe Our songs with chearfull voice Our thanckfulnes before him shewe With Psalmes in him rejoice For God the Lord most powrfull is The King of Gods is hee The earth's obscurest vales are his And his high mountaines be 2 The seas he made they are his owne Drie land his Creature was Come serve him then fall wee downe Before our Makers face He is our God his flock wee are His pasture-sheep are wee That you his voice may therfor heare More tender-harted be 3 Not like your Fathers when that in The Desert proov'd they were And tempted him though they had seene His works of wonder there Full forty years they moov'd his wrath And therfor thus sayd hee A wandring hart this people hath My waies they will see 4 And I to them in my iust rage Did by mine Oath protest That none of all that froward age Should come within my rest Oh God! the Creator preserver governour of all things UUee give thee thancks for making vs after thine owne Image for sending thy Eternal-word to regenerate vs when wee were made worse then nothing So far wee ought to be from arrogating the powre either of our Beeing or Well-beeing that wee must confesse to vndoe our selves is all which wee are able of our selves do Like our fore Fathers our harts are wandring from thy waies all our life long wee do more mere harden them by custome in sinn Yet oh Lord seeing wee are the sheep of thy pasture bring us home to thy Fo de seeing we are thy People soften our harts givs us grace so to harken to thy voice in this Day of our Trial that in the Day of thy Iudgment wee may enter into thy Rest through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 96. UUee are herein exhorted to sing preach the New-songs of the Gospell to the praise of Christ our King And in regard other Gods are but vanities all nations are provoked to ioyne in praising him c. We should sing it to glorify Christ for his powre his Truth c. COme now in some New-indighting Blesse God the world's Almightie King His Name 's due praise in songs reciting Of his Salvation daylie sing His Fame works of admiration Yee people heed yee Nations hear His powre deserves high exaltation For all the Gods lesse dreadfull are 2 The Gentiles Gods are foolish fictions But our great God did heav'n creat Powr glory praise all perfections Attend him in his holy-seat To him due praise yee kindreds render Extoll his powre his glory sing To God's great Name fitt honours tender Approach his Courts offrings bring 3 Within his house with praise professe him And let him be adored there Let all the world their God confesse him And serve him with a holy feare Yea to the Gentiles let them publish The Lord their King that his might The wav'ring earth shall fast establish And do the wronged people right 4 Let heav'n earth with joy-excelling Reioice before him ever more The seas all things in them dwelling The feilds the woods all their store For lo the Lord approcheth nearlie Behold to judge the world he comes The wicked he will judge serverely And give the people righteous doomes Honour wisdome powre praise be ascribed vnto thee oh king of the world by all thy Creatures according to the severall faculties which thou hast bestowed vpon them Be thou glorified in thy selfe also according to that which thy In comprehensiblenes deserveth beyond what thy creatures are able to ascribe Let all heathenish deities all those Idolls which carnall men have set vp in their harts appear such vanities as they are let thy Soveraignty be acknow ledged thy worship truely celebrated by Iewes Gentiles all Nations throughout the world Let vs especially who are of thy visible Church performe this duty let our harts be so established so filled with Holines filial awe that wee may expect thy comming to Iudgment with comefort wellcome thy opproach with shouts of tryvmphs songs of exvltation Amen Psa 97. The soveraignty of Christ with his comming to Iudgment the Ioy which the faithfull shall conceive thereby the confusion which will fall on the wicked is here foretold c. It may be mystically applied also to our Saviours first coramling And may be sung to stir vp our spirituall reioicing in both his Advents THe Lord is king be therfor glad Yee Lands Iles now this is known With Clouds darknes he is cladd And Truth Iustice gard his throne A burning flame before him goes Wherewith he shall consume his foes 2 He to the world his Glory shew'd And earth beheld the same with fear Like waxe hills melted when they vew'd The Lord the world's great Lord appear His Righteousnes the heav'ns have showne His glories are to all men knowne 3 All Idoll servers he destroies And of all Gods will honor'd be It Syon gladds Iacob ioyes His righteous doomes to hear see Above the highest hills he dwells And all the Gods he farr excells 4 Hate sinn yee Lovers of the Lord For he his holie-ones will save And light Truth to those afford That harts vpright faithfull have Yee saints therefore record confesse And praise with Ioy God's holines Oh Christ the everlasting sonn of the Father Thou
kingdome become partakers of that Life-eternal to which he ascended So escaping those terrible Iudgments which thou inflictest on thy malitious foes we shall behold their confusion to the exaltation of the powre to whome he all honor glorie now for evermore Amen Psa 22. To the cheef Musitian vpon Aijleth Shaha◠A Psalm of David It is a prophecie of Christ his passion vnfolding divers passages thereof mētioning also the calling of the Gentiles c. It may be sung to commemorate the Passion some other misteries of our Redemption c. WHy hast thou oh my God my God Why hast thou me forgone Why nearer is not thy abode To hear help my mone Vnheard of thee I cry whole daies Whole nights the same I doe Yet thou art Isr'els cheefest praise And thou art holy to 2 Our fathers did on thee depend And. thou didst them secure They cride thou didst them defend Their faith did them assure But I pore worme an Abiect am No man but one forlorne The people make of me their game Their proverb their scorne 3 When me they vewe their heads they nod Make mouths jeering say God was his hope now then if God Him loves him save he may But thou didst gard me in the wombe Thou didst convay me thence At nurse my hope thou didst become And keptst me eversince 4 Er'e-since my birth my God thou art My trust is all in thee Oh! do not far fro me depart For perills compasse mee Strong Bulls ev'n herds of Bashan race Beset me round about They stand wide-gaping in my face Like Lions roaring-out 5 Like water I am pour'de aside My bones are strain'd apart E'vn potsherd-like my strength is dride Like wax dissolues my hart Vnto my Iawes my tongue is glew'd For thou didst me confound With cruel doggs I am persu'de By Sinners closed round 6 My hands feet they nailed fast My bones apparant were Vpon my vesture lots they cast My garments they did share Thine ayde therfore no more delay But Lord my strength draw near Cause not the sword my soul to slay Nor doggs to rend my dear 7 Me from the mouthes of Lions garde As I in former daies From hornes of vnicornes was heard So I will sing thy praise Thy fame I 'le in thy church record My brethren being there Oh! praise him yee that fear the Lord And Jacobs ofspring are 8 Him oh yee seed of Isr'el fear For he doth nor despize Afflicted soules nor stop his eare Nor turne from them his eyes But when thy crie their cries are heard For which his praise I sing And in great throngs where God is feard My vowes to him I 'le bring 9 The meek shal feed till they are full And praise the Lord therfore All yee who seek him in your soul Shal live for evermore The worlds far ends to minde shall call Their dutie to the Lord And he of heathen kingdomes all Shall see him self ador'de 10 For his the kingdome is indeed All nations ruleth he Earths fatlings on his bread shal feed And thanckful they shal be Yea they shall all before him bowe Whose lodging is the grave For none but he hath powre enough The soul from death to save 11 A seed whome he shall count his owne Shal then to God returne And make his Acts of Justice known To people yet vnborn Oh! thou glorie of Israel the hope of all who trust in thee seeing by a voluntarie humiliation thou hast in thine own person felt the bitternes of reproches the crueltie of persecuters the sharpnes of povertie the extream torments of the flesh the strongest Agonies of the soul and every horror which may affright vs when in our greatest tryalls temptations we seem as it were vtterly for saken both of God man remember oh remember thine owne passion have mercie vpon vs. Hear vs when we crie help vs when we can crie no longer And when all our strength faileth let thy powre plnck vs out of our tormenters Iawes that we they whom thou hast promised to collect from al places Ages of the world may meet in thy heavenly kingdome to glorify thee for ever ever Amen Psa 23. A Psalm of David The Christian soul acknowledgeth Christ her pastor enritching feedinge retoicinge reforming beautifieng her providing for her an eternall habitation in this owne presence c. It may be sung to praise God for the benifits herein mentioned c. THe Lord my Pastor daignes to be I nothing now shall need To drinck sweet springs he bringeth mee And on green Meads to feed For his Name-sake my hart he glads He makes my wayes vpright And I the vase of deaths black shades Cann passe without affright 2 Thy staffe thy presence thy rodd My joyfull comforts are And thou before my foes oh God My Table shalt prepare Oyle on my head pour'd out thou hast My Cupp doth over-flowe And thou on me whilst life doth last Thy favours wilt bestowe 3 Yea Lord thy goodnes thy grace Shall alwayes follow me And in thy house my dwelling place For evermore shall be Keep vs oh thou faithfull Sheapherd of our soules that the Devil take vs not out of thy folde nor entise vs from thy pastures by faire alurements Setle vs in thy Church Refresh vs by thy Spirit Instruct vs by thy Sacraments Guide vs by thy example reforme vs by thy father'y correction so comfort vs by thy presence that we may acknowledge there is no need of those beggerly assistances whereon worldlings depend and that we may walke without repininge through the aflictions of this life without fear through the shaddowes of Death to those mansions which thou hast appointed for thy chosen flock in the kingdome of heaven Amen Psa 24. A psalme of David It describes the largnes of Christs inheritance shewes who are members of his Church Then by a poetical prosopopeia the everlasting Gates are summoned to give passage for the Ascention of that glorious King It is vsed in commemoration of the Ascention THe Earth's the Lords with her encrease The world all her goods He founded it vpon the seas And layd it on the Flouds What man is he that shal have grace To climbe the hill of God Or Who shall in his holy-place Obtaine their free abode 2 Sure they whose hands are innocent Whose meanings are vpright Whose harts to folly are not bent Who swear without deceit Such gaine from God a blessed meed And from their faviour grace And such oh Iacob are their seed Who truly seek thy face 3 Yee Gates lift vp your heades on high Yee dores which last for aye The king of glory passeth-by Vnclose give him way Who is the king of glorie tell Oh tell who might he be The Lord who doth in strength excell That glorious king is he 4 Yee Gates aloft your Arches heave Yee dores that have no ende Vnto the king of
Yet now disgrac'd thou throw'st vs by Our Hoast thou dost forsake Before our foes thou mak'st vs fly And spoiles from vs they take 4 Thou makest vs the Gentiles meat And vs like sheep they slaie We scattred for sale are sett To those who nothing paie At vs our neighbours laugh ieer Of vs they proverbs make The people round vs mock fleer At vs their heads they shake 5 Disgrace is alwaies in my sight And redd with shame I grow To hear the scornfull words of spight And railings of my foe Yet wee O Lord forget not thee Nor from thy cov'nant stray Nor changed in our harts are we Nor gone out of thy way 6 Nay though opprest in death's black shade Wee lodg'd with Dragons lie Thy Name wee nor forgotten had Nor to strang Gods did crie Yea Lord thou know'st who know'st each thought That daylie for thy sake We fare like sheep to slaughter brought And so our deaths wee take 7 Lord wake rise why sleepst thou so Reiect vs no for aye Why shouldst thou disrespect our woe And hide thy face away Behold ev'n to the dust wee make Our soules bodies bend Redeem vs for thy mercie sake Arise vs defend Deliver vs oh Lord from all our adversaries make vs to be still mindfull what wee have aunciently heard concerning thee from others what experience we our selves have had of thy iudgments and Mercies from time to time that neither our prosperities make vs arrogate any thing to our selves nor our Afflictions or persecutions cause vs to blaspheame or forget thee Yea though we should become the scorne laughing-stock of our Neighbours a prey to our foes be alwaies as the sheep appointed for slaugher yet keep vs vnchanged in the true Religeon in our love to thee That thou to whome both our outward Trialls our inward sinceritie is ever knowne mayst in due time help save vs whome thou hast redeemed through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 45. To the Cheef Musitian vpon Shosannim for the Sonns of Chorah Maschil It is as it were Christ's marriage-song and setts forth the glorie of that bridegroome of his Spouze It is vsefull to stir vp our spirituall affection to Christs c. MY tongue shall prompt the writers penn My thoughts of thee oh King to tell For thou excellst the Sonns of men And on thy lipps all graces dwell God wil thee blesse for evermore Great Conquerour vnto thy side With honor gird thy sword therefore And forward in thy Triumphs ride 2 Thy Righthand shall by deeds vpright By Truth Meeknes wonders doe Thy shafts thy foes to death shall smite And make the people serve thee to Eternal is thy Throne of state Thy Scepter from all wrong is free Thou Iustice lov'st thou Sinn dost hate And therfor God anointed thee 3 Yea thine owne God thy head anoints Ev'n with his oyle of Ioyfulnes And thee above thy Mates appoints The place of Sov'raigne to possesse The pretious Robes which thou put'st on Of Aloes Cassia of Mirrh Smell round about thine yv'rie throne When they thy hart have cheared there 4 Kings daughters have at all times bene Among thy Maides of honour found And at thy righthand stands the Queene In Ophir gold arayd crown'd Hear daughter my words respect Forget thy fathers kindred now And that the king may thee affect Him for thy Lord acknowledg thou 5 Then shall the Daughters come from Tyre And bring rich presents vnto thee The wealthy shall thy grace desire And Suitors for thy favours be The Daughter of the King doth wear An vpper garment wrought with gold But if her in-side should appear You all perfections would behold 6 Her to the kinge present they shall In Robes which are by needels wrought Ev'n with her fellowe Virgines all Attending her shee shall be brought They shall into his pallace come With ioyfull hart merry chear And shee shall in her fathers Roome To be her comforts Children bear 7 Great kings on earth shee them shall make And cause that men in future daies Such notice of her Name shall take That nations all shall sing her praise Most amiable Bridegroome of our seules whose excellencies ravish with spirituall affections all those who cann apprehend the beamings of thy maiesty with true faith Proceed on in the manifestation of thy powre Enflame our hart by the vision of thy perfections make our persons acceptable by the reflection of thy beauties enrich vs outwardly with the goldē embroideries of goodworks adorne vs inwardly with the Iewells of Divine graces and let thy holie-Spirit brings vs vnto thee acompanied with so many vnpoluted Affections that thou maiest take pleasure in our comelines and that we forgetting our carnall desires and wholie renouncing our selves may have our full contentation in thy dear embraces and enioy all the priveledges belonging to thy Spouze for ever and ever Amen Psa 46. To the cheef Musitian for the sonns of Chorah a song vpon Alamoth It expresseth on Assurance of God's protection the reasons thereof with an exhortation also to take notise of God's powre It is vsefull to vs for those purposes c. God is my strength when dangers are A ready healp approoved Therfore wee would not stand in feare Though all the world were mooved No though the Flouds had flowed-o're The highest earthlie dwellings And Seas did make the hillie shore To tremble at their swellings Selah 2 There is a River which doth glad The place where God resideth And happie is that Cittie made Because he there abideth Her vn-remoov'd firme to sett He timelie vndertaketh And though Realmes rave heathens frett Earth melts when he but speaketh 3 The Lord of hoasts our part will take Vs Iacobs God protecteth Selah Oh come therefore notise take What wonders God effecteth What wa st spoiles when he shall please Among mankinde he sendeth And how he makes both warr peace As far as land extendeth 4 He cutts the spear he breakes the bowe And he the Charret fireth Be still saith hee also know Your God the samer equireth I will divulge my fame abrode To ev'ry ethnick Nation The Lord of Hoasts ev'n Iacobs God With vs is our Salvation Selah No distrust have our soules oh Lord of thy loving protection yet when the contract betwixt thee vs was first published the whole world of our enimies raged at our preferment all the Corruptions of our Nature did furiously oppose our vnion And but that wee were strengthned by thy continuall presence refreshed by the ever-flowing River of thy grace they had shaken perhaps overthrown our Constancie Oh! continue thy assistance to our comfort their further vexation Protect vs from every evill confirm vs in all goodnes so break the weapons engines of vngodlines that all the world may extoll thy works wee continue for ever in thy Salvation through Iesus Christ our
Foes acknowledging Gods regard of her suffrings professing assurance in him promising to be thanckfull c. It is vsefull to those ends c. HAve Mercie Lord for man hath sought To swallowe vp mischeeve mee My Foes with mee have daylie fought And Lord most high they many bee Thou art my hope when doubts arise Thy word hath brought me comforts to On thee alone my hart relies And fearles is what Flesh cann do 2 They wrest my words Lord ev'rie day To worke me harme they still devise They meet vnseene they mark my way And how they might my Soul surprise Therfore in thy just wrath oh God! Correct them for this Crime of theirs And as thou dost my Faults record Recorde botle vp my teares 3 For thou wilt save me Lord I knowe When thee I seek my Foes flie back Thy promise makes mee joyfull growe And of thy word my songs I make My trust oh God! is all in thee And of man's powre I fearles am Thy vowes are all perform'd on mee And I will praise thee for the same 4 For thou hast freed my Soul from death From falls thou dost my footing stay To walke by thee within that Path Which leads to Life a lightsome way Oh thou faithfull preserver of all who put their trust in thee Our visible invisible Adversaries do continually seek the destruction of our soules bodies by many secret mischeevous devises But our trust being placed vpon thee wee need not fear the malice of any Adversarie Grant vs grace therfore so to depend on thy promises so to lament our errors with teares of true Repentance that as our enimies mark our wayes to entrap vs wee our selves may mark them to prevent ensnarings that thou observing their hatred our penitence mayst cause vs to walke ioyfully in the way of eternal life through Iesus Christ Amen Psal 57. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith A Psalm of David when he fledd from Saul in the Cave It mystically expressed the Iewes persecutinge Christ even vnto his Grave wee that are his members partake in his suffrings may sing it to declare our iniuries to pray praise God for deliverances c. LOrd grant oh grant me thy compassion For I in thee my trust have placed Display thy wings for my Salvation Vntill my greefs are over-passed To thee I sue oh God most high To thee that canst all want supplie 2 From their despights who seek to rend mee Let help oh Lord from heav'n be daigned And let thy Truth Love defend me For I with Lions am detained With men inflam'd whose biting words Are shafts spears naked swords 3 Let over heav'n God's praise be reared And through the world his glorie showed For they who netts for mee prepared They who my soul to ground had bowed Ev'n they with in those trapps are caught Which for my fall their hāds had wrought Selah 4 Oh God! my hart now ready maketh My hart is for thy praise preparing My Tongue my Harpe my Lute awaketh And I my selfe betimes vprearing Will speake sing in praise of thee Where greatest throngs of people be 5 For Lord thy Mercies forth are stretched As farr as are the Sphears extended Thy Truth vnto the Clouds hath reached And thou thy self art high ascended Let still thy Fame praise oh God! Through heav'n earth be spread abrode Oh Lord to whome Mercy belongeth have mercy vpon vs let the Wings of thy protection be gratiously spread over vs vntill the Stormes of this life be overpast For so great so manyfold are those dangers those Miseries wherewith wee are alwaies enclosed by spirituall temporal foes that they have brought our bodies to the Grave our seules near vnto Hell Oh! let thy Truth Love defend vs from our Lion-like persecuters that our Harts being timely cheared our Thoughts Words Actions may harmoniously agree in manifesting thy praises And seeing thy holy Spirit hath plainely declared the Vniversality of thy proffered Grace let not vs presume to sett Limmits there vnto but publish thy glorie as vniversaly as thou hast extended thy Mercies through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 58. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith Michtam of David It reprehends characters that Serpentine generation whoe are obstinate enimies to the Gospell of Christ prophecies illustrates their destruction c. It is vsefull to encourage vs against their malice c. YEe congregation said yee right Yee Mortalls are your Doomes vpright No for you muse on works of Sinn Your hands with mischeevs filled are You from your Births vntoward were And from the wombe have liers binn 1 Your poyson like the serpents flowes Deaf-Adder-like your eares you close Though powrfull Charmes are wisely sung Oh God! their mouthes of teeth disarme And that their Fangs may do no harme Make tootheles Lord the Lion's young 3 Like sudden Flouds their furie slale When they would shoot their arrowes breake Yea make them quite consume away Like snailes consume them from the earth Or els like some vntimely birth Destroy them er'e they see the day 4 Before wee feel them prick or burne Them whirle-winde-like Lord overturne And sweep them hence in wrath alive Which Vengance when the Righteous vewe And vewing Sinn receive her due They joyfull thancks to thee shall give 5 Yea they shall trample on their bloud Who have bene Foes to doeng good And ev'rie man shall say see That Righteous men shall have their meed And that there is a God indeed By whome the world shall iudged be Keep vs oh Lord from having fellowship in the Congregations of those who are perverted in their Iudgment mischeevous in their Conversation Draf to good Instructions Obstinate in their heresies willfull continuers in all their natural Corruptions Deliver us from their malice Breake their Instruments of mischeef and let their deserved confusion fall suddenly vpon them That the Faithfull Congregation may vewe it that all men may see confesse thee to be the Righteous Iudge of the world the rewarder of all those who put their trust in thee Amen Psa 59. To the cheef Musitian Altaschith Michtam a Psalm of David when Saul sent they watched the house to kill him It cheefly prophecied the Iewes dogged crueltie to Christ that they should be preserved to wander in a vagabond Condition as wee see at this day for an example to others c. It serves to warne vs that wee resist not God's grace once offred c. MY God protect mee from my Foes From them who strive with mee From Sinners gard mee from those That bloodie-minded be For loe the mightie do combine They waite my soul to teare And without cause or fault of mine With speed there to prepare 2 Lord God of Hoasts Isr'el wake To heed succour mee The Gentiles Curbe vengance take Where sinns malitious be Selah At
thy holy name beseeching thee so to moisten the clodds of our harts with dewes from above that wee whome thou hast planted in thy visible Garden may not be lesse fruitfull then those to whome thou hast not yet vouchsafed the same priveledges But grant that both wee they according to what we have received may bring forth fruites acceptable vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 66. A song a Psalme It praiseth God both for temporall spirituall blessings especially for the great benifit of our vniversall Redēption which is typically expressed by allusion to the Iewes deliverance from the Egiptian bondage c. It may be sung to praise God for our deliverances from sinn the Devil c. YEe kingdomes all God's praise expresse In songs exalt land his Name To him his dreadfull Acts confesse And how his Arme his foes doth tame Let all the world before him bowe With singing to his Name him Selah And let all men more heedfull growe What dreadfull things he did for them 2 The sea he dri'de through the Maine Wee walk'd on foote him praising there He hath obtain'd a boundles raigne And of all Nations he hath care He will not let the Rebells thrive Selah Oh! blesse our God sing his praise For he preserves our soul alive And he from slipps our footing staies 3 By thee oh God! wee prooved were Like silver tried refin'de Thou didst entrap vs in a snare And round our loines affllictions binde Above our heads thou mad'st men ride And through both Flouds fires we came But thou didst rest at last provide And I will praise thee for the same 4 Ev'n in thy house those vowes I 'le pay Which in destresse were sworne by mee Fatt Rams Bullocks I will slay And burne sweet incense vnto thee Selah Come hither yee that fear the Lord And hear what for my soule he wrought When his assistance I emplor'd And him with praise-full voice besought 5 If any sinn my hart affects The Lord will then withdraw his eare But surelie God my suite affects For he my vocall moane did hear Oh! let him ever praised be For not reiecting my request And for his Mercie shew'd to me Oh! let him be for ever blest Blessed be thy Name oh gratious God for all thy benifitts especially for our many spiritual deliverances which are everie day as wonderfull now as when the Redd-sea was dried up For through Seas of terrors Deserts of tribulations wee passe many Dangers many trialls many enterchanges of Adversitie prosperitie in this life to refine prepare us for a blessed habitation that without impeachment to thy Iustice wee may be made capable of thy free-Mercie Oh! root out of our harts that affection to sinn which interrupts thy hearing of our prayers and grant that by sacrifizinge our brutish affections offring vp the sweet Incense of a Faith fruitfull in Good works wee may declare our selves thanckfull vnto thee and that wee our Oblation may be made acceptable through the Merrits of Iesus Christ Amen Psa 67. To the cheef Musitian vpon Neginoth a Psalme a song It expresseth a longing for the vniversall spreading of that saving grace which is offred to Iewes Gentiles shewes the blessednes which will succeed the same It is daylie sung in our Liturgie for the enlargment of the Catholick Faith THy blessing Lord bestowe Shewe vs thy glorious Face Selah That all the world thy waies may knowe And see thy saving-grace 2 Let all men give thee praise Let all sing praise to thee Let nations all sing out thy praise For thou their Iudge must be 3 God is the Nations kinge Selah Let Nations all therefore Let Nations all vnto him sing And praise him ever more 4 Then earth shall give encrease And God whose Folke wee are That God shall vs vouchsafe to blesse And him the world shall fear Allmighty God vouchsafe that wee whome thou hast alreadie enlightned with a gratious measure of thy Saving-knowledge may so evidently enioy also thy protection the continuall brightnes of thy Favour that all the Nations of the world beholding the benifit of thy Service may be allured to ioyne with us in magnifienge of thee Let also a due consideration that thou art Vniversall king makes vs beleeve that thou hast provided means of salvation for all thy Subiects and let the remembrance that thou art vniversall Iudge make vs all so fruitfull that thou maist be vniversally feared glorified wee blessed world without end Amen Psa 68. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme or song of David It is a Prophecie of Christ Heb. 4. 8. Herein by allusion to some passages in the olde Testament many Evangelical mysteries are shaddowed out to witt the Resurrection Ascention sending of the holy-ghost Callinge of the Gentiles c. It is vsefull to commemorate those mysteries c. LEt God arise all his Foes affright Let those that hate him be despers'd flie Let Sinners passe like smoke out of his sight And melt like wax which in the fire doth lie But from the Iust let him expel their sadnes And make them glad in him with perfect gladnes 2 Oh! prais Gods name who rides above the sphear His Name Eternal in your Songs commend For in his holy-place he still appeares The Orphanes Father the widdowes freind He captives frees he strangers entertaineth And for the proud a fruitles land ordaineth 3 Whē thou didst Lord thy peoples passage make And waies for thē through deserts vast prepare At sight of thee both heav'n earth did shake Yea Sinai shook when Isr'els God was there Thou gav'st thy flock sweet raines as need required And mad'st thē strōg whē they were weak tired 4 There dwelleth now thy Congregation Lord Where for the pore thy goodnes roō had made Whē thou thy self hadst first proclaim'd the word Great Armies thē of Preachers there they had Kings troupes did flie shee the spoile divided Who came not forth but in her tent resided 5 Ye shal be made tho lodg'd with pots ye were As fair as doves with gold silver wings As white as snowe in Salmon did appeare When there the Lord dispersed mighty Kings Like Bashan hill God's holy mountaine sheweth And Bashan-like all other hills or'e veweth 6 This hill is God's hee inhabits here Then why insult yee soe yee meaner hills God's charrets twice ten thousand Augells are And he by them in holy Sinai dwells Ascending high ev'n thraldome he enthralled And bought vs guifts whē we his foes were called 7 Thus God hath done that he might dwel in vs. Oh! let this God our saviour blessed be Selah For with good things he dailie lodeth vs And God of Life Lord of death is hee He breaks the heads of those that him receive not And wounds the crown of him that sinning leavs 8 From Bashan the Deeps I wil saith God Bring
continued in the Land Support those whome thou hast raised to be as it were pillers in thy Church or Commonwealth keep them from being so impudent or vaine glorious in their preferment as if it came either causuallie or by their owne Industrie or deservings But so cause theÌ„ us to perceive thy purpose thy providence both in our severall advancements humiliations that we may the better discharge our perticuler duties And when thou shalt fill out the redwine of thy wrath to all obstinate malefactors let us be refreshed by taking the Cupp of Salvation which thou hast prepared for all them who shall be iustified through the merrits of Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 76. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme or song for Asaph It is a Triumph-song to praise God for that knowledge of him which he hath vouchsafed vnto his Church typified by Iudah Ierusalem Syon It glorifieth Christ also for his conquests over sinn Death the Devill The vse is manyfest IN Iurie God is knowne full well His Name 's in Isr'el great He in Ierusalem doth dwell And Syon is his seat Shaft sword sheild he battred there Yea there he wonn the Feild Selah And more his powrs and honors are Then spoilers Burroughts yeald 2 The strong are foilde their dream is flowne Their strength hath not prevaild For at the God of Iacob's frowne Both horse Charret faild Thou dreadfull art none oh Lord Thine angry looks cann bear For when thy voice from heav'n is heard The Earth is dumbe with fear 3 The meek on earth when thou to save And judge them Lord shalt please Selah Thou by man's wrath shalt honour have And his hot rage appease To God make vowes presents give All yee that round him are For he doth kings of breath deprive And makes great princes fear Glorify thy self oh Lord God! in thy holy Catholick Church by the final overthrowe of all her enimies Let thy powre break all their Instruments of mischeef Let the preaching of thy Gospell the thundring of thy Iudgments which have already destroyed the powre made frustrate the Dreames of the old heathnish Idolaters their false Philosophie vtterly overthrowe the strength of that carnal wisdome which at this day standeth in opposition to thy Truth Let our furious dissentions be appeased let the frowardnes rage blind zeal of all men become a meanes of encreasing thy glory to the confusion of thy stoutest opposers to the Salvation of the meekeharted through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psal 77. To the cheef Musitian to Iduthun a Psalm for Asaph It expresseth those interchanges of Doubts Hopes Feares Comforts Assurances through which wee work out salvation with fear trembling It serves to minde vs of our fraile condition shewes how to order our throughts in spiritual combats TO God ev'n to the Lord I prayd And hee did hear my moanes Both day night I sought his aide With never-ceasing groanes My hart no comforts entertain'd But fixt on him her thought Selah And so I greev'd so complain'd That lowe my soul was brought 2 Mine eyes from sleep hee did with holde With paine I lost my tongue I mus'd on daies yeares of olde And what was once my song Yea all alone at night I lay Thus musing in my minde Lord wilt thou cast mee quite away And never more bee kinde 3 Is thy compassion lost out right Shall thy sirme promise faile Hast thou for got thy Mercie quite O're Love shall hate prevaile No this my frailtie is quoth I And these but changes are Wrought by the powre of God most high Which I in minde will bear 4 Thy works wonders past oh Lord I 'le therfor muse vpon Thy former Acts I will record And shewe what thou hast done Thy walkings in thy house declare That there 's no God like thee And what thy powre marvailes are Thou mak'st all people see 5 For Iacob's for Ioseph's race Thine arme did purchase aide Selah And seas Flouds to vewe thy face Were troubled afraide The Clouds did melt the Vapours crasht Thine Arrowes forth were shott Thy thunders roar'd the lightnings flasht And Earth a trembling got 6 Thou wentst through seas with steps vn-eide Thy paths were in the Deep And Moses did with Aron guide Thy people there like sheep Father of mercy God of all consolation who hast often tymes gloriously miraculously hertofore delivered thy Children made safe passage for them through horrible Feares troubles perills temptations be mercifull vnto us wee beseech thee in all our inward outward offlictions especially when our sinns cause thee to exercise us with such chaunges as may make us fearfull wee have lost thy favour UUee deserve to be deprived of thy compassion of all those comforts protections which wee have long enioyed by thy free grace Nevertheles grant that wee never fall quite away from thy regard but may so returne alwaies vnto thee that our frailties may be pitied our peni tence accepted our petitions entertained wee continued in a full fruition of all thy mercies gratious promises in Christ Iesus Amen Psa 78. Maschil for Asaph It commemorates the Iewes obstinate increduliâ—itie with God's plagues Mercies interchangeably sent among them vntill the tyme of David Wee should vse it to warne vs of God's long-suffring toward the whole humane Nature whose perversenes is here mistically set forth as also the sending of the true David Iesus Christ NOw to my Law my people give thine eare wel observ what weighty things are tolde For lo my lipps a problem shal declare And plainely sing grave sayengs dark old That nether what our Fathers have revealed Nor what we know be from our babes concealed 2 God's powr praisfull wonders I wil blaze His Testaments to Iacob I will showe How he likwise in Isr'el setled lawes Which they were bound to let their childreÌ„ know That so they might to their next ages teach them And Age to age for ever after preach them 3 That they in God a faithful hope might place And not forget his works or his command As heretofore their Fathers head strong race Whose hart with God vprightly did not stand Like Ephr'ims brood who bows weapoÌ„s bearing Forsook the Feild the day of hattell fearing 4 Gods law they brak his cov'nant they did slite And on his works or marvailes never thought Yet many signes wonders in their sight In Zoan feildes Egipt-land he wrought To make their way the sea in twaine he cleaved And high on heaps the rowling waters heaved 5 A pillerd-Cloud by day he made their guide A Column-fir'd to clear the night he sent More over he the Rocks did then divide And streams like seas along the Desert went From craggy flints sweet waters forth he brused And springs from theÌ„ce like Rivers were diffused 6 But they went on to move his anger
still And much provokd the wrath of God most high By tempting him their lustings to fulfil And craving flesh their longings to supplie For with distrust they ask'd if God were able In that wilde place to furnish out a table 7 Springs flowd indeed sed they when rocks he smot But can he bread flesh as wel provide Which when God heard with Iacob he was hot And in his wrath he did with Isr'el chide Because no faith to his firm promise giving They stil remain'd in trustles vnbeleeving 8 He naitheles the gates of heav'n vnclos'd And made the clouds raine Manna for their meat The bread of heav'n among them he dispos'd And Angells food vnworthy men did eat A wind South-East-by East he then ordained And flesh as dust foules as sand it rained 9 These fild ther camp fluttred round their tēts Til they were cloid with what their lust persu'd Yet none of them his fleshlie minde repents which God avengd ev'n whē the meat thei chewd For his feirce wrath on Isr'el down he poured And of their cheefs the fattest he devoured 10 Yet sin'd they stil set his works at naught For which their time he wasted out in vaine Afflicting them til after him they sought And then in shew they did repent againe Yea then his powre to bear in mind they seemed And said he was the God that them redeemed 11 In which altho he knew their flattring mouth And lieng tōgues did nought but falshood speak Tho him their hart affected not in truth And tho they stil his holy League did break Of his meer grace he naitheles forgave them And from his wrath ev'n he himself did save thē 12 For them to be but flesh in minde he bare And gone like windes which never shal retire That they perverse eu'n in the Deserts were Yea that ev'n there they much incens'd his yre Provoking him by false fain'd repenting The holy-one of Isr'el discontenting 13 Nor on his powre nor on those daies they thought Wherin he from their foes did set them free They minded not the signes in Egipt wrought Nor those which they in Zoan feilds did see How he with bloud the wholsom springs distasted How them with flies of divers kinds he wasted 14 How he with frogs their stubborn foes anoyd How their encrease the Caterpillers pild How then the Locust al their fruits enioy'd Nor how the frost their vines destroid kild Nor how cold haile burning bolts of thunder Did slay their flocks break their trees asunder 15 For he did hurl on them his furious wrath To them both fears harmful-sprites he sent Vnto their deaths his rage did make a path And then to wrack both men cattel went He of their lives their eldest-born bereaved Through Egipt-land where C ham his lot receaved 16 Then like a flock his people forth he led Through places wilde cōducting thē like sheep He kept them safe without all cause of dread Whil'st he their foes o'rewhelmed in the deep And also gave when al this grace was done them That holy hill which his right-hand had won thē 17 Before their face the gentiles thēce he took And what was theirs to Isr'el gave by lot Yet stil almighty God they did provoke And his commands they still regarded not But being like their Fathers double-harted Like broken bowes from him aside they started 18 The Lord was wroth Iealous when he saw Their Images their hill-alters rear'd And ther-vpon from Isr'el did with drawe His former love so incens'd appear'd That of his place among them he repented And left his Tent in Siloh vnfrequented 19 By thraldom then he took way their powr He gave their strength glorie to their foe He caus'd the sword his people to devour And with his Land exceeding wroth did grow Consuming heat their yongmens vigor tired Their maides by none in wedlock were desired 20 Then by the sword his preists away he took Whome to bewaile the widdows were not spar'd But lo the Lord from sleeping then awook As when with wine a mighty man is chear'd Their hinder parts with secret-sores he wounded And al his foes with lasting shame confounded 21 Then he the Tent of Ioseph did refuse And Ephr'ims tent he did likewise reiect But Iudah's tribe it pleased him to chuse Ev'n Syon hill which he did best affect And there aloft he rais'd his habitation To be as firm as is the Earth's foundation 22 He from the flocks his servant David chose Frō bigwombd ewes from attending sheep His heritage to him he did dispose And Iacob's flock Isr'els heards to keep So with pure thoughts discreetly thē he guided And food for them sincerely he provided O Lord God! we have often bitterly censured the Iewes not considering that their storie is a Problem mistically decipheringe our condition Or that wee like David by Nathan's parable are therby made Iudges condemners of our selves If we overlooke the course of our lives we shal finde verified in our owne persons all those things which are mentioned of that People VVe have the like Covenant of grace wee have had miraculous deliverances both temporal spiritual some of us have tempted him as long longer in this wildernes of our Pilgrimage Our murmurings despairings longings yea our frowardnes infidelity hath bene as much as theirs VVe have had as many several pardons to winn us as many enterchanges of prosperity Adversitie to reform us have had them also for our examples yet are as disobedient as negligent as they Oh Good God lay not this to our Charge but grant we may so apply what thou hast left written of them for our warning that the fear of thy Iudgments the love of thy Mercies may reclaime us and that our great Sheapherd ev'n the true David Iesus Christ may guide us out of our wandrings bring us out of this wildernes into his eternal Rest Amen Psa 79. A Psalm for Asaph It is vsefull for any perticuler Church when it is tirannised over by Turks hereticks or such like members of Antichrist For the Church of Christ whose persecutions martirdomes were prefigured by those which fell on Ierusalem is here personated prayeng expressing her suffrings c. VPon thine heritage oh God! The Gentiles Ryots de commit Within thy Temple they have trod And wasted prophaned it The bodies of thy saints bestrowe The feilds about Ierusalem Their blood ev'n in the streets doth flowe And birds beasts do feed onthem 2 Their bones without a grave remaine And all our neighbours vs defame Oh Lord how long shal wee sustaine Thy burning rage thy iealous flame Let thy incensed wrath be pour'd On heathen lands that knowe not thee For they thy Iacob have devour'd And quite consum'd his dwellings be 3 Remember not our follies past Oh God! from whome our help doth flowe But thy sweet grace Lord let vs tast For
WHo resteth in the shade of God most high Within his privy-Chambers is reposed And therfor in my selfe thus mused I Thee as a Fort thy God hath round enclosed And is that Rock on which thou shalt rely 2 For he no doubt wil thy defender be From fowlers netts pestilent infection He with his wings will overshaddowe thee His Feathers wil become thy safe protection And for thy Sheild his Truth provideth he 3 No fear that lurks in darknes thee shal fright No arrow that abrode by day-time flieth No secret plague that walks about by night Nor that which in the street at noon-day slayeth Shal make thee fear how nigh soe're it light 4 A thousand faint sinck beside thee shall At thy right-hand ten thousand breathles lieng And yet thou shalt receive no harme at all But only see God's Iustice by espieng The due reward of sinners in their fall 5 For thou dost hope in him therfore hee Ev'n God that is most hye most excelling Wil neither let thee wrong'd nor harmed be Nor suffer any plague to touch thy dwelling But place his gard of Angells over thee 6 They in thy waies will thee conduct along And in their hands vphold thee as thy leaders That not a stone shal do thy footing wrong Yea thou vnhurt shalt sett thy foot on adders On dragons on lions old yong 7 For him that mee doth love th' Almighty sayes I will secure from sorrowes oppression That man likewise to honour I wil raise Who knowes my Name lives in that profession And I will give an answere when he prayes 8 In troublous times to him I will be nigh And out of all his cares I will repreeve him Him I will blesse greatlie dignify His fill of dayes I will moreover give him And granr him grace to live eternally Psa 92. A Psalm or song for the Sabbath It seems not vnproper for that great Sabbath in which wee commemorate our Saviours resurrection for it magnifieth God for the exaltation of the Righteous for the blessednes of his later end c. RIght good it is oh Lord most hye Thy praises to recite Thy Truth Love to magnifie At morning at night With tenn-string'd Instruments to sing The praises of thy Name And that wee harpes Psalt'ries bring To solemnize the same 2 For Lord thy works reioice my hart Thy Deeds my soul do chear How wonderfull in them thou are How deep thy muzings are The Foole Wordling nether knowe Nor heed such things at all And though like flowrs the wicked showe Their prospring proves their fall 3 But Lord thou allwaies art most hye Mark therfor Mark I pray How sinnfull men despersed flye And how thy foes decay My horne the Vnicorne's o're-topps Sweet-oyle is pourd on me And on my Foes my wished hopes I shall both hear see 4 The Iust shall flourish as the boughs Of Palmes Cedars do Or as the trees which round God's house Within his Courts do growe Yea they when age on them doth light Growe fruitfull fatt greene To prove the Lord my Rock vpright And blameles to have beene VVonderfull art thou oh Lord in all thy workings though thy purposes are deeper then our imaginations Yet by that which thou hast manifested wee behold in them great cause of much reioicing wee desire to praise thee for them with all our harts VVee have heretofore repined at the flourishings of the wicked at our owne suffrings But make vs hereafter to vnderstand that their prosperities are permitted to encrease their shame our humiliations vouchsafed that they may the more dignify our exaltations as it befell our blessed Saviour whose infamous Death occasioned that glorious resurrection which we commemorate in our Christian Sabbath Oh! make vs in due time partakers of his Rest grant that our olde age our last howres may be found fruitfull to thy glory our salvation through Iesus Christ Amen Psa 93. This Psalme prophecied the powre maiesty of Christ the perpetuity of his Kingdome in despight of all their fury who should rage against it c. Wee may sing it to comfort vs against the rage of the Devill his members THe Lord is King weareth A Robe of Glory bright He cloth'd with strength appeareth And girt with powrfull might The Earth he so hath grounded That moov'd it cannot be His Throne long since was founded More old then Time is he 2 The waters highly flowed And raisd their voice oh Lord The seas their furie showed And loud their Billowes roar'd But God in strength excelleth Strong seas powrfull deeps With him still purenes dwelleth And firm his Truth he keeps Oh Lord God Kings of Kings incomprehensible in Maiestie and in powre infinite give vs grace so to meditate thy vnspeakable Attributes that neither the frailties within vs nor the terrers without make vs distrustfull of our safety in thee For thou art our King our Lord our God Thou hast Wisdome enough to know what is best for vs Powre enough to effect it Love enough to grant it Perpetuitie enough to continue it Oh! give vs but grace faith enough to beleeve apply it though the Waters rage never so horribly we shall vndoubtedly be safe for ever and ever Amen Psa 94. The Church invokes Christ to come to Iudgment in regard of the cruelty of her Oppressors shewes the cause of their folly presumption c. It serves to informe how ignorant carnall men are of the powre waies of God may help to keep vs vndiscouraged during their Insultings c. LOrd God whose claime avengments are Thy selfe the Iust Avenger showe Thou judge of all arise draw near And on the proud their meed bestowe For Lord how long alas how long Shall sinners Ioye in doeng wrong 2 Despightfull words their tongues have spoke Great braggs the wicked have exprest Yea Lord thy people they have strook And thine Inheritance opprest They widdowes the stranger slay They Orphanes vnto death betray 3 For God say those will never knowe This Iacob's God shall never see Oh learne yee fooles more wise to growe Yee people fond more prudent be Cann hee or deaf or blinde be made From whome both ears eyes you had 4 He to the Nations ev'ry where Corrections Instructions gives To scourg you then will hee forbear Who all mens fruitles thoughts perceives They blessed are whome Lord thou chid'st And they whome in thy Lawe thou guid'st 5 Thou giv'st them rest when mischeevs rage Till pitts prepar'd for Sinners be And Lord thy Flock Heritage Shall never quite be left of thee In Iudgment Iustice shall be shewed And of all faithfull harts persued 6 Who will with mee lew'd men resist Or take my part against the badd Sure God himself doth mee assist My soul had els bene silent made But when I sayd that fall I should Mee Lord
only art the Catholick king it is no lesse then blasphemy for any other to assume that Title Rule thou therfor in thine owne Kingdome cast all Vsurpers out of thy Throne Publish thy glories to the world Let thy Truth Iustice terrify thy Foes consume all Ungodlines out of the land Root out all Idolatries that Iacob Syon thy Church her Children may reioice Enthrone thy self also in our harts let thy presence consume thence the Mountaines of our presumption with every thing which there exalts it self against thee that the hatred of Sinn the Love of thy presence the light of thy Truth the Ioye of the holy-ghost may be there established for ever ever Amen Psa 98. A Psalm The whole world is exhorted to sing the new songs of the Gospell the great powre Victories of Christ It showes also how we ought to praise him To these ends we should vse it c. NEw songs vnto the Lord indite For mighty marvailes he hath done His Right-hand hath prevaild in fight His holy Arme the conquest wonn The Gentiles have in publike vew'd Howiust healpfull he hath beene To Isr'el Truth Love he shew'd His Mercies all the world hath seene 2 Then through the world his glory sing Sing praises with triumphant voice To praise the Lord the Psalt'rie bringe And on the Harp with Psalmes reioice The Lord the King with mirth adore With Trump Flute this Ioye beginn Yee seas with all your fullnes roare Thou earth be glad all therein 3 Before the Lord your ioyes expresse Yee Flouds hills for lo he comes To judge the world with equalnes And give the people righteous doomes Almighty Sonn of God wee blesse praise thee for the manifestation of thy Mercy to the whole world in the miraculous work of our Redemption Thou didst come to us in despised weaknes Yet hast thou therein showne such vnresistable powre that it prevailed against the wisdome of the worldly-wise magnified thy derided Crosse above all the most renowned Deities of the Gentiles This thou didst by appearing in a contemptible estate Oh! how glorious how powrfull wilt thou be in thy second comming It now draweth nigh Oh! let it not come vpon vs as a theef in the night but as the Travaile vpon a womam who keepeth a iust reconing ioyeth in the hopes of her Birth more then shee feares the paines of her Travaile So according to the counsell of thy holy spirit wee may expect receive thee with praises Triumphs reioicings Amen Psa 99. It magnifieth the royall dignity of Christ exhorts to feare serve praise him according to the example of Moses Aron Samuel UUe may vse this to informe vs that wee the Patriarks have but one the same Christ our saviour THe Lord is King he doth make Betwixt the Cherubins his throne Yee people fear yee Kingdomes quake For great in Syon he is growne Or'e Nations all himself he rais'd His Name is fear'd holy to Oh! let this powrfull king be prais'd For he vprightly loves to do 2 His powre delights in righteous waies With Iacob he will justly deal The Lord our God oh therfore praise And at his holy footstool kneel His Preist with Moses A'ron was And Samuel did invoke his Name These humbly sought the Lord for grace And they from him obtaind the same 3 Hee from the Cloudie-piller spake And on his words those men relide They of his lawes did conscience make And God therfore to them replide Yea though their errors he did blame To them he did his grace afford Oh serve our God praise his Name For sacred is our God the Lord. Oh Christ who sittest betweene the Cherubims rulest both in heaven earth wee thy subiects do humbly tender our homage to thy royall Maiestie magnifieng thy Iustice thy Mercy thy powre Thou art the same yesterday to day for ever VVee beseech thee therfor to make vs both followers of the Patriarks thy servants in their faithfull obedience partakers also of those mercies which thou hast vouchsafed them Though iustly thou correc test our errors yet in pitty regard our infirmities accept our penitence hear our prayers even for the sake of thy bitter passion sweet Iesus Amen Psa 100. A Psalme of praise It commemorates two great Benifits our Creation which is common to all that Free Election which is peculier to the Chosen Flock of Christ whereby they have the Freedom of his pasturage and of his protection It is therfore vsefull to praise God for the same REioyce in God yee Nations In chearfulnes adore him With ioyfull acclamations Present your Selves before him For God the Lord did make vs No hand therein had wee He for his flock doth take vs His Pasture-sheep wee be 2 His Gates Courts possesse yee To thanck him goe yee thither His Name with gladnes blesse yee And sing his praise togither For God is kinde for ever His grace he freely daignes His Truth will faile vs never For endles it remaines Thy hands oh Lord did make vs therfor we praise thee for our Creation for all the naturall Faculties where with it pleased thee to endowe our soules bodies Thou hast also redeemed us wee therfor likwise praise thee for our Election Vocation Iustification Sanctification Illumination Preservation hope of Glorification for all the pretious Lincks of that golden Chaine wherein are ioyned together the meanes of our Salvation Thou hast wee confesse done already so much for vs that we have almost nothing to pray for but thanckfulnes the cōtinuatiō of thy free Mercies hitherto vouchsafed for which wee humbly beseech thee that wee may truly praise thee for thē for ever ever Amen Another of the same OH all yee Kingdomes praise the Lord Before him let your Ioy be showne With singing let him be ador'd And for your God let him be knowne 2 He made vs his owne wee be His Flock pasture-sheep wee are His Gates Courts then enter yee And give him thancks praises there 3 Yea praise him his Name confesse For in the Lord all good resides His Mercies his Faithfulnes Throughout all Ages firme abides Psa 101. A Psalme of David It personates Christ proposing the divine morrall political Oeconomical dutie of good Princes promising the execution there of in his Kingdome Famely This is indeed the right singing of Mercy Iudgmēt this Psalme is vsefull at the Coronatiō of Kings or when Magistrates are admitted into their places OF Iudgment of Love to thee Now Lord a song I will indite Oh come vnite thy selfe to me And I will keep my waies vpright With perfect hart my house I 'le guide No wicked thinge shall please mine eyes I 'le those detest who turne aside And all their deeds I will despise 2 No froward hart with me shall
stay I will elect no wicked mate The slandrous tongue I 'le cutt away High-lookes I shun proude mindes I hate But through the land to dwell with mee I will equire for men vpright And those men shall my servants be Whose harts in perfect waies delight 3 No Cheater shall with mee have place No Liers in my sight shall stay And from God's Land I soone will chase And root all wicked men away Oh Lord God! all Authoritie is from thee and thou placest good Magistrates Governours both in church Commōwealth for a blessinge or permittest Tirants Fooles corrupt persons for the punishment of a wicked people Defend us wee pray thee from this plague and grant that they whome thou settest over us may be suppressers of all vices protectors of al virtues favourers of true Pietie be alwaies good examples in life conversation both to their Equalls Inferiors Let us also be the same in our severall places Callings that walking with good consciences vpright harts in an vndefiled way wee may as well sing of thy Iudgments as of thy mercios Amen Psa 102. A prayer of the Afflicted when he is overwhelmed and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. The Title shewes it may properly be sung by the pore in spirit who are afflicted by the sight of their owne vnworthines c. It containes a confession with a prediction of the benifits of the Gospell shewes the eternity of Christ's Kingdome LOrd mark my suite receive my crie Be present at my need Thine eares to my complaints apply And hear my suite with speed For smoke-like fumes my tyme away My bones are parcht with heat My wounded hart dries vp like hay And I forgoe my meat 2 My panifull groanes have made me leane And nought but skinn bone I fare ev'n like a Pelicane In deserts left alone Yea like the desert owle am I And watching I have sate As when alone on buildings high A Sparrow wants her mate 3 Mee all day long my foes revile At mee they frett swear And Ashes are my bread the while My drinck my Weepings are For thou in wrath advanced'st me That vile I might be made My dayes like shades declininge be Like new-sprung grasse I fade 4 But Lord thy tymes are without end All Ages thee record Now then arise thou befreind Afflicted Sion Lord. For now the tyme to favour her Fullfilled is outright And greeved all thy servants are To vewe her wofull plight 5 That Earthlie Kings may stand in feare And Princes dread thy Fame Build Syon's wall shew thou there The glorie of thy Name Then thou shalt hear all those that mourne Then thou shalt healp the pore Which I 'le record that men vn-borne May praise thee Lord therefore 6 For from thy holy-place on high The world survayeng then Thou Lord shalt hear the pris'ners cry And save condemned men Thy Name in Syon to declare And in Ierusalem Where Nations all Assembled are To shewe thy praise to them 7 Short-liv'd weak ful of greefe Thou mad'st me in my way But Lord at noonetyde of my life Remove me not I pray Thy yeares through ages all extend Thy hands long since did frame Both heav'n and earth yet when they end Thou shalt remaine the same 8 They old shall growe as garments do And be renew'd by thee Yea thou oh Lord shalt change them so And they shall changed But from all Changes thou art free'd Thy yeares for aye endure And all thy servants their seed Shall bide in thee secure Oh Lord the sole comforter of all destressed soules pittie the sighes complaints of thy pore afflicted Childrē whome thy displeasure for Sinn hath worthily deseased both in minde Body Open vnto us the Armes of thy compassion grant that what we have lost by our Offenses wee may recover by thy Bounty vpon our true repentance amendment of life which amendment wee beseech thee to hasten lest wee be cut short in the midst of our hopes Repaire alsoe the Decayes of thy Church in thy tyme appointed that her children may praise thee for it before mē during their short abiding here that when thou hast changed our Corruption into incorruption we may glorify thee among thy blessed Angels world without end Amen Psa 103. A Psalme of David The Prophet praiseth exhorts to praise God for many perticuler Benifits magnifieng his Compassion longsuffring Iustice c. declares the frailty of man c. It is vsefull to magnify the manifold Mercyes which wee have receaved by Iesus Christ COme praise the Lord come praise his Name My soul all that is in mee My soul come praise his holy Name And of his favours mindfull be For all thine errors he forgave He cur'd thy greefs he clos'd thy wound Thy Life he saved from the grave And thee with tender mercies crown'd 2 With Goodnes he thy mouth doth fill He like on Eagle makes thee younge And righteous Doomes he giveth still To ev'ry one that suffers wrong His waies to Moses he declar'd His deeds to Isr'el he did showe And kinde gratious is our Lord To mercy prone to Anger slowe 2 He will not alwaies vs vprayd Nor evermore displeasd is hee Nor hath he soe our sinns repaid As justly they deserve to be For they that fear him finde his grace Out-reach the spreadings of the skye And he from vs our sinns doth place As farr as East from West doth lie 4 He pitties them who fear his Name As fathers pitty their owne seed For well he knowes our britle frame And that from dust wee did proceed Our tyme is like the feild-bred-flowres Which now doe make a goodly shewe Anon some blast their forme devours And leaves no token where they grewe 5 But still there 's mercy in the Lord For them that awfull of him bee To them that keep minde his word His righteousnes imputeth hee His Throne aboue the heav'ns is rais'd And over all he beareth sway Of powrfull Angells he is prais'd They hear his voice him obay 6 Let all his hoasts his servants to Performe his will and praise his name Yea soe let all his creatures doe And oh my soul do thou the same Father of all pittie who art slowe to anger ready to forgive Looke vpon our infirmities consider our frailties in thy abundant compassion forgive our trespasses and deal not with us according to our deserts Cause us to be renewed like Eagles by casting of the old Man Fill our Mouths with songs of thy praise our harts with thine owne selfe that vnmatchable sweetnes that vnspeakable goodnos Cure all our infirmities healp in all our weaknesses by thy fatherly care Preserve vs in thy feare in the remenbrance of thy Covenant and in the wayes of thy Commandements to our lives end That wee honouring thee by thy Creatures here may glorifie thee among thy Angells Saints hereafter world
without end Amen Psal 104. The Majestie wisdome powre of God in the Creation preservation of all his Creatures is here described by excellent Metaphors We may sing it to praise him for making preserving all things to his owne glorie for our confortable vse c. The Title is Halelujah NOw shall my soul to praise the Lord assay For Lord my God! vnbounded is thy might With glories beames thy self thou dost aray And as with Robes art cloth'd about with Light Thou curtaine-like the heav'ns abrode displayest And in great flouds thy chābers roofs thou layest 2 The rowling Clouds thy speedy Charrets are And winged windes thy swift-pasd Coursers be Thy Messages the glorious Angells beare And burning fires like servants waite on thee The Globe of Earth so firmly thou hast grounded That none can shake the structur thou hast foūded 3 As with a robe wth flouds thou clothdst the same And then the waves above the hills aspir'd But at thy Check soone downe againe they came And when thy voice did thunder back retir'd From lofty heights by winding Vallies tracinge They thither fel where first they had their placing 4 And strongly there thou boundest them about That they no more the world should overflowe Among the Dales clear springs thou sendest out Which run between the mountaines to fro Thou drink from thence to forrest heards convaiest And there the thirst of Asses wilde alayest 5 Then by the Bancks of all those running Rills Among the boughs the birdes make melodies Thou from above with shewres bedew'st the hills And giv'st enough all Creatures to suffice For Cattell grasse for man thou herbs ordainest And him with food out of the earth sustainest 6 From thence proceeds the hart-reioicing-wine Refreshing oyle from thence doth also flowe That pretious oyle which makes the face to shine bread wherby man's hart more strōg may grow Thy Cedars tall due moysture have not wanted Not they which high on Libanon are planted 7 The feather'd foules their nests on thē do build The lofty Firrs are dwellings for the storke For clyming goats the mountains refuge yeald In craggy Rocks the fearfull connies lurke The changing Moon the tymes apointed showeth The constant Sunn his howr of setting knoweth 8 Thou Darknes cal'st so night shutts vp the day And then abrode the Forresters do roame With roarings loud the Lions hunt theyr prey And vnto thee oh God for meat they come The rising sunn anon returneth hither And in their denns they couch againe togither 9 Then man till night afresh his labour plies How many be thy wondrous works oh Lord In ev'ry thing thou art exceeding wise The spatious Earth by thee is fully stor'd And in the sea are many creatures dwelling Both great small whose number passeth telling 10 There sail the shipps there thou didst creat Leviathan to sport vpon the Floud Thy Creatures all from thee expect their meat And that thou shouldst in season give them food Which thou bestow'st they the same receiving Are filld with Goodnes of thy bounteous giving 11 Thou hid'st thy face loe they troubled are Thou stopt'st their breath lifeles dust they bee Againe thou breath'st they reviv'd appear And all the earth is new arayd by thee Oh! let the Lord with honour still be named And let him joy in that which he hath framed 12 If with his eye the earth he but survay The fearfull earth doth tremble at his look If on the hills he but a singer lay His very touch doth make the hills to smoke And whil'st my Life or beeing is enioyed To praise my God my tongue shall be employed 13 Sweet thoughts of him conceaved are in me And in the Lord my hart shal ever ioye For from his Land the wicked rooted be And he will them perpetually destroy Oh let his praise for ever be confessed Praise God my soul say The Lord be blessed Most glorious Lord God! thy admirable powre wisdome created the world which having once overflowed for Sinn thou didst againe replenish the same continueng the maine Fabrick ever since therein mainetaining a succession of innumerable different Creatures by a wonderfull providenee with a speciall regard vnto mankinde above them all Give us therfore grace wee beseech thee so to meditate thy workmanship thy wisdome thy great mercies herein that our harts beeing regenerated revived by the breathings of thy holy spirit wee may be thanckfull for thy great Favours that when our wickednes is rooted out wee perceaving all to be good which thou hast created or ordained may praise thy wisdome thy goodnes thy bountie for ever ever Amen Psa 105. Halelujah It typically expresseth by God's deliverances of the Iewes his Covenant with them the spiritual League graces vouchsafed to us c. We should therfor sing it not only historically but with a respect also to the Covenant of grace his mercies by Christ Iesus COme praise the Lord invoke his Name To all men make his actions knowne In Psalmes of praise sing forth his fame And speak what wonders he hath done Let them who seek the Lord be glad Let of his Name their boast be made 2 Oh search God's powre seek his face Still minde what wonders he hath done Let all that are of Abraham's race And Iacob's his elected-one God's wondrous works record with heed And minde what he hath fore-decreed 3 He is our God our mighty Lord His Iudgments through the world are spread He beares in minde his promis'd word Vnto a thousand Ages made Ev'n that which he to Abr'ham swore And vow'd to Isa'ck heretofore 4 To Iacob came the same decree In Isr'el to continue still To thee all thy seed sayd hee The Land of Can'an give I will Yea thus he spake when fewe they were And they themselves meer strangers there 5 When forraigners they liv'd among And oft from place to place remoov'd He suffred none to do them wrong But for their sakes ev'n kings reproov'd My prophets harme yee not sayd hee Vntouch'd let my Anointed be 6 Then he by dearth their Land made pore And did the staff of bread withhold But Ioseph he first sent before Eu'n him whome for a Slave they solde With fetters there his feet they pain'd And him in irons they detain'd 7 But when his Triall was decreed God's word his innocence disclos'd The king did send to have him freed And by the prince he was vnlos'd His cheef commander he was made To rule his house all he had 8 Of all his Lords he had command That he his Counsellers might guide Then Isr'el came to Egipt land And Iacob did with Cham reside And so his Children thrived there That stronger then his foes they were 9 Whose hate fraudulent intent When to his Folk he well made knowne His servant Moses then he sent And A'ron his Elected-one Who wrought great marvailes in his Name And
assembled are For they God's works to minde will bring Who love to them doe bear Most famous deeds the Lord hath done His Iustice hath no ends His works are worthy to be knowne His bounty farr extends 2 All them that feare his Name he feeds His League he thinks vpon And for his folke by wondrous deeds The Gentiles Realmes he wonn His hands have Truth Iustice wrought His precepts all are sure With Truth Iudgment fully fraught For ever to endure 3 God sent and hath his Flock redeemd His Leagues eternall are His Name is rev'rently esteem'd And full of holy-feare The feare of God is Wisdome's gate And therefore wise is he Who seekes to enter in thereat His praises endles be Most mercifull Father wōderfull in thy workings dreadfull in thy iudgments vnfallable in thy Truth vnspeakable in thy Mercies fill us we pray thee with that sanctified Feare which is the beginning of true UUisdome So manifest vnto us thy eternall Truth so remember us of thy Covenant so feede us with spirituall nourishments that we may be strengthned to walk in thy wayes at the last enter the Gates of eternall blessednes through the mediation of Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Another of the same AL praise to God my hart now render shall Before the Iust of him I 'le mention make Confessing that his wond'rous Actions all Deserve that wee should pleasure in them take Exceeding great his glorious deeds appear From age to Age his Iustice doth extend Growne famous all his glorious workings are His Bounties his Mercies have no end In feeding such as feare him he is free Kept firme his promise is from age to age Long since that so his Folk his powr might see Made were the Gentiles lands their heritage Nor Truth nor Iustice passe but from his hand Of all his lawes the firme fullfillings be Provided soe that they shall ever stand Quit from all wrongs from all falshoods free Redeemer of his people he became So firme a League likewise he did ordaine That he hath fixt fortifide the same Vnchangably for ever to remaine With holines feare he clothes his Name Yea Wisdome's first foundation is his fear Right wise are they that well observe the same And such from Age to age commended are Psa 112. Halelujah It mentions many priveledges properties of the Elect shewes that the wicked for their greater vexation shall behold their happines c. It is a consolatory Hymne and serves to keep vndiscouraged those whoe are exercised by the skoffs prosperities of worldlings WHo on Gods lawe his love doth place And feareth him right blest is hee God will on earth advance his race And blest his faithfull seed shall be His house with plenty shall be dight His Iustice shall not be confinde In darknes he shall still have light For he is meek just kinde 2 The righteous lends helps the pore His dealings he discreetly weighes His fame abides for evermore And in a state vnchangd he staies He starts not evill Newes to heare On God his hopes muzings be His hart is fixt will not fear Till on his foes his wish he see 3 He on the pore doth Almes bestowe And alway just he doth abide For which his horne shall powrfull growe And with renowne be dignifide Which when vngodly men perceave They shall through envy despight Growe furious gnash their teeth greeve And loose thir hopes longings quite VVe humbly beseech thee oh mercifull God to infuse into our harts such a filial fear of thee Such a firme trust in thy Mercies Such a prudent regard to all things which are necessarily pertinent to our selves So charitable a respect vnto the necessities of our pore brethren soe constant a willingnes to performe all the duties in which we are obliged to any of thy Creatures That being without slavish terrors we may be couragious what rumors soever we hear enioy the commodities of this life to the vexation of our spiritual foes eternall Blessednes hereafter to thy glory Amen Another of the same ALl they that fear the Lord attaine to blisse Because that such delight God's will to doe Conferd on them shall honors be for this Deriving to their seed great blessings to Encreasing wealth their houses full shall fill For aye the Iustman's righteousnes remaines Great light on him in darknes beameth still He righteous is kinde Mercy daignes If need require he lends gives besides Kept streight are all his waies by prudent care Layd fast his groundworke are firme he bides Made endles his memorialls likewise are No fears he feels though evill Newes there be On God with fixed hart he doth relie Puts trust in him not shrincking till that hee Quite overthrowne doth all his foes espie Releef among the pore bestoweth he So keeping still his dealings all vpright That him advanc'd Vngodly men shall see Vex gnash their teeth loose their lōgings quite Psa 113. Halelujah It magnifieth God for his great love to mankinde both in generall perticuler But cheefly for extending his Church so vniversally for raising us from the dunghills of corrupted Nature to the thrones of Grace for taking away our spiritual sterrillity c. The vse appears YEe servants of the Lord With praise Gods Name adore The Name of God the Lord Blesse now evermore Oh sing his praise Through ev'ry place which in his race The Sunn survaies 2 All nations fear his powres His glory mounts the sky There is no God like ours No other Lord so high Yet he doth bowe All things to see that in heavn be Or Earth belowe 3 The pore from ground he fetts From dyrt the meek he brings And them with kings he setts Ev'n with his peoples kings And her that had A barren wombe he made become A mother glad Glorious Lord God! who to the confusion of the proud hauty hast made choise of the vile despised things of this world thereby to magnify thy Name Raise us we pray thee from the Dunghill of our Corrupted Nature that by thy Grace wee may become Rulers over our owne Affections And make us also who have bene heretofore barren in all Goodnes so fruitfull hereafter in Faith good-works that our soules may be saved thy Name glorified through out the whole world for ever ever Amen Another of the same PRaise yee the Lord blesse his Name Yea now ever blesse the same Yee servants of the Lord our God For from the Sunns ascending place Ev'n to the vtmost of his race His Name 's due praise is fam'd abrode Or'e Nations all yea or'e the Sphears The Lord our God his glory rears And never was his equall found For though his dwelling he on high He doth beholde with humbled eye All things in heav'n on the ground 2 The pore from dust mire he brings To sit with Princes with Kings
me from offending thee I thought Oh Lord my God thou alwaies blessed art Vouchsafe to me thy Statutes may be taught Betweene my lipps I oft have sounded forth The Iudgments of thy mouth and I have deem'd Thy Testimonies path of greater worth Then riches are by others most esteem'd Both on thy sacred Precepts I do muse And ever to thy UUaies have borne respect Thy Statutes as my pleasures I will vse And Lord they word I never will neglect Suffer vs not oh God to deferr the amendment of our lives vntill we be decrepit with age but let thy word reform us in our youth at least from this present howre let us beginn the cleansing of our waies with our whole harts Let us seek thee blesse thee speak of thee Muse on thee so delight in thee that thou maist delight in us keep us in the way of thy Commandements for ever ever Amen Gimel 3. LOrd grace thy servant so that he May live keep thy VVord The wonders of thy Lawe to see Enlight mine eyes oh Lord. A stranger here on earth I am Thy Precepts let me knowe My soul with longings faint became Thy Iudgments love I so 2 Their Cursed pride thou hast contrould Who from thy Lawes do swarve But shame scorne from mee withhold For I thy Truth observe Enthroned Princes mee reproov'd Yet on thy Lawes I thought Thy Testimonies I have lov'd To mee they Counsell taught Another of the same COnfer such Bountie on thy servant Lord That to fulfill thy Lawe survive I may That I may see the wonders of thy UUord Vnclose likewise Oh Lord mine eyes I pray Consid'ring that on earth I am a stranger Hide not from me the knowledge of thy Truth My soul to leave the body is in danger Shee so desires the Iudgments of thy mouth Controld thou hast the Cursed pride of them Who from thy iust Commandements have swarved Remoove away their scornes who mee contemn For I thy Testimonies have observed Contested with by Princes I have binn Yet I thy servant on thy Statutes muse Thy Testimonies my delights are in And them to be my Counsellers I chuse Almighty God seeing wee are but Pilgrims here on earth subiect to many wants many Infirmities many oppressions gratiously vouchsafe us that which is out wardly necessary for the body Supply that which is defective in our seules let thy Lawe arme us against the opposition of all our Adversaries through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Daleth 4. ACcording to thy word now chear My soul which lowe is brought My life's Consession thou shalt heare Let mee thy Lawe be taught Mee in thy way appointed set And I 'le they works record Greef tires my soul oh comfort it According to thy word 2 Me from the path of Lies remoove And by thy Lawe direct For I the waies of Truth do love Thy Iudgments I affect Disgrace me not for firme I stand To what thou hast decreed And I will runn at thy Command When thou my hart hast freed Another of the same DEclined is my soul ev'n to the ground Oh quicken mee according to thy word My waies I shew'd I thine answere found Thy Statutes also teach to mee oh Lord. Disclose to me thy Testimonies path And of thy wondrous works my talke shall be My life consumes because much greef it hath According to thy UUord establish mee Divide mee from that Path which liers love And gratiously vouchsafe to mee thy Lawe The way of Truth is that which I approve And of thy Iudgments I do stand in awe Distrustfull of thy word I never grewe Permit me not oh Lord to be disgrac't The way of thy Commands I will persue As soone at thou my hart enlarged hast Indowe our harts oh God! with such vnfained humiliation with such true Confession with such harty contrition with such love to thy Truth with hatred of error with a renewing of the whole man that wee may be more more enlarged from our sinns Corruptions vntill wee be perfectly restored to the full liberty of the Sonns of God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen He. 5. SHewe mee thy Truth from that way I never will depart Teach mee thy Lawes them for aye I 'le keep with all my hart Thy Statutes Paths to mee declare For I delight theron To love thy VVord my hart prepare And Avarice to shunn 2 From folly turne mine eyes oh Lord And keep mee in thy way Confirm thy Servant in thy VVord That so I fear thee may Because thy Iudgments gratious be My feared shame remove And in thy Statutes quicken me For Lord thy Lawes I love Another of the same ETernall God thy Statutes teach to mee That til their end I may fulfill them all To keep thy Lawe let me instructed be And I with all my hart observe it shall Enable me to keep each Lawe of thine Because that in their path I pleasure take My hart vnto thy Testaments incline That so all Avarice I may forsake Estrange mine eye from Obiects that are vaine And let mee be revived in thy Path. Thy word to mee thy servant now make plaine Who to thy fear him self devoted hath Expell thou far away the shame I fear For just good oh Lord thy Iudgments be See what my longings for thy Precepts are And in they righteousnes revive thou mee Oh Lord Ignorance of thy Lawe is the Cause that wee neither love nor beleeve it want of Love Beleef are the occasions of all our errors Give us therfor wee pray thee that Love that knowledge that beleef of thy word which may keep us in thy Paths Root Covetuosnes out of our harts let no solly allure our eyes to wander aside hereafter because there is Mercy in all thy Iudgments keep us from the shame which wee fear have already deserved Even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Vau. 6. THy loving ayde vouchsafe mee still As thou hast promis'd Lord So I my scorners answere will For I beleeve thy word Since on thy Iudgments I rely Oh! do not Lord with drawe Thy VVord of Truth then shall I For ever keep thy Lawe 2 Now I to seek thy way am bent I cann with freedome walke And I will of thy Testament To Kings with boldnes talke In thy Commands I will delight For I have them approov'd I 'le minde thy word keep aright Thy Lawes which I have lov'd Another of the same FVfill thy promisd word favour daigne Yea grat thou mee thy saving-health oh Lord So I shall make replies to them againe Who flout at me because I trust thy word Firme trust vnto thy Iudgments Lord I have Therefor to leave thy Truth permit me never But make me to thyne Ordinances cleave And keep thy Lawes for ever for ever Free shall my walkings be vncontrould Because thy precepts are belov'd of me Thy Testaments to kings I will vnfold And of the same
hear And save thou mee according to thy vvord Yea save thou mee I thy praise will preach When thou shalt thy Commands to mee declare Thy vvord likewise to others I will teach For all thy Precepts true righteous are Yeald me thy hand my saftie to assure For thy Commands my chosen part I make Thy Saving-health I labour to procure And in thy Lavve oh Lord I pleasure take Yet longer let me live to sing thy praise And let thy Iudgments Lord my helpers be Now mee thy servāt seek who sheep-like straies For never is thy Lawe forgot of mee Most mercifull Father wee have all erred strayed from thy waies like lost sheep give us therefore that Lawe of Faith by which wee may be brought home to thy Folde UUhen wee have obtained this Grace let us truely esteeme it hartly praise thee for it diligently preach it to others Oh spare our lives vntill the New-man shall be fully perfected in vs that wee may accomplish the work for which wee were created glorify thy Name world without end Amen Psa 120. A song of Degrees VVhy these Psalmes are so called it is vncertaine for Iewish fancies are not vvorth heeding but perhaps our Degrees tovvard the spirituall Temple are here mystically included for the first degree thithervvard is to have a sight of our misery a detestatiō of the worlds vanities figured by Mesech Kedar in this Psalme It is vsefull when wee are constrained to live among false worshippers or wearied by our owne corruptions c. I Call'd on God in my destresse Who heard mee when I prayd From lieng deceitfulnes Lord save my Soul I said What hire oh thou deceitfull tongue Prepared is for thee But arrowes that are sharp strong And coales that burning be 2 Ah! woe is mee that I so long In Mesech must reside And that perforce I must among The Tents of Kedar bide My soul hath beene too long alas With such as wranglers are For when I speake to them of peace For warr they do prepare Father of Mercie Keep vs from the lieng deceits of the Devill his Members reward them according to their malice Vouchsafe to us also such a sight loathing of our naturall estate that wee may have an earnest longinge to be translated from the Tents of Vngodlines be incorporated into thy heavenly Ierusalem through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 121. A song of Degrees Another Degree is to fixe the eye of our soul on God acknowledging him only the meanes of our deliverance our defence c. It directs vs to whome wee should seek encourageth to depend on God in all our waies MIne eyes above the hills I reare And thence of healp I hopefull am For from the Lord my succours are From him that heav'n earth did frame My feet vnmoov'd he alway keeps He is my garde that ever wakes For he nor slumbers neither sleeps Who charge of Isr'el vndertakes 2 The Lord ev'n as thy shade will stay On thy righthand for thy defence Nor Moone by night nor Sunne by day Shall harme thee by their Influence For God will save thee from all woe Hee will thy soul from dangers free And whether in or out thou goe Thy gard at all times he will bee Gratious Protector Cause us to expect all our deliverances from thee with a constant dependance vpon thy savegard in all proceedings Keep us without slavish fear or wavering in our Faith And be thou all way soe watchfull over us so near vnto vs that neither those dangers whereto wee are commonly subiect nor the extraordinarie Influences of the heavens nor any other vnexpectede Evēts harme our bodies endanger our soules or interrupt our lawfull callings either now or hereafter Amen Psa 122. A song of Degrees Another Stepp is a delight in the pietie of others ioined with love to God's worship accompanied with harty wellwishing to his Church The Elect are here personated reioicing on this Degree Wee should vse it to provoke vs vnto the same I Ioyed when they said to mee God's house let vs ascend vnto For now Ierusalem to thee And through thy Ports our feet shall goe Ierusalem is fairly Scited A Towne well-built well-vnited 2 There meet the Tribes God's Tribes alone Hus name in Isr'el to declare There placed is the Iudgment Throne The Thrones of Davids house are there Oh seek her peare for they are blessed That have to Salem love expressed 3 Let Peace a Bullworke round her make Let Plenties in her Turrets be This Peace wee wish ev'n for their sake Who mates Brethren are to mee Yea God our Lord 's faire habitation Thus makes mee pray for thy Salvation Inspire us oh Lord with a delight mutuall desires to further each other in thy service Let us take pleasure in thy Sanctuarie be alwaies to our powre healpfull zealous to effect continue the Peace of Syon even for the sakes of our brethren for our owne sakes for thy glory sake oh Father that wee may reap the benifit of her Peace Plenties through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 123. A song of Degrees Another Stepp is obedient attendance on God's will in all suffrings with assured faith in him vvhich is here professed by the faithfull soul It is vsefull to advance vs to this Degree OH Lord that in the heav'ns remainest Lo wee advance our eyes to thee And Lord our God till healp thou daignest They shall on the affixed bee As men or Maides that waiting stand Vpon their Lord or Ladie 's hand 2 Oh grant vs Lord thy dear compassion For wee extream contempts have borne Vouchsafe vs Lord thy Consolation For why our harts are greev'd with scorne Ev'n by the scornes pride of them Who live at ease vs contemn Hovv ever thou shalt please to afflict vs oh Lord or hovv longsoever thou deferr any desired Blessing let vs be contented to attend thy Pleasure watchfull to performe what thou shalt require further at our hands soe our suffrings shall the sooner be redressed our dutiful obedience be rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 124. A song of Degrees Another Staire is acknowledgment of former deliverances of the beginnings of Gods graces already obtained as in this Psalme Wee may vse it after any Deliverances but especially such as are most publike BUt that the Lord our part did please to take But that God holpe vs Isr'el now may say When men did their Assaults against vs make Wee to their throtes had bene a living-prey For wroth at vs with spighfull rage were they 2 Wee by the Flouds had then bene closed round Ev'n quite above our soul the streames had gone The swelling flouds our soul had surely drownd Wee therfor blesse praise the Lord alone That by their teeth wee were not ceaz'd vpon 3 For as a bird out of a fouling snare Ev'n so our
soul escaped from the ginn The nett is broke wee deliver'd are And God whose work the heav'ns earth have binn Is hee whose Name our healp consisteth in Many times oh Lord wee are delivered by thy Mercy from evident vnavoidable perills But there is no moment in which wee are not compassed about with invisible foes vnthought of Dangers far more fearfull more impossible to be avoyded vnles thou didst gratiously defēd us Grāt therfor that a filiall awe of thy Iudgmēts a true esteeme of thy Mercies may make us hartily thanckfull vnto thee for them now for ever Amen Psa 125. A song of Degrees Another Ascent is firme Beleef in God The safetie of such is here alluded to the impregnability of Mount-Syon Ierusalem the punishment of wavering Apostates is threatned c. It is vsefull to raise vs to this Degree c. MOunt-Syon like for ever fixt are those Whose hopefull trust vpon the Lord is founded For he his faithfull People will enclose Ev'n as with hills Ierusalem is rounded As long as Time's perpetuall motion goes 2 The Rod of wicked men shall not alight Where God the Lot of righteousnes bestoweth Lest righteous men pertake in evill might For to the Good the Lord his mercy showeth And favours all that are in hart vpright 3 But Sliders-back such as wander wide In their owne crooked paths waies vneven Shall by the Lord be thither ledd aside Where portions due to hypocrites are given But Isr'el shall in endles peace abide Oh God many ignorances errors both in Iudgment Manners wee are naturally subiect vnto Teach us therfore what wee ought to Beleeve or practise then preserve vs vnwavering in our Faith so sincerely constant in a holy Life That wee may not have our portion with Apostates or Hypocrites but be pertakers in the true Peace of Isr'el through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 126. A song of Degrees another Degree is a reioicing in our Electiō spirituall freedome which is here typically expressed with a prophetical prayer for that ioye promised by Christ vnto the true Mourners Ioh. 16. 20. Wee may sing it as a thancksgiving for our Redemption to comfort in spirituall mournings WHen God made Syon free And her from thrall did bring It seemed as a Dreame to be And wee did laugh sing 2 The Lord the heathen sedd Great Marvailes wrought for vs. Great marvailes he hath wrought indeed And therfor sing wee thus 3 Lord back our Captives bringe As Flouds to sea-ward flowe So they shall then reioice sing Who did in sorrowe sowe 4 Who outward-bound doth mourne If he good seed employ Shall doubtles back againe returne And bring home sheaves with ioy Let our greatest reioicings oh Lord be in thy redeeming us from the Bondage of Sinn that our Names are in the Book of life for marvailous was this deliverance Let our greatest sorrowes be for our Offences and for the losse of thy favour which are indeed Causes of the greatest Lamentation soe our short sorrowe shall be turned in to everlasting Ioyes glorious Trivmphs world without end Amen Psa 127. A song of Degrees for Solomon Another Staire is to ascribe our beeing well-being to the Mercie providence of God It may be sung to acknowledge the same in all our works endeavours c. IF God the Pallace build not The workmen loose their paine If God the Cittie sheild not The watchman wakes in vaine In vaine is early stirring In vaine late watch wee keep Or eat the bread of caringe But those God loves may sleep 2 A fruithfull wombes possessing At God's disposing stands And Children are a blessing Like shafts in Giants hands Right blest is he that beareth His Quiver ful of those For in the Gate he dareth To meet smite his foes Grant almighty God that whether wee endeavour for our soules or bodies we never glory or trust in our owne workings For thou must blesse the beginning proceeding conlusion of every endeavour or all our industry is lost Nay wee have not so much as powre over our bodie or the fruite therof Let us therfor neither forget thee in the vse of the meanes nor neglect the meanes which thou hast appointed That what ever the events be our vndertakings may bring profit to us glory to thy holy Name So be it Psa 128. A song of Degrees Another Stepp is filiall feare of God to which many temporall blessings are here promised It is vsed at the solemnization of mariages serves to encrease in vs the feare of God IF God thou feare keep his way He blessings will bestowe Thy labour shall thy food purvay And happie thou shalt growe Like fruit-full vines vpon thy house Thy wife shall proove to thee Thy Children like faire olive-boughes Shall round thy Table be 2 Thus thon that fearest God shalt thrive From Syon he shall blesse And thou shalt see whilst thou dost live Ierusalem in peace He shall prolong thy life till thou Thy Childrens Children see And that thy ioye may greater growe In Isr'ell rest shall bee Oh Lord of thy abundant Mercy thou hast promised not only the blessings of the next life But alsoe all those which are most comfortable in this world so far forth as shall conduce to their happines who truly serve seare thee Oh teach us that filiall fear that obedience for which thou hast made those promises that wee may performe what thou requirest Yet not for the outward blessing sake but meerly for the love of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 129. A song of Degrees Another Step is a patient susstaining of the Crosse VVhich patience of the saints is here mentioned both the tiranny condition of their oppressors breefly illustrated Wee may vse it to increase continue Christian Patience FUll often since my youth may Isr'el say Full often since my youth they mee assailed And still without successe they went away trailed Yea on my back their ploughs the ploughers And on the same long furrowes ploughed they 2 The Lord who is a perfect Righteous-one The Cords of wicked men in peeces breaketh And Syons foes shall quite be overthrowne Ev'n like that grasse which root on houses taketh And fades away before it ripe is growne 3 For nor his Armefull nor his handful there Remaines for him that bindes or him that moweth Nor is there any high-way Passenger Who there is blessing in God's Name bestoweth Or doth so much as bidd them well to fare Sweet Iesu who wert persecuted even from thy cradle to thy grave on whose back the sharpe stripes ploughed long furrowes for our Sinns worthelie have wee deserved to be whipped with reproches to our face to be furrowed with slanders behinde our backs and to suffer all other indignities Nevertheles since by thy suffrings thou hast as well prevailed for us as for thy self make voyd the
earth did frame Lord wee were created for thy Glorie All the time of our Pilgrimage on earth is to fitt vs for thy praise the highest Degree which wee cann attaine to either in this life or the next is to sing Halelujah vnto thy Name Oh grant wee may so honour thee in these Temples of our Bodies here vpon the Way on whome the Nights of affliction the Dayes of consolation doe interchangably succeed that in thy Ierusalem wee may sing praises vnto thee in that spirituall Temple wherein the presence of the Lambe maketh a continuation of Day of Ioy of all happines for ever more Amen Psa 135. Halelujah It exhorts to praise God in regard of his greatnes for our election for his omnipotency Mercy Iustice eternitie because other Gods are but ridiculons fictions c. To this end wee who are mistically the Sonns of Aron Levy should sing it c. OH all yee servants of the Lord His Name with praise confesse Ev'n you that of our God the Lord The house Courts possesse Oh praise God's Name for sweet it is To sing of his renowne For Iacob he hath chose for his And Isr'el for his owne 2 God is I knowe a powrfull-one He doth all Gods excell In heav'n his pleasure he hath done In earth in sea in hell He maketh vapours to arise Ev'n from Earth's farthest ends And he out of his Treasuries Winde raine lighting sends 3 The first-borne through the Egiptian coast Of man beast he slewe And on king Pharoh his hoast Rare wonders hee did shewe Great kings kingdomes downe he brought Ev'n Sehon Heshbon's king And Og of Bashan yea to nought All Can'an's Realmes did bring 4 Then for his Isr'els heritage Their lands he did bestowe For which hee 's fam'd from age to age And still shall famous growe When he to judge them doth appeare His people shall be sav'd But heathen God's man's makings were Of gold silver grav'd 5 Their carved mouthes are speachles found Their eyes no light cann see Though they have eares they heare no sound Their throates quite breathles be Much like to these their Makers are And they that serve them toe The Lord therefore let Isr'el fear And so let Aron doe 6 The Lord let Levie's houshould blesse In Syon let all them Who fear the Lord the Lord confesse That keeps Ierusalem Haleluiah Oh Lord our God wee hartely thanck thee for our creation preservation VVee magnify thy wisdom thy powre thy providence thy Iudgments thy Mercies and we acknowledge that the Deities of heathenish and carnall men yea all other things in which wee trust are but vanities false Gods fashioned by our owne wicked fancies Grant therfore that all of us even preist people who in Word professe thee may in hart fear thee in deed faithfully serve thee now for ever Amen Psa 136. This Psalme exhorts to praise God both for generall and perticuler benifits shewes that all are bestowed for his meer mercy-sake which is eternall It may be sung literally to commemorate what God did for the Patriarks or mistically as a thancksgivinge for the spirituall deliverances which these typified THe Lord is Good him therfore blesse And for his Grace that lasteth ever The God of Gods let vs confesse Because his Mercie faileth never The Lord of Lords with praise extoll For where he loves he alway loveth His Acts alone are wonderfull Because his Favour endles proveth 2 His Wisdome did creat the spheares For to all times his Kindnes lasteth And earth above the seas he rears Because his Pittie never wasteth He did the greater Lights provide For through each Age his Grace extendeth He made the Sunn the day to guide Because his Goodnes never endeth 3 He fram'd the Moone starrs for night For without bound is his Compassion And Egipts eldest-borne did smite Because his grace hath no cessation He brought forth Isr'el from their land For soe his endles grace procured With stretcht-out Arme powrfull hand Because his Mercie still endured 4 Hee did the Red sea then divide For. still his Kindnes he retaineth And Isr'el through the same did guide Because his Favour still remaineth There he did Pharoh's Army drowne For Love hee freely still bestoweth And through the Deserts brought his owne Because eternall Grace he showeth 5 Both huge powrfull kings he slewe For everlasting are his Graces Yea famous kings he overthrewe Because his Love times date surpasses Great Sehon king of th' Amorites For his Affection never faileth And Og that ruld the Bashamites Because his Mercy still prevaileth 6 Their heritage bestow'd hath he For so his endles Love required His Isr'el's heritage to be Because his Grace is vnexpired He did exalt vs from belowe For he to Pittie still enclineth And hee redeem'd vs from our foe Because no time his Grace confineth 7 Hee to all flesh their food hath given For his great Mercy faileth never Oh glorify the God of heav'n Because his Grace abideth ever VVhen wee looke back oh Lord vnto the beginning of thy visible workings pondering the never interrupted succession of thy Mercies vnto this day therewithall observe the performance of all thy promises to thy Church heretofore the continuance of thy abundant Loving-kindnes to us at this present UUee are assured that thy Goodnes Compassion is eternall VVee therfore beseech thee to give vs true thanckfulnes for the same that wee may confesse it aswell in deed as word praise magnify thy Name for ever ever Amen Psa 137. This Elegiacal Hymne mistically expresseth the Zeal love of the Faithfull to the Citty of God And Prophecies the fall of the spirituall Babilon Wee may sing it to comfort vs during the continuance of our Naturall bondage the tirranies of Antichrist AS wee nigh Babel River sate Wee overcharg'd with weepings were To thinck on Syon's pore estate And hung our harpes on willowes there For they to whome wee were inthralled On vs for songs of Syon called 2 Come sing they sayd a Syon-hymne Lord cann wee sing thy songs in thrall Vnles Oh dear Ierusalem Thee in my mirth preferr I shall Or if the thought of thee forgoe mee Let hand tongue prove vseles to me 3 Oh Lord remember Edom's brood And how whilst they Ierusalem Vnsackt vndefaced stood Her spoile was hast'ned on by them For loud thy cryed race it race it And to the groundwork downe deface it 4 Oh daughter of proud Babilon Thou shalt likewise destroyed be And he will prove a blessed-one Who shall avenge our Cause on thee Ev'n hee that payes thee our disgraces And braines thy babes in stony-places Oh Lord many of thy people suffer the scornes insultings of that Babilon which was typified by the Chaldean Citty And the Mysticall Edomites labour the vtter defacing of thy Church But deliver us oh Lord reward them according to their
intentions against us Let us take no pleasure in any temporall thing till wee have prevailed against the fury of our spiritual destroyers give vs grace so to crush all sinns heresies in their first birth that we may be made eternally safe happy through Iesus Christ cur Lord. Amen Another of the same AS nigh Babel streames wee fate Full of greefs vnbefreinded Minding Syon's pore estate From our eyes the teares descended And our Harps wee hanged by On the willowes growing nigh 2 For insulting on our woe They that vs had there inthralled Their imperious powre to showe For a song of Syon called Come yee Captives come said they Sing vs now an Hebrewe Lay. 3 But oh Lord what hart had wee In a forraigne habitation To repeat our songs of thee For our spoiler's recreation Ah alas wee cannot yet Thee Ierusalem forget 4 Oh Ierusalem if I Do not mourne all pleasure shunninge Whilst thy walls defaced lie Let my righthand loose his cunninge And for ever let my tounge To my Pallet fast be Clung 5 Oh remember blessed Lord E're Ierusalem was wasted How the sonns of Edom roar'd And her totall ruine hasted Till they levell all had laid Rase it rase it quite they said 6 But thou shalt be spoiled thus And be vs'd oh Babels daughter Iust as thou hast vsed vs. And that man who in thy slaughter On the stones thy Child'ren braines Shall be blessed for his paines Psa 138. A Psalme of David God is here praised for the truth of his Word for glorifieng his Sonn Christ for confirming his Elect for the Common grace vouchsafed to all c. It may be sung for any Deliverance But especially for our Redemption WIth all my hart I 'le sing abrode thy fame And praise thee where the Gods assēbled are Ev'n in thy house I 'le magnifie thy Name And for thy Truth Love thy praise declare For thou thy Name word o're all dost rear 2 When I did call thou mad'st replie to mee And strength vnto my soul thou didst afford All Kings of earth shall therfor honour thee As soone oh God as they have heard thy word And sing thy praise in thine own Paths oh Lord. 3 For thou art great thou oh Lord art high Yet hast regard of humble men belowe Thou vew'st the proude but with a sleighting eye Therefore altho through many greefs I goe I certaine am thou comforts wilt bestowe 4 Thy righthand Lord shall my salvation bee My foes feirce rage thy stretcht-out hād shal stay Thou shalt performe all things concerning mee Thy mercies Lord abide the same for aye Reiect not then thy handy-work I pray Oh Lord our Creator thou causlesly reiect est none whome thou hast made neither art thou such an accepter of Persōs as too many fancie thee bee But impartially acceptest in every Person that which is the Obiect of thy eternall Election where soever thou findest the same lovest that vnto the end Therefore thou extendest thy Truth and Mercy to all vouchsafing also thy Assisting powre to perfect that work which thy free-grace hath begunn yea thou effectually perfectest that worke in soe many as do humbly submit them selves to thy will resist not proudly the motions of thy spirit And though they passe through many temptations hazards thy hand still reacheth vnto thē comforts meanes of safe perseverance vnto the end Oh give us wisdome to perceave grace humbly to acknowledge this great Mercie which who soever denies Denies thy greatest glory make thou our endeavours answereable to the grace powre which wee have receaved through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 139. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme of David It confesseth the all-seeing providence powre wisdome and Mercy of God And expresseth a desire of the Faithfull to be serched rectified by him c. It warnes vs not to live Hypocriticallie in regard God beholds vs at all times in all places c. OH Lord thy all-beholdinge eies Have serch'd well observed mee Thou see'st mee sitt thou see'st mee rise Thou know'st my thoughts e're thought they be Thou vew'st my wayes walkings Lord Thou see'st what in my bedd I doe And I do never speak a word But lo thyne ears do hear it to 2 Thou standst before me behinde Thy hand on mee doth alwaies lie Thy wisdome cannot be confinde And for my reach it is too high Then from thy spirit from thee Oh whither cann I fly or goe If heav'n I clime thou there wilt be If hell I dive there art thou to 3 If on the Mornings wings I ride And thinck to fly beyond the seas Thy hand ev'n there cann be my guide They right-hand there on mee cann ceaze Or if I say the Duskie night Shall hide mee Night will me bewray For darknes is to thee as light The day like night the night like day 4 My Reines to thee apparant are For in the wombe thou closedst mee I strangely was composed there And therefore I will honour thee Thy wondrous works my soul doth knowe And that my substance thou didst marke Ev'n when as in the earth belowe I was composed in the darke 5 Before I perfect Beeing tooke Or Forme or Matter for this frame My Members all were in thy booke And thou foresaw'st what now I am Therefore thy thoughts of vs how dear And Lord how infinite they bee As num'rous as the Sands they are And wake mee still to muze on thee 6 Vngodly men men of blood Destroy cause them to be gone For they speak ill of thee oh God And vainely proude thy foes are growne Thy haters I have hated Lord And greev'd at such as thee oppose With perfect hate I them abhord And those accounted as my foes 7 Oh God! a strict enquiry make My hart ev'ry thought survay Search if an evill Course I take And showe mee thy eternall way There is nothing oh Lord in the structure of our bodies or in the disposition of our mindes but it is knowne to thee with every Cause effect thereof Neither darknes nor distance of place cann so hide us from thee but that thou seest our Actions hearest our words perceavest our thoughts Yea what they are enclinable vnto before wee thinck them Give us grace therefor to behave our selves alwaies as in thy sight Let our secret intentions be vpright cause us to love and hate as thou dost Turge away all that which is evill in us infuse into our harts all those graces which may make us acceptable to thee in Christ Iesus Amen Psa 140. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme of David It personates Christ's mysticall body desiring deliverance from Oppressors And describing their malice pride Trechery c. It is vsefull when any Congregation is greeved by the bitter scandalls lieng doctrines or mischeevous insinuations of Atheists false brethren e. LEt me oh God from sinners