verse 13 O ye the frost and chilling cold bles ye the Lord. c. verse 14 O ye congeled I se and snow bles ye the Lord. c. verse 15 O ye y e nightes lightsome dayes bles ye the lord c verse 16 O ye the darknes and the light bles ye the Lord. c. verse 17 O ye the lightnings the cloudes bles ye the lord c verse 18 O let the earth eke bles y e Lord bles yea the Lord. c verse 19 O ye the mountaines the hils blesse ye the lord c. verse 20 O al ye grene things on the earth bles ye the lord c verse 21 O ye the euer springing wels bles ye the Lord. c. verse 22 O ye the seas and ye the flouds bles ye the Lord c. verse 23 Whales al that in waters moue bles ye the lord c verse 24 O al ye flying foules of thayre bles ye the Lord c. verse 25 O al the beastes and cattel eke bles ye the Lorde c. verse 26 O ye the children of mankind bles ye the Lord. c. verse 27 Let Israel eke blesse the Lord bles ye the Lord. c verse 28 O ye the priestes of God the Lord bles ye the lord c verse 29 O ye the seruantes of the Lord bles ye the Lord c. verse 30 Ye sprites soules of righteous meÌ„ blesse ye y e lord c verse 31 Ye holy and ye meeke of hart blesse ye the Lord. c. verse 32 O Ananias bles the Lord bles thou the Lord praise him and magnify him for euer O Azarias bles the Lord bles thou the Lord praise him and magnify him for euer And Misael bles thou the Lord bles thou the Lord prayse him and magnify hym for euer ¶ The song of Zacharias called Benedictus THe onely lord of Israel be praised euermore for through his visitation and mercy kept in store His peoplenow he hath redemde that long hath bene in thral and spread abrode his sauyng health vpon his seruantes al. In Dauids house his seruant true according to his mynde And also his annoynted king as we in Scripture fynde As by his holy prophetes al oft times he did declare The which were since y e world began his way for to prepare That we might be deliuered from those that make debate Our enemies and from the handes of all that do vs hate The mercy which he promised our fathers to fulfil And thinke vpon his couenant made according to his wyl And also to performe the othe which he before had sworne To Abraham our father deare for vs that were forlorne That he would geue himselfe for vs and vs froÌ„ boÌ„dage bryng Out of the hands of al our foes to serue our heauenly king And that without al maner feare and eke in rightuousnes And also for to leade our lyfe in stedfast holines And y u O child which now art borne and of the Lord elect Shalt be the prophet of the highest his wayes for to dyrect For thou shalt go before his face for to prepare his wayes And also for to teach his wil and pleasure all thy dayes To geue them knowledge how that their saluation is nere And that remission of their sins is through his mercy mere Wherby the day spring from an hie is come vs for to visit And those for to illuminate which do in darkenes sit To lighten those that shadowed be with death eke opprest And also for to guide their feete the way to peace and rest The song of blessed Mary called Magnificat MY soule doth magnify the Lord my sprite eke euermore reioyseth in the lord my god which is my Sauior And why because he did regard gaue respect vnto so base estate of his hadmaid and let the mighty go For now behold al nations and generations all From this tyme forth for euermore shal me right blessed cal Because he hath me magnifyed which is the Lord of might Whose name be euer sanctified and praysed day and night For with his mercy and his grace all men he doth inflame Throughout al generations to such as feare his name He shewed strength w t his great arme made y e proud to start With al imaginations that they bare in their hart He hath put downe the mighty ones from their supernal seat And did exalt the meeke in hart as he hath thought it meete The hungry he replenished with al thyngs that were good And through his power he made y e rich oft times to waÌ„t their fode And calling to remembraunce his mercy euery deale Hath holpen vp assistantly his seruant Israell According to his promise made to Abraham before And to his seede successiuely to stand for euermore The song of Simeon called Nunc dimittis O Lord because my hartes desire hath wished long to see my onely lord sauiour thy son be â—ore I die the ioy health of al mankind desired long before which now is come into the world of mercy bringing store Thou sufferest thy seruaunt now in peace for to depart Accordyng to thy holy worde which lighteneth my hart Because mine eyes which thou hast made to geue my body light Haue now behold thy sauing health which is the Lorde of myght Whom thou mercifully hast set of thyne aboundant grace In open sight and visible before all peoples face The Gentils to illuminate and Sathan ouerquel And eke to be the glory of thy people Israel The Creede of Athanasius Norton WHat man soeuer he be that saluatioÌ„ wil attain the catholike beliefe he must before al things retaine Which faith vnles he holy kepe and vndefiledly without al doubt eternally he shal be sure to dye The catholike beliefe is this that God we worship one In Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie alone So as we neyther do confound the persons of the three Nor yet the substance whole of one in sunder parted bee One person of the father is another of the Sonne An other person proper of the holy ghost alone Of father Sonne and holy Ghost but one the Godhed is Like glory coeternal eke the maiestie likewyse Such as the father is such is the Sonne in ech degree And such also we do beleue the holy Ghost to bee Vncreate is the Father and vncreate is the Sonne The holy ghost vncreate so vncreate is ech one Incomprehensible Father is incomprehensible Sonne And comprehensible also is the holy Ghost of none The Father is eternal and the Sonne eternall so And in lyke sort eternal is the holy ghost also And yet though we beleue that eche of these eternals bee Yet there but one eternal is and not eternals three As ne incomprehensible we ne yet vncreat three But one incomprehensible one vncreate holde to bee Almighty so the father is the sonne almighty so And in lyke sort almighty is the holy Ghost also And albeit that euery one of these almighty bee
throne his ioy and myrth By thee is ouerthrowen and cast ful low vpon the erth verse 46 Thou hast cut of and made ful short his youth and lusty dayes and raysed of him an il report with shame and great disprayse verse 47 How long away from me O Lord for euer wilt thou turne and shal thine anger stil alway as fire consume and burne verse 48 O cal to mind remember then my time consumeth fast why hast thou made the sonnes of meÌ„ as things in vaine to wast verse 49 What man is he that liueth here and death shal neuer see Or from the hand of hel his soule shal he deliuer free verse 50 Where is O Lord thine old goodnes so oft declared beforne which by thy truth and vprightnes to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 51 The great rebukes to mind do cal that on thy seruaunts ly The rayling of thy people al borne in my brest haue I. verse 52 Wherwith O Lord thyne enmies blasphemed haue thy name The steps of thine annoynted one they cease not to defame verse 53 Al prayse to thee O Lord of hostes both now an eke for ay Through sky and earth in al the costes Amen Amen I say Domine refugium Psalme .xc. I. H. ¶ Moses in his prayer setteth before vs the eternal fauour of God towardes his who are neither admonished by the breuity of their lyfe nor by his plages to be thankefull Therfore Moses prayeth God to turne theyr hartes and continew his mercyes towardes them and theyr posteritie for euer Sing this as the .78 Psalme verse 1 THou Lord hast ben our sure defence our place of ease and rest In al times past yea so loÌ„g sence as cannot be exprest verse 2 Or there was made mouÌ„tane or hil the earth or world abrod From age to age and alwayes stil for euer thou art God verse 3 thou grindest man through grief payne to dust or clay and then and then thou sayst agayne returne agayne ye sonnes of men verse 4 The lastyng of a thousand yeare what is it in thy sight as yesterday it doth appeare or as a watch one nyght verse 5 So sone as thou doost scattre them then is their lyfe and trade al as a slepe and like the grasse whose bewty sone doth fade verse 6 Which in the morning shines ful bright but fadeth by and by and is cut down ere it be night al withered dead and dry verse 7 For through thine anger we consume our might is much decayd and of thy feruent wrath and fume we are ful sore afrayd verse 8 The wicked workes that we haue wrought y u setst before thine eye Our priuy faults yea eke our thought thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce doth espye verse 9 For through thy wrath our dayes do wast therof doth nought remaine Our yeres coÌ„sume as words or blast ar not called againe verse 10 Our time is threscore yeare and ten that we do liue on mold If one see fourescore surely then we count him wondrous old verse 11 Yet of this time the strength and chief the which we count vpon Is nothing els but painful grief and we as blastes are gone verse 12 Who once doth know what streÌ„gth is there what might thine anger hath Or in his hart who doth y â— feare according to thy wrath verse 13 Instruct vs Lord to know and try how long our dayes remayne That then we may our hartes apply true wisdome to attaine verse 14 Retourne O Lord how long wilt y â— fourth on in wrath procede Shew fauour to thy seruaunts now and helpe theÌ„ at their nede verse 15 Refresh vs with thy mercy sone and then our ioy shal be al times so long as lyfe doth last in hart reioyce shal we verse 16 As thou hast plaged vs before now also make vs glad and for the yeares wherin ful sore affliction we haue had verse 17 O let thy worke and power appeare on thy seruaunts lyght and shew vnto their children deare thy glory and thy might verse 18 Lord let thy grace and glory stand on vs thy seruaunts thus Confirme the workes we take in hand Lord prosper them to vs. Qui habitat Psalme .xci. I. H. ¶ Here is described in what assurance he liueth that putteth his whole trust in God coÌ„mitteth him selfe wholly to his protection in al teÌ„pracioÌ„s A promise of God to those that loue him know him and trust in him to deliuer them and geue them immorâ—â—â— glory Syng this as the .69 Psalme verse 1 HE that within the secret place of God most hie doth dwel In shadow of the mightiest grace at rest shal kepe him wel verse 2 Thou art my hope my strong hold I to the Lord wil say My God is he in him wil I my whole affiaunce stay verse 3 He shal defend thee from the snare the which the hunter layd And from that deadly plage and care wherof thou art afrayd verse 4 And with his wings shal couer thee and kepe thee safely there His faith truth thy feÌ„ce shal be as sure as shield speare verse 5 So that thou shalt not nede I say to feare or be afflight Of al the shafts that fly by day nor terrours of the night verse 6 Nor of the plage that priuily doth walke in darke so fast Nor yet of that which doth destroy at noone dayes doth wast verse 7 Yea at thy side as thou doost stand a thousand dead shal be Ten thousand eke at thy right hand and yet shalt thou be fre verse 8 But thou shalt se it for thy part thine eyes shal wel regard That euen like to theyr desert the wicked haue reward verse 9 For why O Lord I onely lust to stay my hope on thee and in the hyest I put my trust my sure defence is hee verse 10 Thou shalt not nede none il to feare with thee it shal not mel Nor yet the plage shal once come nere thy house where y u doost dwel verse 11 For why vnto his angels al with charge commaundeth hee That stil in al thy wayes they shal preserue and prosper thee verse 12 And in their hands shal thee beare vp stil wayting thee vpon So that thy foote shal neuer chaunce to spurne at any stone verse 13 Vpon the Lion thou shalt go the adder fel and long And tread vpon the Lions yong with dragons stoute strong verse 14 For that he trusteth vnto me I wil dispatch hym quite and him defend because that he doth know my name a right verse 15 When he for health on me doth cry an aunswere I wil gyue and from his grief take him wil I in glory for to lyue verse 16 With length of yeres dayes of welth I wil fulfil his time The goodnes of my sauing helth I wil declare to him Bonum est confiteri Psalme .xcii. I. H. ¶ This Psalme was made to be song on the Saboth to stirre vp the people to acknowledge God
pursue my soule and eke my life down thrust Vnto the earth and also lay myne honour in the dust verse 6 Stert vp O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to payne Performe thy kingdome promised to me which wrong sustaine verse 7 TheÌ„ shal great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of theÌ„ thy selfe as Lord and kyng verse 8 And thou that art of al men iudge O Lord now iudge thou me According to my rightousnes and myne integritie The seconde part verse 9 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and be the iust mans guide verse 10 By whom the secrets of al hearts are searched and descride verse 11 I take my helpe to come of God in al my grief and smart That doth preserue all those that be of pure and perfect hart verse 12 The iust man and the wicked both God iudgeth by his power So that he feleth his mighty hand euen euery day and houre verse 13 Except he chaunge his mind I dye for euen as he should smit He whets his sword his bow he beÌ„ds ayming where he may hit verse 14 And doth prepare his mortal dartes his arrowes kene and sharpe For them that do me persecute whilest he doth mischief warpe verse 15 But loe though he in trauel be of his deuilish forecast And of his mischief once coÌ„ceiued yet brings forth nought at last verse 16 He digs a ditch and delues it depe in hope to hurt his brother But he shal fal into the pit that he digde vp for other verse 17 Thus wrong retorneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And al the mischief that he wrought shal fal vpon his head verse 18 I wil geue thankes to God therfore that iudgeth righteously And with my song prayse wil the name of him that is most hie Domine Deus noster Psalme .viij. T. S ¶ The Prophet considering thexcellent liberalitie and fatherly prouidence of God towardes man whom he made as it were a god ouer all his workes doth not onely geue great thankes but is astonished with thadmiration of the same as one nothing able to compasse such great mercyes and so endeth Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 O God our Lord how wonderful are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmount in dignitie aboue the heaueÌ„s cleare verse 2 EueÌ„ by the mouths of sucking babes y u wilt coÌ„fouÌ„d thy foes For in these babes thy might is sene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heaueÌ„s high the workes of thine own hand The sunne the mone and all the starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I then that y u doost him remeÌ„ber Or what is mans posteritie that thou doost it consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glory and dignitie verse 6 Thou hast preferd him to be Lord of al thy workes of wonder And at his fete hast set al things that he should kepe theÌ„ vnder verse 7 As shepe and neat and al beastes els that in the fieldes do fede verse 8 Foules of the ayre fish in the sea and al that therin brede verse 9 Therfore must I say once again O God that art our Lord How famous how woÌ„derful are thy workes through y e world Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .ix. T. S. ¶ After he had geueÌ„ thaÌ„kes to god for the sundry victories that he had seÌ„t him against his enemies also proued by manifold experieÌ„ce how ready god was at hand in all his troubles â—e being now likewise in daunger of new enemyes desireth god to helpe him according to his wont and destroy the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaries Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 WIth hart mouth vnto the Lord wil I sing laud and prayse And speake of al thy wondrous workes theÌ„ declare alwaies verse 2 I wil be glad and much reioyce in thee O God most hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the starry skye verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flight They fal down flat and are destroyd by thy great force myght Thou hast reuenged al my wrong my grief and al my grudge verse 4 Thou doost w t iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doost rebuke the HeatheÌ„ folke and wicked so confound That afterward the memory of them cannot be found verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatch all our townes destroyed thou hast their fame w t theÌ„ defaced through al the world so wide verse 7 Know thou that he which is aboue for euermore shal raigne And in the seat of equity true iudgement wil maintayne verse 8 With iustice he wil kepe and guide the world and euery wight And so wil yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what time they be opprest He is in al aduersitie their refuge and their rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shal trust in thee For thok forsakest not their sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lord that dwelleth in Sion hil Publish among al nations his noble actes and will verse 12 For he is mindful of the bloud of those that be opprest Forgetting not th' afflicted hart that seekes to him for rest The second part verse 13 Haue mercy Lord on me poore wretch whose enmies stil remaine Which from the gates of death are wont to rayse me vp agayne verse 14 In Sion that I might set forth thy prayse with hart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lord my soule might stil reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their own fete fast are snarde verse 16 God she wes his iudgemeÌ„ts which wer good for euery maÌ„ to mark When as ye se the wicked man lye trapt in his own warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go down to hel for euer And all the people of the world that God wil not remember verse 18 But sure the Lord wil not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient people neuer looke for helpe of God in vayne verse 19 O Lord arise least men preuayle that be of worldly myght And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord strike such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortal men Vt quid domine Psalme .x. T. S ¶ He complayneth of the fraud rapine tyranny and of all kindes of wrong whiche worldly men vse assigning the cause therof whiche was that wicked men beyng as it were dronken with worldy prosperitie and therfore setting a part all feare and reuerence towardes god thinke they may do all thinges without
20 The Lord doth so preserue and keepe his very bones alway That not so much as one of them doth perish or decay verse 21 The sinne shal slea the wicked mā whiche he himself hath wrought and such as hate y e righteous mā shal soone be brought to nought verse 22 But they that serue the liuing Lord the Lord doth saue thē sound and who that put their trust in hym nothyng shal thē confound Iudice domine psalme .xxxv. I. H ¶ So long as Saule was enemy to Dauid al y ◠had any authoritie vnder him to flatter their king did also most cruelly persecute Dauid against whom he prayeth God to plead to auenge his cause that they may be taken in their nets and snares which they laid for hym his innoccēy may be declared And y ◠the innocēt whiche taketh part w e him may reioyce praise the name of the Lord that thus deliuereth his seruant And so he promiseth to speake forth the iustice of the Lord and to magnify his name al the dayes of his lyfe LOrd pleade my cause agaynst my foes con found their force and myght Fyght on my part against all those that seeke with me to fyght Lay hand vp pon thy speare and shield thy self in armour dresse stand vp for me and fight the field to helpe me from distresse verse 3 Gird on thy sword and stop the way my enmies to withstand That thou vnto my soule do say lo I thy helpe at hand verse 4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seke my soule to spil let thē turne backe flye with shame y e think to worke me il verse 5 Let them disperse and flie abrode as wind doth dryue the dust And that the aungel of our God their might away may thrust verse 6 Let al their wayes be voyde of lyght and slippry like to fal And send thine aungel with thy might to persecute them al. verse 7 For why without my fault they haue in secret set their grin And for no cause haue digd a cause to take my soule therin verse 8 When they think least haue no care O Lord destroy them al Let them be trapt in their owne snare aud in their mischief fal verse 9 And let my soule my hart and voyce in God haue ioy and wealth That in the lord I may reioyce and in his sauyng health verse 10 And then my bones shal speak and say my partes shal al agree O Lord though they do seme ful gay what man is lik to thee The second part verse 11 Thou doost defēd y e weake from thē that are both stout and strōg and rid the poore from wicked mē that spoyle and do thē wrong verse 12 My cruel foes against me rise to witnes things vntrue And to accuse me they deuise of that I neuer knew verse 13 Where I to them did owe good wil they quit me with disdayne That they should pay my good with il my soule doth sore cōplain verse 14 When they wer sick I mournd therfore and clad my self in sacke With fasting I did faint ful sore to pray I was not slacke verse 15 As they had bene my brethrē deare I did my self behaue As one that maketh woful cheare about his mothers graue verse 16 But they at my disease did ioy and gather on a rout Yea abiect slaues at me did toye with mocks and checks ful stout verse 17 The belly gods and flattering trayne that al good things deryde At me do grin with great disdayne and pluck their mouth asyde verse 18 Lord whē wilt thou amēd this geare why doost thou stay pause Oh rid my soule myne onely deare out of these Lyons clawes verse 19 And then wil I geue thanks to thee before thy church alwayse And where as most of people be there wil I shew they prayse verse 20 Let not my foes preuayle on me which hate me for no fault Nor yet to winke or turne their eye that causeles me assault The third part verse 21 O peace no word they thinke or say their talke is al vntrue They stil consult and would betray al those that peace ensue verse 22 With opē mouth they run at me they gape they laugh they fliere Wel wel say they our eye doth see y e thyng that we desire verse 23 But Lord y u seest what waies they take sease not this geare to mēd Be not far of nor me forsake as men that fayle their frend verse 24 Awake aryse and stirre abrode defend me in my right Reuenge my cause my Lord my God and aid me with they might verse 25 According to they righteousnes my Lord God set me free and let not them their pride expresse nor triumph ouer mee verse 26 Let not their harts reioyce cry there there this geare goeth trim Nor geue them cause to say on hye we haue our wil of hym verse 27 Confound thē with rebuke and shame that ioy whē I do mourne and pay thē home with spite blame that brag at me with scorn verse 28 Let them be glad and eke reioyce which loue mine vpright way and they al tymes with hart and voyce shal prayse y e lord say verse 29 Great is the Lord and doth excel for why he doth delight To see his seruants prosper wel that is his pleasant sight verse 30 Wherfore my tonge I wil apply thy righteousnes to prayse Vnto the Lord my God wil I sing laudes w t thankes alwayes Dixit iniustus Psalme .xxxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid greuously vexed by the wicked doth complaine of their malice wickednes Then he turneth to consider the vnspeakable goodnes of God toward al creatures But specially towards his children that by fayth there of he may bee comforted and assured of his deliuerance by this ordinary course of gods worke who in the ende destroyeth the wycked and saueth the iust Sing this as the. xxxv psal verse 1 THe wicked w t his workes vniust doth thus persuade his hart That of y e Lord he hath no trust his feare is set apart verse 2 Yet doth he ioy in his estate to walk as he began So long til he deserue the hate of God and eke of man verse 3 His words are wicked vile and naught his tong no truth doth tel Yet at no hand wil he be taught which way he may do wel verse 4 When he should slepe thē doth he muse his mischief to fulfil No wicked wayes doth he refuse nor nothing that is il verse 5 But Lord thy goodnes doth ascend aboue the heauens hie So doth thy truth it self extend vnto the cloudy sky verse 6 Much more thē hils so high and steepe thy iustice is exprest Thy iudgemēts like to seas most depe thou sauest both mā beast verse 7 Thy mercy is aboue all things O God it doth excel In trust wherof as in thy wings the sonnes of men shal dwel verse 8 Within thy house they
cannot fynd inough to fil his hand Nor he can fil hys lap that goeth to gleane vpon the land verse 7 Nor passers by pray God on them to let his blessing fal Nor say we blesse you in the name of God the Lord at al. Deprofundis clamaui psalme .cxxx. VV. VV. ¶ An effectuons prayer of hym that for hys synnes had sustayned great afflictions and notwithstanding he fully trusteth and assureth himself to obtayne mercy and forgeuenes of hys sinnes and at length deliueraunce from al euils LOrd to thee I make my mone when daungers me oppres I cal I sigh plain grone trusting to fynd reles Heare now O lord my request for it is ful due tyme and let thyne eares aye be prest vnto this prayer mine verse 3 O Lord our God if thou way our sinnes and them peruse Who shal then escape and say I can my self excuse verse 4 But Lord thou art merciful and turnest to vs thy grace that we with harts most careful should feare before thy face verse 5 In God I put my whole trust my soule wayteth on his wyl For hys promise is most iust and I hope therin stil verse 6 My soule to God hath regard wishyng for hym alway More then they that watch and ward to see the daunyng day verse 7 Let Israel then boldly in the Lord put hys trust He is that God of mercy that hys delyuer must verse 8 For he it is that must saue Israel from hys sinne And al such as surely haue their confidence in hym Domine non est psalme Cxxxi M. ¶ Dauid charged with ambition and gredy desyre to raygne protesteth his humilitie modesty before God and teacheth al men what they should do Syng this as the â—amentation O Lord I am not puft in mynd I haue no scorneful eye I do not exercyse my selfe in thynges that he to hye But as a child that wayned is euen from his mothers brest So haue I Lord behaued my selfe in sylence and in rest O Israel trust in the Lord let hym be all thy stay From thys tyme for euermore from age to age I say Memento domine psalme .cxxxii. M ¶ The faythful grounding on Gods promise made vnto Dauid desireth that be would establish the same both as touchyng the posterity and the buildyng of the temple to pray there as was fore spoken REmember Dauids troubles Lord how to the Lorde he swore and vowd a vow to Iacobs God to kepe for euermore I wyll not come within my house nor clyme vp to my bed nor let my temples take theyr rest or the eyes in my hed verse 2 Til I haue found out for the Lord a place to set theron An house for Iacobs God to be an habitation verse 3 We heard of it at Ephrata there did we heare this sound and in y â— fields forrests there these voices first were fouÌ„d verse 4 We wil assay and go in now his tabernacle there before his fotestoole to fal down vpoÌ„ our knees in feare verse 5 Arise O Lord aryse I say into thy restyng place both thou the ark of thy streÌ„gth y e preseÌ„ce of thy grace verse 9 Let al thy priestes be clothed Lord with truth and righteousnes Let al thy saintes and holy men syng al with ioyfulnes verse 10 And for thy seruant Dauids sake refuse not Lord I say The face of thine annoynted Lord or turne thy face away The second part verse 11 The Lord to Dauid swore in truth and wil not shrinke from it Saying the frute of thy body vpon thy seat shal sit verse 12 And if thy sonnes my couenaunt kepe that I shal learne echone then shal their sonnes for euer sit vpon thy princely throne verse 13 The Lord himself hath chose Sion and loues therin to dwel verse 14 Saying this is my restyng place I loue and lyke it wel verse 15 And I wyl blesse with great encrease her vittayles euery where and I wil satisfy with bread the nedy that be there verse 16 Yea I wil deck and clothe her priests with my saluation and al her saints shal syng for ioy of my protection verse 17 There wil I surely make the horne of Dauid for to bud For I haue there ordaind for myne a lanthorne bright and good verse 18 As for his enmies I wil cloth with shame for euermore But I wil cause his crowne to shyne more fresh then heretofore Ecce quam bonum psal .cxxxiii. VV. VV ¶ This psalme conteyneth the commendation of godly and brotherly amity which for the excellency therof is compared to the most precious oyle wherwith the priestes onely and instruments of the tabernacle were annoynted Exodus .xxx. Sing this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 O How happy a thyng it is and ioyful for to see Brethren together for to hold the band of amity verse 2 It calth to mind y â— swete perfume and y t costly oyntment which on the sacrificers hed by Gods precept was speÌ„t It wet not Aarons head alone but drentch his beard throughout and finally it did run down his rich attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doth drynke the dew of Hermon hil and Sion with hys siluer drops the fields with frute doth fil verse 4 Euen so the Lord doth poure on them his blessings manyfold Whose harts mindes without al guile this knot do kepe hold Ecce nunc psalme .cxxxiiii. VV. K ¶ He exhorteth the Leuites that watch in the temple to prayse the Lord. BEhold and haue regard ye seruants of the Lord which in hys house by night do watch prayse hym wyth one accord verse 2 Lyft vp your handes on hygh vnto hys holy place And geue the Lord his prayses due his benefites embrace verse 3 For why the Lord who did both earth and heauen frame Doth Sion bles and wil conserue for euermore the same Laudate nomen Psalme Cxxxv. M. ¶ He exhorteth al the faithful of what estate so euer they be to prayse God for his merueilous works and specially for his graces towardes his people wherin he hath declared hys maiesty to the confusion of al Idolaters and their Idoles O Prayse the Lord prayse hym prayse hym prayse him with one accord O praise him stil all ye that be the seruauntes of the Lord. O prayse hym ye that stand and be in the house of the Lord ye of hys courte and of hys house prayse hym wyth one accord verse 3 Prayse ye the Lord for he is good syng prayses to hys name It is a comely and good thyng alwayes to do the same verse 4 For why the Lord hath chose Iacob hys very owne you see So hath he chosen Israel his treasure for to bee verse 5 For this I know and am ryght sure the Lord is very great He is in dede aboue al gods most easy to intreat verse 6 For whatsoeuer pleased him al that ful wel he wrought In heauen in earth and in y â— sea which he
our mindes into vs thy heauenly grace inspyre that in all truth and godlines we may haue true desyre Thou art the very comforter in all woe and distresse The heauenly gift of God most high which no tonge can expresse The fountaine and the liuely spring of ioye celestiall The fyre so bright the loue so cleare and vnction spirituall Thou in thy giftes art manifold wherby Christs church doth stand In faythfull hartes writing thy lawe the fynger of Gods hand According to thy promise made thou geuest speech of grace That through thy helpe y e praise of God may stand in euery place O holy ghost into our wittes send downe thy heauenly light Kindle our hartes with feruent loue to serue God day and night Strength and stablish all our weaknes so feable and so frayle That neither flesh the world nor deuill agaynst vs doe preuaile Put backe our enmies far from vs and graunt vs to obtaine Peace in our harts with god and maÌ„ without grudge or disdaine And graunt O lord that thou being our leader and our guide We may eschew the snares of sinne and from thee neuer slyde To vs such plenty of thy grace good Lord graunt we thee pray That thou maist be our comforter at the last dreadfull day Of all strife and dissention O Lord dissolue the bandes And make the knots of peace loue throughout all christeÌ„Ì„ landes GrauÌ„t vs O Lord through thee to know the father most of myght That of his deare beloued sonne we may attayne the sight And that with perfect fayth also we may acknowledge thee The spirit of them both alway one God in persons three Laude and prayse be to the father and to the Sonne equall And to the holy spirite also one God coeternall And pray we that the onely sonne vouchesafe his sprit to send To all that do professe his name vnto the worldes ende Amen Venite exultemus Psalme xcv Syng thys as the Benedictus O Come and let vs now reioyce and sing vnto the Lord And to our onely sauiour also with one accorde O let vs come before his face with inwarde reuerence Confessing all our former sunnes and that with diligence To thanke him for his benefites alwaye distributyng Wherefore to him right ioyfully in Psalmes now let vs sing And that because that God alone is Lord magnificent And eke aboue all other gods a kyng omnipotent His people doth not he forsake at any time or tyde And in his hand are all the coastes of al the world so wyde And with his louing countenaunce he looketh euery where And doth behold the tops of all the mountaines far neere The sea and all that is therin are his for he them made And eke his haÌ„d hath facioned y e earth which doth not fade O come therfore and worship him and downe before him fall And let vs wepe before y e Lord the which hath made vs al. He is our God our Lord and kyng and we his people are His flocke and sheepe of his pasture on whoÌ„ he taketh care This day if ye do heare his voyce yet hearden not your hart As in the bitter murmuring when ye were in deserte Whiche thing was of their negligence committed in the time Of trouble in the wildernes a great and greuous crime Where as your fathers tempted me and tryed euery way They proued me saw my workes what I could do or say These forty yeares I haue bene greued with this generation And euermore I said they eâ—d in their imagination Wherwith their harts wer fore combred long time and many daies Wherfore I know assuredly they haue not knowen my wayes To whom I in mine anger swore that they should not be blest Nor see my ioy celestiall nor enter in my rest Gloria patri All laud and prayse be to the Lord O that of might art most To God the father and the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it in the beginning was for euer heretofore And is now at this present tyme and shal be euermore The song of Saint Ambrose called Te deum WE prayse thee God we knowledge thee the onely Lord to be and as eternal father al the earth doth worship thee To thee al angels cry the heaueÌ„s all the powers therin To thee Cherub Seraphin to crie they do not linne O Holy Holy Holy Lord of Saboth Lord the God Through heauÌ„ earth thy praise is spred glory al abrod Thapostles glorious company yelde prayses vnto thee The prophetes good ly felowship prayse thee continually The noble and victorious host of Martirs sound thy prayse The holy Church throughout the world doth knowledge thee alwayes Father of endles maiestie they do acknowledge thee Thy Christ thine honorable true and onely sonne to be The holy Ghost the comforter of glory thou art kyng O Christ and of the father art the sonne euerlastyng When sinfull mans decay in hand thou tookest to restore To be enclosd in virgins womb thou diddest not abhorre When thou hadst ouercome of death the sharp cruell might Thou heaueÌ„s kingdom didst set ope to ech beleuing wight In glory of the father thou doost sit on Gods right hand We trust that thou shalt come our iudge our cause to vnderstand Lord helpe thy seruaÌ„ts whoÌ„ thou hast bought w t thy precious bloud And in eternall glory set them with thy saintes so good O Lord do thou thy people saue blesse thine inheritaunce Lord gouerne them and Lord do thou for euer them aduaunce We magnifie thee day by day and world without end Adore thy holy name O Lord Vouchesafe vs to defend From sinne this day Haue mercy Lord haue mercy on vs all And on vs as we trust in thee Lord let thy mercy fall O Lord I haue reposed all my confidence in thee Put to confounding shame therefore Lord let me neuer be ¶ The song of the three Children praysing God prouokyng all creatures to do the same O Alye workes of god the Lord bles ye the Lord praise him magnifie him for euer verse 2 Oye the aungels of the Lord bles ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer verse 3 3 O ye the starry heauens hye blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer verse 4 O ye waters aboue the skye bles ye the Lord. c. verse 5 O ye the powers of the Lord bles ye the Lord. c. verse 6 O ye the shining sunne moone bles ye the Lord. c. verse 7 O ye the glistring starres of heaueÌ„ bles ye the Lord. c. verse 8 O ye the showers dropping dew bles ye y e Lord. c. verse 9 O ye the blowing windes of god bles ye the Lord. c. verse 10 O ye the fire warming heate bles ye the Lord. c. verse 11 Ye winter and the sommer tyde bles ye the Lord. c. verse 12 O ye the dewes binding frostes bles ye the Lord. c.
shal be fed with plentye at their wil Of al delight they shal be sped and take therof their fil verse 9 For why the wel of lyfe so pure did ouerflow from thee And in they light we are ful sure the lastyng light to see verse 10 From such as thee desire and know let not thy grace depart Thy righteousnes declare and shew to men of vpright hart verse 11 Let not the proud on me preuayle O Lord of thy good grace Nor let the wicked me assayle to throw me out of place verse 12 But they in their deuice shal fal that wicked workes maintayne They shal be ouerthrown withal and neuer ryse agayne Noli emulari Psalme .xxxvii. VV. VV. ¶ Because the godly should not wonder to see wicked men prosper in this world the prophet sheweth that all thinges shall be graunted according to their hartes desire to them that loue and feare God and they that do the coÌ„trary although they seeme to florish for a time shal at length perish Syng this as the. xxxv Psalme verse 1 CRudge not to see the wicked men in wealth to florish stil Nor yet enuy such as to il haue bent and set their wil. verse 2 For as grene gras florishing herbes are cut wither away So shal their great prosperity soone passe fade and decay verse 3 Trust thou therfore in God alone to do wel geue thy mynd So shalt thou haue y e land as thyne there sure foode shalt find verse 4 In God set al thy harts delite and loke what thou wouldst haue Or els canst wish in al the world thou needst it not to craue verse 5 Cast both thy selfe and thyne affayres on God with perfect trust And thou shalt see with patience the effect both sure and iust verse 6 The perfect lyfe and godly name he wil cleare as the light So that y e sunne eueÌ„ at noone dayes shal not shyne half so bright verse 7 Be stil therfore and stedfastly on God see thou wait then Not shrinking for y e prosperous state of leud and wicked men verse 8 Shake of despite enuy and hate at least in any wyse Their wicked steps auoyd and fly and folow not their guise verse 9 For euery wicked man wil God destroy both more and lesse But such as trust in him are sure the land for to posses verse 10 Watch but a whyle and thou shalt see no more the wycked trayn No not so much as house or place where once he dyd remayn The second part verse 11 But merciful and humble men enioy shal sea and land In rest and peace they shal reioyce for nought shal theÌ„ withstand verse 12 The leud men and malitious against the iust conspyre They gnash their teeth at him as meÌ„ which do his bane desyre verse 13 But while y â— leud meÌ„ thus do think the Lord laughes theÌ„ to scorne for why he seeth their terme approch wheÌ„ they shal sigh morne verse 14 The wicked haue their sword out drawn their bow eke haue thei bent To ouerthrow and kil y e poore as they y e right way weÌ„t verse 15 But y e same sword shal yearse their harts which was to kil the iust likewise the bow shal break to shiuers wherin thei put their trust verse 16 Doubtles the iust maÌ„s poore estate is better a great deale more TheÌ„ al these leud worldy mens rich pompe and heaped store verse 17 For be their power neuer so strong God wil it ouerthrow Where contrary he doth preserue the humble men and low verse 18 He seeth by his great prouidence the good mens trade and way And wil geue them inheritaunce which neuer shal decay verse 19 They shal not be discouraged when some are hard bested When other shal be hungerbit they shal be clad and fed verse 20 For whosoeuer wicked is and enmy to the Lord shal quail yea melt eueÌ„ as laÌ„bs grease or smoke that flyeth abrode The third part verse 21 Behold the wicked boroweth much and neuer paithe again Wheras the iust by liberal gifts makes many glad and fain verse 22 For they whom God doth bles shal haue the land for heritage And they whom he doth curse likewyse shal perish in his rage verse 23 The lord the iust mans waies doth guide geues him good succes To euery thing he takes in hand he sendeth good addres verse 24 Though that he fal yet is he sure not vtterly to quayle Because the lord stretches out his hand at neede doth not fayle verse 25 I haue bene yong and now am old yet did I neuer see The iust man left or els his sede to beg for misery verse 26 But geues alwayes most liberally and lendes where as is neede His children and posteritie receyue of God their meede verse 27 Flee vice therfore and wickednes and vertue do embrace So God shal graunt thee long to haue in earth a dwelling place verse 28 For God so loueth equitie and shewes to his such grace That he preserues theÌ„ euermore but stroyes the wycked race verse 29 Where as y e good and godly men inherite shal the land Hauing as Lordes al thing therin in their own power and hand verse 30 The iust mans mouth doth euer speak of matters wise and hye His tong doth talk to edify with truth and equity verse 31 For in his hart the law of God his Lord doth stil abide So that where euer he goes or walkes his foote caÌ„ neuer flyde verse 32 The wicked like a rauenyng wolfe the iust man doth beset By all meanes seeking him to kil if he fal in his net The fourth part verse 33 Though he should fal into his handes yet god would succor send Though men against him senteÌ„ce geue god would him yet defeÌ„d verse 34 Waite thou on God and kepe his way he shal preserue thee then The earth to rule thou shalt see destroid these wicked men verse 35 The wicked haue I sene most strong and placed in high degree Florishing in al wealth and store as doth the Laurel tree verse 36 But sodenly he passed away and lo he was quite gone theÌ„ I him soght but could scarse find y e place wher dwelt such one verse 37 Marke and behold the perfite man how god doth him encrease For the iust man shal haue at length great ioy with rest peace verse 38 As for transgressours wo to them destroyd they shal al be God wil cut of their budding race and riche posteritie verse 39 But the saluation of the iust doth come from God aboue Who in their trouble sends theÌ„ ayde of his mere grace and loue verse 40 God doth them help saue and deliuer from leud men and vniust And stil wil saue them whilst that they in him do put their trust Domine ne in furore Psalme .xxxviii. I. H. ¶ Dauid lying sicke of some greuous â—isease acknowlegeth himselfe to be chastised of the lord for his sinnes and