mount extend Her time for favour which was set Is now come to an end verse 14 Thy Saints take pleasure in her stones Her dust to them is dear verse 15 All heathen lands and kingly thrones Thy names renown shall fear verse 16 Gods shining glory shall appear VVhen Sion he repairs verse 17 He shall regard and lend his ear Unto the needies pray'rs Their humble pray'r he will not scorn verse 18 This thing we will record For future ages yet unborn That they may praise the Lord. verse 19 He look'd from height of 's holy throne The earth view'd from the skie verse 20 To hear the pris'ners dolefull grone And save the doom'd to die verse 21 Both Sion and Jerusalem His name and praise record verse 22 VVhen lands and people all of them Meet there to praise the Lord. verse 23 My strength he weakned in the way My lingring days decay'd verse 24 My God O take me not away Amid'st my days I said Thy yeers throughout all ages last verse 25 Of old time thou hast laid The earths foundation firm and fast Thy hands the heav'ns have made verse 26 They perish as old garment wears But thou shalt still indure As vestures thou shalt change their spheres And chang'd they shall be sure verse 27 Thou art the same of endless years verse 28 Thy servants sonnes survive Their seed before thy face appears Establish'd still alive PSAL. CIII York tune An exhortation to praise God for his incomparable mercies to his Church and children MY soul I charge thee to express The Lords renown and fame Let all within me praise and bless His great and sacred name verse 2 Forget not all his benefits But bless the Lord my soul verse 3 VVho thine offences all remits And makes thee sound and whole verse 4 Who hath redeem'd thee from the dead Destruction threatning sore VVith loving kindness crown'd thy head And tender mercies store verse 5 VVho with his gifts large multitude Thy mouth sufficing fils So that thy youth is now renew'd As Eagles casting bills verse 6 The Lord doth judgment execute And righteousness conclude For persons that are destitute Opprest by tyrants rude verse 7 His ways to Moses he made known His acts to Isr'els seed verse 8 The Lord 's a very gracious one And mercifull indeed To anger slow aboundless deep Of mercies multipli'd verse 9 He will not always anger keep Nor everlasting chide verse 10 He hath not dealt as our offence And wickedness hath bin Nor given us due recompence According to our sin verse 11 For as the heav'nly Orbs appear The earth so far above So great to them that do him fear Is Gods surpassing love verse 12 The sins whereby we have transgrest Removing by his grace As far from us as East and West Are separate in space 2. Part. Argument He magnifies the sweet compassion of God exhorts all creatures to praise him for his greatnes also verse 13 AS fathers are compassionate Unto their children dear So God doth them commiserate That truly do him fear verse 14 For he remembers we are dust Our crasie frame he knows verse 15 The days of man resemble just The grass which short time grows He prospers as a flower in field verse 16 Which when the winds pass ore Is perisht and the place can yield No knowledge of it more verse 17 But lo the Lords abundant grace Eternitie doth fill His constant righteousness takes place To childrens children still verse 18 To every person that consents To keep his cov'nant true And thinks on his commandements For observation due verse 19 In heaven as a glorious King The Lord hath set his throne And over every kind of thing His kingdom rules alone verse 20 Ye Angels that in strength excell And Gods commandments do That know his voice and word so well Still hearkning thereunto verse 21 Bless ye the Lord ô bless him still Ye glorious hoasts of his Ye Ministers that do fulfill What ere his pleasure is verse 22 Yea all his works both far and neer Bless ye the Lords great Name Through his Dominions every where My soul bless thou the same PSAL. CIV Davids tune The admirable power and providence of God in the creation government of the world MY soul the great God magnifie My God thou dost thee cloth With honour and with majestie â—xceeding great in both verse 2 With light thou cover'st thee about As with a Princely robe Like curtains drawn thou stretchest out The bright celestiall globe verse 3 Upon the wat'ry element there His chamber-beams he bindes He makes the clouds his Chariot bear And walks on winged windes verse 4 His Ministers a fiery flame His Angels spirits he makes verse 5 He laid the earths foundation frame So sure it never shakes verse 6 Which thou didst cover with the flood Like garments over-spread The waters ore the mountains stood verse 7 At thy rebuke they fled Thy thundring voice compeld them all To haste away apace verse 8 The mountains rise the valleys fall Each to his founded place verse 9 Their passage thou dost now restrain By setting them their bound That they may never turn again To cover all the ground verse 10 Into the vales fresh springs he sends Which run among the hills verse 11 Each beast the Forest comprehends Here take and drink their fills Wild asses here their thirst do slake verse 12 Here feathered fowl do house And nests for habitations make And sing among the boughes 2. part Argument The works of creation intermixt the use of them for man verse 13 HE from his chambers of the skie The earth with rain hath stor'd Thy works the whole earth satisfie VVith fruits that they afford verse 14 For cattell he makes grass to spring And herbs for mans own use Convenient food for every thing He makes the earth produce verse 15 To glad mans heart he makes fat soil Bring forth the grape for wine Heart-strengthning bread suppling oil To make the count'nance shine verse 16 No juicefull sap Gods trees do want Those goodly Cedar trees Which he in Lebanon did plant verse 17 The birds make nests in these The stork in stately firre-trees dwells verse 18 High hills the goats befit The Conies in the hollow cells Of stony rocks do sit verse 19 The moon a certain course doth run And he ordain'd it so And when to set none tells the Sun For he the time doth know verse 20 Thou makest darkness darkness night The forests beasts do then VVhom glittering day-light did affright Creep all out of their den verse 21 Young Lions roaring for their prey Of God do seek their meat verse 22 The Sun ariseth then do they Together make retreat verse 23 In secret dens they closely lurk And then doth man begin To set upon and ply his work Till ev'ning calls him in 3. Part. Argument The admirable works of
Extinguish quite his Name verse 14 Let 's fathers fau't To mind be brought Before the Lord for ever His mothers crime By length of time Let be extinguisht never verse 15 Let them be had continually Before the Lord in mind To cut from earth the memory That 's left of them behind verse 16 Who mercy so Forgot to show The poor and needy still VVith fresh pursuits He persecutes The broken heart to kill verse 17 As he lov'd cursing him requite Let it come to him so As blessing did not him delight So let it from him go verse 18 Him cursing had As garments clad His cursing let recoil Let it like drink In 's bowels sink And soke his bones like oil verse 19 Let it be to him as the skirt That covers him alway And like the girdle that is girt About him every day verse 20 Let God dispence This recompence Mine en'mies to controul That are incenst To speak agenst Mine inoffensive soul. 3. Part. Argument Complaints and prayers of the poor and persecuted verse 21 O God the Lord do thou for me Even for thy Names dear sake Because right good thy mercies be My freedom undertake verse 22 For I indeed Do stand in need VVith mis'ry sore distrest My grieved heart With wounds doth smart And bleeds within my brest verse 23 I'm gone like Suns declining shade Like wandring locust toss'd verse 24 My knees through fasting weak are made My flesh her fat hath lost verse 25 Yea I became To them a shame On me they gaze and stare Their heads they nod verse 26 Help Lord my God Me by thy mercies spare verse 27 That they may know this is thy hand That thou hast done the deed verse 28 And when they curse do thou coÌ„mand A blessing to succeed Them when they rise Let shame surprise But make thy servant glad verse 29 With shame be those That are my foes And self-confusion clad O let their mantle be of shame verse 30 But greatly shall my tongue Give God due praise and sing his fame The multitude among verse 31 For he shall stand At his right hand And for his sake controul The doom of them That would condem The poor mans harmless soul. PSAL. CX To Magnificat tune The Kingly Priestly and Propheticall offices of Christ Jesus THe Lord unto my Lord thus spake Sit thou at my right hand Till I thy foes a stool shall make VVhereon thy feet may stand verse 2 The Lord shall out of Sion send Thy pow'rs prevaiâ—ing rod Thy rule shall in the midst extend Of all thy foes ô God verse 3 Thy people when thy Gospel calls Shall yield unto thy pow'r From mornings womb thy first dew falls In sacred beauties bow'r verse 4 The Lord hath sworn nor will repent Thou art for ever call'd A Priest with priest-hood permanent Melchis'dek-like enstall'd verse 5 In day of his fierce anger then The Lord at thy right hand verse 6 Shall strike through Kings and wound chief men In many a heathen land Filling the places where he strook With bodies of the dead verse 7 And in the way drink of the brook And so lift up the head PSAL. CXI To pause tune The Church exhorted to praise God for his marvellous works which are here in part described PRaise ye the Lord I will record His praise with heart sincere Where men upright Themselves unite i th' Congregation there verse 2 Gods works are rare Sought out they are Of all that so delight verse 3 His work 's renown'd VVith glory crown'd His justice infinite His wonders he Hath made to be Retain'd in thankfull mind verse 4 The Lord is known A gracious one Compassionate and kind verse 5 Providing meat For them to eat Thâ—t fear his holy Name He will fulfill His Cov'nant still Still mindfull of the same verse 6 In Israels fight He shew'd his might And did his works advance That he might so On them bestow The heathens heritance verse 7 Works of his hands And his commands Are truth and judgement sure verse 8 They stand full fast And ever last Accomplisht true and pure verse 9 Redemption is Sent down to his His Covenant still the same As he commands It firmly stands O holy reverend Name verse 10 Gods fear 's the thing Doth wisdom bring Good knowledge have all they That do fulfill His holy will His praise endures for ay PSAL. CXII Magnificat tune The great pietie justice and charitie of the Saints the blessing upon them and theirs to the great grief of the wicked PRaise ye the Lord Blessed are such As serve the Lord in fear In his commands delighting much verse 2 His seed shall prosper here The uprights off-spring God shall bless verse 3 And fill his house with store His memorable righteousness Endures for evermore verse 4 Unto the man immaculate In darkness riseth light Hee 's gracious and compassionate In justice exquisite verse 5 A good man shews much kind respect And lends to him that needs And with discretion will direct His thoughts his words his deeds verse 6 Surely to all eternitie He shall not moved be But had in lasting memorie For evermore shall he verse 7 For any evill tidings told He shall not be afraid His faithfull heart which makes him bold On God is firmly stay'd verse 8 His heart is so established Afraid he shall not be Till his desire accomplished Upon his foes he see verse 9 He hath disperst his charitie And given to the poor He shall to perpetuitie Be styl'd a right'ous doer His horn shall high exalted be With honour so atcheiv'd verse 10 The wicked man this thing shall see And be extreamly griev'd Yea he shall gnash his teeth for spite And pining melt away And his desire shall perish quite The wicked mans I say PSAL. CXIII To Coventry tune Gods gracious respects to the creatures His marvellous advancing of mean persons PRaise ye the Lord praise him I say All ye his Saints profest verse 2 Even from this day For ever may His glorious Name be blest verse 3 From Sun to Sun is Gods great Name Of all men to be prais'd verse 4 Surmounts his fame The heavens frame Above all Nations rais'd verse 5 VVith God the Lord who may compare VVho dwells in heaven high verse 6 Yet stoops to care For things that are Both in the earth and skie verse 7 The poor and needy he doth grace verse 8 Whom from the dust he brings And dung-hill base To Princes place To sit inthron'd with Kings verse 9 The barren to keep house makes he So that of children store A mother she Full glad may be Praise ye the Lord therefore PSAL. CXIV Davids tune The rare providence of God to Israel in remove from Aegypt towards Canaan WHen Israel Aegypts bounds forsook Their dwelling to exchange And Jacobs house their journey took From folk of language strange verse 2
from youth to age I am distracted while that I Indure such wrath and rage verse 16 Thy fierce displeasure o'r me goes Thy terrours cut me down verse 17 And every day they me inclose As streams that threat to drown They all together me invade verse 18 Thou sep'rat'st friend and lover And darkness with it's misty shade Doth my acquaintance cover PSAL. LXXXIX Dutch tune Ethan magnifies Gods love and faithfulness to the house of David verse 1 MY song for ever shall express The mercies of the Lord My mouth shall all his faithfulness From age to age record verse 2 For mercy shall said I be built For ever to indure Thou in the very heavens wilt Thy truth establish sure verse 3 I with my chosen have agreed To faithfull David swore verse 4 My servant I will fix thy seed To stand for evermore To ages all thy throne I 'l raise verse 5 And heav'n shall find a tongue Thy wondrous faithfulness to praise Thy gathered Saints among verse 6 In heaven who may any way With our Lord God compare VVho of the glorious Angels may So bold compar'son dare verse 7 The Saints assemblies that are his Must greatly fear his Name And all that round about him is Must reverence the same 2. Part. Argument Gods goodness to the Church in creation and government of the world verse 8 O Lord of hosts what god excels Like thee with great pow'r crown'd Thy faithfulness who parallels In all thy circuits round verse 9 The restless raging of the seas Thou rulest at thy will Her swelling waves thou dost appease And mak'st it calm and still verse 10 Thou brok'st in pieces Egypts land Like one that slaught'red lies Thou hast with thine almighty hand Disperst thine enemies verse 11 The heavens and the earth are thine The world and all inclos'd Thou foundest by that pow'r divine verse 12 Which North and South compos'd Tabor and Hermon wondrously Shall in thy Name delight verse 13 Thy hand is strong thy right hand high Thy arm is full of might verse 14 Justice and Judgement on thy throâ— Retain a dwelling place Pure truth and mercy joyn'd in one Shall go before thy face verse 15 That people blessed we record That knows the joyfull sound Thy countenances light ô Lord Shall safely them surround verse 16 Even them thy righteousness shall raise And they shall take delight verse 17 In thy great Name that is their praise And glory of their might Thy favour such that shall there spring Our horns advancement thence verse 18 For Israels holy one 's our King The Lord is our defence 3. Part. Argument Prophecies and promises to Davids house recorded verse 19 IN vision to thy Saint was said For then thou mad'st it known Lo I my helping hand have laid Upon a mightie one verse 20 A chosen Israelite I crown'd With holy Oil have I My servant David whom I found Anointed purposely verse 21 Mine hand shall stablish his success Mine arm shall make him strong verse 22 No foe no sonne of wickedness Shall crush or do him wrong verse 23 I 'l crush his foes before his face Plague them that do him hate verse 24 But will my faithfulness and grace With him perpetuate â—is horn shall be exalted high By my great Names command verse 25 I 'l stretch to th'Seas his soveraigntie To th'river his right hand verse 26 Thou art my Father he shall cry So invocate my Name My God my rock my sure supply Whence my salvation came verse 27 Him my first-born will I advance All earthly Kings above verse 28 And ever grant continuance Unto him of my love My cov'nant shall with him stand fast verse 29 His seed shall still endure And I will make his throne to last As dayes of heaven sure 4. Part. Argument He shews that God corrects his people but never casts them off verse 30 IF Davids seed forsake my Law Not execute my will verse 31 If from my precepts they withdraw Not my commands fulfill verse 32 They shall be sure that I their God Their wickedness and sin With scourges of a smarting rod To visit will begin verse 33 But of my loving kindness yet I will not him bereave Nor will my faithfulness permit To take a finall leave verse 34 My cov'nant with my chosen King By me shall ne'er be broke Nor will I alter any thing Which once my lips have spoke verse 35 Once by my holiness I swore To David I 'l not lie verse 36 His seed shall last for evermore His throne before mine eye verse 37 Like Sun and Moon it shall be fixt For ever they shall be Heavens faithfull witnesses betwixt My chosen King and me 5. Part. Argument He complains of great distress besall'n the house of David seeming to disprove Gods promises verse 38 BUt thine anointed now abhor'd Thou hast cast off in wroth verse 39 Made void thy servants cov'nant Lord The cov'nant of thy troth By casting down to ground thou hast Profan'd his sacred crown verse 40 Of his strong holds made wofull waste His hedges all broke down verse 41 All passengers do him destroy He is in en'mies scorn verse 42 And all his foes thou mad'st to joy And liftest up their horn verse 43 Yea thou hast turn'd and blunted quite His swords puissant edge And for to stand it out in fight Thou hast not been his pledge verse 44 His glory thou hast caus'd to cease And cast his throne to ground verse 45 His youthfull days thou didst decrease And him with shame confound 6. Part. Argument He prays for restauration of Davids kingdome considering Gods faithfull promises and the greatness of the adversaries verse 46 How long Lord wilt thou hide thy face Shall thy continuall rage Flame out as fire so long a space verse 47 O think of my short age Why hast thou made all men in vain verse 48 What man draws vitall breath That shall his soul from grave detain And not at all see death verse 49 Thy former loving kindnesses Which thou didst swear and vow To David in thy righteousness O Lord where are they now verse 50 Remember Lord thy Saints reproach What taunts my bosome bears VVhich all the mighty people broach Thine en'mies taunts are theirs verse 51 Wherewith they have reproacht the ways Of thine anointed King verse 52 To God be everlasting praise Amen Lord grant the thing PSAL. XC London long tune Moses prays God the eternall stay of the Church to sanctifie the many mortalities of Israel in the Wilderness for their sinnes LOrd thou hast been our dwelling place In generations all Thou wast ere there was forme or face Of creature great or small verse 2 Before the mountains had their birth The world or smallest clod Of all this vast and spacious earth Thou art eternall God verse 3 But as for man that 's made of clay He 's
3 The fo my soul doth persecute My life quite undertrod My dwelling made In darksome shade As men long dead O God verse 4 Orewhelm'd therefore my spirits sink My heart is desolate verse 5 Thy ancient daies Thy works and waies I mind and meditate Of all thy handy-works I think verse 6 To thee I stretch my hands My soul doth burst VVith fervent thirst For thee like thirsty lands verse 7 Lord hear me soon my spirits shrink Hide not thy face from mee Like them that go To pit below Lest I should quickly be verse 8 Cause me to hear of thy kind love When morning doth begin Cause me to know VVhat way to go For thee my trust is in verse 9 I lift my soul to thee above Me from mine enemies save I fly to thee To shelter mee No other God I have verse 10 Thy spirit is good let that sweet dove Thy servants soul instruct In thy command And to the land Of uprightness conduct verse 11 Lord for thy Names-sake quicken me And that this very thing May well express Thy righteousness My soul from trouble bring verse 12 And of thine own compassions free My foes destroy and dam ' Destroy them whole That vex my soul For I thy servant am Thine heritage Lord bless and keep So that c. Ps. 28. ult PSAL. CXLIV York tune Gods wonderfull protection on his people in warre and battell his gracious respects to mankinde the quickned desires of the faithfull to praise God O Blessed be the LORD my might Who in the war-like field My hands and fingers taught to fight verse 2 My goodness Saviour Shield My fort high towr in whom I trust My people that subdues verse 3 Oh what is man that LORD thou doest Such poor acquaintance chuse Or what is mans posteritie Whereof such reckoning 's made verse 4 Sure man is like to vanitie His dayes as fleeting shade verse 5 LORD bow the heavens come down Toucht mountains make to smoke verse 6 Destroy thy foes with angry frown By dreadfull lightnings stroke Destroy them with thy bended bow verse 7 Send help my soul to save Send thy high hand rid save me so From swallowing waters grave Even from the hands of children strange verse 8 Whose mouths of folly treat And their right hand 's a meer exchange Of falshood and deceit verse 9 My songs on Psaltery I 'l present To thee compos'd anew And on a ten-string'd instrument Will sing thy praises due verse 10 T is he that unto Kings extends Salvations welcome pledge His servant David he defends From swords offensive edge 2. Part. Argument A prayer for the flourishing estate of the Cōmon-weal Felicity is placed in God alone verse 11 RElease and rid me speedily From hand of sinners vile Whose subtle mouth speaks vanitie Their right hand full of guile verse 12 Our sons as plants in youth up grown And daughters to us born Let be as some carv'd corner-stone Fair palace to adorn verse 13 Our garners full as they can hold With ev'ry kind of thing Our sheep a thousand thousand fold VVithin our streets may bring verse 14 Our Oxen not in labour faint No en'mie to invade No leading captive no complaint Within our streets be made verse 15 O blessed people would we say VVith such like blessings stor'd O rather blessed people they VVhose God is God the Lord. PSAL. CXLV Old England tune David in a well composed song of praise extolls Gods majestie might and mercy I Will extoll thee Lord my King And ever bless thy Name verse 2 I all my dayes Will bless and praise And never cease the same verse 3 Great God great praises meriting VVhose greatness none can reach verse 4 One age shall praise Thy works and waies To thy succeeding Church Thy mighty acts shall they recite verse 5 And I will here discuss The fame of thy Great Majesty And works miraculous verse 6 Thy actions of such wondrous might Men shall speak of the same They dreadfull are And I 'l declare The greatness of thy Name verse 7 The mem'ry of thy goodness great They fully shall make known In songs express Thy righteousness verse 8 The Lord 's a gracious one The LORD is easie to intreat verse 9 Kind patient good to all His mercies do Extend unto His works in generall verse 10 Thy works shall praise thee every one Thy Saints thy Name shall bless verse 11 They shall proclame Thy Kingdoms fame And pow'rs Almightines verse 12 To make thy mighty actions known To mans posteritie And celebrate The glorious state Of thy supremacy 2. Part. Arg. As before verse 13 THy kingdom wears eternall crown And thy dominion shall Endure and last All ages past verse 14 God holds up all that fall And raiseth all the bowed down verse 15 All eyes do wait on thee Thou givest meat For them to eat When fittest seasons bee verse 16 Thine opened hand doth satisfie Each living things desire verse 17 Gods Justie sways In all his ways His holiness intire verse 18 To all his suppliants God is nigh Even all that call sincere verse 19 He also will Their pray'rs fulfill Who ever do him fear Hee 'l hear their cry and help afford verse 20 And all his lovers true Will God secure But he will sure Destroy the wicked crue verse 21 My mouth shall magnifie the Lord And universall flesh His holy Name And glorious fame Shall ever sound afresh PSAL. CXLVI To both Strain tunes The vain trust in men and happie confidence is Gods salvation who made all things is most gracious to us in his providence THe Lords deserved praise proclame My soul do thou extoll the same verse 2 I while I live Will praises give Unto the Lords Almighty Name Unto my God will I sing praise While breath prolongs my life and daies verse 3 Trust in no King Nor mortall thing They can no help nor succour bring verse 4 For lo there passeth out his breath And he returns to dust of death That very day His thoughts decay And each of them then perisheth verse 5 O happy happy happy one VVho ever Jacobs God hath known To be his ayd Whose hope is stayd Upon the Lord his God alone verse 6 That made the heavens seas and shore The earth and all the num'rous store In liquid seas He made all these And keepeth truth for evermore verse 7 In-judgment he for us proceeds For to avenge oppressors deeds From bondage He Set pris'ners free The Lord likewise the hungry feeds verse 8 The righteous doth the Lord affect The bowed down he doth erect Opening likewise The blind mans eyes verse 9 The strangers doth the Lord protect The Lord relieves the fatherless And helps the widow in distress But in his wrath The sinners path The Lord doth utterly suppress verse 10 The Lord shall reign eternally Thy God O Sion rules on high And so he shall To
ages all His Name do ye still magnifie PSAL. CXLVII To 1. French tune God is glorified for the works of his admirable providence and specially for favours to his Church in his Word and Ordinances PRaise ye the Lord for it is meet The praises of our God to sing For it is an employment sweet And praise a very comely thing verse 2 The Lord doth build Jerusalem The outcasts gleans of Israels bounds verse 3 The broke in heart he healeth them And bindeth up their bleeding wounds verse 4 The number of the starres he tells And all their names he doth recite verse 5 Great is the Lord his pow'r excells His understanding infinite verse 6 Poor humble souls the Lord doth raise But treads the wicked to the ground verse 7 Sing to the Lord with thanks praise And with the harps harmonious sound verse 8 Who with thick clouds orespreads the skie Prepared rain on earth distills And makes the earth to fructifie With store of grass on highest hills verse 9 Who to the beast doth food allot And feeds young ravens when they call verse 10 The strength of horse delights him not Nor yet the legs of champion tall verse 11 Who fear him he delights in them And such as on his grace rely verse 12 Praise praise thy God Jerusalem Thy God ô Sion magnifie verse 13 Thy children in thee he hath blest Strengthned the barrs w ch bar thy gates verse 14 Of wheat he fills thee with the best And in thy borders peace creates verse 15 He sends out his commandment full His word through th' air most swiftly posts verse 16 He gives us snow like gentle wool He spreads like ashes hoary frosts verse 17 His ice like morsells casts about His pinching cold who can sustain verse 18 His pow'rfull Word he sendeth out And makes the waters melt again His pow'r doth cause the winds to blow Whereby the rugged waters flows verse 19 His Word to Jacob he doth show His laws and judgments Israel knows verse 20 He dealt not so with other lands As for the Judgments of the Lord No heathen people understands Do ye therefore his praise record PSAL. CXLVIII Old England tune The creatures in their kinde praise God how much more his people obliged by his benefits PRaise ye the LORD praise ye the Lord From heavens lofty frame Him from on high O magnifie verse 2 All Angels praise his Name O all his hoasts his praise record verse 3 O praise him Moon and Sunne Ye stars of light That shine so bright The like of you be done verse 4 Ye heav'ns of heav'ns that are so high Praise him with full consent And waters ye On high that be Above the firmament verse 5 O let them praise and magnifie The LORDS almighty Name For lo they were Created there When his commandment came verse 6 He hath estâ—blisht them also For ever and for ever So firm decree Ordained hee That they shall pass it never verse 7 Praise ye the Lord from earth below Dragons and every deep verse 8 Fire vapour snow Hail-storms that blow His word that firmly keep verse 9 All mountains high and fruitfull trees All hills and Cedars tall verse 10 Ye fowl with wings And creeping things Ye beasts and cattell all verse 11 Kings Princes people all degrees Ye Judges of the earth verse 12 Young men and maids Children and babes And men of elder birth verse 13 The Lords great Name still praised be For that alone excells And far more high Then earth or skie His glitt'ring glory dwells verse 14 The praise of all his Saints is he His people neer alli'd From Israel born He exalts their horn The Lord be magnifi'd PSAL. CXLIX Magnificat tune The triumphs of the Church in memoriall of great deliverances and the subjection of the adversaries PRaise ye the Lord sing to the Lord A new composed song His memorable praise record His gathered Saints among verse 2 Let joyfull Israel shout and sing In their Creators Name Let Sions children in their King Triumphant joyes proclame verse 3 In dances let them praise his Name The harp before him bring And joyn the timbrell to the same VVith these his praises sing verse 4 For lo the Lord exceedingly In Israel doth delight The meek he 'l richly beautifie With robes of saving might verse 5 In glory let the Saints be joy'd Sing lowd upon their bed verse 6 And their religious mouths imploy'd The Lords high praise to spread And let a double edged sword Be put into their hands verse 7 T' inflict the vengeance of the Lord Upon the heathen lands T' impose the peoples punishments verse 8 Their Kings in chains to bind Their noble Peers and Presidents In iron links confin'd verse 9 To execute upon them all The judgment on record Such honour to the Saints doth fall Praise ye praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CL. To London short tune An exhortation to praise God with instruments of musick typing the melodie of Christians affections PRaise praise the Lord most high Within his Sanctu'rie In topmost tow'r Of his great pow'r With praise him magnifie verse 2 Praise him for acts renown'd With excellency crown'd According to His greatness do verse 3 Praise him with trumpets sound O praise him cheerfully VVith harp and psaltery verse 4 And let the dance His praise advance And timbrells melody Praise him with joynt consents Of stringed instruments The organs bring verse 5 Lowd cimballs ring Each one his praise presents High-sounding cymballs ring verse 6 Let every breathing thing The praise record Of this great Lord And HALLELUJAH sing FINIS THE TABLE Affliction MOderated Psal. 30 Ps. 118 ver 18. Sanctified Ps. 94. ver 12. Ps. 119. ver 67. Consisting with Gods love Ps. 89. 4 part Ps. 99. ver 8. Angels Serving God Ps. 103. 2. p. Ps. 104. 1. p. For the godly Ps. 34. 1. p. Ps. 91. 2. p. Age. Prayer for succour in old age Ps. 71. 2. 3. p. Atheism Described Ps. 14. 53. Cursed Ps. 28. ver 5. Ps. 104. v. 35. Ps. 107. ult Blessings On the ground Ps. 65. 2. p. Ps. 67. upon the godly Ps. 112. Babylonian Bondage Ps. 102. 1. p. Ps. 106 last p. Recovered Ps. 85. 1. p. Ps. 126. Backsliding Ps. 119. 22. p. Church Selected Ps. 95. 135. 1. p. Called Ps. 100. Corrupted 106. 2. p. c. Afflicted Ps. 74. 79. 80. Restored Ps. 85. 1. p. Ps. 102. 2. p. Preserved Ps. 124. 129. Priviledges thereof Ps. 65. 1. p. ps 87. Christ. His kingdom opposed Ps. 2. Raised ibidem His perfection Ps. 45. His offices Ps. 110. His Gospel government Ps. 72. 97. 98. 99. Complaints Of miseries personall Ps. 38. 88. 69. 1â— p. Ps. 25. 2. p. Of miseries Nationall Ps. 74. 79. 80. Conscience Ps. 18. ver 21. Creation and Creatures All of God Ps. 33. 1. And governed Ibidem Ps. 103. 2. p. Ps. 119. ver 91.
being the center and basis FINIS * Viz. Dutch tune old England tune French tune and London long tune Ignorance of the sense of Psalms the cause why people doubt whether they should use them Psal. 45. Psal. 135. Quid hoc ad rhombuâ— Psal. 5. * Following the Sentuagint 〈…〉 most common but yet the most corrupt translation Buxtorf Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere c. Hor. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. Blessednesses Much less practises and perseveres Palm tree ever green Therefore perfect in kinde and measure Work for good Not boldly as guiltless Any judgement specially the last Act. 4. 25. Lawes Luk. 19. 14. When he sees fit time Over the Church Day of Eternitie To convert or confound Love honour obey Christ. Waâ— of salvation From heaven typed by Sion As sure as done already Witness Judge Protector and rewarder of it Speak basely of my anointing So do the wicked of Christ and his Saints For they looked towards the Temple when absent 1 Kin. 8. 38. Dan. 6. 10. They gape for good mens destruction And I am neer to death with grief and misery Of seeking Sauls life 2 Sam. 26. 9 Settle my Kingdome promised As a Judge on the Bench. Fails of his wicked purpose Mat. 21. 16 Heb. 2. 9. The foe can destroy no more Thou thou didst destroy others 2 King 19. 25. When he sets upon judgement The chief places of assembly Heathen in life Coveting to do mischief Strong clutches or confederates Uncircumcised in heart rooted out Zach. 12. 10. A sory lump of earth Yee O my friends If outward props faile Behold narrowly Which they cannot evade With our bold words Promises infallible Lest I perish With delight and without scruple Psal. 53. 5. Despised his weapons of faith and prayer Congregation Heaven Word and deed By his good will Hates perfidiousnesse Covetousnes and all injustice A Type of Christ in all Gentiles offered humane bloud to Idols Measured with lines Prophecying of Christs resurrection As my Protector My person Act. 2. 31. Of affliction By murmuring Thy counsels We may alwayes say now A glimpse thereof now Waking froÌ„ affliction and in the resurrection Earthquakes God described as a warriour Yet invisible Angels Vapour and Clouds Lightnings Sea-tempests Of affliction Seen in Davids example Scal'd the walk of a Citie and taken it My enterprize to be atchieved Castles and Forts A president of ours a type of Christs for us Heb. Lie fainedly as hypocrites for fear Exo. 15. 14 After the Spirit The motions of the spheres day and night teach the Creator to all Nations Their course compasse Specially the Sphere of the Sun With Gods blessing 2 Cor. 10. 4. The rule that guides us in Gods fear Heb. Prouds head-strong temptations As apostasie desperation such like A type of Christ and pattern for us From heaven typed by Sion Now having prayed Are victorious A type of the blessings of the Gospel He in his person Christ of his loins we of his faith live for ever Thy omnipotent power The utter extirpation of thy Church The place thine in type and the service thine own for ever Meditate of Christs humiliation Representing Christs sufferings Spirits laâ—â—guishing Seeming as helpless and hopeless as the dead Meditate of Christs passion Leanness Luke 23. 39. Savage adversaries Experience I David as a type of Christ Heb. 2. 11. Feed on the sweet promises Remember the truths of the Gospel Rich poor seek submit to Christ Procure or prevent his own salvation One genâ—ration oâ—â—â—lievers to another Spirituall pastures From sinne and error Saddest afflictions Thy power providence and spirit Corporall blessings The Church on earth in heaven Made one globe of earth and water buâ— quere if water be not the center and basis 2 Pet. 3. 5. Sion hill a type of heaven Doors of your hearts in all generations Raise my afâ—ections Persecute without provocation To do all for the best In quiet contentation In hope and prayer Net of afflictioâ— Not worshipping thee with a wicked heart as they do My affection and conversation is upright His temple's a protection Now that God hath put an end to my temptations under Saul c. The SanctuÌ„ Sanctorum where Oracles were delivered A type of heaven and the Church of God Draw me not to their sin nor drag me to their judgement Hâ—ed not his providence nor means of grace Unrecoverable Of all the faithfull as well as mine For example of others c. Thunder in the Clouds Thunde 5. Flashes of lightning To cast calf Ruling the Seas and tempests Metaph. tyrants Grave of destruction Which is such an argument of his faithfulness and goodness My kingdome Worldlings and Idolaters See 1 Sam. 23. 26 27. 24. 1 2. In the desart for fear of incurring Sauls displeasure Mâ— lot and affairs How much more in another world Thy protection Calumnies and curses But confest Sees all Perplext as if my bones were full of ach as in old age Prov. 17. 22. By my example 2 Co. 6. â— No temptation overcome them Watching if thou take the way as I directed Accomplish all perfection His Sonne Ioh. 1. 3. And holy Ghost Gen. 1. 2. From overflowing the earth Iob 38. 11. The creation Made the soul of one as well as another Remembers how poor David did and sped Every part and piece of him Mat. 10. 30. From hell sin and misery The messenger of vengeance Every vein in my heart c. Sought my life Did me good tho not them Some understand zeal constancy in his prayer Tore my good name Wink mockingly The mischief we wished Of prosperitie and impunitie Cursed of God and man With the sweet of spirituall comforts much more with eternall as full as a river thou art the fountain it self There where we may see it Sure supply Sun-shine name cleer'd from scandall in Gods due time A standing house and memoriall Scarce leave a flyâ— blown chronicle After the last day some think Their great power crusht At least in the world to come Hereafter See Rom. 8. 19. To provoke thee by my sins How penitent patient prayerfull I seem'd not to hear the reproaches of the enemy No answer to my reproehers Almost lamed wit mischief Gen. 32. 31. But I will try what repentance will doe Lest I murmure Beholding their prosperitie I would rather say nothing 〈◊〉 good thoughts came in The passion continued In comparison of thy Eternitie Murmured not at the affliction which I know came from thee Lev. 10. 3. Iob 13. 28. Heb. 11. 13. From the deep dungeon of misery to asure rock of safetie Godly men at least shall learn to fear and trust in God by my example Regards not the example of Idoâ—aters and unbeleevers Not in comparison of Spirit or Christ. Ier. 7. 22. Alluding to that Exod. 21. 6. Ioh. 5. 39. Act. 20. 27. Herein a type of Christ and a pattern to us The afflicted and persecuted Both he that suffers and
them with thy blessings The sound of the Gopel and that which calls thereto Fulfilled to the Church in Christ. In prophecy or by Prophets thou didst promise to promote David a type of Christ. No wicked tyrant His power and dominion See Ps. 72. 8. His seed shall cry Abba father David was the first King that God chose Meditate of Christ. Much more Christs seed Then how sure in Christ. I 'l never fail them while the world stands Afflictions may object that God hath cast us off but never prove it The glory of his kingdom which was a type of so sacred a kingdom is much abased by desolation of warre In the very beginning his kingdom is decayd and seems to be brought to a decrepit state The Church in a dying state As thou wouldst pitie short breathed man â—o much more thy Church As the wicked do Christ. A fourth part of the night Mat. 24. 43. Mat. 13. 35. A pleasant tale delights us and steals our thoughts from us and is done ere we are aware or willing so c. Thy wrath is as dreadfull as we do or can imagine To consider the shortnes and uncertainty thereof Thy work of mercy for Judgment is called his strange work Isa. 28. 21. but mercy his own work Isa. 26. 12. Vnder the wing of Gods protection is all safety From the Executioner of Judgement This Psalme is thought to be made on occasion of that plague 2 Sam. 24. The sickness is most infectious some write in the night and at noon Object Why doth the sickness take us away promiscuously Answ. I doubt we want that goodness they had of old Thou shalt see how it aâ— lights on the wicked Tyrants robbers hereticks and hypocrites meant by these beasts Intituled a Psalme for the Sabbath day Therefore should we keep the Sabbath for such memorials from morning to night Musick of affections now Rom. 11. 33. Though multitudes Maintain my dignity They write that the Vnicorn is never taken â—ive Renew thy gifts and graces on me The true members of the Church How ever the godly are tryed or the wicked suffered Holy promises ordinances exercises The God of the puritans That gives man the faculty of reason To think they are unseen or shall scape unpunished Not every man afflicted but he that learns by it Esa. 26. 20. Tho God try the righteous and suffer the wicked for a time it will change Yet I was ready to distruct for my own part Then God came in c. I had been in my grave ere now Comforts of thy Word and Spirit Shall they that make laws for traps plead thy authoritie you must obey the King siâ— iâ— all things When ever ye hear his word or spirit moving you In forty yeers space a long day specially that notorious temptation Exod. 17. 6. Into Canaan a type of heaven Greatest tokens of his glory are in his Church For by Christ they shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption Rom. 8. 19 20 21 22. Gentiles come in The Church militant in unitie veritie safetie His coming is nigh at hand to teach judge justifie sanctifie Mediate of his coming to judgement Ilands aswell as continent rejoyce for the Kingdom of Christ dreadfull onely to his adversaries Kingdomes of Tyrants tremble at his Judgements Angels and men Let all false gods fall as Dagon c. their disciples worship the true God Light of coÌ„fort which if it spring not up in this world will be plentifull hereafter Such a holy nature cannot fail of his promises Luk. 1. 69. Published to the Gentiles Heb. 12. 28. Christs government delights in righteousness Kings thrones are adorn'd with Purple Arras c. Christs with righteousness At or before the Ark a Type of Christ. The word for a Priest is sometimes put for a great person Num. 16. 46. 1. Sam. 7. 9. Exod. 13. 21. Ancient miracles belong to us Pardon and chastisement may stand together For the things they did besides and against the word He made us his people Ioh. 15. 16. How much more doth Christ in his Church †In this song publikely profess it * CompreheÌ„ding all the vertues of a governour Doing all for thy glory When wilt thou settle mee in my kingdome mean while I will do so in my house Iâ—â— do no wrong to my subjects nor suffer any one to counsell me so I hate such doings c. The servants both of my Court and Crown shall be the best deserâ—ing Typing our bondage to Satan and the Romish Babylon Therefore my adversity is the greater Seventy yeers Ier. 25. 12. Of the ruins of the materiall temple how much more of the living temple of the holy Ghost Prayer shall bring thee deliverance Though in after ages Captives in Babylon Gentiles conversion Oh that this generation might see these days but we are broken with affliction and wearing away Her bill in old age grows so crooked she cannot eat till it fall off and then she revives Psal. 147. 29. Numerous Angels The father of lights for thou mad'st light the first day * Second day Gen. 1. 6. As nimble as a flame to execute his will Gen. 1. 3. Some think he treats of the five days Creation †Third day Gen. 1. 9. At first water lapt about the earth but God bounded the water to make the earth habitable Quere if Angels were not made the second day a Thy word Gen. 1. 7. was soon obey'd b Heb. The mountains ascend the valleys descend c As naturally being a lighter element they would Yet Rivers accommodate us tho the Seas cover not the earth Gen. 1. 14. Tho individuums i. e. particular creatures men beasts plants die yet the species the kinds of each continue still * As at Sina Exod. 19. I will not neglect to praise God for his work as profane men do Take him away in his sins Which signifies our safe conduct to the kingdome of glory My people taught and anointed with my Spirit Typing our provision preservation in the world Ouâ— of evils God intends good for his children Till the time came that God had said with himself i. e. decreed to deliver him his word of permission tri'd Josephs patience God guides wicked mens malice to our good No creatures disobedient to God but Devils and men Exod. 12. 35. Exod. 33. 12. Exod. 13. 22. These were types of heavenly food Meditate of the continuall care of God for our bodies and souls And of Christ signified by the rock of water 1 Cor. 10. 4. From Wilderness to Canaan and us from earth to heaven Wilfully transgressing Let me experimentally feel thy favour as thy elect Saints shall do Did not ediâ—â—e by them As divers dyed suddenly by surfet Psal. 78. 31. So some by consumptions going to the heart of them But that intercession was through Christ on whom we must meditate Aegypt was peopled by the posterity of cursed Cham. As unbeleevers do the heavenly Canaan Sware See Ezek. 20. Some