Resembling that of Heav'n above Where Brethren peacefully unite In sweet accord and hearty Love It 's like the precious Ointment pour'd On A aron's consecrated Head Which first ran down his Face and thence Unto his costly Vesture spread Like Dews that visit every Hill Or as the fruitfull Show'rs of Rain Tho' first on higher Grounds they fall Descend and water all the Plain None can express the Joys that meet Where Love and Amity abound Their Souls are fill'd with inward Peace Their prosp'rous State with blessing crown'd PSALM CXXXIII Another Metre O Happy Companies on Earth Resembling Heav'n above Where Brethren peacefully unite In sweet Accord and Love It 's like the precious Ointment pour'd Upon the High-priest's Head Which first ran down his Beard and thence T' his costly Garments spread Like Dews that visit every Hill Or fruitfull Show'rs of Rain Tho' first on higher Grounds they fall Thence water all the Plain None can express the Joys that meet Where mutual Love is found Their Souls are fill'd with inward Peace Their State with blessing crown'd PSALM CXXXIV As the 100 Psalm YE Servants of th' Eternal Lord Who early at his Temple wait And there your late attendance give See that his Name ye celebrate And as that Holy place requires Pure hands in your Devotions raise To all your other Off ' rings joyn The gratefull Sacrifice of Praise God the great Maker of the World As great in Goodness as in Pow'r Give gracious Answerd to thy Pray'rs And blese his People every Hour PSALM CXXXIV Another Metre YE Servants of the Lord above Who at his Temple wait See that before the rising Sun His Name ye celebrate And in that Holy place pure hands In your Devotions raise To all your other Off ' rings joyn The Sacrifice of Praise The Lord that made the World as great In Goodness as in Pow'r Give ear to thy requests and bless His People every Hour PSALM CXXXV YE Servants of th' Almighty Lord That Heav'n and Earth did frame Who at his House and Altar wait Praise ye his Glorious Name O let the Goodness of the Lord Your best Affections raise Your inward Pleasure will increase Together with your Praise Ye Isra'elites have greatest cause To praise him and rejoyce You that are dearer unto God His Treasure and his Choice In him do all Perfections meet His greatness knows no bound What e'er by other Gods is claimed In him alone is found His Pow'r created all at first His Pleasure rules them still His uncontrolled mind the Heav'n The Earth and Seas fulfil By undiscerned Force he makes The Vapours to arise Which frame the Clouds where Fire unquench'd Mingled with Water lies From thence the dreadfull lightnings burst And rains are poured down He brings his boist'rous winds and storms From Treasuries unknown He the first-born of man and beast At once in Egypt slew Whose King and Court by fearfull plagues His wond'rous Power knew Part II. He smote great Nations and slew Kings That Potent Sceptres sway'd Sihon and Og ' mong these for War The greatest Figure made All Can'an's Kingdoms too at last With all their Kings he smote Whose rich and pleasant Land became Our Heritage and Lot Supported by such glorions Works Thy Fame can never die But thy Memorial shall endure To all Eternity Tho' God's offending People may Under oppression mourn He 'll take their part and all his wrath Shall into kindness turn The Heathen Idols Silver are Or Gold at best and thence Derive their worth but are no Gods Since void of Life or Sense For tho' the Maker forns an Eye A Mouth or other part He cannot give them Sight or Breath Motion or Life by Art Fond men with hands to make a God To which our Knees should bow You trust what cannot help it self Statues have Sense like you O House of Isr'ael bless the Lord Ye Priests his praise proclaim Bless him ye Levites and let all That fear him do the same 21 From Sion may his Songs of praise Sound forth with sweet accord He in this Holy City dwells O praise this Highest Lord. PSALM CXXXV Another Metre As the 148 Psalm YE Servants of the Lord That Heav'n and Earth did frame Who at his Altar wait Praise ye his Glorious Name His Goodness do's To this invite His praise will give The best delight Ye Isr'aelites are bound Greatly your God to bless Who unto Jacob did Such special Love express Whose Children still To God are dear His Treasure and Peculiar care In him all Glories meet His Greatness knows no bound What other Gods do claim In him alone is found Who as at first He all things made Still rules o'er all By all obey'd All things in Heav'n above Are subject to his Will The Earth and Seas below His pleasure do fulfil At his Command From the World's End Vapours to frame The Clouds ascend The dreadfull Flashes thence Of pointed Lightnings fly Those Fires remain unquench'd Tho' mix'd with Rains they lie He brings forth Winds That loudly blow From Treasuries Which none can know Part II. He the First-born of Man And Beast in Egypt slew Whose King and Court by plagues His wond'rous Power knew Great Nations then And Kings he smote Sihon and Og Of greatest note The Fate of Can'an's Kings And Kingdoms was the same All conquer'd and their Land Our Heritage became Thy Name and thy Memorial For ever Lord Continue shall Tho' God's own People may Suffer when they offend At last their Sorrows will In their Salvation end He 'll take the part Of those that mourn And all his wrath To kindness turn The Heathen Idols are Of vile Materials made Tho' by Man's Art with Gold Or Silver overlaid He forms a Mouth An Eye or Ear Which cannot speak Nor see nor hear Fond men to what their hands Have made their Knees to bend Much more to trust in what Cannot it self defend Brutes that have Life Are better for You without Sense Like Statues are O Isr'ael bless the Lord Ye Priests his praise proclaim Let Levi's House and all That fear him do the same From Sion sing With one accord There God resides Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CXXXVI As the 148 Psalm GIve thanks unto the Lord Who is so kind and good Whose Mercies firmly last As they have ever stood To this great King All Gods do bow Angels above And Pow'rs below His works our wonder raise The Heav'ns his wisdom made And he th' outstretched Earth Above the Waters laid He made the Sun The Day 's great Light The Moon and Stars To rule the Night Egypt ' s First-born he smote And by his pow'rfull Hand He brake off Isr'ael's Yoke And brought them from that Land His Mercies shown To Ages past Eternally Shall spring and last The parted Sea made way For Israel to pass There the pursuing Host Of Phar'oh drowned was His People through The Desert led By Miracles Were daily fed Kings that oppos'd their way
time to do't's but short Ch. 19.v.1 Salvation to our God belongs Glory and Honour are his due His Pow'r supreme and all proclaim His Judgments to be just and true v. 2 He the great Whore has judg'd which did Corrupt with Idols every Land And has aveng'd the crying Blood Of his slain Servants at her hand v. 6 Now let both Heav'n and Earth aloud Their praising Hallelujah's sing For the Lord God Almighty reigns And shews himself a glorious King v. 17 In Honour of the Lamb of God Let 's triumph on his Nuptial day The time is come and his chast Bride Stands ready drest in rich Array HYMN V. Te Deum As the 25 Psalm O God we praise thee and we own Thee to be Lord and King alone All the whole Earth doth worship thee Thou Father from Eternity To thee all Angels loudly cry The Heav'ns and all the Pow'rs on high Cherubs and Seraphins proclaim And cry thrice Holy to thy Name Lord God of Hosts thy presence bright Fills Heav'n and Earth with beauteous light The Apostles glorious Company The Prophet's Fellowship praise thee The crowned Martyrs Noble Host The Holy Church in every Coast Thine infinite perfections own Father of Majesty unknown Giving all Adoration Unto thy true and onely Son And to the Holy Ghost from whom As the sole Spring our Comforts come O Christ thou glorious King we own Thee to be God's Eternal Son Who our Deliv'rance to obtain Did'st not the Virgins Womb disdain When Death 's sharp sting destroy'd by thee Gave thee a glorious Victory Heav'ns Gate that Entrance had deny'd To all Believers opened wide Part II Thou Lord at God's Right hand art plac'd And with thy Father's Glory grac'd And we believe the Day will come When thou as Judge shall pass our doom Promote we pray thy Servants good Redeemed with thy precious Blood Among thy Saints make them ascend To Glory that shall never End Thy People with Salvation crown Bless those O God that are thine own Govern and list them up on high Thee Lord we dily magnify Thy Name we worship and adore Ever when time shall be more Vouchsafe this Day to keep us pure From Harms and wilfull Sins secure O let thy Mercy Lord descend On us whose hopes on thee depend Lord since my Trust is fixt on thee O let me ne'er confounded be The Angels Doxology Luke 2. 14. As the 25 Psalm GLory to God in Heav'n above Let th' Earth below with Peace be blest From the Divine Benignity Greatest Good-will towards Men exprest To the common Tunes GLory to God in Heav'n above Let th' Earth with Peace be blest From the Divine Benignity Good-will tow'rds Men exprest As the 25 Psalm GLory to God in Heav'n Let th' Earth with Peace be blest From the Divine Benignity Good-will tow'rds Menexprest Gloria Patri As the 25 Psalm TO thee O Father to the Son And Holy Ghost whom we adore Be Glory as it was of Old Is now and shall be evermore To the common Tunes TO thee O Father to the Son And Holy Ghost we give Glory that was of Old is now And shall this World survive As the 25 Psalm TO thee O Father Son And Holy Ghost we give Glory that was of Old is now And shall this World outlive FINIS AN EXPLICATION OF Some WORDS Of less Common Use For the Benefit of the Common People Words less common Their Signification ACquired OBtained Audacious Bold daring Benignity Kindness bounty Celebrate Make renowned Climes Country's differing in length of days Congratulate Give one joy Defamation Discredit Detracting Lessening ones credit Diffusive Spreading wide Dissipate Disperse scatter Enhance Raise the value Enterr Bury Evade Escape Exert Put forth Fluid Yielding Ignominy Disgrace Impetums Hasty violent Infest Annoy molest Invoke Call upon Lower Sphere Meaner Estate Obnoxious Faulty guilty Orbs Spheres Bodies of round form Recesses Places out of view Revere To reverence Rude Mass Unshapen matter Splendid Bright shining Stupendious Astonishing Suppliant Petitioner Theam Matter of Discourse Traduce To slander defame Transfer To remove carry Uncessant Never ceasing Undeclining Not changing Unexhausted Never drawn dry A TABLE To find any PSALM Knowing its Beginning A. Psalm All People round the Earth your Ears 2n Met. 49 All the Earth's Praises to thy Name 8 As by Euphrates Streams we sat 137 B. Psalm EEhold my troubles Lord 70 Behold O Lord my sinfull Soul 2d Met. 51 Behold O Lord with savage Rage 79 Blest be the Lord the God of Might 144 Blest Fountain of my Joys for thee 2d Met. 42 Blest is the Man that fears the Lord 112 Blest is the Man whose fear of God 128 Blest is the Man whose tender Sense 41 Blest is the Man whose vertuous Steps 1 Bless thou the Lord my Soul his name 103 Bless thou the Lord my Soul to this 2d Met 104 By cheerfull Praises to his Name 106 C. Psalm CErtain it is that God is kind 73 Come let us all unite our Joys 95 Come let us with united Joys 2d Met. 95 D. Psalm DIvinely now inspir'd I 'll sing 45 Do not O Lord in our disiress 83 E. Psalm EArly O Lord my fainting Soul 63 F. Psalm FAlsly accus'd to thee I fly 17 Fools in their hearts have said no God 2d Met. 14 G. Psalm GIve thanks unto the Lord 136 God is my Saviour and my Light 27 God is my Shepherd who will see 23 God reigns let all the Earth rejoyce 2d Met. 97 God that so gracious a regard 2d Met. 116 God who my kind preserver is 34 Great Judge of all the World be thou 2d Met. 43 Great Praises to the greatest Lord 48 Great shepherd of good Jacob's Race 80 H. Psalm HAD not the Lord our Cause espous'd 24 Hear me O Lord my sure Defence 28 Hear me O Lord the great Support 4 He 's happy whom no wicked Mens 2d Met. r He that has God for his retreat 91 He who makes God his sure retreat 2d Met. 91 How beauteous is the place where thou 84 How long shall I complain like one 1st 2d Met. 13 How well are we imploy'd topraise 2d Met. 147 I. Psalm Iall my Love on thee bestow 18 If thou Lord dost not rise and help 12 I 'll list mine Eyes unto the Hills 121 In Just displeasure for our Sins 60 In my distress my Pray'rs and Cries 77 I trust in God why should I then 11 It 's sure that God is kind to those 2d Met. 73 I was resolv'd t' observe my ways 2d Met. 39 I will extoll thy sacred Name 145 L. Psalm LET all give thanks to God above 107 Let all the Earth their Voices raise 1 2 Met. 96 Let all the Earth with joy resound 66 Let all the Nations of the Earth 100 Let all the Nations of the World 117 Let all the People round the Earth 49 Let none be envious when he sees 37 Let none be troubled to behold 2d Met. 37 Let th' Earth
take Example by me to be worse State-reason and a private End Serv'd by ill projects shall not bend The Laws against the Rule of Right The man whose sroward heart is press'd Ungodly Counsels to suggest shall never be my Favourite The privy Slanderer I 'll not brook Nor on the proud vouohsafe to look Unless to note him for disgrace But men of clear Integrity And unsuspected Honesty Shall be advanc'd to highest place None shall by tricks and sly decoit By lyes and little arts grow great Or be in mine Affairs imploy'd Justice shall not Offenders spare But wicked Doers by my care Shall from God's City be destroy'd PSALM CII LORD hear the pray'rs and mournful cries Of mine afflicted state And with thy Comforts chear my Soul Before it be too late My days consume away like smoak Mine anguish is so great My Bones are not unlike an Hearth Parched and dry with Heat This makes my vital Spirits fail And flag like withered Grass Mine appetite to food 's so lost My meals I Over-pass Such is my grief I little else Can do but sigh and groan So wasted is my flesh I 'm lest Nothing but skin and bone Like th' Owl and Pelican that dwell In deserts out pf sight I sadly to bemoan my self In solitude delight The wakeful Bird that on House tops Sits without company And spends the night in dolesul cries Lives such a life as I. My pleased Enemies expose My miseries to scorn So set against me with mad rage My ruine they have sworn Th' ashes I roll in when I eat Are tasted with my Bread And with my Drink are mix'd the tears I plentifully shed Thy wrath against us so severe Do's not remit at all By dashing all the hopes thou 'st rais'd I 've had the sorer fall Part II. My days like the declining shades Make haste and fly away As Flow'rs before the scorching Sun They wither and decay But thou Lord ever shalt remain The same thou ever wast And the memorial of thy Truth Shall to all Ages last The years for Sion's punishment Prefix'd expiring are God's time to favour her 's at hand Her ruines to repair These hopes to see her built again Make us her stones to prize Her heaps of rubbish and of dust Are precious in our Eyes The Heathen Kings who scorn us now Will then thy Name revere Whose pow'r when Sion is restor'd Will gloriously appear The captive poor that now bemoan Their miseries in vain Shall then be heard and their lost state And liberties regain This Mercy to the following Age Shall stand upon record And their Posterity tho' yet Unborn shall praise the Lord. Part III. The Lord who in his Heav'nly Throne Advanced is so high Yet casts on our afflicted state A favourable eye Hell give that wish'd for liberty The groaning pris'ners crave And those that look upon themselves As doom'd to die will save That they the Glories of his Name May in nis Temple raise And in Jerusalem aloud His Truth and Goodness praise When all his saved people there Shall meet with one accord And other Kingdoms joyn with us In worshipping the Lord. But mine afflictions such decays Of age and strength had made My hopes to see those happy days Fell short and thus I pray'd Lord take me not away before My better days be past Thine undeclining years beyond All generations last Th' unknown Foundations of the Earth Of old by thee were laid The fair and beauteous Heavens shew The work thy hands have made These all shall perish and wax old Like garments thrown aside But tho' they change thy years ne'er fail Thou dost the same abide Thy kindness to the good is firm Thy word to them is sure Tho' strange events may change the world Their Race shall still endure PSALM CIII As the 100 Psalm BLess thou the Lord my soul his Name Let all the pow'rs within me bless O let not his pasl favours lie Forgotten in unthankfulness It 's he that pardons all thy sins He that in sickness makes thee sound It 's he redeemed from the Grave Thy Life with Love and Mercy Crown'd It 's he that fills thy mouth with good And all thy just desires supplies Who like the Eagles makes thine Age To a renewed youth arise From his strict Justice sure relief Oppressed Innocence will find Moses and Isr'el knew his ways And kind Intentions of his mind Abundant Mercies flow from God Love is his nature and delight Slow is his wrath and tho' he chides Intends not to destroy us quite His Anger in its rise and stay From Rules Justice never swerves And when he punishes our faults The measure 's less than sin deserves As Heav'n is far above the Earth So his Rewards exceed our Love Farther than East is from the West His Pardon does our sins remove Part II. A father's pity to his child Resembles God's tho' shorter far For he considers our weak frame That onely quickned Dust we are Man's days are like the Grass or Flow'r That in the Field its Beauty shows But fades with every blasting wind And then its former place none Knows But God's eternal Truth and Love Is to good Men and to their Race Those that his Laws and Cov'nant keep His favour ever will embrace Circled with glorious Light his Throne The Lord has plac'd in Heav'n above Whose mighty ' pow'r and sov'reign Rule Extends o'er all that live and move Bless God ye Angels who in strength And ready services transcend Bless him ye Hosts and Ministers Who all to doe his Will attend All ye his works that subject are In ev'ry place to his controll Bless ye your Maker and with them Joyn in his Praises O my Soul PSALM CIII Another Metre MY Soul bless thou the Lord his Name All pow'rs within me bless O never let his favours be Lost in unthankfulness It 's he forgives thy sins and do's Thy sicknesses remove It 's he redeems thee from the Grave And crowns thy Life with Love It 's he that fills thy mouth with good Thy just desires supplies Who like the Eagles makes thine Age To a new Youth arise From his strict Justice sure relief Wrong'd Innocence shall find Moses his ways and Israel knew Th' Intentions of his mind The Lord is kind and Goodness is His nature and delight Slow is his wrath and tho' he chides Would not destroy us quite His Anger in its rise and stay From Justice never swerves And when he punishes our faults It 's less than sin deserves As Heav'n do's far exceed the Earth So his Rewards our Love Farther than East is from the West He do's our sins remove Part II. A father's pity to his child Than God's is lesser far For he considers our weak frame And knows that Dust we are Man's days are like the grass or flow'r Fresh when it s newly blown But fades with every blasting wind Whose place no more is known But God is true and ever kind To
good men and their race Those that his Laws and Cov'nant keep His favour will embrace Circled with Light the Lord has plac'd His Throne in Heav'n above Whose sov'reign Empire do's extend O'er all that live and move Bless God ye Angels who in strength And services transcend Bless him ye Hosts and Ministers Who all his Will attend All ye his works in every place Subject to his controll Bless ye your Maker and with them Joyn in his praise my Soul PSALM CIV As the 100 Psalm MY Soul for ever bless the Lord To this his Greatness do's invite Honour and Majesty 's his Robe His beauteous vesture splendid Light He as a Tent the Heav'ns extends Whose rooms on liquid waters stay Clouds are his Chariot and the winds way With their wing'd wheels mete out his Angels as swist as air as bright As flames with quick obedience move To publish and effect below His pleasure giv'n in charge above The Earth's Foundations are unknown No Pillars rais'd its weight to bear And yet no Pow'r can make it move Tho' it hangs loose in fluid air The Earth's first Cov'ring was the Deep Whose Waves the highest Hills surpass'd Till at thy Check and Thunder's voice They shrank and fled away in haste The Mountains by hid ways they climb Thence to the lower Vales descend Till in the Sea from whence they came At last their winding courses end In vain the Ocean's swelling Pride Threatens again the Earth to cover Its fixed bounds no rising Tides Without new leave can e'er pass over Part II. He from the Hills through secret Veins Causes the chrystal Springs to burst They glide thro' Vallies where the Beasts And the wild Asses quench their thirst There Birds are taught with curious Art Their Nests in shady boughs to raise And by their chearfull Notes reprove Our silence in our Maker's praise Nor can the higher grounds which gape For thirst complain that they 're forgot Clouds big with show'rs on them distill And water every barren plot By his Command th' enriched Earth Food for all Creatures do's produce The Grass springs up to serve the Beasts And Herbs for Man's peculiar use Rich wine that chears Man's heart and oil That makes his Countenance look bright Bread the support of Life all made To serve our needs or our delight Trees that on barren Hills are plac'd Need not be watered by our care Where Lebanon do's highest rise Cedars are ever fresh and fair There Birds obtain secure retreat Storks for their dwelling chuse the Pine Wild-Goats find refuge in the Hills Conies in Rocks they undermine Part III. The Moon whose varied Face we see Measures the seasons of the year And having run his daily course The Sun knows when to set and where Darkness as well as Day thou mak'st 'T is Night that brings wild-Beasts abroad Fierce Lions roaring for their prey By hunger taught seek meat from God At the Sun's rise these scatter'd Beasts Crowd to their Dens with hasty flight Men share the Day whose work begins And ends together with the Light Great God! how various are thy works Created all with wond'rous skill Thy Blessings Lord inrich the Earth And the Sea 's spacious bosom fill Whose yielding waves the Ships divide There Fishes move of different size And there the great Leviathan Do's play and Man's attempts despise These all wait humbly to receive Thine alms of seasonable food And what thine opened hand bestows They gather and are fill'd with good Part IV. If God but in displeasure frown The whole Creation needs must mourn If he with-holds his breath or theirs They die and to their Dust return His quick'ning Spirit when it breaths All things with Life and Joy endues His pow'rful word that made the earth At first its face again renews Whilst this world's frame and order lasts God's Glory never can be less And what his wisdom made so good His favour will delight to bless But let not sinful Man presume God's dreadful anger to provoke Whose Look can cause the Earth to quake Whose touch make proudest hils to smoak The great imployment of my Life Shall be to praise this mighty Lord To meditate his Love and Works The sweetest pleasure will afford While Sinners from the Earth consume No place or thought regards them more Bless thou thy Maker O my Soul Let Heav'n and Earth his Name adore PSALM CIV Another Metre BLess thou the Lord my Soul to this His Greatness do's invite Honour and Majesty 's his Robe His Vesture splendid Light He as a Tent the Heav'ns extends Whose rooms on waters stay Clouds are his chariot and the winds Wing'd wheels mete out his way Angels as swift as air as bright As flames attend and move His pleasure to effect below That 's giv'n in charge above The Earth's Foundations are unknown Its weight no Pillars bear Yet none can move it tho' it hangs Loose in the yielding air The Earth's first cov'ring was the deep Whose waves the hills surpass'd Till at thy check and thunder's voice They shrank and fled in haste The Mountains by hid ways they climb Thence to the Vales descend Till in the Sea whence first they came Their winding courses end In vain the Ocean's swelling Pride Threatens the Earth to cover Its fixed bounds no rising Tides Can without leave pass over Part II. He from the Hills by secret Veins Makes chrystal springs to burst The wat'red Vallies give all Beasts Drink to allay their thirst There Birds are taught their artfull Nests In shady boughs to raise Whose chearfull Notes our silence shame In our Creatour's praise Nor can the higher grounds which gape For third say they 're forgot Clouds big with show'rs on them distill And water every plot By his Command th' enriched Earth Do's food For all produce The grass springs up to serve the beasts And herbs for humane use Rich wine that chears Man's heart and oil That makes his face look bright Bread the support of Life all serve Our needs or our delight The Trees on barren Hills will thrive unwat'red by our care Cedars i' th' heights of Lebanon Are ever fresh and fair There Birds find sure retreat the Stork Dwells in the losty Pine Wild Goats in Hills Conies are safe In Rocks they undermine Part III. The Moon 's oft varied face do's show The seasons of the year After his daily course the Sun Knows when to set and where Darkness as well as Light thou mak'st Night brings wild Beasts abroad The hungry Lions roar for prey And seek their meat from God At the Sun 's rising to their Dens They croud with hasty flight Men share the Day whose work 's begun And finish'd with the Light Great God! how various are thy works All made with wond'rous skill Thy Blessings Lord enrich the Earth And Seas large bosom fill There go the Ships and there do move Fishes of different size There great Leviathan do's play And Man's attempts despise These all wait to receive
his People to possess The Heathens pleasant Land Faithful and Just are all his Works His Word no less is sure When once his Promise is engag'd Performance is secure Isr'el from slavery redeem'd His Holiness did know Their foes the terrour of his Name Felt in their overthrow To fear the Lord true wisdom is And he that strives to please His Maker understands him best Whose praise shall never cease PSALM CXII As the 100 Psalm BLest is the Man that fears the Lord Whose pleasure 't is to doe his Will His seed shall be renown'd on Earth His happy Race shall flourish still His house with plenty shall be fill'd And as his wealth and stores increase His bounty is enlarg'd no fear Of future want do's make it less When troubles fall unto his share They 'll in his greater comfort end What kindness God on him bestows The same to others he 'll extend He lends assistance to the poor Discreetly orders all his way Nothing shall move this righteous Man Or make his memory decay No news of threatning danger can His confidence in God displace He with undaunted courage looks His foes securely in the face God his diffusive charity With sutable rewards will crown Not onely those above bestow But honour here and great renown Mean while the wicked shall repine With indignation at his bliss And melt away with grief to see This Man obtain what they shall miss PSALM CXII Another Metre O Happy Man that fears the Lord And joys to doe his Will His seed shall be renown'd on Earth His race shall flourish still His house with plenty shall be fill'd And as his stores increase His bounty is enlarg'd no fear Of want do's make it less When troubles fall unto his share They 'll in his comfort end What kindness God on him bestows To others he 'll extend He lends assistance to the poor Discreetly guides his way Nothing shall move this Man or make His memory decay His trust in God no threatning news Of danger can displace He with undaunted courage looks His En'mies in the face God his diffusive charity With great rewards will crown Both those above bestow and here Honour and great renown Mean while the wicked shall repine With envy at his bliss Consume with grief to see this Man Obtain what they shall miss PSALM CXIII YE servants of th' eternal King To God your chearful praises sing Whose Name be blest for evermore His goodness over all is great Where e'er the Sun do's rise or set Since all are blest let all adore O'er all the Earth the Lord do's reign And Heav'n's too narrow to contain His Glories that are infinite Let not poor borrowed greatness dare With his Perfections to compare Who dwells in uncreated Light He condescends so far to know Th' affairs of mortals here below As well as those in Heav'n above To shew how he o'er all things sways He from the dust the poor do's raise And from his vile estate remove From thence advances him on high To unexpected dignity And sets him a royal Throne When age and nature doth despair He makes the barren womb to bear O therefore praise this God alone PSALM CXIV As the 113 Psalm WHen the great God had Isr'el's seed From Egypt and oppression freed He then declar'd himself their King Whose bright appearance as they pass'd The Sea beheld and fled in haste Jordan retir'd unto its spring Sinai when God came down did shake Th' adjoyning mountains all did quake And like affrighted Rams did skip The little hills could not forbear By trembling too to shew their fear Like Lambs that round their Mothers trip What ail'd the Sea thus to shrink back Or Jordan its old banks forsake So cross to Nature's fixed Laws Why should great Mountains skip like Rams And little hills like frighted Lambs Why seems it strange when God's the cause Not Hills alone when he is near But the whole Earth may quake for fear As into strange Convulsions thrown For Rocks into a wat'ry Lake And Flints into a Fountain brake When God would make his Power known PSALM CXV As the 100 Psalm NOT unto us Lord not to us But to thy Name the praise we owe To thy free goodness and thy truth The springs whence all our blessings flow Why should the Heathen ask in scorn Where is the God whom ye adore In Heav'n he reigns but do's on Earth What e'er his Will ordain'd before Silver and Gold their Idols are And all their worth derive from thence With no Divinity inspir'd Since they are void of life and sense For tho' the Maker forms an Eye A Mouth or any other Part He cannot give them sight or breath Nor lively motion by his art Fond Men to think your hands can make A God to which our knees should bow You trust what cannot help it self Statues have sense as much as you O Isr'el in the living God Repose your trust and confidence He 'll help you to subdue your foes In dangers he 'll be your defence Let A'ron's house on God rely To you he 'll be an help and shield Trust in him ye that fear the Lord Whose care and aid will safety yield He who in ages past was kind In after times will be no less He th' house of Israel will save The Priests of A'ron's house will bless He 'll bless all pious worshippers Of low as well as high degree And largely heap his benefits On you and your posterity O happy state thus to be blest By him that made both Earth and Heav'n His throne in Heav'n is plac'd the Earth In kindness he to Man has giv'n The silent Grave cannot declare Thy wonders nor proclaim thy praise We 'll now begin that blessed work Which shall continue all our days PSALM CXV Another Metre LORD not to us but to thy Name We give the praise we owe To thy free goodness and thy truth Whence all our blessings flow Why should the Heathen ask us Where 's That God whom you adore In Heav'n he reigns but do's on Earth What he ordain'd before Silver and gold their Idols are Their worth derive from thence With no Divinity inspir'd Since void of life or sense For tho' the Maker forms an Eye A Mouth or other Part He cannot give them sight or breath Motion or Life by art Fond Men with hands to make a God To which our knees should bow You trust what cannot help it self Statues have sense like you O Isr'el in the living God Repose your confidence To quell your foes he 'll be your help In dangers your defence Let A'ron's house on him rely He 'll be your help and shield All that fear God trust him whose care And aid will safety yield He that before was kind will be In after times no less The house of Isr'el he will save The Priests of A'ron's bless He 'll bless all pious Worshippers Of low or high degree And heap his benefits on you
Sihon and Og he smote And made their fruitfull Land Fall to his Peoples Lot His Mercies shown To Ages past Eternally Shall spring and last He sav'd us when our State Was low and sore opprest Food to all flesh he gives The God of Heav'n be blest Whose Mercies shown To Ages past Eternally Shall spring and last PSALM CXXXVI Another Metre As the 113 Psalm REnder and oft your thanks repeat To God who is as Good as Great To every Age his Meroy's sure To him your chearfull Praises sing Whom Angels worship as their King Whese Mercy always do's endure To him whom highest Princes own By low prostrations at his Throne To every Age his Merey's sure To him whose wond'rous Works declate His Pow'r to be beyond compare Whose Mercy always do's endure His Wisdom when the Heav'ns you view Their Brightness and their Order shew To every Age his Mercy 's sure To him who laid the Seas below The Earth which they can ne'er o'erflow Whose Mercy always do's endure To him who out of Night's dull shade To cheer the World great Lights has made To every Age his Mercy 's sure The Sun that gives us quick'ning heat And Light out Labours to compleat His Mercy always do's endure The Moon and Stars when down we lie For our Repose its place supply To every Age his Mercy 's sure To him who by a Vengeance due All the First-born in Egypt slew Whofe Mercy always do's endure Then Isr'el whom they long detain'd In cruel Bondage freedom gain'd To every Age his Mercy 's sure All this by a strong hand was done A Pow'r none could resist or shun His Mercy always do's endure Part II. When after this fear seiz'd their hearts The Red-sea severed into parts To every Age his Mercy 's sure And like a Wall on either hand Till they pass through the Waters stand His Mercy always do's endure Here hardened Phar'oh and his Host That follow'd them were sunk and lost To every Ate his Mercy 's sure His People thro' the Desart led By Miracles were daily fed His Mercy always do's endure He smote great Kings that did withstand Their passage to the promis'd Land To every Age his Mercy 's sure Tho' fam'd for prowess they could gain No Victories but all were slain His Mercy always do's endure Sihon for War of greatest note King of fierce Amorites he smote To every Age his Mercy 's sure And Bashan's Tyrant Og o'ercame For height a Gyant of great Name His Mercy always do's endure To give their Land he did engage For a perpetual Heritage To every Age his Mercy 's sure This Heritage fell to our Lot Who had not then our God forgot Whose Mercy always do's endure Who pity'd our sed State when Sin Might have thrown out whom he brought in To every Age his Mercy 's sure And when subdu'd oft heard our Cries And sav'd us from our Enemies His Mercy always do's endure He satisfies all flesh with food All Creatures wants supplies with good To every Age his Mercy 's sure Then with the highest Notes of Praise Our thanks to Heav'n's great God let 's raise Whose Mercy always do's endure To thee O Father to the Son And Holy Ghost blest Three in one Whom we as God alone adore Glory that was of old be giv'n By all on Earth and all in Heav'n Now and till Time shall be no more PSALM CXXXVII At the 100 Psalm AS by Euphrates Streams we sat Reflecting on our Miseries And Sion call'd to mind that thought A Flood of Tears drew from our Eyes Silence became our Sorrows best And so our Harps remain'd unstrung And since our Joys were at an End Neglected on the Willows hung Then those who laid our Cities waste Whose inslav'd Captives now we were To entertain their Mirth requir'd One of our Temple-songs to hear How can we in this Exile State Our Hearts as our Condition sad Anthems of Praises to our God Sing onely for to make you glad No rather than profane thy Songs Or I my Harp employ so ill Whilst Sion mourns may my right hand Be quite benumb'd or lose its skill Whom we as God alone adore Glory that was of old be giv'n By all on Earth and all in Heav'n Now and till Time shall be no more PSALM CXXXVII At the 100 Psalm AS by Euphrates Streams we sat Reflecting on our Miseries And Sion call'd to mind that thought A Flood of Tears drew from our Eyes Silence became our Sorrows best And so our Harps remain'd unstrung And since our Joys were at an End Neglected on the Willows hung Then those who laid our Cities waste Whose inslav'd Captives now we were To entertain their Mirth requir'd One of our Temple-songs to hear How can we in this Exile State Our Hearts as our Condition sad Anthems of Praises to our God Sing onely for to make you glad Nor rather than profane thy Songs Or I my Harp employ so ill Whilst sion mourns may my right hand Be quite benumb'd or lose its skill May I be dumb and find no voice Unless thy ruines to deplore And find no Joy It 's all prosane Till God Jerusalom restore Forget not then th' accursed Race Of Edom Lord who without pity Rejoyeing o'er its ruines cry'd Rase the Foundations of the City Nor boast too much proud Babylon whose turn to be destroy'd do's hasts O may he prosper who repays What 's done to us and lays thee waste Blest Hand that from their Mother's breasts Spares not to snatch thy little ones And harm from savage Race prevents By dashing them against the Stones PSALM CXXXVIII TO magnify the Lord my Soul Thy best affections raise Angels shall hear my Songs and be The Partners of my praise Within thy Church thy constant Truth And Goodness I 'll proclaim These raise my Wonder and advance The Glories of thy Name In my distress to thee I cry'd And thou my Pray'r didst hear Thou didst support me with thy strength And with thy Comforts cheer Kings shall thy promis'd goodness know And take occasion thence To ptaise thy Mercy and admire Thy ways of Providence God from his high and glorious Throne The lowly views and owns But scorns the proud and on their height With Indignation frowns Thy former Kindnesses prevent My fears when in distress Thy hand shall save me from my Foes Thy Pow'r their wrath repress Thy never-sailing Goodness will Compleat what is begun O never suffer thine own Work Nor me to be undone PSALM CXXXIX As the 100 Psalm LORD when I have to do with thee In vain l seek to be conceal'd Thou know'st me perfectly to thee My very thoughts are all reveal'd Both when I sit and when I rise My walking and my lying down To thee my works and all my words Better than to my self are known On every side within the reach Of thine incircling Arm I lie Whose force I neither can resist Nor scape the notice of thine Eye Whither can I retire
thine alms Of seasonable food They gather what thine hand bestows And all are fill'd with good Part IV. If God but in displeasure frown All Creatures needs must mourn If he with-holds their breath they die And to their Dust return His quick'ning Spirit when it breaths All things with Life endues His pow'rful word that made the Earth Its face again renews Whilst this world's frame and order lasts God's fame will ne'er be less And what his wisdom made so good Will still delight to bless But let not sinful Man presume God's anger to provoke Whose Look can cause the Earth to quake His Touch make Hills to smoak My Life 's great bus'ness shall be this To praise this mighty Lord To meditate his Love and works The sweetest Joys afford While Sinners from the Earth consume No place regards them more Bless thou the Lord my Soul his Name Let Heav'n and Earth adore PSALM CV O Let us all give thanks to God And call upon his Name His gracious and his mighty works To all the world proclaim Let us in Songs and sacred Hymns Our great Creator bless And what his pow'rful hand has wrought Our joyful tongues express Count it your honour that ye know And bear his sacred Name And when you worship this great Lord Take pleasure in the same Within his Sanctuary let Your Pray'rs to him be made Your hopes upon his favour rest And his almighty aid O let the works that he has done Your admiration move Think on the judgments of his mouth And wonders of his Love This Charge to you belongs who are Of faithful Abr'am's race And Jacob's Off-spring call'd who stood In God's especial Grace We glory that this mighty Lord Us for his people owns Whose Judgments make th' amazed Earth To tremble when he frowns His Cov'nant with his people made He ever call'd to mind And will his Promises fulfill To ages still behind Part II. That Cov'nant which the Lord of old With our first fathers made And oft by Oath renew'd to them And to their seed thus said On thee I Can'an's Land bestow This which we now possess To bring them into which his Care Shew'd that he meant no less For tho' when first our fathers came One family they were Whose number too was very few And they mere strangers there Tho' weak who in a setled place No fixt Estate enjoy'd But forc'd from this to th' other Land Might soon have been destroy'd He suffered none to injure them When Sojourners they were But Kings that meant to do them wrong Met with rebukes severe Let none attempt these persons harm So dear to God and great Touch not said he my anointed ones Nor Prophets rudely treat When after this in all the Lands A famine long prevail'd And Bread the great support of Life When Corn was wanting fail'd He sent out Joseph to provide For Jacob now grown old But he that was to save his house First as a Slave was fold Part III. To Egypt brought and falsly charg'd Joseph's in prison cast The Calumny more pain'd him than The Chains that held him fast There by unfolding hidden fates Great fame he had acquir'd This Phar'oh hearing try'd him too And found him one inspir'd He quickly set him free and made Him Ruler of the Land The management of all affairs He ' intrusted in his hand His greatest Princes to command And punish he had leave All the wise Senatours from him Instructions must receive Now Jacob's house to Egypt came As Phar'oh did invite And grew so as t' exceed their foes In Number and in Might This makes them jealous and to hate Those they receiv'd with joy Whom first by subtil Arts they would Diminish then destroy Moses and A'ron when God saw Their Bondage heavier grow Were sent to Phar'oh with demand To let his people go The mighty works which they perform'd And wonders in that Land Show'd that what e'er they said or did Was by Divine command Part IV. He three days darkness black as Hell Over all Egypt drew In which and all the other plagues God's Orders they pursue He turn'd their waters into blood Which all their Fish destroy'd Numberless Frogs o'erspread the Earth And the King's rooms annoy'd Infinite Swarms of Flies and Lice O'er all the Country came Instead of Rain he gave them Hail Mix'd with devouring Flame This Storm not onely from the Trees Their pleasant Fruits beat down But all the Fig trees too and Vines Were broke and overthrown By his Command numberless Hosts Of various Locusts pass O'er all the Land and with strange haste Devour'd their Herbs and Grass In the same Night all their First-born Smote by an Angel dye The prime of all their strength and prop Of every Family Part V. Loaded with Egypt's wealth their Land In haste the people quit Not one in all their Tribes so weak For travel was unfit Gladness at their departure thence Th' Egyptians hearts did fill For fear as the last Plague their Sons The next themselves might kill He spread a Cloud which skreen'd them from The scorching Sun by day But was so bright withal it serv'd By night to shew their way He then provides delicious fare For that vast multitude Great flights of Quails and Bread showr'd down From Heav'n to be their food An opened Rock their Drink supply'd Whence Streams gush'd out so fast They ran and follow'd them thro' all The parched grounds they pass'd The Lord these wonders to make good His word to Abr'am wrought When he from slavery his Race With joy and triumph brought He fix'd them in a quiet Seat In Can'an's pleasant Land Stor'd with all good by others pains And planted to their hand That by his kindness thus oblig'd And bless'd so many ways His Laws they might with care observe The Lord for ever praise PSALM CVI. As the 100 Psalm BY chearful Praises to his Name That God is good to all proclaim Whose Mercies shown to ages past To all succeeding times shall last Who can the Pow'r of God set forth Or praise his wonders to their worth They 're happy who with constant care In righteous works imployed are May I be one of those and find God always good to me and kind When thou deliv'rest thine elect From Dangers do not me neglect Their good secured may I see And share in their felicity And when thou dost their state advance Glory with thine Inheritance We the degenerate Off-spring are Of fathers that great sinners were Who thy great wonders minded not In Egypt wrought or soon forgot Their unbelief when newly sav'd At the Red Sea fresh wonders crav'd There God his Glory to advance Gave them a new deliverance The Sea 's ungovernable course He check'd by his word 's greater force Their way thro' the vast Deep was dry Such as thro' sandy deserts lie O'er their pursuing Enemy He gain'd a noble victory The Sea return'd on Phar'oh's Host With violence and all were lost Part II. Then they
Bondage set us free It seem'd a strange and pleasant dream Then was our Mouth with Laughter fill'd To tell this News was all our Theam This great and unexpected change Forced the Heathens to confess The wonders of that Day let us The same with greater joy express Great are thy Mercies shown to us Lord perfect what thou hast begun 'T will be like welcome show'rs to ground That 's parched with the scorching Sun We wait with Patience Lord till thou All needfull Blessings do'st restore And hope our former Tears will make Our after-joys to be the more So he that in prepared ground His scattered Seed in sadness leaves Will shout at Harvest when he sees That Seed become a Load of sheaves PSALM CXXVI Another Metre WHen God redeem'd our captive State It seem'd a pleasant Dream Our Mouth was fill'd with Laughter then And Joy was all our Theam This mercy so unlook'd for mov'd The Heathens to confess The wonders of that Day let us With Joy the same express Great are thy Mercies shown to us Lord perfect what 's begun 'T will be like welcome Show'rs to ground Parch'd with the scorching Sun We wait with Patience Lord till thou All good to us restore And hope our former Tears will make Our after-joys the more So he that Seed in ground prepar'd By scatt'red handfulls leaves Will shout at Harvest when that Seed Becomes a Load of sheaves PSALM CXXVII As the 100 Psalm UNless God prosper it all cost And pains to build an House is lost Unlese the Lord the City keep The watchfull Guards as well may sleep Your Labours with the rising Sun Begin and last when Day is done T' avoid that Poverty you dread With carefulness you eat your Bread But all in vain if by Heav'n blest You may enjoy both wealth and rest A numerous Race and fruitfull Womb As God's reward to Goodness come Their Parents Strength and Glory are Like Arrows to a Man of War Well furnished with these Supplies A Man may dare his Enemies PSALM CXXVIII BLest is the man whose fear of God Is by obedience shown Plenty thy Labours shall reward And good Success shall crown Thy fruitfull wife like a fair Vine With Clusters shall abound Whose Children like green Olive-plants Thy Table shall surround Such Blessings to thy House shall fall When Ggd's thy chiefest fear Thou in the Publick joy and good Shalt have the greatest share A Numerous Race from thee deriv'd Thy lengthned Age shall see And the great wish of all good men The Land's Prosperity PSALM CXXIX WE that are Isra'lites may say Ev'n from our Infant-state Many our Enemies have been And our Afflictions great Tho' brought into great straits our foes Thro' God's preserving care Our Extirpation cannot boast We still his People are Severely scourged we have been Deep marks whereof we bear As in plough'd ground upon our backs Long furrows do appear But God is just who has at length The wicked's Power broke And all the Bands asunder cut Of their Tyrannick Yoke Never may those that Sion hate Better Successes meet But failing still in their attempts Be forced to retreat May their designs wither like greens On ruin'd Houses Top Which every Mower disregards Expecting thence no Crop None that pass by congratulate Their hopes with wish'd Success Nor th' Harvest pray'r on these bestow May Heav'n your Labours bless PSALM CXXX As the 100 Psalm PLung'd into Depths of Misery To God I rais'd my fervent Cry Lord lend to me a gracious Ear Not sunk so low but thou canst hear Should'st thou against each evil deed In strict Severity proceed By Merit without Mercy try'd None could be clear'd and justify'd But thou forgiveness dost proclaim That men may turn and fear thy Name To thy rich Grace O Lord we fly And on thy Promises rely I 'm more impatient of thy stay Than Guards for slow approach of Day O therefore let the good and just In God alone repose their trust The frailty of our State he knows His plenteous Mercy ever flows To humble Souls he gracious is And pardons what they 've done amiss PSALM CXXX Another Metre Plung'd into Depths of Misery To God I rais'd my Cry Thou canst when sunk so low still hear Lend then a gracious Ear. If thou against each evil Deed Severely shouldst proceed By Merit without Mercy try'd None could be justify'd But thou forgiveness dost proclaim That men may fear thy Name To thy rich Grace O Lord we fly And on thy Word rely I 'm more impatient of thy stay Than Guards for break of Day O therefore let the Good and Just In God repose their Trust The Frailty of our State he knows His mercy freely flows To humble Souls he gracious is Pard'ning what 's done amiss PSALM CXXXI LORD I have no aspiring thoughts Nor Eyes that lofty are Nor meddle with the things advance'd Above my lower Sphere But humble and resign'd I lie Compos'd to silent rest I like a Child behave my self Wean'd from his Mothers breast Let pious Souls no more admire The World 's deceitfull shows But with an undisturbed mind In God their trust repose PSALM CXXXII As the 100 Psalm REmember all the Troubles Lord And Cares that David did molest His pious Zeal by solemn Oath And sacred Vow to God exprest That he 'd not come into his House Nor Sleep his weary Eyes should close Till he had first found out a place Convenient for the Ark's repose The place by God design'd we 've found In shady Woods of Ephrata We 'll go into his sacred Tents And prostrate at his Foot-stool pray Arise O Lord and where thine Ark The token of thy Presence rests Together may thy Glory come Together stay like welcome Guests May those that at thine Altar wait Be ever cloath'd with righteousness That both may triumph in thy Love Saints that are blest and Priests that bless Lord for thy Servant David's sake And thine own Promise to him made The Pray'rs of thine Anointed hear And with thy Favour make him glad Part II. The Lord to David swarean Oath With equal Truth ' twassaid and done One of thy Race when thou shalt cease To reign shall sit upon thy Throne And if thy Children will observe My Precepts with religious Care Their Children shall not want a Throne To sit upon nor that an Heir 13 For Sion's the beloved Hill Seat of their Kings and of their God Here is my place of fixed rest My House of glorious abode Her stores with plenty shall be fill'd Her poor I 'll satisfy with Food Her Priests defend and all shall hear The shouts and triumphs of the Good Still David's Regal pow'r shall spring Afresh in his Successours there And spread the Lustre of his Name Till the great promis'd King appear Cover'd with shame his Foes shall see All their Devices overthrown But I decree his glorious Head Shall wear a never-fading Crown PSALM CXXXIII As the 100 Psalm O Blest Societies on Earth