enemye thy wastes haue now their ende As citie bée destroyed by thée theyr fame wyth them is shend 7 But Gods deuise shall stand and rise the Lord shall still endure In iust regard he hath prepard his seat to iudge vs sure 8 For righteousnes he will expresse when he shall iudge the land And iudge shall hée in equitie his folke by rightfull hand 9 The Lord I say will be all day a fence for man opprest A refuge swéete in season méete when griefe at hand is prest 10 Who knowth thy name will trust the same for they thy worde do léeke For their aduayle thou wilt not fayle all them that thée do séeke 11 O prayse the Lord in psalmes accorde who dwelth in Zion place Declare his strength with wordes at length to folke of his good grace 12 For whan in ire â–ª he doth enquire for bloud he them recounth He will not yet the poore forget theyr cryes to hym do mount 13 O Lord me saue and mercy haue expende my wofull state How suffer I myne enemy ryd me from death the gate 14 That I may tell thy daughters well of Zyon all thy prayse To sprede in stréete thy health so swéete to ioye thy health alwayes 15 The Heathen bée sonke downe ye sée in pit that they dyd delue Their owne set net theyr foote hath get and trapt therwith themselue 16 The Lord is séene how he hath béene true iudge to wicked bandes The wycked is well snarde iwis wyth workes of hys owne handes 17 The naught shall dwell euen thrust to hell if they wyll not repent Yea all the rout that put God out of mynde shall foule be shent 18 For God so wyse wyll not despyse alway the poore that wayle The restfull harte of mysers smarte for euer shall not quayle 19 Up Lord to stand lest vpper hand man get of thy good flocke The Heathens spite iudge thou in â—ight wyth all theyr broode and stocke 20 Put them in feare thy dread to beare O Lord themselfe to sée As wretched men how wyde they renne in errour all from thée ¶ The Collecte LOrde of all comforte and consolation fulfill our hartes with thy heaueÌ„ly ioye to confesse thy name before the powers of this wycked worlde and so assist wyth thy protection that we may persist agaynst all our enemies finally to reioyce in thy helpe saluation Through c. The Argument Psalme X. This Psalme dependth it prayth against the proude Of thothers ende it prayth against the proude Who vse theyr might theyr ende not so allowed To boste in spight theyr ende not so allowed 1 WHy stondst so far and art no nar O Lord why hydest thy face When trouble ryse wilt thou deuise in néede to shew no grace 2 Whyles men of pryde so wycked byde the poore in fire is brent Let them in wiles and all theyr guiles be trapt wyth lyke entent 3 Thungodlies actes his bostes and crackes be praysed at his desire With prayse all rouse the couetous whom God abhorrth in ire 4 The wycked wyght so vaunteth in sight of God to force right nought He taketh no care in welthy fare no God in all his thought 5 Hys croked wayes â–ª all greuous layes thy iudgements scape his eyes He feareth no man say what he can all foes he doth dispise 6 In his proud brayde his hart thus sayd tushe who shall cast me downe No harme or woo can chance me to my power kepeth my renowne 7 His mouth euen flowes with cursing throws he ioynth deceyt and fraude Ungodlynes in folyshnes his tong hath vnder yawde 8 He lurkth in stréete as théefe is méete so close wyth all the riche The iust to kill in peuishe will the poore he marketh mich 9 In denne he dwelth as lyon fell and lurketh the poore to snatche The poore by might to rauishe quyte whom he in net doth catche 10 He falth at eye most fawningly yet guiles be all his fruites That this poore sort myght so resort in handes of hys deputes 11 His hart sayth tush he thinkth euen thus that God forgotten hath His face away he turnth he sayth he séeth no poore mans scath 12 Yet God and Lord for thy true worde arise lyft vp thy hande The poore defend thy might extend forget not hym in bande 13 Why thus so loude should men so proude prouoke almighty God Tush thou they say wilt search no day their hartes talke thus so brode 14 Thou séest at eye and markst full nye to quyte all wrong and stresse The poore doth stand to thy good hand thou aydst all comfortlesse 15 Breake downe the power the malice sower of wycked man so blynde If thou in tyme wouldst searche hys cryme no where thou shouldst hym fynde 16 Our lyuing Lord by truthes record is kyng for aye no doubt The heathen spyte shall perishe quyte from land of hys full out 17 Thou Lord hast hard in good regard the sutes of all the poore Theyr hartes in care thou didst prepare thou hardst both day and hower 18 To iudge the stresse of fatherlesse to helpe the poore to right That earthly man agaynst them than no more might rise in sight ¶ The Collecte O God of all mercye open we beseche thee thyne eares to our meeke confession of thy name thou neuer forsakest them that trust therto graunt that we may be deliuered from the gates of perpetual death and finally to escape the craftye traynes of the temptour Through c. The Argument Psalme XI Here hast thou proofe strong fayth in stormes to stand How it behoueth strong fayth in stormes to stand Agaynst the trayne of all the diuelishe band Of errours vayne of all the diuelishe band 1 IN Lord so great my hope is set why than my soule bid ye That she should hast as bird agast to hils that desert be 2 The wycked loe haue bent theyr bowe theyr shaftes in quiuer thrust To shoote from hye all priuelye at men of hart so iust 3 If earth the ground tournd vpside downe though heauen and earth should fall The iust in woe what should he do but sticke to God in all 4 The Lord is yet in temple set in heauen the Lord hath place The poore he spyeth as thence he trieth mens childerns walkes and pase 5 The Lord alowth and iust auowth the rightwise man full well His soule defieth whose hart applieth in wickednes to dwell 6 Downe he shall rayne to theyr great payne vpon th'ungodlies hart Snare brymstone fyre wyth tempestes ire these stormes theyr cup in part 7 For as the Lorde is iust in worde so loueth he sothfastnes Hys ryghtfull eye will pleasauntly behold all righteousnes ¶ The Collecte DIrect thy mercifull eyes almighty God vpon the humble state of vs thy poore seruauntes fence vs wyth the armour of true fayth So that we escapyng the dartes of all wickednes may bee able to kepe perpetuall equitie and righteousnes to the laud of thy name
myne heritage to sée 7 The Lord to blisse I wyll not mysse who gaue me counsayle so My reynes by nyght yet shewd me lyght in thought to God to go 8 In face I set my God so great he alwayes was my marke For strong he standth on my ryght hand how can I fall in darke 9 For helpe thus had my harte was glad my glory ioyed his fill My flesh in graue though earth it haueth yet rest in hope it will 10 For why in hell my soule to dwell thou wilt not leaue it there The holy one corruption to sée thou canst not beare 11 Thou shalt shew mée lyues path 〈◊〉 sée and ioy in thy good sight Thy ryght hand hase all ioyfull grace to stand for aye in might â–ª ¶ The Collecte PReserue O mighty Lorde all them whiche trust in thee graue in our hurtes to fulfill 〈◊〉 holy will that whyle we be recomforted with the ioyfull remembraunce of thy resurrection we may attayne to sitte on thy right hande wyth thy blessed sayntes in ioy euerlasting through Christ c. The Argument Psalme XVII That fayth myght stand the iust man praythfull fayne In vpper hand the iust man praythfull fayne And museth in part thus should be vext in payne That iust in hart thus should be vext in payne 1 HEare thou the right O Lord my might consider my complaynt My lippes be streight and hate deceight geue eare to my constraynt 2 Geue thou assent to myne entent in hand my right to take Let thy good eye my cause discrye for thée my iudge I make 3 My hart thou tridst by nyght thou spâ—dst thou scorndst me nye in déed Thou foundst not yet my fault so great my thought to mouth agréed 4 Mens workes ful nought by them so wrought agaynst thy worde and wyll Made me to marke theyr wayes most darke thy lawes who do but spill 5 O stay my féete of lyfe most méete thy worde to holde the path Least wrong I walke thy truth to balke to slip in thy great wrath 6 O God of all on thée I call for thou my sute wyâ—â— heare Enclyne to mée thy face so frée my wordes in hearyng beare 7 Thy mercies great extend thou yet saue them whych trust in thée From such as stand agaynst thy hand and vayne resisters bée 8 As ball of eye O tenderly kepe me my Lord and kyng And shadow me so close to be hyd vnder thy good wyng 9 Defend me quyte from all the spyte of them that me molest My foes I sée round compasse me my soule to haue opprest 10 So fat and fed they iet so redde in wealth they stand full hye Proud spéeche to séeke euen what they léeke they walke disdaynfully 11 In wayes they wayte to note our gate so set on euery side They bend theyr eyes as crafty spies on ground to cast vs wyde 12 Lyke Lyon slye they priuy lye which gréedy séekth his pray As close it were fierce wolfe or beare or Lyons whelpe they lay 13 For thy renowne ryse cast hym downe destroy hys spyte O God My soule O saue from wycked â—laue who is thy sword and rod. 14 From men so fond that be thy hond O Lord from worldly beast Who make good chere thou filst them here they leaue theyr babes the rest 15 And I shall bold thy face beholde in righteousnes so bryght I shall in déede be satisfide thy glory brought to lyght ¶ The Collecte COnuert the eyes of our faith O dere father to beholde the truth of thy iudgement that when wee be tryed by the spirituall fire of probation we maye haue at the last fruition of thy glorious presence to be satisfied wyth the fruite of thy righteousnes Thorough Christ our Lorde Amen The Argument Psalme XVIII Christ here in this geueth thankes to God aright For hym and his geueth thankes to God aright For that they bee from all vngodly spight Deliuered free from all vngodly spight 1 I Will loue thée most inwardly O Lord my strength thou art Thy mercies all both great and small do comfort much my hart 2 My Lord is hence my rocke and fence my sauyng God I say My myght and shield my trust in field my horne of health my stay 3 The Lorde alwayes most worthy prayes on hym I mynde to call So safe shall I most stedfastly escape myne enemies all 4 The greuousnes of deadly stresse dyd compasse me about The streames of sinne so whelmd me in they troubled me full out 5 The paynes of hell that were so fell dyd me inclose full fast The trappes and snares of deadly cares preuented me in hast 6 In troublous wo I cald vnto my Lord my God in feare To heare my case his will it was my cry euen toucht hys eare 7 The earth did shake for feare did quake the hils theyr bases shooke Remoued they were in place most faire at Gods ryght fearefull looke 8 Darke smoke rose so hys face there fro hys mouth as fire consumde That coales at it were kyndled bryght when he in anger fumde 9 The heauens fullow he made to bowe and downe dyd he ensue And darkenes great was vnder set his féete in clowdy hue 10 He rode on hye and dyd so flye vpon the Cherubins He came in sight and made hys flight vpon the wyng of wyndes 11 His place he set In darkenes great as secret there to byde Wyth cloudes about he set it out wyth waters blacke beside 12 At hys great light of present sight the cloudes past ouer quight As stones of hayle do melt and quayle by coales in fire light 13 The Lord from heauen sent down his leauen and thundred thence in ire He thunder cast in wonders blast wyth hayle and coales of fire 14 With arrow dartes he gald theyr hartes and scatterd them about And forth he bringes hys lightnyngs the Lord destroyd theyr rout 15 When he dyd thret the waters set theyr springes to be dewrayed The blastyng breath of hys great wrath the worldes déepe boâ—tome shewd 16 From heauen aboue his grace and loue to fetche me he dyd send From waters déepe he dyd me kéepe he dyd me strong defend 17 He dyd represse I saw no lesse my foes that strongest be And rid me quite of all theyr spite to strong they were for me 18 They dyd preuent with troublement the day of my great stresse Yet Gods good hand dyd them wythstand preuentyng theyr excesse 19 In libertie he placed mée and led me strayght thereto He brought me out of stresse no doubt hys grace dyd loue me so 20 The Lord dyd thus most gracious my dealyng he aloude He dyd me quite as he in sight me innocent approued 21 For Gods true wayes I kept alwayes Hys law I trustd therto Wyth my Lord God I still abode the wycked do not so 22 I haue an eye hys law to spye from mans tradition Nor hys precept dyd I reiect to my destruction 23 And pure I went wyth true
Psalteries Forget not this 3 Syng Carols new wyth iubilie To God the Lord in maiestie Hys laudes hys prayse sing hartely Well vse ye this 4 His worde is true most certeinly His workes be wrought most faythfully Holde thys in hart most constantly Abuse not this 5 He iudgement loueth and right entent The earth therwith is all besprent Such grace and loue he downe hath sent Well trust ye this 6 The heauens were made by thys the Lord The hostes of them by hys true word Hys breth of mouth theyr power afordth Distrust not thys 7 The seas on heapes he doth them place As bottell close he them embraceth The depes he coutcht in secret space Denounce ye this 8 Let all the earth the Lord if eare What man this world and mould doth beare Serue hym in dread wyth gentle eare Renounce not thys 9 He spake the word and done it was The earth firme stoode in stable case What he dyd byd it came to passe Reuolue ye thys 10 All Paynyms wayes God doth reiect Uayne peoples dryftes by hym be chect Proude Prynces craftes he doth detect Dissolue not thys 11 Gods counsayles aye shall all abyde Hys thoughtes of hart shall neuer slyde From tyme to tyme on neyther syde Respect ye thys 12 What folke hath God Iehoua Lord Elect as heyre by hys accord O blest they be by truthes record Suspect not thys 13 The Lord from heauen beholdth vs all All kynde of men both frée and thrall He séeth theyr reyse he séeth theyr fall Aduise ye thys 14 From his high seat he casâ—th hys eyes All men to vewe theyr tract to spye Where euer they in earth do lye Despise not thys 15 The hartes of all he shope no dout He knowth theyr thoughts wythin wythout Theyr workes what they do go about Repute ye thys 16 No kyng is saued by route of host No giaunt strong for all hys bost Of strength and power though haue they most Dispute not thys 17 Strong horse is thyng but weake agayne That man by hym myght safe remayne Both horse and man are all but vayne Approue ye thys 18 Behold the Lord holdth eye full iust On fearefull men whych hym do trust Wyth grace them guide he safely must Disproue not thys 19 Theyr soule from death to ryd them quite In tyme of dearth to féede them ryght All paynfull stresse he makth full lyght Betrouth ye thys 20 Our soule hath taryed quietly For thys our God assuredly Our guide our shield most trustely Forslouth not thys 21 Our hartes in hym wyll styll reioyce For hys good name we trust the choyce And sing we will in ioyfull noyce Repete ye thys 22 Extend O Lord thy gentlenesse As we in thée haue trustinesse Thou art the Lord of ryghteousnes Forget not thys ¶ The Collecte FEede vs O Lord thy miserable people in that time whan raigneth the famine of thy worde deliuer our soules from the death of sinne that we maye bee â—illed wyth thy mercy finally to bee associate to the righteous in the ioyes of eternitie by thy gratious gift Through Christ c. The Argument Psalme XXXIIII When Dauid fledde to Achis king At death he was full neere And saued yet this Psalme did sing With all his frendes in quiere 1 I Will geue thankes to God alwayes Who raignes in power most hie Within my mouth shall be hys prayse declarde continuallie 2 Of thys good Lord to bost the fame My soule shall neuer lynne The humble sort shall heare the same And eke reioyce therein 3 O laude and prayse the liuyng Lord wyth me performe his prayse And let vs all wyth frée accorde extoll hys name alwayes 4 I sought the Lord and when I cryde he bowde hys louyng eare Yea he me kéepes eche tyme and tyde and dyd me rid from feare 5 Lo thus to God the poore doth call his cry he doth regarde And he from paynes and wofull thrall likewyse doth hym awarde 6 They had an eye full bent in hym and so they lightened were A shamefast face not one of them from that tyme forth dyd beare 7 Gods aungels standes hym round about whose lyfe him fearth aryght No harme they take by wycked route he them deliuereth quyte 8 O tast and sée how gratious the Lord remayneth iust That man is blest all prosperous that layes on hym hys trust 9 O feare the Lord ye sainctes of his therin your trauayle plant For they that feare the Lord of blis shall nothyng euer want 10 The Lyons néede wyth hunger fret the ryche and proud in hart But he whose feare in God is set of all good thynges haue part 11 Ye children yong approche ye neare geue eare vnto my worde I wyll you learne the Lord to feare in godly hartes accorde 12 What man he be that list to liue and fayne would sée good dayes Let hym no fraude in tongue atchieue in lewde and frowarde wayes 13 Reiect the euill and take the good all wycked wayes eschue Séeke pleasaunt peace wyth modest moode and do the same ensue 14 Upon the iust and godly men the Lorde hys eyes doth splay And boweth hys eares as God to them as oft as they do pray 15 Gods face is séene most irefully to wycked men of hand To roote full out theyr memory from all the earth to stand 16 To God the Lord the righteous call who heares theyr heauy case And he from cares and troubles all deliuereth them by grace 17 The Lord is nie to hym by might that is contrite in hart And saueth the man of humble sprite nor will from hym depart 18 Great are the cares of perfect men and great theyr troubles bée But yet the Lord deliuereth them from all aduersitie 19 He kéepth theyr bones both safe and sound Unbroken them to â—aue The euil euil happes shall all confound no stay by God to haue 20 The Lord will kéepe his seruauntes all theyr soules he wyll defend And none shall be in sorrow thrall who iust to hym doth bend ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God that arte the strong protector of them that be in aduersitie and art most mercifull deliuerer from all daungers of the world We besech thee of thy godly prouidence to sende thy holy aungell to assist vs on euery side from tribulation to bee at last deliuered from the miserable death of sinners Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXIIII When Dauid fledde to Achis king At death the doore he was full neere And saued yet this Psalme dyd sing Wyth all his frendes in godly quiere To God hys Lorde to hym so dere In voyces clere with hart and will Geue thankes I will 1 GEue thankes I will geue thankes I will For aye to God most gratious He is my forte my rocke on hill My Lord he is most bounteous My mouth shall prayse hym plenteous In hart and mynde most feruent still Geue thankes I will â–ª 2 My soule may boast of
they are So wrougt to man of Adams lyne they passe mans wyt to 〈◊〉 6 He turnd the sea to land whose worke alone it is that through the sea dry shod they went our father 's ioyd of 〈◊〉 7 He rulth the world by myght hys eyes the Paynyms 〈◊〉 And who rebels as voyd of fayth no grace shall them ensue 8 O blisse our God wyth thanks ye people more and lesse And sée ye cause all speche voyce that they his laudes expressâ— 9 For he hath set our soule in lyfe most safe and sound He suffreth not our féete to slyde to slyp vpon the ground 10 For thou O God most hye hast proued vs narowly Thou hast vs tryed as siluer is by furnace fined therby 11 Thou broughts vs nye to traps of foes besiegd strayt Our loynes backs bare painful lodes of griefs in heuy way 12 Thou hast set man on vs on thus our heds to ryde We past by fire and water to yet roume thou gauest vs wyde 13 Thy house I wyll go in wyth offringes brent therfore My vowes to pay I wyll not misse to the behight before 14 Which vowes dyd cause my lyps themselfe to open wyde All which my mouth dyd promise iust when trouble me did stryde 15 Brent offryngs wyll I geue to thée of lambes most fat Wyth smoke of rambes wyth ore and goat I wyll ful glad do that 16 All ye that God do feare O come and harken now I wyll you tell how louingly my soule he dyd auow 17 I dyd but cry wyth mouth my hart felâ— strayght his ease My tonge therfore dyd him extoll wyth prayse it did not cease 18 If I yet thus in hart ought wyckedly had ment The Lord my sute would not haue heard in suttle false entent 19 Where now the Lord heard me â–ª by proofe it is discust My voyce and vowe in prayer made he dyd consider iust 20 O bless be God which did no tyme my sute relect No tyme his grace forsooke my nede he neuer me neglect ¶ The Collecte POure into our hartes O Lord â–ª desire to glorifie thy excellent name and maiestie that while wee endeuour our selues to decline the vayne amitie of this worlde we may be refreshed by thy grace to beare quietly all thy probations trials which thou sendst to purge vs wyth still to sing in hart thy perpetuall laudes Through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme LXVII Thys song in all propheticall Doth cleare expresse Christes raigne in flesh Whose beames so bright dyd shyne in sight That all to come must prayse his dome Must prayse his dome 1 GOd graunt wyth grace he vs embrace In gentle part blisse he our hart With louyng face shyne he in place His mercies all on vs to fall On vs to fall 2 That we thy way may know all day Whyle we do sayle thys world so frayle Thy healthes reward is nye declarde As playne at eye all Gentils spye all Gentils spy 3 Let thée alwayes the people prayse O God of blisse as due it is The people whose mought thée extoll From whome all thyng they sée to spryng they sée to spryng 4 All folke reioyce lyft vp your voyce For thou in sight shalt iudge them ryght Thou shalt direct the Gentiles sect In earth that bée to turne to thée to turne to thée 5 Let thée alwayes the people prayse O God of blis as due it is The people whole mought thée extoll From whom all thyng they sée to spryng they sée to spryng 6 The earth shall bud hys fruites so good Then thankes most due from it shall sue And God euen he our God most frée Shall blesse vs aye from day to day from day to day 7 So God our guide shall blesse vs wyde Wyth all increase no tyme to cease All folke therby on earth which ligh Hys name shall feare and loue hym beare and loue hym beare ¶ The Collecte SHine thine amiable countinance vpon vs O Lorde graunt vs thy heauenly benediction that while we acknowledge thy worthines in reuerent feare we may be made worthy to receyue the fruite of righteousnes in presence of thy maiestie through Christ c ¶ The Argument Psalme LXVIII The Hebrues sang this Psalme in warre against their foes to fight So Christen man at Christ his foes may pray the same in sprite 1 LEt God aryse in maiestie and scattred be hys foes Yea flée they all hys sight in face to him which hateful goes 2 As smoke is driuen comth to nought repulse theyr tyranny At face of fyre as wax doth melt Gods face the bad mought flée 3 But let the iust be glad in thys and ioy in God hys sight For Gods great power stable truth in myrth let them delite 4 O sing to God sound out hys name sée hym ye magnify He rydeth on heauens hys name is God in him reioyce ye hiâ— 5 He father is to fatherles of widowes iudge he is Euen God hymselfe which euer dwelth in holy place of hys 6 Thys God he makth the desolate in housholdes great to grow He loseth the thrall quyte out of bandes and bringth the wycked low 7 O God when thou wentst forth as guide before the people out When thou dydst walke in wyldernes which thyng thou dydst no doubt 8 The erth then shooke at face of god the heuens did drop swel Mount Synay Gods face dyd feare Gods face of Israell 9 Thou pourdst O God thy fruitful shoures on thine enheritaÌ„ce When faynt they were wyth ease agayne theyr strength thou didst aduaunce 10 Thy church and flocke to dwel therin thou shalt it thus refresh So thou prepardst for all thy poore O God in gentlenes 11 Such good effect god gaue hys word to them that shewd his might They dyd â—ut preach his armies strong how they exceld in sight 12 How kyngs wyth hostes most fiercely set yet fled discomfited And householdes whole that kept at home the spoyle they dyd deuyde 13 Though ye haue lyne among the pots as black as coale in sight ye shal be whyte as doue with winges milke white and fethers bright 14 WheÌ„ God great kings threw out of land though earst hys flock was blacke then gan they loke as white as snow as lyeth on salmons backe 15 Gods hyll is fat as Basan hyl a mount that stately standth Wyth cliffes on hye lyke Basan monnt it riseth it is so grand 16 Why leape ye so to spyte thys mount ye toppy hillockes gay This is gods mount where God hath dwelt he there shal dwel for aye 17 Gods charets be ten thousands twyse of angels millions Wyth them is God wyth hys good grace as God loued Syna ones 18 Thou stiedst on hie thou thraldom caughtst receiuing gifts in men Yea faythles eke thou tookst to grace that God myght dwell in them 19 O blest be God who day by day doth heape hys gyftes on vs Thys God is God
our wealth to grace that we conuert Remoue thine ire impart thy health forgeue our foule desert 5 Eternall God agaynst vs thus for euer wilt thou threate Shalt thou thyne ire stretch out to vs from age to age so great 6 Uphold thy worde to vs returne and quicken vs agayne So shall thy flocke no longer mourne but ioy in thée full fayne 7 Shew vs thy grace O Lord of power that it we may perceyue And geue to vs thy sauiour that health we myght receyue 8 Plaine wyll I heare what God shall speake for peace he shall denounce To all hys folke and louers eke that they their vyce renounce 9 All they no doubt who will hym feare is hys saluation nye Hys glory than shall iust appeare in all our land at eye 10 Ryght frendlines and veritie they shall ech others méete So ryghteousnes and peace from hye shall kisse eche other swéete 11 Known truth from earth shal then out spring wyth all good fruites aryght For ryghteousnes all florishyng from heauen shall cast her sight 12 Euen thus the Lord shall manifest hys bounteous goodnes neare That full our land wyth grace possest all godly frutes shall beare 13 Ryght iustice eke shall be hys guide that strait may good man walke His wayes and gate her steps shall stryde no tyme the ryght to balke ¶ The Collecte PArdon O mercifull Lord the sinnefulnes of all thy people and shew to vs thy mercy and light which may lead vs into the way of peace by followyng the guidance and direction of thy righteousnes through Iesus Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXVI Here Dauid prayth this Psalme I say That Saule hym fraith with great distresse But Christ more true yea Christ doth pray â–ª Who once did sue as man in flesh To scape all spite but most for vs He this endight and sayth euen thus and sayth euen thus 1 BOw downe thyne eare O Lord heare me For thée I feare as God most hye Whose fauour kynd my hart would sée I fayne would finde thy grace at eye For poore I lye all wrapt in thrall My wante I spye to thée I call To thée I call 2 My soule preserue for thyne it is Aye thée to serue vnfainedly So wholy bought it may not misse Kéepe then in thought my Lord sayd I Thy seruant poore to thée I call To thée the more wythstand my fall Wythstand my fall 3 Extend thy grace saue me O Lord And shew thy face all louingly In mercy so thy grace aforde I stand therto assuredly Wherto I hyed to seke for ease And dayly cryed I wyll not cease I wyll not cease 4 O Lord make glad thy seruantes hart My state full sad and soule is fret To thée I go from thée to start From all my wo I wyll not yet I mourne to thée â–ª in soules disease Though hie thou bée I trust to please I trust to please 5 For kynde thou art O Lord of grace Of gentle hart and mercifull To all a lyke in euery place Who wyll thée seke most bountefull In stable fayth thou art to spie In thée who stayth who mournth in thée Who mournth in thée 6 Agayne I say my Lord geue care To thée I praye in thys my mone Thou knowst my paine which now I beare My foes restraine I wéepe alone Expende my crie full bitterlie Thou séest I ligh all heauilie All heauilie 7 When troubles rise in dreadfull dayes In sundrie wise on thée I call I drawe thée neare in all my frayes For thou wilt heare when I am thrall Then helpe me send from heauen so bright As trustie frend my hart to light My hart to light 8 None like to thée O God most hie Of Gods that be all day so sought For wit for might for maiestie Thy workes be right thy dedes be wrought Who wyll contend wyth thée in sight As them to mend O most of myght O most of myght 9 All people iust whom thou hast fourmd Now come they must to worship thée O Lord full low wyth mynd refourmd And them bestow in hart most frée Thy grace to prayse thy name to sprede So good alwayes theyr doynges lead Theyr doynges lead 10 For God art thou thou wonders doost As once so now thou shewest thy myght Thou madest all thyng on earth and dust The heauens do sing thy power in sight No God but thée shall Paynyms néede As eye may sée by Gospels réede By Gospels réede 11 Teach me thy way O Lord agayne That sue I may thy truth so frée All walke to it make me to strayne My hart O knit in thée to lygh Wyth reuerence to loue thy name In confidence to feare the same To feare the same 12 I thée wyll thanke O Lord my God Wyth hart most franke to sing thy prayse Thy louyng grace so wyde and brode I wyll embrace fall out my dayes Thyne excellence I wyll proclayme Wyth diligence to shew thy name To shew thy name 13 Thyne actes to me I must confesse Full great they be myne eyes doth sée Thou rydst full quyte my depe distresse By thy great myght thou madest me frée My soule of late nye gone and lost From hell the state all nethermost All nethermost 14 O God so great the proud aryse At me they fret in numbers ryfe The worst of all in cruell wyse They wyshe my fall they seke my lyfe They feare not thée they much do boast Thy face they flée in euery coast In euery coast 15 But thou O Lord yet God most méeke As truth recordth of louyng brest Art pitifull thée poore to séeke To wrath but dull to mercy prest In grace and truth looke thou on vs To mone in ruth all gratious All gratious 16 O turne to me and turne anone My rocke to be thy grace I craue Thy seruant strength for which I grone That I at length my soule to saue Wyth thée may wonne in thy cleare house Thy handmaiâ—s sonne all glorious All glorious 17 O shew to me for good some signe Some amitie shew thou in sight Agaynst my foes though foes repyne Thou healtst my woes to shame theyr spite That they may sée and so agrée I stayde by thée in comfort frée In comfort frée ¶ The Collecte O Lord of all comfort and compassion we beseche thee to cheare the countenaunce of the congregation of thyne elect familie from all terrours of hell and other hostilitie so that we may bee protected by the louyng visage of thy grace in beholdyng our miserable trauayle that we haue in thys worlde that by thee we may haue the dominion of our carnall affection to tread them vnder foote Through Christ. The Argument Psalme LXXXVII This pleasant song describeth the state Of Christs dere spouse where Christ was borne Hierusalem most fortunate To nurse both Iewe and gentile lorne 1 GOd hily loueth Hierusalem Whose bases strong be depely set In holy mounâ—es sure layd in them Moria Syon Olyuet 2 The Lord
God detect That truth was raisde and lyes deiect 1 THe lyuing Lord doth raigne as king The erth therfore full glad may sing The iles may ioy so many sene That he is come to make thē clene 2 Thicke cloudes and darke be him about On wycked men to thunder stout Both iustice right and equitie Of his high throne the bases bée 3 The fyre him goeth before in sight Wyth blasing leames of fearefull lyght By which full wyde he doth enflame Hys foes to burne which scorne his name 4 His lighteninges shyne the world full out On euery side whote sparkes to spout The earth at sight for feare doth quake No puissance can resistence make 5 The mountaynes hye as ware did melte At God his face thus present feit I say at face of Lord so hye The earth dyd feale his maiestye 6 The heauens declare his rightwisnes When he by them strikth wickednes All peoples thus his glory sawe How drad he is whom all should awe 7 A shamde be all which Idols serue Who chose vayne gods from God to swerne Ye angels all which seruauntes be Come worship hym bowe downe your knée 8 So Sion ioyed in hearing this And Iury ioyd in townes of hys O Lord for these thy domes entent That such should haue sharpe punishment 9 For thou O Lord doost all excell That here by low in earth do dwell Exalted far in name thou art Aboue all Gods so new vpstart 10 O ye that loue thys Lord so hye Hate ye all vyce of mawmetrye He kéepth theyr soules who serue hym pure From wycked hand to ryd them sure 11 Now lyght is sprong to ryghteous man That day from darke ▪ discerne he can And ioy is falne to rightfull hart From whence no power can hym depart 12 Then ioy ye iust in thys your Lord Thys lyght hys grace alway record Hys holines well thynke and thanke Hys name confesse therin be franke ¶ The Collecte O Lord the preseruer of all thy faythfull sayntes on whom as on thyne electe portion thou doost perpetually raigne inspire we besech thee into our harts the bright beames of the scriptures of thy prophets and apostles that what soeuer as yet remayne in our hartes as sauoring the olde carnall blyndnes of our originall darknes may be illitened by the heauenly lyght of thy holy sprite to whom c. The Argument Psalme XCVIII Here thankes be done that God in worde most true Sent Christ his sonne mans losse agayne to cure All thinges that bee must laud hym euer due Such peace to see restord in earth so sure 1 SYng ye all new to God a song on hye For he most true hath meruels newly wrought Hys able hand hath wonne hym victory Hys arme so grand this helth to man hath brought 2 The Lord of loue thys health hath open layd So man to moue to serue in hart aryght Hys righteousnes he hath full plainly splayd For theyr redresse to Gentiles eyes and syght 3 He cald to mynde hys gentle mercies frée To Iacob kynde hys truth and fayth to kepe ▪ The earth all whole thys helth dyd fully sée O hym extoll thys God our Lord so meke 4 Thou earth sing out all whole I say full glad In voyce most stout with gentle musikes sound To God thy Lord reioyce for mercy had Thy songes record thou art most duely bound 5 Yea sing in harpe to God and Lord so hye Sing round sharpe wyth all thy tunes and stringes Wyth harpe bid I with note of Psalmodie Your voyce apply to ioy these heauenly thinges 6 With trūpets blow wyth shaulme so swetely sing Both hye and low extende your harty strength Make iubilies before this heauenly king For Lord he is to serue I say at length 7 Let eke the seas rose out in merie chere Thys Lord to please wyth all her fishe in store The world so round and all the dwellers there your voyce rebound to prayse this Lord the more 8 The floudes a like Let them now clap their hands This Lord to seke wyth man in ioyfull hart The mountayns hie so houge aboue the landes Let them be by to daunce wyth man in part 9 To God do this let it in sight be plyed For come he is as lord to iudge the land Hys iustice sword the worlde shall iudge and guide Hys equall word to all shall euenly stande ¶ The Collecte POure into our harts O Lord thy healthfull grace which thou hast reuelde to all Gentiles so spred by the rightwisnes of thy gospel we hūbly besech thee that as thou once camest to be iudged and condemned for vs most misera le sinners so at thy next returne thou would graunt vs mercy to escape thy fearefull iudgement for whom thou tokst vpon thee to be condemned for the raunsome of our sinne to whom with the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCIX Swete Christ his raigne this Psalme compristh As Rabins all can say no lesse God graunt that they with vs would ryse To sing these thankes to hym in fleshe 1 THe Lord to raigne is bent therin All folke ought than his presence dread He sitteth betwixe the Cherubin Let all the earth then quake I reade 2 This Lord is great in Zion séene Where power he sheweth ruleth with loue And hye he is on all the Heathen If they a like their hartes would moue 3 O let them all thy name confesse The bad to beate the good to blisse For greate it is in fearefulnes The power therof most sacred is 4 All Princely power loueth equitye And equitye thou broughtst in sight In Iacobs stocke thou didst applye To iudgement true and iustice right 5 Our Lord this God O magnifye Both Iewes and Gréekes your wayes relēt To his fotestole his sacrarye Bow downe your knées most reuerent 6 As Moses méeke so Aaron graue Were chiefe his priestes so Samuell Among them were his power to craue They cryed to God he hard them well 7 To them in cloud spred pillour like He spake as all the people sawe They did his hests and statutes kepe Which he them gaue in pact for law 8 O Lord our God thou hardst them iust And spardst them Lord for thine owne sake Yea when with plagues thou didst thē thrust For foule attempts which they did make 9 Extoll this God our Lord so frée Fall downe before his holy hill For God our Lord in maiestye Most sacred is and iust in will ¶ The Collecte THou art both Lord and king we most humbly cōfesse it right deare sauiour although the Iewishe phariseyes saye the contrary thou only gouernst the hartes and conscience of men and by thy only grace doost iustifye the same we beseche thee so to rayse vp the piller of thy heauenly light to shyne to our soules that we may be alway defended from all errour and aduersitie to offer vnto thee the sacrifice of prayer in thankes geuing who liuest raignest one god with
25 Thou laydst the earth in stable stay At first full strong by power deuine The heauens euen so none will denay Be wrought by thée wyth all their shyne 26 They all shall quayle thou yet shalt holde As garmentes worne waxe thinne and fine Thou shalt them change as vestures olde They shall be changd thus temporall 27 But thou art still as we behold And art that art perpetuall Thy yeares in length shal stand in déede For féele defect they neuer shall 28 We trust the more thy seruants séede Olde Abrahams stocke shal not decay Their issue Lord by thée shal spede Before thy face to dwell for aye The Collecte O Lord most mercifull protectour of all them that be in trouble who in thy self art god euerlasting shew thy mercy vpon vs so frayle and transitory as we be that we may reioyce in thy sauyng helth through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CIII The righteous man whom God doth feede Enioyneh his soule due laudes to sing For his great loue who knowth his nede From griefe and payne his hart to bring Who steyth his state all voyde of dread His dayes in peace with ioy to lead Thus playth his string Ì„Ì„ 1 ARise my soule blisse thou the Lord Addresse thy selfe his name to spread My senses all wyth iust accord Within without do it in dede Hys holy name due prayse record Thus byd ye be in his true word So oftâ—â— reade 2 Reuolue the same in gratefull mynde My soule I say to thée agayne His benefites to tell full kynde To thée it is most certaine gayne To God who will him faster bynde Of his good grace the more shall fynde I tell thée playne 3 Of all thy sinnes the giltines He pardon giueth full louingly In all thy sores of heuines Thou mayst in hym haue remedy If thou to hym makst thine accesse In stable hart with faithfulnes Thine ease to spy 4 His sauing helth comth prestly on To ryd thy life from peryls all To make thée scape confusion He geueth good eare whan thou doost call With mercy kinde euen he alone With round defence he crowneth thy mone No tyme to fall 5 With all good thinges in plesantnes He féedeth thy mouth he filleth thy will As Egle vseth her new to dresse In age for strength to cast her bill So he thy yeares reuiueth afreshe Such youth in age can God expresse O prayse hym still 6 The Lord can trye all wicked wayes All wrong to right whan he séeth best And though he sendth some bitter dayes He can them swéete with ioyfull rest True iudge he is the iust to rayse Whan force he beares his truth to prayse Than stay thy brest 7 To Moses once God did declare His wayes his will and all his trade His prouidence and daily care To kepe his flocke with gentle ayde To Israell what will he bare Theyr practise shewth how they dyd fare So safe to wade 8 They proued the Lord most pitifull Whole bent to grace in tyme of néede They felt hys helpe most mercifull To anger flow but prest to méede He pardon shewd most plentifull To hartes contrite and sorrowfull For they must spéede 9 As do sterne Lordes in cruelnes Alway he is not chidyng sore He kéepth not ire the poore to presse He mercy hath in louyng store And when he fumeth for giltines Yet mercy staith hys gentlenes Prayse hym the more 10 A proofe hereof in vs all spy He serueth not vs as we deserue As our foule sinnes for vengeance cry But féedth our want our néede to serue Though hym we greue as wretches thrall He guideth our life and stayth our fall Not far to swerue 11 How hye the heauens this earth surmount So far doth grace our gylt excell Hys mercies great most hily mount Upon those men in feare who dwel Which low in hartes theyr fautes recount To worship hym as feare is wont O loue hym well 12 How far the East is wyde from Weast Whose coastes and termes shal neuer méete So farre our sinnes be set at rest By hys good gift and pardon swéete Though vs he beateth as he knowth best No wrath it is but loue of breast No irefull heat 13 For lyke hys chylde the father vseth To nurture hym by chastisement Hym farre to draw from vayne abuse And yet but loue and pity ment So God to man doth mercy vse Who hym to feare doth not refuse And will repent 14 For he doth know our nature frayle Wherof and whence we all be made But dust and clay who soone may fayle Wyth weyght of earth all heauy lade Hys grace séeth this to our aduayle Els should we all both wepe and wayle Full euill apayde 15 Who markth of man hys yeres in trade Shall spy hys lyfe but misery Euen like to herbe though grene in blade That witherth soone to hay so dry For lyke as flowers in field do fade So wasteth man anone decayd In vanitie 16 This freshly flower if wyndes so sterne Do hym once shake he falth away That where he grew no man can learne For brittle flesh hath brittle stay Hys terme but short to tyme eterne By death once past none hym discernth From dust and clay 17 Though nought made here can euer last Gods mercy yet holdth stable hand On hym that feare to hym hath cast From age to age in euery land Hys righteousnes is set full fast To man bestowd it will not wast But aye shall stand 18 These men I meane of louely feare Be such as kepe hys godly wyll Which fast in mynd hys worde do beare In hart and tong to kepe it still And alway geueth full ready eare To God theyr Lord to them so deare To learne hys skill 19 Thys Lord in heauen hath set hys place From whence he séeth all mortall wayes Who rightly goth who halth in pace As lyfe he ruleth so death he stayes All rule doth stand in hys good grace The good to kepe the bad to chace To short hys dayes 20 O prayse thys Lord ye sprites of hys Ye angels pure of strength so great Ye worke hys wyll ye neuer misse Hys power ye know hys royall seat Ye know what Lord what God he is Ye heare hys voyce ye sée hys blisse Hys laudes intreat 21 O prayse the Lord all ye hys hostes Ye armies cleare of heauenly starres Ye sprites so swift ye firy ghostes In peace ye serue ye rule hys warres To do hys wyll ye renne as postes In heauen and earth in all theyr coastes As ministers 22 O all ye workes what names ye haue In all the world recount his grace To make you all he dyd withsaue Aduaunce thys Lord in tyme and place O thou my soule of thée I craue Extoll this Lord he wyll thée saue From wofull case ALmightye God creator and defender of all thy creatures specially of them which do put theyr trust in thee defend vs thy poore suppliauntes from all aduersitie that is set
sea to flée so fast Thou Iordan why aback wart cast Was this the cause Gods truthfull grace Or fathers fayth that ye gaue place 6 You Mountaynes hye why leape ye thus As Rammes with fruite most plenteous Ye litle hylles why skypt ye so Thys sight to sée as yong shéepe do 7 At Gods bright face the earth thus shooke At Iacobs Gods most present loke Be whole adrad than earth to sée Thys puissant Lord so nye to bée 8 Whose power dyd turne the stone to gushe Great water brokes most merueylous The flint so hard whence fier springth Euen water flouds he made it bring ¶ The Collecte GRaunt vs O Lord euer to escape the seruitude of all errour and Egipticall sinne and wyckednesse that we may always beare our lyues sanctified to thee to reioyce in thy protection Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Thus Gentiles Gods be scornd vnpure â–ª Where God of heauen is God most sure On hym to trust to lawd hym aye Who blessth our lyfe and keepth our way Ì„Ì„ 1 NO prayse geue vs O Lord to vs Geue it thy name most glorious For thy swéete loue for thy good truth Defend vs Lord and shew thy ruth 2 Why els no doubt the Heaâ—hen sect Would say where is their God so tect If God they haue as we in sight Let hym come forth and shew his might 3 But sure our God is God in heauen Not made or séene to carnall eyne He doth at will what lyke hym best He made all thinges by hym they rest 4 Their Idols all the best they bée But siluer cast and gold to sée The handy worke of mortall men They be thus made full brittle then 5 Wyde mouthes they haue but speake no whit Of speache but domme to them most fit And eyes they haue yet haue no sight All voyde of lyfe all voyde of light 6 So eares they haue but heare nothyng How loud men cry in halowing And nose they haue but haue no tast Their brent incense on them is wast 8 Yea handes they haue but handle nat Two féete they haue but haue no gate They make no voyce from out theyr throtes Where yet small flies haue open notes 7 As those be all so such be they Which make them first of gold or clay And so be they which worship them Or them do trust in any realme 9 But thou that séest O Israell Trust thou the Lord bid them farewell The Lord is whole thyne ayde and shield Protectour sure in towne and field 10 Ye Aarons house trust ye this Lord None other serue to hym accord The Lord is whole your ayde and shield Protectour sure in towne and field 11 All ye that feare the Lord so hye Trust ye this Lord to hym applye The Lord is whole your ayde and shylde Protectour sure in town and filde 12 The Lord hath mynd and careth for vs He wyll vs blesse most prosperous And Iacobs house so will he blesse Blesse Aarons house he wyll not mysse 13 Who feare the Lord he blesse them all Both rich and poore both great and small To do them good is hys entent Who worship him most reuerent 14 The Lord wyll adde to your encrease To heape hys gyftes he wyll not cease Uppon your selfe in ioyfull cheare And after on your children deare 15 Ye are the Lordes most blessed lot Yf feare in you be not forgot The Lordes ye be hys heritage Who made of heauen and earth the stage 16 The heauens so houge the heauens I saye Be all the Lords in whom they staye The earth he gaue to men a place To dwell therin to serue his grace 17 The dead that be prayse not the Lord No sence in them no voyce or word Ne they whose corps be layd to rest By them no laudes can be exprest 18 But we alyue wyth voyce and hart Wyll prayse thys Lord tyll we depart From thys tyme forth and so for aye Than sing we styll Alleluya ¶ The Collecte BE thou our protectour helpe O mercifull Lord for we put our whol affiance in thee only be mindfull that thou formedst vs oute of the moulde of the earth graunt vs therfore thy streÌ„gth to acknowledge thee our maker duly to laud thee and celebrate thy name through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXVI When Dauid scapt aduersitie to God wyth thankes he goes So man full past all miserie may so hys hart disclose 1 I Loued haue the Lord and shall wyth all my hart for why He soone hath heard my prayers all wyth voyce when I dyd cry 2 Full nye I say his eare he bent to me most redily Wherfore my dayes that me be lent hym will I call most hye 3 The snares of death dyd close me in yea panges of hell me found Fell anguish smart and woes betwene I felt about me round 4 Eftsoones I cryed in Gods good name for helpe and sayd euen thus O Lord I pray thy grace I clame my soule from payne discusse 5 Of clemency the Lord is full and iust he is in worde And this our God is mercifull which doth all grace aforde 6 The Lord preseruth the simple ones as abiectes counted here For lo my selfe was wo begone and health he brought me nere 7 Wherfore I sayd O turne agayne my soule into thy rest Since that the Lord â–ª hath easd thy payne for thyne aduantage best 8 For thou O Lord hast ryd my feares my soule from death besyde And eke myne eyes from wepyng teares my féete from falling wyde 9 To walke in life I purpose then before the Lord vpright Whyle here I lyue with liuing men on earth to please his sight Credidi propter quod 10 I held my fayth therout I spake to God in hope full strong Although with woes my hart did quake and sorowes seamed long 11 In all my flightes so forst to flée I sayd thus halfe amasd All men on earth but liers bée myne eyes were so adasd 12 To quyte my Lord what shall I geue hys benefites at length His grace so great by whom I lyue surmounth my simple strength 13 I will take vp and heaue on hye the cuppe of thankfulnes And Gods good name besech wyll I who compast all my wealth 14 To God my Lord I now will paye my vowes that I behight With thankfull hart from day to daye In all hys peoples sight 15 The Lord no doubt full deare reputes the death of all his saynts He taketh to hart their wrong pursuts and heareth their wofull playnts 16 For truth lo I â–ª thy seruaunt lord thy seruaunt this may speake Thy hand maydes sonne can this record for thou my bandes didst breake 17 To thee therfore I offer shall of thanckes the sacrifice The lordes good name theron to call I will in gratefull wise 18 To God my Lord I wyll repaye my vowes that I behight With thankfull hart from daye to daye in all hys peoples sight In all the courtes
haue put their whole confidence and feede theyr ioyfull soules in hope of thy grace graunt vs to be illumined in sprite euermore to loue thee and to celebrate thy name in pure conscience through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLVII Thys psalme exciteth the Iewes to prayse the Lord most chief So good to them who priuatly did worke them all reliefe \ \ 1 PRayse ye the Lord alway for good it is to sing To this our God for sweete he is whom laudes we ought to brin 2 God buildeth Hierusalem he doth her sure protect The poore exiles of Israell he shall agayne collect 3 He heald the brusde in hart who wayle in sprite contrite Theyr plages and sores he bindeth them vp he cureth theÌ„ al ful light 4 No dout God them beholdeth who starres by number tels By proper name he calth them all he knowth theyr rests and cels 5 The Lord of ours is greate and great he is in power His knowledge is all infynite his name as strong as tower 6 The Lord vpholdeth thafflict So gentle is his will He throweth to ground all wicked men So mightye is his skill 7 O sing to God our Lord prayse ye his raygne abroade Confesse his power hys will his skyll In harpe sing ye to God 8 Who clothe the heauen with cloudes and raygne to earth prepares He bringes forth gras on hills to growe to serue mans dayly cares 9 Who geueth to beast theyr foode to all both great and small The rauene her birds he féedth in care whan they forsaken call 10 In barbed horse of strength his pleasure standth not in In legs of men in force of armes it pleaseth not him to wynne 11 They please who feare the Lord by such he fyght with strength who trust all whole his gentlenesse these only please at length Lauda Hierusalem O Thou Ierusalem prayse hye the Lord of thyne Thou Sion mount auaunce thy God in hart therto encline 13 For he makth fast the barres of all thy gates full prest He blissth euen so thy childer al in midst of thée to rest 14 And he doth stablish peace In all thy borders sure He féedth the full deliciously with wheate the flower most pure 15 Who sendth his word on earth and swiftly doth it renne Both rayne and wynd his biddings heare to serue the nede of meâ— 16 And snow he geueth like woll the earth so warme to be The hory frosts the mislyng dewes as ashes scattreth he 17 He casâ—th abroade his yse like morsels so congelde and his great cold who can abyde that he so hard hath seald 18 He sendth his worde will he melt them all agayne He blowth the winde then they anone to waters flow most playne 19 Yea he reuealeth his word to Iacobs seede and stocke His statutes true his iust decrees to Israel his flocke 20 He delt no time as thus with other landes I say He shewed not them his domes so playne O prayse the Lord alwaye ¶ The Collecte STrength fortify the gate of thy church O Lorde and make her to be enlarged in peace and vnity reueale thy word to her vnderstanding that she may be wholy directed by that to please the in truth through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLVIII To prayse here all be byd what heauen or earth contayne The Lord so hye and sapyent nothyng he made in vayne 1 PRayse ye the Lord from heauens ye heauenly mynds I call Prayse him on hye as hye he is ye powers celestiall 2 Prayse hym ye Angels all his legats ye that be ye hosts so cald his armies great prayse hym in maiesty Prayse him ye sunne and mooke in course so maruelous Ye starres so bright ye Planets all prayse hym most glorious Ye heauens by heauens-distinct prayse him with all your shyne ye water streames aboue the ayre so stayde by power deuyne They all might prayse and laud the Lordes good name of myght For he the worde but spake at once they straight were made in plight He constituted hath that they should euer dure He set a law which shall not cease by ordinance most sure Ye earthly thinges on earth prayse ye the Lord with them Ye dragons grim ye depes and gulfes shew ye his power supreme Fire lightning thunder hayle both snow and vapours drye ye hurling wyndes tempestuous which worke his word full nye Great mountains hils and clifs low hillockes all and some ye fruitefull trées ye Ceders all prayse ye the Lordes renome Ye beastes and cattell all both sauage wylde and tame ye serpents flye ye fetherd soules prayse ye his godly name So kinges of earth most due with all their people met So princes hie and iudges all on earth as Gods be set So yonger men and maydes in age syncere and pure As older men with childer yong with all their busy cure The Lordes name let them prayse for it alone is hye His glory passth both heauen earth as thyngs here made do cry He hath his flock aduanced so him his saintes shall prayse Euen Iacobs séede who drawth him nie praise ye the lord always The Collecte O Lord the woorthye prayse and ioy of all thy creatures graunt vs thy grace that we worthely magnify thy name through Christ. The Argument Psalme CXLIX Thys Psalme the Iewes doth moue Theyr God to laude wyth loue It sheweth that grace on them shall lyght So glad their foes to quyte 1 O Syng vnto the Lord A song of new accord And let his prayse declared bée In good mens company 2 Let Israell be glad in God hys maker drad Let Syons youth and childer ioy In their most princely roy 3 Let them prayse out in quiere Hys name to them so dere In Tabret loud in harpe so soft Sing they to hym ful oft 4 For why the Lord reioyce And loueth hys flocke in choyce The meke forlorne he will adourne wyth health to serue theyr turne 5 So godly men made frée in ioy and prayse shal bée They shall reioyce vpon their beds That God did rayse their heds 6 Their throtes shall prayses sound to God by duety bound Two edged swordes in both theyr handes to smite all forren landes 7 To be auenged right of all the Paynyms spite To be a rod to chastise smart straunge peoples froward hart 8 To bynde their kinges wyth chaynes to quite their wrongfull meanes Theyr nobles eke to kepe in warde wyth iron fetters hard 9 To bryng on them in spéede theyr iudgement iust decréed Which shall his saintes to honour rayse prayse ye the Lord alwayes Alleluya ¶ The Collecte O God which art a God of all goodnes vertue whiche doost vse to exalte them whiche humble themselues and to deiecte those who aduaunce themselues graunte vs on earthe to ioye in all puritie of lyfe as thy saintes in heauen ioy in thy glorious preseÌ„ce to the prayse of thy name through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CL. Thys psalme is last
indignation lyeth hard vpon me in the 69. psalme in the fourth verse I payd the thinges that I neuer tooke Such as expound his dominion and his presence in the flesh be these Preserue me O god 16. Suche as shew his glorious resurrection of body be The earth is the lordes 24. O clap your handes together 47. Such as set out his ascention into heauen be these The lorde is king 93. O sing vnto the lorde 96.98 The lord is king the people 99. And that he sitteth on the right hand of his father The 110. psalme maketh manifest saying The lorde sayd to my lord sit thou on my right hand Such as shewe that he haue authoritie of his father to iudge expressing his iudicial power both in condemning the deuill and all wicked nations be these 9. psalme the v. verse Thou shalte rebuke the Heathen and destroye the vngodly Geue the king the iudgementes 72. The lorde euen the most mighty god 50 God standeth in the congregation 82. Thus thou mayst by readyng these beholde Christes mysteries and what benefites the Lorde hath geuen vs by hys Natiuitie and passion Lo such is the style fourme of the Psalmes for mans vse and commoditie ☞ It is to be remembred that the beginning of the psalms in this table be according to the translation commonly vsed in churches not of the translatioÌ„ hereafter folowing Psalmi quodammodo sic constituti vt alij sint Prophetici Eruditorij Consolatorij Precatorij Eucharistici Mixti 8 Prophetici Hij prophetant de Iesu Christo ecclesia etiam sanctorum afflictionibus Dicuntur in narratione Exponunt felicitatem Dei prouidentiam c. Continentes Promisâ—iones de liberandis pijs perden dis Impijs Historiaâ— rerum descriptiones beatitudinis 1 Narratorij  Expositorij 1 Eruditorij Hij docent quid faciendum quid omittendum Adhortantur ad bona opera Imprecantur impijs confusionem c. Continentes Commendationes verbi Dei vituperationes traditionum Condemnationes malorum hominum 7 Adhortatorij 2 Comminatorij  Consolatorij Hij consolantur in aduersis Gratulantur in prosperis Inuitant ad iustitiamgratitudum c. Continentes Exempla consolationuÌ„ tentationum patrum Mutuas piorum congratulationes 4 Gratulatorij 5 Inuitatorij 6 Deprecatoriâ— Hij orant inuocant Obsecrantur implorant opem Dei in necessitate Expostulant de malorum prosperitate Continentes Petitiones Deplorationes propter peccata calamitates Accusationes propter vim aduersariorâ—â—â— 7 Obsecratorij 3 Interpollatorij 4 Eucharistici Hij gratias agunt Continentes Confessiones beneficiorum Dei mirabilium operum eius Exultationes de pâ—rta victoria liberatione  Laudatorij Celebrant opera Dei 5 Exultatorij Letantur c.  Mixti Hij plures simul vel omnes locos habent  Videlicet prophetiam doctrinam consolationem orationem grotiarum actionem Qui prophetant 21.22.24.45.47.72.93.55.97 Qui denunciant vaticinantur 11.110 Qui narrant 19.49.50.73.78.87.89.105.114.115.127.137 Qui narrant confitentur 26.121.139.131 Qui describunt beatitudinem 1.32.41.112.128 Qui docent virtutes 15.101.119.125.133 Qui admonent 37. Qui exhortantur 29.33.96.98.103.104 Qui exhortantur cum cantico 145.81.66 Qui minanter imprecantur 109.64.94.120.74.70.71 Qui veterum exempla habent 60.77.108.135.80 Qui in domino gloriantur 23.27.40.42.62.76.84.99.122 Qui alacriter canunt 91.118 Qui prouocant ad iustitiam 58.82 Qui inuitant ad gratitudines 67.95.107.134 Qui precantur 5.68.90.102.132.141.17.20.28 Qui confitentur plorant peccatum 9.51.6.39.38.75.106.136.143.130 Qui inuocant 4.54.142.3.69.123 Qui ad euentum votum obsecrationem 7.12.13.16.25.27.31.35.43.44.57.59.61.83.86.88.140 Qui ad euentum solum 3.26.69.70.71.79.80.123.130.131 Qui accusant impios 2.10.14.36.52.53.79 Qui in actione gratiarum sunt 8.18.30.34.46.63.85.116.124.126.129 Qui cum hymnis canunt 48.65.92.144 Qui laudem anunciant 113.117.146.147.148.149.150.138 111. Qui exultat de resurrectione 56. Qui exultant tantum 100. VEteres quatuor taÌ„tum musicos modos quos tropos siue tonos vocarunt celebres habuerunt Scilicet Prothum Dentrum Tritum tetradum quibus recentiores superinstruxeruÌ„t alios quatuor quasi collaterales hos ex gentium peculiaribus affectibus sic vocabulis notarunt vt Dorium Phrigium Lydium c. quibus modis maxime trahebantur Nam morum similitudine molliores in molliore gaudent tono natura hilares Iucundioribus tristes grauioribus modis delectantur iuxta innatam quandam proportionem affectuum animorum cum diuer sitate consonantiarum quibus occulta familiaritate excitantur ¶ Octo tonorum distinctiones proprietates Prothus Dorius Primus modeste religiose graditur Hipodorius Secundus seuere cum maiestate tonat Dentrus Phrigius Tertius Indignatur acerbe insultat Hipophrigius Quartus quasi adulatur allicit Tritus Lydius Quintus Iucunde delectat ridet Hipolidius Sextus Lachrimatur plorat Tetradus Mixolidius Septimus Incitate progreditur imperiosâ— Hipomixolidius Octauus decenter moderate incedit ALl manner of Scripture for that it is inspierde from God aboue as necessary for instructioÌ„ is expressed by the determinatioÌ„ of the holy gost to the intent that all men in commen shoulde gather out therof as out of a storehouse of Phisike for the soule peculiar remedies euery one of vs for our owne infirmities for such Phisike as a certaine writer testifieth will restraine great and many sinnes Now where as the Prophetes haue doctrine proper to themselues and the bokes of the deuine histories matter by themselfe the law haue his peculiar forme of teaching and the Prouerbiall bookes haue their seuerall kinde of exhortations The booke of the psalmes comprehende in it selfe the whole commoditie of all their doctrines aforesaid for it prophecieth of thinges to come it reciteth the histories it sheweth lawe for the gouernaunce of life it teacheth what ought to be done and to be shorte it is a common storehouse of al good doctrine which doth aptly distribute matter to euery man peculiar to himself for it healeth not only olde festured woundes of the soule but also can geue quicke remedy to suche as be newly made It stayeth and comforteth that member which is sicke and corrupt preserueth that which is whole and sound it plucketh vp by the rootes as much as is possible all such euil affectioÌ„s as do raign so tirannically in the whole course of mans life which effect it worketh as it were with agreable delectation instilling pleasantly into our hart all sober honestye For where as the holy ghost perceiued that mankind was hardly trayned to vertue that we be very negligent in thinges concerning the true life in dede by reason of our inclination to worldly pleasures delectations What hath he inuented he hath mixte in his forme of doctrine the delectation of musike to thintent that the commoditie of the doctrine might secretlye steale into vs while our eares bee touched with the pleasauntnes of the melodie Euen muche like as expert Phisitions vse to doo when they
entent before my God also I iust eschude my déede so rude I gaue good héede therto 24 For doyng iust my Lord I trust will frendly me requite My righteous déede as well did spéede in hys approued sight 25 As man is iust so mayst thou trust wyth good so good to bée Wyth perfect man so thou agayne shall perfect be and frée 26 And thus wyth pure thou mayst be sure thou shalt be pure and cleane Euen so wyth euill of froward will euen froward shalt thou meane 27 For thou to saue wilt soone wyth saue the méeke in all theyr wo And shalt deryde mens stately pryde and make them low to go 28 For thou dydst lyght my candell bryght and kéepst my fortune ryght The Lord my God dyd ease my rod and darkenes tournd to lyght 29 For strong to sée I was by thée whole hostes to dyng downe ryght In God no dout I was so stout stone wall to leape it quite 30 Gods way I wis vnspotted is hys worde is tryde in fire He is a shield to man in field who trust to hym intiere 31 What God is there euen any where but this the Lord of hostes What rocke excelth in strength so well as thys our God in coste 32 For God euen he round girdeth me wyth strength and feate of warre He kéepth my way in redy stay lest vyce my lyfe should marre 33 He makth my féete as swyft and méete as féete of hartes to sée In perfect grace he stayd my race and sate me vp on hye 34 My handes aryght he made to fyght both diuell and man to wryng Myne armes in partes did breake their dartes yea bowes of stéele wyth stryng 35 Thy sauyng shield kept me in field thy right hand me sustaynd Thy bounteousnes dyd ease my stresse though greuously it paynd 36 Thou gauest me roume where euer I come to stand to go to ryde Full strong to stand on sea and land my héeles dyd neuer slyde 37 I dyd rechase my foes in face and ouer tooke theyr spyte I dyd not stynt wyth sword the dynt till I had stroyed them quite 38 I dyd them bray in such aray theyr woundes shall neuer heale They could not ryse in any wyse but fall at myne owne héele 39 Strait girdst thou me wyth strength to be to warre euen full inured Thou threwest them round vpon the ground my soule who thus pursude 40 These noughty packes did turne their backes theyr neckes thou madest me smight My haters fell thou didst them quell downe thou dydst beat them right 41 They cryde dismayde and craued ayde but none to helpe was there Whan they did crie to God so hie then God did turne hys eare 42 I dyd as small thus beat them all as dust before the wynde As clay in stréete oft trode wyth féete I dyd them stampe and grynde 43 Thou rydst my lyfe from peoples stryfe thou didst me sure preserue To Gentiles bred thou madest me hed straunge people me dyd serue 44 When me they heare at sound of eare they me now soone obey Wher children strange their frendship change all falshoode they dewray 45 These children strange which strangely range so vp and downe dyd fayle They all afrayd in fearefull brayd in theyr great forts shall wayle 46 The Lord lyue hée most blessedly who was my helper strong God rowsed bée my rocke so frée hym prayse I will full long 47 This God of ours he geueth me powers t' auenge my wycked foes And doth subdue my people true that they like subiectes goes 48 He daunted so my cruell â—o to them he made me head From wicked spite thou dydst me quite theyr wickednes to tread 49 For thys O Lord in hart and word I will geue thankes in song Of thy great name thy power to fame where Gentils dwel among 50 Hys kyng he sought he health hym wrought he shewed true loue in déede To Dauid true annoynted due and aye to his good séede ¶ The Collecte MOst louyng Lord and puissant protectour which art our refuge in all distresse and aduersitie preserue vs from all hostilitie and froÌ„ the snares of death and hell so that after we be drawne vp from the danger of all maner temptations we maye deuoutly syng to thy holy name in all puritie of life Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XIX This Psalme deliteth who is to sunne comparde Gods worke to cyte who is to sunne comparde His law it treateth of his Apostles garde And so it speaketh of his Apostles garde 1 THe heauens do tell how God excelth in glory power and might The firmament so excellent his handy worke endight 2 For day to day succéedyng aye doth playne hys power declare As night to nyght ensuyng ryght setteth out hys louyng care 3 No speche or tong to them doth long theyr voyce distinct not hard To magnifie theyr Lord so hie by languages regard 4 But yet theyr sound as wordes rebound on all the earth it strayes To further cost all vttermost their noyse theyr maker prayse 5 In them he set the sunne so net ¶ lyke bridegrome which procéedth His chamber out as Giaunt stout reioyceth hys course to spéede 6 His course goeth out euen round about the heauen and backe retreath From East to West it hath no rest all thyng doth féele hys heate 7 Gods law is iust a law to trust as spotlesse turnyng hartes His wytnes pure record is sure to babe it wyt impartes 8 The Lordes behest is all the best to ioy the hart in ryght His biddinges be so pure to sée blynd syght they turne to lyght 9 The Lord his feare is cleane and cleare which euer shall endure His iudgementes bée the truth most frée and be themselues full sure 10 They be to vs more gracious then gold or precious stone To man more méete then hony swéete they passe the hony combe 11 Yea more then this thy seruant is to kéepe them alway prest And sure shall he rewarded be wyth ioy whych is behest 12 Synnes which be wrought in déed thought wythout thys law who knowth Fro faultes that lye oh secretly thy clensing hand bestow 13 From sinnes of pryde thy seruanthyde that me they do not guide That vndefilde and lesse beguilde the great sinne myght I slyde 14 My wordes thus said my thoughts depe laid God graunt they please thy sight O Lord my power my rocke and â—â—wer and my redemer quite ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull and louyng Sauiour Christ which once comming forth out of the virginal wombe didst proceede vp to the right hand of thy father we beseche thee that we may be so conuerted by the law illightened by thy preceptes and taught by thy holy testimonies to be deliuered froÌ„ all straunge doctrine and craftye inuasions agaynst our fayth who lyuest and raignest c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XX. This prayth for kinges Good prosperinges theyr realmes to haue defence Where Christ is ment By fore entent of Dauids
hym alway do what he wyll Fret not I réede though wycked spéede who sueth so fast all counsayles euill 8 Recede from ire no tyme conspire wyth them to go thy heate refrayne Els shall thy will be moued still to counterfet theyr wycked brayne 9 Maligners all shall haue a fall They shall be all déepe rooted out Where who abyde the Lord theyr guide shall vse at wyll the lande no dout 10 Wythin a whyle all wycked wyle shall passe away and melt to nought Hys place wheras late gréene he was shall not be found though Nylo sought 11 But yet the méeke shall as they lyke enherite sure the stable earth God wyll theyr stresse In heauen refreshe wyth store and choyce of peaceful myrth 12 Th'ungodly séeke agaynst the méeke his counsayles mad to weaue and warpe He gnasht hys téeth yf nought he séeth in lyfe of them in shame to carpe 13 The Lord shall let hys wrath and threat and laugh at hym full dry in scorne For he doth sée hys day to bée at hand to wayle full sore forlorne 14 Theyr sword drawne out bow bent so stout the wycked sort all redy hath To bryng the poore to death hys dore to kill the iust in hatefull wrath 15 Theyr sword so fierce theyr hartes shal pierce themselfe agayne so iust to quyte Theyr bow so bent shall be but rent and voyde shall be theyr irefull myght 16 A little store got iust before to ryghteous man is alway more Than is the food and all the good of suttle man that crafth therfore 17 The armes and sleyghtes wyth all the baytes of wycked man shall shortly quayle Yet wyll the Lord the iust aforde theyr holde and trust shall neuer fayle 18 God knowth the dayes and loueth the wayes of godly men theyr lyues to ayde From tycle chaunce theyr heritaunce shall last in tyme for euer stayde 19 In perilous dayes of dreadfull frayes they shall not stand in feare amasde In tyme of dearth of barren earth theyr store and plenty shall be blasde 20 But wycked men shall peryshe then gods foes though they be hye aloft Yet lyke the sunne shall they consume as meltyng fat of lambes so soft 21 The wycked man he borow can but wyll not pay hys det agayne The ryghteous man to lend he can and féelth therin no bitter payne 22 Gods blessed men déepe rooted then shall raygne at will and haue their fyll Gods cursed men vp rooted then shall sterue for lacke and want theyr wyll 23 The Lord is guyde at good mans syde hys kynde of lyfe he so alowth Hys steps and gate hys lyfe hys state God guideth full sure and it auowth 24 If chaunce he slippe by humayne tryp yet fully flat he falth not down Gods hand hym stayth and vnder layth to kéepe hym iust both safe and sound 25 I yong haue bene now olde am sene the iust as yet I neuer knew Once destitute or yet hys fruite to seke theyr bread in nede vndue 26 The iust man wull be mercifull still lendth hys good he hourdth not than And yet hys séede in grace shall spéede both blest and praysd of God and man 27 Flée thou all euill wyth hart and wyll do good that God of thée requyrth Than trust thou sure long tyme t' endure to haue all thyng what hart desierth 28 For God loueth ryght and wyll not quyte geue vp hys sayntes for aye to wayle Hys deare elect be euer kept where wycked séede shall fowly quayle 29 The ryghteous man most stable than the earth at rest inherite shall Therin to dwell most safely well for euer sure and not to fall 30 The ryghteous mouth is traynd in south in wisdom godly all inured Hys tonge wyll talke all wysdomes walke in sentence ryght alway assured 31 For why Gods law is all hys awe and shet in hart it is full fast Hys lyfe and gate as stable state shall neuer slyde once made agast 32 The wycked prye they toote to spye the walke and trade of ryghteous man They search and séeke some cause to pyke to kill hym quyte and if they can 33 But God hys strength wyll not at length leaue them in theyr foule suttle handes To be condemnd ▪ by foes so fremde at sentence nye so when he standes 34 Trust thou the Lord kéepe fast hys worde for he wyll thée on hye promoote To holde the land where wycked band at eye ryght downe shall fall in foote 35 For I euen I haue spyed wyth eye the wycked wyght O far a loft So strong to sée as Ceder trée so grene and freshe as bay full oft 36 Tho went I by hys seate to spy but lo full soone it was agone I sought hys place to sée hys grace fye stable place then had he none 37 Thys is the summe soone good become in cliffe alway be innocent Hold truth full fast for truth at last bringth ioyfull peace with gods assent 38 But wretched men who wicked ren by heapes shall fall in shamefull feare Their fortune falth their pleasure palth their ende of dayes is woofull chere 39 Where helth and welth from God himselfe to righteous men so fastly growth He is theyr shield theyr strength in field when trouble chance or ouerflowth 40 God them shall fence and ryd them thence where proudly rule all wycked men He wyll them saue for why they haue theyr trust and hope in hym agayne The Collecte O Father which art the assured stay and blisse of all righteous men for thou neuer forsakest them in hunger ne yet permitst them to be ouercome in the battayle of tribulation we beseche thee to defend vs wyth that ryght hande of thyne which thou vsest redily to reache to them which be in daunger from perishyng therein graunt thys for thy sonnes sake to whome c. The Argument Psalme XXXVIII Meeke Dauid prayde and ceased nat In wo dismayde nye dead in that Yet so arayde he faltred nat In God he stayde he altered nat No further strayde he varied nat But thus he sayde he taried nat 1 O Lord to sore correct me not In angers store oh checkt me not For sinne the sore abiect me not O Lord abiect me not 2 Thy irefull dartes be asperous They pricke my hart most dolorous Thy hand so smart is burdenous Reiect me not 3 There is no helth in all my flesh Thy wrath my wealth doth so represse My bones themselfe for sinne want peace Abuse me not 4 My sinnes my héede haue ouerflown As heauy lead they be so grown Theyr fearefull dread haue down me thrown Refuse me not 5 My woundes do ren and sore they stinke Alasse the dynne them when I thinke My folish sinne I do forethinke Despise me not 6 In far great wo lowe am I brought My trespace so my payn hath wrought Al day I go in mournyng thought Repryse me not 7 My loynes are fyld with sore disease My fleshe is spyld and haue none ease Al parts be
and lore Both hye and low all whole in row the ryche and eke the poore 3 My mouth shall splay all wisdomes way that will man kepe and saue My hart doth muse most godly truthes all vnderstandyng graue 4 I wyll incline these eares of myne to parable full méete Déepe wordes in harpe my mouth wil carpe the sence though shall be swéete 5 Why should I feare euill dayes to beare to set on mucke my hart That euen my héele of lyfe so euill at last myght bryng me smart 6 For some there bée whose hartes agrée in goodes to put theyr trust And boast themselues as carkyng elues of ryches store vniust 7 No brother can redeme a man from death though fayne he would Or God to go to offer to agréement who so should 8 The pryce to great herein is set from death a soule to bye That must he leaue to gods owne leaue for aye in hym to lye 9 That is to say that he should aye byde here in morâ—all state That he no graue â–ª should euer haue but lyue in pleasant raâ—e 10 For he may spy that wyse men dye and peryshe all the fort As well the wyse as mad and nyse to others leaue theyr port 11 And can they thynke that neuer sinke theyr houses shall and fames That they here still shall dwell theyr fill and landes to beare theyr names 12 It will not be that euer he shall last in glory gay But forth must go as beastes they do in britle state and way 13 Lo this theyr way is folishe stray they blunder blyndly thus And yet theyr broode prayse this for good as fooles obliuious 14 They shall lye déepe in hell lyke shéepe and death shall gnaw theyr mawe But clere in lyght of mornyng bryght the iust shall be their awe 15 Theyr beauty gay shall wast away in graue with stinche on swéete Theyr housee clene shal not be sene for them so after méete 16 But as for me my God euen be my soule he iust will saue From hell the power in blessed hower my sprite to hym to haue 17 But feare thou nat ne deare thou that though one be welthy made Though now hys house shyne glorious in honours portly trade 18 For nought he shall of riches all hence cary whan he dyth Nor yet hys pryde hys pompe so wyde in graue wyth hym shall lye 19 Whyle here he dwelt hys soule he delt all ease wyth pleasures wealth Such men will thée prayse wyse to bée if thou so helpst thy selfe 20 That thou also wyth them myghtst go theyr fathers steps to sue Where they no lyght shall sée in syght for theyr excesse vndue 21 Man lyuyng thus all gorgious who vnderstandyng wanth Is lyke to beast wyth them to rest whose fame is short and scant ¶ The Collecte REplenish our mouthes O Lord with thy heauenly wisdom that we may remeÌ„ber the mystery of thy blessed incarnation wherby thou redemest vs froÌ„ the power of hell graunt that we may be found meete to be presented to thy blessed face through c. The Argument Psalme L. Here is reproued the sacrifice of Iewes for foolishe trust And taught here is wyth sad aduise that thankes be yet more iust 1 THe God of Gods the lord of myght one God in persons thrée He bidth and calth the earth in sight from East to West to sée 2 Thys God appeard from Zyon hill as God of beauty most From whence he would should spring his wil and law to euery coast 3 Our God is come in tyme of grace he wyll no silence kéepe Wyth wastyng fire before hys face about hym tempest déepe 4 The heauen aboue the earth below he doth vpon them call Hys people all to iudge and know to helpe them that be thrall 5 Collect ye now my sayntes sayth he in one before my sight Who stand in leage and pact wyth me by sacrifices ryte 6 The heauens shall sprede hys iustice cleare that all the world may spy That God himselfe wyll iudge appeare the good from bad to try 7 My people heare for thus I say thy selfe to wytnesse iust O Israell thy God alway thy God I am to trust 8 For sacrifice or burnt incence I wyll not thée reproue To blame therin thy negligence to send them me aboue 9 From out thy house I wyll not craue Bull Bullocke Oxe or calfe Of thy folde els he goates to haue to ioy of theyr behalfe 10 The beastes that grase the wood so wyde they be all myne at wyll On thousand hyls the beastes that stryde I made them thée to fill 11 On moâ—ataynes foules that vse theyr flyght I know them all and some Wylde beastes of field be nye my sight as made for my renoume 12 If hungers stresse though myght I fele I would not tell it thée The world all whole euen euery dele is myne and all ye sée 13 And thinkst thou thus so grosse in wit that I buls flesh would eate Or bloud of Goates to drynke of it as bloud to spill were swéete 14 Na this it is that I allow to God aye offer thankes And pay to God of lyfe thy vow and séeke none other crankes 15 In all thy wo call thou on mée when troubles thée do thrust I wil no fayle deliuer thée thus shalt thou prayse me iust 16 But God thus chect vngodly man what meanst to preach my lawes My pact in mouth why takest thou than where lyfe hath wycked sawes 17 To be correct by discipline thou hatest to heare the worde So thou doost cast at backe of thyne my law of swéete recorde 18 When theâ—e thou spiest wyth him thou goest to part the spoyle in hast Who wedlocke breake with them thou boast thy lot wyth them is cast 19 To cursed speche thy tonge thou dightst to clout all crafty guile The iust thou wringst the bad thou quytest by lawes pretense and style 20 Thou sitst as iudge thy brothers name by sleit to ouer runne Thou quarell pikst in crafty frame agaynst thy mothers sonne 21 Whyle thus thou doost I sayeng nought thou iudgest me nought lyke thée But yet I shall what thou hast wrought detect before thyne eye 22 O ponder this I do you pray all you that God forget Lest I in hast plucke you away in wo to sée you set 23 Who offer me the sacrifice of thankes he honorth mée And thys the way wherby I vyse Gods helth to let hym sée ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God God of all Gods we humbly pray thee to take and accepte our sacrifice of thankes geuyng in good parte So that after we be discharged of the burden of sinne we maye declare wythout hypocrisie that we walke in the way that leadeth to saluation Through Christ. FINIS ¶ The ende of the first Quinquagene ¶ The Seconde Quinquagene of Dauids Psalter translated into Englishe Metre The Argument Psalme LI. A prayer pure and forme full good for penitentes so meeke Thus Dauids hart
and prayse God wyll I prayse and all my trust in hym I set alwayes 11 On God I haue me whole bestowde a tyme though I be thrall What flesh can do though all beshrowd I feare no whit at all 12 Now fit for me my vowes to pay to God they be so hyght And hym due laudes to sing by day and thankes in open sight 13 For thou my soule hast ryd from death from fall thou kéepst my féete To walke in lyght whyle lyfe hath breath before my God so swéete The Collecte O Lord of all power and myght which defendst thy seruauntes from all inuisible hostilitie and neuer sufferest them to be ouercome that trust in thy mercy wype from our eyes we praye thee teares shed for our sinnes that after we haue subdued our carnall affectiōs we may rest in the land of the liuing through Iesus Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LVII The iuct for his deliuery geueth thankes that God hym sped So Christ reioyste when he dyd stye to heauen when death was ded 1 GOd pity me O pitie me on thée my soule is cast Thy wynges I trust wyll shadow be till all thys spyte be past 2 Thy trusty helpe I wyll implore of God my Lord most hye He wyll my cause perfourme the more that now in hand doth ligh 3 He shall from heauen send down hys power to saue from me their spite And those that would my soule deuower wyth shame shall full be dight 4 Twixt Lyons fierce doth stand my lyfe wyth fiery men I dwell Whose téeth be speares and dartes in stryfe theyr tonges sharpe swordes and fell 5 Aduaunce thy selfe O God appeare from heauens more hye thou they Thy glory great set vp so cleare on all the earth to stay 6 To catche my féete a net they splayd my soule they haue deprest Into that pyt for me they layd themselues therin be threst 7 My hart is fixt my hart is fixt O God in thée full stayd And sing I will my griefes betwixt in psalmes wyth musike playd 8 Awake my tonge my ioy awake awake both harpe and lute Come forth at morne I me betake to sing wyth shaume and flute 9 Thy laudes wyth thankes out wyll I sound◠when people méete aryght To sing O Lord to thée so bound I wyll in Paynyms syght 10 Thy mercy great to heauens doth retch what thyng can it denay To heauenly cloudes thy truth doth stretch to mans most stable stay 11 Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauens as is most méete Aboue the earth thy glory moue the stoole of both thy féete ¶ The Collecte REmoue O Lord all iniquity and enmitie from thy familie which mekely set theyr whole trust in the shadow of thy winges so that by enioyeng thy mercy sent from heauen we may bee perpetually deliuered from all malicious snares and trappes of our enemies Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LVIII Saules counsaylours so far fro ryght This Psalme doth here dewray Whose craftes wyth like shall God requite To sing once well away 1 IF iust your myndes be truly set ye counsaylours to ryght Iudge equally in weyght and met ye sonnes of men in syght 2 Yea ye in hart do nothyng lesse in earth to wrong ye bende Your handes do worke all wyckednes though ye the ryght pretende 3 These wycked walke in froward wyse from euen theyr mothers mylke Once borne they stray and talke but lyes theyr wordes yet soft as silke 4 Theyr poyson lyke the poyson is of venome cockafryce Euen Adder lyke all deafe I wis who stopth her eares to ryse 5 Who hateth to heare the charmers voyce charme he so neuer wyse Of ryght and wrong they make no choyce all warnyng they despyse 6 Wythin theyr mouthes theyr téeth O God crushe thou they be to sharpe The Lyons mouthes theyr iawes so brode breke Lord proud wordes they carpe 7 To nought they passe as water swyft wythin it selfe doth slyde And when to shoote theyr shaftes they list let them go broken wyde 8 As snayle that wasth let them so wast thus créepyng crookedly As womans byrth to tymely cast let them no sunne espy 9 As tender ympes of wycked thorne before theyr pryckes be hard Men roote them vp so all be torne by wrath they shall be marde 10 Then shall reioyce the iust and good to sée Gods vengeaunce come To bathe hys handes in sinners bloud and thanke for hys good dome 11 Then man shall say wythouten mis the iust hath iust reward No doubt a God in earth there is to iudge in ryght regard ¶ The Collecte MOst righteous Lord graunt we besech thee that the people may folow all the righteousnes of thy law and gladly in loue to embrace the same neuer to turne their hearyng from the truth thereof or to bee deluded wyth the mortiferous perswasions of the serpent to be agayne wounded by hym from whom we be redeemed thorough the death of thy welbeloued sonne to whom with thee and the holy ghost be c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LIX Agaynst the proud is made request Who dealth wyth guile and fraude Whom God shall driue to want theyr rest with famine ouer yawde 1 FRom all my foes deliuer me O God my God thou art Shield me from them in suertie that vp at me be start 2 From workers bad O saue my lyfe wyth them no tyme to mell From bloudy men whole set to strife make me most far to dwell 3 For lo they wayt my soule to catch these freakes be met in spyte Though iust offence they cannot latch at me O Lord of ryght 4 Yet causeles they styll flocke at mée to hurt they them prepare Aryse therfore O Lord and sée helpe me now plungd in care 5 Stand vp thou God and Lorde of hostes thou Lord of Iacobs lyne All Paynyms Lord vew thou theyr bostes spare not theyr wilfull cryme 6 They go at euen both to and fro they grin as dogs to bite The streates they trot in citie so as pickethankes them delyte 7 Behold they speake wythin theyr mouth but swordes wythin theyr lyps They thinke belyke none heare the sothe from them that falshode slips 8 But thou O Lord shalt them deryde to scorne theyr mad attempt These heathen dogs that barke so wyde from thée who can exempt 9 My strength I will kepe fast by thée O God I will not shrynke Of thée I know all strength to bée as rocke on thée I thynke 10 For God of grace wil me preuent wyth mercy plentuously And how my foes shall once be shent God shal make me to spy 11 Yet slea them not all sodenly lest them my flocke forget But scatter them a stray to fly deiect them Lord so great 12 Theyr sinne of mouth theyr word of tong theyr pryde shall them betray For periury they speake and wrong they prate but lyes all day 13 Consume them Lord in hasty wrath consume them
of all our health in power most glorious 20 He is our God euen God I say all health and wealth to shape Yea death is ruld by God the lord whose dint by him we scape qwel 21 This God shal wound his enmies heds he shal their worthies Their heary scalpes to pare full nie that still in sinne wil dwel 22 God sayd I will restore as once from Basan myne I dyd I will returne all myne as once from seas most depe I ryd 23 That dipt thy féete in all their bloud may reade appeare aâ—eye That dogs myght licke their enmies bloud so read to be therby 24 Who lyst did sée O puissaunt God thy great procedings hie The goings iust of thée my God my king in sanctuary 25 WheÌ„ thanks were song first fingers went theÌ„ minstrels mouth theyr féete In myds were set the damsel maides who playd with timbrels swéete 26 When they in one were ioyntly met thus god they praysed wel From hart the ground they blest the Lord who sprang of Israel 27 Small Beniamin there ruler went so Iudas tribe theyr stone So went the Pieres of Zebulon and Neptaly came on 28 Thus god hath bid all streÌ„gth power for thée ful nye to be With strength O God coÌ„firme this worke that yâ— hast wrought so frée 29 FroÌ„ thy swéete house Ierusalem make this thy strength procede Then kings shal bryng theyr offerings to thée to praise thy dede once tamde 30 The launce mens routes once scatred wyde the peoples calueâ— When they shal stoupe and presentes bring and warring folâ—â— once shamde 31 Then shal the Pieres of Egipt land for this come meke in sigâ—â— Then Ethiops ful soone shal yeld to God their hands and might 32 O all ye realmes of all the earth sing ye to God of blis Sing psalmes and hymnes to testify how worthy prayse he is 33 To him that rydeth on heauen of heuens as he hath done of 〈◊〉 Lo he his voyce hath vttred forth a voyce most strong and bold 34 Ascribe to God all strength and myght to Israel so showed On whom hâ—s power no lesse is wrought then is on heauen bâ—â—stowe 35 O God thou art full terrible from out thy sanctuary This Iacobs God hys people aydth O blest be God therby ¶ The Collecte O Lord and gouernour whiche refreshest thy electe flocke with spirituall nourishment of all dilectation graunte vnto all thy congregation so to vnderstand thy victorious deth that we may alway confesse thy worthy victory against sinne death and hell and to honour thy maiesty now syttyng on the right hand of thy father to whome with thee and the holy ghost be all honor and glory for euer Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme LXIX A sute of man in trouble bounde that hath his hart opprest To Christ and his it nye doth sounde as Paule somewhere exprest 1 SAue me O Lord in heauines by woes depressed downe The ragyng waues of all distres be falne my soule to drowne 2 In myre so déepe I sticke full fast all bottomeles to sée In waters déepe downe am I cast the flouds haue whelmed mée 3 In crying still I wery go my throate is horse and dry Myne eyes be dimme and fainty so whyle God I wyshe to spy 4 My foes excéede my heares of head at me they causeles looke My foes preuayle that wyshe me dead I payd I neuer tooke 5 Thou know O God my folishnes if ought amisse I dyd My crymes of lyfe my simplenes from thée be neuer hyd 6 Who wayte on thée féele they no hostes of shame for my desert O God the Lord of Iacobs hostes let them féele neuer smart 7 Forsooth for thée susteyned I both shame and vyle reproofe My face is hyd for infamy so felt for thy behoofe 8 I was repute as stranger fremd to all my brethren bad As aliant so me condemnd my mothers children had 9 For why the zeale of thy swéete house hath me vp eaten quite On me fell dedes opprobrious of them that thée did spyte 10 I wept and fast my soule to chast my body low to bryng Thus when I dyd they did it cast to my disabelyng 11 When sackecloth course I put me on to mourne my griefe the more Theyr laughyng stocke and iestyng stone they made me then therfore 12 The Iudges eke which sate in gate on me they babled euill So dyd on me wyne bibbers prate yea songes they made theyr fill 13 Yet I O Lord prayd whole to thée in tyme acceptably For thy great ruthe and veritie wyth helpe heare thou my cry 14 O plucke me out of myre and sand before I sinke to stéepe Let me escape my haters hand to ryse from waters déepe 15 Let me no tyme by floudes and sea all ouerflowne to bée Nor let the déepe vp swalow me ne pit shit mouth on mée 16 This graunt to mée O God this day thy grace is liberall Turne thy respect to me I pray regard thy mercies all 17 Hyde not thy face and cherefull sight from me thy seruant poore For greuous woes on me be lyght make hast and heare therfore 18 Draw nye my soule to chalenge it redeme and saue it well For these my foes so haut they sit saue me from them so sell. 19 Thou knowst what spite what shame I beare what vyle rebukes I féele Myne enemies all that me do deare be known to thée full well 20 The shame hath pearst and rent my hart I féele all hartes disease I lookt if man would ease my smart but none was me to ease 21 In stede of meat for my repast they gaue me bitter gall In my great thyrst they esill cast to quenche my thirst wythall 22 Theyr table be to them a snare theyr swéete meates tournd to sowre And that for ioy they dyd prepare let theare but sorrow lowre 23 Theyr eyes be darke to sée no lyght and wyt be far fro them And make theyr loynes to réele vpright be they lyke drunken men 24 Poure out thy wrath these frekes to strike who walke so stubburnely And let thyne ire and wrath a lyke take hold of them full nye 25 Theyr dwellyngs fyne be they supprest that they theyr country lose In all theyr tents let no man rest theyr stocke no man to chose 26 For whom thou smitest they scourge in sport as though thou wouldst them so Of thyne afflict and wounded sort they talke wyth pleasure to 27 O let them fall from sinne to sinne as thou dydst plague the blynde And suffer not that they go in thy iustice it to fynde 28 Be they cast out of booke of lyfe who thus impugne Gods grace No where in booke memoratiue wyth iust men haue they place 29 As now for me for that I mourne in paynes and dolours lye Thy health to me O God returne to rayse vp me on hye 30 Gods name I wyll wyth prayse aduaunce in song full déepe in hart I will in hymnes hys laudes enhaunce hys grace
to shew in part 31 And thys shall please God far aboue who is a sprite most pure Then Oxe or calfe wyth horne and houe to offer hym be sure 32 The humble soules shall thys beholde reioyce they shall by lyue And ye that séeke the Lord be bold reioyce your soule shall lyue 33 For God no doubt the nedy heareth they may reioyce more hye His prisoners in eye he bearth he cannot them defye 34 Let heauen and earth and all betwene hys worthy laud set out The sea and all that cxéepth therin prayse hym all round about 35 For God shall saue swéete Zyon hill hys place of godly rest And Iudas townes build vp he will to dwell in them possest 36 Hys seruauntes true posteritie shall it enherite iust And they that loue hys maiestie of dwellyng theare may trust ¶ The Collecte O Lorde of all pitie and compassion incline thyne eare vnto vs to vnderstande the certentie of thy truth and saluation and that we may bee so purged from the filthines of all synne to haue a name in thy blessed booke of election there to be registred amoÌ„g thy dere electes through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXX The iust man here calth God to ayde To be protect from hasty brayde Of all hys foes to hate so ryfe By hys good hand to be well stayde No tyme that he be ouerlayde By weakenes frayle of all his lyfe 1 O God to me thyne helpe intende In hast thy selfe to mercy bende and me O Lord deliuer quite Lyke grace I craue that thou extend Thy helpe from heauen so downe to send to ayde me strong by godly might 2 In hast be they confounded all Wyth shamefull name men myght them call Which seke in hate my soule to spill Be they put backe and dryuen to wall All vyle reproofe myght them befall who that to me wyshe any euill 3 Euen strayt fled backe let all them bée For theyr reward foule shame to sée these suttle men but glosers all Whose tong to fawne can whole agrée To say there there lo thus to mée by guile and craft to make me fall 4 But let all those that séeke thy myght With gladnes full and ioy he dyght in thée theyr Lord and God all daye And let them all that haue delite In thy swéete health say still aryght the Lord so good be praysed aye 5 As now for me though poore I ligh Afflicted sore in misery O Lord to me make hasty spéede Thou art myne ayde most trustely My God of all deliuery to long fro me do not recéede ¶ The Collecte O God eternall and inuincible protector of thy subiectes we besech thee make hast to helpe and succour thy poore houshold who standeth in sute at thy maiestie that we may escape all shame and rebuke of sinne and aduersitie so defended by thine ayde through Christ c. The Argument Psalme LXXI The iust geueth thankes to God aboue Who kept his youth in stay So craueth he still for further loue In age no tyme to stray 1 MY trust O Lord in thy good name I haue in hart alway reposde Let neuer me be put to shame from hope I haue to be deposde 2 In thyne owne grace and righteousnes all quyte from harme deliuer me Inclyne thyne eare to my great stresse to saue my lyfe and make me frée 3 Both rocke and wall be thou to me to which most sure I may resort Thy will it is that kept I be my holde thou art and stable sort 4 And make me scape the tyrannye my God and Lord of wycked foe To scape the hand of man to spye both false in hart and cruell to 5 Thou art my hope and patience O Lord for whom I dayly long From euen my youth my confidence thou hast no dout bene euer strong 6 For sith my birth by thée alone full sure by thée were kept my wayes Thou pluckst 〈◊〉 out my mothers wombe my mouth therfore shall sprede thy prayse 7 A monster great men me report so many iudge that be vniust But yet thou art my stable sort in whom is all my hope and trust 8 O let my mouth wyth prayses flow that thée I may land alway thus That I may sing to hye and low thyne honour great most glorious 9 In tyme of age reiect me not that out from thée I be not cast And leaue me not all desolate in néedefull tyme when strength doth wast 10 For now my foes together iet in counsayle whole they do conspire To rayle at me they be all set to trap my soule in hateful ire 11 They say hym God hath whole reiect sue on therfore and take hym now And full ye may on hym he wrect for none in earth wyll hym auow 12 O God from me depart not far O God my God to thée I cry From me thy helpe do not debarre make hast to come my foes be nye 13 And let them all confounded bée to sinke and drowne who seke my soule Let shame them take and vilanie who wishe my lyfe my soule to foyle 14 As now for me most quietly I will abyde thy louing hand Yea day by day more earnestly my mouth and tonge shall prayse thy sond 15 My mouth shall tell thy righteousnes thy sauing health to me all day But ende of this great gentlenes I can not thinke or wholy say 16 In this my hope I will go on in God my Lord so great of power I will expresse of thée alone thy truth so ferme both day and hower 17 For thou O God â–ª hast taught me well from all my youth vnto this day Thy meruels I therfore will tell thy wonders great and how they lay 18 But me in age when heares be white depresse me not O Lord adowne I will first tell thy power and myght this age that is and them to come 19 For sure O God thy truth is sâ—ene to heauen aboue lyft vp so hye Things great by thée so wrought hath bene who can in power be lyke to thée 20 How great and sore aduersitie thou madest me oft in lyfe to spy Yet didst thou turne to quicken mée from déepe of stresse to rayse me hye 21 Beside thou didst encrease my raigne with honor much so more and more When turnd thou wart and pleasd agayne of ioy so glad thou gauest me store 22 I will thée prayse in psaltry swéete my God and Lord thy truth to tell To thée my harpe shall stand as méete O Lord so good of Israell 23 My lips and mouth both fayne and glad shall be alway to sing to thée So shall my soule for mercy had Which thou by grace hast made so frée 24 My tonge shall talke thy righteousnes from day to day and that euen â—till â–ª Because wyth shame thou dydst represse my foes so fierce that wisht me euill ¶ The Collecte ALmighty god which raignesâ— eternally in that hie throne of maiestie and yet doost not disdayne to looke vpon
we be vndone 9 Helpe vs O God our sauiour for prayse of thy good name Our sinnes our ill behauiour forgeue forget the same 10 Least heathen rayle and say in spite where now is come theyr God Thy seruaunts bloud so shed in sight reuenge and shew thy rod. 11 O heare the sighes and sorowes déepe of captiue men in bonds Men iudgd to death sée that thou kepe shewe forth thy strength of hands 12 The blasphemy at thée so cast by these our neighbours partes Requyte it them O Lord at last seuen solde on all theyr hartes 13 So we thy shepe and people true to thankes we shall agrée Thy prayse our tonges shall still ensue to our posteritie ¶ The Collecte PReuent vs O Lord with thy great mercy before the zeale of thy wrath be kindled to vengeance graunt that we may be edified by the exāples of such as haue shed their bloud for cōfessing thy name and that we commended to thee by theyr petitions may at thy mercy receyue remission of our synnes Through c. The Argument Psalme LXXX This Psalme doth aske deliuerance from hard captiuitie In peace and truth good Christians should pray Christes church to bee 1 THou shepeheard king of Israell that Ioseph ledst as shepe On Cherubin that sittest so well heare now appeare and kepe 2 For Ephraym and Beniamin and eke Manasses sake Stirre vp thy power and strength of thyne and vs to mercy take 3 Restore vs God to loue agayne and shyne on vs thy face If thou Lord wylt vs visite playne we shall be safe by grace 4 Thou Lord and God of hostes I say how long shall fret thyne ire Agaynst thy folke which daily pray to thée in méeke desyre 5 Thou féedst them full wyth bread of teares they mourne for wo at meat Thou geuest them drinke in weping feares in heaped measure great 6 A cause of stryfe thou makest vs be to all our neyghbours next They rayle on vs and scornd be we our foes vs sore haue vext 7 Turne vs to thée thou God of hostes and shyne thy face on vs Kepe vs in peace represse theyr bostes and whole we shal be thus 8 Thou didst translate from Egipt darke a vyne euen so thou wouldst To plant it there it was thy warke whence Paynyms were expulst 9 Thou madest it rome first clensd by hand from Cananites the wéedes And roote it toke it spred the land these were thy godly déedes 10 The hyls were closde wyth shade of it the hyll of Syon house The boughes therof dyd sprede so fit lyke Ceders glorious 11 She did extend her braunches wyde to touch the feas extremes In length it went a long the syde of Euphrates the streames 12 Why hast thou beat his closure downe to lay as open soyle That they which walke from towne to towne her grapes myght fréely spoyle 13 The tushy bore of woode full fierce doth route it vp to stoure A sauage beast whose meat is gyrse doth wholy it deuoure 14 Turne thée we praye thou God of hosts looke down from heauen in spéede Beholde this vine in all our costes and visite it at néede 15 The vyneyard place behold also which thy right hand did set For thy sonnes sake defend therto the braunch thou madst so great 16 With fyer brent it is cut downe thy wrath was cause in sight But they shal quayle when thou doost frown which wrought this dedly spite 17 Extend thy hand vpon the man of thy right mighty hand Upon the sonne of man that can thy foes by strength withstand 18 And so shall we no more recéede from thée so wyde to fall Yf thou reuiuest vs than in déede thy name extoll we shall 19 O Lord our God turne vs agayne from erryng far from thée Shew vs thy light of face so fayne all whole then shall we bée ¶ The Collecte VIsite thy vyne O Lorde which thy mightye hande hath deliuered from Egiptiacall bondage that it may be reuiued continually by the brighte visage of thy presence that it may ioy prosperously to bryng forth good workes to the land of thy name Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXI A song of ioy to God of maiestie aboue Who geueth all thing aboundantly to thē that him do loue 1 NOw sing ye ioyfully To God our strength rocke Yea sing ye swete in iubilies to God of Iacobs stock 2 Streyne vp your psaltery and wrest your tymbrels hye Wyth mery harpe and virginals set out your melodye 3 Blow out wyth trumpet lowde in new mooues feast I say In tyme so méete accordingly our solempne feastfull day 4 By statute thus enact it is for Israell From Iacobs God it is a law hys worthy actes to tell 5 God made in Iosephes séede for wytnes thys decrée Of Egipt land whē out he went where language straunge hard he 6 I did his shulder ease from burthens great and thicke His hands escapte the dayly toyle of making potts and bricke 7 Thou cryedst on me in stresse I thée deliuered ryfe In thunder close I answerd thée first tried at fluds of strife 8 O then my people heare I wyll the iust assure O Israell if heare thou wylt my worde which shall endure 9 Strange God thou shalt not haue no other God to serue If thys thou doost and frowardly fro me thou doost not swerue 10 I am the Lord thy God who thée from Egypt led Then set thy mouth full open wyde I wyll it fyll full fed 11 But yet my people thus would neuer heare my voyce No Israell would none of me nor lyst in me reioyce 12 I let them go therfore theyr own hartes lustes to sue Theyr crooked wayes to walke at will whych they did after rue 13 O that my people meke had heard my document And Israell had walkt my wayes wyth gentle hartes assent 14 How soone would I at ones their foes haue wrested downe And turnd my hand agaynst them all at them who firse did frown 15 Gods haters should haue knéeld at héeles of them to lay Though lyingly they had it ment theyr dayes had lastd for aye 16 Yea then he would haue fed wyth floure of finest wheate And out of rocke them had I fild wyth hony pleasant meat ¶ The Collecte OPen thou O Lord the mouthes of vs thy suppliants to rebounde out the prayse of thy glorious maiesty and that we renouncing all Aegiptiacall works of darke ignorance may reioyce in the aduancyng of thy blessed name through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXII This Psalme is thret and lesson good to iudges stately romes Amid the Iewes as Christ he stoode and blamde their wrongfull domes 1 GOd standth in mids of Princes hye when they to counsayle fall And iudge he is theyr dedes to try he iudgeth theyr iudgements all 2 He once shall say how long wyll ye geue sentence wrongfully How long wyll ye acceptours be of persons wickedly 3 Defend the
is set our helpe so great our shield he is to tell And be our kyng all health to bryng that saint of Israell 19 Thou spakest thus once in visions to thy swete saintes full nye My helpe I layd to strong mens ayde I chase and hauntst him hye 20 I Dauid found my seruant sound I sacred hym wyth oyle Hym kyng made I ryght holily and Lord of all the soyle 21 Wyth hym my hand shall strongly stand my power shall hym defend My valiant arme shall whole hym arme for strength I will him send 22 No force so â—yne can vndermyne hys strength to make him thrall No crafty wyle shall him beguile by wycked man to fall 23 I down will bray his foes aray which shall hys face resist His haters lyke I will them strike and stroy them shall my fist 24 My faythfulnes and gentlenes wyth hym shall long abyde In my good name shall spring his fame hys horne and strength full wyde 25 Unto the sea his raigne shall be and he the Lord of it His right hand shall rule ryuers all on fluds as chiefe to sit 26 He me full grate shall inuocate most frankly thus to say My father thou my God t'auow my helth my rocke my stay 27 Yea more then this I wyll him blisse my first begotten sonne More hie to stand then kings in land that yet to earth be gone 28 I will him kepe my fauour meke for euer hym to loue My couenaunt fast to hym so past shall neuer voyde remoue 29 His séede euen so shall stable go so depe I will it plant His regall powers shall days and howers as heauen stand valiant 30 But if his sede from me recede and shall my law forsake Or yet shall balke in all theyr walke my iudgemente them to slake 31 And shall perchance myne ordinance prophane and cast it backe Or my precept as light reiect to kepe it shall be slacke 32 I wyll no doubt then visite stout to scourge theyr wyckednes I wyll them smite wyth plagues in sight to beate their sinnefulnes 33 Yet wyll not I my clemency wythdraw from them to go And lowd to lye so wyll not I my fayth to ieopard so 34 I list not vayne my pact prophane though they defile theyr south I wyll me take to that I spake to kepe my word of mouth 35 Once sware I dyd and testified my holines to pledge From Dauids part I would not start as this may he alledge 36 That is his sede should euer sprede and neuer should decay Hys throne begunne should shyne as sunne in my swete light to lay 37 As moone in sight it should be bryght though oft it féelth the clips These witnes sure in heauen endure to try my fayth of lips 38 But lo as now what done hast thou thou hast abhord thy Christ And hym forsakt and abiect makt at hym displeasd thou lighst 39 Of couenant made thou breakst the trade wyth this thy seruant knit His regall crowne thou rentst it down euen flat on earth to sit 40 His walles as wast thou battred hast and none thou leauest to stand Thou breakst hys fortes stroyst his portes thyne ire séemth now so grand 41 All they to spy which iorney by tread downe hys raygne in spyte The neyghbour next hys state hath vext as laughyng stocke in sight 42 Who foes therto in hatred go theyr handes thou lyftes on hye The enemy coye thou makst him ioy at it hys iestes to wry 43 Thou hast whole stynt hys weapons dynt hys edge of sword but blunt It had no power as conquerour to wynne as it was wont 44 Thus hys renowne thou pulst a downe wyth darkenes all obscurde Hys scepter flat on ground is plat dispayre he séeth assurde 45 Thou hast in déede thus shortened hys yong and flouryng dayes Thou hast hym clad wyth shame bestad ashamed thus he layes 46 How long by day wylt thou for aye O Lord thus hyde thy face And shall thyne ire thus burne as fire wylt thou thys raigne disgrace 47 O call to mynde in hart yet kynde what brittle date I beare Or hast thou wrought mankynd for nought to stroy hym thus in feare 48 What man is hée in lyfe so frée that death shall neuer sée Can he escape hys mortall shape from graue whole ryd to bée 49 Where may we holde thy mercies olde O Lord where do they lygh As thou dydst sweare in Dauids eare in truth most earnestly 50 Then call to mynde spite done vnkynde O Lord to thyne electes What tauntes in brest â–ª I hold at rest of diuers peoples sectes 51 Wherwyth thy foes haue wrought vs woes O Lord despitefully They threat vs hye opprobriously no steps of Christ to spy 52 We may conclude though we be rude the Lord will turne agayne The Lord therfore for euermore be blest Amen Amen ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God most true in thy promises and terrible yet in thy iudgementes graunt we beseche thee that we may walke faythfullye before thy holye face to feele the comfort of thy louyng presence and where we bee scourged at any tyme for straying from thee that yet agayne we may receyue thy mercy to glorify thy name Through Iesus Christ c. ¶ The ende of the third booke Here beginneth the fourth Booke of Psalmes ¶ The Argument Psalme XC The wofull lyfe of man for sinne here Moses paynted clere Gods grace aduaunst mans state deiect Christes aduent craued here 1 O Lord thou hast our refuge bene as sanctuary most frée In tyme now past froÌ„ age to age to whoÌ„ safe might we flée made 2 Before the hils had ful their shape ere earth world was FroÌ„ world to world true God thou art thy power shal neuer fade 3 Thou doost retract mans life to dust thou so dissoluest his trayne And saist eftsoones ye Adams séede returne to lyfe agayne 4 A thousand yeres in thy good sight as yesterday that was though long they seme yet swift thy slide as nightly watch doth pas 5 Thou makest theÌ„ flow as fluds in course as dremes they vanish lyte As early grasse in sodentye doth change hys hue and plight 6 Which flourth at moâ—ne groethful grene gatherth streÌ„gth ful gay But rept it is at nyght full dym and witherth dry away 7 A like we wast and fall away when thou art wroth for sinne And whyle thys sence of wrath doth last aâ—rayd we be therin 8 Thou hast detect before thy face â–ª our sinnes ful open layd Our hydden crymes our secrecies thy face hath bright dewrayd 9 For all our dayes do slyde away in thy displeasant wrath We spend our yeres â–ª as tale is told that brittle pleasure hath 10 Our yeres in dais be seuenty selde though streÌ„gth wan eighty mo That pride at last were paine and griefe it passe and hence we go 11 Thy wrathfull power who can comprise no man by reasonyng for more that maÌ„ doth feare thy power â–ª
the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme C. All men of breath but temporall Which Pilgrimes walke this earthly Ball To ioy be bid here seuerall To God in dayes most festiuall 1 O Ioy all men terrestriall Reioyce in God celestiall I byd not Iewes especiall But Iewes and Gréekes in generall 2 Serue ye thys Lord heroicall Wyth ioy of hart effectuall Seke ye hys sight potentiall Wyth hymnes of myrth most musicall 3 Know ye thys Lord imperiall As God vs made originall Not we our selues he vs doth call Hys folke as flocke kept pastorall 4 Hys gates and courtes tread vsuall Wyth laudes and hymnes poeticall Geue thankes to hym continuall And blesse his name most liberall 5 For why this Lord so principall Is swéete hys grace perpetuall Hys truth of word stand euer shall With hundreth thankes thus ende we all ¶ The Collecte O Lord and father of all honor glory shew vs thy mercy and graunt thy grace that we may spiritually reioyce in the laude of thy name and so in spryte to serue thee that we maye feele in our hartes the delectable comfortes of thy true promises made to vs the poore flocke of thy pasture so to ioyne to thee our louyng pastor to come at the last to thy heauenly folde where thou raignest with the father and holy ghost one God c. ¶ The ende of the second Quinquagene ¶ The third and last Quinquagene of Dauids Psalter translated into Englishe Metre The Argument Psalme CI. When Dauid long was kept from raigne This Psalme he sang to ease his payne â–ª How kinges should rule here see you playne â–ª As he would fayne Ì„Ì„ 1 BOth mercy méeke iudgement right In Metres song I wyll endight To thée I will Lord sing in sight With hartes delyte 2 I wyll my lyfe beare strayt in way If thou from me goest not astray In all my house cleane hart shall lay Without denay â–ª 3 To wycked déede none eye shall stand And hate I wyll all rebels band To ioyne wyth me I wyll wythstand wyth hart and hand 4 A froward hart and wilfull 〈◊〉 From my whole sight shall flée full out To me shall clout no wycked rout Wythout all doâ—t 5 Hys neyghbour who â–ª styâ—â—th priuily â–ª Hym will Astrâ—y 〈◊〉 vtterly â–ª I will not 〈◊〉 proud 〈…〉 Wyth pleasure hye 6 True men in earth I wyll me get Most nye to eye wyth me to seâ— Who walketh more strayt shall serue me bet Wythout all let 7 From far my house they shal be sent Who guiles can forge or lyes inuent None eye on them shall firme be bent Wyth myne assent 8 Yea soone by day I will deface Proud men in earth of wycked trace To dryue all shrewes from Gods good place Wythout all grace ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God which art God of power incomprehensible which shewest to thy seruants ioyntly both mercy and iudgement Graunte we beseche thee so that we may faithfully loue thee truly to follow thee in all godlines through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CII Here man in eare most pituously Wishth Syon built defast in shame He moâ—eth hys longâ— captiuitie Christes heauenly church wishe we the same \ \ 1 O Lord to thée I cry and call My prayer heare O louinglye Thou art my Lord most liberall Receyue my sute admyt my cry 2 While thus I mourne hide not thy face From my distresse so wrathfully Enclyne thyne eares and heare my case But soone in hast O aunswer make 3 My dayes lyke smoke slyde fast apace Consume they do no rest they take As fier brandes my bones are brent Theyr liuely powers my sprites forsake 4 My wounded hart lyeth impotent As witherd hay cut downe by sithe To eate my bread from me it went On me so sore this trouble lyeth 5 For gronyng lowde in thys distresse My wofull hart oh panth and sith That scant to skin cleaneth any flesh My bones be sene thus wast I lay 6 Lyke Pellicane in wildernesse I am which sing but we le away As Owle that fléeth all birdes in sight In desert darke which loueth to stray 7 Full watch I kepe both day and night Myne eyes no slepe can take for mone To Sparow like that leaueth her flight â–ª In houses eues which lowerth alone 8 All day my foes do me reuyle Wyth tauntes they sport when I do grone These boasters mad at me so vyle Agaynst my soule all sworne they bée 9 My bread that I eate all this whyle Was ashes lyke in taste to sée My drinke with teares with weping menkct So many griefes afflicted mée 10 My soule with cares was full besprenct To note thy wrath and heauy frowne Thou liftst me vp as I were strengâ—hd But sone most weake thou threwst me down 11 My dayes draw low â–ª as shadow falth When darke comthâ—â— in field and towne I wyther like as blosome paâ—h My colour wanneth my moysture dryeth 12 But thou yet Lord as thée befalth Art permanent no man denieth Thy memory shall aye remayne Where fast to duâ—t my nature hyeth 13 I know thou wylt once ryse agayne To pitie Lord swete Syon mount To shew hys grace the tyme constraynth The tyme is come by iust account 14 Thy seruants lo desire in hart To sée her stones to building mount They pitie her to spie her smart To marke her thus in dust oppresâ— 15 The Gentils straunge wyl ioyne their part To feare Gods name of all the best Ye kings of power in earth all whole Shall prayse thy name for worthiest 16 When this the Lord shall hye extoll In buildinges fresh this Zyon place And her in booke of fame enroll When glory bryght shall her embrace 17 And when they sée how he is bent To poore mans sute in tender grace And will not be ought discontent To scorne theyr cryes both all and some 18 This thyng thus done â–ª as monument Shall written be for folke to come That countries whole which shall arise May laud thys Lord wyth hye renome 19 For God from hye hath cast his eyes Where holy is his sacrary Thys Lord from heauen in gentle wise Hath lookt to earth to heare the cry 20 To heare I say the wofull playntes Of men fast bound in misery To losen them from theyr constrayntes Which were at deathes dore very neare 21 That they might shew â–ª to all hys saintes In Zyon place Gods name so deare To tell all out Ierusalem His worthy laudes in open quere 22 When people whole shall mete in realme Of all estates which this shall know To serue this God so good to them All reignes to hym shall them bestow 23 Though God as yet my strength hath beate From captine state to iourney slow Though he my dayes hath short extreat I Zyon trust yet built to spy 24 I wyll hym thus wyth wordes intreat Ah God my God to wastefully Cut not my dayes by halfe away Where thy yeares last â–ª eternally
agaynst vs thou seest howe weake we be of our selfe assist vs therefore O Lorde with thy godly protection to glorifye thy holy name in earth as thy holy sprites doo in heauen thorough Christ c. The Argument Psalme CIIII. This Psalme setth out for prouidence Almighty Gods magnificence His wisdome power his goodnes eke Of night of day of yere of weeke His excellence all thyng doth kepe Ì„Ì„ 1 O Prayse my soule the Lord of name O Lord my God of worthy fame Thou doost excell in dignitie Wyth honour clothd and maiestie O hym proclame Prayse his degrée 2 For he is clad most cleare wyth light As he were deckt wyth vesture bryght He spreadth the heauens as vayle most fyne Where lyeth hys grace and power deuyne O séeke hys sight To hym incline 3 The vpper heauens be so arayde Wyth waters lyke as beames be layde The cloudes he makth hys charet swift On wynde the wynges hys walke he listh O hym estéeme Expend hys gyft 5 And he doth make hys aungels sprites In wyndes and blastes to worke theyr mightes The flamyng fier is minister Whose worde to do they waite full nere O loue his lightes Trust hym intiere 6 He setteth the earth on bases sound The seas they be O wondrous ground The world to ende it shall not reale It can no change ne ruine féele O hym rebound Hys myght reueale 7 Wyth waters depe this earth was shet As it wyth coate all darke beset For once the seas as mountaynes stoode Most hye aboue as raging floud O prayse hym yet Repute hym good 7 Though thus theyr waues the waters spred At thy rebuke they swiftly fled At thy rough voyce in thunder hard They fast gaue vp their hold and warde O hym a drede His strength regard 8 The hils then hye in sight dyd mount The fieldes fell low as now they wont As them thou stowdst â–ª in most due place They stand euen so they moue no space O hym recount Extoll hys grace 9 To all thynges made thou gauest hys roume Theyr proper place not out to come Thou doost the seas in boundes repose Not backe to turne the earth to close O hym renome His hand disclose 10 He springes sendth out to floudes to grow And they in sea discharge we know Betwene the hyls they kepe their flote To fresh the earth with new gréene coate O hym betrow Hys larges note 11 All beastes of field there drynke theyr fill They séeke them néedes though fed on hill The asses wilde they slake their thirst Most dry which be so made at first O marke hys wyll His care betrift 12 Theâ—â— fetherd foules séeke harborow As nye their drinke they sit on bough Where byrdes do chirme the trées among To God theyr Lord in cherefull song O hym auow And praise hym long 13 He wetith the hyls and makth them soft From heauenly cels by dewes aloft By frutefull cloudes which wrought his hand The showers fall down to moyst the land O laud him oft Him vnderstand 14 He makth for beast the grasse to spring And herbage els for man to bryng To serue hys néede his bread to get In earth such vse in beast he set O serue this king His actes intreat 15 Whence wyne is geuen mans hart to cheare And oyle his face so bryght to cleare And bread fro thence he doth addres Mans hart to strength in stablenes O count him deare Hys laudes expresse 16 The Lordes own trées by man vntyld Wyth Sap by showers be fully fild As Ceders hye of Libanus Which he hath plant right plentuous O praise him milde His care discusse 17 In these hye trées the birdes do nest God geueth them wit to séeke theyr rest The Storkes there build and houses haue In trées of fyrre themselfe to saue O loue him best His loue ingraue 18 The mountayns hye a refuge bée For buckes and beastes of Uenerie And so the rockes all inaccesse To Conies bée theyr sikernesse O praisd be hée Hys workes confesse â—9 The moone he made for ceasons due The nyght to cleare wyth chaunges new The sunne so hye a creature Hys down fall knowth and kéepth it sure O good ensue Hym worship pure â—0 And after day thou bringst in darke So nyght comth on and blyndnes starke The Sauage beasts yet gayne therby So créepe they forth to féede full slye O note hys warke Hys reed espy 21 The Lyons whelpes most fierce they rore In rangyng long of pray the store They séeke by darke their sustenance Prepard by Gods good ordinance O hym adore Hys worke enhance 22 When sunne returnth and shewth hys rise Expellyng darke hys light surpristh These beastes by heapes then soone remoue They kepe theyr dens for lyght aboue O thys aduise Hys prudence loue 23 Thus man goth forth hys worke to do More bold that they be thus ago To tillage true he maketh hys gate And spendth hys day till it be late O stand hym to Recount thy state 24 O mighty Lord my fort and holde How be thy workes tride manifold Thou madest them all in wisdome hye Of thy great goods full therth do lygh O hym behold Hym magnify 25 The sea so houge the Ocean So large in armes and space for man Theare liuing things saunce number créepe Great beasts and small therin do kéepe O search it than This meruel seke 26 Theâ—â— ships by sayles the bilowes passe Where men transport â–ª theyr wardly trasâ—e There playth his vages Leuiathan Whom thou dydst forme to sport theran O marke this case â–ª Reuolue it man 27 All creatures of thée expect Their foode most apt for euery feet That thou shouldst geue theyr nourishment In tyme of néede most competent O hym respect To hym assent 28 When deale thou doost they gather strayt In hungers stresse themselues to bayt If thou splayst hand wyth blessyng méete With good full good they be replete O hym awayte Esteme hym swéete 29 When face thou hidest and nought doost send O then they wayle to death they bend If breath thou stopst decay they must They must returne into theyr dust O then amend Regard hym iust 30 When thou returnst thy sprite agayne New thynges by thée new breath optayne Then yerely thus thou deckst a fresh The face of earth wyth new increase O holde him fayne Hys loue possesse 31 Gods maiestie be it for aye In glory blest in all hys way The Lord shall hye reioyce in thought In all hys workes so godly wrought O soule thus pray As thou art taught 32 This God when he mans sinnes to fynde But lookth on earth it quakth and twynd When he the hyls wyth hand but touch They smoke for feare and low they couche O soule hym mynde Thy Lord auouch 33 For I will sing to thys my Lord Whyle I am here and hym record In Psaltries swéete I wyll my song To my Lord God in lyfe prolong O soule accord Performe it strong 34 My talke of hym most pleasant is
hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde 44 And last he gaue them whole the gentils landes by met They all possest for heritage for which the people swet 45 To th end that they should kepe hys statutes true and ryght That they should aye obserue his lawes prayse ye this lord of might O prayse in voyce the Lorde Syng out wyth iust accorde Exalt hys name searche out hys fame Hys worthy deedes recorde ¶ The Collecte WEe sue vnto thee most louyng Lorde besechyng thee by the power of thy name that where our fathers were conducted therby to the ministration of thy heauenlye aungels foode that thou would so vouchsaue to feede and comfort vs wyth thy misticall nourishment of thy body bloud to whome with the father and holy ghost be The Argument Psalme CVI. The Iewes which dwelt in Babilon thus sang their thankes in harte They do confesse gods onely grace they blame their owne desarte \ \ THe Lorde so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men bee then Lord teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see 1 The Lord so good with thanks confesse sing prayse laud him hie All good he is for why hys grace for euer standth full nie 2 Who fully can his power expresse wyth tong he Lord so great Or cause be harde hys prayses all who can hys grace extreat 3 Wel true men be in hart most blest who iudgemeÌ„t true performe Which worke alway that righteous is in iust and lawfull forme 4 TheÌ„ lord I craue teach me ful kind haue mind to work my welth As friendly thou thy people mindst to me resort wyth helth 5 Thy seruauntes state O Lord to sée shew me their blisse at eye â–ª That I reioyce wyth thy good folke and thanke thée ioyfully The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 6 We all to thée haue sinned sore as oft our fathers dyd We haue gone wrong and done amisse most wickedly in déede 7 Thy noble faytes in Egipt done our fathers noted seald Of thy great loues no mynd they had at red sea they rebeld 8 Yet he full kynd dyd them preserue for loue of his great name To make hys power so notable the world to feare the same 9 The sea so red he dyd rebuke then soone vp dryed it was And through great déepes he led them dry as desert men do passe 10 And he by strength defended them from aduersaries power He ryd them sure from enemies hand they could not them deuour 11 The waters depe so whelmed such as them dyd vexe and greue That none remaynd not one of them he them dyd quite remeue 12 Hys stable word they then beleued to spy theyr foes distresse And then they sung an hymne of thankes to prayse hys worthines The Lord so good with thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 13 In their great heat though hast they made his works they soone forgot No tyme they would his counsailes byde no tary would they not 14 They fondly longd in wycked lust for meat in wyldernes â–ª They tempted God in desert hye wyth shamefull sturdines â—5 And there euen there he gaue them full their asking redily But yet theyr bane they tooke therin theyr lyues destroyd therby â—6 And Moses guide yet they prouokt with wrath in their own tentes Yea Aaron eke Gods holy priest wyth foolish brablementes 17 Wherfore in hast the earth dyd ryue swalowd Dathon quyte It couerd whole the route and band of Abyram in sight 18 The fyre froÌ„ heauen fell whote and fierce amids their company The flame dyd burne those wycked men wyth all theyr familie 19 Eftsoones as God a calfe they made at Horeb mount most fond They worshipped this molteÌ„ worke which made theyr proper hand whole 20 And thus they turnd Gods onely glore who was their worship To shap of calfe but eatyng hay which they did hye extoll 21 They God forgot and left full soone who them to grace dyd take Who wrought as god in Egipt land â–ª strange dedes for al their sake 22 Great thyngs to sée O wonderfull in land of Cham I say And thynges of power most terrible at red sea there in way 23 To stroy them he then full decréed if Moses his elect Had not in sight vp start to treate his wrath to stay vnwreckt 24 And they despisde and lightly scornd that land delicious No fayth they gaue vnto hys word but went contrarious 25 They did in hart eke grutch and moyne in all theyr tents vnkynd They heard no tyme gods holy word it was to them but wynd 26 By liftyng vp his irefull hand God sware vnto them all That he would them in wildernes destroy wyth shamefull fall 27 And that he would cast shortly out their séede where gentils byde And sparple them as runnegates in countries farly wyde 28 Yea yokt they were and knit in hart to Baal Peor fast They glad dyd eat the sacrifice to dead men which was cast 29 Thus they all out dyd him prouoke to wrath by filthy vyce So hie that néedes Gods heauy plage on them did sharply ryse 30 Then Phinées stoode vp in zeale as iudge he vengeaunce tooke And strait the plage did stay cease gods wrath so them forsooke 31 Which godly zeale reputed was to hym for righteousnes From age to age Gods prest to be wyth all hys séede no lesse 32 They also greued and angred God at waters namde of stryfe That Moses meke gate harme for them for God abridgd hys lyfe 33 For they prouokt hys gentle sprite wordes doubtfull out to lashe Wherby he spake without aduise with lips to swift and rashe The Lorde so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teach mee Thy seruauntes state to see 34 They did not eke in warre destroy the Heathen peoples sect As God them bad most earnestly that they should them reiect 35 But myxt and ioynd they were full nye among the gentils sort And learnd their workes outragious wherof they made but sport â—6 Wherby full soone they honoured and serued theyr idols gay Which were a snare so sought by them to brede their own decay â—7 So far as blynd they doted than vnnaturall and mad That they to diuels did sacrifice their sonnes daughters glad 38 Much giltles bloud they spild shedâ— of their own childers brood To Idols slayne of Canaan the land foule staynd wyth bloud 39 Thus foule to foule with their self workes they were defild staind A whoryng far their fancies straid no fayth to God remaind 40 TheÌ„ iustly gods most dreadful wrath his own good people brent That he abhord his heritage where stoode hys regiment 41 So that he gaue them wholy vp to Gentils cruell handes That they them ruld which hated them before
and byddeth vs prayse That first and last doth vs behooue Whan thyngs be past and spent our dayes Yet laudes shall last wyth thankefull loue Alleluya In heauen aboue 1 O Prayse ye God of excellence In his respect of holynes And prayse ye hys magnifycence In fyrmament of stablenes Wyth lowlines 2 O prayse ye hym as Sauiour For his sweete actes heroycall And prayse ye hym as gouernour For his great power potentiall most principal 3 O prayse ye hym for maiesty In trompets sound effectuouse And prayse yee hys Authority In lute and harpe melodiouse most studiousâ— 4 O prayse ye hym all sapyent In Tymbrell sweete wyth daunce in quiere And prayse ye hym so prouident In fydle strâ—ung in recordere wyth harty chere 5 O prayse ye hym all bountifull In Cymbals sound out lowd in state And prayse ye him so pytyfull In Cymbals sound more mittigate Omnis Spiritus laudet Dominum Full moderate 6 Let all with breath or lyfe endued Or what with sound is fortefied Prayse out the Lord in state renewed For grace and power applied To none denyed Alleluya I chaunter cry to all you here Prayse ye the Lord with harty cheare ¶ The Collecte MOst laudable and mercifull God beyng the swete Tenor of all our harmony which doost here exercise our hartes otherwhiles wyth songes of teares and lamentations and otherwhiles of ioy and gladnes Graunte we beseche thee that after wee haue songe vp our temporall songes in praysing of thy name wee may at last bee associated to that heauenly quire aboue to behold thy glorious maiestye wyth thy saintes thorough c. FINIS ¶ Gloria Patri for diuers Metres To God on hye in vnitie agayne In Trinitie in vnitie agayne Reigne power and prayse to hym be geuen Amen As due alwayes to hym be geuen Amen To God on hye be prayse The father first of myghtâ— To Christ his sonne and their good sprite â–ª For euer due of ryght His name be blest in vnitie For euer one in Trinitie From this tyme forth as it hath bene Say we therto Amen Amen To God on hye in Trinitie In vnitie yet one agayne Reigne power praise most due to see Be alway geuen of mortall men So mought it be Say we Amen To God the father first of myght To Christ his sonne both God and Lord To God of them the holy sprite Though three yet one in iust accorde Reigne power and prayse as due by right Ascribe we all in open sight With all our might Te Deum O God we prayse the Lord most hye Which liust and reignst eternally Wâ—th hart voyce in one accorde We knowledge thee to be the Lorde And all the earth doth worship thee As Lord and God our king to be All things were made by word of thyne Thou father art of power deuine All aungels lowde to thee doth crye They laude thy name continually The heauens and all the powers therin Thy prayse to spred do neuer lynne To thee do cry the mighty sprites The Cherubins all dayes and nights And Ceraphin doth neuer cesse Thy louely laudes full out t' expresse And thus they crye in sweete accord O holy holy holy Lord Thou art of hosts the guyde and boote Thou Lord thou God of Sabbaoth Thy maiesty and power of hoste Do spred the heuens in glory most The earth is fylde with thy great fame With thy great power and gloriouse name Thapostles gard so gloriouse Extoll thy name most precious Which haue by déedes of worthinesse Set forth thy prayse and noblenes The Godly band of prophets wyse To prayse thée God they whole deuise Which haue declard thy holy will From age to age for euer still The Martyrs meeke of army stronge Which spent theyr bloud for thee so longe Do glorifye thy blessed name And prayse thee Lord thou most of fame The holy church through world so wyde Do knowledge thee the Lord and guyde They do confesse thy power and might And knowledge thee eche day and night The father God eternally Of power so great and maiestye That rulst and dwelst in heauen aboue As father God which doost vs loue The church euen so most faythfully Confesse in truth and vnitye That Tower of strength that holy one Thy honorable only sonne The holy church confesseth eke The holy sprite in fayth alyke O blessed God our harts enspyre Thou holy Ghost thou comforter Thou art O Christ of glory kyng And beame most bright so glisteringe Thy hart so kinde is knowne to all Thou diedst for man to rid his thrall Of Father God â–ª in mighty throne Thou art O Christ aye lasting sonne Begot before â–ª the worlds were made Or els of earth foundation layde When thou didst take that worke on thee Mankind to bring to liberty The Uirgines wombe thou didst accept Nor it abhordst nor it reiect When thou hadst sâ—ayne of death the darte Of Sathans power and hell the smarte The heauenly gates thou opendst free To all that did beleue on thee On Gods right hand thou sittest full nye â–ª In equall power and maiestye With father God in iust accord In heauen thou sitst O Christ our Lord. We do beleue when th' end shal be That thou shalt come in maiestye Where thou shalt sit as iudge to déeme Both quicke and dead as thee beseme Helpe thou therfore thy seruants true With thee do pray with harts moste due Which thou redemdst of hart so good With sheding out thy precious bloud Wyth thy good saynts make them to be So numbred whole in company That they may ioy in glory iust From earth from sinne â–ª most clene discust By thy good grace thy people saue O Lord theyr helpe in thee they haue They put themselfs to thy good charge O blesse thou God thyne heritage Direct thou them in thy right way And gouerne them â–ª to thée we pray And lift them vp for euer still Exalt them hye by thy good will We thee O Lord do magnify Still day by day â–ª continually As so O God most due it is We should not be therto remisse Thy worship asketh the same of vs It is so good so bounteouse Thy name to prayse we do entend For euer world withouten end This day preserue our harts within And kepe O God our soules from sinne Uouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs pure In thy good lawes â–ª our liues assure Haue mercy Lord on vs we call Haue mercy still vpon vs all Without the whych we cannot stand We clayme the strength of thy good hand Let mercy light on vs O Lord We trust in thee with one accord We do thus craue most earnestly As we do put our trust in thee In thée O Lord I haue my trust In thée my hope and helpe so iust Beholde O God I stand to thée Then let me not confounded bée ¶ The song of the three Children Quire * Prayse ye the king of kinges Blesse ye the Lorde of