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A15647	The hymnes and songs of the Church diuided into two parts. The first part comprehends the canonicall hymnes, and such parcels of Holy Scripture as may properly be sung, with some other ancient songs and creeds. The second part consists of spirituall songs, appropriated to the seuerall times and occasions obserueable in the Church of England. Translated and composed, by G.W.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Songs of the Old Testament.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Cantica sacra.; Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625.	1623 (1623)	STC 25910A; ESTC S120233	90,046	236

the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore 4 Oh praise him both you Ice and Snow You Nights and Dayes doe you the same With what or Darke or Light doth show You Cloudes and eu'ry shining Flame Blesse ye the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore 5 Thou Earth you Mountaines and you Hills And whatsoeuer thereon growes You Fountaines Riuers Springs and Rills You Seas and all that ebbes or flowes Blesse ye the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore 6 You Whales and all the Water yeelds You of the Feather'd airy-breed You Beasts and Cattell of the fields And you that are of humane seed Blesse ye the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore 7 Let Israel the LORD confesse So let his Priests that in him trust Him let his Seruants also blesse Yea Soules and Spirits of the Iust Blesse ye the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore 8 You blessed Saints his praises tell And you that are of humble heart With Ananias Misael And Azarias bearing part Blesse you the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore The Song of S. Ambrose or Te Deum THis Song commonly called Te Deum or the Song of S. Ambrose was repeated at the baptizing of S. Augustine And as it is recorded was composed at that very time by those two Reuerend Fathers answering one another as it were by immediate inspiration It is one of the most auncient Hymnes of the Christian Church excellently praising and confessing the blessed Trinitie and there●ore is daily and worthily made vse of in our Liturgie and reckoned among the Sacred Hymnes Song 42. Sing this as the 44. Song WE praise Thee GOD we knowledge Thee To be the LORD for euermore And the eternall Father we Throughout the earth doe thee adore All Angels with all powers within The compasse of the heauens high Both Cherubin and Seraphin To Thee perpetually do cry 2 Oh holy holy holy-one Thou LORD and GOD of Sabbath art Whose praise and Maiesty alone Fils heauen and earth in eu'ry part The glorious Troupe Apostolike The Prophets worthy Company The Ma●tyrs army-royall eke Are those whom thou art praised by 3 Thou through the holy Chur●h art knowne The Father of vnbounded powre Thy worthy true and only Sonne The Holy Ghost the Comfortour Of Glory thou oh Christ art King The Father's Sonne for euermore Who men from endlesse Death to bring The Virgins wombe didst not abhorre 4 When Conquerour of Death thou wert Heau'n to the Faithfull openedst thou And in the Fathers glory art At Gods right-hand enthroned now Whence we beleeue that thou shalt come To iudge vs in the day of wrath Oh therefore helpe thy Seruants whom Thy precious blood Redeemed hath 5 Them with those Saints doe Thou record That gaine eternall glory may Thine Heritage and People LORD Saue blesse guide and advance for aye By vs thou dayly prais'd hast beene And we will praise Thee without end Oh keepe vs LORD this day from sinne And let thy mercy vs defend 6 Thy mercy LORD let vs receiue As we our trust repose in thee Oh LORD in thee I trusted haue Confounded neuer let me be Athanasius Creede or Quicunque vult THis Creed was composed by Athanasius after the wicked heresie of Arrius had spread it selfe through the world that so the faith of the Catholicke Church concerning the Mystery of the blessed Trinity might be the better vnderstood and professed to the ouerthrow and preuenting of Arrianisme or the like heresies And to the same purpose it is appointed to be said or sung vpon certaine dayes of the yeare in the Church of England Song 43. Sing this as the 3. Song THose that will saued be must hold The true Catholike Faith And keepe it wholly if they would Escape eternall death Which Faith a Trinity adores In One and One in Three So as the Substance being one Distinct the Persons be 2 One Person of the Father is Another of the Sonne Another of the Holy-Ghost And yet their Godhead one Alike in glory and in their Eternity as much For as the Father both the Sonne And Holy-Ghost is such 3 The Father vncreate and so The Sonne and Spirit be The Father he is Infinite The other two as He. The Father an Eternall is Eternall is the Sonne So is the Holy-Ghost yet these Eternally but One. 4 Nor say we there are Infinites Or vncreated Three For there can but one Infinite Or vncreated be So Father Sonne and Holy-Ghost All three Almighties are And yet not three Almighties tho But onely One is there 5 The Father likewise GOD and LORD And GOD and LORD the Sonne And GOD and LORD the Holy Ghost Yet GOD and LORD but One. For though each Person by himselfe We GOD and LORD confesse Yet Christian Faith forbids that we Three GODS or LORDS professe 6 The Father nor begot nor made Begot not made the Sonne Made nor begot the Holy-Ghost But a Proceeding-One One Father not three Fathers then One onely Sonne not three One Holy-Ghost we doe confesse And that no moe they be 7 And lesse or greater then the rest This Trinity hath none But they both Coeternall be And equall eu'ry one He therefore that will saued be As we haue said before Must One in Three and Three in One Beleeue and still adore 8 That Iesus Christ incarnate was He must beleeue with this And how that both the Sonne of GOD And GOD and Man 〈◊〉 is GOD of his Fathers substance pure Begot ere Time was made Man of his Mothers substance borne When Time his fulnesse had 9 Both perfect God and perfect Man In Soule and flesh as we The ●athers equall being God Is Man beneath is ●e Though God Man yet but one Christ And ●o dispose it so The Godhead was not turn●d to flesh But Manhood tooke thereto 10 The Substance vn-confus●d He one In Person doth subsist As Soule and Body make one Man So God and Man is Christ Who suffred and went downe to Hell That we might saued be The third day he arose againe And Heau●n ascended he 11 At God the Fathers right-hand there He 〈◊〉 and at the Doome He to adiudge both quicke and dead From thence againe shall come Then all men with their flesh shall rise And he account require Well-doers into blisse shall goe The Bad to endlesse F●re Veni Creator TH●s is a very a●ci●nt Hymne composed in Latine 〈◊〉 and c●mmo●ly called Veni Cr●ator because those are the first words of it By the Cannons of our Church it is commanded to be said or sung at the Consecration of Bishops and at the Ordination of Ministers c. It is therefore here translated sill●●le for sillable in the same kind of measure which it hath in the Latine Song 44. COme Holy-Ghost the Maker come Take in the soules of thine thy place Thou whom our hearts had being from Oh fill them with thy heauenly grace Thou art that Comfort

a fire inflamed is And down to Hell the earth consume it shall Eu'n to the Mountains bottoms fruit and all In heapes vpon them mischiefes will I throw And shoot mine arrowes till I haue no moe 10 With hunger parched and consum●d with heat I will enforce them to a bitter end The teeth of Beasts vpon them will I set And will the poys'nous dust-fed Serpent send The sword without and feare within shall s●ay Ma●ds yongmen babes and him whose haire is gray Yea I had vow●d to spread thē here there Men might forget that such a people were 11 But this the Foe compe'ld me to delay Lest tha● their aduersaries prouder growne Should ●when they heard it thus presume to say This not the LORD but our high hand hath done For in this People no discretion is Nor can their dulnesse reach to iudge of this Oh had they wisedome this to comprehend That so they might bethinke them of their end 12 How should one make a thousand run away Or two men put ten thousand to the foile Except their Rocke had sold them for a pray And that the LORD had clos'd them vp the while For though our Foes thēselues the Iudges were Their God they cannot with our GOD compare But they haue vines like those that Sodom yeelds And such as are within Gomorrha fields 13 They beare the Grapes of gall vpon their vine Extreamely bitter are their clusters all Yea made of Dragons venom is their wine And of the cruell Aspes infectious gall And can this euer be forgot of me Or not be sealed where my treasures be Sure mine is vengeance and I will repay Their feet shall slide at their appointed day 14 Their time of Ruine neere at hand is come Those things that shall befall them hast will make For then the LORD shall giue his People doome And on his Seruants kind compassion take When he perceiues their strength bereft gone And that in prison they are left alone Where a●e their Gods become he then shall say Their Rocke on whom affiance they did lay 15 Who ate the fartest of their Sacrifice Who of their Drinke-oblations dranke the wine Let those vnto their succour now arise And vnder their protection them enshrine Behold consider now that I am He And that there is no other God with me I kill and make aliue I wound I cure And there is none can from my hand assure 16 For vp to heau'n on high my hand I reare And as I ●●ue for euer this I say When I my shining sword to whet prepare And shall my hand to acting vengeance lay I will not c●ase till I my foes requite And am aueng d on all that beare me spite But in their blood ●hich I shall make to flow Will steepe mine arrowes till they drunken grow 17 My sword shall eat the flesh and blood of those Who shal be either slaine or brought in thra●l When I begin this vengeance on my Foes Sing therefore wi●h his P●ople Nations all For he his Seruants blood with blood will pay And due auengement on his Foes will lay But to his Land compassion he will show And on his People mercy shall bestow The Song of Deborah and Barak Iudges 5. THis Hymne was composed to glorifie God for the great ouerthrow giuen to Sisera who comming armed with many hundred Chare●s of Iron against the poore oppressed Israelites when they had not a sword or speare among forty thou●and of them was neuerthelesse miraculously discomfited to shew the vnbeleeuing people that the LORD onely is the God of b●ttles and that he is both able an● doth often deliuer his CHVRCH without the ordinary meanes By the repetition hereof we prayse God in commemorating one of the great Deliuerance● heretofore vouchsafed to his Church And in these times of feare and wauering we may also by this memorable example of God's prouidence strengthen our faith which is many times weakned by the outward power prosperitie or vaine boastings of the Churches Aduersaries Who shall doubtlesse be at last shamefully ruined according to the Propheticall imprecation concluding this Song notwithstanding their many likelihoods of preuailing Yea the● perhaps shall that destruction come on them to Gods greater Glory when our estate seemes to be most desperate Song 3. SIng praises Isr'el to the LORD that thee auenged so When to the fight with free accord The people forth did go You Kings giue care you Princes heare while to the LORD I raise my voice aloud and sing to GOD the LORD of Isr'el praise 2 When thou departedst LORD from Seir When thou leftst Edom f●eld Earth shooke the heauens dropped there The clouds did water yeeld LORD at thy sight A trembling fright Upon the Mountaines fell Eu●n at thy looke Mount-Sinai shooke LORD GOD of Israel 3 Not long agoe in Shamghar's dayes Old Anath's valiant Sonne And late in Iael's time the wayes Frequented were of none The passengers Were wanderers In crooked paths vnknowne And none durst dwell Through Israel But in a walled Towne 4 Untill I Deborah arose Who rose a mother there In Isr'el when new Gods they chose That fild their gates with warre And they had there Nor shield nor speare In their possession then To arme● for fight One Israelite Mong forty thousand men 5 To those that Isr'els Captaines are My heart doth much incline To those I meane that willing were Oh LORD the prayse be thine Sing ye for this Whose vse it is To ride on Asses gray All ye that yet In Middin sit Or trauell by the way 6 The place where they their water drew From Archers now is cleare The 〈◊〉 vprightnesse they shall shew And ●is iust dealing there The Hamlets all Through Isr'el shall His righteousnesse record And downe vnto The Gates shall goe Th People of the LORD 7 Arise oh Deborah arise Ri●e ri●e and sing a Song Abinoam's sonne oh Barak rise Thy Captiues lead along Their Prince all By him made thrall To the Suruiuor be To triumph on The Mighty one The LOR● vouchsafed me 8 A root from out of Ephraim Gain'st Amalek arose And of the people next to him The Beniamites were those From Machir where Good Leaders are Came well experienc't men And they came downe From Zabulon That handle well the Pen. 9 Along with Deborah did goe The Lords of Isachar With Isachar eu'n Barak too Was one among them there He foorth was sent And marching went On foot the lower-way For Reuben where Diuisions were● Right thought-full hearts had they 10 The blea●ing of the flockes to heare Oh wherefore didst thou stay r For Reuben where diuisions were Right thought-full hearts had they But why did they Of Gilead stay On Iordans other side And wherefore than Didst thou oh Dan Within thy Tents abide 11 Among his harbours lurking by The seaside Asher lay But Zabulun and Nephthali Kept not themselues away They people are Who fearelesse dare Their liues to death expose And did not

and is yet continued in England aboue other Countries a neighbourly and plenti●ull hospitality in inuiting an● without inuitation receiuing vnto our well furnisht Tables our Tennants Neighbours Friends and Strangers to the honour of our Nation and encrease of amity and free-hearted kindnesse among vs. But most of all to the refreshing of the bowels of the Poore being the most Christian vse of such F●stiuals Which charitable and good English ●ustome hath of late beene seasonably re-aduanced by his Maiesties gracious care in commanding our Nobility and Gentry to repai●e especially at such times to their Country Mansions Song 46. A Son the Night before this blessed Morne A troupe of Angels vnto Shepheards told Where in a Stable hee was poorely borne Whom nor the earth nor Heau'n of heau'ns can hold Through Bethlem rung this newes at their returne Yea Angels sung that GOD WITH VS was borne And they made mirth because we should not mourne CHORVS His loue therefore oh let vs all confesse and to the Sonnes of men his workes expresse 2 This fauour Christ vouchsafed for our sake To buy vs Throanes He in a Manger lay Our weaknesse tooke tha● we his strength might take And was disrob'd that he might vs aray Our flesh he wore Our sinne to weare away Our curse he bore That we escape it may And wep● for vs that we might sing for aye His loue therefore oh let vs all confesse And to the Sonnes of men his workes expresse Song 47. Another for Christmas day Sing this as the 46. Song A Song of ioy vnto the LORD we sing And publish forth the fauours he hath showne We sing his praise from whom all ioy doth spring And tell abroad the wonders he hath done For such were neuer since the world begun His loue therefore oh let vs all confes●e And to the sonnes of men his workes expresse 2 As on this Day the Sonne of God was borne The blessed Word was then incarnate made The LORD to be a seruant held no scorne The Godhead was with humane nature clad And flesh a throne aboue all Angels had His loue therefore c. 3 Our sinne and sorrows on himselfe ●e tooke On vs his blisse and goodnesse to bestow To visite Earth he Heau'n a while forsooke And to aduaunce vs high descended low But with the sinnefull Angels dealt not so His loue therefore c. 4 A Mayd conceiu'd whom Man had neuer knowne The Fleece was moistned where no raine had been A Virgine she remaines that had a Sonne The Bush did flame that still remained greene And this befell when GOD with vs was seene His loue therefore c. 5 For sinfull men all this to passe was brought As long before the Prophets had forespoke So he that first our shame and ruine wrought Once bruz●d our heele but now his Head is broke And he hath made vs whole who gaue that stroke His loue therefore c. 6 The Lambe hath playd deuouring wolues among The Morning starre of Iacob doth appeare From Ies●●s roote our tree of life is sprung And all Gods words in him fulfilled are Yet we are slacke his prayles to declare His loue therefore c. Circumcision or Newyeares-Day THe Church solemnizeth this Day commonly called Newyeares-Day in memoriall of our Sauiours Circumcision that remembring how when he was but eight d●yes old he began to smart and shed his blood for vs we might praise him for the same that with due thankfulnesse considering how easie a Sacrament hee hath left vs in sleed of that bloody-one which the Law inioyned wee might be prouoked to bring forth the fruites of Regeneration Song 48. Sing this as the 44 Song THis Day thy flesh oh Christ did bleed Markt by the Circumcision-knife ●ecause the Law for mans misdeed Requir'd that earnest of thy life Those drops diuin'de that showre of bloud Which in thine Agonie began And that great showre foreshewd the floud Which from thy side the next day ran 2 Then through that milder Sacrament Succeeding this thy grace inspire Yea let thy smart make vs repent And circumcized hearts desire For he that either is baptiz'd Or circumciz'd in flesh alone Is but as an vncircumciz'd Or as an vnbaptized-one 3 The yeare anew we now begin And outward guifts receiu'd haue we Renue vs also LORD within And make vs new-yeares-gifts for thee Yea let vs with the passed yeare Our old affections cast away That we new-creatures may appeare And to redeeme the Time assay Twelfe-day or the Epiphanie TWelfeday otherwise called the Epiphany or the day of Manifestation is celebrated by the Church to the praise of God and in memoriall of that blessed and admirable discouery of our Sauiours birth which was vouchsafed vnto the Gentiles shortly after it came to passe For as the Shepheards of the Iewes were warned thereof and directed to the place by an Angell from Heauen So the Magi● of the Gentiles receiued the same particular notice of it by a Starre in the East that both Iewes and Gentiles might be left inexcusable if they came not to his worship This day is obserued also in commemoration of our Sauiours Baptisme and of his first miracle in Canaan by which he was likewise manifested to be the Sonne of God Song 49. Sing this as the 9. Song THat so thy blessed birth oh Christ Might through the world be spread about Thy Starre appeared in the East Whereby the Gentiles found thee out And offring thee Myrrhe Incense Gold Thy three-fold Office did vnfold 2 Sweet Iesus let that Starre of thine Thy Grace which guides to finde out thee Within our hearts for euer shine That thou of vs found out mayst be And thou shalt be our King therefore Our Priest and Prophet euermore 3 Teares that from true repentance drop Instead of Myrrhe present will wee For Incense we will offer vp Our Prayers and Praises vnto Thee And bring for ●old each pious-deed Which doth from sauing-faith proceed 4 And as those Wise-men neuer went To visite Herod any more So finding thee we will repent Our courses follow●d heretofore And that we homeward may retire The Way by Thee we will enquire The Purification of S. Marie the Virgin ACcording to the time appointed in the Law of Moses the blessed Virgin S. Marie reckoned the days of Purification which were to be obserued after the birth of a male Childe And then as the Law commanded presented both her Sonne and her appointed Offring in the Temple Partly therefore in commemoration of that her true obedience to the Law and partly to memorize that presentation of our Redeemer which was performed by his blessed Mother at her Purification this Anniuersary is worthily obserued Song 50. Sing this as the 9. Song NO doubt but she that had the grace Thee in her wombe oh Christ to beare And did all woman-kinde surpasse Was hallow'd by thy being there And where the fruite so holy was The Birth could no pollution cause 2 Yet in

yeeld The hilly-field Though Kings did them oppose 12 With them the Cananitish Kings At Tana'ch fought that day Close by Megiddo's water-springs Yet bore no Prize away For loe the Starres Fought in their Spheares Gainst Sisera fought they And some by force The water-course Of Kishon swept away 13 Eu'n Kishon Riuer which was long A famous Torrent knowne Oh thou my soule oh thou the strong Hast brauely trodden downe Their Horse whose pace So lofty was Their hoofes with prancing wound Those of the Strong That kickt and flung And fiercely beat the ground 14 A heauy curse on Meroz lay Curst be her dwellers all The Angell of the LORD doth say That Citie curse you shall And therefore this Accursing is They came not to the fight To helpe the LORD To helpe the LORD Against the Men of Might 15 But blest be Iael Heber's spouse The Kenite blest be she More then all women are of those That vse in Tents to be To him did she Giue milke when he Did water onely wish And butter set For him to eat Upon a lordly dish 16 She in her left hand tooke a naile And rais'd vp in the Right A workemans hammer wherewithall She Sisera did smite His head she tooke When she had strooke His pierced Temples through He fell withall And in the fall He at her feet did bow 17 He at her feet did bow his head Fell downe and life forlooke Meane whil● his longing Mother did From out her window looke Thus c●ying at The Lattice grate Why stayes his Chariot so From hasting home Oh! wherefore come His Chariot wheeles so slow 18 As thus she spake her Ladies wise To her an answere gaue Yea to herselfe her selfe replies Sure sped saith she they haue And all this while They part the spoyle A Damsell one or twaie Each homeward beares And Sisera shares A party-colour'd Pray 19 Of needle-worke both sides of it In diuers colours are Eu'n such as doth his necke befit That vseth Spoyles to weare So LORD still so Thy foes or'e throwe But who in thee delight Oh! le● them be Sunne-like when he Ascendeth in his might The Song of Hannah 1. Sam. 2.1 HAnnah the wife of Elkanah being bar●en and therefore vpbraided ●nd vexed by Pe●innah her hu●bands other wife prayed vnto the Lord for a Sonne And hauing obtained him glorified God in this Song for deliuering her from the contempt of her aduer●ary By Hannah which signifieth Grace or Gratious was the Church of Christ ●epresented And by Peninnah signifying despised or forsaken was figured the Iewish Synagogue This Song therefore is to be vnderstood as a mysticall Prophesie of that Abiection of the Iewes and calling of the Gentiles which was fulfilled vpon the birth of Iesus Christ our true Samuel at whose conception the blessed Virgine Mary in her Magnificat acknowledged the verifying of many particulars foretold in this Song euen almost in the same words In memoriall therefore of these Mysteries we ought to sing this Hymne to comfort vs also against the pride and arrogancie of those who by reason of their multitudes shall scorne and vpbraid the true Church as mother only of a few poore and obscure children And we may vse it likewise to prayse God for that fruitfulnesse which he hath giuen to our Holy mother who hath lately had many children aduanced to be Kings and to sit on the most eminent thrones of Glory in the earth according to this Propheticall Song Song 4. NOw in the LORD my heart doth pleasure take My ho●ne is in the LORD aduanced high And to my Foes an answere I will make Because in his saluation ioy'd am I. Like him there is not any holy-One And other LORD beside him there is none 2 Nor like our God another God is there So proudly vaunt not then as heretofore But let your tongues from henceforth now forbeare All vaine presuming words for euermore For why the LORD is God who all things knows And doth each purpose to his end dispose 3 Now broken is their bow that once were stout And girt with vigor they that stumbled are The Full themselues for bread haue hired out Which now they need not do that hungry were The Barren-wombe doth seuen children owne And she that once had many weake is growne 4 The LORD doth slay and he reuiues the slaine He to the graue doth bring and backe he beares The LORD makes poore and rich he makes againe He throweth downe and vp on high he reares He from the dust and from the dunghill brings The Begger and the poore to sit with Kings 5 He reares them to inherit Glories throne For why the LORD' 's the Earth's vpholders are The world hath he erected therevpon He to the footing of his Saints hath care But dumb in darknesse Sinners shall remaine For in their strength shall men be strong in vain 6 The LORD will to destruction bring them all Eu'n eu'ry one that shall with him contend From out of heau'n he thunder on them shall And iudge the world vnto the farthest end With strength power his King he will supply And raise the Horne of his Anointed high The Lamentation of Dauid ouer Saul and Ionathan his sonne 2. Sam. 1 1● IN this fune●all Elegie Dauid bewaileth the Death of Saul and Ionathan from whence these obseruations may be collected First that the slaughter of a valiant Prince is an outward blemish and iust cause of sorrow in the State Secōdly that the insulting of an aduersary is not the least affliction Thirdly that the Mountaines of Gilboa are accursed to this day For by Gilb●● which is interpreted slippery or inconstant is mystically vnderstood that irresolution or despaire by which men fall into the power of their spirituall aduersary Fourthly we hence may learne to commemorate those things which ●re ●ra●e-worthy euen in our enemie Lastly it sheweth vs that wise and good men may tender o●e friend more affectionately then another and that it misbeseemes them not to bewaile their death This is to be ●ung historically for our instruction in the particulars afore mentioned And may be obserued as a patterne for our funerall Poemes Song 5. THy beauty Israel is gone slaine in the Places high is he The Mighty now are ouerthrowne Oh thus how commeth it to be Let not this newes their streets throughout In Gath or Askalon be told For feare Philistia's daughters flout Lest vaunt th'vncircumcized should 2 On you hereafter let no dewe You Mountaines of Gilboa fall Let there be neither showers on you Nor fields that breed an offring shall For there with shame away was throwne The Target of the strong alas The shield of Saul eu'n as of one That neu'r with oyle anoynted was 3 Nor from their blood that slaughter'd lay Nor from the fart of strong-men slaine Came Ionathan his bow away Nor drew forth Saul his sword in vaine In life time they were louely faire In death they vndiuided are More swift then Eagles of the

ayre And stronger they then Lyons were 4 Weepe Isrel's daughters weepe for Saul Who you with skarlet hath arayd Who clothed you with Pleasures all And on your garments gold hath layd How comes it he that mighty was The foyle in battell doth sustaine Thou Ionathan oh thou alas Upon thy Places-high wert slaine 5 And much distressed is my heart My brother Ionathan for thee My very deare-delight thou wert And wondrous was thy loue to me So wondrous it surpassed farre The loue of women eu'ry way Oh how the Mighty fallen are How warlike Instruments decay Dauids Thankesgiuing 1. Chro. 29.10 KIng Dauid hauing by perswasions and his own● liberall example stirred vp the people to a bou●tifull Beneuolence toward the building of Gods house praysed him for that willing and cheereful free-offrin● And in this Thanksgiuing we obserue this method Fir●● he acknowledgeth Gods Blessednesse Greatnesse Pow●● Glory Victory Maiestie Bountie with the like and co●fesseth in generall that Honour Riches Strength wi●● all other good things are at the Almighties disposing Secondly he therefore prayseth the Lord and acknowledgeth also that his and the peoples willingnesse 〈◊〉 giue came not of themselues but was Gods ow●● proper gift as well as that which they had giuen La●●ly He prayeth for the continuance of Gods blessin● both vpon their purposes and endeauours and th●● their Beneuolence may be disposed to that End for whic● it was giuen This Song may be very properly vsed whensoeuer among vs there hath beene any free an● liberall contributions to good and pious Ends. An● to fit the same the better to such purposes the Person● and some few circumstances are a little changed 〈◊〉 this Translation Song 6. Sing this as the fifth Song OH LORD our euerlasting GOD Blisse Greatnesse Power Praise is thine With thee haue Conquests their abode And glorious Maiestie diuine All things that earth and heau'n afford Thou at thine owne disposing hast To thee belongs the Kingdome LORD And thou for head or'e all art plac●t 2 Thou wealth and Honour dost command To thee made subiect all things be Both strength and power are in thine hand To be dispos'd as pleaseth thee And now to thee our God therefore A Song of thankfulnesse we frame That what we owe we may restore And glorifie thy glorious Name 3 But what or who are we alas That we in giuing are so free Thine own before our Offring'was And all we haue we haue from thee For we are Ghuests and Strangers here As were our Fathers in thy sight Our dayes but shadow-like appeare And suddenly they take their flight 4 This offring LORD our GOD which thus We for thy Name sake haue bestowne Deriued was from thee to vs And that we giue is all thine owne Oh GOD thou proou'st the heart we know And dost affect vprightnesse there With gladnesse therefore we bestow What we haue freely offerd here 5 Still thus Oh LORD our GOD incline Their meanings who thy people be And euer let the hearts of thine Be thus prepared vnto Thee Yea giue vs perfit hearts we pray That we thy p●ecepts erre not from And grant our Contribution may An honour to thy Name become The Prayer of Nehemiah Nehem. 1.5 NEhemiah determining as the story sheweth to moue Artaxerxes for the repaire of the Citie and house of the Lord first made this prayer Wherein hauing acknowledged the Maiestie Iustice and Mercy of God he confesseth the haynousnes●e of his and his peoples sinnes desireth forgiuenesse entreateth for the peoples deliuerance from captiuitie and requesteth h● may find fauour in the sight of the King his Master Now we who by regeneration are the sonnes of Israel and such as in a spirituall sence may be said also to be dispersed among the heathen as often ●s we are carried captiue by the heathenish con●upiscences and vanities of the wor●d euen we may in a litterall sence make vse of this excellent forme of confession before our seuerall Petitions And doubtles●e a faithfull vsing o● these the Holy Ghosts ow●e words with remembrance of the h●ppie successe they her●tofore had will much strengthen and encrease the hope confidence and comfort of him that prayeth Who changing the two last lines onely may appropriate it to any nec●ssity For example if it be to be sung before labour conclud● it thus And be thou pleas'd O LORD to blesse Our Labours with a good successe If before a iourney thus And LORD all dangers keepe vs f●om Both go●●g foorth and comming home If before a battel thus And be thou pleased in the fight To make vs victors by thy might If in the time of famine thus And LORD vouchsafe thou in this need Our soules and bodies both to feed If before a Sermon c. thus And grant that we LORD in thy feare May to our profit speake and heare And the like as occasion requires Song 7. Sing this as the 9. Song LORD GOD of Heau'n who onely art The mighty God and full of feare Who neuer promise breaker wert But euer shewing mercy there Where men affection beare to thee And of thy Lawes obseruers be 2 Giue eare and ope thine eyes I pray That heard thy seruan●s suit may be Made in thy presence night and day For Israels Seed that serueth thee For Israels seed who I confesse Against thee grieuously transgresse 3 I and my Fathers house did sinne Corrupted all our actions bee And disrespectiue we haue bin Of Statutes Iudgements and Decree Of those which to retaine so fast Thy seruant Moses charg'd thou hast 4 Oh yet remember thou I pray These words which thou didst heretofore Unto thy seruant Moses say If ere saidst thou they vexe me more I will disperse them eu'ry where Among the Nations here and there 5 But if to me they shall conuert To doe those things my Law containe Though spread to Heau'ns extreamest part I would collect them thence againe And bring them there to make repose Where I to place my Name haue chose 6 Now these thy People are of right Thy seruants who to thee belong Whom thou hast purchas'd by thy Might And by thine Arme exceeding strong Oh! let thine eare Lord I thee pray Attentiue be to what I say 7 The prayer of thy seruant heare Oh heare thy seruants when they pray Who willing are thy Name to feare Thy seruant prosper thou to day And be thou pleas'd to grant that he May fauour'd in thy presence be The Song of King Lemuel Prou 31.10 THis Song is Alphabeticall in the originall It containeth an admirable description of a good Wife And these three things are here principally considerable the aduantage her Husband receiueth by her the commendable vertues she hath in her selfe And the reward th●● followes her Her Husbands aduantages are these A quiet heartfree from iealousie or distrust of her a ric● estate without oppressing others and place of hono●● in the Common-wealth Her vertues are Industry Pr●uidence Chearefulnesse Courage and Vnweariednesse