Namesake Lord revive me Let thy Iustice be my gard Yea destroy of thy compassion Those that seek my soules vexation For I am thy servant Lord. Oh Lord God if thou shouldst iudg us according to our deservings wee all flesh should everlastingly perish VVee appeall therefore to thy Mercie with a thirsty longing desire speedy assistance according to thy accustomed Loving-kindnes lest wee be swallowed vp by Despaire or devoured by our Foes For thine owne sake even for thy Iustice for thy Mercy for thy Name sake direct us in thy waies Instruct us in thy VVill protect us from all evills bring vs into the Land of the Living through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another of the same LOrd mark my suite my sad complaining hear And in thy Truth Justice answear give Iudg not thy servant with a doome severe For in thy sight not one doth blameles live The foe hath chas'd my soul of life nigh reft mee And in the dark as one long dead hath left mee 2 In mee therfore my spirits downe are cast My hart is fill'd with many a heavie thought I muse vpon the dayes that now are past And on thy works ev'n al thy hāds have wrought With stretchtout hands with soul-thirsty pāting I thirst for thee as Land when raine is wanting 3 My spirit faints oh God with speed give ear If longer thou thy face obscure I dye Oh let thy Love to mee betimes appear For I on thee on thee alone relye Yea let me Lord within thy Paths be trained For vnto thee I lift a soul vnfained 4 Protect mee Lord in thee is my abode Keep off my foes teach thy will to mee Let thy good sp'rite because thou art my God My guide vnto the Land of Iustice be Yea mee oh Lord for thy Namesake revive thou My soul ev'n for thy Iustice sake reprive thou And of thy grace all those that mee oppressed Destroy thou Lord for I am thine professed Psa 144. A Psalme of David It blesseth God for his regard of the humane Nature Desires Christ's approch to Iudgment And requesteth to be delivered from worldlings c. It is vsefull to these purposes to inform vs that to be God's chose-ones is the greatest happines c. OH praise the Lord for he is all my Powre My hands Armes in warlike feats directing My grace my gard my sheild my healp my Towre My trusty freind my foes to mee subiecting Lord what is mā that thou art pleasd to know him Or what his child that thou sholdst favor show him 2 Mā is as nought his ioys like shades forsake him The heav'ns oh Lord decline down descēd thou But touch the Hils thou to smoke shalt mak thē To scatter them thy dreadfull lighting send thou Shoot out thy shafts vntill they be destroyed Let thy strong hand to healp mee be employed 3 Oh save mee from the water's over-swelling Let mee from forraigne Children be secured Whose mouthes are alwaies lies folly telling And whose righthands to falshood are envred Then to thy praise new songs I will be singing On harp Psalt'ry of a tennfold stringing 4 Let him who doth on kings bestow salvation And from the sword his servant David saveth Protect me frō that forraine generation Whose mouth speakes lies whose right-hand deceaveth Who beg for sonns daughters in their prayer Like plants pretious stones welshap'd faire 5 Who pray for Granards fully stored ever Who 's floks yong breed evn in their streets aboundeth Whose wellfed Oxe in labour faileth never in whose Townes nor cry nor tumult soundeth For tho such men a blessing have possessed Yet they whose God 's the Lord are much more blessed Father of Mercy God of all Consolation thou art alwaies our powrefull deliverer becommest every thing vnto vs which our harts cann desire Oh make vs thanckfull vnto thee for thy great regard of soe vnworthy Creatures And though meer worldlings Carnall Professors seeke thee for temporall Blessings Let vs love serve praise thee meerly for thine owne sake Keep vs from their falshood Hypocrisie selfelove with all their other wicked Conditions And though they boast of thy transitorie Blessings which wee enioy not Let us be contented that thou art our God Let that be our portion of happines let vs enioye it oh Lord for ever ever Amen Psa 145. Davids Psalme of Praise It may be vsed as a Patterne wherby to glorify God according to his principal Attributes such as his Infinitenes Omnipotencie Majesty Justice Mercie Goodnes Providence c. UUhich are mentioned in this Psalme I 'Le honour thee oh God my king And laud thy Name for aye Ev'n to thy Name I 'le alway sing And praise thee ev'rie day For thou art great beyond all bounds And great thy praises are Through Ages all thy glory sounds Thy wonders they declare 2 I 'le also shew thy royall state And thy rare works vnfolde That men thy wonders may relate When I thy powre have tolde That they thy Righteousnes may show And much thy glorie minde For thou to anger Lord art slowe Right gratious meek kinde 3 Thy goodnes thy mercies be In all thy works exprest Ev'n all thy works Lord honour thee And thee thy Saints have blest Thy kingdomes glory they will showe And sing thy greatnes forth That all mankinde thy powre may knowe And see thy Kingdoms worth 4 For thou for evermore shalt raigne And rule through Ages all The weak oh Lord thou wilt sustaine And lift vp those that fall On God all creatures sixe their eyes And fedd in season be For all things living to suffice An open hand hath hee 5 The Lord is just in all his waies His works are sacred all Nigh them who call on him he staies Nigh those who truly call Their hopes who fear him he effects And 's hears saves all those Ev'n those who love him God protects But sinners overthrowes 6 Oh let my mouth due praise therefore Vnto the Lord expresse And let all flesh for evermore His holy Name confesse Great oh Lord is thy Kingdome thy Powre thy Glory great are thy VVorks thy UUonders thy Praises Great also is thy VVisdome thy Goodnes thy Iustice thy Mercy Yea so infinite art thou in these all other excellencies That no attributes are sufficient to expresse thee Nevertheles wee thy Creatures being partakers of thy Abundance witnesses of thy Bounty towards all whome thou hast made Do according to the measure of our Capacities blesse thee for the same And desire to praise and magnify thy Name for ever ever Amen Another of the same ADvance I will thy Name oh God my king For evermore I will extoll the same Blesse thee I will oh Lord alway sing A davlie song of praises to thy Name Consid'ring that thy Greatnesse bound hath none And how thine honor should as boundles be Declare
I will those wonders thou hast done That men from age to age may speak of thee Ev'n of thy Fame glories I will treat And shewe how rare thy wondrous workings are For when thy dreadfull Acts I shall repeat Then other men their largnes will declare Great speach of thy great goodnes they shal make And singing of thy Iustice they shalt showe How apt thou art compassion still to take How prone to pitty to wrath how slowe In doeng good to all thou Lord art free Thy Mercies are vpon thy Creatures all Kept glorious by thy deeds thy praises bee And therfor all thy Saints confesse thee shall Lord of thy kingdome 's glorie they shall tell And shewing ev'ry where what powre thou hast Make knowne how much thy mighty Acts excell And with what state thy royall Throne is plac't Not as a king that 's only temporall For endles eternall is thy throne On thee who e're depends though he should fall Thou Lord wilt lift him vp when he is down Plac'd are on thee all creatures eyes oh God! And thou dost give them food in season still Quite open thou dost reach thy hand abrode Each living Creatures longing to fulfill Right just thou art oh Lord in all thy wayes And as in all thy works thou holy art So thou art near to ev'ry one that praies To all that seek to thee with honest hart To thē that fear thy Name their wish thou giv'st And such as call vpon thee thou wilt save Vngodly men of safety thou depriv'st But all thy Lovers thy protection have Wherefore oh Lord to publish out thy fame In praisefull wise my mouth shall still endeaver Yea all flesh shall blesse thy holy Name And praise the same for ever for ever Oh Lord thy spirit hath said thou art good to all that thy Mercie is over all thy Works Stop the mouthes therfore of all those perverters of thy Truth and blaspheamers of thy most glorious Attribute who dare affirme that thou hast eternally Dereed purpossely Created irrevocably necessitated that the greatest number of soules should be vessells of wrath condemnation without any respect vnto Sinn Good God let this damnable blasphemy spread no further Give all men grace to perceave that they who pretend to honour thee by this doctrine do consequently vnavoydably impute vnto thy sacred Majestie all the wickednes both of men Devills contrary to all piety contrarie to thy expresse Word which is perverted to maintaine this heresy contrarie to that which naturall Reason hath written in our harts Lord these are they which have made thousands hide their Talent by sayeng that thou expectest to reap where thou sowedst not they have soe corrupted their owne iudgments most of their hearers that there is no meanes to prevent this pestilence of the soul but by prayer Vnto thee therfor wee pray Oh hear us even for thine owne honor sake for thy Mercie sake in Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 146. Haleluiah It stirreth vp the soul to perpetuall thanksgiving to depēdance vpon God alone giving reasons for the same c. Wee may sing it to minde vs of those duties MY soul praise thou the Lord As long as thou hast breath In song his praise record And honour him till death No credit place In earthlie kings or such vaine things As humane race 2 Breath failes dust they be One day their pompe destroies Right blest therefore is hee That Iacob's God enioyes And hopes in him Who framed these heav'n earth seas And all in them 3 For God is faithfull still Men wrong'd assist will hee The hungry he doth fill And setts the pris'ner free He Sight bestowes Loves men vpright maketh streight What crooked growes 4 The stranger he receives To Orphanes help imparts The widdowe he releives And Sinners paths subvarts The Lord therefore Oh Syon shall be king of all For evermore Haleluiah Almightie God Creator of heav'n earth the sure healper of all who trust in thee pitty our oppressions satisfy our spirituall hunger free vs from the bondage of sinn cure the blindnes of our Understandings be mercifull to vs in all the rest of our necessities infirmities Grant also that renouncinge all other Confidence depending only on thy favour wee may praise thee for these all thy Mercies in Christ Iesus Amen Psalme 147. It exhorts to praise God for encreasing building his Church typyfied by Ierusalem for many particuler mercies to his people for overthrowing the proud c. The vse is apparant OH glorifie the Lord For of God's praise to sing With justice doth accord Yea 't is a pleasant thing Ierusalem Hee will erect and recollect His Flock to him 2 The Contrite hart hee heales Hee cures their bruises all The Starrs he also tells And them by Name cann call This Lord of our In wise foresight is infinite And great in powre 3 The Lord the Meek doth raise The proud he brings to ground Oh therfor sing his praise Let Harps his praise resound He Clouds doth bring And shewres distills which on the hills Makes grasse to spring 4 Ev'n Beasts Ravens yonge He feedeth when they call In horse or footmen strong He ioyeth nought at all God loves all them Who in his grace their hopes doe place And honor him 5 Syon Salem blesse The Lord your God in song Who doth your seed encrease And hath your Gates made strong His Peace hath yet Your bounds vphild you he fild With flowre of wheat 6 Through earth his Mandates goe His word with swiftnes flies Like wooll he giveth snowe His frost like Ashes lies And then beside He forth doth slice cold flakes of Ice Which who cann bide 7 He speakes streight it thawes He breaths water flowes His statutes his Lawes He to his people showes No nation els His Iudgments know therfore soe With none he deals Haleluiah Most mercifull God who buildest vp thy heavenly Ierusalem by the gathering together of all the faithfull Not only taking notise of them who have starr-like perfections but even of vs also whoe are of those Blind and Lame whome thou hast caused to be called to thy banquet Nay though wee are as brute Beasts or vncleane Birds thou art ready to extend thy Mercy whensoever wee seek thee Oh make vs thanckfull for thy great Bounty Send out thy word to compell us by Stormes or to allure by Calmes according as it shal finde vs disposed let the graces of thy Spirit so thawe our congealed harts that the teares of true penitence may flow from vs produce all such other effects as may cause vs to know thy Iudgments to be of those people whome thou lovest in Iesus Christ Amen Psa 148. Halelujah All Creatures are here in a Poetical manner exhorted to glorify their Creator Wee should vse it to remember vs that God requireth all his Creatures
contemning the desire of world-lings reioicing more in thy gratious aspect then in al temporal advantages we may ly downe to sleep our last sleep without horror rest in the firme hope of a glorious Resurrection Amen Psa 5. To the cheef musician on Neginoth a Psalm of David It beseecheth audience of God for sundry respects prayeth that he would subvert his Adversaries be mercifull to his Church It may be vsefull when we are oppressed by the enimies of Christ for his Cause c. LOrd weigh my thoughts my words attend My King my God encline thine ear My suites I will to thee commend And thou my voice betime shalt hear I will oh Lord betimes arise And pray wait for thy supplies 2 For thou in sinn hast no delight No evills in thy dwellings be The foole abides not in thy sight The wicked are abhord of thee Thou root'st out all who falshoods prate And bloud guile in man dost hate 3 But I in thy abounding grace Thy house will visite in thy fear And worship in thy holy-place Oh teach me Lord thy Justice there Unto my vewe thy way disclose Because of them that are my foes 4 Their words thoughts are false naught Their throte is like a gaping graue Therfore oh God let them be caught And fall by what they plotted haue Yea seeing they thy foes haue binn Expose them to their swarmes of sinn 5 But chear vp those who trust in thee That such as well thy name affect May still therin triumphant be And joy that thou dost them protect For Lord the just thou shalt reward And sheild-like make thy grace their gard Oh soveraigne Lord God make vs both timely diligent seekers of thy grace Let the due consideration of thy perfections of our natural unworthines cause vs humbly to attend on thee vnfainedly frequenting thy Congregation there truly serving thee according to thine owne ordinance Instruct vs fully in thy way left our spiritual adversaries drawe vs into error Let our experience of their malice subtilety keep vs the more cautious Let them be taken in their owne snares to thy glorie let the faithfull alwaies reioice in thy protection through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 6. To the cheef musitian on Neginoth vpon Sheminith a Psalm of David It bewailes the miseries corruptions of the humane nature with penitential expressions emplores Gods mercy c. It may be sung when oppressed by our sinns infirmities we haue invoked God received comforts LOrd in thy rage correct me not To me oh do not roughly speake Nor chide me when thy wrath is hott But pitty me for I am weake Oh Lord vouchsafe to cure my paines For through my bones the torments goe My hart is vext much complaines Good God! hów long shal this be soe 2 Returne help my soul oh Lord Mee let thy meer compassion saue For who in death shall thee record Or give thee praises in the grave With groanes I tire in the nights My bedd in flouds of teares doth swim Through in-ward greefs foes despights Mine cies decay my sight growes dimm 3 But Sinners now depart fro mee God heares my suite my plaint my crie Which let my foes with blushing see And vext greeu'd my presence fly Most awfull God speake favourably to vs in this day of thy offered grace lest in the day of thy wrathfull indignation we be cast into hell sire Behol'd our frailties our torments our horrible distempers Observe into how great perills our desperation may cast vs have mercy oh lord have mercy vpon us miserable offenders Turify our poluted flesh enlighten our bleared eyes cure our wounded harts chear our afflicted spirits revive our fainting soules chase away all our malitious accusers that we escaping the dungeon in which thy praise is forgotten may magnify thy mercies in the land of the living to the vexation of malignant spirits to the honor of thy name for euer euer Amen Psa 7. Shiggaijon of David which he sung to the Lord concerninge the wòrds of Chush the Benjamite It is the Complaint of an innocent vniustly accused referring himself to be iudged according to his inno-cency It may be vsed when the true Church or any members thereof are slandred by their foes c. LOrd God on thee I do depend Me from the spoiler save Lest Lion-like my soul he rend When I no helper have For if oh Lord my God in this My hands found guiltie be If I rewarded him amisse That was at peace with me 2 Nay I to him did mercy shewe Who sought my causeles blame Els let my foe my soul persue And ouertake the same Yea let hlm tread when down I fall My life into the clay And in a dust-heap there-withall Mine honor let him lay 3 Oh Lord thy selfe in wrath advance For wroth my spoilers be According to thine ordinance Arise judge thou me That multitudes to thee may come For their sakes great appear Yea judge them Lord giue me doome As just ag I am clear 4 Confounde the sinners wickednes But still the just maintaine For thou oh God of righteousnes Canst serch both Hart Reine God is my sheild he protects The Godly from decay His doomes are just he corrects The wicked ev'ry day 5 Except they turne his blade he whetts A bowe still bent he hath He shafts for persecutors getts And instruments of death For lo with mischeeues being bigg They first conceive a sinn Next bring forth lies then pitt-falls digg Where they themselues fal in 6 Thus on their heads their mischeeus all Do justly tumble downe And wicked mens devises fall On their devizers crowne For which the justice of the Lord I 'le strive to glorify And will in songs of praise record The name of God most high Eternal God defend vs from slanderous accusations from that roaring Lion who is alway ready to devour vs And though our accusers are often so malitious that in respect of them we may have some appearance of innoceny yet cause vs so to acknowledg our selves guiltie in thy sight that we may be Iustifed by the righteousnes which we have by imputation from thy dear sonn for we have no Innocency but his No Saviour but he nor dare we in our greatest puritie appeare any where but at the Throne of thy mercy which let us who seek the same alwaies obtain let the severity of thy iustice fall only on our Adversaries who despise thy grace that both in mercy iustice thou maist be magnifyed for euer euer Amen Psa 8. To the cheef Musitian vpon Gittith a Psalm of David It sings the glory powre dominion of Christ magnifies the love of God in the admirable exaltation of the humane nature by the incarnation of his Sonn c. It may be vsed to praise God for the great priveledges which we haue
glorie give Free passage to ascend Who is the king of glorie say Oh say who might he be The Lord of Armies in aray That glorious king is he Seeing thou hast evidently declared oh Christ the Kinge of glorie who they are whome thou wilt admit into that kingdome whither thou art aseended and who are truly of that spirituall seed to whome thy promises appertaine Grant we beseech thee that we may make our Election sure by the workes of regeneration not be deluded by the false perswasions of a fruitles faith So all thy Creatures shall give both way and assistance to our Ascention after thee to whome with the father holy-spirit be ascribed all praise powre glorie now for evermore Amen Psa 25. A Psalme of David It containeth many petitions of an afflicted penitent Soul declares the excellence of the Lawe of Grace the priveledges of the regenerate c. It may be vsed when we are dejected by the sight of our guiltines are truly penitent c. I Lift my soul to thee My trust in thee is plac'd Oh let me Lord nor scorned be Nor by my foe disgrac'd But keep reproches all From those who thee attend And let on them Confusion fall That without Cause offend 2 Thy waies to me me impart Let me thy Truth be taught For thou oh God my Saviour art Whome I have alway sought Be still to me as kinde As thou of old hast binn And bear thou not those faults in minde which I have erred in 3 But grace to me afford Ev'u for thy goodnes sake As thou art good gratious Lord On me compassion take Direct al those that stray In iudgment guide the meek And them informe thou in thy way That humbly thee de seeke 4 For Truth Mercie Lord Are found in all thy wayes By ev'ry one who keeps thy word And thy Commands obayes Remit though great they are My sinns for thy Name sake And suffer him who thee doth fear His chosen-path to take 5 Then easd his hart shal growe His seed the Land shal fill And he that feares the Lord shall know His Counsells his will Myne eyes attend on thee That thou maist me release In mercie Lord returne to mee Forlorne in destresse 6 My greefs enlarged are Oh come me releeve My sorrowes heed regard my care And all my sinns forgive Observe oh Lord my foes Marke how abus'd I am And since I trust in thee repose Defend my soul from shame 7 Yea keep thou me vpright Because I hope in thee And from all wrongs all despight Let Isr'el saved be Remember not oh Lord our offences but of thy meer Mercie blot out all our transgressions Let neither the follies of our youth nor the greatnes of any other sinns deprive vs of thy wonted compassion Consider our weaknes our suffrings the condition of our adversaries as motives of thy pittie That our sinns beinge remitted our fetters vnlosed and thy secrets even the misteries of Saving-grace revealed wee may in true meeknes follow him who is the way the Truth and the Life be kept by thy speciall Grace from all future sinns dangers vnto our lives end Amen Another of the same A Loft I raise my soul oh Lord to thee And I in thee alone my trust have placed By those therfore that seek to mischeeve me Oh let me not be shamed nor disgraced Confound not those who seek to do thy will But shame those mē that Causeles have offended Direct thou me in thy Truths pathway still For Lord my health on thee I have attended Eternall God in mercie thinck on me As it hath bene of old thy gratious fashion Forgot let all my youthfull errors be For thy love sake Remember thy compassion Great is thy grace great thy Iustice Lord Therfor thy waies to sinful men thou showest Healp to thee meek thou dost likewise afford Whē he is iudgd guid'st him where thō goest In all thy waies both Truth Mercie be For such as have thy league word observed Keep therfor Lord thy grace in store for me For thy namesake though I have ill deserved Let those in whome thy sacred fear is found In their desired pathway Lord persever Make true content in all their soules abound And let their seed poslesse the land for ever No man oh Lord who stands in fear of thee Shall from thy league or Counsels be debarred On thee therfore mine eyes attending be That from the net my feet may be vnsnared Pleasd be in love to visit me againe For lo despis'd I am sore destressed Quit me from all my sorrowes my paine For my hart-greefs oh Lord are much encraesed Regard my wants Behold mark my woes Remitting all wherin I have offended See See oh Lord what numbers are my foes And what despights to me they have intended To help save my soul entreated be Thou art my Garde oh keep me vndisgraced Vpright pure because I trust in thee And from all Cares let Isr'el be released Psal 26. A Psalm of David It setts downe some marks of the true church of her members personates her iustifieing her self against the secret imputations of her foes from whome she desires to be distinguisht c. It is vsefull for those members of Christ whoe are falsly accused c. GIve sentence now oh Lord with me For I have walk'd aright And since I have relide on thee Preserve me still vpright Proue thou my hart Raines oh God Search there what thou canst finde For I the Paths of Truth have trodd And bear thy love in minde 2 With wicked men I have not sate Nor with dissemblers gone Prophane Assemblies I do hate And shunn the sinners throne With hands wash'd clean in simplenes I 'le round thine Altars goe And there in songs of thanckfulnes Thy wondrous works I 'le showe 3 For I that place affect oh God Where thou so much art fam'de Therfor with sinners thirsting blood Oh! let me not be nam'd Their hands their verie righthands be with bribes mischeefs fraught But Lord redeeme pitty me For I truths Paths have sought 4 In stedfast waies with fixed feet Firme standing I possesse For which where great Assemblies meet I will the Lord confesse Give vs grace oh Lord so to avoide the societie practises of wicked men that neither our consciences may accuse vs to be willfully guiltie of their crimes nor thou condemn vs for hypocrites when thou serchest iudgest the secrets of our harts Ioine to the puritie of manners a sincere devotion that honesty Religeon being knit married together in our soules by thee may never be divorced Let our zeal also to thy house our Love to thy Service be such as may distinguish vs from prophane worldlings so linck vs by charity to thy faithfull members that we may continue thine to our lives end Amen Psa 27. A Psalme of
how cann I tears refraine 6 Lord my greefs to thee I showe With my hands to thee vp-raised Cann the dead thy wonders knowe Or thy Love or truth be praised By the Sonns of Death belowe Selah 7 Cann thy Marvailes they vnfold Who in darknes quite are blinded Or thy Ius tice there be tolde Where is nothing said or minded Which was done in times of olde 8 Vnto thee oh Lord I crie And my suites prevent the Morninge Oh! why dost thou cast me by Still fro mee thy presence turninge Who am greev'd like to dy 9 Fro my youth oh Lord till now Mee thy terror hath destressed Nigh distract it makes me grow For thy wrath hath mee oppressed And thy feares have brought me lowe 10 They besett me ev'rie day Floud-like flowing alltogether And no freinds to help me stay Lovers nor Familiers neither For thou driv'st them all away Help us oh gratious Redeemer so to bear the manifold infirmities afflictions of our flesh so to endure the contempts neglects iniuries of the world so constantly to sustaine all the Assaults of our spiritual Adversaries that though we be deprived of all outward Freindships consolations wee may be inwardly satisfied comforted against every terror in every temptation Let us seek soe earnestly so early for thy assistance that escaping the spiritual blindnes which makes vncapable of thy praise that dungeon of vtter Darknes in which thy Righteousnes is obscured that everlasting Death from which there is no Resurrection we may enioy thy blessed presence where we shall magnify thy Mercies for ever ever Amen Another of the same LOrd God my healper day night To thee my moanings are Admit my suites vnto thy sight And my complainings hear For in my soul great sorrowes be My life drawes nigh the grave As one inter'd they count of mee And litle strength I have 2 As hee that 's dead buried long Death's free-man I became As one out of thy presence flung I quite forgotten am Thou laidst mee in the lowest ward Where darksome Dungeons are On mee thine Anger presseth hard And all thy stormes I bear Selah 3 Thou hast my freinds fro me restraind My Lovers mee despize I fast in prison am detain'd And sorrow dimms mine eyes Oh Lord all day to thee I sue My hands I meekly raise Thy wonders cann men buried shewe Or wake to sing thy praise Selah 4 Lord cann the grave thy Love expresse Thy Faith cann ruines teach Thy wonders or thy righteousnes Cann dumb Oblivion preach Betimes oh Lord I will erect My suites cries to thee Why shouldst thou then my soul reject And hide thy face fro mee 5 My soul is pain'd ev'n to the death And all my life I bear The heavy burthens of thy wrath Thy terrors thy fear They clos'd mee round like waters deep Where whilst begirt I lay Fro me my Lovers thou didst keep And hidst my freinds away Psa 89. Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite It celebrates the mercy Goodnes Iustice power of God c. Mentioneth his League with David mystically declares that those covenants belong to his spiritual seed in the cheef place c. It instructs vs who are the right heyres of the promises c. NOw in a song of endles praise Thy Mercies I will sing oh Lord And vnto all succeeding dayes Thy faithfulnes I will record For I have sayd that thy great Love And Mercy shal be raised high And that thou shalt in heav'n above Thy Faith confirm magnify 2 Thou hast both vowed decreed To David thine Elected-one To multiply his faithful seed And build him vp an endles throne Selah Which heav'n shall to thy praise declare In works to be admired at And where thy Saints assembled are Thy Faithfulnes they shall relate 3 For whome like thee doth heav'n afford What earthly Kings thy equalls be Who art among they Saints ador'd And fear'd of all that wait on thee Oh Lord of Hoasts what Lord is found So faithful or so strong as thou Who setts the raging seas their bound And calm'st them when thy furious grow 4 Thou didst afflict all Egipt-land As one made weake by wounds blowes And by the powre of thy strong hand Thou hast dispersed all thy foes Thine heav'n earth all things be For thou alone didst all things frame The North South were made by thee And East West extoll thy Name 5 Strong armes thou hast with powrful hands And where thou dost thy Throne prepare With Iudgment Iustice alway stands And Truth Love thy Vshers are Oh! blest are they who know thy voice Thy look shall chear them in their waies They in thy Name shall still reioice And them thy Iustice high shal raise 6 For thou art Lord our strengths renowne Our horne shall by thy favour spring Thou art our strong defensive Towne The Saint of Isr'el our King By vision thou didst once declare And to thy Holy-one disclose That thou a healper wouldst prepare Among thy people to be chose 7 I have saidst thou my David found My holy oyle on shall flowe By mine owne Arme he shall be crown'd My hand shal strength on him bestowe His Foe shall do him no disgrace The Sonn of sinn he shall not fear For I will smite before his face All them that his Opposers are 8 My faith love on him shal stay My Name his honour shall mainetaine His hand shall make the seas obay His right-hand shall the flouds restraine His Father he shall knowledg me His God his Rock his defence For he my eldest borne shal be And King of ev'ry earthly Prince 9 To him I still will mercy grant He shall enioy my promise given Successors he shall never want His Throne shall stand as firme as heav'n And if my Lawes his Children break If they shall fro my precepts flye My statutes if they shall forsake Or from my Iudgments walk awry 10 Their sinns with stripes I wil correct And scourg them when amisse they do But those whome I do well-affect My Love will never quite forgoe For once ev'n by my self I swore I would no lye to David make My League I will not break therfore Nor change a word of that I spake 11 Lord thus thou saydst that a Throne Vnto his yssue should be given As lasting as the Sunn Moone Or as the witnesses of heav'n Selah But now as if he were abhor'd Thou dost on thyne Anointed frowne Thou makest voyd thy league oh Lord And on the ground hast hurld his crowne 12 His Fences thou didst rend away His warlike forts thou downe dost race All passers-by on him do prey His Neighbours flout at his disgrace His foes thou hast Victorious made Whereat his haters ioyfull be Thou dull'st the sharpnes of his blade And in the fight made faint was he 13 Thou hast obscur'd his glories raies His Throne thou castest on the ground Selah Thou
thou hast alured vs vnto thy love by many extraordinario blessings Oh God! let us no longer abuse thy patience but make us now soe to mind our part of the covenant which is betwixt us that wee may be seperated from our heathenish conversations be remembrend among thy people behold the good of thy Chosen reioice in the gladnes of thy Nation be pertakers in the glory of thine Inheritance for ever ever Amen Psa 107. Halelujah It exhorts to praise God for his vniversall Grace Acknowledgeth him the deliverer of all men in all places and in all troubles Confesseth him the Corrector Orderer and disposer of kingdomes persons famelies c. It is vsefull both for temporall spirituall belssings for by bodiey suffrings spirituall miseries are mystically signified COme praise the Lord thanckfully confesse That he is good gratious without end Let those whome God redeem'd his praise expers Ev'n those whome he did from their foes defend Collecting them from East westerne Nations From Northern Clymes southern habitations 2 In deserts wilde where no dwellings were They wandred on with drought hunger faint And them he freed from all destresses there When they to him had vttred their complaint He ledd them on in paths directly guiding To Citties faire whear they had safe abiding 3 Oh! let men praise the goodnes of the Lord And publish out his wonders to their seed For he to hungry men doth meat afford And with good things the longing soul doth feed He those vnbinds that are in fetters chained And in the bands shades of death detained 4 The word of God most high they did reject And small account of his advise they made With heat toile he therfor did afflict And cast them downe when they no helper had But in their need when they againe complained He tooke away the greef which they sustained 5 Frō deaths black shades he shew'd thē light some And all their bands did quite asunder break wais Let all mankinde therfore his wonders praise And of his works among their Children speake The brazen Gates he crakt open sett them Their yron barrs he broke forth he fett them 6 He plaugeth fooles because they have transgrest And for their sinns they much afflicted are Their fainting soules doe pleasant meats detest They to the gates of death approached near But seeking God when they were so oppressed From all their paines feares he them released 7 He sent his word which did their greevāce heal Preventing so their fall which hastned on Oh let all men God's goodnes therfore tell And shewe their seed what wonders he hath done Let them declare his works with joyfull singing The sacrifize of thanckfull praises bringing 8 They that in shipps at sea employed are And for their gaine to crosse the waves are bold May vewe the works of God-almighty there And in the deepes his wondrous deeds behold For he but breaths streight a storm appeareth Which vp aloft the rowling billowes beareth 9 Now mounts to heav'n anon descēds the keel And they grow faint with labour with fear As druncken men they stagger they reel And of their skill they quite deprived are Then to the Lord they cry who them releases From all their feares their dangers destresses 10 For he the stormes to gentle calmes cōvarts And quiet then the raging sea becomes Then they are joy'd Then eased are their harts And them he brings to their desired homes Of these his works let all men make relations And shewe his deeds to future generations 11 Oh sing his praise where great Assemblies are And him among your elders glorify He deserts makes where once great waters were He draines the springs of mighty Rivers drie And from rich Lands their fatnes oft he taketh When by their sinn her dwellers him forsaketh 12 The Deserts vast he turnes to standing Lakes And springs convaies to lands which barren were For hungry soules a dwelling there he makes Who for themselues do build a Citty there They sowe plant reap the hoped blessing Both of their seed of their Vines encreasing 13 He prospers them lo they are encreast Their flocks heards do fatt fruitfull grow Yet otherwhile he letts them be opprest low And with great plagues he sometime brings thē He takes from kings their princely estimation And makes them stray in pathles desolation 14 But frō all greefs the meek he still doth raise And makes like flocks his housholds to appear At sight thereof the Iust will sing his praise And they shall dumbe be strook that wicked are All this they mark that have true wisdom learned And God's great love by them is well descerned Most mercifull God! what Affliction is there from which wee are not howrely delivered or preserved by thee Nay what necessarie benifitts are there which wee have not in the best season receaved from thee in what place soever or of what Nation or condition soever wee are In our wandrings in our poverty in our sicknesses in our imprisonments in our Iournyes at sea land in our labours in our goods in our children in our sorrowes in our prosperities in our persons in our famelies in life in death yea in everie thing wee have continuall experience of thy Mercies insomuch that we may confesse thou delightest in nothing but in shewing Mercy vnles our sinns compel thy Iustice to afflict us that thy Mercies may not be despised and there is great Mercy even in that also Oh good God! make us ever mindful hereof give us wisdome so to mark consider these things that both wee our posteritie may magnifie thy vnspeakable bounty declare thy wonderful workings for ever ever Amen Psa 108. A song or Psalme of David This is composed of the later parts of the 57. 60 Psalmes yet differs from both for those beginn with lamentations end with reioieings but this is wholy triumphant personates the Church praising God for her enlargment c. Wee may sing it when the Church is released from some persecution or her limitts extended farther c. MY hart is sixt I oh Lord Will in my songs thy fame record And with my tongue sing praise to thee My Harp Psaltry are awake And I my selfe will readie make To praise thee where Assemblies be 2 For through the heav'ns thy Truth doth stretch Above the Sphears thy mercies reach Oh God! be still exalted high Thy praise through heav'n earth extend Let thy righthand thy Dear defend And still vouchsafe me thy replie 3 For as thy holy Voice declard With trivmphs Shechem I have sharde And I have measur'd Succoth Vale. Mine Gilead Manasseth are My head mount Ephraim high doth bear In Iudah stands my judgment Stall 4 Proud Moab is my drugding slave My foot in Edom fixt I have And Palestine doth ioye in me For who to Edom was my guide Or to the
life oh Lord Let all thy saints remembring it With praise thy holines recorde 2 Thy wrath abides not long in thee But in thy favour life appears And joy shall in the morning be Though over-night there may be teares In my advancement once I sayd That nothing should my foot remove Because my mountaine thou hadst laid So firmelie Lord by thy meer love 3 Yet when thy face thou didst but hide I quickly was opprest againe And then to thee againe I cride And in my crie did thus complaine What profit will my bloud afford When I shal to the grave descend Oh! cann it sing thy praises Lord Or cann the dust thy truth comend 4 Lord hear pittie take on me To succour me thy help employ That chang'd to songs my sighes may be My mourning-weeds to robes of ioy So I for ever with my tongue Will praise the oh my God my Lord And in a never-ending song Thy mercies thanckfully record Sweet Iesu so great are thy Mercies that in a night thou convertest into trivmphs the most desperate Afflictions yea in the very moment of greatest horrors thou strangly infusest vnexpressible ioyes yet such is our corruption that vpon thy favours we often build those false assurances which beget more pride then thanckfulnes so we are iustly shakeÌ„ againe froÌ„ our confidence tha 〈…〉 akinge the foundation thereof more firme by true humiliation grounded meerly on thy mercies we way stand immoveable for-ever Oh! grant that by meditating thy voluntarie-humiliation we may descend to the true Annihilation renouncing of our selves that by virtue of thy Burial Resurrection we wâ—â— escape the Dungeons of the Grave Hell Change the mourning-garmeÌ„t of our flesh into the robes of immortalitie praise thee for thy mercies world without end Amen Psa 31. To the cheef Musitian a Psalm of David It personates Christ his Church in persecution containes a large intermixture of many petitions complaints c admirably fets forth the varietie of affections incident to a soul working out salvation with star trembling It is vsefull in great agonies afflictions of minde c. BEcause I do on thee depend That sham'd I may not be Lord in thy Iustice me defend And quickly hear thou me Be still my rock my walled-bowre And me vouchsafe to save For thou art my defensive towre And all the strength I have 2 Be pleas'd for thy namesake to come And be my hopeful stay Direct thou me pluck me from Those netts my foes do lay Thou art my strength vnto thee My spirit I commit For thou Lord God of Truth art he Who hast redeemed it 3 I them abhorr who lies approve But Lord I trust in thee And of thy grace in thy love My whole reioicings be For me thou didst from cares discharge Thou knew'st my soul in woe My fettred feet thou didst enlarge And keptst me from my foe 4 Have mercie Lord for I am vext Mine eies with greef decay In soul flesh I am perplext Greef wasts my life away My yeares with sigheng shortned are My sight to faile beginns My bones consume my strength doth wear And al is for my sinns 5 My scornefull foes do me vpraid My neighbours more then they My freinds to see me are afrayd And far they fly away As one long dead vnthought vpon Ev'n pot-sherd like I fare I flander'd am of many a one And round me terrors are 6 Yet when to take my life fro me They plotts against me layd Relieng still oh Lord on thee Thou art my God I sayd Thou know'st the times when me to take From my persueng soes Therfor to me for mercie sake Thy cheerfull face disclose 7 Lord let me not be made asham'd Because thy help I crave But let the wicked be defam'd And silenc'd in the grave Their lieng lips for ever close Who murmur in despight Disdainfull words in scorne of those Whose courses are vpright 8 Oh! what great favours wilt thou shew To such as honor thee And bring to passe in publike vewe For them that faithfull be Thy secret presence shal prevent The Tyrants hautie wrongs And they shall in thy privie-tent Avoyd the strife of tongues 9 Praise God for when I rash lie thought That I quite lost had binn Me to a warlike Towne he brought And honord me therein My suites cries he likewise heard Yee saints of his therfore The Lord your God with good regard Love honor adore 10 The faithfull he doth keep from harme And their proud foes contemn Be bolde he your harts will arme Who put your trust in him Our sinns oh Lord bring on vs many great afflictions They consume our flesh blinde our eyes rott our bones fright our harts afflict our consciences They cause vs to be vprayded scorned betrayed persecuted by our foes They make vs to be envyed contemned reproched abused among our neighbours They occasion that we are miscensured for sakeÌ„ yea forgotten of our best affected freinds and which is worst of all they bring on vs thy displeasure make vs almost desperatly to forsake thee Deliver vs oh deliver vs from these evills but especially from the sinns which occasion them Thou art our sole refuge the God into whose hands we have committed our spirits So embolden vs therfor in thy grace that we the rest of thy Saints seeing how great favours thou bestowest on all them that fear thee may praise thy Name for ever ever Amen Psa 32. A Psalm of David Maschil It shewes the free forgivenes of sinn by grace Rom 4. 6. The danger of hidinge the benifit of confessing our sinns and the powre of timely prayer It exhorts also that we do not brutishly abuse the grace of God c It should be sung to remember vs of Gods mercies of these duties c. A Blest estate that man is in Whose crimes the Lord forgives hides Ev'n he to whome God laies no sinn And in whose hart no fraud abides Till I my faults did open lay My bones with paine were tired out Thy hand opprest me night and day And I became like Summers drought 2 My Trespas I reveald therfore I shewd my secret faults to thee And vowd to hide my sinns no more So thou their guilt forgavest me For this the Iust on thee shall call At seasons when thou maist be found And he shall have no harme at all Though mighty Flouds enclose him round 3 Thou art oh Lord my hiding-place Wherein when peril greatest growes From dangers thou shalt me release And me with songs of health enclose Selah Thus thou dost also seem to say I will instruct thee with mine eye And so inform thee in the way That thou shalt never walk awrie 4 Then be not like the Horse or Mule That void of vnderstanding be Which thou with Bitt Raines must rule Lest els they fling or fall on thee The Sinners plagues
grow more more But they finde grace who trust in God Let just righteous men therfore With Shouts proclaime theyr joye abrode It is not oh gratious Redeemer our Innocencie or any good which of our selves we can performe that iustifies vs in thy sight but thy free grace thy hiding thy not-imputing our sinns That which thou expect est acceptest from vs toward the procuring of this favour is nothing els but humbled soules contrite spirits vnfaigned harts sincere confessions which thou thy self also must prepare help perfect in vs or we shall never perform them no though all the dangers torments of the world were before our eies Take therfor from vs our brutish ignorance curb our head-strong wilfulnes Rain our vnbridled appetites instruct vs by thy favorable aspect so guide vs by the bridle of reason religeous awe that we being governed according to thy will thou mayst be found of vs in all troubles at all seasons we reioice in thy mercy for ever ever Amen Psa 33. It exhorts to praise God declares who are most obliged therevnto In what manner we should performe this dutie for what principall causes c. We should often vse it to put vs in minde how much we are obliged to praise God c. YE Righteous in the Lord reioice For praise with Godly men doth sute Praise God with Psaltry Harpe Voice And on the twice-five-stringed Lute To him new ditties sing play And tune them to the loudest kay 2 For God is righteous in his word His Actions ful of truth appear His Bounty all the world hath storde His Darlings Truth Iustice are The Heav'ns were form'd when he but spake His breath did all their Armies make 3 The seas huge waves aloft he rear'd The Deeps as vp in store he layd Oh! let him through the world be fear'd And make Earths-dwellers all afraide For his Commandings are fulfill'd And all is done as he hath will'd 4 God makes the Gentiles proiects vaine And brings the Peoples plotts to nought But his decrees for aye remaine And everlasting is his thought Most surely blest therefore are those Whome for his owne the Lord hath chose 5 For God from heav'n doth cast his eye The Sonn 's of men to veiwe knowe Yea from his dwelling-place on high He marketh all on earth belowe Their hearts alike he shapeth to And heeds ev'n ev'ry work they do 6 Great Armies cannot save a kinge No strong-mans powre his life preserves The strength of horse vaine succours bringe But those who fear him God observes And whosoe're on him depends From dearth death he them defends 7 Our soul vpon the Lord shall waite Who hath our sheild shelter binn And he shall be our harts delight Because his Name we trusted in Oh! let vs Lord still succour'd be As we repose our trust in thee Blessed God! at thy word allthings were created by thy providence they are stil governed Thou hast fashioned the harts of all men to be in some measure capable of thy grace observest how they emploie that Talent Thy eternal decree remaines firme therfor theie whome thou chusest shall be blessed for ever Neither their owne strength nor any powre but thine is able to keep them safe Thou therfor on whome their soul waiteth shalt prevent the famine of that which is the meanes of their preservation therby keep them from totall or final-falling Lord make vs to reioice in this vnspeakable mercie Encrease our faith continue vs in the meanes whereby we are to make our Election sure VVe beleeve it is alreadie granted yet we praie for it because it is our dutie because we cannot chuse but praie for that which we beleeve hope to obtaine through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 34. A Psalme of David when he changed his behaviour before Abimeleck who drove him away he departed It seems to typefy Christ who being as it were disguised by taking our nature infirmities became therby contemptible to the great-ones of the world We should sing it to praise God for discovering to vs what is hid from the wordly wise c. NOw shall the Lords eternal praise The subiect of my song be made My Soul shall sing it all her daies The meek shall hear it be glad Let others come ready be To ioine in praising of his Name For when I cti'de he helped me And kept away my feared blame 2 He lightneth such as him observe And no disgrace vpon them falls He heares the pore will preserve From all his troubles when he calls His Angell-gards will them enclose Who of his God head awfull be Therfor his goodnes vnto those Who trust in him come Tast See 3 Yea fear the Lord yee Saints of his For he to such will al things grant The Lions whelps their food may misse But they that serve him nothing want Yee Children come attention give And I will teach th' Almighties feare How yee long time on earth may live And gaine a blessed-being here 4 Your tongues from slandrous words preserve Dissembling let your lipps eschewe Ill deeds avoid good works observe Seek peace after it persue For God beholdeth such as those And heares the Righteous when they pray But wicked men he doth oppose And roots their Name Fame away 5 The Lord will hear the Righteous crie From dangers he will them assure He to the broken hart is nigh And wounded Spirits he will cure Although the Iust hath many greeves The Lord so helps that they are gone In all his troubles him releeves And keeps him sound in ev'rie bone 6 By sinn the sinners death is wrought He shall not thrive that hates the Iust But God his servants lives hath bought And faileth none that in him trust Hear vs oh merciful God in cur present necessities and preserve vs from those future evills which we may iustlie fear Enlighten our vnderstandings rectifie our affections guide our tongues sanctifie our actions cure our deseased bodies heal our wounded soules Let thine Angells gard vs let thine owne eyes watch over vs and let vs be so instructed in thy fear that when our lion-like adversaries are emptie we maie be filled with thy goodnes delighted in thy sweetnes Grant also that when their memorial perisheth we being preserved sound both in soul body may â—nicie the promised blessing os long-life even of life-eternall in thy heavenlie kingdom for ever ever Amen Another of the same AT al tymes with my tongue I 'le blesse the Lord To sing of him I never will forbear But in my Soul his praise with mirth record And publish what the meek shall ioy to hear Come therfor helpe his praises to declare To magnify his Name let vs agree Discharg'd I was by him of all my fear And when his ayde I sought he ayded me Enlightned are their eyes that look
on him And no disgrace or shame or those cann fall For he in all their troubles helpeth them And hears the pore when he on him doth call God's Angell-gards round those that fear him be Encamped still to keep them from their Foes His greatnes and his goodnes tast see For all are blest who trust in him repose In him let all his Saints confine their fear For povertie from such resttained is Kept hungry oft the whelps of Lions are But they who fear the Lord no goodnes misse Let me from you yee babes attention gaine That I the fear of God to you may showe Mark also this all yee that would attaine Long life on earth happie daies to knowe No sland'rous tales envre your tongues to tell And let your lipps dissembling speach eschewe Of wicked words beware Vprightly deal Enquire our Peace after it persue Plac'd are Gods eyes vpon the Righteous race He to their cries an open ear doth lay Quite opposite to sinners is his face And from the land he rootes their name away Right willingly the Lord inclines his ear To hear save the righteous when they cry Sinn-wounded soules harts that broken are He never shunns but vnto such is nigh Though many greefs vpon the Godly fall The Lord will ev'ry one of them remove Vnbroke ev'n all his bones preserve he shall But sinn the death of sinful men shal prove Whoe so doth hate the Iust shall hated be For God his faithful servants wil redeem Yea all their soules from thral he setteth free And leaveth none that put their trust in him Psa 35. A Psalm of David It containes divers petitions prophetical Imprecations concerning the Adversaries of Christ of his members perticulerly mentioneth some of those misusages which he suffred by the Iewes c. We may properly sing it when we commemorate the Passion c. WIth such oh Lord as me oppose Vouchsafe to plead my right And pleased be to warr on those Who now against me fight Both sheild Buckler take in hand Rise for my help I pray Bring out the spear for me stand In my Persuers way 2 Say to my soul Thy health I am And bring to shameful wrack All those who seek my death or shame Yea sham'd repell them back Let them before God's Angel fly As chaff before the winde Let them before God's Angel fly Through paths vnsafe blinde 3 Since pitts they digg'd therein snares For me vniustly laid Let them be slaine at vn-awares In their owne trapps betraide Then Lord in thee my soul shal ioy Thy help my mirth shall be And all my bones oh Lord shal say That none cann equall thee 4 Thou sav'st thee pore men opprest From those that are too strong Thou free'st the pore who are destrest From such as do them wrong False witnesse rose charged me With words I never sayd And that my soul might spoiled be They Good with Ill repaide 5 Yet when great sicknes them opprest In sack-cloth cladd I mourn'd I fasted into my brest My prayers back return'd I greev'd for them as men bemone A Brother or a freind And sadly walk'd as when that one Bewailes his Mothers end 6 But when my greefs did me besett Their Merry-meetings were The baser sort in private mett And none did scofs forbear Yea at their Feasts in mock of me The Scorners gnash'd their teeth No longer Lord spectator be But save my soul from death 7 My Darling from the Lion save So thy great love oh Lord Where many folk their meetings have I 'le to thy praise record Oh! let not those who me despize Deride my pore estate Or lear on me with scornful eyes Whome they vniustly hate 8 They seek not Peace but Projects lay For them that peaceful be With gaping mouthes AH HA say they Our wish we now do see Thou saw'st it Therfor make no pawse Nor absent long abide But wake arise let my cause By thee Lord God be tri'de 9 Lord judge me in thy righteousnes That they deride not me And say in hart this Fall of his Is that which wee would see Oh! never give them cause to say We have devour'd him quite But shame root them out for aye That in my harme delight 10 Let them with shame scorne be cladd That have my soul deseas'd And let them trivmph be gladd Who in my cause are pleasd The Lord be prais'd let all men say That wish thy Servants Peace And with my tongue I 'le all the day Extol thy Righteousnes Oh blessed Redeemer let thy gratious assistance be alwaies readie to garde vs from the furious malice of our Foes And seeing their condition is not hidd from thee let thy iudgments be executed vpon all those who shall continue vnrepentant in their wickednes that thy Justice may be glorified as wel as thy Mercie Make vs also mindful oh Christ from what height of glorie thou didst voluntarilie humble thy self to what extream contempt thou wort abased how vnkindiie yea how despightfully handled even by those for whose Redemption thou wert pleased to descend And by thy example teach vs to be humble patient charitable in our suffrings that bearing thy crosse imitating thy virtues we may be pertakers of thy exaltation who livest raignest world without end Amen Psa 36. To the cheef Musitian a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. It mentions the impiety corruptions of the wicked It declareth also the infinite Love mercie sweetnes Iustice of God c. It may be sung to bring to consideration God's goodnes whē the over-flowings of vngodlines circumvent vs MY hart within me sayes That Sinners fear not God And their self-pleasing course displaies Their hatefull guilt abrode Their words are wicked wiles Nor wise nor just are they Vpon their bedds they study Guiles And cursed is their way 2 The heav'ns thy Mercy fills Thy Truth doth reach the skye Thy justice Lord or'e-topps the hills And deep thy judgments lie Thou sav'st both man beast For Lord thy grace excells And vnderneath thy wings in rest Man-kinde securely dwells 3 With daineties of thy house They shall replenish'd be And streames of blisse they shall carowse For Life doth flowe from thee Thy light is Lord our light Therfore where thou art knowne Prolong thy grace that men vpright May make thy works their owne 4 Let not the foot of pride Oppose or hinder me Nor let me be remoov'd aside By hands that wicked be For thence the overthrowe Of Sinners first begann And when they fell they fell so lowe That rise they never cann UUee confesse oh Lord that by the corruption still remaining in our owne harts we are plainlie informed how Sinn being first conceived in thought will at last break forth into publike Act if thy great Mercie prevent not Uouch safe vs therfor not onlie thy common grace which thou spreadest over all but be pleased also
all shall one day be disclosed c. THe Lord our God th'Almightie-one Hath spoke summon'd all That are bewixt the rising Sunn And places of his fall God's glorie Syon first will showe With noise approch will hee Before him burning fire shall goe A storme shall round him be 2 Through heav'n earth he shall aloud His folke to iudgment call His Saints that Sacrisizes vow'd Appear before him shall His Iustice heav'n shall shewe abrode For God the Iudge will be Hark Isr'el for ev'n I thy God Will thee accuse saith hee 3 I for thine Offrings blame thee not Which were my due of olde Nor Bullock ask I neither Goate Out of thy Stall or Folde For I more heards of Cattell owne Then all the Mountaines yeald To mee all Beasts Birds are known That live in wood or feild 4 If I were hungrie dost thou thinck Since all the world is mine Thy Goates bloud I would ask to drinck Or feed on Bulls of thine No rather pay in thanckfulnes Thy Vowes and call on me So I shall pittie thy destresse And have due praise from thee 5 But to the wicked saies the Lord How darest thou to prate Of my commands of my word Whilst thou dost Counsell hate For when thou dost a Theef perceive A share with him thou tak'st Thou in Adulterie dost live And wicked words thou speak'st 6 Thy Brother thine owne Mothers sonn Thou causles dost revile I silent was thou hast done These wicked things the while Yea thou hast therevpon suppos'd That I was like to thee But all thy folly shall disclos'd And now apparant be 7 Yee that of God forgetfull are Of this Remembrance have Els I shall you in peeces tear When there is none to save For I am glorifide of those That give due praise to mee And such as well their lives dispose My saving-health shall see Allmighty God who with maiestic terror shalt come to iudge the world require an Account of everie one according to the Talent receaved especially of vs who are Saints by an ordinarie visible Callinge give vs grace to offer the acceptable Sacrifize of Righteousnes true obedience Let not our Religion be meerly formall without the fruites of good life Let vs not be of those hypocriticall talkers professers of thy word whoe hate reformation vncharitably censure their owne Brethren neither let thy long forbearance of our Sinns cause vs any way to abuse thy mercies But grant rather that we may so vnfaignedly embrace thee in our harts so truly serve thee in our lives that thou maist be glorified by vs wee saved by thee in the last Iudgment Amen Psa 51. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme of David when Nathan the prophet came vnto him after he had gone into Bethsheba It personates a man trulie penitent and a true confession contrition purpose of amendment is the subiect of this Psalme Everie true penitentiarie may sing it in his humiliation c. OH Lord of thy abounding Love To my offence remissive be My Follies Purge my Sinn remove And of thy grace daigne grace to me For still my fault before me lies Yea by my selfe I am accus'd Thee thee alone my conscience cries Ev'n to thy face I have abus'd 2 Which here I do confesse oh Lord That when to censure thou art brought Men true my finde thy Truthfull word And judge thy Iudgments as they ought For sinnfull though my parents made My Beeing my Birth to bee From thee a secret grace I had To forme the Truth thou seek'st in mee 3 And if I purg'd with hysope were Mee thou shouldst make more white then snowe Yea thy Glad-message when I heare The bones thou brak'st will healthfull growe Then from my faults thy face divart Blot all my follies out of sight Creat in me a spotles hart And make my Spirit Lord vpright 4 Oh! let me not rejected be Take not thy Holie-ghost away To joiefull health restore thou mee Let thy free Spirit be my stay So I will other Sinners guide To seek thy grace walk thy waies And if my bloudie sinn thou hide Thy Iustice oh my God I 'le praise 5 Which praises that my tongue may sing My lipps oh Lord my God vnclose For Burnt-oblations I would bring But thou hast quite reiected those A greeved Soul a contrite hart Is God's best-liked Sacrifize With such oh God! thou pleased art And such thou never shalt despise 6 As thou art pleas'd Mount Syon blesse And wall about Ierusalem The Sacrifize of Righteousnes Shall then obtaine thy good esteem Yea thou shalt then their Guifts receive And they shall all their Offrings pay Ev'n whole Burnt-offrings they shall give And Oxen on thine Altar slay Oh Lord our owne Consciences accuse vs will pronounce thee iust if thou condemn vs for though it might somewhat moove thy compassion to consider our disabilities by Original Polution yet knowing what grace thou hast secretly infused both to resist that naturall corruption and to forme also within vs that Righteousnes which thou requirest wee have no excuse no hope but to appeal to thy mercie To thy Mercie therfor wee appeal beleeving to be perfectly purified by the sprinckling of thy dear Sonns bloud Oh! forgive vs for his sake Restore vs to thy favour repaire what is decaied in soul or bodie so comfort renue guide strengthen vs by the continuall presence of the Holy-ghost that our conversation may be more vpright all our future endeavours become acceptable to thy glorie to the saving of our Soules to the consolation of other penitent Sinners through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal 52. To the cheef Musitian Maschil a Psalm of David when Doeg the Edomite came told Saul said vnto him David is come vnto the house of Abhimelech It mistically personates the Elect vpraiding their persecutors foretelling their shamfull ruine reicicing in their owne deliverances c. It is vsefull in persecutions WHy vaunt'st thou Tiraunt of thy wrong God's love will still the same appear Although thy mischeef-working tongue Faines lies as keen as Razors are Thou evill more then Good respect'st Thou lovest falshood more then right Selah All harmfull speaches thou affect'st And tongues which publish forth deceit 2 But thee from hence the Lord shall tear And from the Land thy dwelling take Selah The Iust shall see the same with feare And sport at thy destruction make Yea they shall say Loe this was hee Who sought not God to make him stronge But labour'd how he great might be By getting wealth doeng wrong 3 Then as for mee I prosper shall As Olive trees that have their place Within Gods holie temple wall And still depend vpon his grace There Lord I 'le spread abrode thy fame Yea then I 'le praise thee for thy love And trust for ever in thy Name Which all thy Saints will well approve Deliver vs oh gratious Lord from the
back my Folk as once frō thēce they came That thou maist wash thy feet in thy foes bloud And that thy dogs may come lick the same For they oh God my king thy goengs heeded They saw how in thy house thou hast proceeded 9 The singers first the minstrells next had place With whom the maids on timbrels plaieng wēt And then the Choire of Isr'els blessed race Did all in one to praise the Lord concent There went young Beniamin's Iudah's Guiders And Zabulon's Nepthalies Providers Oh Lord whoe bid'st that we should courage take Cōfirm thi work which thou for vs hast wrought At Salem then and for thy Temple sake To thee by kings shal guifts of price be brouht Their brutish troupes that armes do love to carrie Rebuke disperse make them tributarie 11 Then Egipts kings will seek vnto the Lord And Chush will then to God advance her hands His praise therfore yee kingdomes all record And sing aloud his praises all yee Lands For whē he rides the sphears his horse he maketh And lo his voice is thunder when he speaketh 12 All powre praise ascribe to God alone For his renowne is through all Isr'ell spread God is in heav'n the great Almighty-one And in his holy-place is full of dread His peoples powre by God is much encreased By Isr'els God let him therefore he blessed Eternal Sonn of God who art ascended vnto the right-hand of thy Father shalt come againe with maiestie to be our Vniversall Iudge Deliver vs from the thraldome of Sinn by the powre of thy Righteousnes And though wee have yet our conversations among Dragons in defiled habitions make us innocent as Doves as vnpoluted as the mountaine snowe Encrease the meanes of publishing thy Gospel and preserve Vnitie order good discipline in thy Church that the comelines thereof may allure all beholders to desire fellowship in thy Congregation that hereticks hirelings contentious persons may be reprooved reformed or cutt of that they who are yet without may be received into the Covenant that wee who are admitted may be confirmed without waveringe that the God head may be feared praised blessed now for ever more Amen Psa 69. To the cheef Musitian Shosannim a Psalme of David It personates Christ taking vpon him our sinns infirmities humbling himself before his Father declaring the Condition of his Adversaries shewing the bitternes of his passion signifieng the iudgments prepared for Sinners prayeng for his Elect c. Christs members may vse it to those purposes HEalp Lord for Flouds enclose my Soul In groundles depths I am bemir'd Above my head great waters rowle My parched throate with cries is tir'de Mine eyes are dim'd in seeking thee Moe then my haires my Foes are growne My spoilers are too strong for me And take as theirs what is mine owne 2 Thou knowest how I am too blame But for my sake let none of those Lord God of Isr'el suffer blame Who do in thee their trust repose For I sustaine reprochfull scorne And am disgraced for thy sake My brethren of my mother borne Of mee likewise a stranger make 3 Zeal to thy house hath worne mee out Thy scorners my reprochers be My Fastings my teares they flout And when I mourne they laugh at mee Of mee the Rulers evill spake The Drunckerds made of mee their songs But Lord my moane I timelie make In Mercie mark therefore my wrongs 4 Mee by thy Truth 's protection keep That miry-depths nor spightfull-foes Devouring-Flouds nor whirl-pooles deep Nor Dungeons Mouth my soul enclose But Lord of thy abounding grace For thy Love-sake returne hear To mee thy servant shew thy face And in my need incline thine ear 5 Drawe nigh save sett thou free My soul from those who bear me spight For all my wrongs are knowne to thee And all my Foes are in thy sight Rebukes scornes my hart nigh broke With greefs opprest I made my mone But where I did for pittie looke They would alas afford me none 6 They for my meat did gall prepare Sharp Vineger to quench my thirst Their Bourd therfore shall them ensnare And Blessings be to them accurst Their eye shall be depriv'd of sight A cure-les greef their back shall shake God's heavie wrath shall on them light His Vengance them shall overtake 7 None shall in their abiding-place Or in their Tent be dwelling found For whome thou smot'st those they did chase And greeved him whome thou didst wound More sinnfull still they shall become And in God's Iustice have no share Nor in that book of life have roome Wherein the Iust enrowled are 8 But I that pore scorned am Shall by thyne ayde oh Lord be raisd For which I 'le magnify thy Name And in my songs thou shalt be praisd And that oh Lord more pleases thee Then horn'd hoofed Oxe to give Which when the Meek thee seeking see It shall with ioye their hart revive 9 God's praise yee heav'ns earth declare Him praise thou sea all in thee For to the pore he lends his ear And hee doth sett the pris'ner free He Syon saves in time of need And Iudah's Townes he will erect To be for those for their seed Who serving him his Name affect Oh Lambe of God! which takest away the sinns of the world have mercie vpon vs. Thou that hast taken on thee our sinns felt our infirmities suffred all which wee deserved have mercie vpon vs. Thou who for our salvation didest bear the vnkindnesses of kindred familiers the reproches of Neighbours the scornes oppressions of strangers the reproofs of Magistrates the contempt of the basest people have mercy vpon vs. Thou who for cursakes hast endured insufferable torments of the bodie the vnspeakable agonies of the soul tasted the gall vineger of everie bitter passion have mercie vpon vs. Deliver us from them who seek to crucifie thee againe in thy members Raise us by thy Resurrection whome thou hast redeemed by thy passiō Glorifie us by thy Ascentiō in life eternall whome thou hast secured frō Damnation by thy Death Buriall And for that which thou hast done prepared for thine Elect let heaven earth praise thee world without end Amen Psa 70. To the cheef Musitian a Psalme of David to bring to Remembrance The Church praies for deliverance from her persecutors prophetically imprecates their confusion desires the prosperitie of the Godlie c. It may be sung when oppressors insult over vs. c. DEferr not Lord thy succours longe But bring my Foes to shame Ev'n those who plott my soul to wronge Bring back with losse blame On them who skoffe flout at mee Bestowe the Scorners hire But make them glad ioye in thee Who after thee enquire 2 Still God be prais'd let all men say Who on his ayde relie And make oh Lord no more delay For in great want am
I. I will no other aide emplore Then what thou shalt afford To bring me succours now therfore Thy healp defer not Lord. Healp vs oh Lord for thou only art our healper wee have no other hopes but in thee Make us not the spoile or scorne of those who desire practise the destruction of our soules But grant rather oh God! that all they who fear thee may be comforted in our speedy deliverances Reioice in thy Mercies relie on thee in their necessities ascribe all thancks honour glorie to thy blessed Name for ever more Amen Psa 71. The Church acknowledgeth God's preservation of her in her severall Ages from her manyfold Oppressers desiring to be preserved also in her last worst age c. wee on whome the worst Age is come should vse it as a prayer to be delivered from the same KEep me from shame for Lord in thee I trust Incline thine ear to healp set mee free Yea save thou mee oh Lord as thou art iust My Rock my Fort my Refuge daigne to be For Lord my strēgth thou help dost promise me 2 Mee from the powre of sinnful men defend And from their hands oh Lord that cruel are My soul on thee did in the wombe depend And since my birth thou hast of mee had care For which my tongue shal stil thy praise declare 3 Thou art my hope though wondred at I be And I will fing thy praises all the day When I am weake old Lord leave not mee For with despight my haters mee gainsay And for my soul they plotts engines lay 4 God leaves him quite say these persue take He now hath none to rescue him from thral But come oh God! speed to healp me make Oh come smite my soules Oppressors all Bring scorn shame on those who seek my fal 5 Thē still I 'le hope thy love I 'le still commend Yea still relate what favours thou hast done And of thy grace since I perceave no end Thy strength Lord God I will depend vpon And magnifie thy Righteousnes alone 6 Till now oh God! thy Marvailes I have told As from my youth I have bin taught by thee Oh leave me not when I am gray olde Till Ages all thy powre have learn'd of mee And then extold thy Iustice Lord shall be 7 None ever did such works as thou hast wrought And though my soul thou keptst awhile in paine At last as one who from the grave was brought Me to my ioyes thou didst restore againe For which my harpe to praise thy Name I strain 8 My tongue likewise in setting out thy prais Oh thou cheef saint of Isr'el part shal bear So shal my soul whose price thy bountie paies And ev'rie day thy Iustice I 'le declare Because my foes defam'd ruin'de are Oh Lord in the wombe wee had extraordinarie nourishmēt breathing for our bodies no doubt our seules had there a due nourishment by thy Spirit Being borne wee are brought into thy visible Church by Baptisine long time after sustained by thee both in soul body without having any outward work required at our hands when we are capable of the outward Covenant al thou requirest is but to give thee that hart which thou hast prepared so to doe Yet helps vs oh God in this dutie never leave us in our own hands And as thou hast in all her former ages preserved thy Church both from the rage of Iewes Gentiles Heriticks so in this her old worst age preserve her from those Hypocrites lukewarme professors who have added seacret mischeeves to publike oppressions Yea preserve her us oh God from those all other Adversaries that thy Truth may be continued to all ages the ioye of her Children restored thy blessed Name glorified for ever end ever Amen Psa 72. A Psalm for Solomon It setts forth the maiestie of Christ his kingdome for only of that Salomon are many passages of this Psalme verified it declares his Universal iudicature The Churches happines therein His marvailous Incarnation The extent Riches peaceablenes of his Kingdome c. Wee should sing it to glorify God for those things c. THe King oh God! with judgment blesse And give thy Iustice to his Sonn That to thy people in destresse With judgment Iustice may be done Then Truth Iustice florish will On ev'rie great litle hill 2 Then poorest men shall be secure For he will all Oppressors tear And whilst the sunn Moone endure From age to age they him shall fear On Earth like dropps descend he shall Like those which on the Fleece did fall 3 The Iust shall whilst he rules have peace So long as doth the moone remaine He from the River to the seas And quite throughout the world shal raigne The salvages adore him shall And all his foes before him fall 4 Arabia's prince Saba's Kinge The Lords of Seas Ilands to Shal guifts to him with homage bring So shall all Kings people doe For when they crie he setteth free The pore meek that helples be 5 The pore humble he respects He saves their soules that healples are From fraud force he them protects For in his eye their bloud is dear To him they Sheba's gold shall give And he shall prais'd prayd for live 6 His Corne shall from a handfull growe To cover all the mountaines topps Like Libanon his fruit shall showe And fill the Citties with his cropps His Fame through Ages all shall runn As everlasting as thee sunn 7 In him the Nations all abrode Shall blessed be praise him to Oh praise the Lord ev'n Isr'els God For he alone cann wonders do Still blessed be his glorious Name And earth still filled with his Flame Amē Amē Sweet Iesu who being invisible in thy Deitie didst become visible in thy humanitie by descending miraculously into the Virgines wombe like raine into Gideons fleece Grant wee beseech thee thy divine spirit may so infuse it selfe into our harts that Iustice Peace Charitie encreasing continueng vpon the earth all thy afllicted Children may be comforted secured the barbarous Nations converted thy Kingdome enlarged thyne enimies be brought into subiection thy feilds become abundantly fruitfull heaven earth be filled with thy glorie world without end Amen Psa 73. A Psalm for Asaph It expresseth how the faithfull are sometime discouraged by the prosperities of the wicked is an excellent description of such conflicts as are between the Flesh the spirit in everie Christian c. We may vse it to comfort vs in such tēptations to remember vs whither to repaire in such conflicts NO doubt God counts his Isr'el dear And loves the righteous man Yet was my foot quite gone wel-near And I to fall begann For when I fooles did honor'd vewe And Sinners lifted high And that nor sick nor weak they grewe Their weal I
Selah Thine anger thou hast quite appeas'd And thy just wrath for borne Oh Lord of Hoasts now thou art pleas'd Let vs to thee returne 2 For why shouldst thou still wroth remaine And vexed rather be Then chear thy people's harts againe That they may joy in thee To save vs Lord thy favour showe And let vs hear in peace Thy word among vs preached soe That wee from sinn may cease 3 Then shall thy saving-health abide Near those who fear thy Name And in our Land shall still reside Thy glories thy fame Then Truth Love shall meet kisse And Iustice Peace embrace Yea Truth on earth Righteousnes From heav'n shal shew her face 4 The Lord with ev'rie needfull store Shall make our Kingdome flowe And send his Righteousnes before That wee his way may know Oh Lord wee acknowledge that from tyme to tyme thou hast bene exceeding gratious to thy whole Church to this parte thereof in perticuler For when thy Blessings made us wanton thou didst alwaies humble us by thy fatherly corrections when thou hadst worthilie afflicted us according as thy wisdome sawe cōvenient thou didst ever mercifully comfort restore us againe to thy favour Continue oh God wee pray thee this thy gratious respect vnto our infirmities grant wee may so repent of our sinns so vnfainedly professe thy Truth so diligently practise the works of righteousnes that Honestie Religeon Faith Good-works may inseperably be vnited in every one of vs that the abundance of thy temporal spiritual blessings may be powred forth on this Kingdome on thy whole Church for ever ever Amen Psa 86. A prayer of David It personates Christ in his humiliation prayeng in the behalfe of his mystical body for several necessities thereof intermixing some vowes of praise acknowledgments of Gods Attributes c. It is an vsefull forme of prayer in many temptations afflictions LOrd hear me for great wants I have My soules defender be My God! thy Saint servant save Who puts his trust in thee That thou thy grace to me afford My daylie crie requires Thy servants hart revive oh Lord Which vp to thee aspires 2 For thou good Lord soone pard'nest all Who seek thy grace to finde Oh! hear me now to thee I call And bear my suite in minde My dangers I to thee will show That thou mayst healp assigne For there is no such God as thou Nor any works like thine 3 All nations whome thou dist creat Shall praise worship thee For thou alone oh God art great And great thy wonders be Teach me thy waies in thy fear My soul to thee vnite So never shall my hart forbear Thy praises to indight 4 I scap'd the grave by thy large grace When proud cruel foes Who set not thee before their face To take my soul arose Oh God! thou art a gratious Lord Long-suffring kinde free With Truth Love most largly stor'd Now therefore pitty mee 5 Return oh Lord mee revive Let mee thy favour have Thy strength to me thy servant give Thy Handmaids of-spring save Yea for my good vouchsafe some signe That all my foes may know I am a Favorite of thine And blush they wrong'd me soe Almighty most mercifull Father have pitty vpon us according to thine infinite goodnes compassion Let vs not alwayes wander after our owne imaginations nor be continually exercised with such Afflictions as may make vs the scorne of all that hate vs but according to thy infinite mercy vnparaleld goodnes Have mercy vpon vs And not on vs only but on all those people whome thou hast created that according to thy promise they may all serve praise thee Setle them vs in thy Truth guide vs in thy waies so restore confirme vs in thy favour by some apparant signes of thy love speciall grace that our adversaries may be ashamed of their hatred we thanckfull for al thy Mercies through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 87. A Psalm or song for the sonns of Chorah It describes the scituation glorie of the Church typified by Syon prophetically declareth that all Kingdomes shall be incorporated into that Citty of God that all Nations shall there obtaine their New-birth c. It serves among other vses to informe that God's Church excludeth no Nation c. THe Lord hath his Foundations plac'd Above the heighest mountaines crownes Yea Syons ports he more hath grac't Then all the rest of Iacob's Townes And glorious things are fam'd abrode Of thee oh Cittie lov'd of God Selah 2 For God accounts as borne in thee Egiptians if they him desire Nay though from Babell sprung they be From Chush Philistia or from Tyre For he hath sayd that all on earth In Syon may renew their Birth 3 The God most high will strengthen her And shall record each faithful soul As having had first-beeing there Selah When hee his people doth enrowl For there are all that play or sing And thence proceeds each blessed thing Thou oh Lord art no accepter of persons but every one that feares thee worketh righteousnes of what place soever he be or from whom soever he were descended hath promise of admission into thy Church to be regestred as a free-borne Citizen of thy spiritual Syon Make vs thanckfull Oh God for this large priveledge And seeing none are exempted but such as willfully exclude themselves seing also it is manifest to thee only who they are let us hope charitably of all men whilst there is time of grace and repentance endeavoureng by our prayers instructions freindly reproofs good examples as much as wee are able to bring them to become the Members of this Corporation to enioy a Christian fellowship with vs in Christ Iesu our Lord. Amen Psal 88. A song or Psalm for the Sonns of Chorah to the cheef Musitian vpon Mahalath Leanoth Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite It personates Christ his members complaining of his their sorrowes contempts suffrings c. And it is full of passionate petitions expostulations We may vse it in private or Publike afflicctions LOrd of whose assisting might I was never yet denied All the day all the night I to thee have call'd cried Now regard my wofull plight 2 Let thine Ear thy Minde thine Eyes To the dropping pleading eryeng Of my Teares my Cause my Cries Grant me hearing weighing eyeng For my soul afflicted lies 3 I to Death am drawing nigh And am priz'd as one interred Like a strengthles man I lye As algeady slaine and buried Free among the dead am I. 4 Yea as one forgot of thee Or as from thy hand Abiected Darksome pitts my lodging be And in Dungeons deep afflicted Thy strict hand oppresseth mee 5 All thy wayes I doe sustaine Thou dost make my Lovers flee mee Selah And my freinds fro me restarine Shutt I am where none cann free me Then
WHo resteth in the shade of God most high Within his privy-Chambers is reposed And therfor in my selfe thus mused I Thee as a Fort thy God hath round enclosed And is that Rock on which thou shalt rely 2 For he no doubt wil thy defender be From fowlers netts pestilent infection He with his wings will overshaddowe thee His Feathers wil become thy safe protection And for thy Sheild his Truth provideth he 3 No fear that lurks in darknes thee shal fright No arrow that abrode by day-time flieth No secret plague that walks about by night Nor that which in the street at noon-day slayeth Shal make thee fear how nigh soe're it light 4 A thousand faint sinck beside thee shall At thy right-hand ten thousand breathles lieng And yet thou shalt receive no harme at all But only see God's Iustice by espieng The due reward of sinners in their fall 5 For thou dost hope in him therfore hee Ev'n God that is most hye most excelling Wil neither let thee wrong'd nor harmed be Nor suffer any plague to touch thy dwelling But place his gard of Angells over thee 6 They in thy waies will thee conduct along And in their hands vphold thee as thy leaders That not a stone shal do thy footing wrong Yea thou vnhurt shalt sett thy foot on adders On dragons on lions old yong 7 For him that mee doth love th' Almighty sayes I will secure from sorrowes oppression That man likewise to honour I wil raise Who knowes my Name lives in that profession And I will give an answere when he prayes 8 In troublous times to him I will be nigh And out of all his cares I will repreeve him Him I will blesse greatlie dignify His fill of dayes I will moreover give him And granr him grace to live eternally Psa 92. A Psalm or song for the Sabbath It seems not vnproper for that great Sabbath in which wee commemorate our Saviours resurrection for it magnifieth God for the exaltation of the Righteous for the blessednes of his later end c. RIght good it is oh Lord most hye Thy praises to recite Thy Truth Love to magnifie At morning at night With tenn-string'd Instruments to sing The praises of thy Name And that wee harpes Psalt'ries bring To solemnize the same 2 For Lord thy works reioice my hart Thy Deeds my soul do chear How wonderfull in them thou are How deep thy muzings are The Foole Wordling nether knowe Nor heed such things at all And though like flowrs the wicked showe Their prospring proves their fall 3 But Lord thou allwaies art most hye Mark therfor Mark I pray How sinnfull men despersed flye And how thy foes decay My horne the Vnicorne's o're-topps Sweet-oyle is pourd on me And on my Foes my wished hopes I shall both hear see 4 The Iust shall flourish as the boughs Of Palmes Cedars do Or as the trees which round God's house Within his Courts do growe Yea they when age on them doth light Growe fruitfull fatt greene To prove the Lord my Rock vpright And blameles to have beene VVonderfull art thou oh Lord in all thy workings though thy purposes are deeper then our imaginations Yet by that which thou hast manifested wee behold in them great cause of much reioicing wee desire to praise thee for them with all our harts VVee have heretofore repined at the flourishings of the wicked at our owne suffrings But make vs hereafter to vnderstand that their prosperities are permitted to encrease their shame our humiliations vouchsafed that they may the more dignify our exaltations as it befell our blessed Saviour whose infamous Death occasioned that glorious resurrection which we commemorate in our Christian Sabbath Oh! make vs in due time partakers of his Rest grant that our olde age our last howres may be found fruitfull to thy glory our salvation through Iesus Christ Amen Psa 93. This Psalme prophecied the powre maiesty of Christ the perpetuity of his Kingdome in despight of all their fury who should rage against it c. Wee may sing it to comfort vs against the rage of the Devill his members THe Lord is King weareth A Robe of Glory bright He cloth'd with strength appeareth And girt with powrfull might The Earth he so hath grounded That moov'd it cannot be His Throne long since was founded More old then Time is he 2 The waters highly flowed And raisd their voice oh Lord The seas their furie showed And loud their Billowes roar'd But God in strength excelleth Strong seas powrfull deeps With him still purenes dwelleth And firm his Truth he keeps Oh Lord God Kings of Kings incomprehensible in Maiestie and in powre infinite give vs grace so to meditate thy vnspeakable Attributes that neither the frailties within vs nor the terrers without make vs distrustfull of our safety in thee For thou art our King our Lord our God Thou hast Wisdome enough to know what is best for vs Powre enough to effect it Love enough to grant it Perpetuitie enough to continue it Oh! give vs but grace faith enough to beleeve apply it though the Waters rage never so horribly we shall vndoubtedly be safe for ever and ever Amen Psa 94. The Church invokes Christ to come to Iudgment in regard of the cruelty of her Oppressors shewes the cause of their folly presumption c. It serves to informe how ignorant carnall men are of the powre waies of God may help to keep vs vndiscouraged during their Insultings c. LOrd God whose claime avengments are Thy selfe the Iust Avenger showe Thou judge of all arise draw near And on the proud their meed bestowe For Lord how long alas how long Shall sinners Ioye in doeng wrong 2 Despightfull words their tongues have spoke Great braggs the wicked have exprest Yea Lord thy people they have strook And thine Inheritance opprest They widdowes the stranger slay They Orphanes vnto death betray 3 For God say those will never knowe This Iacob's God shall never see Oh learne yee fooles more wise to growe Yee people fond more prudent be Cann hee or deaf or blinde be made From whome both ears eyes you had 4 He to the Nations ev'ry where Corrections Instructions gives To scourg you then will hee forbear Who all mens fruitles thoughts perceives They blessed are whome Lord thou chid'st And they whome in thy Lawe thou guid'st 5 Thou giv'st them rest when mischeevs rage Till pitts prepar'd for Sinners be And Lord thy Flock Heritage Shall never quite be left of thee In Iudgment Iustice shall be shewed And of all faithfull harts persued 6 Who will with mee lew'd men resist Or take my part against the badd Sure God himself doth mee assist My soul had els bene silent made But when I sayd that fall I should Mee Lord
thy grace did then vphold 7 When many thoughts opprest me much Thy comforts did my soul delight For thou partakest not with such Whoe sentence give against the right Or such as have the Iust withstood To death condemning guiltles blood 8 But thou oh Lord shalt me defend Thou art my God my Rock my Fort And all the harmes my Foes intend Thou shalt vpon themselves retort Yea for the guilt of their offence Thou Lord our God shalt root them hence Oh thou supream Iudge of the world severe Avenger of all wrongs Behold the fury the despight insolent Cruelties of our Adversaries and deliver the pore the widdowe the Fatherles all thy Oppressed Children out of their wicked hands Thy forbearance hath made the perverters of Iustice seeme to conceive that thou either see'st not or els regardest not their impieties Yea those oppressers are growne so powrfull so many that wee scarce finde any to take part with vs against their Iniuries but that wee have assurance of thy Assistance wee should be vtterly without hope Oh! continue our hopes in thee Sett thou in order all that is amisse destroy all the Favourers of Iniustice keep vs alway harmles both in soul body through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 95. This Psalme exhorts to praise God and warnes to harken to his voice whilst wee have tyme lest like our fore-Fathers wee be deprived of his Rest for our obstinacie It should be often sung to remember vs that wee embrace God's free grace whilst it is offred TO God our Saviour lett 's renewe Our songs with chearfull voice Our thanckfulnes before him shewe With Psalmes in him rejoice For God the Lord most powrfull is The King of Gods is hee The earth's obscurest vales are his And his high mountaines be 2 The seas he made they are his owne Drie land his Creature was Come serve him then fall wee downe Before our Makers face He is our God his flock wee are His pasture-sheep are wee That you his voice may therfor heare More tender-harted be 3 Not like your Fathers when that in The Desert proov'd they were And tempted him though they had seene His works of wonder there Full forty years they moov'd his wrath And therfor thus sayd hee A wandring hart this people hath My waies they will see 4 And I to them in my iust rage Did by mine Oath protest That none of all that froward age Should come within my rest Oh God! the Creator preserver governour of all things UUee give thee thancks for making vs after thine owne Image for sending thy Eternal-word to regenerate vs when wee were made worse then nothing So far wee ought to be from arrogating the powre either of our Beeing or Well-beeing that wee must confesse to vndoe our selves is all which wee are able of our selves do Like our fore Fathers our harts are wandring from thy waies all our life long wee do more mere harden them by custome in sinn Yet oh Lord seeing wee are the sheep of thy pasture bring us home to thy Fo de seeing we are thy People soften our harts givs us grace so to harken to thy voice in this Day of our Trial that in the Day of thy Iudgment wee may enter into thy Rest through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Psa 96. UUee are herein exhorted to sing preach the New-songs of the Gospell to the praise of Christ our King And in regard other Gods are but vanities all nations are provoked to ioyne in praising him c. We should sing it to glorify Christ for his powre his Truth c. COme now in some New-indighting Blesse God the world's Almightie King His Name 's due praise in songs reciting Of his Salvation daylie sing His Fame works of admiration Yee people heed yee Nations hear His powre deserves high exaltation For all the Gods lesse dreadfull are 2 The Gentiles Gods are foolish fictions But our great God did heav'n creat Powr glory praise all perfections Attend him in his holy-seat To him due praise yee kindreds render Extoll his powre his glory sing To God's great Name fitt honours tender Approach his Courts offrings bring 3 Within his house with praise professe him And let him be adored there Let all the world their God confesse him And serve him with a holy feare Yea to the Gentiles let them publish The Lord their King that his might The wav'ring earth shall fast establish And do the wronged people right 4 Let heav'n earth with joy-excelling Reioice before him ever more The seas all things in them dwelling The feilds the woods all their store For lo the Lord approcheth nearlie Behold to judge the world he comes The wicked he will judge serverely And give the people righteous doomes Honour wisdome powre praise be ascribed vnto thee oh king of the world by all thy Creatures according to the severall faculties which thou hast bestowed vpon them Be thou glorified in thy selfe also according to that which thy In comprehensiblenes deserveth beyond what thy creatures are able to ascribe Let all heathenish deities all those Idolls which carnall men have set vp in their harts appear such vanities as they are let thy Soveraignty be acknow ledged thy worship truely celebrated by Iewes Gentiles all Nations throughout the world Let vs especially who are of thy visible Church performe this duty let our harts be so established so filled with Holines filial awe that wee may expect thy comming to Iudgment with comefort wellcome thy opproach with shouts of tryvmphs songs of exvltation Amen Psa 97. The soveraignty of Christ with his comming to Iudgment the Ioy which the faithfull shall conceive thereby the confusion which will fall on the wicked is here foretold c. It may be mystically applied also to our Saviours first coramling And may be sung to stir vp our spirituall reioicing in both his Advents THe Lord is king be therfor glad Yee Lands Iles now this is known With Clouds darknes he is cladd And Truth Iustice gard his throne A burning flame before him goes Wherewith he shall consume his foes 2 He to the world his Glory shew'd And earth beheld the same with fear Like waxe hills melted when they vew'd The Lord the world's great Lord appear His Righteousnes the heav'ns have showne His glories are to all men knowne 3 All Idoll servers he destroies And of all Gods will honor'd be It Syon gladds Iacob ioyes His righteous doomes to hear see Above the highest hills he dwells And all the Gods he farr excells 4 Hate sinn yee Lovers of the Lord For he his holie-ones will save And light Truth to those afford That harts vpright faithfull have Yee saints therefore record confesse And praise with Ioy God's holines Oh Christ the everlasting sonn of the Father Thou
stay I will elect no wicked mate The slandrous tongue I 'le cutt away High-lookes I shun proude mindes I hate But through the land to dwell with mee I will equire for men vpright And those men shall my servants be Whose harts in perfect waies delight 3 No Cheater shall with mee have place No Liers in my sight shall stay And from God's Land I soone will chase And root all wicked men away Oh Lord God! all Authoritie is from thee and thou placest good Magistrates Governours both in church Commōwealth for a blessinge or permittest Tirants Fooles corrupt persons for the punishment of a wicked people Defend us wee pray thee from this plague and grant that they whome thou settest over us may be suppressers of all vices protectors of al virtues favourers of true Pietie be alwaies good examples in life conversation both to their Equalls Inferiors Let us also be the same in our severall places Callings that walking with good consciences vpright harts in an vndefiled way wee may as well sing of thy Iudgments as of thy mercios Amen Psa 102. A prayer of the Afflicted when he is overwhelmed and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. The Title shewes it may properly be sung by the pore in spirit who are afflicted by the sight of their owne vnworthines c. It containes a confession with a prediction of the benifits of the Gospell shewes the eternity of Christ's Kingdome LOrd mark my suite receive my crie Be present at my need Thine eares to my complaints apply And hear my suite with speed For smoke-like fumes my tyme away My bones are parcht with heat My wounded hart dries vp like hay And I forgoe my meat 2 My panifull groanes have made me leane And nought but skinn bone I fare ev'n like a Pelicane In deserts left alone Yea like the desert owle am I And watching I have sate As when alone on buildings high A Sparrow wants her mate 3 Mee all day long my foes revile At mee they frett swear And Ashes are my bread the while My drinck my Weepings are For thou in wrath advanced'st me That vile I might be made My dayes like shades declininge be Like new-sprung grasse I fade 4 But Lord thy tymes are without end All Ages thee record Now then arise thou befreind Afflicted Sion Lord. For now the tyme to favour her Fullfilled is outright And greeved all thy servants are To vewe her wofull plight 5 That Earthlie Kings may stand in feare And Princes dread thy Fame Build Syon's wall shew thou there The glorie of thy Name Then thou shalt hear all those that mourne Then thou shalt healp the pore Which I 'le record that men vn-borne May praise thee Lord therefore 6 For from thy holy-place on high The world survayeng then Thou Lord shalt hear the pris'ners cry And save condemned men Thy Name in Syon to declare And in Ierusalem Where Nations all Assembled are To shewe thy praise to them 7 Short-liv'd weak ful of greefe Thou mad'st me in my way But Lord at noonetyde of my life Remove me not I pray Thy yeares through ages all extend Thy hands long since did frame Both heav'n and earth yet when they end Thou shalt remaine the same 8 They old shall growe as garments do And be renew'd by thee Yea thou oh Lord shalt change them so And they shall changed But from all Changes thou art free'd Thy yeares for aye endure And all thy servants their seed Shall bide in thee secure Oh Lord the sole comforter of all destressed soules pittie the sighes complaints of thy pore afflicted Childrē whome thy displeasure for Sinn hath worthily deseased both in minde Body Open vnto us the Armes of thy compassion grant that what we have lost by our Offenses wee may recover by thy Bounty vpon our true repentance amendment of life which amendment wee beseech thee to hasten lest wee be cut short in the midst of our hopes Repaire alsoe the Decayes of thy Church in thy tyme appointed that her children may praise thee for it before mē during their short abiding here that when thou hast changed our Corruption into incorruption we may glorify thee among thy blessed Angels world without end Amen Psa 103. A Psalme of David The Prophet praiseth exhorts to praise God for many perticuler Benifits magnifieng his Compassion longsuffring Iustice c. declares the frailty of man c. It is vsefull to magnify the manifold Mercyes which wee have receaved by Iesus Christ COme praise the Lord come praise his Name My soul all that is in mee My soul come praise his holy Name And of his favours mindfull be For all thine errors he forgave He cur'd thy greefs he clos'd thy wound Thy Life he saved from the grave And thee with tender mercies crown'd 2 With Goodnes he thy mouth doth fill He like on Eagle makes thee younge And righteous Doomes he giveth still To ev'ry one that suffers wrong His waies to Moses he declar'd His deeds to Isr'el he did showe And kinde gratious is our Lord To mercy prone to Anger slowe 2 He will not alwaies vs vprayd Nor evermore displeasd is hee Nor hath he soe our sinns repaid As justly they deserve to be For they that fear him finde his grace Out-reach the spreadings of the skye And he from vs our sinns doth place As farr as East from West doth lie 4 He pitties them who fear his Name As fathers pitty their owne seed For well he knowes our britle frame And that from dust wee did proceed Our tyme is like the feild-bred-flowres Which now doe make a goodly shewe Anon some blast their forme devours And leaves no token where they grewe 5 But still there 's mercy in the Lord For them that awfull of him bee To them that keep minde his word His righteousnes imputeth hee His Throne aboue the heav'ns is rais'd And over all he beareth sway Of powrfull Angells he is prais'd They hear his voice him obay 6 Let all his hoasts his servants to Performe his will and praise his name Yea soe let all his creatures doe And oh my soul do thou the same Father of all pittie who art slowe to anger ready to forgive Looke vpon our infirmities consider our frailties in thy abundant compassion forgive our trespasses and deal not with us according to our deserts Cause us to be renewed like Eagles by casting of the old Man Fill our Mouths with songs of thy praise our harts with thine owne selfe that vnmatchable sweetnes that vnspeakable goodnos Cure all our infirmities healp in all our weaknesses by thy fatherly care Preserve vs in thy feare in the remenbrance of thy Covenant and in the wayes of thy Commandements to our lives end That wee honouring thee by thy Creatures here may glorifie thee among thy Angells Saints hereafter world
assembled are For they God's works to minde will bring Who love to them doe bear Most famous deeds the Lord hath done His Iustice hath no ends His works are worthy to be knowne His bounty farr extends 2 All them that feare his Name he feeds His League he thinks vpon And for his folke by wondrous deeds The Gentiles Realmes he wonn His hands have Truth Iustice wrought His precepts all are sure With Truth Iudgment fully fraught For ever to endure 3 God sent and hath his Flock redeemd His Leagues eternall are His Name is rev'rently esteem'd And full of holy-feare The feare of God is Wisdome's gate And therefore wise is he Who seekes to enter in thereat His praises endles be Most mercifull Father wōderfull in thy workings dreadfull in thy iudgments vnfallable in thy Truth vnspeakable in thy Mercies fill us we pray thee with that sanctified Feare which is the beginning of true UUisdome So manifest vnto us thy eternall Truth so remember us of thy Covenant so feede us with spirituall nourishments that we may be strengthned to walk in thy wayes at the last enter the Gates of eternall blessednes through the mediation of Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Another of the same AL praise to God my hart now render shall Before the Iust of him I 'le mention make Confessing that his wond'rous Actions all Deserve that wee should pleasure in them take Exceeding great his glorious deeds appear From age to Age his Iustice doth extend Growne famous all his glorious workings are His Bounties his Mercies have no end In feeding such as feare him he is free Kept firme his promise is from age to age Long since that so his Folk his powr might see Made were the Gentiles lands their heritage Nor Truth nor Iustice passe but from his hand Of all his lawes the firme fullfillings be Provided soe that they shall ever stand Quit from all wrongs from all falshoods free Redeemer of his people he became So firme a League likewise he did ordaine That he hath fixt fortifide the same Vnchangably for ever to remaine With holines feare he clothes his Name Yea Wisdome's first foundation is his fear Right wise are they that well observe the same And such from Age to age commended are Psa 112. Halelujah It mentions many priveledges properties of the Elect shewes that the wicked for their greater vexation shall behold their happines c. It is a consolatory Hymne and serves to keep vndiscouraged those whoe are exercised by the skoffs prosperities of worldlings WHo on Gods lawe his love doth place And feareth him right blest is hee God will on earth advance his race And blest his faithfull seed shall be His house with plenty shall be dight His Iustice shall not be confinde In darknes he shall still have light For he is meek just kinde 2 The righteous lends helps the pore His dealings he discreetly weighes His fame abides for evermore And in a state vnchangd he staies He starts not evill Newes to heare On God his hopes muzings be His hart is fixt will not fear Till on his foes his wish he see 3 He on the pore doth Almes bestowe And alway just he doth abide For which his horne shall powrfull growe And with renowne be dignifide Which when vngodly men perceave They shall through envy despight Growe furious gnash their teeth greeve And loose thir hopes longings quite VVe humbly beseech thee oh mercifull God to infuse into our harts such a filial fear of thee Such a firme trust in thy Mercies Such a prudent regard to all things which are necessarily pertinent to our selves So charitable a respect vnto the necessities of our pore brethren soe constant a willingnes to performe all the duties in which we are obliged to any of thy Creatures That being without slavish terrors we may be couragious what rumors soever we hear enioy the commodities of this life to the vexation of our spiritual foes eternall Blessednes hereafter to thy glory Amen Another of the same ALl they that fear the Lord attaine to blisse Because that such delight God's will to doe Conferd on them shall honors be for this Deriving to their seed great blessings to Encreasing wealth their houses full shall fill For aye the Iustman's righteousnes remaines Great light on him in darknes beameth still He righteous is kinde Mercy daignes If need require he lends gives besides Kept streight are all his waies by prudent care Layd fast his groundworke are firme he bides Made endles his memorialls likewise are No fears he feels though evill Newes there be On God with fixed hart he doth relie Puts trust in him not shrincking till that hee Quite overthrowne doth all his foes espie Releef among the pore bestoweth he So keeping still his dealings all vpright That him advanc'd Vngodly men shall see Vex gnash their teeth loose their lōgings quite Psa 113. Halelujah It magnifieth God for his great love to mankinde both in generall perticuler But cheefly for extending his Church so vniversally for raising us from the dunghills of corrupted Nature to the thrones of Grace for taking away our spiritual sterrillity c. The vse appears YEe servants of the Lord With praise Gods Name adore The Name of God the Lord Blesse now evermore Oh sing his praise Through ev'ry place which in his race The Sunn survaies 2 All nations fear his powres His glory mounts the sky There is no God like ours No other Lord so high Yet he doth bowe All things to see that in heavn be Or Earth belowe 3 The pore from ground he fetts From dyrt the meek he brings And them with kings he setts Ev'n with his peoples kings And her that had A barren wombe he made become A mother glad Glorious Lord God! who to the confusion of the proud hauty hast made choise of the vile despised things of this world thereby to magnify thy Name Raise us we pray thee from the Dunghill of our Corrupted Nature that by thy Grace wee may become Rulers over our owne Affections And make us also who have bene heretofore barren in all Goodnes so fruitfull hereafter in Faith good-works that our soules may be saved thy Name glorified through out the whole world for ever ever Amen Another of the same PRaise yee the Lord blesse his Name Yea now ever blesse the same Yee servants of the Lord our God For from the Sunns ascending place Ev'n to the vtmost of his race His Name 's due praise is fam'd abrode Or'e Nations all yea or'e the Sphears The Lord our God his glory rears And never was his equall found For though his dwelling he on high He doth beholde with humbled eye All things in heav'n on the ground 2 The pore from dust mire he brings To sit with Princes with Kings
world as appeares Rom. 15. We should sing it to praise God for his Universal Grace GOd's praise yee Nations all declare The Lord yee people all adore For large to vs his Mercies are His Truth endures for evermore Haleluiah VVee praise thee oh Father of Mercy for that Vniversall Grace which thou hast vouchsafed in offring thy salvation without respect of persons vnto all mankinde forsaking none vntill they have first forsaken thee Make effectuall vnto vs wee beseech thee this generall favour That wee embracing the same by the Will which thou first makest capable of what thou presentest therevnto and that co-operating with thy Spirit according to the powre which thou shalt give vs we may be pertakers of that speciall grace which makes vs the Obiects of thy eternall Election from which there is no falling away Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Psa 118. This Psalme Christ applied vnto himself Math 24. For he is that Corner-stone here mentioned Here also are mistically touched vpon his Passion Resurrection sonne other Evangelicall Uerities It is therefore vsed by our Church as proper for Easterday THe Lord is good him therfor blesse And for his Grace that faileth never Let Isr'el also now confesse His Mercy doth abide for ever Yea let the house of Aron say His Mercies have no ending day 2 Let all who fear him publish out His Mercies that eternal be For when at need his healp I sought Hee heard my plaint sett me free And since the Lord is thus mine Aide Of man I cannot be afraid 3 My helpers God's assistance have And I perceave it on my Foes More safe it is God's help to crave Then on man's healping to repose Yea faith in God more safety brings Then to rely on mighty kings 4 All nations seige to mee did lay But in Gods Name I them destroyd They me beleaguer'd ev'ry way But in Gods Name I them destroy'd As Bees they compast me about Like fire in thornes soone in soone out 5 I soone destroy'd them in Gods Name For when they sought to do me wrong The Lord my gratious ayde became My strength my health my ioyfull song And in his house the Iust may sing What God's right-hand to passe did bring 6 For God's right-hand is lifted high Greats things the Lords right-hand hath wrought And from the Grave escap'd am I To tell what God to passe hath brought For though he sore afflicted me Yet he from death did sett me free 7 Of Righteousnes vnclose the gate That I God's praises may expresse This Gate is God's yea this is that By which the Righteous have accesse And him I 'le praise for it is hee That heares healps saveth me 8 That 's now the cheefest Corner-stone Which once the builders did despise It was the work of God alone And seemeth wondrous in our eyes This is the day the Lord hath made Come let vs all therein be glad 9 Save Lord oh save vs Lord wee pray Blesse him that commeth in thy Name That from his house God blesse vs may We pray much desire the same For God's the Lord by whome our fight Obtaines the Vision of his Light 13 With Cords the Sacrifices binde Them to the Aulters Corners tye Thou art my God whose praise I 'le minde My God whome I will glorify Oh! praise the Lord. for great is he And without end his Mercies be Oh Lord Christ our saviour Thou art that pretious corner-stone which vnites nor Iewes Gentiles only but even the Godhead the Manhood into one spirituall Buildinge Thou art he by whome all our Enimies are destroyed Thou art hee by whome wee escape the grave of sinn the terrors of everlasting Death Thou only art that Gate of Righteousnes by which wee enter into life eternal And thou only art that Light in whose blessed Vision our happines doth consist Oh give vs part in all that which thy Incarnation Passion Death Buriall Resurrection Ascention hath merrited conquered for vs if it please thee let this be the Day which thou hast made to fill vs with such a gladnes as shall make vs ioyfull for ever more Amen Psa 119. This Psalme consisteth of many exhortations promises prayers complaints consolations directions Resolutions thancksgivings varciously intermixt according to the Churches various Occasions principally informes that God's word is the Rule of Life c. Alaph 1. HEe 's blest that in the perfect way Of God's pure Lawe hath trod Who doth his Testaments obay And wholy seeketh God For such will take no ill in hand Nor from his Pathway swarve But Lord as thou dost give command Thy Precepts they observe 2 Would God! my waies were so direct That keep thy Lawes I might For whilst I thy Commandes respect On mee no shame cann light With vpright hart thee praise I will When learn'd thy Iudgments be And then I will thy Lawes fullfill Therefore forsake not mee Another of the same ALl those are blest that in a blameles way Have by the Lawe of God their feet confinde As blest are those that his Decrees obay With all their harts desiring him to finde An evill act they never take in hand Nor frō Gods Pathway shall their footing swarve Wee likewise are inioyn'd by thy Command That wee thy Precepts duely should observe Ah! therefor would my wayes were guided so That all thy Statutes well observe I might For if thy Lawes I have regard vnto No shame at all on mee shall then alight And when thy righteous Iudgments I have learn'd With hart sincere I 'le sing thy praise therefore To keep thy Lawes I will moreover learne Oh! then forsake me not for ever more Give us oh Lord such perfect knowledge of thy Lawe such regard of thy Testimonies such practise in thy Waies such obedience to thy Precepts such love to thy Statutes Such diligence in thy commands such awe of thy Iudgments that our vnderstanding may be freed from error our Conversations from polution our Affections from vanity that thou mayst ever be glorified by us wee never be forsaken of thee Even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Beth. 2. HOw cann youth's pathway cleansed be But by thy word oh Lord With all my hart I seek to thee Oh! guide mee by thy word I 'le keep thy Lawe with all my hart That I displease not thee Oh Lord that alway blessed art Thy Statutes teach to mee 2 To preach the Iudgments of thy Mouth My lipps I will employ For in thy Testimonies truth As in great wealth I ioye Vpon thy Lawes VVaies alone My thoughts Love are sett Thy Statutes my delight is on Thy UUord I 'le not forget Another of the same BY what may yongmēs wayes made blameles be But by their taking heed vnto thy UUord With all my hart I have desired thee From thy Commands let me not wander Lord. By layeng vp thy VVord within my hart To keep
no whit ashamed be Full dearly I have loved thy commands And they my most affected pleasures prove I 'le in thy precepte exercise my hands And muse vpon thy Lawes for them I love UUrite thy Lawes in our harts oh Lord engrave them in our minds wee humbly beseech thee Soe regenerate us that wee may become a Lawe vnto our selves have no desires in us but those which are agreable to thy Will. So wee shall neither slavishly fear the powre of any Authority nor be made ashamed by any bitter Censurers or scornfull reproovers but may take confidently vse conscionably our liberty in Christ Iesus Amen Zain 7. THat promise keep which thou hast made Thy servant's hope to be From thence in greefs I comforts had Thy word revived mee Though my disgrace the proud have sought Vnto thy Lawe I clave Vpon thy Iudgments past I thought And ear to them I gave 2 Of sinners who thy Lawe forsake I am in greevous feare Yet where my Pilgrim-Inn I take My songs thy Precepts are I kept thy Lawe on thy Name I mus'd when many slept And thus to passe oh Lord it came Because thy Lawe I kept Another of the same GIve heed vnto that UUord which thou hast sayd That UUord which thou didst make my hope to be For thence in my Afflictions I have ayde It is thy UUord that still reviveth mee Growne quite despis'd I was in proudmens eyes And yet I from thy Lawe declined not Thy Iudgments past did in my thought arise And Lord from them I consolation got Great horrors have surprized me because The wicked from thy precepts have gone wrong And in my house of Pilgrimage thy Lawes And thy Commandements have beene my song Good Lord I mention of thy Name have made Ev'n in the night I thy Lawe have kept And ev'ry profitable thing I had Because I from thy Precepts have not stept Oh Lord there is no better comforter in trouble then a faithfull remembrance of thy gratious promises nor any meanes to prevent the feare the disgraces or the mischeevous practises of the proud oppressor then by the Meditation practise of thy Lawes Grant therfore wee may soe minde the One so performe the other That wee may reioice in this house of our Pilgrimage all our life long Amen Chith 8. I Vow'd oh Lord to keep thy UUord For thou my portion art Thy promis'd Mercies now afford I begg them with my hart I turned to thy Testaments When I had scann'd my waies In keeping thy Commandements I vsed no delaies 2 By troups of sinners robd I was Thy Lawes yet minde I still And that thy Iustice I may praise At midnight rise I will Whoe e're dreads thee keeps thy word Shall my Compainon be Thy Mercy fills the world oh Lord Oh! teach thy Lawes to mee Another of the same HOw that thou art my portion Lord I sayd And I to keep thy Lawe have made a vowe With all my hart I for thy grace have prayd According to thy VVord have mercy now Here I have called vnto minde thy waies And turn'd my feet vnto thy Testaments Yea I have ready bene without delayes In executing thy Commandements Huge Troupes of wicked men have robbed mee Yet still thy Precepts in my hart I bear At midnight I will rise sing to thee Because thy Iudgments true righteous are Here I have gain'd the fellowship of those Who stand in fear of thee keep thy VVord Throughout the world thy tender-Mercy flowes Let me be train'd in all thy Statutes Lord. Grant us Grace oh God! soe to examine the Course of our life past what waies wee intend to walk hereafter that wee'may returne to thee with speedy repētance so resolve to keep thy commandements during the tyme to come that wee may enioye thee for our Portion both in the Night of our afflictions among the troups of our persecutors be comforted in the remembrance of thy abundant Mercyes through Iesus Christ Amen Teth. 9. THy servant Favour hath receiv'd According to thy word And thy Commands I have beleev'd Therfore instruct me Lord. Though till my troubles I mis-trod Thy VVord I follow now Thy Precepts teach to mee oh God For Good Kinde art thou 2 Thy Lawe with all my hart I seek Though mee the proud belye Their harts are fatt ev'n Brawner-like But lov'd thy Lawes have I. Now I have learn'd thy Statute's Truth My Cares I blessings deem And I the Precepts of thy Mouth Above all wealth esteem Another of the same IN all things to thy Servant thou art just According as thy UUord oh Lord hath showne Since therefor to thy Covenant I trust Thy Iudgmēts thy Truth to mee make knowe If that I had not bene by sorrowes crost I still had err'd But now I keep thy VVord Most Good thou art all is well thou dost Therefore thy Statutes teach to mee oh Lord. I by the proud have greatly bene belide Yet still I keep thy Lawe within my brest Their hart with fat like brawne is stupifide But with delight thy Lawe hath mee possest It is my weal that I afflicted was For by that meanes thy Statutes now I heed That Lawe of thine which from thy mouth did Great sums of gold silver doth exceed passe Sanctifie vnto us oh Lord all our Afflictions that being by them purified from our Corruptions wee may become vpright in all our wayes Suffer us not to be so fatted in our prosterities as to become insensible of thy Mercies or Iudgments Let our experience in thy word teach us to see acknowledge that our Afflictions are blessings And what soever Scandalls do arise let us continue in Obedience to thy Lawe thanckfully esteeme the same as wee ought for ever ever Amen Iod. 10. TO learne thy Lawe instruct mee Lord For mee thy hands have made So when they see mee trust thy word Thy servants will be glad I knowe thy Iudgments righteous are And all thy Stripes are Love Now let thy grace thy servant chear And true thy UUord approve 2 I love thy Lawe grant mee therfore Thy grace that live I may Defame the proud who wrong mee sore For I thy VVord obay Who knowes thy VVill feareth thee All such to mee convart And in thy Lawes lest sham'd I bee Lord rectify my hart Another of the same KIndle the knowledge of thy Lawe in mee For by thy hands I fashion'd was oh Lord. Thy servants will reioice my face to see Because I have relied on thy word Knowne well thy Iudgments are to be vpright And Lord on mee thy stripes in love thou laydst Oh make thy Tender-mercies my delight And comfort mee as in thy VVord thou saydst Kinde let mee finde thee Lord that I may live Because contentement in thy Lawe I finde Defame the Proud who me vniustly greeve For on thy Precepts I employ my minde Keepe those who thee do feare know thy
my hands Vngodly men for mee have laid a nett Yet walk I not astray from thy Commands Of all my Ioyes thy UUord alone is cause Thy Testaments I make mine heritage My hart resolves to love keep thy Lawes While tyme endures throughout evry Age. Many waies oh Lord is thy Lawe healpfull vnto vs. It is a Schoolmaster to teach us A Rule whereby to square our Actions A glasse to shew us our deformities A light to guide us out of error a Remembrancer to shewe vs what we are liable vnto by Nature That so the terrors thereof may make the flesh more obedient to the spirit their harts the more thanck full whome Grace hath freed from the Curse condemning powre thereof yea it is alwaies vsefull in some kinde or other Oh write it therfor in our harts engrave it in our mindes for ever ever Amen Samech 15. THy Lawe I love with all my hart And wicked thoughts detest The place of my defence thou art And on thy VVord I rest Lewd men avoyd for I would faine My God's Commands obay According to thy VVord mainetaine My life hopes I pray 2 Support mee I nought shall dread For to thy word I cleave Vpon thy Lawes transgressers tread For guile shall them deceive Purgd out like drosse the wicked be I therefore love thy Lawe And of thy Iudgments of thee My flesh doth stand in awe Another of the same PRoud thonghts I hate and such as cause offence But with much love thy Lawe I do embrace Thou art my sheild oh Lord and my defence And in thy VVord my confidence I place Pack hence all yee that evill doers he For all my God's Commands I will obay According to thy VVord vphold thou mee That both my life hopes enioy I may Protect me no dangers I shall fear For in thy Statutes I will then delight Suppresse all those that from thy Precepts err For why they muse on nothing but deceit Purg'd out by thee like drosse thee wicked are And I thy Testimonies love therefore My flesh doth dread thee with a trembling fear And by thy Iudgments I am frighted sore Oh Lord let the consideration of thy Iudgmēts purge out all our wickednes so terrify our wanton flesh that it may tremble to offend thee Let the Meditation of thy Lawe of Love so work vpō our harts that our verie thinckings may be sanctified And let us be continually supported by thy asisting Grace that in thought word deed wee may persevere in obedience to thy Will be safe vnder thy protection for ever ever Amen Aijn 16. IN Iudgment I vprightly deal Let no man mee oppresse Be suretie for thy servants weal From Tyrants me release Mine eyes are dimm'd since for thy VVord And saving-health I sought Deal well with mee thy servant Lord Let me thy Lawe be taught 2 Since thee I serve Lord grant I may Thy Testimonies knowe Now is the time to work for they Thy Law would overthrowe Far more then gold then finest gold Thy Statutes I affect Thy Lawe in all things I vphold And errors way reject Another of the same QUit me from such as doe my harme assay For I according to thy Lawe have wrought Be suretie for thy Servants weal I pray That to the proud in thrall I be not brought Quite wasted are mine eyes almost blinde Since thy just VVord healp I did expect According to Mercie be thou kinde And me thy servant by thy Law direct Quench not that light by which thy Truth is known But give thy servant knowledg in thy VVord For they thy blessed Lawe have overthrowne And it is time that thou thy healp afford Quick therfore be For I above all gold Yea more then gold refinde thy VVord affect Thy Statutes all to be vpright I holde And all erroneous waies I disrespect Preserve us oh God from their wickednes who pretending a Christian Libertie seek to overthrowe make voyd thy Lawe to the quenching of the spirit to the fullfilling of their fleshly Will Grant rather that the more wee are freed from the Bondage of the Lawe the lesse obliged to the works thereof for our Justification the more we may labour to fullfill the same even for the love of Righteousnes in Iesus Christ Amen Pe. 17. RAre things thy Testaments comprise And are my soules delight Thy Statutes make the simple wise Their knowledg giveth light Through longing for thy Lawe I drewe My breath with panting Mouth Veiwe mee in Love as thou dost veiwe The Lovers of thy Truth 2 So guide my goengs by thy VVord No sinn in mee may raigne From spoile of men preserve me Lord. For I thy Truth retaine Teach mee thy Lawes let thy face Vpon thy servant shine For Streames I weep when men transgresse Or break a Lawe of thine Another of the same RIght wonderfull thy Testimonies are And therfor Lord my soul to keep thē strives Thy VVord's approching makes great light appear And Vnderstanding to the simple gives Respire pant I did with mouth vnclo'sd So greedy of thy Precepts I became Oh look on mee as when thou art disposd To look vpon the Lovers of thy Name Restraine my stepps according to thy UUord And let no sinn in me domion gaine From Cruel men defend thou mee oh Lord So I thy sacred Precepts will retaine Reflect on mee the brightnes of thy face And shewe thy Testimonies vnto mee For downe my cheeks the teares do flow apace Because thy Lawes despisd broken be Sweet Iesu though we desire to seeme wise wee are very simple in the best knowledge Oh encrease our vnderstanding Though vvee professe great Affection to thee thy Lawe yet vvee soone deny yea forsvvear both if vvee are in danger to partake of thy suffrings Oh look vpon vs therfor vvith such an aspect as thou didst cast on thy Apostle St. Peter that vveeping bitterly for our Sinns vnkindenesses as he did vve may obtaine the same forgivenes Amen Zade 18. THou just in all thy doengs Lord And in thy Iudgments art Thy Testimonies thy VVord Are true in ev'ry part I burne with zeal because I see My foes thy Truth neglect Thy VVord is pure which causeth mee That I the same affect 2 Thy precepts I will still retaine Though I despisd am growne Thy Iustice alway shall remaine Thy Lavve Truth are one In thy Commands my pleasures are Though troubles on mee fall Thy just eternall VVill declare And thereby live I shall Another of the same SIncere thou art oh Lord in all thou dost A true righteous Iudgment thou hast past Thy Testimonies are exceeding just And so is all that thou Commanded hast Spent through my zeal I am almost pin'de Since of thy Truth my foes regardles growe Thy VVord is to the vttermost refin'de And for that cause thy servant loves it soe Scorn'd despis'd I am yet cannot this My
thoughts from thy Commandements withdrawe Thy Iustice an eternall Iustice is And Truth it self thou givest for thy Lavve Sore paines sorrowes have layd hold on mee Yet I from thy Commands content receive Thy righteous Testimonies endles be Oh let me know them Lord that I may live It is true oh Lord that vvhat ever thou willest is Just needs no other reason thereof but that thou Willest it because thy Will is Truth Justice it self Keep us therfor from questioning the Justice of any thing vvhich thou hast Willed or Decreed preserue us also from their madnes vvho fancie Decrees vvhich thou never mad'st such as doe not make thee iustifiable by humane Reason Teach us to knovve that though thy Justice is incomprehensible yet so much as thy vvord hath expressed of it is such a Justice as makes thee even in our capacities Justifiable when thou art iudged such as may encourage us to endeavour to be just as thou art just holie as thou art holy by thy example This grant for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Coph 19. LOrd hear for in my hart I crie And I thy VVord obay To hear my call thine ear apply That keep thy Lavves I may Relieng on thy VVord I call'd Before the Morning-light To mark thy VVords mine eyes forestald The Watches of the night 2 As iust loving Lord thou art So hear quicken mee Lo such as from thy Lavve depart For mischeefe comming be Oh Lord to mee now nearer drawe Thy VVord all truth containes And long agoe I knewe thy Lavve Eternally remaines Another of the same THey healp oh Lord with all my hart I crave Thy just Commands resolving to obay To thee I call aloud mee daigne to save That so thy Testimonies keep I may To thee before the break of day I call And for my certaine ayde thy VVord I take The watches of the night mine eyes forestall That on thy Lavve my muzings I may make Thine ear vnto my voice in mercy bowe That mee thy Iudgments may revive oh Lord. They fast approach who seek my overthrowe Ev'n they who strangers are vnto thy VVord To mee oh Lord at all tymes be thou nigh Thy Statutes all perfection do containe And many daies agoe informed was I That thy Commands for ever shall remaine VVee rise early oh Lord cann sit vp late at night to prosecute our common affaires or to prevent the mischeevous purposes of any temporall Adversary Cause us vvee tray thee to be as vigilant in seeking thee in Meditating the deep Misteries of thy Lawe in foreseeing vvhat spirituall enimies are approching to endanger our soules Vouchsafe this oh Lord in all our endeavours assist us in all our prayers hear us in all our necessities be present vvith us in Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Resh 20. REgard my greef save me Lord For I obaie thy Lavves Hear me according to thy VVord Oh save plead my Cause Because thy VVord they muse not on From health are sinners far Revive mee Lord as thou hast done For great thy Mercies are 2 My foes spoilers many be Yet I thy VVord professe And greeve when I the wicked see Thy Statutes to transgresse Thy Lawe I love oh quicken mee As thou hast promis'd Lord. For endles thy just Iudgments be And ever true thy UUord Another of the same VEwe Lord what sorrowes have oppressed mee For to observe Lawe My minde I give Let mee adiudged deliver'd be And mee according to thy vvord revive Vngodly men from saving health are far Because they do not seek thy Statutes Lord Exceding great thy Tender-mercies are Reviue thou mee according to thy vvord Vext persude by many I have beene And yet I from thy Precepts have not straid I greeved was when sinners I had seene Because thy holy vvord they disobayd Vnto thy Lawe observe what love I shew And of thy tender mercie quicken mee Thy vvord through all eternitie is true And everlasting thy just Iudgments be Oh Christ the Mediatour in our minds wee are lovers observers of thy Lawe but in our mēbers wee are captivated vnto the Lawe of Sinn for which our greeved spirits do complaine with sighes groanes that are neither vtterable by the voice nor sensible to the flesh Oh deliver us from this bondage Plead thou our cause to thy Father Comfort our deiected soules let our love practise of thy Lawe quicken us in the way of Righteousnes make us partakers of thy Tender-Mercies for ever more Amen Schin 21. THough Princes causeles wrong'd mee much Thy Lawe I sleighted not But in thy word my ioies were such As his that Spoiles hath got The lienge lipps I do abhorr But I affect thy vvord Seav'n times a day I praise thee for Thy righteous Doomes oh Lord. 2 The Lovers of thy Lawe have peace And harme they shall have none Lord on thine aide my hopes I place And thy Commands have done My soul thy Testimonie kept In love therewith I grewe I from thy Precepts have not stept For thou my waies dost veiwe Another of the same WHē cause was none ev'n Princes wronged mee But of thy word alone my hart had feare And in that word my Ioies moreover be As great as their's that sharing booties are With much dislike all falshood I detest And I thy Lawe vnfainedlie affect Sev'n times a day thy praise I have exprest Because thy righteous Iudgments I respect What perfect peace have they that love thy word Ev'n such that nothing cann their quiet marr For thy salvation I have hoped Lord And thy Commands by mee performed are Well pleas'd with exceeding much delight My soul thy Testimonies keepeth still Thou know'st for all my waies are in thy sight That I thy Precepts thy Lawes fulfill Oh blessed Redeemer who wert persecuted by Princes for my sake without a Cause Thy many Prayers daylie offred to thy Father thy true delight in his Word thy detestation of falshood thy perfect fulfilling of the Lawe have obtained that thy righteousnes may be ascribed vnto us Oh grant that by performing what thou hast enabled us to do wee may retaine encrease the Talent freely given enioy thy Peace which passeth all vnderstanding for ever ever Amen Tau 22. REceive my cry guide thou mee As thou hast promisd Lord. Give ear saved let mee be According to thy vvord When thou to me hast showne thy vvaies My lipps thy praise will shewe My tongue thy blessed vvord shall praise For all thy Lawes are true 2 Mee let thy powrfull hand protect For I thy Lawe approove Thy Saving-health I do affect Thy Precepts I do love Oh let mee live to sing thy praise In Iudgment mee preserve Thy servant seek who sheep-like straies For I thy Lawe observe Another of the same YEald my Complaint oh Lord thy graitious ear And knowledge of thy Lawe to me afford My humble suite vouchsafe I pray to
attempts of our Adversaries enable us to sustaine with Christian patience that part of thy Crosse which thou appointest us to bear that being chearfull partakers of thy suffrings we may partake also thy victorious Trivmphs in the Kingdome of heaven Amen Psa 130. A song of Degrees Another Ascent is earnest prayer VVhich the Faithfull soul here powreth forth for assistance c. It may serve as a forme of prayer in great extremities LOrd from the depths to thee I sue My vocall prayer hear And when my Voice my wants doth shewe Encline to mee thine ear Lord who cann bear it if severe To mark our faults thou be But that wee faint not in thy fear Compassion waites on thee 2 On God I waite on his word My soul her hopes doth lay My soul more waiteth for the Lord Then watchmen for the day Oh Isr'ell trust in God for hee Hath gratious help in store And from thy sinns delivers thee Both now evermore Gratiously hear our prayers oh Lord in all our troubles enter not into iudgment with us thy servants vnles thou overshaddowe us by the wings of thy Mercy for our iustice is vnrighteousnes in thy sight Give us grace to hope in thee with patient expectation of thy good pleasure soe enable vs at least in our true desire to fufill our promises to thee that without infringment of thy Justice we may be delivered both from the guilt punishment of our sinns through thy Mercie in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 131. A song of Degrees Another Degree is vnfained humilitie For such as humble them selves shall be exalted Here all arrogance ambition selftrust is disclaimed a sole dependance on God professed and others exhorted to the same It is vsefull to beget humility OH Lord I have no scornefull eie Nor proud nor loftie minde I seek not things that are too high But humbly am inclinde My soul is like an infant wean'd Ev'n from his mothers brest And Isr'el so to be sustaind On God should alway rest None of thy Creatures oh God have made them selves to be so vile as wee yet none are more proud or selfeconceited none more presumptiously inquifitive into thy forbidden Seacrets Oh give us more humility lesse desire to those curiosities which are above vs pertinent to advance the Kingdome of Sathan rather then the Kingdome of Heaven which is to be entred which a Childlike Obedience humiliation This Humiliation wee againe beseech thee to grant vs for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Psa 132 A song of Degrees Another Degree is a hartie purpose to prepare a Temple for God in our harts to endeavour the setling of his outward worship which is here mistically implied It is vsefull to stirr vs to this Degree REmember Lord what David's troubles be And what to Iacob's mightie God he swore In house or bedd I will not rest said he Nor shall mine eyes or sleep or slumber more Vntill a place be found of my providing For Iacob's God the mighty Lord's abiding 2 Lo Ephrata wee heard the place should be And in the forrest-feilds wee found the same Thy house therefore to enter purpose wee And at thy footstoole will adore thy Name Arise oh Lord ascend thy resting bowre Thou the Arck of thy Almightie powre 3 Let righteousnes thy sacred Preists aray And. let thy saints a ioyfull tryvmph make Oh turne not thy Messiah's face away For thy beloved Servant David's sake To whome thou swar'st thy promise vnrecalled That on his Throne his Seed should be installed 4 If they saidst thou my League word respect Thy Children on thy Throne shall ever sitt For I the Lord did Syon hill elect And for my dwelling I have chosen it My setled rest is there I 'le possesse it I love it with plenties I will blesse it 5 The pore thereof with bread I will sustaine Her Preists I 'le clothe will health her saints shal A Lamp for mine Anointed I 'le ordaine sing And I will make the horne of David spring I those will shame that for is harme endeavor But on himself his Crowne shall flourish ever Suffer vs not oh Lord to take rest in any thing vntill wee have provided thee a dwelling in our seules then let vs entertaine there nought els but that which may be serviceable vnto thee Take thou possession of vs furnish vs as becommeth Temples for thy presence Remember all thy promises to the Faithfull for they only are that seed of David to whome thy Covenants belong they are those Elected-ones whome thou hast promised never to forsake Give vs all outward meanes of this invisible grace Continue among vs the succession of holy faithfull Pastors The Bread of thy Word the Clothings of Righteousnes the Lampe of Illumination the Horne of good Government the Ioye of the Holy-ghost that the enimies of thy Church may be ashamed shee crowned with honour blessednes for ever Amen Psa 133. A song of Degrees Another Step is that which the preposterous Zeal of Schismaticks hath much defaced to wit Charitie brotherly Vnitie which is here excellenly Illustrated to moove vs to ascend it Wee should sing it to encrease Vnitie Love SEe Breth'ren see how sweet a blisse It is our lives in love to lead It like that pretious Oyntment is Which once anointed Aron's head And on his heard from thence did flowe Ev'n to his garment skirts belowe 2 It like refreshing dewe doth prove Which downe on Hermon's topp distills Ev'n like the dewe which from above Descendeth downe on Syon hills For there God promisd heretofore To blesse with life for ever more Oh God! so deare to thee is brotherly Love that all Faith yea Martirdome wanting that Uirtue is of no esteeme So profitable is it vnto vs That like pretious oyntment on the head or like shewres falling on high mountaines it descends spreads vntill every member be refreshed therewith Encrease therfor wee beseech thee this Virtue among vs without which all others are counterfeits let vs so preserve Vnity brotherly kindnes in this life that wee may enioy thy eternall Love Vniō in the life to come through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 134. A song of Degrees This is the last Degree For the highest Ascent is the glorifieng of God Note that the first last Degrees only are placed according to their Order because necessarily our first step to Godward must be the fight of our Misery The highest is to praise him The rest are not ascended by all in one and the same order therefore no precise order is observed in their placing Wee should sing it to provoke to this Dutie COme now praise the Lord all yee That his attendants are Ev'n you that in God's temple be And praise him nightly there Your hands within Gods holy-place Advance praise his Name And yov from Syon he shall blesse That heav'n
earth did frame Lord wee were created for thy Glorie All the time of our Pilgrimage on earth is to fitt vs for thy praise the highest Degree which wee cann attaine to either in this life or the next is to sing Halelujah vnto thy Name Oh grant wee may so honour thee in these Temples of our Bodies here vpon the Way on whome the Nights of affliction the Dayes of consolation doe interchangably succeed that in thy Ierusalem wee may sing praises vnto thee in that spirituall Temple wherein the presence of the Lambe maketh a continuation of Day of Ioy of all happines for ever more Amen Psa 135. Halelujah It exhorts to praise God in regard of his greatnes for our election for his omnipotency Mercy Iustice eternitie because other Gods are but ridiculons fictions c. To this end wee who are mistically the Sonns of Aron Levy should sing it c. OH all yee servants of the Lord His Name with praise confesse Ev'n you that of our God the Lord The house Courts possesse Oh praise God's Name for sweet it is To sing of his renowne For Iacob he hath chose for his And Isr'el for his owne 2 God is I knowe a powrfull-one He doth all Gods excell In heav'n his pleasure he hath done In earth in sea in hell He maketh vapours to arise Ev'n from Earth's farthest ends And he out of his Treasuries Winde raine lighting sends 3 The first-borne through the Egiptian coast Of man beast he slewe And on king Pharoh his hoast Rare wonders hee did shewe Great kings kingdomes downe he brought Ev'n Sehon Heshbon's king And Og of Bashan yea to nought All Can'an's Realmes did bring 4 Then for his Isr'els heritage Their lands he did bestowe For which hee 's fam'd from age to age And still shall famous growe When he to judge them doth appeare His people shall be sav'd But heathen God's man's makings were Of gold silver grav'd 5 Their carved mouthes are speachles found Their eyes no light cann see Though they have eares they heare no sound Their throates quite breathles be Much like to these their Makers are And they that serve them toe The Lord therefore let Isr'el fear And so let Aron doe 6 The Lord let Levie's houshould blesse In Syon let all them Who fear the Lord the Lord confesse That keeps Ierusalem Haleluiah Oh Lord our God wee hartely thanck thee for our creation preservation VVee magnify thy wisdom thy powre thy providence thy Iudgments thy Mercies and we acknowledge that the Deities of heathenish and carnall men yea all other things in which wee trust are but vanities false Gods fashioned by our owne wicked fancies Grant therfore that all of us even preist people who in Word professe thee may in hart fear thee in deed faithfully serve thee now for ever Amen Psa 136. This Psalme exhorts to praise God both for generall and perticuler benifits shewes that all are bestowed for his meer mercy-sake which is eternall It may be sung literally to commemorate what God did for the Patriarks or mistically as a thancksgivinge for the spirituall deliverances which these typified THe Lord is Good him therfore blesse And for his Grace that lasteth ever The God of Gods let vs confesse Because his Mercie faileth never The Lord of Lords with praise extoll For where he loves he alway loveth His Acts alone are wonderfull Because his Favour endles proveth 2 His Wisdome did creat the spheares For to all times his Kindnes lasteth And earth above the seas he rears Because his Pittie never wasteth He did the greater Lights provide For through each Age his Grace extendeth He made the Sunn the day to guide Because his Goodnes never endeth 3 He fram'd the Moone starrs for night For without bound is his Compassion And Egipts eldest-borne did smite Because his grace hath no cessation He brought forth Isr'el from their land For soe his endles grace procured With stretcht-out Arme powrfull hand Because his Mercie still endured 4 Hee did the Red sea then divide For. still his Kindnes he retaineth And Isr'el through the same did guide Because his Favour still remaineth There he did Pharoh's Army drowne For Love hee freely still bestoweth And through the Deserts brought his owne Because eternall Grace he showeth 5 Both huge powrfull kings he slewe For everlasting are his Graces Yea famous kings he overthrewe Because his Love times date surpasses Great Sehon king of th' Amorites For his Affection never faileth And Og that ruld the Bashamites Because his Mercy still prevaileth 6 Their heritage bestow'd hath he For so his endles Love required His Isr'el's heritage to be Because his Grace is vnexpired He did exalt vs from belowe For he to Pittie still enclineth And hee redeem'd vs from our foe Because no time his Grace confineth 7 Hee to all flesh their food hath given For his great Mercy faileth never Oh glorify the God of heav'n Because his Grace abideth ever VVhen wee looke back oh Lord vnto the beginning of thy visible workings pondering the never interrupted succession of thy Mercies vnto this day therewithall observe the performance of all thy promises to thy Church heretofore the continuance of thy abundant Loving-kindnes to us at this present UUee are assured that thy Goodnes Compassion is eternall VVee therfore beseech thee to give vs true thanckfulnes for the same that wee may confesse it aswell in deed as word praise magnify thy Name for ever ever Amen Psa 137. This Elegiacal Hymne mistically expresseth the Zeal love of the Faithfull to the Citty of God And Prophecies the fall of the spirituall Babilon Wee may sing it to comfort vs during the continuance of our Naturall bondage the tirranies of Antichrist AS wee nigh Babel River sate Wee overcharg'd with weepings were To thinck on Syon's pore estate And hung our harpes on willowes there For they to whome wee were inthralled On vs for songs of Syon called 2 Come sing they sayd a Syon-hymne Lord cann wee sing thy songs in thrall Vnles Oh dear Ierusalem Thee in my mirth preferr I shall Or if the thought of thee forgoe mee Let hand tongue prove vseles to me 3 Oh Lord remember Edom's brood And how whilst they Ierusalem Vnsackt vndefaced stood Her spoile was hast'ned on by them For loud thy cryed race it race it And to the groundwork downe deface it 4 Oh daughter of proud Babilon Thou shalt likewise destroyed be And he will prove a blessed-one Who shall avenge our Cause on thee Ev'n hee that payes thee our disgraces And braines thy babes in stony-places Oh Lord many of thy people suffer the scornes insultings of that Babilon which was typified by the Chaldean Citty And the Mysticall Edomites labour the vtter defacing of thy Church But deliver us oh Lord reward them according to their
eternall salvation through Iesus Christ Amen Psa 82. A Psalme for Asaph It may be sung at our publike Iudicatures before them who administer in the great affaires of Church or Commonwealth to minde them of their duties c. For it instructs reproves Princes Pastors Magistrates abusing their Authority declares the reward of their Iniustice invokes God to take the iudicature to himself GOd stands where he doth see The Lords to Counsell goe And when the Gods in Iudgment be He judgeth what they do 22 Yee Nobles wherfor then Are yee vnjust so long Why favour yee vngodlie men To do the righteous wrong Selah 4 The pore young Orphanes greev'd The needie opprest Should by your Iustice be releev'd And from proud hands releast 4 But yee are men vnwise And walk without the light Ev'n you on whome the land relies Are out of order quite 5 You therefore whome I call The sonns of God most high And termed Gods like men shall fall And like such Princes dye 6 Thy self oh God! advance And give the world her doome For thine by due Inheritance All nations are become Grant almighty God that they to whome thou committest the goverment of thy Churches or Common-weales may not as it often happneth Be their greatest oppressors But give thy grace oh heavenly Father to all whome thou settest in Authority that they considering whose powre they have what they were what they shal be hereafter may become so wise in them selves such lights to others that Righteousnes may be advanced Vngodlines suppressed the pore fatherles releeved all abuses reformed and that such Dignities may be still conferred continued to the publike profit to thy eternal glorie Amen Psa 83. A Psalme or song for Asaph It may be vsed as a prayer against the Leagues Confederacies of the Churches soes such as Pagans Turks Hereticks and Falsebrethren for the whole List of them is here typically registred vnder their Names who were enimies to the Iewish Church BE e silent Lord no longer now To speak oh God no more forbear For lo thy foes do furious grow And proudly rais'd thy haters are They plot thy people to betray And thy intirest freinds to take Come of Isr'el now say they A nameles nation wee will make 2 As in one League all these combine And are against thee Lord agreed Ev'n Edom land Ism'els line And Moab's race Hagar's breed Philistim's Gebal Ammon Tyre Huge Amaleck Ashur to To help the Sonns of Lot conspire Assisting them in all they do Selah 3 But Lord like Madian make thou them Like Sisera and Iabin's traines Who slaughtred were by Kishon stream And lay like dung on Endor plaines Their dukes like Zeb Oreb make Like Zeba and Zalmana's Peers Who said they would God's houses take And his Possessions to be theirs 4 Lord wheel them round as turn'd wee see The dust or chaf when whirl-winds blowe And let thy wrath among them be Like flames on hills where woods do grow Yea let a dreadful storm arise Persueng them with death shame Let feares troubles them surprise Vntill they seek praise thy Name 5 So when that men behold their fall They shall confesse there none cann be Whome wee ETERNAL ought to call Or sov'raigne of the world but thee Permit not oh Lord those enimies to praile who have made Leagues confederacies against thy Church But as heretofore thou hast overthrowne al those Nations who were great oppressors of thy auncient people the Iewes who were types of our confederated Adversaries So wee beseech thee bring to suddaine destruction all the plotts enterprises and combinations of Turks hereticks vnbeleevers false brethren Protect us also we pray thee from the snares powre subtilties of our spiritual foes that thou being known our defender our trust being alwaies in thy defence wee may not fear the powre of any adversaries But for our manyfold protections praise magnify thy Eternal name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 84. To the cheef Musitian a Psalm for the sonns of Chorah It setts forth the soules longings to be pertaker of the blessed Communion of saints the frution of God It shewes also the happines of such their demeanour in this vale of their Miserie c. It is vseful to stir vp in our soules on ardēt love to God his house c. OH Lord of Hoasts how pleasant are Thy dwellings thy courts to me In soul flesh for entrance there Eternal God my longings be The Sparrow findeth an abode The Swallow builds breedeth to Oh Lord of Hoasts my King my God Ev'n at thine alters thus they doe 2 Right blessed all thy houshold be For they are singing still thy praise Selah And blessed are the strong in thee Who in their harts affect thy waies As through the vale of tears they goe They find sweet springs of comforts there And they from strength to strength shal growe Till they with God in Syon are 2 Lord God of Hoasts give ear to me And mark oh Iacob's God my moane Selah Oh God our sheild behold see The face of thy Anointed-one For in thy house one day is more Then thousands any other where And I had rather keep thy dore Then live in pompe where sinners are 3 For as the Sunn thou shinest bright And wee from thee our light receive Thou art the sheild of men vpright And thou dost grace Glories give From such as walk the righteous way No needfull things withheld shall be For ever blest therefore are they Who trust oh Lord of Hoasts in thee Kindle in our harts oh Lord such an affection to thee such a longing after thy spiritual habitations that we may obtaine the measure of grace in this life that will fit us for the portion of glory in the life to come which thou hast prepared for all those who do hunger thrist after thee Number us among thy houshold-servants Make us to take pleasure in thy will in thy presence above all earthly preferments So enable us to walk from strength to strength that wee may become strong Walkers in thy waies and so instruct us to make a comfortable vse of all those afflictions which wee suffer in our Pilgrimage that wee may sincerely acknowledge our safetie our honor our sustenance all our temporal spiritual happines to be only from thee oh God who livest raignest world without end Amen Psa 85. To the cheef Musitian a Psalm for the sonns of Chorah The Church acknowledgeth God's benifits desires their continuance the forbearance of his wrath c. Wee may sing it to praise God for his bounty to his Church kingdome to desire the continuatiō of our happines by stil vouchsafing Mercy with his Iustice THou hast oh God thy Kingdome grac'st And Iacob's thrall repeald Thy peoples faults thou pard'ned hast And all their sinns conceald