power 21 O kepe in awe the Lyons iawe saue me from them that byte From all the hornes of Unicornes protect me Lord of myght 22 Thy power and name I shall declame to all my bretherne met Glad wyll I rayse in church thy prayse in congregation set 23 The Lord who fearth with lawds draw nere all Iacobs séede hym prayse Feare ye hym well all Israell hym magnify alwayes 24 He wyll aduise and not despise the poore for low degrée He hydth no face in tyme and place my prayer heard hath hée 25 I purpose mée to speake of thée in church thy prayse to sprede My vowes so plight in iust mens fight I will perfourme in dede 26 The méeke his brede shall eate full fed and prayse the Lord all day For God who séekth hys prayse he kéepth theyr hart shall lyue for aye 27 The world so brode will turne to God whyle thys they call to hart Before hys face all folke in place shall honour hym impart 28 All kyngdomes stand to God as bond theyr trybes and kynredes eke And them in raigne he shall retayne all quarters them to seke 29 The fat shall fede and serue in drede they all shall worshyp ryfe Yea dead men all to hym shall fall who gaue theyr soules no lyfe 30 My séede and bloud thys Lord so good shall serue in worship frée And thus my stocke as God hys flocke shall iust reputed bée 31 They shall procéede to shew in déede to people thence to come Gods iustice great from heauenly seat what he to them hath done ¶ The Collecte O God the heade and fountayne of all grace mercye which for our sake diddest descende into the wombe of the Virgine was fastened to a tree pierced through in thy handes and feete thy garmentes parted by lottes and yet after all this done thou dydst gloriously ryse agayne from death We beseche thee so to beare in mynde this thy humayne conuersation among men that thou mayst be alway to them which put theyr trust in thee a mercifull deliuerer who lyuest and raignest one God wyth the father the holy ghost for euer in perpetuall felicitie Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme XXIII The Christen man how God his lyfe doth guide Confesse he can how God his lyfe doth guide With meat so good from death his soule to hide of heauenly foode from death his soule to hide 1 THe Lord so good who geueth me food my shepeheard is and guide How can I want or suffer scant whan he defendth my side 2 To féede my néede he will me lead in pastures gréene and fat He forth brought me in libertie to waters delicate 3 My soule and hart he did conuert to me he sheweth the path Of rightwisenes in holines his name such vertue hath 4 Yea though I go through death hys wo his vaale and shadow wyde I feare no dart wyth me thou art wyth staffe and rod to guide 5 Thou shalt prouyde a table wyde for me agaynst theyr spite With oyle my head thou hast bespred my cup is fully dight 6 Thy goodnes yet and mercy great will kepe me all my dayes In house to dwell in rest full well wyth God I hope alwayes The Collecte LEade vs O Lorde by the rules of thy comfortable preceptes that when we haue optaynd the habitation of thy euerlasting mansion we may be fully satisfied with the cup of ioyful eternitie through Christ our Lord. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXIIII Of Christ to come his raigne this psalme doth preach All whole in summe his raigne this psalme doth preach How God will bee the letter this doth teach In temple free the letter this doth teach 1 THe earth it is the Lordes of blisse wyth all the garnishyng The world so round he hath it found and all that dwell therin 2 This earth he cast on seas so fast as ouer them to stand And floudes he made for corne and blade and eke to part the land 3 Up who shall stye on hill so hye where resteth thys Lord of grace Or who shall ryse in restfull wyse to that his holy place 4 Euen he whose hand and hart doth stand in cleannes innocent Who sought no gayne in fansies vayne nor othe hath falsly ment 5 He shall posses in stablenes the Lordes swéete blessednes Hys God of health from euen hymselfe shall send hym righteousnes 6 And these be they which séeke alway in stocke theyr God in déede Euen truely they who seke I say the God of Iacobs séede 7 Lift vp your gates you heades and states ye lastyng dores aryse In at this house kyng glorious wyll enter princely wyse 8 What is this kyng thus enteryng wyth glory thus beset The Lord is hée full strong to sée a Lord in battayle great 9 Arise I say thou temple gay though I thée cannot builde Yet ioyth my sprite that God of might hys arke shall be thy shield 10 What is thys king desiering wyth glory thus to raigne The Lorde of hostes of glory most the kyng and soueraigne ¶ The Collecte EVerliuyng God the fourmer and maker of the worlde to whome the whole ornament thereof is seruiceable and subiect we praye thee to restore vs to the innocency of lyfe â—hat we may be able to folow thy steppes vp into holy mount where thou raignest for euer almighty God in maiesty through Christ. The Argument Psalme XXV This cry and call as supplication graue Is Generall as supplication graue It doth confesse and pardon craueth to haue Done wickednes and pardon craueth to haue 1 O Lord to thée my soule to flée is set my God thou art I whole referre my lyfe most nare to thée wyth all my hart 2 My God of fence my confidence on thée was alway borne O let no shame confound my name my foes els will me scorne 3 Who trustth in thée ashamd to bée can neuer man it spye Who breake thy lawes without a cause confounded let them lye 4 Shew me thy wayes O Lord alwayes of truth me teach the path Thy word and way is certayne stay for that all vertue hath 5 In truth me lead teach me thy read my God of health thou art My trust doth lay in thée all day to thée is bent my hart 6 Call thou to mynde O Lord full kynde thy louyng mercies olde Thy bounties frée which euer bée as fathers them haue tolde 7 Of youth my faut so great and haut such sinne O Lord forget For mercy sake O Lord awake thy mynd vpon me set 8 Both gratious and righteous the Lord is equall so He teachth wyth rod yet louyng God by giftes he teachth also 9 Who méeke abyde them he will guide in iudgement good and ryght And whome we sée most gentle bée his wayes he teachth them lyght 10 The wayes of God be large and brode both truth and mercy iust Euen still to such as loueth much his hestes and couenauntes trust 11 For thy names
of truthe 6 I hate their superstition who holde of vanitie where iust hath bene my confidence O Lord alway in thee 7 I will be glad and eke reioyce for thyne humanitie For thou didst note my soules distresse my state aduerse to see 8 In cruell hand of deadly foes thou hast not shut me vp But set my feete at large in roume thou temperstd so my cup. 9 Haue mercy Lord vpon my wo myne eyes therin consume My soule and eke my body sore much payne they do resume 10 My lyfe is wast in heauines my yeares in mournynges wayle My strength is falne for myne offence my bones beginne to quayle 11 A scorne I am among my foen but most to neyghbourhed A feare I was to daily frende seene out of dores they fled 12 I am so cleane cast out of mynd as dead man layd in graue I am become a vessel broke which no man list to haue 13 I saw so great conspiracy of men in counsayle met My feare encreast whan they dyd rise my soule to trap in net 14 But yet my hope hath bene in thee O Lord I thus dyd say Thou art my God my trusty God thou wilt me kepe for aye 15 My dayes be set in thy good handes ryd me from all my foes whose handes be set to persecute to lade my soule wyth woes 16 Thy gentle light of countinance shew me thy seruaunt poore Saue me O Lord by mercy great I trust therto the more 17 And let me not confounded be O Lord of thee I craue Confounded be all wicked men in silence put to graue 18 Let lyeng lips be stopt to speake to whist downe lowe be thrust In cruell spite disdaynfully they prate agaynst the iust 19 How is thy grace so plentifull prepard in store to bee For righteous men which thee do feare as Adams broode may see 20 To hide them safe euen iust by thee from all prouokyng men Thine eies in house will kepe them sure from tonges that venim 〈◊〉 21 O thankes be due to this the Lord whose pity such I felt As I with forte were closed in or I in citye dwelt 22 Though whan I fled and felt excesse I sayd thou me despisde Yet when I cryde thou heardst my voyce in humble sute deuisde ▪ 23 O Loue the Lord ye all his saintes the Lord the iust preseruth The doer prowd he thorowly rewardth as he deseruth 24 Be strong in hart most manfully For he your hartes shall strength All ye that wayte the Lord so good O trust ye hym at length ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull father which excelst in aboundāce of pitie and compassion we beseche thy tender and infinite mercy that while we search for the eternall veritie of thy worde and commaundement we may escape the detestable presumption and pryde of vayne walkers in this worlde contrary to the eternal veritie in thy worde through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXII Here Dauid teachth to vnderstande what is cleare blessednes Euen pardon free at Gods good hande for all our sinnefulnes 1 O Blest be they whose trespaces all whole remitted lye Whose sinne is hid in secrecies from which God turnth his eye 2 O blessed man to whom in sight God doth impute no sinne Who hath no guile in suttle sprite as hypocrite within 3 For that my sinne I hyd so blynde and would not it confesse My bones and strength for sorrow pynde all day I cryed in stresse 4 For dayes and nyghtes thy heauy hand my soule dyd presse so stout That all my powers and moysture changd as dryed by sommer drout 5 I shewed to thée my wyckednes not still my gilt I hid I sayd I will my fault expresse then straight thou it didst ryd 6 For this to thée will euery saynt make sute in tyme of grace Though waters flow in déepe constraynt they shall not hym deface 7 My refuge thou art couertly from trouble me to bryng Thus fenst by thée glad sing shall I as men made frée do sing 8 I will geue thée intelligence right thée to teach the way That thou mayst walke wythout offence on thée myne eye shall stay 9 But he not lyke the horse and mule who nought can vnderstand Whose mouthes wyth bittes except ye rule they wyll not come to hand 10 The wycked man wyth cares is fret wyth sorrowes fouly vext But who hys trust in God hath set to hym all grace is next 11 In thys the Lord reioyce ye still ye righteous men be glad All ye that haue ryght hartes and wyll ioy ye be not adrad The Collecte O Blessed Lord whiche by remittyng sinnes geuest them who confesse the same thy true iustice heare thou the prayers of thy congregation and so dull the dartes of synne in vs that we escapyng the sorow full wo therof may bee replenished wyth restfull and spirituall gladnes in the holy ghost to ioye with thee in the blisse to come through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXII Here hily aduanst Gods grace do ye see Who sinne doth remit All wholy so free 1 O Happy be they Whose sins be releast Who hath theyr offence Whole hyd by request 2 And happy the man Whom God doth aquite Whose sprite hath no guile To doubt of hys might 3 For holding my tong My bones fell away I gronde in my hart All whole by the day 4 By nyght and by day Thy hand was to stout My moysture was dryed Lyke sommer the drout 5 My cryme I bewrayed Euen iust in thy sight I hyd not my gylt But brought it to light I cast wyth my selfe My fault to reueale And straight thou releast It euery deale 6 For this shall we sée All saintes to desire In sute for to bée When tyme doth require Though trouble aryse as flouds when they grow Yet shall they no tyme The iust ouerflow 7 My bower thou art To kéepe me at ease Thou fentest me about With songes of release 8 To teache thée I will And guide thée the way On thée will I looke So neuer to stray 9 But be ye not lyke The horse and the mule For brutish they be And hard to recule Wyth bridle and bit Their mouthes do ye strain Lest at you they wynce And turne so agayne 10 The bad shal haue plages On euery side Who trust in the Lord Them grace doth abide 11 Ye men of the ryght Be glad to reioyce Ye true men in hart Be ioyfull in voyce ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXIII The iust alway in mynde bearth this Wyth hart to ioye in God of his To prayse his name that mighty is For he geueth helpe and heauenly blis But vayne all other remedies But payne all worldly policies Remember this 1 REioyce in God the Lord he is Ye rightwise men and do not mis The iust be bound to thanke iwis Repete ye this 2 Prayse ye the Lord wyth melodies Wyth harpe and lute wyth simphonies Syng Psalmes to hym in
the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme C. All men of breath but temporall Which Pilgrimes walke this earthly Ball To ioy be bid here seuerall To God in dayes most festiuall 1 O Ioy all men terrestriall Reioyce in God celestiall I byd not Iewes especiall But Iewes and Gréekes in generall 2 Serue ye thys Lord heroicall Wyth ioy of hart effectuall Seke ye hys sight potentiall Wyth hymnes of myrth most musicall 3 Know ye thys Lord imperiall As God vs made originall Not we our selues he vs doth call Hys folke as flocke kept pastorall 4 Hys gates and courtes tread vsuall Wyth laudes and hymnes poeticall Geue thankes to hym continuall And blesse his name most liberall 5 For why this Lord so principall Is swéete hys grace perpetuall Hys truth of word stand euer shall With hundreth thankes thus ende we all ¶ The Collecte O Lord and father of all honor glory shew vs thy mercy and graunt thy grace that we may spiritually reioyce in the laude of thy name and so in spryte to serue thee that we maye feele in our hartes the delectable comfortes of thy true promises made to vs the poore flocke of thy pasture so to ioyne to thee our louyng pastor to come at the last to thy heauenly folde where thou raignest with the father and holy ghost one God c. ¶ The ende of the second Quinquagene ¶ The third and last Quinquagene of Dauids Psalter translated into Englishe Metre The Argument Psalme CI. When Dauid long was kept from raigne This Psalme he sang to ease his payne â–ª How kinges should rule here see you playne â–ª As he would fayne Ì„Ì„ 1 BOth mercy méeke iudgement right In Metres song I wyll endight To thée I will Lord sing in sight With hartes delyte 2 I wyll my lyfe beare strayt in way If thou from me goest not astray In all my house cleane hart shall lay Without denay â–ª 3 To wycked déede none eye shall stand And hate I wyll all rebels band To ioyne wyth me I wyll wythstand wyth hart and hand 4 A froward hart and wilfull 〈◊〉 From my whole sight shall flée full out To me shall clout no wycked rout Wythout all doâ—t 5 Hys neyghbour who â–ª styâ—â—th priuily â–ª Hym will Astrâ—y 〈◊〉 vtterly â–ª I will not 〈◊〉 proud 〈…〉 Wyth pleasure hye 6 True men in earth I wyll me get Most nye to eye wyth me to seâ— Who walketh more strayt shall serue me bet Wythout all let 7 From far my house they shal be sent Who guiles can forge or lyes inuent None eye on them shall firme be bent Wyth myne assent 8 Yea soone by day I will deface Proud men in earth of wycked trace To dryue all shrewes from Gods good place Wythout all grace ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God which art God of power incomprehensible which shewest to thy seruants ioyntly both mercy and iudgement Graunte we beseche thee so that we may faithfully loue thee truly to follow thee in all godlines through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CII Here man in eare most pituously Wishth Syon built defast in shame He moâ—eth hys longâ— captiuitie Christes heauenly church wishe we the same \ \ 1 O Lord to thée I cry and call My prayer heare O louinglye Thou art my Lord most liberall Receyue my sute admyt my cry 2 While thus I mourne hide not thy face From my distresse so wrathfully Enclyne thyne eares and heare my case But soone in hast O aunswer make 3 My dayes lyke smoke slyde fast apace Consume they do no rest they take As fier brandes my bones are brent Theyr liuely powers my sprites forsake 4 My wounded hart lyeth impotent As witherd hay cut downe by sithe To eate my bread from me it went On me so sore this trouble lyeth 5 For gronyng lowde in thys distresse My wofull hart oh panth and sith That scant to skin cleaneth any flesh My bones be sene thus wast I lay 6 Lyke Pellicane in wildernesse I am which sing but we le away As Owle that fléeth all birdes in sight In desert darke which loueth to stray 7 Full watch I kepe both day and night Myne eyes no slepe can take for mone To Sparow like that leaueth her flight â–ª In houses eues which lowerth alone 8 All day my foes do me reuyle Wyth tauntes they sport when I do grone These boasters mad at me so vyle Agaynst my soule all sworne they bée 9 My bread that I eate all this whyle Was ashes lyke in taste to sée My drinke with teares with weping menkct So many griefes afflicted mée 10 My soule with cares was full besprenct To note thy wrath and heauy frowne Thou liftst me vp as I were strengâ—hd But sone most weake thou threwst me down 11 My dayes draw low â–ª as shadow falth When darke comthâ—â— in field and towne I wyther like as blosome paâ—h My colour wanneth my moysture dryeth 12 But thou yet Lord as thée befalth Art permanent no man denieth Thy memory shall aye remayne Where fast to duâ—t my nature hyeth 13 I know thou wylt once ryse agayne To pitie Lord swete Syon mount To shew hys grace the tyme constraynth The tyme is come by iust account 14 Thy seruants lo desire in hart To sée her stones to building mount They pitie her to spie her smart To marke her thus in dust oppresâ— 15 The Gentils straunge wyl ioyne their part To feare Gods name of all the best Ye kings of power in earth all whole Shall prayse thy name for worthiest 16 When this the Lord shall hye extoll In buildinges fresh this Zyon place And her in booke of fame enroll When glory bryght shall her embrace 17 And when they sée how he is bent To poore mans sute in tender grace And will not be ought discontent To scorne theyr cryes both all and some 18 This thyng thus done â–ª as monument Shall written be for folke to come That countries whole which shall arise May laud thys Lord wyth hye renome 19 For God from hye hath cast his eyes Where holy is his sacrary Thys Lord from heauen in gentle wise Hath lookt to earth to heare the cry 20 To heare I say the wofull playntes Of men fast bound in misery To losen them from theyr constrayntes Which were at deathes dore very neare 21 That they might shew â–ª to all hys saintes In Zyon place Gods name so deare To tell all out Ierusalem His worthy laudes in open quere 22 When people whole shall mete in realme Of all estates which this shall know To serue this God so good to them All reignes to hym shall them bestow 23 Though God as yet my strength hath beate From captine state to iourney slow Though he my dayes hath short extreat I Zyon trust yet built to spy 24 I wyll hym thus wyth wordes intreat Ah God my God to wastefully Cut not my dayes by halfe away Where thy yeares last â–ª eternally
to slyde to lighte 8 Fold vp my hands I will full hye to thy commaundements For them I loue and muse shall I thy stable testaments Memor esto 1 God call to mynde thy promise graue to me thy seruaunt frayle Good hope therin thou madest me haue to my poore soules auayle 2 Greate comfort this gaue me in thought in payne wheÌ„ I did lye Glad hart for why thy word me wrought as whole reuiued therby 3 Grym stately men though one by one most hye do me deryde Gone yet a backe I haue not done from thy true lawe aside 4 Graue thoughts had I cast in mind thy iudgemeÌ„ts lord froÌ„ first Gat so I did my comfort kynd to stake my wofull thirst 5 Greued sore I am most horribly at wicked mens ententes Glyde fast they do so shamefully from all thy lawes contentes 6 Grate songes in verse I do deuise of thy swéete statutes lore Gest when I am in wandryng wyse abrode afflicted sore 7 Grauen depe in mynd thy name by night O Lord ful oft I had Glue fast to hart that so I myght thy law that I had rad 8 Grace thus dyd grow to me so gréene for that thy law I kepe Graunt then O Lord I may be séene thy wyll alway to seke Portio me 1 Hole portion Lord thou art of myne to thée alone I clyue Hold will I iust thy law deuine though men for lies do striue 2 How déepe in hart thou séest all day I haue thy face be sought Haue mercy then on me I pray such trust thy worde hath taught 3 Here how I liue what wayes I lead I haue discust full nere Home so to turne thy lawes to pleade my féete I did retire 4 Hast made I fast my fault espied no tyme then troyted I Hart hand and tong I straite applied to kepe thy lawes more nye 5 Haâ—t wicked men on heapes they met to robbe from me my trust Hard yet in hart thy law I kept though sore at me they thrust 6 Hye midnight iust my tyde is set to rise thy name to blesse Harke so I shall and spie the bet thy iudgements righteousnesse 7 Hoste me I will with them to dwell which thée do duely feare Hyd who do kepe thy hestes full well in hart to mynd them cleare 8 Hyll dale and vale the earth is full thy mercies Lord to tell Helpe thou therfore my wits so dull teach me thy statutes spell Bonitatem fecisti 1 I Lord confesse thou dealst full kynd with me thy seruaunt frayle In thy good worde such grace I fynde thy promise neuer fayle 2 Inspire right tast of discipline and me sound knowledge teach Iust haue I hold the lawes of thyne most firmly them to seach 3 Inuegeled foule awry I went before I was correct Imprint I now thy testament in hart thus gently checkt 4 Intirely good and liberall thou art who can deny Illumine then my senses all â–ª thy statutes well to spy 5 Ill men and proud theyr traps haue set to spot my truth with lyes Inure my hart I purpose yet all whole thy lawes to vise 6 Inlarded is their hart with pride they swell in fat and grease Inuy I not their ioyes so wide thy lawes can me refresh 7 It wrought me wealth so good it was that troubles me did strayne Indued was so my soule with grace to learne thy statutes playne 8 Ioy more I do the law of thyne which thy swéete lips pronounce Infinitely then siluer fine or gold a thousand ounce Manus tuae 1 King Lord God thou art to me thou madst formdst my shape Kerne depe my hart with knowledge frée thy word in mind to wrap 2 Kynd louyng men that worship thée wyll ioy at me right soone Keyd fast thy word was so to me in hope that I haue done 3 Know well I do in thys thy rod thy iudgements all be iust Know worthy is thy truth O God â–ª which humbled me to dust 4 Kysse thou my soule by louing grace some comfort swéete to féele Knyt iust thy word though I be base thy man yet euery deale 5 Knéele lowe I will to aske full sad thy mercyes all in sight Kéepe than my life I shall full glad for I thy lawe delyte 6 Kil down the proud confound their lies they me wold vayn peruert Koole thou their heate and I will ryse to preach thy lawes apart 7 Kenne they thy lawes as turnde to me who duely thée do feare Known right who haue thy dignitie thy word with me do beare 8 Knocke aske and séeke I will and wéepe in hart thy word to spie Knead els in mire of error déepe I should most shamefully Defecit 1 Longd hath my soule and languished while I thy helth expect Lord yet thy word me comforted for hope dyd me erect 2 Lo both myne eyes did faynt and wast thy promise still to wayte Lowd thus I spake when wilt thou cast thy helpe to ease my strayt 3 Lyke though I was to bottle dryed in smoke so was my skyn Leaue would I not thy statutes tryed I kept yet mynd therin 4 Leafe Lord my dayes how loÌ„g to go thy seruauÌ„t fayn would know Long wilt thou slake erre thou my foe wilt iudge who thrust me lowe 5 Lyme pittes full slye these lurdens proud did digge in crafty sort Lyes lowd they made not well auowed by thy true lawes report 6 Life truth and way thy lawes contayne though words they prate vntrue Lend me thy helpe where men so vayne do falsly me pursue 7 Large sautes they made to make me sinke well nye they had me spent Loth yet I was in hart to shrinke from thy commaundement 8 Let then thy grace and gentlenesse refresh and me reuiue Loue so I shall and wil expresse thy wordes of mouth belyue In eternum domine 1 Meke Lord thy word most stable lieth as heuen is permanent Most strong it is as testefieth the starry fyrmament 2 Man trust may thée thy fayth so standth in truth from age to age Marke wel we do the earth lond how fyrme thou madst the stage 3 Made fast they bide by thy decree vntil this present day Meete seruice all do yeld to thee In all theyr course and sway 4 My chief delyte and ornament onlesse thy law had ben More deepe in wo I had ben shent whole quenched quite cleane 5 Mind stil I will thy lawes precept and neuer it forget Me still in life it dayly kept by thee this grace I get 6 Maineteyn my life for thine so wrought I am most congruent Midst whole in hart for why I sought thy true commaundement 7 Mad men in harte vngodly men awayted me to kill Muse yet I did full oft agayne thy testimonyes wyll 8 Moch noted I things finest tried drue fast to brittle ende Meere infinite thy law I spied whose bredth no time could spende Quam dilexi 1 Nye loue in hart thy law I beare such hope therby I
Who made great lightes in firmament 8 The sunne for day in regiment 9 The moone and starres on night to glent The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 10 Who Egipt smote with their first borne 11 And brought fro thence the Iewes forlorne 12 By mighty strength both night and morne The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth his mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 13 Who sea so red dyd whole deuide 14 And Iacob made through it to slide 15 But Pharo drownd his host beside The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still indure Who will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 16 Who led his flocke by wildernes 17 Who slew great kinges of Heathennes 18 The strongest kings he put to stresse The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Who will in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 19 As Seons brags and Ogs despites 20 Of Basan kinges and Amorites 21.22 Whose landes he made true Iacobs rightes The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys gyod cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane Hys grace to vs doth still endure Who wyll in ioyes our hartes assure Rectors 23 Who mynded vs in trouble set 24 And vs redeemd from them vs fret 25 Who heapeth all flesh with heaped met The Quiere Who dyd all thys in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Who will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 26 Then prayse and thanke the God of heauen With hart with tonge with lyfe most cleane The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll styll endure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which wyll in ioy our hartes assure Rectors O thinke and thanke the Lord of Lordes His thoughtes his actes hys louely wordes The Quiere For euer standth his mercy sure To thankefull hart it wyll endure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure The Collect. BE myndfull O Lord of our misery whych art Lord of all mercye and graunte that as thou leadest the fathers into the lande of promyse so to restore vs to the heauenly land of all felicitie through Christ c. The Argument Psalm Cxxxvij When Babilon the Iewes supprest they tell how they did playne From whence well rid they her detest to wishe her spoylde agayne Ì„Ì„ 1 AT water sides of Babilon euen there we sate and wept â–ª While Syon mount â–ª we thought vpoÌ„ remembring Gods precept 2 We hong among the Salow trées our Harpes and Organs all No ioy we had with wéeping eyes to matters musicall 3 They craued of vs who thrald vs wrong Some dyties melody In scorne they sayd sing vs some song Of Syon merely 4 How can we syng sayd we agayne The Lordes swéete songes deuyne In land so strange â–ª who vs constrayne we must all mirth resigne 5 If I should thee cast out of mynde O good Ierusalem I would my hand went out of kinde to play to pleasure them 6 Yea let my tonge to palate sticke if that I minde thee not If Syons prayse I should not seeke â–ª as chiefe to ioy in that 7 The Edomits O Lord requite for Salâ—ms heauy day Who cryed wast her spoyle her in sight euen flat on ground to lay 8 O Babilon thou doughter light which waylst thy spoyling déepe Well mought he spéede that thee did quite as thou madst vs to weepe 9 And well fare him that toke thee ones which vs downe fiercely threwest Who slong thy babes agaynst the stones as ours in rage thou flewest ¶ The Collect. ALmighty God the strong deliuerer of al them that be bound in captiuity graunte vs so to rebounde thy praise in agreable consent of spiritual songs that where out lyues harts hath hetherto bene in a discord from thy holy wils and as outlawes haue wandred astraye nowe restore vs againe by thy mightye power in one vnitye to glorifye thy name throughe Christe The Argument Psalm CXXXVIII Whan Dauid skapt much wo on kynde Thus thanks to God he dyd extende So taughte by proofe he vowed in mynde That he of God would styll depende As he entendth 1 I Wyll O Lord geue thankes to thée My hart therto doth wholy bende Before the powrs as Gods they bée So sing I will my voyce to spend Els God forfend 2 I knéele to thy right regal cell To prayse thy name for truth and loue Thy word and name thou madst excell Aboue all thinges the déede doth proue As men expende 3 For this I sawe what day I cryed Thou answerdst me most louingly To my poore soule thou lentst I spyed More grace so strength to multiply Thus didst thou lende 4 All kings of earth prayse thée they must O Lord most true as right allowth When they shall here performed iust Thy word to me which spake thy mouth They will contende 5 Loe they shall sing with harts most free Of all the Lords most rightful wayes That great is God in maiesty So they his name shall euer prayse and thanks repend 6 And that the Lord though placed hye Who glory hath as God aboue Yet he the meke respecth full nye And knowth the proud from far aloofe him low to bend 7 What though I walke in midst of woe Yet wilt thou me reuiue and ease And stey by power myne Irefull foe Thy right hand strong shall me release Thy helpe to send 8 The Lord shall this performe for me That is begon to bringe to ende Thy grace benigne Lord aye shal be Thy handy woorke thou wilt not blende But still defend ¶ The collect MVltiplye thy strength in vs O Lorde and enlarge the powers of our soules ' that while we worship thee dayly in thy holy temple at the last we may glory with thy elect angels in heauen through Christe ¶ The Argument Psalm Cxxxix When Dauid mysreported was that he would Saul subuert He thus appeald to God hymself who knew hys giltles hart Ì„ 1 O God thou hast ful searcht me out Thou knowst my harte and reines Accused I am to compasse in Both king and realme wyth traynes 2 My sitting downe my rising vp my Actes thou knowest echone Thou vnderstandst my thoughts a far before I thinke them on 3 My walks thou knowst my rests steys my bed thou goest abcute Yea al my wayes thou hast contriued all sercht by the no doute 4 No secret word in all my tonge so whispered closly in But thou O Lord it knowst at whole although it make no dinne 5 For
and byddeth vs prayse That first and last doth vs behooue Whan thyngs be past and spent our dayes Yet laudes shall last wyth thankefull loue Alleluya In heauen aboue 1 O Prayse ye God of excellence In his respect of holynes And prayse ye hys magnifycence In fyrmament of stablenes Wyth lowlines 2 O prayse ye hym as Sauiour For his sweete actes heroycall And prayse ye hym as gouernour For his great power potentiall most principal 3 O prayse ye hym for maiesty In trompets sound effectuouse And prayse yee hys Authority In lute and harpe melodiouse most studiousâ— 4 O prayse ye hym all sapyent In Tymbrell sweete wyth daunce in quiere And prayse ye hym so prouident In fydle strâ—ung in recordere wyth harty chere 5 O prayse ye hym all bountifull In Cymbals sound out lowd in state And prayse ye him so pytyfull In Cymbals sound more mittigate Omnis Spiritus laudet Dominum Full moderate 6 Let all with breath or lyfe endued Or what with sound is fortefied Prayse out the Lord in state renewed For grace and power applied To none denyed Alleluya I chaunter cry to all you here Prayse ye the Lord with harty cheare ¶ The Collecte MOst laudable and mercifull God beyng the swete Tenor of all our harmony which doost here exercise our hartes otherwhiles wyth songes of teares and lamentations and otherwhiles of ioy and gladnes Graunte we beseche thee that after wee haue songe vp our temporall songes in praysing of thy name wee may at last bee associated to that heauenly quire aboue to behold thy glorious maiestye wyth thy saintes thorough c. FINIS ¶ Gloria Patri for diuers Metres To God on hye in vnitie agayne In Trinitie in vnitie agayne Reigne power and prayse to hym be geuen Amen As due alwayes to hym be geuen Amen To God on hye be prayse The father first of myghtâ— To Christ his sonne and their good sprite â–ª For euer due of ryght His name be blest in vnitie For euer one in Trinitie From this tyme forth as it hath bene Say we therto Amen Amen To God on hye in Trinitie In vnitie yet one agayne Reigne power praise most due to see Be alway geuen of mortall men So mought it be Say we Amen To God the father first of myght To Christ his sonne both God and Lord To God of them the holy sprite Though three yet one in iust accorde Reigne power and prayse as due by right Ascribe we all in open sight With all our might Te Deum O God we prayse the Lord most hye Which liust and reignst eternally Wâ—th hart voyce in one accorde We knowledge thee to be the Lorde And all the earth doth worship thee As Lord and God our king to be All things were made by word of thyne Thou father art of power deuine All aungels lowde to thee doth crye They laude thy name continually The heauens and all the powers therin Thy prayse to spred do neuer lynne To thee do cry the mighty sprites The Cherubins all dayes and nights And Ceraphin doth neuer cesse Thy louely laudes full out t' expresse And thus they crye in sweete accord O holy holy holy Lord Thou art of hosts the guyde and boote Thou Lord thou God of Sabbaoth Thy maiesty and power of hoste Do spred the heuens in glory most The earth is fylde with thy great fame With thy great power and gloriouse name Thapostles gard so gloriouse Extoll thy name most precious Which haue by déedes of worthinesse Set forth thy prayse and noblenes The Godly band of prophets wyse To prayse thée God they whole deuise Which haue declard thy holy will From age to age for euer still The Martyrs meeke of army stronge Which spent theyr bloud for thee so longe Do glorifye thy blessed name And prayse thee Lord thou most of fame The holy church through world so wyde Do knowledge thee the Lord and guyde They do confesse thy power and might And knowledge thee eche day and night The father God eternally Of power so great and maiestye That rulst and dwelst in heauen aboue As father God which doost vs loue The church euen so most faythfully Confesse in truth and vnitye That Tower of strength that holy one Thy honorable only sonne The holy church confesseth eke The holy sprite in fayth alyke O blessed God our harts enspyre Thou holy Ghost thou comforter Thou art O Christ of glory kyng And beame most bright so glisteringe Thy hart so kinde is knowne to all Thou diedst for man to rid his thrall Of Father God â–ª in mighty throne Thou art O Christ aye lasting sonne Begot before â–ª the worlds were made Or els of earth foundation layde When thou didst take that worke on thee Mankind to bring to liberty The Uirgines wombe thou didst accept Nor it abhordst nor it reiect When thou hadst sâ—ayne of death the darte Of Sathans power and hell the smarte The heauenly gates thou opendst free To all that did beleue on thee On Gods right hand thou sittest full nye â–ª In equall power and maiestye With father God in iust accord In heauen thou sitst O Christ our Lord. We do beleue when th' end shal be That thou shalt come in maiestye Where thou shalt sit as iudge to déeme Both quicke and dead as thee beseme Helpe thou therfore thy seruants true With thee do pray with harts moste due Which thou redemdst of hart so good With sheding out thy precious bloud Wyth thy good saynts make them to be So numbred whole in company That they may ioy in glory iust From earth from sinne â–ª most clene discust By thy good grace thy people saue O Lord theyr helpe in thee they haue They put themselfs to thy good charge O blesse thou God thyne heritage Direct thou them in thy right way And gouerne them â–ª to thée we pray And lift them vp for euer still Exalt them hye by thy good will We thee O Lord do magnify Still day by day â–ª continually As so O God most due it is We should not be therto remisse Thy worship asketh the same of vs It is so good so bounteouse Thy name to prayse we do entend For euer world withouten end This day preserue our harts within And kepe O God our soules from sinne Uouchsafe O Lord to kepe vs pure In thy good lawes â–ª our liues assure Haue mercy Lord on vs we call Haue mercy still vpon vs all Without the whych we cannot stand We clayme the strength of thy good hand Let mercy light on vs O Lord We trust in thee with one accord We do thus craue most earnestly As we do put our trust in thee In thée O Lord I haue my trust In thée my hope and helpe so iust Beholde O God I stand to thée Then let me not confounded bée ¶ The song of the three Children Quire * Prayse ye the king of kinges Blesse ye the Lorde of
scourge so strong shall me thus fearefull make 4 O Lord returne thou seest I mourne make free my soule to go Oh saue me now thy grace auowe thy glory standth therto 5 In death no man remember can thy name to celebrate What man thus bound thy prayse can sound in pit and hell to late 6 Of groning so I weary go my bed I nyghtly washe My couch with teares for sinfull feare I water thus alas 7 My beuty warmeth my trouble standth myne eyes for thought be dymme My zeale for wrath much magre hath amyds my foes so brymme 8 Auaunt ye all to you I call which worke all vanitie The Lord of hostes hath heard your bostes and eke my weping crye 9 This Lord I say at néedefull day hath heard my meke request From hence he will with mercy still heare me to geue me rest 10 Myne enemies all hatefull spies shall féele both shame and payne Gods helping grace them all shall chace to flée swift backe agayne ¶ The Collecte O Most mercifull father which of thine owne tender fauour art alway inclined to heare all mens peticions Heare now the hūble voyce of our mournfull prayers and graunt to our infirmitie health perpetual and as thou vouchsauest to accept the request of our prayers so vouchsaue to comforte vs still wyth the continuaunce of thy mercy through Chtist c. ¶ The Argument Psalme VII As Semei at Dauid shewed his spite Full wickedly at Dauid shewed his spite So who with lye may pray this Psalme aright Is charged hie may pray this Psalme aright 1 O Lord in thée my trust I sée for why my God thou art From men vntrue which me pursue saue me and take my part 2 Lest he deuour my soule so stoure as Lyon doth the shéepe Lest pieces small he make of all if none be me to kéepe 3 O God my Lord let truth record if this in me do stand Let it be sought if guile I wrought if euill done hath my hand 4 If I good will haue taken euill to frende that frendly delt Yea quit did I my enemy when causeles hate I felt 5 Then let my foes worke all their woes and take my soule in spite Let them confound my life to ground my name in dust to wright 6 O rise in ire Lord I desire my wrathfull foes represse Stirre vp to me thy set decrée which once thou didst expresse 7 So folke in stréete on heapes will méete in church to prayse thy might For all their sake my partie take rayse vp thy selfe on hight 8 The Lord iudgeth all as truth befall O sentence geue my side To my desert stand Lord in hart as iust my workes be tried 9 Let euill I pray consume alway of wicked men the traynes Oh guide the iust true God of trust thou triest both hartes and raynes 10 No helpe of man obteyne I can my God is all myne ayde He them preserueth that well deserueth whose hartes to right be layde 11 God iudge he is full right iwis both strong and patient Who dare prouoke his heauy stroke to ire when he is bent 12 Except ye tourne your life in fourme his sword he myndth to whe◠His bowe to bend he doth entend it is so ready set 13 Deathes dartes most hard he hath preparde against their pride and wrong His arrowes bright be prest to smight these persecutors strong 14 Behold and sée how traueleth hée to do all wickedly Conceyued hath hée anxietie but beare he shall a lye 15 To delue and digge a pit so bigge his hart was wholy bent But he in pit shall fall in it that he so crafty ment 16 For iust in spéede his wrathfull déede with hym shall méete at gate His wickednes in spitefulnes shall fall vpon hys pate 17 In hart all whole I will extoll this Lord as he deserue I will record this heauenly Lord his name I meane to serue ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God searcher of all hartes deliuer vs frō all them that persecute vs graunt to our hartes stedfast perseueraunce in patience in the expectation of thy iudgement so that we reuenge not our selues on our enemies to preuent thy iudgement and commaundement Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme VIII Here thankes ensue for his great giftes to men To God most due for his great giftes to men How Christ deiect and how he raignth agayne Of cruell sect and how he raignth agayne 1 O Lord our guide thy name how wide in all the world excels Thy glory great thou hie hast set aboue the heauenly cels 2 Babes mouthes so yong◠euen sucklings tong thy laude thou madest them tell Thy foes to blanke their threates to danke to still th aduenger fell 3 Thy heauens whan I consider hie thy mighty worke of hand The Moone by night of Starres the light in order how they stand 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I than that thou so him regardst What is mans childe so pore so milde that thou so hym rewardst 5 Thou didst abate his porte and state more lowe then aungels bée Thou didst him crowne in great renowne aduanst in dignitie 6 Thou madest him sitte as Lord most fitte of all thy workes of hand And vnder cast all thing thou hast as his footestoole to stand 5 Both shéepe and cowe the oxe to plowe thou madest for man his loue The beast in fielde both tame and wylde that man might all improue 6 All foules in skie how hye they flie yet stoupe for man his néede All fishe in sea how déepe they be they ryse mans sonne to féede 7 O Lord of power our gouernour how much excelth thy name This world so wide therin what bydeth doth sprede thy worthy fame ¶ The Collecte MOst puissaunt and bountifull creatour we most humbly beseche thy maruelous name and power deuine that where thou hast made all creatures subiect to the vse of man So vouchsaue to make vs mete and worthy subiectes to the lowly seruice of thy mercifull goodnes Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme IX Thankes here be spyed for tyrauntes iust decaie To God applyed for tyrauntes iust decaie Who persecute good Christians all daie In hatefull sute good Christians all daie 1 DUe thankes with song I wil ful long in hart geue Lord to thée I will endight of thy great might thy workes so wondrous bée 2 I will reioyce in hart and voyce full glad in thée O Lorde Thy name so hie to magnifie in song I will accorde 3 For that in hast my foes fled fast and backe fell all their might No better spéede shall them succéede but fall from thy good sight 4 But thou in déede hast maynteined my right and eke my cause Thy throne is true thy sentence due thou iudgest with equall lawes 5 The heathen sect well hast thou checkt thou hast stroyd wicked men Thou hast theyr name put out with shame for aye and euer agayne 6 O thou so hye myne
enemye thy wastes haue now their ende As citie bée destroyed by thée theyr fame wyth them is shend 7 But Gods deuise shall stand and rise the Lord shall still endure In iust regard he hath prepard his seat to iudge vs sure 8 For righteousnes he will expresse when he shall iudge the land And iudge shall hée in equitie his folke by rightfull hand 9 The Lord I say will be all day a fence for man opprest A refuge swéete in season méete when griefe at hand is prest 10 Who knowth thy name will trust the same for they thy worde do léeke For their aduayle thou wilt not fayle all them that thée do séeke 11 O prayse the Lord in psalmes accorde who dwelth in Zion place Declare his strength with wordes at length to folke of his good grace 12 For whan in ire â–ª he doth enquire for bloud he them recounth He will not yet the poore forget theyr cryes to hym do mount 13 O Lord me saue and mercy haue expende my wofull state How suffer I myne enemy ryd me from death the gate 14 That I may tell thy daughters well of Zyon all thy prayse To sprede in stréete thy health so swéete to ioye thy health alwayes 15 The Heathen bée sonke downe ye sée in pit that they dyd delue Their owne set net theyr foote hath get and trapt therwith themselue 16 The Lord is séene how he hath béene true iudge to wicked bandes The wycked is well snarde iwis wyth workes of hys owne handes 17 The naught shall dwell euen thrust to hell if they wyll not repent Yea all the rout that put God out of mynde shall foule be shent 18 For God so wyse wyll not despyse alway the poore that wayle The restfull harte of mysers smarte for euer shall not quayle 19 Up Lord to stand lest vpper hand man get of thy good flocke The Heathens spite iudge thou in â—ight wyth all theyr broode and stocke 20 Put them in feare thy dread to beare O Lord themselfe to sée As wretched men how wyde they renne in errour all from thée ¶ The Collecte LOrde of all comforte and consolation fulfill our hartes with thy heaueÌ„ly ioye to confesse thy name before the powers of this wycked worlde and so assist wyth thy protection that we may persist agaynst all our enemies finally to reioyce in thy helpe saluation Through c. The Argument Psalme X. This Psalme dependth it prayth against the proude Of thothers ende it prayth against the proude Who vse theyr might theyr ende not so allowed To boste in spight theyr ende not so allowed 1 WHy stondst so far and art no nar O Lord why hydest thy face When trouble ryse wilt thou deuise in néede to shew no grace 2 Whyles men of pryde so wycked byde the poore in fire is brent Let them in wiles and all theyr guiles be trapt wyth lyke entent 3 Thungodlies actes his bostes and crackes be praysed at his desire With prayse all rouse the couetous whom God abhorrth in ire 4 The wycked wyght so vaunteth in sight of God to force right nought He taketh no care in welthy fare no God in all his thought 5 Hys croked wayes â–ª all greuous layes thy iudgements scape his eyes He feareth no man say what he can all foes he doth dispise 6 In his proud brayde his hart thus sayd tushe who shall cast me downe No harme or woo can chance me to my power kepeth my renowne 7 His mouth euen flowes with cursing throws he ioynth deceyt and fraude Ungodlynes in folyshnes his tong hath vnder yawde 8 He lurkth in stréete as théefe is méete so close wyth all the riche The iust to kill in peuishe will the poore he marketh mich 9 In denne he dwelth as lyon fell and lurketh the poore to snatche The poore by might to rauishe quyte whom he in net doth catche 10 He falth at eye most fawningly yet guiles be all his fruites That this poore sort myght so resort in handes of hys deputes 11 His hart sayth tush he thinkth euen thus that God forgotten hath His face away he turnth he sayth he séeth no poore mans scath 12 Yet God and Lord for thy true worde arise lyft vp thy hande The poore defend thy might extend forget not hym in bande 13 Why thus so loude should men so proude prouoke almighty God Tush thou they say wilt search no day their hartes talke thus so brode 14 Thou séest at eye and markst full nye to quyte all wrong and stresse The poore doth stand to thy good hand thou aydst all comfortlesse 15 Breake downe the power the malice sower of wycked man so blynde If thou in tyme wouldst searche hys cryme no where thou shouldst hym fynde 16 Our lyuing Lord by truthes record is kyng for aye no doubt The heathen spyte shall perishe quyte from land of hys full out 17 Thou Lord hast hard in good regard the sutes of all the poore Theyr hartes in care thou didst prepare thou hardst both day and hower 18 To iudge the stresse of fatherlesse to helpe the poore to right That earthly man agaynst them than no more might rise in sight ¶ The Collecte O God of all mercye open we beseche thee thyne eares to our meeke confession of thy name thou neuer forsakest them that trust therto graunt that we may be deliuered from the gates of perpetual death and finally to escape the craftye traynes of the temptour Through c. The Argument Psalme XI Here hast thou proofe strong fayth in stormes to stand How it behoueth strong fayth in stormes to stand Agaynst the trayne of all the diuelishe band Of errours vayne of all the diuelishe band 1 IN Lord so great my hope is set why than my soule bid ye That she should hast as bird agast to hils that desert be 2 The wycked loe haue bent theyr bowe theyr shaftes in quiuer thrust To shoote from hye all priuelye at men of hart so iust 3 If earth the ground tournd vpside downe though heauen and earth should fall The iust in woe what should he do but sticke to God in all 4 The Lord is yet in temple set in heauen the Lord hath place The poore he spyeth as thence he trieth mens childerns walkes and pase 5 The Lord alowth and iust auowth the rightwise man full well His soule defieth whose hart applieth in wickednes to dwell 6 Downe he shall rayne to theyr great payne vpon th'ungodlies hart Snare brymstone fyre wyth tempestes ire these stormes theyr cup in part 7 For as the Lorde is iust in worde so loueth he sothfastnes Hys ryghtfull eye will pleasauntly behold all righteousnes ¶ The Collecte DIrect thy mercifull eyes almighty God vpon the humble state of vs thy poore seruauntes fence vs wyth the armour of true fayth So that we escapyng the dartes of all wickednes may bee able to kepe perpetuall equitie and righteousnes to the laud of thy name
myne heritage to sée 7 The Lord to blisse I wyll not mysse who gaue me counsayle so My reynes by nyght yet shewd me lyght in thought to God to go 8 In face I set my God so great he alwayes was my marke For strong he standth on my ryght hand how can I fall in darke 9 For helpe thus had my harte was glad my glory ioyed his fill My flesh in graue though earth it haueth yet rest in hope it will 10 For why in hell my soule to dwell thou wilt not leaue it there The holy one corruption to sée thou canst not beare 11 Thou shalt shew mée lyues path 〈◊〉 sée and ioy in thy good sight Thy ryght hand hase all ioyfull grace to stand for aye in might â–ª ¶ The Collecte PReserue O mighty Lorde all them whiche trust in thee graue in our hurtes to fulfill 〈◊〉 holy will that whyle we be recomforted with the ioyfull remembraunce of thy resurrection we may attayne to sitte on thy right hande wyth thy blessed sayntes in ioy euerlasting through Christ c. The Argument Psalme XVII That fayth myght stand the iust man praythfull fayne In vpper hand the iust man praythfull fayne And museth in part thus should be vext in payne That iust in hart thus should be vext in payne 1 HEare thou the right O Lord my might consider my complaynt My lippes be streight and hate deceight geue eare to my constraynt 2 Geue thou assent to myne entent in hand my right to take Let thy good eye my cause discrye for thée my iudge I make 3 My hart thou tridst by nyght thou spâ—dst thou scorndst me nye in déed Thou foundst not yet my fault so great my thought to mouth agréed 4 Mens workes ful nought by them so wrought agaynst thy worde and wyll Made me to marke theyr wayes most darke thy lawes who do but spill 5 O stay my féete of lyfe most méete thy worde to holde the path Least wrong I walke thy truth to balke to slip in thy great wrath 6 O God of all on thée I call for thou my sute wyâ—â— heare Enclyne to mée thy face so frée my wordes in hearyng beare 7 Thy mercies great extend thou yet saue them whych trust in thée From such as stand agaynst thy hand and vayne resisters bée 8 As ball of eye O tenderly kepe me my Lord and kyng And shadow me so close to be hyd vnder thy good wyng 9 Defend me quyte from all the spyte of them that me molest My foes I sée round compasse me my soule to haue opprest 10 So fat and fed they iet so redde in wealth they stand full hye Proud spéeche to séeke euen what they léeke they walke disdaynfully 11 In wayes they wayte to note our gate so set on euery side They bend theyr eyes as crafty spies on ground to cast vs wyde 12 Lyke Lyon slye they priuy lye which gréedy séekth his pray As close it were fierce wolfe or beare or Lyons whelpe they lay 13 For thy renowne ryse cast hym downe destroy hys spyte O God My soule O saue from wycked â—laue who is thy sword and rod. 14 From men so fond that be thy hond O Lord from worldly beast Who make good chere thou filst them here they leaue theyr babes the rest 15 And I shall bold thy face beholde in righteousnes so bryght I shall in déede be satisfide thy glory brought to lyght ¶ The Collecte COnuert the eyes of our faith O dere father to beholde the truth of thy iudgement that when wee be tryed by the spirituall fire of probation we maye haue at the last fruition of thy glorious presence to be satisfied wyth the fruite of thy righteousnes Thorough Christ our Lorde Amen The Argument Psalme XVIII Christ here in this geueth thankes to God aright For hym and his geueth thankes to God aright For that they bee from all vngodly spight Deliuered free from all vngodly spight 1 I Will loue thée most inwardly O Lord my strength thou art Thy mercies all both great and small do comfort much my hart 2 My Lord is hence my rocke and fence my sauyng God I say My myght and shield my trust in field my horne of health my stay 3 The Lorde alwayes most worthy prayes on hym I mynde to call So safe shall I most stedfastly escape myne enemies all 4 The greuousnes of deadly stresse dyd compasse me about The streames of sinne so whelmd me in they troubled me full out 5 The paynes of hell that were so fell dyd me inclose full fast The trappes and snares of deadly cares preuented me in hast 6 In troublous wo I cald vnto my Lord my God in feare To heare my case his will it was my cry euen toucht hys eare 7 The earth did shake for feare did quake the hils theyr bases shooke Remoued they were in place most faire at Gods ryght fearefull looke 8 Darke smoke rose so hys face there fro hys mouth as fire consumde That coales at it were kyndled bryght when he in anger fumde 9 The heauens fullow he made to bowe and downe dyd he ensue And darkenes great was vnder set his féete in clowdy hue 10 He rode on hye and dyd so flye vpon the Cherubins He came in sight and made hys flight vpon the wyng of wyndes 11 His place he set In darkenes great as secret there to byde Wyth cloudes about he set it out wyth waters blacke beside 12 At hys great light of present sight the cloudes past ouer quight As stones of hayle do melt and quayle by coales in fire light 13 The Lord from heauen sent down his leauen and thundred thence in ire He thunder cast in wonders blast wyth hayle and coales of fire 14 With arrow dartes he gald theyr hartes and scatterd them about And forth he bringes hys lightnyngs the Lord destroyd theyr rout 15 When he dyd thret the waters set theyr springes to be dewrayed The blastyng breath of hys great wrath the worldes déepe boâ—tome shewd 16 From heauen aboue his grace and loue to fetche me he dyd send From waters déepe he dyd me kéepe he dyd me strong defend 17 He dyd represse I saw no lesse my foes that strongest be And rid me quite of all theyr spite to strong they were for me 18 They dyd preuent with troublement the day of my great stresse Yet Gods good hand dyd them wythstand preuentyng theyr excesse 19 In libertie he placed mée and led me strayght thereto He brought me out of stresse no doubt hys grace dyd loue me so 20 The Lord dyd thus most gracious my dealyng he aloude He dyd me quite as he in sight me innocent approued 21 For Gods true wayes I kept alwayes Hys law I trustd therto Wyth my Lord God I still abode the wycked do not so 22 I haue an eye hys law to spye from mans tradition Nor hys precept dyd I reiect to my destruction 23 And pure I went wyth true
thy hand is so fell Thy terrours great my conscience swell I féele my vanitie well My vanitie well 11 When thy rebukes mans sinne correcth Hys strength is soone deiect Hys beauty so checkt thou bringst it a sléepe As mothe in clothe when slily they créepe Eche man is vanitie déepe Is vanitie déepe 12 Expende my cry bowe downe thyne eare O Lord my prayer heare My teares be thou neare for straunger I am And ghest wyth thée my father 's the same And they by vanitie lame By vanitie lame 13 O spare a tyme and cease my payne my strength to wynne agayne Before to refrayne eare death doth me spy Consumde by thée wyth irefull eye Lest I in vanitie dye In vanitie dye The Argument Psalme XL. At Dauid prayed so Christ may ye sâ—e Himselfe to geue full ready to bee To God wyth thankes most hartely free And so they spied theyr foes for to flee They mist not to see 1 BY silent watch I wayted in sprite The Lord of heauen and stayd on his myght At last he howde to shewe me hys sight And heard my cry that I dyd endight Hys eare was so ryght 2 He brought me forth of horrible pit In lome and clay depe myerd in it On stable rocke he made me to sit Hewdes man was and guyded my féete In iourney so fit 3 A song full new he put in my mouth To sing to God hys laud for hys sooth For he kynde thanke most gently alowth Of iust men eke theyr hartes he auowth So frendly he bowth 4 Myne acte shal cause full many to sée How God is good most bountie and frée In feare to hym in hart to agrée In hym to trust all errour to flée God lauded to bée 5 Who trustth in God is blessed in hart Though wo hym vexth how euer it smart From God hys Lord yet will not astart To proude men such as fables impart Wyth lyes ouerwhart 6 My God and Lord thy wonders be hye None can thy thoughts by reason espye Thou bearst to vs though I dyd apply I could not tell the number at eye Them halfe to descrye 7 No sacrifice do worke the delyght Meate offerings none do please thée aryght But eares vnshit thou shopst vs by might Whole offeryngs brent so sinne for to quyte Thou longst not the sight 8 Then sayd I strayt most duely to thys Lo here I come not slowly remisse In volume booke there written it is Of me in chiefe wythout any mis. Thy name for to blisse 9 Thy wyll to do all whole am I bent My God most hye wyth gentle assent To thy swete law my hart doth relent Wherby I trust no tyme to repent My choyce to lament 10 Thy iustice great my selfe shall I strayne To thy great church to tell it agayne No tyme my lippes from it will I frayne And that thou knowest most certainly playne Thy loue to retayne 11 Thy ryghteousnes I hid not in hart Thy truth and health I glad dyd impart I kept not close how louely thou wart Thy fayth to folke I spred it in part So trusty thou art 12 To me alway thy mercy reserue That I may thée most faythfully serue Let thy swéete grace me daâ—ly preserue Thy healthfull truth that I may deserue So neuer to swerue 13 I am beset wyth troublous woes My sinnes so fell do threat me to lose As heares of head in number they rose My hart is faynt it selfe to repose So faintly it goes 14 O Lord assent to sende me thyne ayde To ryd my foes that make me afrayde Make hast to helpe before I be layde I dye if helpe to me be denayde As wholy decayde 15 Who séeke in hate my soule for to kill Let shame them take so cursed in will Confound them all which séeke me to spill Let them fall backe that wishe me so euill That I may be still 16 Wo worth them all which me do defye And shame for mede that they myght aspye Agaynst me who so daily replye And in my payne say fye to the fye Where health myght they cry 17 Let these in thée be ioyfully glad Which séeke thy name which be not adrad To loue thy health no tyme be they sad That God be praysde by them may be sayd For mercy so had 18 Though poore I go and néedy I bée The Lord so good yet careth for mée Thou art myne ayde my suertie frée To tract thy tyme Lord neuer agrée From me for to flée ¶ The Collecte O Lord almighty which art the inuincible defender of all thy true seruauntes and so by prophecies were so promised as is recorded in the head and principall booke of the law We beseche thee to graue in our hartes thy holy lawes wherby we may be able to denounce thy onely righteousnes through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLI Ye see how Christ makth here hys mone Agaynst the Iewes to speake So may the iust when he do grone Gods cause not hys bewreake 1 THat man is blest that counth in hart the poore afflict and nedies payne For he in day of bitter smart hym God hys Lord wyll ease agayne 2 God wyll hym kepe and saue hys lyfe and blesse wyth wealth in earth hys state And ryd hys soule from harme and stryfe of all hys foes in deadly hate 3 The Lord will ease whan he on bed al wrapt in payne lyth sicke full oft And comfort send his paynfull hed thou tournst O Lord his couch full soft 4 In payne I tournd and sayd to thée Haue mercy Lord right sone on me Heale thou my soule and make it frée For I full oft haue sinned to thée 5 Mine enmyes thus sayd wrathfully their angry harts so sweld in spite Why doth he lyue when shall he dye his name and fame to perishe quyte 6 And if they came to visite me they glosde in craft as they were vayne Theyr hartes to guile do full agrée and out from thence spake lyes agayne 7 My foes in one close rounded they agaynst me whole they ioyntly met Euen me wyth lyes they did I say vnworthely wyth guile beset 8 They sayd he wrought some euyll deuise that God him thus so sore doth strike To life no more God let him rise that now in bed he lyeth so sicke 9 Yea euen my frendes familiar at me in scorne they lyft theyr héeles Euen they that farde as I dyd fare yet me to trap they markt at meales 10 To mercy yet Lord condescende to me so poore in hart I call Rayse me agayne that I may mende I shall therfore rewarde them all 11 By this I know thy loue to me for that O Lord myne enmies all From triumphes yet full far to be to sée at eye my house to fall 12 For thou respectes myne innocence wherin thou didst me strongly kepe So shall thy grace well strength me hence I trust euen nye thy face so meke 13 O blessed be of Israell thys mighty God and Lorde
enbrued wyth bloud hys God for grace dyd seeke 1 HAue mercy God on me I craue for thy great gentlenes Thy mercies store on me vouchsaue put out my sinfulnes 2 But washe me depe from all my sinne for déepely falne I am O clense me clere wythout wythin from synne that beastly came 3 For I confesse my wyckednes my state I fele most vyle In sight I beare my giltines it doth myne eye reuyle 4 To thée alone I trespaced I â—ind before thyne eyes That iust in word thou mightst be tryed thou iudge so pure to ryse 5 Behold in sinne I shapen was in natyue filth infect My mother me conceyud alas in sinne of Adams sect 6 But lo thou hast the truth well loued in hart alway to raigne Thys wisdome hid to few approued thou shewest to me most playne 7 Thou shalt me purge wyth Isope grene so clensd men me shall know Thou shalt me washe to be full clene more whyte than is the snow 8 Thou shalt make me much ioye to heare and rest for all my payne My shaken bones shall them besteare and ioye then once agayne 9 From my misdedes turne thou thy face I cannot say to oft From out thy bookes my gilt O rase to féele thy mercy soft 10 A puer hart make thou in me O God both good and true A rightful sprite wythin to be my soule agayne renue 11 From open sight of thy swete face O Lord reiect me not Withdraw not thou thy sprite of grace from me so desolate 12 Thy ioyfull health restore wyth all to me thus tâ—st wyth wo Wyth sprite most frée and principall strength me agayne to go 13 Then wyll I teache thy wayes for ryght to all the wycked sort That they to the conuerted quyte for comfort may resort 14 Ryd me from all bloudgiltines thou God my God of health My tonge shal sing thy ryghteousnes and iust condemne my selfe 15 O Lord my lips set open wyde in thankes to make them frée So shall my mouth on euery side geue laudes most due to thée 16 For thou regardst no sacrifice I would els geue it thée Nor yet requirst by law precise our offrings brent that bée 17 The sacrifice to God elect is iust a troubled sprite Good God thou wylt no tyme reiect a broken hart contrite 18 O shew thy grace and fauour yet to Syon Dauids throne Ierusalem â–ª that citie great build thou her wals of stone 19 Then ryghteous hostes thou shalt allow whole offrings burnt in sight Wyth sacrifice of calfe and cow they shall thyne aulters dyght ¶ The Collecte POure vpon vs O god most holy thy manifold mercies and compassions by whiche thou cleansest vs from the filthy corruption of sinne and therwyth makest our hartes cleane in thy sight we besech thee still to renue in our inward partes the gift of thy holy and principall sprite by power wherof we may glorifie thy name in this present worlde at last to come to thy heauenly Ierusalem through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme LII This Psalme inueith and is full wroth agaynst oppressours myght To Christ so Iudas fygure goth to Dauid Doegs spyte 1 WHy boast thy selfe thou tyraunt thus in malice vauntyng aye Knowst not that God is gracious to good men day by daye 2 Thy tong contriueth all crokednes of hartes aboundance great Wyth guiles it cutteth in craftines as rasour sharply whet 3 Thou malice louest aboue all good to hurt more then to helpe To hatch more lyes then truth to broode lyke Adams byrd and whelpe 4 Thou hast but loued to speake all nought that may perdition bring O thou false tong thou hast but sought deceite by flatteryng 5 Therfore shall God quite thée subuert thy house to take from thée And roote thée out all ouerwhart no lyuing land to sée 6 In seyng thys the ryghteous man shall feare and worshyp God And shall say thus to scorne hym than in Gods so heauy râ—d 7 Lo thys the man that had no lust in God hys strength to set But he in heapes of gold dyd trust by sinne hys strength he met 8 But I am lyke in God hys house a fruitfull Olyue grene In Gods good grace most piteous my trust shall aye be sene 9 I will laude thée â–ª for euer iust thy word doth neuer mis Thy name so good shall be my trust wyth good men good it is ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God which in thy power and fearefull wrath beatst downe all the vanitie of the worlde and spite of maÌ„s pride graunt vs so to florish as fruitfull Olyue trees in the house and congregatioÌ„ of thy people that by trust of thy name we may bee deliuered from the curse and malediction of thy wrath through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LII Thus clawbackes heare theyr shame Whom God shall once consume They Princes hartes enflame Wyth causeles ire to fume 1 WHy bragst in malice hye O thou in mischiefe stout Gods goodnes yet is nye All day to me no doubt 2 Thy tong to muse all euyll It doth it selfe inure As rasour sharpe to spill All guile it doth procure 3 Thou malice louedst to wrye Aboue all goodnes walke And more thou louest to lye Then righteousnes to talke 4 Yea loued thou hast no lesse To speake one worde for all All wordes of noughtines Thou tong in fraude most thrall 5 But God once thée shall wast Shall stroy and scrape by hand Thy tent from thée at last To roote thée out of land 6 And ryghteous men shall sée And feare therby shall take But yet at hym full frée Good laughter shall they make 7 O lo the man hymselfe That made not God hys ayde That trustd in ryches wealth Whose myght in mischiefe layde 8 But I as Olyue gréene In Gods swéete house shall lay My trust hath euer bene In Gods good grace for ay 9 I thée shall laude euen still For thys thou dydst say I Thy name to wayte I wyll For good thy sayntes it spy ¶ The Argument Psalme LIII Our natyue sinne this Psalme detecth that sinners all be we And that from grace who be reiect confounded must they be 1 THe foole haue sayd in hart euen so no God at all to bée Wherfore corrupt foule sinne they do to do good none wyll sée 2 God looked down from heauen so hye on Adams children all Some prudent man if he could spye that God would séeke or call 3 But they be all astrayd and gone abhominable made That would do good not one not one corrupt in all theyr trade 4 Know they no thyng in hart so stoure these wycked workers all My flocke as bread which do deuoure nor yet on God they call 5 They were afrayd where feare dyd lacke to shame God put them ryght Men pleasers bones God all to brake for he abhorde them quite 6 Oh that by God to Israell from Syon health were had Hys people thrall no more
so hard from vs his loues and mercyes great 10 At last I sayd this wauering declareth my frayltye fonde But I entend in mynd to bryng the chaunge of his good hande 11 My Lords great actes I will recount my fayth to hym to bynde His wondrous workes how hye they mount In tymes of olde to fynde 12 In all thy workes so wrought by thée my study whole shall stand My talke shal be most frankly frée to spreade thy dedes of hand 13 Thy way O God I sée is set in holynes all bryght What God is like in glory great as this our God of might 14 Thou God art he which openly workst wonders hye as God To people farre and sonderly thy power thou spredst abroade 15 Thou hast redéemd with might in déede thy people tenderly Olde Iacobs stocke and Iosephes séede escapt by thée they be 16 The waters déepe saw thée O God the waters déepe saw thée They were afrayd to féele thy rod the depthes dyd quake to sée 17 Thy cloudes raynd down so waters fell the heauens for sound dyd ryng The stones of hayle were arrowes fell by them thy foes to wryng 18 Thy thunders noyse dyd rumble stout in ayre the sphere aboue Thy lightnyngs shoone all round about the earth dyd quake and moue 19 Thy way in sea is large and wyde thy pathes in waters great Thy footesteps yet cannot be spied how there thy féete be set 20 Thou ledst thy people pastor like as shéepe in all theyr way By Moses hand thou didst them kéepe whom Aaron helpt to stay ¶ The Collecte O God the wonderfull workesman of deedes incōprehensible most specially in the element of water sometyme by staying the rage of them to the defence of thine elect to the cōsuming of thine enemies sometyme in turnyng to the nature of wyne to the cōfort of thy seruauntes we besech thee so to accept the voyces of our cryes that we may feele thy mercy continually poured vpon vs to preserue and to comforte vs Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXVIII This hye profound oration A monitorie is To God to turne to trust vpon by workes so great of his 1 MY people kinde heare this my law true lore it full auowth Inclyne your eare in gentle awe to harke my wordes of mouth 2 My lipes sage sawes shall now vnfolde which parables might séeme And prouerbes straunge of yeares of olde how we should God estéeme 3 Which thinges we haue both hard and tride to be most certen true Which fathers olde to vs a lyed vs tolde that should ensue 4 Not we therfore will hyde the same from their posterytye To them to tell Gods lauds and fame his wonders straunge to sée 5 He made a pact with Iacob iust and law set Israell Wherin he chargd our fathers trust these things their seede to tell 6 That so myght all their linage know in ages still to come To ryse and sprede to hye and low Gods actes to hys renome 6 That so myght all theyr linage know in ages still to come To ryse and sprede to hye and low Gods actes to his renome 7 That they therby myght truly set in God affiaunce strong That they should not hys workes forget but kepe his hestes full long 8 Lest they should proue theyr fathers lyke a faythles stubburne kynde A people loth the ryght to seke which fell from God in mynde 9 All lyke the tribe of Ephraym in armes wyth dartes and bowes Yet turnd theyr backes at fightyng tyme and had foule ouerthrowes 10 They kept not lo true tutch wyth God hys pact they oueryed From hys swéete hestes they strayd abrode to walke hys law they fled 11 And soone forgate what done had he to them as beastes vnkynd His wondrous workes that they had séene were cleane cast out of mynd 12 Great meruels wrought his mighty hand in theyr forefathers sight At Zoan field in Egipt land to shew hys power and might 13 He cut the seas ▪ apart to stand as walles erect on hye He led them through to go to land while they like heapes did lygh 14 He led them forth in Iorneys right by clowde as guyde by day By night whole out in firy lyght his angels kept their way 15 He claue the rockes in wildernes how hard so euer growne Where out he slackt theyr thirstines as flouds from depthes had flowne 16 He made the stone to gushe in streams from them did water strike Though flyntes by kynd kepe fiery leames God made them drinke to kepe 17 For all this yet agaynst his will they sinned more and more They hym prouokt in desert still for all his gentle store 18 They tempted God to proue hys power theyr hartes went much astray They would haue meat at present hower theyr lustes they would assay 19 Agaynst theyr God ▪ most euery where they spake lyke rebels thus Can God prouide a table here in wyldernes for vs 20 He strake the rocke the waters spred as streames they flowed in déede But can say they God geue vs bread or flesh hys flocke to féede 21 When God this heard he was full wroth his fyre in Iacob brent Hys heauy plage in anger goeth euen downe on Israell sent 22 Because no hope in God they layde that he could féede theyr want Nor yet put trust in hym for ayde God made theyr hartes to pant 23 He dyd commaund the cloudes aboue which flote the ayre about He bade the heauens theyr gates remoue to poure theyr giftes full out 24 Then rayned downe that Manna swéete therof that they should tast He sent them down about theyr féete from heauen thys vyand cast 25 O wondrous act that man dyd eate such foode of aungels strong He pourd them down theyr fill of meate their pitched tentes among 26 He made the East wynd blow hys blast amid the heauen in length He forst the southwynde blow as fast by hys great power and strength 27 So than he raynd as thicke as dust of flesh aboundant store And fetherd foules to fill theyr lust as thicke as sand on shore 28 Amid theyr tentes it fell as motes not far to séeke therfore Euen round about theyr dwellyng cotes it dyd them serue the more 29 They thus dyd eate and fed they were full vp vnto the chin He graunted them theyr lust so far what they could wishe therin 30 Theyr lust was not abased so for still in lust they quothed And whyle they chowd both to and fro in mouth this meat they lothed 31 Lo wrath from God was kyndled sheu he slew theyr worthies great He feld to ground theyr chosen men in Israell beset 32 For all this yet they sinned still theyr wonted guise they playde To trust to hym they had no will though wonders he displayde 33 Therfore he spoyld theyr lyuyng dayes in vanitie to lygh Theyr yeares he spent in feares and frayes to vere both hart and eye 34 As long as God them strake and slue
I say loueth Syon gates Her portes and fortes her wals and towers Aboue the rest for all theyr states Of Iacobs tentes and princely bowers 3 Thou citie hye of God no doubt Where he doth raigne in maiestie Hye thynges be sayd to set thée out To blase thy power and dignitie 4 I Raabs realme and Babylons Wyll beare in mynd such shall know me Lo Tyrus lo Philistians Lo Moores most far there borne is he 5 Of Syon thus it shall be sayd That he and he was borne in her But he that is far hyest layd Is he that her confirmth most clere 6 The Lord for truth shall it record The people when he registreth That he so hye that louely Lord Was borne euen there and there he lyegth 7 All singers there and trumpetters Their songes hymnes shall swete rebound Fresh liuely springes wyth all their cheres Shall prayse thys Lord for grace most bound ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God the only foundation of our fayth which doost build the gates and strength of thine eternall maiestye to be seene in the hartes of thine elect as it were vpon thy holy hiles fenced and beset round about by thy righteousnes graunt vs we besech thee to glory in thy true faith and to declare the benefite of thy sonnes redemption wrought for our soules by his incarnation to whom wyth thee and the holy ghost c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXVIII Here is a mone most piteous of man afflicte in stresse It payntes Christes death most dolorous hys sepulture in flesh 1 MY louyng Lord and God of grace on whom my health dependth Both day and night before thy face my crye I haue extend 2 O let therfore my prayer soone come now before thy sight Inclyne thyne eare and heare my bone with teares which I endight 3 My soule is full of miseries in woes full gorgd I rore My lyfe in sight to all mens eyes is euen at death hys dore 4 As one of them I am estéemd that tumble must in pit A sely man I am but déemd so voyde of strength I sit 5 As frée from toyle among the dead as wounded slepe in graue Who far from mynd be sonke as lead whom slayne thy handes now haue 6 In pit most déepe thou hast me throwne in deathes and hels dispayre In places darke down low bestown where coâ—mith no lyght nor ayre 7 Thy fury Lord lyeth hard on me oh striffe on euery side And vext thou hast both hart and eye wyth all thy stormes full tryde 8 Thou hast driuen far my frendes from me acquaynted most to sée Abhord of them thou madest me be thus bound I cannot flée 9 My sight doth fayle for heauines to thée Lord yet I cry No day from thée Lord would I cease to lift my handes full hye 10 Thy meruels great wylt thou deuise to worke to buried men Or els shall sprites to lyfe aryse thy laudes to â—ound agayne 11 Or shall my graue thy pitie tell when once thou hast me â—layne Or shall thy truth be proued so well when I destroyd am layne 12 Thy wondrous workes which wrought thy hand Shall darkenes them expresse Or shall thy iustice shyne in land of mere forgetfulnes 13 To thée O Lord my prayer went to whom els should I go Yea still my sute shall thée preuent at morne while laffth my wo. 14 Why than O Lord abhorst my soule all helpe from me to wynde Why hidest thy face from me so whole that I no grace can fynde 15 Afflict I am at poynt to dye from youth thus haue I bene In hart astound thy dreades fele I so fearefull they be sene 16 Thy sower wrathes so multiplied hane ouerwhelmed me Thy terrours eke which sore abyde haue stroyd me whole to sée 17 They daily did passe ouer me as water surges hye They compasd me in cerâ—enty euen round about full nye 18 Both frend and kinne from me full far â–ª thou hast put whole away My frendes that were familiar in darke fro me they stray ¶ The Collecte O Lord the redemer of all which art meruelous in the procuryng of our health and saluation which by thy descension into hell were made as one among the dead heare the timely prayers of thy family praying to be deliuered from our peruerse enemye labouring to bring vs into bondage graunt this O Lord who lyuest and raygnest with the father c. The Argument Psalme LXXXIX The letter here describeth to eare the state of Dauids raygne The sprite to hart doth this impart that Christ shall ayâ— remayne 1 GOds mercies all wyth song I shall for euer sing and play Wyth mouth euen still expresse I will hys truth from day to day 2 For thus I sayd hys mercy stayde for euer shall remayne Thou shalt confirme thy truth most firme in heauen and it maintayne 3 With Abraham in league I am who was my chief elâ—â—â— To Dauid lo I sware euen so for hym and all his sect 4 I will thy sede prepare in dede for euer world to ende I will aduaunce thy gouernaunce for aye thy raigne extende 5 The heauens O Lord shall iust recorde thy meruayles great in dede Euen so thy saintes wythout restraintes thy truth in church shall sprede 6 For who compare so boldly dare with God in heauen so cleare Whom can we seke the Lord so like among Gods children deare 7 This God of blisse most puissant is amids his saintes echone Most louely feare to hym they beare which stand about his throne 8 O Lord and God of hostes so brode who Lord so strong as thou Euen round about thy truth falth out to them which thée allow 9 Thou canst represse the seas excesse by power imperiall When they do swell in surges fell thou makest them downe to fall 10 Thou Egipt braidst and it so raydst as wounded carcasse proude Thou scatredst wyde thine enemies pride such strength thyne arme auowde 11 The heauens be thyne wyth all their shyne the earth is thine ful sure The world so round thou dydst it found with all the furniture 12 As North and South â–ª stood thorow thy mouth thy worde them both dyd frame So Tabor West and Hermon East both hils shall ioy thy name 13 An arme endude with fortitude thou hast omnipotent O let thyne hand then strongly stand thy ryght hand hie be bent 14 As ryghteousnes so iudgement is thy throne and royall seat With mercy truth most ioyntly sueth before thy face so swete 15 O then most blest such folke doth rest that ioyeth and féelth the same In thy pure light they walke shall right O Lord to prayse thy name 16 Thy name so bright shall them delite all day to ioy therin And they alwayes themselfe shall rayse by thy iust word to winne 17 For thou thy selfe doost worke their welth the ioy of all theyr strength By thy good grace thou shalt in place lyft vp our hornes at length 18 On God
in other landes 42 And then full soone theyr enemies full sore dyd them oppresse As subiectes vyle subdude they were to all their cruelnes 43 He oft in loue deliuerd them but they more oft rebeld With theyr inuentes and so for sinne they were but iustly feld 44 He yet at length hys eyes dyd cast when they in trouble grond And when he heard how painfully in wo they daily mond 45 He them agayne to mind did call his pact to them betrought He dyd repent and pitied them hys heaped grace so wrought 46 Yea more then this he made euen such to shew them pitie all Which earst full hard theÌ„ captiue held as slaues most bond shrall The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men bee then Lord teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see 47 O saue vs Lord our louyng God from Gentils vs collect Thy holy name that we may found thy laudes wyth ioy erect The gentle Lord of Israel and God wyth prayse be raysde From world to world let all men say Amen the Lord be praysde The Lord so good wyth thankes confesse Who can hys power expresse Well true men be then Lorde teache mee Thy seruauntes state to see The Collecte BE myndefull of vs O mercifull Lorde for the deare loue that thou bearest to thy people and discharge vs from all seruitude and bondage of sinne and saue vs by thy healthfull hande and gather vs to gether in one vnitie of sprite to glorifie thee onelye our Lorde and sauiour to whome wyth the father and the holy ghost c. ¶ The ende of the fourth booke Here beginneth the fifth Booke of Psalmes Psalme CVII ¶ The Argument This hath fiue partes distinct where diuers men be bid The Lord to prayse to preach hys power who them from perils rid ¶ The Quiere The rearefreyt of the Psalme GOd graunt that we would prayse euer agayne The Lord for hys grace so to sing in our quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so nere to all doth appeare To all doth appeare ¶ The Meane 1 O Prayse the Lord all ye Due thankes to hym extende For good he is whose gentlenes Shall last till world doth ende 2 Let them say thus in thankes who were by God made frée Whom he redéemd from cruell hand of troublous enmitie 3 And whom he gatherd nye from countries strange and wyde From East and West from North and South in citie safe to byde 4 Who wandred out of way in desertes wildernes And found no way to dwelling towne to stay in restfulnes 5 Who hunger felt and thirst nye pynde by famishment Whose hartes within dyd melt away for néedefull nourishment ¶ The Rectors 6 Who thus afflict when they did cry To God in meeke complaintes He them dyd saue most louingly From all theyr hard constrayntes 7 For he led them the way full kynde Both ryght and prosperous Wherby they dyd a citie fynde To dwell commodious ¶ The Quiere 8 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to sing in theyr quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 9 For that he refresht theyr bodely neede Where thirsty they strayd as wyth anguishe opprest Theyr soule dyd he ease of theyr hunger in speede To set them in rest wyth foode of the best ¶ The Meane 10 And they that sate in darke in deadly shadowes blacke Afflict in bondes and iron chaynes and felt all comfortes lacke 11 They thus deserud for why gods wordes they did detest The counsayles eke they did despise of all the worthiest â—2 He then brought downe their hartes wyth griefes most tedious They fell full faynt none helpyng them so far rebellious ¶ The Rectors 13 Who thus afflict when they dyd cry To God in meeke complayntes He them dyd saue most louingly From all theyr hard constrayntes 14 For he them brought from sorrowes long From darke and deadly shade He brake their bondes and fetters strong To freedome they to wade ¶ The Quiere 15 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to sing in theyr quiere The wonders he doth for the children of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 16 For that he releast their burdenouse holde The gates that in brasse were inuincible fast As also the barres that in yron were folde By hym were they brast set ope at the last ¶ The Meane 17 And fooles that lewdly did by surfet foule transgres And were for al theyr sinnes afflict by sicknes fell excesse 18 Who meat in tast abhord though swéete and wholesome dyght And then came nigh to death hys gates to stop theyr breth and sight ¶ The Rectors 19 Who thus afflict whan they do crye To God in meke complayntes He them did saue most louinglye From all their hard constrayntes 20 For he then sent his worde anone He them restord by myght Wherby they scapte destruction From perill saued quite ¶ The Quiere 21 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lorde for hys grace so to sing in their quiere The wonders he doth for the childer of men Whose mercy so neare to them did appeare 22 That offer they may the sacrifice pure Iust thankes of their lippes out of hart so to rayse Hys workes to renome so the world to allure His walkes and his wayes most gladly to prayse ¶ The Meane 23 And they that enter do the sea wyth shyp and sayle To worke theyr feates in waters depe â–ª for lyfelodes great auayle 24 They sée Gods dreadfull workes in tempestes them they note His meruels eke of thynges so houge in depe also in flote 25 God speakth and strait ryse vp the wyndes of blustring stormes Which vp do hoyse the bellowes rage in gastly grisly formes 26 Theare ships rise vp to heauen agayne to deepe they fall Thus tosse in waues the mariners great feares their hartes apall 27 They to and fro be tost they réele as man full dronke Theyr arte theÌ„ faylth theyr wits be gone they fare as men but sonke ¶ The Rectors 28 Who thus afflict when they do cry To God in meke complayntes He them doth saue most louingly From all their harde constrayntes 29 For he the stormes doth calme in sea the waues he stilleth their dinne 30 Then glad are they that still they be Safe hauen he driueth them in ¶ The Quiere 31 God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lord for hys grace so to syng in their quiere The wonders he doth for the childern of men Whose mercy so neare to them dyd appeare 32 Hys fame to aduaunce as duely they ought Downe set as they be with the people in place To prayse hym aright for indempnitie wrought Where elders in space their courtes do embrace ¶ The Meane 33 So let men note Gods myght in dread
of hym to stand Which turnth moist soyle to wildernes dryeth vp springs to land 34 A fruitefull earth he makth as salt and barren ground The dwellers sinnes be cause therof where in their liues be found 35 So he the desert makth to flow wyth water springes And soyle most dry from barennes by runnyng brookes he bringes 36 And there he setth to dwell all hungry nedefull men To build themselfe a city strong as Forte therto to renne 37 And there the fieldes they sowe and vineyardes large they plant Swéete frutes to beare of yeres increase to féede their néede want 38 All them he blessth wyth store they then increase most hye And suffreth not theyr cattell once to droupe or yet to dye 39 But when they fall to sinne he them decayth agayne By cruell powers he bringth them low with cares opprest payne ¶ The Rectors 40 When thus afflict they feele decay By Princes great abuse Though out of way a tyme they stray At last he them reduce 41 For he the poore returnd by smart Doth rayse from misery His householdes yet he makth in part As flockes of sheepe to ligh ¶ The Quiere God graunt that they would prayse hartely then The Lorde for hys grace so to sing in their quiere The wonders he doth for the chylder of men Whose mercy so neare to them did appeare 42 That tymely they may this ponder aryght As righteous man in his duety so glad Is prest to reioyce wyth a godly delyte Where mouth of the bad shall dumly be sad The conclusion Mans hart that is wise these things wil aduise Pure thankes to procure â–ª to hys God for his cure And thus hys deuise may he iustly comprise Ryght oft is hys vre by loue to allure Kynde mercy so sure in hym doth endure Extoll hym I say both by night and by day Ren neuer astray from his mercifull way ¶ The Collecte WE do acknowledge O Lord thy manifolde mercies which thou doost daily bestow vppon our miserable necessities beseching thee as thou sittest in heauen on the ryght hand of thy father in throne of equall glory with him that we may worthely coÌ„ceiue and vnderstand this great mystery of thy inestimable mercies duely to laude the same to the glorye of thy name who with the father and the holy gost art worthy all prayse Amen ¶ Certayne verses of the sayd Psalme otherwise translated 6 When thus they cryed to God thus set in woes excesse Ryght soone he dyd deliuer them from all theyr hard distresse 7 For he led them the way both ryght and prosperous Wherby they did a citie fynde to dwell commodious 8 O that men would then prayse the Lordes benignitie To tell what actes ful strange he doth to mans posteritie 9 For that he doth refresh the soule in thyrst so dry And filleth the soule that hungry is wyth goodnes largely 13 When thus they cryed to God thus set in woes excesse Ryght soone he dyd deliuer them from all theyr hard distresse 14 For he then brought them forth from darke and dedly shade He brake theyr bondes and fetters strong to fréedom sure to wade 15 O that men would then prayse the Lordes benignitie To tell what actes ful strange he doth to mans posteritie 16 For he the gates of brasse hath all to shiuers broke And burst the barres a sunder quite in yron forgd by stroke 19 When thus they cryed to God thus set in woes excesse Ryght soone he dyd deliuer them from all theyr hard distresse 20 For he then sent hys worde he them restord by might Wherby they scapte destruction from peryll saued quite 21 O that men would then prayse the Lordes benignitie To tell what actes ful strange he doth to mans posteritie 22 That they would offer hym of thankes the sacrifice And full tell out hys workes so great in glad and thankfull wyfe 28 When thus they cryed to God thus set in woes excesse Ryght soone he dyd deliuer them from all theyr hard distresse 29 For he dryueth down the stormes and makth them soone to cease So that the waues be still agayne wherby they winne release 30 Then are they glad at hart because at rest they bée He bringth them thus to that theyr hauen which they so glad wold sée 31 O that men would then prayse the Lordes benignitie To tell what actes ful strange he doth to mans posteritie 32 That they would hym exalt when people most be met And prayse hym due where Elders bée together ioyntly set 40 Though he doth beare a whyle that tyrantes them oppresse And suffer them to go astray in wandryng wyldernesse 41 Yet he doth helpe the poore from hys great misery Hys householdes yet he makth in part as flockes of shepe to lye 42 The righteous man wyll this expend and eke reioyce Where that the mouth of wickednes shall whole be stopt in voyce 43 Who that is wyse I say will ponder all these thynges They shall so know what mercies frée the Lord in sorow bringes ¶ The Argument Psalme CVIII When Dauid kept Odollan caue Where Saule he scapte for all hys raue Thus thankes in song he dyd extende To God who did hys lyfe defende 1 MY hart to God is ready found Thy worthy laudes deuout to sound For sing I will and Psalmes recorde With glory due in tong and worde 2 Lyft vp thy selfe thou Psaltrye swéete Thou harpe euen so with tunes most méete For I my selfe will early ryse Newe songes to sing I wyll deuise 3 I thée wyll prayse O Lord in songe In peoples sight euen them among Yea Psalmes to thée I wyll arrect Among all folke of euery sect 4 For farre aboue the heauen we sée Standth firmly thy benignytie Thy fayth and truth as proufe doth teache Most nye the cloudes doth wholy reach 5 Be thou exalt O God on hye Aboue the heauens in maiestye Aboue all earth thy glory set That men may know thy power so great 6 That thy beloued from wretchednes Whole rydde may be in stablenesse Let thy right hand than vs preserue O aunswere me my turne to serue 7 God spake his word in holynes Wherein I ioy and shall no lesse All Sychem iust in partes I set And Sucoth vale I also met 8 All myne no doubt is Gilead And so is myne Manasses had And Ephraim my reigne the strength And Iuda is my guyde at length 9 Land Moab is my water pot And Idumye my conquerd lot Wheron my sho extend I wyll On Philistyne ioy shall I still 10 Who hath me brought to be so nye â–ª That cytye great â–ª so walled hye Who led me forth so iust to come To Idâ—mye to wynne renome 11 Was it not thou I say O God Which vs forsokst cast wyde abroade Which didst not walke as God with vs With our mayne hostes victorious 12 O geue vs helpe and that at hand Of all our griefe of troubles band For weake the helpe
syng I sayd I will take heede 39. If thou séest many poore men to beg and wilt shew pity to them thou mayst both thy selfe receyue them to mercye and also exhorte other to doo the same saying Blessed is he that considereth the poore 41. If thou hast a desire to Godward and hearest thine enemies to vpbrayde thée bée not troubled but consider what fruite of immortalitie ryseth to thée for this desire comfort thy soule with hope to God and so therein releauyng and asswagyng the heauines of thy lyfe say Like as the hart desireth the water brookes 42. If thou wilt remember of Gods benefites which he dyd to their fathers bothe in theyr out goyng from Egipt as in the deserte and how good God was to them but they vnthankefull to hym Thou hast We haue heard with our eares 44. Heare my law 78. My song shall be alway of the loving kindnes of the Lord. 89. Heare my prayer 102. O geue thankes vnto the Lord. 106. and 107. When Israell came out of Egipt 114. If thou hast made thy refuge to God and hast escaped such trouble as was prepared against thée if thou wylt geue thankes and shew out hys kyndnes to thée syng God is our hope and strength 46. If thou wilt know how to geue thankes to God whē thou doost resort to him wyth vnderstandyng sound sing O clap your handes together 47. Great is the Lore 48. If thou wilt exhort men to put to eir trust in the liuing God who ministreth all things aboundantly to good mēs vse blameth the madnes of the world which sueth theyr God Mammon so inordinately sing O heare this all ye people 49. If thou wouldst call vpon the blynde world for theyr wrong confidence of their brute sacrifices and shew thē what sacrifice God most hath required of them syng The Lord the mighty God 50. If thou hast sinned and art conuerted and moued to do penaunce desirous to haue mercy thou hast woordes of confession in Haue mercy vpon me 51. If thou hast suffred false accusation before the kyng and séest the diuell to triumph therof go aside and say Why boast thou thy selfe 52. If they which persecute thée with accusations woulde betray thée as the Phariseis dyd Iesus and as the alyantes dyd Dauid discomfort not thy selfe therwyth but sing in good hope to God Saue me O God 54.69 Be mercifull vnto me O God 57. If thyne aduersaries which trouble thée do vpbrayde thée and that they which séeme to be thy frendes speake most agaynst thée wherupon if in thy meditation thou art somwhat greued therat thou maist call on God saying Heare my prayer O God 55. If persecution come fierce on thée and vnbewares chance to enter into the caue where thou hydest thy self feare not for in thys strayte thou shalte haue expedient wordes both to comfort thée and to put thée in olde remēbraunce with Be mercifull vnto me O God 57. I cryed vnto the Lord with my voyce 142. If thou wylt confound hypocrites whiche make glorious shewes outwardly speake theyr conuersion Are your myndes set vpon right 58. If thy pursuers commaunde thy house to be watched when thou art escaped geue thankes to God and graue it in the tables of thy harte for perpetuall remembraunce and say Deliuer me from myne enemies 59. If thyne enemies cruelly assault thée and would catch thy lyfe offer the subiection to God agaynst them and be of good comforte for the more they rage the more shall God subdue them and say My soule truely 62. If thou flyest persecution and gettest thée into wildernes feare thou not as though thou were there alone but hauyng God nye vnto thée ryse to hym early in the mornyng sing O God thou art my God earlye will I seeke thee 63. If thyne enemies would put thée in feare and neuer cease to lay traynes for thée and picke all maner quarels agaynst thée though they be very many geue no place to them for the dartes of babes shal be theyr destruction yf thou sayest Heare my cryeng O God 61. Let God aryse 68. Hast thee O God to deliuer me 70. In thee O Lorde 71. If thou wylt laud God wyth a Psalme or hymne sing Thou O God art praysed 65. O be ioyfull 66. If thou askest mercy of God sing God be mercifull 67 If thou wouldest syng to the Lorde thou hast what to say O sing vnto the Lord a new song 96. and 98. If thou hast néede to confesse God wyth thankes sing In thee O Lorde haue I put my trust 71. Vnto thee O God 75. It is a good thing to geue thankes 92. O geue thankes vnto the Lorde 105.118.136 O God my hart 108. I will geue thankes to the Lord with my whole hart 111. and 138. If thou séest wycked men prosper in peace be not offended nor moued there at but say Truelye God is louyng 73. If thyne enemies haue beset the wayes whether thou fléest and art thereby in great anguishe yet in thys trouble dispayre not but pray and if thy prayer be hard geue God thankes and say I will cry to God 77. If they perseuer still and defile the house of God kill hys elects and cast theyr bodies to the foules of the ayre feare not their cruelty but shew pity to them which be in such agany and say O God the Heathen are come 79. If thou wilt enforme anye man with the mysterie of the resurrection sing Heare O thou shepeheard 80. If thou wilt sing to the Lord call together Gods seruauntes on the feastfull day and sing Syng we merely 81. O come let vs sing vnto the Lord. 95. Beholde now prayse the Lord. 134. If the aduersaries flocke together on euery side and threate to destroy the house of God and make their conspiracies against hys religion let not theyr numbers and power trouble thée for thou hast an anker of the wordes of thys Psalme Holde not thy tonge 83. If thou castest an eye to gods house and to his eternal tabernacles and hast a desyre therto as the Apostle had say thou also O how amiable are thy dwellinges 84. If Gods wrathe be ceased and the captiuitie ended thou hast cause how to geue thankes to God wyth Dauid recountyng hys goodnes to thée and others with this Psalme Lord thou art become grations 85. I beleued and therfore will I speake 116. in the ende In Iurye is God knowne 76. If thou wilt rebuke Paynyms and heretikes for that they haue not the knowledge of God in them thou maist haue an vnderstandyng to sing to God Bowe downe thyne eare O Lord. 86. Not to vs O Lord not vnto vs. 115. If thou wilte sée and know the dissent that the catholike churche haue from schismes and wouldest conuert them or to discerne the church concernyng the outward appearaunce and formes therof thou mayst say Her foundations are vpon the holy hils 87. If thou wouldest know how Moyses prayde to God in hys meditation recountyng the
brittle state of mans lyfe desired God to direct so his shorte life that he might follow wisdome read Lord thou hust bene our refuge 90 If thou wouldest comfort thy selfe and others in true religion and teache them that hope to God will neuer suffer a soule to be confounded but to make it bolde and without feare for Gods protection syng Who so dwelleth vnder the fence of the almighty shall abyde 91. If thou wilt sing on the Saboth day thou hast It is a good thing to geue thankes to the lorde 92. If thou wylt sing on the sonday in meditation of gods worde desiring to be instructed therein whereby thou mayst rest in Gods holy will cease from all the workes and doctrines of vayne man reuolue that notable psalm Blessed are those that are vndefiled in the way 119. If thou wilt sing in the seconde day of the Sabbothe thou hast O come let vs syng vnâ—o the Lord. 95. If thou wouldest syng to the Lord thou hast what to say O sing vnto the Lord a new song 96. and 98. If thou wilt sing the fourth day of the Saboth syng O Lord God to whome vengeaunce belongeth 94. for then whan the Lord was betrayed he began to take vengeaÌ„ce on deathe and to triumphe of it therefore when thou readest the gospell Wherein thou hearest the Iewes to take counsail against the Lord and that he standeth boldly agaynst the Deuill then sing the â—oresayd Psalme O Lorde God If thou wilt sing on good Friday thou hast a commeÌ„dation of the Psalme The lord is king 93. for then was the house of Gods churche builded and groundlye founded though the enemies wente aboute to hinder it for which cause sing to God the songes of triumphante victory with the sayd Psalme and wyth Many a tyme haue they fought against me 129. and wyth O sing vnto the lorde a new song 98. If there be any captiuity wherin thy house is layd wast and yet builded agayne sing O sing vnto the lorde 96. If the lande be vext wyth enemies and after come to any rest by the power of God if thou wilt sing therfore sing The lorde is king 97. If thou considerest the prouidence of God in hys gouernaunce so ouer all and wilt instructe any wyth true fayth and obedience when thou hast first perswaded theÌ„ to confesse themselfe sing O be ioyfull in the lorde 100. melius 147. If thou doost acknowledge in God his iudicial power and that in iudgemeÌ„t he mixeth mercy if thou wilt draw nye vnto him thou hast the words of this Psalme to this ende My song shall be of mercy and iudgement 101. If for the imbecillitie of thy nature thou art wery with the continuall miseries and griefes of this lyfe and wouldest comfort thy selfe sing Heare my prayer O lorde 102 If thou wilt geue thankes to God as it is most congruent and due for all his giftes when thou wilt so do thou hast how to inioyne thy soule therunto wyth these Praise the lorde O my soule 103. and 104. If thou wilt prayse God and also knowe how and for what cause and wyth what wordes thou maist best do it consider Prayse the lorde ye seruauntes 113. O prayse the lorde ye heathen 117. Behold how good 133. Praise the lorde O my soule 146. O praise the lorde for it is a good thyng to prayse and Prayse the lorde O Hierusalem 147. O prayse the lorde of heauen 148. O syng vnto the lord 149. O prayse God in hys holines 150. If thou hast sayth to such thinges as God speaketh beleuest that which in prayer thou vtterest say I beleued and therfore I will speake 116. in the ende If thou féelest thy selfe to ryse vpwarde in degrées of well workyng as though thou saydst with S. Paule I forget those thynges which be behynde me and set myne eyes on thinges which be before me thou hast in euerye exaltation of â—â—y progreâ—se what thou mayest saie in the xv songes of the sâ—â—yers 120. If thou béest holden in thraldome vnder straying and wandryng thoughtes and féelest thy selfe drawen by them whereof thou art sorye then staye thy selfe from thenceforth and tary where thou haste founde thy selfe in fault set thée downe and mourne thou also as the Hebrew people dyd and say with them By the waters of Babilon we sate downe and wept 137. If thou perceyuest that temptations bée sent to proue thée thou oughtest after such temptations geue God the thankes and say O lorde thou hast searched me out and knowne me 139. If yet thou be in bondage by thyne enemies wouldest fayne be deliuered say Deliuer me O lorde 140. If thou wouldst pray and make supplication say Lorde I call vpon thee 141. I cryed vnto the lorde 142. Heare my prayer O lorde 143. If any tyrannous enemy ryse vp agaynst the people feare thou not no more then Dauid did Goliath but beleue lyke Dauid and sing Blessed be the lorde 144. If thou art elect out of low degrée speciallye before other to some vocation to serue thy brethern aduance not thy self to hye against theÌ„ in thyne owne power but geue God his glory who dyd chose thée and syng thou I will magnifie thee O god my kyng 145. If thou wilt sing of obedience praysing God with Alleluya thou hast these O geue thankes 105.106 107. I will geue thankes 111. Blessed is the man 112. Prayse the lorde 113. When Israel came out of Aegipt 114. I am well pleased 115. O prayse the lorde 117. O laude the name of the lorde 135. O geue thankes 136 Prayse the lorde O my soule 146. O prayse the lorde 147 O prayse the lorde of heauen 148. O syng vnto the lorde 149. O prayse god in his holines 150. If thou wilt sing specially of our Sauiour Christ thou hast of hym in euery psalme but most chiefly in Vnto thee O lorde will I lift vp my soule 25. My harte is endityng of a good matter 45. The lorde sayd vnto my lord 110 Such Psalmes as shew his lawfull generation of hys father and his corporall presence be these In the lorde put I my trust 11. Saue me O God 69. Such as do prophecy before of his most holye crosse passion tellyng how many deceitfull assaultes he susteyned for vs and how much he suffred be these Why doo the Heathen rage 2. Blessed are those that are vndefiled in the way 119. Such as expresse the malicious enmities of the Iewes and the betraying of Iudas be these Heare my prayer O god 55. Hold not thy tonge 109. The king shall reioyce 21. The lorde euen the most mighty god 50. Geue the king the iudgementee 72. Saue me O god 69. Such as describe his agony in his passion the cruelty of the Iewes the conditioÌ„ of his death and sepulture be My god my god 22. O lorde god 88. and that he suffred not for himself but for vs is declared in the Psalme aforesayd 88. the seuenth verse sayeng Thine
to mée My sonne I say thou art this day I haue begotten thée 8 Aske thou of mée I will geue thée to rule all Gentils londes Thou shalt possesse in suernesse the world how wide it stondes 9 With iron rod as mighty God all rebels shalt thou bruse And breake them all in pieces small as sherdes the potters vse 10 Be wise therfore ye kinges the more Receyue ye wisdomes lore Ye iudges strong of right and wrong aduise you now before 11 The Lorde in feare your seruice beare with dread to him reioyce Let rages be resist not ye him serue with ioyfull voyce 12 The sonne kisse ye lest wroth he be lose not the way of rest For when his ire is set on fire who trust in hym be blest ¶ The Collecte BReake a sonder O Lorde the bondes of our sinnes that we may bee faithfully yoked to the preceptes of thy law to serue thee in feare and reuerence to the laude of thy holy name Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme III. This Psalme endight may comfort haue of God How troubled sprite may comfort haue of God As woe be gone meke Dauid fled so brode From Absalon meke Dauid fled so brode 1 O Lord how ill encrease they still that trouble me so sore Full many rise in spitefull wise agaynst me more and more 2 Right many one whan I do mone alasse my soule they fret They say I haue no God to saue oh this temptation great 3 But yet O Lord thou wilt accord as shielde to fence my soule My worship cleare thou art full deare my hed thou wilt extoll 4 I did but mone with voyce alone to God my Lorde in will He heard me iust as I dyd trust from his so holy hill 5 I layde me downe I slept full sound and vp I rose agayne For God me kept where safe I slept his grace dyd me sustayne 6 To be afrayde or yet dismayde for thousandes ten what néede They go about to driue me out but God will dull theyr spéede 7 Up Lord saue mée my God most frée on chéeke thou smitest my foes Well hast thou chrust theyr téeth to dust of such as wicked goes 8 Unto the Lord by truthes recorde belongth all sauing helth Thy blessing hand so nie doth stand to worke thy peoples welth ¶ The Collecte POure vs O Lorde thy heauenly benediction that we may be armed with the fayth of the resurrection not to feare any army of men set against vs. Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme IIII. The church in stress complaynth to God full sore For heauinesse complaynth to God full sore The good haue ease they sacrifice therfore Of their disease they sacrifice therfore 1 O God so hie heare when I crie my right is all in thée Thou takest me fro al troublous wo haue mercy heare thou mée 2 Ye sonnes of men how long agayne will ye blaspheme my name Why triumphe ye in vanitie why séeke ye lies to frame 3 Know this ye foes that God hath chose himselfe all godly men And when I call this Lord of all he straight will heare me then 4 Of wrathfull ire refraine the fire sinne not but muse in hart Upon your beds kéepe still your heds deathes day recount in part 5 Looke ye arise in sacrifice of righteousnes in skill And put your trust in God so iust but tame your fleshly will 6 There many bée that say O sée who good to vs can do Lift vp thy face of cherefull grace on vs O Lord to go 7 Thou chearst my hart as God thou art with ioye of thy good sprite Since corne and wine with oyle so fine of theirs increast in sight 8 I will me lay in peace I say my sléepe to take full well I hope for thou O Lord as now makst me most safe to dwell ¶ The Collecte HEare vs O mercifull Lorde and haue compassion on vs in our tribulations and where thou alone art most worthely magnified in thy people graunte that we may haue spirituall gladnes in our hartes by the hope of the heauenly reward Through c. The Argument Psalme V. The church in sprite for all opprest in payne Maketh sute aright for all opprest in payne Here Christ aduanceth the Iewes he blamth agayne His heritaunce the Iewes he blamth agayne 1 EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mind recount most kind geue eare for thine owne sake 2 O harke my grone my crying mone my king my God thou art Let me not stray from thée away to thée I pray in hart 3 My voyce and vowe thou wilt alowe betymes O Lord so frée In spring of day I thée will pray and shall looks vp to thée 4 This I may vow the God art thou which hatest all wickednes No malice fell with thée can dwell thou louest no cruelnes 5 Such foolish spite can bide no sight of thy good louely face Thou doost defie their vanitie who wickednes embrace 6 Thou shalt destroy and them annoy with lies who shame thy worde Bloudthirsty men which crafty renne the Lord hath them abhorde 5 Iust will I go thy house into in trust of thy great grace In feare I will do honour still against that holy place 6 O Lord be guide defend my side in thy great righteousnesse Make playne the way lesse I do stray my foes shall brag the lesse 7 Their mouthes expresse no faithfulnesse theyr holow hartes be vayne Wide throte they haue as open graue theyr tonge but lyes do fayne 8 Destroy their thought O God for nought theyr owne wayes be theyr shame Expell them out in lies so stout who thus blaspheme thy name 9 Let them reioyce that trust thy voyce aye thankes they shall extend Who loue thy name shall ioye the same thou doost so them defend 10 Thou Lord wilt than geue rightwise man the heauenly blisse from thence Thy fauour kynde is not behynde as them with shield to fence ¶ The Collecte O Mercifull father whiche knowest the lamentation of a sorrowfull hart and contrited spirite before it be vttered infound into vs thy holye spirite alway to sue vnto thee in all our troubles defend vs with the shield of thy protection that wee may be found daily attending to thy will and pleasure to glorifie thy name through Christ c. The Argument Psalme VI. An earnest crie of men all wrapt in wo To God on hie of men all wrapt in wo At last they winne and glad reioyce they so Gods helpe for sinne and glad reioyce they so 1 O Carpe not sower thou Lord of power my sinne in ire to sore Nor chasten mée in crueltie I pray to thée therfore 2 But mercy haue my life to saue O Lord for weake am I My bones be vext with feare annext thy domes make me to crye 3 My soule also is full of woo my conscyence doth quake O Lord how long thy
sake O mercy take my Lord vpon my sinne It is so great it doth me fret it boylth my soule wythin 12 What man he bée that feareth thée O Lord thou wylt hym teach The rightfull way to choose I say in sprite thereto to retche 13 His soule shall dwell at ease full well in ghostly frée delyght Hys stocke and séede shall neuer néede but hold the land to ryght 14 Among them lye Gods secrecy to feare hym who that shall In gentle fourme he wyll perfourme to them hys couenantes all 15 Myne eyes entent is euer bent to thée my Lord so great For onely he pluckth suerly my féete from out of net 16 Turne thou to mée O Lord so frée haue mercy stay my fall I am in state all desolate in misery full thrall 17 My sorrowes fell my hart doth swell they be enlarged so My troublous payne O God restrayne O quenche this deadly wo. 18 Attend I cry my misery my lyfe and state aduerse Forgeue my fautes which me assautes my ioy to me reuerse 19 Consider ryght my foes theyr spyte how they increase my feare Theyr hate is thus so tyrannous at me that they do beare 20 O kepe most dere my soule intiere and me deliuer iust So let no shame confound my name for I in thée haue trust 21 Let perfectnes and rightfulnes both guide and wayte on mée My trust for ayde in thée is layd from me O neuer flée 22 Deliuer well all Israell O God wyth all hys séede From troubles all that them may fall in thée alway to spéede ¶ The Collecte DEliuer vs from all aduersitie and danger O mercifull God for to thee onely haue we lifte vp our hartes forget we besech thee the trespace of our youth and the ignorance of our former age where as we haue negligently offended thou of thy mercye forgeue it vs through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVI The iust mans song for righteousnes beshent Who suffreth wrong for righteousnes beshent And prayth in will a lyfe leade innocent That he may still a lyfe leade innocent 1 LOrd iudge my déed as I haue lyued in thée my hope is all For this my trust in thée so iust I neuer doubt to fall 2 Lord proue my waye and me assaye by fire trye thou my reynes And search my hart my foe is smart myne giltles life he straynes 3 Thy clemency was nye myne eye to stay me right to do I dyd inure my hart full sure to truth from lyes to go 4 Wyth lyers vayne I would not trayne my lyfe to follow such Wyth crafty men I would not renne whose lyfe dissembleth much 5 The wycked rout that goeth about to harme and hurt I hate I will not set in councell yet wyth men of wycked state 6 For washe I wyll my handes euen still wyth men of perfect lyfe And thus shall I O Lord so hye frequent thyne aulters ryfe 7 Where I shall rayse thy worthy prayse that men may loue the same I wyll there sprede thy grace in deede the workes of thy good name 8 O Lord the place where restth thy grace I haue the bewty loued Thy heauenly house so glorious I loued as me behoued 9 Wyth sinners great Lord do not shet my soule wyth them to bée Thy grace extend my lyfe defend all men of bloud to flée 10 Theyr handes do presse all wyckednes euen guile prepensed â—o Theyr better hand corrupt doth stand wyth brybes euen thus they go 11 But yet will I most certenly in truth my lyfe addresse O make me frée from them to bée shew me thy tendernes 12 My foote as yet in ryght is set in playne simplicitie And still wyll I in company exalt thée Lord on hie ¶ The Collecte GRaunt O Lord we besech thee thy mercy vnto vs thy seruauntes and so ingraue in our hartes the loue of thy truth that we may hold fast all innocency of lyfe and finallye to bee deliuered from all wycked persecutours Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVII Here may we see in trouble though he falleth The iust is free in trouble though he falleth In God he stayeth and so geueth thankes in all On hym he wayeth and so geueth thankes in all 1 THe Lord of might is health and light to me at nede whom should I feare The Lord is strength to lyfe at length of myne I say who can me deare 2 Whan men so bad theyr traynes had layd Euen then at eye they fell downe right Whan foes dyd presse to eate my flesh they slid away for all theyr spite 3 Though armed host besiegd my cost my hart from God shall not relent Though cruell warre should ryse me nar to God therin I would be bent 4 One thing to craue of God to haue I dyd full oft and aye I will To kéepe hys place to sée hys grace to haunt euen so his temple still 5 Thus shal hys power hyde me in bower when troubles should be fierce and fell He would me hyde there close to byde as safe on rocke most sure to dwell 6 My hed yet now he wyll alow aboue my foes in state alwayes In will I bryng glad offeryng the Lord so good to laud and prayse 7 My voyce O heare my Lord so deare I cry my God in wofull part Graunt that I craue and mercy haue extend to me thy louyng hart 8 My hart to thée dyd oft apply séeke ye my face I say ye all O Lord I will thy face séeke still do others how and what they shall 9 Hyde not from mée thy seruaunt frée thy louyng face my ayde thou art Proiect not me displeasantly O Lord my health do not depart 10 My parentes when they bad me renne from them to go my selfe to shift When Patrons all my reyse or fall rought not a myte thou dydst me lyft 11 Teach me thy way thy law I say that rightly leadth in truth to thée My foes O Lord wyth one accorde should els reioyce in hate to frée 12 Up turne me not to beare theyr hate O Lord to them that me pursue False witnes eyes agaynst me ryse and lyes of me they sprede vntrue 13 My hart had quayld and vtter fayld if fast to thée I had not trustd Let me thy grace Lord sée in place in land of rest where ioyth the iust 14 O wayte the Lord hold fast hys worde doubt not at all be strong be still Attend on God take méeke hys rod he will at last thy hart fulfill ¶ The Collecte DEfend vs O God from all the assaults of our enemies that we maye continue in constant confessing of thy name that while we haue the fruition of thy helpyng presence at last may haue the same in glory ¶ The Argument Psalme XXVIII This mans entent all crafty men to scape Is vehement all crafty men to scape And hard he is for this he thaenkes doth shape From God of blisse for this he thankes doth shape 1
O Lord I cry my rocke on hye rest not thus still forsake me not Or els should I resemble nye the déede that be in pit bewrapt 2 Heare my request of humble brest whan I so méeke do sue to thée Agaynst thy seate of mercy swéete my handes on hye when lift they bée 3 And draw my hart from wycked part wyth them O Lord that worke so euill Theyr tonge cryth truse wâ—â—h hart refuseth theyr myndes all set to stroy and spill 4 As is theyr déede so let them spéede retort their craftes they vse to delue Theyr malice great the same to get wyth lyke by ryght to quite themselue 5 Theyr myndes disdayne Gods actes to frainâ— hys stately workes to marke euen so He shall them stroy and not employ theyr lyues no tyme in wealth to go 6 Well worthy prayse is God alwayes my mouth in song shall hym forth sound He heard my grone my prayers mone he dyd not me wyth shame confound 7 God is my shield my strength in field he helpt me iust as I beleued For this good chance my hart may daunce and sing in laudes so wel releaued 8 To my small host God praysd be most that tymely health he soone dyd bryng The Lord is strength and fence at length to his most true annoynted kyng 9 Thy people saue O Lord I craue and blesse wyth ioy thyne heritage Féede them as guide promoote them wyde to prayse thée God from age to age ¶ The Collecte O Lord most strong forte and refuge to all thy people preserue vs from such as goe downe into the pit of schisme and dissention and knit vs together in vnitie of mynde beyng children of one onelye God and of one fayth so that we may holde fast in harte that we outwardly professe in mouth through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXIX This doth inuite to note Gods mighty power All stately might to note Gods mighty power Hym iust to serue and els can them deuoure Who can preserue and els can them deuoure 1 YE sonnes of God sprede ye abrode the Lordes great power and strength Bryng ye your lambes of mighty rambes to God hys laudes at length 2 The Lord ensue wyth honor due extoll his myght and name And eke expresse his holines hym laude in court of fame 3 His voyce so grand on sea and land note how the floudes it stayd Gods maiesty you then dyd sée on them when thunder brayd 4 Hys voyce rulth sea how houge it be hys voyce is sterne and stout His voyce is thus most glorious when it dryueth leuyn out 5 This voyce so frée breakth Cedre trée no force can it repell It dryueth euen downe of Lybanon hys Cedres though they swell 6 He made them skip in rootes to flip as calues do vse to praunce So Lybanon and Syrion as Unicorne to daunce 7 The Lord by voyce the fiery noyce of flames in partes can send The cloudes among he lightneth strong wyth shoures he fyre can blend 8 It can distres all wyldernes yea Cades desert wyde The beastes I say which there do stray it make themselfe to hyde 9 This voyce doth bynde to calue the Hynde thicke trées it open layth Therfore men all in temple shall hys honour prayse in fayth 10 Where they shall sing that God as kyng hath rule of waters all On whom he setth as kyng is fit and so for euer shall 11 The Lord all wealth and stable health shall geue hys people kynde God them shall blesse wyth full increase all peace and rest to fynde ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we beseche thee Lord vnto vs constancye in thy worde and make vs the temple of thy blessed sprite so that we may reuerence thy godly voyce to rebound the same to all powers of this world that they may be compunct therby to present themself to thy honour wyth due sacrifice of thankefull hartes through c. The Argument Psalme XXX Thankes here be ment for iust deliueraunce To God so sent for iust deliueraunce And here ye spie in Gods good gouernaunce All suertie in Gods good gouernaunce 1 LOrd thée all whole I will extoll for thou hast lift me hye Thou wouldst not make my foes to crake agaynst me ioyfully 2 O Lord of myght my God of ryght to thée I cryed in griefe Thou gauest an eare to heare me neare thou sentst me healthes reliefe 3 Thou broughtst ful wel my soule from hell O Lord thou didst wythsaue Thou me releuest my strength thou kepest thou pluckst me quyte from graue 4 To God sing ye ye saintes agrée hys prayses eleuate And mynde ye still hys holy will his graces celebrate 5 Hys heauy wrath short time it hath lyfe standth at hys good grace At nyght we wéepe yet after sléepe at morne we myrth embrace 6 Whan well I was in ioyfull case I sayd as then I thought That I no day should fele decay and neuer moue to nought 7 For thy good will so strenghtd my hill O Lord most stedfastly But whan thy face had tournd hys grace I than fell troublously 8 In thys my payne I was full fayne to cry to thée for might My God wyth cry I dyd apply and prayd both day and nyght 9 What gayne sayd I hath lyfe thereby if death cut short my dayes Can dust declare thy power in care in graue to tell thy prayse 10 My God therfore spare me the more O Lord I thée desire My simple sprite despyse not quyte but helpe I thée requyre 11 Thou tournst from mée my wo and grée to myrth in cherefull voyce The mournyng wéede thou changest in déede so fensd I dyd reioyce 12 Wherfore euen still all good men will thy glory sing and prayse O Lord of loue my God aboue I thée wyll laude alwayes ¶ The Collecte MOst louyng and mighty protector almighty God suffer not our enemies to triumph ouer vs we beseche thee but so strength vs wyth thy strong hande that after heauines is turned into gladnesse we maye geue condigne thanks and laudes in due remeÌ„brance of thy holynes through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXI Thus Dauid prayed from Saule so scapte in letter thankth he so But Christ is ment vvith all hys church for sprite bodies vvâ— 1 IN thee O Lord I put my trust let me neuer be shamde Rid me in thy true righteousnes which thou for me hast framâ—â— 2 Bow downe thine eare make hast to me deliuerd that I be Be thou my fort my rocke so ferme so stabled iust by thee 3 Thou art my rocke castell sure my fortres large and wide For thy names sake lord lead me forth be thou my light and 〈◊〉 4 My foote O Lord draw out of net full priuy set for me Thou art my strength as I haue said al hope doth rest in thee 5 To thy good hands I yelde my sprite O lord to thy great ruthe â–ª Thou hast redemd me certenly O lord thou God
bones so broosde shall say O Lord who may in strength to thée be lyke Which sauest the poore from tyrantes swords from irefull spoylyng hym to kéepe 11 False witnes soone at me dyd ryse in wyckednes most hasty whote Of me they spurde of thynges full nyse that I knew not at all God wot 12 They dyd vnkynd reward me euill for good to them I frendly wrought To greue my soule it was theyr wyll to bryng my lyfe and dayes to nought 13 But yet I say when they were sicke in sacke cloth then I wept and mournd My soule wyth fast I humbled meke my prayer to me eftsoones retournd 14 I wept and waylde as dearest frende as any brother that they had As childe for mother doth by kynde in blacke aray I was all clad 15 But they agayne in my great euill they floct on heapes and dyd reioyce Most abiectes cam and mockt me still and I not ware in spitefull noyce 16 Wyth such lewd slaues so vyle to sée to them were scorners ioyntly knit Theyr téeth they gnast and grynd on mée as peysant mockers was be fit 17 When wylt thou set O Lord thy sight on thys my payne I dayly beare O Lord ryd me from all theyr spite from Lyons whelpes defend my deare 18 My thankes therfore I will extend when folke in place be met so most In companies as due to sende all prayse to thée in euery cost 19 Let not my foes in ire at me reioyce in quarell falsly styll For gyltles they hate me to frée wyth wynkyng eyes they mocke theyr fill 20 For why no peace in truth they speake but all do rage agaynst the meke Good men on earth they wyshe to wreke for thys in craft and guile they séeke 21 Theyr face and mouth they haue disfort at me they cry wyth fie and fie Our eye hath séene they say a sport that we wyth ryght may hym defie 22 O Lord my God this hast thou séene be not at this to dumme and still In thée thou knowst my trust hath béene depart not far from me in will 23 Ryse vp and wake in hast I say to iudge my cause in open syght My Lord and God thou canst them fray aduenge thou soone my quarell ryght 24 Oh iudge my cause as thou art wont in equall iustice Lord of thyne O Lord my God least in this bront my foes reioyce to much in fyne 25 Refrayne in tonge them thus to say there there we sée for vs inough Let them not say O Lord I pray we haue hym surely swalowd now 26 Let them féele shame and blame at full which ioye and laugh at my distresse At me who brag and boast that wull let shame and spyte them fully presse 27 Let them euen so in ioy be glad that wyshe to sée my ryght redrest To God for aye let thankes be had who wylth so kynd hys seruants rest 28 My tonge then thus shall lowd rebound thy prayse O Lord and iustice eke All day I will in perfect sound thy laude tell iust euen wéeke by wéeke ¶ The Collecte EVerlyuing God the health the stay and refuge of our soules we beseche thee to couer and arme vs wyth the helmet of hope and wyth the buckler of inuincible faythe so that we may feele thy helpe in all causes of our necessities at lengthe to be replenished wyth ioy and gladnes to magnifie thy goodnes in the churche and congregation of ryghteous christen mē and that all our lyfe long thorough Iesus Christ our Lorde c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXVI Here wycked mens delite Is paynted what it is But blyndenes deepe in open sight In vertue whole remisse 1 IN mydst of euill mans hart Hys sinne hath blynd hym so Gods feare all whole is set a part From both hys eyes ago 2 For he himselfe doth glose In hys bewitched eyes Tyll God his sinne so foule disclose Most worthy hate to ryse 3 Hys wordes of mouth be nought And kepes much guile in store To cease he biddeth hys hart and thought To worke by vertues lore 4 Shrewd turnes in irefull mood He most in bed doth muse He hold on wayes not truely good No euill déede he refuseth 5 Thy mercy Lord in heauen Yet ouer all doth spread Thy faythfull truth is daily séene The cloudes to reache in bread 6 Thy iustice Lord we sée As mountaynes ferme to rest Thy iudgements hye O secret bée Thou shalt saue man and beast 7 How worthy Lord most iust Excelth thy grace benigne As Adams flocke shall firmely trust In fence of thy good wynge 8 Of thy fat houshold store As drunken shall they bée And drinke at néede them shalt thou poure Of pleasures welles most frée 9 For thou hast well of lyfe With thée all health aboundth And Lord in thy bryght lyght so ryfe Of vs shall lyght be found 10 O draw thy mercy neare To them which loue thée then And let thy grace O Lord appeare To rightfull harted men 11 And let no foote of pryde Approche me hawtely Nor wicked hand in hate beside To moue me wretchedly 12 These workers vayne of euill In theyr owne turne be cast Repulse they haue in croked will From footyng be they past ¶ The Collecte PVrifie our hartes with thy heauenly light O mercifull God which art originall fountayne of euerlasting lyght that we maye bee fullye replenished wyth the plenteous grace of thy sweete house so to eschue all wyckednes and crafte to treade vnder our foote the vauntyng furies wherewith the men of this worlde bee caried by Sathan the Prince of the same graunt this for thy beloued sonnes sake Christe oure Lorde to whome wyth thee and the holy ghost be all honour worlde wythout ende The Argument Psalme XXXVI Here haue ye paynted beforne your eyes tweyne The restles witte of the fell wycked wyght How he careth and carkth for his lytheir gayne How he flotth aloft in hye power and myght And setth God and his hallowes all in despyte Whose cursed steps the iust makth his orison In lyfe not to tread to hys confusion MUsing vpon the variable busines That thys troubly world haunth by sea lande My hart geueth me that sinne and wyckednes Suggestth to the wycked that he may stand ▪ Wythout any feare safely of Gods hand For no feare of hym is in all hys sight Of Gods law he is bereaued the shyning lyght 2 Me fel to mynd that he wonted thus to go To flatter aye hymselfe in his own sight For sinne the venom did enchaunt hym so That in it he hase his whole delyte And thynkth in hart that all is aright But God will spye out his sinne abominable Though to the world it hath visour commendable 3 Busily in mynd I gan to reuolue His words vnrighteous and craftely layd All truth and Iustice of God to dissolue But mere deceit in hipocrisye wayghed And would not be controld of that he sayd To learne of any man he
did disdayne How the very right way he mought attayne 4 I noted eke so by night what he thought When Gods men vsen to recount their trespas â–ª But his head in his bed all mischiefe sought Imagening all goodnes to deface To banyshe all truth and that to disgrace In no godly way set was his busy brayne For all wicked wayes he toke for hys gayne 5 The wicked thus heaping his sinne on hyâ— Where by desert he might be forsake How meruelous O Lord is than thy mercy That from this world thy care thou dost not take Hye vp to heauen and clouds his course doth it make All men to féede both good and eke the bad Such faythfulnes euer thy promyse haue had 6 Thy prouidence O God most meruelous To all men mortall is inscrutable More stable and hye then mountaynes hideous More déepe then sea botomles vnsearcheable Be thy secret iudgements insuperable For not man only of thy power doth tast But brute beasts of thée also hath their repast 7 Man might muse much O God this to expeÌ„d But what earthly man could this matter tell How thou by thy hand doost all things defend In what bounty thy mercy doth excell How profound eke thou art in thy counsell Well Adams childern may well in thée trust Under thy good wings to be shadowed iust 8 Who wil thy blessed word trust in faith sure They shal be filled with all plenteousnes For thy store house is full of all pleasure For thou geuest them to tast of thy sprits goodnes Whose swete welles they shall drynke by thy larges From whose bellyes shall lyuely water spring Others to refreshe to thy gloryfyeng 9 For with the only be these welles of lyfe Of frayle men spring but podels of myre From whom sourdeth errour croked strife In the only is that we can require Both lyght truth and lyfe to fill our desire For in thy lyght truely lyght must we sée Or els in all darkenes wrapt shall we dée 10 Thy gentle goodnes O Lord impart To such as faythfully thy word do kepe Who know thée both wyse merciful in hart That from day to day they may thy face seke For they to thée beare aright their hartes meke Thy righteousnes they know thy iudgements Thy holy worde eke thy commaundementes 11 Since than the meke of hart be so at ease And proude be out of fauour all exilde Kepe me O Lord from pride their foule disease For they haue both thée and thy worde reuylde Let not my foote be in theyr steps begylde Kepe away from my soule their violence That they lay no hand vpon my pacience 12 Thus depe musing with my selfe in a trance Callyng to mynde the endes of good and bad Though they tweine here lead a life in distance How the bad for hys myrth shall once be sad And the good for theyr woe shall once be glad How the nought shal be cast on the worse hand then déemd I in fine that truth shal sure stand ¶ The Argument Psalme XXXVI Here playne do ye see how the earthly man All sinne do commit in his hart that he can No loue can him moue of the Lord for to see No feare can him stay from hys errour to flee 1 THe wycked in hart as I gesse is he bent All sinfull abuse in hys lyfe to frequent Of God hath he not any feare in hys eyes So wilfull he goes in hys awkly deuyse 2 For blyndly he vseth for to flatter himselfe So pride hath hym puft by his waltering wealth Untyll that his sinne so behated of God Found out by his search be dewrayed by his rod. 3 The wordes of hys mouth be vnrightfully wayed In sleyghty deceyt be they craftely layed Quyte ceased he hath to behaue hym aryght Good déed for to do hath he driuen from hys syght 4 All mischiefe he dreames to deuise in his bed From godly desertes hath he turned hys hed No way that is good hath he â—leaued vnto No euill can he hats but in it doth he go 5 Thy mercy O Lord to the heauen doth ascend Styll hym to abide so to make hym amend Thy faythfulnes eke to the cloudes doth amount Though graceles he be not hys lyfe to recount 6 Thy righteousnes standeth like the mountayns on hye Most stable it is how so vaynly he lye Thy Iustice in domes to the déepes be they lyke Frayle man with the beast with thy helth for to séeke â–ª 7 How wondrous O God is thy pityfull hart Thus man to relieue in hys lyfe ouerthwart More suerly trust may the chyldren of men Thy wynges shall them kéepe as her birdes doth yâ— hen 8 Full fed shall they be by thy plenteous store Thy grace is so large to thy prayse euermore Swéete drinke shall they haue by thy deinty repast As floudes do â–ª we sée fro the sprynges to be cast 9 For truly with thée is the fountayne of lyfe All vertue in whom may we spye to be rife No doubt in thy light shall we light euer sée And blynd shall we be if we vary fro thée 10 Continue to them O thy fatherly grace Who knowe thy renome who thy bounty embrace To them do we craue so thy iustice impart Who serue thée aright in a purified hart 11 One bone for my selfe do I hartely pray No foote of the proud that against me he laye And let not the hand of the wickedly wight Confound me by sleight â–ª so to vanguyshe my might 12 Euen there are they fallen in their crafty deuise These workers of euyll be they neuer so nyse And cast be they downe by thy powerfull hand Not able to ryse neuer able to stand The Argument Psalme XXXVII Here taught we be our selfe in hart to hang of God That we deny our selfe in hart to hang of God How good shall well at last in state haue their abode And euill shall euill at last in state haue their abode 1 ENsue thou not men obstinate Ne fret in hart ne stryue wyth them Enuy thou nat theyr wycked state A tyme but short to row the streme 2 For soone as hay they shall away as witherd grasse cut downe I say So swiftly fade as herbe the blade how gréene and fresh so euer it lay 3 Trust thou the Lord hold fast hys worde be doyng still good righteous déede Dwell thou in land hold still thy hand in truth and rest thy fayth to féede 4 Thus thy delyte shall God be ryght to hym than set thyne eare and hart What mynde can craue or wyshe to haue God wyll it iust ryght soone impart 5 Commit thy way thy state and stay to Gods most strong all louyng grace Trust hym in fayth for what he sayth he bringth it well to redy passe 6 He will expresse thy ryghteousnes at length of tyme as sunne so bryght And will endue thy iudgement true wyth lyght as noone doth shyne in sight 7 Be still in God abyde hys rod let
agayne So be it aye of men so well wyth twise at ende Amen Amen The Collecte MOst gentle remitter of sinne almighty God who louingly shewest the way to escape all daungers to such as be mercifull to theyr brethren in their neecssities we beseche thee to ease our diseases that where thou doost chastise our carnall offences yet wyth mercy graunt vs health of soule through Christ. ¶ The ende of the first booke Here beginneth the second booke of Psalme ▪ The Argument Psalme XLII As Christ the Lord for hym and hys In trust did pray in paynfull stresse So man euen like as did his head May iust the same in worde expresse 1 EUen lyke in chase the hunted Hynde the water brookes doth glad desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is to thée my God would fayne aspire 2 My wery soule dyd thyrst to God To God the fount of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come To sée at eye Gods liuely face 3 My teares in stede of foode and meate Both day and nyght to me they were Whyle that all day rebukers sayd Where is thy God fro thée so far 4 When this O Lord came soone to hart I yet therin recomfort felt And trust to lead the people forth to go full glad where thou hast dwelt 5 To ioy in hart and voyce of myrth Wyth laudes thankes most due alway Among thy folke when that they kepe So hye in sight theyr holy day 5 Why castes thy selfe than flatly downe My fainty soule I sayd no lesse Why layest in me so painfully In greuous wo and carefulnes Put thou thy trust and hope in God Let earthly thyng not thée amase I wyll hym thanke for all his helpe In sight most sure of hys good grace 6 My God my soule is dayly vext Wyth inward paynes pangs so thrill I mynde thy workes ▪ in Iordan yet so done by thée next Hermon hill 7 As déepe profound to déepe reboundth at dreadfull noyce of thy great showers Thy streames by course so ouerflowes My soule alasse the payne deuoures 8 But God yet will commaund the day To shyne most clere me grace to sée My night of wo shall prayse hym than Who kept yet lyfe to byde in mée 9 Thou art my strength alone O God I myght therby than playne in wo Why hast me thus forgot so quyte So sad to go for mortall fo 10 It pierceth my bones as sharpe as sword To heare my foes in cruell spyte They daily thus at me vpbreyde Where is become thy God of myght 11 Why art thou then I say my soule So vext wyth griefe and prostrate so Why makest in me so much a do Where God is frende in all thy wo. 12 O put thy hope I byd in God I trust therto in tyme and place He is my God whom I wyll thanke My face shall sée hys helpyng grace ¶ The Collecte O Lord which art the onelye chearer of mans conscience and countenance wyth the aspect of thy face which the soules of thy faythfull seruauntes do long to beholde We beseche thee that whyle we seke thy fauour by the manifold teares of our compuncte myndes we may be watred wyth the heauenly showers of thy grace to place thee within the tabernacle of our hartes Through c. The Argument Psalme XLIII For Saule hys wrong among Philistians Prayd Dauid strong among Philistians The poore euen so may thus theyr cry auance To God in wo. may thus theyr cry auance 1 O God eterne as iudge discerne my cause from folkes vncleane And ryd me so from man that go in vyce and guyle doth meane 2 My God of myght thou art of ryght Why hast vs dryuen from thée Whyle thus go I so mournfully at mens hostilitie 3 Send out thy lyght and truth to sight to leade and guyde my way To sée thy place thy hyll of grace where thou doost rest all day 4 That I may go Gods aulters to to thée my God euen tyll To thée my ioye my God and roye wyth harpe thée thanke I wyll 5 My soule so dull why art so full of griefe and heauines Why standst agast as helpe were past such thoughtes why doost impresse Put all thy trust in God most iust I wyll hym thankes extende He shewth me grace euen nye at face as God all health he sendth ¶ The Collecte WE call vpon thee wyth most harty supplication O God which art the eternall fountayne of all light shyne on vs the glorious lyght of thy truth whyle we here trauayle in thys world to be illimited wyth the beames of euerlasting lyght of glory in the worlde to come through c. The Argument Psalme XLIII Poore Dauid prest by tyranny Of wilfull Saule who could not blin For his blacke garde to search hym nye Prayth thus to God his helpe to winne And wysheth that he his cause would try He thus beginneth 1 AH iudge me God O iudge most true Discern my cause by power opprest Unfaintly men do me pursue By lawes vniust my right deprest Which yet thy word allowth full due O geue me rest Rule me to scape that wycked man That sinfull Saule of shameles face Who boasteth himselfe all that he can And doth vsurpe thy godly place Whose power by sleite and sinne began O iudge my case 2 Know this I do my God thou art To thée my strength I whole appeale Why putst me backe why standst apart My state to thée I iust reueale Why turnst from mée thy louyng hart O mercy deale Eternall God why go I thus Ashamd in face and vily checkt My cause but made opprobrious Why doth my fo thus me reiect To beare me downe so rigorous O me respect 3 Returne thy light my hart to cheare Perfourme thy fayth that thou hast hight Thy lyght and truth let it appeare To teache the blynde thy worde so bryght That it may rule as law most deare O kepe thy ryght Make hast O Lord and bring me nye Thy holy hill to sing thy prayse Thy truth and lyght of sanctuarie Will be my guide in all these frayes Expell thys crosse thys misery O cheare my dayes 4 That I may go gods aulters to To offer thankes in sacrifice In hart deuout as due is so Yea nye in sight to God to rise My God of ioy ease thou my wo O glad myne eyes That thou alone hast geuen reliefe I thée wyll laude wyth harpe and lute My God intiere my helpe in chiefe Thou shalt my foes for me confute So me to ayde to ease my griefe O heare my sute 5 Why then my soule art thou so sad Why fretst within why troublest me So foule dismayd in thoughts bestad Knowst not that God thy God is he Call thys to mynde to make thée glad O make me frée Euen trust to God in stablenes No more but trust for sure he is I will hym yet wyth laudes confesse For he wyll cheare my face iwis
thy churche broughte together of diuers nations and countries that we may all in pure hartes so loue thee in the righteousnes of fayth to attayne to the heuenly habitation with our welbeloued fathers who lyuest and raignest one God with the father and the holy ghost worlde c. The Argument Psalme XLVI In this Christes spouse elect full well Her thankes to God extendth For that he dyd her foes debell And that he her defendth 1 OUr hope is God and strength at eye he guidth wyth hys good hand A present helpe in trouble nye hys grace therby doth stand 2 For this we néede not care and feare though world be cast in stowne Though hils to sea were thrown euen there though all turne vpside downe 3 The waters though they rage in streme how euer they do swell Though mountayns quake at noyse of them yet iust man hopth full wel â–ª 4 For why swéete brookes and floudes full nye Gods Citie glad shall stéepe Hys holy place and sanctuarye God strongly it doth kéepe 5 God dwelth in myds of her alone no man shall her remoue Ryght early God shall helpe her sone hys church I meane aboue 6 The heathen though they rage to fonde and realmes resist I say God raysde hys voyce and so in londe our foes dyd melt away 7 The Lord of hostes so strong euen he Wyth vs he standth to fyght So Iacobs God our refuge be we feare no humayne myght 8 Lo come and sée how God in wrath great meruayles aye hath wrought What landes to nought he scatred hath how low theyr Idols brought 9 He put down warrs and stryfe in feare the whole world where they went He knapth the bow and breakth the speare wyth fire he charets brent 10 Be still and know I say all ye that God I am aryght To heathen all knowne will I be the world shall sée my myght 11 The Lord of hostes so strong from hence wyth vs he is I say And Iacobs God is whole our fence our boast in hym doth lay ¶ The Collecte MOst trustye refuge in all perylles and aduersities which hange ouer vs O blessed Lorde to sanctifie the inward tabernacles of our hartes with the liuely springs of thy blessed sprite that we may trust stedfastly in thee our God in all our battayles to haue the better hand through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLVII This Psalme to ioy exhorth all christen men in sight That Christ by power ascended so whom glory sued aright 1 TOgether clap ye handes ye Gentils all be glad Reioyce to God in melody with thanks for mercy had 2 The Lord is hie in power and ought be feard I say He is the king of all the earth to hym all thinges obey 3 He shall so vnder vs the people soone subdue All Gentils cast at feete of vs at vs their Lordes to sue 4 He dyd chose out all vs an heritage so fayre Euen Iacobs hie magnificence whoÌ„ he did loue as heyre 5 God is ascended vp in ioyfull noyse on hye with trumpets noyse as once his arke eueÌ„ thus vp hie did sâ—ye 6 O prayses sing to him O prayses see ye sing Sing prayses still vnto our god and laud him iust as king 7 For that our God is king of all the world so rounde Sing ye his prayse than prudently with vnderstaÌ„ding sound 8 For God by strength doth raigne vpon the heathen all God sitteth vpon his holy seate all thyng doth heare hys call 9 The peoples heds be met with Abrahams god seede Of god they be to shield the earth but god doth theÌ„ exceede ¶ The Collecte ETernall God which art the kyng of all worldes realmes whose kyngdome is aduaunced vpon all people and kynredes we beseche thee to subdue vnder our subiection all heathen vyce and sinne that whyle we sing to thee our God in wordes of wisdome and vnderstanding by thy ayde we may haue the better hande of them through Christ our Lorde c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLVIII Gods Citie here a type of Christ hys spouse Is praysed clere a type of Christ hys spouse It teachth agayne of prayse to pay theyr vowes All Christen men of prayse to pay theyr vowes 1 GReat is the Lord wyth hye accorde so praysed ought to bée In citie great where God is set hys holy hill to sée 2 For Syon hyll is fayer still of all the world the blisse This hyll so wyde holdth North on syde Gods citie hye it is 3 Our God euen thus most glorious is knowne in palace great As refuge sure all men to cure that place is hys so neat 4 For lo the kynges theyr gatherynges in earth made her to spoyle Though thus they met wyth fury whet yet her they could not foyle 5 Her walles and holdes they dyd behold and merueld all agast Theyr hartes were danke theyr brags were blanke eftsones they downe were cast 6 Such feares and panges theyr harts so wrang in tyme of theyr assaute As women knowes theyr bearyng throwes wyth feares lyke were they fraught 7 So dyd they quayle as Tharsls sayle felt wreckt by wyndes of East For Paynyms all be worthy fall Gods heritage to wrest 8 As we dyd heare so saw we neare Gods citye hye and strong Thys God of oures the God of powers wyll strength her aye from wrong 9 As we conceyud so we receyud O Lord thy mercy great For we dyd wayte thy helpe most great in myds of temple set 10 As EL thy name is strong in fame So is thy prayse well sene The world full out and so no dout thy workes full ryghteous bene 11 Let Syon mount her ioy recount let Iudas townes be glad For thys thy dome to pull a downe these Paynyms frantike mad 12 Walke ye about the wals so stout of Syons gostly house And tell her towers her fortes and bowers her prayse that ye may rouse 13 And marke ye well how strong she dwelth in bulwarkes how she lie That ye may tell it euery deale to your posteritie 14 This God euen hée our God we sée for aye and euer strong He shall vs guyde tyll death so wyde of hym shall be our song ¶ The Collecte O Most terrible God most worthy to bee magnified in al thy workes which art so glorious a prince in the heauenly Hierusalem enlarge vs in spirituall vnderstandyng so that after we haue receyued thy mercy in the mydst of the temple of our hartes we maye duely extoll thy name through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XLIX The Iewes be here theyr honour not to see Reproued full nere theyr honour not to see It doth inuite of worlde the pryde to flee The Christen knight of worlde the pryde to flee 1 O Heare ye out ye gentiles stout thys thyng that I wyll tell But ponder it wyth eares vnshit thys world all ye that dwell 2 Ye Adams broode ye noble blood heare ye my spell
and prayse God wyll I prayse and all my trust in hym I set alwayes 11 On God I haue me whole bestowde a tyme though I be thrall What flesh can do though all beshrowd I feare no whit at all 12 Now fit for me my vowes to pay to God they be so hyght And hym due laudes to sing by day and thankes in open sight 13 For thou my soule hast ryd from death from fall thou kéepst my féete To walke in lyght whyle lyfe hath breath before my God so swéete The Collecte O Lord of all power and myght which defendst thy seruauntes from all inuisible hostilitie and neuer sufferest them to be ouercome that trust in thy mercy wype from our eyes we praye thee teares shed for our sinnes that after we haue subdued our carnall affectiōs we may rest in the land of the liuing through Iesus Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LVII The iuct for his deliuery geueth thankes that God hym sped So Christ reioyste when he dyd stye to heauen when death was ded 1 GOd pity me O pitie me on thée my soule is cast Thy wynges I trust wyll shadow be till all thys spyte be past 2 Thy trusty helpe I wyll implore of God my Lord most hye He wyll my cause perfourme the more that now in hand doth ligh 3 He shall from heauen send down hys power to saue from me their spite And those that would my soule deuower wyth shame shall full be dight 4 Twixt Lyons fierce doth stand my lyfe wyth fiery men I dwell Whose téeth be speares and dartes in stryfe theyr tonges sharpe swordes and fell 5 Aduaunce thy selfe O God appeare from heauens more hye thou they Thy glory great set vp so cleare on all the earth to stay 6 To catche my féete a net they splayd my soule they haue deprest Into that pyt for me they layd themselues therin be threst 7 My hart is fixt my hart is fixt O God in thée full stayd And sing I will my griefes betwixt in psalmes wyth musike playd 8 Awake my tonge my ioy awake awake both harpe and lute Come forth at morne I me betake to sing wyth shaume and flute 9 Thy laudes wyth thankes out wyll I sound◠when people méete aryght To sing O Lord to thée so bound I wyll in Paynyms syght 10 Thy mercy great to heauens doth retch what thyng can it denay To heauenly cloudes thy truth doth stretch to mans most stable stay 11 Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauens as is most méete Aboue the earth thy glory moue the stoole of both thy féete ¶ The Collecte REmoue O Lord all iniquity and enmitie from thy familie which mekely set theyr whole trust in the shadow of thy winges so that by enioyeng thy mercy sent from heauen we may bee perpetually deliuered from all malicious snares and trappes of our enemies Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LVIII Saules counsaylours so far fro ryght This Psalme doth here dewray Whose craftes wyth like shall God requite To sing once well away 1 IF iust your myndes be truly set ye counsaylours to ryght Iudge equally in weyght and met ye sonnes of men in syght 2 Yea ye in hart do nothyng lesse in earth to wrong ye bende Your handes do worke all wyckednes though ye the ryght pretende 3 These wycked walke in froward wyse from euen theyr mothers mylke Once borne they stray and talke but lyes theyr wordes yet soft as silke 4 Theyr poyson lyke the poyson is of venome cockafryce Euen Adder lyke all deafe I wis who stopth her eares to ryse 5 Who hateth to heare the charmers voyce charme he so neuer wyse Of ryght and wrong they make no choyce all warnyng they despyse 6 Wythin theyr mouthes theyr téeth O God crushe thou they be to sharpe The Lyons mouthes theyr iawes so brode breke Lord proud wordes they carpe 7 To nought they passe as water swyft wythin it selfe doth slyde And when to shoote theyr shaftes they list let them go broken wyde 8 As snayle that wasth let them so wast thus créepyng crookedly As womans byrth to tymely cast let them no sunne espy 9 As tender ympes of wycked thorne before theyr pryckes be hard Men roote them vp so all be torne by wrath they shall be marde 10 Then shall reioyce the iust and good to sée Gods vengeaunce come To bathe hys handes in sinners bloud and thanke for hys good dome 11 Then man shall say wythouten mis the iust hath iust reward No doubt a God in earth there is to iudge in ryght regard ¶ The Collecte MOst righteous Lord graunt we besech thee that the people may folow all the righteousnes of thy law and gladly in loue to embrace the same neuer to turne their hearyng from the truth thereof or to bee deluded wyth the mortiferous perswasions of the serpent to be agayne wounded by hym from whom we be redeemed thorough the death of thy welbeloued sonne to whom with thee and the holy ghost be c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LIX Agaynst the proud is made request Who dealth wyth guile and fraude Whom God shall driue to want theyr rest with famine ouer yawde 1 FRom all my foes deliuer me O God my God thou art Shield me from them in suertie that vp at me be start 2 From workers bad O saue my lyfe wyth them no tyme to mell From bloudy men whole set to strife make me most far to dwell 3 For lo they wayt my soule to catch these freakes be met in spyte Though iust offence they cannot latch at me O Lord of ryght 4 Yet causeles they styll flocke at mée to hurt they them prepare Aryse therfore O Lord and sée helpe me now plungd in care 5 Stand vp thou God and Lorde of hostes thou Lord of Iacobs lyne All Paynyms Lord vew thou theyr bostes spare not theyr wilfull cryme 6 They go at euen both to and fro they grin as dogs to bite The streates they trot in citie so as pickethankes them delyte 7 Behold they speake wythin theyr mouth but swordes wythin theyr lyps They thinke belyke none heare the sothe from them that falshode slips 8 But thou O Lord shalt them deryde to scorne theyr mad attempt These heathen dogs that barke so wyde from thée who can exempt 9 My strength I will kepe fast by thée O God I will not shrynke Of thée I know all strength to bée as rocke on thée I thynke 10 For God of grace wil me preuent wyth mercy plentuously And how my foes shall once be shent God shal make me to spy 11 Yet slea them not all sodenly lest them my flocke forget But scatter them a stray to fly deiect them Lord so great 12 Theyr sinne of mouth theyr word of tong theyr pryde shall them betray For periury they speake and wrong they prate but lyes all day 13 Consume them Lord in hasty wrath consume them
of all our health in power most glorious 20 He is our God euen God I say all health and wealth to shape Yea death is ruld by God the lord whose dint by him we scape qwel 21 This God shal wound his enmies heds he shal their worthies Their heary scalpes to pare full nie that still in sinne wil dwel 22 God sayd I will restore as once from Basan myne I dyd I will returne all myne as once from seas most depe I ryd 23 That dipt thy féete in all their bloud may reade appeare aâ—eye That dogs myght licke their enmies bloud so read to be therby 24 Who lyst did sée O puissaunt God thy great procedings hie The goings iust of thée my God my king in sanctuary 25 WheÌ„ thanks were song first fingers went theÌ„ minstrels mouth theyr féete In myds were set the damsel maides who playd with timbrels swéete 26 When they in one were ioyntly met thus god they praysed wel From hart the ground they blest the Lord who sprang of Israel 27 Small Beniamin there ruler went so Iudas tribe theyr stone So went the Pieres of Zebulon and Neptaly came on 28 Thus god hath bid all streÌ„gth power for thée ful nye to be With strength O God coÌ„firme this worke that yâ— hast wrought so frée 29 FroÌ„ thy swéete house Ierusalem make this thy strength procede Then kings shal bryng theyr offerings to thée to praise thy dede once tamde 30 The launce mens routes once scatred wyde the peoples calueâ— When they shal stoupe and presentes bring and warring folâ—â— once shamde 31 Then shal the Pieres of Egipt land for this come meke in sigâ—â— Then Ethiops ful soone shal yeld to God their hands and might 32 O all ye realmes of all the earth sing ye to God of blis Sing psalmes and hymnes to testify how worthy prayse he is 33 To him that rydeth on heauen of heuens as he hath done of 〈◊〉 Lo he his voyce hath vttred forth a voyce most strong and bold 34 Ascribe to God all strength and myght to Israel so showed On whom hâ—s power no lesse is wrought then is on heauen bâ—â—stowe 35 O God thou art full terrible from out thy sanctuary This Iacobs God hys people aydth O blest be God therby ¶ The Collecte O Lord and gouernour whiche refreshest thy electe flocke with spirituall nourishment of all dilectation graunte vnto all thy congregation so to vnderstand thy victorious deth that we may alway confesse thy worthy victory against sinne death and hell and to honour thy maiesty now syttyng on the right hand of thy father to whome with thee and the holy ghost be all honor and glory for euer Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme LXIX A sute of man in trouble bounde that hath his hart opprest To Christ and his it nye doth sounde as Paule somewhere exprest 1 SAue me O Lord in heauines by woes depressed downe The ragyng waues of all distres be falne my soule to drowne 2 In myre so déepe I sticke full fast all bottomeles to sée In waters déepe downe am I cast the flouds haue whelmed mée 3 In crying still I wery go my throate is horse and dry Myne eyes be dimme and fainty so whyle God I wyshe to spy 4 My foes excéede my heares of head at me they causeles looke My foes preuayle that wyshe me dead I payd I neuer tooke 5 Thou know O God my folishnes if ought amisse I dyd My crymes of lyfe my simplenes from thée be neuer hyd 6 Who wayte on thée féele they no hostes of shame for my desert O God the Lord of Iacobs hostes let them féele neuer smart 7 Forsooth for thée susteyned I both shame and vyle reproofe My face is hyd for infamy so felt for thy behoofe 8 I was repute as stranger fremd to all my brethren bad As aliant so me condemnd my mothers children had 9 For why the zeale of thy swéete house hath me vp eaten quite On me fell dedes opprobrious of them that thée did spyte 10 I wept and fast my soule to chast my body low to bryng Thus when I dyd they did it cast to my disabelyng 11 When sackecloth course I put me on to mourne my griefe the more Theyr laughyng stocke and iestyng stone they made me then therfore 12 The Iudges eke which sate in gate on me they babled euill So dyd on me wyne bibbers prate yea songes they made theyr fill 13 Yet I O Lord prayd whole to thée in tyme acceptably For thy great ruthe and veritie wyth helpe heare thou my cry 14 O plucke me out of myre and sand before I sinke to stéepe Let me escape my haters hand to ryse from waters déepe 15 Let me no tyme by floudes and sea all ouerflowne to bée Nor let the déepe vp swalow me ne pit shit mouth on mée 16 This graunt to mée O God this day thy grace is liberall Turne thy respect to me I pray regard thy mercies all 17 Hyde not thy face and cherefull sight from me thy seruant poore For greuous woes on me be lyght make hast and heare therfore 18 Draw nye my soule to chalenge it redeme and saue it well For these my foes so haut they sit saue me from them so sell. 19 Thou knowst what spite what shame I beare what vyle rebukes I féele Myne enemies all that me do deare be known to thée full well 20 The shame hath pearst and rent my hart I féele all hartes disease I lookt if man would ease my smart but none was me to ease 21 In stede of meat for my repast they gaue me bitter gall In my great thyrst they esill cast to quenche my thirst wythall 22 Theyr table be to them a snare theyr swéete meates tournd to sowre And that for ioy they dyd prepare let theare but sorrow lowre 23 Theyr eyes be darke to sée no lyght and wyt be far fro them And make theyr loynes to réele vpright be they lyke drunken men 24 Poure out thy wrath these frekes to strike who walke so stubburnely And let thyne ire and wrath a lyke take hold of them full nye 25 Theyr dwellyngs fyne be they supprest that they theyr country lose In all theyr tents let no man rest theyr stocke no man to chose 26 For whom thou smitest they scourge in sport as though thou wouldst them so Of thyne afflict and wounded sort they talke wyth pleasure to 27 O let them fall from sinne to sinne as thou dydst plague the blynde And suffer not that they go in thy iustice it to fynde 28 Be they cast out of booke of lyfe who thus impugne Gods grace No where in booke memoratiue wyth iust men haue they place 29 As now for me for that I mourne in paynes and dolours lye Thy health to me O God returne to rayse vp me on hye 30 Gods name I wyll wyth prayse aduaunce in song full déepe in hart I will in hymnes hys laudes enhaunce hys grace
to shew in part 31 And thys shall please God far aboue who is a sprite most pure Then Oxe or calfe wyth horne and houe to offer hym be sure 32 The humble soules shall thys beholde reioyce they shall by lyue And ye that séeke the Lord be bold reioyce your soule shall lyue 33 For God no doubt the nedy heareth they may reioyce more hye His prisoners in eye he bearth he cannot them defye 34 Let heauen and earth and all betwene hys worthy laud set out The sea and all that cxéepth therin prayse hym all round about 35 For God shall saue swéete Zyon hill hys place of godly rest And Iudas townes build vp he will to dwell in them possest 36 Hys seruauntes true posteritie shall it enherite iust And they that loue hys maiestie of dwellyng theare may trust ¶ The Collecte O Lorde of all pitie and compassion incline thyne eare vnto vs to vnderstande the certentie of thy truth and saluation and that we may bee so purged from the filthines of all synne to haue a name in thy blessed booke of election there to be registred amoÌ„g thy dere electes through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXX The iust man here calth God to ayde To be protect from hasty brayde Of all hys foes to hate so ryfe By hys good hand to be well stayde No tyme that he be ouerlayde By weakenes frayle of all his lyfe 1 O God to me thyne helpe intende In hast thy selfe to mercy bende and me O Lord deliuer quite Lyke grace I craue that thou extend Thy helpe from heauen so downe to send to ayde me strong by godly might 2 In hast be they confounded all Wyth shamefull name men myght them call Which seke in hate my soule to spill Be they put backe and dryuen to wall All vyle reproofe myght them befall who that to me wyshe any euill 3 Euen strayt fled backe let all them bée For theyr reward foule shame to sée these suttle men but glosers all Whose tong to fawne can whole agrée To say there there lo thus to mée by guile and craft to make me fall 4 But let all those that séeke thy myght With gladnes full and ioy he dyght in thée theyr Lord and God all daye And let them all that haue delite In thy swéete health say still aryght the Lord so good be praysed aye 5 As now for me though poore I ligh Afflicted sore in misery O Lord to me make hasty spéede Thou art myne ayde most trustely My God of all deliuery to long fro me do not recéede ¶ The Collecte O God eternall and inuincible protector of thy subiectes we besech thee make hast to helpe and succour thy poore houshold who standeth in sute at thy maiestie that we may escape all shame and rebuke of sinne and aduersitie so defended by thine ayde through Christ c. The Argument Psalme LXXI The iust geueth thankes to God aboue Who kept his youth in stay So craueth he still for further loue In age no tyme to stray 1 MY trust O Lord in thy good name I haue in hart alway reposde Let neuer me be put to shame from hope I haue to be deposde 2 In thyne owne grace and righteousnes all quyte from harme deliuer me Inclyne thyne eare to my great stresse to saue my lyfe and make me frée 3 Both rocke and wall be thou to me to which most sure I may resort Thy will it is that kept I be my holde thou art and stable sort 4 And make me scape the tyrannye my God and Lord of wycked foe To scape the hand of man to spye both false in hart and cruell to 5 Thou art my hope and patience O Lord for whom I dayly long From euen my youth my confidence thou hast no dout bene euer strong 6 For sith my birth by thée alone full sure by thée were kept my wayes Thou pluckst 〈◊〉 out my mothers wombe my mouth therfore shall sprede thy prayse 7 A monster great men me report so many iudge that be vniust But yet thou art my stable sort in whom is all my hope and trust 8 O let my mouth wyth prayses flow that thée I may land alway thus That I may sing to hye and low thyne honour great most glorious 9 In tyme of age reiect me not that out from thée I be not cast And leaue me not all desolate in néedefull tyme when strength doth wast 10 For now my foes together iet in counsayle whole they do conspire To rayle at me they be all set to trap my soule in hateful ire 11 They say hym God hath whole reiect sue on therfore and take hym now And full ye may on hym he wrect for none in earth wyll hym auow 12 O God from me depart not far O God my God to thée I cry From me thy helpe do not debarre make hast to come my foes be nye 13 And let them all confounded bée to sinke and drowne who seke my soule Let shame them take and vilanie who wishe my lyfe my soule to foyle 14 As now for me most quietly I will abyde thy louing hand Yea day by day more earnestly my mouth and tonge shall prayse thy sond 15 My mouth shall tell thy righteousnes thy sauing health to me all day But ende of this great gentlenes I can not thinke or wholy say 16 In this my hope I will go on in God my Lord so great of power I will expresse of thée alone thy truth so ferme both day and hower 17 For thou O God â–ª hast taught me well from all my youth vnto this day Thy meruels I therfore will tell thy wonders great and how they lay 18 But me in age when heares be white depresse me not O Lord adowne I will first tell thy power and myght this age that is and them to come 19 For sure O God thy truth is sâ—ene to heauen aboue lyft vp so hye Things great by thée so wrought hath bene who can in power be lyke to thée 20 How great and sore aduersitie thou madest me oft in lyfe to spy Yet didst thou turne to quicken mée from déepe of stresse to rayse me hye 21 Beside thou didst encrease my raigne with honor much so more and more When turnd thou wart and pleasd agayne of ioy so glad thou gauest me store 22 I will thée prayse in psaltry swéete my God and Lord thy truth to tell To thée my harpe shall stand as méete O Lord so good of Israell 23 My lips and mouth both fayne and glad shall be alway to sing to thée So shall my soule for mercy had Which thou by grace hast made so frée 24 My tonge shall talke thy righteousnes from day to day and that euen â—till â–ª Because wyth shame thou dydst represse my foes so fierce that wisht me euill ¶ The Collecte ALmighty god which raignesâ— eternally in that hie throne of maiestie and yet doost not disdayne to looke vpon
we be vndone 9 Helpe vs O God our sauiour for prayse of thy good name Our sinnes our ill behauiour forgeue forget the same 10 Least heathen rayle and say in spite where now is come theyr God Thy seruaunts bloud so shed in sight reuenge and shew thy rod. 11 O heare the sighes and sorowes déepe of captiue men in bonds Men iudgd to death sée that thou kepe shewe forth thy strength of hands 12 The blasphemy at thée so cast by these our neighbours partes Requyte it them O Lord at last seuen solde on all theyr hartes 13 So we thy shepe and people true to thankes we shall agrée Thy prayse our tonges shall still ensue to our posteritie ¶ The Collecte PReuent vs O Lord with thy great mercy before the zeale of thy wrath be kindled to vengeance graunt that we may be edified by the exāples of such as haue shed their bloud for cōfessing thy name and that we commended to thee by theyr petitions may at thy mercy receyue remission of our synnes Through c. The Argument Psalme LXXX This Psalme doth aske deliuerance from hard captiuitie In peace and truth good Christians should pray Christes church to bee 1 THou shepeheard king of Israell that Ioseph ledst as shepe On Cherubin that sittest so well heare now appeare and kepe 2 For Ephraym and Beniamin and eke Manasses sake Stirre vp thy power and strength of thyne and vs to mercy take 3 Restore vs God to loue agayne and shyne on vs thy face If thou Lord wylt vs visite playne we shall be safe by grace 4 Thou Lord and God of hostes I say how long shall fret thyne ire Agaynst thy folke which daily pray to thée in méeke desyre 5 Thou féedst them full wyth bread of teares they mourne for wo at meat Thou geuest them drinke in weping feares in heaped measure great 6 A cause of stryfe thou makest vs be to all our neyghbours next They rayle on vs and scornd be we our foes vs sore haue vext 7 Turne vs to thée thou God of hostes and shyne thy face on vs Kepe vs in peace represse theyr bostes and whole we shal be thus 8 Thou didst translate from Egipt darke a vyne euen so thou wouldst To plant it there it was thy warke whence Paynyms were expulst 9 Thou madest it rome first clensd by hand from Cananites the wéedes And roote it toke it spred the land these were thy godly déedes 10 The hyls were closde wyth shade of it the hyll of Syon house The boughes therof dyd sprede so fit lyke Ceders glorious 11 She did extend her braunches wyde to touch the feas extremes In length it went a long the syde of Euphrates the streames 12 Why hast thou beat his closure downe to lay as open soyle That they which walke from towne to towne her grapes myght fréely spoyle 13 The tushy bore of woode full fierce doth route it vp to stoure A sauage beast whose meat is gyrse doth wholy it deuoure 14 Turne thée we praye thou God of hosts looke down from heauen in spéede Beholde this vine in all our costes and visite it at néede 15 The vyneyard place behold also which thy right hand did set For thy sonnes sake defend therto the braunch thou madst so great 16 With fyer brent it is cut downe thy wrath was cause in sight But they shal quayle when thou doost frown which wrought this dedly spite 17 Extend thy hand vpon the man of thy right mighty hand Upon the sonne of man that can thy foes by strength withstand 18 And so shall we no more recéede from thée so wyde to fall Yf thou reuiuest vs than in déede thy name extoll we shall 19 O Lord our God turne vs agayne from erryng far from thée Shew vs thy light of face so fayne all whole then shall we bée ¶ The Collecte VIsite thy vyne O Lorde which thy mightye hande hath deliuered from Egiptiacall bondage that it may be reuiued continually by the brighte visage of thy presence that it may ioy prosperously to bryng forth good workes to the land of thy name Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXI A song of ioy to God of maiestie aboue Who geueth all thing aboundantly to thē that him do loue 1 NOw sing ye ioyfully To God our strength rocke Yea sing ye swete in iubilies to God of Iacobs stock 2 Streyne vp your psaltery and wrest your tymbrels hye Wyth mery harpe and virginals set out your melodye 3 Blow out wyth trumpet lowde in new mooues feast I say In tyme so méete accordingly our solempne feastfull day 4 By statute thus enact it is for Israell From Iacobs God it is a law hys worthy actes to tell 5 God made in Iosephes séede for wytnes thys decrée Of Egipt land whē out he went where language straunge hard he 6 I did his shulder ease from burthens great and thicke His hands escapte the dayly toyle of making potts and bricke 7 Thou cryedst on me in stresse I thée deliuered ryfe In thunder close I answerd thée first tried at fluds of strife 8 O then my people heare I wyll the iust assure O Israell if heare thou wylt my worde which shall endure 9 Strange God thou shalt not haue no other God to serue If thys thou doost and frowardly fro me thou doost not swerue 10 I am the Lord thy God who thée from Egypt led Then set thy mouth full open wyde I wyll it fyll full fed 11 But yet my people thus would neuer heare my voyce No Israell would none of me nor lyst in me reioyce 12 I let them go therfore theyr own hartes lustes to sue Theyr crooked wayes to walke at will whych they did after rue 13 O that my people meke had heard my document And Israell had walkt my wayes wyth gentle hartes assent 14 How soone would I at ones their foes haue wrested downe And turnd my hand agaynst them all at them who firse did frown 15 Gods haters should haue knéeld at héeles of them to lay Though lyingly they had it ment theyr dayes had lastd for aye 16 Yea then he would haue fed wyth floure of finest wheate And out of rocke them had I fild wyth hony pleasant meat ¶ The Collecte OPen thou O Lord the mouthes of vs thy suppliants to rebounde out the prayse of thy glorious maiesty and that we renouncing all Aegiptiacall works of darke ignorance may reioyce in the aduancyng of thy blessed name through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXII This Psalme is thret and lesson good to iudges stately romes Amid the Iewes as Christ he stoode and blamde their wrongfull domes 1 GOd standth in mids of Princes hye when they to counsayle fall And iudge he is theyr dedes to try he iudgeth theyr iudgements all 2 He once shall say how long wyll ye geue sentence wrongfully How long wyll ye acceptours be of persons wickedly 3 Defend the
our wealth to grace that we conuert Remoue thine ire impart thy health forgeue our foule desert 5 Eternall God agaynst vs thus for euer wilt thou threate Shalt thou thyne ire stretch out to vs from age to age so great 6 Uphold thy worde to vs returne and quicken vs agayne So shall thy flocke no longer mourne but ioy in thée full fayne 7 Shew vs thy grace O Lord of power that it we may perceyue And geue to vs thy sauiour that health we myght receyue 8 Plaine wyll I heare what God shall speake for peace he shall denounce To all hys folke and louers eke that they their vyce renounce 9 All they no doubt who will hym feare is hys saluation nye Hys glory than shall iust appeare in all our land at eye 10 Ryght frendlines and veritie they shall ech others méete So ryghteousnes and peace from hye shall kisse eche other swéete 11 Known truth from earth shal then out spring wyth all good fruites aryght For ryghteousnes all florishyng from heauen shall cast her sight 12 Euen thus the Lord shall manifest hys bounteous goodnes neare That full our land wyth grace possest all godly frutes shall beare 13 Ryght iustice eke shall be hys guide that strait may good man walke His wayes and gate her steps shall stryde no tyme the ryght to balke ¶ The Collecte PArdon O mercifull Lord the sinnefulnes of all thy people and shew to vs thy mercy and light which may lead vs into the way of peace by followyng the guidance and direction of thy righteousnes through Iesus Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXVI Here Dauid prayth this Psalme I say That Saule hym fraith with great distresse But Christ more true yea Christ doth pray â–ª Who once did sue as man in flesh To scape all spite but most for vs He this endight and sayth euen thus and sayth euen thus 1 BOw downe thyne eare O Lord heare me For thée I feare as God most hye Whose fauour kynd my hart would sée I fayne would finde thy grace at eye For poore I lye all wrapt in thrall My wante I spye to thée I call To thée I call 2 My soule preserue for thyne it is Aye thée to serue vnfainedly So wholy bought it may not misse Kéepe then in thought my Lord sayd I Thy seruant poore to thée I call To thée the more wythstand my fall Wythstand my fall 3 Extend thy grace saue me O Lord And shew thy face all louingly In mercy so thy grace aforde I stand therto assuredly Wherto I hyed to seke for ease And dayly cryed I wyll not cease I wyll not cease 4 O Lord make glad thy seruantes hart My state full sad and soule is fret To thée I go from thée to start From all my wo I wyll not yet I mourne to thée â–ª in soules disease Though hie thou bée I trust to please I trust to please 5 For kynde thou art O Lord of grace Of gentle hart and mercifull To all a lyke in euery place Who wyll thée seke most bountefull In stable fayth thou art to spie In thée who stayth who mournth in thée Who mournth in thée 6 Agayne I say my Lord geue care To thée I praye in thys my mone Thou knowst my paine which now I beare My foes restraine I wéepe alone Expende my crie full bitterlie Thou séest I ligh all heauilie All heauilie 7 When troubles rise in dreadfull dayes In sundrie wise on thée I call I drawe thée neare in all my frayes For thou wilt heare when I am thrall Then helpe me send from heauen so bright As trustie frend my hart to light My hart to light 8 None like to thée O God most hie Of Gods that be all day so sought For wit for might for maiestie Thy workes be right thy dedes be wrought Who wyll contend wyth thée in sight As them to mend O most of myght O most of myght 9 All people iust whom thou hast fourmd Now come they must to worship thée O Lord full low wyth mynd refourmd And them bestow in hart most frée Thy grace to prayse thy name to sprede So good alwayes theyr doynges lead Theyr doynges lead 10 For God art thou thou wonders doost As once so now thou shewest thy myght Thou madest all thyng on earth and dust The heauens do sing thy power in sight No God but thée shall Paynyms néede As eye may sée by Gospels réede By Gospels réede 11 Teach me thy way O Lord agayne That sue I may thy truth so frée All walke to it make me to strayne My hart O knit in thée to lygh Wyth reuerence to loue thy name In confidence to feare the same To feare the same 12 I thée wyll thanke O Lord my God Wyth hart most franke to sing thy prayse Thy louyng grace so wyde and brode I wyll embrace fall out my dayes Thyne excellence I wyll proclayme Wyth diligence to shew thy name To shew thy name 13 Thyne actes to me I must confesse Full great they be myne eyes doth sée Thou rydst full quyte my depe distresse By thy great myght thou madest me frée My soule of late nye gone and lost From hell the state all nethermost All nethermost 14 O God so great the proud aryse At me they fret in numbers ryfe The worst of all in cruell wyse They wyshe my fall they seke my lyfe They feare not thée they much do boast Thy face they flée in euery coast In euery coast 15 But thou O Lord yet God most méeke As truth recordth of louyng brest Art pitifull thée poore to séeke To wrath but dull to mercy prest In grace and truth looke thou on vs To mone in ruth all gratious All gratious 16 O turne to me and turne anone My rocke to be thy grace I craue Thy seruant strength for which I grone That I at length my soule to saue Wyth thée may wonne in thy cleare house Thy handmaiâ—s sonne all glorious All glorious 17 O shew to me for good some signe Some amitie shew thou in sight Agaynst my foes though foes repyne Thou healtst my woes to shame theyr spite That they may sée and so agrée I stayde by thée in comfort frée In comfort frée ¶ The Collecte O Lord of all comfort and compassion we beseche thee to cheare the countenaunce of the congregation of thyne elect familie from all terrours of hell and other hostilitie so that we may bee protected by the louyng visage of thy grace in beholdyng our miserable trauayle that we haue in thys worlde that by thee we may haue the dominion of our carnall affection to tread them vnder foote Through Christ. The Argument Psalme LXXXVII This pleasant song describeth the state Of Christs dere spouse where Christ was borne Hierusalem most fortunate To nurse both Iewe and gentile lorne 1 GOd hily loueth Hierusalem Whose bases strong be depely set In holy mounâ—es sure layd in them Moria Syon Olyuet 2 The Lord
is set our helpe so great our shield he is to tell And be our kyng all health to bryng that saint of Israell 19 Thou spakest thus once in visions to thy swete saintes full nye My helpe I layd to strong mens ayde I chase and hauntst him hye 20 I Dauid found my seruant sound I sacred hym wyth oyle Hym kyng made I ryght holily and Lord of all the soyle 21 Wyth hym my hand shall strongly stand my power shall hym defend My valiant arme shall whole hym arme for strength I will him send 22 No force so â—yne can vndermyne hys strength to make him thrall No crafty wyle shall him beguile by wycked man to fall 23 I down will bray his foes aray which shall hys face resist His haters lyke I will them strike and stroy them shall my fist 24 My faythfulnes and gentlenes wyth hym shall long abyde In my good name shall spring his fame hys horne and strength full wyde 25 Unto the sea his raigne shall be and he the Lord of it His right hand shall rule ryuers all on fluds as chiefe to sit 26 He me full grate shall inuocate most frankly thus to say My father thou my God t'auow my helth my rocke my stay 27 Yea more then this I wyll him blisse my first begotten sonne More hie to stand then kings in land that yet to earth be gone 28 I will him kepe my fauour meke for euer hym to loue My couenaunt fast to hym so past shall neuer voyde remoue 29 His séede euen so shall stable go so depe I will it plant His regall powers shall days and howers as heauen stand valiant 30 But if his sede from me recede and shall my law forsake Or yet shall balke in all theyr walke my iudgemente them to slake 31 And shall perchance myne ordinance prophane and cast it backe Or my precept as light reiect to kepe it shall be slacke 32 I wyll no doubt then visite stout to scourge theyr wyckednes I wyll them smite wyth plagues in sight to beate their sinnefulnes 33 Yet wyll not I my clemency wythdraw from them to go And lowd to lye so wyll not I my fayth to ieopard so 34 I list not vayne my pact prophane though they defile theyr south I wyll me take to that I spake to kepe my word of mouth 35 Once sware I dyd and testified my holines to pledge From Dauids part I would not start as this may he alledge 36 That is his sede should euer sprede and neuer should decay Hys throne begunne should shyne as sunne in my swete light to lay 37 As moone in sight it should be bryght though oft it féelth the clips These witnes sure in heauen endure to try my fayth of lips 38 But lo as now what done hast thou thou hast abhord thy Christ And hym forsakt and abiect makt at hym displeasd thou lighst 39 Of couenant made thou breakst the trade wyth this thy seruant knit His regall crowne thou rentst it down euen flat on earth to sit 40 His walles as wast thou battred hast and none thou leauest to stand Thou breakst hys fortes stroyst his portes thyne ire séemth now so grand 41 All they to spy which iorney by tread downe hys raygne in spyte The neyghbour next hys state hath vext as laughyng stocke in sight 42 Who foes therto in hatred go theyr handes thou lyftes on hye The enemy coye thou makst him ioy at it hys iestes to wry 43 Thou hast whole stynt hys weapons dynt hys edge of sword but blunt It had no power as conquerour to wynne as it was wont 44 Thus hys renowne thou pulst a downe wyth darkenes all obscurde Hys scepter flat on ground is plat dispayre he séeth assurde 45 Thou hast in déede thus shortened hys yong and flouryng dayes Thou hast hym clad wyth shame bestad ashamed thus he layes 46 How long by day wylt thou for aye O Lord thus hyde thy face And shall thyne ire thus burne as fire wylt thou thys raigne disgrace 47 O call to mynde in hart yet kynde what brittle date I beare Or hast thou wrought mankynd for nought to stroy hym thus in feare 48 What man is hée in lyfe so frée that death shall neuer sée Can he escape hys mortall shape from graue whole ryd to bée 49 Where may we holde thy mercies olde O Lord where do they lygh As thou dydst sweare in Dauids eare in truth most earnestly 50 Then call to mynde spite done vnkynde O Lord to thyne electes What tauntes in brest â–ª I hold at rest of diuers peoples sectes 51 Wherwyth thy foes haue wrought vs woes O Lord despitefully They threat vs hye opprobriously no steps of Christ to spy 52 We may conclude though we be rude the Lord will turne agayne The Lord therfore for euermore be blest Amen Amen ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God most true in thy promises and terrible yet in thy iudgementes graunt we beseche thee that we may walke faythfullye before thy holye face to feele the comfort of thy louyng presence and where we bee scourged at any tyme for straying from thee that yet agayne we may receyue thy mercy to glorify thy name Through Iesus Christ c. ¶ The ende of the third booke Here beginneth the fourth Booke of Psalmes ¶ The Argument Psalme XC The wofull lyfe of man for sinne here Moses paynted clere Gods grace aduaunst mans state deiect Christes aduent craued here 1 O Lord thou hast our refuge bene as sanctuary most frée In tyme now past froÌ„ age to age to whoÌ„ safe might we flée made 2 Before the hils had ful their shape ere earth world was FroÌ„ world to world true God thou art thy power shal neuer fade 3 Thou doost retract mans life to dust thou so dissoluest his trayne And saist eftsoones ye Adams séede returne to lyfe agayne 4 A thousand yeres in thy good sight as yesterday that was though long they seme yet swift thy slide as nightly watch doth pas 5 Thou makest theÌ„ flow as fluds in course as dremes they vanish lyte As early grasse in sodentye doth change hys hue and plight 6 Which flourth at moâ—ne groethful grene gatherth streÌ„gth ful gay But rept it is at nyght full dym and witherth dry away 7 A like we wast and fall away when thou art wroth for sinne And whyle thys sence of wrath doth last aâ—rayd we be therin 8 Thou hast detect before thy face â–ª our sinnes ful open layd Our hydden crymes our secrecies thy face hath bright dewrayd 9 For all our dayes do slyde away in thy displeasant wrath We spend our yeres â–ª as tale is told that brittle pleasure hath 10 Our yeres in dais be seuenty selde though streÌ„gth wan eighty mo That pride at last were paine and griefe it passe and hence we go 11 Thy wrathfull power who can comprise no man by reasonyng for more that maÌ„ doth feare thy power â–ª
God detect That truth was raisde and lyes deiect 1 THe lyuing Lord doth raigne as king The erth therfore full glad may sing The iles may ioy so many sene That he is come to make thē clene 2 Thicke cloudes and darke be him about On wycked men to thunder stout Both iustice right and equitie Of his high throne the bases bée 3 The fyre him goeth before in sight Wyth blasing leames of fearefull lyght By which full wyde he doth enflame Hys foes to burne which scorne his name 4 His lighteninges shyne the world full out On euery side whote sparkes to spout The earth at sight for feare doth quake No puissance can resistence make 5 The mountaynes hye as ware did melte At God his face thus present feit I say at face of Lord so hye The earth dyd feale his maiestye 6 The heauens declare his rightwisnes When he by them strikth wickednes All peoples thus his glory sawe How drad he is whom all should awe 7 A shamde be all which Idols serue Who chose vayne gods from God to swerne Ye angels all which seruauntes be Come worship hym bowe downe your knée 8 So Sion ioyed in hearing this And Iury ioyd in townes of hys O Lord for these thy domes entent That such should haue sharpe punishment 9 For thou O Lord doost all excell That here by low in earth do dwell Exalted far in name thou art Aboue all Gods so new vpstart 10 O ye that loue thys Lord so hye Hate ye all vyce of mawmetrye He kéepth theyr soules who serue hym pure From wycked hand to ryd them sure 11 Now lyght is sprong to ryghteous man That day from darke ▪ discerne he can And ioy is falne to rightfull hart From whence no power can hym depart 12 Then ioy ye iust in thys your Lord Thys lyght hys grace alway record Hys holines well thynke and thanke Hys name confesse therin be franke ¶ The Collecte O Lord the preseruer of all thy faythfull sayntes on whom as on thyne electe portion thou doost perpetually raigne inspire we besech thee into our harts the bright beames of the scriptures of thy prophets and apostles that what soeuer as yet remayne in our hartes as sauoring the olde carnall blyndnes of our originall darknes may be illitened by the heauenly lyght of thy holy sprite to whom c. The Argument Psalme XCVIII Here thankes be done that God in worde most true Sent Christ his sonne mans losse agayne to cure All thinges that bee must laud hym euer due Such peace to see restord in earth so sure 1 SYng ye all new to God a song on hye For he most true hath meruels newly wrought Hys able hand hath wonne hym victory Hys arme so grand this helth to man hath brought 2 The Lord of loue thys health hath open layd So man to moue to serue in hart aryght Hys righteousnes he hath full plainly splayd For theyr redresse to Gentiles eyes and syght 3 He cald to mynde hys gentle mercies frée To Iacob kynde hys truth and fayth to kepe ▪ The earth all whole thys helth dyd fully sée O hym extoll thys God our Lord so meke 4 Thou earth sing out all whole I say full glad In voyce most stout with gentle musikes sound To God thy Lord reioyce for mercy had Thy songes record thou art most duely bound 5 Yea sing in harpe to God and Lord so hye Sing round sharpe wyth all thy tunes and stringes Wyth harpe bid I with note of Psalmodie Your voyce apply to ioy these heauenly thinges 6 With trūpets blow wyth shaulme so swetely sing Both hye and low extende your harty strength Make iubilies before this heauenly king For Lord he is to serue I say at length 7 Let eke the seas rose out in merie chere Thys Lord to please wyth all her fishe in store The world so round and all the dwellers there your voyce rebound to prayse this Lord the more 8 The floudes a like Let them now clap their hands This Lord to seke wyth man in ioyfull hart The mountayns hie so houge aboue the landes Let them be by to daunce wyth man in part 9 To God do this let it in sight be plyed For come he is as lord to iudge the land Hys iustice sword the worlde shall iudge and guide Hys equall word to all shall euenly stande ¶ The Collecte POure into our harts O Lord thy healthfull grace which thou hast reuelde to all Gentiles so spred by the rightwisnes of thy gospel we hūbly besech thee that as thou once camest to be iudged and condemned for vs most misera le sinners so at thy next returne thou would graunt vs mercy to escape thy fearefull iudgement for whom thou tokst vpon thee to be condemned for the raunsome of our sinne to whom with the father c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XCIX Swete Christ his raigne this Psalme compristh As Rabins all can say no lesse God graunt that they with vs would ryse To sing these thankes to hym in fleshe 1 THe Lord to raigne is bent therin All folke ought than his presence dread He sitteth betwixe the Cherubin Let all the earth then quake I reade 2 This Lord is great in Zion séene Where power he sheweth ruleth with loue And hye he is on all the Heathen If they a like their hartes would moue 3 O let them all thy name confesse The bad to beate the good to blisse For greate it is in fearefulnes The power therof most sacred is 4 All Princely power loueth equitye And equitye thou broughtst in sight In Iacobs stocke thou didst applye To iudgement true and iustice right 5 Our Lord this God O magnifye Both Iewes and Gréekes your wayes relēt To his fotestole his sacrarye Bow downe your knées most reuerent 6 As Moses méeke so Aaron graue Were chiefe his priestes so Samuell Among them were his power to craue They cryed to God he hard them well 7 To them in cloud spred pillour like He spake as all the people sawe They did his hests and statutes kepe Which he them gaue in pact for law 8 O Lord our God thou hardst them iust And spardst them Lord for thine owne sake Yea when with plagues thou didst thē thrust For foule attempts which they did make 9 Extoll this God our Lord so frée Fall downe before his holy hill For God our Lord in maiestye Most sacred is and iust in will ¶ The Collecte THou art both Lord and king we most humbly cōfesse it right deare sauiour although the Iewishe phariseyes saye the contrary thou only gouernst the hartes and conscience of men and by thy only grace doost iustifye the same we beseche thee so to rayse vp the piller of thy heauenly light to shyne to our soules that we may be alway defended from all errour and aduersitie to offer vnto thee the sacrifice of prayer in thankes geuing who liuest raignest one god with
euen iust in them of Gods hye house so bright In mydst of thée Hierusalem O prayse this Lord aright ¶ The Collecte GOd the clenser of manes soule froÌ„ the filthynes of sinne which in redines doost coÌ„fort his sprite that call vpon thee faythfully we besech thee to plucke vs from the daunger of death and hell and to place vs in the region of the lyuing where death and sinne be abolished Through Christ. Psalme CXVII ¶ The Argument \ Laudate Dominum This Hymne doth endight Gods glorious might His truth and grace most free That Gentils a farre Were made to be narre With Iewes one flocke to bee \ 1 PRayse duly the lord in myndful accord ye hethen ones all vayne Ye Gentils I bid recount how ye sâ—id prayse this Lord agayne And honour ye right this Lord in his light ye nations all in town All people I say where euer ye lay extoll this Lordes renowne 2 For méerly hys grace and mercifull face confirmd lyeth on vs all â–ª Hys loue doth excell all sinne to debell his grace is generall This lord in his truth most stable ensuth his word promise iust The faith of his way will neuer decay O praise this lord of trust ¶ The Collecte ALmighty and most merciful Lord which wouldest be praysed by the mouthes of all nations thorow out all the world whose grace we the Gentils cald vs to the perticipation of thy sonne Iesus Christ we beseche thee so to confirme this grace in vs that we neuer declyne there fro but continually laud thy mercy through the same Iesus Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXVIII This Psalme is sung â–ª of prayse and laudes that Dauids rule begonne In sprite it shewth and ioyeth the raigne of Christ Gods onely sonne Ì„Ì„ 1 O Thanke and laud the heauenly lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standth to vs. 2 Let Israell nowe glad confesse wyth song melodious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 3 Let Aarons house and stocke confesse in thankes most plenteous Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 4 Yea let them all that feare the Lord this grace in hart discusse Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. 5 In trouble layd to straytes be thrust I cald the Lord from thence He hard at large and set me wyde this Lord of excellence 6 The Lord as thus with me to stand on my nye side to be I can not feare for what can man preuayle in spite at me 7 The Lord takth part with them to ioyne that me do helpe ayds Myne eyes shall sée their full desire my foes reuengd and frayd 8 O good it is the Lord to trust on hym all hope to cast More sure it is then man to trust on hym to leane to fast 9 Yea good it is the Lord to trust to hym all whole to stand More safe it is then Prince to trust with all hys gard and band 10 Though nations all do compasse me and hedge me round about By name I trust of this the Lord I shall cut downe theyr route 11 Let them besege and compasse me â–ª on euery side at wyll The Lordes good name I hope therby theyr pride to quel kill 12 Though they lyke bées swarme me about to sting to hurt to noye They soone shall fade as fyer in thornes in God I shall them stroy 13 By pushing oft they thrust at me to make me full agast But yet the Lord my piller strong was whole my stayful fast 14 The Lord of power â–ª my strength he is of laudes my tenors style For he was made my health and fence to scape all mortall guyle 15 The voyce of ioye â–ª and healthful mirth rebound in iust mens tents For why ful great the Lords right hand hath wrought experimeÌ„ts 16 The Lords ryght hand exalted is hys power is clearly knowen The lords right hand great feates hath done mans strength is not his owne 17 Not dead I am but liue as yet and trust to spend my dayes To tell Gods workes his mighty actes by whom my liuing stayes 18 The Lord although he me correct in chastisment most fyt Yet downe to death he draue me not he would not so permyt 19 Ope me the gates of righteousnes that iust men vse to haunt To enter now â–ª Gods temple so the Lord with prayse to vaunt 20 This gate is wyde the Lord his gate where due his grace is spred All â—ightwise men do passe therin who faythfull life haue led 21 I wyll wyth thankes set out thy prayse for thou hast answerd mâ— Though thou didst strike yet ease thou seÌ„tst for helth I had by thée â–ª 22 The stone it selfe which was reiect by all the buylders choyce Was made the heade and corner stone to all good mens reioyce 23 From god the Lord this act issued his worke it was alone A thing it is most meruelous in all our eyes so done 24 This is the day the ioyfull day which that the Lord hath made Let vs therin reioyce and sing a day that shall not fade 25 Ah Lord helpe now and saue I praye assist vs presently O Lord on hye geue helpe I praye good lucke send spéedely 26 O blest be he that comth as thus in God the Lords good name To you as we gods house that kepe haue wisht good lucke fame 27 God is the Lord and lightned vs all health who luckly sendes Sprede bowes therfore and bynde your hosts with cords at alters endes 28 Thou art my God whom thanke I will whom I shall celebrate Thou art my God to whom my laudes I will whole dedicate 29 O thanke and laude the heauenly Lord for he is gracious Because his loue and mercy frée for euer standeth to vs. ¶ The Collecte MOst mercifull God which art the vndoubted coÌ„forter in all our aduersities and makst the houses of the iust to be filled with ioye gladnes extoll thy churche and congregations by the power of thy ryght hande to bee the eternall gate thorough which all righteousnes may procede so established vpoÌ„ the hed corner stone Iesus Christ in this lyfe that at the resurrection she may be presented glorious in thy fighte thorough the same Iesus Christ c. A Preface to the Psalme 119. MAde is this Psalme by Alphabete in Octonaries folde All letters two and twentie set as Hebrues them haue tolde The verses all an hundred bee threescore and iust sixtene Thus framde and knit for memorie and elegance some wene Here letters all so sortely bound do shew in mysterie Eternall health may sure be found in scripture totallie Uerse yokt by eight Christes rising day doth figure them in some Sweete Saboth rest not here I say I meane of world to come Peruse this psalme so wide and brode eche verse saue one is freight As still in termes of law of God most ofte by
voyces eyght Right statutes olde precepts decrees cōmaundemēts word law Known iudgemēts domes witnesses al rightous wais thei draw Enuie no man Gods worde to painte in arte by such deuise Reade Hebrue tonge the tong so sainte and causeles be not nise Upfolde be here Gods truthes discust right sure vs all to teache So lies of man all low be thrust full false in glosing speache ¶ The Argument Psalme CXIX This Psalme dewrayth good mens desire Gods law to know so milde Which Dauid prayth whom men in ire Did curse from home exilde Aleph 1. ̄̄ 1 A Rightvp man of perfect wayes ▪ is blest and blest agayne As blest be they which walke their dayes in gods true law so playne 2 And yet I speake so blest they be who kepe his witnesses All whole in hart which will agrée to search Gods promises 3 Admit they do no sinfulnes who walke his pathes alwayes At wil who worke but wickednes they tread not these his wayes 4 Aduisedly thou gauest in charge thy hests that we should kepe Approued so by thée at large ▪ for vs most due to leke 5 Ah then O lord ▪ where the wilt so would God my wayes were steyd Affected right in hart to go thy statutes iustly leyd 6 Ashamed then I shall not shrinke in hart or visage cold Abacke to stand what tyme I thinke thy lawes and them behold 7 Ascribe will I to thée my thanke in hart most right and clene Assoone as I shall learne so franke thy iudgements iust besene 8 Agayne I vow withall my hart to kepe thy true decrées A far then Lord do not depart from me thy grace to léefe In quo corigit 1 By what or how can yong man clense ▪ or yet reforme his way Best word of thyne if he the sence will warely kepe I saye 2 Betymes where I thy word haue sought with all my harts entent Be guyde lest I might erre in thought from thy commaundemēt ▪ 3 By lowe I hyd thy word in hart thy willes inspird to kepe Blasphemingly lest might I start from thée in sinne to déepe 4 Both blest and praysed thou doost remayne O lord of secrecye Bestryde my hart and teach my brayne thy statutes inwardly 5 Bold haue I bene and euer shall by thée with tong to tell Before all men thy iudgements all which once thou spakst so well ▪ 6 Blith whole my hart did ioye to trace ▪ thy testimonyes wayes Beholding them more glad in face than riches gaynfull prayse 7 Bestowe I will my tyme and talke in thy precepts to muse Beside to note thy wondrous walke no tyme I will refuse 8 Besport me still I purpose me in thy decrées whole set Beleue I haue thy wordes decrée no tyme I shall forget Retribue 1 Confirme O lord thy seruantes will with thy good grace so meke Consist that I in lyfe may still so iust thy wordes to kepe 2 Cleare thou mine eies both darke thral reforme my sprite afresh Consider then thy law I shall what meruels they expresse 3 Cast here on earth as Pilgrimes be I am poore traueler Conceale not Lord thy law from me depart not thou to fer 4 Consume do I afflict in sprite for loue to know thy worde Comprise I would alwayes aright thy iudgements hye O Lorde 5 Correct thou doost the proud therfore which thy precepts despise Curst be they all from thy good lore who wander wyll to nyse 6 Contempt and shame frō me remoue which proud men cast on me Content for that in lyfe I loue thy lawes to testifie 7 Chiefe Princes lo in counsell sate and me they hie controld Chaunge yet my choyce so would I not I vsed thy statutes bold 8 Cause why to me thy witnesses are whole my hartes delites Close counsellers they be no lesse agaynst these cursed wyghtes Adhesit 1 Deare Lord to dust my soule is knit nye dead I ligh for griefe Draw nye my life and quicken it with thy swéete wordes reliefe ▪ 2 Detect I haue my wayes to thée thou aunswerdst me agayne Declare thy will that I may sée in hart thy statutes playne 3 Due sence geue me to vnderstand the wayes of thy preceptes Demure I will then take in hand to talke thy wondrous steppes 4 Distemperd cares dyd melt my hart to note the worldes despite Deale then some ease in gentle part as thy true worde hath hight 5 Deliuer me from lying wayes from suttle glosing sect Delite my hart in all thy layes vouchsaue this good effect 6 Do this for why right path of lyfe I haue now chosen due Deteyne I will myne eyes so rife to vew thy iudgements true 7 Directly Lord where hold I haue thy testimonyes fast Defame me not of thée I craue to fall by shame agast 8 Deliuerly runne shall I light thy lawes the perfect gate Dilated large ▪ when thou in sprite shalt make it ioy in state Legem pone 1 Eternall God teach me the way of thy most iust decrées Euen then I shall kepe them all day in all their full degrées 2 Employ my wits to perfectnes so hold thy law I may Effect therof I shall expresse wyth all my hartes assay 3 Eke lead me strayt to sée the path of thy preceptes most right Elect for why my hart themhath wherin I most delite 4 Egge thou my hart to magnifie thy testimonies all Escape that I may vtterly foule auarice thée gall 5 Erect myne eyes not down to cliue by lustes to things most vayne Encleare my sight and me reuiue thy wayes to loue the trayne 6 Establish Lord thy worde all sure thy seruaunt lo I am Els could not I thy feare procure to reuerence thy name 7 Eftsoones remoue the brute vnswete of shame that I do feare Espy I do thy doomes discrete all mixt with mercy deare 8 Enforst I haue lo all my minde thy statutes iust to sue Encourage me soone them to finde I craue thy iustice true Et veniat 1 First Lord I craue thy grace deuyne thy mercyes swéete to féele Fence thou my soule with health of thyne as thy true word doth deale 2 Fynd thus I maye to answere right and dul blasphemers slent◠Fast that my hope is wholly plight to thyne aduertisments 3 Farre driue not lord thy word most sure frō out my mouth to stray Full still for why I will endure to wayte thy iudgements way 4 Ferme will I kepe thy laye and lore sith thou wilt teach the way Fayth still to beare I wyll the more from age to age for aye 5 Fayre walke and large thus shall I hold in conscience vpright Forth on where I do séeke so bolde thy cleare precepts in light 6 Frée shall my tong thy witnes tell before both Lord and king Foule shame shall not my hart debell to shrinke for manacyng 7 Fro thence I shall my comfort fynd thy lawes shall me delyte Fresh loue I beare to them in mynde no tyme
winne No day doth passe but that I steare my mind to muse therein 2 Now hast thou made my wit excell my foes by thy precepts No time there is but that I mel with them in my concepts 3 Note this I do I am more wise then all my teachers be No dout for this that I aduise thy testimonies free 4 Not aged men haue knowlege like I them exceede to far No question for that I kepe thy lawes familier 5 Nedes must I stey and so I do my feete from path of vice No witherward aside to go but keepe thy words deuise 6 Nought do I shrinke one ynch awry from thy decrees amisse No prayse to me doth rise therby for thou hast taught me this 7 New fragant tast by thy sweete word O how my pallat felt No hony combe set on my bourd such swetenes euer delt 8 Notorious my wisdome grew by thy commaundements No wicked wayes then will I sue I hate all crafty flents Lucerna 1 O Lord thy word a lanterne is full cleare to guide my féete Ondoubted light that will not misse to rule my pathes most méete 2 Oth once I spake and promise made in hart I full decréed Obserue that I should whole in trade thy iust and righteous réede 3 Opprest I am O Lord to hye in soule in sprite in flesh Of this sore crosse reuiue thou me thy worde pretendth no lesse 4 Oh let my mouthes frée sacrifice please thée O Lord at will Ope thou my wits in ghostly wyse teach me thy iudgementes skill 5 Onsure my lyfe all day I sée my soule lyeth in aye hand Obliuious yet thy law to flée I will not so be bond 6 Onrightfull men and obstinate for me a snare haue layd Offend thy law yet will I not to renne from it astraid 7 Obtaynd I haue thy witnesses in iust fée simple state Oblected so my fansy is with them most delicate 8 One thing in hart inclynde I to to worke thy statutes lore Once this to misse I will not so to ende for euermore Iniquos 1 Presumpteous men which guiles deuise I hate as hypocrites Pure law of thine most hie I prise for that all truth behightes 2 Protectour thou thou art my bower thou art my trusty shield Persist I will in thy good power I trust thy word so mylde 3 Part ye from me malignaunt men your by pathes wrong I hafe Performe I shall more iust and playne my Gods precepts in gate 4 Plucke vp my hart O me sustayne by thy swéete worde to lyue Pinche not my hope with shames disdayn to make my hart to rine 5 Preserue me still in sure defence so safe I shall remayne Promoote thy wordes intelligence I shall alway full fayne 6 Presse downe thou wilt all thē to nought which erre frō thy decrées Playne lies they forge in crafty thought they frame but fallacies 7 Proud men lyke drosse thou wilt remoue which iet in earth so stout Precellently therfore I loue thy witnesses full out 8 Perplext with feares my flesh doth shake when I thy power do marke Profound afrayes my soule haue take thy iudgements be so darke Feci iudicium 1 Quite out my life I delt with that which lawfull was and right To Quarelers vp geue me not my soule with wrong to spite 2 Queynt thou my hart delightfully in things of perfect name In Quire ellys will the proud therby Some cause my life to shame 3 Quicke sight I lost Mine eyes wer wast for wayting long thy helth I Quothd and sight and longed fast thy rightwise worde of wealth 4 Quit me O Lord thy seruaunt poore from sinne and mercy reatch So Quicken me in all thy lore and me thy statutes teach 5 Quire out the truth that right I may O vnderstanding graunt In Quiet mind to thee I pray as seruaunt suppliant 6 Qualms ouerwhelmd my wofull hart for men haue stroyd thy law O Quel them Lord as iudge thou art the time doth aske thine aw 7 Quench not my sprit with these thy foen for I thy lawes do loue No Querry geuyth such gold or stone which I would prise aboue 8 Quake might my hart if all thy lawes I held not all the best No Question I loue thy sawes all false wayes I detest Mirabilia 1 Right wonderfull set hy aloft thy testimonies are Reuolue therfore then will I oft my soule shall kepe them nar 2 Resort who doth thy law the doore winth light as shewth the profe Ripe wisdome riseth therby in store to simple mens behoue 3 Rayse vp my mouth I did apert for wind my breth I drew Refresht for that I wisht my hart with thy sweete statutes vew 4 Respect me Lord not me refuse my strength were els but lame Rue than on me as thou dost vse on them that loue thy name 5 Rule thou my steps thy word to tread forme them to lyue therby Reigne can no pride in all my head to vanity to fly 6 Redeme me Lord from iniury of men in quarels vayne Retayne I may more constantly thy constitutions plaine 7 Reueale to me thy seruant true thy louely face so bright Renue my sprite my soule endue teach me thy statutes right 8 Ran down my cheekes did water streames for that thy law they balke Rough cheare I made to note all realms against thy law to walke Iustus es Domine 1 Séene right thou art full good and iust O Lord in veritie So righteous be thy domes discust all iudged in equitie 2 Strayt hast thou chargd that mē should haunt thy testimonies réede Still fayth to speake still truth to graunt most vehement at néede 3 Sower zeale fret me in gelousie for ire nye spent I was Set whole for that my foes I spy from all thy wordes to passe 4 Skord cleane full out thy word is séene fine tride frō drosse vnpure Sticke fast to it thy seruaunt meanth in hart to loue it sure 5 Smal though I séeme and vile at eye to vaunting insolentes Slide yet shall not my memory from thy commaundements 6 Sound righteousnes thy iustice is and that which still will last Sure truth thy law is so iwiffe I trust therto full fast 7 Smart woes sharpe when they did presse I by spite abused Swéete comfort yet did me refresh thy hestes when I perused 8 Stand euer shall thy witnesses in ryghteousnes to stay Send wisdome then well teach me this that euer lyue I may Clamaui 1 Thy grace to winne cried loud I haue from hart effectuall Then aunswere me O Lord with saue thy statutes kepe I shall 2 To thee I suyd O saue me thou I sued to none beside That iust I may in life avow thy testimonies tried 3 The dawning day ▪ preuentingly I cried most earnest than Trust fast I did thy words for why my hope therby I wan 4 Tyme watch of night mine eyes preuent so rath I then awoke Thus that I might some thing commēt of thy true
word on booke 5 Tourn Lord thine eare my voyce to heare thy mercies aske eueÌ„ so Touch thou my hart reuiue me cleare as thou doost vse to do 6 They tread full nye that would on me their malyce execute Twind far they be thy law to fle O Lord be my refute 7 Tread thou as nye O Lord with ayde for God thou art at hand True be thy lawes all iustly layd their wayes be mad and fond 8 Taught am I sure earst long ago of all thy witnesses Through thee were set most groundly so that they wil neuer misse Vide humilitatem 1 Uyse thou my wo and rid my smart thou seest exild I am When yet thy law from inward hart forgotten neuer cam 2 Uphold my cause and me release so free redeamd to ryse Wast not my life but me refresh in thy words warantise 3 Ungodly men from health ren far and health ren far fro them Wyde fle they foul for why they erre thy words they search not theÌ„ 4 Use still thy grace O Lord of might thy mercies great be seene With life and ioy refresh my sprite as earst thy wont hath bene 5 Uaine men there be right many one â–ª which me pursue and presse Ware yet I am to swerue to sone from thy sweete witnesses 6 Uyle men I spied transgresse thy law for grief therof I quoke Which was because at eie I saw thy lawes how they forsooke 7 Uew thou my hart O Lord see how thy precepts I loued Wherefore by grace reuiue thou me not whole froÌ„ thee remoued 8 Uouch this I may thy word in chiefe in some is truth most pure Wast can no time thy lawes relief thy domes aye Iust will dure Principes 1 Xtremly Lord I am pursued of princes vndeserued Xactly yet thy woord I vewd I them with feare preserued 2 Xteme I do â–ª thy word so glad and ioy therof as mich Xceding Ioy as he hath had that spoyles hath found most rich 3 Xcesse of lyes I haue abhorde I haue them aye defied Xtend I haue my loues accord to all thy lawes so tried 4 Xprest I haue thy lawdes most deare seuen times a day no lesse Xpending iust thy domes so cleare full wrought in southfastnes 5 Xcellent peace in conscience haue they which loue thy lawe Xchew they can all light offence no harme to them can draw 6 Xpect I do thy helpe and health O Lord to thee I pleade Xcited so I haue my selfe thy iust preceptes to treade 7 Xquisitly In soule I kept thy testimonies hye Xpert by vse I them accept in loue exceedingly 8 Xalt I haue thy statutes right and eke thy witnesses Xempt from thee to scape thy sight I can no secrecies Appropinquet 1 Yeld Lord assent with eares vnshit to heare these lawds I sing Yt mought please the to graunt me wit as thy word vse to bringe 2 Yet once I pray myne sute euen so admit before thy face Yll mens despites O take me fro thy word so worketh in grace 3 Ymnes Psalms songs my lips shal sound such coÌ„meÌ„datioÌ„s braue Yf thou wilt teach my hart the ground thy lawes in hart to graue 4 Yea sure my tong shall still expresse thy word deseruingly Yokt so with truth and rightwisenesse thy whole precepts I spy 5 Yere after yere me then vpshore with thy good helping hand Yong did I chose thou knowst thy lore to thy decrees to stand 6 Yearnd hath my hart and wished long thy health to féele so meete Yies head and hand haue loued as strong thy law to me so sweete 7 Yeld still I will O life prolonge my soule shall prayse thee then Yane shall I wide for ayde among for thou dost ayde all men 8 Youth made me erre as sheepe but lost seeke vp thy seruant Lord Yes seeke him Lord bestow the cost thy law me not abhord ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God the onely paterne meede of all felicity which by thy wholsom directioÌ„ informst thy faythfull seruauntes to walke vpright in thy law to search thy pactes and promises to obserue thy preceptes and commaundementes graunt vnto vs so to vnderstand thy iustifications and wyth whole hart to searche thy wylles and pleasures and to preache out thy great actes done to our behoofe that when wee were as loste sheepe wandryng in our wayes of ignoraunce we myght be brought home to thy shepefold to be placed on thy ryght hand wyth thy shepe in thy kyngdome through Christ our Lord c. ¶ Obseruations These fiftene Psalmes next followyng Be songs deâ—amd of steps or stayers For that the quiere on them dyd sing The peoples vowes to blisse by prayers For lucky spéede in theyr affayres As néede and tyme â–ª as case dyd bryng In wedlocke warre or house begonne For peace for ayde for fréedome wonne ¶ The Argument Psalme CXX When Dauid felt all spite of man All helpe of God he then optaynd By whome alone reliefe he wan From hard disease that hym constraynd Well trust we than When we be paynd 1. Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 TO God when I was vext wyth smart By wrongfull meanes of man opprest I cryed in voyce I cryed in hart He aunswerd me at my request In gentle part He gaue me rest 2 For thus I sayd and still will say O Lord my soule deliuer frée From lying lips saue me I pray From crafty tonges that double bée But set all day To vanitie 3 What shalt thou winne what gayne or gift Thou crafty tong with all thy spyte Or what may that increase thy thirst False tong to vse in such delyte What is thy drift What winst in sight 4 Euen this thou wynst sharpe dartes and fell Of Gods strong hand in dreadfull feare Whose strength shall send thy spite to hell As whote as coales of Iuniper And marke it well In mynd it beare 5 O wo is me that myne abode Is still prolongd in hard exile Thus forst to dwell as cast abrode In Ceder tentes both blacke and vyle O helpe me God Me reconcile 6 Ah long to long my soule abydth Wyth such as hate good loue and peace With people rough of hawty pryde Which fierce in hart on me do preace O cast them wyde Their magre cease Whan peace I seeke they cry to warre Whan fayre I speake they threat the more Whan them I sue they driue me farre Thus gall for loue I gaine in store O God be narre Help me therfore ¶ The Collecte O God the onely pacifier of all manner of angwishe and trouble deliuer we pray thee the souls of thy true seruants from slaunderous and lyeng lippes to be neuer ouercome by the malicious assauts of the euill but to stand by the assistence of thy grace wholye in thy protection to the lawd of thy name throughe Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXI As Dauid here so other king Nie toward warre ought thus beginne The people than hym following Should wishe hym spede Gods ayde to winn Thus
comth he in 2 Canticum graduum ̄̄ 1 TO heauenly hils I lift mine eyes In faythfull hart euen there direct Frō whence can els my help arise Gods foes to quel this cursed sect O cursed sect Let all my help come whole from God Who made this heauen and earth to see Though other stray most far abroade His will his arme my trust shal be My folke speake yee 3 We trust and pray that God of hosts Will not permit thy foote to slyde But make thee beate the Paynyms bostes He sleepeth not he that kepeth thy side His ayde is tried 4 For lo he will not slomber once Much more deepe sleepe he will repell But keepe he will his little ones He warden is of Israell We trust him well 5 The Lord himselfe wil be thy shield The Lord shal be thy shadowes bower At thy right hand most nye in field He will thee keepe both day and hower By godly power 6 The sunne by day shall thee not burne But shine therof shall cleare thy way The moone by night shall serue thy turne Her frory hornes shall thee not fray But be thy stay 7 The Lord our God will thee preserue From all euill haps ▪ from all mischaunce The Lord wil saufe thy soule conserue He will thy fayth and fame auaunce In Gouernaunce 8 The Lord will keepe and keepe mought he Thy comming in thy going out By puissant power ▪ thus pray all we From this tyme forth the world about We haue no dout ¶ The Collecte DEfend thy people O God which art so vigilant a watchman ouer thy flocke graunt that we be conducted safely by thee both by day and nyght from all assaultes of our enemies through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXII Here Salem is well ioyed and wisht That earthly mount is figure past For vs to wish Christes church so blist That we in heauen may mete at last From earth dismist 3. Canticū Graduum 1 MOst glad I was saith good man so When men deuout said thus to me Come we in one in will we go the lordes hie house of maiestie pray him to 2 Our féet shall stand in certentie Within thy gates Hierusalem Within thy courtes where we shall sée Gods true electes to ioyne with them In perfectnes 3 Hierusalem thou shinyng beame Thou builded art in peacefulnes As citie els in any realme Where men may méete for holines In tymes select 4 For thither haue the tribes accesse Euen Gods owne tribes by him elect I meane Gods flocke of Israell To laude hys name by lawes respect His prayse to tell 4 For there the seates be duly dect To iudge the truth by priesthoodes spell Set there we sée of Dauids house His iudgement seat there iust to dwell Most glorious 5 O wishe and pray all ioyfull peace Hierusalem to haue euen thus Who loue thée well or wishe thyne ease All ioy haue they most prosperous Well God to please 6 O peace befall thy walles so wyde No forren power to worke disease God graunt thy towers may strong abide In all successe most happely By God the guide 7 My brethernes sake my neighbours nye Make me thus speake vp on thy side To wishe thée peace so earnestly Thy welth to stand from day to day O Mount most hye 8 Yea thus I séeke thy wealth I say For Gods house sake our Lord of loue Whose regall power therin doth lay O thus do we our hartes to moue In sprite to pray ¶ The Collecte VOuchesaue O Lord to graunt to all such as delight to walk in the courtes of thy house the congregations of thyne elect people continuall abundant peace that while in the same we confesse thy grace exhibited therto we may enioy thy felicitie in the heauenly habitation through Christ c. The Argument Psalm CXXIII On Whome the worlde doth looke awrye This psalme is fit for there behoue Proude worldlye men true man defye All like themselfe they only loue As proofe doth trye 4. Canticum graduum \ \ 1 TO thée I lifte mine eies on hye To thée that dwelst in heauen aboue Thoughe here with shame mē me deny Yet me I trust thou wilt approue O Lord be nye 2 As man and mayd for helpe doth eye Theyr Lords Ladies handes to proue So we our eyes bende certainly To God our Lord his grace to moue O trustelye 3 Haue mercy Lorde to vs applye Haue mercy yet shewe vs thy loue For skornde we be full bitterly They vs with spite from them remoue O cruelly 4 With mockes and taunts reuilde we lye Our soule is ful of their reproue The wealthy Lord the proude we spye Be they that vs with spite disproue O Lord be by ¶ The Collect. O God whose habitation is in heauen we list vp our eyes vnto the beseeching thy mercy to repres the opprobrious despites of the proud fauorably graūt to vs to fele thy wonted mercies through Christ our Lorde ¶ The Argument Psalm CXXIIII The Iues so left in Iury still VVhan they exild were others set VVith thanks theyr songs they did fulfil As they by times together met So we the same May counterfete 5. Canticum graduum 1 BUt God himselfe by redy grace Had stand with vs in carefulnes Against mens spite Irefull face May Israel in tong expresse As we the same Must nedes cōfes 2 I say againe to note the case Except the Lorde himselfe in preace Had ben with vs in open place Whē mē rose vp our harts to presse Like Israell We must confesse 3 They had deuourd by time and space Our soules euē quicke In cruelnesse Whā they so faine would vs disgrace And fumed at vs In wrathfulnesse Lyke Israell We must confesse 4 The storms slouds of woes so base Had drownd vs quite by theyr exces The roring streames so swift in pace Had drencht our soules remedilesse Like Israell We must confesse 5 Proud swelling flouds so ran in race To whelme our soules in heuynes Our rest of life they would deface And thought therin great godlinesse Like Israell We must confesse 6 With hart most kind let vs embrace This louing Lord ▪ with thanks to blesse who duld theyr teeth our flesh to race Their pray so sought in gredinesse Like Israell We must confesse 7 Our soules as birds which foulers trace Be scapt their snares of wickednesse Which they with craft did interlace The snare is broke we haue release Like Israell We must confesse 8 Gods mighty name we ought to blase Our help at néede who made no lesse But heauen and earth and all it hase As Israel maye still expresse So iust the same we wil confesse ¶ The collect SHut vp the cruel mouthes of the euyl O Lord who labour to deuour vs by the rauenouse teeth of detraction that where we doute our owne strength we may be saufe by thee through Christ. The Argument Psalm CXXV This Psalme commendth against our foen
them how grene they séeme to stand Be like in sighte the witherd haye On houses tops pluckt vp by hand That fadeth to nought without delay So Christen man in like maye praye 7 Whereof in dayne the mowers gripe When they to such theyr hands do splay Nor gleaners can fynd sheaues so rype That they to fyll theyr bosomes maye So Christ his churche may ioyntly saye 8 That none to them good lucke do wysh Which walke in gate by fide the way On Gods hye name theyr works to blesse But wisht them all far well awaye God graunt that ofte this all we praye The Collect. DEfend thy church O Lord from al assalts of her aduersaryes that they al beyng discomfited the true childe of the same maye ioy in thy â—eritye throughe Christe The Argument psalm CXXX In banishment when Iues were pent And felt gods yre â–ª the greuousnes Thus thralâ— their sinnes they did lament They freedom wisht from cruelnesse In banishment 11 Canticum Graduum \ \ 1 IN deepe excesse In heuynes O Lord to thée my crying went From depth of hart I did expresse My great constraynts most violeÌ„t In deepe excesse 2 O Lord affent â— O here aâ—â—ent My wofull voyce in redines O let thyne eares to harke be bent My prayers cry in lowlines O Lord assent 3 If thou wouldst presse mans â—unefulnes O Lord to send due punishment Who could O Lord the waightines Sustayne to byde thy chastisement If thou wouldst presse 4 Be Lord content lo we repent For thou shewest grace to humblenes Thus feard to be most reuerent Then kepe no sinnes in irefulnes Be Lord content 5 I hope release I trust no lesse The Lord I byde still permanent My soule expecth hys frendlines I wayte his wordes accomplishment I hope release 6 My soule so ment more confident To wayte my Lordes great gentlenes Then watchemen wishe the night full spent And wayt the morne theyr watche to cease My soule so ment 7 In faithfulnes in chearefulnes Let Iacob wayt the Lord so gent Because with God is â—uefulnes He oft redéemth his mercyment In faithfulnes 8 He will relent incontinent And full aquite the wretchtdnes Of Israell his prisonment And pardon all theyr wickednes He wyll relent ¶ The Collecte LEt thyne eares inclyne to our prayers O Lorde of all pitye and compassion for wyth thee is copious redemption whereby thou doost not surely obserue our iniquities daily bestowe on vs thy mercies thorough Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXXI When Dauids foes inueterate Hym slaundred sore as obstinate That he Sâ—ules reigne would vendicat He prayed to God immaculate To cleare his state Ì„Ì„ 1 MY hart proud things lord counted not Myne eyes aloft haunt mounted not In boasting actes I walked not Things past my reach I stalked not Lord deare me not 2 If I my hart refrayned not If I my soule restrayned not If I as childe beweynd me not If I from pride absteynd me not Then heare me not 3 O Israell most fortunate Wayte thou the Lord still moderate Be méeke flée pryde inordinate From this tyme forth interminate And feare thou not ¶ The Collect. SVffer vs not to be ouercome with the haut pryde of the world O Lord to woorke euery disturbaunce of godlines graffe mekenes in vs so to follow thy son our sauiour in the same through Christ our Lord. The Argument Psalm CXXXII This Psalm doth pray for good successe Of all thy realmes priesthodes state So Dauids oathe his vow hys stresse What god him hight it doth debate Ye Christ expresse 13 Canticum graduum 1 REmember Lord meke Dauid king And al his hard affliction For his good sake by pityenge Amoue from vs confusion Haue hym in mynd 2 How he in good deuotion To thée hys Lord hymselfe dyd bynde By othe and vow to God most hye To thée I say strong Iacobs frende Thus constantly 3 Be it my shame if I go in My Cabborne house in rest to lygh If I my shéetes thrust me betwene And clyme my couche in fethers soft Blame might I winne 4 Or els if I myne eyes aloft Should geue them sléepe myne eies the lids To suffer them to slumber oft Though fast they craue to fill their néedes Then fall myne house 5 Untill I fynde without all dreades The Lord a place commodious A sacrary â–ª and temple swéete To Iacobs God victorious To hym most méete 6 Of this place lo I Salomon In Ephrata hard there in stréete And found we haue this holy throne In Ornans field wyth woodes beset O come ye on 7 To his fayre tentes go we to fet To temple built hys arke of grace And bowe we low with honour great To his footestoole hye set in place And thus say we 9 Aryse O Lord and kepe by place Of quiet rest no more to flée O thou thy selfe soone thither moue Thyne arke of strength conioynd with thée O Lord of loue 10 And let thy priestes be deckt alway Wyth right and health as them behouth Let all thy saintes reioyce I say So blest by thée to prayse the due Both nyght and day 11 For Dauids sake thy seruant true To whome thy grace did louely spring Shame not my face so chosen new Thyne owne O Lord annoynted king My hart to freat 12 The Lord in fayth sware promising To Dauid backe he wyll not treat Of thyne owne wombes engendred frute I will to one bestow thy seat All lyke in sute 13 If that in truth thy childerne wyll My pact and statutes execute Which I will teach then shall euen still Thy children sit thy throne for aye Wyth my good will 13 For why the Lord without denay Hath Zyou mount elect in choyce He much desird that it should lay As seate wherof he would reioyce And thus he sayd 14 Here shall my rest from troubly noyse Remayne full sure for euer stayd Here will I dwell for her I wisht In my desire full well apayd Of her I wist 15 Her vitayles all with full increase Shall blesse alway my blissefull fiste Her poore to féede wyth bread at ease I will them all full satisfy If me they please 16 I will their priestes adourne on hye With helth wyth truth wyth lyfe with light And they his saintes shall sanctify That they may ioy in hartes delight With holines 17 There Dauids horne and regall might I will it make to florish fresh And there I will a lyght prouide To myne owne Christ by frutes successe Of Dauids syde 18 And all hys foes wyth vtter shame I will them clothe and them deryde As yet for hym hys crowne and name Shall florish out both large and brode In blessed fame So graunt it God ¶ The Collect. REmember O Lord thyne eternall pact and promise made to mankynd in Christ thy sonne endue our hartes worthely to aunswer the same on our behalfe by the same Christ our Lord c. The Argument Psalm CXXXIII A
short extrete of loue the strength So large in length in tast so sweete O charity thou art I wisse Of Man the blisse in ech degree O charity wyth vnity 14. Canticum graduum Ì„Ì„ 1 O Come and see how things most meete It is and sweete where men agree Whan brethren bound together dwell In peace so â—well In loue be founde O vnity keepe charitye 2 It is as sweete as Balme the best On head well drest which downe did fleete By berd and throte â–ª the berd I say Of Aaron gay his skirt of cote O charity seeke vnitye 3 It is as sweete as dewe that wont Fat Hermon mount to make so weete As dew no dout that heauenlye stils On Sion hils euen round about O vnity beare charity 4 For there euen there the Lord hath chargd Where peace enlargde most rule doth here All blisfull lyfe for aye to be Where men agree and voyd all strife O charity stirre vnity ¶ The Collecte Poure O Lord vpon thy church thy gift of brotherly charity and christiaÌ„ vnity that we may be sprinkled with the dew of thy â—pirituall oyntmente and so that we maye euer reioyce in the grace of thy benediction through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXXXIIII The Leuites set in nights to sing To God so great their Lord and king On steps in sight some one by choyce Dyd thus excyte all mens reioyce So met to bring Both sprite and voyce 15. CanticuÌ„ Graduum 1 LO ye all here Ye seruants déere And ye that stand Of God so grand Now prayse the Lord By Gods accord By night in house And glorious Draw neere recorde His hand with vs. 2 Your handes lift hye Gods sacrary The Lord proclaime Enhaunce the same In holynes Due laude expresse Blisse ye his deede In fayth and dread Apply no lesse His fame to spread 3 The Lord of grace Blisse he this place Who heauen did make For all our sake From Sion Hyll Your hart and will And earth I say Both nighte and day Embrace him still Awake and pray The ende of the songes of the Stayers ¶ The Collecte WE thy seruantes all O Lorde who of duetye doe blesse thee alway with our thankes we hartâ—lye pray thee to vouchsafe to lighten vs darkened as we be with the night of this world whereby we may obtayne most large blessinge from that while we lifte vp our hands in good workes of our vocation through Christ our Lord. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXXXV This Psalme endited seemth for ministers in quiere Gods workes it telth vayne Gods it scornth it singth Gods laudes full cleare 1 O Worship thanke and praise the name of God the Lord Ye seruauntes all of thys your God laud ye with one accord 2 Ye ministers which stand in God the Lordes good house And kepe the courtes of this our God O prayse hym glorious 3 Laude ye the Lord for why the Lord is gracious Syng out his name for swéete it is to man delicious 4 The Lord no doubt hath chose vnto hymselfe in care Olde Iacobs stocke all Israell for hys peculyar 5 I knowe the Lord is great and hye I him estéeme And that our God passth other Gods which meÌ„ for gods do déeme 6 And what it lyketh them the Lord doth it in déede In heauen and earth in sea full out in déepes where fishes bréede 7 He vapours lifth from earth and they to clouds do renne He lightnings turnth to raine in store he winds drawth out of deÌ„ne 8 To quite their cruelnes he smote in Egypt land Theyr fruites first got not one to scape from man to beast in band 9 In midst of thee the Lord his signes and wonders sent Thou Egipt land which Pharao and all his seruants shente 10 He many countryes smote and dyuerse nations slew He vanguished most mighty kings and made them all to rew 11 Of Ammorites theyr kyng hight Seon hie in throne So Og that hog of Basan king and Canaans realmes echeone 12 And gaue theyr lands and holds for heritage of right For heritage to Israell his people whole and quite 13 O Lord thy name endureth for euer world to ende From age to age thy memory in fame shal stil extend 14 For now the Lord hath iudged his peoples cause most playne He them auengd and pleasd he was with all his flocke agayne 15 The Gentyls Images be siluer molt and gold But handy worke of wretched men how euer they be fold 16 Mouthes haue they made in them but speake nothing at al So eyes they haue and nought they see blind Gods and casuall 17 And eares they haue in shape and yet they heare no sound Where beast most domme hath life and sprite no breth in them is found 18 As they be all to see theyr makers be the leke Domme deafe and dead brute stockes and blocks so all which theÌ„ do seeke 19 Ye house of Israell do well prayse ye the Lord Yea Aarons house preach ye his praise the lords great actes record 20 Ye Leuis house and seede blesse ye the Lord all whole Ye all that feare and worship true this Lord most hye extoll 21 O praysed be the Lord of Sion nighte and day His place is set Hierusalem O prayse the Lord I say ¶ The Collecte O God of all comfort and swetenes whome all the world for thy incomporable gentlenes more worthely prayse we besech thee to kepe vs from all vayne errour of the Paynyms vanities to worshippe thee in sprite verity through Christ. The Argument Psalme CXXXVI The Rectors This Caroll sweete exhorth vs clere Gods goodnes great to prayse in quiere The Quiere That men wyth laudes should them inure For thankes breede thankes and grace procure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure \ \ The Rectors COnfesse and praise the Lord most kynde For God he is as man doth fynde The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll styll indure The Meane So redy bendth hys loue so pure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 2 Confesse and prayse the God of Gods Who made vs first of earthly clods The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs wyll still endure The Meane So redie bendth hys loue so pure Which wyll in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 3 Confesse and prayse the Lord of Lordes Who made all thyng by strength of wordes The Quiere For euer standth hys mercy sure Hys grace to vs will still endure The Meane So redy bendth his loue so pure Who will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 4 Who wrought alone actes maruelous 5 Who formd the heauens by wisdome thus 6 Who stretcht the earth on fluds from vs. The Quiere Who dyd all this in hys good cure For euer standth hys mercy sure The Meane His grace to vs doth still endure Which will in ioy our hartes assure Rectors 7
why thou me thy selfe didst frame behynd before in forme Thou laydst thyne hand â–ª to this my clay thy hands did me perform 6 This knowledge is to meruelous for me to reach I knoow To hye and hard for me to fetch â–ª by hye or yet by lowe 7 And whether can I thinke to goe fro this thy sprite and thought From thee in face how can I flye or whether shall I flought 8 If I do clime to heauen aboue euen there thou artfull néere If so by low I make my bed In hell thou art lo there 9 If now I take the morning wings who spredth her beames so swift That strayt I cowd to fordest Sea remoue my house to shift 10 Yet there thy hand shall lede me forth as pastor guideth his sheepe thy strong right hand would me vphold by prouidence most deepe 11 If eke I say or thinke at least that darke shall hide my heade Than shall the night as shining day be round about me spreade 12 For sure the darke so dark cannot endarke thy louely sight The night as day do shine to thee so darkenes is as light 13 For iust my reynes with theyr affects are thine how hid they be In wrapst thou me my mothers wombe with vestures sonderly 14 I geue thee thanks for that I am in shape formd straungely Thy works so hye be wrought in me which playnd my soule doth spye 15 My substance first both bones Ioynts were nothing hid fro the In earth ful depe when I was wrought and wouen was curiously 16 My masse vnshapt thyne eyes did see was writ in thine owne boke By dayes increase my parts were formd wheÌ„ none on them could looke 17 How dere to me O God appere thy thoughts these counsels gret How manifold be but the summe In count if they were set 18 If I would tell the summe of them they should excéede the sand Than this reuolued I watch to thée by thée I trust to stand 19 If thou uow wouldst thy self O God confound that wicked man bloud thursty men whome I defye would leaue me wholy than 20 For these they be that sigh at thee and speake vngraciously They vse thy name in vayne to light thy foes be puft to hye 21 Do I not hate all them O Lorde who thée with hate disdayne And fret not I and fume at them which rise at thee by trayne 22 Yes Lord from hart I hate them all with perfect hate and â—yne Thy foes I take myne enemies as they were onely myne 23 Than search me God and boult my hart to thée this cause I yelde Well try and know in thoughte and driftes what hauntes in life I held 24 And see in me if any wayes be founde rebellious Then lead me forth the worldly way of death obliuiouse ¶ The Collecte O God the wonderfull creature of all thinges earthly the eternall protectour of the same who knowst all our secret partes more perfectly than we our selfe can discerne graunt we beseech thee that we may behaue our self in perpetuall feare vnder this thy parfit beholding of all our doyng and clense the thoughts of our hartes that they maye be acceptable to thee through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXL This prayth for good and iuste deliuerance FroÌ„ wayting spies guyleful fawning freÌ„ds Yt sheweth eueÌ„so what ones at leÌ„gth shal chance To good and bad in both theyr finall ends 1 O Lord most good in haste deliuer me From man that is so euell and wholly nought O keepe me saufe In stedfaste suerty From wrongful man of cursed wicked thought 2 To euill theyr hartes do whole alwaye agree From whence they haue all suttle mischief wrought To hate and bate them selfes they fullye bende But strife all day by them is vainely sought 3 Theyr tongs so sharpe on me they haue extende As serpent slye as snake moste pestilente Like Adders sting theyr venome poyson sende Such poyson they in fawning lippes frequente 4 My sely soule O Lorde my God defende From wicked power most fierce and violent From wrongfull men O me good Lorde preserue To trip my foote by them is lewdly ment 5 These hawty men to death to make me sterne Hath hid theyr snares with suttle cordes in brayde And spred their nets me thus they wayte to serue With wiâ—y trappes my wayes and steps they layde 6 Yet sure from God I would not farly swerue To whom in fayth euen thus I boldly sayd Thou art my God O heare my wo full mone From hart the roote by tong in word displayd 7 My Lord and God my trust most iust alone My strength and health my closely couerture Thou shieldst my hed to scape my deadly fone In day of warre to stand on foote full sure 8 Permit not Lord whyle thus for wo I grone His will to haue this wicked man vnpure To hys attempt O Lord geue no successe Lest proud they swell and harme the more procure 9 O let theyr lippes in crafty wickednes Betrap themselfe in all their daily paynes O let their hed féele first their due distres That compasse me wyth suttle wily traynes 10 Let burnyng coales for their so mad excesse Fall downe on them to dull their hasty brayries Let fire and pit be wholy theyr rewarde No tyme to ryse to any better gaynes 11 Of bablyng tong who hath no bit or warde O let them Lord here neuer proue to thriue Him euill shall hunt till he to nought be marde No wealth to hym at all shall downe deriue 12 Full sure I am God will most kynde regard The poore mans case with ayde and ease beliue Of helpelesse man to try his truth and right In iudgement strong for hym alway to striue 13 Thus righteous men so met in open sight Shall prayse thy name O Lord that is so high Then strayt vp men in heauenly ioyous light Shall sée thy face to lyue eternally ¶ The Collecte DEfend vs thy poore destitute seruauntes O Lorde from the crafty traines of the malignant enemies of all godlines resist their pryde asswage their malice confound theyr deuises that we beyng vnder thy protection may laud thy mercy for the same Thorough Christ c. The Argument Psalme CXLIâ— Here Dauid prayth for stedfastnes among the wycked sect To scape theyr traps and wyckednes That they may low be chect \ \ 1 O Lord I haue lowde cryed to thée to me therfore make spede Unto my voyce thine eare agrée whyle that I cry in drede 2 O let my sute in syght so ryse as doth incense to thée My rayse of handes as sacrifice of myght Lord let it bée 3 Lord set a watch before my mouth kepe thou my mouth and lips To speake nothyng but truth and south to scape all snares and trips 4 Let not my hart declyne to euill with wycked workes inurde With wycked men to worke in will by their delites allurde 5 Yea let the iust as frendly led me smite and
blame I say No wycked balme to stroke my hed agaynst them still I pray 6 O hedlong be their iudges thrust as down from rockes bethrowne They would haue harde my wordes at first if swete they had be browne 7 Our scattred bones they breake in moode so nye the graue they lay As man which cleanth and shiuerth woode or one that clods doth bray 8 For that myne eyes O Lord to thée O Lord be firmly cast And thée I trust then vtterly spill not my soule in wast 9 O kepe me saufe fro crafty snare which they to me do driue From wicked trappes that men prepare which wickednes contriue 10 But rather let these wicked fall ▪ all whoel into theyr nets Betrapt themself so be they all while I may scape theyr threats ▪ ¶ The Collecte SEt a watch O Lord vnto our mouthes least◠that we apply our speech to vanity to consent wyth the wicked of the world correcte thou vs with thy mercifull rod of chastisement by vertue wherof we may be kept in aw to decline from all vyce through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalm CXLI◠What Dauid thought and how he prayd whan feare draue bym to caue He here reporth◠on God he stayed who did him strongly saue \ \ 1 VNto the Lord with voyce I crye◠So nye in parell set Unto the Lord my prayer hyed both hart and voyce were met 2 I pourd my sute my sore complaynt before his face in sight My troublouse state I did depaynt before himself in light 4 What tyme my sprite was inly pent my life thou knewest the path Yet layd they snares vext though I went in all my walkes in wrath 5 On hand both right and left I vewed none saw I that me knew No scape was free none so endued that once my soule woulde rue 6 O Lord than thee I cryed vpon and thus I sayd eue◠then ▪ Thou art my hope and portion in land of lyuing men 7 Respect my crye for worne I goe in cares full deepe I wayle Saue me fro them which vext me so on me they sore preuayle 8 O bring my soule from prison bound Thy name to celebrate So iust men wil me glad surround whan thou shalt quite my state ¶ The Collect. WYth humble voyce we sue vnto thy deuine maiesty O Lord that we may haue our hope so strengthed by thee to inherite the like state of thine electe in the land of the liuing through Christ. The Argument Psalm CXLIII Whose hart wyth hate the world resolueth To state all base deicet If he in fayth this psalme reuolueth God sone wyll him erect \ \ 1 NOw heare my sute O Lord in stresse to my request agree For all thy truthes and rightwisenes sone aunswere thou to me 2 But enter not to iudge extreme thy seruant hye by lawe For who himselfe can cleane esteme yet him I neuer saw 3 For loe the foole my soule hath chasd to earth my life hath wrest My state in darke he hath abasde as men of old deceast 4 My pinched sprite in me doth fayle opprest in heuines My hart sore vext-doth morne and wayle astoynd in pensiuenes 5 Old yeares from fyrst I haue recount our fathers how thou ledst Thine actes I marke how hye they mount I muse the woorkes thou didst 6 My hands to thee I held full hye that thou wouldst me vouchsaue My thristy soule as pasture drye thy graces dewe doth craue 7 Then heare me Lord but sone heare thou my sprite doth feble ligh Hyde not thy face from me as now least strayt my graue I spy 8 Thy voyce at morne cause me to heare for thée I trust alone Shew me thy wayes my steps to steare my soule to thée is gone 9 O rid me Lord from all theyr spite that would me causeles trayne For I to thée referre my right in hid defence full fayne 10 Teach me to worke thy will to please thou art my God I say And let thy sprite so neuer cease to leade me straite the way 11 For thy swéete name Lord quicken me from them that me pursue And make my soule from perill frée my hart with ioy endue 12 Thy grace I trust my foes will quell and make their strength but lame Who vexth my soule thou wilt debell for I thy seruant am ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God which hast brought to lyghte the ioyfull mornynge of thy sonnes resurrection which filled the earth with ioye and gladnes we require of thy goodnes that as thou didst cheare the hartes of thyne apostles by that comfortable resurrection so comfort thy holy spouse the church which daily holdth vp her hands crauyng thy mercy to ioy in the holy ghost through the same Christ our sauior ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLIIII That God in warre wyth Dauyd stoode here thankes he dyd apply And prayth to scape all heathen spyte hys reygne to prosper hye 1 THe Lord be blest most worthy prayse who is my God might Who teachth my hands ▪ hys warres to rule my fyngers eke to fighte 2 My louely grace ▪ my hold my fort ▪ my raunsommer is he protector sure ▪ in whome I trust who boweth my flocke to me 3 O Lord benigne what thing is man that thus thou him respectst the sonne of man so weake so vayne that thus thou him erectst 4 For man is made like vanity a thing of nought most frayle his dayes passe fast as shadow fleeth as water bobles fayle 5 O Lord bow downe the heauens come be nye helpe our payne O touch these mounts these heathen Dukes that they may smoke agayne 6 Thy lightnings spout and scater them like men amasde and strau◠Thyne arrowes sharpe shoote out at them disturbe their brags so haut 7 But send thy hand from hye aboue and me deliuer free from waters déepe from childer straunge theyr power make me t◠flee 8 Whose mouth doth speake all vanity and bost all conquests wyde whose right hand will but them deceyue so sweld in lies and pride 9 O God I will thus saued by grace sing newly songs to thee In psaltry sweete of strings full ten my psalmes shall tuned be 10 For thou geust health and victory to kings by stable woorde me Dauid lo thou hast discharged to scape theyr cruel sword 11 O saue me Lord deliuer me from forreine childers spite Whose mouth full vayne doth boast and prate whose right hand false is dighte 12 But graunt that al our childer grow as playnts frō youth vpright our doughters yonge so polished as pallace pillers bright 13 That full may flow our garners wide with kinds of vitaile swete that all our sheepe bring thousands forth yea millions in streete 14 And that well fed our Oxen goe to labour stronge to see that battries none no leadings thrall in streetes no waylings be 15 Oh happy is that people sure who hath these thinges at will Yea blessed is that people best whose God the Lord is
still ¶ The Collect. TEach vs O Lord to vse so all our spirituall armors agaynst our ghostly aduersaryes that we may resist all euill that we be not made bond vnder the vanitye of thys world so to be excluded from thy gouernaÌ„ce in grace through Christ. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLV Thys Dauyd framde by Alphabete Where God he thaÌ„kth in hart most hie Whose power might whose grace so great â–ª In prouidence most cleare we spy Ì„Ì„ 1 ARise I will my God and king to rouse my grace with toÌ„g most hie and blesse thy name to me bening I will and shall eternally 2 Both day and night I will declame thy worthy laudes most thankfully By praysing due thy holy name for aye and aye without delayes 3 Clere is this Lord most hye of fame his state surmounth all mortal prayse Can no man search how he excell in greatnes hym by weight to paise 4 Describe to age shall age full well thy handy workes with reuerence Declare they must where that they dwel thy godly mightes magnificence 5 Enhaunce I shall thy glory bright thy fame and name thine excellence Enditing still thine actes of might so wonderfull that be to sée 6 For that that man may speake wright thy princely dedes that dreadfull bée From hence euen so I will resound thy godheds grand abilitie 7 Good men shall preach how grace abound in thée O Lord with gentlenes Glad songes to sing they will in sound of thy great truth and bounteousnes 8 How good the Lord how gracious he is to all in paynefull stresse How slow to wrath not furious his mercy ruleth and stayth his ire 9 In loue he is most piteous to all that him therof require Imprinted be his mercies sure on all his workes all whole intiere 10 Know this will euery creature with thankes most due O Lord to thée Kynd harted men will them inure in hart to blesse thy maiestie 11 Loude will they speake thy regall seat most glorious at eye to sée Lord so shall men be glad to treate thy power deuine so tried by déede 12 Men thus will still thy strength repeate to Adams stocke and liuing séede Most wide they will with kinde assent thy kingdomes laud and glory sprede 13 No dout the reigne is permanent a reigne of blisse to stand for aye Nedes must thy power and regiment endure in length from day to day 14 O sure in worde the Lord is tryed most faithfull true and iust alway On all his workes his will is spyed most holy God all them to saue 15 Poore wauering men the Lord bestrideth their stay and hold by him to haue Playne faln or wrongd he reiseth againe if they their reyse in faith can craue Quicke eyes all thing doth fastly straine on thée O Lord so good at néede Quite all their foode they aske so fayne in tyme most fit thou geuest in déede 17 Right wide thou splaist thy blessing hand all liuing things wyth store to féede Refresht by thée so full to stand with plenty fed in foode delight 18 Still iust appearth this Lord so grand in all his wayes to man aright So wholy he doth aye appeare in all his workes of his great might 19 The Lord to all approcheth nere to him for helpe which make request To all I say soone them to heare which call on him with faithfull brest 20 With ready spéede he filleth their mynd who feare hym iust both most and lest Unto their cry he bendth so kynd and saueth them whole as him it likth 21 Exceding sure before behynde the Lord hys louers frendly kéepth Exile he doth vngodly men to scatter them most wide he séekth 22 Yelde shall my lipps by duetye then this Lords deserued laud and prayse Yea let all flesh geue thankes agayn to his good name most due alwayes The Collect. ETernall gouernour of all ages and tymes O Lord almighty which doost minister foode to all liuing creatures in due season geue vs grace alway to thaÌ„ke thee for the same and to reioyce most coÌ„stantly with all thyne elect for thyne almighty power exprest by thy right hand in the prouision therof Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme CXLVI To trust to man this Psalme forfendth Whose arme is flesh and worde but wynde Where God full ayde to man extendth By whome twise lyfe he iust dyd fynde Which Dauid knew the text dewrayes Wherfore his soule sang still his prayse Alleluya \ \ 1 O Thou my soule prayse thou the Lord The Lord of loue and God of light Extend thy powers with one accorde Recount his name in inward spryte â–ª Expresse thy voyce without delayes O thou my soule singe still his prayse 2 My hart is set to lawde this Lord Thys Lord so good â–ª is God of grace His laudes my life shall whole recorde Yea â—ure as long I bide in place My God to thanke I wil alwayes O thou my soule sing still his prayse 3 O put no trust in princes power The God of might is Lord to trust Yea trust no man his frute is sower No helpe in hym â–ª no credence iust Gods loue is sure at all assayes O thou my soule singe still â–ª his prayse 4 Mans breath ones past he turneth to dust This Lord so strong he euer lastth All earthly power decay it must Mans counsayles all deathes day doth waste Gods helpe is ferme without decayes O thou my soule sing stil his praise 5 Blest is the man whose helpe is God The God of hosts to Iacobs seede Full fast with them he styl abode Who God will trust aswell shall speede In hym beset al stable stâ—ayes O thou my soule Sing still his prayse 6 This God made heauen and earth betwene The Lord so grand so infinite He made the seas with all therein His truth in word he kepeth full right â–ª His déede from tong makes neuer sâ—ayes O thou my soule sing styll his prayse 7 The Lord reuength oppressed man Thys God of right â–ª as is deserued All wrongs and spites requite he can He dealth out bread to hungersterued Thrall men in bonds he vseth to rayse O thou my soule singe still his prayse 8 The Lord giueth sight to blynded eyes This God so bright to see agayne He lifteth the lame from ground to rise The iust doth hee in loue retayne To fill his lyfe with ioyefull dayes O thou my soule singe still his prayse 9 In care the Lord all straungers kepth Of them sure God he is at neede And Orphans loueth and widowes seeketh Nye hart he takth theyr cryes of dreade Euill minded men to dust he brayes Syng still my soule syng out hys prayse 10 Prayse God as king who raygneth for aye As God of thyne O Sion hye Resort to him Go not astray Knyt fast thyne hart â–ª shrinke not awrye Expell he will all feares and frayes Rouse hym my soule Sing stil his prayse ¶ The Collect. EVerliuing God on whome the elect
fame For euer prayse and magnifie His blessed holy name Rectors O Angels hie of God The Lord your ornament Ye heauens so clere waters eke Aboue the firmament Quire * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O all ye powers of God Ye sunne and moone also Ye starres of heauens ye showres dewes The Lordes rough wyndes that blow Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse â–ª and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O fyre and partching heate Ye winters Sommers all Ye dewes and frostes ye frostes and cold Ye snowes and Yse that fal Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O nights and dayes so bright Ye lights and darkenes dimme Ye lightnings cloudes and earth so round Extoll and laude ye him Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie His blessed holy name Rectors O hils and mountaynes great Grene thyngs on earth that growe Ye wels and springs ye Seas and flouds And Whales in deepes by low Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kynges Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnifie Hys blessed holy name Rectors O all ye fethred foules Ye beasts and herds abroade O ye the sonnes of mortall men O Israell prayse the Lord. Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify his blessed holy name Rectors O priests of God aboue And seruants true of hys Ye sprites and soules of righteous men Extoll the Lord of blisse Quiere * Prayse ye the kyng of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify His blessed holy name Rectors O men of hart so meeke And holy soules in mynde O Anani and Azari And Miâ—aell so kynde Quiere * Prayse ye the king of kings Blesse ye the Lord of fame For euer prayse and magnify His blessed holy name Benedictus O Blest be God of Israell The Lorde guide we know full well He visited hys people all He them by grace redéemd from thrall And raisde he hath saluation Most mighty now for vs eche one Of Dauids stocke so vertuous His seruauntes line and noble house As he dyd speake in tymes of olde By holy Prophetes mouthes so tolde Which were his will to vtter than And haue bene since the world began That we should be in fréedome quite And saued be from enmies spite To scape the handes and cruell state Of all the men that vs do hate The mercy plight to fathers sage To them performe from age to age And eke recount hys noble acte To call to minde hys sacred pacte His othe to kepe so sworne and plight To Abraham our fathers right Which he in tyme so bounteous Would iust performe and geue to vs. That we so rid from enmies handes From cruell yoke of combrous bandes Myght serue hym styll in ioyfull cheare Without all griefe all care and feare In holines and righteousnes So hym to serue in stablenes Before hym thus all voyde of strife To passe all dayes of this our life And thou good child shalt haue the name Of Prophet great most chiefe in fame For thou shalt go before Gods face To shew before hys wayes of grace To geue vnto his people sone To knowledge healthes â–ª saluation This health to shew the grace of his For all theyr faultes and sinnes remisse Through mercy great and tender loue Of God the Lord that raignes aboue Wherby the day that spring from hie Us visited so ioyfully Them lyght to geue that placed bée In darkenes great and miserie And eke in shade of death no lesse And guide our féete in wâ—yâ—s of peace ¶ Magnificat MY soule the Lord doth magnifie Who shewth his power so mightely Thus hath he done â–ª by his gret might Of onely grace that he hath plight Also my sprite both day and hower Reioyceth in God my sauiour Not me my selfe but thée O Lord I do extoll in hartes accord For he hath thus regarded mée His handmayd true of low degrée Whose poore estate and simple house He doth accept so bounteous And now behold the kyndreds all Shall me henceforth right blessed call So thou hast sayd by thy good worde As aungels voyce doth well recorde For he that is most mighty tride Hath me set vp and magnified By his good grace he doth the same For holy is his worthy name And mercy great that he doth beare Is shewd to all that do hym feare On kinredes all by him alone He helpes vs now and hearth our mone Wyth hys good arme he strength hath shewd And scattred cleane the proud and lewd In their conceiptes â–ª and fansies vayne This is our God that still doth raigne The mighty downe from seat he threw And humble hartes exalted due Thus God hath done by power so hie The worldly riche full low do lie The hungry soule he filde in all Wyth eche good thyng so liberall The riche in wealth wyth all their ray With empty handes he sent away Remembring still hys grace that fell Hys seruaunt holye good Israell Which promisd was our fathers gray And Abraham hys séede for aye Nunc dimittis LOrd now thou lettest thy seruant go To peacefull rest thou good art so Thy loue to me thou doost aforde Accordth thereto thy holy word For these my eyes saw happely Health long desird so ernestly Thy sauing health thou geuest alone My eyes haue seene saluation Which thou hast thus preparde aright Before thy flock and peoples sight Theyr eyes do sée thy loues entent And goodnes great which thou hast sent To be a light to Gentels all To lighten them that lye in thrall That thy good flock in ioy may dwell To glory great of Israell Grace before meate MOst louing Lord to thee we cry All vs to blesse our borde be nye Thy giftes to vse in this repast No spoyle to make hereof in waste And that our want while we do â—yll Our hart and tong expresse none euell Grace after meate PReserue vs Lord which all hast wrought As thou of loue vs all hast bought Refresh our soules with godly feare For these good giftes kind hart to beare Our tyme to spend ech day by day At our liues ende reioyce we may Quicunque vult WHo saued will be before all thinges He must true fayth fast hold in all which safe sound who kepth it not Without all doubt he perish shall This is the fayth calde Catholike Euen through the world full out so famde To serue one god in Trinitie In Trinitie but one so namde Confounding not theyr persons three Their substance sundred cannot be The father sonne and holy goste Be diuers yet in persons three The godhed yet of them all one Of father sonne and
deuyse in counsayles met therto Agaynst the Lord wyth false accord agaynst hys Christ they go \ Psalm 95. The fourth Tune Meane O Come in one to prayse the lord him recount our stay health All harty ioyes let vs record to this strong rocke our Lord of health His face with prayse let vs preuent his factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in glad assent our psalmes hymnes let vs pronounce Contra tenor O Come in one to prayse the lord him recount our stay and health All harty ioyes let vs record to this strong rocke our Lord of health Hys face wyth prayse let vs preuent hys factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in glad assent our psalmes hymnes let vs pronounce The fourth Tune Tenor. O Come in one to praise the lord him recount our stay helth All harty ioyes let vs record to this strong rocke our Lord of health His face wyth prayse let vs preuent his factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in glad assent our psalmes and hymnes let vs pronounce Base O Come in one to praise the lord and him recount our stay and health All harty ioyes let vs record to this strong rocke our Lord of health Hys face wyth prayse let vs preuent his factes in sight let vs denounce Ioyne we I say in glad assent our psalmes hymnes let vs pronounce Psalme 42. The fift Tune Meane EUen lyke the hunted hynd the water brokes desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is To thee would fayne aspire My soule did thirst to God to God of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come to see Gods liuely face Contra tenor EUen lyke the hunted hynd the water brokes desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is to thee would fayne aspire My soule did thirst to God to God of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come to see Gods liuely face The fift Tune Tenor. EUen lyke the hunted hynde the water brookes desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is to thee would fayne aspire My soule did thirst to God to God of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come to see gods liuely face Base EUen lyke the hunted hynde the water brookes desire Euen thus my soule that faintie is to thee would fayne aspire My soule did thirst to God to God of lyfe and grace It sayd euen thus when shall I come to see gods liuely face \ Psalme 5. The sixt Tune Meane EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mynd recount most kynd geue eare for thyne owne sake O harke my grone my cryeng mone my king my God thou art Let me not stray from thee away to thee I pray in hart Contra tenor EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mynd recount most kynd geue eare for thine owne sake O harke my grone my crying mone my kyng my God thou art Let me not stray from thee away to thee I pray in hart The sixt Tune Tenor. EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mynd recount most kynde geue eare for thine owne sake O harke my grone my crying mone my kyng my God thou art Let me not stray from thee away to thee I pray in hart Base EXpend O Lord my plaint of worde in griefe that I do make My musing mynd recount most kynde geue eare for thine owne sake O harke my grone my crying mone my kyng my God thou art Let me not stray from thee away to thee I pray in hart Psalme 52. The seuenth Tune Meane WHy bragst in malice hie O thou in mischief stout God 's goodnes yet is nye all day to me no doubt Thy tongue to muse all euill it doth it selfe in vre As rasor sharpe to spill all guile it doth procure Contra tenor WHy bragst in malice hie O thou in mischief stout God 's goodnes yet is nye all day to me no doubt Thy tonge to muse all euill it doth it selfe in vre As rasor sharpe to spill all guile it doth procure Psalme 52. The seuenth Tune Tenor. WHy bragst in malice hie O thou in mischief stout God 's goodnes yet is nye all day to me no doubte Thy tonge to muse all euill it doth it selfe in vre As rasor sharpe to spill all guile it doth procure Base WHy bragst in malice hie O thou in mischief stout God 's goodnes yet is nye to me all day no dout Thy tonge to muse all euill it doth it selfe in vre As rasor sharpe to spill all guile it doth appeare ̄ Psalme 67. The eight Tune Meane GOd graunt with grace he vs imbrace in gentle part blesse he our hart With louing face shyne he in place his mercies all on vs to fall That we thy way may know al day while we do saile this world so fraile Thy healthes reward is nye declard as playne as eye all Gentils spy Contra tenor GOd graunt with grace he vs imbrace in gentle part blesse he our hart With louing face shine he in place his mercies all on vs to fall That we thy way may know al day while we do saile this world so fraile Thy healthes reward is nye declard as playne as eye all Gentils spy Psalme 67. The eight Tune Tenor. GOd graunt with grace he vs imbrace in gentle part blesse he our hart with louing face shine he in place his mercies all on vs to fall That we thy way may know al day while we do saile this world so fraile Thy healthes reward is nye declard as playne as eye all Gentils spy Base GOd graunt with grace he vs imbrace in gentle part blesse he our hart with louing face shyne he in place his mercies all on vs to fall That we thy way may know al day while we do saile this world so fraile Thy healthes reward is nye declard as plaine as eye all Gentils spy Meane COme holy ghost eternall God which doost frō God procede the father first and eke the Sonne one God as we do rede Contra tenor COme holy ghost eternall God which doost from God procede the father first and eke the Sonne one God as we do rede Tenor. COme holy ghost eternall God which doost from God procede the father first and eke the Sonne one God as we do rede Base COme holy ghost eternall God which doost from God procede the father first and eke the Sonne one God as we do rede The Table 65 AL laudes be due to thée 85 Against thy laude 92 A ioyfull thyng it is ̄ 103 Aryse my soule ̄ 119 A right vp man ̄ 137 At waters sides ̄ 145 Arise I will 43 Ah iudge me God B. 40 By silent watch ̄ 72 Bestow O God 86 Bow downe thyne eare ̄ 101 Both mercy méeke 124 But God himselfe C. \ 136 Confesse and prayse \  Come
holy ghost D. \ 9 Due thankes with song E. \ 5 Expend O Lord. ̄ 37 Ensue thou not ̄ 127 Except the Lord. 42 Euen like in chase F. 59 From all my foes G \ 20 God graunt he heare 34 Geue thankes I will 48 Great is the Lord. ̄ 55 Geue eare O God \ 57 God pity me ̄ 67 God graunt with grace 82 God standth in midst ̄ 87 God highly loue ̄ 89 Gods mercies all 129 Great griefe I haue H. \ 12 Helpe Lord so hie \ 13 How long wilt thou \ 17 Heare thou the right  36 Here playne do ye sée * \ 51 Haue mercy God 56 Haue mercy God \ 57 Haue mercy God I. ̄ 11 In Lord so great 18 I will loue thée ̄ 31 In thée O Lord. 34 I will geue thanckes \ 36 In midst of euil mās hart \ 39 I full decréed 58 If iust your mynd 76 In Iury God is known 116 I loued haue the Lord. \ 130 In déepe excesse 138 I will O Lord. L. ̄ 26 Lord iudge my déede \ 30 Lord thée all whole \ 68 Let God arise in maiestie \ 134 Lo ye all here ̄  Lord now thou lettest M. ̄ 1 Man blest ̄ 22 My God my God ̄ 45 My hart breakth out 61 My crying heare O God 71 My trust O Lord. ̄ 78 My people kynde \ 88 My louyng Lord. 108 My hart O God 122 Most glad I was ̄ 131 My hart proud thinges   My soule the Lord. N. ̄ 81 Now sing ye ioyfully ̄ 115 No prayse geue vs. \ 143 Now heare my sute O. \ 3 O Lord how ill \ 4 O God so hie \ 6 O carpe not sowre \ 7 O Lord in thée 8 O Lord our guide \ 26 O God of trust ̄ 25 O Lord to thée \ 28 O Lord I cry ̄ 32 O blest be they ̄ 32 O happy they be \ 38 O Lord to sore 43 O God eterne \ 44 O God so good 46 Our hope is God ̄ 49 O heare ye out \ 54 O saue me God 60 O God thou hatest 63 O God to thée ̄ 64 O heare me Lord ̄ 70 O God to me ̄ 73 O good is God to Israell \ 79 O God fallen in \ 83 O God our God 84 O God of hostes \ 90 O Lord thou hast 94 O God and Lord. 95 O come in one ̄ 96 O sing to God \ 100 O ioye all men \ 102 O Lord to thée ̄ 104 O prayse my soule ̄ 105 O prayse the Lord. 107 O prayse the Lord. 109 O God my ioy ̄ 118 O thanke and laud. ̄ 128 O blest is hée ̄ 133 O come and sée 135 O worship thanke praise ̄ 139 O God thou hast 140 O Lord most good \ 141 O Lord I haue \ 146 O thou my soule 149 O sing vnto the Lord. 150 O prayse ye God  O God we prayse ̄  O blest be God P. 35 Pleade thou O Lord. \ 117 Prayse duely the Lord. \ 147 Prayse ye the Lord. \ 148 Prayse ye the Lord. R. ̄ 33 Reioyce in God ̄ 66 Reioyce to God with ioy 132 Remember Lord. S. 62 Shall not my soule \ 69 Saue me O Lord. ̄ 98 Syng ye all new T. \ 14 The foole hath sayd ̄ 19 The heauens do tell ̄ 21 The kyng wyth voyce 23 The Lord so good ̄ 24 The earth it is \ 27 The Lord of myght ̄ 41 That man is blest ̄ 47 Together clap ye handes ̄ 50 The God of Gods \ 53 The foole hath sayd 77 To God to cry 80 Thou shepeheard kyng ̄ 93 The Lord is kyng ̄ 97 The liuyng Lord. \ 99 The Lord to raigne \ 106 The Lord with thankes ̄ 110 The Lord most hie ̄ 112 That man is blest ̄ 120 To God when I. ̄ 121 To heauenly hils \ 123 To thée I lift 144 The Lord be blest V. \ 142 Unto the Lord. W. \ 2 Why fume in sight \ 10 Why standth so far ̄ 15 Who Lord shall byde \ 52 Why boast thy selfe \ 52 Why bragst in ̄ 74 Why art so far \ 75 We do confesse 91 Who vnder fence 111 With all my hart I will ̄ 114 When Israell frō Egipt ̄ 125 Who stickth to God \ 126 What tyme the Lord. ̄  Who saued will be Y. ̄ 29 Ye sonnes of God 113 Ye seruants childrē meke Index The numbers be as the Hebrewes account them ̄ 120 AD dominum cum tri ̄ 25 Ad te domine leuaui \ 28 Ad te domine clamaui \ 123 Ad te leuani ̄ 29 Afferte domino ̄ 78 Attendite popule ̄ 49 Audite hec omnes ̄ 1 Beatus vir ̄ 32 Beati quorum ̄ 41 Beatus qui intelligit ̄ 112 Beatus vir qui. ̄ 119 Beati immaculati ̄ 128 Beati omnes qui. 34 Benedicam dominum 85 Benedixisti ̄ 103 Benedic anima 1 ̄ 104 Benedic anima 2 144 Benedictus dominus 92 Bonum est confiteri ̄ 96 Cantate domino 1 ̄ 98 Cantate domino 2 49 Cantate domino 3 ̄ 19 Coeli enarrant \ 9 Confitebor 1 138 Confitebor 2 111 Confitebor 3 \ 75 Confitebimur ̄ 105 Confitemini domino 1 106 Confitemini domino 2 107 Confitemini domino 3 ̄ 118 Confitemini domino 4 \ 136 Confitemini domino 5 \ 16 Conserua me  116 Credidi propter \ 4 Cum inuocarem \ 130 De profundis ̄ 22 Deus deus meus \ 44 Deus auribus 46 Deus noster ̄ 50 Deus deorum \ 54 Deus in nomine 60 Deus repulisti 63 Deus deus meus 67 Deus misereatur ̄ 70 Deus in adiutorium ̄ 72 Deus iuditium ̄ 79 Deus venerunt \ 82 Deus stetit 83 Deus quis similis \ 94 Deus vltionum 109 Deus laudem 116 Dilexi quoniam 18 Diligam te 110 Dixit dominus domino ̄ 14 Dixit insipiens 1 \ 53 Dixit insipiens 2 \ 39 Dixi custodiam \ 36 Dixit iniustus \ 3 Domine quid \ 6 Domine ne in furore 1 \ 38 Domine ne in furore 2 \ 7 Domine deus meus 8 Domine deus noster ̄ 15 Domine quis habitabit ̄ 21 Domine in virtute \ 88 Domine deus salutis \ 90 Domine refugium \ 102 Domine exaudi ̄ 131 Domine non est exalt ̄ 139 Domine probasti \ 141 Domine clamaui \ 143 Domine exaudi 23 Dominus regit me ̄ 24 Domini est terra \ 27 Dominus illuminatio ̄ 93 Dominus regnauit ̄ 97 Dominus regnauit exul \ 99 Dominus regnauit iras \ 134 Ecce nunc benedicite ̄ 133 Ecce quam bonum 59 Eripe me de ini 190 Eripe me domine ̄ 45 Eructauit cor ̄ 145 Exaltabo te Deus \ 30 Exaltabo te domine ̄ 55 Exaudi Deus orationes 61 Exaudi Deus depreca ̄ 64 Exaudi Deus orationes \ 17 Exaudi deus iustitiam \ 10 Exaudiat te Dominus 40 Expectans expec ̄ 81 Exultate deo ̄ 33 Exultate