and hide you in youre hyll verse 2 Beholde the wicked bende theyr bowes and make their arrowes prest To shote in secret and to hurte the sound and harmeles brest verse 3 Of worldly hope and stayes were shrunke and clearly brought to nought Alas the iust and rightuous man what euill hath he wrought verse 4 But he that in his temple is most holy and most hye And in the heauens hath his seate of royall maiestie The poore and simple mans estate All thinges are gouerned by gods prouidēce considereth in his minde And searcheth out full narowly the maners of mankinde verse 5 And with a cherefull countenaunce the rightuous man will vse But in his harte he doth abhorre all suche as mischiefmuse verse 6 And on the sinners casteth snares as thicke as any rayne ▪ Fire and brimstone and whirle windes thicke As in the distruction of Sodom and Gomo appoynted for theyr payne verse 7 Ye see then how a righteous God doeth righteousnes embrace And to the iust and vpryght man sheweth forth his pleasant face Saluum mefac Deus Psalm xii T. S. The Prophet learnyng the miserable estate of the people and the decaye of all good order desyreth God spedely to sende succor to his children Then comfortyng himselfe others with thassuraunce of gods helpe he commendeth the constant beritye that God obserueth in keping his promises concluding that when all orders are most corrupted then will God delyuer hys HElpe Lorde for good and godly men Sing this as the third psalme doo perysh and decay And fayth and truth from worldly men is parted cleane away verse 2 Who so doeth with his neighboure talke his talke is all but vayne For euery man bethinketh how to flatter lye and fayne verse 3 But flatteryng and deceitfull lippes and tounges that be so stoute To speake proud words make great bragges the Lorde soone cut them out verse 4 For they say still we wyll preuayle our tonges shall vsextoll Oure tonges are ours we ought to speake what Lorde shall vs controll verse 5 But for the great complaint and cry The lord doth deliuer from all daungers of poore and men opprest Arise will I now sayeth the Lorde and them restore to rest verse 6 6 Gods worde is lyke to siluer pure that from the earth is tried And hath no les then seuen times in fire bene puryfyed verse 7 Now since thy promise is to helpe God can not deceue them that put theyr trust in him Lorde kepe thy promise then And saue vs now and euermore from this ill kinde of men verse 8 For now the wicked world is full of mischief manifolde When vanitie with mortall men so highly is extolde Vsquequo domine Psalme xiii T. S. Dauid as it were ouercomen with sundry and new afflictions fleeth to God as his onely refuge and so at the length being encouraged through Gods promises he conceyueth moste sure confidence againste the extreame horrors of deathe HOwe longe wilt thou forget me Lorde shall I neuer be remembred Sing this Psalm with the iii. tune ▪ How long wilt thou thy visage hide as though thou were offended verse 2 In hart and mynde how longe shall I. with care tormented be Howe longe eke shall my deadly foe thus tryumphe ouer me verse 3 Beholde me now my Lorde my God and heare me sore opprest Lighten mine eyes lest that I slepe as one by death possest verse 4 Lest this mine enemie sai to me beholde I doo preuayle Lest they also that hate my soule reioyse to see me quayle verse 5 But for thy mercyes and goodnes The mercye of God is the cause of our saluation my hope shall neuer start In thy relife and sauing health right glad shall be my hart verse 6 I will geue thankes vnto the Lorde and prayses to hym syng Because he hathe hard my request and graunted my wishyng Dixit insipiens Psalme xiiii T. S. He described the peruerse nature of men whiche were so growen to licenciousnes that God was brought to vtter cotempt for the which thing although he was greatly greued yet being perswaded that god would send som present remedy he comfort him selfe and others THere is no God as folish mē affirm in their mad mode their drifts ar al corrupt and vain not one of thē doth good The lord beheld frō heauen hie y e whole race of mākind and saw not one y t sought in dede y e liuing god to find verse 3 They went all wide and were corrupt and truely there was none That in the worlde did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Is all theyr indgement so farre lost that all worke mischief styll Eatyng my people euen as breade not one to seke Gods wyll verse 5 When they thus rage then sodenly great feare on them shall fall For God doth loue the rightuous men and will maintayne them all verse 6 He mocke the doinges of the poore to theyr reproche and shame Because they put theyr trust in God and call vpon hys name verse 7 But who shall geue thy people health and when wilt thou fulfill Where wicked men raine all felicitie is but very slauery lyke to Egipte or Babilon The promise made to Israell from out of Sion hill verse 8 Euen when thou shalt restore agayne suche as were captiues lad Then Iacob shall therin reioyse and Israell shall be glad Domine quis habitabit Psalm xv T. S This Psalme teacheth on what condition Goddid chuse the Jewes for his peculiar people and wherfore he placed his Temple amonge them whyche was to thentent that they by liuing vprightly godly might witnes that they were his speciall and holy people O Lorde with in thy tabernacle Sing thisas thr iiii Psa. who shall inhabite styll Or whom wilt thou receyue to dwell in thy most holy hill verse 2 The man whose lyfe is vncorrupt whose workes are iust and streit Whose hart doth thinke the very truthe whose tong speaketh no deceyt verse 3 Nor to his neyghboure doth none ill in body goods or name Nor willingly doeth moue salse tales which might empere the same verse 4 That in hys hart regardeth not malicious wicked men But those that loue and feare the Lorde he maketh muche of them verse 5 His othe and all his promises that kepeth faithfully Although he make his couenaunt so that he doth lose therby verse 6 That put teth not to vsury hys money and hys coyne Them the which doo not this shalbe cast out of the church with Ismaelli and the hipocrites Ne for to hurt the innocent doeth brybe or els purloyne verse 7 Who so doeth all thynges as you see that here is to be done Shall neuer perish in thys world nor in the worlde to come Conserua me domine psalm xvi T. S. Dauid prayeth to God for succor not for hys workes but for hys faithes sake protestyng that he hateth all Idolatry takyng God only for hys comforte and felicytie who suffereth hys to lacke nothing LOrde
mercy Lorde is all my sute Lorde let thy mercy come The humble sute of the Sinner M. O Lorde of whom I do depend be holde my carefull hart when thy wil pleasure is relese me of my smart thou seest my sorowe what they are my gref is knowne to thee there is none y t can remoue or take the same frō me But only thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy still is prest To ease all those that come to thee for souccour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teres and greuous grone Attende vnto my sute O Lorde Marke well my plaint and mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me aboute That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot release or mitigate thys payne But euen thy Christ my Lord and God whiche for my sinnes was slayne Whose blody woundes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy sainctes beholde them all And so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hynder me a whyle When thou shalt see it good I shall enioye the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels and thy saynctes doo now beholde the same So trust I to possesse that place With them to prayse thy name But whiles I liue here in this vale where sinners doo frequent Assist me euer with thy grace My sinnes still to lament Lest that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Only thy grace must be my staye lest that I fall downe flat And being downe then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once againe my sute and my request To graunt me pardon for my sinne that I in thee may rest Then shall my hart my tong and voyce be instruments of prayse And in thy Churche and house of sainctes Sing psalmes to thee alwayes The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OUr father which in heauen art lord halowd be thy name Thy kingdō come thy will be don in earth euen as the same in heauē is Gene vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptatiō lead vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thyne bothe now and euer be The x. Commaundements Audi Israell Exod. xx N HArk Israel what I say geue hede to vnderstād I am the lord thy God y t brought thee out of Egipt land euen frō the house wherin thou didst in thraldō liue a slaue Non other gods at all before my presence shalt thou haue No maner grauen image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfayted be Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth belowe Nor in waters beneth the earth to them thou shalt not bowe Nor shalt them serue The Lorde thy God a ielous God am I That punish parents faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Upon their children that me hate and mercy doo display To thousands of suche as me loue and my precepts obey The name thou of the Lorde thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne the Lorde shall not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Sabbat day Six daies thou labour shalt and doo thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke shalt thou doo in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruaunt nor handmayd thine oxe nor yet thine asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in six dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did Upon the seuenth take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him self alone apointed to remayne Yeld honor to thy parentes that prolonged thy dayes may be Upon the land the which the Lord thy God hath geuen thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adulterye Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neyghbor doth belong Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wyfe to doo him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asseof his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbor proper is FINIS ⧠PSALMES OF DAVID Beatus vir Psalme i. T. S. Whether it was Esdras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set thys Psalme firste in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffecte herof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their life to Gods lawe And that the wicked contemners of God though they seme for a whyle fortunate yet at lengthe shall come to miserable destruction 1_THe man is blest that hath not bent to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chair 2. But in the law of god y e lord both set his whole delight in that law doth exercise him selfe both day night verse 3 He shall be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Whiche bringeth forth most pleasant fruite in her due time and tide Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fall But florish still and stand Euen so all thinges shall prosper well that this man taketh inhand verse 4 So shall not the vngodly men Although the wicked seme to beare the swing in this worlde yet the lorde scattereth them likechaffe with a blaste of his mouthe they shalbe nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the windes dryue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stande vpryght Nor yet the sinners with the iust shall come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of Godly men vnto the Lorde is knowne And eke the way of wicked men shall quyte be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalm ii T. S. Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding hys enemies rage worldely power yet God wil continue hys kyngdome for euer and aduaūce it euen to the formost ende of the worlde And therfore be exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory apart they would humbly submit themselues vnder Gods yoke Herein is signified Chryste and hys kyngdome WHy did the Gentiles tumultesraise Sing this psalme with the first tune what rage was in their braine Why dyd the Iewish people muse seyng all is but vayne verse 2 The kinges and rulers of the earth conspire and are all bent Against the lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shall we be bounde to them say they let all theyr bondes be broke Inheb greate ropes or cables And of their doctrine and theyr lawe let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doinges will deride And make them all as mocking stockes throughout the
he desireth forgeuenes be wayling that if God toke him away in hys indignation he shoulde lacke occasion to praise him as he was wonte to doo whilest he was amongest men Then so deinly felyng Gods mercy he sharpely rebuketh his enemyes which reioyseth in hys afliction LOrd in thy wrath reproue me not though I deserue thyne ire Ne yet correcte me in thy rage O Lorde I thee desire For I am weake therfore O Lorde of mercy me forbeare and heale me Lorde for why thou knowest my bones do quake for feare verse 3 My soule is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lorde how long wilt thou delay to cure my miserie verse 4 4 Lord turne thee to thy wonted grace my sely soule vp take Oh saue me not for my desertes but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead He feared not so muche the death of the body but trembled as it werfor fear of gods iudgement so waxed dimand cold not praise God remembreth thee one whit Or who shall worship thee O Lorde in the infernall pit verse 6 So greuous is my plaint and mone that I waxe wonderous faint All the night long I wash my bed with teares of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dymme and waxetholde with anguishe of mine hert Heb. mine eye is eaten as with wormes For feare of those that be my foes and would my soulesubuert verse 8 But nowe a way from me all ye God sendeth comfort boldenes in affliction that worke iniquitie For why the Lord hath heard the woyce of my complaint and crye verse 9 He heard not onely the request and praier of my heart But it receiued at my hande and toke it in good part verse 10 And nowe my foes that vexed me the Lord will sone defame And sodenly confunde them all to theyr rebuke and shame Domine deus meus in te speraui Psal. vii T. S. Dauid being falsely accused by Thus one of Sauls kinsmen he calleth to God to be hys defender to whom he commendeth hys innocency Firste shewyng that hys conscience dyd not accuse hym of any euyll towards Saule Next that it touched gods glory to awarde sentence against the wicked And so entring in to the consideration of Gods mercies and promises hewaxeth bolde derideth the vaine enterprises of his enemies threatning that it shall fall on theyr owne necks that which they haue purposed for others O Lorde my God I put my trust Sing this as the thirde psalme and confidence in thee Saue me from them that me pursue and eke deliuer me verse 2 Lest like a Lyon he me teare and rent in pieces small While there is none to succor me and rid me out of thrall verse 3 O Lorde my God If I haue done Where with Thus chargeth me He reioyseth that God only hath aproued hys cause the thyug that is not ryght Or ells if I be found in faut or giltie in thy syght verse 4 Or to my frend rewarded euyll or left him in distres Which me pursued most cruelly and hated me causeles verse 5 Then let my foes pursue my soule A sygne of a pure conscieÌ„ce and eke my life downe thrust Unto the earth and also lay myne honour in the dust verse 6 Stert vp O Lord now in thy wrath Selah and put my foes to payne Performe thy kingdome promised to me whyche wrong sustayne verse 7 Then shall great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of them thy selfe as Lorde and king As touchyng my behauor towardes Saul and mine enemyes verse 8 And thou that art of all men iudge O Lorde now iudge thou me According to my rightousnes and mine integritie The second parte verse 9 Lorde cease the heart of wicked men and be the iust mans guide verse 10 By whom the secretes of all hartes are searched and descride verse 11 I take my helpe to come of God in all my grief and smarte That doth preserue all those that be of pure and perfect heart verse 12 The iust man and the wicked bothe God iudgeth by his poure So that he feleth his mighty hand euen euery day and houre He derideth Sauls enterprises beyng surely perswaded to be preseruedby Gods fauour verse 13 Except he chaunge his mind I die for euen as he should smite He whet his sword his bow he bendth ayming where he may hit verse 14 And doeth prepare his mortall dartes his arrowes kene and sharpe For them that doo me persecute The wicked sâ—me to labor of child â—â—ll thâ—y haue coÌ„fessed theâ—â— â–ª whilest he doth mischief warpe verse 15 But we though he in trauell be of his deuilish fore cast And of his mischief once conceiued yet bringeth forth nought at last verse 16 He digth a ditche and delueth it depe The wicked maÌ„ is beat with his owne rod. In hope to hurte his brother But he shall fall into the pit that he digde vp for other verse 17 Thus wrong retorneth to the hurt of him in whom it bread And all the mischief that he wrought shall fall vpon his head verse 18 I will geue thankes to God therfore that iudgeth rightuously And with my song prayse will the name of hym that is most hye Domine Deus noster Psal. viii Tho. Ster The Prophet considering thexcellent liberalitie and fatherly prouidence of God towards man whom he made as it were a God ouerall his workes doth not only geue great thanks but is astonished with thadmiration of the same as one nothinge hable to compasse suche greate mercies and so endeth O God our Lord how wonderfull Sing this as the thirde psalme are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmounte in dignitie aboue the heauens cleare verse 2 Euen by the mouthes of sucking babes thou wilt confound thy foes For in these babes thy might is sene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heauens highe the workes of thine owne hand The Sunne the Mone and al the Starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lorde thinke I then that thou doest him remember Or what is mans posteritie that thou doest it considre verse 5 For thou hast made him litle les Herein appeareth the greate loue of god toward man Hebr. 2. then Angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glory and dygnitie verse 6 Thou hast preferd him to be Lorde of all thy workes of wonder And at his fete hast set all thinges that he should kepe them vnder verse 7 As shepe and neat all beastes els that in the fieldes doo fede verse 8 Foules of the ayre fishe in the sea and all that therin brede verse 9 Therfore must I say once agayne O God that art our Lorde How famous and how wonderfull are thy works through the world Confitebor tibi domine in toto Psalm ix T. S. After he had geuen thankes to God for the sundry victoryes that he had sent hym against his enemies
and also proued by manifolde experience howe ready God was at hande in all hys troubles he beyng now likewise in daunger of new enemies desireth God to help hym accordyng to hys wont and distroye the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaryes WIth hart and mouthe vnto the Lorde will I syng laude and prayse Sing this as the. iii. ps And speake of all thy wondrous workes and them declare alwayes verse 2 I will be glad and muche reioyce in thee O God moste hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the sterry skie verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flyght They fall downe flat and are destroyd by thy great force and might Thou hast reuenged all my wrong God only defēdeth the iuste cause my grief and all my grudge verse 4 Thou dost with iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doest rebuke the Heathen folke and wicked so confounde That afterwarde the memory of them cannot be founde verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatche and all our townes destroyed Thou hast theyr fame with thē defaced through all the world so wyde verse 7 Know thou that he whiche is aboue for euermore shall raygne And in the seate of equitie true iudgement wil mainteyne verse 8 With iustice he wyll kepe and guyde the worlde and euery weight And so will yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what tyme they be opprest He is in all aduersitie their refuge and theyr rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not theyr sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lorde We seke God there by prayer or by vpright godly lyfe that dwelleth in Sion hill Publishe amonge all nations his noble artes and will verse 12 For he is mindfull of the bloud of those that be opprest For getting not the afflicted hart that seketh to him for rest The second parte verse 13 Haue mercy Lorde on me poore wretche whose enemies still remayne Which from the gates of death are wonte to rayse me vp agayne verse 14 In Sion that I might set forth thy prayse with hart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lorde my soule might still reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their owne fete fast are snarde verse 16 God sheweth his iudgement which wer good The hebr willeth men to meditate dilygently on thys thynge for euery man to marke When as ye see the wicked man lye trapt in his owne warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go downe to hell for euer And all the people of the worlde that will not god remember verse 18 18 But sure the Lorde will not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient folke neuer loke for helpe of God in dayne verse 19 O Lorde arise lest men preuayle that be of worldly might And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord stryke such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortall men Vt quid domine Psalme x. T. S. He complaineth of the fraude rapine tiranny and of all kindes of wrong which worldly men vse assigninge the cause thereof whiche was that wicked men beinge as it were dronken with worldly prosperitie and therfore setting aparte all feare and reuerence towardes God thinke they may doe all thinges without controwlinge Therfore he calleth vppon God to sende some remeady agaynst these desperate enyls And at length comforteth him selfe with hope of deliuerance WHat is the cause that thou O Lorde art now so sarre from thine Sing this as the thirde Psalme And kepest close thy countenaunce from vs this troublous time verse 1 The poore doth pearysh by the proude and wicked mens desire Let them be taken in the craft that they themselues conspire verse 3 For in the lust of his owne hart the vngodly doth delite So doth the wicked praise hym selfe and doeth the Lorde despite verse 4 4 He is so proude that right and wrong he setteth all apart Nay nay there is no God sayeth he for thus he thinketh in hart verse 5 Because his wayes do prosper still he doth thy lawes neglect And with a blast doth puffe against suche as would him correct verse 6 Tush tush saieth he I haue no dread lest mine estate should chaunge And why for all aduersitie to him is very straunge verse 7 His mouth is full of cursednes He meaneth that wickednes is so far ouergrowē that God must nedes nowe helpe or neuer of fraud deceyt and guyle Under his tong doeth mischiefsyt and trauell all the whyle verse 8 He lyeth hid in wayes and holes to slay the innocent Against the poore that passe him by hys cruell eyes are bent verse 9 And like a Lyon priuely lieth lurking in his den If he may snare them in his net to spoyle poore simple men verse 10 And for the nonce full craftely he croucheth downe I say verse 11 So are greate heapes of poore men made by his strong power his pray verse 12 Tush God forgetteth this sayeth he therfore may I be bolde His countenance is cast aside he doth it not beholde verse 13 Arise O Lorde G God in wome the poore mans hope doth rest Lift vp thy hand forget not Lorde the poore that be opprest verse 14 What blasphemy is thys to thee Lorde dost thou not abhorre it To heare the wicked in theyr hartes say tushe thou carest not for it verse 15 But thou seest all thys wickednes and well doest vnderstande verse 16 That frendles and poore fatherles are left into thy hande verse 17 Of wicked and malicions men By the Heathen he meaneth the Hypocrites whyche gloryed as yf they had bene of the churche then breake the power for euer That they with theyr iniquytie may pearish altogether verse 18 The Lorde shall raine for euermore as king and God alone And he will chase the Heathen folke out of hys lande eche one verse 19 Thou hearest O Lord the poore mans plaint vntyll theyr praiers request Their harts thou wilt confirme thine eares to heare be prest verse 20 To iudge the poore and fatherles and helpe them to their right That they may be no more opprest with men of worldly might In Domino confido Psalm xi T. S. This Psalme conteyneth two partes In the firste Dauid shewed how hard assaultes of temtations he susteyned and in howe great anguish of mind he was when Saul did persecute hym Then nexte he reioyseth that God sent hym succor in his necessitie declaryng his iustice as wel in gouernyng the good and the wicked men as the whole worlde I Trust in God how dare ye then say thus my soule vntill Sing this as the third Psalme Flee hence as fast as any foule
the Lorde doeth him direct To leade his lyfe in suche awaye as he doeth best accept verse 12 His soule shall euermore in goodnes dwell and stande His seede and his posteritie inherite shall the lande verse 13 All those that feare the Lorde know hys secret intent And vnto them he doth declare hys wyll and testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke my hart to hym I wyll aduaunce That pluckt my fete out of the snare of sinne and ignoraunce verse 15 With mercy me beholde to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortles alone verse 16 The troubles of mine hart are multiplyed in dede Bring me out of this misery necessitiy and nede verse 17 Beholde my pouertie mine anguish and my payne Remit my sinne and myne offence and make me cleane agayne verse 18 O Lorde beholde myfoes how they doo styll increase Pursuing me with deadly hate that fayne would lyue in peace verse 19 Preserue and kepe my soule and eke deliuer me And let me not be ouerthrowne because I trust in thee verse 20 Let my simple purenes me from mine enemies shend Because I loke as one of thyne that thou shouldest me defend verse 21 21 Deliuer Lorde thy folke and send them some relief I meane thy chosen Israell from all theyr payne and grief Iudica me domine Psalme xxvi I. H Dauid oppressed with many iniuryes finding no helpe in the worlde called for ayde from God and assured of his integritie toward Saul desireth God to be his iudge and to defend his innocency causeles afflicted Finally he maketh mention of his sacrifice whiche he will offer for his deliueraunce and desireth to be in the company of the faithfull in the congregation of God whence he was banished by Saule promisyng integritie of life open praises and thankes geuingr LOrde be my iudge and thou shall see Sing this as the. xviii psalme My pathes be right and plaine I trust in God and hope that he will strength me to remaine verse 2 Proue me my God I thee desire my waies to searche and trie As men do proue theyr gold with fire my reines and hert espie verse 3 Thy goodnes laide before my face I durst be bold alwaies For of thy trueth I tread the trace and will doo all my dayes verse 4 I doo not lust to haunt or vse with men whose dedes ar vayne To come in house I doo refuse with the deceiptfull trayne verse 5 I muche abhorte the wicked sort their dedes I doo despise I doo not once to them resort that hurtfull thinges deuyse ▪ verse 6 6 My handes I washe and doo procede in workes that walke vpryght Then to the aulter I make spede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speak preache the prayse that doth belonge to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast ben good to me verse 8 O Lorde thy house I loue most deare to me it doeth excell I haue delight and would be neare wher as thy grace doeth dwell verse 9 Oh shut not vp my soule with them in sinne that take their fill Nor yet my lyfe amongst those men that seke much bloud to spill verse 10 whose hands ar heapt with craft guile their life therof is full And their right hand with wrēch wile for bribes doth pluck and pull verse 11 But I in rightuousnes entend my time and daies to serue ▪ Haue mercy Lorde and me defende so that I doo not swarue verse 12 My fote is stayed for all assayes it standeth well and right Wherfore to God will I geue prayse in all the peoples sight Dominus illum inatio Psal. xxvii I. H. Dauid maketh this Psalme being deliuerth frō great pearsts as appeareth by the prayses and thankesgeuyng annexed wherin we may see the constant fayth of Dauid against the assaults of all enemies and also thende wherfore he desireth to lyue and to bedeliuered only to worship God in his congregation Herby he promiseth hymself assuraunce though father mother forsake hym he teacheth this to be the only way to to see the good thinges in the land of the liuing and after his example he exhorteth to faith and to attend vpon the Lorde THe Lord is bothe my health and light Sing this as the. xviii psalme shall man make me dismayde Sith God doth geue me strength why should I be afrayde verse 2 While that my foes with all their strēgth might begin with me to brawle And thinke to eate me vp at length themselues haue caught the fall verse 3 Thoughe they in campe against me lye my hart is not afrayd In battell pight if they will trye I trust in God for ayde verse 4 One thing of God I doo require that he will not denye For whiche I pray and will desyre till he to me applye verse 5 That I within his holy place my lyfe throughout may dwell To see the beauty of his face and vew his temple well verse 6 In time of dreade he shall me hide within hys place most pure And kepe me secret by hys syde as on a rocke most sure verse 7 At length I know the Lordes good grace shall make me strong and stoute My foes to foile and cleane deface that compasse me about verse 8 Therfore within his house will I. Geue sacrifice of prayse With Psalmes and songes I will applye to laude the Lorde alwayes verse 9 Lorde heare the voyce of my request for whyche to thee I call Haue mercy Lord on me opprest and send me helpe withall verse 10 My hart doth knowledge vnto thee I sue to haue thy grace Then seke my face sayste thou to me Lorde I will seke thy face verse 11 In wrath turne not thy selfe a way Nor suffer me to slide Thou art my helpe still to this day be still my God and guide verse 12 My parentes both theyr sonne forsoke and cast me of at large And then the Lorde himselfe yet toke of me the cure and charge verse 13 Teache me O God the way to thee and leade me on forth ryght For feare of suche as watche for me to trap me if they might verse 14 Do not betake me to the will of them that be my foes For they surmyse against me styll false witnes to depose verse 15 My hart would faint but that in me this hope he fixed fast The Lorde Gods good grace shall it see in lyfe that aye shall laste verse 16 Trust still in God whose whole thou art His will abide thou must And he shall ease and strength thy hart if thou in hym doo trust Ad te domine clamabo Psal. xxviii I. H Being in great feare and pensiuenes to see God dishonoured by the wicked men he desireth to be rid of them and cryeth for vengeaunce against them and at length assureth hym selfe that God hath hard his prayer vnto whose tuition he commendeth all the faithefull THou art O Lord my strength and stay Sing this as the. xxi psal the succor
I will kepe fast my mouth with force and might Not once to whisper all the whyle the wicked are in sighte verse 3 I held my tonge and spake no word but kept me close and still Yea from good tallke I did refrayne but sore against my will verse 4 My hart waxt whote within my brest with musing thought and doubte Whiche did encrease and stire the fire at last these words brast oute verse 5 Lorde number oute my lyfe and dayes whiche yet I haue not past So that I may be certifyed how long my lyfe shall laste verse 6 6 Lorde thou hast poynted oute my lyfe in length muche like a spanne Mine age is nothing vnto thee so vayne is euery man verse 7 Man walketh lyke a shade and doth in vayne him self annoye In getting goods and cannot tell who shall the same enioye verse 8 Now lord sith things this wise do frame what helpe doo I desire Of truth my helpe doth hange on thee I nothing elles require The secōd parte verse 9 From all the sinnes that I haue done Lorde quyteme out of hand And make me not a scorne to fooles that nothing vnderstand verse 10 I was as dumme and to complayne no trouble might me moue Because I know it was thy worke my patience for to proue verse 11 Lord take from me thy scourg plage I can them not withstande I faynt and pine away for feare of thy most heuy hand verse 12 when thou for sinne dost man rebuke he waxeth wo and wanne As doth a clothe that mothes haue fret so vayne a thyng is man verse 13 Lord heare my sute and geue good hede regarde my teares that fall Soiourne like a straunger here as did my fathers all verse 14 Oh spare a litle geue me space my strength for to restore Before I go away from hence and shall be seene no more Expectans expectaui Psalm lx I. H Dauid deliuered from great daunger doth magnifye and prayse the grace of God for his deliueraunce and commendith his prouidence towardes all mankynd Then doth he promyse to geue hym self wholy to Gods seruice and so declareth how God is truly worshipped Afterward he geueth thanckes and prayseth God and hauing complained of his enemies w t good courage he calleth for aide cuccour I wayted longe and sought the Lorde and patiently did beare At length to me he did accorde Sing this as the. xxxv psalme my voyce and cry to heare verse 2 He pluckt me from the lake so deepe out of the mire and clay And on a rocke he set my feete and he did gide my waye verse 3 To me he taught a psalme of prayse whiche I must shew abrode And sing new songes of thankes alwayse vnto the Lorde our God verse 4 When all the folke these thinges shall see as people muche afrayde Then they vnto the Lorde will flee and trust vpon his ayde verse 5 O blest is he whose hope and hart doth in the Lorde remayne That with the proude doth take no part nor suche as lye and faine verse 6 For Lorde my God thy wondrous dedes in greatnes far doo passe Thy fauour towards vs excedes all things that euer was verse 7 When I entend and doo deuise thy workes abrode to shew To suche a reckning they doo ryse therof no ende I know verse 8 Burnt offringes thou delightste not in I know thy whole desire With sacrifice to purge their sinne thou doest no man require verse 9 Meate offering and sacrifice thou woldst not haue at all But thou O Lorde hast open made mine eares to heare withall verse 10 But then said I behold and loke I come a meane to be For in the volume of the booke thus it is sayd of me The second parte verse 11 That I O God should doo thy minde whiche thyng doth like me well For in my hart thy lawe I fynde fast placed there to dwell verse 12 Thy Iustice and thy righteousnes in great resorts I tell Beholde my toung no time doth cease O Lord thou knowest full well verse 13 I haue not hid within my brest thy goodnes as by stelth But I declare and haue exprest thy truth and sauing health verse 14 I kept not close thy louyng minde that no man shoulde it knowe The trust that in thy truth I finde to all the churche I shewe verse 14 For I with mischefes many one am sore beset aboute My sinnes encrease and so com on I can not spy them out verse 15 For why in number they excede the heares vpon my head My hart doth faynt for very drede that I almost am deade verse 16 With speed send help and set me free O Lorde I thee require Make hast with ayde to succour me O Lorde at my desire verse 17 Let them sustayne rebuke and shame that seeke my soule to spille Driue back my foes and them defame that wish and would me ill verse 18 For their ill feates doo them discrie that wolde deface my name Alwayse at me they rayle and cry fie on him fie for shame verse 19 Let them in thee haue ioye and welth that seeke to thee alwayse That those that loue thy sauing health may say to God be prayse verse 20 But as for me I am but poore opprest and brought full lowe Yet thou O Lorde wilt me restore to health full well I know verse 21 For why thou art my hope and trust my refuge helpe and stay wherfore my God as thou art iust with me no time delaye Beatus qui in telligit Psalm xli T. S Dauid being greuously afflicted blessed them that pitie his case and complayneth of the treason of his owne frendes familiars as came to passe in Iudas Ioh. xv After he felyng the great mercyes of god gently chastisyng him and not suffring his ennemies to triumphe against him geueth most hartye thankes vnto God THe mā is blest y e careful is the nedie to cōsider For in the season perilous the lorde will him delyuer The lord wil make him safe and sound happy in the land And he will not deliuer him into his enemies hand verse 3 And in his bed when he lieth sicke the Lord will him restore And thou O lord will tourn to health his sicknes and his sore verse 4 Then in my sicknes thus say I haue mercy Lord on me And heale my soule whiche is full wo that I offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies wished me ill in hart and thus of me did say When shall he die that all his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visite me they aske if I doo well But in theyr harts mischief they hatche and to their mates it tell verse 7 They bite theyr lippes and whisper so as though they woulde me charme And cast theyr fetches how to trappe me with some mortall harme verse 8 Some greuous sin hath brought him to this sicknes say they playne He is so low that without doubt rise can he not agayne verse
For I haue spied their citie full of rapyne stryfe and wronge verse 11 Which things bothe night day throghoute doo close her as a wall In middes of her is mischif stoute and sorow eke with all verse 12 Her priuie partes are wicked playne her dedes are muche to vyle And in her stretes there doth remayne all crafty fraude and guile verse 13 If that my foes did seke my shame I might it well abide From open enmies checke and blame some where I coulde me hide verse 14 But thou it was my fellow dere which frendship didest pretend And diddest my secrete counsell here as my famillier frende verse 15 With whom I had delight to taulke in secret and abrode And we to gether oft did walke within the house of God verse 16 Let death in hast vpon them fall and send them quicke to hell For mischief rayneth in theyr hall and parloure where they dwell verse 17 But I vnto my God doo crye to him for healpe I flee Ohe Lorde doth heare me by and by and he doeth succour me verse 18 At morning noone and euening tide vnto the Lorde I praye When I so instantly haue tryed he doth not say me naye verse 19 To peace he shall restore me yet though warre be now at hande All though the number be full greate that would against me stande verse 20 The Lord that first last doth raigne bothe now and euermore will heare when I to him complayne and punish them full sore verse 21 For sure there is no hope that they to tourne will once accorde For why they will not God obey nor doo not feare the Lorde verse 22 Upon their frends they laid theyr hands whiche weare in couenaunt knitte ▪ Of frendship to neglect the bandes they passe or care no whyt verse 23 while they haue war within their hart as butter are theyr wordes Although his words wer smothe as oyle they cut as sharp as swordes verse 24 Cast thou thy care vpon the Lorde and he shall nourish thee For in no wise wyll he accorde the iust in thrall to see verse 25 But God shall cast them deepe in pit that thirst for bloud alwayes He will no guilefull man permit to lyue oute halfe hys dayes verse 29 Thoughe such be quite destroyde gon in the O Lorde I trust I shall depende thy grace vpon with all my hart and luste Miserere Psalme Lvi I. H Dauid being broughte to Achis the kinge of Gath Saum complayneth of hys enemyes demaundeth succoure putteth hys trust in God and hys promisses and promiseth to performe hys vowes whyche he had taken vpon hym Wherof thys was the effecte to prayse God in hys Churche HAue mercy Lorde on me I pray for man woulde me deuoure Sing this as the. li. Psa. He fyghteth with me day by daye and troubleth me eche houre verse 2 Myne enmies dayly enterprise to swalowe me outeryghte To fyght agaynst me many ryse O thou moste hygh of myghte verse 3 When they would make me most afraid with boast and bragges of pryde I trust in thee alone for ayde by thee will I abyde verse 4 Gods promise I doo minde and prayse O Lorde I sticke to thee I doo not care at all assayes what flesh can doo to me verse 5 What thinges I eyther did or spake they wrast them at theyr will And all the counsell that they take is how to worke me ill verse 6 They all consent them sealues to hyde close watche for me to laye They spie my pathes snares haue tred to take my lyfe awaye verse 7 Shall they thus scape on mischef set thow God on them will frowne For in his wrath he doth not let to throwe whole kingdomes downe verse 8 Thou seest how oft they make meflee and on my teares doest looke Reserue them in a glas by thee and wryte them in thy booke verse 9 When I doo call vpon thy name my foes awaye doo starte I well perceaue it by that same that God doeth take my parte verse 10 I glory in the worde of God to prayse it I accorde with Ioye will I declare abrode the promise of the Lore verse 11 I trust in God and yet I saye as I afore beganne The Lorde he is my healpe and stay I doo not care for man verse 12 I will performe with hart so free to God my vowes alwayes And I O Lorde all times to thee will offer thankes and prayse verse 13 My soule frō death thou dost me defēd and keepe my feete vpright That I before thee may ascend with suche as lyue in lyght Miserere Psalme lvii I. H Dauid being in the deserte of Ziph where the in habitauntes did betraye hym and at length in the same Caue with Sauil. Calleth most earnestly vnto God with full confidence that he will perform his promis and take his cause in hand Also that he wil shew his glory in the Heauens and the earthe agaynst hys cruell enemyes Therfore doth he render laude and prayse TAke pitie for thy promise sake haue mercy Lorde on me For why my soule doth her betake Sing this as the. ill psal vnto the helpe of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy winges I set my selfe full fast Till mischief malice and lyke thyngs be gon and ouer paste verse 3 I call vpon the God moste hye to whom I sticke and stand I meane the God that will stand by the cause I haue in hand verse 4 From heauen he hath sent hys ayde to saue me from theyr spighte That to deuoure me haue assayed his mercy truth and myght verse 5 I leade my lyfe with Lyons fell all set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwell that freate lyke flambes offyre verse 6 Theyr teeth are speares arrowes lōg as sharpe as I haue seene They wound cut with theyr quick toūg like swerdes and weapons kene verse 7 Set vp and shew thy selfe O God aboue the heauens bryght Exalt thy prayse on earth abrode thy maiestie and myghte verse 8 They lay theyr net and doo prepare a priuie caue and pitte Wherin they thinke my soule to snare but they are fallen in it verse 9 My harte is set to laude the Lorde in hym to ioye alwayes My hart I say doth well accorde to syng hys laude and prayse verse 10 Awake my ioy awake I saye my lute my harpe and strynge For I my sealf before the daye will rise reioyre and syng verse 11 Amonge the people I will tell the goodnes of my God And shew hys prayse that doeth excell in Heathen landes abrode verse 12 His mercy doeth extend as farre as heauens all are hie His truthe is highe as any starre that standeth in the skye verse 13 Set fourth and shew thy self O God aboue the heauens bryghte Extoll thy prase on earthe abrode thy maiestie and might Siuere vtique Psalme lviii I. H He describeth the malyce of hys enemyes the flatterers of Saule who bothe secretiye and openly sought hys dystruction
are no les then heares are on my hed verse 5 Though for no cause they vexe me sore they prosper and are glad They doo compell me to restore the thynges I neuer had verse 6 What I haue done for want of wit thou Lorde all times canst tell And all the same that I commit to thee is knowne ful well verse 7 O God of hostes defend and staye al those that trust in thee Let no man doubt or shrink awaye for ought that chaunceth me verse 8 It is for thee and for thy sake that I doo beare this blame In spite of thee they would me make to hyde my face for shame verse 9 My mothers sonnes my brethern all forsake me on a rowe And as a straunger they me call my face they will not knowe verse 10 vnto thy house suche zeale I beare that it doth pine me muche Theyr checks taunts at thee to heare my very hart doth grutch The second parte verse 11 Though I doo fast my flesh to chaste yea if I wepe and mone Yet in my teath this geare is cast they passe not thereupon verse 12 If I for grief and payne of hart in sackcloth vse to walke Then they anone will it peruert therof they iest and talke verse 13 Both hie and lowe and all the throng that sit within the gate They haue me euer in theyr tong of me they talke and prate verse 14 The dronkards whiche in wine delyte it is their cheif pastime To seke whiche way to worke me spite of me they sing and rime verse 15 But thee the whyle O Lorde I pray that when it pleaseth thee For thy great truth thou wilt alwaye sende downe thyne ayde to me verse 16 Pluck thou my feete out of the myre from dro wning doo me kepe From suche as owe me wrath and ire and from the waters depe verse 17 Lest with y e waues I should be drownd and depth my soule deuouer And that the pit should me confound and shut me in her power verse 18 O Lorde of hostes to me geue eare as thou arte good and kynde And as thy mercy is most deare Lorde haue me in thy mynde verse 19 And doo not from thy seruaunt hyde nor turne thy face awaye I am opprest on euery syde in hast geue eare I say verse 20 O Lorde vnto my soule draw nye the same with ayde repose Because of theyr great tyrannye acquite me fro my foes The thirde parte verse 21 That I abide rebuke and shame thou knowest and thou canst tell For those that seke and worke the same thou seest them all full well verse 22 When they with brags doo breake my hart I seke for helpe anone But finde no frendes to ease my smarte to comfort me not one verse 23 But in my meate they gaue me gall to cruell for to thynke And gaue me in my thirst withall stronge vineger to dryncke verse 24 Lorde turne their table to a snare to take them selues therin And when they thinke full well to fare then trap them in the gin verse 25 And let theyr eyes be darke and blynde that they may nothyng see Bow downe their back doo thē binde in thraldome for to be verse 26 Powre out thy wrath as hoate as fyer that it on them may fal Let thy displeasure in thyne yre take holde vpon them all As desert drye theyr house disgrace their offring eke expell verse 27 That none therof posses their place nor in their tents doo dwell If thou dost strike the man to tame on him they lay full sore verse 28 And if that thou do wounde the same they seke to hurt him more Then let them heape vp mischief still sith they are all peruert verse 29 That of thy fauor and good will they neuer haue no part And dash them cleane out of the boke of life of hope of trust That for their names they neuer loke in number of the iust The forth parte verse 31 Though I O Lorde with wo grief haue bene full sore opprest Thy helpe shall geue me suche relief that all shall be redrest verse 32 That I may geue thy name the prayse and shew it with a song I will extoll the same alwayes with harty thankes among verse 33 Which is more pleasant vnto thee Such minde thy grace hath borne Then either Oxe or Calfe can be that hath bothe hoofe and horne verse 34 When simple folke doo this beholde it shall reioyce them sure All ye that seke the Lorde beholde your lyfe for aye shall dure verse 35 For why the Lord of hosts doth heare the poore when they complayne His prisoners are to him full deare he doth them not disdayne verse 36 Wherfore the skie and earth belowe The sea with floud and stream His prayse they shall declare and showe with all that liue in them verse 37 For sure our God will Sion saue and Iudaes cities builde verse 38 38 Much folke possession there shall haue her streate shall all be filde Her seruaunts sede shall kepe the same all ages out of minde verse 39 And there all they that loue hys name adwellyng place shall fynde Deus in adiutorium Psalme lxx I. H. He prayeth to be ryght spedely delyuered as in the. ix Psalm Then he desireth the shame of hys enemyes and the ioy full comforte of all those that seke the Lorde O God to me take hede of helpe I thee require Sing this as the. lxxii ps O Lorde of hosts with hast and spede helpe helpe I thee desire verse 2 With shame confound them all that seke my soule to spill Rebuke them backe with blame to fall that thinke and wish me ill verse 3 Confounde them that applye and seke to worke me shame And at my harme do laugh and crye so so there goth the game verse 4 But let them ioyfull be in thee with ioy and wealth Which only trust and seke to thee and to thy sauing health verse 5 That they may say alwayes in mirth and one accorde All glory honor laude and prayse be geuen to thee O Lorde verse 6 But I am weake and poore come Lorde thine ayde I lacke Thou art my stay and helpe therfore make spede and be not slack In te domine speraui Psalm lxxi I H. He prayeth in sayth establyshed by the worde of the promise and confirmed by the worke of God from his youth he desireth now to be deliuered from the wicked and cruell man meanyng his sonne Absolō and his confederacy and he promiseth to be mindefull and thankefull for the same MY Lorde my God in all distres my hope is whole in thee Sing this as the. lxix psa Then let no shame my soule oppres nor once take holde on me verse 2 As thou art iust defend me Lorde and rid me out of drede Geue eare and to my suite accorde and send me helpe at nede verse 3 Be thou my rock to whom I may for ayde all times resort Thy promise is to helpe alwaye
of all prayeth feruently for delyueraunce Somtimes rehearsing his miseryes somtymes the mercyes receyued desiring also to be enstructed of the Lord that he may feare hym also and gloryfye his name He complayneth also of his aduersaryes and requyreth to be delyuered from them LOrde bow thine eare to my request Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. and heare me by and by With greuous payn and gref opprest full poore and weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my waye and doinges holly bee And saue thy seruaunte O my Lorde that puttes his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me expresse defend me eke with all For through the day I doo not cease on thee to crye and call verse 4 Comfort O Lorde thy seruaunts soule that nowe with payne is pinde For vnto thee Lorde I extoll and lift my soule and minde verse 5 For thou arte good and bountifull thy giftes of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentifull to all that call on thee verse 6 O Lorde lyke wise when I doo pray regarde and geue an eare Mark well the words that I doo say and all my prayers heare verse 7 In time when troble doth me moue to thee I doo complayne For why I know and well doo proue thou answerest me agayne verse 8 Among the Gods O Lorde is none with thee to be comparde And none can doo as thou alone the lyke hath not ben harde verse 9 The Gentils and the peoples all whiche thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees will fall and gloryfye thy name verse 10 For why thou art so muche of might all power is thine owne Thou workest wonders still in sight for thou art God alone verse 11 O teache me Lorde thy way and I shall in thy truth procede O ioyne my hart to thee so nye that it thy name may dreade verse 12 To thee my God wil I geue praise with all my hart O Lord And gloryfie thy name alwayse for euer through the worlde verse 13 For why thy mercy shewed to me is great and doth excell Thou settest my soule at libertie out from the lower hell verse 14 O Lorde the proude against me ryse and heapes of men of might They seeke my soule and in no wise will haue thee in theyr sight verse 15 Thou Lorde art mercyfull and meeke full slacke and slow to wrath Thy goodnes is full greate and eke thy truth no measure hathe verse 16 16 O turne me and mercy graunt thy strength to me apply O help and saue thine owne seruaunte thy handmaides sonne am I. verse 17 On me some signe of fauour shew that all my foes may see And be ashamed because Lorde thou doest helpe and comfort me Fundamenta eius Psalm lxxxvii I. H The holy Ghost promiseth that the condicion of the Church whiche was in miserye after the captiuitie of Babilon shoulde be restored to great excelency so that there should be nothing more comfortable thē to be nombred among the membres therof THat city shall full well endure Sing this as the. lxxxi Ps. her ground worke still doth staye vpon the holy hilles full sure it can no time decaye verse 2 God loues the gates of Sion best hys grace doth there abyde He loued them more then all the rest of Iacobs tents beside verse 3 Full glorious thinges reported be in Sion and abrod Great thinges I say are sayd of thee thou citie of our God verse 4 On Rahab I will cast an eye and beare in minde the same And Babilon shall eke applye and learne to know my name verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tire also with Ethiope likewise A people oulde full longe agoe were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shall say abrod that diuers men of fame Haue there sprong vp and the hie God hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their recordes to them it shall through Gods deuise appere Of Sion that the chefe of all had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpetters with such as syng therin great plenty be My fountayns my pleasant springs are compast all in thee Domine deus salutis Psalme lxxxviii I. H Agrieuous complaynt of the faythfull sore afflicted by sicknes persecution and abuersitie being as it were left of God without any consolation yet he calleth on God by fayth and striueth against desperation complayning him selfe to be forsaken of all yearthly healpe LOrde God of health y e hope staye thou art alone to me I call cry throughoute the daye and all the nighte to thee O let my prayers sone ascende vnto thy sight on hyghe enclyne thyne eare O Lorde entend and herken to my cry verse 3 For why my soule with wo is filled and doth in trouble dwell My lyfe and breath almost doth yelde and draweth nye to hell verse 4 I am estemd as one of them that in the pit doo fall And made as one among those men that haue no strength at all verse 5 As one amonge the dead and free from things that heare remayne It weare more easy for me to be with them the whiche are slayne verse 6 As those that lye in graue I saye whom thou hast cleane forgot The whiche thy hand hath cut away and thou regardst them not Yea like to one shut vp full sure within the lower pit In places darke and all obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thyne anger and thy wrathe like wise full sore on me doth lye And all thy stormes agaynst me ryse my soule to vex and trye verse 9 Thou puttest my frends far of frō me and makst them hate me sore I am shut vp in prison fast and can come forth no more verse 10 My sight doth faile through grefe wo I call to thee O God Throughout the day my handes also to thee I stretche abrode verse 11 Doest thou vnto the dead declare thy wondrous workes of fame Shall dead to lyfe agayne repayre and prayse thee for the same verse 12 Or shall thy louing kindnes Lorde be preached in the graue Or shall with them that are destroyd thy truth her honor haue verse 13 Shall they that lye in darke full lowe of all thy wonders wotte Or there shall they thy iustice knowe where all thinges are forgot verse 14 But I O Lorde to thee alwaye doo crye and call apace My prayer eare it be daye shall come before thy face verse 15 Why dost thou Lorde abhorre my soule in grefe that seeketh thee And now O Lorde why dost thou hide thy face awaye from me verse 16 I am afflicte as dying still from youthe this many a yere Thy terrours whiche doo vexe me ill with troubled minde I beare verse 17 The furies of thy wrathfull rage full sore vpon me fall Thy terrours eke doo not asswage but me oppres with all verse 18 All day they compas me aboute as water at the tide And all at once with streames ful stoute beset me on eche side verse 19 Thou
the Lorde The third parte My former force of strength he hath abated in the way And shorter he did cut my dayes thus I therfore did say My God in middes of all my dayes now take me not away Thy yeres endure eternally from age to age for ay Thou the foundations of the earth before all time hast layde And Lorde the heauens are the work which thine owne hands haue made Yea they shall perish and decay but thou shalt tary still And they shall all in tyme waxe olde euen as a garment will Thou as a garment shalt then chaunge and changed shall they be But thou doest still abide the same thy yeares doo neuer flee The children of thy seruantes shall continually endure And in thy sight their happy sede for euer shall stand sure 1 Benedic anima mea Psalm Ciii T. S. This is a Psalme most excellent wherin the Prophet doth prouoke men and angels and all creatures to prayse the Lorde for his fatherly mercyes and deliuerance of his people from all euils for his prouivence ouer all thinges and the preseruation of the faithfull My soule geue laud vnto the lord my sprite shall doo the same and all the secrets of my hart praise ye his holy name Geue thanks to god for all his gifts shew not thy self vnkind suffer not his benefites to slip out of thy mind verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faults and thee restored agayne For all thy weake and frayle disease and healde thee of thy payne verse 4 4 That did redeme thy life from death from whiche thou couldest not flee His mercy and compassion bothe he did extend to thee verse 5 That filled with goodnes thy desyre and did prolong thy youth Like as the Egle casteth her bill wherby her age renueth verse 6 The Lorde with iustice doth repaye all suche as be opprest So that their suffrings their wrongs are turned to the best verse 7 his wayes and his commaundements to Moyses he did shew His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did know verse 8 The Lorde is kinde and mercyfull when sinners doo him greue The slowest to conceyue a wrath and rediest to forgeue verse 9 He chideth not vs contiuually though we be full of stryfe Nor kepeth our faultes in memory for all our sinfull lyfe verse 10 Nor yet according to our sinnes the Lorde doth vs regarde Nor after our iniquities he doth not vs rewarde verse 11 But as the space is wondrous great twixt heauen and earth aboue So is his goodnes muche more large to them that do him loue verse 12 God doth remoue our sinnes from vs and our offences all As farre as is the sunne rising full distant from his fall The second part verse 13 And loke what pitte parents deare vnto their children beare Like pitie beareth the Lorde to suche as worship him in feare verse 14 The lord y t made vs knoweth our shape our mould and fashion iust Howe weake and frayle our nature is and how we be but dust verse 15 And how the tyme of mortall men is lyke the withering hay Or like the floure right fayre in field that fadth full sone away verse 16 Whose glosse beautie stormy windes doo vtterly disgrace And make that after theyr assaults suche blossomes haue no place verse 17 But yet the goodnes of the Lorde with his shall euer stand Theyr childrens children do receyue his righteousnes at hand verse 18 I incane which kepe his couenant with all theyr whole desire And not forget to doo the thing that he doth them require verse 19 The heauens hie are made the seate and fotestole of the Lorde And by his power imperiall he gouerneth all the world verse 20 ye angels whiche are great in power prayse ye and bles the Lorde Which to obey and doo his wyll immediatly accorde verse 21 Ye noble hostes and ministers cease not to laude hym styll Which ready are to execute hys pleasure and his wyll verse 22 ye all his workes in euery place prayse ye his holy name My hart my mynde and eke my soule prayse ye also the same Benedic anima mea Psalm Ciiii w. K An excellent psalme to prayse God for the creation of the worlde and the gouernance of the same by his maruelous prouidence where in the Prophet prayeth againste the wicked who are occasions that God diminisheth his blessings My soule praise the lord speake good of his name O lord our great god how dost theâ— appeare So passing in glory that great is thy same honour and maiestie in thee shine most cleare with light as a robe thou hast thee beclad wherby all the earth thy greatnes may see the heauens in such sort thou also hast spread that it to a curtaine compared may be verse 3 His chamber beames lye in the cloudes full sure Which as his charet are made him to beare And there with much swiftnes his course dothindure Upon the winges riding of winde in the ayre He maketh his sprites as herauldes to go And lightnings to serue we see also prest His will to accomplish they runne to and fro To saue or consume thinges as semeth him best verse 5 He groundeth the earth so firmely and fast That it once to moue none haue shall sucke power verse 6 The depe afaire couering for it made thon hast Which by his owne nature the hilles wolde deuoure verse 7 But at thy rebuke the waters doo flee And so geue due place thy worde to obaye At thy voyce of thunder so fearfull they be That in theyr great raging they hast sone away The mountaynes full hygh they then vp ascend If thou doo but speake So likewise the valleis moste quickely descend Where thou them appointest remayne they doo still verse 9 Their bondes hast thou set how farre they shall runne So as in their rage not that pas they can For God hathe appointed they shall not returne The earth to destroy more whiche made was for man verse 10 He sendeth the springs to strong streames or lakes Which runne doo full swyft amonge the huge hilles verse 11 Where both the wilde asses their thirst oft times slakes And beastes of the mountaynes therof drink their filles verse 12 By these pleasant springs or fouutaynes full fayre The foules of the ayre abide shall and dwell Who moued by nature to hoppe here and there Among the grene branches their songs shall excell verse 13 The mountaines to moist the cloudes he doth vse The earth with his workes are wholy repleat verse 14 14 So as the brute cattell he dooeth not refuse But grasse doth prouyde them and herbe for mans meate verse 15 Yea breade wine and oyle he made for mans sake His face to refresh and hart to make strong verse 16 The ceders of Liban this greate Lorde dyd make Whiche trees he doeth nourish that grow vp so long verse 17 In these may birdes buylde and make there theyr nest In firre trees the storckes remayne and abyde verse 18
hathe accomplished his promes and placed his Arke in Sion for the whiche he geueth thankes and prayeth for the prosperitie of the Church I did in hart reioyce to heare y e peples voyce in offering so willingly For let vs vp say they and in the Lordes house pray thus spake the folke full louingly Oure fete that wandred wide shal in thy gates abide O thou Jerusalem full fayre Which arte so semely set muche lyke a Citie net the like wherof is not els where The trybes with one accorde The tribes of God the Lorde Are thither bent theyr way to take So God before did â—ell That there his israell Their prayers shoulde together make For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set forth iustice orderly Which thrones right to mainteine To dauids house perteine His folke to iudge accordingly To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy friendes God prosper mightely Peace be thy walles about And prosper the throughout Thy places eke continually I wish thy prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That comfort haue by meanes of the. Gods house both me allure Thy welth for to procure So much allwayes as lieth in me Adte leuaui oculos Psalm Cxxiii Th. Stern A praier of the faithfull which are afflicted by the wicked worldelinges and contemners of God O Lord that heuen doest possesse Singe this as the. xxiii psal I lift mine eies to the Euen as the seruant lifteth his his maisters handes to see verse 2 As handmaides watch there maistres handes some grace for to atchiue So we beholde the Lord our God til he do vs forgeue verse 3 Lorde graunt vs thy compassion and mercy in thy sight For we be filled and ouer comen with hatred and despight verse 4 Our mindes be stuffed with great rebuke the rich and worldly wise To make af vs their mocking stock the proude do vs despice Nisi quia dominus Psalm Cxxiiii VV. The people of God beyng delyuered out of a great danger acknowledg not to haue escaped by their owne power but throughe the fauour of God and shew in how greate perill they were NO we Israell may say that truly If that the Lord had not our cause mainteind If that the lord had not our right susteind WheÌ„ all the worlde against vs furiously made their vprors and said we should all die verse 3 Now long a go they had deuoure vs all And swalowed quick for ought y t we could deme Suche was their rage as we might well esteme verse 4 And as the flouddes with mightye force do fall So had they now our life euen brought to thrall verse 5 The raging stremes most proud in roring noice Had long a go ouer whelmde vs in the depe verse 6 But loued by God whiche doth vs safely kepe From bloudy teeth and theyr most cruell voyce Which as a pray to eate vs woulde reioyce verse 7 Euen as the birde out of the foulers grenne Escapth away right so it fareth vs Broke are theyr nets and we haue scaped thus verse 8 God that made heauen earth is our help theÌ„ His name hath saued vs from these wicked men Qui confidunt Psalm cxxv VV. K. He describeth the assurance of the faithfull in their aflictions and desireth their welth and the destruction of the wicked SUche as in God the lord do trust as Mount Sion shall firmely stande and be remoued at no hand the Lorde will count them right and iust So that they shall be sure For euer to indure verse 2 As mightye mountains huge and greate Jerusalem about to close So will the Lorde be vnto those who on his godly will doo wayte Suche are to hym so deare they neuer nede to feare verse 3 For though the rightous trye doeth he by making wicked men his rodde Lest they through grief for sake their God it shall not as their lot still be verse 4 Geue Lorde to those thy lyght whose hartes are true and ryght verse 5 But as for such as turne a syde by croked wayes which they out sought The Lorde will surely bryng to nought with workes vile they shall abide But peace with Israell for euermore shall dwel In conuertendo Psalm cxxvi VV. K This Psalme was made after the returne of the people from Babylon and sheweth that the meane of their deliuerance was wonderful after the seuentie yeres of captiuitie forespoken by Ieremie 25. 12. and. 29. 10. WHen that the Lorde again his SioÌ„ had forth brought from bondage great also seruitude extreme his work was suche as did surmount mans hart thought so that we were muche like to them that vse to dreame our mouthes were with laughter filled then and eke our tongues did shew vs ioyfull men The Heathen folke were forced then this to confes How that the Lord for them also great things had don verse 3 But muche more we and therfore can confes no les Wherfore to ioye we haue good cause as we begonne verse 4 O Lorde go forthe thou canst our bondage end As to desertes thy flowing riuers send verse 5 Full true it is that they whiche sow with teares in dede A time will come when they shal reape in mirth ioye verse 6 They went and wept in bearing of their precious sede For that theyr foes full often times did them anoye But their returne with ioye they shall sure see Their sheaues home bryng and not impered be Nisi dominus Palme Cxxvii VV. It is not mannes wit power or labor but the free goodnes of God that geueth ryches preserueth townes and countrepes graunteth noryshment and chyldren EXcept the Lorde the house doo make And therunto doo set hys hande Sing this as the lords praâ—â— What men doo build it can not stand Likewise in vayne men vndertake Cities and holdes to watch and ward Except the Lord be their safegard Though ye ryse early in the morne And so at night go late to bed Feding full hardly with browne breade yet were your labor lost and worne But they whom God doth loue and kepe Receyue all thinges with quiet slepe Therfore marke well when euer ye see That men haue heires to enioy their laÌ„d It is the gift of Gods owne hand For God him selfe doth multiplye Of his great liberalitie The blessing of posteritie And when the children come to age They grow in strength and actiuenes In person and comelines So that a shaft shot with courage Of one that hath a most strong arme Flyeth not so swyft nor doth lyke harme Oh well is him that hath his quiuer Fournished with such altilerye For when in perill he shalbe Suche one shall neuer shake nor shiuer When that he pleadeth before the iudge Against his foes which beare him grudg Beati omnes qui timent Psalm cxxviii T. T He describeth the prosperous estate of them that be maryed in the feare of God ioyning with all the promises of Gods blessinges to all them that lyue in thys honorable estate
hast thee vnto me and herken Lord vnto my voyce when I do crye to thee as inscence let my praiyer be directed in thine eyes the vplifting of my hands as euening sacrifice My Lord for guiding of my mouth set thou a watche before And also of my mouing lipppes O lorde kepe thou the dore That I should wicked works commit incline thou not my hart With ill men of their delicates Lorde let me eate no parte But let the righteous suite me Lorde for that is good for me Let him reproue me and the same a precious oyle shall be Suche smiting shall not breake my hed the time shall shortly fall When I shall in their miserye make prayers for them all Then when in stony places downe theyr iudges shalbe cast Then shall they heare my words for then they haue a pleasant tast Our bones about the graues mouth loe scattred are they found As he that heaweth wod or he that diggeth in the ground But O my lorde my God mine eyes doo loke vp vnto thee In thee is all my trust let not my soule forsaken be Whiche they haue layd to catch me in Lorke kepe me from the snare And from the suttle grennes of them that wicked workers are The wicked into their owne nets together let them fall while I doo by thy help escape the danger of them all Voce mea ad Psalme Cxlii. N. ☞ Dauid neither a stonied with feare nor caryed awaye with anger nor forsed by desperation would kyll Saule but with a quyet mind directed his earnest prayer vnto God who did preserue hu◠BEfore the lorde God with my voyce did I send out my crye And with my streamed voyce vnto the lorde God prayed I. My meditation in his sight to poure I did not spare And in the presence of the Lorde my trouble did declare Although perplexed were my sprite my pathe was knowne to thee In way where I did walke a snare they slyly layde for me I lookt and vewd on my ryghthand but none there wold me knoo All refuge fayled me and for my soule none cared thoo Then cryed I Lorde to thee and sayde my hope thou only art Thou in the lande of lyuing art my portion and my part Harke to my crye for I am brought full low delyuer me From them that doo me persecute for me to strong they be That I may prayse thy name my soule from prison lord bringe oute When thou art good to me the iust shall prese me round about Domine exaudi Psalme Cxliii N ☞ An earnest prayer for remission of synnes acknowledging that the enemies did cruelly persecute hym by Gods iust iudgment He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirite that he may spende the rest of hys lyfe in the true fere and seruice of God LOrde heare my prayer harke the playnte That I doo make to thee Lorde in thy natiue truthe and in thy iustice aunswer me In iugement with thy seruant lorde oh enter not at all For iustyfyed be in thy syght no one that lyueth shall The enmie hath pursued my soule my lyfe to ground hath throwne And layde me in the darke like them that dead are longe agone Within me in perplexitie was my accombred spryte And in me was my troubled hart amased and afflight Yet I recorde time past in all thy workes I meditate Yea in the workes I meditate that thy handes haue create To thee O lorde my God loe I doo stretch my crauing hands My soule desyreth after thee as doo the thirstye landes Heare me with spede my sprite doth faile hide not thy face me froe els shall I be like them that downe into the pit doo goe Let me thy louing kindnes in the morning heare and know For in thee is my trust shew me the way that I shall goe For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lorde deliuer me From all mine enemies for I haue hidden me with thee Teache me to doo thy will for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good sprite vnto the land of misery me conuey with thy names sake with quickning grace a lyue doo thou me make And out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy iustice sake And for thy mercy slay my foes O lorde destroy them all That doo oppres my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shall Bene dictus dominus Psalme cxliiii N. ☞ Dauid prayseth the Lorde with greate affection and humilitie for hys kyngdome restored and for his victoryes obtayned yet callyng for helpe the destruction of the wicked promisyng to acknowleg the same with song of prayses and declareth wherin the felicytie of anye people consisteth BLest be the lorde my strength that doth instruct my hand to fight The lord that doth my fingers frame to battell by his might He is my Goodnes fort and toure deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yelde O Lord what thing is man that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wyse man is but like to vanitie so pas hys dayes to ende As fleting shade Bow downe O Lorde thy heauens and descend The mountains touche they shal smoke cast fourth thy lightning flame And scatter them thine arrowes shote consume them with the same Send downe thy hand euen from aboue O Lorde delyuer me Take me from waters great from hand of strangers make me free Whose subtle mouth of vanitie and fondnes doth entreate And their right hand is a right hand of falshod and deceit A new song I will sing O God and singing will I be On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee Euen he it is that only geues deliuerance to kynges Unto hys seruaunt Dauid helpe From hurt full sword he bringes From strangers hand me saue and sheld whoes mouth talkes vanitie And their right hand is a ryght hand of guile and sutteltye That oure sonnes may be as the plants whom growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued corner stones lyke to a palace fayre Our corners full and plenty may with sondry sortes be found Our shepe bring thousands in our strets ten thousands may abound Our oxen be to labor strong that none doo vs inuade There be no going out no crye within our strets be made The people blessed are that with such blessings are so stered Yea blessed all the people are whose God is God the lorde Exaltabo te deus Psalme Cxlv. N. ☞ This Psalme was made when the kingdome of Dauid florished Wherein he describeth the wonderfull prouidence of God as well in gouerning man as in preseruing al the rest of his creatures He praiseth God for his iustice and mercie but specially for hys louyng kindnes toward those that call vpon him that feare hym and loue hym THee will I laude my God kyng bles thy name for aye for euer wil I prayse thy name and bles thee day by day great is the Lord most worthy
whyche I craue Neglect me not lest I be lyke to them that go to graue verse 2 The voyce of thy suppliant heare that vnto thee doeth crye When I lift vp my handes vnto thy holy arke moste hye verse 3 Repute not me among the sort of wicked and peruert That speake ryght fayre vnto theyr freÌ„ds and thinke full ill in hart verse 4 According to theyr handy worke as they deserue in dede And after their inuencions let them receyue theyr mede verse 5 For they regarde nothing Godes workes his lawe ne yet his lore Therfore will he them and theyr seede destroy for euermore verse 6 To render thankes vnto the Lorde how great a cause haue I My voyce my prayer and my complaynt that heard so willingly verse 7 He is my shield and fortitude my buckeler in destresse My hope my helpe my hartes relyef my songe shall him confesse verse 8 He is our strength and oure defence our enmies to resist The health and the saluacion of his electe by Chryste verse 9 Thy people and thine heritage Lorde blesse guide and preserue Increase them Lorde and rule theyr harts that they may neuer swerue Afferte domino Psalme xxix T. S. An excellent Psalme wherin the Prophet exhorteth the verye Princes and rulers of the world whiche otherwise for the most parte thinke there is no God at the leaste to feare hym for the thunders and tempestes for feare wherat all creatures tremble And though thereby God threatneth sinners yet is he alwayes mercyfull to hys and moueth them therby to prayse his name GIue to the Lorde ye potentates ye rulers of the worlde Sing this as the. xxi Psa. Geue ye all prayse honor and strength vnto the liuing Lorde verse 2 2 Geue honor to his holy name and honor him alone Worship hym in his maiestie within his holy throne verse 3 His voyce doth rule the waters all euen as him selfe doth please He doth prepare the thunder clappes and gouerneth all the sease verse 4 He meaneth the thunderinges tempestes The voyce of God is of great force and wonderous excellent It is most mightye in effect and muche magnificent verse 5 The voyce of God doeth rent and break the Cedre trees so long The Cedre tres of Libanus whiche are most hie and strong verse 6 And makth them leape like as a call or els the Unicorne Not only trees but mountaines great wheron the tres are borne verse 7 His voice deuideth flames of fyre and shakth the wildernes verse 8 It makth the desert quake for feare that called is Cades verse 9 It makth the Hindes for feare to calue and makth the couerte playne Then in his temple euery man his glory doth proclaime verse 10 The Lorde was set aboue the floudes ruling the raging sea So shall he raygne as Lord and king for euer and for aye verse 11 The Lorde will geue his people power in vertue to increase The Lord wyll blesse hys chosen folke with euerlastyng peace Exaltabo te domine Psal. xxx I. Hop When Dauid should haue dedicated hys house to the Lorde he fel so extreme sick that he was without all hope of lyfe therfore after hys recouery he rendreth thankes to God exhortyng others to the lyke learn by his example that God is rather mercyfull then seuere and rigorous towardes his childreÌ„ and also that the fall from prosperitie is sodeine This done he retourneth to prayer promisyng to prayse God for euer ALl laud praise with hart voice O Lorde I geue to thee whiche didst not make my foes reioyse but hast exalted me O lord my god to thee I cryde in all my paine grief thou gauest an eare and didst prouide to ease me with relief verse 3 Of thy good will thou hast calde backe My soule from hell to saue Thou didst reuine when strength did lacke and kept me from the graue verse 4 Sing prayse ye sainctes that proue and see the goodnes of the Lord In memorye of his maiestie Reioyse with one accord verse 5 For why his anger but a space doeth last and slake agayne But in his fauour and hys grace alwayes doeth lyfe remayne Though gripes of grief and panges full sore shall lodge with vs all night The Lorde to ioy shall vs restore before the day be light verse 6 When I enioyde the worlde at will thus would I boast and say Tushe I am sure to feele none ill this wealth shall not decay verse 7 For thou O Lorde of thy good grace hadst sent me strength and ayde But when thou turnd away thy face my mynde was sore dismaide verse 8 Wherfore agayne yet did I cry to thee O Lorde of might My God with plaintes I did apply and prayde both day and night verse 9 What gayne is in my bloud saide I if death destroy my dayes Doth dust declare thy maiestie or yet thy trueth doth prayse verse 10 Wherfore my God some pitie take O Lorde I thee desyre Do not this simple soule forsake of helpe I thee requyre verse 11 Then didst thou turne my grief and wo vnto a chearfull voyce The mournyng weede thou tokste me fro and madst me to reioyse verse 12 Wherfore my soule vncessauntly shall syng vnto thy prayse My Lorde my God to thee will I Geue laude and thankes alwayes Inte domine speraui Psal. xxxi Io. Hop Dauid deliuered from some great daunger in the desert of Maâ—â— or els wher first reherseth what meditation he had by the power of sayth when death was before his eyes his enemy beyng ready to take him then he adioyneth the fauor of God alwaies to be ready to those that feare him Finally he exhorteth al the faithful to trust in God to loue him because he preserueth and strengthneth them as they may se by his example O Lorde I put my trust in thee Let nothyng worke me shame Sing this as the. xviii psalme As thou art iust deliuer me and set me quyte from blame verse 2 Geue me O Lorde and that anone to helpe me make good spead Be thou my rocke and house of stone my fence in time of nede verse 3 For why as stones thy strength is tride thou art my fort and towre For thy names sake be thou my guyde and leade me in thy power verse 4 Plucke forth my feete break the snare which they for me haue layde Thou art my strength and all my care is for thy might and ayde verse 5 In to thy handes Lorde I commit my spirite whyche is thy dew For why thou hast redemed it O Lorde thou God most trewe verse 6 I hate suche folke as wyll not part from thynges to be abhorde When they on trifles set theyr harte my truste is in the Lorde verse 7 For I will in thy mercy ioy I see it doeth excell Thou seest when ought would me annoy and knowest my soule full well verse 8 Thou hast not left me in their hande that would me ouercharge But thou hast set me out of bande
confirmed in his kingdom He promiseth perpetuall prayses REgarde O Lorde for I complayne and make my sute to thee let not my wordes returne in vayne but geue an eare to me from of the costes and vtmost partes of all the earth abrode in griefe and anguish of my harte I cry to thee O God verse 3 Upon the rocke of thy greate power my woefull mynde repose Thou arte my hope my forte and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 within thy tent I lust to dwell foreuer to endure vnder thy winges I know right well I shalbe safe and sure verse 5 The Lorde dueth my desire regarde and doth fulfill the same with goodly giftes will he rewarde all them that feare his name verse 6 The king shall he inhealth maintayne and so prolong his dayes That he from age to age shall raygne for euer more alwayse verse 7 That he may haue a dwelling place before the Lorde for aye O let thy mercy truth and grace defend him from decaye verse 8 Then shall I singe for euer still with prayse vnto thy name That all my voues I may fulfill and dayly pay the same Nonne deo subiecta Psalm lxii I. H. Dauid declareth by hys example and by the nature of God that he must truste in God alone and thereunto exhorteth people seyng that all is vanytie and withoute God all goeth to nought and we are allwayes taught that God only is of power to saue and that he rewardeth man according to hys workes MY soule to God shall geue good hede Sing this as the. lxi psalme and him alone entende For why my health hope to spede doth whole on him depende verse 2 For he alone is my defence my rocke my health my ayde He is my stay that no pretence shall make me much dismaide verse 3 O wicked folke how long will ye vse crafts sure ye must fall For as a rotten hedge ye be and like a tuttering wall verse 4 4 whom God doth loue ye seke alwayes to put hym to the worse Ye loue to lye with mouth ye prayse and yet your hart doth curse verse 5 Yet still my soule doth whole depend on God my chief desire From all false feates me to defend none but him I require verse 6 He is my rocke my strength my towre my health is of his grace He doth support me that no powre can moue me out of place verse 7 God is my glory and my health my soules desire and lust My fort my strength my stay my wealth God is mine onely trust verse 8 Oh haue your hope in him alway ye folke with one accorde Poure out your harts to hym and saye our trust is in the Lorde verse 9 The sonnes of men deceitptfull are on balaunce but a sleyght with thinges most vayne doo them cōpare for they can kepe no weyght verse 13 Trust not in wrong robbry or stealth let vayne delytes be gon Though goods wel got flow in with welth set not your hartes theron verse 11 The Lorde long sith one thing doth tell whiche here to minde I call He spake it oft I hard it well that God alone doeth all verse 12 And that thou Lorde art good and kynd thy mercy doth excede So that all sortes whiche thee shall finde according to theyr dede Deus deus meus Psalme lxiii T. S Dauid after he had bene in greate daunger by Saule in the deserte Ziph made this psalme wherein he geueth thankes to God for hys wonderfull deliuerance in whose mercyes he trusted euen in the middist of hys miseryes prophecying the destruction of Gods enemies contrarywyse happynes to all them that trust in the Lorde i. Sa. iu. O God my God I watche betyme to come to thee in hast Sing this as the. xliiii ps For why my soule and body bothe doth thirst of thee to tast And in this baren wildernes where waters there are none My flesh is partched for thought of thee for thee I wish alone verse 2 That I might see yet once agayne thy glory strength and myght As I was wont it to beholde within thy temple bryght verse 3 For why thy mercyes farre surmount thys lyfe and wretched dayes My lyppes therfore shall geue to thee due honor laude and prayes verse 4 And whylst I lyue I wyll not fayle to worship thee alwaye And in thy name I shall lyft vp my hands when I doo praye verse 5 My soule is filled as with marow whiche is bothe fat and swete My mouth therfore shall sing such songs as are for thee most mete verse 6 When as in bed I think on thee and eke all the night tide For vnder couert of thy winges thou art my ioyfull guyde verse 7 My soule doeth surely stick to thee thy ryghthande is my power verse 9 And those that seke my soule to stroy them death shall sone deuoure verse 10 The sword shall them deuoure echone theyr carcases shall fede The hungry foxes which doo ronne theyr pray to seke at nede verse 11 The king and all men shall reioyse that doo profes Gods worde For liers mouthes shall then be stopt which haue the trueth disturbde Exaudi deus vocem meam Psal. lxiiii I. H. Dauid praieth against the false reportes and sklaunderers he declareth theyr punishment and destruction to the comfort of the iust and the glory of God O Lord vnto my voyce geue eare with plaint when I doo pray Sing this as the. xviii Ps And rid my lyfe and soule from feare of foes that threat to slay verse 2 Defend me from that sort of men whiche in deceipts do lurke And from the frownyng face of them that all ill feates doo worke verse 3 Who whet theyr tongs as we haue sene men whet and sharp theyr swordes They shote abrode theyr arrowes kene I meane most bitter wordes verse 4 With priuie sleyght shote they theyr shaft the vpright man to hit The iust vnware to strike by craft they care or feare no whit verse 5 A wicked worke haue they decreed in counsell thus they crye To vse deceit let vs not dread what who can it espie verse 6 What wayes to hurt they talke and muse all times within theyr hart They all consulte what feates to vse eche doth inuent his part verse 7 But yet all this shall not auayle when they thinke least vpon God with hys dart shall sure assayle and wound them euery one verse 8 Theyr crafts and their ill toungs withall shall worke them selues suche blame That they whiche then beholde theyr fall shall wonder at the same verse 9 Then all that see shall know ryght well that God the thing hath wrought Shall prayse his wittie workes and tell what he to pas hath brought verse 10 Yet shall the iust in God reioyse Stil trusting in his might So shall they ioy with minde and voyce whose hart is pure and ryght Te decet hymnus Psalm lxv I H. A prapse and thankesgeuing vnto God by the faithfull who are
procede His house with good he will fulfill His rightousnes endure shall still verse 4 Unto the righteous doth aryse In trouble ioy in darkenes light Compassion in his eyes and mercy alwayes in hys syght verse 5 yea pitie moueth suche to lend he doeth by iudgement things expend verse 6 And surely suche shall neuer fayle for in remembrance had is he verse 7 7 No tidings ill can make him quayle who in the Lorde sure hope doeth se. verse 8 His hart is firme hys feare is past for he shall se his foes downe cast verse 9 He did well for the poore prouide his rightousnes shall still remayne And his estate with prayse abyde though that the wicked man disdaine verse 10 yea gnash his teeth thereat shall he and so consume his state to see Laudate pueri Psalme Cxiii VV. K. An exhortation to prayse the Lorde for his prouidence in that that contrarye to the course of nature he worketh in hys Churche YE childrē which do serue y e lord prayse ye his name with one accord yea blessed be alwayes his name who from the rising of the sunne til it returne where it begonne is to be praysed with great fame The Lord all peoples doth surmount As for his glory we may counte aboue the heauens hygh to be With God the Lorde who may compare whose dwellyngs in the heauens are of such great power and force is he verse 6 He doeth abase him self we knowe thinges to beholde bothe here belowe And also in heauen aboue verse 7 7 The nedie out of dust to drawe And eke the poore whiche helpe none saw verse 8 His onlye mercy did him moue And so him set in high degre with princes of great dignitie That rule his people with great fame verse 9 The barren he doth make to beare And with great ioye her frute to reare therfore prayse ye his holy name In exitu Israel C. xiiii VV. VVhit Howe the Israelites were delyuered out of Egipt and of the wonderfull miracles that God shewed at that tyme whiche put vs in remembraunce of Goddes great mercyes towardes his children and of oure vnthankfullnes for the same WHen Israell by Gods addres from Pharos land was bent Sing this as the. ixxviii psa And Iacobs house the straungers left and in the same trayne went verse 2 In Iuda God his glory shewde his holynes most bryght So did the Israelites declare his kingdom power and myght verse 3 The sea it saw and sodenly as all amased did flee The roring streaimes of Iordans floud reculed backwardly verse 4 As rammes afrayde the mountaines skipt theyr strength did them forsake And as the sely tremblyng lambes theyr toppes did beate and shake verse 5 What ayled the sea as all amased so sodenly to flee Ye rowlyng waues of Iordans floud why ran ye backwardly verse 6 Why shoke ye hils as Rammes afrayd why did your strength so shake Why did your tops as trembling lambs for feare quiuer and quake verse 7 O earth confesse thy soueraygne Lord and dread hys myghty hand Before the face of Iacobs God feare ye both sea and land verse 8 I meane the God which frō hard rocks doth cause many flouds appeare And from the stony flint doth make gush out the fountaynes cleare Non nobis domine Psalme Cxv. N. A prayer of the faythful oppressed by idolatrous tirants against whō they desire that God woulde succor them for asmuche as there is no comparyson betwene him and theyr false God or Idoles trustyng most constantly that God will preserue them in this theyr nede seeyng that he hath adopted and receaued them to hys fauoure promising finally that they will not be vnmindfull of so greate a benefyte if it would please God to heare theyr prayer and delyuer them by his omnipotent power NOt vnto vs Lord not to vs but to thy name geue prayse bothe for the mercy and the truthe that are in thee alwayes Why shall the Heathen scorners say where is theyr God become Our God in heauen is and what he will that hath he done Their idols siluer are and gold worke of mens handes they be They haue a mouth and do not speake and eyes and doo not see And they haue eares ioynd to their heds and doo not heare at all And noses eke they formed haue and doo not smell withall And handes they haue and handle not ▪ and feete and doo not goo A throte they haue yet through the same they make no sounde to blowe Those that make them be like to them and those whose trust they be O Israell trust in the Lorde their help and shield is he O Aarons house trust in the Lorde their helpe and shield is he Trust ye the Lorde that feare the Lord ▪ their help and sheld is he The Lord hath mindefull ben of vs and will vs bles also On Israels and Aarons house his blissing he will shew They did beset me round about with wordes of hatefull spite Without all cause of my desert against me did they fight For my good will they were my foes but then gan I to pray my good with ill my frendlynes with hate they did repay The second parte Set thou the wicked ouer him to haue the vpper hand At his right hand eke suffer thou his hatefull foe to stand When he is iudged let him then condemned be therin And let the prayer that he makes be turned into sinne Few be his dayes his charge also let thou an other take His children let be fatherles his wyfe a wydow make Let his ofspring be vagabundes to begge and seke theyr bread wandring out of the wasted place where erst they haue ben fed Let couetous extorcionet catch all his goods and store And let the straungers spoyle the frutes of all his toyle before Let there be none to pitie him let there be none at all That on his children fatherles will let their mercye fall And so let his posteritie for euer be destroyed Their name out blotted in the age that after shall succed Let not his fathers wickednes from Gods remembrance fall And let thou not his mothers sinne be done away at all But in the presence of the Lorde let them remayne foray That from the earth their memorye he may cut cleane away Sith mercye he forgat to shew but did pursue with spite The troubled man and sought to slay the woefull harted wight The third parte As he did cursing loue it shall betide vnto him so And as he did not blessing loue it shalbe far him froe As he with cursing clad himself so it like water shall Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befall As garment let it be to him to couer him for ay And as a girdle wherwith he shall girded be alwaye Lo let this same be from the Lord the guerdon of my foe Yea and of those that euell speake against my soule also But thou O Lorde that art my God deale thou I say with me After thy
of the Lorde God is the Lorde that sheweth vs lyght bynde ye therfore with corde Your sacrifice to the alter and geue thankes to the Lorde Thou art my God I will confes and render thankes to thee Thou art my God and I will prayse thy mercy towardes me O geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde for gratious is he Because his mercy dothe endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalm Cxix VV. VV. In thys psalme is contayned an exquisit art and a wonderfull vehemencye in settyng forth the prayses of gods law wherin the Prophet cannot satisfye hymselfe nor sufficyently expres the affection whiche he beareth thereunto adding moreouer manye notable complaynts consolatyons wherefore it is mete that all the faythfull haue it alway bothe in harte and mouthe and in the Ebrue euery vii verses begyn with one lerter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in mind hart whose liues and conuersation frō Gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue them selues hys statutes to obserue Sekyng the Lorde with all theyr hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astraye nor doo no wicked thing Whiche stedfastly walke in his pathes without any wandring verse 4 It is thy wyll and commaundement that with attentiue hede Thy noble and deuyne precepts we learne and kepe in dede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to adres That I myght bothe in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe atteyne whylst I thus set myne eyes And bende my mynde alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then will I prayse with vpright hart and magnifye thy name When I shall learne thy iudgements iust and lykewyse proue the same verse 8 And wholy will I geue my selfe to kepe thy lawes most ryght For sake me not for euer Lorde but shew thy grace and myght The. ii parte MTH verse 9 By what meanes may a yong man best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his tyme spend verse 10 Unfaynedly I haue thee sought and thusse kyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lorde from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart and secret thoughtes thy wordes I haue hyd styll That I might not at any tyme offende thy godly wyll verse 12 We magnifye thy name O Lorde and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lorde teache me therfore verse 13 My lippes haue neuer ceast to preache and publysh day and nyght The iudgments all whiche did procede from thy mouth full of might verse 24 Thy testymonies and thy wayes please me noles in dede Then all the treasures of the earth which worldlings make theyr mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I will still muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so will I aime thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My only ioy shalbe so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynde that I thy wordes for get The thyrd parte MMEL Graunt to thy seruaunt now such grace as may my lyfe prolong Thy holy worde then will I kepe bothe in my hart and tong verse 18 18 Mine eies whiche were dim shut vp so open and make bryght That of thy law and merueilous works I may haue the cleare syght verse 19 I am a straunger in this earth wandring now here now there Thy worde therfore to me disclose my fotesteppes for to cleare verse 20 My soule is rauished with desyre and neuer is at rest But seketh to know thy iudgments hie and what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malitious thou hast destroyd echone And cursed are suche as doo not thy hests attend vpon verse 22 Lord turne me from rebuke and shame whiche wicked men conspire For I haue kept thy couenaunts with zele as hote as fyre verse 23 The princes great in counsel sat and did against me speake But then thy seruaunt thought how he thy statutes myght not breake verse 24 For why thy couenants are my ioy and my great harts solace They serue in stede of counsellers my matters for to pas The. iiii parte DALETH verse 25 I am alas as brought to graue and almost turnd to dust Restore therfore my lyfe agayne as thy promise is iust verse 26 My wayes when I acknowledged with mercy thou didst heare Here now eftsones and me instruct thy lawes to loue and feare verse 27 Teache me once throughly for to know thy precepts and thy lore Thy workes then will Imeditate and lay them vp in store verse 28 My soule I fele so sore opprest that it melteth for grief According to thy word therfore hast Lorde to sende relyef verse 29 From lying and deceitfull lyppes let thy grace me defend And that I may learue thee to loue thy holy law me send verse 30 The way of truth both straight sure I haue chosen and founde I set thy iudgement me before whiche kepe me safe and sound verse 33 Since then O Lord I forced my selfe thy couenants to embrase Let me therfore haue no rebuke nor check in any case verse 32 Then will I runne with ioyfull cheare where thy worde doth me call When thou hast set my hart at large and rid me out of thrall The. v. parte H E verse 33 Instruct me Lord in the right trade of thy statutes deuyne And it to kepe euen to the end my hart will I inclyne verse 34 Graunt me the knowledge of thy law and I shall it obey With hart and mind and all my might I will it kepe I say verse 35 In the right path of thy precepts guide me Lorde I require None other pleasure doo I wishe nor greater thing desire verse 36 Inclyne my hart thy lawes to kepe and couenants to embrace And from all filthy auarice and shield me with thy grace verse 37 From vaine desire and worldly lustes turne backe myne eyes and syght Geue me the sprite of lyfe and power to walke thy wayes a ryght verse 38 Confirme thy gratious promise Lorde whiche thou hast made to me Which am thy seruaunt and doo loue and feare nothyng but thee verse 39 Reproche and shame whiche I so feare from me O Lord expell For thou dost iudge with equitie and therin dost excell verse 40 Beholde my harts desire is bent thy lawes to kepe for aye Lorde strēgthen me so with thy grace that it performe I may The. vi parte VAV verse 41 Thy mercyes great and manifolde let me obteyne O Lorde The sauing health let me enioy accordyng to thy word verse 42 So shall I stop y e slaundrous mouths of leud men and vniust For in thy faithfull promises stand the my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of truth with in my mouth let euer still be prest For in thy iudgements wonderfull my hope doth stand and rest verse 44 And while that breath
continually To thee be prayse world without end ☞ A thankes geuing after the receyuyng of the Lordes Supper THe Lorde be thanked for his gyftes And mercy euermore That he doth shew vnto his saynctes Sing this as the. xxx vii Psa To him be laud therfore Our tonges cannot so prayse the Lorde As he doth right deserue Our harts can not of hym so thynke As he doth vs preserue His benefites they be so great To vs that be but sinne That at our handes for recompence There is no hope to winne O sinfull flesh that thou shouldest haue Suche mercyes of the Lorde Thou doest deserue more worthely Of him to be abhord Nought els but sinne ▪ and wretchednes Doth rest within our heartes And stubburnely against the Lorde We dayly play oure partes The sunne aboue in firmament That is to vs a lyght Doth shew it selfe more cleane and pure Then we be in his sight The heauens aboue and all therin More holy are then we They serue the Lorde in theyr estate Eche one in his degree They do not stryue for mastership Nor slake theyr office set But feare the Lorde and do his will Hate is to them no let Also the earth and all therin Of God it is in awe It doth obserue the formers wyll By skilfull natures law The sea and all that therin is Doth bend when God doth beck The spirtes beneathe doo tremble all And feare his wrathfull check But we alas for whom all these Were made them for to rule Do not so know or loue the Lorde As doth the Oxe or mule A law he gaue for vs to know What was his holy wyll He would vs good but we will not Auoyd the thing is ill Not one of vs that seketh out The Lorde of lyfe to please Nor to the thyng that might vs ioyne Our Christ and quiet ease Thus we are all his enemyes We can it not deny And he agayne of his good wyll Would not that we should dye Therfore when remedy was none To bring vs vnto lyfe The sonne of God our flesh he toke To mend our mortall stryfe And all the law of God our Lorde He did it full obey And for our sinnes vpon the crosse Hys bloud our dettes did pay And that we should not yet forget What good be to vs wrought A signe he left our eyes to tell That he our bodyes bought In breade and wine here visible Unto thyne eyes and tast His mercyes great thou maist record If that his spryte thou hast As once the corne did liue and grow And was cut downe with sith And threshed out with many stripes Out from his huske to dryue And as the mill with violence Did teare it out so small And made it lyke to earthly dust Not sparing it at all And as the ouen with fyre hot Did close it vp in heat And all this done that I haue sayd That it should be our meat So was the Lorde in his ripe age Cut downe by cruell death His soule he gaue in torments great And yelded vp his breath Because that he to vs might be An euerlasting bread with muche reproche and trouble great On earth his lyfe he led And as the grapes in pleasant tyme Are pressed very sore And plucked downe when they be rype Nor let to grow no more Because the ioyse that in them is As comfortable drynke We myght receyue and ioyfull be when sorowes make vs shrinke So Christes bloud out pressed was With nailes and eke with speare The ioyse wherof doth saue all those That rightly do him feare And as the cornes by vnitie Into one lofe is knit So is the Lorde and his whole churche Though he in heauen sit As many grapes make but one wyne So shoulde we be but one In fayth and loue in Chist aboue And vnto Christ alone Leading a lyfe without all stryfe In quyet rest and peace From enuye and from malyce both Our heartes and tonges to cease Which if we doo then shall we shew That we his chosen be By fayth in him to leade a lyfe As alwayes willed he And that we may so doo in dede God send vs all his grace Then after death we shall be sure With him to haue a place Robert Wlsdom PReserue vs Lorde by thy deare word From Turk and Pope defend vs Lord whiche bothe would thrust oute of his throne our Lorde Iesus Christ thy deare sonne Lorde Iesus Christ shew forth thy myght That thou art Lorde of Lordes by ryght Thy poore afflicted flocke defend That they may prayse thee without end God holy Ghost our comfortor Be our Patron helpe and succor Geue vs one minde and perfect peace All giftes of grace in vs encrease Thou liuing God in parsons three Thy name be praysed in vnitie In all our nede so vs defend That we may prayse thee world without end ☞ A formst of proyer to be vsed in priuate houses euery mornyng and euening Morning prayer ALmightie God most mercifull Father we do not present our selues here before thy maiestie trusting in oure owne merites or worthines but in thy manifolde mercyes which haste promised to beare our Prayers and graunt our requestes which we shal make to the in the name of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde who hath also cōmaunded vs to assemble ourselues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not only be amongst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obteyne all thinges which shall seme expedient to thy blessed will for oure necessities therfore we beseche thee most mercifull Father to turne thy louyng countenaunce towards vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wher by we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishmēt but rather receyue vs to thy mercy for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offēces in whom only thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seing that of thy great mercyes we haue quietly passed this nyght graunte O heauenly father that we may bestowe thys day wholly in thy seruice so that al our thoughts wordes and dedes may redounde to the glorye of thy name and good ensample to all men who seeyng oure good workes may gloryfye thee oure heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and loue thou hast not onely created vs to thine owne similitude and likenes but also haste chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare sōne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of the worlde we beseche thee to encrease oure faythe and know ledg and to lighten our harts with thy holy spirit that we may in meane time liue in godly conuersatyon and integritie of lyfe knowing that Idolaters adulterers couetous men cōtentious persōs drunkards glottons and such like shall not in herite the kyngdome of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for