here before thy maiesty trusting in our owne merites or worthines but in thy manifold mercies which hast promised to heare our prayers grauÌ„t our requests which we shal make to thee in y â— name of thy beloued son Iesus Christ our Lord who hath also commaunded vs to assemble our selues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not onely be amoÌ„gst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obtayne all thinges which shal seme expedient to thy blessed wil for our necessities therfore we besech thee most merciful Father to turne thy louyng countenance towardes vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wherby we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishment but rather receyue vs to thy mercye for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offences in whom onely thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seyng that of thy great mercies we haue quietly passed this nyght graunt O heauenly Father that we may bestow this day wholy in thy seruice so that al our thoughts words and dedes may redouÌ„d to the glory of thy name and good ensample to al men who seyng our good workes may glorify thee our heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and â—oue thou hast not onely created vs to thyne own similitude and lykenes but also hast chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of y e world we besech thee to encrease our faith knowledge and to lighten our harts with thy holy sprite that we may in y â— mean tyme liue in godly conuersation and integrity of lyfe knowyng that Idolaters adulterers couetous men coÌ„tentious persons drunkards gluttons and such like shal not inherite the kingdom of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for an other we do not onely make request O Lord for our selues and them that thou hast already called to the true vnderdandyng of thy heauenlye wil but for all people nations of the world who as they know by thy wonderful workes that thou art God ouer al so they may be instructed by thy holy spirit to beleue in thee theyr onely Sauiour redemer But for as much as they cannot beleue except they heare nor cannot heare but by preachyng and none can preache except they be sent therfore O Lord rayse vp faithful distributers of thy misteries who settyng apart al worldly respects may both in their lyfe doctrine onely seeke thy glory Contrarily confound Sathan Antichrist with all hyrelinges whome thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sence that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiete thy little flocke And because O Lord we be fallen into the latter dayes and daungerous tymes wherein ignoraunce hath gotten the vpper hand and Sathan by his ministers seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospell we besech thee to maintayne thy cause against those rauenyng wolues and strengthen al thy seruants whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion eyther to encrease their tiranny or to discourage thy children neyther yet let our synnes and wickednes be a hynderaunce to thy mercies but with speede O Lord consider these great miseries For thy people Israell many tymes by their synnes prouoked thyne anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgement yet thoughe theyr synnes were neuer so greuous if they once returned from theyr iniquity thou receyuedst them to mercy We therefore most wretched synners be wayle our manifolde synnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wyckednes and vngodly behauiour towardes thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humbly besech thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercies vpon vs and receyue vs againe to thy fauour Graunt vs dere father these our requests and al other thynges necessary for vs and thy whole church according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our lord In whose name we besech thee as he hath taught vs saying Our father c. A prayer to be sayd before meales ALl thynges depend vppon thy prouidence O Lord to receyue at thy hands due sustenance in time conuenient thou geuest to them and they gather it thou openest thy hande and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father which art the fountayne ful treasure of al goodnes we beseche thee to shew thy mercies vpon vs thy children sanctify these gyfts which we receyue of thy mercifull liberality graunt vs grace to vse them soberly and purely accordyng to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we maye acknowledge thee to bee the author and geuer of all good things and aboue al that we may remember continually to seeke the spirituall foâ—â—e of thy worde wherwith our soules may be nourished euerlastingly through our sauior Christ who is the true bread of life which came down from heauen of whom whosoeuer eateth shal liue for euer and raigne with him in glory world without end So be it A thankes geuyng after meales LEt all nations magnify the Lord let all people reioyce in praysing and extollyng hys great mercies For his fatherly kyndnes is plentifully shewd forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise endureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde God for the manifolde benefites which we continually receiue at thy bountiful hand not onely for that it hath pleased thee to frede vs in this present lyfe geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies fashioned vs a new into an assured hope of a far better lyfe the which thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Gospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer our affections to bee so intangled or rooted in these earthly and corruptible thyngs but that we may alwayes haue our myndes dyrected to thee on high coÌ„tinually watchyng for the coÌ„myng of our Lord and Sauiour Christ what time he shal appeare for our ful redemption To whome with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory for euer and euer So be it Another thankes geuyng before meales ETernall and euerlyuing God Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankynde hast appointed to his sustenaunce not onely the frutes of the earth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of the earth and fishes of the sea and hast commaunded thy benefits to be receyued as from thy handes with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane al things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctifâ—d by thy word by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderately to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies being refreshed the soules may be
yet there but one almighty is and not almighties three The father God is God the Sonne God holy Ghost also yet are there not three Gods in al but one God and no mo So like wise Lord the Father is and Lord also the Sonne And lord the holy ghost yet are there not thre lords but one For as we are compeld to graunt by christian veritie Eche of the persons by hymfelfe both God and Lord to be So catholike religion forbiddeth vs alway That eyther gods be three or y t there lordes be three to say Of none the father is ne made ne create nor begot The Sonne is of the Father not create ne made but got The holy Ghost is of them both the father and the Sonne He made ne create nor begot but doth proceede alone So we one Father hold not three one Sonne also not three One holy Ghost alone and not three holy Ghostes to bee None in this Trinitie before nor after other is Ne greater any then the rest ne lesser be likewise But euery one among themselues of all the persons three Together coeternal al and al coequal bee So vnitie in Trinitie as said it is before And Trinitie in vnitie in all thynges we adore Therfore what man soeuer that saluation wil attayne This faith touching the Trinitie of force he must retayne And nedeful to eternal lyfe it is that euery wight Of the incarnating of Christ our Lord beleue aright For this the right faith is that we beleue and eke beknow That Christ our lord y e son of God is God and man also God of his fathers substance got before the world began And of his mothers substance borne in world a very man Both perfect god and perfect man in one one Iesus Christ That doth of reasonable soule and humaine flesh subsist Touchyng hys Godhode equal with his father God is he Touching his manhode lower then his father in degree Who though he be both very God and very man also yet is he but one Christ alone and is not persons two One not by turning of Godhode into the flesh of man But by takyng manhode to God this beyng one began All one not by confounding of the substance into one But onely by the vnitie that is of one person For as the reasonable soule and flesh but one man is So in one person God and man is but one Christ lykewyse Who suffred for to saue vs all to hell he did descend The third day rose agayne frō death to heauen he did ascēd He sittes at the ryght hand of God the almighty father there From thence to iudge the quicke dead againe he shal retire At whose returne all men shall rise with bodies new restorde And of their own workes they shal geue accōpt vnto y e lord And they into eternal lyfe shall go that haue done wel Who haue done il shal go into eternal fire to dwel This is the Catholike beliefe who doth not faithfully Beleue the same without al dout he saued cannot be To Father Sonne and holy ghost al glory be therfore As in beginning was is now and shal be euermore The Lamentation of a synner Marckant O Lord turne not away thy face frō him that lieth prostrate Lamenting sore his sinful life before thy mercy gate Which gate thou openest wide to those y t do lament their sin shut not y r gate against me lord but let me enter in And call me not to mine accomptes howe I haue liued here For then I know right well O Lord how vile I shall appeare I nede not to confesse my lyfe I am sure thou canst tell what I haue ben and what I am I know thou knowest it wel O Lord thou knowest what things be past eke the things that bee Thou knowest also what is to come nothing is hid from thee Before y e heauēs earth wer made y u knowest what things wer thē As all things els that haue ben since among the sonnes of men And can the thinges that I haue done be hidden from thee then Nay nay y u knowest thē all O Lord where they wer done whē Wherfore with teares I come to thee to begge and to entreate Euen as the child that hath done euill and feareth to be beate So come I to thy mercy gate where mercy doth abound Requiring mercy for my sinne to heale my deadly wounde O Lord I nede not to repeate what I do begge or craue Thou knowest O Lord before I aske y e thing that I would haue Mercy good Lord mercy I aske this is the totall summe For mercy Lord is all my sute Lord let thy mercy come The humble sute of a sinner O Lord of whom I do depēd be hold my care full hart whē thy will pleasure is release me of my smart y u seest my sorowes what they are my gref is knowne to thee and there is none that cā remoue or take the same frō me But onely thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy stil is prest To ease all those that come to thee for succour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teares greuous grone Attēde vnto my sute O Lord marck wel my plaint mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me about That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot realease or mitigate this payne But euē thy Christ my lord god which for my sinnes was slaine Wose bloudy woūdes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy saints behold them all and so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hinder me a while when thou shalt see it good I shall nioy the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels thy saintes do now behold the same So trust I to possesse that place with them to prayse thy name But whiles I lyue here in this vale where sinners do frequent Assist me euer with thy grace my sinnes still to lament Least that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Onely thy grace must be my stay least that I fall down flat And beyng down then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once agayne 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 church house of saints sing Psalmes to thee alwaies The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OVr father which in heauē art lord halowd be thy name thy kingdom come thy wil be done in earth euen as the same in heauē is Geue vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so Forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptation leade vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thine both now and euer be The .x. Commaundementes of
cannot fynd inough to fil his hand Nor he can fil hys lap that goeth to gleane vpon the land verse 7 Nor passers by pray God on them to let his blessing fal Nor say we blesse you in the name of God the Lord at al. Deprofundis clamaui psalme .cxxx. VV. VV. ¶ An effectuons prayer of hym that for hys synnes had sustayned great afflictions and notwithstanding he fully trusteth and assureth himself to obtayne mercy and forgeuenes of hys sinnes and at length deliueraunce from al euils LOrd to thee I make my mone when daungers me oppres I cal I sigh plain grone trusting to fynd reles Heare now O lord my request for it is ful due tyme and let thyne eares aye be prest vnto this prayer mine verse 3 O Lord our God if thou way our sinnes and them peruse Who shal then escape and say I can my self excuse verse 4 But Lord thou art merciful and turnest to vs thy grace that we with harts most careful should feare before thy face verse 5 In God I put my whole trust my soule wayteth on his wyl For hys promise is most iust and I hope therin stil verse 6 My soule to God hath regard wishyng for hym alway More then they that watch and ward to see the daunyng day verse 7 Let Israel then boldly in the Lord put hys trust He is that God of mercy that hys delyuer must verse 8 For he it is that must saue Israel from hys sinne And al such as surely haue their confidence in hym Domine non est psalme Cxxxi M. ¶ Dauid charged with ambition and gredy desyre to raygne protesteth his humilitie modesty before God and teacheth al men what they should do Syng this as the â—amentation O Lord I am not puft in mynd I haue no scorneful eye I do not exercyse my selfe in thynges that he to hye But as a child that wayned is euen from his mothers brest So haue I Lord behaued my selfe in sylence and in rest O Israel trust in the Lord let hym be all thy stay From thys tyme for euermore from age to age I say Memento domine psalme .cxxxii. M ¶ The faythful grounding on Gods promise made vnto Dauid desireth that be would establish the same both as touchyng the posterity and the buildyng of the temple to pray there as was fore spoken REmember Dauids troubles Lord how to the Lorde he swore and vowd a vow to Iacobs God to kepe for euermore I wyll not come within my house nor clyme vp to my bed nor let my temples take theyr rest or the eyes in my hed verse 2 Til I haue found out for the Lord a place to set theron An house for Iacobs God to be an habitation verse 3 We heard of it at Ephrata there did we heare this sound and in y â— fields forrests there these voices first were fouÌ„d verse 4 We wil assay and go in now his tabernacle there before his fotestoole to fal down vpoÌ„ our knees in feare verse 5 Arise O Lord aryse I say into thy restyng place both thou the ark of thy streÌ„gth y e preseÌ„ce of thy grace verse 9 Let al thy priestes be clothed Lord with truth and righteousnes Let al thy saintes and holy men syng al with ioyfulnes verse 10 And for thy seruant Dauids sake refuse not Lord I say The face of thine annoynted Lord or turne thy face away The second part verse 11 The Lord to Dauid swore in truth and wil not shrinke from it Saying the frute of thy body vpon thy seat shal sit verse 12 And if thy sonnes my couenaunt kepe that I shal learne echone then shal their sonnes for euer sit vpon thy princely throne verse 13 The Lord himself hath chose Sion and loues therin to dwel verse 14 Saying this is my restyng place I loue and lyke it wel verse 15 And I wyl blesse with great encrease her vittayles euery where and I wil satisfy with bread the nedy that be there verse 16 Yea I wil deck and clothe her priests with my saluation and al her saints shal syng for ioy of my protection verse 17 There wil I surely make the horne of Dauid for to bud For I haue there ordaind for myne a lanthorne bright and good verse 18 As for his enmies I wil cloth with shame for euermore But I wil cause his crowne to shyne more fresh then heretofore Ecce quam bonum psal .cxxxiii. VV. VV ¶ This psalme conteyneth the commendation of godly and brotherly amity which for the excellency therof is compared to the most precious oyle wherwith the priestes onely and instruments of the tabernacle were annoynted Exodus .xxx. Sing this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 O How happy a thyng it is and ioyful for to see Brethren together for to hold the band of amity verse 2 It calth to mind y â— swete perfume and y t costly oyntment which on the sacrificers hed by Gods precept was speÌ„t It wet not Aarons head alone but drentch his beard throughout and finally it did run down his rich attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doth drynke the dew of Hermon hil and Sion with hys siluer drops the fields with frute doth fil verse 4 Euen so the Lord doth poure on them his blessings manyfold Whose harts mindes without al guile this knot do kepe hold Ecce nunc psalme .cxxxiiii. VV. K ¶ He exhorteth the Leuites that watch in the temple to prayse the Lord. BEhold and haue regard ye seruants of the Lord which in hys house by night do watch prayse hym wyth one accord verse 2 Lyft vp your handes on hygh vnto hys holy place And geue the Lord his prayses due his benefites embrace verse 3 For why the Lord who did both earth and heauen frame Doth Sion bles and wil conserue for euermore the same Laudate nomen Psalme Cxxxv. M. ¶ He exhorteth al the faithful of what estate so euer they be to prayse God for his merueilous works and specially for his graces towardes his people wherin he hath declared hys maiesty to the confusion of al Idolaters and their Idoles O Prayse the Lord prayse hym prayse hym prayse him with one accord O praise him stil all ye that be the seruauntes of the Lord. O prayse hym ye that stand and be in the house of the Lord ye of hys courte and of hys house prayse hym wyth one accord verse 3 Prayse ye the Lord for he is good syng prayses to hys name It is a comely and good thyng alwayes to do the same verse 4 For why the Lord hath chose Iacob hys very owne you see So hath he chosen Israel his treasure for to bee verse 5 For this I know and am ryght sure the Lord is very great He is in dede aboue al gods most easy to intreat verse 6 For whatsoeuer pleased him al that ful wel he wrought In heauen in earth and in y â— sea which he
that am vniust and rightuousnes none haue Whereto then shal I trust my sinful soule to saue But truly to that post whereto I cleaue and shal Which is thy mercy most Lord let thy mercy fal And mitigate thy moode or els we perish al The pryce of this thy bloud wherin mercy I cal Thy scripture doth declare no drop of bloud in thee but that thou didst not spare to shed ech drop for mee Now let those drops most swete so moist my hart so dry that I with sin replete may liue and sin may dye That beyng mortifye this sinne of mine in mee I may be sanctified by grace of thyne in thee So that I neuer fal into such mortal sinne That my foes infernal reioyce my death therin But vouchsafe me to kepe from those infernal foes and from that lake so depe wheras no mercy growes And I shal sing the songs confirmed with the iust That vnto thee belongs which art my onely trust The Lamentation ¶ Through perfect repentance y ◠sinner hath a sure trust in god that his sinnes shal be washed away in Christes bloud O Lord in thee is al my trust geue eare vnto my woful cry refuse me not that am vniust but bowing down thy heauenly eye behold how I doo stil lament my synnes wherin I doo offend O Lord for them shall I be shent syth thee to please I doo intend No no not so thy wil is bent To deale with sinners in thyne ire But whē in hart they shal repent thou graūtst with spede their iust desire To thee therfore stil shal I cry To wash away my sinful cryme Thy bloud O Lord is not yet dry But that it may help me in time Hast thee O Lord hast thee I say To poure on me the gifts on grace That when this life must flit away In heauē w t thee I may haue place Where thou doost raigne eternally with god which once did down thee sēd Where angels sing continually To thee be prayse world without end A thankes geuyng after the receiuyng of the Lordes supper Syng this as the .37 Psalme THe Lord be thanked for his gifts and mercy euermore that he doth shew vnto his saints to him be laud therfore Our tonges cannot so prayse y ◠Lord as he doth right deserue Our hartes cannot of hym so thynke as he doth vs preserue His benefites they be so great to vs that be but synne That at our hands for recompence there is no hope to win O synful flesh that thou shouldst haue such mercies of the Lord Thou doost deserue more worthely of hym to be abhord Nought els but sinne and wretchednes doth rest within our harts And stubburnly against the Lord we daily play our parts The sunne aboue in firmament that is to vs a light Doth shew it self more cleane pure then we be in hys syght The heauens aboue and al therin more holy are then we They serue the Lord in their estate ech one in his degree They do not stryue for mastership nor flacke their office set but feare the Lord and do his wil hate is to them no let Also the earth and al therin of God it is in aw It doth obserue the formers wil by skilful natures law The sea and al that is therin doth bend when God doth beck The sprites beneth do trēble al feare his wrathful check But we alas for whom al these were made thē for to rule Do not so know or loue the Lord as doth the Oxe or mult A saw he gaue for vs to know what was his holy wil He would vs good but we would not auoid the thyng is il Not one of vs that seeketh out the Lord of lyfe to please Nor do y ◠thing that might vs ioyne our Christ quiet ease Thus we are al his enemies we can it not deny and he agayn of his good wil would not that we should dy Therfore when remedy was none to bryng vs vnto lyfe the sonne of God our flesh he toke to mend our mortal strife And al the law of God our Lord he dyd it ful obey and for our sins vpon the crosse hys bloud our dets did pay And y ◠we should not yet forget what good he to vs wrought A sygne he left our eyes to tel that he our bodies bought In bread wyne here visible vnto thine eyes and tast his mercies great thou maist record if that his sprite y u hast As once the corn did liue grow and was cut down with sithe and threshed out with many stripes out frō his husk to driue And as the mil with violence did teare it out so smal and made it lyke to earthly dust not sparyng it at al. And as the ouen with fyre whote did close it vp in heat and al this done that I haue said that it should be our meat So was the Lord in his ripe age cut down by cruel death his soule he gaue in torments great yelded vp his breath Because that he to vs might be an euerlastyng bread with much reproch and trouble great on earth his life he led And as the grapes in pleasant tyme are pressed very sore and plucked down whē thei be ripe not let to grow no more Because the iuyse that in them is as comfortable drinke He might receiue ioyful be whē sorowes make vs shrink So christes bloud out pressed was with nayles eke with speare The iuise wherof doth saue al those that rightly do him feare And as the cornes by vnitie into one loafe is knit So is the Lord and his whole church though he in heauen sit As many grapes make but one wyne so should we be but one In fayth and loue in Christ aboue and vnto Christ alone Leading a lyfe without all stryfe in quiet rest and peace From enuy and from malice both our hartes and tonges to cease Which if we do then shal we shew that we his chosen be By faith in him to lead a lyfe as alwayes willed he And that we may so do in dede God send vs al his grace Then after death we shal be sure with hym to haue a place Robert VVisedome PReserue vs Lord by thy dere word frō Turk and Pope defend vs Lord which both would thrust out of his throne our Lord Iesus Christ thy deare sonne Lord Iesus Christ shew forth thy might That thou art Lord of Lordes by ryght Thy poore afflicted flock defend That they may prayse thee without end God holy Ghost our comfortor ⧠Be our Patrone help and succor Geue vs one mind and perfect peace All gifts of grace in vs encrease Thou liuing God in persons three Thy name be praysed in vnitie In all our nede so vs defend That we may praise thee world without end ¶ A forme of Prayer to be vsed in priuate houses euery morning and euenyng ¶ Mornyng prayer ALmighty God most merciful father we do not present our selues
pursue my soule and eke my life down thrust Vnto the earth and also lay myne honour in the dust verse 6 Stert vp O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to payne Performe thy kingdome promised to me which wrong sustaine verse 7 TheÌ„ shal great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of theÌ„ thy selfe as Lord and kyng verse 8 And thou that art of al men iudge O Lord now iudge thou me According to my rightousnes and myne integritie The seconde part verse 9 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and be the iust mans guide verse 10 By whom the secrets of al hearts are searched and descride verse 11 I take my helpe to come of God in al my grief and smart That doth preserue all those that be of pure and perfect hart verse 12 The iust man and the wicked both God iudgeth by his power So that he feleth his mighty hand euen euery day and houre verse 13 Except he chaunge his mind I dye for euen as he should smit He whets his sword his bow he beÌ„ds ayming where he may hit verse 14 And doth prepare his mortal dartes his arrowes kene and sharpe For them that do me persecute whilest he doth mischief warpe verse 15 But loe though he in trauel be of his deuilish forecast And of his mischief once coÌ„ceiued yet brings forth nought at last verse 16 He digs a ditch and delues it depe in hope to hurt his brother But he shal fal into the pit that he digde vp for other verse 17 Thus wrong retorneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And al the mischief that he wrought shal fal vpon his head verse 18 I wil geue thankes to God therfore that iudgeth righteously And with my song prayse wil the name of him that is most hie Domine Deus noster Psalme .viij. T. S ¶ The Prophet considering thexcellent liberalitie and fatherly prouidence of God towardes man whom he made as it were a god ouer all his workes doth not onely geue great thankes but is astonished with thadmiration of the same as one nothing able to compasse such great mercyes and so endeth Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 O God our Lord how wonderful are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmount in dignitie aboue the heaueÌ„s cleare verse 2 EueÌ„ by the mouths of sucking babes y u wilt coÌ„fouÌ„d thy foes For in these babes thy might is sene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heaueÌ„s high the workes of thine own hand The sunne the mone and all the starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I then that y u doost him remeÌ„ber Or what is mans posteritie that thou doost it consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glory and dignitie verse 6 Thou hast preferd him to be Lord of al thy workes of wonder And at his fete hast set al things that he should kepe theÌ„ vnder verse 7 As shepe and neat and al beastes els that in the fieldes do fede verse 8 Foules of the ayre fish in the sea and al that therin brede verse 9 Therfore must I say once again O God that art our Lord How famous how woÌ„derful are thy workes through y e world Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .ix. T. S. ¶ After he had geueÌ„ thaÌ„kes to god for the sundry victories that he had seÌ„t him against his enemies also proued by manifold experieÌ„ce how ready god was at hand in all his troubles â—e being now likewise in daunger of new enemyes desireth god to helpe him according to his wont and destroy the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaries Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 WIth hart mouth vnto the Lord wil I sing laud and prayse And speake of al thy wondrous workes theÌ„ declare alwaies verse 2 I wil be glad and much reioyce in thee O God most hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the starry skye verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flight They fal down flat and are destroyd by thy great force myght Thou hast reuenged al my wrong my grief and al my grudge verse 4 Thou doost w t iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doost rebuke the HeatheÌ„ folke and wicked so confound That afterward the memory of them cannot be found verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatch all our townes destroyed thou hast their fame w t theÌ„ defaced through al the world so wide verse 7 Know thou that he which is aboue for euermore shal raigne And in the seat of equity true iudgement wil maintayne verse 8 With iustice he wil kepe and guide the world and euery wight And so wil yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what time they be opprest He is in al aduersitie their refuge and their rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shal trust in thee For thok forsakest not their sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lord that dwelleth in Sion hil Publish among al nations his noble actes and will verse 12 For he is mindful of the bloud of those that be opprest Forgetting not th' afflicted hart that seekes to him for rest The second part verse 13 Haue mercy Lord on me poore wretch whose enmies stil remaine Which from the gates of death are wont 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 Lord my soule might stil reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their own fete fast are snarde verse 16 God she wes his iudgemeÌ„ts which wer good for euery maÌ„ to mark When as ye se the wicked man lye trapt in his own warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go down to hel for euer And all the people of the world that God wil not remember verse 18 But sure the Lord wil not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient people neuer looke for helpe of God in vayne verse 19 O Lord arise least men preuayle that be of worldly myght And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord strike such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortal men Vt quid domine Psalme .x. T. S ¶ He complayneth of the fraud rapine tyranny and of all kindes of wrong whiche worldly men vse assigning the cause therof whiche was that wicked men beyng as it were dronken with worldy prosperitie and therfore setting a part all feare and reuerence towardes god thinke they may do all thinges without
past al hope after declareth wherof he recouereth himself from the bottomles pit of temptations And vnder his owne person he setteth forth the signre of Christ whom he did forsee in the spirit of prophecy So this psalme after two sortes dothe declare that prophecy of Esay he was taken forth of pryson and iudgement Sing this as the .xxi. psalme verse 1 O God my God wherfore doost thou forsake me vtterly and helpest not when I do make my great complaint cry verse 2 To thee my God eueÌ„ al day long I do both cry and cal I cease not all the nyght and yet thou hearest not at al. verse 3 Euen thou that in thy sanctuary and holy place doost dwel Thou art the comfort and the ioy and glory of Israel verse 4 And he in whom our fathers old had al their hope for euer and when they put their trust in thee so didst thou them deliuer verse 5 They were deliuerd for euer when they called on thy name And for the fayth they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I am now become a worme more like then any man An outcast whom the people scorne with all the spite they can verse 7 And me despise as they behold me walking on the way They gren they mow they nod their heds in this wise thei say verse 8 This man did glory in the Lord his fauour and his loue Let him redeme and help hym now his power if he wil proue verse 9 But Lord out of my mothers woÌ„be I came by thy request Thou didst preserue me stil in hope whyle I did sucke her brest verse 10 I was committed froÌ„ my birth with thee to haue abode Since I was in my mothers woÌ„be thou hast bene euer my God The second part verse 11 Then Lord depart not now froÌ„ me in this my present griefe Since I haue none to be my helpe my succor and reliefe verse 12 So many bulles do compasse me that be ful strong of head Yea bulles so fat as though they had in Basan field bene fed verse 13 They gape vpon me gredely as though they would me slay Much lyke a LioÌ„ roryng out and rampyng for his pray verse 14 But I drop downe lyke water shed my ioyntes in sunder breake My hart doth in my body melt lyke waxe against the heate verse 15 And like a potshard drieth my streÌ„gth my tonge it cleaueth fast Vnto my iawes and I am brought to dust of death at last verse 16 And many dogs do coÌ„passe me and wicked counsel eke Conspire against me cursedly they pearce my handes and feete verse 17 I was tormented so that I might all my bones haue told Yet stil vpon me they do looke and stil they me behold verse 18 My garments they deuided eke in partes amongst them al And for my coate they did cast lots to whoÌ„ it might befal verse 19 Therfore I pray thee be not far fro me at my great neede But rather sith y u art my strength to helpe me Lord make speede verse 20 And froÌ„ the sword Lord saue my soule by thy might thy power And kepe my soule thy darling deare froÌ„ dogs y â— would deuour The third part verse 21 And from the LioÌ„s mouth that would me al in sunder shiuer And from the hornes of Vnicornes Lord safely me deliuer verse 22 And I shal to my brethren al thy maiestie record and in thy church shal prayse the name of thee the liuing Lord. verse 23 Al ye that feare him praise y e Lord thou seede of Iacob honor him and with al reuerence possible thou seede of Israel worship hym verse 24 For he despiseth not the poore he tourneth not awry His countenaunce when they do cal but graunteth to theyr cry verse 25 Among the flocke that feare thee Lord I wil therfore proclaime Thy prayse kepe my promise made for setting forth thy name verse 26 The poore shal eate and be suffised those that do their deuer To know y e lord shal praise his name their harts shal liue for euer verse 27 Al costes of earth shal praise the Lorde turne to hym for grace The Heathen folke shal worship him before his blessed face verse 28 The kingdome of the Heathen folke the Lord shal haue therfore And he shal be their gouernor and king for euermore verse 29 The riche men of his godly giftes shal fede and taste also And in his presence worship him bow their knees ful low verse 30 And al that shal go down to dust of lyfe by him must taste My seed seel serue praise his name while any world shal last verse 31 My seed shal plainly shew to theÌ„ that shal be borne hereafter His iustice and his rightuousnes all his workes of wonder Dominus regit me Psalme .xxiij. VV. VV. ¶ Because the Prophet had proued the great mercyes of God at diuers tymes and in sundry maners he gaâ—hereth a certayne assuraunce fully perswadyng hym selfe that God wil continue the very same goodnes towardes hym for euer Sing this as the .xxi. psalme verse 1 THe Lord is onely my support and he that doth me fede How can I then lacke any thyng wherof I stand in nede verse 2 He doth me fold in coats most safe the tender grasse fast by And after driues me to the streames which runne most pleasantly verse 3 And when I fele my selfe nere lost then doth he me home take Conducting me in his right pathes eueÌ„ for his own names sake verse 4 And though I wer eueÌ„ at deathes dore yet would I feare none ill For with thy rod shepherdes crooke I am comforted stil verse 5 Thou hast my table richly deckt in despite of my fo Thou hast my head with baulme refresht my cup doth ouerflo verse 6 And finally while breath doth last thy grace shal me defend And in the house of God wil I my life for euer spend ¶ Another by Thomas Sternhold verse 1 MY shepehard is the lyuing Lord nothing therfore I nede In pastors fayre with waters calme he sets me for to fede verse 2 He did conuert glad my soule brought my mind in frame To walke in pathes of rightuousnes for his most holy name verse 3 yea though I walke in vale of death yet wil I feare none il Thy rod thy staffe doth comfort me and thou art with me stil verse 4 And in the presence of my foes my table thou shalt spred Thou shalt O Lord fil ful my cup and eke annoynt my head verse 5 Through all my life thy fauour is so franckly shewde to me That in thy house for euermore my dwelling place shal be Domini est terra psalme .xxiiii. I. H. ¶ Because the grace of God was then to be vttered in the temple more glorious then before it had ben in the tabernacle Dauid geueth it a more glorious title and with exclamation setteth forth the honor therof stirring vs
to the consideration of the eternall mansions prepared for vs in the heauens wherof this was a shadow and figure Syng this as th x. xxi Psalme verse 1 THe earth is al the Lordes withal her store and furniture yea his is al the world and al that therin do indure verse 2 For he hath fastly founded it aboue the sea to stand And laid a low the liquid flouds to flow beneath y ◠lād verse 3 For who is he O Lord that shal ascend into thy hil Or passe into thy holy place there to continue stil verse 4 Whose hāds ar harmles whose hart no spot there doth defile His soule not set on vanitie who hath not sworne no guile verse 5 Him that is such a one the Lord shal place in blisful plight And God his God and sauior shal yelde to him his right verse 6 This is the brode of trauelers in seking of his grace As Iacob did the Israelite in that time of his race verse 7 Ye princes open your gates stand open the euerlasting gate For there shal enter in therby the king of glorious state verse 8 What is the king of glorious the strong and mighty Lord The mighty Lord in battayles stout and trial of the sword verse 9 Ye princes open your gates stand open the euerlasting gate For there shal enter in therby the king of glorious state verse 10 What is this king of glorious the Lord of hostes it is The kingdome and the royalltie of glorious state is his Ad te domine leuaui Psalme .xxv. T. S. ¶ The Prophet touched with the consideration of his sinnes and also greued with the cruell malice of his enemies prayeth to God most feruently to haue his sinnes forgeuen especially such as he had committed in his youth He begynneth euery verse accordyng to the Ebrue letters two or three except I Lift mine hart to thee my God guide most iust now suffer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust Let not my foes reioyce nor make a scorne of me and let them not be ouerthrowen that put their trust in thee But shame shal them befal which harme them wrongfully verse 3 Therfore thy pathes thy rightwayes vnto me Lord descry verse 4 Direct me in thy truth and teach me I thee pray Thou art my God and sauiour on thee I wayt alway verse 5 Thy mercyes manifold I pray thee Lord remember And eke thy pitie plentiful for they haue ben for euer verse 6 Remember not the fautes and fraylty of my youth Remember not how ignoraunt I haue ben of thy truth Nor after my deserts let me thy mercy find But of thine own beningnity Lord haue me in thy mynd verse 7 His mercy is ful swete his truth a perfect guide Therfore the Lord wil sinners teach such as go aside verse 8 The humble he wil teach his preceptes for to kepe He wil direct in al his wayes the lowly and the meke verse 9 For al the wayes of God are truth mercy both To them that kepe his testament the witnes of his troth The second part verse 10 Now for thy holy name O Lord I thee intreat To graunt me pardō for my sinne for it is wōdrous great verse 11 Who so doth feare the Lord the Lord doth him direct To lead his life in such away as he doth best accept verse 12 His soule shal euermore in goodnes dwel and stand His sede and his posterity inherite shal the land verse 13 Al those that feare the Lord know his secret intent And vnto them he doth declare his wil and testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke my hart to him I wil aduaunce That pluckt my feete out of the snare of sinne ignorance verse 15 With mercy me behold to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortles alone verse 16 The troubles of mine hart are multiplied in dede Bring me out of this misery necessity and nede verse 17 Behold my pouerty mine anguish and my payne Remit my sinne mine offence make me cleane agayne verse 18 O Lord behold my foes how they do stil increase Pursuing me w t deadly hate that faine would liue in peace verse 19 Preserue and kepe my soule and eke deliuer me And let me not be ouerthrowen because I trust in the. verse 20 Let my simple purenes me from mine enmies shend Because I looke as one of thine that y u shouldst me defend verse 21 Deliuer Lord thy folke and send them some relief I meane thy chosen Israel from al their paine and grief Iudica me domine Psalme .xxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid oppressed with many iniuries findyng no helpe in the world called for ayde from God and assured of his integritie towards 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 faythfull in the congregation of God whiche he was banished by Saule promising integritie of lyfe and open prayses and thankes geuyng Sing this as the .xviii. psal verse 1 LOrd be my iudge thou shalt se my pathes be right plaine I trust in god hope that he wil strēgth me to remaine verse 2 Proue me my God I thee desire my wayes to search try As men do proue their gold with fire my reaynes and hart espie verse 3 Thy goodnes layd before my face I durst be bold alwayes For of thy truth I treade the trace and wil do al my dayes verse 4 I do not lust to haunt or vse with men whose dedes are vayne To come in house I do refuse with the deceitful trayne verse 5 I much abhorre the wicked sort their dedes I do despise I do not once to them resort that hurtful things deuise verse 6 My hands I wash and do procede in workes that walke vpright Then to thy alter I make spede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speake preach the prayse that doth belong to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast ben good to me verse 8 O Lord thy house I loue most deare to me it doth excel I haue delight would be nere whereas thy grace doth dwel verse 9 Oh shut not vp my soule with thē in sinne that take theyr fil Nor yet my life amōgst those mē that seke much bloud to spil verse 10 Whose hāds are heapt with craft guile their life therof is ful And their right hand w t wrēch wile for bribes doth pluck pul verse 11 But I in righteousnes entend my time and dayes to serue Haue mercy Lord and me defend so that I do not swerue verse 12 My fote is stayd for al assayes it standeth wel and right Wherfore to God wil I geue praise in al the peoples sight Dominus illuminatio Psalme .xxvi. I H. ¶ Dauid maketh this Psalme beyng
know verse 8 Burnt offrings thou delightest not in I know thy whole desire With sacrifice to purge their sinne thou doost no man require verse 9 Meat offering and sacrifice thou wouldst not haue at al But thou O lord hast open made myne eares to heare withal verse 10 But then sayd I behold and looke I come a meane to be For in the volume of thy booke thus it is sayd of me verse 11 That I O god should do thy mind which thing doth like me wel For in my hart thy law I find fast placed there to dwel verse 12 Thy iustice and thy righteousnes in great resortes I tel behold my tong no time doth cease O Lord y u knowest ful wel The second part verse 13 I haue not hid within my brest thy goodnes as by stealth But I declare and haue exprest thy truth and sauyng health verse 14 I kepe not close thy louing mind that no man should it know The trust that in thy truth I find to al the church I shew For I with mischiefs many one am sore beset about My sinnes encrease and so come on I cannot spy them out verse 15 For why in number they excede the heares vpon my head My hart doth faint for very dread that I almost am dead verse 16 With spede sēd help and set me free O lord I thee require Make hast with ayde to succor me O Lord at my desire verse 17 Let thē sustain rebuke and shame that seke my soule to spil Driue back my foes and thē defaine that wish and would me il verse 18 For their it feates do them discry that would deface my name Alwayes at me they rayle and cry fye on him fye for shame verse 19 Let them in thee haue ioy and wealth that seke 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 ful low Yet thou O lord wilt me restore to health ful wel 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 tyme delay Beatus qui intelligit psalme .xli. T. S. ¶ Dauid being greuously afflicted blesseth them that pity his case cōplaineth of the treason of his a wne frendes and familiars as came to passe in Iudas Ioh .xv. After he feelyng the great mercies of god gently chastising him and not suffring his enemies to triumphe against him geueth most harty thankes vnto God THe man is blest that careful is the nedy to consider for in y e seasō perilous the lord wil hym deliuer The Lord will make him safe and sound and happy in the land And he will not deliuer him into his enmies hand verse 3 And in his bed when he lieth sick the lord wil him restore And thou O Lord wilt turne to health his sicknes and hys sore verse 4 Then in my sicknes thus say I haue mercy Lord on mee And heale my soule which is ful wo that I offended thee verse 5 Myne enemies wished me il in hart and thus of me did say When shal he die that al his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visit me they aske if I do wel But in their harts mischief they hatch and to their mates it tel verse 7 They bite their lips whisper so as though they wold me charm And cast their fetches how to trap me with some mortal harm verse 8 Some greuous sin hath brought him to this sicknes say thei plain He is so low that without doubt rise can he not agayne verse 9 The man also that I did trust with me did vse deceyte Who at my table ate my bread the same for me layd wayte verse 10 Haue mercy Lord on me therfore and let me preserued That I may render vnto them the things they haue deserued verse 11 By this I know assuredly to be beloued of thee when that mine enmies haue no cause to triumph ouer mee verse 12 But in my right thou hast me kept and maintained alway And in thy presēce place assignd where I shal dwel for aye verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel be praysed euermore Euen so be it Lord wil I say euen so be it therfore Quemadmodum desiderat Psalme .xlii. I. H. ¶ The prophet greuously complaineth that being letred by his persecutours he could not be present in the congregatiō of gods people protesting that although he was separate in body frō them yet his hart was thether affectioned And last of al he sheweth y t he was not so far ouercōmen w t these sorowes thoughts but y t he cōtinually put his cōfidēce in y e Lord. Sing this as the .xxxv. psal verse 1 LIke as y e hart doth breath bray the welsprings to obtayne So doth my soule desire alway with the Lord to remayne verse 2 My soule doth thirst wold draw nere y e liuīg god of might Oh when shal I come appeare in presence of his sight verse 3 The teares al times are my repast which frō mine eyes do slide When wicked men cry out so fast where now is god thy guide verse 4 Alas what griefe is it to thinke what fredome once I had Therfore my soule as at pits brinke is most heauy and sad When I did marche in good aray furnished with my trayne Vnto the temple was our way with sōgs hartes most fayne verse 5 My soule why art thou sad alwayes freatst thus in my brest Trust stil in God for him to prayse I hold it euer best By him haue I succour at neede against al payne and griefe He is my God which with al speede wil hast to send reliefe verse 6 And this my soule within me Lord doth faint to think vpon The land of Iordan and record the little hil Hermon verse 7 One griefe an other in doth cal as cloudes burst out theyr voyce The flouddes of euil that do fal run ouer me with noyce verse 8 Yet I by day felt his goodnes and helpe at al assayes Likewise by night I did not cease the liuing God to prayse verse 9 I am persuaded thus to say to him with pure pretence O lord thou art my guide and stay my rock and my defence Why do I then in pensiuenes hanging the head thus walke while that mine enmie me oppres and vexe me with their talk verse 10 For why thei perse mine inward partes with pangs to be abhord whē they cry out w t stubburn harts where is thy God thy Lord verse 11 So soone why doost y u faint quail my soule with paynes opprest with thoughts why doost thy self assayle so sore wythin my brest verse 12 Trust in the Lord the God alwayes and thou the tyme shalt see To geue him thanks with laud praise for helth restord to thee Iudica me deus Psalme .xliii. T.
pay thy vowes alwayes vnto the God most hye verse 15 Then seke and cal to me whē ought would worke the blame And I wil sure deliuer thee that thou maist prayse my name verse 16 But to the wicked trayne which talke of God ech day And yet theyr workes are foule vaine to thē the Lord wil say verse 17 With what a face darest thou my word once speake or name Why doth thy talke my law alow thy dedes deny the same verse 18 Where as for to amend thy life thou art so slacke My word the which thou doost pretēd is cast behind thy backe verse 19 When thou a thefe doost see by theft to liue in welth With him thou runnest doost agre likewise to thriue by stelth verse 20 When thou doost them behold that wiues and maydes defile Thou likest it wel and waxest bold to vse that life most vile verse 21 Thy lippes thou doost apply to sclaunder and defame Thy tong is taught to craft and lye and doth stil vse the same verse 22 Thou studiest co reuile thy frends to thee so nere With slaūder thou wouldst nedes defile thy mothers sōne most deare verse 23 Hereat while I do winke as though I did not see Thou goest on stil and so doost thinke that I am like to thee verse 24 But sure I wil not let to strike when I begynne Thy faultes in ordre I wil set and open al thy sinne verse 25 Marke this I you require that haue not God in mind Least whē I plage you in mine ire your help be far to find verse 26 He that doth geue to me the sacrifice of prayse Doth please me wel he shal se to walke in godly wayes i. Miserere mei deus Psalme .li. VV VV. ¶ When Dauid was rebuked by the Prophet nathan for his great offences he did not onely acknowledge the same to God with protestation of his natural corruption and iniquirie But also left a memorial therof to his posteritie Therfore first he desireth God to forgeue his sinnes and renew in him his holy spirit with promise that he wil not be vnmindfull of those great graces Finally fearing least God would punish the whole Church for his faute He requireth that he would rather increase his graces towards the same O Lord consider my distres And now with spede some pitie take My sinnes deface my fautes redresse good Lord for thy great mercyes sake Wash me O Lord and make me cleane Frō this vniust and sinful act and purifie yet once agayne my haynous crime and bloudy fact verse 2 Remorse and sorow do constraine me to acknowledge mine exces verse 3 My sinne alas doth stil remaine before my face without reles verse 4 For thee alone I haue offended committing euel in thy sight And if I were therfore condemned yet were thy iudgmēt iust right verse 5 It is to manifest alas that first I was conceyued in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was yet vile wretch remayne therin verse 6 Also behold Lord thou doost loue the inward truth of a pure hart Therfore thy wisdome frō aboue thou hast reueld me to conuert verse 7 If thou with Hissope purge this blot I shal be cleaner thē the glasse And if y u wash away my spot the snow in whitenes shal I passe verse 8 Therfore O Lord such ioy me sēd that in wardly I may find grace And y ◠my strēgth may now amēd which y u hast swagd for my trespas verse 9 Turne back thy face frownig ire for I haue felt inough thy hād And purge my sinnes I thee desire which do in nūber passe the sād verse 10 Make new my hart within my brest frame it to thy holy wil Thy cōstāt spirit in me let rest which may these raging enmies kil The second parte verse 11 Cast me not Lord out from thy face but spedely my torments end Take not frō me thy spirit grace which may frō dāgers me defēd verse 12 Restore me to those ioyes again which I was wōt in thee to find And let me thy fre spirit retain which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus whē I shal thy mercies know I shal instruct others therin And mē that ar likewise brought low by mine ensāple shal flee sinne verse 14 O God that of my helth art Lord forgeue me this my bloudy vice My hart toung shal thē accord to sing thy mercies and iustice verse 15 Touch thou my lips my tonge vnty O Lord which art y e only kay And thē my mouth shal testify thy wōdrous works praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offred many one But thou estemest thē of no price therin pleasure takest y u none verse 17 The heauy hart the mynd opprest O Lord thou neuer doost reiect And to speake truth it is the best and of al sacrifice the effect verse 18 Lord vnto Siō turne thy face poure out thy mercyes on thy hil And on Ierusalē thy grace build vp the walles and loue it stil verse 19 Thou shalt accept thē our offrings of peace righteousnes I say yea calues many other things vpon thine altar wil we lay ¶ An other of the same by T. N. Sing this as the lamētation HAue mercy on me God after thy great abounding grace After thy mercies multitude do thou my sinnes deface Yet wash me more frō myne offēce clense me frō my sinne For I beknow my fautes stil my sin is in mine eyne Agaynst thee thee alone I haue offended in this case And euel haue I done before the presence of thy face That in the things that thou doost say vpright thou maist be tried And eke in iudgyng that the dome may passe vpon thy side Behold in wickednes my kind and shape I did receyue And loe my sinful mother eke in sin did me conceyue But Loe the truth in inward partes is pleasant vnto thee And secrets of thy wisdome thou reueled hast to mee With Hysope Lord be sprincle me I shal be clensed so yea wash thou me and so I shal be whiter then the snow Of ioy gladnes make thou me to heare the pleasing voyce That so the broosed bones which y u hast brokē may reioyce From the beholding of my sinnes Lord turne away thy face And al my dedes of wickednes do vtterly deface O God create in me a hart vnspotted in thy sight And eke within my bowels Lord renew a stable spirit Ne cast me from thy sight nor take thy holy spirit away The comfort of thy sauing helpe geue me agayne I pray With thy free spirit establish me and I wil teach therfore Sinners thy wayes wicked shal be turnd vnto thy lore The seconde part O God that art God of my helth from bloud deliuer mee That praises of thy righteousnes my tōg may sing to thee My lips that yet fast closed be do thou O Lord
make my sute to thee let not my words returne in vaine but geue an eare to me frō of the coastes vtmost partes of all the earth abroad in grief anguish of my hart I cry to thee O God verse 3 Vpon the rock of thy great power my woful mynd repose thou art my hope my fort and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 Within thy tent I lust to dwel for euer to indure Vnder thy wings I know right wel I shal be safe sure verse 5 The Lord doth my desire regard and doth fulfil the same With goodly gifts wil he reward al them that feare his name verse 6 The king shal he in health maintain and so prolong his dayes That he from age to age shal raign for euermore alwayes verse 7 That he may haue a dwelling place before the Lord for aye O let thy mercy truth and grace defend him from decay verse 8 Then shal I sing for euer stil with prayse vnto thy name That al my vowes I may fulfil and daily pay the same Nonne deo subiecta psalme .lxii. I. H. Dauid declareth by his exāple by y e nature of god y e he must trust in god alone therunto exhorteth al people seing y e al is vanity wtout god al goeth to nought al we ar alwaies taught y e God onely is of power to saue that he rewardeth mā according to bys workes Sing this as the. 6◠Psalme verse 1 MY soule to God shal geue good hede and him alone entend for why wy helth hope to spede doth whole on him depēd verse 2 For he alone is my defence my rock my health my ayd He is my stay that no pretence shal make me much dismayd verse 3 O wicked folk how long wil ye vse crafts sure ye must fal For as a rotten hedge ye be and like a tottering wal verse 4 Whō god doth loue ye seke alwayes to put him to the wurse Ye loue to lie with mouth ye praise and yet your hart doth curse verse 5 Yet stil my soule doth whole depend on God my chief desire From al il feates me to defend none but him I require verse 6 He is my rock my strength my tower my health is of his grace He doth support me that no power can moue me out of place verse 7 God is my glory and my health my soules desire and lust My fort my strēgth my stay my wealth God is mine only trust verse 8 Oh haue your hope in him alway ye folke with one accord Poure out your harts to him and say our trust is in the Lord. verse 9 The sonnes of men deceitful are on balaunce but a sleight With things most vayne do thē cōpare for they cā kepe no weight verse 10 Trust not in wrong robbry or stelth let vayne delightes be gone though goods wel got flow in w c welth set not your harts theron verse 11 The Lord long sith one thing doth tel which here to mind I cal He spake it oft I heard it wel that god alone doth al. verse 12 And that thou Lord art good and kynde thy mercy doth excede So that al sortes wyth thee shal find according to their dede Deus deus meus psalme .lxiii. T. S. Dauid after he had bene in great daunger by Saule in the deserte Ziph made this Psalme wherin he geueth thanks to God for his wonderful deliuerance in whose mercies he trusted euē in the midst of his miseries prophecying the destruction of gods enemies contra rywise happenes to al them that trust in the Lord. 1. Sam. iii Sing this as the. 44 Psalme verse 1 O God my God I watch betyme to come to thee in hast For why my soule and body both doth thirst of thee to tast And in this barrē wildernes where waters there are none my flesh is partcht for thought of thee for thee I wish alone verse 2 That I might see yet once agayn thy glory strength and might As I was wont it to behold within thy temple bryght verse 3 For why thy mercies far surmount this lyfe and wretched dayes My lips therfore shal geue to thee due honor laude and prayse verse 4 And whilst I lyue I wil not fayle to worship thee alway And in thy name I shal lift vp my hands whē I do pray verse 5 My soule is filled as with marow which is both fat and swete my mouth therfore shal sing such sōgs as are for thee most mete verse 6 When as in bed I think on thee and eke al the night tyde verse 7 For vnder couert of thy wings thou art my ioyful guide verse 8 My soule doth surely stick to thee thy right hand is my power verse 9 And those that seke my soule to stroy thē death shal sone deuoure verse 10 The sword shal thē deuour echone their carcases shal fede The hungry foxes which do run their pray to seke at nede verse 11 The king and al men shal reioyce that do profes Gods word For liers mouthes shal thē be stopt which haue y e truth disturbde Exaudi deus vocem meam psalme lxiiii l. H Dauid prayeth against the false reporters and slaunderere he declareth their punishment destruction to the comfort of the iust and the glory of God Syng this as the. 18. Psalm verse 1 O Lord vnto my voyce geue eare with plaint when I do pray and rid my life soule from feare of foes that threat to slay verse 2 Defend me from that sort of men which in deceipts do lurke And from the frowning face of them that al il feates do worke verse 3 who whet their tōgs as we haue sene mē whet sharp their swords Thei shoote abrode their arrowes kene I mean most bitter words verse 4 With priuy sleight shote thei their shaft the vpright man to hit The iust vnware to strike by craft they care or feare no whit verse 5 A wicked worked haue they decreed in counsel thus they cry To vse deceyt let vs not dread what who can it espy verse 6 What wayes to hurt they talk muse al times within their hart They al cōsult what feates to vse ech doth inuent his part verse 7 But yet al this shal not auayle whē they think least vpon God with his dart shal sure assayle and wound thē euery one verse 8 Their crafts their il tōgs withal shal work thēselues such blame That they which then behold their fal shal wonder at y ◠same verse 9 Thē al that see shal know right wel that god y e thing hath wrought and prayse his witty works tel what he to pas hath brought verse 10 Yet shal the iust in God reioyce stil trusting in his might so shal they ioy with mind and voyce whose hart is pure right Te decet hymnus Psalm .lxv. I. H. A prayse and thankesgeuing vnto God by the faythful who are signified by Sion and
plucke these folke away So that the name of Israel may vtterly decay verse 5 They al conspire within theyr hart how they may thee withstand agaynst the Lord to take a part they are in league and band verse 6 The tents of al the Edomites the Ismalites also The Hagarens and Moabites with diuers othermore verse 7 Gebal with Ammon and like wise doth Amalec conspire The Philistines against thee rise with them that dwel at Tyre verse 8 And Assur eke is wel apayd with them in league to be And doth become a fence and ayde to Lots posterity verse 9 As thou diddest to the Madianites so serue them Lord echeone as to Cicer and to Iabin beside the broke Kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor didst destroy wast thē through thy might That they like dung on earth did lye and that in open sight The seconde part verse 11 Make thē now theyr Lords appeare like Zeb and Oreb then as Zebah and Zalmana were the kinges of Madian verse 12 Which sayd let vs throughout the lād in al the costs abrod Posses and take into our hand the fayre houses of God verse 13 Tourne thē O God w t stormes as fast as wheles that haue no stay Or like as chaffe which men do cast with windes to fle away verse 14 Like as the fire with rage and fume the mighty forest spilles and as the flame doth quite consume the moūtaynes the hilles verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath vpon theyr neckes be layd and of thy stormy wind shower Lord make them al afrayd verse 16 Lord bring them al I thee desire to such rebuke and shame That it may cause them to enquire and learne to seke thy name verse 17 And let them euermore dayly to shame and sclander fal and in rebuke and obliquie to perish eke with al. verse 18 That they may know and fele ful wel that thou art called Lord and that alone thou doost excel raigne throughout the world Quam dilecta tabernacula Psalme .lxxxiiii. I. H. ¶ Dauid driuen forth of his country desireth most ardētly to come againe to the Tabernacle of the Lord and the assemble of the saintes to prayse God pronouncyng them blessed that may so do Then he prayseth the courage of the people that passe thorowe the wildernesse to assemble them selues in Sion Finally with prayse of this matter and confidence of gods goodnes be endeth the Psalme Sing this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 HOw pleasaūt is thy dwelling place O Lord of hostes to me The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasāt Lord they be verse 2 My soule doth long ful sore to go into thy courts abrod My hart doth lust my flesh also in thee the liuing God verse 3 The sparowes find a roume to rest and saue them selues frō wrong And eke the swalow hath a nest wherin to kepe her yong verse 4 These birdes ful nigh thine alter may haue place to sit and sing O Lord of hostes thou art I say my God and eke my kyng verse 5 Oh they be blessed that may dwel within thy house alwayse For they al times thy factes do tel and euer geue thee prayse verse 6 Yea happy sure like wise are they whose stay and strēgth thou art which to thy house do mind the way and seke it in theyr hart verse 7 As they go through the vale of teares they dig vp fountaines stil That as a spring it al appeares and thou theyr pits doost fil verse 8 Frō strēgth to strēgth they walke ful fast no fayntnes there shal be and so the God of Gods at last in Sion they do se verse 9 O Lord of hostes to me geue hede and heare when I do pray and let it through thine eares procede O Iacobs God I say verse 10 O Lord our shield of thy good grace regard and so draw nere Regard I say behold the face of thine annoynted dere verse 11 For why within thy courts one day is better to abide Then other where to kepe or stay a thousand dayes beside verse 12 Much rather would I kepe a dore within the house of God Then in the tents of wickednes to settle mine abode verse 13 For God the Lord light and defence wil grace and worship gyue and no good thing shal he withold from them that purely lyue verse 14 O Lord of hostes that man is blest and happy sure is hee That is persuaded in his brest to trust al tymes in thee Benedixisti domine Psalme .lxxxv. I H. ¶ Because God withdrew not hys rods from his Churche after the retorne from Babilon first they put him in minde of theyr deliueraunce to th entent that he should not leaue the worke of his grace vnperfite nexte they complayn of theyr long affliction And thirdly they reioyce in hope of felicity promised for their deliueraūce was a figure of Christs kyngdom vnder whiche should be perfite felicity Sing this as the .81 psalme verse 1 THou hast ben mercyful in dede O Lord vnto thy land For thou restoredst Iacobs sede frō thraldome out of band verse 2 The wicked wayes that they wer in y u didst thē clean remit and thou didst hide thy peoples sinne ful close thou coueredst it verse 3 Thine anger eke thou didst asswage that al thy wrath was gone and so didst tourne thee from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health do now conuert thy people vnto thee Put al thy wrath from vs apart and angry cease to be verse 5 Why shal thine anger neuer end but stil procede on vs and shal thy wrath it self extend vpon al ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not rather tourne therfore and quicken vs that we and al thy folke may euermore be glad and ioy in thee verse 7 O Lord on vs do thou declare thy goodnes to our welth Shew forth to vs and do not spare thyne ayde sauing helth verse 8 I wil harke what God sayth for he speaketh to his people peace and to his saints that neuer they returne to folishnes verse 9 For why his health is stil at hand to such as him do feare wherby great glory in our land shal dwel and florish there verse 10 For truth and mercy there shal mete in one to take their place and peace also iustice kis with grete and there they shal imbrace verse 11 As truth from earth shal spring a pace and florish pleasauntly So righteousnes shal shew her face and looke from heauen hye verse 12 Yea God him selfe shal take in hand to geue vs ech good thing and through y ◠costes of al our lād the earth her frutes shal bring verse 13 Before his face shal iustice go much like a guide or stay He shal direct his steps also and kepe them in the way Inclina domine aurem Psalme .lxxxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid sore afflicted and forsaken of all prayeth feruently for deliueraunce sometymes rebearsing his miseries
sometymes the mercyes receyued desiryng also to be instructed of the Lord that he may feare hym also and glorifie his name He complayneth also of hys aduersaries and requireth to be deliuered from them Syng this as the .81 Psalm verse 1 LOrd bow thine eare to my request and heare me by and by With greuous payne grief opprest ful poore weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my way and doings holy bee and saue thy seruaunt O my Lord that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me expresse defend me eke with al For through the day I do not cease on thee to cry and cal verse 4 Cōfort O Lord thy seruaūts soule that now with payne is pinde For vnto thee Lord I extol and lift my soule and mynde verse 5 For thou art good and bountiful thy gifts of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentiful to al that cal on thee verse 6 O Lord likewise when I do pray regard and geue an eare Marke wel the wordes that I do say and al my prayers heare verse 7 In time when trouble doth me moue to thee I do complayne For why I know and wel do proue thou aunswerest me againe verse 8 Among the Gods O Lord is none with thee to be comparde and none can do as thou alone the like hath not bene hard verse 9 The gentils and the people al which thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees wil fal and glorify thy name verse 10 For why thou art so much of might al power is thine owne Thou workest wonders stil in sight for thou art God alone verse 11 O teach me Lord thy way and I shal in thy truth procede O ioyne my hart to thee so nye that it thy name may dread verse 12 To thee my God wil I geue praise with al my hart O Lord and glorify thy name alwayes for euer through the world verse 13 For why thy mercy shewed to me is great and doth excel Thou setst my soule at liberty out of the lower hel verse 14 O Lord the proud agaynst me rise and heapes of men of might They seke my soule and in no wise wil haue thee in theyr sight verse 15 Thou Lord art merciful and meke ful slacke and slow to wrath Thy goodnes is ful great and eke thy truth no measure hath verse 16 O tourne me Lord and mercy graunt thy strength to me apply O helpe saue thyne own seruaunt thy handmayds sonne am I. verse 17 On me some signe of fauour shew that al my foes may see And be ashamde because Lord thou doost helpe and comfort mee Fundamenta eius Psalme .lxxxvii. I. H. ¶ The holy ghost promiseth that the condition of the Church whiche was a misery after the captiuity of Babilon should be restored to great excellēcy so that there should be nothing more comfortable then to be nombred among the members therof Sing this as the .81 Psalme verse 1 THat city shal ful wel endure her ground worke stil doth stay Vpon the holy hils ful sure it can no time time decay verse 2 God loues the gates of Siō best his grace doth there abide He loued them more then al the rest of Iacobs tents beside verse 3 Ful glorious things reported be in Sion and abrod Great things I say are sayd of thee thou city of our God verse 4 On Rahab I wil cast an eye and beare in mind the same and Babilon shal eke apply and learne to know my name verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tyre also with Ethiope like wise a people old ful long ago were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shal say abrod that diuers men of fame Haue there sprong vp the hye God hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their recordes to them it shal through Gods deuise appere Of syon that the chief of al had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpetters with such as sing therin great plenty bee My fountaynes and my pleasaunt springs are compast al in thee Domine deus salutis Psalme .lxxxviii. I. H. ¶ A grieuous complaint of the faithful sore afflicted by sicknes persecutiō aduersitie being as it were left of God without any consolation yet he calleth on God by fayth and striueth against desperation complainyng him selfe to be forsaken of al yearthly helpe LOrd God of health the hope stay thou art alone to me I cal cry throughout the day and al the night to thee O let my prayers sone ascēd vnto thy sight on high encline thyne eare O Lord entend and herken to my cry verse 3 For why my soule with wo is fild and doth in trouble dwel My lyfe and breath almost doth yeld and draweth nye to hel verse 4 I am esteemd as one of them that in the pit do fal And made as one among those men that haue no strength at al. verse 5 As one among the dead and free from things that heare remayne It were more easy for me to be with them the which are slayne verse 6 As those that lye in graue I say whom thou hast cleane forgot The which the hand hath cut away and thou regardst thē not verse 7 Yea lyke to one shut vp ful sure within the lower pit In places darke and al obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thine anger and thy wrath likewise ful sore on me doth lye And al thy stormes agaynst me ryse my soule to vexe and try verse 9 Thou puttest my frends far of from me 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 grief and wo I cal to thee O God Throughout the day my handes also to thee I stretch abrod verse 11 Doost thou vnto the dead declare thy wondrous workes of fame Shal dead to life agayne repayre and prayse thee for the same verse 12 Or shal thy louing kindnes Lord be preached in the graue Or shal with them that are destroyd thy truth her honor haue verse 13 Shal they that lye in darke ful low of al thy wonders wot Or there shal they thy iustice know where al things are forgot verse 14 But I O Lord to thee alway do cry and cal apace My prayer eke ere it be day shal come before thy face verse 15 Why doost thou Lord abhorre my soule in grief that seketh thee And now O Lord why doost thou hide thy face away from me verse 16 I am afflict as dying stil from youth this many a yeare Thy terrours which do vexe me il with troubled mind I beare verse 17 The furies of thy wrathful rage ful sore vpon me fal Thy terrours eke do not asswage but me oppres with al. verse 18 Al day they compas me about as water at the tyde And al at once with streames ful stoute beset me on ech syde verse 19 Thou settest far from me my frends
him haue the rule and al the stay verse 22 That he might to his wil instruct the princes of his land and wisdomes lore his auncient men might teach to vnderstand verse 23 Then into the Egiptian land came Israel also and Iacob in the land of Ham did liue a straunger tho verse 24 His people he excedingly in number made to flow and ouer al theyr enemies in strength he made them grow verse 25 Whose hart he turnd that they with hate his people did entreate and did his seruaunts wrongfully abuse with false deceit The fourth part verse 26 His faythful seruaunt Moses then and Aaron whom he chose He did commaund to go to them his message to disclose verse 27 The wondrous message of his signes among them they did shew and wonders in the land of Ham then did they worke also verse 28 Darknes he sent and made it darke in stede of brighter day and vnto hys commission they did not disobey verse 29 He turnd theyr waters into bloud he did theyr fishes slay verse 30 Their laÌ„d brought frogs eueÌ„ in y e place where their kiÌ„g Pharao lay verse 31 He spake at his voice there came great swarmes of noysom flies and al the quarters of theyr land were fild with crauling life verse 32 He gaue them cold and stony hayle in stede of milder rayn and firy flames within theyr land he sent vnto theyr payne verse 33 He smote theyr vines al theyr trees wheron the figs did grow and al the trees within their coastes down did he ouerthrow verse 34 He spake then caterpillers did and greshoppers abound verse 35 Which ate the gras in al theyr ground and frute of al theyr land The fifte part verse 36 The first begotten in theyr land eke deadly did he smite yea the begynning and first frute of al theyr strength and might verse 37 With gold and siluer he them brought from Egipt land to pas and in the number of their tribes no feble one there was verse 38 Egipt was glad and ioyful then when they did thence depart For terrour and the feare of them was fallen vpon their hart verse 39 To shroud them from the parching heat a cloud he did display and fire he sent to geue them light when night had hid the day verse 40 They asked and he caused quayles to rayne at theyr request and fully with the bread of heauen theyr hunger he represt verse 41 He opened then the stony rock and waters gushed out and in the dry and parched groundes like riuers ranne about verse 42 For of his holy couenaunt ay mindful was he tho Which to hys seruaunt Abraham he plighted long ago verse 43 He brought his people forth with mirth and his elect with ioy Out of the cruel land where they had liued in great anoy verse 44 And of the Heathen men he gaue to them the frutful lands The labors of the people eke they tooke into theyr hands verse 45 That they his holy statutes might obserue for euermore and faithfully obey his lawes prayse ye the Lord therfore Confitemini domino Psalme .cvi. N. ¶ The people dispersed vnder Antiochus do magnifie the goodnes of God among the iust and repentaunt Desiring to be brought agayne into the lande by Gods mercyfull visitation And after the manifolde meruayles of God wrought in their deliuerauncâ— forth of Egipt the great ingratitude of the people rehearsed they do pray and desire to be gathered from among the Heathen to the entent they may prayse the name of the God of Israel Sing this as the .95 Psalm verse 1 PRayse ye the Lord for he is good his mercy dures for ay verse 2 Who can expresse his noble actes or al his prayse display verse 3 They blessed are that iudgement kepe and iustly do alway verse 4 With fauour of thy people Lord remember me I pray And with thy sauing health O Lord vouchsafe to visite me verse 5 That I the great felicitie of thine elect may se And with thy peoples ioy I may a ioyful mind posses and may with thine inheritaunce a glorying hart expres verse 6 Both we and eke our fathers al haue sinned euery one We haue committed wickednes and lâ—udly we haue done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O Lord hast done in Egipt land Our fathers though they saw them al yet did not vnderstand Nor they thy mercyes multitude did kepâ— in thankful mind But at the sea yea the red sea rebelled most vnkind verse 8 Neuertheles he saued them for honor of his name That he might make his power knowne spred abrod w t fame verse 9 The red sea he did then rebuke and forth with it was dryed and as in wildernes so through the depe he did them guide verse 10 He saued them from the cruel hand of their despitful â—o and from the enmies hand he did deliuer them also The seconde part verse 11 The waters theyr oppressors whelmd not one was left alyue verse 12 TheÌ„ they beleued his wordes prayse in song they did him gyue verse 13 But by and by vnthankfully his workes they cleane for gat and for his counsel and his wil they did neglect to wayt verse 14 But lusted in the wildernes with fond and gredy lust and in the desert tempted God the stay of al theyr trust verse 15 And then their wanton mindes desire he suffred them to haue But wasting leannes therewithal into theyr soule he gaue verse 16 Then when they lodged in the tents at Moses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the Lord so did they enuie much verse 17 Therfore the earth did open wyde and Dathan did deuoure and al Abirams company did couer in that houre verse 18 In their assembly kindled was the whote consuming fyre and wasting flame did theÌ„ burne vp the wicked in his ire verse 19 Vpon the hil of Horeb they an idole calfe did frame and there the molten image they did worship of the same Into the likenes of a calfe that fedeth on the grasse verse 20 Thus they their glory turnd and al their honor did deface verse 21 And God theyr onely sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great mighty things in Egipt laÌ„d had wrought The third part verse 22 And in the land of Ham for theÌ„ most wondrous workes had done and by the red sea dreadful thyngs performed long agone verse 23 Therfore for their so shewing them forgetful and vnkind To bryng destruction on them al he purposd in his mynd Had not his chosen Moses stood before them in the breake To turne his wrath least he on theÌ„ w t slaughter should him wreke verse 24 They did despise the pleasaunt land that he beheight to geue yea and the workes that he had spoke they did no whit beleue verse 25 But in their tents with grudging hart they wickedly repynde Nor to the voyce of God the Lord they gaue a harkning mind verse 26 Therfore agaynst them lifted he
ay That froÌ„ the earth their memory he may cut cleane away verse 16 Sith mercy he forgat to shew but did pursue with spite The troubled maÌ„ sought to slay the woful harted wight verse 17 As he did cursing loue it shal betide vnto him so and as he did not blessing loue it shal be far him fro verse 18 As he with cursing clad him selfe so it like water shal Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befal verse 19 As garment let it be to him to couer him for ay and as a gyrdle wherwith he shal gyrded be alway verse 20 Lo let this same be from the Lord the guerdon of my fo yea and of those that euel speake against my soule also verse 21 But thou O Lord that art my God deale thou I say w t me after thy name deliuer me for good thy mercyes be verse 22 Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and poore and eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore verse 23 Euen so do I depart away as doth declining shade and as the grashopper so I am shaken of and fade verse 24 With fasting long froÌ„ nedeful fode enfebled are my knees and al her fatnes hath my flesh enforced ben to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproch to them was made to be and they that did vpoÌ„ me looke did shake their heds at me verse 26 But thou O Lord that art my God mine ayde succour be according to thy mercy Lord saue and deliuer me verse 27 And they shal know therby y â— this lord is thy mighty haÌ„d and that y u thou hast done it Lord so shal they vnderstand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bles w t louing voice They shal arise and come to shame thy seruaunt shal reioyce verse 29 Let them be clothed al with shame that enmyes are to me and with confusion as a cloke eke couerd let them be verse 30 But greatly I wil with my mouth geue thankes vnto the Lord and I among the multitude his prayses wil record verse 31 For he with help at his right hand wil stand the poore man by To saue him from the men that would condemne his soule to dy Dixit dominus domino Psalme Cx. N. ¶ Dauid prophecieth of the power and euerlastyng kyngdome geuen to Christ of his priesthood whiche should put an end to the priesthood of Leuy Sing this ad the .68 Psalm verse 1 THe Lord did say vnto my Lord sit thou at my right hand Til I haue made thy foes a stoole wheron thy feete shal staÌ„d verse 2 The Lord shal out of Sion send the scepter of thy might Amid thy mortal foes be thou the ruler in theyr sight And in the day on which they raygne and power they shal see verse 3 Then hereby frewil offrings shal thy people offer thee yea with a holy worshipping then shal they offer al Thy birthes dew is the dew that doth froÌ„ woÌ„be of morning fal verse 4 The Lord hath sworne neuer wil repent what he doth say By thorder of Melchisedech thou art a priest for ay verse 5 The Lord thy God on thy right hand that standeth for thy stay Shal wouÌ„d for thee the stately kings vpon his wrathful day verse 6 The heathen he shal iudge and fil the place with bodyes dead and ouer diuers countreys shal in sonder smite the head And he shal drinke out of the broke that runneth in the way Therfore he shal lift vp on hye his royal head that day Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .cxi. N. ¶ He geueth thankes to the Lord for his mercifull workes towardes his Churche and declareth wherein true wisedome and right knowledge consisteth WIth hart I do accord to prayse laud the Lord In presence of the iust For great his workes are found To search them such are bound as do him loue and trust His workes are glorious also his righteousnes it doth endure for euer his wondrous workes he would we stil remember should hys mercy fayleth neuer verse 5 Suche as do loue him beare a portion full fayre He hath vp for them laid for this they shal wel finde He will them haue in minde and kepe them as he sayd verse 6 For he did not disdayne his workes to shew them playne By lightning and by thunders when he the Heathens land Did geue into their hand where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his workes insueth both iudgement right and truth Wherto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreed sure For euer to endure whiche equitie doth end Redemption he gaue his people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required his promes not to fayle But alwayes to preuaile his holy name be feared verse 10 Whoso with hartful faine true wisdom wold attaine The Lord feare and obey such as his lawes do kepe shall knowledge haue ful depe his praise shal last for aye Beatus vir psalme Cxii VV. K. ¶ He praiseth the felicitie of them that feare God and condemneth the cursed state of the conâ—emners of God Sing this as the Pater noster verse 1 THe man is blest that god doth feare and that his lawes doth loue in dede His sede on earth God wil vpreare And bles such as from hym procede His house with good he wil fulfil His rightousnes endure shal stil verse 2 Vnto the righteous doth aryse ⧠In trouble ioy in darkenes lyght Compassion is in his eyes And mercy alwayes in his syght verse 3 Yea pitie moueth such to lend He doth by iudgement things expend ⧠verse 4 And furely such shal neuer fayle For in remembrance had is he verse 5 No tidings il can make hym quayle Who in the Lord sure hope doth see verse 6 His hart is firme his feare is past For he shal see his foes down cast verse 7 He did wel for the poore prouide ⧠his righteousnes shal stil remayn And hys estate with prayse abyde Though that the wicked man disdayne verse 8 Yea gnashe his teeth therat shal hee And so consume hys state to see Laudate pueri Psalme Cxiii VV. K. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord for his prouidence in that that contrary to the course of nature he worketh in his church YE childreÌ„ which do serue the Lord praise ye his name with one accorde yea blessed be alwayes hys name who from the rysing of the sunne till it returne where it begunne is to be praysed with great fame The Lord al peoples doth surmount as for his glory we may count aboue the heauens hye to be With God the Lord who may compare whose dwellings in the heauens are of suche great power and force is he verse 6 He doth abase himself we know Thinges to beholde both here below And also in heauen aboue verse 7 The nedy out of dust to drawe and eke the poore which help none sawe His onely mercy did him moue verse
8 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 praise ye his holy name In exitu Israel psalme Cxiiii VV. VV. ¶ How the Israelites were deliuered out of Egipt and of the wonderfull miracles that God shewed at that tyme which put vs in remembraunce of gods great mercies towardes hys children and of our vnthankfulnes for the same Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 WHen Israel by Gods addres from Pharos land was bent and Iacobs house the straungers left in the same train weÌ„t 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 amasde dyd flee The roring streames of Iordans floud reculed backwardly verse 4 As rammes afrayd y â— mouÌ„tains skipt their strength did theÌ„ forsake And as y e sely trembling lambes their toppes did beate and shake verse 5 What ayled the sea as all amasde so sodenly to flee Ye rollyng waues of Iordans floud why ran ye backe wardly verse 6 Why shoke ye hils as RaÌ„mes afraid why did your streÌ„gth so shake Why did your tops as tremblyng lambs for feare quiuer quake verse 7 O earth coÌ„fesse thy soueraign Lord and dread his mighty hand Before the face of Iacobs God feare ye both sea and land verse 8 I mean y â— god which froÌ„ hard rocks doth cause many flouds apeare and from the stony flint doth make gush out y e fountaines cleare Non nobis domine psalme Cxv. N ¶ A prayer of the faythfull oppressed by Idolatrous tirants against whom they desire that God would succour theÌ„ for asmuch as there is no comparison betwene him and their false GOD or Idoles trusting most constantly that God wil preserue them in this their nede seing that he hath adopted and receaued them to his fauoure promising finally that they wil not be vnmindfull of so great a benefite if it would please God to heare their prayer and delyuer them by his omnipotent power Sing this as the .78 psalme verse 1 NOt vnto vs Lord not to vs but to thy name geue prayse Both for the mercy and the truth that are in thee alwayes verse 2 Why shal y e heathen scorners say where is their god become verse 3 Our God in he auen is and what he wil that hath he done verse 4 Their Idols siluer are and gold work of mens hands they bee verse 5 They haue a mouth and do not speake and eyes and do not see verse 6 And they haue eares ioynd to their heds and do not heare at al and noses eke they formed haue and do not smel withal verse 7 And hands they haue and handle not and feete and do not go a throte they haue yet through y e same they make no souÌ„d to blow verse 8 Those that make them be like to theÌ„ and those whose trust they be verse 9 O Israel trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 10 O Aarons house trust in the Lord their helpe and shield is he verse 11 Trust ye the Lord that feare the Lord their help and shield is he verse 12 The Lord hath myndful bene of vs and wil vs blesse also On Israels and Aarons house his blessyng he wil shew verse 13 Them that be fearers of the Lord the Lord wil blesse them al Euen he wil blesse them euery one the great and eke the smal verse 14 To you I say the louyng Lord wil multiply hys grace To you aud to the children that shal follow of your race verse 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord euen of the Lord I say Which both the heauen and the earth hath made set in stay verse 16 The heauens yea the heauens hye belong vnto the Lord The earth vnto the sonnes of men he gaue of free accord verse 17 They that be dead do not with prayse set forth y e Lords renoume Nor any that into the place of silence do go downe verse 18 But we wil praise the Lord our god from henceforth and for ay Sound ye the prayses of the Lord praise ye the Lord I say Dilexi quoniam psalme Cxvi N ¶ Dauid being in great daunger of Sauâ—l in the desert of Mammom perceuing y â— great and 〈◊〉 loue of God toward him magnyfyeth such great mercies and protesteed that he wil be thankefull for the same Sing this as the .94 Psalm verse 1 I Loue the Lord because my voyce aud prayer heard hath he when in my dayes I cald on hym he bowed his eare to me verse 2 Euen when the snares of cruel death about beset me round when paines of hel me caught when I wo and sorrow found verse 3 Vpon the name of God my Lord then did I cal and say Deliuer thou my soule O Lord I do thee humbly pray verse 4 The Lord is very merciful and iust he is also and in our God compassion doth plentifully flow verse 5 The Lord in safety doth preserue all those that symple be I was in woful misery and he relieuedme verse 6 And now my soule syth thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely loe the Lord to thee his bountie hath exprest verse 7 Because thou hast deliuered my soule from deadly thral My moisted eine froÌ„ mourneful teares my sliding fete from fal verse 8 Before the Lord I in the land of lyfe wyl walke therfore I did beleue therfore I spake for I was troubled sore verse 9 I sayd in my distres and feare that al men lyers be what shal I pay the Lord for al his benefites to me verse 10 The holsome cup of sauyng health I thankfully wil take and on the Lordes name I wil cal when I my prayer make verse 11 I to the Lord wil pay the vowes that I haue him be hight yea euen at this present time in al his peoples sight verse 12 Right deare and precious in his sight the Lord doth ay esteme The death of al his holy ones what euer men do deme verse 13 Thy seruant Lord thy seruant lo I do my self confes Son of thy handmaid thou hast broke the bondes of my distres verse 14 And I wil offer vp to thee a sacrifice of prayse And I wil cal vpon the name of God the Lord alwayes verse 15 I to the Lord wil pay the vowes that I haue him behight yea euen at this present tyme in al his peoples syght verse 16 Yea in the courtes of Gods own house and in the mids of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherfore the Lord prayse yee Laudate dominum psalme Cxvii N. ¶ He exhorteth the gentils to prayse god because he hath accomplished as wel to them as the Iewes the promise of life euerlastinge by Iesus Christ Sing this as the .98 psalme O
grace as may my lyfe prolong Thy holy word then wil I kepe both in my hart and tong verse 18 Mine eyes which were dim shut vp so open and make bright that of thy law marueilous workes I may haue y ◠cleare sight verse 19 I am a straunger in this earth wandryng now here now there Thy word therfore to me disclose my footesteps for to cleare verse 20 My soule is rauished with desyre and neuer is at rest But seketh to know thy iudgemēts hye what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malicious thou hast destroyd echone and cursed are such as do not thy hestes attend vpon verse 22 Lord turne me frō rebuke shame which wicked men conspire For I haue kept thy couenants with zeale as hoate as fyre verse 23 The princes great in counsel sate and did against me speake but thē thy seruāt thought how he thy statutes might 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 DALETH The .iiii. part 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 whē I acknowledged with mercy thou dydst heare Here now eftsones and me instruct thy lawes to loue and feare verse 27 Teach me once throughly for to know thy precepts and thy lore Thy works then wil I meditate and lay them vp in store verse 28 My soule I feele so sore opprest that it melteth for griefe Accordyng to thy word therfore hast Lord to send reliefe verse 29 From lieng and deceitful lips let thy grace me defend and that I may learn thee to loue thy holy law me send verse 30 The way of truth both straight sure I haue chosen and found I set thy iudgement me before which kepe me safe and sound verse 31 Since then O Lord I forced my self thy couenants to embrace Let me therfore haue no rebuke nor check in any case verse 32 Then wil I runne with ioyful cheare where thy word doth me cal when thou hast set my hart at large and rid me out of thral HE The fyft part verse 33 INstruct me Lord in the right trade of thy statutes deuyne and it to kepe euen to the end my hart wil I encline verse 34 Graunt me the knowledge of thy law and I shal it obey With hart and mynd and al my might I wil it kepe I say verse 35 In the right path of thy precepts guide me Lord I require None other pleasure do I wish nor greater thyng desyre verse 36 Incline my hart thy lawes to kepe and couenants to embrace And from al filthy auarice Lord shield me with thy grace verse 37 From vayn desires and worldly lustes turn back mine eyes syght Gene me the spirit of lyfe power to walk thy wayes aright verse 38 Confirme thy gratious promise Lord which thou hast made to mee Which am thy seruant and do loue and feare nothyng but thee verse 39 Reproch shame which I so feare from me O Lord expel For thou doost iudge with equity therin doost excel verse 40 Behold my harts desyre is bent thy lawes to kepe for ay Lord strengthē me so with thy grace that it perform I may VAV The syxt part verse 41 THy mercies great and manifold let me obtayne O Lord Thy sauing health let me enioy according to thy word verse 42 So shal I stop y e slaundrous mouthes of leud men and vniust For in thy faithful promises standes my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of truth within my mouth let euer stil be prest For in thy iudgements wonderful my hope doth stand and rest verse 44 And while y ◠breath within my brest doth natural life preserue Yea til this world shal be dissolued thy law wil I obserue verse 45 So walk wil I as set at large and made free from al drede Because I sought how for to kepe thy precepts and thy rede verse 46 Thy noble actes I wil describe as things of most great fame Euē before kings I wil them blase and shrink no whit for shame verse 47 I wil reioyce then to obey thy worthy hestes and wil which euermore I haue loued best and so wil loue them stil verse 48 My hands wil I lyft to thy lawes which I haue dearely sought and practise thy commaundements in wil in dede and thought ZAIN The .vii. part verse 49 THy promise which y u madest to me thy seruant Lord remember For therin haue I put my trust and confidence for euer verse 50 It is my comfort and my ioy when troubles me assayle For were my life not by thy word my life would soone me fayle verse 51 The proud such as God contemn stil made of me a scorne yet would I not thy law forsake as he that were forelorne verse 52 But cald to mind lord thy great works shewd to our fathers old Wherby I felt the ioy surmount my grief an hundred fold verse 53 But yet alas for feare I quooke seyng how wicked men thy law forsooke and did procure thy iudgemēt who know whē verse 54 And as for me I framde my songs thy statutes to exalt When I among the straungers dwelt thoughts gan me assalt verse 55 I thought vpon thy name O Lord by night when others slepe as for thy law also I kept and euer wil it kepe verse 56 This grace I did obtayne because thy couenants swete and deare I did embrace and also kepe with reuerence and with feare HETH The .viii. part verse 57 O God which art my part and lot my comfort and my stay I haue decreed and promised thy lawe to kepe alway verse 58 Myne earnest hart dyd humbly sue in presence of thy face as thou therfore hast promised Lord graunt me of thy grace verse 59 My lyfe I haue examined and tryde my secret hart Which to thy statutes caused me my feete straight to conuert verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as they that slouthful are But hastely thy lawes to kepe I did my self beware verse 61 The cruel bandes of wicked men haue made of me their pray yet would I not thy law forget nor from thee go astray verse 62 Thy rightous iudgemēt shewd toward me so great is and so hye That euen at midnight wil I ryse thy name to magnify verse 63 Companion am I to al them which feare thee in their hart and neyther wil for loue nor dread frō thy cōmaundements start verse 64 Thy mercies Lord most plentuously do al the world fulfil Oh teach me how I may obey thy statutes and thy wil. TETH The .ix. part verse 65 ACcording to thy promise Lord so hast thou with me delt For of thy grace in sundry sortes haue I thy seruant felt verse 66 Teach me to iudge alwayes aright and geue me knowledg
116 As thou hast promised so perform that death me not assayle Nor let my hope abuse me so that through distrust I quayle verse 117 Vphold me and I shal be safe for ought they do or say and in thy statutes pleasure take wil I both night and day verse 118 Thou hast trode such vnder thy fete as do thy statutes breake For nought auayleth theyr subtility theyr counsel is but weake verse 119 Like drosse thou casts the wicked out where euer they go or dwel Therfore can I as thy statutes loue nothing half so wel verse 120 My flesh alas is taken with feare as though it were benomd For when I see thy iudgements strayt I am as one astound AIN The .xvi. part verse 121 I Do the thing that lawful is and geue to al men right Resigne me not to thē that would oppres me w t their might verse 122 But for thy seruaunt surty be in that thing that is good That proud mē geue me not y e foyle which rage as they wer wood verse 123 Mine eyes w t wayting are now blind thy health so much I craue And eke thy righteous promise Lord wherby thou wilt me saue verse 124 Intreate thy seruaunt louingly and fauour to him shew Thy statutes of most excellence teach me also to know verse 125 Thy humble seruaunt Lord I am oh graunt me to vnderstand How by thy statutes I may know best what to take in hand verse 126 It is now time Lord to begin for truth is quyte decayd Thy law likewise they haue trāsgrest and none against thē sayd verse 127 This is the cause wherfore I loue thy lawes better then gold Or iewels fine which are estemd most costly to be sold verse 128 I thought thy precepts al most iust and so them layd in store Al crafty and malitious wayes I do abhorre therfore PE. The .xvii. part verse 129 THy couenaunts are most wonderful ful of things profound My soule therfore doth kepe thē sure whē they ar tride foūd verse 130 When mē first enter into thy wordes they find a light most cleare and very idiots vnderstand when they it read or heare verse 131 For ioy I haue both gaped breathde to know they cōmaūdemēt That I might guide my life therby I sought what thing it mēt verse 132 With mercy and compassion Lord behold me from aboue As thou art wont to behold such as thy name feare and loue verse 133 Direct my fotesteps by thy word that I thy wil may know and neuer let iniquity thy seruaunt ouerthrow verse 134 Frō slaunderous toungs deadly harms preserue kepe me sure Thy precepts then I wil obserue and put them eke in vre verse 135 Thy coūtenāce which doth surmoūt the sunne in his bright hew Let shine on me and by thy law teach me what to eschew verse 136 Out of mine eyes great flouds gush out of dryery teares and fel when I behold how wicked men thy law kepe neuer a del ZADE. The .xviii. parte verse 137 137 IN euery poynt Lord y u art iust the wicked though they grudge And whē thou doost sētēce pronoūce y u art a righteous iudge verse 138 To render right fly from guile are two chief points most hye and such as thou hast in thy law commaunded vs straytly verse 139 With zeale and wrath I am consumde and euen pyned away To see my foes thy wordes forget for ought that I do may verse 140 So pure and perfect is they word as any hart can deme and I thy seruaunt nothing more do loue or yet esteme verse 141 And though I be nothing set by as one of base degree Yet do I not thy hestes forget nor shrinke away from thee verse 142 Thy righteousnes Lord is most iust for euer to endure also thy law is truth it selfe most constant and most pure verse 143 Trouble grief haue seased on me brought me wōdrous low yet do I stil of thy precepts delight to heare and know verse 144 The righteousnes of thy iudgements do last for euermore Then teach them me for euen in them my life lieth vp in store KOPH The .xix. part verse 145 WIth fernēt hart I cald cride now aunswere me O Lord That thy cōmaundemēt to obserue I may fully accord verse 146 To thee my God I make my sute w t most hūble request Saue me therfore and I wil kepe thy precept and thy hest verse 147 To thee I cry euen in the morne before the day waxe light Because that I haue in thy word my confidence whole plight verse 148 Mine eyes preuēt the watch by night and ere they cal I wake That by deuising of thy word I might some comfort take verse 149 Incline thine eares to heare my voyce and pity on me take as thou wast wont so iudge me Lord least life me should forsake verse 150 My foes draw nere and do procure my death maliciously which from thy law are far gone back and strayd from it leudly verse 151 Therfore O Lord approch thou nere for nede so doth requyre and al thy precepts true they are then helpe I thee desire verse 152 By thy cōmaundements I haue learnd not now but long ago That they remayne for euermore thou hast them grounded so RESH The .xx. part verse 153 MY trouble and affliction consider and behold Deliuer me for of thy law I euer take fast hold verse 154 Defend my good and righteous cause with spede me succor send From death as thou hast promised Lord kepe me and defend verse 155 As for the wicked farre they are from hauing health and grace wherby they might thy statutes know they enter not the trace verse 156 Great are they mercies Lord I graūt what toung can thē attayne and as thou hast me iudged ere now so let me life obtayne verse 157 Though many men did trouble me and persecute most sore yet from thy lawes I neuer shronke nor went a wry therfore verse 158 And truth it is for grief I dye when I these traytors see Because they kepe no whit thy word nor yet seke to know thee verse 159 Behold for I do loue thy lawes with hart most glad and fayne as thou art good and gracious Lord restore my life agayne verse 160 What thy word doth decree must be and so it hath bene euer Thy righteous iudgements are also most true and decay neuer SCHIN The .xxi. part verse 161 PRinces haue sought by cruelty causeles to make me crouch But al in vayne for of thy word the feare did my hart touch verse 162 And certeinly euen of thy word I was more mery and glad Then he that of rich spoyles and pray great store plenty had verse 163 As for al lyes and falsitie I hate most and detest For why thy holy law do I aboue al things loue best verse 164 Seuen times a day I prayse the Lord singing with hart voyce Thy rightuous actes and wonderful
hath framd of nought verse 7 He lifts vp clouds euen from the earth he makes lightnings rain he bringeth forth the winds also he made nothyng in vayne verse 8 He smote the first borne of ech thing in Egipt that tooke rest he spared there no lyuyng thyng the man nor yet the beast verse 9 He hath in thee shewd wonders great O Egipt voyde of vauntes On Pharao thy cursed kyng and hys seuere seruauntes verse 10 He smote then many nations and did great acts and thynges He slew the great and mightiest and chiefest of their kings verse 11 Sion kyng of the Ammorites and Og kyng of Basan He slew also the kyngdomes all that were of Canaan verse 12 And gaue their land to Israel an heritage we see To Israell hys owne people an heritage to bee verse 13 Thy name O Lord shal stil endure and thy memorial Throughout al generations that are or euer shal verse 14 The Lord wil surely now auenge hys people al in deede and to hys seruauntes he wyll shew fauour in tyme of neede verse 15 The Idols of the heathen are made in al their cost and landes Of syluer and of gold be they the worke euen of mens handes verse 16 They haue their mouths caÌ„not speake eies that haue no sight verse 17 They haue eke eares y t heare nothing their mouthes be breathles quite verse 18 Wherfore al thei are like to theÌ„ that so doth set theÌ„ forth and likewise those that trust in them or think they be ought worth verse 19 O all ye house of Israel see that ye praise the Lord and ye that be of Aarons house prayse hym wyth one accord verse 20 And ye that be of Leuis house praise ye likewyse the Lord and al that stand in awe of hym praise him with one accord verse 21 And out of Syon sound his prayse the great prayse of the Lord Which dwelleth in Ierusalem prayse hym with one accord Confitemini psalm .cxxxvi. N A most earnest exhortation to geue thanks vnto God for the creation and gouernance of all things which standeth in in confessing that he geueth vs al of his mere liberalitie PRaise ye the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for euer geue prayse vnto the god of gods for his mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the lord of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer which only doth great woÌ„ders work for his mercy endureth for euer verse 5 Which by his wisdom made y â— heaueÌ„s for his mercy endureth c. verse 6 Which on the waters stretcht the earth for his mercy endureth c. verse 7 Which made great light to shine abrode for his mercy endureth c. verse 8 As sunne of rule the lightsome day for his mercy endureth for euer verse 9 The moone and stars to guide the night for his mercy endureth c. verse 10 Which smote Egipt with their first borne for his mercy endu c verse 11 And Israel brought out from theÌ„ for hys mercy endureth for euer verse 12 With mighty hand stretched arme for his mercy endureth c. verse 13 Which cut the red sea in two parts for his mercy endureth for euer verse 14 And Israel made pas there through for his mercy endureth c. verse 15 And dround Pharao and his host for his mercy endureth for euer verse 16 Through wildernes his people led for hys mercy endureth c. verse 17 He which did smite great noble kings for hys mercy endu c. verse 18 And which hath slayne the mighty kings for his mercy endu c. verse 19 As Sion king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer verse 20 And Og the king of Basan land for his mercy endureth for euer verse 21 And gaue their land for heritage for his mercy endureth for euer verse 22 Euen to his seruant Israel for his mercy endureth for euer verse 23 Remembred vs in base estate for his mercy endureth for euer verse 24 And from oppressors rescued vs for his mercy endureth for euer verse 25 Which geueth foode vnto al flesh for his mercy endureth for euer verse 26 Praise ye the God of heaueÌ„ aboue for his mercy endureth for euer verse 27 Geue thanks vnto the Lord of Lords for his mercy endureth c. Super flumina in Babilonis psalm .cxxxvii. VV. VV. ¶ The people of god in their banishment seyng gods true religion decay lyued in great anguish and sorrow of hart the which grief the Caldeans did so litle pitye that they rather increased the same daily with taunts reproches and blasphemies against god wherfore y e Israelites desire god to punish the Edomites who prouoked the Babilonians against theÌ„ and moued by the spirit of god prophecy the destruction of BabiloÌ„ where they wer handled so â—â—rannously WHen as we sate in Babilon the riuers round about and in remembraunce of Sion the teares for grief brast out We haÌ„gd our harps instruments the willow trees vpoÌ„ for in that place men for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom we prisoners were said to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Ebrue songs and pleasant melody verse 4 Alas said we who can once frame his sorrowful hart to syng The prayses of our louing God thus vnder a straunge king verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of my hart let slyde Then let my fingers quite forget the warblyng harpe to guyde verse 6 And let my tong within my mouth be tyde for euer fast If that I ioy before I see thy ful deliuerance past verse 7 Therfore O Lord remember now the cursed noyse and cry That Edoms sonnes against vs made wheÌ„ they razde our City Remember Lord their cruel words when as wyth one accord they cride on sack and raze their wals in despite of their Lord. verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought and happy shal that man be cald that our reueÌ„ge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shal that man be cald that takes thy children yong to dash their bones against hard stones which lie y e streetes amoÌ„g Confitebor tibi psalme Cxxxviii N Dauid with great courage prayseth the goodnes of god toward hym which is so great that it is known to forren princes who shal prayse the Lord together wyth hym And he is assared to haue like comfort of god in the tyme following as he hath had heretofore Syng this as the .47 Psalme verse 1 THee wil I prayse w t my whole hart my lord my God alwaies Euen in the preseÌ„ce of the Gods I wil aduance thy prayse verse 2 Toward thy holy temple I wil looke and worship thee and praysed in my thankful mouth thy holy name shal bee Euen for thy louyng kyndnes sake and for thy truth withal For thou thy name hast by thy word aduaunced ouer al. verse 3 When I did cal thou heardest me and thou hast made also The
and meditate vpon thy workes most wonderful O Lord. verse 6 And they shal of thy power and of thy feareful actes declare and I to publish al abrod thy greatnes wil not spare verse 7 And they into the mētion shal breake of thy goodnes great and I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shal repeat verse 8 The Lord our God is gratious and merciful also Of great abounding mercy and to anger he is slow verse 9 Yea good to al and al his workes his mercy doth excede verse 10 Lo al thy works do praise thee lord doe thy honor spred verse 11 Thy saints do blesse thee they do thy kingdomes glory shew verse 12 And blase thy power to cause the sōnes of mē his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to spread the glorious praise verse 13 Thy kingdome Lord a kingdome is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through ech age endures without decay verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth them that fal the sliding he doth stay verse 15 The eyes of al do wayt on thee thou doost them al releue and thou to ech suffising foode in season due doost geue verse 16 Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doost fil al things whatsoeuer doth lyue with gifts of thy good wil. verse 17 The Lord is iust in al his wayes his workes are holy al verse 18 Nere al he his that cal on him in truth that on him cal verse 19 He the desires which they require that feare him wil fulfil and he wil heare thē whē they cry saue them al he wil. verse 20 The Lord preserues al those to him that bear a louing hart But he them al that wicked are wil vtterly subuert verse 21 My thākful mouth shal gladly speake the praises of y e Lord al flesh to prayse his holy name for euer shal accord Lauda anima mea Psalme Cxlvi I. H. ¶ Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almighty and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at libertie comforteth the satherles widowes and the straūgers and rangneth kyng for euer Sing this as the .2 137 Psalme verse 1 MY soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes my God I wil cōfes While breath life prolōg my daies my tōg no time shal cease Trust not in worldly princes thē though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortal mē in whō there is no health verse 2 For why their breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fal and then the counsels of theyr hart decay and perish al. verse 3 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde and he whose hope doth not decay but on the Lord is stayd verse 4 Which made the earth waters depe the heauens hye wythal which doth his word and promise kepe in truth and euer shal verse 5 With right alwayes doth he procede for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 6 The Lord doth sēd the blind theyr sight the lame to lims restore The Lord I say doth loue the right and iust man euermore verse 7 He doth defend the fatherles the straungers sad in hart And quyt the widow frō distres il mens wayes subuert verse 8 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion stil shal rayne In tyme of al posterity for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlvii N. ¶ The Prophet prayseth the bounty wisedome power suffice and prouidence of God vpon al his creatures But specially vpon his Church which he gathereth together after their dispersion declaring his word iudgement so vnto them as he hath done to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to syng For it is pleasaunt and to prayse it is a comely thing 2 The Lord his own Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israel doth gather into one verse 3 He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynd verse 4 He counts the nūber of the starres names them in their kind verse 5 Great is our Lord great is his power his wisedome infinit verse 6 The Lord releues y e meke throwes to groūd the wicked wight verse 7 Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyce and to our God vpō the harpe aduaunce your singing voyce verse 8 He couers heauen with cloudes for the earth prepareth rayne and on the mountaines he doth make the gras to grow agayne verse 9 He geues to beastes theyr foode to young rauens when they cry verse 10 His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legs dothly verse 11 But in al those that feare the Lord the Lord hath hys delight and such as do attend vpon his mercies shyning light verse 12 O prayse thy Lord Ierusalem thy God O Sion prayse verse 13 For he the barres hath forged strōg wherwith thy gate he stayes verse 14 Thy children he hath blest in the◠and in thy borders he Doth settle peace with y ◠flower of wheat he filleth thee verse 15 And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out and eke the word with spedy course swyftly run about verse 16 He geueth snow like wol hore frost like ashes doth he spred verse 17 Like morsels casts hys I se therof the cold who can abide verse 18 He sendeth forth his mighty word and melteth thē agayn His wind he makes to blow thē y ◠waters flow amayn verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Iacob doth he shew his statutes his iudgments he geues Israel to know verse 20 With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne his secret iudgements ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlviij I. P. ¶ He prouoketh al creatures to prayse the Lord in heauē in earth in all places specially for the power that he hath geuen to his people Israel whō he hath taken so nere vnto hym GEuelaud vnto the Lord from heauē that is so hye Praise him in dede and word Aboue the starry skie And also ye his angels al armies royal prayse him with glee verse 3 Prayse him both mone sunne Which are so cleare and bright The same in you be done He glistring stars of light verse 4 And eke no les He heauens fayre verse 5 And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse verse 6 For at his word they were Al formed as we se At his voyce did appere Al things in theyr degre Which he set fast To them he made A law and trade For ay to last verse 7 Extol and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fel Al depe do ye the same For it becommeth you wel verse 8 Him magnify Fyre hayle I se Snow And stormes that blow At hys decree verse 9 The hils and mountaynes al And trees
that fruteful are The Ceders great and tal His worthy prayse declare verse 10 Beastes and cattel Hea birdes flying And wormes crepyng That on earth dwel verse 11 Al kynges both more and les With al theyr pompous trayne Princes and al Iudges That in the world remayne Exalte hys name verse 12 Yong men and maydes Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his name shal we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shal Exalte with blisse The borne of hys And helpe them al His Saints al shal forth tel His prayse and worthynes The children of Israel Ech one both more and les verse 15 And also they That with good wil His wordes fulfil And hym obey Cantate dominum Psalme Cxlix N. ¶ An exhortation to the Churche to prayse the Lord for his victory and conquest that he geueth his saintes agaynst all mans power verse 1 SIng ye vnto the Lord our God a new reioysing song and let the prayse of him be herd his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel reioyce in hÃm that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyful in theyr kyng verse 3 Let them sound prayse with voyce of flute vnto his holy name and with the timbrel and the harpe sing prayses of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure al hath in his people set and by deliueraunce he wil rayse the meke to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honor now let al the saintes reioyce and now aloud vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce verse 6 And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lord And in their handes eke let them beare a double edged sword verse 7 To plague the Heathen correct the people with their handes verse 8 To bynd theyr stately kings in chaines their Lordes in yroÌ„ baÌ„des verse 9 To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor al his saints shal haue prayse ye the Lord therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord without sease by all maner of wayes for all his mighty and wonderfull workes verse 1 YElde vnto God the mighty Lord prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in y â— firmameÌ„t y â— shewes his power on hye verse 2 Aduaunce his name and prayse him in his mighty actes alwayes according to his excellency of greatnes geue him prayse verse 3 His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding trompet blow Prayse him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Prayse him with timbrel and with flute orgaines and virginals verse 5 With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him w t loud cimbals verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the Lord To prayse the name of God the Lord agree with one accord ¶ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in metre ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Mornyng Prayer T. Becon Syng this an the .100 Psalme PRayse the Lord O ye Gentils al which hath brought you into his lyght O praise him al people mortal as it is most worthy right For he is ful determined on vs to poure out his mercy And the Lordes truth be ye assured abideth perpetually Glory be to God the father and to Iesus Christ his true sonne With the holy Ghost in like maner now and at euery season ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Euening prayer T. Be. BEhold now geue hede such as be the Lordes seruaunts faithful and true Come praise y e Lord euery degree with such songs as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lordes house euen in our own Gods mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our saluation Lift vp your haÌ„ds in his holy place yea that in the time of night Praise y â— Lord which geueth al grace for he is a Lord of great might TheÌ„ shal y e Lord out of SioÌ„ which made heaueÌ„ earth by his power Geue to you your nation his blessing mercy and fauour Glory be to God the father c. ¶ The .x. Commaundementes of almighty God ¶ Exodus .xx. VV. VV. AEtend my people and geue eare of ferly thyngs I wil thee tel see that my wordes in mynde thou beare and to my preceptes listen wel verse 1 I am thy Soueraine Lord and God Which haue thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaimed from Pharos rod Make thee no Gods on them to cal verse 2 Nor facioned forme of any thing In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plagues this sinne wil smit verse 3 Take not in vayne his holy name ⧠Abuse it not after thy wil For so thou might sone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spil verse 4 The Lord froÌ„ worke the seuenth day cest And brought al things to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hestes ye may attend ⧠verse 5 Vnto thy parentes honor geue As Gods commaundements do pretend That thou long dayes and good mayest lyue In earth where God a place doth lend verse 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate verse 7 Al filthy fornication feare verse 8 Se thou steale not in any rate verse 9 False witnes agaynst no man beare verse 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to haue ⧠His wife or ought that he calth myne His field his Oxe his Asse his slaue Or any thing which is not thine A Prayer Thy spirit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our hartes restore And cause vs al with one accord To magnify the name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy wil Thy myght therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy names sake graunt vs this Thou art our strength oh Sauiour Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist ⧠To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in respect and with thy holy spirit alwayes The comforter of thyne elect ¶ The Lordes Prayer D. Cox OVr father which in heauen art And makst vs al one brotherhod to cal vpon thee with one hart Our heauenly father and our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctified Thy holy word mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifie thy holy name From al errours defend and kepe The litle flocke of thy poore shepe ⧠Thy kingdome come euen at this houre and henceforth euerlastyngly Thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his giftes most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hand Thy wil be done with diligence Like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience
Thee to obey in wealth and wo Let not flesh bloud or any il Preuayle agaynst thy holy wil. ⧠Geue vs this day our dayly bread And al other good giftes of thyne Kepe vs from warre and from bloudshed Also from sicknes dearth and pine That we may lyue in quietnes Without al gredy carefulnes Forgeue vs our offences al Releue our careful conscience ⧠As we forgeue both great and smal Which vnto vs haue done offence Prepare vs Lord for to serue thee In perfect loue and vnity O Lord into temptation Lead vs not when the fiend doth rage To withstand his inuasion Geue power and strength to euery age ⧠Arme and make strong thy feble host With faith and with thy holy ghost O Lord from euel deliuer vs The dayes and tymes are daungerous From euerlastyng death saue vs And in our last nede comfort vs A blessed end to vs bequeth Into thy handes our soules receyue ⧠For thou O Lord art kyng of kyngs And thou hast power ouer al Thy glory shineth in al thyngs In the wyde world vniuersal Amen let it be done O Lord That we haue prayd with one accord ¶ The .xii. Articles of the Christian Faith AL my belief and confidence Is in the Lord of might the father which al things hath made the day and eke the night the heauens the firmamēt and also many a starre the earth and al that is therin which passe mās reasō far And in like maner I beleue in Christ our Lord his sonne Coequal with the deitie and man in flesh and bone Conceiued by the holy ghost his word doth me assure and of his mother Mary borne yet she a Virgin pure Because mankind to Sathan was for sinne in bōd and thral He came and offred vp him selfe to death to saue vs al. And suffring most greuous payne then Pilate being iudge Was crucified on the cros and therat did not grudge And so he died in the flesh but quickned in the spirite His body then was buried as is our vse and rite His spirit did after this descēd into the lower parts To thē y ◠lōg in darknes wer the true light of their harts And in the thyrd day of his death he rose to life agayne To th end he might be glorified out of al grief and payne Ascendyng to the heauens hye to fit in glory stil On Gods right hād his father deare according to his wil. Vntil the day of iudgmēt come whē he shal come agayne With angels power yet of that day we al be vncertayn To iudge al people rightuously whō he hath dearely bought The liuing the dead also which he hath made of nought And in the holy spirit of God my faith to satisfy The third person in Trinity beleue I stedfastly The holy catholike church that gods word doth maintaine and holy scripture doth alow which Sathā doth disdain And also I do trust to haue by Iesu Christ his death Release and pardon of my sinnes and that onely by faith What time al flesh shal rise again before the Lord of might and see him w t their bodely eies which now do geue thē light And then shal Christ our fauior the shepe and Goates deuyde and geue life euerlastingly to those whom he hath tryde Which is the realme celestial in glory for to rest With al the holy company of saints and Angels bleft Which serue the Lord omnipotent obediently eche houre To whome be al dominion and prayse for euermore ¶ A prayer vnto the holy Ghost to be song before the Sermon Syng this as the 11◠Psalme COme holy sprite the god of might comforter of vs al teach vs to know thy word aright y t we do neuer fal O holy Ghost visite our coast defend vs with thy shield Against al sinne and wickednes Lord help vs win the field Lord kepe our Quene her counsel geue them wil and might To perseuere in thy gospel which can put sinne to flyght O Lord that geuest thy holy word send preachers plētuously That in the same we may accord and therin lyue and dy O holy sprite direct aright the preachers of thy word that y u by them maist cut down sin as it were with a sword Depart not from those pastors pure but ayd them at al nede which breake to vs y e bread of life wher on our soules do fede O blessed spirit of truth kepe vs in peace and vnitie Kepe vs from sectes and errours al and from al papistry Conuert al those that are our foes and bring thē to thy lyght that they and we may al agree and prayse thee day night O Lord increase our faith in vs and loue so to abound that man wife be void of strife neighbours about vs roūd In our time geue thy peace O Lord to nations far nye and teach thē al thy holy word that we may sing to thee All Glory to the Trinitie that is of myghtes most The lyuing Father and the Sonne and eke the holy Ghost As it hath bene in al the tyme that hath bene heretofore As it is now and so shal be hence forth for euermore Da pacem Domine E. G. GEue peace in these our dayes O Lord great daūgers are now at hand thine enemies with one accord Christes name in euery land seeke to deface roote out and race thy true ryght worshyp in dede be thou the stay Lord we thee pray thou helpst alone in all nede Geue vs that peace which we do lacke Through misbelief and il life Thy word to offer thou doost not slacke Which we vnkindly gainstriue With fyre and sword this healthfull word Some persecute and oppresse Some with the mouth confes the truth Without sincere godlines Geue peace and vs thy spirite down send With grief and repentaunce true Do pearce our harts our lyues to amend And by fayth Christ renue That feare and dread warre and bloudshed Through thy swete mercy and grace May from vs slyde thy truth may byde And shyne in euery place The complaint of a Synner who craueth of Christ to be kept vnder hys mercy WHere rightuousnes doth say Lord for my sinful part in wrath thou shouldst me pay vengeaunce for my desert I can it not deny but nedes I must confes how that cōtinually thy lawes I do transgres thy lawes I do transgres But if it be thy wil with synners to contend Then all thy flock shal spil and be lost without end For who lyueth here so ryght that rightly he can say He synneth not in thy sight full oft and euery day Thy Scripture plain telth me y ◠rightuous mā offēdeth seuē times a day to thee wheron thy wrath depēdeth So that the rightous man doth walk in no such path But he falth now or than in daunger of thy wrath Then since the case so standes y ◠euen the mā rightwise Faith oft in sinful bands wherby thy wrath may rise Lord I
hast committed the dispensation of thy holy word and charge of thy chosen people may both in their life and 〈…〉 be found faithful settyng onely before theyr eyes thy glory and 〈◊〉 by them al poore shepe whiche wander and go astray may be gathered brought home to thy fold Moreouer because the harts of rulers are in thy handes we besech thee to direct and gouerne the hartes of al kings princes maiestrates to whom thou hast committed the sword especially O Lord accordyng to our bounden duty we besech thee to mainteine encrease the honorable estate of y e Queenes maiestie and al her most noble counsellers and maiestrates and al the whole body of this cōmune weale Let thy fatherly fauor so preserue them thy holy spirite so gouerne their hartes that they may in such sorte execute their office that thy religion may be purely maintayned maners reformed and sin punished according to the precise rule of thy holy word And for that we be al members of the mistical body of Iesus Christ we make our requestes vnto thee O heauenly father for al such as are afflicted with any kind of cros or tribulation as warre plague famine sicknes pouertie imprisonment persecution banishment or any other kinde of the rods whether it be calamitie of body or vexation of minde that it would please thee to geue them patience and constancy til thou send them ful deliueraunce of al theyr troubles Roote out frō hence O Lord al rauening wolues which to fil theyr bellies seke to destroy thy flocke And shew thy great mercyes vpon those our brethren in other coūtreis which are persecuted cast into prison daily cōdēned to death for y e testimony of thy truth And though they be vtterly destitute of al mās ayde yet let thy swete comfort neuer depart from them but so inflame their hartes with thy holy spirite that they may boldly and cherefully abide such trial as thy godly wisedome shal appoynt So that at length as wel by theyr death as by their life the kingdō of thy dere sonne Iesus Christ may increase shine through al the world In whose name we make our hūble peticiōs vnto thee as he hath taught vs. Our Father which art in heauen halowed by thy c. FINIS ⧠A Table both for the number of the whole Psalmes and also in what leafe you may finde euery of them Psalme A. Fol. 30 ALl laude and prayse 49 49 All people her 59 78 Attend my people to my 106 82 Amid the prease 114 B. 81 Be light and glad 113 119 Blessed are they 158 128 Blessed art thou 175 134 Behold and haue 178 142 Before the Lord. 187 144 Blest be the. 188 D. 83 Do not O God re 15 E. 127 Except the Lord. 174 G. 29 Geue to the Lord ye 48 37 Grudge not to see 58 48 Great is the Lord. 70 54 God saue me for thy 80 105 Geue prayses vnto 140 107 Geue thankes vnto 145 148 Geue laud vnto 192 H. 12 Helpe Lord for 32 13 How loug wilt 32 51 Haue mercy on 77 56 Haue mercy Lord. 82 67 Haue mercy on vs. 91 73 How euer it be yet 100 84 How pleasaunt is 116 91 He that within 125 I. 5 Incline thine eares 25 11 I trust in God 31 20 In trouble and aduersitie 40 25 I lift my hart 44 34 I wil geue laude 54 39 I sayd I wil looke 61 40 I waited long and. 62 43 Iudge and reuenge 66 77 I with my voyce 105 92 It is a thing both 126 100 In God the Lord. 133 101 I mercy wil and. 133 109 In specheles scilence 148 116 I loue the Lord. 155 120 In trouble and in 168 121 I lift mine eyes 169 122 I did in harte 170 L. 6 Lord in thy wrath reproue me not 26 16 Lord kepe me for 35 26 Lord be my iudge 46 35 Lord plead my cause 35 42 Like as the hart 65 68 Let God arise 92 72 Lord geue thy iudg 99 86 Lord how thine eare 104 88 Lord God of health 106 130 Lord to thee I. 176 140 Lord saue me 185 143 Lord heare my 187 M. 23 My sheperd is the. 43 45 My hart doth now 67 62 My soule to God 87 71 My Lord my God 97 103 My soule geue 135 104 My soule prayse 137 146 My soule prayse 193 N. 115 Not vnto vs. 154 124 Now Israel 171 O. 3 O Lord how are my 24 4 O God that art my 25 7 O Lord my God 27 8 O God our Lord how 28 15 O Lord within thy taber 33 17 O Lord geue eare 35 18 O God my strength 36 21 O Lord how ioyful 40 22 O God my God 41 31 O Lord I put my 50 44 Our eares haue heard 66 51 O Lord consider my 74 55 O God geue eare 80 60 O Lord thou didst 86 63 O God my God 88 64 O Lord vnto my voyce 89 70 O God to me take 97 79 O Lord the Gentils 111 94 O Lord thou doost 12 95 O come let vs. 128 98 O sing ye now 131 102 O heare my prayer 133 108 O God my hart 147 117 O all the nations 156 118 O geue ye thankes 136 123 O Lorde that 171 109 Of this Israell 175 130 O Lorde I am not 176 133 O howe happy a. * 178 135 O prayse the Lorde 179 139 O Lorde thou haste 184 141 O Lorde vpon thee 186 P. * 38 Put me not to rebuke 60 106 Prayse ye the Lorde 142 136 Prayse ye the Lorde 181 147 Prayse ye the Lorde 191 R. * 61 Regarde O Lorde for 87 132 Remember Dauids 177 S. 59 Sende ayde and saue 84 69 Saue O God * 94 96 Syng ye with 129 125 Such as in God 172 T. 1 The man is blest 22 14 There is no God * 33 19 The heauens and the. 39 24 The earth is all 44 27 The Lorde is both 47 28 Thou art O Lorde 84 32 The man is blest 52 36 The wicked with * 57 41 The man is blest 46 46 The Lorde is our 69 50 The myghty God 72 50 The God of Gods 74 53 The foolishe man 79 57 Take pitie for thy * 83 65 Thy prayse alone 89 76 To all that nowe 104 80 Thou Lorde that Israell 111 85 Thou haste bene 117 87 That Citie shall 119 89 To syng the mor. * 121 90 Thou Lorde haste 124 93 The Lorde as kynge 127 97The Lorde doth raygne 130 99 The Lorde doth raygne 132 110 The Lorde dyd * 150 112 The man is blest 151 125 Those that doo put 172 138 Thee will I prayse 183 145 Thee will I laude 189 V. 75 Vnto the God we 103 W. * 2 Why did the Gentiles 23 9 With hart and mouth 29 16 What is the cause 35 52 Why doost thou tyrant 78 74 Why art thou Lorde 102 111 With hart I doo * 150 114 When Israell by 153 126 When that the Lorde 173 137 When as we sat in Babi 182 Y. 33 Ye ryghteous in the. 52 47 Ye people all 70 58 Ye rulers that * 84 66 Ye men on earth 90 113 Ye children whiche 152 150 Yelde vnto the. 194 ¶ These folowe after the Psalmes PRayse the Lorde ye Beholde nowe geue * Attende my people Our father whiche art All my belefe Come holy spirite * Geue peace in these Where ryghteousnes doth O Lorde in thee is all my * Preserue vs Lorde The Lorde be thanked ¶ Also certayne Godly Prayers ¶ These ye shall haue in the beginnyng of the Booke VEni creator spiritus Venite exultemus Te Deum laudamus * Benedicite Benedictus dominus Magnificat anima * Nunc dimittis The Lamentation of a. The humble sute of a sinner Quicunque vult * The Pater noster The ten Commaundementes ⧠Imprinted at London by Iohn Day dwellyng ouer Aldersgate beneath Saint Marrins ¶ Cum gratia Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis per septennium