verse 13 O ye the frost and chilling cold bles ye the Lord. c. verse 14 O ye congeled I se and snow bles ye the Lord. c. verse 15 O ye y e nightes lightsome dayes bles ye the lord c verse 16 O ye the darknes and the light bles ye the Lord. c. verse 17 O ye the lightnings the cloudes bles ye the lord c verse 18 O let the earth eke bles y e Lord bles yea the Lord. c verse 19 O ye the mountaines the hils blesse ye the lord c. verse 20 O al ye grene things on the earth bles ye the lord c verse 21 O ye the euer springing wels bles ye the Lord. c. verse 22 O ye the seas and ye the flouds bles ye the Lord c. verse 23 Whales al that in waters moue bles ye the lord c verse 24 O al ye flying foules of thayre bles ye the Lord c. verse 25 O al the beastes and cattel eke bles ye the Lorde c. verse 26 O ye the children of mankind bles ye the Lord. c. verse 27 Let Israel eke blesse the Lord bles ye the Lord. c verse 28 O ye the priestes of God the Lord bles ye the lord c verse 29 O ye the seruantes of the Lord bles ye the Lord c. verse 30 Ye sprites soules of righteous meÌ„ blesse ye y e lord c verse 31 Ye holy and ye meeke of hart blesse ye the Lord. c. verse 32 O Ananias bles the Lord bles thou the Lord praise him and magnify him for euer O Azarias bles the Lord bles thou the Lord praise him and magnify him for euer And Misael bles thou the Lord bles thou the Lord prayse him and magnify hym for euer ¶ The song of Zacharias called Benedictus THe onely lord of Israel be praised euermore for through his visitation and mercy kept in store His peoplenow he hath redemde that long hath bene in thral and spread abrode his sauyng health vpon his seruantes al. In Dauids house his seruant true according to his mynde And also his annoynted king as we in Scripture fynde As by his holy prophetes al oft times he did declare The which were since y e world began his way for to prepare That we might be deliuered from those that make debate Our enemies and from the handes of all that do vs hate The mercy which he promised our fathers to fulfil And thinke vpon his couenant made according to his wyl And also to performe the othe which he before had sworne To Abraham our father deare for vs that were forlorne That he would geue himselfe for vs and vs froÌ„ boÌ„dage bryng Out of the hands of al our foes to serue our heauenly king And that without al maner feare and eke in rightuousnes And also for to leade our lyfe in stedfast holines And y u O child which now art borne and of the Lord elect Shalt be the prophet of the highest his wayes for to dyrect For thou shalt go before his face for to prepare his wayes And also for to teach his wil and pleasure all thy dayes To geue them knowledge how that their saluation is nere And that remission of their sins is through his mercy mere Wherby the day spring from an hie is come vs for to visit And those for to illuminate which do in darkenes sit To lighten those that shadowed be with death eke opprest And also for to guide their feete the way to peace and rest The song of blessed Mary called Magnificat MY soule doth magnify the Lord my sprite eke euermore reioyseth in the lord my god which is my Sauior And why because he did regard gaue respect vnto so base estate of his hadmaid and let the mighty go For now behold al nations and generations all From this tyme forth for euermore shal me right blessed cal Because he hath me magnifyed which is the Lord of might Whose name be euer sanctified and praysed day and night For with his mercy and his grace all men he doth inflame Throughout al generations to such as feare his name He shewed strength w t his great arme made y e proud to start With al imaginations that they bare in their hart He hath put downe the mighty ones from their supernal seat And did exalt the meeke in hart as he hath thought it meete The hungry he replenished with al thyngs that were good And through his power he made y e rich oft times to waÌ„t their fode And calling to remembraunce his mercy euery deale Hath holpen vp assistantly his seruant Israell According to his promise made to Abraham before And to his seede successiuely to stand for euermore The song of Simeon called Nunc dimittis O Lord because my hartes desire hath wished long to see my onely lord sauiour thy son be â—ore I die the ioy health of al mankind desired long before which now is come into the world of mercy bringing store Thou sufferest thy seruaunt now in peace for to depart Accordyng to thy holy worde which lighteneth my hart Because mine eyes which thou hast made to geue my body light Haue now behold thy sauing health which is the Lorde of myght Whom thou mercifully hast set of thyne aboundant grace In open sight and visible before all peoples face The Gentils to illuminate and Sathan ouerquel And eke to be the glory of thy people Israel The Creede of Athanasius Norton WHat man soeuer he be that saluatioÌ„ wil attain the catholike beliefe he must before al things retaine Which faith vnles he holy kepe and vndefiledly without al doubt eternally he shal be sure to dye The catholike beliefe is this that God we worship one In Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie alone So as we neyther do confound the persons of the three Nor yet the substance whole of one in sunder parted bee One person of the father is another of the Sonne An other person proper of the holy ghost alone Of father Sonne and holy Ghost but one the Godhed is Like glory coeternal eke the maiestie likewyse Such as the father is such is the Sonne in ech degree And such also we do beleue the holy Ghost to bee Vncreate is the Father and vncreate is the Sonne The holy ghost vncreate so vncreate is ech one Incomprehensible Father is incomprehensible Sonne And comprehensible also is the holy Ghost of none The Father is eternal and the Sonne eternall so And in lyke sort eternal is the holy ghost also And yet though we beleue that eche of these eternals bee Yet there but one eternal is and not eternals three As ne incomprehensible we ne yet vncreat three But one incomprehensible one vncreate holde to bee Almighty so the father is the sonne almighty so And in lyke sort almighty is the holy Ghost also And albeit that euery one of these almighty bee
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
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
Ierusalem for the chusinge preseruation and gouernance of them and for plentifull blessings powred forth vpon all the earth Sing this as the .xxx. psal verse 1 THy prayse alone O lord doth raign in Siō thyne own hil their vowes to thee they do maintain their behests fulfil verse 2 For that y u doost their prayer heare and doost therto agree Thy people al both far neare with trust shal come to thee verse 3 Our wicked life so far excedes that we should fal therin But Lord forgeue our great misdedes and purge vs from our syn verse 4 The man is blest whō thou doost chuse within thy court to dwel Thy house and temple he shal vse with pleasures that excel verse 5 Of thy great iustice heare vs God our health of thee doth rise The hope of al the earth abrode and the sea costes likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compast with thy power thou makest y e mountains strong stout to stand in euery shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou doost asswage make their streames ful stil Thou doost restrayne the peoples rage and rule them at thy wil. verse 8 The folk that dwel ful far on earth shal dread thy signes to see which morne and euen in great mirth do passe w t prayse to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chopt and dry and thirsteth more and more Then with thy drops thou doost apply much encrease her store verse 10 The floud of God doth ouerstow and so doth cause to spring The seede and corne which men do sow for he doth guide y e thing verse 11 With wete thou doost her furrowes fil where by her clods do fal Thy drops to her thou doost distil and bles her frute withal verse 12 Thou deckst y e earth of thy good grace with fayre pleasant crop Thy cloudes distil her dew apace great plenty they do drop verse 13 Wherby the desert shal begin ful great encrease to bring The little hils shal ioy therin much frute in them shal spring verse 14 In places playne the flock she feede and couer al the earth The valies with corne shal so excede that men shal sing for mirth Iubilate deo omnis terra psalme .lxvi. I. H. He prouoketh al men to prayse the Lord and to consider his workes rehersing two thynges most wonderful He setteth forth the power of God to affray the rebels and sheweth how God hath deliuered Israel from great bōdage and afflictiōs he promiseth to geue sacrifice prouoketh al men to heare what god hath done for him and to praise his name Syng this as the 68. Psalm verse 1 YE men on earth in God reioyce w t prayse set forth his name Extol his might w t hart voyce geue glory to the same verse 2 How wōderful O Lord say ye in al thy workes thou art thy foes for feare do seke to thee ful sore agaīst their hart verse 3 Al men that dwel y e earth throughout do prayse the name of God The laud therof the world about is shewd and set abrode verse 4 Al folk come forth behold see what things y e lord hath wrought marke wel y e wōdrous works y ◠he for man to pas hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heapes on hie therin a way they had On foote to pas both fayre and dry wherof their harts wer glad verse 6 His might doth rule y e world alway his eyes al things behold Al such as would him disobey by him shal be controld verse 7 Ye people geue vnto our God due laud and thanks alwayes With ioyful voyce declare abrode and sing vnto his prayse verse 8 Which doth endue our soule with life and it preserue with al He stayeth our fete so that no strife can make vs slip or fal verse 9 The Lord doth proue our dedes with fire if that they wil abide As workmen do when they desire to haue theyr metals tryde verse 10 Although thou suffer vs so long in prison to be cast And there with chaines and fetters strong to lye in bondage fast The seconde part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on vs to ride and raygne Though we through fire and water ren of very grief and payne verse 12 Yet sure thou doost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bryng vs out into a place to lyue in wealth and rest verse 13 Vnto thy house resort wil I to offer and to pray And there I wil my selfe apply my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in al my grief smart The vowes I say which I did make in dolor of my hart verse 15 Burnt offring I wil geue to thee of Oxen fat and Rammes No other sacrifice shal be of bullockes goates lambes verse 16 Come forth harken here ful sone al ye that feare the Lord What he for my poore soule hath done to you I wil record verse 17 Ful oft I cal vpon his grace this mouth to him doth cry And thou my tong make spede apace to prayse him by and by verse 18 But if I fele my hart within in wicked workes reioyce Or if I haue delite to sinne God wil not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voyce hath heard and what I do require My prayer he doth wel regarde and graunteth my desire verse 20 Al prayse to him that hath not put nor cast me out of mind Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I do euer fynd Deus misereatur nostri Psalme .lxvii. I. H. ¶ A swete prayer for al the faithfull to obteyne the fauor of God and to be lightened with his countenaunce to th ende that his way and iudgementes may be knowne throughout the earth A reioysing that God is the gouernour of all nations Sing this as the .xxx. psal verse 1 HAue mercy on vs Lord and graunt to vs thy grace To shew to vs do thou accord the brightnes of thy face verse 2 That al the earth may know thy way to godly wealth And al the natiōs on a row may see thy sauing health verse 3 Let all the world O God geue prase vnto thy name O let the people al abrod extol and laud the same verse 4 Throughout the world so wide let al reioyce with mirth For y u with truth right doost guide the natiōs of y e earth verse 5 Let al the world O God geue prayse vnto thy name Oh let the people al abrod extol and laud the same verse 6 Then shal the earth encrease great store of frute shal fal And then our God the God of peace shal bles vs eke w t al. God shal vs bles I say and then both farre and neare The folke throughout the earth alway of him shal stand in feare Exurgat deus Psalme .lxviii. T. S. ¶ In this Psalme Dauid setteth forth as in a glasse
throne his ioy and myrth By thee is ouerthrowen and cast ful low vpon the erth verse 46 Thou hast cut of and made ful short his youth and lusty dayes and raysed of him an il report with shame and great disprayse verse 47 How long away from me O Lord for euer wilt thou turne and shal thine anger stil alway as fire consume and burne verse 48 O cal to mind remember then my time consumeth fast why hast thou made the sonnes of meÌ„ as things in vaine to wast verse 49 What man is he that liueth here and death shal neuer see Or from the hand of hel his soule shal he deliuer free verse 50 Where is O Lord thine old goodnes so oft declared beforne which by thy truth and vprightnes to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 51 The great rebukes to mind do cal that on thy seruaunts ly The rayling of thy people al borne in my brest haue I. verse 52 Wherwith O Lord thyne enmies blasphemed haue thy name The steps of thine annoynted one they cease not to defame verse 53 Al prayse to thee O Lord of hostes both now an eke for ay Through sky and earth in al the costes Amen Amen I say Domine refugium Psalme .xc. I. H. ¶ Moses in his prayer setteth before vs the eternal fauour of God towardes his who are neither admonished by the breuity of their lyfe nor by his plages to be thankefull Therfore Moses prayeth God to turne theyr hartes and continew his mercyes towardes them and theyr posteritie for euer Sing this as the .78 Psalme verse 1 THou Lord hast ben our sure defence our place of ease and rest In al times past yea so loÌ„g sence as cannot be exprest verse 2 Or there was made mouÌ„tane or hil the earth or world abrod From age to age and alwayes stil for euer thou art God verse 3 thou grindest man through grief payne to dust or clay and then and then thou sayst agayne returne agayne ye sonnes of men verse 4 The lastyng of a thousand yeare what is it in thy sight as yesterday it doth appeare or as a watch one nyght verse 5 So sone as thou doost scattre them then is their lyfe and trade al as a slepe and like the grasse whose bewty sone doth fade verse 6 Which in the morning shines ful bright but fadeth by and by and is cut down ere it be night al withered dead and dry verse 7 For through thine anger we consume our might is much decayd and of thy feruent wrath and fume we are ful sore afrayd verse 8 The wicked workes that we haue wrought y u setst before thine eye Our priuy faults yea eke our thought thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce doth espye verse 9 For through thy wrath our dayes do wast therof doth nought remaine Our yeres coÌ„sume as words or blast ar not called againe verse 10 Our time is threscore yeare and ten that we do liue on mold If one see fourescore surely then we count him wondrous old verse 11 Yet of this time the strength and chief the which we count vpon Is nothing els but painful grief and we as blastes are gone verse 12 Who once doth know what streÌ„gth is there what might thine anger hath Or in his hart who doth y â— feare according to thy wrath verse 13 Instruct vs Lord to know and try how long our dayes remayne That then we may our hartes apply true wisdome to attaine verse 14 Retourne O Lord how long wilt y â— fourth on in wrath procede Shew fauour to thy seruaunts now and helpe theÌ„ at their nede verse 15 Refresh vs with thy mercy sone and then our ioy shal be al times so long as lyfe doth last in hart reioyce shal we verse 16 As thou hast plaged vs before now also make vs glad and for the yeares wherin ful sore affliction we haue had verse 17 O let thy worke and power appeare on thy seruaunts lyght and shew vnto their children deare thy glory and thy might verse 18 Lord let thy grace and glory stand on vs thy seruaunts thus Confirme the workes we take in hand Lord prosper them to vs. Qui habitat Psalme .xci. I. H. ¶ Here is described in what assurance he liueth that putteth his whole trust in God coÌ„mitteth him selfe wholly to his protection in al teÌ„pracioÌ„s A promise of God to those that loue him know him and trust in him to deliuer them and geue them immorâ—â—â— glory Syng this as the .69 Psalme verse 1 HE that within the secret place of God most hie doth dwel In shadow of the mightiest grace at rest shal kepe him wel verse 2 Thou art my hope my strong hold I to the Lord wil say My God is he in him wil I my whole affiaunce stay verse 3 He shal defend thee from the snare the which the hunter layd And from that deadly plage and care wherof thou art afrayd verse 4 And with his wings shal couer thee and kepe thee safely there His faith truth thy feÌ„ce shal be as sure as shield speare verse 5 So that thou shalt not nede I say to feare or be afflight Of al the shafts that fly by day nor terrours of the night verse 6 Nor of the plage that priuily doth walke in darke so fast Nor yet of that which doth destroy at noone dayes doth wast verse 7 Yea at thy side as thou doost stand a thousand dead shal be Ten thousand eke at thy right hand and yet shalt thou be fre verse 8 But thou shalt se it for thy part thine eyes shal wel regard That euen like to theyr desert the wicked haue reward verse 9 For why O Lord I onely lust to stay my hope on thee and in the hyest I put my trust my sure defence is hee verse 10 Thou shalt not nede none il to feare with thee it shal not mel Nor yet the plage shal once come nere thy house where y u doost dwel verse 11 For why vnto his angels al with charge commaundeth hee That stil in al thy wayes they shal preserue and prosper thee verse 12 And in their hands shal thee beare vp stil wayting thee vpon So that thy foote shal neuer chaunce to spurne at any stone verse 13 Vpon the Lion thou shalt go the adder fel and long And tread vpon the Lions yong with dragons stoute strong verse 14 For that he trusteth vnto me I wil dispatch hym quite and him defend because that he doth know my name a right verse 15 When he for health on me doth cry an aunswere I wil gyue and from his grief take him wil I in glory for to lyue verse 16 With length of yeres dayes of welth I wil fulfil his time The goodnes of my sauing helth I wil declare to him Bonum est confiteri Psalme .xcii. I. H. ¶ This Psalme was made to be song on the Saboth to stirre vp the people to acknowledge God
doth eke his iustice shew in al the Heathens sight verse 3 His grace and truth to Israel in mynd he doth record That al the earth hath sene right wel the goodnes of the Lord. verse 4 Be glad in him with ioyful voyce al people of the earth Geue thankes to God sing and reioyce to him with ioy mirth verse 5 Vpon the harpe vnto him sing geue thanks to hym with psalmes Reioyce before the Lord our king with trumpets with shalmes verse 6 Yea let the sea with al therin with ioy both rore and swel The earth like wise let it begin with al that therin dwel verse 7 And let the flouds reioyce their fils and clap their hands apace and eke the mountaynes and the hils before the Lord his face verse 8 For he shal come to iudge and try the world and euery wight and rule the people mightely with iustice and with right Dominus regnauit psalme .xcix. I. H. He coÌ„mendeth the power equitie and excellency of the kingdoÌ„ of god by Christ ouer y e Iew GeÌ„tils prouoketh theÌ„ to magnify y e fame to serue y e lord following the example of the auncieÌ„t fathers Moyses AaroÌ„ Samuel who calling vpon God were hard in their prayers Sing this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 THe Lord doth raign although at it the people rage ful sore Yea he on Cherubin doth syt though al y e world wold rore verse 2 The Lord that doth in Sion dwel is high woÌ„drous great aboue al folke he doth excel and he aloft is set verse 3 Let al men prayse thy mighty name for it is feareful sure and let them magnify the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our kyng doth loue iudgement and ryght thou rightly rulest euery thyng in Iacob through thy might verse 5 To prayse the Lord our God deuyse al honour to hym do His footestoole worship ye lykewyse for he is holy to verse 6 Moyses Aaron and Samuel as priests on hym dyd cal when they did pray he heard theÌ„ wel and gaue theÌ„ aunswer al. verse 7 Within the cloud to them he spake then did they labour stil to kepe such lawes as he did make and pointed them vntil verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them heare and aunswerst them again Thy mercy did on them appeare their dedes didst not maintayn verse 9 O laud and prayse our God and Lord within his holy hil For why our God throughout the world is holy euer stil 2 Iubilate deo omnis terra psalme C. He exhorteth al to serue the lord who hath made vs and enter into his courtes and assemblies to prayse his name AL people y t on earth do dwel sing to y e Lord with chereful voice him serue w t fear his praise forth tel come ye before him reioice verse 3 The Lord ye know is god in dede wtout our ayde he did vs make We are his folke he doth vs fede for his shepe he doth vs take verse 4 Oh enter theÌ„ his gates w t praise approch with ioy his courts vnto praise laud and bles his name alwayes for it is semely so to do verse 5 For why the Lord our God is good his mercy is for euer sure His truth at al times firmly stood and shal from age to age indure Another of the same verse 1 IN God the lord be glad and light praise him throughout the earth Serue him come before his sight with singing and with mirth verse 2 Know that the Lord our God he is he did vs make and kepe Not we our selues for we are his owne folke and pasture shepe verse 3 O go into his gates alwayes geue thankes within the same Within his courts set forth his prayse and laud his holy name verse 4 For why the goodnes of the Lord for euermore doth raigne from age to age throughout the world his truth doth stil remain Misericordiam iudicium psalm Ci. N. ¶ Dauid discrybeth what gouerhmeÌ„t he wil obserue in his house and kingdome He wil punish and correct by rotyng out the wickâ—d and cheryshing the godly persons Sing this as the .81 psalme verse 1 I Mercy wil and iudgement sing O Lord God vnto thee and wisely do in perfect way vntil thou come to mee verse 2 And in the midst of my house walke in purenes of my sprite verse 3 And I no kind of wicked thyng wil set before my sight I hate their worke that fal away it shal not cleaue to mee verse 4 From me shal part the froward hart none euil wil I see verse 5 Him wil I stroy that slaundereth his neighbour priuely The lofty hart I cannot beare nor hym that looketh hy verse 6 Mine eyes shal be on them within the land that faithful be In perfect way who worketh shal be seruant vnto me verse 7 I wil no guileful person haue within my house to dwel and in my presence he shal not remayne that lies doth tel verse 8 Betimes I wil destroy euen al the wicked of the land That I may from Gods city cut the wicked workers band Domine exaudi orationem psalme Cii I. H. ¶ It semeth that this prayer was apointed to the faithful to pray in the captiuity of Babilon A consolatioÌ„ for the buildinge of the church Wherof foloweth the praise of god to be published vnto al posterityes The conuersion of the Gentils And the stability of the church Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 O Heare my prayer Lord and let my crye come vnto thee verse 2 in tyme of trouble do not hide thy face away from mee Incline thine eares to me make hast to heare me when I cal verse 3 For as the smoke doth fade so do my dayes coÌ„sume and fal verse 4 And as a harth my bones are burnt my hart is smitteÌ„ dead and withers as the grasse that I forget to eat my bread verse 5 By reason of my groning voyce my bones cleaue to my skin verse 6 As Pellicane of wildernes such case now am I in And as an Owle in desert is loe I am such a one verse 7 I watch and as a Sparow on the house top am alone verse 8 Loe daily in reprochful wise myne enmies do me scorne And they y â— do against me rage against me they haue sworne verse 9 Surely with ashes as with bread my hunger I haue fild and mingled haue my drink w t teares y t fro mine eies haue stild verse 10 Because of thy displeasure Lord thy wrath and thy disdayn For thou hast lifted me aloft and cast me down agayn verse 11 The dayes where in I pas my life are lyke the fleeting shade and I am withered like y â— gras that soone away doth fade verse 12 But thou O Lord for euer doost remayne in stedy place And thy remembrance euer doth abyde from race to race The second part verse 13 Thou wilt arise and mercy thou to
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
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
more able to procede in all good workes to the prayse of thy holy name through Iesus Christe our Lord. So be it Our Father which art in heauen c. Another THe eyes of all things do looke vp and trust in thee O Lord thou geuest them meat in due season thou openest thy hande and fillest with thy blessing euery liuing creature good Lord blesse vs and al thy gifts which we receiue of thy large liberality through Iesus Christ our Lord. So be it Our father c. Another thankes geuing after meat GLory praise honor be vnto thee most mercifull and omnipotent father who of thine infinite goodnes hast created man to to thine owne image and similitude who also hast fed and daily fedest of thy most bountiful hand all liuing creatures graunt vnto vs that as thou hast nourished these our mortal bodies with corporal foode so thou wouldest replenishe our soules wyth the perfect knowledge of the liuely word of thy beloued sonne Iesus to whoÌ„ be praise glory and honor for euer So be it ¶ God saue the church vniuersal our Quene and Realme God coÌ„fort all them that be comfortles Lord increase our faith O Lorde for Christ thy sonnes sake be merciful to the coÌ„mon wealthes where thy Gospel is truely preached and harbor graunted to the afflicted members of Christes body and illuminate accordyng to thy good pleasure al nations with the brightnes of thy word So be it ¶ Another THe God of glory and peace who hath created redemed presently fed vs be blessed for euer and euer So be it ¶ The God of all power who hath called from death that great pastor of the shepe our Lord Iesus comfort and defend the flock which he hath redemed by the bloud of the eternal testament increase the number of true preachers repres the rage of obstinate tirants mitigate lighteÌ„ the harts of the ignorant relieue the paynes of such as be afflicted but especially of those y â— suffer for y e testimony of his truth finally confound SathaÌ„ by the power of our lord Iesus Christ AmeÌ„ Euening prayer O Lord God fatherr â—â—â—rlasting and ful of pitie we acknowledge and confes that we be not worthy to lift vp our eyes to heauen muche les to present our selues before thy maiestye wyth confidence that thou wilt heare our prayers and graunte oure requestes if we consider our owne deseruynges for our consciences do accuse vs and our synnes witnes against vs and we knowe that thou art an vpright iudge whiche doost not iustifye the synners and wycked men but punishest the faults of al such as transgresse thy commaundementes Yet moste mercifull father since it hath pleased thee to commaunde vs to cal on thee in all our troubles and aduersities promising euen then to help vs when we fele our selues as it were swalowed vp of death desperation we vtterly renounce al worldly confidence flee to thy soueraign bouÌ„tie as our onely stay refuge beseching thee not to cal to remembraunce our manifold sinnes wickednes wherby we continually prouoke thy wrath and indignation against vs neither our negligence and vnkindnes which haue neyther worthely estemed nor in our liues sufficieÌ„tly expressed the swete comfort of thy gospel reueled vnto vs but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ who by offring vp his body in sacrifice once for all hath made a sufficient recompence for all our synnes Haue mercy therfore vppon vs O Lord and forgeue vs our offences Teach vs by thy holy Spirite that we may ryghtly waye them and earnestly repent for the same And so much the rather O Lord because that the reprobate and such as thou hast forsaken cannot prayse thee nor cal vpon thy name but the repenting hart the sorowful mynd the conscience oppressed hungring and thirsting for thy grace shal euer set forth thy prayse and glory And albeit we be but wormes and dust yet thou art our creator and we be the worke of thy hands yea thou art our father and we thy children thou art our shepeheard and we thy flocke thou art our redemer and we the people whom thou hast bought thou art our God and we thyne inheritaunce Correct vs not therfore in thyne anger O Lord neyther accordyng to our desertes punish vs but mercifully chastice vs wyth a fatherly affection that all the world may know that at what tyme soeuer a synner doth repent hym of hys sinne from the bottome of his hart thou wilt put away his wickednes out of thy remembraunce as thou hast promised by thy holy Prophet Finally for as much as it hath pleased thee to make the nyght for man to rest in as thou hast ordayned hym the day to trauell graunt O deare father that we may so take our bodily rest that our soules may continually watch for the tyme that our Lord Iesus Christ shal appeare for our deliueraunce out of this mortal lyfe and in the mean season that we not ouercomen by any fantasies dreames or other teÌ„ptations may fully set our myndes vpon thee loue thee feare thee and rest in thee furthermore that our sleepe be not excessiue or ouer much after the insatiable desires of our flesh but onely sufficient to content our weake nature that we may be better disposed to lyue in all godly conuersation to the glory of thy holy name and profite of our brethren So be it ¶ A Godly prayer to be sayd at al times HOnor and prayse be geuen to thee O Lord God almighty most deare father of heaueÌ„ for al thy mercies louing kindnes shewed vnto vs in y t it hath pleased thy gratious goodnes frely and of thine owne accord to elect and chose vs to saluation before the beginning of the world and euen lyke continual thankes be geueÌ„ to thee for creating vs after thine own image for redeming vs with the precious bloud of thy deare sonne wheÌ„ we were vtterly lost for sanctifying vs with thy holy spirit in the reuelation knowledge of thy holy word for helping and succoryng vs in al our nedes and necessities for sauing vs from al daungers of body soule for comforting vs so fatherly in al our tribulatioÌ„s and persecutioÌ„s for sparing vs so long and geuing vs so large a time of repeÌ„taunce These benefites O most merciful father like as we knowledge to haue receiued them of thy onely goodnes euen so we besech thee for thy deare sonne Iesus Christes sake to grauÌ„t vs alwayes thy holy spirit wherby we may continually grow in thaÌ„kfulnes towardes thee to be led into al truth and coÌ„forted in al our aduersities O Lord strengtheÌ„ our faith kindle it more in feruentnes loue towardes thee our neyghbours for thy sake Suffer vs not most deare Father to receyue thy word any more in vayne but graunt vs alwayes the assistauÌ„ce of thy grace and holy spirit that in hart word and dede we may sanctify and do worship to thy
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