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<P>AN ESSAY TOWARDS The rendring the fir&s;t Thirty <HI>P&s;alms</HI> of <HI>David</HI> IN METRE [OF the Old <HI>Ver&s;ion</HI> of <HI>Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins</HI> and Others.]</P>
<P>LESS Obnoxious to Exceptions, than it hath been; by Moderate Alterations, and Amendments.</P>
<P>And Publi&s;hed, as a <HI>Specimen</HI> of the <HI>Whole Book,</HI> done after the &s;ame man|ner, now in the Hands of the <HI>Author,</HI> a <HI>Divine</HI> of the <HI>Church</HI> of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for the Company of <HI>Stationers,</HI> MDCXCVIII.</P>
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<HEAD>AN Adverti&s;ement TO THE READER.</HEAD>
<P><HI>IN this Printed E&s;&s;ay, (as well as the re&s;t of the Book, remaining Unprinted) the Author thinks fit hereby to inform the Reader, that he hath Governed him&s;elf by the mea&s;ures following.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>That in the whole, the old Rhythm, where tolerable, is generally kept: and where not tolerable, altered.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>That ob&s;olete Words are changed for &s;uch as now are u&s;ed.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>That in other places, where the Language is good, the Words are &s;ometimes only tran&s;po&s;ed, ei|ther to render the Sen&s;e plainer, or the Ver&s;e &s;moo|ther.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>In</HI> P&s;alms <HI>commonly u&s;ed, e&s;pecially in the common Tunes, there is very little alteration made.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. <HI>Where the Sen&s;e of the Old Metre varies from that of the New Tran&s;lation of the Bible, it is reduced to it, and frequently, in &s;uch Ca&s;es, the
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<PB REF="5">Words of that Tran&s;lation, are admitted, if th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> Metre will bear it.</HI></P>
<P N="6">6. <HI>In &s;ome</HI> P&s;alms <HI>of ordinary u&s;e, there is a &s;e|cond Metre added, by only adding a word, or two in a line.</HI></P>
<P N="7">7. <HI>And in &s;ome</HI> P&s;alms, <HI>by that Addition, to the Old Metre of Eights and Sixes, the whole for va|rieties &s;ake is adapted to a new Tune.</HI></P>
<P N="8">8. <HI>There are very few</HI> P&s;alms, <HI>(&s;carcely a thir<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> part) which, for all the&s;e alterations, continue not as they were in the Old Metre; only &s;ome few Word changed; according to the fir&s;t and &s;econd Particular<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> before mentioned.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The Rea&s;ons inducing the Author to this Adven|ture, and &s;ome farther Particulars relating to this Corrected Ver&s;ion, are not here added: though they are ready; becau&s;e that would have made the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> of this E&s;&s;ay too large: and therefore <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">he re&s;erv<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> them to accompany the entire Copy, if it be call<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> for.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="metrical Psalter">
<PB N="1" REF="5">
<HEAD>THE P&s;alms of <HI>David</HI> IN METRE.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Beatus vir.</HI> P&s;alm i.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> THE Man is ble&s;t, by ill advice</L>
<L>To walk, who doth forbear:</L>
<L>Nor &s;tands with Sinners in their way;</L>
<L>Nor &s;its in &s;corners chair.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> But on the Lord's mo&s;t holy law</L>
<L>Doth fix his chief delight:</L>
<L>And it to &s;tudy doth employ</L>
<L>His thoughts both day and night.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> He &s;hall be like the Tree, that grows</L>
<L>to water-cour&s;es near:</L>
<L>Which brings forth plea&s;ant fruits, to fit</L>
<L>the &s;ea&s;ons of the year:</L>
<L>Who&s;e Leaf, through drought, doth never fall;</L>
<L>but flouri&s;h &s;till, and &s;tand:</L>
<L>Ev'n &s;o &s;hall all things pro&s;per well,</L>
<L>which this man takes in hand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> But &s;uch &s;ucce&s;s, ungodly men</L>
<L>&s;hall mi&s;s in what they do:</L>
<L>And prove like chaff, which from the earth</L>
<L>winds &s;catter to and fro.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Vain, therefore, are their hopes, to &s;tand</L>
<L>before God's bar upright:</L>
<PB N="2" REF="6">
<L>No &s;inners there, among the ju&s;t,</L>
<L>&s;hall dare appear in &s;ight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> For God the righteous, in their way</L>
<L>which now he owns, will crown:</L>
<L>Whereas ungodly men in theirs,</L>
<L>&s;hall peri&s;h with his frown.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD>P&s;al. i.</HEAD>
<OPENER>The &s;ame, to another Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> THE man is ble&s;t, who walketh not</L>
<L>As tho&s;e advi&s;e, who wicked are;</L>
<L>Nor in the way of &s;inners &s;tand:</L>
<L>Nor &s;ets him&s;elf in &s;corners Chair:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> But on the Law of God the Lord,</L>
<L>Doth fix his &s;oul's entire delight:</L>
<L>And it to &s;tudy, doth employ</L>
<L>His mu&s;ing thoughts, both day and night.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> He &s;hall be like the tree, that grows</L>
<L>To con&s;tant water-cour&s;es near:</L>
<L>Which duly brings forth plea&s;ant fruit,</L>
<L>At proper &s;ea&s;ons of the year.</L>
<L>Who&s;e Leaf, through drought, doth never fall</L>
<L>But fre&s;h and green at all times &s;tand;</L>
<L>Ev'n &s;o &s;hall all things pro&s;per well,</L>
<L>Which &s;uch a man doth take in hand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> But like &s;ucce&s;s ungodly men</L>
<L>Shall ne'er obtain in what they do:</L>
<L>But rather prove like chaff; which, winds</L>
<L>From th' earth do &s;catter to and fro.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Vain, therefore are their hopes, to &s;tand</L>
<L>Before God's judgment-&s;eat upright:</L>
<L>Nor &s;hall the &s;inners with the ju&s;t,</L>
<L>At his a&s;&s;ize, appear in &s;ight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> For God, the righteous, in their way,</L>
<L>Which now he owneth, then will crown:</L>
<PB N="3" REF="6">
<L>Whereas th'ungodly &s;hall in theirs,</L>
<L>For ever peri&s;h with his frown.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Quare fremuerunt.</HI> P&s;alm ii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> WHY did the <HI>Gentiles</HI> tumults rai&s;e?</L>
<L>What rage did heat their brain?</L>
<L>Why did the <HI>Jewi&s;h</HI> people &s;pend</L>
<L>their thoughts on things &s;o vain?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> The Kings and Rulers of the earth</L>
<L>con&s;pire with one intent,</L>
<L>Again&s;t the Lord, and Chri&s;t his &s;on,</L>
<L>by Him from heaven &s;ent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> "Let's break the &s;lavi&s;h chains, (they &s;ay)</L>
<L>"which they on us do lay:</L>
<L>"And from us, all the cords, with which</L>
<L>"they curb us, ca&s;t away.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> But he that in the heavens dwells,</L>
<L>their doings will deride:</L>
<L>And make their feeble pride a &s;corn</L>
<L>throughout his empire wide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Then &s;hall the Lord, provok'd to wrath,</L>
<L>no longer &s;ilent &s;tay:</L>
<L>But &s;hall in &s;ore di&s;plea&s;ure, thus,</L>
<L>to vex the rebels, &s;ay;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse">"In &s;pite of all your plot, or act,</L>
<L>"to cro&s;s my fixed will;</L>
<L>"Yet have I &s;et my king upon</L>
<L>"my <HI>Zion</HI>'s holy hill.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> I will declare the Lord's decree,</L>
<L>from whence my reign takes date:</L>
<L>Thou art (&s;aid he to me) my &s;on:</L>
<L>this day I thee begat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> "All people will I give to thee,</L>
<L>mine heir, at thy reque&s;t:</L>
<PB N="4" REF="7">
<L>"The utmo&s;t coa&s;ts of all the earth</L>
<L>"by thee &s;hall be po&s;&s;e&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> "And, cru&s;h'd by thee, thy foes like dirt,</L>
<L>"&s;hall under foot be trod:</L>
<L>"Di&s;&s;olv'd to du&s;t, like potters &s;herds,</L>
<L>"beneath thy iron rod.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> "Ye Kings, and Rulers, then, be wi&s;e,</L>
<L>"and in your duty learn'd:</L>
<L>"By whom all cau&s;es here are judg'd,</L>
<L>"and right from wrong di&s;cern'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> "Take heed ye &s;erve the Lord above,</L>
<L>"po&s;&s;e&s;s'd with awful fear:</L>
<L>And mix your joys with reverence, when</L>
<L>"before him ye appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> "Unto his &s;on your homage, with</L>
<L>"all due devotion pay:</L>
<L>"Le&s;t through his anger, ju&s;tly &s;tirr'd,</L>
<L>"ye peri&s;h from the way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> "For if the &s;malle&s;t &s;park of wrath</L>
<L>"once kindles in his bre&s;t;</L>
<L>"You &s;oon will find, that only they</L>
<L>"that tru&s;t in him, are ble&s;t.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Domine, quid?</HI> P&s;alm iii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, how are my foes increas'd,</L>
<L>which vex, and grieve me &s;ore:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Again&s;t me, whil&s;t they ri&s;e; and &s;ay,</L>
<L>"God cannot him re&s;tore.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> But thou, O Lord, do&s;t &s;hield me, when</L>
<L>I greate&s;t dangers dread:</L>
<L>My glory thou maintain'&s;t, and do'&s;t</L>
<L>hold up my drooping head.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> With &s;trained voice, unto the Lord</L>
<L>I did devoutly cry:</L>
<PB N="5" REF="7">
<L>And he out of his holy hill,</L>
<L>did hear me graciou&s;ly.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> I laid me down, and quietly</L>
<L>I &s;lept; and ro&s;e again:</L>
<L>And found my &s;elf in &s;afety; for</L>
<L>The Lord did me &s;u&s;tain,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Whence, though ten thou&s;and hem'd me in,</L>
<L>I would not be afraid:</L>
<L>No numbers &s;hould my courage quell,</L>
<L>whil&s;t God doth give me aid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> Up, then, my God, and &s;ave me, when</L>
<L>&s;uch dangers me befal;</L>
<L>Who when great foes again&s;t me gna&s;ht</L>
<L>their teeth, did&s;t cru&s;h them all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Salvation wholly doth belong</L>
<L>unto the Lord above:</L>
<L>From whom, his people &s;till partake</L>
<L>the ble&s;t effects of love.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Cum invocarem.</HI> P&s;alm iv.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O God, that art my righteou&s;ne&s;s,</L>
<L>attend unto my cry:</L>
<L>To whom, enlarg'd from great di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>I own my liberty.</L>
<L>Like mercy then, again to me</L>
<L>extend, in like di&s;tre&s;s:</L>
<L>For I to thee, my proved friend,</L>
<L>do humbly make addre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> O &s;ons of men, how long will ye</L>
<L>my glory thus de&s;pi&s;e?</L>
<L>Why wander ye in vanity,</L>
<L>and follow after lies?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> This know, that God, the godly man</L>
<L>doth, as his trea&s;ure chu&s;e:</L>
<PB N="6" REF="8">
<L>Me, therefore, when on him I call,</L>
<L>he never will refu&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Then &s;tand in awe, and &s;in no more:</L>
<L>&s;et ill de&s;igns apart;</L>
<L>Whiles calmly on your couches laid,</L>
<L>you commune with your heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Pre&s;ent to God the &s;acrifice</L>
<L>of righteou&s;ne&s;s; and &s;tay</L>
<L>Your &s;ouls with faith on him, the rock,</L>
<L>that never can decay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> The greater &s;ort crave worldly goods,</L>
<L>and riches have in cha&s;e:</L>
<L>But &s;hine upon us, Lord, do thou,</L>
<L>with thine unclouded face.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> For thou, thereby, &s;halt make my heart</L>
<L>more pleas'd by far, and glad;</L>
<L>Than theirs, who of their corn and wine,</L>
<L>the great'&s;t increa&s;e have had.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> A&s;&s;ur'd whereof, lie down will I,</L>
<L>and take a quiet &s;leep:</L>
<L>Whiles thou, who never &s;lumb're&s;t, Lord,</L>
<L>do'&s;t me in &s;afety keep.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Verba mea auribus.</HI> P&s;alm v.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> INcline thine ear unto my words;</L>
<L>my meditation mind:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> And let my Pray'r, (my King, and God,)</L>
<L>with thee acceptance find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> As thou my voice &s;halt hear betimes,</L>
<L>&s;o humbly I expect</L>
<L>Thy early help; whiles I to thee</L>
<L>my early Pray'r direct.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> I fix on thee my waiting eyes,</L>
<L>well knowing thou art one,</L>
<PB N="7" REF="8">
<L>Not pleas'd at all with wickedne&s;s,</L>
<L>and ill with thee dwells none.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> And in thy &s;ight, ungodly fools</L>
<L>&s;hall never &s;tand, O Lord:</L>
<L>All workers of iniquity</L>
<L>who ever ha&s;t abhorr'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Thou &s;halt to utter ruin bring</L>
<L>all &s;uch, as utter lies:</L>
<L>The bloody and deceitful man,</L>
<L>the &s;oul of God defies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> But I thy hou&s;e will vi&s;it, Lord,</L>
<L>depending on thy grace:</L>
<L>And reverendly wor&s;hip thee,</L>
<L>before thy holy place.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Lord, lead me in thy righteou&s;ne&s;s;</L>
<L>For watchful are my foes:</L>
<L>And th' holy way I ought to keep</L>
<L>do thou to me di&s;clo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> For truth is far from what they &s;ay;</L>
<L>their hearts foul vices &s;tain:</L>
<L>Their throat is like an open grave,</L>
<L>howe'er with tongues they feign.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> Lord, turn their plots again&s;t them&s;elves,</L>
<L>until de&s;troy'd they be;</L>
<L>And cru&s;ht beneath their load of guilt,</L>
<L>who rebels are to the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> But make all tho&s;e that tru&s;t in thee</L>
<L>to &s;hout for joy always:</L>
<L>Let all that love thy holy name,</L>
<L>give thee, their &s;hield, the prai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> For thou, thy favour wilt encrea&s;e</L>
<L>toward the righteous &s;till:</L>
<L>And therewithal, as with a &s;hield,</L>
<L>defend him from all ill.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="Psalm">
<PB N="8" REF="9">
<HEAD><HI>Domine, n&egrave; in furore.</HI> P&s;alm vi.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, in wrath rebuke me not,</L>
<L>when &s;in it &s;ets on fire:</L>
<L>Nor in thy fury cha&s;ten me,</L>
<L>I humbly thee de&s;ire.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> For I am weak: O, therefore, Lord,</L>
<L>in mercy me forbear;</L>
<L>And heal me; for my very bones</L>
<L>within me cru&s;hed are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> My &s;oul is troubled very &s;ore,</L>
<L>and vexed veh'mently:</L>
<L>But Lord, how long wilt thou delay</L>
<L>to cure my malady?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> O turn thee to thy wonted grace;</L>
<L>my down-ca&s;t &s;oul up take:</L>
<L>And &s;ave me, not for my de&s;erts,</L>
<L>but for thy mercies &s;ake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> For none that lie among the dead,</L>
<L>of thee remembrance have:</L>
<L>And who &s;hall give thee thanks, O God,</L>
<L>within the &s;ilent grave?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> So grievous is my daily moan,</L>
<L>as makes me wondrous faint:</L>
<L>And all night long, my bed doth &s;wim</L>
<L>in tears without re&s;traint.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> My &s;ight is dim, and waxes old,</L>
<L>with angui&s;h of my heart:</L>
<L>Becau&s;e my deadly foes do &s;till</L>
<L>new plots again&s;t me &s;tart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> But now, away from me, all ye</L>
<L>that work iniquity:</L>
<L>For now, the Lord hath heard the voice</L>
<L>of my complaint and cry.</L>
<PB N="9" REF="9">
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> He heard the earne&s;t pray'r, whereby</L>
<L>I eas'd my troubl'd heart:</L>
<L>And will me hear again, when <HI>I</HI></L>
<L>new griefs to him impart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> My foes, which long have vexed me,</L>
<L>put &s;till, O Lord, to &s;hame:</L>
<L>And make them, with defeatment vext,</L>
<L>turn back the way they came.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD>P&s;alm vi.</HEAD>
<OPENER>The &s;ame in another Metre.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, in wrath rebuke me not,</L>
<L>I pro&s;trate at thy feet, de&s;ire:</L>
<L>Nor in thy fury cha&s;ten me,</L>
<L>Which I by &s;in have &s;et on fire.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> My weakne&s;s pleads for pity, Lord:</L>
<L>In tender mercy me forbear:</L>
<L>And heal me; for my very bones</L>
<L>Within me, &s;orely vexed are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> My &s;oul is al&s;o troubled &s;ore,</L>
<L>And vexed very grievou&s;ly:</L>
<L>But Lord, how long wilt thou delay,</L>
<L>To cure my woeful malady?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Lord, turn thee to thy wonted grace,</L>
<L>And my dejected &s;oul up take:</L>
<L>O &s;ave me, not for my de&s;erts;</L>
<L>But for thy tender mercies &s;ake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> For none that lie forlorn among</L>
<L>The dead, of thee remembrance have:</L>
<L>And who &s;hall give thee thanks, within</L>
<L>The lodgings of the &s;ilent grave?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> So grievous is my moan by day,</L>
<L>That I therewith am wondrous faint:</L>
<L>And all the night, I &s;wim my bed</L>
<L>In tears, which back my &s;ad complaint.</L>
<PB N="10" REF="10">
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> My &s;ight is dim, and waxed old,</L>
<L>Continual grief hath &s;pent it &s;o:</L>
<L>Whiles they that are my deadly foes,</L>
<L>Still plot, my life to overthrow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> But now, away from me, all ye</L>
<L>Vile workers of iniquity:</L>
<L>Becau&s;e the Lord hath heard the voice</L>
<L>Of my complaint, and bitter cry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> He heard the earne&s;t pray'r, wherein</L>
<L>I eas'd the troubles of my heart:</L>
<L>And &s;o will do again, when I</L>
<L>My grie&s;s to him again impart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> The foes, which long have vexed me,</L>
<L>Confound, thou Lord, and put to &s;hame:</L>
<L>Till they, with &s;ore defeatment vext,</L>
<L>Turn backward, fa&s;ter than they came.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="7" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Domine, Deus mi.</HI> P&s;alm vii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, my God, I ca&s;t my &s;elf</L>
<L>with confidence on thee:</L>
<L>From tho&s;e who clo&s;ely me pur&s;ue,</L>
<L>&s;ave, and deliver me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Le&s;t, Lion-like, my mighty foe</L>
<L>in pieces &s;mall me rend:</L>
<L>Whiles none appears to &s;uccour me,</L>
<L>that can my life defend.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> O Lord my God, if I have done</L>
<L>the thing that is not right:</L>
<L>Or, of the crime they charge on me,</L>
<L>be guilty in thy &s;ight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> If with my friend I brake the band</L>
<L>of peace, by treachery:</L>
<L>(Yea, rather, &s;par'd I his, that &s;ought</L>
<L>my life injuriou&s;ly;)</L>
<PB N="11" REF="10">
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Then let the foe pur&s;ue my &s;oul,</L>
<L>and &s;pill, with anger ju&s;t,</L>
<L>My life upon the earth; and lay</L>
<L>mine honour in the du&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Ari&s;e O Lord, with ju&s;ter wrath,</L>
<L>mine enemies to re&s;train:</L>
<L>And judg me by thy righteous laws,</L>
<L>who wrong from men &s;u&s;tain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> Great numbers, then, &s;hall come to thee,</L>
<L>and croud about thy throne:</L>
<L>A&s;cend it, Lord, and for their &s;akes,</L>
<L>thence make thy Ju&s;tice known.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> And &s;ince thou art of all men Judg;</L>
<L>pronounce concerning me,</L>
<L>According to my righteou&s;ne&s;s,</L>
<L>and mine integrity.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> Lord, cea&s;e the rage of wicked men;</L>
<L>the ju&s;t &s;upport, and guide:</L>
<L>For by the righteous God, the hearts</L>
<L>and reins of men are try'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> I own my help to come of God,</L>
<L>who ever taketh part</L>
<L>With all &s;uch, to pre&s;erve them &s;afe,</L>
<L>as upright are in heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> The ju&s;t man, and the wicked both,</L>
<L>the righteous Judg doth try:</L>
<L>But ev'ry day, his wrath again&s;t</L>
<L>the wicked, boyleth high.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> If warned, he will not repent,</L>
<L>God whets his &s;word to &s;mite:</L>
<L>And bends his bow, the ob&s;tinate</L>
<L>and hard'ned heart to hit.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> For execution he prepares</L>
<L>his arrows, &s;harp, and keen;</L>
<PB N="12" REF="11">
<L>To pierce them through, that per&s;ecute</L>
<L>his Jewels, holy men.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> My foe with plots doth travel, in</L>
<L>his wicked head foreca&s;t:</L>
<L>But of the mi&s;chief there conceiv'd,</L>
<L>lo, nothing comes at la&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15" UNIT="verse"> He dig'd a ditch, and delv'd it deep,</L>
<L>in hope to hurt his Brother:</L>
<L>But fell him&s;elf, into the pit,</L>
<L>prepared for another.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16" UNIT="verse"> Thus wrong recoiling, hurts the man,</L>
<L>From whom it did proceed:</L>
<L>And all the mi&s;chief he contriv'd,</L>
<L>&s;hall cru&s;h its plotters head.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17" UNIT="verse"> I therefore will give thanks to God,</L>
<L>that judgeth righteou&s;ly:</L>
<L>And with my Song extol the name</L>
<L>of him that is mo&s;t high.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="8" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Domine Deus no&s;ter.</HI> P&s;al. viii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, our Lord, how excellent</L>
<L>thy Name is ev'ry where!</L>
<L>For thou thy glorious Throne ha&s;t &s;et</L>
<L>above the heavens clear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Ev'n by the mouths of &s;ucking babes,</L>
<L>thou &s;halt confound thy foes:</L>
<L>For thou thy mighty power, in</L>
<L>their weakne&s;s can'&s;t di&s;clo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> When I behold the heavens, fram'd</L>
<L>By thine almighty hand;</L>
<L>And view the moon, and all the &s;tars,</L>
<L>in order as they &s;tand:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Lord, think I, what is man, of him</L>
<L>that thou do&s;t take &s;uch care?</L>
<PB N="13" REF="11">
<L>Or what his i&s;&s;ue, that to them</L>
<L>&s;o kind thy vi&s;its are?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> For thou ha&s;t made him little le&s;s</L>
<L>then angels in degree:</L>
<L>With glory great, and dignity</L>
<L>his head is crown'd by thee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Thou ha&s;t prefer'd him to be Lord</L>
<L>of all thy works of wonder:</L>
<L>And at his feet laid all below,</L>
<L>that he &s;hould keep them under.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> Tame flocks, and herds, and bea&s;ts that in</L>
<L>wild de&s;arts live by prey:</L>
<L>With fowls of th' air, and fi&s;h, that make</L>
<L>in pathle&s;s &s;eas their way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, our Lord, how excellent</L>
<L>thy works are ev'ry where?</L>
<L>Mo&s;t glorious in them doth thy name</L>
<L>through all the earth appear.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="8" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD>P&s;alm viii.</HEAD>
<OPENER>The &s;ame in a different Metre.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, our Lord, how excellent</L>
<L>Thy name on earth is ev'ry where</L>
<L>Yea, thou ha&s;t &s;et thy glorious throne</L>
<L>Far higher than the heavens clear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Ev'n by the mouths of &s;ucking babes</L>
<L>Thou can&s;t, and wilt confound thy foes:</L>
<L>Who wonted art thy mighty &s;trength</L>
<L>In feeble&s;t creatures to di&s;clo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> When I behold the heavens, which</L>
<L>Are fram'd by thy almighty hand;</L>
<L>And view the moon, and all the &s;tars,</L>
<L>Where they by thee di&s;po&s;ed, &s;tand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Lord, think I, what is man, of him</L>
<L>That thou do&s;t take &s;uch tender care?</L>
<PB N="14" REF="12">
<L>Or, what's his i&s;&s;ue, that to them</L>
<L>So very kind thy Vi&s;its are?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> For thou ha&s;t made him little le&s;s</L>
<L>Then heav'nly angels in degree:</L>
<L>And on his head, a glorious crown</L>
<L>Be&s;towed is, O Lord, by thee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Thou ha&s;t prefer'd him to be Lord</L>
<L>On earth, of all thy works of wonder:</L>
<L>And at his feet laid all things there,</L>
<L>With ample pow'r to keep them under.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> Tame flocks, and herds, and bea&s;ts, which i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>Wild de&s;arts live by daily prey:</L>
<L>With fowls of th' air, and fi&s;h, which make</L>
<L>them&s;elves in pathle&s;s &s;eas a way.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, our Lord, how excellent</L>
<L>Thy works proclaim thee ev'ry where!</L>
<L>Through all the earth, they make thy name</L>
<L>Mo&s;t glorious, like thy &s;elf, appear.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="9" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Confitebor tibi Domine.</HI> P&s;al. ix.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> WIth heart entire, and mouth, O Lord</L>
<L>I will proclaim thy prai&s;e:</L>
<L>And publi&s;h all thy wondrous works,</L>
<L>thy glorious fame to rai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> I will exceedingly rejovce</L>
<L>in thee, O God mo&s;t high:</L>
<L>And tune my voice, thy name to prai&s;e,</L>
<L>in cheerful melody.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Becau&s;e my foes are driven back,</L>
<L>and put to &s;hameful flight:</L>
<L>They fell down flat, and were de&s;troy'd,</L>
<L>before thy pre&s;ence bright.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> My right maintained was by thee,</L>
<L>by whom my cau&s;e was try'd:</L>
<PB N="15" REF="12">
<L>Who ju&s;tly from thy royal throne,</L>
<L>gav'&s;t &s;entence on my &s;ide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Thou did&s;t rebuke the Heathens &s;o,</L>
<L>the wicked &s;o confound;</L>
<L>That where they liv'd, their memory</L>
<L>for ever &s;hall be drown'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Proud foe, that ha&s;t with quick di&s;patch</L>
<L>&s;o many towns de&s;troy'd:</L>
<L>And ha&s;t their names with them defac'd;</L>
<L>yet be not overjoy'd:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> But know, when thou ha&s;t done thy wor&s;t,</L>
<L>the Lord will ever reign:</L>
<L>And from his royal judgment-&s;eat,</L>
<L>the righteous cau&s;e maintain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> With ju&s;tice he will judg the world,</L>
<L>which tyrants &s;way with might:</L>
<L>And with impartial equity,</L>
<L>give all therein their right.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> Protector of the poor he is,</L>
<L>when wrongfully oppre&s;t:</L>
<L>And will to them a refuge be,</L>
<L>when e'r they are di&s;tre&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> Whence, all that know thy name, on thee,</L>
<L>&s;hall boldly, Lord, rely:</L>
<L>For thou for&s;ake&s;t none, that &s;eek</L>
<L>thee in &s;incerity.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> Sing prai&s;ing &s;ongs unto the Lord,</L>
<L>that dwells on <HI>Zion</HI> hill:</L>
<L>And publi&s;hing his glorious deeds,</L>
<L>the ears of all men fill.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> When e'r he makes a &s;earch for blood</L>
<L>of men unju&s;tly &s;lain;</L>
<PB N="16" REF="13">
<L>The murd'rers guilt, and &s;uff'rers cries,</L>
<L>in mind he will retain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> In mercy, Lord, the troubles mind</L>
<L>which I from foes &s;u&s;tain:</L>
<L>(For from the gates of death ha&s;t thou</L>
<L>oft rais'd me up again:)</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> In <HI>Zion</HI> that I may &s;et forth</L>
<L>Thy prai&s;e, with thankful voice:</L>
<L>And that in thy &s;alvation, Lord,</L>
<L>my &s;oul may &s;till rejoyce.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15" UNIT="verse"> The heathens are &s;unk down into</L>
<L>the pit, them&s;elves prepar'd:</L>
<L>And in the net they &s;et for me,</L>
<L>Their own feet fa&s;t are &s;nar'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16" UNIT="verse"> The judgments which he executes,</L>
<L>make God, their Author, known:</L>
<L>When, tangled in the &s;nare he laid,</L>
<L>the wicked is o'rthrown.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17" UNIT="verse"> The wicked &s;hall, by God condemn'd,</L>
<L>be turned into hell:</L>
<L>That doleful place, where ev'ry one</L>
<L>that God forgets, &s;hall dwell.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18" UNIT="verse"> For &s;urely, God will not forget</L>
<L>the poor, when they complain:</L>
<L>Nor &s;hall the needy always look</L>
<L>for help of him, in vain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, ari&s;e, le&s;t men prevail,</L>
<L>by means of worldly might:</L>
<L>And let thy heath'ni&s;h foes receive</L>
<L>their judgment in thy &s;ight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20" UNIT="verse"> Lord, &s;hoot thy terrour, fear, and dread,</L>
<L>into their hearts; and then</L>
<L>They will them&s;elves mi&s;taken own,</L>
<L>who went for more than men.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="10" TYPE="Psalm">
<PB N="17" REF="13">
<HEAD><HI>Ut quid, Domine?</HI> P&s;al. x.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L>WHat is the cau&s;e, why thou, O Lord,</L>
<L>Stand'&s;t now &s;o far from thine?</L>
<L>Not &s;uff'ring, in our troubles great,</L>
<L>thy face on us to &s;hine?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Proud per&s;ecutors hunt the poor,</L>
<L>ev'n as them&s;elves de&s;ire:</L>
<L>Lord, take them in the plots, which they</L>
<L>to execute, con&s;pire.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> For in his projects wi&s;ht &s;ucce&s;s</L>
<L>the wicked takes delight:</L>
<L>And doth oppre&s;&s;ing worldlings ble&s;s</L>
<L>whom God doth loath, and &s;light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Religion he di&s;owns, and looks.</L>
<L>with &s;cornful eyes thereon;</L>
<L>Nor ever thinks of pow'r divine;</L>
<L>yea, rather thinks there's none.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> His ways &s;till grievous are; nor do</L>
<L>thy judgments him affect,</L>
<L>They're much too high; and on his foes</L>
<L>with &s;corn he doth reflect.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> "Tu&s;h (&s;ays he in his heart,) I dread</L>
<L>"no threaten'd future change:</L>
<L>"That &s;uch &s;hould e'er befal me, &s;eems</L>
<L>"to me ab&s;urdly &s;trange.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> His mouth is full of cur&s;ings; meant</L>
<L>to hide deceit and guile:</L>
<L>His imprecating tongue conceals</L>
<L>de&s;igns mo&s;t ba&s;e, and vile.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> He lurking, lies in coverts clo&s;e,</L>
<L>to &s;lay the innocent:</L>
<L>Again&s;t the poor, that pa&s;&s;eth by,</L>
<L>his wrathful eyes are bent.</L>
<PB N="18" REF="14">
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> There, &s;lily lays he wait, as doth</L>
<L>the lion in his den;</L>
<L>From whence in his deceitful net,</L>
<L>he &s;ei&s;eth &s;imple men.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> With treach'rous craft and &s;ubtilty,</L>
<L>he croucheth by the way:</L>
<L>Till poor men, overmatch'd by &s;trength,</L>
<L>become his ea&s;ie prey.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART.</HI> II.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> "Truth, God forgetful is (&s;aith he)</L>
<L>"I therefore may be bold:</L>
<L>"His countenance is turn'd a&s;ide;</L>
<L>"he doth it not behold.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> Ari&s;e, O Lord, our God; on whom</L>
<L>the poor man's hope doth re&s;t:</L>
<L>And lift thy hand, to &s;hew thou mind'&s;t</L>
<L>men wrongfully oppre&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> Why &s;hould the wicked, God contemn?</L>
<L>Lord, do&s;t thou not abhor it?</L>
<L>Whiles, acting at this rate, they &s;ay</L>
<L>"in heart, thou car'&s;t not for it:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> But thou, that &s;ee&s;t their doings, wilt</L>
<L>all &s;piteful wrongs requite:</L>
<L>For friendle&s;s men, and orphans, do</L>
<L>them&s;elves to thee commit.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15" UNIT="verse"> Of wicked and malicious men,</L>
<L>break thou the arm therefore:</L>
<L>Search out, and puni&s;h all their crimes,</L>
<L>until thou find no more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16" UNIT="verse"> The Lord &s;hall reign for evermore,</L>
<L>upon his glorious throne!</L>
<L>Expelling from his cho&s;en land,</L>
<L>the heathens every one.</L>
<PB N="19" REF="14">
<L><MILESTONE N="17" UNIT="verse"> Thou knowe&s;t, Lord, the &s;ad complaints,</L>
<L>the poor to thee prefer:</L>
<L>Who&s;e hearts thou wilt prepare to pray,</L>
<L>and cau&s;e thine ear to hear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18" UNIT="verse"> To judge th' oppre&s;&s;ed fatherle&s;s,</L>
<L>and help them to their right:</L>
<L>That they no more be trampled on,</L>
<L>by men of worldly might.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="11" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>In Domino confido.</HI> P&s;alm xi.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> IN God the Lord I tru&s;t: how then</L>
<L>&s;ay ye unto my &s;oul,</L>
<L>"Fly hence for &s;helter to your hill,</L>
<L>"&s;wift as the winged foul:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> "For lo, the wicked bend their bow,</L>
<L>"and arm it with a dart;</L>
<L>"To &s;hoot in &s;ecret at the man,</L>
<L>"that upright is in heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> "Since then, all other hopes to &s;cape,</L>
<L>"are thus reduc'd to nought:</L>
<L>"By what, but &s;light alone, &s;ecure,</L>
<L>"can righteous men be thought?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> But God that in his temple is</L>
<L>below, and hath on high</L>
<L>Above the heav'ns, his glorious &s;eat</L>
<L>of royal maje&s;ty;</L>
<L>From thence, to mark what's done on earth,</L>
<L>doth &s;till apply his mind:</L>
<L>And &s;earcheth out with watchful eye,</L>
<L>the manners of mankind:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> And with a friendly count'nance, thence</L>
<L>the tried ju&s;t man views:</L>
<L>But from his &s;oul the wicked hates,</L>
<L>who violence doth u&s;e:</L>
<PB N="20" REF="15">
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> And will on &s;uch men ca&s;t down &s;nares,</L>
<L>as thick as driven rain;</L>
<L>Fire, brim&s;tone, and an horrid &s;torm;</L>
<L>all mixt, to give them pain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> And learn men, that the righteous God</L>
<L>doth righteou&s;ne&s;s embrace:</L>
<L>And &s;urely will to upright men</L>
<L>unveil his plea&s;ed face.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="12" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Salvum me fac.</HI> P&s;alm xii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> HElp, Lord; for good and godly men</L>
<L>grow thinner ev'ry day:</L>
<L>And &s;uch as faithful are, do &s;till</L>
<L>in numbers much decay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> When neighbour doth with neighbour talk,</L>
<L>their words no weight do bear:</L>
<L>With flatt'ring tongues, and double hearts,</L>
<L>each other they en&s;nare.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> But when fal&s;e tongues thro' flatt'ring lips,</L>
<L>(to bring de&s;igns about)</L>
<L>Take pride to cheat with plea&s;ing words,</L>
<L>the Lord will root them out.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Becau&s;e they &s;ay, "We will prevail;</L>
<L>"our tongues &s;hall us extol:</L>
<L>"Our own they are, to &s;erve our ends;</L>
<L>"what, Lord, &s;hall us control?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> But for the great complaint, and cry,</L>
<L>of poor men &s;ore oppre&s;t,</L>
<L>"Now, &s;aith the Lord, will I ari&s;e,</L>
<L>"and them re&s;tore to re&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> God's word is like to &s;ilver pure,</L>
<L>within the furnace try'd:</L>
<L>Which hath no le&s;s than &s;even times</L>
<L>in fire been purify'd.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="13" TYPE="Psalm">
<PB N="21" REF="15">
<HEAD>P&s;alm xiii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> 'Tis pa&s;t all doubt, that thou, O Lord,</L>
<L>wilt keep thy promi&s;e then:</L>
<L>And &s;ave the righteous evermore,</L>
<L>from &s;uch perfidious men:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Of whom this wicked world is full;</L>
<L>where vice is uncontroll'd:</L>
<L>Whiles tho&s;e that vile&s;t are therein</L>
<L>mo&s;t highly are extoll'd.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="13" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>U&s;que quo Domine.</HI> P&s;alm xiii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> HOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord,</L>
<L>whiles I thy grace implore!</L>
<L>How long is't, 'ere thy face on me</L>
<L>will &s;hine, as heretofore?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> How long, with careful thoughts &s;hall I</L>
<L>in mind tormented be?</L>
<L>How long &s;hall my prevailing foe</L>
<L>thus triumph over me?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Behold me now, my Lord, and God,</L>
<L>and heed my ju&s;t reque&s;t:</L>
<L>Mine eyes enlighten, le&s;t I &s;leep,</L>
<L>like one by death po&s;&s;e&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Le&s;t my &s;ucce&s;sful enemy &s;ay,</L>
<L>"behold, I &s;till prevail:</L>
<L>And tho&s;e that hate, and vex my &s;oul,</L>
<L>rejoice, to &s;ee me quail.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> But from thy goodne&s;s often try'd,</L>
<L>my hope &s;hall never &s;tart:</L>
<L>And in thy &s;aving help obtain'd,</L>
<L>right glad &s;hall be my heart.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Then cheerful &s;ongs, unto the Lord</L>
<L>I gratefully will &s;ing:</L>
<L>Becau&s;e his bounty hath from me</L>
<L>withheld no needful thing.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="14" TYPE="Psalm">
<PB N="22" REF="16">
<HEAD><HI>Dixit in&s;ipiens.</HI> P&s;alm xiv.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> THat fools deny a God; is by</L>
<L>their actions under&s;tood:</L>
<L>For lives corrupt, and vile, they lead;</L>
<L>and none doth any good.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> The Lord beheld from heav'n above,</L>
<L>degenerate mankind:</L>
<L>And &s;aw not one of them, that &s;ought</L>
<L>in earne&s;t, God to find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> What filthy ways they took, the &s;tench</L>
<L>of loath&s;ome crimes made known:</L>
<L>None; no, not one there was, by whom</L>
<L>the lea&s;t good deed was done.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> "Can men of rea&s;on thus, (&s;aid he)</L>
<L>"in judgment be mi&s;-led,</L>
<L>"To &s;light God's wor&s;hip; and to eat</L>
<L>"my people up, like bread.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Thus dar'd they heav'n; where &s;uddenly</L>
<L>great fear did them befal:</L>
<L>For &s;oon they found, that with the ju&s;t</L>
<L>God dwells, to help them all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> This think on, ye, who&s;e &s;coffs have put</L>
<L>the pious poor to &s;hame:</L>
<L>Who wi&s;ely cho&s;e to fly to God,</L>
<L>and call upon his name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> But when, O when, will God the word,</L>
<L>on which we tru&s;t, fulfil:</L>
<L>And &s;afety &s;end to <HI>I&s;rael</HI></L>
<L>from <HI>Zion</HI>'s holy Hill?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Which, when it comes to re&s;cue us,</L>
<L>oppre&s;t with bondage &s;ad;</L>
<L>All &s;ons of <HI>Jacob</HI> &s;hall rejoice,</L>
<L>and <HI>I&s;rael</HI> be glad.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="15" TYPE="Psalm">
<PB N="23" REF="16">
<HEAD><HI>Domine, quis?</HI> P&s;alm xv.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> WIthin thy Tabernacle, Lord,</L>
<L>Who &s;hall inhabit &s;till?</L>
<L>Or whom wilt thou receive, to dwell</L>
<L>upon thy holy hill?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> The man who&s;e life is uncorrupt;</L>
<L>who&s;e works are ju&s;t, and &s;treight:</L>
<L>Who &s;peaketh truth, and in his heart</L>
<L>doth harbour no deceit:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Wrongs no man; nor by &s;land'rous Tongue</L>
<L>bla&s;ts any per&s;ons name:</L>
<L>Nor willingly fal&s;e tales receives,</L>
<L>which may impair his fame:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Who vile, and vicious livers, doth</L>
<L>as &s;uch de&s;erve, contemn:</L>
<L>But where he &s;ees men fearing God,</L>
<L>He greatly honours them.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> His oath, and all his Promi&s;es,</L>
<L>who keepeth faithfully;</L>
<L>Although his bargain &s;uch do prove,</L>
<L>that lo&s;e he mu&s;t thereby.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> That &s;huns oppre&s;&s;ing u&s;ury</L>
<L>to take for money lent:</L>
<L>Who never will for bribes be bought,</L>
<L>to wrong the innocent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> The man that by the&s;e mea&s;ures lives;</L>
<L>(with God's dear favour ble&s;t):</L>
<L>From fear of evil, &s;afe, on him,</L>
<L>may now, and ever, re&s;t.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="15" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD>P&s;alm xv.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To another Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> WIthin thy Tabernacle, who</L>
<L>Shall &s;ojourn, Lord, with thy good will?</L>
<L>Or, whom wilt thou admit, to fix</L>
<L>His dwelling on thy holy hill?</L>
<PB N="24" REF="17">
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Ev'n him, who&s;e life is uncorrupt;</L>
<L>Who&s;e works are &s;trictly ju&s;t, and &s;treight</L>
<L>Who &s;peaketh truth: and in his heart</L>
<L>Doth harbour no conceal'd deceit.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Wrongs no man: nor by &s;land'rous tongue</L>
<L>Doth injure any per&s;on's name;</L>
<L>Nor willingly fal&s;e tales receives,</L>
<L>Which wrongfully impair his fame:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Who vile, and vicious per&s;ons doth</L>
<L>As ju&s;tly they de&s;erve, contemn:</L>
<L>But, where he &s;ees men fearing God;</L>
<L>Though mean, he greatly honours them.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> His oath, and all his promi&s;es,</L>
<L>Who keeps with all men faithfully;</L>
<L>Although he find his bargain &s;uch,</L>
<L>That he is like to lo&s;e thereby:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Who &s;huns exacting u&s;ury,</L>
<L>Where money &s;hould be freely lent:</L>
<L>Who never will with bribes be bought,</L>
<L>To wrong a per&s;on innocent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> The man that by the&s;e mea&s;ures lives,</L>
<L>(With God's peculiar favour ble&s;t,)</L>
<L>From fear of threaten'd dangers, may,</L>
<L>Upon him now, and ever re&s;t.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="16" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Exaudi Domine.</HI> P&s;alm xvi.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> LOrd, keep me; for I tru&s;t in thee.</L>
<L>Soul, thou to God ha&s;t &s;aid,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> "Thou, Lord, art mine; my all is thine,</L>
<L>"By vow to thee conveigh'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse">"3 Which, &s;ince thou need'&s;t it not, I'll pay</L>
<L>"thy Saints that here do dwell;</L>
<L>"Whom I entirely love, becau&s;e</L>
<L>"in vertue they excell.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse">"4 And wi&s;h all woes on them may fall,</L>
<L>"that Idol-gods adore,</L>
<PB N="25" REF="17">
<L>"Who&s;e bloody off'rings I di&s;claim,</L>
<L>"And do their names abhor.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> The Lord alone the portion is</L>
<L>of my inheritance:</L>
<L>Thou fill'&s;t my cup, and what thou giv'&s;t,</L>
<L>pre&s;erv'&s;t from all mi&s;chance.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> The place, wherein my lot is fall'n,</L>
<L>in beauty doth excell:</L>
<L>And th' heritage thereby a&s;&s;ign'd</L>
<L>to me, doth plea&s;e me well;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> I ble&s;s the Lord, who&s;e coun&s;el made</L>
<L>me under&s;tand aright:</L>
<L>By means whereof, my &s;ecret thoughts</L>
<L>do teach me ev'ry night.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> I God have &s;et before me &s;till;</L>
<L>and tru&s;t him with my all:</L>
<L>For whiles he &s;tands at my right hand,</L>
<L>no ill can me befall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> A thought, which fills my heart, and tongue</L>
<L>with gladne&s;s while I live:</L>
<L>And will unto my dying fle&s;h,</L>
<L>an hopeful pro&s;pect give.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> For &s;urely, my departed &s;oul,</L>
<L>in hell thou wilt not leave:</L>
<L>Nor quit the body of thy Saint,</L>
<L>corruption to perceive:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> But lead them both thou wilt to life;</L>
<L>where boundle&s;s joys before</L>
<L>Thy pre&s;ence dwell; and plea&s;ures at</L>
<L>thy right hand evermore.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="17" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Exaudi Domine.</HI> P&s;al. xvii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, give ear, when ju&s;tly I</L>
<L>in &s;traits to thee complain:</L>
<L>And hear the pray'r which comes to thee,</L>
<L>from lips that do not fain.</L>
<PB N="26" REF="18">
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> And let the judgment of my cau&s;e</L>
<L>proceed from none, but thee:</L>
<L>Wherein, as by impartial view,</L>
<L>thou find'&s;t it, &s;entence me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Oft thou my heart ha&s;t &s;earch'd by night,</L>
<L>yet there no ill did&s;t find:</L>
<L>And I re&s;olve, my tongue &s;hall ne'r</L>
<L>mi&s;repre&s;ent my mind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> From all the works likewi&s;e of men</L>
<L>that are prever&s;ly ill:</L>
<L>And out of their de&s;tructive paths,</L>
<L>thy word hath kept me &s;till.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> And &s;till do thou my goings in</L>
<L>thy holy paths pre&s;erve:</L>
<L>That from the track I ought to keep,</L>
<L>my foot&s;teps never &s;werve.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> I oft have call'd on thee, in hope</L>
<L>thou would'&s;t me hear, and aid:</L>
<L>Bla&s;t not that hope: but bend thine ear</L>
<L>to what my lips have &s;aid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> O thou, who&s;e right hand from their foes</L>
<L>&s;aves all that tru&s;t in thee;</L>
<L>That hand in kindne&s;s now extend;</L>
<L>And wonders do for me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> And keep me, Lord, as men do keep</L>
<L>the apple of their eye:</L>
<L>That under covert of thy wings,</L>
<L>in &s;afety I may lie.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> From wicked mens a&s;&s;aults me &s;ave,</L>
<L>who daily we annoy:</L>
<L>And from my foes &s;urrounding me,</L>
<L>who would my life de&s;troy:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> Who wallow in their worldly wealth,</L>
<L>as bea&s;ts are wont, when fat:</L>
<PB N="27" REF="18">
<L>And u&s;e their mouths, with daring pride,</L>
<L>to &s;peak, they care not what.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> To hunt us to de&s;truction, they</L>
<L>our paths have compa&s;t round:</L>
<L>And fixt, to &s;py our foot&s;teps there,</L>
<L>their eyes upon the ground.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> They act the lion, when his prey</L>
<L>he eagerly doth cha&s;e:</L>
<L>And &s;ometimes lurk, as doth his whelp,</L>
<L>in &s;ome concealed place.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> Ari&s;e, in ha&s;te, prevent my foe,</L>
<L>and ca&s;t him down, O Lord:</L>
<L>And &s;ave me from the wicked, whom</L>
<L>thou u&s;e&s;t as thy &s;word:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> From men by th' hand of whom (provok'd)</L>
<L>thou good men put'&s;t to grief:</L>
<L>From worldly men, who&s;e portion is</L>
<L>confined to this life.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15" UNIT="verse"> Who&s;e bellies from thy &s;tores thou fill'&s;t,</L>
<L>according to their mind:</L>
<L>Nor want they heirs, t' inherit what</L>
<L>their fathers leave behind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15" UNIT="verse"> But with a con&s;cience clear, behold</L>
<L>thy count'nance here, I will:</L>
<L>And &s;hall, when wak'd from death, of thy</L>
<L>full vi&s;ion take my fill.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="18" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Diligam te, Domine.</HI> P&s;al. xviii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, my &s;trength, I &s;till am bound</L>
<L>to love thee heartily:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Who art my rock, and fortre&s;s &s;trong,</L>
<L>in my nece&s;&s;ity.</L>
<L>My God, my Fort, in which I hope</L>
<L>&s;ecure defence to have:</L>
<L>My &s;hield, my tower built on high;</L>
<L>the Horn that doth me &s;ave.</L>
<PB N="28" REF="19">
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> When on the Lord I call, and give</L>
<L>to him de&s;erved prai&s;e:</L>
<L>I &s;hall be &s;afe from all the force,</L>
<L>mine enemies can rai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> The pangs of death did compa&s;s me;</L>
<L>and great my dangers were:</L>
<L>Whiles wicked men, like &s;welling waves,</L>
<L>did put me &s;till in fear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> The &s;trong, and twi&s;ted cords of hell,</L>
<L>were round about me &s;et:</L>
<L>And me, at unawares, to catch,</L>
<L>was &s;pred a deadly net:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> When thus be&s;et with pain, and grief,</L>
<L>I pray'd to God for grace.</L>
<L>My cry before him came; which he</L>
<L>heard from his holy place.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> His wrath with power armed, then,</L>
<L>did make the earth to quake:</L>
<L>Yea, at their deep foundations, forc'd</L>
<L>the mighty hills to &s;hake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Forth from his no&s;trils went a &s;moke,</L>
<L>and from his mouth a flame;</L>
<L>So fiercely hot, that all it toucht,</L>
<L>as burning coals became.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> When God de&s;cended from above,</L>
<L>he bow'd the heavens high:</L>
<L>And underneath his feet, o'r&s;pred</L>
<L>with darkne&s;s was the sky.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> His &s;teed, a glorious <HI>Cherub</HI> was,</L>
<L>whereon he rode in ha&s;te:</L>
<L>And &s;wift, as mounted on the wings</L>
<L>of all the winds, he pa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> With darkne&s;s compa&s;s'd, he in it,</L>
<L>did his pavillion place:</L>
<PB N="29" REF="19">
<L>With waters black, in &s;tormy clouds</L>
<L>environed he was.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> But &s;oon the brightne&s;s of his face</L>
<L>did make the clouds retire:</L>
<L>Which breaking, hail-&s;tones thence were &s;hot,</L>
<L>and glowing coals of fire.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> From heaven, in the frightful voice</L>
<L>of thunder, th' Highe&s;t &s;pake:</L>
<L>And hail-&s;tones from the &s;hatter'd cloud</L>
<L>with fire-coals mixed, brake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> The&s;e fiery darts, and thunder-bolts,</L>
<L>his foes di&s;comfited:</L>
<L>His light'nings made them fly apace;</L>
<L>and &s;hew'd, which way they fled.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15" UNIT="verse"> Thy no&s;trils breath, Lord, chas'd the flouds,</L>
<L>that &s;een their bo&s;oms were:</L>
<L>Yea, th' earths foundations bare were laid,</L>
<L>at thy rebuke &s;evere.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16" UNIT="verse"> Thus from above, the Lord &s;ent down</L>
<L>to fetch me from below:</L>
<L>And re&s;cue me, whom waters great</L>
<L>were ready t' overflow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17" UNIT="verse"> He &s;av'd me from my foes, le&s;t I</L>
<L>into their hands &s;hould fall:</L>
<L>Ev'n mighty foes, by much too &s;trong</L>
<L>for me to deal withall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18" UNIT="verse"> They &s;et upon me unawares</L>
<L>half-dead, before, with grief:</L>
<L>But &s;ea&s;onably, then the Lord</L>
<L>Appear'd for my relief.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> iii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="19" UNIT="verse"> From caves, and de&s;arts, where I hid</L>
<L>my &s;elf, did God me free:</L>
<L>And gave me larger room, becau&s;e</L>
<L>he took delight in me.</L>
<PB N="30" REF="20">
<L><MILESTONE N="20" UNIT="verse"> He knew me righteous, and as &s;uch,</L>
<L>he had to me regard:</L>
<L>And to the cleanne&s;s of my hands,</L>
<L>proportion'd his reward.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21" UNIT="verse"> Becau&s;e in his pre&s;cribed ways,</L>
<L>with con&s;tant care I trod:</L>
<L>And have not, as the wicked doth,</L>
<L>departed from my God;</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22" UNIT="verse"> But always did before mine eyes,</L>
<L>his righteous judgments lay:</L>
<L>Nor ever did, as rules too &s;trict,</L>
<L>his &s;tatutes put away.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="23" UNIT="verse"> I al&s;o did my uprightne&s;s</L>
<L>Clear up before his face:</L>
<L>And &s;hun'd that &s;in, to which, in my</L>
<L>&s;ad &s;traits I tempted was.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24" UNIT="verse"> The Lord did therefore righteou&s;ly</L>
<L>my righteous deeds requite:</L>
<L>To &s;uit the cleanne&s;s of my hands,</L>
<L>Appearing in his &s;ight.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25" UNIT="verse"> For thou, to men that mercy &s;hew,</L>
<L>wilt &s;hew thy mercy too:</L>
<L>And with the upright, as becomes</L>
<L>an upright friend, wilt do.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26" UNIT="verse"> Thy love to purity, the pure</L>
<L>Shall by experience know:</L>
<L>But tho&s;e that &s;trive with thee, &s;hall find</L>
<L>thee much too &s;trong a foe.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27" UNIT="verse"> For thou wilt &s;ave the humble, when</L>
<L>they under trouble lie:</L>
<L>And &s;oon bring down the looks of tho&s;e</L>
<L>that have a lofty eye.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28" UNIT="verse"> My lamp, when kindled at thy flame,</L>
<L>&s;hall burn exceeding bright:</L>
<PB N="31" REF="20">
<L>And when my way is dark, the Lord</L>
<L>my God, &s;hall make it light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29" UNIT="verse"> For through thy help, an ho&s;t, by me</L>
<L>di&s;comfited, did fall:</L>
<L>And God a&s;&s;i&s;ting, I o'rleapt</L>
<L>with ea&s;e, the highe&s;t wall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30" UNIT="verse"> The way of God mo&s;t perfect is;</L>
<L>his word is throughly try'd:</L>
<L>A &s;ure defence he is, to &s;uch</L>
<L>who in his faith abide.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> iv.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="31" UNIT="verse"> Who is a God, except the Lord?</L>
<L>be&s;ides him there is none.</L>
<L>And who a rock, which, like our God,</L>
<L>men may depend upon?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="32" UNIT="verse"> 'Tis he that girded me with &s;trength,</L>
<L>to grapple with my foes:</L>
<L>And in the way which perfect is,</L>
<L>my feet he doth di&s;po&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="33" UNIT="verse"> He makes my feet like tho&s;e of hinds,</L>
<L>exceeding &s;wift of pace:</L>
<L>And helps me &s;teepe&s;t hills to climb,</L>
<L>my foes from thence to cha&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="34" UNIT="verse"> To handle weapons well in fight,</L>
<L>Thou learn'&s;t my hands the skill:</L>
<L>And giv'&s;t my arms the &s;trength, to break</L>
<L>with ea&s;e, a bow of &s;teel.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="35" UNIT="verse"> Thou gav'&s;t me thy &s;alvations &s;hield,</L>
<L>To guard me, when be&s;et:</L>
<L>Thy right hand held me up, and thy</L>
<L>great kindne&s;s made me great.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="36" UNIT="verse"> The ground my feet did traver&s;e, thou</L>
<L>mad'&s;t large for me, and wide:</L>
<L>In &s;lippery places oft they &s;tood,</L>
<L>and yet they did not &s;lide.</L>
<PB N="32" REF="21">
<L><MILESTONE N="37" UNIT="verse"> I did pur&s;ue, and overtake</L>
<L>the foes that me annoy'd:</L>
<L>And did not from the cha&s;e return,</L>
<L>until they were de&s;troy'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="38" UNIT="verse"> Great numbers in the field did fall,</L>
<L>I wounded them &s;o &s;ore:</L>
<L>Beneath my feet, they wounded fell,</L>
<L>and ro&s;e not any more.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="39" UNIT="verse"> Thou girded'&s;t me with &s;trength to fight,</L>
<L>in &s;uch &s;ucce&s;sful wi&s;e:</L>
<L>As made them all to me to bow,</L>
<L>that did again&s;t me ri&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="40" UNIT="verse"> The necks of tho&s;e that fought with me,</L>
<L>are &s;ubject to my yoke.</L>
<L>So fully I the armed force</L>
<L>of all that hate me, broke.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="41" UNIT="verse"> They cry'd for help; but none appear'd</L>
<L>that would, or could relieve:</L>
<L>Yea, to the Lord they cry'd: but he</L>
<L>did them no an&s;wer give.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="42" UNIT="verse"> Like du&s;t di&s;pers'd before the wind,</L>
<L>They never more could meet:</L>
<L>Ca&s;t out and trod upon they were,</L>
<L>as dirt in ev'ry &s;treet.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> v.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="43" UNIT="verse"> Thou quell'&s;t my peoples &s;trifes: to make</L>
<L>me King, they all agreed:</L>
<L>Yea, over heathens, quite unknown</L>
<L>to me, thou mad'&s;t me Head.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="44" UNIT="verse"> There needs no more, to make them bow,</L>
<L>then th' hearing of my name:</L>
<L>Though many, much again&s;t their wills,</L>
<L>its awe doth only tame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="45" UNIT="verse"> Who, though they yet &s;tand off, in time</L>
<L>&s;hall lo&s;e their courage quite.</L>
<PB N="33" REF="21">
<L>And fearful in their holds, for peace</L>
<L>&s;hall them agree to &s;light.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="46" UNIT="verse"> I therefore ble&s;s the living Lord,</L>
<L>who merits all my prai&s;e:</L>
<L>My rock, my God that &s;aveth me,</L>
<L>my grateful &s;ong &s;hall rai&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="47" UNIT="verse"> Who&s;e vengeance hath pur&s;u'd my foes</L>
<L>until de&s;troy'd they be:</L>
<L>And by his influence, &s;ubdu'd</L>
<L>my people are to me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="48" UNIT="verse"> He from my foes delivereth me:</L>
<L>thou curbd'&s;t them as they ro&s;e:</L>
<L>Nor &s;uffered&s;t, Lord, my life to be</L>
<L>at violent <HI>Saul</HI>'s di&s;po&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="49" UNIT="verse"> The&s;e favours great, I ever, Lord,</L>
<L>with thanks acknowledg &s;hall:</L>
<L>And &s;ing this &s;ong to prai&s;e thy name,</L>
<L>before the Gentiles all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="50" UNIT="verse"> "God, who by wonders &s;aves him, doth,</L>
<L>"and &s;till will &s;hew more grace</L>
<L>"To <HI>David,</HI> his <HI>Anointed;</HI> and</L>
<L>"to all his future race.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="19" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Coeli enarrunt.</HI> P&s;alm xix.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T.S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> THE Heav'ns and Firmament above.</L>
<L>God's glories do declare:</L>
<L>The works of Pow'r omnipotent,</L>
<L>in them con&s;picuous are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Tho&s;e glorious works of God, each day</L>
<L>pre&s;ents in various dre&s;s:</L>
<L>And ev'ry night &s;uch &s;ights repeats,</L>
<L>as do his skill expre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> In all mens diff'ring languages,</L>
<L>the fame of them is heard.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> To earth's mo&s;t di&s;tant coa&s;ts, thereby</L>
<L>God's knowledge is conferr'd;</L>
<PB N="34" REF="22">
<L>He built, and furni&s;h'd, for the &s;un,</L>
<L>in them a tiring room:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Who thence, as from his chamber doth</L>
<L>a bridegroom trimm'd, doth come.</L>
<L>And like a &s;trong-limb'd racer looks,</L>
<L>who hoping for a prize,</L>
<L>Before his cour&s;e begins, doth view</L>
<L>the race with cheerful eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Thence thro' the Sky's wide compa&s;s, he</L>
<L>bright beams abroad doth &s;hoot:</L>
<L>And nothing from his piercing heat</L>
<L>is hid, the world throughout.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> Mo&s;t perfect is the law of God:</L>
<L>his te&s;timony &s;ure;</L>
<L>It Souls converts; and wi&s;dom true</L>
<L>gives, &s;imple men to cure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> The righteous &s;tatutes of the Lord,</L>
<L>fill hearts with joys refin'd:</L>
<L>Pure his commandment is; and clears</L>
<L>mine eyes, by nature blind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> God's fear is clean, and makes the &s;oul</L>
<L>from &s;pots for ever free:</L>
<L>His judgments altogether true,</L>
<L>and &s;trictly righteous be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> Much more to be de&s;ir'd than gold;</L>
<L>much gold, without allay:</L>
<L>Ev'n honey dropping from the combes,</L>
<L>is not &s;o &s;weet as they.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> By them thy &s;ervant is forewarn'd</L>
<L>his duty to regard:</L>
<L>Which tho&s;e that do perform, are &s;ure</L>
<L>to gain a great reward.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> But, Lord, what man the errours knows</L>
<L>to which expos'd he lies?</L>
<PB N="35" REF="22">
<L>O clean&s;e me then, from &s;ecret &s;ins,</L>
<L>which '&s;cape my &s;earching eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> And keep me, that pre&s;umptuous &s;ins</L>
<L>prevail not over me:</L>
<L>So &s;hall I upright &s;tand; and from</L>
<L>the great tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion free.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> Accept the words I utter, and</L>
<L>good thoughts conceiv'd in heart,</L>
<L>To prai&s;e thee, who my rock of &s;trength,</L>
<L>and my Redeemer art.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="19" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD>P&s;alm xix.</HEAD>
<OPENER>In another Metre.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> THE Heav'ns and Firmament above,</L>
<L>God's glories wondrou&s;ly declare:</L>
<L>The works of his Almighty Hand</L>
<L>In them, to all con&s;picuous are.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Tho&s;e glorious works of God, each day.</L>
<L>Pre&s;ents to view in various dre&s;s:</L>
<L>And ev'ry night repeats anew</L>
<L>Tho&s;e Pro&s;pects, which his skill expre&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> In all the diff'ring languages</L>
<L>Men &s;peak, the fame of them is heard.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> To all the di&s;tant coa&s;ts of earth,</L>
<L>God's knowledge thus is &s;till confer'd.</L>
<L>He built, and furni&s;h'd for the &s;un,</L>
<L>In them a glorious tiring room:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Who thence, as from his chamber doth</L>
<L>A bridegroom richly trimm'd, doth come.</L>
<L>And like a &s;trong-limb'd racer, looks;</L>
<L>Who, full of hopes to win the prize</L>
<L>Before his cour&s;e begins, beholds</L>
<L>The race in view, with cheerful eyes.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Thence, thro' the skies wide compa&s;s, he</L>
<L>His beams di&s;per&s;eth round about:</L>
<L>And nothing from his piercing heat</L>
<L>Is hidden all the world throughout.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="36" REF="23">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> II.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> Mo&s;t perfect is the law of God;</L>
<L>His te&s;timony ever &s;ure:</L>
<L>Converting &s;ouls, and making wi&s;e</L>
<L>The &s;imple, pa&s;t all other cure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> The &s;tatutes of the Lord are ju&s;t,</L>
<L>And fill the heart with joys refin'd:</L>
<L>The Lord's commandment's pure; its light</L>
<L>Enlightens eyes, by nature blind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> God's fear is clean; its clean&s;ing pow'r</L>
<L>Doth &s;ouls from &s;pots for ever free:</L>
<L>His judgments mo&s;t compleatly true;</L>
<L>And righteous altogether be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> Much more de&s;irable than Gold:</L>
<L>Yea, much refined gold they are:</L>
<L>The honey dropping from the combs,</L>
<L>In &s;weetne&s;s they excel by far.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> By them, thy &s;ervant is forewarn'd,</L>
<L>Him&s;elf from &s;ins a&s;&s;aults to guard:</L>
<L>And where they are ob&s;erved well,</L>
<L>Th' ob&s;ervers meet with great reward.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> But, Lord, what man the errors knows</L>
<L>To which we here obnoxious lye!</L>
<L>O clean&s;e me then from faults conceal'd,</L>
<L>Which, tho' I &s;earch, I can't e&s;py.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> But chiefly, let pre&s;umptuous &s;ins</L>
<L>Get no dominion over me:</L>
<L>So upright I, and innocent,</L>
<L>Shall from the great tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> Accept the words I utter, and</L>
<L>The thoughts my heart doth mu&s;e upon,</L>
<L>Do, Lord, who both my rock of &s;trength,</L>
<L>And my Redeemer art alone.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="20" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Exaudiat te Dominus.</HI> P&s;alm xx.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T.S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> IN trouble, and di&s;tre&s;s, the Lord</L>
<L>thy heart's reque&s;ts fulfil;</L>
<PB N="37" REF="23">
<L>And may the name of <HI>Jacob</HI>'s God,</L>
<L>O <HI>King,</HI> defend thee &s;till:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Vouch&s;afe thee from his holy place</L>
<L>help &s;uited to thy needs:</L>
<L>And out of <HI>Zion</HI> &s;trengthen thee</L>
<L>to do illu&s;trious deeds:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Remembring all the &s;acrifice,</L>
<L>which thou to him ha&s;t done:</L>
<L>And th' off'ring which thou mak'&s;t by fire,</L>
<L>look graciou&s;ly upon.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> According to thy heart's de&s;ire,</L>
<L>his bounty an&s;wer thee:</L>
<L>Let what in Council thou decree&s;t,</L>
<L>by him performed be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Rejoiced, when thou &s;av'&s;t us, we</L>
<L>our banners will di&s;play:</L>
<L>In God's great Name: but under thee,</L>
<L>For who&s;e &s;ucce&s;s we'll pray.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> I know the Lord, with his right hand,</L>
<L>will his anointed &s;ave.</L>
<L>And give therewith, when need requires</L>
<L>again, the help he gave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> In charriots &s;ome put confidence,</L>
<L>and &s;ome in hor&s;es tru&s;t:</L>
<L>But we remember God, our Lord</L>
<L>who to his word is ju&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Their fall our faith for&s;ees; whiles we</L>
<L>by God a&s;&s;i&s;ted, ri&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> Still &s;ave us Lord: and let our king,</L>
<L>we pray thee, hear our cries.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="20" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD>P&s;alm xx.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To another Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> IN trouble, and adver&s;ity,</L>
<L>The Lord thy ju&s;t reque&s;ts fulfil:</L>
<L>And may the name of <HI>Jacob</HI>'s God,</L>
<L>Dear &s;ov'reign thee defend from ill:</L>
<PB N="38" REF="24">
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Vouch&s;afe thee, from his holy place,</L>
<L>The help proportion'd to thy needs:</L>
<L>And out of <HI>Zion</HI> &s;trengthen thee,</L>
<L>To bring to pa&s;s illu&s;trious deeds.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Rememb'ring all the &s;acrifice,</L>
<L>By thee to him devoutly done:</L>
<L>And th' off'ring which thou mak'&s;t by fire,</L>
<L>May He with favour look upon.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> According to thy hearts de&s;ire,</L>
<L>His riche&s;t bounties an&s;wer thee:</L>
<L>And what in council thou decree&s;t,</L>
<L>May it by him performed be.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Rejoiced, when thou &s;av'&s;t us, we</L>
<L>Our banners will again di&s;play</L>
<L>In God's great name; led on by thee,</L>
<L>For who&s;e &s;ucce&s;s we &s;till do pray.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Now, know I, God, with wonted grace,</L>
<L>Again will his anointed &s;ave:</L>
<L>And give from heaven with the &s;ame</L>
<L>Right hand, to him, the help he gave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> In charriots &s;ome put confidence:</L>
<L>And &s;ome in &s;trength of hor&s;es tru&s;t:</L>
<L>But we remember God our Lord,</L>
<L>Who ever to his word is ju&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Their fall our faith fore&s;ees, while we</L>
<L>By God, who lifts us up, do ri&s;e:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> Still &s;ave us, Lord, do thou; and cau&s;e</L>
<L>Our king to hear our righteous cries.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="21" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Domine, in virtute.</HI> P&s;al. xxi.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T.S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, how joyful is the king,</L>
<L>when arm'd with &s;trength from thee!</L>
<L>How heartily doth he rejoice,</L>
<L>thereby &s;ecur'd to be!</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> For thou ha&s;t given him whate'er</L>
<L>it was he did de&s;ire:</L>
<PB N="39" REF="24">
<L>Of all his lips did ask, to him</L>
<L>thou mad'&s;t a grant entire.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Thou do'&s;t prevent him with thy gifts,</L>
<L>and ble&s;&s;ings manifold:</L>
<L>And on his royal head do&s;t &s;et</L>
<L>a crown of pure&s;t gold.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> He humbly asked life of thee,</L>
<L>and it thou did'&s;t &s;ecure:</L>
<L>Annexing to it, length of days,</L>
<L>for ever to endure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Great is his glory, through thy help,</L>
<L>who gav'&s;t him &s;aving aid:</L>
<L>Great honour, and great maje&s;ty,</L>
<L>thou ha&s;t upon him laid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Thou gav'&s;t him all felicity,</L>
<L>&s;ecur'd from all decays:</L>
<L>And with thy cheerful countenance,</L>
<L>great joys in him did'&s;t rai&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> Becau&s;e the King doth firmly tru&s;t</L>
<L>in God, he &s;hall prevail:</L>
<L>And through his grace that reigns on high,</L>
<L>pre&s;erv'd, he &s;hall not quail.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Thy hand, O king, &s;hall find, and &s;eize,</L>
<L>all &s;uch as thee with&s;tand:</L>
<L>Both find them out, and puni&s;h them,</L>
<L>&s;halt thou with thy right hand.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> Thou &s;halt de&s;troy them when thy wrath</L>
<L>doth like an oven fume:</L>
<L>Yea, God's fierce wrath conjoin'd with thine,</L>
<L>&s;hall wholly them con&s;ume.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> And thou &s;halt make from off the earth</L>
<L>their i&s;&s;ue to decrea&s;e:</L>
<L>Till from among the &s;ons of men</L>
<L>their &s;eed do wholly cea&s;e.</L>
<PB N="40" REF="25">
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> Becau&s;e again&s;t thee mi&s;chiefs great</L>
<L>in thought they did project:</L>
<L>But fail'd at la&s;t for want of pow'r,</L>
<L>what they de&s;ign'd t'effect.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> Whom thou, before thee, as a mark</L>
<L>to &s;hooot at, Lord, &s;halt place:</L>
<L>And from thy charged bow-&s;tring, aim</L>
<L>directly at their face,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> Be thou exalted, Lord, with &s;trength</L>
<L>&s;uch as to thee belongs:</L>
<L>And we thy pow'r will magnifie,</L>
<L>in our triumphant &s;ongs.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="22" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Deus, Deus mius.</HI> P&s;al. xxii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T.S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> MY God, my God, for what by thee</L>
<L>for&s;aken thus am I?</L>
<L>Why help'&s;t thou not, when I to thee</L>
<L>with &s;ad complaints do cry?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> To thee, my God, ev'n all day long</L>
<L>I earne&s;tly do call:</L>
<L>Nor cea&s;e I all the night; and yet</L>
<L>thou hear'&s;t me not at all.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Yet thou art holy &s;till; and in</L>
<L>thy holy place do'&s;t dwell:</L>
<L>Where thou art daily entertain'd</L>
<L>with prai&s;e from <HI>I&s;rael.</HI></L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> To thee, our Fathers old, with faith</L>
<L>in dangers did repair.</L>
<L>And as they fixt their tru&s;t in thee,</L>
<L>by thee they &s;aved were.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> They were deliver'd always, when</L>
<L>they called on thy name:</L>
<L>Nor was the faith they had in thee,</L>
<L>e'er put by thee to &s;hame.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> But I, poor I, am now become</L>
<L>more like a worm than man:</L>
<PB N="41" REF="25">
<L>An out-ca&s;t, whom the people &s;corn,</L>
<L>with all the &s;pite they can.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> All they that &s;ee me, do on me</L>
<L>reproach with laughter lay:</L>
<L>They wag their heads; and &s;hooting out</L>
<L>their &s;cornful lips, they &s;ay,</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> "This man did tru&s;t in God, that he</L>
<L>"wou'd &s;ave him of his love:</L>
<L>"But let him now deliver him,</L>
<L>"if he his cau&s;e approve.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> But from my mother's womb was I</L>
<L>by thee, O Lord, relea&s;t:</L>
<L>And had no other hope, but thee,</L>
<L>when &s;ucking on her brea&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> On thee, my guardian, from my birth,</L>
<L>my parents me be&s;tow'd:</L>
<L>And even from that infant &s;tate,</L>
<L>thou ha&s;t been &s;till my God.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART.</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> Lord, do not now depart from me,</L>
<L>be&s;et with bitter grief:</L>
<L>For I have none but thee, from whom</L>
<L>I may expect relief.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> For many Bulls &s;urrounding, make</L>
<L>at me, with armed head:</L>
<L>Bulls wanton-fat, as if they had</L>
<L>in <HI>Ba&s;han</HI>'s fields been fed.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> With bellowing mouths they gape on me,</L>
<L>as if they would me &s;lay:</L>
<L>Much like the roaring lion, when</L>
<L>he ravens for his prey.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> My &s;p'rits are &s;pent; like water &s;pilt,</L>
<L>my bones a&s;under &s;tart:</L>
<L>Like wax di&s;&s;olv'd by melting heat,</L>
<L>within me is my heart.</L>
<PB N="42" REF="26">
<L><MILESTONE N="15" UNIT="verse"> Dry'd, like a pot&s;herd, is my &s;trength;</L>
<L>my &s;corched tongue cleaves fa&s;t</L>
<L>Unto my jaws: &s;o near me brought</L>
<L>to brink of death thou ha&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16" UNIT="verse"> The wicked did (like dogs to tear</L>
<L>a carca&s;s) me be&s;et:</L>
<L>And with a barb'rous cruelty,</L>
<L>they pierc'd my hands and feet.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17" UNIT="verse"> The torture &s;tretch'd me &s;o, that I</L>
<L>might all my bones have told:</L>
<L>Yet, pitile&s;s, with &s;taring eyes</L>
<L>my torments they behold.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18" UNIT="verse"> They &s;trip me naked, and divide</L>
<L>my clothes among them all:</L>
<L>And for my coat they ca&s;t the lot,</L>
<L>to whom it whole &s;hou'd fall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19" UNIT="verse"> I pray thee therefore, be not far</L>
<L>when thus thy help I need:</L>
<L>But thou, O Lord, my &s;trength, a&s;&s;i&s;t</L>
<L>my fainting &s;oul with &s;peed.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="20" UNIT="verse"> To guard me from the cruel &s;word,</L>
<L>employ, O Lord, thy pow'r:</L>
<L>And &s;ave my precious &s;oul, le&s;t it</L>
<L>the teeth of dogs devour.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21" UNIT="verse"> From lions mouths me &s;ave, that el&s;e</L>
<L>will me to pieces &s;hiver:</L>
<L>For thou from th' horns of Unicorn,</L>
<L>did&s;t hear me, and deliver.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22" UNIT="verse"> Then I before my brethren all,</L>
<L>thy mercies will proclaim:</L>
<L>And where thy Church a&s;&s;embled is,</L>
<L>will magnifie thy name.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> iii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="23" UNIT="verse"> Let all that do his fear profe&s;s,</L>
<L>&s;ing prai&s;es to the Lord:</L>
<PB N="43" REF="26">
<L>Extoll'd by <HI>Jacob</HI>'s &s;eed be he,</L>
<L>by <HI>I&s;rael</HI> ador'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="24" UNIT="verse"> For he th' afflicted ne'r de&s;pis'd;</L>
<L>nor ever turn'd awry</L>
<L>His countenance, when he did call;</L>
<L>but hearkn'd to his cry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="25" UNIT="verse"> Amid&s;t the congregation great,</L>
<L>I therefore will proclaim</L>
<L>Thy prai&s;e, and pay my vows in &s;ight</L>
<L>of tho&s;e that fear thy name:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="26" UNIT="verse"> The meek &s;hall eat their fill, of tho&s;e</L>
<L>vow'd off'rings which I give:</L>
<L>And you that &s;eek, &s;hall prai&s;e the Lord;</L>
<L>and ble&s;t for ever live.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="27" UNIT="verse"> The coa&s;ts of all the earth &s;hall turn</L>
<L>to God, and &s;eek his grace:</L>
<L>And heathen kindreds, wor&s;hipping,</L>
<L>&s;hall fall before his face.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="28" UNIT="verse"> The Lord, as univer&s;al King,</L>
<L>the earth throughout &s;hall reign:</L>
<L>And over all the nations, he</L>
<L>the Sov'raignty &s;hall gain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="29" UNIT="verse"> Yea, all, whom earths rich fatne&s;s feeds,</L>
<L>&s;hall likewi&s;e ta&s;t of his:</L>
<L>And eating, thankfully adore</L>
<L>him, th' Author of their bli&s;s.</L>
<L>And &s;uch as wallow in the du&s;t,</L>
<L>by poverty laid low,</L>
<L>Shall own their &s;ouls by him do live,</L>
<L>and humbly to him bow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="30" UNIT="verse"> Who&s;e &s;eed &s;hall &s;erve him, while the world's</L>
<L>&s;ucce&s;&s;ive ages la&s;t:</L>
<L>Whom God &s;hall count his own, when once</L>
<L>by his Adoption grac'd:</L>
<PB N="44" REF="27">
<L><MILESTONE N="31" UNIT="verse"> Each age, declaring to the next</L>
<L>that comes, his righteou&s;ne&s;s:</L>
<L>So th' earth, by new births &s;tockt, &s;hall &s;till</L>
<L>this work of his confe&s;s.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="23" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Dominus regit.</HI> P&s;alm xxiii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>W. W.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> THe Lord my heav'nly &s;hepherd is;</L>
<L>Who&s;e pa&s;tures to the full me feed:</L>
<L>I cannot then want any thing,</L>
<L>Whereof my &s;oul doth &s;tand in need.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> He doth me fold in &s;heep-coats &s;afe,</L>
<L>Which to the tender gra&s;s are nigh:</L>
<L>Whence, fed, he drives me to the &s;treams</L>
<L>Of plea&s;ant waters, running by.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> And when I feel my &s;elf di&s;eas'd,</L>
<L>With med'cines &s;ound he doth me make;</L>
<L>And keeps me &s;o, in righteous paths</L>
<L>Me leading, for his own names &s;ake.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Whence, though my walks be near the do<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>Of death, yet will I fear no ill:</L>
<L>Sith thou art with me; and thy rod,</L>
<L>And &s;hepherds &s;taff me comfort &s;till.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Thou ha&s;t my Table richly deckt,</L>
<L>In &s;pite of my repining foe:</L>
<L>Thy oil anoints my head, and fill'd</L>
<L>By thee, my cup doth overflow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> And finally, whiles life doth la&s;t,</L>
<L>Thy &s;aving grace &s;hall me defend:</L>
<L>And in the hou&s;e of God, will I</L>
<L>That lifes remaining portion &s;pend.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="23" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD>P&s;alm xxiii. <HI>Another of the &s;ame.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> MY &s;hepherd is the living Lord;</L>
<L>I nothing then, can need.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> In pa&s;tures fair, by waters calm,</L>
<L>he &s;etteth me to feed.</L>
<PB N="45" REF="27">
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> He doth re&s;tore my drooping &s;oul,</L>
<L>And put my mind in frame,</L>
<L>To walk in righteous paths; and bring</L>
<L>due honour to his Name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Yea, though I walk'd in &s;hades of death,</L>
<L>yet will I fear no ill;</L>
<L>Thy rod, and &s;taff me comfort; whiles</L>
<L>thou there art with me &s;till.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> And in the &s;ight of envious foes,</L>
<L>my table thou do&s;t &s;pread:</L>
<L>Thy riche&s;t wines &s;ill full my cup;</L>
<L>thy oil anoints my head.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Through all my life thy favour is</L>
<L>&s;o frankly &s;hew'd to me:</L>
<L>That in thy hou&s;e, that life throughout,</L>
<L>my dwelling place &s;hall be.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="24" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Domini e&s;t Terra.</HI> P&s;alm xxiv.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>J. H.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> THe earth is all the Lords: and his</L>
<L>all things that fill it, are:</L>
<L>Yea, his is all the world, with all</L>
<L>the creatures dwelling there.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> For firmly he hath founded it,</L>
<L>above the &s;eas to &s;tand:</L>
<L>And laying low the liquid floods,</L>
<L>built over them the land.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Whom, therefore, of them all, will God</L>
<L>admit to climb his hill?</L>
<L>Or fix his &s;tation in the place,</L>
<L>where he inhabits &s;till?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> The man, who&s;e hands are clean, who&s;e heart</L>
<L>no darling lu&s;ts defile:</L>
<L>Who&s;e &s;oul affects not vanity,</L>
<L>nor &s;wears he to beguile.</L>
<PB N="46" REF="28">
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> The man &s;o qualify'd, to ble&s;s,</L>
<L>the Lord will have regard:</L>
<L>And from his God, and Saviour, he</L>
<L>&s;hall have a ju&s;t reward.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Him, God will reckon one of tho&s;e,</L>
<L>who truly &s;eek his face;</L>
<L>That face, which <HI>Jacob</HI> &s;ought, and &s;aw,</L>
<L>whiles here he ran his race.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> Fly open, all ye gates: and thou,</L>
<L>O everla&s;ting gate,</L>
<L>Be open too; t'admit the King,</L>
<L>that comes in glorious &s;tate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> What King is this, that comes in &s;tate?</L>
<L>it is the mighty Lord;</L>
<L>The Lord of might; in battel &s;trong,</L>
<L>to wield the two-edg'd &s;word.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> Fly open all ye gates; and thou,</L>
<L>O everla&s;ting gate,</L>
<L>Be open too; t'admit the King,</L>
<L>the King of glorious &s;tate.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> Who is this King of glorious &s;tate?</L>
<L>the Lord of Ho&s;ts it is:</L>
<L>The King, who&s;e robes all Kings do wear:</L>
<L>and all their glory's his.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="25" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Ad Te, Domine.</HI> P&s;alm xxv.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> I Lift my &s;oul to thee,</L>
<L>my God, and guide mo&s;t ju&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> O &s;uffer me to take no &s;hame;</L>
<L>for I in thee do tru&s;t.</L>
<L>Nor let my foes rejoyce,</L>
<L>and triumph over me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Yea, &s;uffer no man to be &s;ham'd,</L>
<L>Of all that wait on thee.</L>
<PB N="47" REF="28">
<L>But &s;hame attend them all,</L>
<L>who deal injuriou&s;ly:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Thy paths, mean while, and holy ways,</L>
<L>to me, O Lord, de&s;cry.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Direct me in thy truth,</L>
<L>and teach me, Lord, its way:</L>
<L>My Saviour, and my God art thou;</L>
<L>On thee I wait all day.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> Remember, gracious Lord,</L>
<L>thy mercies manifold;</L>
<L>And all thy loving kindne&s;&s;es,</L>
<L>which ever were of old.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> But mind not, Lord, the faults,</L>
<L>my youth was &s;tain'd withal:</L>
<L>No wandrings of that giddy age,</L>
<L>to thy remembrance call.</L>
<L>Nor let thy mercies be,</L>
<L>to my de&s;erts confin'd:</L>
<L>But with a goodne&s;s, worthy thee,</L>
<L>Lord, have me in thy mind.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Both ju&s;tice in the Lord</L>
<L>and goodne&s;s great re&s;ide:</L>
<L>Which both induc'd him, &s;inners in</L>
<L>his holy way to guide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> The humble he will teach,</L>
<L>who his direction &s;eek:</L>
<L>With judgment &s;ound, to find his way,</L>
<L>he will conduct the meek.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> For all the ways of God</L>
<L>are truth, and mercy both,</L>
<L>To tho&s;e, who keep his covenant,</L>
<L>confirm'd with them by oath.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> Proportion'd to thy name,</L>
<L>O Lord, I thee intreat</L>
<PB N="48" REF="29">
<L>Great pardon grant me for my &s;in,</L>
<L>which is exceeding great.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> Who is't, that fears the Lord?</L>
<L>his choice will God direct</L>
<L>So &s;urely, that he &s;hall the ways</L>
<L>which plea&s;e him be&s;t, elect.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> His &s;oul &s;hall dwell at ea&s;e,</L>
<L>and firm in goodne&s;s &s;tand:</L>
<L>And after his decea&s;e, his &s;eed</L>
<L>inherit &s;hall the land.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> To tho&s;e that fear the Lord,</L>
<L>his &s;ecrets he will tell:</L>
<L>And unto them, his covenants</L>
<L>my&s;terious truths reveal.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="15" UNIT="verse"> Mine eyes with &s;tedfa&s;t faith,</L>
<L>upon the Lord are &s;et:</L>
<L>For he it is, that from the net,</L>
<L>&s;hall pluck my &s;nared feet.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="16" UNIT="verse"> In mercy vi&s;it me,</L>
<L>who make to thee my moan:</L>
<L>For de&s;olate, and comfortle&s;s,</L>
<L>men leave me all alone.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="17" UNIT="verse"> The troubles of my heart</L>
<L>do many ways exceed:</L>
<L>O re&s;cue me with help, as large,</L>
<L>as my di&s;tre&s;&s;es need.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="18" UNIT="verse"> Behold the mi&s;ery,</L>
<L>and angui&s;h I am in:</L>
<L>And by thy pard'ning grace, remove</L>
<L>the cau&s;e of both, my &s;in.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="19" UNIT="verse"> And, Lord, behold my foes,</L>
<L>how much they &s;till increa&s;e:</L>
<L>Who me pur&s;ue with hatred fierce,</L>
<L>and cruel to exce&s;s.</L>
<PB N="49" REF="29">
<L><MILESTONE N="20" UNIT="verse"> Pre&s;erve my &s;oul, and let</L>
<L>thy grace deliver me:</L>
<L>Nor let me e'r be put to &s;hame,</L>
<L>becau&s;e I tru&s;t in thee.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="21" UNIT="verse"> Yea, let integrity,</L>
<L>and ju&s;tice me protect:</L>
<L>For in the practi&s;e of them both,</L>
<L>I help from thee expect.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="22" UNIT="verse"> Thy people to redeem,</L>
<L>Lord, help from heaven &s;end:</L>
<L>And let thine <HI>I&s;rael</HI> of all</L>
<L>their troubles &s;ee an end.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="26" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Judica me, Domine.</HI> P&s;alm xxvi.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> LOrd, be my judg, who know'&s;t, that all</L>
<L>my ways are &s;traight, and plain:</L>
<L>Nor doubt I e'r to &s;lide, or fall,</L>
<L>for God will me &s;u&s;tain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Prove me, O Lord, I thee de&s;ire,</L>
<L>and &s;earch me narrowly:</L>
<L>My thoughts, and reins, as in the fire</L>
<L>men gold examine, try.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Thy goodne&s;s laid before my face,</L>
<L>I did behold always:</L>
<L>And as thy truth directs my pace,</L>
<L>have walked all my days.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> For company, I ne'r did choo&s;e</L>
<L>to &s;it with per&s;ons vain:</L>
<L>With fal&s;e di&s;&s;emblers, I refu&s;e</L>
<L>acquaintance to retain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Ill livers congregation</L>
<L>my &s;oul dete&s;ting, flies:</L>
<L>And they, for me, &s;hall &s;it alone,</L>
<L>who wicked things devi&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> I'll wa&s;h my hands in innocence,</L>
<L>and then approaching near</L>
<PB N="50" REF="30">
<L>Thy altar, Lord, with confidence,</L>
<L>pre&s;ent my off'ring there.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> My tongue &s;hall likewi&s;e &s;pread the prai&s;e,</L>
<L>which doth belong to thee:</L>
<L>Declaring, in what wondrous ways</L>
<L>thou ha&s;t been good to me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Thy hou&s;e to me was ever dear;</L>
<L>none el&s;e I lov'd &s;o well:</L>
<L>That holy Sanctuary, where</L>
<L>thine honour, Lord, doth dwell</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> O &s;hut not up my &s;oul with them,</L>
<L>in &s;in who take their fill:</L>
<L>Nor yet my life among the men,</L>
<L>who guiltle&s;s blood do &s;pill:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> Who&s;e hands in doing mi&s;chief skill'd,</L>
<L>no &s;ea&s;on offer'd mi&s;s:</L>
<L>And, to promote inju&s;tice, fill'd</L>
<L>with bribes their right hand is.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> But I, by righteous acts, intend</L>
<L>t' approve my &s;elf to thee:</L>
<L>Have mercy on me, and defend</L>
<L>mine innocence, and me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> Who&s;e feet thus fixed by thy grace,</L>
<L>I hope, &s;hall &s;tand upright:</L>
<L>For which, to thee I'll render prai&s;e,</L>
<L>in all thy peoples &s;ight.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="27" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Dominus-Lumen.</HI> P&s;alm xxvii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>J. H.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> GOd my &s;alvation is, and light,</L>
<L>why &s;hould I be di&s;may'd?</L>
<L>He guards my life: what creatures might</L>
<L>&s;hall make me then afraid.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Whiles wicked men, my foes, who&s;e &s;trength</L>
<L>weak I could never quell,</L>
<L>Made ha&s;te to eat me up; at length</L>
<L>they &s;tumbled &s;ore, and fell.</L>
<PB N="51" REF="30">
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> Again&s;t me, though an ho&s;t &s;hould lie</L>
<L>encamp'd, I will not fear:</L>
<L>Yea, boldly will, my cau&s;e to try,</L>
<L>in battel pitcht, appear.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> One thing of God oft ask'd I have,</L>
<L>and hope I &s;hall obtain:</L>
<L>Which &s;till I am re&s;olv'd to crave,</L>
<L>till his con&s;ent I gain:</L>
<L>That I within his holy place,</L>
<L>my life throughout may dwell:</L>
<L>To &s;ee the beauty of his face,</L>
<L>and learn my duty well.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> For he, in troublous times, &s;hall hide</L>
<L>me in his tent &s;ecure:</L>
<L>Like which no rock, though fortify'd,</L>
<L>my &s;afety can a&s;&s;ure.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> And well I know, th' Almighty's grace</L>
<L>will, with re&s;i&s;tance &s;tout,</L>
<L>Enable me my foes to cha&s;e,</L>
<L>which compa&s;s me about.</L>
<L>Which done; within his temple, I</L>
<L>will offer, and rejoyce:</L>
<L>And there, to &s;ing his prai&s;e, apply</L>
<L>my &s;elf, with heart and voice.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> Lord hear the voice of my reque&s;t;</L>
<L>when I to thee do call:</L>
<L>And mercifully, when oppre&s;t,</L>
<L>vouch&s;afe me help withall.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> 'Tis thy command, O Lord, that we</L>
<L>in &s;traits, do &s;eek thy grace:</L>
<L>And oft my heart hath &s;aid to thee,</L>
<L>I vow to &s;eek thy face.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> Turn not that face in wrath away</L>
<L>nor far from me it hide:</L>
<PB N="52" REF="31">
<L>Thou &s;till ha&s;t &s;av'd me, and I pray,</L>
<L>be &s;till, my God, and guide.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> Should both my Parents me for&s;ake,</L>
<L>and ca&s;t me off at large:</L>
<L>Yet on him&s;elf the Lord will take</L>
<L>of me the care, and charge.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> O teach me, Lord, the way to thee,</L>
<L>and lead me in't aright:</L>
<L>Becau&s;e my foes &s;et &s;pies on me,</L>
<L>to trap me if they might.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> And ne'r re&s;ign me to the will</L>
<L>of &s;uch deceitful foes:</L>
<L>Who, perjur'd, &s;tick not all that's ill</L>
<L>again&s;t me to depo&s;e.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="13" UNIT="verse"> My heart would faint; but that in me</L>
<L>this faith is fixed fa&s;t,</L>
<L>That I the Lords good grace &s;hall &s;ee</L>
<L>Yet, e're this life be pa&s;t.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="14" UNIT="verse"> Soul, wait on God, and ne'r de&s;ert</L>
<L>his intere&s;ts through fear:</L>
<L>Wait &s;till on him, and he thy heart</L>
<L>with &s;trengthn'ing grace &s;hall cheer.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="28" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Ad Te, Domine.</HI> P&s;alm xxviii.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T.S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> THou art, O Lord, my rock; from thee</L>
<L>my cries an an&s;wer crave:</L>
<L>Neglect me not, le&s;t I become</L>
<L>like &s;ick men, near the grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> The voice of thy Petitioner</L>
<L>Lord, hear, when I intreat;</L>
<L>And lift my craving hands, before</L>
<L>thy holy mercy-&s;eat.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> With wicked, and deceitful men,</L>
<L>a&s;&s;ign me not a part:</L>
<L>Who, &s;peaking fair, (like deare&s;t friends)</L>
<L>hide mi&s;chief in their heart.</L>
<PB N="53" REF="31">
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Repay their plotted wickedne&s;s</L>
<L>unto them&s;elves in kind:</L>
<L>And th' ill they did, or would have done,</L>
<L>to others, let them find.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Becau&s;e they &s;light, and di&s;regard</L>
<L>the work which God hath wrought:</L>
<L>He will, the hopes they build upon,</L>
<L>de&s;troy, and bring to nought.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> With grateful heart, return my thanks</L>
<L>unto the Lord will I:</L>
<L>Who, when I pray'd in troubles great,</L>
<L>did hear me readily.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> The Lord hath &s;hewn him&s;elf my &s;trength</L>
<L>and buckler in di&s;tre&s;s:</L>
<L>My faith obtain'd his help; which I</L>
<L>with &s;ongs of prai&s;e confe&s;s.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> The good man's &s;trong defence is he</L>
<L>again&s;t his enemies:</L>
<L>In him alone, the &s;aving &s;trength</L>
<L>of his Anointed lies.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> Thy people &s;ave, O Lord, and ble&s;s</L>
<L>thine own inheritance:</L>
<L>For ever, let thy bounty feed,</L>
<L>and power them advance.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="29" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Afferte Domino.</HI> P&s;alm xxix.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>T. S.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> GIve to the Lord, ye Potentates,</L>
<L>what prai&s;e to him ye owe:</L>
<L>The honour of his mighty &s;trength,</L>
<L>upon the Lord be&s;tow.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> The glory due unto his name,</L>
<L>be&s;tow on him alone:</L>
<L>Adore him in the beauteous &s;eat,</L>
<L>where &s;tands his holy throne.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> God's voice doth rule the waters, bred</L>
<L>above, as he doth plea&s;e:</L>
<PB N="54" REF="32">
<L>His thundring voice doth rend the air,</L>
<L>and rai&s;e the &s;tormy &s;eas.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> A voice it is, of greate&s;t force,</L>
<L>Which he from thence doth vent:</L>
<L>And by th' effects produced, &s;peaks</L>
<L>him God omnipotent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> The voice of God in pieces tears</L>
<L>the cedars great, and long:</L>
<L>Yea, from the tops of <HI>Lebanon,</HI></L>
<L>it rends the cedars &s;trong.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> He makes them skip, as doth a calf,</L>
<L>or fole of th' unicorn:</L>
<L>Yea, <HI>Lebanon</HI> and <HI>Sirion,</HI> th' hills,</L>
<L>on which tho&s;e trees are born.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> His voice di&s;per&s;eth &s;ubtil fires</L>
<L>Through th' Air, with pointed flame:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Makes de&s;arts quake; ev'n that, which doth</L>
<L>from <HI>Kadi&s;h</HI> takes its name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> It makes the hinds to ca&s;t their calves;</L>
<L>turns woods to open ground:</L>
<L>Great works! which in his temple make</L>
<L>his prai&s;e from all to &s;ound.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> The Lord, upon the floods doth &s;it,</L>
<L>and all of them commands:</L>
<L>His royal throne for evermore,</L>
<L>to all, &s;uperiour &s;tands.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> The Lord &s;hall make his people dear</L>
<L>in power to increa&s;e:</L>
<L>And give them all good things, compris'd</L>
<L>in firm, and la&s;ting peace.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="29" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD>P&s;alm xxix.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To another Tune.</OPENER>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> GIve to the Lord, ye Potentates</L>
<L>who are his Deputies below,</L>
<L>Due prai&s;e, and th' honour of his &s;trength</L>
<L>upon the Almighty Lord be&s;tow.</L>
<PB N="55" REF="32">
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> Give Glory to his holy name,</L>
<L>The Glory due to him alone:</L>
<L>And wor&s;hip him, in th' holy place,</L>
<L>Where he hath fixt his glorious throne.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> His voice doth rule the waters, which</L>
<L>De&s;cend in &s;torms, as he doth plea&s;e;</L>
<L>Di&s;charg'd from clouds by thunder-claps,</L>
<L>Which rend the Air, and rai&s;e the &s;eas.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> The voice of God is full of force,</L>
<L>When from above he doth it vent:</L>
<L>And by its terrible effects,</L>
<L>Proclaimeth him omnipotent.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> His voice the cedars great, and tall,</L>
<L>Tears up, and lays them all along:</L>
<L>Yea, from the tops of <HI>Lebanon,</HI></L>
<L>He rends the cedars high, and &s;trong.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> He makes them skip, as doth a calf,</L>
<L>Or wanton fole of th' Unicorn:</L>
<L>Yea, <HI>Lebanon,</HI> and <HI>Sirion</HI> too,</L>
<L>Thus skip, on which tho&s;e trees are born.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> His voice di&s;per&s;eth &s;ubtil fires,</L>
<L>Which pierce the air with pointed flame:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> Makes wilderne&s;&s;es quake for fear;</L>
<L>Ev'n <HI>Kadi&s;h</HI> wilderne&s;s, by name.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse"> It makes the hinds to ca&s;t their calves,</L>
<L>And fore&s;ts turns to champaign ground:</L>
<L>Great works! which in his temple make</L>
<L>Each wor&s;hipper his prai&s;e to &s;ound.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse"> The mighty Lord is there proclaim'd</L>
<L>Sole Emperour of &s;eas, and lands:</L>
<L>And much above them both, his throne</L>
<L>To endle&s;s days unmoved &s;tands.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> The Lord &s;hall make his people dear</L>
<L>In power daily to increa&s;e:</L>
<L>And give them all the ble&s;&s;ings, which</L>
<L>Attend a &s;ound, and la&s;ting peace.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="30" TYPE="Psalm">
<HEAD><HI>Exaltabo te, Domine.</HI> P&s;al. xxx.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>J. H.</BYLINE>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="verse"> ALl prai&s;es, both with heart, and voice,</L>
<L>O Lord, I give to thee:</L>
<L>Who ha&s;t not made my foes rejoyce;</L>
<L>But ha&s;t exalted me.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="verse"> O Lord, my God, to thee I cry'd,</L>
<L>when &s;ore oppre&s;t with grief:</L>
<L>And through thy cordial grace apply'd,</L>
<L>I &s;oon obtain'd relief.</L>
<PB N="56" REF="33">
<L><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="verse"> My parting &s;oul thou called'&s;t back,</L>
<L>And did'&s;t from death me &s;ave:</L>
<L>Thou heald'&s;t me, when I &s;trength did lack,</L>
<L>to keep me from the grave.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="verse"> Sing prai&s;e to God, ye Saints, that try</L>
<L>the goodne&s;s of the Lord:</L>
<L>And in your thankful memory,</L>
<L>His holine&s;s record.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="verse"> Who&s;e wrath, in very little &s;pace,</L>
<L>when hotte&s;t, cools again:</L>
<L>Whereas his &s;oul-reviving grace,</L>
<L>Doth long in &s;trength remain.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> For though in pangs of grief full &s;ore,</L>
<L>Saints &s;ometimes &s;pend a night:</L>
<L>Yet doth the Lord again re&s;tore</L>
<L>their joys, with morning light.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>PART</HI> ii.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="verse"> When I enjoy'd the world at will,</L>
<L>too apt I was to &s;ay,</L>
<L>"This Sun-&s;hine, I per&s;wade me, &s;till</L>
<L>"will la&s;t, without decay.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="7" UNIT="verse"> For thou, O Lord, of thy good grace,</L>
<L>Had'&s;t &s;trong my mountain made:</L>
<L>But when thou turnd'&s;t away thy face,</L>
<L>my comforts &s;oon decay'd.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="8" UNIT="verse"> And thereupon, again I cry'd</L>
<L>to thee, O Lord, for aid:</L>
<L>Who&s;e ears with &s;ore complaints I ply'd:</L>
<L>and weeping, thus I &s;aid:</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="9" UNIT="verse">"9 What gain'&s;t thou by my blood, if I</L>
<L>"through grief con&s;ume my days?</L>
<L>"Can du&s;t of death thee magnifie,</L>
<L>"Or give thy truth its prai&s;e?</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="10" UNIT="verse">"10 Th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">n hearken, Lord, and pity take</L>
<L>"on me, I thee de&s;ire:</L>
<L>"And do not now my &s;oul for&s;ake,</L>
<L>"who&s;e needs thy help require.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="11" UNIT="verse"> Then turned'&s;t thou my doleful tone</L>
<L>into a cheerful voice:</L>
<L>Said'&s;t to my mourning weeds, begone</L>
<L>and girded'&s;t me with joys.</L>
<L><MILESTONE N="12" UNIT="verse"> For which, my &s;oul unce&s;&s;antly.</L>
<L>&s;hall fill my tongue with prai&s;e.</L>
<L>To thee, my Lord, and God: whom I</L>
<L>will thank throughout my days.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
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