The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth.
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The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth.
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Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.
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Imprinted at Lo[n]don :: By John Day, dwelling ouer Aldersgate,
1562.
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.
Psalters.
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"The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13988.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.
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Dixit insipiens. Psalme. xiiii. T. S.
¶ He described the peruerse nature of men, whiche were so growen to licenciousnes, that God was brought to vtter cotempt for the which thing although he was greatly greued: yet being perswaded that god would send som present remedy, he comfort him selfe and others.
〈♫〉〈♫〉THere is no God, as folish mē af¦firm 〈♫〉〈♫〉 in their mad mode: their drifts ar al corrupt 〈♫〉〈♫〉 and vain, not one of thē doth good. The lord be∣held 〈♫〉〈♫〉 frō heauen hie ye whole race of mākind and
〈♫〉〈♫〉 saw not one yt sought in dede ye liuing god to find.
[verse 3] They went all wide and were corrupt, and truely there was none:That in the worlde did any good, I say, there was not one. [verse 4] Is all theyr indgement so farre lost, that all worke mischief styll:Eatyng my people euen as breade, not one to seke Gods wyll,
[verse 5] When they thus rage, then sodenly, great feare on them shall fall:For God doth loue the rightuous men, and will maintayne them all. [verse 6] He mocke the doinges of the poore, to theyr reproche and shame?Because they put theyr trust in God, and call vpon hys name.
[verse 7] But who shall geue thy people health, and when wilt thou fulfill: * 1.1The promise made to Israell. from out of Sion hill. [verse 8] Euen when thou shalt restore agayne, suche as were captiues lad:Then Iacob shall therin reioyse, and Israell shall be glad.
Notes
* 1.1
Where wicked men raine, all felicitie is but very slauery, lyke to Egipte or Babilon.