The psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each Psalme : whereunto is added Devotions for the help and assistance of all Christian people, in all occasions and necessities.

Morning Prayer.

PSALME 19.

A prayer for preservation from sinne, and for love of Gods law.

THe heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy work.

2 One day telleth another: and one night certifieth another.

3 There is neither speech nor lan∣guage: but their voyces are heard among them.

4 Their sound is gone out into all lands: and their words unto the ends of the world.

5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun: which commeth forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoyceth as a giant to run his course.

6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

7 The Law of the Lord is an undefiled law convert∣ing the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, and gi∣veth wisdome unto the simple.

8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoyce the heart: the commandement of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes.

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth for ever: the judgements of the Lord are true, and righteous alto∣gether.

10 More to be desired are they then gold, yea then much fine gold: sweeter also then hony, and the hony combe.

11 Moreover by them is thy servant taught: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.

13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me so shall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offence.

14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart: be alway acceptable in thy sight.

15 O Lord: my strength, and my Rede••mer.

The Prayer.

O Most blessed Jesu, thou Sun of righteous∣nesse, who camest forth from the bosome of thy eternall Father, as a Bridegroom out of his chamber, be pleased to plant in our hearts the fear of the Lord, and in our bodies the purity and cleannesse of chastity, and make them to abide there for ever: Lighten our eyes with the light of thy Gospel, and the bright revelation of thy whole will and plea∣sure, that so being guided by thy grace, wee may be cleansed from all our secret sins, and preserved from presumptuous and great of∣fences, so shall the thoughts and meditation

of our heart, the words of our mouth, and all our actions be alway acceptable in thy sight, O Lord our Saviour, our strength, and our Re∣deemer Jesus. Amen.

PSALME 20.

A Prayer that God would heare our petitions, which we make to him in times of trouble.

THe Lord hear thee in the day of trouble: the name of the God of Jacob defend thee.

2 Send thee help from the sanctuary: and strengthen thee out of Sion.

3 Remember all thy offerings: and accept thy burnt-sacrifice.

4 Grant thee thy hearts desire: and fulfill all thy minde.

5 We will rejoyce in thy salvation, and triumph in the name of the Lord our God: the Lord perform all thy petitions.

6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven: even with the wholesome strength of his right hand.

7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are ri∣sen, and stand upright.

9 Save Lord, and hear us, O King of heaven: when we call upon thee.

The Prayer.

O king of heaven, who art the health and strength of our right hand, have mercy up∣on us, and hear us when we call upon thee; let our prayers come into thy presence like a burnt

offering of a sweet savour: for in all our trou∣bles we disclaim all confidences in any of thy creatures, and remember thy name onely, O Lord our God. Teach us what to ask, and how to come into thy presence, that we may never begge of thee any thing but what is agreeable to thy will, and may then promote thy glory when thou suppliest our necessities, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PSALME 21.

A Prayer for the King.

THe King shall rejoyce in thy strength, O Lord: excee∣ding glad shall he be of thy salvation.

2 Thou hast given him his hearts desire: and hast not denied him the request of his lips.

3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodnesse: and shalt set a Crown of pure gold upon his head.

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life: even for ever and ever.

5 His honour is great in thy salvation: glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him.

6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity: and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.

7 And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord: and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry.

8 All thine enemies shall feel thine hand: thy right hand shall finde out them that hate thee.

9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath: the Lord shall destroy them in his displ•••• sure, and the fire shall consume them.

10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth: and

their seed from among the children of men.

11 For they intended mischiefe against thee: and ima∣gined such a device as they are not able to perform.

12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight: and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

The Prayer.

O Eternall God, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, have mercy upon thy servant the King; as thou hast set a Crown of gold upon his head, and given him power and command to rule thy people with justice and piety, so do thou heare the request of his lips, grant him the desire of his heart, and prevent both his de∣sires and requests with the blessings of thy goodnesse: give him great honour and reve∣rence in the sight of his People, and of all the Nations round about: let all his enemies feel thine hand, and put them to flight that rise up against him, that when thou hast given him the blessings of a long life and prosperous, and made him glad with the joy of thy counte∣nance, at last he may be crown'd with everla∣sting felicity, and reign with thee in thy eter∣nall Kingdome, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Evening Prayer.

PSALME 22.

A meditation upon the Passion of our Blessed Saviour.

MY God, my God, (look upon me) why hast thou forsaken me: and art so farre from my health, and from the words of my com∣plaint?

2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not: and in the night season also I take no rest.

3 And thou continuest holy: O thou worship of Israel.

4 Our fathers hoped in thee: they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them.

5 They called upon thee, and were holpen: they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded.

6 But as for me, I am a Worm, and no man: a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.

7 All they that see me, laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,

8 He trusted in God, that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, if he will have him.

9 But thou art he that took me out of my mothers womb: thou wast my hope when I hanged yet upon my mothers breasts.

10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born: thou art my God, even from my mothers womb.

11 O goe not from me, for trouble is hard at hand: and there is none to help me.

12 Many oxen are come about me: fat buls of Basan close me in on every side.

13 They gape upon me with their mouthes: as it were a ramping and roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joynt: my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax.

15 My strength is dried up like a potshard, and my tongue cleaveth to my gummes: and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.

16 For (many) dogges are come about me, and the coun••ell of the wicked layeth siege against me.

17 They pierced my hands and my feet, I may tell all my bones: they stand staring and looking upon me.

18 They part my garments among them: and cast lots upon my vesture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword: my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lions mouth: thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns.

22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 O praise the Lord ye that fear him: magnifie him all yee of the seed of Jacob, and feare him all ye seed of Israel.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor, he hath not hid his face from him: but when he called unto him, he heard him.

25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation: my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.

26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied: they that seek after the Lord, shall praise him, your heart shall live for ever.

27 All the ends of the world shall remember them∣selves, and be turned unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him.

28 For the Kingdome is the Lords: and he is the go∣vernour among the people.

29 All such as be fat upon earth: have eaten and wor∣shipped.

30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel be∣fore him: and no man hath quickned his own soul.

31 My seed shall serve him: they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.

32 They shall come, and the heavens shall declare his righteousnesse: unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.

The Prayer.

O Mercifull Jesu, who for our sakes didst suffer thy selfe to be betrayed, tormen∣ted, spit upon, crucified, and to die, that thou mightest purchase for us redemption from the sting of death, the miseries of hell, the malice and power of the Devil, deliver our souls from the sword of thy Vengeance, cut us not off by untimely death, free our darling from the power of the dogge, our soules from being a prey unto the devill, snatch us out of the Li∣ons mouth, who goeth up and down seeking whom he may devour. O Jesu, be a Jesus unto us, and let those victories which thou hast ob∣tained over Satan, and Hell, and the grave, bring us Peace and Righteousnesse, and a Crown of glory in the Heavens where thou li∣vest and reignest, in the great congregation of Saints and Angels, one God world without end. Amen.

PSALME 23.

A prayer that God would guide, and feed, and support us as a Shepheard doth his flock.

THe Lord is my shepheard: therefore can I lack no∣thing.

2 He shall feed me in a green pasture: and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.

3 He shall convert my soul: and bring me forth in the paths of righteousnesse for his names sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staffe comfort me.

5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them th••t trouble me: thou hast anointed my head with oyle, and my cup shall be full.

6 But thy loving kindnesse and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

The Prayer.

O Blessed Jesu, thou great Shepheard and Bishop of our Souls, let thy grace convert us, let thy mercies guide us in the paths of righ∣teousnesse: feed us with thy Word and Sacra∣ments, refresh us with the comforts of thy Ho∣ly Spirit, and in the whole course of our life, which is nothing else but a valley of miseries, and a shadow of death, let thy rod correct us like a father when we do amisse, and thy staffe support us in all our troubles and necessities. O let thy loving kindnesse and mercy follow us all our dayes, that after this life we may dwell in thy house for ever, where thou hast

prepared a Table, and a full cup of blessing for thy People, and shalt anoint their heads with the oyle of an eternall gladnesse in the fruition of thy glories, ô blessed Saviour and Redee∣mer Jesu. Amen.