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 30.

A Prayer for deliverance from sicknesse and death and damnation.

I Will magnifie thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up: and not made my foes to triumph over me.

2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee: and thou hast healed me.

3 Thou Lord hast brought my soul out of hell: thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit.

4 Sing praises unto the Lord (O ye Saints of his:) and give thanks to him for a remembrance of his holinesse.

5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life: heavinesse may endure for a night, but joy commeth in the morning.

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be remo∣ved: thou Lord of thy goodnesse hadst made my hill so strong.

7 Thou didst turn thy face (from me:) and I was troubled.

8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord: and gat me unto my Lord right humbly.

9 What profit is there in my bloud: when I go down to the pit?

10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee: or shall it de∣clare thy truth?

11 Heare, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord be thou my helper.

12 Thou hast turned my heavinesse into joy: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and g••rded me with gladnesse.

13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing: O my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

The Prayer.

O Lord our God whose mercy is infinite, but thy wrath endureth but the twink∣ling of an eye, and even in this short time of thy wrath thou remembrest mercy, we cry un∣to thee, and addresse our selves unto thee right humbly: O turn not thy face away from us; keep our life from them that goe downe into the pit, and preserve our souls from hell; and although thou sometimes sendest heavinesse unto us, and trouble upon our loyns, yet let it be but as for a night, let thy mercy dawn upon us, and shine as in a glorious morning; for thou art more pleased in demonstrations of thy mercy, then in shewing thy displeasure. O Lord heal us, and be mercifull unto us, and save us, turn our heavinesse into joy, and gird us with gladnesse, so shall we give thanks unto thee for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PSALME 31.

A prayer for protection against our enemies and all dangers of soule and body, and specially at the houre of death.

IN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust: let me never bee put to confusion, deliver me in thy righteousnesse.

2 Bow down thine ear to me: make haste to deliver me.

3 And be thou my strong rock, and the house of de∣fence: that thou maist save me.

4 For thou art my strong rock, and my castle: be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy names sake.

5 Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.

7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities: and my trust hath been in the Lord.

8 I will be glad, and rejoyce in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soule in adversities.

9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the ene∣my: but hast set my feet in a large room.

10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: and mine eye is consumed for very heavinesse: yea, my soul and my body.

11 For my life is waxen old with heavinesse: and my yeares with mourning.

12 My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity: and my bones are consumed.

13 I became a reproofe among all mine enemies, but specially among my neighbours: and they of mine ac∣quaintance were afraid of mee, and they that did see me without, conveyed themselves from me.

14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of minde: I am become like a broken vessell.

15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude: and feare is on every side, while they conspire together against me, and take their counsell to take away my life.

16 But my hope hath been in thee, O Lord: I have said, Thou art my God.

17 My time is in thy hand, deliver me from the hand of mine enemies: and from them that persecute me.

18 Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance: and save me for thy mercies sake.

19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have cal∣led upon thee: let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in the grave.

20 Let the lying lips be put to silence: which cruelly,

disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.

21 O how plentifull is thy goodnesse, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee: and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sonnes of men!

22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence, from the provoking of all men: thou shalt keep them se∣cretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

23 Thanks be to the Lord: for he hath shewed mee marvellous great kindnesse in a strong city.

24 And when I made haste, I said: I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes.

25 Neverthelesse thou heardest the voyce of my pray∣er: when I cried unto thee.

26 O love the Lord, all ye his Saints: for the Lord pre∣serveth them that are faithfull, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.

27 Be strong, and he shall stablish your heart: all yee that put your trust in the Lord.

The Prayer.

O God our rock & the house of our defence, let us be glad and rejoyce in thy mercies and salvation. Consider, O Lord, our trouble, and in thy pity know our souls beset round a∣bout with enemies and adversities: Shut us not up into the hands of our enemies, nor our lives within the grave. Our time, O Lord, is in thy hand, to thee pertain the issues of life and death, and though our strength hath failed us because of our iniquity, and our bones are vex∣ed by reason of our sins, yet our hope is in thee, O Lord, we have said, Thou art our God: deliver us from all our enemies bodily and

ghostly: turn our sadnesse into joy, and our mourning into gladnesse, lest our bodies and soules be consumed for very heavinesse. Let us not be put to confusion nor to silence in the grave, but let us see thy marvellous loving kindnesse, and partake of thy plentifull good∣nesse which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, even before the sonnes of men. O let us never be cast out of the sight of thine eyes, but deal with us in mercy and loving kindnesse. Into thy hands we commend our spirits, re∣signing our selves up to thy providence and disposition, either to life or death, as thou in thy infinite wisdome shalt finde most propor∣tionable to thy glory, and our eternall good, beseeching thee to be our guide to death, and to lead us for thy Name sake to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Evening Prayer.

PSALME 32.

A confession of sins, and a prayer for pardon.

BLessed is he whose unrighteousnesse is forgiven: and whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord impu∣teth no sin: and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3 For while I held my tongue: my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.

4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night: and my moisture is like the drought in Summer.

5 I will knowledge my sinne unto thee: and mine un∣righteousnesse have I not hid.

6 I said, I will confesse my sinnes unto the Lord: and so thou forgavest the wickednesse of my sin.

7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: but in the great water-flouds they shall not come nigh him.

8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt preserve me from trouble: thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliverance.

9 I will enform thee, and teach thee in the way where∣in thou shalt goe: and I will guide thee with mine eye.

10 Be ye not like to Horse and Mule, which have no understanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and bridle, left they fall upon thee.

11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side.

12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoyce in the Lord: and be joyfull all ye that are true of heart.

The Prayer.

O Lord God, eternall Judge of men and An∣gels, whose property is always to have mercy and to forgive, have mercy upon us who confesse our sins unto thee to be so great and many, that were not thy mercy infinite, we might despair of having our unrighteousnesse forgiven, or our sins covered. O dear God, pre∣serve us from the great plagues that remain for the ungodly, and let thy mercy imbrace us on every side. Impute not unto us the sins we have multiplied against thee, and against all the

world; for we have been like to a Horse and Mule without understanding, brutish in our passions, sensuall in our affections, of unbridled heats, and distemperatures. But thy mercy is as infinite as thy self; O let not thy hand be heavy upon us, but forgive the wickednesse of our sin, and compasse us about with songs of deliverance, then shall we be glad and rejoyce in thee, O Lord, who art become our mighty Saviour and most mercifull Redeemer Jesu. Amen.

PSALME 33.

A prayer to God for the graces of feare, hope, and Religion.

REjoyce in the Lord, O ye righteous: for it becometh well the just to be thankfull.

2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing psalmes unto him with the lute and instrument of ten strings.

3 Sing unto the Lord a new song: sing praises lustily (unto him) with a good courage.

4 For the word of the Lord is true: and all his works are faithfull.

5 He loveth righteousnesse and judgement: the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord.

6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made: and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the Sea together, as it were upon an heap: and layeth up the deep as in a treasure house.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world.

9 For he spake, and it was done: he com••••••ded, and it stood fast.

10 The Lord bringeth the counsell of the Heathen to nought: and maketh the devices of the people to bee of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of Princes.

11 The counsell of the Lord shall endure for ever: and the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jeho∣vah: and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his inheritance.

13 The Lord looked down from Heaven, and beheld all the children of men: from the habitation of his dwel∣ling he considereth all them that dwell in the earth.

14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them: and under∣standeth all their works.

15 There is no King that can be saved by the multitude of an host: neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.

16 An Horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man: neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength.

17 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him: and upon them that put their trust in his mercy.

18 To deliver their soules from death: and to feed them in the time of dearth.

19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord: for he is our help and our shield.

20 For our heart shall rejoyce in him: because wee have hoped in his holy name.

21 Let thy mercifull kindnesse (O Lord) be upon us: like as we doe put our trust in thee.

The Prayer.

O Lord God, who lovest righteousnesse and judgement, who fillest the earth with thy goodnesse, and lookest down from Heaven up∣on the children of men: Consider us, O Lord,

and let thy grace fashion our hearts, and pro∣duce in our souls such forms and impresses, as may bear thy Image, and seem beauteous in thy eyes, that thou maist be our God, and choose us for thine inheritance. Let thy mercy feed us, thy hands deliver us from death, and snatch us from the jaws of hell: teach us to fear thee, to put our trust in thy mercy, patiently to tarry for thee, and the revelation of thy loving kindnesses, to hope in thy holy Name, and to rejoyce in thy salvation, giving thee thanks and praise with a good courage, with humble and religious affections, all the days of our life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PSALME 34.

A Prayer, that we being dispos'd by holy living, may receive and have a sense and taste of the Divine goodnesse.

I Will alway give thanks unto the Lord: his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast of the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad.

3 O praise the Lord with me: and let us magnifie his name together.

4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he delive∣red me out of all my fear.

5 They had an eye unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him: yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles.

7 The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him: and delivereth them.

8 O taste and see how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

9 O fear the Lord ye that be his Saints: for they that fear him lack nothing.

10 The lions doe lack, and suffer hunger: but they which seek the Lord, shall want no manner of thing that is good.

11 Come ye children and hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

12 What man is he that lusteth to live, and would fain see good dayes: keep thy tongue from evill, and thy lips that they speak no guile.

13 Eschew evill, and do good: seek peace and ensue it.

14 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous: and his eares are open unto their prayers.

15 The countenance of the Lord is against them that doe evill: to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.

16 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them: and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

17. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and will save such as be of an humble spirit.

18 Great are the troubles of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of all.

19 He keepeth all his bones: so that not one of them is broken.

20 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly: and they that hate the righteous, shall be desolate.

21 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants: and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute.

The Prayer.

O Most mercifull and gracious Lord, whose eies are over the righteous, and thine ears are open unto their prayers, give us, we be∣seech

thee, a contrite heart, and an humble spirit, a fear of thy Name, a watchfulnesse over our tongue, that we speak no guile, a care of our actions that we eschew all evill, and a zeal of thy Name that we may do good; that be∣ing thus prepared with holy dispositions, we may be delivered out of all our troubles by the hands of thy mercy, we may be defended against our enemies by the custody of Angels, we may be provided for, so as to want no manner of thing that is good, by the ministra∣tion of thy providence, that so in all the whole course of our life, we may feel the goodnesse of the Lord, seeing and tasting the sweetnesses of thy mercy, which may be to us an antepast of eternity, and as an earnest of the Spirit to con∣signe us to the fruition of the glories of thy Kingdome, who livest and reignest ever one God, world without end. Amen.