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 44.

A Prayer in time of Warre.

WE have heard with our eares, O God, our fathers have told us: what thou hast done in their time of old.

2 How thou hast driven out the Heathen with thy hand, and pl••nted them in: how thou hast destroyed the Nations, and cast them out.

3 For they gat not the Land in possession through their own sword: neither was it their own arm that helped them.

4 But thy right hand and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou hadst a favour unto them.

5 Thou art my King (O God:) send help unto Ja∣cob.

6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies: and in thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

7 For I will not trust in my bow: it is not my sword that shall help me.

8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies: and puttest them to confusion that hate us.

9 We make our boast of God all day long: and will praise thy name for ever.

10 But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confus∣on: and goest not forth with our Armies.

11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our en••∣mies: so that they which hate us spoil our goods.

12 Thou lettest us to be eaten up like sheep: and hast scattered us among the Heathen.

13 Thou sell••st thy people for nou••ht: and tak••st no money for them.

14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours: to be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them that are round about us.

15 Thou makest us to be a by-word among the hea∣then: and that the people shake their heads at us.

16 My confusion is daily before me: and the shame of my face hath covered me.

17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer: for the enemy and avenger.

18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee: nor behave our selves frowardly in thy cove∣nant.

19 Our heart is not turned back: neither our steps gone out of thy way.

20 No not when thou hast smitten us into the place of Dragons: and covered us with the shadow of death.

21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and holden up our hands to any strange God: shall not God search it out? for hee knoweth the very secrets of the heart.

22 For thy sake also are we killed all the day long: and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain.

23 Up Lord, why sleepest thou: awake, and be not ab∣sent from us for ever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face: and forgettest our misery and trouble?

25 For our soul is brought low even unto the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the ground.

26 Arise and help us: and deliver us for thy mercie s¦ake.

The Prayer.

O Lord God of hosts, who for our sins hast suffered the sword to take vengeance up∣on us, and to plead thy cause against us, O hide not thy face from us, and forget not our mise∣ry

and trouble. We are killed all day long, and are accounted as sheep appointed to be slain, we are covered with the shadow of death, and they which hate us, spoile our goods. Deal with us in pity, and as thou hast done to our Fathers of old time, when they called upon thee in their trouble, so deal with us: thou overthrewest their enemies, and didst tread them under that arose up against them. Arise, and help us, and deliver us also for thy mercy sake: our own sword cannot help us, but let thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance work deliverance and sal∣vation for us. Go forth with our Armies, O thou God of Hosts, do thou fight our Battels, that we may not turn our backs upon our ene∣mies, but crown us with Victory and Peace, that we may make our boast of thee all day long, and praise thy Name for ever, who art holy, and just, and mercifull, the great God of Battels and recompences. From thee let mer∣cy now and ever proceed, and to thy Name let honour be for ever ascribed of all the Hosts of Heaven and Earth, world without end. Amen.

PSALME 45.

A Prayer for the conversion of the Heathen, and prosperity of the Church.

MY heart is enditing of a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made unto the King.

2 My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

3 Thou art fairer then the children of men: full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.

4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty: according to thy worship and renown.

5 Good luck have thou with thine honour: ride on, because of the word of truth, of meeknesse and righteous∣nesse, and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee: even in the midst among the Kings enemies.

7 Thy seat (O God) endureth for ever: the scepter of thy Kingdome is a right scepter.

8 Thou hast loved righteousnesse, and hated iniquity: wherefore God (even thy God) hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladnesse above thy fellows.

9 All thy garments smell of myrrhe, aloes, and cassia: out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

10 Kings daughters were among thy honourable wo∣men: upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in a ve∣sture of gold (wrought about with divers colou••s.)

11 Hearken (O daughter) and consider, encline thine eare: forget also thine own people, and thy fathers house.

12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty: for he is thy Lord (God) and worship thou him.

13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift: like as the rich also among the people shall make their sup∣plication before thee.

14 The Kings daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-work: the virgins that be her fellows shall beare her company, and shall be brought unto thee.

16 With joy and gladnesse shall they be brought: and shall enter into the Kings Palace.

17 In stead of thy fathers thou shalt have children: whom thou mayest make Princ••s in all Lands.

18 I will remember thy name from one generation unto another: therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee world without end.

The Prayer.

O Blessed Jesu, Prince of the Catholike Church, thou art fairer then the children of men, thy lips are full of grace, thine Armies mighty, thy head is Crowned with Majesty, and clothed with worship and renown: have mer∣cy upon thy holy Church, blesse her for ever with righteousnesse, and let the oyle of glad∣nesse refresh her amidst the multitude of her sorrows and afflictions: And because she is the daughter of a King, and thou takest pleasure in her beauty, let her not alwaies be clothed in mourning garments, but let her be decked with exteriour Ornaments and secular ad∣vantages, such as may truly promote the in∣terests of holy Religion. Let Kings and Queens be nursing Fathers, and nursing Mothers unto her, and so let the sound of thy Gospell go in∣to all the Earth, that her children may be Princes in all Lands, and Ministers of thy King∣dome, advancing thy honour, and furthering the salvation of all men, for whom thou didst give thy precious bloud, that all people may worship thee, and give thee thanks for ever, who together with the Father and the holy Ghost, livest and reignest one God world with∣out end. Amen.

PSALME 46.

A Prayer for protection, and for confidence in God in times of publike distractions, and for the peace of Christendome.

GOD is our hope and strength: a very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore will we not fear though the earth be mo∣ved: and though the hills be carried into the midst of the Sea.

3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell: and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same.

4 The rivers of the floud thereof shall make glad the City of God: the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest.

5 God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed: God shall help her, and that right early.

6 The Heathen make much adoe, and the Kingdomes are moved: but God hath shewed his voyce, and the earth shall melt away.

7 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge.

8 O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord: what destruction he hath brought upon the earth.

9 He maketh Wars to cease in all the World: he brea∣keth the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and bur∣neth the Chariots in the fire.

10 Be still then, and know that I am God: I will bee exalted among the Heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth.

11 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge.

The Prayer.

O Most mercifull Saviour Jesu, Prince of Peace, at whose birth all the Kingdomes of the World were in peace and tranquillity, bethou in the midst of us for our refuge and present help in times of trouble and publick calamities, when the Kingdome is moved, and the hearts of men shake at the tempest of the same. Dear God, unite all the parts of Chri∣stendome with the union of Faith and Charity, and the fruits of them, a blessed and universall Peace. Break the bow of the mighty, knappe the spear of the Warriour in sunder, and burn the Chariots in the fire, that Warres may cease in all the World, and we all may feel the pro∣mised blessing of the Gospel, that our Swords may be converted into plowshares, and our Spears into pruning hooks, that thy Name and thy Kingdome may be exalted among the heathen, and in all the Nations of the earth, who livest the reignest over all, in the unity of the blessed Trinity, God eternall, world with∣out end. Amen.

Evening Prayer.

PSALME 47.

A Prayer for the exaltation of Christs Kingdom, and that all the Princes of the world may joynt∣ly adore Jesus reigning in the Heavens.

O Clap your hands together (all ye people:) O sing unto God with the voice of me∣lody.

2 For the Lord is high, and to bee feared: he is the great King upon all the earth.

3 He shall subdue the people under us: and the nations under our feet.

4 He shall chuse out an heritage for us: even the wor∣ship of Jacob whom he loved.

5 God is gone up with a merry noise: and the Lord with the sound of the trump.

6 O sing praises, sing praises unto (our) God: O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.

7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

8 God reigneth over the hea••hen: God sitteth upon his holy seat.

9 The Princes of the people are joyned unto the peo∣ple of the God of Abraham: for God (which is very high exalted) doth defend the earth as it were with a shield.

The Prayer.

O Lord God King of Heaven, who raignest a great King in all the Earth; thou art high above all creatures, and art to be feared in all the Kingdomes of the earth, let the seed of thy Gospel be disseminated in all the cor∣ners

of the habitable World: let thy grace break down all the strong holds of sin and Sa∣tan, subduing all people under thee, and the Nations under thy feet, that the Princes of the Nations, that have not known thy Name, may be joyned to thy people, the people of the God of Abraham, becomming one sheepfold under one Shepheard, Iesus Christ our blessed Lord, our Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

PSALME 48.

A Prayer for the prosperity of the Church.

GReat is the Lord, and highly to be praised: in the City of our God, even upon his holy hill.

2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth: upon the north side lieth the City of the great King, God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge.

3 For lo, the Kings of the earth are gathered, and gone by together.

4 They marvelled to see such things: they were asto∣nied and suddenly cast down.

5 Fear came there upon them, and sorrow: as upon a woman in her travell.

6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea: through the east winde.

7 Like as wee have heard, so have we seen in the City of the Lord of hosts, in the City of our God: God uphol∣deth the same for ever.

8 We wait for thy loving kindnesse (O God:) in the midst of thy temple.

9 O God, according unto thy name, so is thy praise unto the worlds end: thy right hand is full of righteous∣nesse.

10 Let the mount Sion rejoyce, and the daughters of

Juda be glad: because of thy judgements.

11 Walk about Sion, and goe round about her: and tell the towers thereof.

12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses: that yee may tell them that come after.

13 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he shall be our guide unto death.

The Prayer.

O Great God, who art highly to be praised, who hast manifested thy power and thy mercy in the constitution, propagation, and de∣fence of thy Holy Church, by the miraculous assistances and effects of thy Holy Spirit, inso∣much that the Kings of the earth marvelled to see such things, and were astonied and sudden∣ly cast down, acknowledging the powers of thy Kingdome, and submitting to thy laws with faith and obedience: be pleased, accor∣ding to thy gracious promise, to uphold the same for ever, let not the gates of hell prevail against thy Church, be thou known in her pa∣laces as a sure refuge, make her the joy of the whole earth, and let her be glad and rejoyce because of thy judgements: so shall we praise thee in the midst of thy Temple, waiting for thy loving kindnesse, that according as thy Name is, so may thy praise be, infinite, and eternall, world without end. Amen.

PSALME 49.

A Prayer that we may despise perishing riches, and put our trust in God onely.

O Hear ye this, all ye people: ponder it with your eares all ye that dwell in the world.

2 High and low, rich and poor: one with another.

3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom: and my heart shall muse of understanding.

4 I will encline mine eare to the parable: and shew my dark speech upon the harp.

5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of wickednesse: and when the wickednesse of my heels compasse me round about?

6 There be some that put their trust in their goods: and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

7 But no man may deliver his brother: nor make an agreement to God for him.

8 For it cost more to redeem their souls: so that hee must let that alone for ever.

9 Yea, though he live long, and see not the grave.

10 For he seeth that wise men also die, and perish toge∣ther: as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for other.

11 And yet they think that their houses shall continue for ever: and that their dwelling places shall endure from one generation to another, and call the lands after their own names.

12 Neverthelesse, man will not abide in honour: see∣ing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish, this is the way of them.

13 This is their foolishnesse: and their posterity praise their saying.

14 They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have domination over them in the morning: their beauty shall consume in the sepul∣chre out of their dwelling.

15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of hell: for he shall receive me.

16 Be not thou afraid though one be made rich: or if the glory of his house be increased.

17 For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth: neither shall his pomp follow him.

18 For while he lived, he counted himself an happy man: and so long as thou dost well unto thy self, men will speak good of thee.

19 He shall follow the generation of his fathers: and shall never see light.

20 Man being in honour hath no understanding: but is compared unto the beasts that perish.

The Prayer.

O Blessed Iesu, thou only Redeemer of souls, who by thy death and passion hast delive∣red us from the place of Hell, give us grace to put our whole trust in thee, and in the riches of thy mercy and loving kindnesse, always remembring our end, the vanity and shortnes of our lives, the certainty of our departure: Teach us to despise the world and worldly things, and to lay our treasure up in heaven by charity and actions of religion, that while we live here, wee may have our conversation in heaven, by love, by hope, and by desires, that when our beauty shall consume in the sepul∣chre out of our earthly dwellings, we may be received into everlasting habitations, always to enjoy thee, who livest and reignest eternall God world without end. Amen.