Ghostly Psalms and Spiritual Songs

Coverdale, Miles

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Ringler 5892 [and 42 TP entries]. Forty-one translations by Miles Coverdale from German hymns by Martin Luther and others, with the possible exception of "Let go the whore of Babilon", which may be Coverdale's own. The leaves containing the verse texts are foliated i-lvi. Ed. G. Pearson, _The Remains of Bishop Coverdale_ Parker Soc. (Cambridge, 1846); ed. George Rylands, 1926; selections ed. E. Clapton and G. C. Richards, _Our Prayer Book Psalter_, 1934. Forty-one songs, with music; perhaps the earliest metrical version of the Psalms in English. The majority of these songs appeared in the _Enchiridia_ of 1524-25. See E. R. Riegler, "Printing, Protestantism and Politics; Thomas Cromwell and Religious Reform", Unpub. UCLA PhD. Diss., 1978. UMI microfilm reel 879.

Goostly psalmes and spirituall songes drawen out of the holy Scripture
London: [John Rastell for] John Gough,1535? [STC].



Composition Date: 1524-25?.

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¶And by this we maye perceaue what causeth vs to be so vnthankfull as we are: namely, because we do not call to mynde, nether consydre that we are clensed (as this man dyd). For yf we wold open oure eyes, and remembre well what kyndnesse it is that the father of mercy hathe shewed vs in Christe, and what great benefites he hath done and daylye doth for vs in hym and for his

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sake, we wolde not onely fall downe vpon oure faces and geue hym thankes, but with loude voyces wolde we prayse hym, and in the myddes of the congregacyon wolde we extolle his name, as Dauid and Asaph do almost in euery Psalme. For doutles who-so beleueth thatGod loueth hym and feleth by his fayth that he hath forgeuen him all his synnes, and careth for hym, and delyuereth hym from all euell, who-so-euer he be (I saye) that feleth this in his hert, shalbe compelled by the sprete of God to breake out in-to prayse and thankesgeuynge therfore: Yee he shall not be content, nor fully satisfied in his mynde, tyll other men knowe also what God hath done for hym, but shall crye and call vpon them, as Dauid doth, sayenge: Psal. 33 .a. Psal. 65 .b.prayse] pryase 1535 Psal. 50 .b. Exo. 15 1. Reg. 2 .a. Iu. 5 .a Luc. 1 d Dan. 3 Eccle., 51 .a. Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. O prayse the Lorde with me, and let vs magnyfie his name together. I sought the Lorde, and he herde me, yet he delyuered me out of all my feare. And in the same Psalme: O taist and se how frendly the Lorde is: blessed is the man that trusteth in hym. And in another place: Psal. 65 .b.prayse] pryase 1535 Psal. 50 .b. Exo. 15 1. Reg. 2 .a. Iu. 5 .a Luc. 1 d Dan. 3 Eccle., 51 .a. Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. O come hither and harken (all ye that feare God) I wyll tell you what he hath done for my soule. etc. ¶O that men wolde pr[ay]seprayse] pryase 1535 Psal. 50 .b. Exo. 15 1. Reg. 2 .a. Iu. 5 .a Luc. 1 d Dan. 3 Eccle., 51 .a. Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a.the goodnesse of the Lorde, and the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men. O that we wolde remembre what great thinges the father of mercy hath done, doth dayly, and is euer ready to do for oure soules. O that mens Psal. 50 .b. Exo. 15 1. Reg. 2 .a. Iu. 5 .a Luc. 1 d Dan. 3 Eccle., 51 .a. Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. lippes were so opened, that theyr mouthes myght shewe the prayse of God. Yee

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wolde God that oure mynstrels had none other thynge to playe vpon, nether oure carters and plowmen other thynge to whistle vpon, saue Psalmes, hymnes, and soch godly songes as Dauid is occupied with-all. And yf women syttynge at theyr rockes, or spynnynge at the wheles, had none other songes to passe theyr tyme withall, than soch as Exo. 15 1. Reg. 2 .a. Iu. 5 .a Luc. 1 d Dan. 3 Eccle., 51 .a. Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a.Moses sister, Elchanas wife, Debbora, and Mary the mother of Christ haue song before them, they shulde be better occupied, then with hey nony nony, hey troly loly, and soch-lyke fantasies. ¶Yf yonge men also that haue the gyfte of syngynge, toke theyr pleasure in soch wholsome balettes, as Dan. 3 Eccle., 51 .a. Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. the thre chyldren synge in the fyre, and as Eccle., 51 .a. Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a.Iesus the sonne of Syrac doth in his last chapter, it were a token, both that they felt some sparke of Gods loue in theyr hertes, and that they also had some loue vnto hym, For truly as we loue, so synge we: and where oure affeccyon is, thence commeth oure myrth and ioye. Whan oure hertes are tangled with the vaine lustes of this corrupte worlde, than, yf we be mery and are desposed to gladnesse, oure myrth is nothynge but wantonesse and inordinate pastyme, And when we are sad, oure heuynes is ether desperacyon, or els some carefulnes of this vayne worlde. ¶ Contrary-wyse, yf oure myndes be fyxed vpon God, and we subdued to the holy desyres of his sprete, then, lyke as oure hertes are occupied in the meditacyon of his goodnes and loue whiche

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he beareth towarde vs, Euen so are our tonges exercysed in the prayse of his holy name: So that when we are mery, oure pastyme and pleasure, oure ioye, myrth and gladnesse is all of hym. And as for our heuines, when we are sad (as euery-thyng muste haue a tyme) Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. it is eyther pacience in trouble, repentaunce for offences done in tyme past, compassyon vpon other men, or els mournynge for oure owne infirmities, because oure body of synne prouoketh vs so oft to do the wyll of the fleshe. And thus God causeth both the myrth and sorowe of them that loue hym, to worke for theyr profite, Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. as all other thynges turne to theyr best. ¶Seynge then that ( Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. as the prophete Dauid sayeth) it is so good and pleasaunt a thynge to prayse the Lorde, and so expedient for vs to be thankfull, Therfore to geue oure youth of Englonde some occasion to chaunge theyr foule and corrupte balettes into swete songes and spirituall Hymnes of Gods honoure, and for theyr owne consolacion in hym, I haue here (good reader) set out certayne comfortable songes grounded on Gods worde, and taken some out of the holy scripture specyally out of the Psalmes of Dauid, At whom wolde God that oure Musicians wolde lerne to make theyr songes: and that they which are disposed to be mery, wolde in theyr myrth folowe the councell of sayntPaule and sayntIames, Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. and not to passe theyr tyme in naughty songes of fleshly loue and wantonesse, but with syngynge of Psalmes

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and soch songes as edifye, and corruppecorruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. not mens conuersacyon. ¶As for the comen sorte of balettes which now are vsed in the world, I reporte me to euery good mans conscience what wycked frutes they brynge. Corruppe they not the maners of yonge persones? Do they not tangle them in the snares of vnclennesse? Yes truly, and blynde so the eyes of theyr vnderstondynge, that they can nether thynke wel in theyr hertes, nor outwardly entre into the waye of godly and vertuous lyuynge. I nede not rehearce what euell ensamples of ydelnesse, corrupte talkyng (and all soch vyces as folowe the same) are geuen to yonge people thorowe soch vnchristen songes. Alas the worlde is all to full of vicious and euell lyuers alredy. It is no nede to cast oyle in the fyre. Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. Oure owne nature prouoketh vs to vyces (God knoweth) all to sore. No man nedeth entysynge therto. ¶Seyng then that we are 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. commaunded, not to loue this world nether the lustes therof: seyng (I saye) that all the pleasures and ioyes that the worlde can imagyn, Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. are but vanite, and vanyshe awaye as doth the smoke: what cause haue we then to reioyse so moch therin? why do we not rather take these worldly lustes for oure very enemyes, that stoppe the waye betwixte vs and that euerlasting ioye which is prepared for vs in heauen? why do we not rather seke the thynges that are aboue, where Christe is at the ryght hande of God Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. as sayntPaule sayeth?

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¶wherfore Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. Let not the wyseman reioyse in his wysedome, nor the stronge man in his strength nether the ryche man in his ryches (Yee I dare be bolde to warne them that wyll be counceled) let not the courtyer reioyse in his balettes, let not youth take theyr lust and pastyme in wantones and ignoraunce of God, or in myspendynge the frutes of theyr fathers laboure: but let vs altogether (from the most vnto the least) be glad, reioyce and be mery euen from our herte-rotes, that we haue gotten the knowlege of the Lorde among vs, that we are sure of his loue and fauoure, and Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. that oure names are written i[n] heauen. ¶The chyldren of Israel in the olde tyme Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. whanGod had delyuered them from theyr enemyes, gaue thankes vnto hym, and made theyr songe of hym, as thou seist by Moses,Barac,Dauid, and other mo. Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. why shulde not we then make oure songes and myrth of God as well as they? Hath he not done as moche for vs as for them? Hath he not delyuered vs from as great troubles as them? Yes doutlesse. why shulde he not then be oure pastyme as well as theyrs? ¶As for soche Psalmes as the scripture descrybeth, (besyde the great consolacyon that they brynge into the herte of the spiritual synger) they do not only cause hym to spende his tyme well by exercysynge hym-selfe in the swete worde of God. but thorow soch ensamples they prouoke other men also vnto the prayse of God and vertuous lyuynge. And this is the very ryght vse wherfore

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Psalmes shulde be songe: Namely, to conforte a mans herte in God, to make hym thankfull, and to exercyse hym in his worde, to corage hym in the waye of godlynesse, and to prouoke other men vnto the same. By this thou mayest perceaue, what spirituall edifienge commeth of godly Psalmes and songes of Gods worde: and what inconuenience foloweth the corrupte ballettes of this vayne worlde. ¶ Now (beloued Reader) thou seist the occasyon of this my small laboure. wherfore yf thou perceauest, that the very worde of God is the master therof, I praye the accepte it, vse it, and prouoke youth vnto the same. And yf thou felest in thine hert, that all the lordes dealynge is very mercy and kyndnes, cease not then to be thankfull vnto hym therfore: but in thy myrth be alwaye syngyng of him, that his blessed name may be praysed now and euer. Amen. Ro. 3 .b Psal. 117 .a.loose: =lose

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	Goostly psalmes and spirituall songes drawen out of the holy Scripture, for the conforte and consolacyon of soch as loue to reioyse in God and his worde.
	Psal. c.xlvi. O prayse the Lorde, for it is a good thinge to synge prayses vnto oure God. Collo. iii. Teach and exhorte your awne selues with Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songes. awne: =own Iaco. v. Yf eny of you be mery, let him singe Psalmes
	This section=Ringler TP 472 To the boke.
	¶Go lytle boke, get the acquaintaunce
	Amonge the louers of Gods worde
	Geue them occasyon the same to auaunce
	And to make theyr songes of the Lorde
5	That they may thrust vnder the borde
	All other balettes of fylthynes
	And that we all with one accorde
	May geue ensample of godlynes
	¶Go lytle boke amonge mens chyldren
10	And get the to theyr companye
	Teach them to synge the commaundementes ten
	And other balettes of Gods glorye
	Be not ashamed I warande the
	Though thou be rude in songe and ryme
15	Thou shalt to youth some occasion be
	In godly sportes to passe theyr tyme.
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	Myles_Couerdale Unto the Christen reader.
	IT greueth me (most deare Reader) whan I consydre the vnthankfulnesse of men, notwithstondynge the great abundaunt mercy and kyndnesse of almyghty God, whiche so plenteously is heaped vpon vs on euery syde. For though Christe oure Sauioure goeth now aboute from place to place, as diligently as euer he dyd, teachynge in euery countre, and preachynge Math. 4 .c. Mar. 1 .c. Luc. 17 .b. Psal. 33 .a. Psal. 65 .b.prayse] pryase 1535 Psal. 50 .b. Exo. 15 1. Reg. 2 .a. Iu. 5 .a Luc. 1 d Dan. 3 Eccle., 51 .a. Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. the Gospell of the kyngdome, healyng al maner of sicknesses and diseases both of body and conscience amonge the people: Yet is the vnthankfulnesse of the worlde so great, that where ten are clensed, and haue remission of theyr synnes, there is scarse one that commeth agayne vnto Christ, and sayeth: Lorde gramercy, As the poore Samaritane dyd in the gospell of Luke. Luc. 17 .b. Psal. 33 .a. Psal. 65 .b.prayse] pryase 1535 Psal. 50 .b. Exo. 15 1. Reg. 2 .a. Iu. 5 .a Luc. 1 d Dan. 3 Eccle., 51 .a. Eccle. 3 .a. Ro 8 .d Psal. 148 .a. Coll. 3. Iac. 5.corruppe: =corrupt Gen. 6. 1. Io. 2. Psal. 61. b. Col. 3. Ier. 9. Luc. 10 Exo. 15 Iudi. 5 2. Reg. 22 .a. which whan he sawe that he was clensed, turned back agayne, and with a loude voyce praysed God, and fell downe vpon his face at Christes fete, and gaue hym thankes.
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	¶To the holy-Goost. IDNO=GooPSS1 [=Ringler TP 1297]
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	¶O holy spirite our comfortoure
	For grace and help lorde now we call
	Teach vs to knowe Christ our sauyoure
	And his fathers mercy ouer-all
5	From his swete worde let vs not fall
	But lyft sig: [A1v] vp our hertes alway to the
	That we may receaue it thankfully.
	¶Nowe seynge we are come together
	To heare the wordes of verite
10	In vnderstandynge be thou guyder
	That we may folowe the voyce of the
	From straunge lernynge lorde kepe vs fre
	That we thorowe them be not begyled
	Kepe our vnderstandynge vndefyled
15	¶We praye the also blessed lorde
	Enflame our hertes so with thy grace
	That in our lyues we folowe thy worde
	And one forgeue anothers trespace
	To amende our lyues lorde geue vs space
20	With thy godly frutes endewe vs all
	That from thy worde we neuer fall
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	¶Let vs not haue thy worde onely
	In our mouthe and in our talkynge
	But both in dede and verite
25	Let vs shewe it in our lyuynge
	Make vs frutefull in euery-thynge
	And in good workes so to encreace
	That whyle we lyue we may the please.
	¶O lorde lende vs thy strength and power
30	To mortifie all carnall luste
	In all our trouble sende vs succour
	That we faynt not in the to truste
	And make vs stronge to suffre with Christe
	Beynge pacient in aduersite
35	And in all thynges thankfull to the.
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	Come holy spirite moste blessed lorde
	Fulfyl oure hartes nowe with thy grace
	And make sig: [A2v] our myndes of one accorde
	Kyndle them with loue in euery place
5	O Lorde thou forgeuest our trespace
	And callest the folke of euerye countre
	To the ryght fayth and truste of thy sig: A3 grace
	That they may gyue thankes and synge to the.
	Alleluya / Alleluya.
10	O holy lyght moste principall
	The worde of lyfe shewe vnto vs
	And cause vs to knowe God ouer-all
	For our owne father moste gracious
	Lorde kepe vs from lernyng venymous
15	That we folowe no masters but Christe
	He is the verite, his worde sayth thus
	Cause vs to set in hym our truste
	Alleluya / Alleluya.
	O holy fyre and conforth moste swete conforth: =comfort
20	Fyll our hertes with fayth and boldnesse
	To abyde by the in colde and hete
	Content to suffre for ryghtuousnesse
	O lorde geue strengthe to our weaknesse
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	And sende vs helpe euery houre
25	That we may ouercome all wyckednesse
	And brynge this olde Adam vnder thy power
	Alleluya / Alleluya.
	Another of the same. IDNO=GooPSS3 [=Ringler TP 1942]
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	Thou holy spirite we pray to the
	Strengthe our fayth and increace it alway
	Comforth our hertes in aduersite
	With trewe beleue bothe sig: [A4] nyght and daye.
5	Kirieleyson.
	¶Thou worthy lyght that art so cleare
	Teache vs Christe_Iesu to knowe alone
	That we haue neuer cause to feare
	In hym to haue redempcyon.
10	Kirieleyson.
	¶Thou swete loue graunt vs altogether
	To be vnfayned in charite
	That we may all loue one another
	And of one mynde alwaye to be.
15	Kirieleyson.
	¶Be thou our confortoure in all nede
	Make vs to feare nether death nor shame
	But in the treuth to be stablyshed
	That Sathan put vs not to blame.
20	Kirieleyson.
	Unto the Trenite Trenite: =Trinity . IDNO=GooPSS4 [=Ringler TP 505]
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	God the father dwel vs by
	And let vs neuer sig: [A4v] do amysse
	Geue vs grace with wyll to dye
	and make vs redy to thy blysse
5	From the deuels myght and power
	Kepe vs in fayth euery houre
	And euer let vs buylde on the
	With hole herte sig: B1 trustynge stedfastly
	Our fleshe is weake
10	The deuell is stronge
	He wolde ouerthrowe vs euer amonge
	Without the can we neuer spede
	Nowe helpe vs therfore in our nede
	Amen sig: [B1v] Amen let it be so
15	Then shall we synge Alleluya.
	¶Iesu_Christ now dwell vs by
	And let vs neuer do amysse. etc.
	¶Holy Goost now dwell vs by
	And let vs neuer do amysse. etc.
	The ten commaundementes of God IDNO=GooPSS5 [=Ringler TP 1888]
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	These are the holy commaundementes ten
	Which God our lorde gaue so strately
	By mo sig: B2 ses his seruaunte vnto all men
	Vpon the hygh hyll of Sinai.
5	Kirieleyson.
	*¶Thou shalt haue none other God but me Exo. 20 .a.
	Set thou thy trust in me alone
	Loue and dred me vnfaynedly
	With harte and mynde at all season.
10	Kirieleyson
	¶*Thou shalt not take my name in vayne Deut. 5 .b.
	But call on it in all thy nede
	From othes and lyes thou shalt refrayne
	That my name be not dishonoured
15	K[ir]ieleyson. Kirieleyson] Kriieleyson 1535
	¶The Saboth day halowe thou to me
	*As I rested fro my workynge Heb, 4 .b.
	So cease thou from all vanite
	That I maye worke in the all-thynge
20	Kirieleyson.
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	*¶Honoure thy father and mother also Ephe. 6 .a.
	With men that are in auctorite
	‡Obeye them all where-euer thou go Roma. 13 .a.
	So shall thy lyfe be longe truely.
25	Kirieleyson.
	*¶Thou shalt not kyll nor hate any man Math. 5 .c.
	Nor yet beare malyce in thy mynde
	‡Do thy enemyes the best thou can Roma. 12 .c. Math. 5 .e.
	And to all men se thou be kynde.
30	Kirieleyson.
	¶Thy wedlocke shalt thou kepe truly
	And helpe other men to do the same
	*That whordome and dishonestie Hebre. 13 .a.
	Maye be distroyed and put to blame
35	Kirieleyson.
	¶Thou shalt not steale thy neghbours good
	Nor get it with false marchaundyse
	*But worke with thyne hande to get thy food Ephe. 4 .c.
	And to sustayne the poore helplesse.
40	Kirieleyson.
	¶Agaynst no man beare false witnesse
	And speake no euell to hurte his name.
	*But yf he fall thorowe his weaknesse Gal. 6 .a.
	Do thou thy best to couer his shame.
45	Kirieleyson.
	¶Thou shalt not thy neghbours house desyre
	His wyfe, seruaunt, nor mayde also
	But shalt be glad his good to forbeare
	*As thou thy-selfe woldest be do[n]e to. Math. 7 .a.
50	Kirieleyson.
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	Another of the same. IDNO=GooPSS6 [=Ringler TP 1109]
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	Man *wylt thou lyue ryght vertuously Math. 19 .c.
	And with god reygne eternally
	Then must thou kepe these commaundementes ten
	That god commaunded to all men.
5	Kirieleyson.
	*¶I am thy god and lorde alone Exo. 20 .a.
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	Without me shalt thou other haue none
	Thy harte shall trust on me alwaye
	Loue and feare me both nyght and daye
10	Kirieleyson
	¶Thou shalt honoure my name with spede
	And call on it in all thy nede
	Thou shalt halowe the Saboth daye Heb. 4 b.
	That I maye worke in the alwaye
15	Kirieleyson.
	*¶Honoure thy father and mother also math, 15 .a.
	Obey thou them where-euer thou go
	‡No mans persone desyre to kyll math. 5 .c.
	*And thy wedlocke shalt thou fulfyll Heb. 13 .a.
20	Kirieleyson.
	‡From thy neghboure steale thou nothynge Ephe. 4 .c.
	*Nor false witnesse agaynst hym brynge Exo. 20 .b.
	Thy neghbours house thou shalt not desyre
	His wyfe and good shalt thou forbeare
25	Kirieleyson.
	The Crede. IDNO=GooPSS7 [=Ringler TP 2097]
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	We beleue all vpon one God
	Maker of he sig: [B4] uen and erth he is truly
	Oure father deare he hath hym made
	Yt we all his chyldren myght be
5	He prouydeth for vs dayly
	Body and soule defendeth he strongly
	Al mysfortune shal from vs fle
sig: [B4v]
	No harme shall happen to any of vs
	He careth for vs both day and nyght
10	He is oure keper most gracyous
	Al thynges stonde in his power and myght.
	¶We beleue all on Christe_Iesu
	His owne sonne and oure lorde most deare
	*Which in godhead, power and vertue Iohnn . 14 .a.
15	Is alway lyke to his father
	‡Of the glorious virgyn Mary Luc. [2] .a.
	Was he borne a man vndoutedly
	*Thorowe the holy-goostes workyng fre Math. 1 .c.
sig: C1
	‡For vs deed and buried truely mar. 15 .d. e.
20	*He rose vp the thyrde daye alone * mar. 16 .a.
	‡To heauen ascended he myghtely ‡Luc. 42 .d.
	*And shall come to iudge vs echone, * math. 25 [.]c.
	¶We beleue all on the holy-goost
	*Lyke the father and sonne in Trenite *1. Io 5 .a.
25	In all our trouble oure conforte most
	And in all oure aduersite
	‡One holy church beleue we all ‡Eph. 4 .a.
	Which is fylled with sayntes great and small
	And for synne can it neuer fall
30	*Of synnes there is clene remission * Ioh. 20 .c.
	‡Oure flesh shall aryse without doutynge ‡1. Cor 15 .c.
	There is prepared for vs euerychone
	*A lyfe that is euerlastynge.
	Another of the same. IDNO=GooPSS8 [=Ringler TP 898]
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	In God I trust, for so I must
	He hath made heauen and earth also
	My father is he, his sig: [C1v] chylde am I
	My conforte he is / I haue no mo.
5	In all my nede he maketh me spede
	His power is with me alwaye
	To helpe me euery daye.
	There is no euell can haue his wyll
	A sig: C2 gaynst my health nor yet my wealth
10	But it muste come to my furtheraunce.
	He is my kynge that ruleth all-thynge
	Ye deuell can make no hynderaunce.
sig: [C2v]
	¶So do I trust on Iesu_Christ
	His sonne *conceaued on the holy-goost math. 1 .c.
15	‡Borne of Marye a virgin fre Lu. 2 .a
	For all my synnes to paye the cost
	*For deed was he and buried truely mar. 15 .d.e.
	The gates of hell hath he broken
	And heauen hath he made open
20	*He rose truely, the thyrde daye fre 1, Cor. 15 .a.
	‡He went vp ryght, to the father of myght
	*And shall apeare at domes-daye mar. 16 .c.
	‡For iudge shall he, all the worlde truely Act. 1 .b.
	And dryue myne enemyes all a_waye.
25	¶I also truste, on the holy-goost
	*Lyke the father and sonne in Trenite 1. Ioh. 5 .a.
	My conforth best in all euell rest
	In all my nede my chefest remedie
	A church holy, I beleue truely
30	Which is but one generall
	For synne can it neuer fall
	A company of sayntes they be
	Of synfulnesse *true forgyuenesse Ioh. 20 .c,
	Is from amonge them neuer
35	*Oure fleshe verely shall ryse in glory 1. Cor, 15 .e.
	So shall we lyue with God for euer.
	Amen.
	Of the Pater-noster. IDNO=GooPSS9 [=Ringler TP 1263]
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	O father ours celestiall
	We praye to the
	Thou wylt haue vs on the to call
	In spirite and verite
5	Thy godly name be sanctified
	In great honoure / amonge vs all
	And halowed / also eue sig: [C3v] ry houre.
	The kyngdome of thy grace drawe nye
	That thou mayst dwell alwaye in vs
10	With thy holy spirite continually
	That we remayne not vicious
	But as thou hast geuen vs thy sprete sprete: =sprite, 'spirit'
sig: [C4]
	So let vs euer do good thorowe it.
	¶We praye the also blessed Lorde
15	*Let thy wyll be done Act. 21 .b. Math. 6 .b. Luc. 11 .a.
	Amongst vs here with one accorde
	As in heauen all season
	And let vs neuer oure wyll fulfyll
	But thyne alwaye
20	*For ours is wycked and geuen to euell Gene. 6 .a.
	Truely both nyght and daye
	‡And geue vs euer oure dayly bred Math. 6 .b. Luke 11 .a.
	Both for oure body and soule also
	And let vs with thy worde be fed
25	That we be neuer kepte therfro
	Lorde sende vs true sheperdes therfore
	To fede vs thy shepe euermore
	*¶Forgeue oure dettes and synfulnesse Math. 6 .b.
	Lorde we the praye
30	Where we haue greued the more or lesse
	Ether by nyght or daye
	*For we forgeue them that greue vs Math. 18 .c.
	Or do vs euell
	Trustynge that thou wylt be gracyous
35	*Thy promyse to fulfyll Math. 6 .b.
	In no tentacyon Lorde vs brynge
	Nor suffre vs for to fall from the
	But be oure helpe in euery-thynge
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	And kepe vs from all ioperdy ioperdy: =jeopardy
40	Both of our body and soule also
	And delyuer vs where-euer we go. Luc. 11 .a.
	Another of the same. IDNO=GooPSS10 [=Ringler TP 1360]
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	O oure father celestiall /
	Now are we come to praye to the
	We are thy chyldren therfore we call
	Hear vs father mercyfully.
5	Now blessed sig: D1 be thy godly name
	and euer amonge vs sanctified
	There is none other but this same
	Wherby mankynde must be saued.
	Kirieleyson.
10	*¶Thy kyngdome come / reigne thou in vs Mathe 6 .b.
	For to expell all synne a_waye
	Let not Sathan dwell in thy house
	To put the forth by nyght nor day
	*Fulfylled be thy godly wyll Luc. 11 .a. Act. 21.
15	Amonge vs all for it is ryght
	As they in heauen do it fulfyll
	So let vs do both daye and nyght
	Kirieleyson.
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	*¶Oure dayly bred geue vs this daye Luc. 11 .a.
20	And let vs neuer perysh for nede
	*The litle byrdes thou fedest alwaye Math. 6 .c.
	Thyne owne chyldren than must thou fede
	‡Oure dettes are great forgeue vs Lorde Math. 18 .c
	As we oure detters all forgeue
25	And let vs alwaye be restored
	To thy mercy that we may lyue.
	Kirieleyson.
	Tentacyon is sore in vse
	And strongly now are we proued
30	Good Lorde thou mayst vs not refuse
	We praye the with vs to abyde
	Nat that alone, but helpe vs out
	From parels all and ioperdy parels: =perils
	Let no euell sprete put vs in doute
35	Of thy fauoure and great mercy.
	Kirieleyson.
	Be glad now all ye Christen men. IDNO=GooPSS11 [=Ringler TP 208]
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	Be glad now all ye christen men
	And let vs reioyse vnfaynedly.
	The kyndnesse can not be sig: D2 written with penne
	That we haue receaued of gods mercy
5	Whose loue towarde vs hath neuer ende
	He hath done for vs as a frende
	Now let vs thanke hym hartely.
	¶I was a prysoner of the deuell
	*With death was I also vtterly lost Ro. 5 .b
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10	My synnes droue me dayly to hell
	*Therin was I borne this may I bost Psal. 50 .a.
	I was also in them ouer-ryfe
	*There was no vertue in my lyfe Psal. 13 .a.
	To take my pleasure I spared no cost.
15	¶Unto my workes I trusted to sore
	*But they coulde not helpe nor yet fre-wyll Roma. 3 .b. Ro. 3 .c.
	My herte was not the better therfore
	*For I was alwaye geuen to euell Gene. 6 .a.
	My conscience droue me to despayre
20	It was so vexed all with feare
	There was no helpe but synke to hell.
	¶Than God eternall had pitie on me
	To ryd me fro my wyckednesse
	*He thought of his plenteous great mercy Luc. i. f.
25	‡And wolde not leaue me comfortlesse Ephe. 1 .a.
	He turned to me his fatherly herte
	And wolde I shulde with hym haue parte
	Of all his costly ryches.
	¶He spake to his deare beloued sonne
30	The tyme is nowe to haue mercye
	Thou must be mans redempcyon
	And lowse hym from captiuite lowse: =loose
	Thou must hym helpe from trouble of synne
	From paynfull death thou must hym wynne
35	That he may lyue eternally
	*¶Gods sonne was redy so to do [P]hil. [2] .a.
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	‡Into this worlde he cam to me 1. Tim. 1 .c.
	*Borne of a virgyn pure also Lu. 2 .a
	Because he thought my ‡brother to be heb. 2 .c
40	*For in my shape he dyd apeare Phil. 2 .a.
	Me to delyuer whole from feare
	And from all euell to make me fre
	These louynge wordes he spake to me
	I wyll delyuer thy soule from payne
45	I am desposed to do for the
	*And to myne owne selfe the to retayne Ioh 14 .a.
	Thou shalt be with me for thou art myne
	And I with the for I am thyne
	Soch is my loue I can not layne
50	¶They wyll shed out my precyous bloude
	And take a_way my lyfe also
	Which I wyll suffre all for thy good
	Beleue this sure where-euer thou go
	*For I wyll yet ryse vp agayne Math. 20 .b.
55	Thy synnes I beare though it be payne
	To make the safe and fre from wo.
	*I wyll go from this worldly lyfe Ioh. 16 .a.
	To my deare father with hym to lyue
	Yet am I with the in batell and stryfe
60	Oure spirite of trueth I wyll the geue
	Which shall the conforte in heuynes
	And lede the into godlynes
	Thus wyll I all thy synnes forgyue
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	*¶Soch thynges as I haue taught and done Math. 28 .c.
65	Shalt thou both teach and do also
	Geue thankes for thy redempcyon
	And knowlege my worde where-euer thou go
	And kepe the well from straunge lernynge
	Which maye the to destruction brynge
70	So wyll I neuer departe the fro.
	Now is oure helth come from aboue IDNO=GooPSS12 [=Ringler TP 1231]
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	Now is oure helth come from aboue
	For god hath shewed vs his mercy
	We can not deserue to haue his loue
	Yet Christ hath brought vs li sig: [D4] berte
5	From al our sinnes and wickednes
	Our naughtie lyfe and wantonnes
	and wyl not condemne vs truly
	¶What god had commaunded in the lawe
	*Were we not sufficient for to do Act. 15 .b.
10	For oure stomakes it was to rawe
	*Gods wrath reigned in vs also Ephe. 2 .a.
	‡Oure flesh was weake it had no myght ‡Rom. 8 .a.
	We coulde not geue the sprete his ryght
	Oure flesh wolde not consent therto.
15	¶Yet had we a false meanyng therbye
	And thought the lawe was geuen therfore
	As who saye we were all so fre
	Gods lawe to fulfyll euermore
	*The lawe is but a scolemaster, Gal. 3 .d.
20	Which doth oure naturall euell declare
	That causeth vs to synne so sore.
	¶For all this must the lawe be done
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	Els had we ben all vtterly lost
	*Therfore hath god sent his deare sonne Gal. 4 .a.
25	Which was made man to paye the cost
	‡The hole lawe hath he well fulfylled Math. 5 .b.
	His fathers anger hath he stylled
	To do it els no man coulde boost
	*¶The lawe therfore sheweth vs oure synne Rom. 7 .b.
30	And smytteth oure conscience to the grounde
	But whan the gospell commeth therin
	It lyfteth vs vp and maketh vs sounde
	*Oure synne is great but mercy is more Ro. 5 .c
	Oure conscience oft doth greue vs sore
35	But Christe hath stopped that bloudy wounde.
	¶Whan I consyder this in my mynde
	What God in Christ hath done for me
	I can in no wyse be vnkynde
	Nor vse my-selfe vnchristenly
40	I am compelled godly to lyue
	My neghbours fautes to forgeue
	*As Christ dyd for me mercyfully Ephe. 4 .c,
	¶So are good workes the very frute
	Of hym that beleueth stedfastly
45	A good tre with good frutes breaketh out
	*As the gospell doth testifie
	For lyke as fayth hangeth whole on God
	[S]o shulde oure workes do other men good So] To 1535
	*For fayth without them can not be Math. 7 .b.
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50	¶ O heuenly father graunt thy grace
	*Thy name in vs to be sanctified Math. 6 .b, Luc. 11 .a.
	Thy kyngdome come / thy wyll alwayes
	Amonge vs all be fulfylled
	Fede vs and forgeue all oure euell
55	Lede vs not in tentacion styll
	From euell delyuer vs at oure nede.
	Christ is the only sonne of god. IDNO=GooPSS13 [=Ringler TP 306]
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	Christ is the only sonne of God
	The father eternall
	We haue in Iesse founnde this rod
	God and man naturall
5	He is the mornynge-starre
sig: [E1v]
	His beames sendeth he out farre
	Beyonde other starres all.
	*¶He was for vs a man borne Lu. 2 .a
	In the last parte of tyme
10	Yet kepte she maydenheade vnforlorne
	His mother that bare hym
	He hath hell-gates broken
	And heauen hath he made open
	Bryngynge vs lyfe agayne.
15	¶Thou onely maker of all-thynge
	Thou euerlastynge lyght
	From ende to ende all rulynge
	By thyne owne godly myght.
	Turne thou oure hartes vnto the
20	And lyghten them with the verite
	That they erre not from the ryght
sig: E2
	¶Let vs increace in loue of the
	And in knowlege also
	That we beleuynge stedfastly
25	*Maye in spirite serue the so Ioh. 4 .c.
	That we in oure hartes maye sauoure
	Thy mercy and thy fauoure
	And to thyrst after no mo.
	¶Awake vs lorde we praye the
30	Thy holy spirite vs geue
	Which maye oure olde man mortifie
	That oure new man maye lyue
	So wyll we alwaye thanke the
	That shewest vs so great mercye
35	And oure synnes dost forgeue.
	Media vita. IDNO=GooPSS14 [=Ringler TP 924]
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	In the myddest of oure lyuynge
	Death compaseth vs rounde about
	Who shuld vs now sucour sig: [E2v] brynge
	By whose grace we maye come out
5	Euen thou lorde Iesu alone.
	It doth our hartes sore greue truly
	That we haue offended the
	O lorde god most holy
	O lord god most migh sig: E3 tie
10	O holy and mercyfull Sauioure
	Thou most worthy god eternall
	Suffre vs not at oure last houre
	For any death from the to fall.
	Kirieleyson.
15	¶In the myddest of oure dyenge
	We are vexed with helles payne
	Who shulde helpe vs out of this thynge
	With stronge fayth to resyste it agayne
	Euen thou lorde Iesu alone
20	For whan we crye and call on the
	Thou art moued than with mercye
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	O lorde god most holy
	O lorde god most myghtye
	O holy and mercyfull Sauioure
25	Thou most worthy god eternall
	Suffre vs not at oure last houre
	For any hell from the to fall.
	Kirieleyson.
	¶In the myddest of oure helles payne
30	Oure owne synnes vexe vs greatly
	Who shulde saue vs from despayre agayne
	That we maye holde by thy mercy?
	Euen thou lorde Iesu alone
	For thy deare bloude ryght plenteously
35	Was shed out for oure synnes frely
	O lorde god most holy
	O lorde god most myghtie
	O holy and mercyfull Sauioure
	Thou most worthy god eternall
40	Suffre vs not at oure last houre
	Thorow despare from the to fall
	Kirieleyson.
	By Adams fall. IDNO=GooPSS15 [=Ringler TP 283]
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	By Adams fall was so forlorne
	The whole na sig: [E4] ture of mankynde
	Yt we were poysoned or we were borne
	and no helpe therto could we fynde
5	Tyll Christ_Iesu
	By his vertue
	For oure dette his deare bloude had spent
	That we were sig: [E4v] in
	By Adams synne
10	Whan he brake gods commaundement.
	*¶Seynge Eue was sore begyled Ge. 3 .a
	By the serpentes tentacyon
	Because she gods worde despysed
	Brought mankynde to destruccyon
15	Agaynst this dede
	It was great nede
	That god shulde vs to comforte geue
	*His owne deare sonne Ro. 8 .d
	And ‡mercy-troane troane: =throne Ro. 3 .b
20	By whose death we all myght lyue.
	*Lyke as in Adam a straunge det Ro. 5 .b
	Had brought vs to destruccyon
	So are we now delyuered from it
	In Christ oure ryght saluacyon
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25	Lyke as we all
	By Adams fall
	Were ordened with ryght to dye
	So in gods sonne
	Redempcyon
30	Haue we founde eternally.
	*¶So dyd he then geue vs his sonne Ro. 5 .a
	When we were yet his enemyes
	‡Which for vs on the crosse was done Math. 27 .d.
	*And so the thyrde daye dyd aryse 1. Cor. 15 .a.
35	‡To iustifie Ro 4 .d
	Eternally
	All vs that trust fast on his myght
	Why shulde we than
	Drede any payne
40	He is now oure owne by ryght
	¶He is his fathers eternall worde
	*The waye / the lyfe / the verite Ioh. 14 .a.
	He is the Sauioure and the lorde
	Whom he hath geuen vs frely
45	To be oure health
	Oure helpe and wealth
	*And not to truste in any man Psal. 61 .b.
	For there is none
	But he alone
50	That vs sucoure or comforth can
	*¶Man is all wicked by nature Ge. 6 .a
	There is no helpe with hym to fynde
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	Who seketh helpe in a creature
	And not in god with harte and mynde
55	He buyldeth on sonde
	And may not stonde
	Whan tyme cometh of tentacyon
	*Therfore to trest trest: =trest, 'trust' Psal. 117 .a.
	On god in best
60	And the most sure foundacyon.
	*¶He that hopeth on god stedfastly Roma. 10 .b.
	Shall neuer be confounded
	For doutles gods worde can not ley
	Though all men shulde resist it
65	Great trouble and care
	Is euery-where
	This worldes sorowe is infinite
	Yet sawe I neuer
	Hym perysh for euer
70	That fast on gods worde trusted
	¶O lorde I praye the hartely
	For thy great mercyfull kyndnesse
	*Thy wholsome worde take not fro me Psal. 118 .f.
	Because of my vnthankfulnesse
75	*My synne is great Psal. 37 .a.
	I knowlege it
	‡But thy mercy excelleth all-thynge Psal. 144 .a. Ecclesiastes. 2.
	Therfore wyll I
	Hope styll in the
80	To thy blysse that thou mayest me brynge.
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IDNO=GooPSS16 [=Ringler TP 2092]
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	Wake vp wake vp in gods name
	Thou worthy fayre christente christente: =Christianity, 'Christendom'
	And shewe thy brydgromes great fame
	For that he hath done to the
5	Which hath his worde now sent
	And opened sig: [F2v] it once agayne
	As thou mayest se in many a place
	Where now is preached his grace
	So truly and so playne.
10	¶Thy olde enemye that Sathan
	*The father of all lesynge Io. 8 .d.
	Seketh all the meanes that he can
	The verite downe to brynge
	If any man speake therof
15	It must cost hym his bloude
	For many soch men he dryueth awaye
	And some he slayeth now euery daye
	Yet all doth hym no good.
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	¶
20	He can not leaue his cruelnesse
	But threateneth daye and nyght
	His mynde is whole the to oppresse
	That thou mayest feare his myght
	But stonde thou fast in god
25	O worthy fayre Christente
	He is thy helpe and sucoure
	Who-so doth the displeasure
	*He toucheth gods owne eye. zacha. 2
	¶Beholde how god hath euer done
30	For Israell in theyr nede
	*He drowned kynge Pharao ryght sone Exo. 14 .f.
	With all that them troubled
	‡The walles of Hierico fell Iosua. 6 .d.
	So sone as gods folke came
35	Thy lorde god is so myghty
	That he can helpe the swyftly
	And put thy foes to blame.
	¶The Madianites dyd all theyr best
	To trouble gods people deare
40	The Amaleckes wolde not let them rest
	But helde them styll in feare
	Israell cryed to god
	Which helped them louyngly
	By Gedeon his seruaunt
45	*There fell a hundreth thousande Iudicum 9 .c.
	And twenty thousande truly.
	¶Remembre how god kepte Dauid
	*From Saul that wicked kynge 1. Reg. 23 .e.
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	How oft he hym delyuered
50	‡Which caused Dauid to synge 2. Reg, 22 .a.
	*He had also great harme 2. Reg. 15 .b.
	Euen of his naturall sonne
	That made great laboure hym to slaye
	But god delyuered hym alwaye
55	*And hanged fayre Absalon. 2, Reg. 18 .b.
	¶Note also how god helped
	The good kynge Abia
	And hym strongly delyuered
	From Hieroboam alwaye
60	Though he was sore vexed
	Of hym a longe season
	*As sone as he complayned 2. Par. 13 .c.
	Fyue hundreth thousande were slayne deed
	And all destroyed ryght sone
65	¶So hath god helped ryght well
	Assa that faythfull kynge
	That we his sucoure myght fele
	In euery troublous thynge
	His enemyes were many
70	And stronge in all mens syght
	*A thousande tymes a thousand 2. Pa. 14 .c.
	Yet were they not so stronge to stande
	But fell all thorow gods myght.
	¶Consyder how god delyuered
75	The kynge Ezechiam
	Which was very oft sore threatened
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	With Sennacherib by name
	*Of thousandes euen an hundreth 4. Re. 19 .g. Esa. 27 .f. 2. Par. 32 .d.
	Foure score and .v. he brought
80	Yet were they sone destroyed than
	Gods aungell slewe them euery man
	And brought them all to nought.
	¶Heare to how strongly god fought
	For his kynge Iosaphat
85	*When Ammon all his power brought 2. Par. 20 .a.
	And Moabs hoost was therat
	Israel called to God
	He was theyr helpe onely
	The heythen were so plaged
90	That one dyd slaye another deed
	Gods folke gat the victory.
	¶Thus all gods enemyes peryshed
	God slewe them all sodenly
	His hande is not yet shortened
95	O worthy fayre Christente
	He can the well defende
	Thy heeres are tolde truly
	Let Sathan do all that he maye
	Yf thou holde fast gods worde alwaye
100	He shall not forsake the.
	I call on the lorde Iesu_Christe. IDNO=GooPSS17 [=Ringler TP 733]
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	I call on the lorde Iesu_Christ
	I haue none other helpe but the.
	My herte is neuer set at rest
	Tyll thy swete worde haue comforted me.
5	A stedfast fayth graunt me therfore
	To holde sig: G1 by thy worde euermore
	Aboue all-thynge
	Neuer resistynge
	But to increace in fayth more and more.
10	¶Yet once agayne I call on the
	Heare my request o mercyfull lorde
	I wolde fayne hope on thy mercye
	And can not be therto restored
	Excepte thou with thy grace oppresse
15	My blynde and naturall weaknesse
	Cause me therfore
	To hope euermore
sig: [G1v]
	On thy mercy and swete promises
	¶Lorde prynte into my harte and mynde
20	Thy holy spirite with feruentnesse
	That I to the be not vnkynde
	But loue the without faynednesse
	Let nothynge drawe my mynde from the
	But euer to loue the earnestly
25	Let not my harte
	Unthankfully departe
	From the ryght loue of thy mercye
	¶Geue me thy grace lorde I the praye
	To loue myne enemyes hartely
30	How-be-it they trouble me alwaye
	And for thy cause do slaundre me
	Yet Iesu_Christ for thy goodnesse
	Fyll my harte with forgeuenesse
	That whyle I lyue
35	I maye them forgeue
	That do offende me more or lesse.
	¶I am compased all rounde aboute
	With sore and stronge tentacyon
	Therfore good lorde delyuer me out
40	From all this wycked nacyon
	The deuell / the worlde / my fleshe also
	Folowe vpon me where I go
	Therfore wolde I
	Now fayne delyuered be
45	Thy helpe I seke lorde and no mo.
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	¶Now seist thou lorde what nede I haue
	I haue none els to complayne to
	Therfore thy holy-goost I craue
	To be my guyde where-euer I go
50	That in all my aduersite
	I forget not the loue of the
	But as thou lorde
	Hast geuen me thy worde
	Let me therin both lyue and dye.
	Of the byrth of Christ. IDNO=GooPSS18 [=Ringler TP 1220]
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	Now blessed be thou Christ_Iesu
	Thou art man borne this is true
	The Aungels made a mery noyse
	Yet haue we more cause to re sig: [G2v] ioyse
5	Kirieleyson.
	¶The blessed sonne of god onely
	*In a crybbe full poore dyd lye Lu. 2 .a
	With oure poore flesh and oure poore bloude
	Was clothed that euerlastynge good
10	Kirieleyson.
	¶He that made heauen and earth of nought
	In oure fleshe hath oure health brought
	*For oure sake made he hym-selfe full small Phil. 2 .a.
	That reigneth lorde and kynge ouer-all
15	Kirieleyson.
	*Eternall lyght doth now apeare 1. Io. 1.
	To the worlde both farre and neare
	It shyneth full cleare euen at mydnyght
	Makynge vs chyldren of his lyght
20	Kirieleyson.
	¶The lorde Christ_Iesu gods sonne deare
	Was a gest and a straunger here
	Us for to brynge from mysery
	That we myght lyue eternally
25	Kirieleyson.
	*¶Into this worlde ryght poore came he
	To make vs ryche in mercye
	Therfore wolde he oure synnes forgeue
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	That we with hym in heauen myght lyue
30	Kirieleyson.
	All this dyd he for vs frely
	For to declare his great mercy
	All christendome be mery therfore
	And geue hym thankes euermore
35	Kirieleyson.
	Of the Resurrection. IDNO=GooPSS19 [=Ringler TP 305]
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	Christe is now rysen agayne
	From his death and all his payne
	Therfore wyll we mery be
	And reioyse with [h]ym gladly. hym] wym 1535
sig: [G3v]
5	Kirieleyson.
	*¶Had he not rysen agayne 1. Cor. 15 .b.
	We had ben lost this is playne
	But sen he is rysen in-dede sen ='seeing or considering that', a chiefly Scots and northern word, q.v. OED
	Let vs loue hym all with spede
10	Kirieleyson.
	¶Now is tyme of gladnesse
	To synge of the lordes goodnesse
	Therfore glad now wyll we be
	And reioyse in hym onely.
15	Kirieleyson.
	Another of the same. IDNO=GooPSS20 [=Ringler TP 304]
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	Christ dyed and suffred great payne
	For oure synnes and wyckednesse
	But he is now rysen sig: [G4] agayne
	To make vs full of gladnesse.
5	Let vs all reioyse therfore
	And geue hym thankes for euermore
	Synging to him
	Alleluya / Alleluya.
	¶There was no man that coulde ouerwynne
10	The power of death nor his myght
	And all this came thorow oure synne
	Wherfore we were dampned by ryght
	By occasyon of which thynge
	*Death toke vs into his kepynge Ro. 5 .b
15	We coulde not escape out of his syght.
	Alleluya.
sig: [G4v]
	¶But the lorde Iesu gods owne sonne
	Takynge on hym oure weake nature
	*Hath put a_waye oure synnes alone Io. 1 .d
20	And ouercome death thorow his power
	As for death and his great myght
	Christ hath ouercome it all by ryght
	It can do vs no displeasure
	Alleluya.
25	It was a maruelous great thynge
	To se how death with death dyd fyght
	For the one death gat the wynnynge
	And the other death lost his myght
	*Holy scripture speaketh of it 1. Cor. 15 [.]f. Ose. 13 Heb. 2 .b
30	How one death another wolde byte
	The death of Christ hath wonne by ryght
	Alleluya.
	*¶This same is the ryght Paschall lambe Ro. 4 .d
	That was ones offred for oure synne
35	Into this worlde mekely he came
	From Sathans power vs to wynne
	*For oure wickednesse wolde he dye
	And rose vs for to iustifie
	The mercy of god was great therin
40	Alleluya.
	Gloria in excelsis deo . IDNO=GooPSS21 [=Ringler TP 2022]
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	To god the hyghest be glory alwaye
	For his sig: H1 great kyndnes and mercy
	That doth prouyde both nyght and daye
	Both for oure soule and oure body
5	To mankynde hath god great pleasure
	Now is great peace euery-where
	God hath sig: [H1v] put out all enmyte.
	Ad Patrem.
	¶We loue and prayse and honoure the
	For thy great glory we thanke thy grace
10	That thou god father eternally
	Art oure defender in euery place
	*Thou art to vs a mercyfull father Ro. 8 .b
	And we thy chyldren altogether
	Therfore we geue the thankes alwayes
	Ad filium.
15	¶O Iesu_Christ thou onely sonne
	Of god almyghtye thy heauenly father
	*Oure full and whole redempcyon R[o] Ro] Ra 1535. 3. 1. Io[.] 2Ro] Ra 1535
	Thou that hast stilled gods displeasure
	‡O gods lambe that takest synne a_waye Io. 2 .d
20	When we haue nede helpe vs alwaye
	Graunt vs thy mercy altogether.
	Ad Spiritum sanctum.
	¶O holy-goost oure confortoure
	In all oure trouble and heuynesse
	Defende vs all from Sathans power
25	Whome Christ hath bought from wofulnesse
	Kepe oure hertes in the verite
	In oure tentacion stonde vs by
	And strength alwaye oure weake bodies.
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	M[a]gnificat Magnificat] Mognificat 1535 / which is the songe of the virgin Mary.. Luc .j. IDNO=GooPSS22 [=Ringler TP 1178]
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	My soule doth magnyfie the Lorde
	My spret reioyseth greatly
	In God my Sauioure and his worde
	For he hath sene the lowe degre
5	Of me his handmayden truly
	Beholde now after this day
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	Al generacyons shall speake of me
	And cal me blessed alwaye.
	¶For he that is onely of myghte,
10	Hath done great thynges for me:
	And holy is his name by ryghte
	As for his endles mercy
	It endureth perpetually
	In euery generacyon
15	On them that feare hym vnfaynedly
	Without dissimulacyon.
	¶He sheweth strength with his great arme
	Declaryng hymselfe to be of power
	He scatereth the proude to theyr owne harme
20	Euen with the wicked behauoure
	Of theyr owne hertes euery houre
	*He putteth downe the myghtye
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	From theyr hye seate and great honoure
	Exaltynge them of lowe degre.
25	¶The hongrye fylleth he with good
	And letteth the ryche go emptie
	Where his owne people want no foode
	He thynketh vpon his mercye
	And helpeth his seruaunt truly
30	Euen Israel as he promysed
	Unto oure fathers perpetually
	*Abraham and to his sede.
	Nunc dimittis / which is the songe of Simeon. Luc .ij. IDNO=GooPSS23 [=Ringler TP 2300]
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	With peace and with ioyfull gladnesse
	And with a mery harte
	Accordynge to the swete sig: [H3v] promesse
	Lorde let me now departe.
5	Now geue me leaue that I may dye
	For I wolde be present with the.
	¶For myne eyes haue sene the Sauioure
	That is sent out from the
	Thou hast satisfied my harte therfore
10	That thou hast shewed hym me
	Which is oure only saluacyon
	Oure helth and oure redempcion.
	¶Whome thou hast prepared ryght well
sig: [H4]
	And shewed hym openly
15	Before the face of all people
	Preachynge thy worde planely
	Kepynge no man from thy kyngdome
	That thorow hym wyll therin come.
	¶He is the true and onely lyght
20	Which moued with mercy
	Restoreth the gentyls to theyr syght gentyls: =gentiles
	Lyghtenynge theyr hartes truly
	He is the glory of Israel
	Thy people whom thou louest so well.
	¶The .xi. Psalme of Dauid. Saluum me fac Domine. ¶Agaynst false doctryne and ypocrites. IDNO=GooPSS24 [=Ringler TP 605]
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	Helpe now o Lorde and loke on vs
	How we are brought in lowe degre
	Thy saintes are dryuen sig: [H4v] from euery house
	*There are fewe faythfull lefte truly Mich. 7 .a.
5	Men wyll not suffre thy trueth to be knowen
	Thy fayth is all-most ouerthrowen
	Amonge mens chyldren piteously.
	*It is but lyes and vanite Ose, 7 .a.
sig: I1
	That one preacheth now to his brother
10	They flatter with theyr lyppes falsely Ier. 8 .b. et .9.
	And one dyssembleth with another
	Thus shewe they with theyr mouth one thynge
	And yet haue they another meanynge
	Within theyr hertes altogether.
15	¶O that the Lorde wolde once rote out
	All soch disceatful lyppes speakynge
	Which wyll not haue that men shulde doute
	In thynges that are of theyr makynge
	*We ought to speake by auctorite Iude. 1
20	Oure tonge shulde preuayle (they say proudly
	Who shulde rule vs or oure doynge?
	¶Therfore sayeth the Lorde / now wyll I ryse
	I se the poore are oppressed
	Theyr sore complaynte wyll I not despyse
25	But wyll them helpe shortly in-dede
	I wyll set them at lybertie
	My worde shalbe preached planely
	They shall no more be disceaued.
	*¶Syluer seuen tymes tryed in the fyre Psal. 17 .c.
30	Is purified and made cleare therby
	So is gods worde alwaye nearer
	Whan it is persecute cruelly
	The Lordes wordes are pure and ryght
	And wyll not be kepte downe by myght
35	But wyll apeare the more planely.
	¶O Lorde defende thou them therfore
sig: [I1v]
	And preserue vs gracyously
	From this generacyon euermore
	That persecute vs so cruelly
40	For whan vanite and ydilnesse
	Is set by amonge men, doutles
	All are full of the vngodly.
	The seconde Psalme of Dauid. ¶Quare fremuerunt gentes. IDNO=GooPSS25 [=Ringler TP 2217]
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	*Wherfore do the heithen now rage thus Act. 4. Psal. 70 .a. et. 82 .a.
	Conspyryng together so wyckedly?
	Wherfore are the people so malicious
	Vayne thynges to y sig: I2 magyn so folyshly?
5	The kynges of the earth stonde vp together
	and worldly rulers do conspyre
	Agaynst the lorde and his Christ truly.
	*¶They saye / let vs breake vp theyr bondes The enmyes.
	And let vs cast theyr yocke awaye yocke: =yoke
10	Theyr lawes wyll make vs lose oure londes
	Therfore none soch wyll we obeye
	*But he that in heauen hath residence The prophete.
	Shall laugh them to scorne and theyr pretence
	*The lorde shall mocke them nyght and daye. Pro. 1.
sig: [I2v]
15	¶The Lorde shall talke with them together
	In his great anger and wrath truly
	And also he shall trouble them euer
	Thrugh his displeasure at them daylye
	*Yet haue I ordened and set my kynge God the father.
20	On my hyll Syon to haue rulynge
	Theyr heade and gouernoure for to be
	*¶I wyll shewe forth the commaundement Christ the son,
	Wherof the Lorde hath sayd to me
	*Thou art my sonne, whome I haue sent God the father.
25	‡This daye haue I begotten the Hebr. 1. .b. et. 5 .b Act. 13
	Axe me and I shall geue the soone
	All Heithen in possession
	Thorow-out the worlde where-euer they be.
	¶Forsoth thou shalt rule them together
30	*With a rodde of yron made strongly Apo. 2 .d. et. 14
	‡Lyke erthen vessell brent in the fyre Esa 30
	Shalt thou them breake that resyst the
	*Therfore ye kynges now vnderstonde The prophete.
	Be wyse and resyst not the Lordes honde
35	Be content ye Iudges warned to be.
	¶With feare se that ye serue the Lorde
	Reioyse before hym all with drede
	Kysse ye the sonne and his swete worde
	The lorde wyll els be sore greued
40	Than shall ye peryshe from the verite
	His wrath shalbe kyndled shortly
	*They that truste in hym are all blessed. Ier. 17
	Amen.
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	The .xlv. Psalme of Dauid. ¶ Deus noster refugium. IDNO=GooPSS26 [=Ringler TP 1449]
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	Oure God is a defence and towre
	A good armoure and good weapen
	He hath ben euer oure helpe and sucoure
	In all the troubles that we haue ben in
5	Therfore wyl we neuer drede
sig: [I3v]
	For any wonderous dede
	By water or by londe
	In hilles or the see-sonde
	Our god hath them al in his hond
10	*¶Though we be alwaye greatly vexed 2. Cor. 1 .a.
	With many a great tentacyon
	Yet thanked be god we are refreshed
	His swete worde conforteth oure mansion
	*It is gods holy place Io. 14
15	He dwelleth here by grace
	*Amonge vs is he Psal. 2. Act. 4.
	Both nyght and daye truly
	He helpeth vs all and that swyftly.
	The wicked heithen besege vs straytly
20	And many great kyngdomes take theyr parte
	*They are gathered agaynst vs truly Psal. 65 .b.
	And are sore moued in theyr herte
	But gods worde as cleare as daye
	Maketh them shrenke a_waye. shrenke: =shrink
sig: [I4]
25	The lorde god of power
	Stondeth by vs euery houre
	The god of Iacob is oure stronge towre
	*¶Come hether now beholde and se Psal. 65 .a.
	The noble actes and dedes of the lorde
30	What great thynges he doth for vs daylye
	And conforteth vs with his swete worde
	For whan oure enemyes wolde fyght
	Than brake he theyr myght
	Theyr bowe and theyr speare
35	(So that we nede not feare)
	And brent theyr charettes in the fyre.
	¶Therfore sayeth god / take hede to me
	Let me alone and I shall helpe you Let me alone ='I may be trusted'; see OED s.v. let v1, 18d
	Knowe me for youre god I saye onely
40	Amonge all heithen that reigne now
	*Wherfore than shulde we drede Psal. 26 .a.
	Seynge we haue no nede
	*For the lorde god of power Ro. 8 .d
	Stondeth by vs euery houre
45	The God of Iacob is oure stronge towre.
	The .C.xxiii. Psalme of Dauid. ¶Nisi quia Dominus. IDNO=GooPSS27 [=Ringler TP 381]
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	Except the lorde had bene with vs
	Now maye sig: [I4v] Israel say boldly
	Excepte the lorde had ben with vs
	When men rose vp agaynst vs fearsly
5	*They had deuoured vs quyck doutlesse Pro. 1.
	and had ouerwonne vs confortles
	They were so wroth sig: K1 at vs truly.
	¶The wawes of waters had wrapped vs in wawes: =waws, 'waves'
	Oure soule had gone vnder the floode
10	The depe waters of these proude men
	Had ronne oure soules ouer where they stode
	The Lorde be praysed euery houre
	That wolde not suffre them vs to deuoure
	Nor in theyr tethe to sucke oure bloude
15	¶Oure soule is delyuered from theyr power
	They can not haue that they haue sought
	As the byrde from the snare of the fouler
	So are we from theyr daungers brought
	The snare is broken and we are fre
20	*Oure helpe is in the lordes name truly Pro. 18 Psal. 120 .a.
	Which hath made heauen and earth of nought.
	The .C.xxvi. Psalme. ¶Super flumina Babilonis . IDNO=GooPSS28 [=Ringler TP 198]
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	At the *ryuers of Babilon
	There sat we downe sig: [K1v] ryght heuely Eze. 1 .a. et. 3 .b
	Euen whan we thought vpon Sion
	We wept together sorofully
5	For we were in soch heuynes
	Yt we forgat al our merynes
	and left of all oure sporte and playe
	On the sig: K2 willye-trees that were therby willye: =willow
	We hanged vp our harpes truly
10	and morned sore both night and day.
	¶They that toke vs so cruelly
	And led vs bounde into pryson
	Requyred of vs some melody
	With wordes full of derision
15	When we had hanged our harpes a_waye
	This cruell folke to vs coulde saye
	Now let vs heare some mery songe
	Synge vs a songe of some swete toyne toyne: =tone
	As ye were wont to synge at Sion
20	Where ye haue lerned to synge so longe
	¶To whom we answerd soberly
	Beholde now are we in youre honde
	How shulde we vnder captiuite
	Synge to the lorde in a straunge londe
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25	Hierusalem I say to the
	Yf I remembre the not truly
	My honde playe on the harpe no more
	Yf I thynke not on the alwaye
	Let my tonge cleue to my mouth for aye
30	And let m[e] loose my speache therfore. me] my 1535loose: =lose
	¶Yee aboue all myrth and pastaunce
	Hierusalem I preferre the
	Lorde call to thy remembraunce
	*The sonnes of Edom ryght strately Ier. 49 Eze. 25 Abd. 1.
35	In the daye of the destruction
	Which at Hierusalem was done
	For they sayd in theyr cruelnes
	Downe with it, downe with it, destroye it all
	Down with it soone, that it may fall
40	Laye it to the grounde all that there is.
	*¶O thou cite of Babilon Esa. 13 Ie[r] Ier] Iee 1535. 50Ier] Iee 1535
	Thou thy-selfe shalt be destroyed
	Truly blessed shalbe that man
	Which euen as thou hast deserued
45	Shall rewarde the with soch kyndnesse
	As thou hast shewed to vs gyltlesse
	Which neuer had offended the
	Blessed shall he be that for the nones
	Shall throwe thy chyldren agaynst the stones
50	To brynge the out of memorie.
	The .C.xxvii. Psalme. ¶Beati omnes qui timent Dominum. IDNO=GooPSS29 [=Ringler TP 255]
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	*Blessed are all that feare the lorde Psal. 33 .b.
	Worshippynge hym both nyght and daye
	Ordrynge [t]heyr lyfe after his worde theyr] heyr 1535
	And walkyng euer in his waye
5	And walkynge euer in his waye.
	*¶For thou shalt get thyne owne lyuynge Gen. 3.
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	And eate thy bred without ydelnesse
	Euen with thy handes laborynge
	So shalt thou haue prosperous increase.
10	¶Thy wyfe as the vyn[e] shalbe frutefull
	Within the walles of thy dwellynge
	Thy chyldren shall stonde about thy table
	Lyke Olyue-braunches floryshynge.
	¶Lo thus shall that man be blessed
15	And happye shall he be alwaye
	That leadeth his lyfe in the lordes drede
	And feareth hym both nyght and daye.
	*¶From Sion shall the lorde blesse the Nu 6 .d
	And pleasure shalt thou haue amonge
20	Beholdynge the great prosperite
	Of Hierusalem all thy lyfe longe.
	¶The lorde shall so prolonge thy lyfe Iob. 42 .c. Tob. 14 .a.
	That thy chyldres chyldren thou shalt se
	I[n] Israel shalt thou se no stryfe
25	But peace and great felicite[.] .] ? 1535
	¶The same Psalme. ¶Beati omnes. IDNO=GooPSS30 [=Ringler TP 256]
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	Blessed are all that feare the lorde Psal. 33 .b.
	Worshippynge hym both nyght and daye
sig: [K4]
	Ordrynge theyr lyfe after his worde
	and walkynge euer in his waye
5	For thou shalt get thin owne lyuing
	and eat thy bred without ydelnes
	Euen with thin owne handes sig: [K4v] workyng
	And shalt haue prosperous increace
	And want nothynge to thy hartes ease
10	¶Thy wyfe also shalbe frutefull
	Within the walles of thy dwellynge
	As the vyne-tre plenteous and full
	Shall she fayre chyldren to the brynge
	Which rounde aboute thy table shall stonde
15	Lyke fayre plantes of the Olyue-tre
	Lo, thus shall he blessed be founde
	That worshippeth and feareth the lorde truly
	Hauynge Gods lawe before his eye
	¶The lorde shall do the good alwaye
20	From the holy hyll of Syon
	Thou shalt delyte both nyght and daye
	Beholdynge the prosperous fortune
	Of Hierusalem all thy lyfe longe
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	*And thy chyldres chyldren shalt thou se Iob. 42 .c. Tob. 14 .a.
25	Thus shall the lorde thy dayes prolonge
	To se the peace and felicite
	Wherin all Israel shalbe.
	¶The .L. Psalme of Dauid. ¶Miserere mei Deus . IDNO=GooPSS31 [=Ringler TP 1311]
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	O lorde god haue thou mercy on me
	After thy maruelous great pite
	As thou art ful of mercy
	Do away all my iniquite.
5	*And washe me from sig: [L1v] all fylthynesse Psal. 31 .a. Iob. 13 .b. Lu. 18.
	Of my great synnes and wantonesse
	For they are many within me
	And euer I fele them heuye
	My synne is alwaye before myne eye
10	I haue alone offended the
	Before sig: L2 the haue I lyued synfully
	In thy worde stondest thou stedfastly
	Thoughe thou be iudged wrongfully.
	¶Se how I am conceaued in synne
15	My mother hath brought me forth therin
	*A chylde of wrathe by nature borne Ephe. 2 a.
	And without the lorde am forlorne
	To the treuth thou hast a pleasure alwaye
	And helpest my blyndnesse euery daye
20	To knowe thy wysedome gracyously
	That thou hast hyd so secretly
sig: [L2v]
	With ysope fayre sprenkle thou me
	Washe thou me clene / so shall I be
	Whyter then snowe / mende thou my cheare
25	My weery bones to helpe from feare
	Which thou thy-selfe hast brused so neare.
	¶Loked not vpon my wreched lyfe
	Forgeue my synnes that are so ryfe
	*Lorde make in me a ryght pure harte Eze. 36 Act. 2.
30	A good conscience let be my parte
	A godly spirite renew in me
	And cast me not away from the
	Thy holy spirite let me haue styll
	To be my conforte in all euell
35	And let me haue euer the gladnesse
	Of thy health in all heuynesse
	Thy myghtie spirite holde thou in me
	I wyll helpe synners turne to the
	Thy waye wyll I teache them hartely.
40	¶God rydde me from bloudgyltynesse
	Thou god of all my healthfulnesse
	So shall my tonge geue prayse to the
	Thy ryghtuousnesse to honoure in me
	Lorde open thou these lippes of myne
45	That my mouthe maye to thy prayse inclyne
	*Thou hast no pleasure in offrynge Mich. 6 .b.
	For els I thought them the to brynge
	Burntoffrynges are not to thy paye
	They please not the though they be gaye
50	They are nothynge worth in thy syght
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	Gods offrynge is of moche more myght
	A spirite all troubled is his ryght.
	*¶A contrite harte that is brought lowe Esa 66
	Shalt thou lorde god awaye not throwe
55	That dost thou alwaye so regarde
	That it shall euer of the be harde. harde: =heard
	To Sion lorde be gracyous
	After thy kyndnesse plenteous
	That the walles of Hierusalem
60	Maye be buylded and brought from shame
	*Then shalt thou be pleased doutlesse Ro. 12.
	With the offrynge of ryghtuousnes
	With the brentoffrynges of thy wyll
	Then shall good men theyr calues kyll
65	Therwith thyne altare to fulfyll.
	The Same Psalme. ¶Miserere mei Deus . IDNO=GooPSS32 [=Ringler TP 1268]
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	O god be mercyfull to me
	Accordynge to thy great pitie
	*Washe of make clene my iniquite Psal. 31 .a.
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	I knowlege my synne and it greueth me
5	Agaynst the agaynst the only haue I synned
	Which is before myne eye.
	Though thou be iudged in mans syght
	*Yet are thy wordes Ro. 3. sig: [L4] founde true and ryght.
	¶Beholde, I was borne all in synne
10	My mother conceaued me therin
	But thou louest treuth, and haste shewed me
	Thy wysedome hyd so secretly
	With fayre ysope lorde sprenkle thou me
	Washe thou me clene / so shall I be
15	Whyter than snowe / cause me reioyse
	Make my bones mery whom thou madest lowse. lowse: =loose, 'free, released'
	¶Lorde turne thy face fro my wickednesse
	Clense me from all vnryghtuousnesse
	*A pure harte lorde make thou in me Eze. 36 .e. Act. [2].
20	Renewe a ryght spirite in my body
	Cast me not out away from the
	Nor take thy holy-goost fro me
	Make me reioyse in thy sauynge health
	Thy myghty spirite strength me for my wealth
25	¶Thy waye shall I shewe to men full of vyce
	And enstructe them well [i]n thy seruice in] tn 1535
	That wicked men and vngodly
	Maye be conuerted vnto the
	O god, o god my sauioure
30	Delyuer me from the synne of murther
	My tonge shall reioyse in thy mercye
	Open my lippes / and my mouth shal prayse the
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	*¶Thou wylt haue no bodely offrynge Mich. 6 .b.
	I thought them els to the to brynge
35	Gods sacrifice is a troubled spirite
	*Thou wilt not dispise a harte contrite Esa. 66
	With Sion (o god) deale gently
	That Hierusalem walles may buylded be
	Than shalt thou delyte in the ryght offrynge
40	Which men shall with theyr calues brynge.
	The .Cxxix. Psalme. ¶De profundis. IDNO=GooPSS33 [=Ringler TP 1455]
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	Out of the depe crye I to the
	O lorde lorde heare my callynge.
	Oh let thyne eares enclyned be
	To the voyce of my complaynynge.
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5	*Yf thou (lorde) wylt deale with stratenesse Iob. 9. Psal. 142 .a.
	To marke all that is done amysse
	Lorde who may abyde that rekenynge?
	*¶But there is mercy euer with the Exo. 34 .a. Psal. 102 .a.
	That thou therfore mayest be feared
10	I wyll abyde the lorde paciently
	My soule loketh for hym vnfaynted
	And in his worde is all my trust
	So is my hope and conforte most
	His promysse shalbe fulfylled.
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15	¶As the watche-men in the mornynge
	Stonde lokynge longe desyrously
	That they myght se the fayre day-sprynge
	So wayteth my soule for the lorde dayly
	Therfore let Israel wayte styll
20	Untyll it be the lordes wyll
	To lowse them from aduersite
	*¶For with the lorde there is mercy Psal. 85 .c.
	And great plenteous redempcyon
	*All-though we synne oft wickedly 1. Io. 2
25	Yet hath he for vs a sure pardon
	*He shall redeme poore Israel Esa. 43 .d.
	And hym shall he delyuer full well
	From all the synnes that he hath done.
	The .xxiiii. Psalme of Dauid. ¶Ad te Domine leuaui. IDNO=GooPSS34 [=Ringler TP 761]
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	I lyft my soule lord vp to the
	My god I trust on the alone
	Let me neuer confounded be
	My sig: M2 enemyes els wyll mocke me soone
5	*They shall not be shamed that trust on the Ro. 9. Esa. 28 Psal. 30 .a.
	But they that scornefull despysers be
	Those shall be put to confusyon.
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	¶Shewe me o lorde thy godly wayes Psal. 118
	And lerne me the ryght pathes to the
10	In thy verite leade me alwayes
	Thou are god my sauioure truly
	Lerne me, for in the is all my trust
	My hope, my beleue, and conforte most
	All the daye longe continually.
15	¶Remembre lorde thy great mercy
	And thy great plenteous kyndnesse
	Call to thy mynde lorde we praye the
	Thy gracious fauoure and gentylnesse
	For in these thynges thou excellest greatly
20	Euen from the begynnynge eternally
	Thou art so ryche in mercyfulnesse.
	¶My fautes and my vngodlynesse
	My synfull youth and euell bearynge
	As thou art lorde full of goodnesse
25	Remembre not this my euell lyuynge
	But after thy mercy thynke on me
	And after thy great benignite
	Forgyue thou all my mysdoynge.
	¶The lorde is iuste full of goodnesse
30	To synners that leaue theyr euell lyuynge
	*For though they fall ofte thorow weaknesse Psal. 36 .d.
	Yet to his waye he wyll them brynge
	He shall lerne meke men his gracyous wyll
	And teach them his waye to come thertyll
35	And set theyr fete fast for slippynge.
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	¶All wayes of the lorde are full truly
	Both of mercy and faythfulnesse
	*For as he promyseth mercyfully
	So payeth he all without doubylnesse
40	To soch as regarde his worde and wyll
	And are euer redy to fulfyll
	Theyr couenaunt with hym and theyr promesse
	¶For thy names sake lorde I praye the Esa. 43 .d. Ier. 31
	Forgeue me my great wickednesse
45	The lorde shall lerne that man truly
	That feareth hym with all lowlynesse
	He shalbe teachynge hym euer the waye
	That pleaseth hym both nyght and daye
	His conscience shalbe in quyetnesse
50	His chyldren shall possesse the londe
	It shalbe theyr heretage and ryght
	*They shall neuer want by see nor sonde Psal. 36 .d.
	The lorde wyll fede them thorow his myght
	He is a defence both louynge and deare
55	For euery man that hym doth feare
	Shewynge them his couenaunte daye and nyght.
	¶Myne eyes shall on the lorde be set
	Tyll he se his tyme and seaso[n]
	To drawe my fete out of this net
60	That holdeth me so fast in prison
	Beholde thou and haue mercy on me
	For I am forsaken in mysery
	And full of great affliction.
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	¶The cares of my harte and sorofulnesse
65	Increase euer dayly more and more
	Leade me out of my heuynesse
	And my poore state beholde therfore
	Forgeue thou all my synnes and se
	How many they are that trouble me
70	And persecute me with furiousnesse.
	¶Preserue my soule and delyuer me
	Lest I be brought to confusion
	For I haue put my trust in the
	Let godlynesse kepe me all season
75	My hope is in the, and shalbe styll
	Oh god delyuer poore Israell
	From all theyr trouble and affliction.
	¶The .lxvii. Psalme. ¶ Deus misereatur nostri. IDNO=GooPSS35 [=Ringler TP 484]
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	God be mercyfull vnto vs
	And sende ouer vs his blessynge
	Shewe vs his presence glorious
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	and be euer to vs louynge
5	Yt men on earth may knowe thy waye
	Thy sauynge health and ryghteousnesse
	That they be not led by nyght nor day
	Thorowe the pretexte of trewe iustice
	To sig: [M4v] seke saluacyon where none is.
10	¶Therfore the people mought magnyfie the
	O god let all folke honoure thy name
	Let all the people reioyse gladly
	Because thou dost ryght without blame
	The people dost thou iudge truly
15	And ordrest euery nacyon
	Thou hast directe the earth iustly
	Euer sense the fyrst creacyon
	With thy godly prouision
	¶O god let the people prayse the
20	All people (god) mought geue the honoure
	The earth also ryght plenteously
	Mought increase euer more and more
	And god which is oure god ouer-all
	Mought do vs good and pleasure
25	God blesse vs now both great and small
	And all the worlde hym honoure
	Fearynge alwaye his myght and power
	The .xiii. Psalme of Dauid. ¶Dixit insipiens. IDNO=GooPSS36 [=Ringler TP 1724]
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	The foolysh wicked men can saye
	They holde of god ryght perfectly.
	Yet are they farre out of the way
	For in theyr hartes they hym deny
5	Corrupte and abhominable are they also
	In al sig: [N1v] the thynges that they do
	There wyll not one do good truly.
	*¶The lorde dyd loke here downe from heauen Gen. 11 b. et. 18.
	Men to consyder and theyr doynge
10	To se yf any men were geuen
	To gods knowlege aboue all-thynge
	Yf there were any that perfectly
	Regarded god so earnestly
	To folowe his worde in his lyuynge[.]
15	Then sayd god these wordes moreouer
	Is euery man gone so farre by
	Swarued so farre now all-together
	From the ryght waye so parlously
	So vnprofitable and peryshed
20	That no man wyll do good in-dede
	*No not so moche as one truly. Ro. 13.
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	¶Are they out of theyr myndes so farre
	All these workes of wickednesse
	Beholde now / for they nothynge care
25	My people to deuoure for gredynesse
	As one shulde eat a pece of bread
	The lordes feare is out of theyr heade
	They do not regarde it moch doutlesse.
	Wherfore they shalbe feared truly feared ='frightened, made afraid'
30	With feare incomparable and endlesse
	O ryghtuous man thou mayst be mery
	For they that beseged the gyltles
	Theyr bones hath god shaken altogether
	Now shalt thou despyse them for euer
35	For god hath left them confortles.
	¶God is in iust mens company
	And in the ryghtuous nacyon
	But wicked men mocke them dayly
	For none other cause nor reason
40	But for-because they folowe the mynde
	Of the poore afflicte which was Gods frende
	To trust in the lordes redempcyon.
	¶O wolde God that the sauynge health Esa. 59 Ro. 11.
	Wolde come from the hyll of Sion
45	That Israel myght haue his wealth
	And God to lowse hym from preson
	Then shulde Iacob be full of ioye
	And Israel shulde make full mery
	Because of his redempcyon.
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	The .C.xlvii. Psalme. ¶Lauda Hierusalem dominum. IDNO=GooPSS37 [=Ringler TP 1480]
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	Prayse thou the lorde Hierusalem
	Prayse thou thy god o Sion
	For all thy strength stondeth whole in hym
	He barreth and kepeth thy gates alone
5	Endewyng thy chyldren in the
	Wt goodly sig: N3 gyftes plenteously
	Blessyng thy congregacion
	¶He doth endewe thy borders all
	Rounde about the with peace and rest
10	His prouision for the is not small
	With wheate he feadeth the of the best
	He sendeth his worde into the earth
	*Swyftly renneth his commaundement forth Ge. 1 .a Psal. 32 .b. et 148 .a.
	All thynges obeye hym most and least.
15	¶Lyke woll doth he cast downe the snowe
	Scatrynge the frost lyke as asshes
	Lyke morsels of bread his haile doth he throwe
	That no man maye byde the coldnesse
	With a worde meltynge them all agayne
20	And leadeth his wynde backe to geue rayne
	So droppe the waters downe with moystnes[s]e. moystnesse] moystneste 1535
	¶This same is he that tolde ryght well
	*His pleasures to Iacob his deare frende Exo. 20 .a.
	His lawes and decrees to Israell
25	That they myght kepe them in theyr mynde
	*With no nacyon hath he dealte thus Deu. 4
	Nor bene to them so gracyous
	His godly worde them for to sende.
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	The .C.xxxiii. Psalme. ¶Ecce quam bonum. IDNO=GooPSS38 [=Ringler TP 225]
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	Beholde and se forget not this
	How ioyfull and pleasaunt a thynge it is
	Brethren to dwell all-together
	And to be of one mynde euer.
5	¶For they are lyke that precious vnction
	Which beynge powred on the head of Aaron
	Ran in his bearde into Aarons bearde
	And to his skirtes it descended.
	¶This brotherly loue is so noble vertue
10	That it is lykened vnto the dew
	Which fell on the hyll of Hermon
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	And on the fayre hill of Sion.
	¶For there the lorde gaue his blessynge
	And shewed his lyfe euerlastynge
15	So where-as loue is vnfayned
	There is the lordes blessynge in-dede.
	Christe qui lux. IDNO=GooPSS39 [=Ringler TP 1255]
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	O Christ thou art the lyght and day
	Thou discouerst the darknes of nyght discouerst ='remove, withdraw'; see OED s.v. discover v, 2
	Ye lyght of lyghtes thou art alwaye
	Preachyng euer the blessed lyght.
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5	¶Thou holy lorde to the we praye
	Defende vs all in this darke nyght
	Let vs haue rest in the alwaye
	And graunt vs all a quyet nyght.
	¶Let not heuye slepe on vs fall
10	Nor let the feynde take vs a_waye
	Let not oure fleshe consent with-all
	To make vs gyltie by nyght nor daye.
	¶Let oure eyes take theyr slepe naturall
	But let oure hartes wake to the styll
15	With thy ryght honde defende vs all
	Thy serua[u]ntes true that loue the well.
	¶Loke on vs lorde oure defender
	Put them downe that wolde vs no good
	Kepe thy seruauntes in good ordre
20	Whom thou hast bought with thy deare bloude.
	¶Lorde call vs now vnto thy mynde
	In this body that is so heuy
	Thou that doest euer oure soule defende
	Be present now with thy mercy.
25	¶God the father for euermore
	With Iesu_Christ his sonne only
	And the holy-goost oure confortoure
	Be thanked alwaye hartely. Amen
	O heuenly lorde. IDNO=GooPSS40 [=Ringler TP 1293]
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	O heauenly lorde / thy godly worde
	Hathe longe bene kepte awaye from vs
	But thorow thy grace now in oure dayes
	Thou hast shewed the so plenteous
5	That very well / we can now tell
	What thy Apostles haue sig: [O1v] written al
	And now we se / thy worde openly
	Hath geuen Anthechrist a great fall.
	¶It is so cleare / as we may heare
10	No man by ryght can it deny
	That many a yeare / thy people deare
	Haue bene begyled perlously
	With men spirituall / as we them call
	But not of thy spirite truly
15	For more carnall / are no[n]e at all
	Than many of these spirites be.
	¶They haue bene euer / sworne altogether
	Theyr owne lawes for to kepe alwaye
	But mercyfull lorde / of thy swete worde
20	There durst no man begynne to saye
	They durst them call / great heretikes all
	That dyd confesse it stedfastly
	For they charged / it shulde be hyd
	And not be spoken of openly.
25	¶O mercyfull god / where was thy rod
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	In punyshynge soch great tyranny
	Why slepte thou then / knowynge these men
	Resist openly the verite
	But the prophetes saye / thou art alwaye
30	Full of mercy and gentylnesse
	For nyght and day / thou suffrest that they
	Myght turne from theyr olde wickednesse.
	¶Neuerthelesse / they dyd oppresse
	Thy worde and thy true preachers
35	For theyr euell syght / thou sent thy lyght
	Yet slewe they all soch teachers
	Then seynge they / resisted alway
	Thy grace offred so louyngly
	Thou madest it mete / for the poore in sprite
40	That now receaue it thankfully.
	¶For there are none / but they alone
	That knowe the for theyr sauioure
	All other withstonde / thy godly honde
	And slaundre thy worde euery houre
45	Well is hym therfore / that feleth his sore
	Sekynge no helpe but in thy bloude
	Receauynge grace / of the alwayes
	Knowynge of hym-selfe to haue no good.
	¶We thanke the lorde / for thy swete worde
50	And for thy kyndnesse shewed therin
	For thy mercy / lorde we praye the
	Strength vs therwith agaynst all synne
	And lorde oppresse / vnthankfulnesse
	That we neuer do fo[r]get the forget] foget 1535
55	Graunt vs thy spirite / to lyue thorowe it
	In vertue euer whyle we dye
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	Let go the whore of Babilon. IDNO=GooPSS41 [=Ringler TP 1023]
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	Let go the whore of Babilon
	Her kyngdome falleth sore
	Her marchauntes begyne to make theyr mone
	The Lorde be praysed therfore.
5	Theyr ware is naught / it wyll not be sig: O3 bought
	Great falsheed is found therin
	Let go the whore of Babilon
	The mother of al synne.
	¶No man wyll drynke her wyne any [m]ore
10	The poyson is come to lyghte
	That maketh her marchauntes to wepe so sore
	The blynde haue gotten theyr syghte
	For now we se / gods grace frelye
	In Christ offred vs so fayre
15	Let go the whore of Babilon
	And bye no more her ware.
	¶Of Christen bloude so moch she shed
	That she was dronken withall
	But now Gods worde hath broken her head
20	And she hath gotten a fall
	God hath raysed / some men in-dede
	To vtter her great wickednesse
	Let go the whore of babilon
	And her vngodlynesse.
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25	¶Ye ypocrites what can ye saye?
	Wo be vnto you all
	Ye haue begyled vs many a daye
	Heretikes ye dyd vs call
	For louynge the worde / of Christ the Lorde
30	Whom ye do alwaye resiste
	Let go the whore of Babilon
	That rydeth vpon the beast.
	¶Ye proude and cruell Egipcians
	That dyd vs so great wronge
35	The lorde hath sent vs delyueraunce
	Thoughe ye haue troubled vs longe
	Youre Pharao / with other mo
	Is drowned in the reed_see
	Let go the whore of Babilon
40	With her captiuite.
	¶Ye Cananites ye enemyes all
	Though ye were many in-dede
	Yet hath the lorde geuen you a fall
	And vs delyuered
45	Euen in youre londe / do we now stonde
	Oure lorde god hath brought vs in
	Let go the whore of Babilon
	And fle from all her synne.
	¶Dagon Dagon that false ydoll
50	The Philistines god
	Which hath deceaued many a soule
	In soch honoure he stode
	But now the lorde / with his swete worde
	Hath broken hym downe before the Arke
55	Let go the whore of Babilon
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	And forsake the beestes marke.
	¶Balaam Balaam thou false prophet
	Thou hast cursed vs ryght sore
	Yet in-to a blessynge hath god turned it
60	No thanke to the therfore
	For thy belye / thou woldest lye
	Though god make the to saye the soth
	Let go the whore of Babilon
	And turne you to the trueth.
65	¶Thy god be praysed o Daniel
	For his goodnesse so great
	The gredy prestes of the Idoll Bel
	Were wonte to moche to eate
	And that priuely / no man dyd se
70	But now the kynge hath spied theyr cast
	Let go the whore of Babilon
	For Bell is destroyed at the last.
	¶O glorious god full of mercye
	We thanke the euermore
75	Thou hast shewed vs thy verite
	Thy name be praysed therfore
	For thy swete worde / O gracious lorde
	Let vs be euer thankfull to the
	And sende the whore of Babilon
80	In-to captiuite.
	¶Reioyse with me thou heauen aboue
	And ye Apostles all
	Be glad ye people for Christes loue
	That the whore hath gotten a fall
85	Be thankfull now I requyre you
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	Amende youre lyues whyle ye haue space
	Let go the whore of Babilon
	And thanke god of his grace.
	¶The songes conteyned in this boke,
	Thre songes of the holy-goost. fo .i.
	Another of the Trenite. fo .iiii.
	Two of the .x. commaundementes. fo .v.
	Two of the Crede. fo .vii.
	Two of the Pater-no[ster]noster] no 1535. fo .xi.
	Be glad now al ye christen men. fo .xiii.
	Now is oure health. fo .xv.
	Christ is the only sonne of. fo .xvii.
	Media vita. fo .xviii.
	By Adams fal. fo .xix.
	wake vp. fo .xxii
	I cal on the. fo ,xxiiii.
	Of Christes byrth. fo .xxvi
	Two of the Resurrection. fo .xxvii.
	Gloria in excelsis deo . fo .xxviii.
	Magnificat. fo .xxx.
	Nunc dimittis. fo .xxxi.
	The ,ix, Psalme. Saluum me fac, fo .xxxii.
	The .ii. psalme. Quare fremuerunt. fo .xxxiii.
	The .xlv. psalme. Deus noster refugium. fo .xxxv.
	The .Cxxiii. psal. Nisi quia dominus. fo .xxxvi.
	The .Cxxxvi. psalme. Super flumina babi[lonis] babilonis] babi 1535 . fo .xxxvii.
	The .Cxxvii. [psalme]psalme] 1535 omits Beati omnes,
	Another of the same. fo .xxxix.
	The .L. psalme. Miserere mei deus.
	Another of the same. fo .xli.
	The .Cxxix. psalme, De pro[f]undisprofundis] proundis 1535 fo .xliiii.
	The .xxiiii. psalme. Ad te domine leua[ui]leuaui] leua 1535 . fo .xlv.
	The .lxvii. psal. Deus misereatur. fo .xlvii.
	The .xiii. psal, Dixit insipiens. fo .xlix.
	The .C.xlvii. psal. Lauda hierusalem . fo .l,
	The ,C,xxxiii, Ecce quam bonum , fo ,li,
	O heauenly lorde, fo ,liii,
	Let go the whore of babilon, fofo] fo, fo 1535 ,lvi,
	Imprynted by me Iohan_Gough.
	Cum priuilegio Regalj.