Psalms of Invocation upon God, To preserve her Majesty and the people of this land, from the power of our enemies. Collected and gathered together, by Christopher Stile. printer's or publisher's device LONDON Printed by john Wolf, dwelling in Distaff Lane, near the sign of the Castle. 1588. Psalms of Invocation upon God, to preserve her Majesty and the people of this land, from the power of their enemies. Psalm. 3. verse. 7. UP Lord and help us, O (our God) smite all our enemies upon the cheek bone, & break the teeth of the ungodly. Psal. 5. 2. hearken thou unto the voice of our calling, our king and our God: for unto thee do we make our prayer. Verse. 8. Led us O Lord in thy righteousness, because of our enemies: make thy way plain before our face. verse. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouths: their inward parts are very wickedness. verse. 10. Their throat is an open sepulchre: they flatter with their tongue. verse. 11. Destroy thou them O God, let them perish through their own imaginations: cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness, for they have rebelled against thee. Psal. 6. v. 4. Turn thee O Lord and deliver our souls, oh save us for thy mercy's sake. vers. 6. Stand up O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of our enemies: Arise up for us in thy judgement that thou hast commanded. Psal. 6. v. 10. (Then) all our enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed: they shall be turned back and put to shame suddenly. Psal. 9 v. 13. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, consider the trouble which we suffer of them that hate us: thou that liftest us up from the gates of death. verse. 14. That we may show all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Zion: we will rejoice in thy salvation. verse. 15. (Let) the Antichristian power be sunk down, in the pit that they have made: in the same net which they hide privily, let their feet be taken. Psal. 9 v. 19 Up Lord, and let not man have the upper hand: let the Heathen be judged in thy sight. verse. 20. Put them in fear (O Lord) that they may know themselves to be but men. Psal. 17. v. 8. Keep us as the apple of an eye: hide us under the shadow of thy wings. verse. 9 From the ungodly that trouble us: our enemies compass us round about, to take away our souls. verse. 10. They are closed in their own fat: and their mouths speak proud things. verse. 11. They lie waiting in our way on every side: turning their eyes down to the ground. verse. 12. Like as a Lion that is greedy of his pray: and as it were a Lion's whelp lurking in secret places. verse. 13. Up Lord, disappoint them, and cast them down: deliver our souls from the ungodly which is a sword of thine, and keep us from the pride of the bloody Spaniards. Psal. 16. 2. Psal. 7. 1. Preserve us O God: for in thee have we put our trust, and save us from all them that persecute us, and deliver us. Psal. 132. v. 1. Psal. 140. 1. Lord remember our Queen Elisabeth, in all her troubles: and preserve her from the wicked man. verse. 4. O keep her O Lord from the hands of the ungodly: preserve her from the wicked men which are purposed to overthrow her doings. Glory be to the father, and to the son, etc. Psalm 25. verse 1. Unto thee, O Lord, do we lift up our souls, our God, we have put our trust in thee: O let us not be confounded, neither let our enemies, triumph over us. verse. 5. Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies: and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old. verse. 6. Remember not the sins and offences of our youth or time past: but according to thy mercy think upon us (O Lord) for thy goodness. verse. 15. Turn thee unto us, and have mercy upon us: for we are desolate and in misery. verse. 16. The sorrows of our hearts are enlarged: O bring us out of our troubles. verse. 17. Look upon our adversity and misery: and forgive us all our sins. verse. 18. Consider our enemies how many they are: and they bear a tyrannous hate against us. verse. 19 O keep our souls and deliver us, let us not be confounded: for we have put our trust in thee. Psal. 27. 1. Thou Lord art our light and our salvation, whom then shall we fear: thou Lord art the strength of our life, of whom shall we be afraid. verse. 3. Though an host of men were laid against us, yet shall not our hearts be afraid: and though there rise up war against us; yet will we put our trust in thee. verse. 8. hearken unto our voice, O Lord, when we cry unto thee: have mercy upon us & here us. Psal. 2. v. 10. O hide not thou thy face from us: nor cast us thy servants away in displeasure. verse. 11. Thou hast been our succour: leave us not, neither forsake us O God of our salvation. verse. 12. and 14. Teach us thy way; O Lord, and lead us in the right way because of our enemies: and deliver us not over unto the will of our adversaries. Psal. 28. 2. Hear the voice of our humble petitions when we cry unto thee: when we hold up our hands toward the mercy seat of thy holy temple. Reward our enemies according to their deeds: and according to the wickedness of their own inventions. Recompense them after the works of their own hands: pay them that they have deserved. Psal. 31. 5. Draw us out of the net that they have laid privily for us: for thou art our strength. Psal. 28. 9 The Lord is our strength: and he is the wholesome defence of his Queen. Psal. 33. 18. Deliver our souls from death: and feed us in the time of dearth. verse. 19 Our souls have patiently tarried for the Lord: for he is our help and our shield. verse. 20. Our heart shall rejoice in him: because we have hoped in his holy name. verse 21. Let thy merciful kindness (O Lord) be upon us: like as we do put our trust in thee. Psal. 119. v. 17 O do well unto thy servant Queen Elizabeth: that she may live, and keep thy word. Psal. 109. 26. Help her, O Lord our God, oh save her according to thy mercy. Gloriebe to the father, etc. Psalm 35. verse 1. Pled thou our cause, O Lord, with them that strive with us: & fight thou against them that fight against us. verse 2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler: and stand up to help. verse 3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute us: say unto our souls I am thy salvation. verse 4. Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after our souls: let them be turned back and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for us. verse 5. Let them be as dust before the wind: and the Angel of the Lord scattering them. verse 6. Let their way be dark and flippery: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them. verse 7. For they have privily laid their net to destroy us without a cause: yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for our souls. verse 8. Let a sudden destruction come upon them unawares, and the net that they have laid privily catch themselves: that they may fall into their own mischief. verse 23. Awake and stand up to judge our quarrel: avenge thou our cause our God and our Lord. verse 24. judge us, O Lord our God, according to thy righteousness: and let them not triumph over us thy Englishnation. verse 25. Let not the Antichristians say in their hearts, there, there, so would we have it: neither let the Spaniard say, we have devoured them. verse 26. Let them be put to confusion and shame together that rejoice at our trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that boast themselves against us. Psal. 39 9 Deliver us from all our offences: & make us not a rebuke unto the foolish. verse 13. Hear our prayers, O Lord, and with thine ears consider our calling: hold not thy peace at our tears. Psal. 38. 21. Forsake us not, O Lord our God: be not thou far from us thy Englishnation, hast thee to help us: O Lord God our salvation. Psal. 38. 19 For our enemies live and are mighty: and they that hate us wrongfully are many in number. Psal. 40. 21. But thou art our helper and redeemer: make no long tarrying O our God. Psal. 39 16. Let it be thy pleasure to deliver us: make haste (O Lord) to help us. Psal. 44. 4. Thou art our king, O God send help unto thy English jacob. verse 26. Arise and help us: and deliver us for thy mercy's sake. Psal. 53. 3. For strangers are risen up against us: and tyrants (which have not thee O God before their eyes) seek after our souls. verse 1. Save us O God for thy name's sake: and avenge us in thy strength. Psal. 59 17. Psal. 60. 4. Unto thee our strength will we sing: for thou, O God, art our refuge and our merciful God, and we will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: and our trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. Psal. 61. 6. Grant our Queen O Lord, a long life: that her years may endure with us the full course of nature, and with thee for ever. Psal. 121. 8 Preserve O Lord, her going out, and coming in: from this time forth, for evermore. Glory be to the Father, etc. Psalm 119. verse 153. Psal. 143. 9 Psal. 108. 12. O Consider our adversity and deliver us O Lord: from all our enemies, for we flee unto thee to hide us: for vain is the help of man. Psal. 119. vers. 15. 4. Psal. 144. 2. Avenge thou our cause and deliver us: quicken us according unto thy word, for thou art our help and our fortress, our castle, & deliverer, and our defender, in whom we trust. Psal. 108. 13. Unto thee lift we up our eyes: O thou that Psal. 123. 1. dwellest in the heavens: through thee can we do great acts: it is thou that shalt tread down our enemies. Psal. 142. 7. Hear us O Lord and that soon, for our spirit waxeth faint: hide not thy face from us thy Englishnation, lest we be like unto them that go down into the pit. Psal. 123. 3. Have mercy upon us O Lord, for our souls are filled with the scornful reproof of the Antichristian rout: and with the despightfulnes of the proud Spaniards. Psal. 140. 2. They imagine mischief in their hearts: and stir up strife all the day long. Psal. 120. 6. We have laboured unto them for peace, but when we speak unto them thereof: they make them ready to battle. Psal. 140. 6. Then we said unto the Lord, thou art our God, hear the voice of our prayers O Lord. Psal. 140. 7. O Lord God, thou strength of our health: thou hast covered our heads in the day of battle. verse 8. Let not the ungodly have their desire O Lord: let not their mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. verse 9 Let the mischief of their own lips, fall upon the heads of them: that compass us about. Let the hot burning coals of thy wrath fall upon them which trouble us thine heritage: let them be cast into the fire of thy judgement, and into the pit that they never rise up again. Psal. 142. 8. Send down thine hand from above, and take us out of the waters of troubles, and deliver us from the hands of strange children: for they are too strong for us. Mich. 7. 10. So they that be our enemies shall look upon it, and be confounded, which now say where is the Lord their God. verse 16. This the Heathen shall see, & be ashamed for all their combined powers: so that they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, and stop their ears. verse 17. They shall lick the dust like a serpent, and as the worms of the earth, that tremble in their holes: they shall be afraid of thee O Lord our God, and they shall fear thee much. verse 18. Who is such a God as thou, that pardonest wickedness, and forgivest the offences of the remnant of thine English heritage? and keepest not thy wrath forever: for thy delight is in compassion. verse 19 Turn thee again, & be merciful unto thine English Zion: put away all our wickednesses and cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea. Psal. 144. 10. O Lord give still victory unto our Queen: and preserve thy servant Elizabeth from the sword. Psal. 145. 12. That thy power, thy glory, and thy mightiness, by her may be known unto men: in defending her kingdoms. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now; and ever shallbe world without end. Amen. FINIS. A GODLY PRAYER, WHEREIN is desired aid of God against his enemies, forgiveness of sins, and to turn his plagues as well of the sword as penury, which be due for sin, far from this land. O Lord of hosts, thou God of Israel, which sittest between the Cherubins, that rulest all the kingdoms of the world, to whom all powers must stoop and obey. Arise O Lord, & show forth thyself, & come forth still to help us, pluck out thy hand out of thy bosom, and draw out thy sword, and smite down the heathen that rise up against us, that seek to punish us, not for our sins, but for the malice they bear against thy Gospel: for thou art God alone, that rulest in all the kingdoms of the world, thou stillest the rage of the seas, and makest wars to hush, in all quarters thou quietest the madness of the people, thou bringest the devices of the heathen to nought, and makest the counsels of the ungodly to be of none effect, thou chastisest thy people O Lord because of their sin, and then thou sayest, turn again you children of men, and whensoever any people do repent them of their sins and hearken unto thy hests, thou wilt put all their wickedness out of thy remembance, and wilt receive them unto thy mercy: thou sparest all those that unfeignedly call upon thee by true repentance, through a lively faith in thy dear son jesus Christ. Wherefore (O good Lord) we here thy beloved people according to our duties assembled together before thy divine majesty, in the name of our Saviour jesus Christ, do still humble ourselves unto thee, pouring out our prayers unto thee for our most gracious Queen, our nobles, magistrates & governors, for ourselves, and for all the people of this thy land of England: acknowledging and confessing from the bottom of our hearts, that we have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have lived unjustly, we have done ungodly, in that we have not regarded thy wholesome counsel, godly admonitions, and fatherly warnings which thou hast given us from time to time by thy servants the ministers of thy holy word and sacraments, though that they have risen up early and late to exhort, entreat, and beseech us in thy name to forsake our sins and be reconciled unto thee: still we have followed the imaginations of our own hearts, hardening our faces as an Adamant against thee and thy word, to provoke thy great wrath and heavy displeasure against this our native country of England, and against ourselves. If thou O Lord shouldest mark what is done amiss, and consider our sins and iniquities according to our deserts, it would be to our utter overthrow & confusion, and not only cause thee to plague us, in persecuting, troubling, and molesting us by the sword of foreign power stirred up against us by the Romish antichrist the Pope, many and sundry ways to our great trouble and cost, to the disquieting of our bodies, and expense of our goods by sea and land, but also to strike us with many plagues of sickness diseases and penury, if thou shouldest consider our sins. Wherefore O Lord our God, we do most humbly beseech thee to be good and gracious unto us, & that thou wilt vouchsafe to turn all thy displeasure from us and to forgive us all our sins past, and grant that we may live better in thy obedience hereafter, then hitherto we have done. And although we have sinned O Lord, yea grievously sinned, and our sins do witness against us, yet we know that thou art a righteous judge, and sparest when we deserve punishment, and in the midst of thy wrath thinkest upon mercy: Spare us therefore good Lord we beseech thee, and let not thy people of England thine heritage be brought to confusion: But as thou hast stood up for us and fought our battles hitherto, so we pray thee dear Father, still be our defence and succour against all our enemies. Thou art our merciful Father through jesus Christ, for whose sake we beseech thee to be merciful unto us, and forgive us all our sins, and turn thy direful anger from us. We the people of England are thy people O Lord, and thou art our God: we are thy flock, and thou art our shepherd: we are thy children, and thou art our Father. Be merciful unto us thy children: tender us thy flock, and defend us thy Englishnation. Turn thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee, and that do not call upon thy name: and turn it we pray thee upon the Antechristians host, send forth thine angel still to scatter them, as sometime thou didst in the host of Senacherib for judah and Hezechiah in his time. Let the blast of the trumpers blown by our Gedeon, still strike a terror in the hearts of the Antichristian Madianites, with their combined powers, and let be hard the sounding of thy host in the air to the amazing of the Spanish Assyrians, that they and theirs may be a pray for our Elizabeth, and our English host? or sink them in the sea as thou didst Pharaoh & his host in pursuing thy Israel, to bring them into their servitude, that so our Elizabeth & all her faithful subjects may sing the songs of triumph to thy divine majesty, that givest victory to Kings. And further we beseech thee dear Father, for jesus Christ's sake, that as thou hast hitherto sent us plenty and increase upon the earth, so give us a happy ingathering of the same, to thy glory and our comfort, and give us grace by thy favourable punishments to amend our lives, and make us thankful (good Lord) for all thy goodness showed upon us from time to time, and for the discomforting of our enemies in some measure, whereto we beseech thee rise up on high still to ride on, and to fight our battles by sea and by land, to the utter overthrow of the Antichristian powers, to the shame of all those that hate thy gospel, and to thy glory and our comfort, through jesus Christ our Saviour, to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all glory, power, and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. FINIS. C. S.