Certayn chapters take[n] out of the Proverbs of Salomo[n] wyth other chapters of the holy Scripture; & certayne Psalmes of David, translated into English metre, by Iohn Hall. Whych Proverbes of late were set forth, Imprinted and untruely entituled, to be thee doynges of Mayster Thomas Sternhold ... as by thys Copye it may be perceaved |
 |
|
| i. |
| ii. |
| iii. |
| iiii. |
| v. |
| vi. |
| vii. |
| ix. |
| x. |
| xi. |
|
[Of them that doth in Idols truste] |
 | Certayn chapters take[n] out of the Proverbs of Salomo[n] |  |
[Of them that doth in Idols truste]
In exitu Israel de Egipto.
Psalm. cxiii.
Of them that doth in Idols truste
Kyng Dauid doth vs tell,
And they that set on God theyr lust,
He wyll defende them well.
Kyng Dauid doth vs tell,
And they that set on God theyr lust,
He wyll defende them well.
Whan
Israel dyd procede
forth of the Egipte lande
And the house of Iacob from
the straunge peoples hande
Iuda then was made
hys sanctuary sure
And Israell hys dominion
for euer to endure
The sea sawe that and fledde
wythoutē more delaye
And Iordan turned backe also
euen from hys wonted waye
The mountaynes lyke two rammes
they skypped by and by
The lyttle hylles lyke yonge shepe
they leped vp on hye
O thou sea what ayled the
so faste awaye to flee
Thou Iordan that yu turnedste back
and that so sodaynly
What ayled you ye mountaynes
lyke rammes for to skyppe
You lyttle hylles lyke yonge shepe
what caused you to lyppe
What was the cause ye earthly thinges
thus fearefully dyd shake
At the presence of Iacobs God
the earth dyd tremble and quake
Whych turned the rockes full harde
to standinge waters sure
The flint stones into springīge wels
the whych were very pure
Not vnto vs o lyuinge Lorde
not vnto vs I saye
But to thy name wyth one accorde
let vs geue prayse alwaye
Wherfore shal the heathen saye
to vs at any tyme
Wher is nowe theyr God be come
of whom they synge in ryme
As for our god we saye agayne
he is in heauen hye
He doeth on erth what pleaseth him
howe can ye thys denye
As for theyr Idols, what be they,
they are but syluer and golde
The worckes of men they be I say:
they are bothe dead and colde
Thei haue mouthes and speake not,
and eyes haue they also
Yet can they se nothinge at all
that goeth to or fro,
They haue eares and can not heare,
what ye to them doeth saye
Noses haue they and smell nothing,
by nyghte nor yet by daye
They haue handes and handle not,
they haue no maner of grace
Fere haue they yet go they not
nor moue not from theyr place
They that made them let them be
lyke vnto them therfore
And lyke all soch as put theyr truste
in them for euer more
But let the house of Israell
trust in the lyuinge Lorde
He wyll them succor and defende
accordinge to hys worde
And let the house of Aaron
truste in the Lorde alwaye
He is theyr succor and defence
to kepe them nyght and daye
All ye that feare the Lorde I saye
in hym put confidence
You maye be sure that he wyll be
your succor and defence
The Lord is myndeful of vs all
and blesseth vs full well
He blessed the house of Aaron,
and eke of Israell
Thē that feare him, thē blesseth he
both the great and small
The lorde increase you more & more
you and your chyldren all
Ye are the blessed of the Lorde
as he hym selfe doeth saye
The which did make both heuē and erth
and created night & daye
All the heauens are the Lordes
euen as it is hys wyll
The earth he hath destrybuted
the sonnes of men vntyll
The dead prayse not the o Lord,
as we maye truelye tell
Nomore do they I am ryght sure
that go downe into hell
But we that be alyue o Lorde
we wyll to the geue prayse
From this tyme forth and euermore
that is to saye alwayes
forth of the Egipte lande
And the house of Iacob from
the straunge peoples hande
Iuda then was made
hys sanctuary sure
for euer to endure
The sea sawe that and fledde
wythoutē more delaye
And Iordan turned backe also
euen from hys wonted waye
The mountaynes lyke two rammes
they skypped by and by
The lyttle hylles lyke yonge shepe
they leped vp on hye
O thou sea what ayled the
so faste awaye to flee
Thou Iordan that yu turnedste back
and that so sodaynly
What ayled you ye mountaynes
lyke rammes for to skyppe
You lyttle hylles lyke yonge shepe
what caused you to lyppe
What was the cause ye earthly thinges
thus fearefully dyd shake
At the presence of Iacobs God
the earth dyd tremble and quake
Whych turned the rockes full harde
to standinge waters sure
the whych were very pure
Not vnto vs o lyuinge Lorde
not vnto vs I saye
But to thy name wyth one accorde
let vs geue prayse alwaye
Wherfore shal the heathen saye
to vs at any tyme
Wher is nowe theyr God be come
of whom they synge in ryme
As for our god we saye agayne
he is in heauen hye
He doeth on erth what pleaseth him
howe can ye thys denye
As for theyr Idols, what be they,
they are but syluer and golde
The worckes of men they be I say:
they are bothe dead and colde
Thei haue mouthes and speake not,
and eyes haue they also
Yet can they se nothinge at all
that goeth to or fro,
They haue eares and can not heare,
what ye to them doeth saye
by nyghte nor yet by daye
They haue handes and handle not,
they haue no maner of grace
Fere haue they yet go they not
nor moue not from theyr place
They that made them let them be
lyke vnto them therfore
And lyke all soch as put theyr truste
in them for euer more
But let the house of Israell
trust in the lyuinge Lorde
He wyll them succor and defende
accordinge to hys worde
And let the house of Aaron
truste in the Lorde alwaye
He is theyr succor and defence
to kepe them nyght and daye
All ye that feare the Lorde I saye
in hym put confidence
You maye be sure that he wyll be
your succor and defence
The Lord is myndeful of vs all
and blesseth vs full well
and eke of Israell
Thē that feare him, thē blesseth he
both the great and small
The lorde increase you more & more
you and your chyldren all
Ye are the blessed of the Lorde
as he hym selfe doeth saye
The which did make both heuē and erth
and created night & daye
All the heauens are the Lordes
euen as it is hys wyll
The earth he hath destrybuted
the sonnes of men vntyll
The dead prayse not the o Lord,
as we maye truelye tell
Nomore do they I am ryght sure
that go downe into hell
But we that be alyue o Lorde
we wyll to the geue prayse
From this tyme forth and euermore
that is to saye alwayes
| Certayn chapters take[n] out of the Proverbs of Salomo[n] | |