Hear my voice when I cry to thee, when I hold up my hands to thy seat.

O! cast me not out with bad men, who speak kind with their mouths, but curse in their hearts.

Pay them as their deeds are; and as they have thought ill, so do thou to them; but save thy flock, and set them up to the end.

LESSON XIII.

Ps. 29. Bring to the Lord, O ye great ones; bring young rams to the Lord.

Give to the Lord praise and thanks; give the Lord the praise due to his name.

The Lord sits on the floods; the Lord is a King to the end.

He shall give strength to those that fear him; the Lord shall bless his own with peace.

LESSON XIV.

Ps. 30. I will praise thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up, and not made my foes to rule me. O Lord, my God, I did cry unto thee, and thou didst hear me.

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

LESSON XV

Ps. 31. My hope hath been in thee, O Lord; I have said, Thou art my God.

My time is in thy hand, save me from the hands of my foes, and from them that hate me. Thanks be to the Lord, for he hath been kind to me when I stood in need of his help.

O love the Lord, all ye saints; for the Lord will keep them that trust in him.

Be strong, and he shall fix your hearts, all ye that put your trust in the Lord.

LESSON XVI.

Ps. 33. Let all the earth fear the Lord, stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world. For he spake, and it was done: he gave his word, and it stood fast.

There is no king that can save his own self by a great host, nor a great man by much strength. A horse is but a vain thing to save a man.

But the eye of the Lord is on them that fear him, and put their trust in him.

Let thy love, O Lord, be on us like as we do put our trust in thee.

LESSON XVII.

Ps. 34. I will at all times give thanks to the Lord; his praise shall be in my mouth.

I sought the Lord, and he heard me; yea, he did save me out of all my fear.

O taste, and see how good the Lord is; the man is blest that trusts in him.

O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints; for they that fear him lack no good thing.

What man is he that would live, and see good days?

Keep thy tongue from ill, and thy lips that they speak no guile.

LESSON XVIII.

Ps. 35. Plead thou my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me; and fight thou with them that fight with me.

me.

Lay hand on thy shield, and stand up to help

All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like to thee, who dost help the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor, and him that is in need from them that hate me.

O let not my foes rule me, nor let them wink with their eyes that hate me.

They did gape on me with their mouths, and said, Fie on thee, we saw it with our eyes.

This thou hast seen, then hold not thy tongue, O Lord.

LESSON XIX.

Ps. 37. Put thy trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed. Love the Lord, and he shall give thee what thine heart doth wish for.

Hold thee still in the Lord, and wait on him; but grieve not at him who doth speed in his way nor at the man who doth ill.

Yet a small time and he shall be clean gone; thou shalt look for his place and he shall be gone.

The Lord shall laugh him to scorn, for he doth see that his day is come.

LESSON XX.

Ps. 39. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue.

I will keep my mouth as it were in a curb, while ill men are with me.

I held my tongue, and spake not; yea, I kept still from good words, but it was pain and grief

to me.

My heart was hot in me; and while I did thus muse, the fire did stir in me; and at the last I spake with my tongue.

Lord, let me know the end and sum of my days, that so I may know how long I have to live. O spare me, that I may gain strength ere I go hence, and be no more seen.

Vain is the search of him that looks for bliss
In this vain world, where nought but care is his;
Then, Lord, to thee we fly;-Oh, let us know
that leads to life, and in it go.

The way

Twenty easy Lessons in Monosyllables, taken out of the Proverbs of Solomon. LESSON I.

MY son, slight not my law, but let thine heart keep my words.

For length of days, and long life, and shall they add to thee.

peace,

So shalt thou find love in the sight of God and

man.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not to thine own ways.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and leave that which is ill.

LESSON II.

Strive not with a man if he gives thee no cause, if he has done thee no harm.

The curse of the Lord is in the house of bad men, but blest is the house of the just.

The path of the just doth shine as the light; yea, more and more to the clear day.

But the way of ill men is dark; they know not what makes them fall.

Think on the path of thy feet, and let thy ways be fixt.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; move thy foot from ill.

LESSON III.

Chap. 5. The lips of a whore speak sweet words; and her mouth is more smooth than oil. But her end is like gall, and sharp as a sword

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Move thy way far from her; come not near the door of her house.

Lest thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh is eat up and gone.

And say, How did I hate the good way, and in my heart slight the right path.

And did not mind the voice of those that taught me, nor bend my ears to the wise?

LESSON IV.

Go to the ant, thou that dost love sloth; think on her ways and be wise.

Which has no guide, or chief one to rule her, yet doth get her meat at the time of the ripe fruit, and lays up her food when the corn is cut down.

How long wilt thou sleep? When wilt thou rise from thy bed?

Yet more sleep? Yet dost thou fold thy hands to sleep?

So shalt thou be poor: want shall come on thee as a strong man, and thou shalt not 'scape from it.

LESSON V.

These six things doth the Lord hate:

A proud look, a tongue that tells lies, and hands that shed the blood of the just.

A heart that thinks ill; feet that are swift to run to hurt.

A false man that speaks lies, and him that doth sow strife.

Can a man take fire in his breast, and his clothes not be burnt.