A Preparation to the Psalter . gment the Quire. pome, J A Sonnet. Come, yc Sonnes of Humane race jIn this Chorus take your place:And, amid the mortall throng,Be you Maifters of the , and celeftiall Powers,BetheNobleft Tenovr (in Prayfe of God ) the foundRunne a neuer-ending Round jThat our hdly Hymne may beEuerlafting, as is He. From the EarthWaft hollow wombc,Mtt/tcks deepeft Base (hall , and Flouds,from Shore to Shore,Shall the Covnte r-T e n o v r this Confort ( when we fing )Whittling Winds,your D escant bring:Which may beare the found aboue,Where the
A Preparation to the Psalter . gment the Quire. pome, J A Sonnet. Come, yc Sonnes of Humane race jIn this Chorus take your place:And, amid the mortall throng,Be you Maifters of the , and celeftiall Powers,BetheNobleft Tenovr (in Prayfe of God ) the foundRunne a neuer-ending Round jThat our hdly Hymne may beEuerlafting, as is He. From the EarthWaft hollow wombc,Mtt/tcks deepeft Base (hall , and Flouds,from Shore to Shore,Shall the Covnte r-T e n o v r this Confort ( when we fing )Whittling Winds,your D escant bring:Which may beare the found aboue,Where the Orbe of Fire doth moue;And fo climbe,from Spheare to Spheare,Till our Song Th* Almightib heare. So (hail #ir,from HcauenshighTowrc,On the Earth his Blefling (howre:All this huge wide Orbe we fee,Shall one Qgfre, one Temple our voices we will we fill it euery where;And enforce the Ftends y that dwellIn the Aire, to fink to come ^ With facred Lutes ^Letvs found Tft At might lag Praifc. i Chap. A PREPARATION To the I. J be Authors Exordium : wherein be/hewetbtbereafonswhereupon he was mouedfirft to theftudy of the Pfai-ter, and afterward to write this Preparation: Hecomplainetb aljo on the ignorance ofthecommon peo-pleywitb their abufe and difefteemeoftbeVhlmcs :andjbey>eth the benefiteand<-vje of this Treatifc. HAVE found both by experience in my felfe,and the example of others, that there is dan-ger in amongft vs yong men(whoipend the belt of our dayes with thofc manybleffings of youth, as if we had receiued themonely to further vs in licentioufhefle) euen a-mong vs fo many haue I feenc ouertaken withfuch inconueniencies,as bring too late repen-tance; that I was afraid,if I altogether fhouldhaue ficpt out the morning of my youth, without en-uring my ielfe tofeme employment: either thecankred ruftineffe, which vlually ac-companies floth, would make me wholly vnfit for all affaires; or thebeing out of action, m
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