Blair Collection > Book of Common Order, commonly called John Knox's Liturgy

THIOGHLAICTHE.
adhafa o aois doleanbachta diiinne go
bhfuil antadhbhar diadhafa cofmhuil
rit. Agas fds dodhearbh truime aneire
doghabhais ort ag cathughadh anad-
haidh na druinge Lerbhail anfoifgel
naomhtha dochur ar gcul hfeabhas dai-
ridhe, air gan sin do dhul ar neifhi
choidhche. Agas gan tainm oirrdheiro
fe do dhul ar dearmad go deireadh an
domhain. Agas getaid naimhde na
firinde go minaireach aga ragha nach
dlighfedis na prindfadha no na tig-
hearrnaidhe saoghalta curum do bhe-
ith orrtha adtimcheall hfoifgeil de,
no adtimcheall dhroch chreidimh do
sgris. Is fearr do thuig tufa an faidh
naomhtha ina bhriathraibh, ina niur-
fin .1. Daibhith neoch Iarus ar pri-
ndfaghaibh na talmhun beith eolach
neamh ainbfeafach fa ladh dhiadha.
Is mursin fuaradar na feanaithreacha
diadha (ful do sgribhadh an ladh)
faoghal fada, agas tiodhluicthe ma-
ithe eile : do chum iad fein do bhe-
ith eolach adtoil de, agas do chum go
A. 3.
DEDICATORY.
proved to us from the time of your childhood that this religious
work is agreeable to you. And further, the weight of the burden
you have borne in contending against those who would seek to
destroy the holy gospel has proved how worthy you are that this
should not be forgotten ; and that your excellent name should
not be lost sight of to the end of the world. And although
the enemies of the truth say without shame that princes and nobles
of this world have no concern with the gospel of God, nor with the
uprooting of a false faith ; you have understood better than that the
words of the holy prophet David, who instructs the princes of the
earth to know and not to be ignorant of the divine law.
It was thus that the holy patriarchs (before the law was
written) obtained long life, and many other good gifts : so as that
they themselves might know the will of God, and also that