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

AN CHREIDIMH.
thra do labhair Criofd rena Eafpu-
luibh, antan do iarr fe orra, an Soif-
ge'l dfoillfiudhadh dona huile chre
atuiribh, & an Sbiorad naomh do
ghabhail chuca, agas gebe' damai-
thfidis a peacaidh, go maithfeadh
fefean a peacaidh doibhfin, & gebe
dà nach maithfidis a peacaidh,
nach maitfeadh fefean a peacaidh
doibh ?
I). Is mar fo thuigimfe fin .1. gur iarr
Criofd ar a Eafpuluibh, agas ar a
iliocht, a throcaire fe'in, agas a ghra-
fa dfurail ar gach e'nduine, agas an
mhe'id dibh do dhenadh aithridhe,
iadfan na ainmfean dfoillfiughadh
go rabhadar a peacaidh ar na maitli
eamh dhdibh. Agas an chuid eile
do dhiultfadh aithrighe do dhen-
amh. Gombedis a peacaidh ceang-
aibte dhiobh, gan amaitheamh dhò
ibh, agas go nde'nadh Dià dighaltus
orra.
M. Cre'd eile cuid an Tfagairt no an
Mhiniflir do maitheamh na pea-
O.
which Christ spoke to his disciples when he commanded them
to preach the Gospel to every creature, and to bid them
receive the Holy Ghost, and said that to whomsoever they
forgave their sins they should be forgiven, and to whomsoever
they did not forgive their sins, they should not be forgiven?
D. It is in this way that I understand them, viz that Christ
commanded his disciples and their successors to urge his
mercy and his love on every man, and to preach to them in
his name that to as many as repented, their sins were forgiven.
And that to such as refused to repent, their sins would con-
tinue without forgiveness, and that God would punish them.
M. What place then has the priest or the minister in the forgive-
ness of sin.