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

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C O M H F H V R T A C H T
facht maille re deaghghean, agas ic
deagh croidhe ar anadhaidli, do chom
hfliurtacht an eafflainfe. Agas da mbei- -MC. ftc^.***^^
re tii vathadh e, tabhair comhfhurtacht
oile dhoibh, iondas go madh eidir leo
an fgaradhfin dfulang, agas tainmfe do
mholadh in gach en ni. Agas fos a
Thighearna neamdha, dena trocaire ar JL-fsjAÌ-. 2 -Ay.
gach vile dhuine' ata eafllan, do reir
chuirp no amhghar eile. Agas fos ar
na daoinibh ata anainbfios natirinde,
an mheid bheanas red Rioghachtfa
dhiobh. Mar an gcedna dena trocaire
arna daoinibh ata ag fulang dhibheir
ge, no dhioghaltais, no thriobloide, no
prifuntachta, 6 naimhdib^ na firinde, ar
fon iad do bheith ag denamh fiadhnu-
ife leis an bfirinde. Agas fa dheoidli
fdch go trocaireach arvile vireafbhad-
haibh na poibleach, agas ar gach vile
dhith no sgrios, da dtug Satan ar Hea-
gluis fein, a Athair na trocaire, fgaoil
do mhaithis ar gach duine is leat fe'in.
, . Iondas tareis ar dtreighthe fe'in dui'n,
•*^^'l- go ndaingnithear find fa dhochas, &
fa
forwarde in doing tlieir indevours towardes him : and if thou take
him from them, then of thy goodnes to comfort them, so as they
may paciently beare suche departing, and prayse thy Name in all
things. Also, O heavenly Father, vouchesafe to have pitie on all
other sicke persons, and such as be by any other wayes or means
afflicted, and also on those who as yet are ignorant of thy trueth,
and apperteine neverthelesse unto thy kingdome.
In like manner on those that suffer persecution, tormented
in prisones, or otherwise troubled by the enemies of the veritie,
for bearing testimonie to the same. Finally, on all the necessities
of thy people, and upon all the ruins or decayes which Satan
hath brought upon tliy Church. O Father of mercy ! spread
forth thy goodnes upon all those that be thine ; that we, for-
saking our selves, may be the more inflamed and confirmed,
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