J. F. Campbell Collection > Book of Common Order, commonly called John Knox's Liturgy

AN C H R E I D I M.
ghlan fin .i. eland tfaoghalta tfeach-
ranach Adhaim, dream dhiobh ar na
ndamnadh agas ar na ndaoradh fein da
ngniomharthuibh agas da noibrigh-
thibh neamhdhingmhalta fein, agas
dream eile dhiobh ag creideamh na He
agluife go himchubhaidh, do chum
aflanaighthe da throcaire mhor ghra-
dhaidhfe'an. Agas goirfidh fe an dro-
ngfm adubhramar go deigheanach, do
chum na beathadh biothbhuaine, &
na gloire futhaine do denamh Eaglui-
fe gloine glormhuire dho fe'in diobh.
Acht cheana an Eagluis is eidir dfaic-
fm and. Ataid tri comhtharraidh aice
ar anaitheantar i, an ced chomhtharrdha
dhiobh. Briathra difle De ata fa tfein-
tiumna, agas fa tiumna nuaidh do cha-
namhain, agas do cheartlabhra indte
do ghnath : Oir is iad na briathra fm
fhoghnas duine dar dteagafg ingach
en phone bheanas re flanughadh arnan-
mand go huiUdhe, agas ar anadhbhur-
fm ara dfiaehaibh ar gach aon fo leith
na briathra fm, agas na teagaifg deif-
G. 2.
sonnes of Adam, hath ordeyned some, as vessels of wrathe, to
damnation, and hathe chosen others, as vessels of his mercie, to be
saved ; the whiche also, in due tyme, he callethe to integritie of
lyfe and godly conversation, to make them a glorious church to him
selfe.
But that Churche which is visible, and sene to the eye, hathe
three tokens, or markes, wherby it may be discerned. First, the
Worde of God conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, which
as it is above the autoritie of the same churche, and onely
sufficient to instruct us in all thinges concernynge salvation,
so is it left for all degrees of men to reade and understand.