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

N A N E A S L A N.
tha bheandaighthe, ar abfuilmaoid t'è-
in fòs ag feitheamh, do bhridh do
throcairefe, agas do ghras. Acht che
ana a Athair neamhdha, mas i do dhe
agh thoilefe, èdo mharthuin n( is fi'a fa
faoghalfa, medaigh do ghràfa fèin and
as go ndena fe feirbliis dod ghloirfe,
it go ndena fe barr dithill, agas freaf-
dail, ara bheith agcofamhlacht vmhla
dod Mhacfa Diofa Criofd, agas è dhi
threigean fein mar fin, agas leanmhuin
don lofafin amhain, neoch atà ag tab-
hairt eifimlara comhfhurtachta, agas
dochais do, ina vile peacthuibh, ion-
das go bfuighe fe maitheamh a vile pe
acadh, agas locht, do rèir mar rug fe le-
is fuas ar neam, an gadoidhe do cèfadh
na fhochair fa chrand, do bhridh adho
chàis as. Acht mata anaimfear ar dte-
acht ina toil leatfa adhul vainde chu-
gad fein, tabhair a Thighearna toradh
agas bridh do ghris do mhothughadh
na chroidhe, agas na choinfias, iondas
go bfuighe fe fafdail nua, agas fechain
do chiiraim aithreamhailfe na thim-
cheall 6 thofach go deireadh abhea-
thou wilt graunt unto him that blessed life, which we also attend
and loke for by thy grace and mercie.
Nevertheles, O heavenly Father, if thy good pleasure be that he
shal yet live longer in this worlde, it may then please thee to
augment in him thy graces, so as the same may serve unto thy
glorie : yea, Lord, to the intent he may conforme himself the more
diligently, and with more carefulnes, to the example of thy Sonne
Christ Jesus ; and that in renouncing him self, he may cleave fully
unto him, who, to give consolacion and hope unto all sinners, to
obteine remission of all their sinnes and offences, hath caried with
him into the heavens the theefe which was crucified with him upon
the crosse.
But if the time by thee appoynted be come, that he shall
departe from us unto thee, make him to feele in his conscience,
O Lord, the frute and strength of thy grace ; that thereby
he may have a new taste of thy fatherlie care over him
from the beginning of his life unto the very end of the same,
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