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

V R R N A I D H T H E
Vime fin na ceartaigh le tfeirg find, &
na dena dioghaltas do reir ar mi ghni-
omharthadh oraind, acht finachtaigh
go trocaireach find, le gradh aithre-
amhail, iondas go bfaicfe an faoghal
go himlan, gidhbe huair bhus aithre-
ach leis an peacthach a peacuidh fein,
Ò iochtar agas 6 inmheadhon a chro-
idhe, go gcuirfe tufa amhighiomhar-
tha as do chuimhne, mar do gheallais
le tfaidh naomhdia.
Fadheoidh mar do bhi do dheagh
thoil fa noidhche do chuma don dui-
ne, do dhenamh comhnuidhe dho
into, mar do chum tu an la dho, do
dhenamh faothair and, Deonaidh
dhuinne a Athair ghradhaidh fuan
cuin corparrdha, iondas go madh ei-
dir lernanmandaibh, gnath fhaire do
dhenamh, ag feitheamh ar theacht ar
Dtighearna lofa Criofd, dar faoradh,
on mbeathaidh mbuaidhearthafa, &
gan aifiinge no taibhfidhe, no Sbiora-
da buaidheartha, do bheith anuachtar
oraind. Acht ar nintinde go huilidhe
do
Conecte us not therfoie in thyne anger, O Lord ; neither accord-
inge to our desertes ponishe us, but mercifully chastice us with a
fatherly affection, that all the world may knowe that at what tyme
so ever a synner doth repent hym of his synne from the bottome of
his hart, thow wylt put away his wickednes owt of thy remem-
brance, as thow haste promesed by thy holy Prophete.
Finally, forasmoche as it hath pleased thee to make the night for
man to rest in, as thow haste ordeyned hym the day to travell,
graunt, O deare Father, that we may so take our bodely rest, that
our soules may contynually watche for the tyme that our Lord Jesus
Christe shall appeare for our deliverance owle of this morlall lyf'e ;
and in the meane season, that we, not overcome by any tentalions,
fantasies, dreames, or illusions, may fully set our mindes