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

VRRNAIDHTHE.
deife, no go cuire tu fein fuafgladh,
agas furtacht cliuca fadlieoidh, agas*
na dhiaidhfin a Dhè Athar vile chum
hachtaigh, agas a Thighearna is mo
trocaire, atamaoid go ldn vmhal gud
ghuidhe, fad throcaire, & fad throm
ghrafaibh dfoillfeachadh arar mbraith
ribh criofdaidhe, ata ar fogra no a bpri
ofunaibh, no ag fulang bhdis gach enla
ar fgath fhiadhnuife na firinde, otaid
vile abfegmhuis chuidighthe daoine :
gidheadh na treigeadh do chomhfhur
tacht diadhafa iad : acht beathaigh, &
fadoigh do Sbiorad naomhtha ina gcro
idheadhaibh, & ina nindtindibh, iondas
go bfedfuid fa dheoidh, re deagh thoil
agas re deighghean, anuireafbhuidh, &
andochar dfulang mar do chithear dod
ghliocas diadhafa, rena mbeathaidh, &
rena mbas fa dheoidh, go fgaoile, agas
go neartuighe Rioghacht, agas ro fhla
itheamhnus do Mhic mhorchumach-
taighfe Iofa Criofd, trid an faoghal go
himldn, agas is anainm, agas anonoir
an Mhicfm do nimaoid ar nguidhe, &
E. 4 .
tyll thou send them full deliverance of all their troubles. And as
we be bownde to love and honor our parentes, kinsfolkes, friendes,
and contrye, so we moste humbly beseche thee to shewe thy pitie
upon our miserable countrie of England, which once, through thy
mercie, was called to libertie, and now for their and our synnes, is
broght unto moste vile slavery and Babylonicall bondage.
Roote owte from thence, O Lord, all raveninge wolves, which to
fyll their bellies destroie thy flocke. And shewe thy great mercies
upon those our bretherne which are persecuted, cast in prison, and
dayly condemned to deathe for the testimonie of thy trueth. And
thogh they be utterly destitute of all man's ayde, yet let thy swete
comfort never departe from them, but so inflame their hartes with
thy Holy Spirite, that thei may boldely and chearefully abide
suche tryall as thy godly wisdome shall appoint. So that at
lenght, aswell by their deathe as by their life, the kingdome
of thy dcare Sonne Jesus Christ may increase and shyne
through all the worlde. In whose name we make our humble