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

TIGHEARN A.
ghe imchubhaidh no dhingmhalta do
theacht do chum an tabla Sbioratalta
fo. Oir m he adhbhar ar dteachta do
chum an bhuirdfe, dar dtaifbenadh fe-
in mar dhaoinibh firenta fiorghlana-
nar beathuigheadh acht na adhaidh
fin. Acht atamaoid and fo, agiarraidh
ar flanuighe, & ar mbeathuighe an Iofa
Criofd, ag tuigfin nach bfuilmaoid di-
nd fein acht damanta. Tugmuid dar
naire mafeadh, gurab leigheas ro oirrd
heirc an Tfacramuint naomhthafa, da
gach en duine bocht eaflan, agas gu-
rab foiridhin fhior chumhachtacli 1,
da gach anam anbfand, agas nach iar-
rand an Tighearna cuibhdheas no
dingmhaltacht oile oraind fanadhbhar
fa, acht ar nuilc agas ar lochta dad-
mhail abfiadhnuife De', agas na Heag-
luife, agas ar mbeith inar lucht cuidig-
he da thuillteanas, agas da thiodhluic-
thibh fubhacha. Oir afe fin caitheamh
firindeach afheola, agas <51 firindeach
afhola, na fuilghemaoid fòs dar nint-
indibh, bheith agluafacht timcheall na
to cause him not to accept and impute us as worthie to come to his
spirituall Table. For the ende of our comming thyther is not to
make protestation that we are upright and juste in our lives, but
contrariwise, we come to seke our life and perfection in Jesus
Christ, acknowledging in the meane tyme, that we of our selves
be the children of wrath and damnation.
Let us consider, then, that this Sacrament is a singuler me-
dicine for all poore sicke creatures, a comfortable helpe to
weake soules, and that our Lord requireth no other wortlti-
nes on our parte, but that we unfaynedly acknowledge our
noghtines and imperfection. Then to the end that we may be
worthy partakers of his merites and moste comfortable benefits,
(which ys the true eatinge of his fleshe, and drinkinge of
his bloud,) let us not suffer our mindes to wander aboute