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

F O I R M AN
tarblia ar dtroid. Oir an cath gnath-
ach ata againd, agas an fgiath dainge-
an do leonta anadhaidh bhais agas If-
rind, is comhtharrdha Ian daingean e,
go bfuil Athair cuimhneach againd, ar
an ngealladh tug fe dhuinn an lofa
Criofd, agas go bfuil agar mbrofnugh-
adh, fa chathughadh cruaidh do dhe-
namh, anadhaidh na namhadfin, agas
ni he fin anihain, acht go bfuil ag tab-
hairt adheirbh fheafa dhuinn, vachta-
ranacht an chathuighefin do chofn-
amh. Vime fin abhraithreacha inmh-
uine is eigean en vair ar mbaifdeadh,
agas ni he fin amhain, acht teid adtar-
bha, go mor dhuinn, bheith abfiadh-
nuife an Bhaifdidh agadhenamh, do
chuimhneachadh an cheangail ata ead
ruind, agas Dia. Mar do gheall fc
dhuinn, go mbiadh fe na Dhia dhuinn,
agas finde nar pobal do, agas go mbi-
adh fe dtathair againd, agas finde nar
gcloind aigefan, agas gomadh eidir
lind anaimfear do chuaidh tharaind do
choimhneachadh, & afhechain an bfu-
ilmaoid
For this continuall battaill which we fight against synne, deathe,
and hell, is a most infallible argument, that God the Father, mind-
full of his promise made unto us in Christ lesu, doth not only gyve
us motions and courage to resist theim, but also assurance to over-
come and obteine victorie.
Wherfore, dearly beloved, it is not only of necessitie that we be
once baptised, but also it moch profiteth oft to be present at the minis-
tration therof ; that we beingeputt in minde of the leagueand covenant
made betwxit God and us, that he wilbe our God, and we his people,
he our Father, and we his children, may have occasion as wel to trye
our lives past as our present conversation, and to prove our selves,
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