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

FOIRM AN
fo fubhachas fiorbhuan oraibh fa nadh
bharfm. Oir ata afhios agaibh nach
dteagmhand en ni dhoibh, gan adhe-
aghthoilfe'an da dheonughadh dho-
ibh. Vime fin is beite dhaoibhfe fui-
reachair fior dhitheallach, da dtog-
bhail, agas da naltrum, agas da noile-
amhain, adtuigfin fhirindigh, agas ane
agla Dhe vile chumhachtaigh, agas da
ndentar fuarruidhe no dearmad riii, fa
fhalach thoile an Athar neamhdha or
ra, ni don cloind amhain do nithear
anurchoidfm. Acht bhudh damnadh
dhaoibhfe fein fa dheoidh, afhulang
an chland do cheanduigh fe, re fuil a
Mhic dimpodh vadha go graineamh-
ail, do dhith thuigfena na firinde, do
chur agceill doibh. Ar anadhbharfin,
ata dfiachaibh oraibhfe le bhar nuile
dhitheall freafdal do dhenamh fa na-
imfir imchubhaidh. Mar ata bhur
gcland do thogbhail, adteagafg fhoir-
fe fhior Chriofdaidhe, & go hairidhe a
Ian ndochas do dhenamh as firentacht
lofa Criofd amhain, agas fuath do
tbabhairt
Which thing, as it oglii greatly to rejoyse you, (knowing that
nothing can chaunce unto them wythont his good pleasure,) so
oght it to make you diligent and careful! to nurture and instruct
them in the true knowledge and feare of God. Wherin if you be
negligent, ye do not only injurie to your own children, hydinge
from them the good will and pleasure of Almyghtie God their
Father, but also heape damnation upon your selves, in sufferinge
his children, boght wyth the bloode of his deare Sonne, so
trayterously (for lack of knowledge) to tume backe from him.
Therfore it is your duety, with all diligence, to provide that your
children, in tyme convenient, be instructed in all doctrine
necessarie for a true Christian, chiefely that they be taught
to rest upon the justice of Christ Jesus alone, and to abhorre