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

S V I P E R AN
rinde freafdal arar gceandachne, do
chum go mbeith an taon Mhac cart-
hanach neoch dod ghradh firindeach
tugais duinne, na dhuine chomhchof-
mhuil rind fein in gach enghne, abfeg
mhuis peacaidh amhain, do ghabhail
dioghaltas ar peacaidhne, agas ar fea-
chrain ar a chorp, do chofg tfeirgefi,
agas dioc do cheirtbhretheamhnuis le
na bhas, do fgrios an fhir dobadhar
don bhas lena eifeirghe, do thabhairt
bheathadh an's do chum an tfaoghail
.1. anbheatha 6 rabhadar fiol adhaimh
vile le fir cheart ar na bfogra.
A Thigheama ata fhios againde, &
atamaoid aga admhail, nach bfuil ag-
cunihachtaibh en chreatuir, athuigfin
no a ghabhail cuige, fad, no leithead, a
irde no, doimhne, do mhor ghraidhfe
dhoibh, neoch tug ort, do throcaire
dfoillfiughadh mar nar tuilleadh i, do
gheall fos, agas tug beatha mar araib-
he bas anuachtar, agas doghabh ad
ghrafaibh finde, anuair nar bhaithnidh
dui'nn do dhenamh, acht cur anadh-
aidh
haste provided our redemption to stande in thy onely and welbe-
loved Sone, whom of verie love thou didest give to be made man,
lyke unto us in all thynges, (synne except,) that in his bodye he
myght receive the ponishmentes of our transgression, by his death
to make satisfaction to thy justice, and by his resurrection to
destroye h>Tn that was auctor of death ; and so to reduce and bring
agayne life to the world, frome which the whole offspringe of
Adame moste justly was exiled.
O Lord, we acknowlege that no creature ys able to com-
prehende the length and breadthe, the depenes and height,
of that thy most excellent love, which moved thee to
shewe mercie where none was deserved ; to promise and
jrive life where death had gotten victorie ; to receve us into
thy grace when we could do nothyng but rebell against
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