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

SVIPER AN
och do vllmhuidh tufa a Athair na tro
caire do nmhuintir do togh tu fein ful
do cruthuigheadh an domhan. Agas
tuigmaoid, agas adbhamaoid gurab od
throcaire tfaoirfe, fuaramar na tiodli-
luicthe mora neamhchuimfeachafa ar
fon hen Mhic ghradhaidh lofa Cri-
ofd. Vime fin atamaoid and fo do
choimhthionolfa, le brofnughadh do
Sbioraide naomhthafa, agtabhairt bu-
idheachais, agas mholaidh, agas ghlo-
ire, agas onora duitfe anois, agas tre
bhioth fior.
^BIODH AMHLVIDH
^ Na dhiaidh fo brifeadh an Minifdir an taran, agas
tugadh don pobal e, agas roindhidfean eatarra c,
do reir aithne Criofd ar flanuighthoir, agas tabhradh
an cupa dhoibh mar an gcedna, agas is inleghtha
don Mhiniftir cuid eigin don Sgriobhtuir bheanas
ris anadhbharfin, ag foillfiughadh bhais Chriofd, do
chongbhail anamand agcuimhne Chriofd, mar do
bhadar na cedfadha adtimcheall na Sacramuinte, na
dhiaidh fin abradh an Miniftir mar fo fiùs.
A
which thow, O Father of mercye, haSt prepared for thyne elect,
before the foundation of the world was layde. And these moste
inestimable benefites, we acknowlege and confesse to have receaved
of thy free mercie and grace, by thy onely beloved Sonne Jesus
Christ : for the which therefore, we thy Congregation, moved by
thy Holy Sprite, render thee all thankes, prayse, and glorie, for
ever and ever.
This done, the Minister breaketh the breade, and delyvereth it to the people,
who distribute and divide the same amongst theim selves, accordinge to
our Saviour Christes commandement, and in Hkewise geveth the cuppe.
Duringe the which tyme, some place of the Scriptures is read, which doth
lyvely set forth the death of Christ, to the intente that our eyes and senses
may not onely be occupied in these outwarde signes of bread and wyne,
which are called the visible woorde ; but that our hartes and myndes also
may be fully fixed in the contemplation of the Lordes death, which is by
this holy Sacrament representede. And after tlie action is done, he geveth
thanckes, saying :
MosTE merciful! Father, we render to thee all prayse, thankes,
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