The Book of Common Order, commonly called John Knox's Liturgy

VRRNAIDHTHE
dioghaltas do dhenamh ar gach ndui-
ne do reir a aingidheachta no a vile
fein, agas ni bfuil crioch no foirceand
ar mhed ar peacaidhne : acht mun saora
tufa find led ghrafaibh nar thuilleam-
ar. Vime fin a Thighearna impoidhfe
find, & impoidthear find, agas na leig
dar neamhmbuidheachas a thuilleadh
vaidfe, agas odcheirtbhreitheamhnus
allmhurraidh do ghabhail neirt no chumhacht
aris ofar gciond, no fos foillfe
do Tfoifgeilfe do bhreith vaind. Acht
gidhbe marta an pobal go huilidhe eafumhal
duidfe. Agas vireafbhadha do
ghnath oraind, gidheadh ar fon ghlo-
ire hanma fe'in, agas ar fon ghloire ha-
oin Mhic charthanaigh lofa Criofd
(an te do nocht tufa afhirinde agas a
Tfoifgel dod throcaire tfaoir fe'in eadruind,)
goma toil leat finde do ghab
hail ad dhidean, agas ad chaomhcho
imhed, iondas go bfeicidh an faoghal
go huilidhe, & go dtuigidh gach aon,
mar do thiondfgain tu oibrighthe ar
flanaighthe eadraind, led throcaire
tfaoir
and man by his owne iniquitie, so that there can be no end of sinne,
except thou prevent us with thy undeserved grace. Convert us,
therefore, O Lord, and we shall be converted ; suffer not our unthankfulnes
to procure of thy most just judgements, that strangers
againe impire over us, neither yet that the light of thy Evangel be
taken from us. But howsoever it be, that the great multitude be
altogether rebellious, and also that in us there remaineth perpetual
imperfections, yet for the glorj' of thine owne Name, and for the
glory of thine onely beloved Sonne Jesus Christ, whose veritie
and Evangel thou of thy meere mercy has manifested amongst
us : it wil please thee to take us in to thy protection, and in thy
defence, that all the worlde may know, that, as of thy meere mercy
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