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

V R R N A I D H T H E.
criofd, agas ara bfuil vireafbhuidh bea-
tha ar agcorpaibh, agas gan achead a-
ca hainm diadhafa deadarghuidhe go
follas, & go hàiridhe ar mbraithreacha
bochta ata a Priofunaibh no agceangal
no a gcuibhrighthibh, ag naimhdibh
do Tfoifgeilfe, go ma toil leatfa a A-
thuir, aneartughadh in gach vile tfu-
bachas le cumhachtaibh do Sbioraid
naomhtha, iondas nach dtabhruid dru
im no ciil do tfirindefe choidhche,
acht iad danmhuin go biian daingean
anadmhail do bhriathar, agas do chuinge
naomhtha, agas tufa do dhenamh
cumhanta, agas chuidighe le'o, mar do
cithear dod chumhachtaibh diadhafa,
mar is mo is imchubhaidh dhoibh fur-
tacht dfaghail na namhgharaibh, agas
agcoimhed, agas andidean anadhaidh
chuthaidh na mac dtire no na madadh
alta. Agas do Sbiorad naomhtha do
mhedughadh ionta, iondas go dtiubh
ruid gloir, agas gnathmholadh dhuid-
fe, a Athair naomhtha, agas a Thighe-
arna throcuirigh, na mbeathaidh, agas
na mbas fadheoidh.
and both lacke this foode of life, and have not libeitie to call upon
thy Name in open assemblie ; chiefly, our poore brethren which
are imprisoned and persecuted by the enemies of thy Gospel, that
it would please thee, O Father of consolations, to strengthen them
by the power of thine holie Spirit, in such sorte as they never
shrinke backe, but that they may constantly persevere in thine
holy vocation, and so to succour and assist them as thou knowest
to be moste expedient, comforting them in their afflictions, mainteining
them in thy safegarde against the rage of wolves, and
increasing in them the gifts of thy Spirit, that they may glorifie
thee their Lord God, both in their life and in their death.
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