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

B H A I S 1' I D H.
ameafg do naomh dod throcaire
tfaoir. Acht ati tii agabhail, agas aga
irm ar gcloinde chugad, aga gcomh tha
rrughadh leis an Tfacramuintfe, mar ch
omhtharradh, no mar tfuaitheantus do
ghradha. Vime fm a Athair inmhuin
gen go bfuilmaoid imchubhaidh do
thuilleadh an mhor thiodhluicthe fm,
agas da madh ail leat dioghaltas do
dhenamh oraind, do reir ar ndroch
ghniomharthadh, is dianbhas, agas
damnadh futhain fiorbhuan do bher-
tha dhuinn. Gidheadh a Athair vile
chunihachtaigh, atamuid gud ghuidhe
go ma toil leat do ghrafa do mhe'dug
hadh iondaind, nifamho, agas nifa
mho, agas gabh anaoidhefo, ad choimhed,
agas ad choimhdhidean, neoch
atamuid do thabhairt mar ofrail, agas
mar thiodlucadh dhuid, maille re hurr
nuidhibh coidcheanda, & na fulaing
dho, tuitim fa meidfm do dhearmad
do chreidimh, no do thoilefe, as go
dtiucfadh dhe bridh an Bhaifdidhfe
do chur ar dimbuil. Acht go madh
I. 2
but also of thy free mercie doest call our children unto thee,
markiiige theim wyth thys Sacrament as a singuler token and
badge of thy love. Wherfore moste loving Father, thogh we be
not able to deser^-e this so greate a benefite (yea, if thow wouldest
handle us according to our merits, we shuld suffer the punishement
of eternall deathe and damnation,) yet for Christes sake
we beseche thee, that thou wilt confirme this thy favor more
and more towards us, and take this infant into thy tuition
and defence, whom we offer and present unto thee wyth
common supplications, and never suffer him to fall to such
unkindnes, wherby he shuld lose the force of this baptisme,
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