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

NA NEASLAN.
vllmhuide, do dhendhaois feirbhis du
itfe, agas do bherdaois gloir, & gnath
mholadh do tainm Diadha. Mar fin
don taobheile, an tan do nimaoid dro
ch imchar oraind fein, acur fheirge ar
do chumhachtaibhfe, is gnath leat ar
dteagafg, agas ar ngairm chugad, le hil
ghneithibh fmachtaidhe, 16 leagand
tu go lar ar gcuirp chombruite, agas
ar bfeoil tfobhrifde, agas go fpeifialta
le trom pladhaibh tindis, & gallradh,
agas eafflainteadh, ghnathuidheas tii
do chur oraind, dar ndiifgadh, Si dar
mbrofnughadh on tromdhachre agas
on dearmad ata iondaind vile, agas ag
tabhairt tfe'la ar ndroch bheatha dhu-
inn, leis na heafflaintibhfin, agas leis
na hanihgharaibh, a & go fpeifialta an-
tan bhagras tu an bas fein. Oir ataid
na heafflainte fin, & na teachtairidhe
an bhais, Ian do dhochar, & do dhoil-
gheas don fheoil, acht ge leigheas Ian
fhallan fad, do Sbioradaibh na ndaoine
toghtha. Oir is leo fin bhrofnuidheas
tu find, dimpodh chugad do chum ar
thee with the same : So contrariwise, when we have il behaved
ourselves in offending thy Majestie, thou hast accustomed to
admonish us, and call us unto thee by divers and sundry chastisements,
through the which it hath pleased thy goodnes to subdue
and tame our fraile flesh : but especially by the grievous plagues
of sicknes and diseases, using the same as a meane to awake
and stirre up the great dulnes and negligence that is in us all,
and advertising us of our evil life by such infirmities and dangers,
especially when as they threaten the very death ; which (as
assured messingers of the same) are all to the flesh ful of extreme
anguish and torments, although they be, notwithstanding, to
the spirit of the elect as medicines bothe good and wholesome
for by them thou doest move us to returne unto thee for our
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