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

N A N E A S L A N.
thoir. Goma toil leat a Dhè, aigneadh
agas ard thoil fhirindeach do thabhairt
doneafflan, do thuigfm, & do
ghabhail Chriofd chuige mar tflanu-
ighthoir, indochas tu fe'in da ghabhail
ad ghrafaibh, mi'nigh fds, agas maoth-
aidh, na dochair ata air, mar ata eagla
a peacuigh, agas grain ghranda an
bhais, ata ag luidhe ar achoinfias anb-
fand aimhneartmhur, agas na fulaingfe
a Thighearna, indfuidhe imarcacha an
aibhirfeoir do bheith anuachtar air, no
an dochas daingean deagh tflanaight-
he, do bheir tii dod chloind charrthanaigh
do bhreith vaidhe. Agas anmh-
eid atamaoid vile don fdaid, & doninmhe
chedna, ag feitheamh ar chofamh
lacht an chathafa anuair bhus toil leat
fa ar ngairm chuige. Atamaoid go Ian
vmhal gud ghuidhe, maille ris an gcre
atuir mbochtfa, neoch ata tu anois do
fmachtughadh, gan tu dhimirr do bhu
irb bhreitheamhnuis air no na adha-
idh. Acht go madh toil leat do throcaire
dfoillfeachadh air, ar gràdh do
Let it please thee, O God ! to give him a tme zeale and affection
to receive and acknowledge him for liis onlie Redeemer ; to the
end also that thou mayest receive this sicke person to thy mercie,
qualifying al the troubles which his sinnes, the horror of cleath and
dreadful feare of the same, may bring to his weake conscience.
Neither suffer thou, O Lord, the assautes of the mightie adversarie
to prevaile, or to take from him the comfortable hope of salvation,
which thou givest to thy dearely beloved children.
And forasmuche as we are all subject to the like state and condition,
and to be visited with like battel when it shal please thee to
call us unto the same; we beseech thee most humbly, O Lord, with
this thy poore creature whome thou now presently chastisest, that
thou wilt not extend thy rigorous judgment against him, but that
thou wouldest vouchsafe to shewe him thy mercie, for the love of
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