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

V R R N A I D H T H E.
ibh damanta, impoidh agcroidlieadha
no coifg agcumhachta. londas nach
edir led lena flighthibh, no lena fiofm
aibh, no lena nainchreideamh, no lena
feachranaibh, buaidhreadh do dhenamh
ar do bhegthredfa. Agas ar
bfaicfin a Thighearna, go dtangamuir
ne ifna laithibh deighionachafa, agas
fa naimfir chuntabhartaighfe, inar
ghabh ainbfios foirrneart, agas ina
bfuil Satan gonamhuintir agiarraidh
gach vile tfligheadh, domhuchadh
thoillfe do tfoifcelfe. Atamaoid gud
ghuidhe, agas gud gheratach, tii do
chothughadh, agas do flieafamh tha-
dhbhuir fein, anadhaigh na macdti're
dtrenurchoideachfa, agas tabhair ne
art, & comhfhurtacht dod tfearbhon-
tuibh fein, ata andaoirfe agas a prifun
aibh, natugadh tfadfhoighide adbhur
dhoibh, domhedughadh a dtirentacht,
& a bfoirrnearta fioraingidhe, no fos
do chur mheatachta ar do mhaothch
loindfe. Agas fos na bacadh ar pea-
caine, no ar naingidheacht do thro-
cairefe
that they may not by sectes, schismes, heresies, and errors, disquiet
thy lytle flocke.
And becawse, O Lord, we be fallen into the latter days and daungerous
tjTnes, wherin ignorance hath gott the upper hand, and Satan
with his ministers seeke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy
Gospell, we beseche thee to mayntaj-ne thy cawse against those
raveninge wolves, and strengthen all thy servantes, whome they kepe
in pryson and bondage. Let not thy longe sufferinge be an occasion
either to encrease theyr tyrannye or to discorage thy childrene ;
nether yet let our synnes and wickednes be a hinderance to
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