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

V R R N A I D H T H E.
ind, da choimhlinadh fo .i. Sbiorad
na tuigfe, agas na firinde, agas an
bhreitheamhnuis, agas an ghliocais, &
an ghlaineoluis, le bfetar mifi do dhenamh
aibel, do ghabhail thoraidh an
tfothair, & andochair do gheibhthear
remo theagafg chugam. londas nach
racha fin andiomhaoineas damh. Agas
a Thighearna gebè haigneadh ar adti-
ubhra me aire, tabhair oram lin do cai
theamh, do chum na criche Diadha
dlifleanaidhe .i. tufa do thuigfm, mar
Thighearna lofa Criofd, & gomadh
èdir leam Ian ndochas mo tflanuighe
do bheith agam ad ghrafaibhfe, agas
feirbhis dhireach dhiongmhalta do
dhenamh dhuit, do reir do thoile fe-
in. londas gebe ni do nim dfoghlaim,
gomadh adhbhur cuidighe, agas
cumhanta do chum na ferbhife fm
damh e, agas ar bfaicfm gur gheall
tù ghocas dona daoinidh beaga vmhla,
agas gur gheall tii claoidh, & comh
thuargaint do dhenamh ar na daoinibh
diomhfacha, le comhmbuaidhre
N. 3
the Sprit, I say, of all understanding, trueth, judgement, wisdome,
and learning, the which may make me able so to profite, that the
paines that shalbe taken in teaching me he not in vaine. And to
what studie so ever I apply my selfe, make me, O Lord, to addresse
it unto the right end : that is, to knowe thee in our Lord Jesus
Christ, that I may have ful trust of salvation in thy grace, and to
serve thee uprightly according to thy pleasure, so that whatsoever
I learne, it may be unto me as an instrument to help me thereunto.
And seing thou dost promise to give wisdome to the lytle and
humble ones, and to confounde the proude in the vanitie of their
wits, and lykewise to make thy selfe knowen to them that be of an
upright heart, and also to blynde