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

THIOGHLAICTHE.
adhafa o aois doleanbachta diiinne go
bhfuil antadhbhar diadhafa cofmlfuil
rit. Agas fos dodhearbh truime aneire
doghabhais ort ag cathughadh anadhaidh
na druinge Lerbhail anfoifgel
naomhtha dochur ar gcul hfeabhas dai-
ridhe, air gan sin do dhul ar neifni
choidhche. Agas gan tainm oirrdheirc-
fe do dhul ar dearmad go deireadh an
domliain. Agas getaid naimhde na
firinde go minaireacli aga ragha nach
dliglifedis na prindfadha no na tig-
hearrnaidhe saoghalta curum do bhe-
ith orrtha adtimcheall hfoifgeil de,
no adtimcheall dhroch chreidinih do
sgris. Is fearr do thuig tufa an faidh
naomhtha ina bhriathraibh, ina murfm
.1. Daibhith neoch larus ar pri-
ndfaghaibh na talmhun beith eolach
neamh ainbfeafach fa ladh dhiadha.
Is mursin fuaradar na feanaithreacha
diadha (ful do sgribhadh an ladh)
faoghal fada, agas tiodhluicthe ma-
ithe eile : do chum iad fein do bhe-
ith eolach adtoil de, agas do chum go
DEDICATORY.
A. 3.
proved to us from the time of your childhood that this religious
work is agreeal)le to you. And further, the weight of the burden
you have borne in contending against those who would seek to
destroy the holy gospel has proved how worthy you are that this
should not be forgotten; and that your excellent name should
not be lost sight of to the end of the world. And although
the enemies of the truth say without shame that princes and nobles
of this world have no concern with the gospel of God, nor with the
uprooting of a false faith ; you have understood better than that the
words of the holy prophet David, who instructs the princes of the
earth to know and not to be ignorant of the divine law.
It was thus that the holy patriarchs (before the law was
written) obtained long life, and many other good gifts : so as that
they themselves might know the will of God, and also that