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

EBISTIL
treabhthach afdoc na hofrala & do tlla
naidh i ar dtuigfin adeaghchreidimh
agas adeaghcroidhe do. Gabhfa marfin
athigheama mo dha pingindfe anois
chugad, oir da dtugadh an Ri os gach
righ & antriath os gach tighearna .i. lo-
fa crifd tidhlucadh bhudh mo inafo dh
amhfa do ghebhthafa è achtgo mbeith
gean agad fein ar afhaghail. Oir is doilidh
gach tofach is na neithibh neamh
ghnathacha, gidheadh anni do tindfgnadh
ata fe leathullamh Dia na nuile
chumhacht ar gradh amhic charthanaigh
lofa Crifd do choimhed agas do
chomhfhurtacht hindtinde agas do
chroidhe maille ris anfpiraid neartmh-
uir naomh do dhenamh athoile diadha
ata ama foillfmghadh duit na reacht
beandaighe, do dhortadh aghras agas
aghe'r mhirbhuile maille re rath imarcach
ar do poibleachaibh, agas ar do
dhuthaidh, agas ar do dhaoinibh agas
ar do thuathaibh, agas go hairidhe ar
do mhinifdribh ar feadh do thighearn
tuis go huilidhe. Bidh amhlaidh.
E P I .S T L E
Don.
put in the treasure of the offering, and he saved her wlien he understood
her pure faith and pure heart. Receive then, my Lord, my
two mites now ; for if the King of kings and Lord of lords, viz.,
Jesus Christ, were to give me a greater gift than this, you would
get it if so be you were willing to receive it. For the beginning
of a thing to which we are unaccustomed is difficult, but once it is
begun it is half-finished. May the Almighty God, for the love of
his dear Son Jesus Christ, keep and comfort your mind and your
heart by his powerful Holy Spirit, that you may do his divine will
which is revealed to you in his holy law ; may he pour of his grace
and his marvellous light with abounding favour on your people,
and on your country, and on your men, and on your tenantry, and
especially on your ministers over your whole possessions. So be it.
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