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

JOHN KNOTS LITURGY.

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THE BOOK

OF

COMMON ORDER

Common!? calico 9|oi)n fcno^jS Liturgy.

TRANSLATED INTO GAELIC ANNO DOMINI 1567

By Mr. JOHN CARSWELL, Bijhop of the IJles.

Edited by THOMAS M'LAUCHLAN, LL.D.

Translator of " the Book of the Dean of Lismore."

EDINBURGH

EDMONSTON & DOUGLAS, 88 PRINCES STREET.
MDCCCLXXIII.

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TO HIS GRACE

GEORGE DOUGLAS DUKE OF ARGYLL,
&>c. &>c.

THE PRESE \ l
AM. MUCH HONOURED REPRESENTATIVE 01

ARCHIBALD, FIFTH EARL OF ARGYLL,

[•O WHOM THIS WORK WAS ORIGINALLY INSCRIBED

IN THE YEAR 1 567,

THIS RE-ISSUE IS DEDICATED

WITH

EVERY SENTIMENT OF RESPEI I IND ESTEEM

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THE EDITOR.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Preface,

Notices of Bishop Carswell,

Dedication, ....

Epistle Dedicatory,

Carswell's Blessing,

Epistle to the Reader,

Hymn to the Book, .

Confession- of Faith,

Of the Office of the Ministry, .

Of the Office of the Eldership,

Of the Office of the Deaconship,

Interpretation of the Scriptures,

Confession, ....

Prayers, ....

The Lord's Prayer, .

Prayer, ....

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The Creed,

Benediction, .

Prayers,

Form of Baptism,

The Lord's Supper, .

Form of Marriage, .

Visitation of the Sick,

Burial of the Dead,

The Discipline of the Church,

Morning Family Prayer, .

Evening Family Prayer,

Prayers,

Catechism,

Graces before and after Meals,

Manner of Blessing a Ship,

The Lord's Prayer in Metre,

Lawful Apology,

Verses,

Close, ....

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PREFACE.

The old Scottish Prayer-hook was originally
published in Geneva. It was introduced into
Scotland in the year 1562, and was circulated for
general use in the vernacular. For the High-
lands, however, such a work was of as little
value as if it had been left in the original Latin ;
and it is specially creditable to Knox and
the Scottish Reformers, that they took measures
to bring the Gaelic-speaking inhabitants of the
Highlands under the same christianizing and
civilising influences with the rest of the land.
Soon after its appearance in English, it was
accordingly resolved to have the Book of Common
Order, as it was called, translated into Gaelic ;
and the work was undertaken by John Carswell,
Superintendent of Argyll and the Isles in con-
nexion with the early Scottish Presbyterian
Church, and afterwards Bishop of the Isles. At
whose instance the work was undertaken, it is
not easy to say, whether at that of Carswell

x Preface.

himself, or at that of the Earl of Argyll, his
patron, or in some measure at that of the leading
ministers in the Church at the time. Let that
be as it may, Carswell executed the work, and
did so in a highly creditable manner. The book
has become so scarce that there is only one
perfect copy of it known to exist. That copy
is in the possession of the Duke of Argyll. There
is one imperfect copy in the British Museum,
which was originally found in the house of a
farmer in Stratherrick, near Inverness, and another
in the Library of the Edinburgh University.
The value set upon the work by scholars may
be seen from the following extract from a
letter of the Rev. Dr. Reeves of Armagh to
the Editor : —

' Having lately learned that of the only three
' known copies of the work but one is perfect,
' and that that one is in private possession, namely,
' in the Library of his Grace the Duke of Argyll,
' and subject to all the contingencies in the many
' degrees which occupy the space between the
' four cardinal points of mischief — fire, damp,
' worms, and thieves — my anxiety has become
' more intense, and I have resolved on appealing
' to you to take active steps for the perpetuation
' of this literary treasure. Here is a chapter in
' the History of Scotland, and much more, a mine
' of philological treasure in one important branch

Preface. xi

' of the most interesting language in existence —
' combining all the charms of living excellence, and
' all the prestige of unfathomable antiquity, and
' this on the very verge of extinction — one life in
' a lease of incalculable value! Oh, do try and
' convert that terminable lease into one of lives
' renewable for ever.'

In the following Volume the Editor has en-
deavoured to accomplish the object thus described.
He has given a transcript of the original Gaelic
of Carswell's translation, page for page, and line
for line. He has printed the language just as
he found it, including the errors of the press.
The English version of the Prayer-book, given
along with the Gaelic, is taken from that in the
Works of Knox, Edited by David Laing, Esq.,
ELD. In some cases, however, the Editor was
obliged to translate from the Gaelic. There is
one Prayer of which he was unable to find the
exact original in any copy of the Prayer-book
which he has seen. He has been unable further
to find any original for the Catechism of Carswell
beyond the first few questions, which correspond
with Calvin's. The mode of blessing a ship going
to sea seems also to be original, while the graces
before and after meals are so changed from the
originals which the Editor has been able to
discover, that he has preferred giving an English
rendering of them. Some other fragments are

xii Preface.

also peculiar to Carswell's work. In one part,
pp. 39-42, the English and the Gaelic division of
the chapters do not correspond.

The Editor has to acknowledge his obligations
to His Grace the Duke of Argyll for very-
essential aid in preparing this Volume ; to the
Scnatus of the Edinburgh University, for the use
of their copy of the Original, from which the
transcript was chiefly made ; and to David Laing,
Esq., LL.D., for assistance in reproducing the
English version of the Prayer-book.

THOS. M'LAUCHLAN.

Edinburgh, March 19, 1S73.

NOTICES OF BISHOP CARSWELL.

In the parish of Kilmartin, in Argyllshire, in a
narrow, richly wooded Highland glen, and within a
few miles of the south end of Loch Awe, lies the old
castle of Camassery. The castle appears to have been
a stronghold of the family of Argyll, and had, as usual
in such cases, its constable, who governed it in the
name of the owner. In the early part of the sixteenth
century this office was held by a family of the name
of Carswell. Whence they had come does not appear,
but the name is not a Celtic one, and the probability
is that, like the Chisholms of the north, who came
from Tweeddale, and became constables of the castle
of Urquhart, the Carswells came from the Lowlands,
and were appointed by the family of Argyll constables
of Camassery. John Carswell, the author of the follow-
ing translation, appears to have been born about the year
1520. This is inferred from an entry in the record of
the University of St. Andrews, to the effect that, in 1541,
John Carswell, a native of Britain, was enrolled in the
College of St. Salvator.1 Allowing him to have been

1 Wudruw Collections, p. 471.

xiv Notices of Bishop Carswell.

twenty-one years of age when so enrolled, which was by
no means improbable at the period, the date of his birth
would seem to have been as stated.1

The first notice of Carswell in public life is in
connexion with what is called the rebellion of the
Earl of Lennox, the father of Darnley. Lennox having
been deceived by Cardinal Beaton, who found the Earl
of Arran a more flexible man, and being deserted by the
French King, made overtures of service to Henry the
Eighth of England. Endeavouring to raise a rebellion
against the Government, he was defeated near Glasgow,
and obliged to fly to England. In this rebellion he
was joined by the Islesmen, and among others by John
Carswell, who followed him in his flight.2 At what
time or in what circumstances he returned we know
not, but the event shows that from the beginning he
was opposed to the policy of Cardinal Beaton.

We next find him Rector of his native parish of
Kilmartin, and chaplain to the family of Argyll.3 The
holding of such offices would seem to indicate that he
was in favour with the Argyll family, and further, that
he must have been a man of more than ordinary acquire-

1 Wodrow, quoting the records of St. Andrews University, says
that in 1540 Carswell was incorporated in St. Salvator's College;
that in the following year he took his degree of B.A. ; and in 1544
that of M.A., on which occasion he is entered as 'Jhoes.
Carswell, Pauper? This last term must, however, be understood
as merely meaning that in the division of the students, usual at
the time, into ' divites ' and 'pauperes,' he was classed among
the latter, or those who paid a less fee than the others, or were
able to live less expensively, such being usually of the middle
classes of society at tlie time.

2 Wodrow Collections, p 472. ' Keith's Bishops, p. 307.

Notices of Bishop Carswell. xv

merits. It is hardly possible to conceive that the Earl of
Argyll would appoint, especially to the office of private
chaplain, a man who was not of the same views on great
public questions with himself, or who was not in point of
intellect and acquirements likely to be a credit to the
house. The Earl of Argyll of Carswell's day was Archi-
bald the fifth Earl, of whom Douglas says, that ' He
' was the first of his quality who embraced the Protestant
' religion, of which he was a most zealous and sincere pro-
' fessor, and recommended the promotion thereof and the
' suppression of Popish superstitions to his son on his
4 deathbed.' Carswell's testimony to his zeal for the
Protestant faith, in his dedicatory epistle in this book,
is very emphatic.

In addition to the above offices, Carswell was
Chancellor of the Chapel Royal in Stirling.

In the early Scottish Reformed Church, the offices
recognised as of Divine authority were the elder, the
deacon, and the doctor, and the church was organized
in accordance with this view. It became evident,
however, at once that arrangements of a special kind
were essential to meet the requirements of the country
at the time. Ministers were few, and to a large extent
confined to one section of the country, and it was im-
possible that in such circumstances ordained men could
be appointed to conduct worship and administer ordin-
ances in all the parishes of Scotland. It was this state
of things that gave rise to the order of superintendents,
which was instituted in 1560, — an order possessed of no
distinct jurisdiction or separate ecclesiastical office, but
consisting of ordinary ministers invested with authority

xvi Notices of Bishop Carswell.

to visit certain prescribed districts, and to see to the
proper organization of the Church and the administra-
tion of Christian ordinances.

Five such superintendents were appointed in 1560,
and among these was John Carswell, who had Argyll
and the Isles assigned to him as his district. Such an
appointment would not have been made in the case of
a man destitute of the necessary qualifications. The
other superintendents chosen were men of distinction
in the Reformed Church, and it is not to be supposed
that an exception would be made in the case of Cars-
well. He must have been known as a man of character
and attainments ere the leading men of the period
would have fixed upon him for so important an office.
No doubt the number of ministers eligible for the office
was small, the field of labour was wide and difficult,
extending as it did to the Outer Hebrides, and the
state of the people was such as to render it essential
that the man who presided over the interests of the
Church there should be a man of prudence, acquirements,
and enterprise. Carswell makes reference to his duties in
a letter written to Mr. Campbell of Kinzeancleuch, and
dated off Dunoon, the 29th May 1564.' In that letter he
says : — ' As for the continewance, as is befoir writtin, it
' sail be vsit, bot becaus I pas presentlie to Kytire, and
' thaireftir to the His, to veseit sum kirkis, I can nocht
' be at the Generall Assemblie, and thinkis that my
' travell now in the His may do mair gude to the Kirk
' nor my presens at the Assemblie ; becaus the His can

1 Wodrow Miscellany, p. 2S6.

Notices of Bishop Carswell. xvii

' nocht be travellit wele throwch in Wynter, quhilk ze
' sail also remember at the Assemblie gif ze be thair ;
' and efter my returning, I vald be glaid to commoun
' with zow as the oportunitie may serve. Thus com-
■ mittis zow to the protection of God.'

In 1564, Carswell was appointed Titular Bishop
of the Isles. It appears from the Register of the
Privy Seal1 that Mr. Patrick M'Lane having by the
Queen's recommendation been elected Bishop of
the Isles and Abbot of Icolmkill, but from the state
of his health and other circumstances being unable to
fulfil these offices, he resigned his right to Mr. John
Carswell, in consideration of a yearly pension for his
support; and on the 12th January 1564-5, Mr. John
Carswell got from the Queen a grant for life of the
whole revenue, lands, and possessions of the Bishopric
of the Isles and Abbey of Icolmkill, on condition of
his paying a yearly pension to Mr. Patrick M'Lane for
his support, and also paying the stipends of the
ministers planted within the Bishopric, and relieving
the Queen thereof. This gave him a claim to the
revenues of the ancient see. The amount of these was
not great, for previous to his time they had been
greatly dilapidated by his predecessors, and of the
remnant that existed there was manifestly much diffi-
culty in raising any part. In the letter to Mr. Camp-
bell, already quoted, he says on this subject : — ' Bot in
• this mater of Teindis, it is nocht myne, bot the
' factouris. And zit gif George vald remember how

1 B. xxxii. p. 126.
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xviii Notices of Bishop Carswell.

' reasonable I was in my ansuer to him, I wonder that
' he reportit nocht the samin to zow. Bot becaus I
' am vtherwayis occupyit, I vill nocht impesche zow
' with vrittingis to contene the haill mater thairin, bot
' vilbe weill content, owther to continew, or ellis to
' forgif the haill mater. Howbeit, I can nocht forgif to
' do my sobir diligens in furderance of the Kirk : For
' this standis the mater in this cuntrie ; gif we craif our
' stipendis, and remitt tham nocht at thair plesouris,
' than our preching is unprofitable ; and gif we remitt
' tham, than the travell can nocht be sustenit, for fait
' of sustentatioun of the travellaris ; and of sum our
' travell nocht the better allcwit, altho we became
' beggaris.'

On the 24th March 1566, Carswell was formally pre-
sented by Queen Mary to the Bishopric of the Isles and
to the Abbey of Icolmkill. The words of the presentation
are as follows : — ' Per presentes facimus, constituimus, et
' creamus dictum magistrum Joannem, episcopum dicti
' episcopatus insularum, et abbatem dicta? abbatire de
' Ycolumkill, — simili modo, et adeo libere in omnibus re-
' spectibus, causis, et conditionibus, ac si dictus magister
' Joannes ad dictum episcopatum et abbaciam in curia
' Romana provideretur.'1 ' By these presents we make,
' constitute, and create the said Master John, Bishop oi
' the said diocese of the Isles, and Abbot of the said Abbej
' of Icolmkill, — in the same manner, and as freely in
' all respects, causes, and conditions, as if the said
' Master John had been preferred to the said diocese

1 Keith's Bishops.

Notices of Bishop Carswell. xix

' and Abbey in the Roman Court.' Keith remarks
upon the presentation, that 'all this provision was, no
' doubt, made with a view that he might dilapidate the
' temporality to the family of Argyll.' This statement,
however, is not consistent with a statement previously
made by the writer himself; for, in his notice of John
Campbell, whom he makes the predecessor1 of Carswell,
he states that ' He dilapidated most part of the benefice
' in favour of his relations; and some heritable jurisdic-
' tions he conveyed to his own family of Calder.' It
seems very probable that Carswell has been mistaken
for Campbell, and that charges have been made against
him of which he was in a large measure innocent. The
low state of the diocesan revenue seems to have been
more his misfortune than his fault. At the same time,
there is reason to believe that it was through Carswell
the Argyll family became Commendators of the Abbey
of Iona, — an office from which they derive some privi-
leges to this day.

Carswell's acceptance of the Bishopric was offensive
to the church of which he was a member and minister
at the time. It is probably with reference to this that
Mr. Campbell of Kinzeancleuch would seem to have

1 According to the Register of the Privy Seal, M'Lane, as
already noticed, was the immediate predecessor of Carswell, and
this John Campbell was his successor; for it is recorded (II. xli.
pp. 75, 104) that John Campbell, Preacher of the word of God
and Prior of Ardchattan, was elected Bishop of the Isles in
Carswell's room, and that he got, on the 12th January 1572-3, a
precept approving his election and for installing him in the pastoral
office. If Bishop Keith be right in saying that Campbell dilapi-
dated the benefice to such an extent as he describes, it must have
been done after the days of Carswell. The probability is, how-
ever, that the benefice came in a very dilapidated condition into
Carswell's hands.

xx Notices of Bishop Carswell.

remonstrated with him, for Carswell, in his letter
quoted above, feels himself constrained to make a
defence. He says, — ' In your letter directit vnto me
' (Beluiffit Brother in the Lord,) it apperis to me that
■ ze are sinisterlie informit towardis me, or ellis in
' jugement and credit sum part facill. Becaus ze writt
• as ane mening that ze think the world and induellaris
' thairof turnand to(o) fast ; and indeid I feir the
' samin to be maist trew in generall : God forbid it be
' so in all speciallis. As for my awn part, concerning
' fast turning in Goddis causis or the faythfullis, I hoip in
' Cod, be assistance of his Spreit, to haue them dissauit
' that so vald report of me (gif zour mening be thus).'

That the Church disapproved of his proceedings is
manifest, for, in the General Assembly 1569, a formal
complaint was made against him for assuming Episcopal
dignity, when ' Mr. John Kersewell, Superintendent of
' Argile, was rebooked for accepting the Bishopric of
' the Isles, without making the Assembly foreseen.'
He would also seem to have taken the side of Queen
Mary in the civil dissensions that then prevailed, and
was at the same time rebuked 'for ryding at and
' assisting of the Parliament holden by the Queen after
' the murder of the King.' In this Parliament (1567)
there were the Primate and eight Bishops, one of whom
was the Bishop of Sodor (the Isles).1

The cause of Carswell's change is not very clear. In
the above extract he denies its existence.

That the memory of Carswell is unpopular in Argyll-

' Ada Pari. ii. 546-7.

Notices of Bishop Carswell. xxi

shire is very true. But two causes existed for this.
The first of these was that he set himself in opposition
to the Bards and Seanachies or family historians of
the country, as men whose influence was unfavourable
to the progress of religion. St. Columba had done the
same in his day, and had suffered in consequence.
Carswell was satirized and lampooned by those leaders
of public opinion, and they transmitted their feelings
of animosity to later times by means of their compo-
sitions. The other cause was that he was a zealous
reformer. With many at the time who clung to ancient
religious beliefs and usages, this of itself would be a
sufficient ground of offence, and there can be no doubt
that this would to a large extent influence the popular
belief, even after the questions which gave rise to the
feeling had died away. Besides that, notwithstanding
his own earnest disavowal of it, Carswell cannot be
freed from the charge of inconsistency. Beginning as
one of John Knox's Presbyterian Superintendents, and
ending as one of Queen Mary's Bishops, is sufficient
evidence of this. And the transition from what is
public to what is personal, is usually so short, and so easy,
that this shortcoming in a public matter might readily
lead to charges of personal wrong-doing. And yet such
charges against the personal character of Carswell
seem to have little foundation in fact. If he was
penurious, which is the chief accusation brought against
him, it is hard to see how he could have been other-
wise, for he had a miserable income, and he had a
wide and expensive charge.

It is clear that Carswell had an earnest desire for

xxii Notices of Bishop CarsweU.

the religious improvement of the people of the High-
lands. No man of the time seems to have made
similar exertions for their improvement. In 1565 the
Geneva Prayer-book was first printed at Edinburgh,
and in 1567 the Gaelic translation of that book was
prepared by him, and passed through the press. It is
remarkable to find that at so early a period provision
for the wants of the Highlands should have so soon
followed upon that made for the English-speaking
portion of the kingdom. Nor is there reason to suppose
that in this matter Carswell stood alone. The expense
of the publication must have been considerable, and
it is reasonable to suppose that he had the sympathy
and support of the other Reformers, and that the cost
of the undertaking was borne by friends of the cause
elsewhere. That it was encouraged and aided by the
then Earl of Argyll, is a very natural supposition.
Besides the translation of the Prayer-book, Carswell
seems to have executed a translation into Gaelic of
Calvin's Catechism. This was not published for nearly
sixty years after his death, but there is internal evidence
to show that the work was Carswell's, and that it had
lain by in Ms. during that long period.

The work which is now reprinted is one which is
highly creditable to Carswell's scholarship, as well as
to his zeal. That it was executed by himself he states
decidedly, while he apologises for what he holds to be
great and manifold defects in the execution. Besides
defects in the translation, he tells us that there was no
proper correcting of the press, from the ignorance of
the printer of the Gaelic language, and yet the work is

Notices of Bishop Carswell. xxiii

executed with an accuracy and propriety altogether
remarkable for the time. The language is the ancient
dialect employed by literary men, in both Scotland and
Ireland, which some writers designate Irish, but which
was equally cultivated by the Scottish Celt. The book
is the first existing specimen of the Gaelic language
printed in either Scotland or Ireland.

Carswell had considerable poetical gifts. In this
volume there are some lines apparently composed by
himself, and in addition to this, there is a hymn, given
in a collection of Hymns, by D. Kennedy, Kilmelfort,
published in 1786, and republished in 1836, which is
attributed to him. This composition is usually called
Carswell's advice to his son. As the work in which
it appears is scarce, the hymn is here reproduced, as
affording an opportunity of comparing the language of
the same author in 1567, and as it appears in 17S6.

LAOIDH.
Leis an Easpuic Carsuel (in MS.)
La do bhitheamsa gu mear, uaibhreach
A Mhacaidh ud is guinne suil ;
Aon fhocal air leas an anama,
Gur seirbhe bhlas no'm fearrn ur.

Eoin a bhaile so shuas,
Gur truagh nach tuigeadh tu am bus :
Nach faic thu fear na h-uaille shios,
'Us am feur uaine trid roi' fas.

Ge mòr leat do ghiùdhrain Mhuc,
'S do bhuaile bhuar bhallach breac :
Uibhir an ubhail gc beag,
Cha teid do'n uaigh chumhainn leat.

xxiv Notices of Bishop Carsivell.

A dhuine thruaigh nach gabh thu eagal,
'M faic thu'n t-eug thugad na ruith ;
Ionnan s' bhi air bhord na h-uaighe,
Gcd bu tu bu bhuain air bith.

'N uair bheirear uait an ceann-aghairt,
S a theid air fradharc do shiil ;
Cuiridh iad thu sint' air mhaidean,
'S cha'n ann air leabaidh de'n chlòith.

Cuiridh iad thu'n ciste chumhainn,
Aon bhrat I'm do bhi mu'd chorp ;
Druim do thighe ri cuinnein do shroin,
'S cumhann an teach osda dhuit.

Tri slatan dc dh'anart margaidh,
Theid mu'd chorp, gur beag a phrls ;
'S bi' dh do chairdean, 's do luchd comu
'('. a ghearradh mu d' bhonnaibh shios.

Togaidh iad thu'n dara mhàireach,
Sluagh mu seach a' dol fuidh d' chorp ;
Ghille, ge mor leat do mhire,
Nithear cluich na cille ort.

Carbad beag nach bi do shàth,
I '.heir iad leat gu beul an t-sluic ;
Làmh an ti bu chaoimh air uaire,
Uir gu tiugh 'g a shluaistreadh ort.

Bheir iad thu gu beul na h-uaighe,
Gun neart, gun fhradharc, gun Kith ;
Do chairdean a d' dheidh gu brònach,
'S fagar shios a d' ònrach thu.

A dhuine thruaigh nach fhan thu d' eag.
\\1 faic thu'n t-eug thugad 'n a ruith ;
Ionnan s' bhi air bhord na h-uaighe.
Ged bu tu bu bhuain air bith.

Notices of Bishop Carswell. xxv

By Bishop Carswell.

On the day in which I am merry, happy,

Thou my son of bluest eye ;

One word about the good of the soul

Is of more bitter taste than the fresh cut aid

John, who Iivest in this town above,
It is sad that thou understandest not death ;
Seest thou not the man of pride below,
With the green grass growing through him.

Though thou esteemest thy herd of swine,
Thy fold of cows, spotted, speckled ;
So much as an apple, however little,
Shall not go with thee to the narrow grave.

Miserable man, wilt thou not fear,
Seest thou death hastening towards thee ?
Thou art just as if on the brink of the grave,
Even although thou shouldst live longest of ;

When the pillow is taken away from thee,
And thine eyes have been closed ;
They shall place thee stretched upon wood,
And not upon a bed of down.

They shall put thee in a narrow chest,
One fold of linen around thy body ;
The roof of thy house close to thy nostril,
A narrow dwelling place it is.

Three yards of linen from the market
Shall go round thy body, little is its value ;
And thy friends and companions shall be
Cutting it at the soles of thy feet.
4

xxvi Notices of Bishop Carswell.

They shall raise thee the next day,

Then alternately bearing thy body ;

Young man, though great is thy mirth,

The game of the grave shall be played with thee.

A little bier which thou wouldst not like,

They shall take with thee to the mouth of the pit ;

The hand that was kindest to thee once,

Shall now shovel earth rapidly on thee.

They shall carry thee to the mouth of the grave
Without strength, without sight, without power ;
Thy friends following thee in grief,
And thou shalt be left there alone.

Miserable man, wilt thou not fear,
Seest thou death hastening towards thee ?
Thou art just as if on the brink of the grave.
Even although thou shouldst live longest of any.

There are numerous traditions throughout the West
Highlands respecting Carswell, and these have in some-
cases taken the shape of popular rhymes. One has
reference to his height, which is said to have been
uncommon. The following are the lines : —

An Carsalach mòr tha'n Carnasaraidh,

Tha na cuig cairt 'n a chasan ;
Tha 'dhroll mar dhruinnein na corra,
'S a sgròban lorn, gionach, farsaing.

In English —

The great Carswell of Carnassery,

There are five quarters (45 inches) in his legs ;

His rump is like the back of a crane,

His stomach empty, greedy, capacious.

Other fragments of a similar kind exist, but it is not
necessary to give them. They represent a feeling

Notices of Bishop Carswell. xxvii

which existed in a certain portion of the community,
but they do not represent the real truth respecting
Carswell.

Bishop Carswell died in July or August 1572.1 He-
was alive on the 21st June 1 5 72,2 and was dead before
the 4th September 1572, when a presentation was given
to the Chancellary of the Chapel Royal, vacant by his
death,3 and on the 20th September, a license was
granted to elect a Bishop of the Isles in his room.4

" There is a tradition that he ordered his remains to
be deposited in the Priory of Ardchattan, about forty
miles distant from Carnassery. The day of his
interment was marked by a violent storm, which
occasioned much distress to the great concourse of
people who attended the funeral, carrying the bier on
their shoulders, according to the custom of the times ;
so that to this day, when there is a tempest of more
than ordinary violence, there is a common saying
among the people, ' There has not been the like since
Carswell's funeral day.'"5

These notices of Bishop Carswell are short and
imperfect ; but little has come down to us through the
three hundred years that have intervened since his
death. The times in which he lived were troublesome,
and were followed by times not less so, and much of
what may have been transmitted from his own time
must have perished.

Privy Seal Reg. B. xli. fo. 20. - Ibid.

[bid. fo. 30. J Ibid. fo. 19.

New Statistical Account, vol. vii. p. 556.

W FOIRM NA

N V R R N V I D H E A I) II AGAS

Freafdal na Sacramuinteadh, agas foirceadul

an chreidimh chrifluidhe andfo fios. Mar

ghnathuighear an eagluifibh alban doghrad-

huigh agas doghlac foifgel dileas dè" tareis

an fhuar chreidimh dochur ar gcul ar na

dtarraing as laidin, & as gaillbherla in gao-

idheilg le M. Seon Carsuel Miniftir

Eagluife De agcriochaibh earra-

gaoidheal darab comhainm

eafbug indfeadh gall :

Ni hèidir le henduine, fundamuint oile d<
tfuidhiughadh acht anfhundamuint ata ai
na fuighiughadh . i. Iofa Criofd.

i Cor. 3.

11 Dobuaileadh fo agclo indiin Edin darab
comhainm dun monaidh an .24. la don
rahis Aipril. 1567.

Le ROIBEARD LEKPREVIK.

FORMS OF

PRAYER AND
administration of the sacraments and Cate-
chism of the Christian faith, here below.
According as they are practised in the
churches of Scotland which have loved and
accepted the faithful gospel of God, on
having put away the false faith, turned
from the Latin and English into Gaelic
by Mr. John Carswell Minister
of the Church of God in the bounds
of Argyll, whose other name is
Bishop of the Isles.

No other foundation can any man
lay save that which is laid
even Jesus Christ.

11 Printed in Edinburgh whose
other name is Dunmony the 24th day
of April 1567.

By ROBERT LEKPREVIK.

DONTRIATH

CHVMHACHTACH

CHEIRTBHREATHACH

chiuinbhriathrach, do ghiollaeafbuig
vanduibhne Iarrla Earragaoidheal, ag-
as ti'ghearna Ladharna, agas Ardghfuif-
dis na Halban darab Comhainm Liue-
tenanda Agcriocaibh Oilen indfeadh
gall. Agas Airdcheand teaghluigh na
righruidhe Albanuidhe ata M. Seon
Carfuel Miniftir Tfoifgeil de aguidhe
agas ageratach de go diochra duthra-
chtach fa fpioraid an ghlicais agas na
tuigfe agas na firinde doneartughadh,
agas domhedughadh and maillere
fonas futhain dfhaghail dò. O
DHIA ATHAR
tre Iosa Criosd
AR TIGHE-
ARNA

FOR THE POWERFUL,
RIGHT-JUDGING, GENTLE-SPEAKING
nobleman, for Archibald O'Duine, Earl of Argyll, and Lord of
Lome, ami chief justiciar of Alban, whose othefname is Lieuten-
ant in the bounds of [nnsegall (the Hebrides), ami chief head in the
family of the Scottish Kings, Mr. John Carswell, minister of the
gospel of God, prays and entreats of God diligently, earnestly, that
the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, and of truth may be
strengthened, and increased, and that with this everlasting happi-
ness may be found of him. From
GOD THE FATHER
through Jesus Christ
OUR LORD.

E B I S T I L

NOS oirrdheirc onorach ata fds
agas dobhi riamh arbuil, ag na da-
oinibh ghnathuigheas faothur noobuir
dodhenamh, dochum antfaothair fin
dodhul adtarbha dona poibleachaibh
agas donacineadhachaibh agas da fli-
ocht agas dalorg ina ndiaigh, toradli
antfaothairfin dothiodhlucadh dona
tighearnaibh no dona cairdibh no do-
na cumpanachaibh rera cofmhula an-
faotharfin fein. agas is fearr dairidhe air
agas ifmo arambi cumaoin ghraidh fhir
dhenta antfaothair. Ataimse a thriath
tairife agas a thighearrna dingmhalta
ag leanmhuin anofa so go feadh mo
chumhachta : agas agathuigfm cofamh-
lacht anadhbhairfe re tindtind dhiad-
hafa, agas hfeabhus dairidhe ar dheagh-
thiodhlucadh agas me'd do chomaoine
graidh imarcaidh oram, agas ar anadh-
bhurfm do condcus damhfa gur bhin-
denta damh anfaothar beagfa neoch is
cedtoradh dom intleacht do thoirbhe-
art agas do thiodhlucadh duitfe a thig-
hearrna. oir do dhearbh do bheatha dhi
adhafa

EPISTLE

It is an excellent, honourable custom which is now and ever was
followed, by men who practised to labour or work, in order to
make that labour to become profitable for the people and for the
nations, and for the race and generation after them, to dedicate
the fruit of their labour to the nobles or to the friends or to
the companions who agreed with their work, and who were most
worthy and who were most entitled t<> the love of him who did the
work. I now, most worthy nobleman and excellent Lord, fol-
lowing this practice so far as in my power, and understanding how
well this subject agrees with your heavenly mind, and how entirely
you have deserved a testimony and an expression uf love much
merited from me, and on that account I saw that it would be proper
for me to make over and to dedicate to you this little work of mine,
which is the first fruit of my mind, my Lord, for your religious life has

THIOGHLAICTHE.
adhafa o aois doleanbachta diiinne go
bhfuil antadhbhar diadhafa cofmhuil
rit. Agas fds dodhearbh truime aneire
doghabhais ort ag cathughadh anad-
haidh na druinge Lerbhail anfoifgel
naomhtha dochur ar gcul hfeabhas dai-
ridhe, air gan sin do dhul ar neifhi
choidhche. Agas gan tainm oirrdheiro
fe do dhul ar dearmad go deireadh an
domhain. Agas getaid naimhde na
firinde go minaireach aga ragha nach
dlighfedis na prindfadha no na tig-
hearrnaidhe saoghalta curum do bhe-
ith orrtha adtimcheall hfoifgeil de,
no adtimcheall dhroch chreidimh do
sgris. Is fearr do thuig tufa an faidh
naomhtha ina bhriathraibh, ina niur-
fin .1. Daibhith neoch Iarus 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
A. 3.

DEDICATORY.

proved to us from the time of your childhood that this religious
work is agreeable 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

E B I S T I L
ndendaois an toilfin de do theagasg da
gclandaibh, agas da fleachtaibh in a ndi
aidh. Agas ge do rindeadh meid eigin
do dhealughadh eidir òifig mhaoife a-
gas oifig ardin, anuair tugadh an ladh
do chlandaibhifrahel fgribhtha : gid-
lieadh dearbhthar dhufnn le ambraith-
reas, agas leis an gcurum do ghabh ma-
aofi air, nach amhain tug fe aire dona
neithibh faoghalta, acbt gurab mo ana-
ire do bhi aige aran Ladh dhiadha do
chongbail gan truailleadh ameafg an
phobail, ina arna neithibh faoghalta.

Agas foillfighthear fin diiinn go maith
leis an achmhufan tug fè daro, agas don
phobal vile, ag faigfin na honara tuga-
dar don laodh ordha do rindeadar an-
adhaidh thoile de, anuair do bhris feife
an an da thabhaill ina rabhadar na deich
naitheàta fgribhtha o mher de na nuile
chumhacht, agas do rinde maoife dio-
ghaltas ro throm orrtha as fin Do thui-
geadar na breitheamhain, agas na righ-
the deaghchreidmheacha do bhi ar
chloind Ifrahel annife do labhramar
romhainn,
EPISTLE

they might teach this will of God to their children and to their race
after them. And although .nine difference was made between the
office of Moses and the office of Aaron when the written law was
given to the children of Israel : nevertheless we learn from their
brotherhood, and from the care which Moses took of it, that he not
only cared for the worldly things, but that he concerned himself
more about the divine law being kept purely among the people
than about worldly matters.

And this appears clearly in the rebuke which he gave to Aaron
and to the whole people, when he saw the honour they gave to the
golden calf which they made against the will of God, at the time
when he broke the two tables on which were written the ten com-
mandments by the finger of the Almighty God, and Moses inflicted
very sore punishment on them on that account. The judges
and believing kings of Israel understood that which we now say,

THIOGHLAICTHE.
romhaind, mar do bhi Geidion, agas
Samuel, agas Daibhith, agas Ifafat, agas
Efafias, agas Iofias : agas cuid eile dona
breitheamhnaibh, agas dona righaibh
ara bfuil mafia, agas toibheim adtimna
dhe odheachtadh an fbirad naoimh : A
fe adhbhar fa dtarrla dhaibh bheith fan
athais, agas fan imdheargadh fin odhia,
nar thuigeadar go mbeanfadh daibh,
aire do thabhairt don ladh dhiadha, no
go raibhe fe dfiachaibhorra, no ma dho
thuigeadar e, gur leigeadar fa lar an
churum bhudh coir dhoibh do dhe-
namh taireis athuigfeana. Damadb ail
lind eachtradha no fgfeluidheacht an
phobaill gheindtlidhe dfechain, do
geibthear indta, gurab è antadhbhar
cedna tug orra anumhla, agas anonoir
do dhlighfedis do thabhairt do dia ata-
bhairt do deibh breige .1. Ainbfis agas
neamhchurum an ladha diadha, agas
thoile de, do bheith ar aprindfaghaibh,
agas ge dhobhi feachran agas ainbfis or
ra fan ladh dhiadha, do bhi cadhas agas
onoir mhor aca dha thabhairt dona dè-
A. 4.

DEDICATORY.

such as Gideon, and Samuel, and David, and Jehoshaphat, and
Ilezekiah (Uzziah), and Josiah : and also some of the wicked judges
and of the kings who obtained disgrace and condemnation in the
testimony of God from the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The
cause of their being thus under censure and condemnation from
God was that they did not understand that it was their duty to care
for the Divine law, nor that they were bound so to do, or if they did
understand it, that they neglected the care they ought to take on so
understanding it. If we seek to know the history of the Gentile
nations, we shall find there that the same cause led them to give
the obedience and the honour due from them to Clod to false gods, viz.,
ignorance and carelessness concerning the Divine law, and the will
of God, on the part of princes, and that although straying from and
ignorant of the Divine law, they had respect and great honour to

E B I S T I L

ibh balbha bodhra fin da gcreiddis, agas
dona feallfamhnaibh, agas dona daoin-
ibh glioca do bhi aca : indas go niarda-
ois comhairle ar a ndeibh anam anei-
geantuis : agas anan shocracht, agas go
ndendaois caitheamh agas cofdus imar
each re ndealbhaibh, agas re naltoraibh
breige. Agas da dhearbhadh fin agca-
thair na haithne do bhi na fgoil gliocais
geinearalta go huilidhe ameasg an pho
bail gheindtlighe dobheireadh gach aòn
dibh go coitcheand mar mhiondaibh
na briathrafa fids. Pugnabo pro templis
& facris folus & cum alijs. i. Catho-
chaidh me amaonar agas maille re each
ar fon na dteampall agas na naltor, agas
na neitheand naomhtha. Ar anadhb-
liar fin is dearbhtha duinne go raibhe
curum, agas cadhus, agas creideamh
agan phoball gheintlighe go huilidhe
da ndeibh agas da dteampluibh. Da
reir fin is follas go bfuillid an mhuinte-
ar iarras ar tighearnaibh agas arprind-
faghaibh crisduidhe gan ciirum an rea-
chtadiadha do bheith orra ina naiinh-

EPISTLE

give to the dumb and deaf gods in whom they believed, and to the
philosophers and wise men whom they possessed ; so that they
were wont to ask counsel of their gods in the time of distress and
of necessity, and were wont to spend liberally on their images and
on their lying altars. And this was shown in the city of Athens,
which was a school of wisdom generally among the heathen nations
throughout, where every man commonly took an oath, in these
words, Pugnabo pro templis et sacris solus et cum aliis. — viz. I
shall fight for the temples and the sacred things alone and along
with others. Wherefore it is clear to us that the heathen people
had care and respect for, and faith in, their false gods and their
temples. According to this, those men who desire Christian
lords and princes to have no care for the Divine law are the

THIOGHLAICTHE.
dibh don naduir dhaona.

Is and fa timnafa Iofa ata gch vile ni
rigmaoid aleas dardteagafg : Ata indte
an ladh neoch nochtus duind mar fbe-
clair ar nolc fcin, agas ar ndamnadh, da
madh ail le dia ceirtbhreitheamhnus
do ghenamh oraind do reir ar peacaidh
Ata amhor throcaire agas amhorghrafa
ag furail maitheamh a peacadh ar gach
enduine aitbridheach, oir is andsa le
dia aithridhe an pheacaidh, ina abhas.
Agas ata indte oidhreacht fhlaitheam-
hnuis de, arna gealladh da gach neach
ghabhas criofd ar dtighearna chuige na
chroidhe maille re deagh chreideamh.

Maseadh cindus do muchadh, agas
do baitheadh agas do trnailleadh an
timnafa Chrifd : cindus do fgriofadh
aladh le foirrneart an Papa, agas na ne-
afbul bfallfa eile neoch do mheall an
faoghal go huilidhe ifmaimfirfe le nain-
bfios imarcach is follus duitfe athigher-
na. Oir ni hair dhimhaoineas do chn-
aidh dhuit an faothar do rinde tu as
toige ag leghadh an fgribtuir dhiadha :

DEDICATORY.

enemies of the human race.

It is in this revelation of Jesus that we have all we need to teach
us. We have in it the law which, as a looking-glass, shows us our
own evil, and our condemnation, if God were pleased to judge us
according to our sin. His great mercy and his great grace are
pressing the forgiveness of sin on every penitent man, for God pre-
fers the penitence of the sinner to his death. And there is included
in it the inheritance of the heaven of God, promised to every one
who receives Christ our Lord to him in his heart in good faith.

If so, you know well, my Lord, how this testimony of Christ
has been suppressed, and drowned, and polluted; how the
law has been destroyed by the oppression of the Pope and the
other false apostles who have deceived the world altogether in this
time, through great ignorance. For it is not in vain that
you have laboured from your youth reading the holy Scriptures,

EBISTI L
oir is mo do chuir tu afuim an ni do dh
earbh an foifgel diadha dhuit, ina meid
oirrdhearcais haoifi, agas fad angh-
nathuighe do chualais do bheith agna
findfearaibh onoracha dochnaith rom-
had, agaithris aran righ dhiadha Efifias
Neoch do bhi na oganach ar bfaghail
righeachta do. Afeadh do rinde fe an
leabhar diadha do ghabhail na lainih
i. an timna ina bfuil toil De, agas afoiil-
fiughadh dona poibleachaibh, agas tug
arna faidhibh agas arna fagartaibh tre
rath de a foillfiughadh do chlandaibh
Ifrahel agas do hindarbadh leis an ladh
truaillidhe tugadar na sagairt shanta-
cha aninadh reachta de, do chomhmo-
radh agas do mhedughadh adtighearr-
ntuis tfsaoghalta fein le hainbfis andim-
haoinis ar comhairle tfatain. i. an ainfbir
aid namha righachta crill, gan fhechain
do dhochar dhamhed da bfedfadh te-
cht indiaidh anadhbhuirfm. Nir fhech
maoifi da chuntabhairt, anuair do
gabh fe do Iaimh ar furaileamh De"
eland Ifrahel do thabhairt as aneigeift,
agas
EPISTLE
for you have preferred that which the Divine gospel has shown to
you to the greatness of the ancient fame, and the old customs which
you have heard were fi »11« .wed 1 >y vi uir In moural de ancestors who pre-
ceded you, speaking of the holy King 1 Ic/claah ( !<>siah ?), who was a
youth when he obtained the kingdom. What he did was to take
the holy book into his hand, viz., the testimony in which is the
will of God, and to make it known to the people, and to make the
prophets and the priests through the grace of God to make it
known to the children of Israel, and to expel by its means the cor-
rupt law which the covetous priests gave in place of the law of
God, in order to establish and increase their own worldly
power, through vain ignorance by the counsel of Satan, viz.,
the evil spirit who is the enemy of the kingdom of Christ,
without looking to the evil that might follow on that account.
Moses did not consider the danger when he undertook at
God's command to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt,

THIOGHLAICTHE.

agas ard mhonadh nach bfetfuidhe ad-
hul argach taobh dibh. Agas faro le
neart a tfluaigh vile na ndiaidh. Nir
fhech Geidion do Loidhed amhuintire
anuair do indfuidh an fluagh geinnt-
lidhe le tri chtfd, agas nior bheidir ar-
aibhe na adhaidh daireamh ar animad
Nir fhech daibhioth righ agas e na oga
nach ardteacht 6 aodhuireacht a threda
do loighead achuirp fe'in, no dha oige,
no dha neamh fhoirbhtheacht agcear-
daibh gaifgidh no eangnamha, gan dul
do chomhrac re goilias fomhoir vath-
mhur ainrain an arrachta, romhor o
chorp, foirfe anaois, agas e' eolach
intleachtach agcathaibh agas agcomh-
landaibh, agas gidheadh do chind leo
na hoibreacha agas na faothair fin do
ghabhadar do laimh a hucht anfbirad
naoimh, agas araithne Dhe' na nuile
chumhacht Do chind leifm righ rom-
haith doraidhamar romhaind .1. Efa-
chias fgris na ndealbh, agas na rabile-
adh, agas brifeadh na naithreach prais.
Do chind a obair, agas a eachtra le

DEDICATORY.

and the high mountains along both sides of which no man could
go, and Pharaoh with the power of his people behind them. Gideon
did not consider the fewness of his men when he attacked the
heathen with his three hundred, and when the number of those
against him could not be counted for greatness. David, and he a
youth coming from herding his flocks, did not consider the little-
ness of his body, nor his youth, nor his want of skill in the exercises
of war, and dexterity in arms, so as to refuse to fight Goliah, a
great, cruel, and fierce giant, immense in body, mature in age, and
knowing, skilful in fights and conflicts, nevertheless they succeeded
in those enterprises and works which they undertook by direction
of the Holy Spirit, and by the command of God Almighty. The
King of whom we have spoken already, viz., Hezekiah, suc-
ceeded in destroying the images, and the groves, and in breaking
the brazen sei penis. Hiswoik and ciitcr] lise succeeded well with
b 9

E BIS Til.
maoife ag tabhairt an pobail trefan bfa-
irrge, agas aga mbeathughadh fan dith-
reibh re da fhithead bliadhan leis an
Manda .1. Leis an mbeathaidh tugadh
do doneimh, tareis an righ, agas na
neigifteachvile, do bhathadh. Do chind
le Gedion brifeadh ar anaimhdibh agas
ar a eafcairdibh, acht ger bheg amhuin-
tear ag fechain araibhe na adhaidh do
chind le daibhith agas e na mhachamh
dg, an arrfaigh golias neartmhar neim-
hmeirbh domharbhadh denurchur clo-
iche as a chrandtabhaill.

Do chind leatfa athighearna ar aith-
ris na righruidhe ro vaifle fin do raid-
heamar romhaind, gach obair, agas
gach ard tfaothar dar thinnfgain tu, tre
rath an fbirad naomh, agas le heolas an
fgribhtuir dhiadha, gan fechain do
chundtabhairt no do ghabhadh, no do
ghuafacht da raibhe oraibh .1. Sgris
fuarchreidimh, agas fuarchradhbhaidh,
agas lofgadh dealbh, agas drocheif-
imlara, agas leagadh agas lanbhrifeadh
altor agas inodh a ndentaoi iadhbarta
breige
ETISTLE

Moses in leading the people through the sea, and in feeding them
in the desert for forty years with the manna, viz., with that food
which was brought from heaven after the king and all the Egyp-
tians were drowned. It prospered with Gideon when lie broke in
on his enemies and on his foes, and though his numbers were few
when we see the numbers against him. It prospered with David,
and he quite a young man, so as that he killed the old Goliath,
strong and vigorous, with the shot of a stone from his sling.

It has prospered with you, my Lord, in telling of the noble kings
spoken of above, in every work and great enterprise you have
undertaken, through the grace of the Holy Spirit, and knowledge
of the Holy Scripture, without looking to your danger or peril, or
to any trouble you might endure, viz., in destroying the false faith
and false worship, and in burning images, and putting down
evil example, and in breaking down and levelling altars and

THIOGHLAICTHE.

breige do bhunadh : agas fgris meirle-
ach agas mibhefach agas foghla agas
foireigne. Agas na dhiadh fin me-
dughadh agas mor chumhdach, agas
onorughadh na heagluifsi crifduidhe
go comhlan. Oir is buaine dhuit an
caithreimfi abiiadhnuifi de, ina gach
caithreim faogalta oile marata creach-
adli, agas comhlomadh na gcomharfand
agas na gcoigcrich, agas marbhadh, agas
mormhughughadh a ndaoine, agas lof-
gadh, agas Ian mhilladh anaitreabh
agas anaras. Agas gidheadh ni fhuil an
ainbfis damhfa go mberaid moran dona
heaibulaibh fallsa, agas dona daoinibh
ata ar feachran creidimh fos breath -
anadhaidh na mbriatharfa adubhramar
romhaind. Agas aderaid gurab cogadh
agas argain araneagluis : agas fos gurab
fgris aran tuaith anobair do gabhais do
laimh, agas fos gurab droch creideamh,
agas gurab teagafg gan tarbha anfoifgel
atamaoid donochtadh doibh. Agas gi-
dheadh adeirimfi gan chuntabhairt da
reir fin go bfuilit fean fein ag leanmhuin

DEDICATORY.

places where lying sacrifices were offered, and in uprooting
thieves and immoral persons, and robbers and oppressors. And
after that, fostering and protecting and honouring the Christian
Church fully. For this praise is more lasting to you in the sight
of God than the world's praise for harrying and destroying neigh-
bours and strangers, and killing and deeply inj uring their men, and
burning and destroying their houses and their places. And not-
withstanding that I am not ignorant that many of the false
apostles and men that are astray concerning the faith will give
their judgment against those words of mine which I have spoken.
And they will say that fighting and ruining the church, and be-
sides that destroying the people, is the work which you under-
take ; and further, that the gospel which we proclaim to them is
an impure faith, and profitless teaching. And notwithstanding,
I say without danger as to that, that these themselves walk

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E B I S T I L
luirg afmdfear, ag tabhairt tighearnd-
tuis, agas vmhladon reacht dhaonda in-
ar beathuigheadh iad, agas ag tabhairt
fhuatha don reacht dhiadha, dhligheas
gach aonduine do ghradhughadh.

Agas go dtarrla an mheidfi do mhinaire
do dhruing aca go dtugadar freiteachre
foifgel De dheifteacht agas go nabruid
an bibla naomhtha do bheith bregach,
mar adubhradar na hiubhail le Crifd ar
dtighearna. Seductor populi dasmoni-
um habens .1. Is cealguire an pobail 6
agas ata deamhanand, agas maradubh-
radar eland Ifrahel go minic re maoife,
agas ris na faidhibh eile go raibhe fiad
ag buaidhreadh na bpoibleach, ar fon
a bhe'ith dhoibh ag noctadh aithentadh
agas thoile de, agas arfon bheith dha iar
raidh orra, d ndee fallfa, agas d ndealbha
breige, do threigean. Afe antadhbhar
cedna ata anois agan tfaoghal bhuaidh-
eartha dhaoibhfe athighearna agas dti-
inne. Gidheadh is tuicthe dhuitfe athig
hearna agas dtiinne fòs nach oircheas
flighe mhaith no adhbhur maith do
threigean

EPISTLE

in the footsteps of their forefathers, giving authority and obedience
to the human law in which they were brought up, and hating the
divine law which it is the duty of every man to love.

And this want of shame lias appeared in some of them that they
have vowed against hearing the gospel of God, and say that the
Holy Bible is untrue, as the Jews said of Christ our Lord, Seductor
populi dsemonium habens, viz., A deceiver of the people having a
devil ; and as the children of Israel often said to Moses and to the
other prophets that they were deceiving the people, because that
they were showing the commandments and will of God, and because
that they required of them to forsake their false gi ids and their lying
images. It is the same cause that the wicked world lias against them
and against us, my Lord. Nevertheless, you and we, my Lord, know
that it is not creditable to forsake the right way and a good cause

THIOGHLAICTHE.
threigean arfon chothaighc, agas fhua-
tha na ndrochdhaoine aderadhfin, Ara-
nadhbhurfin do bdil linde an ni nach
gcualamar do dhenamh romhaind do
thindfgna anois, mar ati foirm, & bridh
na nurrnaidheadh, agas na Sacramuin-
teadh naomhtha do chur ingaoidheilg,
oir do ghabhamar an mheidfin domhe-
ifnigh chugaind ardhitheall do dhen-
amh ambriathruibh Criofd, do chomh-
fhurtacht na Heagluife crifdaidhe, acht
ge nach romhaith ar ngaoidhealg, gid-
headh is gabhtha mo dheaghthoil vaim
fe ar fon mhuireafbhadha, & adbhuim
fe'in fos vireafbhuidh mhòr do bheith
oram, agcanamhain ghaoidheilge agas
abfoirm mo dheachtaidh, & ar an adh-
bhuriin, geallaim vmhla do thabhairt
don tf is eolcha ina me. Àchtcheana ata
afhis agam, nach amilis bhriathruibh na
bfeallfamh do cuireadh an Sgriobhtuir
riiadha, & nach bfuil feidhm aige ar dh
atìi breadhdha bregach na bfileadh do
chur air : òir is lor don fhirinde f fe'in mar
fhiadhnuife, gan brat oile do chur im-
pe, acht ge'ta feidhm agan mbreig tfao-

DEDICATORY.

because it is opposed, and because of the hatred of wicked men.
For that cause we desire now to begin that which we never heard
was done before, such as to translate into Gaelic the forms and
summary of prayers, and the administration of the sacraments ;
for we have taken this much courage to ourselves to endeavour
to do this, in the words of Christ, for the comforting of the
Christian Church ; but though our Gaelic is not very good, yet
my good intentions may be taken in room of what I want, and I
confess that I have a great want, in my knowledge of the Gaelic
language and in my power of writing it, and for that reason
I promise to submit to any man of more knowledge than my-
self. But, moreover, I know well that it is not in the sweet
words of the learned the/truth of the Holy Scriptures is clothed,
and that there is no need of giving it the line polished lying colour
of the poets. For the truth is a sufficient witness for itself, not
requiring any other covering; but although the lie of this world re-

E B I S T I L
ghalta ar dhath egfamhail oile dochur
impe da cumhdach don taobh amuigh,
ar anadhbhar go bfuil fi Iochtach don
taobh aftoigh, & gebe da dtug Did do
thidhlocadh, bheith eolach agceart cha
namhna fgribhaidh, & deachtaidh, &
labhartha na gaoidheilge, is mo ata dfia
chaibh air an tiodhlucadh fin fuair fe
6 Dhid, do chaitheamh rè cumhdach,
& re comhmoradh na firinde ata a Soif-
gel De', ind a caitheamh re cumhdach
breige, no egora, no feachrain anadha-
idh an Tfoifgeilfin, An tadhbhar prind-
fibalta do bhrofhaidh mhe', do chum an
tfaothairfe do dheiiamh .1. gradh De ar
tils, & ar eagla go naigeoradh fe oram
antalenta .1. an tidhlucadh tug fe dhamh
do chur ar dimbuil, agas gradh Eagluife
Dè, agas do dhenamh cuidighe lembra-
ithribh Criofdaidhe, ata abfeidhm thea
gaifg, agas chomhfhurtachta, agas ar ab-
fuil dith leabhar, & maille ris na hadh-
bharaibhfin, do bhrofnaidh gomòr mhe
med mo dhochais as do dhaingnefi,
agas as do bhuaine, fa flighe dhiadha do
ghlacais as toige, agas as tanfhoirfeacht

quires some other remarkable colour to be given it as a cover from
without, inasmuch as it is corrupt within ; and to whomsoever God
gave knowledge to write the language and to compose well, and to
speak in Gaelic, so much the greater is his obligation to use this gift
given him of God to defend and to build up the truth which is in the
gospel of God, rather than to use it for defending a lie, or wicked-
ness, or departing from that gospel. The principal reason which
moved me to undertake this work was, viz., the love of God first,
and fear lest he might demand of me the talent, viz., to abuse the
gift he had bestowed on me, ami love to the Church "f l lod, and to
help the Christian brethren wdio have need of teaching an,! of com-
fort, and who have no books ; and along with these reasons I was
much moved by my hope in your firmness and l. .11 -i item y in the divine-
way which you chose from your youth and from the days of your im-

THI0GHLA1CTHE.

athighearna ag breath nughadh agas ag
tuigftn gurab patrun dileas dingmhalta
agas gurab oide carthanach don fhi-
rinde thii, agas fos gurab cadhas agas co
mairce dona daoinibh anbfanda egcrua
idhe bhios ingabhadh no inguafacht ar
fgath nafirinde thu, agas tuigmaoid fos
gurab athair dan chloind bhis ar ath-
chur agas ar indarbadh arfon na firinde
thu : agas fos go bfedaid timpiridhe agas
teachtuiridhe agas minifdrighe na firi-
nde comhnuidhe & comhthoirifeamh
do dhenamh fad fgiathanaibh. Agas
atamaoid aga radha ribh athighearna
gan fimplidheacht antidhluice no fhir
antidhluice do mheas, acht feabhas na
fligheadh agas anadhbhair, agas gradh
agas gnathumhla neamhcealgach fhir
antidhluice dhuit do mheas. Oir da
mbeindfe a gcomhthrom ghlicais ag-
as eolais agas intleachtha ris na huda-
raibh no ris na faoithibh is duidfe a-
thighearna do bhe'raind tofach mhind-
tleachta agas mheagna oir do ghabh
Crifd an da pingind do chuir anbhain-
B.

DEDICATORY.

perfection, my Lord, judging and understanding that you are a
faithful, firm patron, and a kind support to the truth, and that you
are a friend and protector to the weak, suffering, who are in danger
and difficulty for the truth, and we understand that you are a father
to those children who are persecuted and driven away for the truth's
sake ; and further, that servants, and messengers, and ministers of
the truth can find rest and refuge under your wings. And we say
to you, my Lord, not to consider the littleness of the gift or of him
that gives it, but the excellence of the way and of the cause, and
the love and sincere obedience to you of him who makes the
gift. For if I were of equal wisdom, and knowledge, and
understanding with authors and with w ise men, it is to you, my
Lord, that I would give the first-fruit of my understanding
and mind, for Christ took the two mites which the widow

EBISTIL
treabhthach afdoc na hofrala & do tfla
naidh i ar dtuigfin adeaghchreidimh

agas adeaghcroidhe do. Gabhfa marfin
athighearna mo dha pingindfe anois
chugad, oir da dtugadh an Ri ds gach
righ & antriath 6s gach tighearna .1. Io-
fa crifd tidhlucadh bhudh mo inafo dh
amhfa do ghebhthafa e achtgo mbeith
gean agad fe'in ar af haghail. Oir is doi-
lidh gach tofach is na neithibh neamh
ghnathacha, gidheadh anni do tindf-
gnadh ata fe leathullamh Dià na nuilc
chumhacht ar gradh amhic charthana-
igh Iofa Crifd do choimhed agas do
chomhfhurtacht hindtinde agas do
chroidhe maille lis anfpiraid neartmh-
uir naomh do dhenamh athoile diadha
ata ama foillfiughadh duit na reacht
beandaighe, do dhortadh aghras agas
aghe'r mhirbhuile maille re rath imar-
cach 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.

Don.

EP ISTLE

put in the treasure of the offering, and he saved her when lie under-
stood 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.

To the]

THIOGHLAICTHE.

Don trinoid thoghaidhe thre pear-
fandaigh .1. donathair mhor mhirbh-
aileach, & don mhac mhaiseach mhor
chumachtach, agas don fpirad naomh
nds oirrdheirc, is coir gach vile onoir
& ghloir agas bhuidheachas do thab-
hairt tre bhioth fidr.

««(»*♦) f»
DO CHVM

GACH VILE CHRISDV-

idhe ar feadh an domhain go himlan &

go hairidhe dfearaibh Alban & Eire-

and, don mheid dibh ler bhail briathra-

difle De" do ghabhail chuca na gcroid-

headhaibh & na nindtindibh, ata Eoin

Carfuel acur abheandachta agas

aguidhe an fpirad naomh dho

ibh odhia athar trid.

IOSA CRISD

ARDTIGH-

EARNA.

DEDICATORY.

To the most excellent Trinity of three persons, viz., to the great,
marvellous Father, and to the fair, great, and powerful Son, and
to the Holy most adorable Spirit, it becomes all honour and glory
and thanks to be given, for ever and ever.

Unto every Christian throughout the whole earth, and specially to

the men of Alban (Scotland) and of Eireand (Ireland), to such of

them as desire to receive the faithful words of God in their hearts

and minds, John Carswell sends his blessing, and prays for the

Holy Spirit for them from God the Father, through

JESUS CHRIST

OUR LORD

SSACHT ATA

N I CHEANA IS MOR AN
leathtrom agas anuireafbhuidh ata ri-
amh orainde gaoidhil alban & eireand,
tar an gcuid eile don domhan, gan ar
gcanamhna gaoidheilge dhochur agclo
riamh mar ataid agcanamhna & adtean
gtha fèin agclo ag gach vile chinel dhas
ine oile fa domhan, & ata vireafbhuidh
is mo 'mà gach vireafbuidh oraind, gan
an Biobla naomhtha do bheith agclo ga
oidheilge againd, marta fè agclo laidne
agas bherla agas ingach teangaidh eile
ofm amach, agas fos gan feanchus arfe-
an no ar fmdfear do bheith mar an gc
edna agclo againd riamh, acht ge ta"
cuid eigin do tfeanchus ghaoidheal al-
ban agas eireand fgriobhtha aleabhru-
ibh kimh, agas adtamhlorgaibh fileadh
& ollamhan, agas afleachtaibh fuadh.
Is mortfaothair fin re fgriobhadh do
laimh, ag fechain" an neithe buailtear fa
chlò
EPISTLE
BUT THERE IS INDEED
a great disadvantage and want under which we the Gael of Alban
(Scotland) and Eireand (Ireland) have ever lain, beyond the rest of
the world, that our Gaelic language has never been printed, as have
been the languages and tongues of all other nations in the world ;
and there is a greater want than any other from which we suffer, in
that the Holy Bible has never been printed in Gaelic as it has been
printed in Latin and in English, and in all other tongues, and
besides in that the history of our forefathers and our ancestors
has likewise never been printed ; but although some of the his-
tory of the Gael of Alban and Eireand is written in manu-
scripts and in the remains of poets and chief bards, and in the
notices of the learned, it is great labour to write with the
hand, when men see what has been printed rapidly and in

THIOGHLAICTHE.

chlo araibrifge agas ar aithghiorra bhi-
os gach en ni dhà mhed da chriochnu-
ghadh leis. Agas is mor an doille agas
an dorchadas peacaidh agas aineolais
agas indtleachta do lucht deachtafdh
agas fgriobhtha agas chumhdaigh na
gaoidheilge, gurab mo is midn leo agas
gurab mo ghnathuidheas fiad eachtra-
dha dimhaoineacha buairdheartha bre-
gacha faoghalta do cumadh ar thuath-
aibh dcdhanond agas ar mliacaibh mi-
leadh agas arna curadhaibh agas fhind
mliac cumhaill gona fhianaibh agas ar
mhòran eile nach airbhim agas nach
indifim andfo do chumhdach agas do
choimhleafughadh, do chiond luadhu-
idheachta dimhaoinigh an tfaoghail
dfaghail doibhfein, ma briathra difle
Dc agas flighthe foirfe na firinde do
fgriobhadh, agas do dheachtadh, agas
do chumdhach. Oir is andfa leis antfao
ghal anbhreg go mor ina anfhirinde, da
dhearbhadh gurab fidr anabruim dobli
eirid dadine foaghalta ceandach ar an
mbreig agas ni hail leo an fhirinde do
B. 3.

DEDICATORY.

how short a time it can be done, however much there may be of it.
And great is the blindness and darkness of sin and ignorance and
of understanding among composers and writers and supporters of
the Gaelic, in that they prefer and practise the framing of vain, hurt-
ful, lying, earthly stories about the Tuath de Dhanond, and about
the sons of Milesius, and about the heroes and Fionn Mac Cumhail
with his giants, and about many others whom I shall not number
or tell of here in detail, in order to maintain and advance these,
with a view to obtaining for themselves passing worldly gain, rather
than to write and to compose and to support the faithful words of
God and the perfect way of truth. For the world loves the lie
much more than the truth, proving how true it is which I
say, that worldly men will give a price for the lie but will not

DOCHVM AN
chluifdin anaifgidh. Cuid mhor eile dar
nainbfios agas dar naineolas an drongfa
adubhramar romhaind, dith teagaisg
fhirindigh oraind, agas leabhar maith
neoch da thuigfedis each go coitche-
and as ambriathruibh fein, agas as ad-
teangaidli ghnathaidh ghaoidheilge.

Achtchena do fhosguil Dia na nuile
chumhacht, agas Rf nandul & na nar-
chaingeal roid agas flighthe fuaithenta
& doirfi dhuine anois, da chur agceill
diiinn go bfuil ceadaighthe againd an
fgriobhtuir diadha do le'ghadh agas
do thuigfm agas do chur agceill dona
poibleachaibh. Agas fos go bfuil foirm
agas bridh na nurrnaidheadh agas mo-
dhfreafdail na Sacramuinteadh & foir
ceadal an chreidimh Crifdaidhe arna
chur aneagar diiinn ona braithreach-
aibh crifdaidhe dobhi fa chathraidh
dara comhainm Geneua. Acht ata ni-
cheana dabfaicind duine eigin do tha-
obh ghaoidheal Alban no Eireand, do
ghebhadh do làimh anuireadfa do chu
idiughadh do dhenamh re heagluis De
anleabhar

TO THE

listen to the truth when offered them for nothing. Besides a large
amount of the want of knowledge and the ignorance of those of whom
I have already spoken arise from a want of faithful teaching among
us, and of a good book which men could understand generally in
their own tongue and in their own native Gaelic language.

But God Almighty and King of all things and of archangels
has opened up an excellent path and way and doors for us now,
proclaiming to us that we are free to peruse the Holy Scriptures,
and to judge of them and declare them to the people. And
besides that, the forms and substance of the prayers and administra-
tion of the scaraments, and the Confession of the Christian faith, are
put in order for us by the Christian brethren who are in the city
called Geneva. But there is this, if I saw any man of the Gael of
Alban and of Eireand, that should undertake, in aid of the Church

LEGHTHOIR.
anleabhar beagfa do chur agcanam-
hain ghaoidhilge afatuigfedis each e,
do badh maith lium e. Agas nirachaind
fern afeilbh antfaothairfe do dhenamh.
Agas onach bfuaras fin, & màtà fe and
nach aithnidh dhamhfa è fds do ghab-
has fern do laimh ar gradh De" agas na
heagluife meifneach is mo ina mhac
faind, agas mo chumhachta do dhen-
amh. Indochas go gcuideochadh Dia
lium imuireafbhuidh agas imaineolas.

Acht cheana Saoilim fds nach bfuil
imarcaidh no eafbhuidh andfo acht
mar tà fe agclo na laidne & anghaillber
la. Acht mura bfuil vireabhuidh no ima
rcaidh and do reir dheachtaidh no che
irt na bfileadh ar an ngaoidheilg. An
ni ar nach bfuil feidhm no foghnamh
agan fgribhtuir dhiadha air, agas is te-
arc neach agabfuil ceart canamhna na
gaoidheilge, agas ni na Nalbain amhain
acht Aneirind fèin acht mara bfuil fe" ag
beagan daois ealadhna mhaith re dan
agas re feanchus agas ag meid eigin do
mhacaibh maithe leighind agas arna-
B. 4-
READER.

of God, to translate this little book into the Gaelic language in which
men could understand it, it would be very grateful to me. And I
myself would not undertake this work. But since none such has
been found, or if there be such I do not know him, who will
undertake it out of love to God and to the Church, with more
ability than my means and my power can bring to it. I hope that
God will aid me in my defects and my ignorance.

But indeed I believe that there is nothing wanting here more
than as it is printed in Latin and in English, unless some want or
defect appear in the Gaelic as it is written accurately by the
poets. This is a matter which the Holy Scriptures do not re-
quire, and indeed they are very few who know the Gaelic correctly
either in Alban or in Eireand, unless it lie a few learned men
skilled in poetry and history, and some good scholars ; and

EBISTIL

adhbharfin da bfaghadh fadi re healad-
hain locht fgriobhtha no deachtaidh fa
leabhar bheagfa, gabhadh fe mo leith-
fgelfa, dir ni dhearrna me faothar na
foghluim fa ngaoidheilg, acht amhain
mar gach nduine don pobal choit-
cheand. Acht cheana do gheibhid na
daoithe, agas na bromanaigh lochta
imarcacha is na neithibh bhios gan
locht gan vireafbhuigh & leigidh fiad
ane'goir tharrfa gan an locht bhios go
follas indte dfaicfm. Agas nihàd fa cho
ir bhios anlocht adeiridfean do bheith
indte acht iondtafan fein ar nadhbh-
arfin nighebha me cumairce na buidh-
ne fm, acht ge lionmhar iad, agas ni
dhena me cothughadh le hainbfios do
reir mothoile no mo mhiana fe'in, agas
ni mò do bhera me tarcaifne no toib-
heim do neach oile no ghebhas tnuth
no formad mhe ris da ndenadh fe ni is
fearr ina marta imchumhachtaibh fein
do dhenamh : dir ataim agadmhail go
bfuil fin fodhenta, acht cheana madh-
ail le dia fo do dhenamh maitheafa no
tarbha

EPISTLE

hence if any learned men find any fault in the writing or composing
of this little book, let them excuse me, for I never acquired any
knowledge of the Gaelic except as any one of the people gene-
rally. But the ignorant and the rude will find faults in things
that are not faulty, and they will allow error to pass without
discerning the error that is in it. And it is not in what is right
that the fault lies of which they speak, but in themselves, and on
that account I shall not be troubled by these, though they be
numerous, nor shall I contend with ignorance according to my own
will or desire, neither shall I despise or speak ill of any man
nor shall I cherish jealousy and envy if he does better than
I have had it in my power to do ; for I acknowledge that that is
quite possible, but at the same time if it be the will of God

THIOGHLAICTHE.

tarbha doneagluis, agas mife do mhar-

thain, do dhena mè tuilleadh faothair

do chur nadhiaidh fo. Did. na nuile

chumhachd do deonughadh afbiraidi

naomhta fe'in duinne agas daoibhfe ab-

hraithreacha agas atfeathracha inmhu-

ine, agas dar dteagafg do dhènamh a-

thoile diadhafun, agas dar feachna

ar anemhthoil do dhenamh, trè

impidhe, agas tre fhuraileamh

Crisd ar dtigheama agas ar

nàon Tflanaighthoir

agas ar naon aidh-

ne agas ar naon

teachtaire.

f R I O D H AMHLAIDH.

2fr

2&

DEDICATORY.

to make this work useful or profitable to the Church, and that
I am spared, I shall do more of this work hereafter. May the
Almighty God grant to us his Holy Spirit, and to you, beloved
brethren and sisters, and may he teach us to do his holy will, and
to avoid what is opposed to his will through the influence and
urgency of Christ our Lord and our only Saviour, and our only
advocate and our only teacher.

t SO BE IT.

^jADHMAD BEAG AND-
fo do rinde. M. Se'on Carsuel.
Do chum an leabhair
bhig fe fein.

GLVAIS romhad aleabhrain bhig,
go hùa nduibhne rig ad reim.
Chomhluath is f huicfeas tii an clo,

Na aras do foirbhidh fen.
Na dhiaidh fin fiubhail gach tir

Arfhud Alban go mm mall.
Acht ort onach bfuil abfeidhm,

Na tabhair cèim ingort gall.
Da eis fin taifdil gach tond,

Go crich Eireand na bfondblial.
Ge beag ar na bbraithribh thù,

Gluais aramharc afiil fiar.
Gach feancha gan feanchus faòbh,

Gach fear dano nar aomh breg.
Cumand eadrad agas iad,

Aleabhrain bhig biadh go heg.
Gach neach do ghradhaigh an choir,

Do tfiol adhaimh roimh ni guais.
Aca fin dena do nid

Romhad aleabhrain bhig gluais.

GLVAIS.

U A LITTLE HYMN HERE
composed by Mr. John Carswell to this little book itself.

Move onwards, little book, Though the brethren care little for

To (J'Duibhne reach in order. thee,

So soon as thou leavest the press, Move as the eye directs thee west.

Prosper ttien in his dwelling. Every teacher without wise te;u hntg.

After that travel each land Every poet who hates not a lie,

Throughout Albangently, slowly A distance between thee and these,

But, as there is no need for thee there, Little book, let there be unto death.

Do not make one step into the land To every one who loves the right

of the Saxon. Of the race of Adam, let no danger

After that, travel over each wave be,

To the border of Erin, the liberal With those make thou thy nest,

land. Little book, then move onwards.

MOVE.

98 A D M H A I L

AR GCREIDIMH CHRI-

fdaidhe andfo an mheid atamaoid fa no

ilenfa darab comhainm crich àlaind fhe

ruaine oirear ghlan Alban, do tflighidh

tfoifgeil naomhtha bhendaighthe ar na

irdri, agas ar nimpire. Neoch atà agas

dobhi agas bhias, agas ata na aondia &

na thri pearfandaibh .1. an Tathair

tren trocuireach agas an Mac

maifeach mòr chumhach-

tach mirbhuileach & an

Sbiorad neartmhar

nos oirrdheirc ni-

nmh ghlan

naomh.

*& (***) &

CONFESSION

Of our Christian faith here in so far as we, in the island called
otherwise the fair land of the territory of the beautiful sea-coast of
Alban, are of the way of the holy, blessed gospel of our great King
and sovereign, who is and was and shall be, and is one God and three
Persons, viz. : — The great, merciful Father, and the fair, almighty,
marvellous Son, and the powerful, excellent, pure, Holy Spirit.

A D M H A I I.

CREIDIM

A G A S ADBHVIM G V R A B
e antaondia mor chumhachtach fin a-
ta, agas do bin agas bhias bithbheo do
ghnath nach bfetar do mheas no do bhr
eathnughadh, no dfaicfin go corparrd-
ha do chum agas do chruthaidh neamh
gona naomhainglibh rena ghliocas ag-
as rena chumhachtaibh diadha, agas ta-
larah gona thorrthaibh agas gona thurc
hurthuibh, & ifreand gona ilpianaibh,
agas anfhairrge gona hingantaibh, agas
anfhirmaimint gona rellandaibh, agas
gach ni oile da bfhuil eidir thalamh ag
as aier. Agas do rinde gach ni dhibhfin
agas moran oile nach eidir leam dhai-
reamh no dfaifeneis do neifni, agas do
chruthaidh an duine do reir afhiodh-
rach fc'in dochum ghloire agas onora
do thabhairt do Dhia. Agas ni he fin
amhain acht ata ag didean agas ag near
tughadh gach neithe dar chruthaidh
refreaftal

The Confession of our Faith, which are assembled in
the Englishe Congregation at Geneva.

I beleve and confesse my Lorde God eternal, infinite, im-
measurable, incomprehensible, and invisible, one in substance,
and three in persone, Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghoste, who,
by his almightie power and wisdome, hathe not onely of nothinge
created heaven, and earthe, all thinges therein conteyned, and man
after his owne image, that he might in hym be gk>ritiede ;
but also by his fathcrlye providence, governeth, manteyneth,

AN CHREIDIMH.
refreaflal agas re toil a Athar do reir
athoile agas a throraaonta : Creidim
fòs agas adbhuim Iofa crisd antaontfla
naighthoir & an Meffias neoch do bhi
agcothrom chumh achta re dia fein.

Nihe amhain gur lòr leis bheith gan
inmhe acht doghabh fioghair tfearb-
hontaigh vime as go mbeith fe' cofrnh-
uil rinde ingach enni abfegmhais pea-
caidh amhain : do dhaingniughadh a-
throcaire indaind, & do thabhairt mha
ithfeachais duind o Dhia anuair frith
find in ar gcloind mhallaidhe, do bhri-
dh tfeachrain ar nathar Adhaimh, ni
raibhe flighe oile againd do bheradh
find ochuing peacaidh agas dhamhna-
idh acht Iofa buidh nafarrdha dfulang
pàife agas peine arfon ar ndimhainifne.
i. an ni roba leis ondduir do rinde eland
dhileas do dhia dhinde, agas anuair fos
bhudh choimhlionta anaimfear do gei-
neadh è o chumhachtaibh anfpioraid
naoimh agas rugadh è le Muire oigh do
reir fheola agas do nocht fe' fa faoghal
foifgel antflanaidhe, no gur damnadh e

and preserveth the same, accordinge to the purpose of his will.

I beleve also and confesse Jesus Christe the onely Saviour and
Messias, who beinge equall with God, made him self of no reputa-
tion, but tooke on him the shape of a servant, and became man in
all thinges like unto us (synne except) to assure us of mercie and
forgivenes. For when through our father Adam's transgression we
were become childrene of perdition, there was no meanes to bring
us from that yoke of synne and damnation, but onely Jesus Christe
our Lord : who givinge us that by grace, which was his by
nature, made us (through faith) the childrene of God : who when
the fulnes of tyme was come, was conceyved by the power of
the Holy Ghoste, borne of the Virgine Marie (accordinge to the
the fleshe), and preached in earthe the gospell of salvation, tyll

ADMHAI L
fadheoidh le' namhadas agas le droch-
mhein na fagart, anuair do bhi Poindfi-
us Pilatus na bhreitheamh agcrich na
niodhbhal, agas anuair do crochadh e
fe'in mar ghadaidhe eidir dhias gadui-
gheadh. Iflruagh agas is tuctha dhuin-
ne dar naire mar dho bhi Mac Righ ne
imhe agas naomhthalmhan ag fulang
dhochair agas dhighaltais ar fon ar pea-
caidhne : in mheid agas goraibhe fe- na
Dhia nirbheidir leis bas dfulang, agas da
mbeith fe na dhuine denchuid nirbfei-
dir leis bheith anuachtar ar an mbas, a-
gas ar anadhbhar fin do cheangail fe ad-
haondacht agas adhiadhacht abibchair
agas abfarradh acheile, do chum go bfui
leonadh fe' pian agas pais do thaobh
adhaondachta, agas bas truagh tribloi-
deach dofhuilaing do chofg fheirge
Dè agas athroimdhighaltais do tfiol
adhaimh agas ebha, amhail do bheith fe'
anifreand ag fulang peine agas peanda-
ide : Is vime fin do raidh do ghuth ard,
a Dhe na nuile chumhacht cred tug
domhthreigeantu marfo, da thoil fe'in
agas

it lenght, by tyrannye of the priestes, he was gilteles condemned
.mder Pontius Pilate, then president of J uric, and most slaunderously
ìanged on the crosse betwixte two theves as a notorious trespasser,

And forasmoche as lie, beinge onely God, could not feele
deathe, nether, beinge onely man, could overcome deathe, he
joined bothe together, and suffred his humanitie to be punished
with moste cruell death : felinge in him selfe the anger and
severe judgment of God, even as if he had bene in the extreme
tormentes of hell, and therfore cryed with a lowde voice, " My God,
my God, why haste thou forsaken me?" Thus of his fre mercie.

AN CHREIDIMH.
agas do mhian trocaire do dhenamh, &
gan eigeantus on Athair no on Spirad
naomh air, do thiodhluic e fe'in daon
iodhbairt ar fon peacaidh antfaoghail
vile do fgris. Agas is intuicthe duinne
as fo gach iodhbuirt eile da ndenaid na
daoine no do bherid vathadh arfon pe-
acaidh gurab olc re ndenamh iad, agas
go bfuilid ag tabhairt fgandaile do pdis
Crifd, agas ag buain ahonora dhi, agas
gur lor an bas fin ar fianaidhthoir do
dhenamh ar fiothchana re dia, acht
cheana labhraidh anfgriobhtuir go mi-
nic ar naithbhreith do bheith an eife-
irghe Chriofd : oir rena eifeirghe on
vaidh ar antreas trath do ghabh fe ne-
art agas cumhachta ar an mbas : mar-
fin ata vachtaranacht agas inmhe argcr-
eidimh go comhlan inà eifeirghe : agas
vimefin abfegmhuis an da choda nach
eidir lind bridh no tabhacht na coda
eile do mhothughadh : Oir mar do hin-
darbadh an peacadh rena bhas, is mar
fin fuaramairne firentacht go foirfe re-
na eifeirghe : agas do rinde na dhiaidh

without compulsion, he offred up him selfe as the onely sacrifice to
purge the synnes of all the world, so that all other sacrifices for
synne are blasphemous and derogate frome the sufficiencie herof.
The which death, albeit it did sufficiently reconcile us to God ; yet
the Scriptures commonly do attribute our regeneration to hys
resurrection ; for as by rysinge agayn frome the grave the third day,
he conquered death : evenso the victorie of our faith standeth in his
resurrection, and therfore without the one, we can not fele the
benefite of the other : For as by deathe, synne was taken awaye, so
our rightuousness was restored by his resurrection.

ADMHAI L
fin gach en ni do choimhlinadh : agas
fealbh do ghabhail duinne inà riogh-
acht roghlormhuir fein : Do chuaidh fe
fuas ar neamh na naomh agas na narch-
aingeal iar fin : do mheadughadh agas
do mhor onorughadh na rioghachta
robhuaine fin re cumhachtaibh afbi-
ruide : Agas is creite duinne go deim-
hin go bfuil fe fa fofadh fiothbhuan fin :
ag denamh ghnathghuidhe re Dhia go
duthrachtach ar ar foinne : agas geta fe
ar neamh nofoirrdheirc go corparrdha
fanionadh fin ar chuir an tathair troca-
ireach ara dheas laimh e : ar dtabhairt
chumais do ar gach ni da bfuil ar ne-
amh agas ar talmhuin : ata fe maille ri-
nde 6 chumhachtaibh agas biaidh go
foirceand agas go firdheireadh an dom
hain : agar gcoimhed agas agar gcear-
tughadh agas agar riaghladh agas ag-
ar roidhiorghudhadh re neart achum
hacht agas achomhghras : Oir anuair
bhus coimhlionta gach ni do labhair
imbelaibh afhaidheadh othofach dho-
mhain : is and fan fhoirm agas andfa
fhfnrne

And because he vvolde accomplishe all things, and take possession
for us in his kingdome, he ascended into heaven, to enlarge
that same kingdome by the aboundant power of his Spirite, by
whome we are moste assured of his contynuall intercession
towardes God the Father for us. And althoghe he be in heaven,
as towchinge his corporall presence, where the Father hathe
nowe set him on his right hand, committinge unto him the ad-
ministration of all things, aswel in heaven above as in the
earthe benethe ; yet is he present with us his membres, even
to the ende of the world, in preservinge and governynge us
with his effectuall power and grace, who (when all thinges are ful-
filled which God hath spoken by the mowth of all hys prophets
since the world began) wyll come in the same visible forme in

AN C H R E I D I M.
fhirgne agas andfa riocht tfofhaicfeana
andeachaidh fe" fuas thiucfas anuas do
ridhife : maille re neart nachbfetar do
niheas no do mhor bhreathnughadh no
dhaireamh no dhindifin : deidirdhealac-
hadh na nuan ris na gabhruibh .1. dci-
dirdealachadh na bfiren re na gcontra-
dha .1. re lucht anuilc : agas ni theid
enneach da mbià beo anuairfin no fu-
air bas roimhefin as ona bhrathbhrei-
theamhnas : Creidim fos go firinde-
ach an ibirad naomh do bheith agco-
throm chumacht ris an Athair agas ris
an Mac : Neoch do ni fmde dhaithbh-
reith agas do naomhadh, agas do ni ar
riaghladh go roidhireach in gach vile
fhirinde : agas go bfuil fe ga dhearbh-
adh dhuinne inar gcoinfiafaibh gurab
eland dileas do dhia find & gurab com-
braithre carthanacha do Chrifd find :
agas gurab comhoidhreadha do find do
chum na beathadh futhaine : gidheadh
ni lor dhuinne achreideamh go bfuil
Dia na nuile chumhacht trocaireach
no gur ioc Crifd ar neraic no go bfuil
C.

the which he ascended, with an unspekable majestic, power, and
companye, to separate the lambes frome the goates, th'electe from
the reprobate, so that none, whether he be alyve then or deade
before, shall escape his judgement.

Moreover, I beleve and confesse the Holy Ghoste, God equall
with the Father and the Sonne, whoe regenerateth and sanctifieth us,
ruleth and guideth us into all trueth, persuadinge mnste assuredly
in our consciences that we be the childrene of God, bretheme to
Jesus Christe, and fellowe heires with him of lyfe everlastinge. Yet
notwithstandinge it is not suflicienl to beleve that God is omnipotent
and mercifull ; that Christ hath made satisfaction ; or, that the

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ADM HA II,
achumhachta no achoimhneart fein a-
gan fbiorad naomh : acht mur fhuaid-
heam agas mur fhircheanglum find fe-
in go firindeach rena thoil agas rena
throm aitheantaibh diadhafan do chS-
gbhail : do reir mar do thogh fè find
nar pobal dileas dingmhalta dho fein.

Creidim agas adbhuim fos go firin-
deach eneagluis naomhta nos oirrdh-
eirc do bbeith and go huilidhe : Neoch
ata na ballaibh difle dingmhalta Diofa
crifd, ata na cheand agas na cliodhnach
virre go himlan : neoch ata anen chrei-
deamh criofdaidhe go cumpanta com-
haontadhach vile : an dochas agas an gra
dh, ingerinmhuine agas angnath thiog-
hluicthibh De go teàmpuralta : agas fds
go fpioralta : re tarbha agas re trom
chumhdach na Heagluise fin : & ni fhe
adaid fuile daoine an Eagluis fin dfaic-
fin, agas is aige ata afios go firindeach
ag Dia na nuile chumhacht : agas is
amhlaidh ataid anmhuintear dar chiim
& dar chruthaidh fe' an Eagluis niamh-
ghlan

Ilolye Ghostc hath this power and effect, except we do applie the
same benefites to our selves which are God's elect.

I beleve therfore and confesse one holyeChurche, which (as mem-
bers of Jesus Christe, th'onely heade therof) consent in faithe, hope,
and charitie, usinjje the giftes of God, whether they be temporall or
spiritual], to the profite and furtherance of the same. WhicheChurche
is nut bene to man's eye, but onely known tu God, who of the loste

AN CHREIDIM.
ghlan fin .1. eland tfaoghalta tfeach-
ranach Adhaim, dream dhiobh ar na
ndamnadh agas ar na ndaoradh fein da
ngniomharthuibh agas da noibrigh-
thibh neamhdhingmhalta fein, agas
dream eile dhiobh ag creideamh na He
agluife go himchubhaidh, do chum
afianaighthe da throcairè mhor ghra-
dhaidhfe'an. Agas goirfidh fe' an dro-
ngfm adubhramar go deigheanach, do
chum . na beathadh biothbhuaine, &
na gloirè futhaine do denamh Eaglui-
fe gloine glormhuire dhd fein diobh.

Acht cheana an Eagluis is eidir dfaic-
fin and. Ataid trf comhtharraidh aice
ar anaitheantar f, an ced chomhtharrdha
dhiobh. Briathra difle De' ata fa tfein-
tiumna, agas fa tiumna nuaidh do cha-
namhain, agas do cheartlabhra indte
do ghnath : Oir is iad na briathra fin
fhoghnas duine dar dteagafg ingach
en phone bheanas re flanughadh arnan-
mand go huilidhe, agas ar anadhbhur-
fin ara dfiachaibh ar gach ion fo leith
na briathra fin, agas na teagaifg deif-
G. 2.

sonnes of Adam, hath ordeyned some, as vessels of wrathe, to
damnation, and hathe chosen others, as vessels of his mercie, to be
saved ; the whiche also, in due tyme, he callethe to integvitie of
lyfe and godly conversation, to make them a glorious church to him
selfe.

But that Churche which is visible, and sene to the eye, hathe
three tokens, or markes, wherby it may be discerned. First, the
Worde of God conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, which
as it is above the autoritie of the same churche, and onely
sufficient to instruct us in all thinges concernynge salvation,
so is it left for all degrees of men to reade and understand.

ADMHAIL
deacht, agas do chomhall & do bheith
ar cuimhne na gcroidheadhaibh. Agas
adubhairt an Tighearna fein nach eid-
ir leis an Eagluis ìè comhairle no 16 fda
tuid èn pone bheanas re flanughadh ar
nanmand do tfuidhiughadh no do chri
ochnughadh. Acht na briathra fin De
amhain. An dara comharrdha diobh,
na Sacramuindte naomtha niamh gh-
lana mar ata Sacramuint anbhaifdidh,
& suiper an Tighearna, neoch do fha-
gaibh Criofd againd fa faoghal mar
chomharrdha naomhtha, agas mar tfe-
la bheandaighthe aranngealladh tug fe'
dhiiin, tareis bheith ar feachran, agas
ar fògra dhiiin trè peacadh ar findfear:
Oir mar fignuidhfear fin agabhail ar
mbaifdidh chugaind eidir 6g agas tfe-
an agar ngabhail chuige na thionol a-
gas na theaghlach go toileamhail ano
is. Agas geta fremh don peacadh ab-
folach indaind, ata fan ga dhearbhadh
dhiiin nach aigeoradh fe fin ar an mhè-
id bhus maith no bhus togtha no bhus
dingmhalta againd : Marfm fos ata fui-
per

For without this Worde, neither churche, concile, or decree can
establishe any point touching salvation.

The second is the holy Sacrements, to witt, of Baptisme and the
Lordes Supper ; which Sacramentes Christ hathe left unto us as
holie signes and seales of God's promesses. For as by Baptisme
once receyved, is signified that we (aswel infants as others of age
and discretion) being straungers from God by originall synne, are
receyved into his familie and congregation, with full assurance, that
althoghe this roote of synne lye hyd in us, yet to the electe it shal
not be imputed.
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AN CHREIDIM.
per an Tighearna aga fhoillsiughadh dh
uinn nach iad ar gcuirp amhain tfafas
no bheathaidheas Dia rena fhreafdal
aithreamhail. Acht go fafand, agas go
mbeathuideand fe ar nanmanda go fbi-
oratalta le tiodhluicthibh, agas le
trom ghrafaibh Iosa Criofd, agas is de
fin ghoireas an Sgriobhtuir ithè afhe-
ola agas 61 afhola. Agas ag freafdal na
Sacramuinte ni dhligmaoid feachran
faoghalta do leanmhuin, acht mar do
ordaidh Criofd fein dliinn : agas is
mar fin is coir dona daoinibh is im-
chubhaidh do dhenamh na hoifige fin
go ladhamhail à. denamh, agas ni har
chor eile : Ar nadhbhur fin gebe do
ni flechtain ris na Sacramuintibh do
thabhairt do Dhia dhoibh, no do bheir
tarcaifne dhaibh doghniomh no do
bhreithir, ata gacli neach da ndenand
fin ag tuilleadh bhais, agas dhamnaidh
dò fèin : An treas comharr dha ar anai-
theantar an Eagluis ceartughadh agas
fmacht agas reacht Eagluife do bheith
C. x.

doth not onely fede our bodies, but also spiritually nourisheth
our soules with the graces and benefites of Jesus Christ (which
the Scripture calleth eatinge of his flesh and drinkinge of his
bloode) ; nether must we, in the administration of these sacra-
ments, followe man's phantasie, but as Christ him self hath
ordeyned so must they be ministred, and by suche as by ordinarie
vocation are therunto called. Therfor, whosoever reserveth and
worshippeth these sacraments, or contrariwyse contemneth them in
tyme and place, procureth to him self damnation.

The third marke of this Church is Ecclesiasticall discipline,
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MADMHAIL

ar bun inte : darabainm fa laidin.
Diciplina Ecclefiaflica .1. Smacht agas
ceartughadh bheanas rè teagafg locht,
agas mibhes, agas ifè is crioch, agas dei
readh do fin curfadh rè toil na Eaglu-
ife, da rabh fear na locht dur dotheag-
aifg dlighidh an Eagluis Tighearna no
vachtaran faoghalta do bheith virre
darab comhainm fa laidin : Magiftra-
tus ciuilis, agus dlighidh an tuachtaran
fin cothrum agas ceart do dhenamh
da gach aonduine, martà cadhas, agas
coimhdhidean do denamh dona daoi-
nibh maithè agas dioghaltas do dhe-
namh ar na drochdhaoinibh ; agas dli-
ghidh an Eagluis umhla, & onoir do
thabhairt dona huachtaranaibh fin, in-
gach ni nach bi anadhaidh thoilè no
aithne Dè : Mar do rinde Maoife, agas
Ezechias, agas Iofias, agas .1.1 do

priondfadhaibh oilè maith don Eagluis
roimhe fd : Mar ata aniamha Ih & ua
ghlanadh 0 tfal, agas 0 tfalchar an fhu-
ar chreidimh, agas fgrios a dealb, & ad-
roch eifimlara, ar eagla go ndei
d:

which standetli in admonition and correction of fautes. The finall
ende wherof is excommunication, by the consent of the Churche
determyned, if the offender be obstinate. And besides this
Ecclesiastical! censure, I acknowlage to belonge to this church a
politicall Magistrate, who ministreth to every man justice, defend-
ing the good and punishinge the evell ; to whom we must rendre
honor and obedience in all thinges, which are not contrarie to the
Word of God.

And as Moses, Ezechias, Josias, and other godly rulers purged
the Church of God frome superstition and idolatrie, so the defence
of Christes Church apperteynith to the Christian Magistrates,
against all idolaters and heretikes, as Papistes, Anabaptistes,
with such like limmes of Antechrist, to roote owte all doctrine

AN CHREIDIM.
daoine aineolcha ainbfeafacha vmhla

dhoibh ag tarcaifne ar an tt do chum,
agas do cruthaidh iad : Is marfin bhe-
anas coimhed & ceartughadh, agas di-
dean na Heagluife Criofdaidhe ris na
huachtaranaibh Criofdaidhe bhios vir
re : anadhdaidh lucht cumhdaigh agas
comhonoraidh na niodhbhal neamh-
chofmhail, agas na ndaoine ndroch
chreidmheach : Agas agcofmhuileas
eile' do bhallaibh an Aindtecriofd, do
tharraing as abfremhaibh, gach reacht
& gach teagafg foirfè firindeach dur-
fhagaibh an Spiorad naomh againd :
Agas do cheangail agas do chomhfhua
idh na naitibhfin againd, an taifreand
Papanach gan bhriodh inabhriathru-
ibh, & guidhe na naomh & na mbanna
omh, agas guidhe ar anmandaibh na
marbh, agas deifirens, & dealachadh
eidir bhiadhaibh alaithibh feach lait-
hibh eilè, agas neamh ionandtas edaigh
no earraidh, agas moid geanmnuidhe-
achtlia gan acomhall, agas feirbhis iod
halta, agas dochas dimhaonieach do
C. 4-

ofdevels and men, as the Masse, Purgatorie, Limbus Patrum,
prayer to Sanctes, and for the Deade ; freewyll, distinction of
meates, apparell, and days ; vows of single life, presence at idoll
service, man's merites,

ADMHAIL
dhenamh acreatuiribh, agas as ar fmua-
intighibh neamhglana fe'in, &: is minic
do bheir Did cairde, agas fineadh do
lucht na nolcfa gan dioghaltas rothrom
do dhenamh orra fa faoghal : Gidhea-
dh anuair thiucfas an Eirghe generalta
i. anuair do nid arnanmanda, agas ar
gcuirp eirghe do chum na beathadh
futhaine, daingnithear and fin lucht na
nolcfa adteintibh luathlafracha lainn-
dearga nach bfetar do mhuchadh no
do mhorbhathadh : Agas na Dhiaidh
fin gach drong againde dar lean Did na
dheagh oibrighthibh, agas do tfeacha-
in an gliocas daonda fin, cluinfeam gan
chundtahairt an bhriathar bhuan tar-
bhach tfubhach fhorbhfhailidhfe da
radha .1. tigidh alucht na mbeandacht
clom laimh dheis, & gabhaidh an Riog
hacht roghlormhar ati ar na hullmhug
hadh othofach dhomhain o Mathair.
Agas gluaiffem marfin maille ris go nga
irdeachas nadhbhal ndo fhaifneifè nach
bfetar do riomh no do ro aireamh, &
racham eidir chorp, & anmain do dhe
namh

Willi suchlike, which drawe us frome the societie of Christes
Churche, wherein standeth onely remission of synnes, purchased by
Christes bloode to all them that beleve, whether they be Jewes or
Gentiles, and leade us to vayne confidence in creatures, and trust in
our owne imaginations. The punishement wrherof, althogh God
often tymes diflerreth in this lyfe, yet after the generall resurrection,
when our sowles and bodies shall ryse agayne to immortalitie, they
shalbe damned to inquencheable fyer ; and then we which have
forsaken all man's wisdome to cleave unto Christ, shall heare that
joyfull voice, ' Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherite ye the
kingdome prepared for you frome the beginnyng of the world,'
and mi shall gi > triumphing with him in bodye and soule,

AN CHREIDIMH.
namh chomhnaidhe ina fhochair inglo
ir tfuthain mar abfaicfeam Dià gnuis
fri gnuis, agas adhaidh fri hadhaidh, &
dreach fri dreich, agas nibia feidhm ar
theagafg againd ofin fuas, dir biaidh,
ar dteagafg ar an Athair thre'n throc-
aireach mailld ris an mac miorbhuile-
ach, agas ris anfpiorad neartmhar na-
omh moltar le gach vile dhuil maille
rd honoir, agas re gloir tre bhioth fior.

H BIODH AMHLAIDH

UDOIFIGE NA MINI-
ftreadh and fo fids.

OIR ata an meidfe do churam, &
do chumhachtaibh, agas doirrd-
hearcas ambriathruibh difie Dd, nach
eidir le henduine diofmafaid no mai-
theamh no fuafgladh do thabhairt or-
ra, & iarraidh Pdl breitheamhnas do

to remayne everlasting in glorie, where we shall see God face to
face, and shall no more nede one to instructe an other ; for we
shall all knowe him, from the hyghest to the loweste : To whome,
withe the Sonne and the Holy Ghost, be all praise, honor, and
glorie, nowe and ever. So be it.

Of the Ministers and their Election.
What things arc clibfcly required in the Pastours and Ministers.

First, let the Churche diligently consider that the Minister which
is to be chosen be not founde culpable of any suche fautes which
Saincte Paul reprehendeth

DOIFIG NA MINISTREADH
dhenamh ar an lucht freafdail no ar na
Miniflribh : agas gurab 1 is oifige dho-
ibh diamhra Dè, agas tiodluice Dd,
dfoillfuighadh : agas gan bheith agab-
hail Tighearntuis no neirt no chuma-
cht os ceand an treda no an pobail,
amhail adeir Peadar eafbul ar anadh-
bharfm : gurab 1 oifige, agas obair gach
Miniflir, agas gach buachaill Eagluife
go prindfubalta, briathra Dè dfoillfiu-
ghadh dona poibleachaibh agcomh-
fhurtachtaibh, agas ambreitheamhna
faibh : agas adtogha agas aneithibh fa-
oghalta oile" : agas gurab mo do dhli-
ghfeadh fe comhairle do thabhairt ar
an pobail no a chumhachta do thairgfm
do chur orra : agas da ndenadh aneag-
luis rè hentoil bheith aontadhach lè
hadhbhar cneafda fa churfadh do dhe-
namh ar an tè" do thuillfeadh 6, dligh-
idh an Miniflir do reir tfeindens ghen-
eralta na Heagluife an curfadh fin dfo-
illfeachadh, do chum gach neithe do
dhenamh maill^ r^ deagh riaghail, agas
re deaghordughadh gan bhuaidhreadh
gan

in a man of that vocation, but contrarywise endewed with suche
vertues, that he may be able to undertake his charge, and diligently
execute the same. Secondly, that lie distribute faithfully the Word
of God, and minister the sacraments sincerely, ever carefull not
onely to teache his flock publikly,

DO THOGHA NA MIN1SDREADH.
gan tfeachran.

*

UDO MHINISDRIBH
Eagluife Dè & da dtogha lab-
hrus fo feafda, agas dona coin-
gheallaibh dhligheas fiad do
bheith iondta.

d:

ENADH an Eagluis togha mha
ith ar Mhinifdir ar nach bi toirme
afg, no bacail do reir aneafbuil Pòil, &
is amhlaidh fo orduidheas Pol doibh :
deaghchoinghill, agas deighbhefa ma-
ithe indraca inmholtha do bheith ind-
ta, as go madh eidir leo curam anoifige
do ghabhail chuca, agas tareis an chu-
raimfin do ghabhail orra : anobair agas
anoifige do dhenamh go maith neam-
heafbhadhach : In dara ni briathra
De' do theagafg, agas do chur agceill
go firindeach dona poibleachaibh, &
freafdal na Sacramuindte go glan di-
ngmhalta : agas curam agas deithneas
but also privatly to admonisshe them ; remembring alwais, that if
any thinge perysshe throughe his defaute, the Lorde will require it
at his handes.

Of their Office and Deutie.
Becawse the charge of the Word of God is of greater importaunce
then that any man is able to dispense therwith ; and Saincte Paule
exhorteth to esteme them as ministers of Christe, and disposers of
God's mysteries ; not lordes or rulers, as S. Teter saith, over the
flocke. Therfore the pastor's or minister's chief office standeth in
preaching the Worde of God, and ministring the sacraments. So
that in consultations, judgementes, elections, and other politicall
affairs, his counsel, rather then autoritie, taketh place.

And if so be the Congregation, uppon juste cawse, agreeth to
excommunicate, then it belongeth to the minister, according to
their general determination, to pronounce the sentence, to the end
that all thinges may be done orderly, and withoute confusion.
/'

DO THOGHA
do dhenamh do ghnath fa theagafg an
treda, & an pobail : agas ni go follas
amhain acht ofifeal : agas achur agceill
doibh gach ni do bfearr, agas do bion
raholta do dhenamh. Agas is mo do
rachadh adtarbha da nanmandaibh : &
mar an gcedna na neithe faobha do
tfeachna : Oir da ndeachadh en ni do
dhith no dhuireafbhuidh atheagaifg
no abuchailleachta aran tred no ar an
pobal is ar Miniflir aigeoras Did
fadheoidh e.

Iimurfo is coir gach Miniflir, agas
gach buachaill Eagluise do thogha ar-
tus an Eagluis De : anuair bhiàs dfth
no vireafbhuidh Miniflir ar Aneagluis
fechadh na Miniftrighe re mbeanand
ciiram, commoradh na Heagluife',
agas na daoine foirfe fireagnaidhe ara
nadhbhar Miniflir bhus cuibhdhe, &
bhus cofmhula bhias and : agas rena
cofmhala feirbhis De' do dhenamh go
neamheafbhadhach : agas orduidhe-
adh an Eagluis dias no triur do dhao-
nibh maithe' dearbtha deaghchoing-
hiollacha

The Manner of EUctinge the Pastors and Ministers.

The Ministers and Elders at suche time as there wanteth a
Minister, assemble the whole Congregation, exhortinge them to ad-
vise and consider who may best serve in that rowme and office.
And if there be choyse, the Chnrche appoynte two or thre, upon
sume certayne day, to be examined by the -Ministers and Elders.

First, as towchyng their doctrine, whether he that should be
minister have good and sownde knowlage in the Holy Scriptures,
and fitte and apte giftes to communicate the same to the edification
of the people.

NA MINISDREADH.
hiollacha do thabhairt abfiadhnaife
adhbhair an Mhiniflir : agas afhechain
an bfuil fe eolach eagnaidhe cumhach-
tach ar an Sgriobhtuir dhiadha do thu-
igfin, agas dochur agceill do chach :
& an abfuilid aige na tiodhlaice, & na
coinghill nochtas an Sgriobhtuir don
pobal, agas tabharthar Anfgriobhtuir
fèin chuige anionad vaigneach. Agas
eiflear abhriathra, agas atheagafg and
fin agas dentar a bhreitheamhnas da
reir fin.

An dara ni gabhaid fgela abheatha &:
abhuan àmhaille nar caith fe andeacha
idh thairis dà aimfir gan guth gan toib
heim gan michlu dfaghail : & da rabh fe
dearbhtha inmholta mar fin. Is na ne-
thibh adubhramar romhaind. Tugaid
lucht athogha cairrde go ceand aimfire
dho : no gonia dearbhthà deimhin le'
each abheith deighbhefach dho : Agas
na dhiaidh fin iarradh an Miniflir ar an
pobal fad fein do leigean anffle, agas
anumhla do Dhia re trofgadh, agas rè
hurrnuidhe, agas a iarraidh ar Dia an

For the trial] wherof, they propose hym a theme or text to be
treated privatly, wherby his habilitie may the more manifestlie
appeare unto them.

Secondly, they enquire of his life and conversation, if he have in
times past lyved without slander, and governed hym selfe in suche
sorte, as the Worde of God hath not hearde evel, or bene slandered
through his occasion. Which being severallie done, they signifie
unto the Congregation, whose giftes they fynde moste excellent and
profitable for that ministerie. Appoynting by a generall consent,
eight daies at the leaste, that every man may diligently inquire of
his life and manners.

At the which tyme also, the minister exhorteth them to humble
them selves to God by fasting and prayer,

DO THOGHA NA MINISDREADH
togha fin do dhul adtarbha, agas ad-
tabhacht don Neagluis : agas da bfagh
tliar en locht re chur na adhaidh oladh
no 6 dhligheadh maith, leitchear fiub-
hal do. Agas cuirthear neach oilc: go
himchubaidh na ionadh, agas mar fa-
ghthar locht ar bioth re chur na adha-
idh beirthear do chum na Searmona
maidne e abfiadhnaife: na Heagluife, &
beanadh cuid èigin don tfearmoin fin
re togha an mhiniftir ft:in : Agas na
dhiaidh fin tareis an mheadhoin laoi
indeireadh na Searmona brofnuidhe-
adh an Miniftir fad do chum na togha :
artùs, ageadarghuidhe De na nuilè
chumhacht amhail do theagaifg an Sbi
orad naomh, achroidhe do dhenamh
vrrnuidhe : & mar an gcedna indiaidh
na togha tugadh an Miniftir buidhea-
chas do Dhia acuimhniughadh a oifige
do reir mar toghthar e : agas in diaidh
na togha marfin moladh an pobal Did,
Re salm eigin fill fgaoilfeas fiad 6 che-
ile.

f DONA

that bothe their election may be agreable to his will, and also pro-
fitable to the Churche. And if in the meane season any thyng be
brought agaynst liym wherby he may be fownde unworthy by law-
ful! probations, then is he dismissed and some oilier presented. If
nothing be alleaged uppon some certayne day, one of the ministers,
at the mornyng sermon, presenteth liym agayne to the Churche,
framyng his sermon, or some parte therof, to the settyng forthe of
his dewtie.

Then at after none, the sermon ended, the minister exhortith
them to the election, with the invocation of God's name, directing
his prayer as Cod shal move his herte. In like manner, after the
election, the Minister giveth thankes to God, with request of suche
thinges as shalbe nei essarie for 1ms ..fiiee.

After that he is appointed Minister, the people syng a psalme
and departe.

DOIFIG NA BFOIRFIDHEACH.

f DONA FOIRFIDHEA-

chaibh agas da noifige, agas da
dtogha, and fo fios.

4i [.**•] &

DLIGHID na foirfidhe bheith
na ndaoinibh diadha deighbhea-
thadh, agas gan adhbhur amharais do
bheith orra, & curam an treda ò ghlio-
cas do bheith orra, agas agceand gach-
uile neithe eagla Dhè go mor do bhe-
ith orra, agas afi fo anoifige bheith ag-
riaghladh, agas ag fdiuradh, agas ag ce-
artughadh, agas ag ordughadh gach nei-
the bheanas re sdaid mhaith na Heglu
ife maille ris na Minifdribh. Agas afe'
dealughadh atà eidir fiad, agas na Mi-
nifdrighe nach denaid na foirfidhe Se-
armoin no freafdal na Sacramuinte.

Ag cruindiughad dona poibleachaibh
ni fhedaid na foirfidhe en ni do dhe-
namh abfegmhuis na Minifdreadh.
Agas darabhuireafbhuidh ar aireamh

Of the Elders, and as touchyng their Office and
Election.

The Elders must be men of good lyfe and godly conversation, with-
oute blame and all suspition ; careful! for the flocke, wise, and, above
all thvmges, fearing God. Whose office standeth in gouverning ivith
the rest of the ministers, in consulting, admonisshing, correcting, and
ordering all thynges appertayning to the state of the congrega-
tion And they differ from the ministers, in that they preache not
the Worde, nor minister the Sacramentes. In assembling the
people, nether they withoute the ministers, nor the ministers withoute
them, may attempt any thing. And if any of the juste nombre want,

DOIFIF NA
no ar vibhir na bfoirfidheach dlighidh
an Minifdir maille re refun agas re toil
chaich fm do nochtadh don pobal, &
togha mhaith do dhenamh ar na daoi-
nibh bhus imchubhaidh do chur ina
nait mar orduighthear na Minifdrighe
do thogha do reir d agcdile fe'in.

1TDONA DEOCHANA-
ibh, agas dd noifige, agas da dto-
gha and fo fios.

DLIGHID na Deochain bheith
ina ndaoinibh maithè" mor chrai-
bhteacha dearbhtha deagh choinghe
allacha grddhacha ghnathumhla, agas
coinghill mhaithe iondraca do bheith
iondtd mar orduidheas an teafpul na-
omhtha Pol, agas dfi fo anoifige, agas
anobair dhligheas fiad do dhenamh, de-
irc do thinol, agas do thiumfughadh
go ditheallach, agas do roind arna bo-
chtaibh

the minister, by the consent of the rest, warneth the people thereof,
and finalye admonissheth them to observe the same ordre which was
used in chosing the Ministers.

Of the Deacons, and their Office and Election.

The Deacons must be men of good estimation and report, dis-
cret, of good conscience ; charitable, wyse, and finallye adorned
with suche vertues as S. Paul requireth in them. Their office is
to gather the aulmes diligentlie, and faithfully to distribute it,

N DEOC H AN
chtaibh go humhal indruic maille re
toil na minifdreadh agus na bfoirfidh-
each, agas freafdal, agas fritheolamh
do dhenamh ar na daoinibh anbfanda
eaflana vireafbhadhacha egcruaidhe ar
eagla go gcaithfidhe daondacht na
ndaoine maithe re" daoinibh diomhaoi
neacha no re ruagairibh : Agus is amh-
laidh is coir adtogha mar adubhramar
na Minifridhe, & na foirfighe do thog
ha, iàdfan do thogha ina gcàil, agas
ina gcumhachtaibh, fein da reir fin.

Dlighid fos na Minifdrighe, agas na
Deochain, agas an coimhthinol go hui-
lidhe dul agceand a ceile anenionadh,
gacha dardaoin, do cheartughadh ga-
cha lochta, agas gacha hainmeine bhias
eidir na poibleachaibh, agas ni he fin
amhain. Acht do cheartughadh na
locht bhias eatorra fe'in. Ar eagla am-
beith ciontach fa locht anaigeoradh
Criofd ar flanuighthoir na Pairifidh :
Neoch re bfaicthear andadamh afuil a
chumpanaigh, agas nach bfaiceand era
obh mhor ina tiuilibh fein. Agas mar
D.

with the consent of the Ministers and Elders. Also to provyde for
the sicke and impotent personnes. Having ever a diligent care,
that the charitie of godlye men be not wasted upon loytrers and ydle
vagabondes. Their election is, as hath bene afore rehearsed in the
Ministers and Elders.

The Weekly Assemblie of the Ministers, [Elders and
Deacons.]

To the intent that the ministerie of Codes Woorde may be had
in reverence, and not brought to contempt through the evill con-
versation ofsucheasare called therunto, and also that fautes and
vices may not by long sufferance growe al length to extreme incon-
veniences ; it is ordeyned that every Thursdaye the ministers and
elders, in their assemblie or Consistorie, diligentlie examine all
suche fautes and suspicions as may be espied, not onelie amongest
others, but chieflte amongest theym selves, lest they seme to be
culpable of that which our Saviour Christ reproved in the Pharisies,
who coulde espie a mote in an other man's eye, and could not see
a beame in their owne.

DOIFIG NA
dhligheas ant fuil abeith ni is gloine ina
gach ball eile do bhallaibh an chuirp,
ni heidir leis an Miniidir e'nbhall fa-
lach do bheith air, agas da rabh : is fgan-
dail mhor Deagluis Dc fin do bheith
air, Oir is teachtaire do Dhia e : Agas
ar anadhbhar fin dà bfaghthar na loch
tafa go hairidhe fa Minifdir dlighthear
achur as a inmhe, agas as a oifige, agas
afiad na lochta fin fein : droch chrei-
deamh faobh feachranach. Agas fiof-
ma, agas fgandail, agas eitheach, agas
fiurtuidheacht, agas goid, agas meifge,
trodan agas imbeirt.

Ataid lochta eile fofhulaing and. mas
eidir an Minifdir do thabhairt tara ais
vatha. Maille re teagafg braithream-
hail, agas àfiad fo na lochta fin, nos ne-
amhchofmhail na Tfearmoin, ceafda
vallcha dimhaoineacha dfiarfuidhe : ne
amh churam fduideir, & teagafg etrom,
eifimlair bhregach, ithimradh minic,
briathra meara, neimhcindteacht ang-
ibluibh no na ngabhail, no anamhaille
eile : Oir martaid fo toirmifge da
gach

And becawse the eye ought to be more cleare then the rest of

; bodie, the minister may not be spotted with any vice, but to

; great slaunder of Godes Woorde, whose message he beareth :

lerfore it is to be understand that there be eertayne failles, which

they be deprehended in a minister, he oght to be deposed ; as

le-ie. pa]ii-trie. sehisme, blasphemie, perjurie, fornication, thefte,

mketmes, usiirie, lighting, unlawfull games, with suche like.

Others are more tollerable, if so be that after brotherlie

admonition he amendith his faut : as strange and unprofitable

fashon in preaching the Scriptures ; curioFÌtie in sekyng vayne

questions ; negligence, aswell in his sermons, and in studying

the Scriptures, as in all other thynges concerning his vocation;

scurrilitie, flattering, lying, backbyting, wanton woordes, de-

ceipt, covetousnes, tauntyng, dissolution in apparell, gesture,

and other his doynges ; which vices, as they be odious

NDEOCHAN

gach ènduinne, is marfin nach dleagh-
ar abfuland ifin duine dara coir bheith
inafhear teagaifg dona poibleachaibh,
& ag tabhairh deagh eifimlara dhoibh
muna dhearna fè aithridhe, agas teag-
afg caich do ghabhail ara lochtaibh do
threigean.

IT D O mhinivghadh

agas do thuigfin an Sgriobhtuir
and fo fids.

DLIGHID an coimhthional va-
ir gacha feachtmhuine dul agce-
and acheile deifteacht choda èigin don
Sgribhtuir aga mhiniughadh, & aga thu
igfin, & ata ceadaighthe ag gach aon-
duine aca labhairt and fin do reir mar
bhrofnuidheas acroidhe no a indtind
fe'in e do reir an teagfa bhiàs aca and
fin. Agas is amhlaidh is coir dhoibh
D. 2.

in all men, so in hym that ought to be as an example to others of
perfection, in no wise are to be suffred ; especially, if so be that,
according to Godes ride, being brotherlie advertised, he acknow-
ledge not his faut and amend.

Interpretation of the Scriptures.

Everie weeke once, the Congregation assemble to hearesome place
of the Scriptures orderly expounded. At which tyme, it is lawfull
for every man to speake or enquire, as God shall move his harte, and
the text minister occasion; so it be without pertinacitee or disdayne,

THUIGSIN AN SGRIPTVIR
bheith ar ti na foghlama nifam<5 ina do
bheidis ar ti throda no imreafna, agas
da neirgheadh imreafain no eafaonta
eidir thuatadhaibh no ghaifgeadhach
aibh reidhidheadh na daoine is glioca,
agas is gnatheolcha don choimhthio-
nol eatarra, maille re briathruibh cnea
fda ciuine le gcuirfithear agconfadh,
agas agcoimhfhearg argcul : agas afiad
Minifdrighe na Heagluife is coir do
dhenamh an reitiglifin eidir chach go
coitcheand, do riaghladh, agas do roi-
cheartugadh na Heagluife.

HINVAIR TEID AN
coimhthionol agceand ache'ile,
labhradh an Minifdir anfhaoi-
fide fo fids, agas iarradh fe ar
an pobal iad fein do radh na
mbriatharfa fids maille re croi-
dheadhaibh vmhla iondraca.
II ROIMH TSEARMOIN.

*<*:♦>* ,ADHe

as one that rather seketh to proffit then to contend. And if so be
any contencion rise, then suche as are appointed moderatours,
either satisfie the partie, or els if he seme to cavill, exhorte hym to
kepe silence, referring the judgement then if to the ministers and
elders, to be determined in their assemblie or Consistorie before
mencioned.

When the Congregation is assemliled .it the Inane appointed, the M
useth one of these two G aifessions, .>r lykc in effect, exhorting the ]
diligently to examine them selves, following in their hartes the tenor c

VRRNAIDHTHE
A DHE bhiothbhuain agas & A-
thair is mo trocaire, atamaoid aga
admhail, agas ga thuigfin and fo abfi-
adhnuife do chumhachtadh diadhafa,
go bfuilmaoid vile, agas gach aon dind
leath ar leath inar peacthachaibh tru-
agha anbfanda arar ngeineamhain, &
ar ar mbreith, agas arar noileamhain,
agas ar ar naltrum apeacadh, agas ana-
inmein, & anurchoid, agas anaingidh-
eacht, agas anolc imharcach. Oir ata
anfheoil, agas na cuirp, agas toil na
gcorp rè cheile' ag troid, agas ag teand
chathughadh anadhaidh ar nanmand,
agas ar Spiorad do ghnath, agas tig da
bhridh fin dm'nd, bheith ag brifeadh,
agas ag buan rebadh haitheantadh na-
omhtha neamh fhallfafa, & do thoile
diadha in gach vair, agas ingach aimflr
da dtig dhuind, & da reir fin ag tuille
adh bhais & dhamnaidh dhuind do re
ir do cheirt bhreitheamhnuifle da ma
dh ceirt bhreitheamhnus bhudhail leat
do dhenamh oraind. Gidheadh a A-
thair neamhtha an mhèid, agas go bfu-
D. 3.

An other Confession for all States and Tymes.

O etemall God and moste mercifull Father, we confesse and
acknowlage here, before thy divine majestic, that we are miserable
synners, conceyved and borne in synne and iniquitie, so that in us
there is no goodnes. For the fieshe evermore rebelleth against the
spirite, wherby we contynually transgresse thy holy preceptes and
commaundementes, and so purchase to our selves, through thy juste
judgement, death and damnation.

Notwithstandinge, O heavenly Father, forasmoche as we

VRRNAIDHTHE
ilmaoid diumdhach dhind fein anois
ar fon na peacadh do rindeamar go
ro vathmhur anadhaidh do thoile fe.

Atamaoid ag denamh aithreachais, &
aithridhe neimh chealgaidhe iondta
fin anois do reir do thoile fe Athighe-
ama, agas atamaoid go lanumhal agad
ghuidhefe anainm, agas anonoir do
Mhic inmhuin Iofa Crifd do throcaire
agas do thromghrafa do dheonachadh
dhuind. Agas do Spirad naomhtha do
neartughadh, agas do mhe'dughadh in-
daind, agas ar nuile peacadh do mhai-
theamh dhuind. Iondas ar dtuigfm du
ind ar locht, agas ar lan-vrchoide, agas
ar ndroch ghniomhartha 6 iochtar, &
ò inmheadhon ar gcroidheadh go bfed
maoid dfo fuas ar dtoile peacthacha do
mharbhadh, agas do mhdr mhuchadh,
agas ni he fin amhain acht deagh oibri-
ghthe do dhenamh ina nait, agas ina
nionadh go himchubhaidh, mar is fe-
arr tig red thoil nihoir beandaidhefe
agas ni har fon mhaithis ar noibrigh-
theagh fc'in fin an la bliudh fhearr iad
acht

are displeased with our selves for the synnes that we have committed
against thee, and do unfeynedly repent us of the same, we moste
humbly beseche thee, for Jesus Christes sake, to shewe thy mercie
upon us, to forgive us all our synnes, and to increase thy Holy Spirite
in us. That we acknowlaginge from the bottome of our hartes our
owne unrightousnes, may from hensforth not onely mortifie our sin-
full lustes and affections, but also bringe forth suche fruites as may
be agreable to thy moste blessed wyll ; not for the worthynes therof

VRRNAIDHTHE

acht ar fon thuillteanais, agas throm
vmhla, agas paise, agas peandaide do
Mhic mhorchumhachtaidhfe Iosa Cri-
ofd ar naon flanuightheoir neoch tu-
gabhairfe mar ofrail, agas mar iodhba
irt ar fgath peacaidh na ndaoine : agas
atà adheirbhfhios againd nach diult-
and tii dhuind fa en ni da niarrmuid
ort anainm, agas anonoir an Mhic fin,
agas ata do Sbiorad naomhtha aga dhe
arbhadh dhuind inar gcoiniianfuibh
gurab tti ar Nathair treii trocuireach,
agas go bfuil an mheidfin do ghradh
agad oraind do chland ar fon Iofa Cri-
ofd nach eidir le he"nni do ghrafa na-
omhthafa, agas do chaibhneas aithre-
amhail do tharraing vaind. Duitfe vime
fin a Athair neamhdha neart chumha-
chtaidh maille ris an Mac mormior
bhuileach, agas ris an Sbiorad neimh
meirbh naomh biodh gach vile onoir,
agas ard ghloir anois, & tre bioth fior.
1T B I O D H A M H L A I D H.

D. 4.

but for the merites of thy dearely beloved Sonne Jesus Christe, our
onely Savyour, whom thou hast already given an oblation and offer-
inge for our synnes, and for whose sake we are certainly persuaded
that thou wylt denye us nothinge that we shall aske in his name,
accordinge to thy wyl. For thy Spirite doth assure our consciences
that thou arte our mercifull Father, and so lovest us thy childrene
through hym, that nothinge is able to remove thy heavenly grace
and favor from us. To thee, therfore, O Father, with the Sonne
and the Holy Ghoste, be all honor and glorye, worlde withowt
ende. So be it.

VRRNAIDHTHE

1VRRNVIDHE OILE
roimh Tfearmoin and fo ata-
thar do ghnathughadh an Al-

bain.

A DHE is mo dhadhbhur eagla,
agas vamhain, agas is mo cumha-
clita, neoch do fhoillfigh thii fdin ò
thofach mar dieinidh thren loifgidh,
anadhaidh lucht dhe'nta tarcaifne, agas
toibheime ar haitheantaibh ardnaomh
tha : Agas fos do nocht thu fèin, mar
Athair comhghradhach do chàch, agas
mar Dhia Ian do throcaire dona daoi-
nibh peactbacha do ni aithreachus, &
aithrighe : Atamaoidne do chreatuire
& oibrighthe do kimh fc'in, ag admhail,
& agindifm find ft'in do bheith neamh
dhiongmhalta dfofgladh ar ful do ch-
um neimhe, no dhar dtaifbenadh at-
fiadhnuifefi. Oir ataid ar gcoinfiafa
fe'in, agas ar naingidheacht fhollas agar
nagra, agas ag denamh fiadhnuife nar-
nadhaidh,

An other Confession and Prayer commonly used in the
Church of Edinburgh, on the day of commune prayers.

O Dreadful and most mightie God, thou that from the beginning
hast declared thy selfe a consuming fyre against the contemners of
thy most holy precepts : and yet to the penitent sinners hast alwayes
shewed thy selfe a favourable Father, and a God full of mercie ;
We, thy creatures, and workmanship of thine owne handes, con-
fesse our selves most unworthye to open our eyes unto the heavens,
but farre lesse to appear in thy presence. For our consciences
accuse us, and our manifest iniquities have borne whiles against us,

VRRNAIDHTHE

nadhaidh, go ndeachamar ar feachran
vaidfe agas go rabhamar falach neamh
ghlan aniodhulacht, agas go dtugamar
an ghloir, agas anghnath onoir bhudh
coir dhuin do thabhairt duidfe, do
chreatuiribh : Agas gur iarramar cob-
hair no cuideachadh mar nach raibhe
fe rena fhaghail dùinn, agas go ndearr-
namar dfmheas, agas tarcaifne ar do
theagafgaibh troim dhiadhafa, ata fds
truailleadh tre'nurchoideach ar mbea-
thadh in gach vile che'im aga dhearb-
hadh, nachar chuireamar afuim do la-
dhfa no do riaghail, no do reacht, rob-
heandaighthe : Agas ni na naimfir
arnainbfeafa amhain, do rindeamar
gach ni dha ndubhramar a Thighear-
na, acht anois fein. Tare'is tufa dfofg-
ladh dhorais duinn, agas do reidhiug-
hadh an rdid romhaind, do bhridh do
throcaire do chum do Rioghachta ro-
ineamhdha, le foillfiughadh do Tfoii-
geil naomhtha ftfin diiinn : Ata an Ri-
oghacht rothruaghfa go huilidhe ag
leanmhuin alanolc, agas anaingidhea-

that we have declined from thee. We have bene polluted with
idolatrie ; we have given thy glorie to creatures ; we have sought
support where it was not to be founde, and have lightlyed thy most
holesome admonitions. The manifest corruption of our lives in all
estates evidently proveth that we have not lightly regarded thy
statutes, lawes, and holy ordinances ; and this was not only done,
O Lord in the time of our blindnes, but even now, when of thy
mercie thou hast opened unto us an entrance to thine heavenly king-
dome by the preaching of thine holy Evangel, the whole body of
this miserable Real me stil continued! in their former impietie.

VRRN AIDHTH E
chta imarcaidhe. Mar do gnathuidhe-
adar roimhe fo. Oi'r fa riòr ata an
chuid is mo dhidbh, ag leanmhuin lu-
irg na Priondfadh ndall ndotheagaifg,
ag tarcaifne, agas ag dimheas ar tfoill-
fe do Tfoifgeilfe : agas acur anuile
aoibhnis aniodhalacht. Cuid oile dhi-
obh ag caitheamh ambeathadh mar do
bheidis gan Dia 6s agciond, agas gan
eagla do bhrathb'.ireitheamhnuis ' bhu-
irbfe orra. Agas cuid oile dhiobh a
Thighearna aga bfuil do Tfoifgelfa na
mbelaibh, agas l'ad ag tabhairt fgan-
daile dho lene ndroch bheathaidh.

Agas fòs ni fhuil anainbfids duinne a
Thighearna gurab breitheamh coth-
ram ceirtbhreathach thufa, nach lei-
geand anaingidheacht go fada gan di-
oghalt le'is na drochdhaoinbh dura
dotheagaifg : Agas go fbeifialta ar
bfaicfin duinn go bfuil tufa agar nga-
irm go caibhneafach dfaghail chuid-
ighe, agas chomhthoile vaid, tareis ar
mbeith indoille, agas a ndorchadas, &
ar fogra fb.uathmh.uir vàid roimhe fo,

For the most parte, alas ! following the footesteps of the blynde
and obstinate Princesse, utterly despise the light of thyne Evangel,
and delyte in ignorance and idolatrie ; others lyve as a people with-
out God, and without all feare of thy terrible judgementes. And
some, O Lord, that in mouth professe thy blessed Evangel, by their
sclanderous lyfe blaspheme the same. We are not ignorant, O Lord,
that thou art a righteous Judge, that cannot suffer iniquitie long to
be unpunished upon the obstinate transgressors; especially, O Lord,
when that after so long blindnes and horrible defection from thee,

VRRNAIUHTHE

agas gidheadh atamaoid fos go dur
drochmhe'in dotheagaifg acur atadh-
aidh. Agas anuair fos do bhamar ag-
cuntabhairt fheirge ar namhad dar fgri
os, do rindeamar thufa do ghuidhe, &
do ghe'r atach, go diochra duthrach-
tach, agas do effd tufa go trocaireach
find and fin, agas is tu fos do rinde
troid, agas tre'n chogadh arar fon, an-
uair nach raibhe gliocas no neart ind-
aind fein. Is Ui amhàin do bhris an
chuing no an ceangal do bhi arar
mbraighdibh. Agas do leig a faoirfe
find : an tan tugamar find fein mardha-
oinibh daora dallmhurrchuibh : agas
do chongbhuis foillfe do Tfoifgeil go
trocaireach againd go nuige fo, agas
maille ris fin ni fhuil comhnuidhe ort
do ghnath, acht ag toirbheart thiodh-
luictheadh Sbioratalta, agas teampu-
ralta dhuinn : Gidheadh fos a Thig-
hearna do chimaoid fern go follas, go
bfuil ar neamhmbuidheachas ar na ti-
odhluicthibh fin ag tuilleadh dhiogh-
altais dfaghail duinn od laimh laidirfe :

so lovingly thou callest us again to thy favour ami fellow ship, and that
yet we do obstinately rebel. We have, O Lord, in our extreme
miserie, called unto thee ; yea, when we appeared utterly to have
beene consumed in the furie of our enemies, and then didest thou
mercifully incline thine eares unto us. Thou foughtest for us even by
thine owne power, when in us there was nether wisdome nor force.
Thou alone brakest the yoake from our neckes, and set us at libertie,
when we by our foolishnes had made our selves sclaves unto stran-
giers : and mercifully unto this day hast thou continued with us the
light of thine Evangel, and so ceasest not to heape upon us benefites
both spiritual and temporal. But yet, alas ! O Lord, we clearly see
that our great ingratitude craveth farther punishment at thy handes,

V RRN AIDHTHE
agas ataid achomhtharraidh fin go fol-
las abfiadhnuife ar fill : Oir an cho-
mhdhail chogaidh, agas tarcaifne ar
do ghrafaibhfe. Tarèis tii dhd. bfura-
ileamh oraind, agas cumhdach iod-
halachta nar meafg, is comhtharraidh
choimhdhearbhtha iad, go bfuil dàil,
agas gealladh do dhioghaltais oraind,
agas ati doineand, agas drochtfiona na
haimfire ag bagar na buanghorta, gh-
nathuideas teacht mar dhioghaltas a-
ndiaidh an chraois imarcaigh, agas
dhimheas, agas neamh churam na
mbocht : da bfuil an talamh anois lom
Ian : Ni fhuil againde a Thighearna,
en ni fhedmaoid do chur eadruind, &
do bhreitheamhnuffa : acht do mhor
throcaire fe'in amhàin, ata ar na furail
go faor oraind, od Mhac caomh car-
thanachfa Iofa Criofd ar Dthighear-
na, an ni do chofain fe dhuinn lend
bhas agas lena Pais. Oir da madhail
leat breitheamhnus do dhenamh ora-
ind do chreatuire, agas ar peacthuigh,
agas ar nuilc imarcacha do chuimhori-
ughadh

the signes whereof are evident before our eyes. For the whisper-
ing of sedition, the contempt of thy graces offered, and the maintein-
ance of idolatrie, are assured signes of thy farther plagues to fall
upon us in particular for our greivous offences. And this immeasur-
able untemperatnes of the ayre doeth also threaten thine accustomed
plague of famine, which commonly followeth riotous excesse and
contempt of the pore, wherewith, alas, the whole earth is re-
plenished. We have nothing, O Lord, that we may lay betwixt
us and thy judgement but thyne only mercie, freely offred to us in
thy deare Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, purchased to us by his
death and passion. For if thou wilt enter in judgement with thy
creatures, and keepe in minde our greivous synnes and offences,

VRRNAIDHTHE
ughadh dhuinn, is dearbh nach bfuil
feoil ar bith teid as gan damnadh, agas
na dhiaidhfin a Athair na trocaire, a-
tamaoid gudghuidhe, agas gud ghèr
atach, ar gradh do Mhic Iofa Criofd,
na croidheadha chomhchruaidhe clo-
chfa do bhreith vaind, do chualaidh
ne fada dhaimfir do throcairefe, agas
do gher dhioghaltas re" cheile : agas
gidheadh nar maothuidheadh fòs go
tabhachtach led fin fad, agas croidhe-
adha comhmboga comhmaotha led
Sbiorad fein do thabhairt duinn. Le-
madh eidir lind athuigfin, agas achoim
hèd anumhla agas anonoir, ata imchu-
bhaidh rena thabhairt dod chumhach
taibh diadhafa : fech fè"in fòs a Thig-
hearna ar do chloind thoghtha, ara
bfuil vireafbhuidh ar agcorpaibh, agas
deonaidh dhuinn buaidh dtroda do
bhreith ar naimhdibh arnanmand, mar
do gheallais duinn a Niofa Criofd do
mhac ar naon flanuighthoir arnaidhne
& ar bfear ladha, do fan maille riotfa, &
rifan Sbiorad naomh biodh gach vile

then can there no flesh escape condemnation. And, therefore, we
most humbly beseeche thee, O Father of mercies, for Christ Jesus
thy Sonnes sake, to take from us these stony hearts, who so long
have heard aswell thy mercies as severe judgements, and yet have
not bene effectually moved with the same ; and give unto us hearts
mollified by thy Spirit, that may both conceive and kepe in mynde
the reverence that is due unto thy Majestic Looke, O Lord,
unto thy chosen children labouring under the imperfections of
the fleshe, and grant unto us that victorie that thou hast promised
unto us by Jesus Christ thy Sonne, our onely Saviour, Mediator,
and Lawgiver: To whome, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be

VRRNAIDHTHE
onòir, agas mholadh agas ghloir, anois
agas afaoghal nafaoghal.

IT B I O D H AMHLUIDH.

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o.

A DHÈ bhithbheo agas a Dhe
bhitbbhuain, a Athair Iofa Cri-
ofd ar Dtighearna, neoch nochtas do
throcaire, agas chongbhus do gheall-
adh don druing aga bfuil do ghnidh,
& umhluidheas dotaitheantaibh Di-
adha, an tan dhoirteas tii teas tfeirge,
agas cruas do cheirtbhreitheamhnuis
arna daoinibh olcmhora eafumhla : A-
tamaoidne and fo ag denamh vmhla,
agas profdala abfiadhnuife do chath-
rach cumhachtaighefe, agadmhail ler
gcroidheadhaibh gurab coir do fmach
taigh thu find le" foirneart fiorallmhurr
dha : agas gurab coir do chuirfea an
chuing, agas an cuibhreach cedna, do
thogaibli tii roimhe dhind led ghrafa-
ibh, oraind an's. Oir ataid ar Riogh-
ruidh

all honour and praise, now and ever.

A Confession of Sinnes, and Petitions, made unto God in

THE TYME OF OUR EXTREAME TROUBLES, AND YET COMMONLY
USED IN THE CHURCHES OF SCOTLAND, BEFORE THE SERMON.
Eternal and everlasting God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
thou that showest mercy, and kepest covenant with them that love
and in reverence kepe thy commandements, even when thou
powrest foorlh thy hote displeasure and just judgments upon the
obstinat inobedient ; we here prostrat our selves before the throne
of thy Majestie, from our hearts confessing, that justelie thou hast
punished us by the tyrannie of strangers, and that more justelie
thou mayest bring upon us againe the bondage and yoak which
of thy mercy for a season thou hast removed. Our kings,

VRRNAIDHTHE
nuidh & ar Priodfadha, & an pobal vile
indoille ag diultadh do bhriathar bfi-
rindeach futhainfe : & maille ris fin, a-
tamoid agdiultadh cheangail do thro
cairife neoch ata ar nafurail oraind
an Iofa Criofd do Mhac morthrocai-
neach fa : Oir gè" ti do Mhac ina bhri-
athruibh anois aga fhurail fèin oraind,
famfidfin do chumhachtaibh : nach
eidir le en nduine ainbfios do bheith-
mar leithfgel aige, gidheadh do reir
bhreitheamhnuis daonna. Ata aing-
idheacht, & ainmein ar Mnlionadh na
Rioghachta ro thruaighefe go huil-
idhe : agas ata aoibhneas agas ardthoil
an Pobail anainbfios, agas aniodhal-
acht : agas fòs fariòr na daoine ghab-
has orra gradh do bhriatharfa do bhe-
ith aca ni fhuilid agtaifbenadh thorr-
thadh na haithrighe, mar do dhlidh-
feadh Pobal dar fhoillfigh thu fè-
in ad Dhia thromghradhach throcaire
ach, a fiad fo do cheirtbhreith eamhn-
uis a Thighearna, mar ata a peacthadh
do dhioghailt ar gach peacthach, agas

princes, and people in blindnes have refused the word of thyne
eternall veritie ; and in so doing, we have refused the league of
thy mercy offered to us, in Jesus Christ thy Sonne, which albeit
thou now of thy meere mercy hast offered to us againe in such
aboundance, that none can be excused by reason of ignorance ;
yet not the lesse to the judgement of men, impietie overfloweth
the whole face of this realme. For the great multitude delyte
them selves in ignorance and idolatrie : and suche, alas ! as
appeare to reverence and embrace thy word, do not expresse the
fruits of repentance, as it becometh the people, to whome thou hast
showed thy selfe, so merciful and favourable. These are thy
juste judgements, O Lord, whereby thou punishest sinneby shine,

VRRNAIDHTHE
dioghaltas do dhenamh ar gach ndui-
ne do reir a aingidheachta no a vile
fein, agas ni bfuil criòch no foirceand
ar mhe'd ar peacaidhne : acht mun saora
tufa find led ghrafaibh nar thuilleam-
ar. Vime fin a Thighearna impoidhfe
find, & impoidthear find, agas na leig
dar neamhmbuidheachas a thuilleadh
vaidfe, agas odcheirtbhreitheamhnus :
allmhurraidh do ghabhail neirt no chu-
nihacht aris ofar gciond, no fos foillfe
do Tfoifgeilfe do bhreith vaind. Acht
gidhbe marta an pobal go huilidhe ea-
fumhal duidfe. Agas vireafbhadha do
ghnath oraind, gidheadh ar fon ghlo-
ire hanma fe'in, agas ar fon ghloire ha-
oin Mhic charthanaigh Iofa Criofd :
(an te" do nocht tufa afhirinde agas a
Tfoifgel dod throcaire tfaoir fe'in ead-
ruind,) goma toil leat finde do ghab
hail ad dhidean, agas ad chaomhcho
imhè'd, iondas go bfeicidh an faoghal
go huilidhe, & go dtuigidh gach aon,
mar do thiondfgain tii oibrighthe ar
flanaighthe eadraind, led throcaire
tfaoir

and man by his owne iniquitie, so that there can be no end of sinne,
except thou prevent us with thy undeserved grace. Convert us,
therefore, O Lord, and we shall be converted ; suffer not our un-
thankfulnes to procure of thy most just judgements, that strangers
againe impire over us, neither yet that the light of thy Evangel be
taken from us. But howsoever it be, that the great multitude be
altogether rebellious, and also that in us there remaineth perpetual
imperfections, yet for the glory of thine owne Name, and for the
glory of thine onely beloved Sonne Jesus Christ, whose veritie
and Evangel thou of thy meere mercy has manifested amongst
us: it wil please thee to take us in to thy protection, and in thy
defence, that all the worlde may know, that, as of thy meere mercy
C-2

VRRNAIDHTHE

tfaoir fèin, go ma hamhluidh fin bhus
toil leat, agcongbhail againd do ghn-
àth, leis an trocaire fin fein. Deonaidh
fo dhm'nn a Athair na trocaire argridh
do Mhic charthanaigh Iofa Criofd ar
Dtighearna.

UBIODH AMHLVIDH

fVRRNVIDHE INDI-
aidh Tfeamiona ar fdaid na He-
agluife Criofdaidhe and fo fids.

ADHE na nuile chumhacht, agas
a Athair is mo trocaire atamaoid
go humhal orramach, dar leigean fein
anifle, agas agar dtoirrneamh abfiadh-
nuife do chumhachtadh diadhafa, ag
aflach, & ageadarghuidhe ort, 6 ioch
tar ar gcroidheadh, an fiolfa do bhria-
thar do cuireadh anois inar meafg do
pfremhughadh go domhain inar gcro
idheadhaibh, iondas nach eidir le teaf

thou hast begone this worke of our salvation amongst us, so of this
same mercy thou wilt continue it. Graunt us this, mercifull Father,
for Christ Jesus thy Sonnes sake. So be it.

A Prayer for the Whole Estate of Christes Churche.

Almightie God and moste mercifull Father, we humbly sub-
mit our selves, and fall downe before thy Majestie, beseech -
inge thee frome the botome of our hartes, that this seede of
thy worde, nowe sowen amongest us, may take suche depe
roote, that neither the buminge heate of persecution

VRRNAIDHTHE

dioghaltais ar neascarad, toradh àtfilfe
do chrionadh, agas nach eidir le ctiram
buaidheartha na beathadhfa an fiolfa
do nihuchadh. Acht mar tfiòl ar na
chur indeighfhearond, no in deigh it-
hir, agas e do thabhairt thoraidh che-
adaidh, mar do ordaigh do ghliocas di-
adhasa, agas dtd. fheidhm orainde do
gnath, bheith ag denamh iarratais, agas
atbchuindgheadh oraibhfe. Atamaoid
go humhal gud gbuidhe a Athair ne-
amhdha do Sbiorad naomhtha do dhe
onachadh dhtiind, mar niarratafaibh
do dhenamh 6 indtindibh duthrachta-
cha, mar is mo is imchubhaidh, agus is
ionmholta dbuind aniarraidh, do reir
do thoile diadhafa. Agas othuigmaoid
nach bfuil do neart, no do chumhach-
taibh agar nanbfainde fè'm èn ni maith
do dhenamh, abfegmhuis do chuidigh
fe, agas nach bfuil anainbfids no a na-
ineolas duitfe, animarcaidh, agas anain-
mhèid buaidhrich ata ag teacht mar
dtimcheall ar gach leith, agas ar gach
taobh, agas find inar mbochtaibh tru-
agha

cause it to wither, nether the thorny cares of this lyfe do choke
it, but that as seede sowen in good grownde, it may bringe fortli
thirtie, sixtie, and an hundreth folde, as thy heavenly wisdome
hathe appointed. And becawse we have nede continuallie to crave
many thinges at thy handes, we humbly beseche thee, O heavenly
Father, to graunt us thy Holy Spirite to directe our peticions, that
they may procede frome such a fervent minde as may be agreable
to thy moste blessed wyll.

And seinge that our infirmitie is liable to do nothinge without
thy helpe, and that thou arte not ignorant with how many and
great temptations, we poore wretches are on every side inclosed
and compassed,
64

VRRNAIDHTHE.

agha meirbhe denadh do neartfa a
Thighearna ar nanbfainde dhiorachar
iondas go mbiam maille re didean cu-
mhachta do ghraffa, ar ar gcoimhed, &
arar nanacal, anadhaidh gach vile am-
ais & indfuidhe dd dtibhrean Taibhirf
eoir oraind, neoch atà ag dul nar dtim-
cheall, marleomhan bhorb bheiceadh-
ach, ag iarraidh dòiche arar flugadhne :
Medaidh ar gcreidimhne a Athair
throcairigh, iondas nach racliam ar fe-
achran fligheadh vair ar bioth, ad bhri
athruibh neamhdha neamhfhallfafa.

Acht medaigh iondaind dochus agas
gràdh, maille re coimhed curumach
huile aitheantadh, iondas nach bfed
cruas croidhe, no crabhadh cealgach,
no toile na meanmun no na fill, no tar-
raing an tfaoghail, finde do bhreith 6
tumhlachtfa. Agas odho chf tufa go
dtarrla dhiiind bheith bed is na laith-
ibh ro chuntabhartachafa, denadh do
fhreafdal, aithreamhailfe ar ndion, &
ar ndidean anadhaidh fhoirrnearta, &
an chumachta ar nuile namhad, ata in
E. 2.

let thy strenghe, O Lord, susteyne our weaknes, that we beinge de-
fended with the force of thy grace, may be savely preserved against
all assaultes of Satan, who goeth abowte continually like a roaringe
lyon, sekinge to devoure us. Encrease our faith, O mercifull
Father, that we do not swarve at any tyme from thy heavenly
worde, but augment in us hope and love, with a carefull kepinge
of all thy commaundementes, that no hardnes of harte, no
hypocrisie, no concupiscence of the eyes, nor intysementes of the
worlde, do drawe us away frome thy obedience. And seinge
we lyve nowe in these moste perillous tymes, let thy Fatherly
providence defende us against the violence of all our enemies,

V R R N A I D H T H E.

gach vile bhall agar niondfuidhe, agas
go hairidhe anadhaidh chuthaidh vr-
choididh, agas ainmeine iomarcaidhe
na deilbhe fallfa romhanaighe ata na
namhaid do Dhia agas do chriofd.

Tuilleadh eile fòs, an mheid agas go
bfuilmaoid arar dteagafg le teafbul na-
omhtha, ar nitche, agas ar nurrnuidhe
do dhenarah ar fon gach vile dhuine
nifhuilmaoid ag denamh ar niarratais
no ar nguidhe, arar fon fein amhain, an
mheid atamàoid do lathair and fo, acht
martamaoid aga denamh ar fon cha-
ich go coitcheand. Acht mar angced-
na atamaoid gutaflach, agas gutead-
arghuidhe, fana daoinibh ata anainb-
fios, agas anaineolas na tirinde fos, di-
ompodh on gceangal, & on gcuibhre-
ach thruagh tfeachranach dhoille ina
bfuilid : go nglantuigfin tfirinde ne-
amhdhafa dhoibh, iondas go bfedfam
vile le hàon aigneadh, agas le haon ind
tind, onoir agas vmlacht do thabh-
airt duitfe amhain, a aon Dia, agas a
aon flanuightheoir, agas go madh eidir
leis

which do every where pursue us; but chiclcly uj;ainsle the wicked
rage and furious uproares of that Romyshe iiloll, enemie to thy
Christe.

Fordermore, forasmoche as by thy holy Apostle we be taught
to make our prayers and supplications for all men, we praye
not onely for our selves here present, but beseche thee also, to
reduce all such as be yet ignorant, from the miserable captivitie of
blindnes and error, to the pure understandinge and knowlage of
thy heavenly trueth, that we all, with one consent and unitie
of myndes, may wourshippe thee our onely God and Saviour.

VRRNAIDHTHE.
leis -gach vile bhuachaill, agas Mhinif-
dir Eagluife dà dtug tu curam, agas co-
imhed, agas toirbheartas do bhriathar
naomhtha, agas vachtaranacht os ci-
ond do pobail Criofdaidhe, bheith fi-
rindeach deagh chreidmheach ina dte
agafg, agas ina ndeighbheathaidh, ag
fechain ar do ghloirfe amhain, iondas
go bfetar gach vile Chriofdaidhe bo-
cht da bfuil ar feachran do thabhairt
ar a ais do chum na deightfligheadh.

Tuilleadh eile fos os ad laimhfe ata
croidhe gach Righ, agas gach ro Thig-
hearna, agas gach vacht arain, atamaoid
goteadarghuidhe, fa chroidhe gach vi-
le Riogh, agas Priondfa, agas vachta-
rain do riaghladh, agas do roidhiorgh-
udhadh, agas do chongbhail ar flighe
na firinde, oiris doibh tug tii neart, &
cumhachta os ciond chaich, agas go
hairidhe a Thighearna do reir na hum
hlachtha dhlighmaoid do dhenamh, a-
tamaoid aguidhe dhidin, agas bharan-
tuis dinmhe rioghamhail ar Mbanrio-
ghna, agas ar Priondfa, agas na poible-
E.3-

And that all pastors, shepherds, and ministers, to whome thou hast
committed the dispensation of thy holy YVoord, and charge of thy
chosen people, may both in their lyfe and doctrine be fownde
faithfull, settinge onely before their eyes thy glorie ; and that by
theim, all poore shepe which wander and go astray, may be
gathered and broght home to thy foulde.

Moreover, becawse the hartes of riders are in thy hands, we
beseche thee to direct and goveme the hartes of all kinges, princes,
and magistrates to whome thou haste committed the sword ;
especially, O Lord, accordinge to our bonden dutie we beseche
thee to mainteyne and increase the honorable estate of the
Queues maiestie, and our Prince,

VRRNAIDHTHE.

acli ata futhadh fin go leir, Denadh do
ghradh aithreamhailfe marfin a gca-
omhna, agas a gcoimhed, agas denadh
do Sbiorad naomhta agroidheadha do
riaghladh, agas do roidhiorghudh-
adh, iondas go bfedaid an curam ata
ortha do fhreafdal, agas do fhritheol-
amh, iondas go mbia do chreideamh
firindeachfa aga mhedughadh. Agas
befa aga gceartughadh, agas dioghaltas
aga dhenamh ar peacthachaibh do reir
do riaghlafa, agas do bhriathar naomh-
tha : Agas otamaoid vile nar mballaibh
diamhra, do chorp Iofa Criofd, atama
oid ag denamh ar niarratais, & ar nit-
che, ortfa a Athair neamhdha, ar fon
gach vile dhuine, ata fa engne autfocra
chta, no thriobloide, marta cogadh, no
gorta, no plaidh, no eafiainte oile, no
bochtaine, no chuibhreach, priofunta-
chta, no fogra, na dibirt, no doghal-
tas, no enghne oile fgiurfaidh. no doch-
ar cuirp, no buaidhreadh meanmanno
intinde, go madhtoil leat fulang, agas
foighidin do thabhairt doibh, ina nain
deife

and all the estates, and the whole bodye of this common weale :
Let thy Fatherlye favor so preserve her, and thy Holy Spirite so
governe her harte, that she may in suche suite execute her office,
that thy religion may be purely mainteyned, manners refourmed,
and synne ponished accordinge to the precise rule of thy holy
Woord.

And for that we be all members of the mysticall body of
Christ Jesus, we make our requestes unto thee, O heavenly
Father, for all suche as are afflicted with any kinde of crosse or
tribulation, as warre, plague, famine, sikenes, povertie, impri-
sonement, persecution, banishement, or any other kinde of thy
roddes, whether it be calamitie of bodie, or vexation of mynde,
that it wold please thee to gyve them pacience and

VRRNAIDHTHE.
deife, no go cuire tu fein fuafgladh,
agas furtacht cliuca fadlieoidh, agas*
na dhiaidhfin a Dhè Athar vile chum
hachtaigh, agas a Thighearna is mo
trocaire, atamaoid go ldn vmhal gud
ghuidhe, fad throcaire, & fad throm
ghrafaibh dfoillfeachadh arar mbraith
ribh criofdaidhe, ata ar fogra no a bpri
ofunaibh, no ag fulang bhdis gach enla
ar fgath fhiadhnuife na firinde, otaid
vile abfegmhuis chuidighthe daoine :
gidheadh na treigeadh do chomhfhur
tacht diadhafa iad : acht beathaigh, &
fadoigh do Sbiorad naomhtha ina gcro
idheadhaibh, & ina nindtindibh, iondas
go bfedfuid fa dheoidh, re deagh thoil
agas re deighghean, anuireafbhuidh, &
andochar dfulang mar do chithear dod
ghliocas diadhafa, rena mbeathaidh, &
rena mbas fa dheoidh, go fgaoile, agas
go neartuighe Rioghacht, agas ro fhla
itheamhnus do Mhic mhorchumach-
taighfe Iofa Criofd, trid an faoghal go
himldn, agas is anainm, agas anonoir
an Mhicfm do nimaoid ar nguidhe, &
E.4.

tyll thou send them full deliverance of all their troubles. And as
we be bownde to love and honor our parentes, kinsfolkes, friendes,
and contrye, so we moste humbly beseche thee to shewe thy pitie
upon our miserable countrie of England, which once, through thy
mercie, was called to libertie, and now for their and our synnes, is
broght unto moste vile slavery and Babylonicall bondage.

Roote owte from thence, O Lord, all raveninge wolves, which to
fyll their bellies destroie thy flocke. And shewe thy great mercies
upon those our bretherne which are persecuted, cast in prison, and
dayly condemned to deathe for the testimonie of thy trueth. And
thogh they be utterly destitute of all man's ayde, yet let thy swete
comfort never departe from them, but so inflame their hartes with
thy Holy Spirite, that thei may boldely and chearefully abide
suche tryall as thy godly wisdome shall appoint. So that at
lenght, aswell by their deathe as by their life, the kingdome
of thy dcare Sonne Jesus Christ may increase and shyne
through all the worlde. In whose name we make our humble

VRRNAIDHTHE.
ar nurrnuidhe mar do theagaifg fe'in
diiinn ag radha nambriatharfa.

Ar nathairne ata ar neamh go mo be
adaighthe hainm, go dti dod righe
goma denta do thoil adtalmhuin mar a
tà ar neamh, tabhair dhùinn aniu ar nar
an laitheamhail, & maith dhuinn ar bfi-
acha amhail mhaithmaoidne dar bfeic
heamhnuibh, agas na leig a mbuaidh-
readh find, acht faor find 6 olc : oir is
leatfa an righe, aneart, agas a ngloir
tre bhiòth fior.

11 B I O D H AMHLVIDH.

A DHE na nuile chumhacht ata-
maoid goteadarghuidhe, go ma to
il leat foirfidheacht, agas buaine, agas
daingne do thabhairt diiinn ad chrei-
deamh bheodha, aga mhedughadh ion
daind gach he'nla, no go bfafam go Ian
tomhas ar nuile chearta, agas fhoirfid-
heaclita

Almightie and ever lyvinge God, vouchsave, we beseche thee, tn
grant us perfite contynuance in thy lively faith, augmentinge the
same is us dayly, tyll we growe to the full measure of our perfection

VRRNAIDHTHE.
heachta an Iofa Criofd re ndenam ar
bfaoifidin ag radha na mbriatharfa.

CREIDIM in Dia Athar vile
chumhachtach, cruthuightheoir
neimhe, agas talmhan, agas an Iofa Cri-
ofd a en Mhac foin ar Dtighearna : ne-
och do gabhadh on Sbiorad naomh, &
rugadh le' Muire Oigh, dfulaing pais fa
Poinc Piolaid, do cefadh, fuair bas, agas
dohadhluiceadh, do chuaidh fibs anif-
reand, an trèas la do eiridh dbhàs, & do
chuaidh fuas ar neam, do tfuidh ardeis
De Athar vile chumhachtaigh, as fin
tiucfas dobhreith bhreithe, ar bheoa-
ibh, agas ar mharbhaibh.

Creidim andfa Sbiorad naomh, agas
an Eagluis naomhtha go huilidhe, co-
maoineachadh na naomh, maitheamh
na peacadh, eifeirghe cholla na marbh
agas an bheatha hfuthain.

HEIODH AMHLVIDH.

n Christ, wherof we make our confession, sayinge,
I beleve in God, etc.

VRRNAIDHTHE.

N A D H I A I D H SO, A G A S
indiaidh chandtuireachta na Pfalra,
abradh an minifdir an beandachadh
fo fios, & fgaoileadh an pobal ofin
amach an la fin.

DIA an Thighearna dar mbeamd-
achadh, agas dar gcoimhed : Did
an Tighearna dfoillfeachadh, agas do
thaifbeandh tfoillfe agnuife fein duind
& do dhenamh throcaire oraind, Dià
an Tighearna diompodh a ghnuife
gradhaighe chugaind, do dheonach-
adh atfithchaimhe fein duind.

GRADH De Athar vile chumh-
achtaigh, agas grafa, agas trocaire
ar Dtighearna Iofa Criofd, comaoine-
achadh, agas comhfhurtacht on Sbio-
rad naomh, do bheith do gnath maille
rind go himlàn.

1TBIODH AMHLVIDH.

11 VRRNVIDHE

The Lord blesse you and save you ; the Lord make his face
shyne upon you, and be mercifull unto you ; the Lord turne his
countenance towardcs you, and graunt you his peace.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and com-
munion of the Holie Ghoste, be with you all. So be it.

VRRNAIDHTHE.

If VRRNVIDHE EILE
in diaidh Tfearmona and fo.

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ADHE vile chumhachtaigh, & a
Athair neamhdha, 6 dho gheallais
ar niarratais do thabhairt duind, ana-
inm & anonoir ar Dtighearna Iofa Cri-
ofd do Mhic inmhuinfe : agas fòs ata-
maoid arar dteagafg leis fein, agas lena
eafbulaibh find fein do thinol, agas do
chruindiughadh, na ainmfion abfoch-
air acheile, agà ghealladh dhiiind go
mbeith fè nar meafg, & go ndenadhfe
guidhe arar fon riotfa, dfaghail dùind
gach neithe ar ambeithmaois aontadh-
ach adtalmhuin, atamaoid vime fin ag
tabhairt ar nuidh, agas ar naire do tai-
thnife ar tiis, mar do iarrais oraind gu-
idhe do dhenamh ar fon na ndaoine
do orduidhis do dhenamh na cdra, &
riaghla ofar gciond, agas ar fon gach
vile neithe ar abfuil feidhm no fogh-

Another manner of Prayer after the Sermon.

Almightie God and heavenlie Father, since thou hast promised
to graunte our requests, which we shal make unto thee in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, thy welbeloved Sonne ; and we
are also taught by him and his Apostles to assemble our selves
in his Name, promising that he wil be among us, and make
intercession for us unto thee for the obteining of all such things as
we shal agre upon here in earth ; we, therefore (having first
thy commandement to praye for such as thou hast appoynted
rulers and governours over us, and also for all things nedeful both

VRRNAIDHTHE.

namh an Pubaill, & feidhm gach vile
dhuine an mhèid, agas atà ar gcreidea-
mh ar na thogbhail led bhriathruib di-
adha dearbhthafa, agas led ghealladh
neamhfhallfa : Atamaoid and fo ar
gcruindiughadh, & ar gcoimhthionol
agceand acheile atfiadhnuifife, agas a-
nainm do Mhic inmhuin ar Dtighear-
na Iofa, atamaoid ag denamh ar ngu-
idhe ditheallaidhe riotfa, a Dhè is mò
trocaire, agas a Athair is truime toirb-
heartus, go ma toil leat do throcaire
neimhmeafarrdha do dheonachadh
dhiiin, ar gridh Iofa Criofd ar nèn fla
nuighthoir, agas ar ne"n teachtaire, &
ar nuile Peacaidh do mhaitheamh
dhiiind agas ar gcroidheadha, agas ar
dtoile do tharraing, agas do thogbh-
ail chugad, iondas go bfagham ar niar-
ratus 6 indtindibh duthrachtacha, agas
fòs go mbeam do reir do thoile moir
bheanduighthefe. Ofr afl fin na henar
is inmheafda.

Vime fin atamaoid gud ghuidhe a

Athair neamhdha adtimcheall gach Ri

gh, agas

for thy people, and for al sortes of men, forasmuche as our faith
is grounded on thine holie word and promises, and that we are here
gathered together before thy face, and in the name of thy Sonne
our Lord Jesus), we, I say, make our earnest supplication unto
thee, our moste merciful God and bountiful Father, that for Jesus
Christ's sake, our onelie Saviour and Mediator, it would please
thee, of thine infinite mercie, freely to pardon our offences, and in
suche sorte to drawe and lift up our hearts and affections towardes
thee, that our requestes may both procede of a fervent minde, and
also be agreable unto thy most blessed wil and pleasure, which is
onely to be accepted.

We beseche thee, therefore, O heavenlie Father, as touching all
princes

VRRNAIDHTHE.

gh, agas gach ro Thighearna, & gach
vachtarain da dtug tufa freafdal, agas
cumas cora, agas cothruim os ciond an
pobail, agas go hairidhe adtimcheall
fdaide, agas inmhe onoraighe na Riog
hruidhe, agas na gcomhuirleach atà
orra, agas ris an gcuid eile duachtara-
naibh, agas do chumunta na Rioghach
ta, go ma toil leat, do Sbiorad naomh-
tha do dheonachadh dhoibh, agas do
mhedughadh ionta, 6 aimfir go haim-
fir, iondas go madh eidir le'o maille re
deagh chreideamh Iofa Criofd hàon
Mhic fe ar Dtighearna, a admhail, & a
thuigfin go bfuil fe na Righ os ciond
gach vile Righ, agas na vachtaran os
ciond gach vile vachtarain, mar tug-
ais feln do gach vile chumhachta ar
neamh, & ar talmhuin, agas da reir fin
iad fèin do thoirbheart do, do dhen-
amh atfeirbhife, agas a thoile, do mhe-
dughadh Rioghachta Iofa Criofd in
gach Rioghacht, agas in gach Tighe-
arntus da bfuil futhaibhfin, agas do
cumhdach dheighriaghla do reir do

and rules unto whome thou hast committed the administration of
thy justice, and namely, as touching the excellent estate of the
Quenes Majestie, and all her honorable Counsel, with the rest
of the magistrates and commons of the realme, that it would
please thee to graunte her thine holie Spirit, and increse the
same from time to time in her, that she may with a pure
faith acknowledge Jesus Christ thine onlie Sonne, our Lord,
to be King of all kings, and Governour of all govemours, even
as thou hast given all power unto him both in heaven and in earth ;
and so give herselfe wholy to serve him, and to advance his king-
dome in her dominions (ruling by thy worde her subjectes,

VRRNAIDHTHE.
thoilefe, agas do bhriathar don pobal
ati fana fmacht : Oir afiadfin caoirigh
do mhaghafa, agas tred do chluana, ion
das go mbeam arar ndidean, agas arar
nanacul, agas arar gcoimhed, afith agas
angradh, agas anaomhthacht bheath-
adh, agas fadheoidh tarei's ar faortha 6
gach vile eagla, agas uamhan ar nam-
had, go bfedmaoid bheith ag tabhairt
bhuidheachais, & bhuanaltuighe dhu-
itfe, gach èn là ar feadh ar naimiire. A-
tamuid guteadarghuidhe fds, a Athair
is mo trocaire, agas a Tflanuighthoir
anchinidh dhadnda, ar fon gach en
duine do chuir tu mar Mhiniftir os
ciond an Pobail Chriofduidhe, da dtug
tii curam na nanmand, agas freafdal do
Tfoifgeil naomhta, iondas go ma toil
leat an curam fin do ghabhadar orra :
do bhreith led dhoibh gan mhealladh
ò dheamhan no 6 dhomhan : agas ag-
coimhe'd mar fin led Sbioraid naomh-
tha, iondas go mbeid firindeach deagh
chreidmheach, ag fior mhedughadh do
ghloirife, ag caitheamh alaothair vile
do

which be thy creatures, and the shepe of thy pasture), that we
being mainteined in peace and tranquillitie bothe here and everie
where, may serve thee in all holines and vertue; and finally, being
delivered from all feare of enemies, may render thankes unto thee
all the dayes of our life.

We beseche thee also, moste deare Father and Saviour, for all
suche as thou hast appoynted Ministers unto thy faithful people,
and unto whome thou hast committed the charge of soules, and the
ministerie of thine holie Gospel, that it would please thee so to
guide them with thine holie Spirit, that they may be found faithful
and zealous of thy glorie, directing alwaye their whole studies

VRRNAIDHTHE.
do chum na haon chrichefe, agas ane'n
adhbhair, do thabhairt na gcaorach
mbocht do chuaidh ar feachran on
trè"d, aranais ari's, do chum an Tighear-
na Iofa, ata na mhor bhuachaill, agas
na cheand os ciond gach eafbuig, ion-
das go bfedaid 6 aimfir go haimfir, bhe
ith ag medughadh abfirentachta, agas
anaomhthachta, agas don taoibh oile,
go mo toil leat, gach vile Eagluis do
chaomhna, agas choimhed, 6 chund-
tabhartaibh na mac dtire marbhthach
fandtach, bhios ag iarraidh atarbha
anadhaidh do reachta, agas nach iar-
rand medughadh do ghloirife amhain,
no dion no faoradh do threda. Tuill-
eadh vile fds, atamaid ag denamh ar
nguidhe riotfa a Thighearna, a Dhe", &
a Athair is truime toirbheartas, ar foil
gach vile dhuine go geineralta, mar is
ail leat athuigfin, agas a aithniughadh
gurab tu fèin is flanuightheoir don tfa-
oghal go huilidhe, do rear an cheand-
aigh do rinde do Mhac ionmhuin Iofa
Criofd, mar do fhoiris an drong do bhi

unto this end, that the poore shepe which be gone astray out of
the flocke, may be soght out, and broght againe unto the Lord
Jesus, who is the chief Shepherd and head of all Bishops, to the
intent they may from day to day grow and increase in him unto all
righteousnesse and holines : And, on the other part, that it would
please thee to deliver all the Churches from the daunger of raven-
ing wolves, and from hirelings, who seke their owne ambicion and
profit, and not the setting foorth of thy glorie onely, and the safe-
garde of thy flocke.

Moreover, we make our prayers unto thee, O Lord God,
moste merciful Father, for all men in general, that as thou
wilt be knowen to be the Saviour of all the worlde by
the redempcion purchased by thine onely Sonne Jesus Christ ;

VRRNAIDHTHE.
roimhe fo alàimh, agas andorchadas
do bhridh ainbfis, agas aineolais, agas
vireafbhadha do Tfoifgeilfe : go ma ha
mhluidh fin is toil leat anois bo bhridh
fhoillfeachaidh do Tfoisgeil, agas tfo-
illfe gloine do Sbioraide naomhtha,
each do thabhairt ar flighidh aflanuigh
the : Oir afi fin a aithne, agas a admh-
ail gurab è Iofa Criofd do chuiris
chugaind dar flanughadh. Mar an gced
na go ma toil leat, na daoine dtugais
do ghrafaibh, agcroidheadha do tfoill-
fmghadh, agas dfofgladh da thuigfin
do bhriathar, fad fin do mhedughadh
in gach vile Dhiàdhacht, agas do tfa-
ibhreas Sbioratalta do dhortadh orra.
Iondas go bfddam vile ler gcroidhe-
adhaibh, agas ler mbelaibh vmhla, agas
onoir do dhenamh dhuidfe, agas onoir
imchubhaidh, agas feirbhis do dhen-
amh dod Mhac Diofa Criofd ar Ri, &
ar gcruthuighthoir, agas ar naidhne.
Mar an gcedna a Dhe' do bheir gach
comhfhurtacht firinde, atamuid aga
fhurail

even so that such as have bene hitherto holden captive in darknes
and ignorance for lacke of the knowledge of the Gospel, may,
through the preaching thereof, and the cleare light of thine holy
Spirit, be brought into the right way of salvation, which is to
know that thou art onely very God, and that he, whome thou hast
sent, is Jesus Christ : likewise, that they whome thou hast already
endued with thy grace, and illuminated their hearts with the
knowledge of thy worde, may continually increase in godlines, and
be plenteously enriched with spiritual benefites; so that we may
altogether worship thee, both with heart and mouthe, and render
due honour and service unto Christ our Maister, King, and Law-
maker.

In like maner, O Lord uf all true comfort, we commend unto thee

VRRNAIDHTHÈ.

fhurail ort nar nguidhe ar fon gach
aonduine arar chuiris dochar no triob-
aloid, na buaidhreadh, nò amhgar, mar
chiontughadh, agas mar fmachtughadh
a peacadh. Gach aonpobal fòs arar
chuiris plaidh, no gorta, no cogadh &
gach vile dhuine atà fadhochar boch-
taine, no chuibhrigh, no eaflainte, no
fogartha, no agcofmhuileas oile do
thindeas no dhamhgar corparradha, no
don thaobh oile, gach neach arar chui-
ris dochar intinde, goma toil leat athab
hairt orrtha, athuigfin, do toil agas do
ghradh aitheamhail da dtaobh, go bfui
lid na dochair fin ag teacht orrthuibh
ar maithe riu fe'in, & da gceartughadh,
agas da thabhairt orthuibh go neimh-
chealgach, impodh chugadfa, agas da
reir fin, gach comhfhurtacht rigid aleas
dfaghail da faoradh, agas da bfuafg-
ladh ogach vile olc. Acht go hairidhe
a Thighearna, atamaoid aga fhurail ar
do chumhachtaibh, agas ar do dhide-
an Diadhafa, ar mbraithreacha Criofd
aidhe ata fa fhoirrneart na Nainteadh-
F.

in our prayers, all such persones as thou hast visited and chastised
by thy crosse and tribulation ; as such people as thou hast
punished with pestilence, warre, or famine ; and all other per-
sons afflicted with povertie, imprisonment, sicknes, banishment,
or any like bodilie adversitie, or hast otherwise troubled and
afflicted in spirit ; that it would please thee to make them
perceive thy fatherlie affection towarde them ; that is, that
these crosses be chastisings for their amendment, to the intent
that they shulde unfainedly turne unto thee, and so by cleaving
unto thee might receive ful comfort, and be delivered from all
maner of evil. But especially, we commend unto thy Divine
protection, all such which are under the tyrannie of Antichrist,

VRRNAIDHTHE.
criofcì, agas ara bfuil vireafbhuidh bea-
tha ar agcorpaibh. agas gan achead a-
ca hainm diadhafe deadarghuidhe go
follas, & go hàiridhe ar mbraithreacha
bochta atà a Priofunaibh no agceang-
al no a gcuibhrighthibh, ag naimhdibh
do Tfoifgeilfe, go ma toil leatfa a A-
thuir, aneartughadh in gach vile tfu-
bachas le cumhachtaibh do Sbioraid
naomhtha, iondas nach dtabhruid dru
im no cul do tfirindefe choidhche,
acht lad danmhuin go buan daingean
anadmhail do bhriathar, agas do chu-
inge naomhtha, agas tufa do dhenamh
cumhanta, agas chuidighe le'o, mar do
cithear dod chumhachtaibh diadhafa,
mar is mo is imchubhaidh dhoibh fur-
tacht dfaghail na namhgharaibh, agas
agcoimhifd, agas andidean anadhaidh
chuthaidh na mac dtire no na madadh
alta. Agas do Sbiorad naomhtha do
mhedughadh ionta, iondas go dtiubh
ruid gloir, agas gnathmholadh dhuid-
fe, a Athair naomhtha, agas a Thighe-
arna throcuirigh, na mbeathaidh, agas
na mMs fadheoidh.

and both lacke this foode of life, and have not libertie to call upon
thy Name in open assemblie ; chiefly, our poore brethren which
are imprisoned and persecuted by the enemies of thy Gospel, that
it would please thee, O Father of consolations, to strengthen them
by the power of thine holie Spirit, in such sorte as they never
shrinke backe, but that they may constantly persevere in thine
holy vocation, and so to succour and assist them as thou knowest
to be moste expedient, comforting them in their afflictions, main-
teining them in thy safegarde against the rage of wolves, and
increasing in them the gifts of thy Spirit, that they may glotifie
thee their Lord Cod, both in their life and in their death.

VRRNAIDHTHE
A Dhe' agas a Thighearna is truime
trocaire, atamuid do teadarghuidhe,
adheonachadh dhui'n an mhe'id atama-
oid and fo ar dtionol agceand acheile
anainm do Mhic mhor chumhachta-
idh Iofa Criofd, deifdeacht a bhriath-
ar, & do chomaoineachadh a Chuirp,
go bfedam a thuigfin go firindeach ne
amh chealgach. me'd thruaighe na fda
ide damuinte abfuilmaoid 6 niduir, &
mar atamuid ler ndroch ghniomhart-
uibh fein, ag tuilleadh dhamnuidh tfu-
thain dui'n, agas acur ar ndroch ghni-
omhartha fiias ar muin acheile gach
e'nla, agas do dhioghaltas tromfa do
bheith ofar gciond, do bhridh ar ndro
ch bheathadh Ian fhuathmhuire Pea-
caidhe, iondas ar bfaicfm dui'n nach
bfuil en bhraon maitheafa dar naduir
fein indaind, agas nach maireand en
ni domhaith ar fean noar fiondfear
do thuilbfeadh Rioghacht no flaithe-
as Dè dhuin, go bfedmaoid find fein,
agas ar gcroidheadha go huilidhe do
thiodhlucadh dhuidfe maille re Ian
ndochas ad Mhac ionmhuin Iofa Cri-

Finally, O Lord God, most deare Father, we beseech thee lo
graunte unto us also, which are here gathered together in the name
of thy Sonne Jesus, to heare his worde preached, that we may
acknowledge tritely, and without hypocrisie, in how miserable a
state of perdicion we are in by nature, and how worthely we pro-
cure unto our selves everlasting damnacion, heaping up from time
to time, thy grievous punishmentes towarde us, through our
wicked and sinful life, to the end, that (seeing there remaineth no
sparke of goodnes in our nature, and that there is nothing in us,
as touching our first creation, and that which we receive of our
parents, mete to enjoy the heritage of God's kingdome) we may
wholly render up our selves with all our hearts, with an assured
confidence unto thy dearly beloved Sonne, Jesus our Lord,
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VRRN A IDHTHE
ofd ar Dtigheama, agas ar naon Slanu-

ightheoir, do chruthaidh, agas do che
andaidh find, do chum go ndenadh fe
comhnuidhe nar gcroidheadhaibh, as
go bfetfamaois ar dtoile peacthacha
do mharbhadh, agas do mhor mhuch-
adh, agas ar nathnuadhughadh ambe-
athaidh Dhiadha, do mhedughadh o-
nora a amna naomhthafan, oir is oigh-
ri ar gach èn onoir 6, in gach èn ionad,
agas ar feadh an domhain gn himlin.

Mar an gcedna do bfuil didean, agas
vachtaranacht agadfa a Athair ofor
gciond. Iondas go bfedfam gach e'n LI
ni famhd, agas nifa mho, barr vmhlach
ta, agas onora, do dhenamh dot chum-
hachtaibh naomhtha neamhfhallfafa,
aga ndirthear thii ad Righ, & ad Ghu-
ibhearnoir os gach vile ni, ag denamh
riaghla roidhiorgha dot pobal, le clo-
idheamh do bhriathar, agas le" cumha-
chtaibh do Sbioruide naomhtha, rer
chlaoidhis do naimhde vile, tre chum-
achtaibh tfirinde, & tfirentachta. Ion-
das go fgrioffuithear, agas go gclaoi-
fidhear,

our onely Saviour and Redeemer, to the intent, that he dwelling in
us, may mortifie our olde man, that is to say, our sinfull affections,
and that we may be renewed into a more godlie life, whereby
thine holie Name (as it is worthy of all honour) may be advanced
and magnified throughout the worlde, and in all places : likewise,
that thou mayest have the tuicion and governance over us, and
that we may learne dayly more and more to humble and submit our
selves unto thy Majestie, in such sorte, that thou mayest be counted
King andgovernour over all, guyding thy people with the sceptre of
thy worde, and by the vertue of thine holie Spirite, to the confusion
of thine enemies, through the might of thy trueth and righteousnes ;
so that by this meanes all power and height which withstandeth
they glorie, may be continually throwen downe and abolished,

VRRNAIDHTHE
fidhear, agas go gcuirfidhear ar gcul,
gach neart, agas gach cumhachta da
bfuil acothughadh anadhaidh do ghloi
rife, no go bfoillfighthear tren, agas
troimneart do Rioghachta ro onora-
ighe, anuair nochtfas tù thu fein, imbre
itheamhnus apearfuind do Mhic. Ion-
das fos go bfedamne, maille ris an gcu-
id eile dot chreatuiribh, vmhlacht fho-
irfe fhirindeach do thabhairt duitfe,
mar do nid na haingil naomhtha neam
hurchoideacha, haitheantfa do cho-
imhlionadh, iondas goma denta do
thoil gan chur na hadhaidh, agas go
ndena gach èn duine adhitheall, fad
tfeirbhis, agas fad thoilfe do dhenamh,
agas adtoile fe'in, agas anuile iarratus, &:
ainmian agcolla do threigean.

Deonaigh dhufn fos a Thighearna
mhaith, gluafacht ingradh, agas anea-
gla hanma naomhthafa, agas gombea-
thuightear find vile, led mhaitheas, &:
led mhor grafaibh, agas go bfagham
od lamhaibhfe, gach e'n ni ar abfuil ar
bfeidhm no ar bfoghnamh, agas fin do
F. 3-

unto suche time, as the fill and perfect face of thy kingdome
shal appeare, when thou shalt shewe thy selfe in judgement
in the persone of thy Sonne ; whereby also we, with the rest
of thy creatures, may rendre unto thee perfect and true obedi-
ence, even as thine heavenly Angels do apply themselves and
onely to the performing of thy commandements, so that thine onlie
wil may be fulfilled without any contradiction, and that every man
may bend him self to serve and please thee, renouncing their owne
wiles, with all the affections and desires of the flesh. Graunt us also,
good Lord, that we, thus walking in the love and dread of thine holie
Name, may be nourished through thy goodness, and that we may
receive at thine hands, all things expedient and necessarie for us, and
so use thy gifte peaceably and quietly, to this end, that when we se
that thou hast care of us, we may the more afiectuously acknow-
ledge thee to be our Father, loking for all good gifts at thine hand,

Vrrnaidhthe

chaitheamh go feimh fiodhamhail, i-
ondas anuair thuigfeam, go bfuil cu-
ram agadfa nar dtimcheall, go bfèdam
maille rd ditheall duthrachtach, vmhla
do dhenamh dhuitfe, ar nathair, ag fe-
itheamh ar gach en ndeagh thiodhlu-
cadh dfaghail odlàimh. Agas ar dtar-
raing arar nais gan ar ndòchas do bhe-
ith go dimhaoin ahaon chreatuir, acht
ar ndochas vile do dhenamh afadfa, &
ar muinighin, agas ar mor dhochas do
dhenamh afad, agas as do mhor thro-
caire, ofsi is buaine dhui'n. Agas àta
anmheidfin do thruaighe, agas danbfa-
inde orainde, agas do bhrifdidhe, agas
dullmhacht iondaind do chum peaca-
idh do dhenamh, an feadh mhairfèam
fa mbeathaidh aithghiorrfa, bheith do
ghnath ag claonadh, agas ag tuitim, 6
tflighidh dhirigh haitheantadhfa, ata-
muid gud ghuidhefe ar peacadh do
mhaitheamh dhufn. Ofr atàmuid ag-
cundtabhairt dhamhnaidh do reir do
bhreitheamhnuis brathafa, trid ar nol
caibh imarcacha, iondas nach biaidh
cumhachta

and by with-drawing and pulling backe all our vaine confidence
from creatures, may set it wholy upon thee, and so rest onely in
thy moste bountiful mercie. And for so much as whiles we
continue here in this transitorie life, we are so miserable, so
fraile, and so much enclined unto sinne, that we fall continually
and swarve from the right way of thy commandements, we beseech
thee pardon us our innumerable offences, whereby we are in
danger of thy judgement and condemnation, and forgive us so freely

VRRNAIDHTHE
cumhachta no neart, ag Ms, no ag pe-
acadh, no ag damnadh, nar nadhaidh,
agas nach aigeorthar oraind droch
fhremha doimhne an peacthaidh, ata"
aganmhuin, agas agai'teachadh ionda-
ind do ghnath. Deonaidh dhufn fos
a Thighearna, do reir haithne, na hu-
ilc, agas na hegora do rindeadar each
oraind do mhaitheamh dhoibh, agas
agcuimhne do dhul ar dearmad vàind,
& anionadh an dioghaltais bhudh mi-
an rer naduir do dhenamh, fgath agas
dion & didin ar nàmhad do dhenamh.
& ota an mhe'idfin danbfaine, & do
neamh chumhachtaibh iondaind, nach
bfedmuid cothughadh anadhaidh ar
nàmhad ler neart fèin, ar feadh e'n
mhoimindte do 16 no dhoidhche, agas
go bfuil anoireadfin do thromdacht, &
deire imarcach arnamhad oraind, nach
denàd an diabhal, no an faoghal, no ar
ndroch thoile fèin èn chomhnuidhe,
acht ag fior chothughadh mar nadha-
idh do ghnath, aranadhbhur fin goma
toil leatfa dod dheighmhein. Dhiad-
ha, finde do threorughadh led Sbio-

that death and sinne may hereafter have no title against us, neither
lay unto our charge the wicked root of sin which doeth ever more
remaine in us, but grant that by thy commandment we may forget
the wrongs which other do unto us, and in steade of seking venge-
ance, may procure the wealth of our enemies. And for as much
as of our selves, we are so weake, that we are not able to stand
upright one minute of an houre, and also that we are so belaid
and assaulted evermore with such a multitude of so dangerous
enemies, that the devil, the worlde, sinne, and our owne
concupiscences do never leave of to fight against us ; let it
be thy good pleasure to strengthen us with thy holy Spirit,

VRRNAIDHTHE
raid naomhta, agas led tintind Dhi-
adha, agas en 'bhraon amhain dod ghra
faibh do dhortadh oraind. Iondas go
bfedam feafamh, agas cothughadh fe-
arrdha fior laidir do dhenamh, anadh-
aidh gach vile bhuaidheartha, agas
bhorb throda, agas cothughadh dain-
gean do dhenamh, fa chath Sbioratal-
ta, no go gcofnam fe'in vachtaranacht
an chathafin duin fa dheoidh : agas na
dhiadh fin, fubhachus fior bhuan do
dhenamh, ad Rioghacht ro bhuainfe,
abfochair, agas à bfarradh, ar Riogh &
ar ro Thigheama, agas ar gcind fheadh
na fhior laidir, agas ar Ngiubhearnoir
Iofa Criofd ar Dtighearna : da dtiubh
ram gloir, agas moladh, agas onòir a-
nois, agas tre bhioth fior.

U BIODH AMHLUIDH

VRRNAIDHTHE BHEG
tareis an Tfailm roimh Tfermoin.

L DIA

and to arme us with thy grace, that thereby we may be able
constantly to withstand all tentations, and to persevere in this
spiritual battel against sinne, until suche time as we shal obteine
the ful victorie, and so at length may triumphantly rejoyce in thy
Kingdome, with our captaine and governour Jesus Christ our
Lord.

A Short Prayer *

after the Psalm before the sermon.

There is no prayer to correspond with this in English.

VRRNAIDHTHE

DIA Athair aird ri na nuile chum-
hacht, Athair Iofa Criofd ar dtig-
hearna, dfofgladh, agas dfoillfiughadh
ar gcroidheadh, agas ar nintindeadh
deifleacht agas do thuigfin, agas do
chur angniomh, athoile naomhtha ni-
amligloine fèin, atà ar na foillfiughadh
go follas dufn. areacht ro bheandaight
he, a Mhic mhòir mhoirbhuiligh, Iofa
Criofd ar dtighearna, do dheonugh-
adh dhuinn fos, ar gradh a throcaire fa
oire, an mhe'id do rindeamar fein, agas
gach aondind, degoir agas durchoid,
agas dainmein, othiis ar mbeathadh go
foithe fo, do leigean lind gan dioghal-
tus, agas an mhèid atà gan chaithe-
amh, agas gan chur tharaind dar naim-
fir, fin vile do chaitheamh ina vmhla-
fan, agas ina eagla agas ina ghràdh. I-
ondas goma comhmolta a ainm Diad-
hafan eadruind, & goma comhfhurta-
cht duinn gach aon againd fein daroi-
le, gach ni da ndenam. Do dheon-
ughadh dhuinn fos gach en neithe
mhaith eile, aga bfuil feidhm agarnan-

May God the Father, Almighty King, Father of Jesus Christ
our Lord, open and enlighten our hearts, and our minds to hear and
to understand, and to obey, his holy, pure will, which is clearly
revealed to us, in his most blessed law of his great and marvellous
Son Jesus Christ our Lord. May he grant us, for his free mercy's
sake, that whatever transgression, or sin, or evil we, or any one
of us, may have committed from the beginning of our lives until
now, we may be suffered to escape vengeance, and that what
is yet to be spent and passed through of our time, may be
all spent in obedience, and fear, and love of him. So that
his holy name may be praised of us, and that we ourselves may
have comfort in all that we do. May he also grant us
every other good thing according to our need both in soul

VRRNAIDHTHE
mandaibh, agas agar gcorpaibh, mar is
fearr atà afhios aga chumhachtaibh
Diadhafan gach ni dha rigmaoid do
leas no mar is aithnidh dar nainbfeas
fein natiodhluicthe fin diarraidh air,
na tioghlaithe maithese agas gach tio-
ghlucadh eile imchubhaidh iniarrata,
iarrmaoid anaim a Mhic ionmhuin Io-
fa Criofd agradha na mbriatliarfa, Ar-
nathairne atà ar neamh.

1 VRRNVIDHTHE I N-
ragha gach vair bhus ail leat.

ADHE vile chumhachtaigh, agas
a Athair neamhda, tuigmaoid inar
gcoinfianfaibh, agas atamuid aga adm-
hail, inar nindtindibh : martd fo fids fi-
rindeach, nach fin find fe'in, ar fuile do
thogbhail re flaitheamhnus De' : agas
nach fin find teachth atfiadhnuifefe,
no an mhèidfin do dhànacht do dhe
namh, abhreathnughadh no afmuain-
tiugadh,

and body, as his Divine power knows we require better than our
ignorance knows how to ask the gifts of him. These good gifts
and every other suitable gift asked, we ask in the name of his
beloved Son Jesus Christ saying these words, Our father who art
in heaven.

This Prayer following, is used lo be said after the Sermon, on the day which
is appointed for commune Prayer : and it is very propre for our state and time,
to move us to true repentance, and to tume backe God's sharpe roddes which
yet threaten us.

Another Prayer.

God Almightie and heavenlie Father, we acknowledge in

our consciences, and confesse, as the trueth is, that we

are not worthie to lift up our eyes unto heaven, muche

lese mete to come into thy presence, and to be bolde to thinke

VRRNAI D HTHE
tiugadh, go neifdfedfa ar nguidhe, no
ar ngairm da madh ail leat, feachain no
filleadh ar an nf, ata don taobh afloigh
indaind. Oir ataid ar gcoinfianfa agar
nagra, agas ataid ar peacaidh iomarca-
cha ag denamh fiadnufe, agas tuigma-
oid ni fa mho gurab tufa, an breithe-
amh ceart cothrum, nach abrand na
peacaidh do bheith na bfirenaibh,
acht do ni dioghaltas, ar na dairnibh
do ni lochtha, agas Ian mhillte anadh-
aidh haitheantadhfa. Ar anadhbhar-
fin a Thighearna, anuair do bheirmuid
dar naire, ar mbeatha fe'in go huilidhe,
atamuid arar gclaoi inar gcroidheadh-
aibh, agas ni heidir lind a tfena, no atfe
achna nach bfuilmaoid ar dtuitim, agas
ar dtromleagadh fids, aneamh dhdch-
as arar slugadh, ambds agas andam-
nadh. Gidheadh a Thighearna is tru
ime trocaire, agas toirbheartus, 6 dho
dhednuidhis, dod throcaire neimh
meafarrdha, afhurail, agas a iarraidh or-
ainde, hainm onorachfa do ghuidhe,
dar bfurtacht, agas dar bfoiridhin, 6

that thou wilt heare our prayers, if thou have respect to that which
is in us ; for our consciences accuse us, and our owne sinnes doe
beare witnes against us : yea, and we knowe that thou art a righteous
Judge, which doest not counte sinners righteous, but punishest the
fautes of such as transgresse thy commandements. Therefore,
O Lord, when we consider our whole life, we are confounded
in our owne hearts, and can not chuse but be beaten downe,
and as it were despaire, even as though we were alreadie
swallowed up in the depe goulfe of deathe. Notwithstand-
ing, moste merciful Lord, since it hath pleased thee of thine
infinite mercie, to commande us to call upon thee for helpe,

VRRNAIDHTHE

iochtar ifrind, agas gach meid, mar
mhothuidhemuid duireafbhuidh ora-
ind fern, is moide dhlighmuid, teacht
go luathghaireach, lànumhal, diarraidh
fhurtachta ar do mhor throcairefe fin:
Oir do gheall tu ar nitche, agas ar nur
rnuidhe, agas ar niarratus deifdeacht,
gan aire do thabhairt, don dioghaltus
do dhlighfemaois do thaob ar peaca-
igh, acht amhàin anainm, agas anonoir
agas ar grddh ar Dtigbearna Iofa Cri-
ofd, do reir athuillteanais, & athroim-
cendaigh, neoch na aonar, tug tusa dhu
in mar aon teachtaire, agas mar èn aidh
ne : atamuid agar leigean fèin anifle,
agas anumhlaclit, atfiadnuifefe, ag di
ultadh gach vile dhochais dimhaoin-
igh 6 neart daonda, acht leanmhuin
amhain red throcairefe, agas ar làn
ndochas do bheith angairm hanma na
omhthafa, dfaghail mhaithimh ar Pea-
caidh dhuin. Artus a Thighearna,
maille rè gach tiodhlucadh nach bfe'tar
daireamh no dhindifin, tugas dàgach
vile dhuine ar talmhuin, tugais duine
grafa

even from the depe botome of hel ; and that the more lacke and
defaute we fele in our selves, so muche the rather we shulde have
recourse unto thy soveraigne bountie; since also thou hast promised
to heare and accept our requestes and supplications, without having
any respect to our worthines, but onely in the Name, and for the
merites of our Lord Jesus Christ, whome alone thou hast appointed
to be our Intercessor and Advocate ; we humble our selves before
thee, renouncing all vaine confidence in man's helpe, and cleave
onely to thy mercie, and with ful confidence call upon thine holie
name, to obtaine pardon for our shines.

First, O Lord, besides the innumerable benefites which thou
doest universally bestowe upon all men in earth, thou hast

VRRNAIDHTHE

grafa fbeifialta, nach bfedmuid do rad
ha ar aniumad, & nach bfedmuid do
fmuaintiughadh nar nintindibh, agas
go hairidhe mar do dheonuidhis ar
ngairm, do chum thuigfeana do Tfoif-
geil naomhta, agar dtarraing d dhaoir-
fe thruaigh an diabhail, aga rabhamar
a gceangal, agas agcuibhreach, agas a-
gar faoradh 6 fhuarchreideamh, agas
6 chrabhadh fhallfa, agas on tfeachran
imarcach, arabhamar baite gus anois,
agas mar tugais find do chumtfoillfe
futhaine tfirinde. Gidheadh ati an
mheidfin dolcmhuireacht iondaind,
agas do dhearmad, agas do chruas cro-
idhe, go bfuilmuid ag dearmad, agas ag
dichuimhne, na dtiodhlucadhfin, fura-
mar odlaimih thoirbheartaighfe, agas
go ndeachamar ar seachran vaid, agas
gur thimpoidheamar, agus gur thillea-
mar otaitheantuibh, agas od reacht ro
naomhtha, alenmhuin ar nainmeine, &
ar ndroch thoile fe'in, gan onoir no
vmhla imchubhaidh, do thabhairt dot
hainm naomhtha neart chumhachtach

given us such speciall graces, that it is not possible for us to re-
hearse them, no nor sufficiently to conceive them in our mindes : As
namely, it hath pleased thee to call us to the knowledge of thine
holie Gospel, drawing us out of the miserable bondage of the
Devill, whose sclaves we were, and delivering us from moste cursed
idolatrie, and wicked superstition, wherein we were plunged, to
bring us into the light of thy trueth. Notwithstanding, such
is our obstinacie and unkindnes, that not onely we forget those
thy benefites which we have received at thy bountiful hand ; but
have gone astray from thee, and have turned our selves from thy
law, to goe after our owne concupiscence and lustes, and neither
have given worthy honor and due obedience to thine holie worde,

VRRNAIDHTHE
fa, no dot bhriathruibh blafda bith-
bheodhafa, agas gan medughadh do
mhor ghloire mar do dhlighfidhe dh-
ind, agas ge nach dearrnuife comhnu-
idhe no faillidhe, acht bheith agar fior
theagafg, go Ian fhirindeach led bhri-
athruibh, nir eifdeamairne na briathra
fin no an teagafg. Da reir fin a Thig-
hearna, do peacaidheamar go hurcho-
ideach, agas go ro throm atadhaidhfe,
iondas gurab mafia & nàire do dhligh-
femaois dfaghail da chiond fin, agas
atamaoid aga thuigfm go bfuilmid
vile lochtach atfiadhnuifefe, da madh
ail leatfa ceirtbhreitheamhnus do dhe-
namh oraind, do reir mar do thuillea-
mar. Oir ni fhedmuid atfena gur thu-
illeamar bas, agas damnadh futhain fi-
orbhuan, oir da madhail lind aradha
go bfuilmuid glan, & ar leithfgel fe'in
do ghabhail, do dhenadh ar gcoinfians
fe'in ar nagra is na briathruibh fin, agas
do fhoillfeochadh ar nolc e' fe'in atfi-
adhnuifefe, neoch is adhbhur damnu-
idh dhuinn, agas gan amharas a Thig-
hearna,

neither have advanced thy glorie as our duetie required. And
although thou hast not ceased continually to admonish us most
faithfullie by thy Worde, yet we have not given eare to thy Fatherlie
admonition.

Wherefore, O Lord, we have sinned and have grievouslie offended
against thee, so that shame and confusion apperteineth unto us, and
we acknowledged that we are altogether giltie before thy judgement,
and that if thou wouldest intreat us according to our demerites, we
could look for none other than death and everlasting damnation. For
although we wolde go aboute to cleare and excuse our selves, yet
our owne conscience wolde accuse us, and our wickednes wolde
appeare before thee, to condemne us. And in very dede, O Lord,

VRRNAIDHTHE
hearna, is leir lind ar an fmacht, agas
ar an dioghaltas do thuit oraind, gur
thuilleamar go raor do tfaobhnoffa.
Oir marta tufa adbhreitheamh cheart
chothrum, ni gan adhbhar do nf tu di-
oghaltas ar do Pobal, aranadhbhurfin
a Thigheama, 6 dho mhothuidheamar
do bhuilleadha, tuigmaoid gur thuille-
amar tfearg go himarcach, agas do chi-
muid do lamh ag bagar ofar gciond, &
do chimuid an tflat ad laimli, le fmach
taidheand, agas le mbuaileand tii find
do ghnath, agas do chimaoid an diog-
haltas vllamh tig do bhridh tfeirgefe,
ar fon ar peacadh. Damadh ail leat a-
nois a thighearna, barr dioghaltais do
dhenamh oraind, nach dearrnuis fòs,
agas mar fuaramar enbhuille gur bhail
leat ce'd buille do thabhairt duinn, &
da madh ail leat gnathughadh na fein-
tiumna do chur oraind, mar do chuiris
ar chlandaibh Ifrahel. Aithnidhema-
oid nach denta and fin vile acht ceirt-
bhreitheamhnus cothram, & ni fhed-
maoid atfena, nar thuilleamar fein an-

we see by the corrections which thou hast alreadie used towardes us,
that we have given thee great occasion to be displeased with us :
for seing that thou art a just and upright Judge, it cannot be with-
out cause that thou punishest thy people. Wherefore, for asmuche
as we have felt thy stripes, we acknowledge that we have justly
stirred up thy displeasure against us, yea, and yet we se thine hand
lifted up to beate us afresh : for the roddes and weapons wherewith
thou art accustomed to execute thy vengeance, are alreadie in thine
hand ; and the threatnings of thy wrath, which thou usest against
the wicked sinners, be in ful readines.

Now though thou shuldest punish us much more grievouslie then
thou hast hitherto done, and that, whereas we have received one
stripe, thou wouldest give us an hundreth : yea, if thou wouldest
make the curses of thine Oulde Testament which came then upon
thy people Israel, to fall upon us, we confesse that thou shouldest
do therein very righteously, and we can not denie but we have fully
deserved the same.

VRRNAIDHTHE

dioghaltas do thuill fiadfan no nifa
mo ini do thuileadarfan è. Gidheadh a
Thighearna, os tù atà Dhathair again-
de, & nach bfuil indaind acht luaithre
adh, & ere neamhghlan, agas gurab tu-
fa do rinde find, agas gurab find oib-
righthe do lamh, & gurab tii ar naod-
haire, agas ar nard bhuachaill, agas gu-
rab finde do thre"d, agas agfaigfin duid
fos gurab tù ar flanuightheoir, agas
gurab finde an Pobal do cheandaigh
tu fadheoidh, agas os tufa ar Ndia, &
os finde thoighreacht thoghtha, na
fulaing do tfeirg fadodh do dhenamh
nar nadhaidh, do dhenamh dhioghalta
is go hullamh oraind, anam do tfaobh-
nois rind, agas na cuimhnidh diogh-
altas do dhenamh oraind, do reir ar
nolc, acht fmachtaidh find go fe'imh
fo fhulaing, do reir do throcaire, & is
landeimhin lind a Thighearna, gur fha
doidh ar ndroch ghniomhartha fe'in,
tfeargfa go hiomarcach nar nadhaidh.
Gidheadh atamaoid agairm agas agu-
idhe hanmafa, agas find agimchur do
comhtharraidh,

Yet, Lord, for somuche as thou art our Father, and we be but
earth and slyme ; seing thou art our Maker, and we the workman-
ship of thine hands ; since thou art our pastor, and we thy fiocke ;
seing also that thou art our Redemer, and we are the people whom
thou hast bought ; finally, because thou art our God, and we thy
chosen heritage, suffer not thine anger so to kindle against us, that
thou shouldest punish us in thy wrath, neither remember our
wickednes, to the end to take vengeance thereof, but rather
chastise us gentlie according to thy mercie.

Trueth it is, O Lord, that our misdeeds have inflamed thy wrath
against us, yet considering that we call upon thy Name, and beare
thy mark and badge,
04

VRRNAIDHTHE
chomhtharraidh agas do tfuaithean-
tuis. Medaidh iondaind anfaothar
do thiondfgnamar ledghrafaibh, ge
nach diongmhalta find mar tfearbh-
ontuibh, dfoillfiughadh do bhriath-
ar, iondas go ma leir aon tfaoghal
vile gurab tu ar Ndia, agas ar Slanu-
ightheoir.

Atà afhios agad fos an mheid agas
do fhulaind bas, agas do Mhill tu do
bhridh amfghniomhartha fein, nach
denand fiad do mholadh feafda, acht
na hanmanda tromdha gan chomhfh-
urtacht na gcroidheadhaibh vmhla,
agas na gcoinfiafa abfuil eire an trom
na peachadh nuathmhur, agas ar abfu-
il iota do ghràs, afiad fin fhoillfidheas
do ghloirefe, & do mholadh. Is minic
fds, do bhrofnaidh do Pobal fein tu,
eland Irahel do chum fheirge, & dhio-
ghaltais, lena nolc imarcach, & do ri-
nde tufa dhioghaltas mar bhudh coir
orrthuibh. Acht comhluath, agas do
thuigeadarfan alochta, agas do thille-
adar chugadfa, do ghabh tu do chum
G.

mainteine rather the worke that thou hast begonne in us by thy
free grace, to the ende that all the world may know that thou art
our God and Saviour. Thou knowest that suche as be dead in
grave, and whom thou hast destroyed and brought to confusion,
will not set forthe thy praises ; but the heavie soules, and com-
fortles, the humble hearts, the consciences opprest and loden with
the grievous burthen of their sinnes, and therefore thyrst after thy
grace, they shal set forthe thy glorie and praise.

Thy people of Israel oftentimes provoked thee to anger
through their wickednes, whereupon thou didest, as right re-
quired, punish them ; but so sone as they acknowledged their
offences, and returned to thee, thou didst receave them

VRRNAIDHTHE
do throcaire fad, & ni raibhe do thru-
ime no do mhed apeacadh nar chu
imhnidh tufa go minic angealladh do
rinde tu Dabraham, agas Diafag, agas
do Iacob. Iondas gur impaidh tu va-
thadh, do tflat dhioghaltach, agus gur
eifd tu anitche, agas anurrnuidhe. Fua-
ramaime anòis od mhaitheas, mor
chumhachtachfa, gealladh agas tioghl-
ucadh is fearr inà a dtugais do chloind
Ifrahel, an gealladh ata againd an Io-
fa Criofd, ata ar na dhaingniughadh
dhuinn, red fhreafdal Aithreamhailfe,
ambis agas apàis do Mhic inmhuinfe
Iofa. Vime fin a Thighearna, atamu-
id agar dtreigean fe'in, àgas ag treigean
gach vile dliochais diomhaoinigh, 6
chuidiughadh ddona fa domhan, agas
atamuid agabhail chumairce, & chuini
ridhe do gheallaidh mhor naomhtha-
fa, le ndearna ar Dtighearna Iofa Cri-
ofd, achorp do thabhairt fa chrand da
chefadh, do dhenamh ar fithi'ne riotfa.
Fech ar anadhbhar fin a Thighearna,
anadhaidh, agas anguis ghadhaigh do
Chriofd,
alwaies to mercie ; and were their enormities and sinnes never so
grievous, yet for thy covenant's sake, which thou hadst made with
thy servants Abraham, Isaak, and Jacob, thou hast alwayes with-
drawne from them the roddes and curses which were prepared for
them, in suche sort that thou didst never refuse to heare their
prayers.

We have obteined by thy goodnes a farre more excellent covenant
which we may alledge, that is, the covenant which thou first madest
and stablishest by the hand of Jesus Christ our Saviour, and was
also by thy divine providence written with his blood and sealed
with his deatli and passion.

Therefore, O Lorde, we renouncing our selves, and all vaine
confidence in man's helpe, have our only refuge to this thy
most blessed covenant, whereby our Lord Jesus, through the
offering up of his bodie in sacrifice, hath reconciled us unto
thee. Beholde therefore, O Lord, in the face of thy Christ,

VRRNAIDHTHE
Chriofd, & narab orainde no ar ar mi
ghniomharthuibh fhechfas tu fa nam
fin. Iondas go dtraothfuithear tfearg
rend aflachfan, agas go foillfithear,
gathain Ian tfoillfe do throcaire ora-
inde, do dhearbhadh do chomhfhur-
tachta, agas do tflanuighe dhuinn, agas
ofo mach gabh finde ad dhidean na-
omhtha, agas ad choimhed cumha-
chtach led Sbiorad naomhtha. Iondas
go bfetar ar naithbhreith do chum na
beathadh is fearr, iondas go ma bean-
daighthe hainm, go dti do Righe, go
madenta do thoil, adtalmhuin mar
ata ar neamh, tabhair dhuinn aniu ar
naran laitheamhail, agas maith dhuinn
ar bfiacha, mar mhaithmaoidne dar
bfeicheamhnuibh, agas na leig ambu-
aidhreadh find, acht faor find 6 olc
oir is leat fa an Righe, aneart agas an
gloir tre bhioth fior.

1TBIODH AMHLVIDH

GAS ge tamaoidne neamhglan
neamh imchubhaidh dhinn fe
G. 2.

A

and not in us, that by his intercession thy wrath may be appeased,
and that the bright beanies of thy countenance may shine upon us
to our great comfort and assured salvation : and from this time
forwarde vouchsafe to receive us under thine holy tuicion, and
governe us with thine holy Spirit, whereby we may be regenerat
anew unto a farre better life : —

So that thy Name may be sanctified : Thy Kingdome come :
Thy Will be done in earth as it is in heaven : Give us this day
our daily bread : And forgive us our detts even as we forgive
our detters : And lead us not into tentation, but deliver us
from evil : for thine is the Kingdome, and the power, and the
glorie for ever and ever. Amen.
And albeit we are most unworthie in our owne selves

VRRNAIDHTHE

in, do chum ar mbeol dfofgladh diar-
raidli gach neithe rigmaoid aleas.

Gidheadh o do dheonaidh tufa a aith-
ne do thabhairt duinn, gach aon aga-
ind do dhenamh guidhe ar acheile, a-
tamaoidne ag denamh ar nurrnuidhe
go humhal riotfa, ar fgath ar mbrathar
mbocht Criofdaidhe, neoch atà fad
fmachtfa,- ag eadarghuidhe ort fearg
dimpodh vathadh, cuimhnigh fos a
Thighearna gurab eland duid iad, mar
is eland duid finde, agas gè do chuadar
ar feachran no ar mearughadh vaid, na
treig iad, acht foillfigh do throcaire
ghnathach orra, mar do gheallais do-
na daeinibh do thogh tu, Deonaidh
fos a Thighearna, do ghrafa agas do
ghnath throcaire do dhortadh, ar He-
agluifibh go huilidhe, agas ar do Poib
leachaibh, ata ag fulang do cheirtfe, &
do fmachtuighe, re plaidh, no re cog-
adh, no le tindeas, no le chuibhreach,
no le bochtaine, no le henghne oile
anlhocracht anma no cuirp, go ma toil
leat comhfhurtacht do chur chuca, mar
is mo

to open our mouthes and to intreat thee in our necessities, yet for
as much as it hath pleased thee to commande us to pray one for
another, we make our humble prayers unto thee for our poore
brethren and membres whome thou doest visit and chastice with
thy roddes and correction, moste instantly desiring thee to tume
away thine anger from them. Remember, O Lord, we beseche
thee, that they are thy children, as we are : and though they
have offended thy Majestie, yet that it would please thee not
to cease to procede in thine accustomed bountie and mercie,
which thou hast promised shulde evermore continue towardes
thine elect. Vouchsafe, therefore, goode Lord, to extende thy
pitie upon all thy Churches, and towardes all thy people,
whome thou dost now chastise either with pestilence or warre,
or such like thine accustomed roddes, whether it be by sicknes,
prison, or povertie, or any other affliction of conscience and minde ;
that it wolde please thee to comfort them as thou knowest

VRRNAIDHTHE

is mò is imchubhaidh dhoibh afaghail,
Iondas go dtuigid gurab foillfiughadh
do ghraidh orthuibh, andochar inabfu
ilid, od fmachtughadh da gceartugh-
adh, agas foidhide do thabhairt on-
thuibh, agas traothadh arna docruibh
fin fadheireadh, agas fa dheoidh, tareis
afaortha, 6 gach triobloid dibhfin
adhbhar fubhachais, agas fobroin do
thabhairt doibh, ad throcaire, do mho
ladh hanma naomhtha, agas go hair-
idhe go ma toil leat, do throcaire dfo-
illfeachadh, ar gach aon atà agadmhail
tfirinde, agas fad do neartughadh, ma-
ille re dochas daingean, agas re buaine,
gan iompodh aranais o tfhirinde. Di-
din agas cumhdaigh iad in gach aoin
inadh, agas claoi cealga do namhad,
& namhad tfirinde, cuir frein ina mbe-
olaibh da gceartughadh ar an flighidh
choir, & coifg an tflighe marbhtach
fhuileachtach, ata fiad do dheilbh do
ghnath atadhaife, agas anadhaidh
do Mhic mhor chumhachtaigh, Iofa,
agas amhuintire, impoidh ar anais an-
G. 3-

to be most expedient for them, so that thy roddes may be instruc-
tions for them to assure them of thy favour, and for their amende-
ment, when thou shalt give them constancie and patience, and
also aswage and stay thy corrections, and so at length by delivering
them from all their troubles, give them most ample occasion to
rejoyce in thy mercie, and to praise thyne holy Name : Chiefly
that thou woldest, O Lord, have compassion aswel on all, as
on everie one of them, that employ themselves for the main-
tenance of thy trueth ; strengthen them, O Lord, with an invin-
cible constancie, defend them and assist them in all things and
everie where ; overthrow the crafty practises and conspiracies
of their enemies and thyne ; bridle their rage, and let their
bold enterprises, which they undertake against thee and the
membres of thy Sonne, turoe to their owne confusion ;

VRRNAIDHTHE
droch tflighthe, do chum anuilc fe'in
do dhenamh, agas na fulaing Riogh-
acht na gcriofduidheadh do fgrios le
foirrneart an Aintecriofd no cuimhne
hanma naomhtha do fgrios as an tal-
mhuin, agas na fulaing na daoine ata
ag moladh, agas agadmhail hanma
naomhtha do chlaoi, le Turcachuibh,
no le Paghanachuibh, no le muintir an
Papa, no le d ruing droch chreidmh-
igh oile, do bheradh fgandail no mafia
dotainm naomhthafa.

fBIODH AMHLVIDH

228 FOIRM AN

BHAISDIDH AND
SO SIOS

CUIMHNIGH ar tus go bfuil toirmifge
ambriathruib Dc do mhnaibh Searmoin do
dhenamh, n6 freafdal na Sacramuinte, agas is
follas

and suffer not thy kingdome of Christians to be utterly desolate,
neither permit that the remembrance of thine Holy name be cleane
abolished in earth, nor that they among whome it hath pleased
thee to have thy praises celebrated, be destroyed and brought to
nought, and that the Turkes, Paganes, Fapistes, and other infidels,
might boast themselves thereby, and blaspheme thy Name.

The Order of Baitisme.

smoche as it is imt permitted by God's Woord,

FOIRM AN BHAISTIDH

follas nar ordaidh Dià na Sacramuinte do ghnathugh-
adh abfolach, no anuaigneas, mar pifeogaibh, no mar
gliocas. Acht abfaghail aon choimhthinol, ar na
gceangal re briathruibh Dè, mar tfe'la aithrighe. Ar
anadhbharfin is intughtha anlenamh bhiàs da bhaif-
deadh, do chum na Heagluife alo na hurmaidhe, agas
na Sermona, agas a Athair agas anfhiadhnuife maille
ris, agas tugthar abfiadhnuife an Mhinifdir e, andiaigh
na Searmona, agus fiarfuidheadh an Minifdir an che-
ifdfe.

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ANE adhbhar fa dtugabhairfe an le
anamhfa libh and fo, da bhaifde-
adh, & diarraidh dha riribh a cheangal
agas a fhuaidhel re corp diamhair Iofa
Criofd ? freagradh an tathair no anfhi-
adhnuife e, agas abradh mar fo.

IT ATAMVID GAN AM-
haras aga iarraidh fin fein, na dhi-
aidh fin labhradh an Minifdir mur
fo.

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Vgmuid dar naire abhraithreache
ha inmhuine, ciondas do rinde Did
G. 4.

that the Sacraments are not ordeined of God to be used in privat corners

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to be baptised, shalbe broght to the churche, on the day appointed to comen
prayer and preachinge, accompanied with the father and godfather. So

...... r : . , .Mm me iduici jiiu Buui.

that after the Sermon, the chyld beinge presented to the M

demaundeth this question :
Do you present this childe to be baptised, earnestly desiring that
he may be ingrafted in the mysticall body of Jesus Christ?
The Answer.— Yes, we require the same.

The Minister procedtfh.
Then let us consider, dearly beloved, how Almyghtie Gud

FOIRM AN
na nuile chumhacht, claud ochta dho
fein dinn, agas ni he fin amhain, acht
tareis ar ngabhala agcumand a Eaglu-
ife, do gheallfe dhufn maille ris fin, go
mbeith fe fèin in a Dhia dhufnn, agas
dar gcloind go nuige an mile ce'im, &
mar do dhearbh fe fin, di pobal fein fa
tfemtiomna, le facramnint an ghear-
raidh thimchill. Is marfin, do athnu-
adhaidh fè an ni cedna dhufnne fa thi
umna nuaidh, le- Sacramuint an bhaif-
didh, da chur agceill duinn leis an tfa-
cramuintfin, gurab leis ar gcland bhe-
ag, agas vime fin nach coir agcur ar
gcul, ona comhtharraibh naomhtha, &
ona fe'laibh flanaighthe, re naithneoc-
har a chland f^in, feach lucht droch
chreidimh, no paghanachaibh, agas ni
ricthear aleas tuigfe, agas creideamh
do bheith ag gach aon duine ghabhas
an Tfacramuintfe, ach ambeith fa ainm
pobail De. Iondas goma leo maithe-
amh apeacthaid tre' dhortadh fhola Io-
fa Criofd, do reir gheallaidh Dhe vile
chumhachtaidh, an ni atà" follas do reir
Foil,

hath not onely made us his children by adoption, and received us
into the fellowship of his Churche ; but also hath promised that he
wilbe our God, and the God of our children, unto the thousand
generation. Whych thinge, as he confirmed to his people of the
Olde Testament by the sacrament of Circumcision, so hath he also
renewed the same to us in his New Testament by the sacrament of
Baptisme ; doing us therby to wyt, that our infantes apperteyne to
him by covenaunt, and therfore oght not to be defrauded of those
holy signes and badges wherby his children are knowen from
Infidells and Pagans.

Neither is it requisite, that all those that receyve this Sacramente
have the use of understanding and faythe ; but chiefelye that they
be conteyned under the name of God's people : .So that remission of
synnes in the bloode of Christ Jesus, doth appertaine to them by
God's promise. Which thing is most evident by Sainct Paul,
102

B H A I S T 1 1) H
Pòil, mar adeir fe eland na ndaoine,
aga mbi athair dheagli chreidmheach,
do bheith glan naomhtha, agas fds do
ghabh ar flanuightheoir Criofd chui-
ge na fhiadhnuife, agas na vcht an
chland bheag, agas do bheandaigh
fad, agas atà an Sbiorad naomhta aga
dhearbhadh dhuinn, gurab do pobal
De an chland bheag, agas gurab leo
maitheamh apeacaidh 6 Chriofd. Ar
anadhbharfin ni Tetar ag congrahail 6
tfelaibh, agas 6 chomhtharraibh po-
bail Dè, acht mun dentar anegoir orra,
& fòs ni fhuil anuireadfin fein dfeidhm
ar an gcomhtharradh amuig, athuigfm
gomadh dith flanuighthe dhoibh, an-
uireafbhuidh, da tiucfadh do dheif-
riughadh, no do thindeanas Mis chu-
ca, nach lamhthar go himchubhaidh
adtabhairt do chum na Heagluife, acht
finde ag tabhairt dar naire anumh-
lacht dhligheas gach Criofdaidhe do
thabhairt do bhriathruibh, agas dord-
ughadh Iofa Criofd, neoch tug aithne
da Eafbulaidh, agas da Mhinifdribh

who pronounceth the children begotten and borne, either of the
parents being faythful, to be cleane and holy. Also our Saviour
Christ admitteth children to his presence, imbrasing and blessinge
them. Which testimonies of the Holy Uhoste assure us, that infants
be of the number of God's people ; and that remission of synnes
doth also apperteyne to theim in Christ. Therfore, wythout
injurie, they cannot be debarred from the common signe of God's
children. Neither yet is this owteward action of suche necessitie,
that the lacke therof shuld be prejudiciall to their salvation, yf
that prevented by death, thei may not conveniently be presented
to the church. But we (havinge respect to that obedience which
Christians owe to the voice and ordinance of Christ Jesus, who
commanded to preache and baptise all wythout exception),

FOIRM AN
Seannoin, agas baifdeadh gach vile
dhuine do dhenamh, gan eidir dhea-
lughadh. Atamuid aga bhreathnu-
gadh gurab neamh imchubhaidh do
chomand Eagluife Dè, na daoine do
ni go tarcaifneach, bheith ag diultadh
na fligheadh riaghalta ro dhiorgha, do
ordaigh aghliocas Diadhafan, do
theagafg agas do chomhfhurtacht ar
gcedfadh tromdhoine. Tuilleadh o-
ile fds, is follas gur horduigheadh an
baifdeadh do fhreafdal no do dhen-
amh anduil visge, da theagafg dhui'nne
agas mar eifimlair, mar do ni an tuifge
nighe no glanadh tfalchuir an chuirp,
leath amuigh, gurab amhluidhfin do
ni fuil no bridh fhola Criofd, arnan-
manda do ghlanadh leathafloigh, on
tfalchur, agas on puindfiun mharbht-
hach, Id rabhamar truaillidhe neamh-
ghlan, do reir naduire, agas gèta deaf-
gaidh neamhghlan na droch naduire
fin do ghnàth nar bfeoil, no nar gcor-
paibh, ni haigeorthar oraind i, do
bhridh bhdis Chriofd, òir is linde fir-
entacht

do judge theym onely unworthy of any felowship with him, who
contemptuosly refuse suche ordinary meanes as his wisdome hath
appointed to the instruction of our dull senses.

Furthermore, it is evident that Baptisme was ordeined to be
ministred in the element of water, to teache us, that lyke as water
outwardly dothe washe away the fylthe of the bodye, so inwardly
dothe the vertue of Christ's blood purge our sowles from that cor-
ruption and deadly poyson wherwith by nature we were infected.
Wh

hose venemous dreggs, althogh they continewe in this
flesh, yet by the merits of his deathe are not imputed unto us,

B H A I S T I D H
entacht Chriofd inar mbaifdeadh, ni
he gurab inbhreathnuidhe an bhridh

fin no na cumhachta do bheith leath
aftoigh don vifge, no fa nobair amuigh
fe'in, òir is imdha duine do baifdeadh,
agas nar glanadh leath aftoigh riamh,
acht an ti do ordaidh an baifdeadh do
dhenamh, ar flanuighteoir Iofa Criofd,
go noibridheand fè bridh an bhaiflidh,
agcroidheadhaibh na bfirenach, fa
naimfir imchubhaidh, le neart an Sbi-
orad naonih, agas is de fin ghoireas an
Sgriobhtuir ar nathbhreith, agas ata
fin go hairidhe in da pone, amarbhadh
dhroch thoile an chuirp no na colla,
& anuauidheacht no angloine bheat-
hadh, mar ata cothughadh maith do
dhenamh anadhaidh ar namhad ar fe-
adh ar naimfire, do chaitheamh ar na-
imfire fa ngloine do ghabhamar vma-
ind, anam ar mbaifdidh, agas gè tà do-
char agas cathughadh ar namhad ora-
ind agcuairt no adturos aithghearr na
beathadh fa, neoch ata. agar fior iond-
fuidhe, le neart vmarcach, ni troid gan

by cause the justice of Jesus Christ is made ours by baptisme. Not
that we thinke any suche vertue or power to be included in the
visible water or outward action, (for many have bene baptised, and
yet never inwardly purged,) but that our Saviour Christ, who
commanded baptisme to be ministred, will, by the power of his
Holy Spirite, effectually worke in the harts of his elect (in tyme
convenient) all that is ment and sygnified by the same. And this
the Scripture calleth our regeneration, which standeth chiefli in
these two [joints, in mortification, that is to say, a resisting of the
rebellious lustes of the fleshe, and in newnes of lyffe, wherby we
continually stryve to walke in that purenes and perfection wher-
with we are cladd in Baptisme.

And althogh we in the journey of this lyffe be incumbred wyth
many ennemies, which in the way assayle us, yet fyght we not wyth
out fruite.

F O I R M A N

tarbha ar dtroid. Oir an cath gnath-
ach ata againd, agas an fgiath dainge-
an do leonta anadhaidh bhais agas If-
rind, is comhtharrdha Idn daingean e,
go bfuil Athair cuimhneach againd, ar
an ngealladh tug fe dhuinn an Iofa
Criofd, agas go bfuil agar mbrofnugh-
adh, fa chathughadh cruaidh do dhe-
namh, anadhaidh na namhadfin, agas
ni he fin anihain, acht go bfuil ag tab-
hairt adheirbh fheafa dhuinn, vachta-
ranacht an chathuighefin do chofn-
amh. Vime fin abhraithreacha inmh-
uine is eigean en vair ar mbaifdeadh,
agas ni he fin amhain, acht teid adtar-
bha, go raor dhuinn, bheith abfiadh-
nuife an Bhaifdidh agadhenamh, do
chuimhneachadh an cheangail atà ead
ruind, agas Did. Mar do gheall fe'
dhuinn, go mbiadh fe' na Dhia dhuinn,
agas finde nar pobal do, agas go mbi-
adh fe dtathair againd, agas finde nar
gcloind aigefan, agas gomadh eidir
lind anaimfear do chuaidh tharaind do
choimhneachadh, & afhechain an bfu-
ilmaoid

For this continuall lialt.iill which »c tight against synne, deathe,
and hell, is a most infallihle argument, that God the Father, mind-
full of his promise made unto us in Christ Iesu, doth not only gyve
us motions and courage to resist theim, but also assurance to over-
come and obteine victorie.

Wherfore, dearly beloved, it is not only of necessitie that we be
once baptised, but also it moch profiteth oft to be present at the minis-
tration therof ; that we beingeputt in minde of the league and covenant
made betwxit God and us, that lie wilbe our God, and we his people,
he our Father, and we his children, may have occasion as wel to trye
our lives past as our present conversation, anil to prove our selves,
lot;

BHAISTIDH
ilmaoid daingean andeagh chreide-
amh, fa naimfir ina bfuilmaoid, no a
ndeachamar ar feachran 6 Dhia. do
bhridh neimh chreidimh, agas dhroch
bheathadh neamhghloine, & mataid
ar gcoinfianfa aga nagra fin oraind, is
vrafa dhufnne ara tfon fin, bheith go
maith do reir ghealladh ghradaidh ar
Nathar dhuinn, neoch ata agairm gach
aonduine maille re haithrighe, do
chum athrocaire, agas go bfedmaoid 6
fo amach gluafacht agas ceimniugh-
liadh ni bhus furachra, do reir ar nin-
mhe. Tuillead eile fds, is vrafa dha-
oibhfe a aithreacha, agas a mhaithrea-
cha, folàs mor agas fubhachas do gha-
bhail chugaibh, ag faiciin bhur gclo-
inde aga ngabhail anucht an choimht-
hinoil Chriofdaidhe, da chur agceill
daoibhfe, go bfuilti fe'in gach enla
agtogbhail, & ag beathughadh na clo
inde atà fa ghràfaibh, agas fa throcaire
Dhe', neoch aga brail a vfdh, agas a
aire, do ghnath le freafdal Aithreamh-
ail ar angcloind fin, & ifbeite dhaoibh

whether we stand fast in the faithe of God's elect, or contrariwise
have strayed from him through incredulitie and ungodly lyvinge ;
wherof it our consciences do accuse us, yet by hearing the lovino-
promises of our heavenly Father, (who calleth all men to mercie
by repentance,) we may from hensforthe walke more warely in our

Moreover, ye that be fathers and mothers may take hereby moste
singular comfort, to se your children thus receyved in to the
bosome of Christes congregation, wherby you are daily admon-
ished that ye norishe and bring up the children of God's favor and
mercye, over whom his fatherly providence watcheth continually.

FOIRM AN

fo fubhachas fiorbhuan oraibh fa nadh
bharfin. Oir atà afhios agaibh nach
dteagmhand e'n ni dhoibh, gan adhe-
aghthoilfe'an da dheonughadh dho-
ibh. Vime fin is beite dhaoibhfe fui-
reachair fior dhitheallach, da dtog-
bhail, agas da naltrum, agas da noile-
amhain, adtuigfin fhirindigh, agas ane
agla Dhif vile chumhachtaigh, agas da
ndentar fuarruidhe no dearmad riu, fa
fhalach thoile an Athar neamhdha or
ra, ni don cloind amhain do nithear
anurclioidfin. Acht bhudh damnadh
dhaoibhfe fe'in fa dheoidh, afhulang
an chland do cheanduigh fe', re fuil a
Mhic dimpodh vadha go graineamh-
ail, do dhith thuigfena na firinde, do
chur agceill doibh. Ar anadhbharfin,
ata dfiachaibh oraibhfe le' bhar nuile
dhitheall freafdal do dhenamh fa na-
imfir imchubhaidh. Mar atà bhur
gcland do thogbhail, adteagafg fhoir-
fe fhior Chriofdaidhe, & go hairidhe a
Ian ndochas do dhenamh as rirentacht
Iofa Criofd amhain, agas fuath do
tbabhairt

Which thing, as it oglit greatly to rejoyse you, (knowing that
nothing can chaunce unto them wythcmt his good pleasure,) so
ught if to make you diligent and carefull to nurture and instruct
them in the true knowledge and feare of God. YVherin if you be
negligent, ye do not only injurie to your own children, hydinge
from them the good will and pleasure of Almyghtie God their
Father, but also heape damnation upon your sekes, in sufferinge
his children, boght wyth the bloode of his deare .Sonne, so
trayterously (for lack of knowledge) to turne backe from him.
Therfore it is your duety, with all diligence, to provide that your
children, in tyme convenient, be instructed in all doctrine
necessarie for a true Christian, chiefely that they be taught
to rest upon the justice of Christ Jesus alone, and to abhorre
10b

BHAISTI DH

thabhairt do chrabhadh fcllfa, agas

dumhlacht dhealbh, agas do riagail an

Papa, agas do chum afhios do bheith

againd fa dheoidh, gurab e fo creide-

amh inar bhail libhfe a Athair, agas

afhiadhnuife an leanamhfa, do thog-

bhail floindidh fein dhufnn and fo,

abfiadhnuife Dè ar tus, agas na

Heagluise agas an choitnh-

thionoil Chriofdaidhe,

fuim an chreidimh

inarbhail Ieibh an

leanamhfa do

thogbhail,

agas do

theagafg.

M And fin abradh antathair, no munroibhe fe do lathair
abradh an tatbair Spioratalta airteagail an chreidimh
darab comhain an Chrè, nadhiaidh fin minigheadh
.in Miniflir mur In fins fad.

ATA an creideamh Criofdaidhe,
do chulabhair anois go haithghe-
arr, ar na roind go sjnathach, inda air-

and flee all superstition, Papistrie, and idolatrie. Finally, to the
intent that we may be assured, that you the father and suretie con-
sent to the perfourmance hereof, declare here before God and the
face of his congregation, the somme of that faith wherein you
beleve, and will instruct this childe.

Ane Exposition of the Creed.

The Christian faith whereof now ye have briefly heard the
somme, is commonly divided in twelve Articles :

FOIRM AN
teagal dcg. Acht do chum go madh
feirrde do thuigfemapis fin roind 6
agceithre chuid priondfubalta. Bean-
aidh an chedchuid de re Did Athar,
an dara cuid, re Hiofa Criofd ar Dtig-
hearna, Foillfeochaidh an treas cuid
ar gcreideamh dhuinn fa Sbiorad na-
omh, agas foilleochaidh an ceathram-
hadh cuid dheigheanach. Cre'd e ar
gcreideamh adtimcheall na Heagluife,
agas graTa De ar na fiorthoirbheart
di. Ar tus adtimcheall De' adbhamao-
id tri neithe .1. gurab è Dia ar nathair
ar tus, go bfuil fe vile chumhachtach,
andara ni, gurab e cruthuighthoir nei-
mhe agas talmhana 6, antreas ni, goir-
maoid ar nathair dhe, agas creidmaoid
gurab e ar nathair, ni na mhain ar fon
ar gcruthaidhthe. Oir ata fin coitche
and duinn vile, agas dona creatuiribh
eile, ge nach bfuaradar anmheidfin do-
noir, Dia do bheith na Athair gradh-
ach aca, acht is vime ghoirmaoid ar
Nathair dhe, ar fon gur thogh fè go
faor find, mar chloind ochta dhò fein
do chum

but that we may the better understand what is conteined in the

same, we slial divide it into foure principal partes. The first shall
concerne God the Father, The second, Jesus Christ our Lord.
The third shal expresse to us our faith in the Holy Ghost. And
the fourth and last, shal declare what is our faith concerning the
Church, and of the graces of God freely given to the same.

First, of God we confesse three things, to wit, that he is our
Father, Almightie, maker of heaven anil earth. Gur Father we
call him, and -o liv l.nlh bclcvc linn lobe, not so muche, because he
hath created us (for that we have common with the rest of creatures,
who yet are not called to that honour to have God to them a favour-
able Father ;) but we call him Father, by reason of his free adoption,

by the which he hath chosen us to lyf everlasting in Jesus Christ.

i byi
lyf c

BHAISTIDH
do chum na beathadh biothbhuaine,
ar Ion Iofa Criofd, agas is mo mheaf-
muid an trocaire ro oirrdheircfe, ina
gach vile ni talmhuidhe truaillidhe.
Oir na fhegmhuis fo amhain, ni fhuil
aoibhneas no ardtfonas, no comhfh-
urtacht criochnuighe agan gcineadh
dhaonna, agas an tan bhias fo againd,
is lainndearbhtha dhumn go dtreor-
uidheand fe find, an vile ghluafacht na
beathadhfa, leis an ngradhfin fe'in ler
thogh fe, go faor find 6 thus. Iòdas gu
rab f, ar gcrioch fadheoidh dhe an Ri-
oghacht tfuthain, do vllmhuidh fe da
chloind thoghtha do chofnamh. Oir
on tobarfa throcaire faoire De. Agas
ona mhacacht ochta, ata fruth ar
ngarma, agas ar nglanta, agas ar ngàth
naomhta. Agas fa dheoidh fruth ar
nglanta ag teacht chugaind, mar do ni
an Teafbul Pol afhiadhnuife. Adbam-
aoid fos an Dia fin fe'in ar Nathair, do
bheith vile chumhachtach, ni ra mhain
ar fon, go bfedand fe gach èn ni bhus
ail leis do dhenamh, acht ar fon go
H.

And this his most singular mercie we preferre to all tilings, earthly
and transitorie : for without this there is to mankind no felicitie,
no comfort, nor finall joy ; and having this we are assured that by
the same love by the which he once hath freely chosen us, he shall
conduct the whole course of our life, that in the end we shal pos-
sesse that immortal! kingdome that he hath prepared for his chosen
children. For from this fountein of God's free mercie or adoption,
springeth our vocation, our justification, our continual sanctifica-
tion, and finally, our glorification : as witnesseth the Apostle.

The same God our Father we confesse Almightie, not only in
respect of that he may do,

ill

BHAISTIDH

bfuil fe' ag riaghladh, agas ag ro choi-
mhed gach vile creatuir ar Neamh, &
ar talmhuin, agas fa thalmhuin, lena
ghliocas Diadha, agas lena chumhach-
taibh, mar do ordaigh a thuigfe tfior-
uighthe, agas a thoil throcaireach, ag-
congbhail anordughadh 6 thus. Agas
adbhamaoid fa treas cuid, gurab e cru-
thuigthoir neimhe, agas talmhan e .1.
go bfuil neamh, agas talamh mar fin na
laimh, nach dentar en ni ionta anainb-
fios do, no fos anadhaidh athoile.

Acht go bfuil fe' mar fin aga riaghladh.
Iondas gurab i, is crioch dho fin a a-
inm diadhafan do bheith glormhur i-
onta, & mar fin atamaoid agadmhail, &
ag creideamh nach bfuil agna diabh-
luibh no ag lucht dhenta vile ar an
tfaoghal, cumhachta ar bioth do dhe-
namh triobloide no dithe, no dochair
do chloind thoghtha Dhe, acht an
mheid is toil leifean do dhenamh dho
ibh, mar bhallaibh freafdail do fe'in
dfiondachtain, agas dfechain ar gcrei-
dimh, & ar bfulaing, & ar bfoighide,

but in consideration lli.it 1 >y his power and godly wysedome are all
creatures in heaven and earth, and under the earth, ruled, guyded,
and kept in that order that his eternal knowledge and wil hath
appointed them.

And that is it which in the third part we do confesse, that he is
Creator of heaven and earth : that is to saye, that the heaven and
the earth, and the contents thereof, are so in his hand, that there is
nothing done without his knowledge, neither yet against his wil, but
that he ruleth them so, that in the end his godly Xanie shalbegloryfied
in them. And so we confesse and beleeve, that nether the devils,
nor yet the wicked of the world, have any power to molest or trouble
the chosen children of God, but in so farre as it pleaseth him to use
them as instruments, ether to prove and trye our faith and patience,
112

BHAISTIDH

dar mbrofnugadh fuas lc barr clithill
deadarghuidhe a anmafan, no do
ghnath fmuaintiughadh anaoibhnis,
agas anard tfolàis neamhdha, ata ag
feitheamh oraind tareis na ndochair
ndimbuanfa. Gidheadh ni ba lei'thf-
gel dona daoinibh aingidhe fo, ar fon
nach bfechaid choidhche ar thoil Dè
do choimlionadh lena naingidheacht,
no vmhla fos do dhenamh dho. Tuig-
maoid da nàduir chomhlana eidir dhe
alaighthe an Iofa Criofd .1. diadhacht
tfioraighthe, agas daonnacht chomh-
lan ceangailte rè cheile". Iondas go bfu
ilmaoid agadmhail, & ag creideamh in
focal futhain fioraigthe fin, do bhi rd
imh gach tiis, agus gach tofach, ler cru
thuigheadh na huile neithe, agas atà
fos aga ndion, agas aga ndidean mar
ataid, gur ghabh fè ar naduir dhaonna-
ine 6 Oigh, le hoibriughadh an Sbio-
rad naomh, fa naimfir ar ordaigh com-
hairle chomlimbuan a Athar neamh-
dha fèin. Iondas go dtuigeam, agas
go gcreideam nachraibhe èn ni ina
H. 2.

or else to stirre us to more fervent invocation of his Name, and to
continual meditation of that heavenly rest and joye that abideth us
after these transitorye troubles. And yet shall not this excuse the
wicked, because they never loke in their iniquitie to please God,
nor yet to obey his wil.

In Jesus Christ we confesse two distinct and perfect natures :
to wit, the eternal Godhead and the perfect Manhood joyned
together : so that we confesse and beleve, that the eternal Worde,
which was from the begynning, and by the which all things were
created, and yet are conserved and kept in their being, did, in the
time appoynted in the counsel of his heavenly Father, receive our
nature of a Virgine, by operation of the holie Ghost. So that in
his conception, we acknowledge and beleve that there is nothing
p 113

FOIRM AN
gheineamhain, acht niamhghloine, &
naomhthacht, agas fos fa meid adtarrla
na bhrathair dhuinne è : Oir do bei-
gean, & do bimchubhaidh an tf dhar
choir each do ghlanadh d tfal, agas o
tfalchur apeacthadh e fein, do bheith
glan 6 vile tfalchur peacthaidh inà
gheineamhain, agas fos deis a gheine-
amhna. Agas mar adbhamaoid, agas
mar chreidmaoid gur geineadh è on
Sbiorad naomh, is mar fin adbhama-
oid, agas chreidmaoid go rugadh è le'
Hoigh darab ainm Muire do threibh
Iuda, agas do theaghlach Dauid do
choimhlionadh gheallaidh De', agas
na bfàidheadh .1. go mbriffeadh, fli-
ocht na mna, ceand na nathrach, agas
go ngèbhadh Oigh toircheas gan chi-
on fir, agas go mbifradh fi Mac da
bhudh ainm Emanuel, is inand fin re
radha angaoidheilg, agas Dia maille
rinde, an tainmfe Iofa is iondand fin re'
radha, agas flanuighthoir agaoidheilg,
an tainm tugadh dhò 6 naingeal, da
dhearbhadh dhuinne gurab e fein am-
hain

but puritie and sanctification ; yea, even in somuche as he is
become our brother. For it behoved him that shuld purge
others from their sinnes, to be pure and clene from all spot of
sinne, even from his conception. And as we confesse and beleve
him conceived by the holy Ghost, so do we confesse and beleve
him to be borne of a Virgine named Mary, of the tribe of Juda,
and of the familie of David ; that the promise of God and the pro-
phecie might be fulfilled, to wit, ' That the seede of the woman
shulde breake downe the Serpent's head,' and ' that a Virgine shuld
conceive and beare a childe, whose name shuld be Emmanuel, that is
to say, God with us.' The name Jesus, which signifieth a Saviour,
was given unto him by the Angel, to assure us that it is he alone

BH AISTIDH
hain tflaineochas apobal fein onape-
acthaibh. Adearar fòs Criofd ris is
ionand fin re radha, agas neach ar ar
cuiread ola, ar fon na noifigeadh tug-
adh dhò 6 Dhià Athar .1. gurab è fè"in
na aonar do horduidheadh, na Righ,
& na Tfagart, agas na Fhàidh, is Ri e,
ar fon go bfuair fe' gach vile chumh-
achtha ar neamh, agas ar talmhuin,
iondas nach bfuil e'n neach oile, ar ne-
amh no ar talmhuin aga bfuil coir no
ceart, ar ladh no ar aitheantaibh do
chuma, no do cheangal do reir choin-
fiafa daonna, agas fos nach bfuil din
neach oile ler bfeidir ar nanmanda do
dhion ò dhaoirfe peacadh, no ar gcu-
irp do dhion, o fhoirneart aingidhe
daonna, acht eifean amhain, & oibrighe
fe fo, le cumhachtaibh abhriathar fèin,
le dtairrngeand fè find, 6 chuibhre-
ach, agas ò dhaoirfe Tfatain, ag tab-
hairt Thighearntuis duinn 6s ciond
peacaidh anfad mhairfeam, agas do ni-
maoid feirbhis dar Ndià fe'in, abfiren-
tacht, agas a naomhthacht ar mbeath
H. 3.

that saveth his people from their sinnes. He is called Christ, that
is to say, Anoynted, by reason of the offices given unto him by God
his Father ; to wit, that he alone is appointed King, Priest, and
Prophet. King, in that, that all power is given to him in heaven
and earth ; so that there is none other but he in heaven nor earth,
that hath just authority and power to make lawes to bynd the
consciences of men ; neither yet is there any other that may
defend our soules from the bondage of sinne, nor yet our bodies
from the tiranny of man. And this he doeth by the power of his
worde, by the which he draweth us out of the bondage and sclavery
of Satan, and maketh us to reigne over sinne ; whils that we lyve
and serve our Clod in righteousnesse and holynes of our life.

115

FOIRM AN
adh. Is Sagart e atà futhain fioraigh-
the, agas creidmaoidne, agas adbhama-
oid (in, ar fon gur dhiol fe ceirtbhrei-
theamhnus a Athar nar nainmne, agas
ar ar fon, le hiodhbuirt achuirp fein,
neoch tug fe mar ofrail enuair fuas, fa
chroich rer ce'fadh è, & mar fin gidhbe
iarras flighe eile ar bioth, ar neamh no
ar talmhuin, feach a bhaffan, agas a pais
dà thabhairt do chum ghrdidh De, ni
fgandail amhain do bheirid do, acht
maille ris an fgandail, go fiu agcumh-
achta, ataid ag diultadh tlioraidh, agas
thabhachta na hen iodhburtafin. Ad-
bhamaoid gurab e is en Fhaidh and,
neoch do fhoillfigh dhuinne, Ian toil
a Athar in gach e"n ni bheanas rer fla
nughadh. Adbhamaoid, agas creidma
oid ar Dtighearna Iosa, do bheith nà
èn Mhac Dè, ar fon nach bfuil a en le
theid eile' and do reir nàduire, acht ei-
fean fein amhain. Adbhamaoid fds
gurab e, ar Dtighearna e ni headh am-
hain ar fon gurab find a chreatuire, acht
go haithghearr ar fon gur cheandaigh
fe

A Priest, and that perpetual and everlasting, we confesse him, by
reason that by the sacrifice of his own body, which he once offered
up upon the crosse, he hath fullie satisfied the justice of his Father
in our behalf : so that whosoever seketh any meanes besides his
death and passion, in heaven or in earth, to reconcile unto them
Cod's favour, they do not onely blaspheme, but also, so farre as in
them is, renounce the fruit and efficacie of that his onely one
sacrifice. We confesse him to be the onely Prophet, who hath
revelled unto us, the whole will of his Father in all things pertein-
ing to our salvation.

This our Lord Jesus we confesse to be the onlie Sonne of God,
because there is none such by nature but he alone. We con-
fesse him also our Lord, not only by reason we are his creatures,
but chiefly because he hath redeemed us by his precious blood,

BHAISTIDH

fe find lena fhuil vafail oirrdheirc fc-
in agas mar fin fuair fe Tighearntus,
agas vachtaranacht ofar gciond, mar
Pobal do tfaor, agas do fhuafgail fe, 6
dhaoirfe peacaidh, agas bhàis, agas I-
frind, agas an diabhail, agas do rinde
fe Righthe, agas Sagairt dind do Dhia
Athar. Adbhamaoid fos tuilleadh, &
creidmaoid gur hagradh ar Dtighear
na Iofa abfiadhnuife bhreitheamhan
talmhuidhe, darbhainm, Pontius Pila-
tus, agas gur fhulaing fè bàs agcrand
na croiche ce'fda, eidir dhias meirrle-
ach, fan mbreitheamhnus fin, acht
gè minic do nochtadh and fin abheith
neimhchiontach, agas mur do bhi an
bàs fin ro fhuathmhur ro ghranda ab-
fiadhnuife daoine, is mar fin do bhi
an Ms cedna, curfda abfiadhnuife De,
mur adubhairt, is curfda gach e'n neach
bhias crochaidhe ar crand, agas do fhu-
laing feifean an ghne' ghranda bhaiffe
ar a pearfuind fein, ar fon gurab e or-
duighthear lena Athair fein, mar bhra-
ighid orainde, agas mar fhear imchuir
H. 4.

and so hath gotten just dominion over us, as over the people whom
he hath delivered from bondage of shine, death, hel, and the devil,
and hath made us Kings and Priests to God his Father.

We farther confesse and beleve, that the same our Lord Jesus
was accused before an earthly judge, Pontius Pilate, under whome
albeit oft and divers times he was pronounced to be innocent,
he suffered the death of the crosse, hanged upon a tree betwixt
two theves. Which death, as it was most cruel and vile before
the eyes of men, so was it accursed by the mouth of God him-
selfe, saying, 'Cursed is everie one that hangeth on a tree.'
And this kynde of death susteined he in our person, because
he was appointed of God his Father to lie our pledge, and
he that shuld beare the punishment of our transgressions.

117

FOIRM AN
dioghaltais ar feachrainne, agas tuigma-
oid da reir fin, agas creidmaoid gur
thogaibh fe leis di'nd an curfadh, & an
mallachadh, do bhi crochaidhe ora-
ind ar fon peacaidh. Fuair fe bds gan
amharas, ag tabhairt a Sbioraide fuas
alamhaibh a Athar, tareis aradha dho,
a Athair ataim ag tairbheart mo Sbio-
raide ad lamhaibhfe. Tareis abhdis, ad-
bhamaoid, gur hadhluiceadh a chorp,
agas go ndeachaidh fe" fids an Ifreand,
acht ar fon gurab e fein amhain funda-
muint na beatha, & gurab è fein bhudh
beatha da riribh and, nir bfedir a cho-
ngbhail fa dhochar, no fa dhoilgheas
anbhais. Agas na dhiaidhfin do eirigh
fe an treas Id aris ar ngabhail chumha-
chta, agas bhuadha dho ar an mbds, &
ar Ifreand, agas tug fè beatha aris do
chum an tfaoghail fds, leis anefeirg
he fin, agas ata fè ag roind na beatha
fin, le cumhachtaibh a Sbioraid fe'in,
arabhallaibh beodha beandaighthe
fein. londas nach bds doibh anois
anbds corparradha. Acht dul is teach
fa

And so we acknowledge and beleve that lie hath taken away that
curse and malediction that hanged on us by reason of sinne. He
verely died, rendring up his spirit into the hands of his Father,
after that he had said, ' Father, into thy hands I commend my
spirit.' After his death, we confesse his body was buryed, and
that he descended to the hel. But because he was the Author of
life, yea, the very lyfe itself, it was impossible that he shulde be
retained under the dolors of death ; and therefore the third day he
rose agayn victor and conqueror of death and hel ; by the
which his resurrection, he hath brought life agayne into the
world, which he, by the power of his Flolie Spirit, communi-
cateth unto his lyvely membres ; so that now unto them corporal
death is no death, but an entrance into that blessed life,

BHAISTIDH
fa mbeathaidh mbeandaighthe mbu-
antfuthain, Oi'r tareis na heifeirghe do
dhearbhadh da dheifgibluibh dho, &
da gach aon dar an go buan maille ris
go foithe abhàs. Do chuaidh fe fuas
go fo fhaicfena ar neamh abfiadhnuife
tful daoine, agas tugadh a ionadh dho
ar deaflaimh Dhe Athar vile chumha-
chtaigh, mar a bfuil U anois na ghloir
fe'in, na en cheand, agas na èn teach-
taire, & na en Aidhne, ar fon gach boill
da" chorp, agas ata coinhfhurtacht mor
againd de fin. Ar tus lena dhul fuas
ar neamh, do fofgladh teaghdhuis de
dhuinn, agas do rindeadh flighe dhu-
fnn, as abfedfam go dana dul abfiadh-
nuife Chathrach gras, agas trocaire ar
Nathar neamhdha fe'in, agas na dhia-
idh fin atà fhios againd, go dtugadh
a onoir agas a inmhe Diofa Criofd ar
gceand, agas ar gcodhnach nar naimne
do chum thoraidh, agas tarbha do the-
acht duind de fin, agas gd tà fe' go cor-
parrdha anois ar neamh, atà fe le' cum-
hachtaibh a Sbioraid and fo do ghn-

wherein our head, Jesus Christ, is now entred. For after that he
he had sufficiently prooven his resurrection to his disciples, and
unto suche as constantly did abide with him to the death, he
visiblie ascended to the heavens, and was taken from the eyes of
men, and placed at the right hand of God the Father Almightie,
where presently he remaneth in his glory, onely Head, onely Media-
tor, and onely Advocate for all the members of his body : of which
we have most especial comfort. First for that by his ascension
the heavens are opened unto us, and an entrance made unto us, that
boldly we may appeare before the throne of our Father's mercie.
And, secondarylye, that we know that this honor and authoritie
is given unto Jesus Christ, our head, in our name, and for our
profite and utilitie. For albeit that in body he now be in the
heaven, yet by the power of his Spirit he is present here with us,

FOIRM AN
ath nar meafgne, agas nar bfochair dar
gcoimhe'd, agas dar gcoimhdhidean
inar nuile amhgharaibh, agas anfho-
cruibh. Agas saorfuidh fe fa dheoidh
a Eagluis go huilidhe, agas gach enb-
hall firindeach dhi fa 16 fin, an tan tha
ifbenfas fe" e fe'in, ina bhreitheamh ar
bheoaibh, agas ar mharbhaibh. Oir fa
dheoidh afe fo an ni adbhamaoid ad-
timcheall Iofa Criofd .1. mar do cond-
cus e", ag dul fuas go foilleir, & mar do
fhagaibh an faoghal do reir an chuirp
fin fèin do fhuilaing pais, agas do rinde
aneifeirghe. Is mar fin chreidmaoid
go daingean doghluaifde godtiucfa
fe ò dheaflaimh a Athar agas go bfaic-
fe gach vile tfiiil e, agas fds go bfaicfid
fuile na ndaoine ler tolladh athaobh e
& cruindeochar and fin ar en Mthair,
an mheid bhiàs be'o fanaimfirfin agas
an mheid fuair bas roimhe fin, do ni-
thear fds dealachadh an tanfin eidir
na huanaibh, & na gabhruibh .1. eidir
na daoinibh toghtha, agas na daoine
damanta, agas cluinfidh an dara cuid
diobh

aswel to instruct us, as to comfort and mainteine us in all our
troubles and adversiteis. From the which he shal finally deliver
his whole Church, and every true member of the same, in that day
when he shal visibly appeare agayn, Judge of the quicke and the
dead.

For this finally we confesse of our Lord Jesus Christ, that as he
was seene visibly to ascend, and so left the world, as touching that
body that suffred and rose agayn ; so do we constantly beleve that
he shal come from the right hand of his Father, when all eyes shall
see him ; yea, even those that have pearced him ; and then shall be
gathered aswel those that then shal be found alive, as those that
before have slept. Separation shalbe made betwixt the lambes
and the goates; that is to say, betwixt the elect and the reprobate.

B H A I S T I D H.

diobh, an guth fubhach firbhindfe .1.
Teagaidhfe adhaoine do bheandaidh
Mathairfe, agas gabhaidh feilbh go fio
raidhe fa Rioghacht ata ar hullmhug-
hadh dhaoibh roimh tfofach an tfao-
ghail, agas cluinfidh an chuid oile dhi-
obh an bhreath fhuathmhur agarbhfa
nach gcuirfidhear arahàis choidhche .1
bhithi agimtheacht vaimfe alucht dhe
ta na haingidheachta, agas an vile, do
chum na teineadh nach baithfidhhear
feafda. Agas ar anadhbhurfa goirthe
ar fa Sgriobhtuir là an fhindfhuaraidh
no la anathnuadhaidh don làfa, agas
fòs goirthear là nochtaidh na nuile
dhiamhra dhe. Ofr is and faorfuid-
hear na firenaigh ona nuile amhghar-
aibh, agas cuirfidhear iad afeilbh an
ghloire fein, ata gan vireafbhuidh, agas
na adhaidh fin do gheibhid na daoine
damanta ceirt bhreitheamhnus do dhe
namh orra, agas cumaoin anuile ole fe-
in, mas follas no mas diamhair do rin-
deadar iad, agas mar chreidmaoid go
daingean in Dià Athar, agas an Iofa

The one shal heare this joyful voice, ' Come ye the blessed of my
Father, possesse the kingdome that is prepared for you before the
beginning of the worlde. ' The other shal heare that feareful and
irrevocable sentence, ' Depart from me, ye workers of iniquitie, to
the fyre that never shalbe quenched.' And for this cause, this day
in the Scriptures is called ' the day of refreshing,' and 'of the re-
velation of all secrets,' because that then the just shall be delivered
from all miseries, and shalbe possessed in the fulnes of their
glory. Contrarywise, the reprobate shal receave judgement, and
recompence of all their impietie, be it openly and secretly wrought.
As we constantly beleve in God the Father, aud in Jesus Christ,
q

F O I R M AN
Criofd mar adubhramar romhaind.
Is mar fin chreidmaoid andfa Sbiorad
naomh, neoch adbhamaoid na Dhia
agcudruma chumhacht ris an Athair, &
ris an Mac, is lena oibriughadh, &
lena bhrofnughadh buanlaidir, iondarb
thar ar nuile dhorchadas vaind, agas
ar nanmanda, agas ar gcoinfiafa ata ar
na gcumailt dfuil Iofa Criofd, & con-
guibhthear find a bfirinde Dhe go dei
readh ar mbeatha. Agas ar na hadhbha
raibhfe tuigmaoid go bfuil illradh an-
mand fa Sgriobhtuir agan Sbiorad fu-
thain fioraidhefe, atà agluafacht 6 Na-
thair, agas on Mac. Adearar ar vairibh
vifge ris ar fon anghlanta do ni fe, &
ar fon an neirt do bheir fe dhar nàduir
thruaillidhe, diomchur dheagh thorr-
thadh. Oir na fhegmhuis fin biaidh ar
naduirne go huilidhe gan toradh, agas
fds biaidh fi go huilidhe lomlan dain-
gidheacht, agas dole. Adearar teine
ar vairibh eile ris an Sbioradfin, ar fon
na foillfe, agas na dteinteadh fhadoid
heas fe

as before is said; so do we assuredly beleve in the Holy Ghost,
whome we confesse God equal with the Father and the Sonne ; by
whose working and mightie operation ourdarkenes is removed, our
eyes spiritual are illuminated, our soules and consciences sprinkled
with the blood of Jesus Christ, and we retayned in the trueth of God,
even to our lyves end. And for these causes, we understand that
this eternal Spirit proceding from the Father and the Sonne, hath
in the Scriptures divers names. Sometymes called water, by reason
of his purgation, and giving strength to this our corrupt nature to
bring foorth good fruite ; without whome this our nature shuld
utterly be barren, yea, it shuld utterly abound in all wickednes.
Sometimes the ,anic Spirit is called fyre, by reason of the illumina-
tion and burning heate of fyre that he kindleth in our hearts.
122

BH AISTIDH.
heas fe agcroidheadhaibh caich. Adear
ar fòs ola no vindemint ris an Sbiorad
fin fe'in, ar fon go mbogand, and go mao
thuidheand a oibriudhadh criias ar gc
roidheadh, & go dtugand fe oraind clo
na himhaidhe fin Iofa criofd, doghabh
ail indaind, re ilaineochar anihain find.
Creidmaoid fos, go comhdhaingean
go raibhe and, agas go bfuil and, agas
go mbia and Eagluis ata naomhtha,
agas ata vilidhe .1. comaoineachadh
no coimhcheangal na naomh, ata an
Eagluiffo naomhta, ar fon gur ghabh fi
maitheamh a huile peacthadh le crei-
deamh abfuil Iofa Criofd amhdin. An
dara m, ar fon tareis a haithbhreithe,
go bfuil Sbiorad anaomhtha aice, agas
comas gluafachta anaomhtacht nua
bheathadh, & in deagh oibrighthibh,
mar do ordaidh Dià a pobal toghtha
fein do ghluafacht. Ni he go bfuilma-
oid ag breathnughadh, anoiread fin
dfirentacht no dfoirfidheacht, do bhe
ith riamh roimhe no go bfuil anois, no
go mbiaidh feafda fa Neagluis fin no a

The same Spirit also is called oyle, or unction, by reason that his
working moUyfieth the hardnes of our hearts, and maketh us
receive the print of that image of Jesus Christ, by whome onely we
are sanctified.

We constantly beleve, that there is, was, and shalbe, even till the
comming of the Lord Jesus, a Church, w hich is holy and universal ;
to wit, the Communion of Sainctes. This Church is holy, because it
receaveth free remission of sinnes, and that by faith only in the blood
of Jesus Christ. Secondly, because it being regenerat, it receiveth
the Spirit of sanctification and power to walke in newnes of lyfe,
and in good workes, which God hath prepared for his chosen to
walk in. Not that we think the justice of this Church, or of any
member of the same, ever was, is, or yet shal be so ful and perfect,

F O I R M AN
ne'n bhall di. Iondas nach beith fe-
idhni aice aleigean anifle fa ghràfaibh
diarraidh. Acht ar fon go bfuilid ahu-
ireafbbadha ar na maitheamh dlif, &
go bfuil firentacht Iofa criofd arna tab-
hairt da gach aon ler bhail leanmhuin
ris maille re deagh creideamh. Agas
goirmaoid Eagluis vilidhe no chath-
arrdha dhi, ar fon go bfuil fi da gach
vile chinelach, agas da gach vile labh-
ra, agas da gach vile fdaid, nò fdàta, no
inmhe fhear agas bhan, an mhèid di-
obh do ghoir Dia 6 dhorchadas do
chum beatha, agas 6 dhochar, agas 6
dhaoirfe peacaidh do chum a tfeirbhi
fe Sbioratalta fein, agas do chum ghlan
gniomharthath, agas is don Eagluiffe
do bheir fe comhroind a Sbioraide na-
omhtha fèin, ag tabbairt e'n chreidimh
dhoibh, agas e'n bheatha, agas e'n Bha-
ifdidh, agas en Tighearna .i. Iofa
Criofd, agas coir ghnathuidhe na Sa-
cramuinte, agas ceangluidh fè croidh-
eadha na buidhnese re cheile, in gradh
agas agcoimhcbeangal Criofdaidhe.

Adbhamaoid

that it necleth not to stoupe under mercie ; but that because the
imperfections are pardoned, and the justice of Jesus Christ imputed
unto such as by true faith cleave unto him. Which Church we cal
Universal, because it consisteth and standeth of all tongues and
nations ; yea, of all estates and conditions of men and women,
whome of his mercy God calleth from darknes to lyfe, and from
the bondage and thraldome of synne to his spiritual service and
puritie of life. Unto whome also he communicateth his Holy
Spirit, giving unto them one faith, one head and soveraygne Lord,
the Lord Jesus, one Baptisme and right use of Sacraments ; whose
hearts also he knitteth together in love and Christian concorde.

BHAISTIDH.
Adbhamaoid fòs go dtugadh, tri ti-
odhluicthe oirrdheirce onoracha don
Eagluis naomhthafa, go geinearalta
.1. maitheamh na peacadh, do geibh
thear It creideamh firindeach fa mbe-
athaidhfe, eifeirghe na feola no cholla
na marbh, do gheibh gach èn neach,
gè nach iondand cail no cofamhlacht
abfagaid fin. Oir is do chum dham-
naidh, agas bhreithamhnuis fhuath-
mhair, eirghid lucht anuilc mar adubh
ramar romhaind, agas eirghid na firen-
aigh, do ghabhail tfeilbhe ingloir, cS:
anaoibhneas, agas ni ba macnas me-
anman aneirghe, agas ni eireocha èn
chorp and ar fon chuirp eile. Acht do
gheibh gach ennduine a chorp fe'in,
mar do thuill fe' afhaghail, go maith no
go hole, do gheibhid na fireanaigh an
bheatha tfuthain, mar thiodhlucadh
faor 6 Dhii, ar na cofnamh, agas ar na
toirbheart da chloind thoghtha le'
Hiofa Criofd ar nen Aidhne, agas ar
ne'n cheand. Do fan maille ris an A-
thair, agas ris an Sbiorad naomh, biaid

To this Church, holy and universal, we acknowledge and beleve
three notable gifts to be graunted ; to wit, remission of shines,
which by true faith must be obteined in this lyfe. Resurrection of
the flesh, which all shal have, albeit not in equal condition : for
the reprobate (as before is sayd) shal rise but to feareful judge-
ment and condemnation ; and the just shal rise to be possessed in
glory. And this resurrection shal not be an imagination, or that
one body shal ryse for another ; but every man shal receave in his
owne bodie as he hath deserved, be it good or evel. The juste
shal receave the life everlasting, which is the free gift of God given
and purchased to his chosen by Jesus Christ, our onely Head
and .Mediator: to whome with the Father and the Holy Ghost,

FOIRM AN
gach vile ghloir anois agas afaoghal
na faoghal.

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1 LEANAIDH AN NUR-
rnaitlhfe na dhiaidh fin.

ADHE bhioth tfuthain, bhuain
tiodhluicigh na nuile chumhacht,
òdho gheallais dod mhor throcaire, &
dod mhdr mhaitheas fein, go mbeithea
ad dhia dliuind, agas ni he fin amhain,
acht go mbeithea ad Dhià, agas a Ta-
thair dar gcloind, atamuid gud ghui-
dhe, mar do dheonuidhis led ghràfa-
ibh, ar ngairm dfaghail chumaind, &
chuidighe dod chreideamh, go m-
hamhluidh fin bhus toil leat an lean-
amhfa do bheandachadh led Sbioraid
naomhtha, & aghabhail ameafg do chl
oinde, neoch atamuid do bhaifdeadh
do reir do bhriatharfa. Iondas anuair
thiucfas fe, go haois fhoirfe, go naide-
omhadh

be all honor and glory, now and ever.

Then the Father, or in ins ahsence the ( .. n.i father, slial rehearse the Articles of
his faithe ; which tloone, the Minister exhottine, the people to praye, sayelh

n lias in, linn i , in .in lie lilaa I ne' line,

Almightie and everlasting ( Sod, which of thy infinite mercie and
goodness hast promised unto us that thow wilt not only be our God,
but also the- God and Father of our children : webeseche thee, that
as thou hast vouchesavetl to call us to be partakers of this thy
great mercie in the felowshipe of faithe, so it may please thee to
sanctifie with thy Sprite, and to receive in to the number of thy
children this infant, whom we shall baptise according to thy
Woord, to the end that he- emming to perfite age, may confesse

BHAISTIDH.

omhaidh fe thufa do bheith ataon Dia
fhirindeach, agas an te do chuireis chu
gaind dar flanughadh Iofa Criofd, agas
feirbhis do dhenamh mar fin do go di
ongmhalta, agas bheith tarbhach don
pobal, no don choimhthionol do, ar
feadh abheathadh, agas abhuan tfaog-
hail go himlan, iondas tareis a chuid
don bheathafa do chaitheamh dho, go
mbearar e mar bhallbeodha don chorp
fin, dfaghail tfubhachais agas tfolais,
abflaitheamhnus, mar abfuil do Mac-
Mi Iofa Criofd, na Rioghacht, agas
na ro fhlaitheamhnus, agas mar a mbi-
aidh tre bhioth fior, is na ainm ata-
muid gud ghuidhe mar do theagaifg
fe fe'in duind, mar adubhairt ar Na-
thairne ata ar neamh.

K Tareis na guidhe fin fiarfuidheadh an I
an leinimh agas anuair do ghebha fe fios
r.ulh mar fo fiòs

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thee only true God, and whome thow hast sent Jesus Christ, and
so serve him, and be profitable unto his churche in the whole
course of his life ; that after this life be ended, he may be broght
as a lyvely member of his body unto the full fruition of thy joyes in
the heavens, where thy Sonne our Christ raigneth, world wythout
end. In whose name we pray as he hathe taught us :

Our Father, &c.
When they have prayed in this sort, the Minister requireth the child's name,

F O I R M AN

AT A I M S E gud Bhaifdeadh
a . N. anainm an Athar, agas an
Mhic, agas an Sbioraid naomh, agas ag
labhairt na mbriathar fa dhò, gabhadh
vifge na làimh, agas cuireadh ar e'dan
an leinmh e", agas ar gcriochnughadh
na hoifigefin do, tugadh buidheachas
do Dhià mar fo fids.

AN mheid nach lor leat a Athair
naomh tha neart chumhachtaigh
is mo trocaire, agas trom ghràfa finde
do bheathughadh, le tiodhluicthibh
coitcheanda, mar an gcuid oile don
chineadh dhaonna, agas na cheand fin
ata. ag mddughadh iondaind, & ag to-
irbheart oroind, tiodhluicthe inganta-
cha ègfamhla, làn tfaidhbhre mar dhli
gheadh, agas mar fhiachaibh, atamuid
ag tdgbhail ar nindtindeadh chugadfa
agas ag tabhairt mhòr bhuidheachais
duid, ar fon do mhaithis imarcaidh, &
ni he amhain gur lor leat ar naireamh
ameafg

N., I baptise thee in the name of the Father, of the Sonne, and
of the Holy Ghoste.

And as he speaketh these words, he taketh water in his hand and layeth it upon

the childes forehead : which done, he giveth thanckes as followeth :
Forasmoche, most holy and mercifull Father, as thow doest
not only beawtifie and blesse us wyth common benefits, like unto
the reste of mankinde, but also heapest upon us moste abundantly
rare and wonderfull gyftes ; of dutye we lyft up our eyes and mindes
unto thee, and gyve thee most humble thankes for thy infinite
goodnes, which haste not only nombred us emongest thy sainctes,

BH AISTI DH.

ameafg do naomh dod throcaire
tfaoir. Acht ata tu agabhail, agas aga
irm ar gcloinde chugad, aga gcomh tha
rrughadh leis an Tfacramuintfe, mar ch
omhtharradh, no mar tfuaitheantus do
ghràdha. Vime fin a Athair inmhuin
gen go bfuilmaoid imchubhaidh do
thuilleadh an mhdr thiodhluicthe fin,
agas da madh ail leat dioghaltas do
dhenamh oraind, do reir ar ndroch
ghniomharthadh, is dianbhàs, agas
damnadh futhain fidrbhuan do bhèr-
tha dhuinn. Gidheadh a Athair vile
chumhachtaigh, atamuid gud ghuidhe
go ma toil leat do ghràfa do mhe'dug
hadh iondaind, nifamhd, agas nifa
mho, agas gabh anaoidhefo, ad choi-
mhèd, agas ad choimhdhidean, neoch
atamuid do thabhairt mar ofrail, agas
mar thiodlucadh dhuid, maille rè hurr
nuidhibh coidcheanda, &: na fulaing
dhd, tuitim fa meidfin do dhearmad
do chreidimh, no do thoilefe, as go
dtiucfadh dhe bridh an Bhaifdidhfe
do chur ar dimbuil. Acht go madh

I. 2

but also of thy free mercie doest call our children unto thee,
markinge theim wyth thys Sacrament as a singuler token and
badge of thy love. Wherfore moste loving Father, thogh we be
not able to deserve this so greate a benefite (yea, if thow wouldest
handle us according to our merits, we shuld suffer the punishe-
ment of eternall deathe and damnation,) yet for Christes sake
we beseche thee, that thou wilt confirme this thy favor more
and more towards us, and take this infant into thy tuition
and defence, whom we offer and present unto thee wyth
common supplications, and never suffer him to fall to such
unkindnes, wherby he shuld lose the force of this baptisme,

S V I P E R AN
eidir leis a thuigfin do ghnath, thufa
do bheith dhathair throcaireach aige,
do bhridh oibrighthe do Sbiorad na-
omh, do bheith na chroidhe, maras da
chumhachtaibh go madheidir leis bhe
ith anuachtar ar an diabhal, agus bua-
idh do bhreith air fa dheoidh, agas go
ma toil leat fos athogbhail afaoirfe do
Rioghachta tre' chumhachtaibh Iota
Criofd ar Dtighearna.

f BIODH AMHLVIDH

1 F I N I D DORDVGH
adh an Bhaifdidh.

F O I R M fiS

TSACRAMVINTE
Chuirp Chriofd, re raitear
Suiper an Tighearna, and
fo fids.

IT Aula

but that he ranv perceyve thee continually to be his mercifull
Father, throgh thy Holy Spirite working in his hart, by whose
divine power he may so prevayle against Satan, that in the end,
obteyning the victorie, he may be exalted into the libertie of thy
kingdome.

The Maner of the Lordes Suiter.

TIGHEARNA.

Anlà bhiàs Suiper an Tigheama, aga thoirbheart don
pobal mar is indenta vair fa mi ntì gach vair bhlls
ail leis an gcoimhthionol, . labhradh an Minifdir

TVgmaid dar naire abhraithreac-
ha ionmhuine, ciondas do ordaigh
Iofa Criofd, Sacramuint naomhtha a
chuirp fèin, re raitear Suiper an Tigh-
earna, do thoirbheart duinn. Mar ai-
thrifeas Pòl easbul, fa naonmhadh cai-
bidil de'g, don che'd Eibifdil do chuir
fe do chum na Gcòrinteach. Fuair
mife on Tighearna ar fe, an ni tug mè
dhaoibhfe. Anoidhche do braitheadh
Iofa ar Dtighearna, do ghabh fe' aran
chuige, agas tug buidheachas don A-
thair, agas do bhris an taràn, agas do
raidh na briathrafa, caithidhfe fo, agas
afè fo mo Chorpfa brifridhear ar bhar
fonfa, agas deanaidhfe fo, mar chuimh-
niughadh oramfa. Mar an gcedna. Ta-
reis an Tfuiper do ghabh fe' an cupa
agas do raidh na briathrafa, afi fo an
1-3-

The day when the Lordes Supper is ministered, which commonlye is used once
a monthe, or so oit is the Congregation sh.ill thinke expedient, the Minist.-r

useth to saye as followeth :
Let us marke, deare Bretheme, and consider how Jesus Christ did
ordayne unto us his Holy Supper, according as S. I'aule maketh
rehearsall in the II. chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians:
'I have,' satth he, 'receyved of the Lorde that which I have
delivered unto you, (to witt,) that the Lorde Jesus, the same night
he was betrayed, toke breade, and when he had geven thankes
he brake it, sayirrge, Take ye, eate ye, this is my bodie which is
broken for you ; duo you this in remembrance of you. Like-
wise after supper, he toke the cuppe, sayinge, This cuppe is

S V I P E R AN
timna mia no an cumhnàta amfuilfe, &
denaidhfe mar fo, gach vair olfas fibh
nf dhe fo, mar chuimhniughadh oram
fa, oi'r gach vair Iofas sibh an taranfa,
agas olfas fibh ni don chupa fo, foillfe
ochaidh fibh mo bhaffa, no go dti me
do bhreith bhreithe, ar bheouibh, agas
ar mharbhaibh. Aranadhbhurfin gid-
hbe Iofas an taranfa, agas olfas ni don
chupafo, go neamh imchubhaidh, bi-
adh fe" ciontach agcorp, agas abfuil an
Tighearna. Arandhbhurfin, fe'ch-

adh, agas ceafnaidheadh gach aon-
duine è fe"in go maith, agas da ndenaid
mur fin, ithid ni do naran, agas olaid
ni dhon chupa. Oi'r gidhbe Iofas no
olfas go neamh imchubhaidh fo, Iofa-
idh, agas òlfaidh fè adhamnadh fein
do chiond nach dtugfe aire no onoir
do chorp an Tighearna.

n teagaifg, agas ab-

IT O THAN-

the newe Testament or covenant in my bloude, doo ye this so ofte
as ye shall drinke therof, in remembrance of me. For so ofte as
you shal eate this bread and drinke of this cuppe, ye shall declare
the Lordes deathe untill his comminge. Therfore, whosoever shall
eate this bread, and drinke the cuppe of the Lorde unworthelye,
he shalbe giltie of the bodye and bloud of the Lord. Then see
that every man prove and trye hym selfe, and so let hym eate of
this bread and drinke of this cuppe ; for whosoever eateth or
drinketh unworthelye, he eateth and drinketh his owne damnation,
for not havinge due regarde and consideration of the Lordes bodye.'

This done, the Minister pmceacleth to the exhortation.

TIGHEARN A.

OThangamar and fo, agceand ache
ile a pobal inmhuin an Iofa Cri-
ofd, do chaitheamh, agas donorugh-
adh chumaoinigh cluiirp agas fhola
ar Slanuighthoir Iofa Criofd, tugma-
oid go gèr dar naire na briathrafa Poil.
Ciondas ata fe agiarraidh ar gach en-
duine, è fe'in dfechain, & do cheafnu-
ghadh go ditheallach, ful do rachas fe
do chaitheamh chodach do naranfa
no dòl neithe don Chupafa. Oir is
mar mhorthiodhlucadh do gheibh-
maoid an Tfacramuintfe, maille re
croidheadhaibh vmhla aithreacha, &
le creideamh beodha. Oir is mar fin
chaithmaoid, go Sbioratalta feoil Cri-
ofd, agas olmaoid afhuil. Da ndenam
mar fin, atamaoid agcriofd, agas Cri-
ofd iondaind, atamaoid maille re Cri-
ofd, agas Criofd maille rind, mar fin is
raor ar gcuntabhairt da gcaitheam an
Tfacramuint go neamh imchubhaidli.
Ofr antan chaithfeam go neamh ghlan
no go neamh vmchubhaidh 1, atama-
oid ciontach abfeoil, agas abfuil ar
I.4.

Dearely beloved in the Lorde, forasmoch as we be nowe as-
sembled to celebrate the holy Communion of the body and bloud
of our Saviour Christ, let us consider these woordes of S. Paule,
how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trye and examine them
selves before they presume to eate of that bread and drinke of that
cuppe. For as the benefite ys great, if with a truly penitent hart
and lively faith we receyve that holy sacrament, (for then we
spiritually eate the fleshe of Christ and drinke his blonde, then
we dwell in Christ and Christ in us, we be one with Christ
and Christ with us,) so is the daunger great if we receyve the
same umvorthely, for then we be giltie of the bodye and bloud

SVIPER AN
Slanuighthoir, agas caithmaoid, agas
dlmaoid ar ndamnadh fein. fa gan aire
do thabhairt do chorp an Tighearna,
agas atamaoid ag fadogh fheirge De
nar nadhaidh fein, agas ag brofmigh-
adh dhioghaltais do dhenamh oraind,
do ghneithibh imdha tindis agas bais.
Agas fan adhbhar fin anainm, agas a-
hudarras De' bhithbheo, agas a Mhic
Iofa Criofd, ataimfe ag fgaradh, agas
diultadh, agas ag dealachadh on Tabla
fa, gach vile lucht labhra blaifbheime
anadhaidh De, gach vile lucht iodha-
lachta, gach vile lucht moirta, gach vi-
le adhaltrach gach vile lucht vile, &
tnutha, gach vile lucht eafumhla do
thabhairt da naithribh, no da" Maith-
ribh, no dà Priondfadhaibh, no da
Dtighearnaibh, no da naodhairibh, no
dà Minifdribh, agas gach vile ghadaid
he, & gach lucht cealgtha agcomhar-
fand. Agas fa dheoidh, gach vile lucht
caite ambeathadh go direach rè cath-
ughadh, no re troid anadhaidh De, <S:
athoile Diadha, aga aithne, & aga fho-
gra

of Christ our Saviour, we eate and drinke our own damnation, not
considering the Lordes bodye ; we kindle Codes wrath against us,
and provoke him to plague us with diverse diseases and sundry
kindes of death.

Therfore if any of you be a blasphemer of God, an hinderer or
slaunderer of his Worde, an adulterer, or be in malice or envie, or
in any other grevous cryme, bewaylle your synnes, and come not
to this holy Table, lest after the takynge of this holy sacrament,
the Divell entre into you as he entred into Judas, and fill you full
of all iniquities, and bring you to destruction bothe of bodye and
soule.

TIGHEARNA.
gra dhoibh mar fhreigeoras fiad abfi-
adhnuife, an ti ata na bhreitheamh co
thrum cheirt bhreatach, gà a chroidhe
do bheith ag e'nduine da ndubhramar
dibh fo, teacht do thruailleadh an
bhuird mhoir bheandaighefe, & gid
headh, ni he fath fa nabrum fo, dochur
en duine peacthuigh ar a ais, da mhe'd
fuathmhaireacht no olc, no vrchoid
da ndearrna fe', mà tà fe' ag mothugh-
adh aithrighe neimh chealgaighe na
croidhe, ar fon a peacaidh, acht amha-
in, an mheid ata dhiobh ag anmhuin
do ghnath apeacadh gan aithrighe, &
fòs ni fhuil fo aga labhairt anadhaidh
na ndaoine aga bfuil fiiil re barr foir-
fidheachta dfaghail, tar an bfoirfidhe-
acht is eidir leo do rochtain fambeat-
haidhfe. Agas ge mhothuighemaoid
moran anbfainde, agas feachrain inda-
ind fe'in, nach bfuil ar gcreideamh co-
imhthren no comhdhainghean, agas
bhudh coir dhuinn abheith. Acht find
go minic ag denamh neamh dhochais,
as maitheas De, do bhridh thruaillidhe

Judge therfora your selves, Bretherne, that ye be not judged of
the Lord ; repent you truly for your synnes paste, and have a lyvely
and stedfast fayth in Christ our Saviour, sekinge onely your salva-
tion in the merites of his death and passion, from hensforth refus-
inge and forgettinge all malice and debate, with full purpose to
live in brotherly amytie and godlye conversation all the dais of your
lyfe.

And albeit we fele in ourselves muche frailtie and wretchednes,
as that we have not our faith so pernte and constant as we ought,
being many tymes readye to distruste Godes goodness through our
corrupt

S V I P E R A N
ar nàduire, agas fos nach bfuilmaoid
comhullamh, agus bhudh coir dhui'nn
abheith, do dhenamh tfeirbhife De no
do mhedughadh a onora, agas aghloire
ag mothughadh do ghnàth an mhe'id
fin do chothughadh indaind, go bfuil
feidhm againd gach enla, troid do dhe
namh anadhaidh thoile, agas ailghis
ar gcorp. Gidheadh, fòs ar dtuigfin
dui'nn go ndearrna an Tighearna an-
uireadfin do throcaire oraind, gur bhu
ail fè a Tfoifgel agclo nar gcroidhead
haibh. Iondas go bfuilmaoid ar ar fa-
oradh, 6 thuitim aneamh dhochas, &
aneamh chreideamh, agas ar dtuigfin
dui'nn na dhiaidh fin, go dtug fe bridh,
agus toil duinn, cathughadh, agas co-
gadh do dhenamh anadhaidh ailghis
ar gcorp, maille re toil do bheith aga-
ind feitheamh ar a fhirinde, & ar choi-
mhed a aitheantadhfan. Is eidir lind
adheirbhfhios do bheith againd nach
gcuirid na huireafbhadha imdha fin
adubhramar, moille no bacadh fa nadh
bhar, dar ndiultadh mar lucht cathui-
ghe

nature, and also that we are nut so throughlye geven to serve
God, neyther have so fervent a zeale to set forth his glory as
our duetye requireth, felinge still such rebellion in our stives, that
we have nede dayly to fight against the lustes of our fleshe; yet,
nevertheles, seing that our Lorde hath dealed thus mercifully with
us, that he hath printed his Gospell in our hartes, so that we
are preserved from falling into desperation and misbeliefe ; and
seing also he hath indued us with a will and desire to renownce
and withstand our own affections, with a longing for his right-
ousenes and the keping of his commaundementes, we may be
now right well assured, that those defautes and manifolde
imperfections in us, shalbe no hinderance at all against us,
130

TIGHEARN A.
ghe imchubhaidh no dhingmhalta do
theacht do chum an tabla Sbioratalta
fo. Oir m he adhbhar ar dteachta do
chum an bhuirdfe, dar dtaifbenadh fe-
in mar dhaoinibh firenta fiorghlana-
nar beathuigheadh acht na adhaidh
fin. Acht atamaoid and fo, agiarraidh
ar flanuighe, & ar mbeathuighe an Iofa
Criofd, ag tuigfin nach bfuilmaoid di-
nd fein acht damanta. Tugmuid dar
naire mafeadh, gurab leigheas ro oirrd
heirc an Tfacramuint naomhthafa, da
gach en duine bocht eaflan, agas gu-
rab foiridhin fhior chumhachtacli 1,
da gach anam anbfand, agas nach iar-
rand an Tighearna cuibhdheas no
dingmhaltacht oile oraind fanadhbhar
fa, acht ar nuilc agas ar lochta dad-
mhail abfiadhnuife De', agas na Heag-
luife, agas ar mbeith inar lucht cuidig-
he da thuillteanas, agas da thiodhluic-
thibh fubhacha. Oir afe fin caitheamh
firindeach afheola, agas <51 firindeach
afhola, na fuilghemaoid fòs dar nint-
indibh, bheith agluafacht timcheall na

to cause him not to accept and impute us as worthie to come to his
spirituall Table. For the ende of our comming thyther is not to
make protestation that we are upright and juste in our lives, but
contrariwise, we come to seke our life and perfection in Jesus
Christ, acknowledging in the meane tyme, that we of our selves
be the children of wrath and damnation.

Let us consider, then, that this Sacrament is a singuler me-
dicine for all poore sicke creatures, a comfortable helpe to
weake soules, and that our Lord requireth no other wortlti-
nes on our parte, but that we unfaynedly acknowledge our
noghtines and imperfection. Then to the end that we may be
worthy partakers of his merites and moste comfortable benefits,
(which ys the true eatinge of his fleshe, and drinkinge of
his bloud,) let us not suffer our mindes to wander aboute

S V I P E R AN
neitheand dtalmhuidhe neoch truaill-
tear go hullamh, mar ataid na neithe
do chid ar fiiile inar bfiadhnuife, agas
ghlacaid ar lamha, agiarraidh Chriosd
ionta, mar do bheith fe druite anarin
no abfion no mar go nimpoidhfeadh
fubfdaint na neilemintfa, no nd neithe
andfa, a fubfdaint afheolafan no a fhola.
Oir is l is en flighidh dhileas duinn dar
nullmhughadh fe'in, & dullmhughadh
ar nanmand, do ghabhail no hoileamh
na faoire, agas na beathadh fubfdaint-
ighfe, find do thogbhail ar gcroidhe-
adh, agas ar nintindeadh, maille re' crei
deamh maith, os ciond gach vile nei-
the, talmhuidhe saoghalta, agas dul i-
steach mar fin abflaitheamhnus De, do
ghabhail Chriofd nar nanmandaibh,
mar abfuil fe gan amharas na Dhià fi-
rindeach, angloir neamh meafarrdha a
Athar, da dtiubhram gach vile mhol-
adh, agas onoir, agus ghloir anoi.s,
agas tre bhioth fior.

K BIODH AMHLVIDH

the consideration of these earthlie and corruptible thynges (which
we see present to our eies, and fele with our handes,) to seeke
Christ bodely present e in them, as if he were inclosed in the breade
or wyne, or as yf these elementes were tourned and chaunged into
the substaunce of his (leshe and blood. For the only waye to
dispose our soules to receive norishment, reliefe, and quickening
of his substance, is to lift up our mindes by fayth above all thinges
worldlye and sensible, and therby to entre into heaven, that we
may finde and receive Christ, where he dwelleth undoutedlye verie
God and verie man, in the incomprehensible glorie of his Father,
to whome be all praise, honor, and glory, now and ever. Amen.

TIGHEARNA.

*I An diaidh n.i Searmona tigeadh an Minifdir annas
afan mbnilpid, agas fuidheadhfe fan Mbord maille
re gach fear, agas re gach mnaoi da mbia and, agab-
hail anionaidh vmchubhaidh fein, agas gabhadh fe
an taràn, agas tabhradh buidheachas do Dhia leis
na briathruibhfc fios no le briathruibh oile fa suim

AATHAIR na trocaire, agas a
Dhè na nuile tfubhaltaighe, agas
na nuile tfubhachas, otaid na huile
chreatuire gutaithne, agas gotadmhail
mar vachtaràn, agas mar Thighearna,
is coir dhuinne ofsind oibrighthe do
lamh, vmhla, agas onoir do thabhairt
do tainm Diadhafa gach vair, ar tiis ar
fon gur chruthaigh tu find, do reir tfi-
odhrach, agas do chofamhlachta fein.
Agas go hairidbe ar fon gur tfaor tti
find on mbas tfuthain, & on damnadh
anma, inar tharraing an Taibhirfeoir an
cineadh daonna, le peacadh daor do-
leighis, onar bfeidir le duine, no le ha-
ingeal, fmde do tfaoradh, acht tufa a
Thighearna tfaidhbhir ad throcaire,
agas gan crioch ar do mhaitheas, do

sitteth at the Table, every man and woman in likewise

place as occasion be^t servelh : then he takclli bread, and -e\eth thankcs

either in these woordes followinge, or like in effect :
O Father of mercye, and God of all consolation, seinge all
creatures do knovvlege and confesse thee as Gouverner and Lorde, it
beconimelh us, the workemanshipof tliyne own liandes, at all tymes
to reverence and magnifie thy Godly Majestie : first, for that thou
haste created us to thyne own image and similitude ; but chieflye
that thou haste delivered us from that everlasting death and damna-
tion, into the which Satan drewe mankinde by the meane of synne,
from the bondage wherof, neither man nor angell was able to make
us free ; but thou, O Lord, riche in mercie and infinite in goodnes,

S V I P E R AN
rinde freafdal arar gceandachne, do
chum go mbeith an taon Mhac cart-
hanach neoch dod ghràdh firindeach
tugais duinne, na dhuine chomhchof-
mhuil rind fe'in in gach enghne, abfeg
mhuis peacaidh amhain, do ghabhail
dioghaltas ar peacaidhne, agas ar fea-
chrain ar a chorp, do chofg tfeirgefi,
agas dioc do cheirtbhretheamhnuis le
na bhas. do fgrios an fhir dobadhar
don bhàs lena eifeirghe, do thabhairt
bheathadh aris do chum an tfaoghail
.1. anbheatha 6 rabhadar fiol adhaimh
vile lè fir cheart ar na bfogra.

A Thigheama ata fhios againde, &
atamaoid aga admhail, nach bfuil ag-
cumhachtaibh en chreatuir, athuigfin
no a ghabhail cuige, fad, no leithead, a
irde no, doimhne, do mhor ghraidhfe
dhoibh, neoch tug ort, do throcaire
dfoillfiughadh mar nar tuilleadh i, do
gheall fds, agas tug beatha mar araib-
he bas anuachtar, agas doghabh ad
ghrafaibh fmde, anuair nar bhaithnidh
dufnn do dhenamh, acht cur anadh-
aidh

haste provided our redemption to stande in thy onely and welbe-
loved Sone, whom of verie love thou didest give to be made man,
lyke unto us in all thynges, (synne except,) that in his bodye he
myght receive the ponishmentes of our transgression, by his death
to make satisfaction to thy justice, and by his resurrection to
destroye hym that was auctor of death ; and so to reduce and bring
agayne life to the world, frame which the whole offspringe of
Adame moste justly was exiled.

O Lord, we acknowlege that no creature ys able to com-
prehende the length and breadthe, the depenes and height,
of that thy most excellent love, which moved thee to
shewe mercie where none was deserved ; to promise and
give life where death had gotten victorie ; to receve us into
thy grace when we could do nothyng but rebel] against
HO

TIGHEARNA.
aidh tfirindefi a Thighearna, & nach
leigeand tromdhacht no doille, ar na-
duire truaillidhe dhuinn, do mhor thi
odhluicthefe mar adubhramar, do mhe
as, no do bhreathnughadh mar is inm-
heafda iad, atamaoid ag teacht abfiadh
nuife an bhuirdfe and fo, mar do fhag-
aibh fe da ghnathughadh mar chui-
mhne abhais, no go dti fe arts dafhoill
fiughadh, & da dhearbhadh abfiadh-
nuife an tfaoghail, gurab vatha fin
amhain fuaramairne faoirfe, agas bea-
tha, gurab ar a tfon fin amhain do gha
bh tufa a Athair neamhdha, find mar
chloind, agas mar oidhreadhaibh, gu-
rab ar a tfon fin amhain ata. dileas aga-
ind, dul ifteach agcathair do throcaire
fe, gurab ar a tfon fin amhain ghabh-
maoid feilbh na Rioghachta Sbioratal
ta, ag ithe, agas agibhe aga bhòrd ma-
ille rè bfuil air go fdrafda ar neamh, ne
och is da chumhachtaibh do nid ar
gcuirp eifeirghe onuir, agas chuirfithe
ar fad maille ris, fa naoibhneasfin atà
gan tus gan chrich gan fhoirceand, ne-

thy justice. O Lord, the blyncie dulnes of our corrupt nature will
not suffer us sufficiently to waye these thy nioste ample benefites ;
yet, nevertheles, at the commaundement of Jesus Christ our Lorde,
we present our selves to this his Tabic, (which he hath left to be
used in remembrance of his death untyll hys comming agayne,)
to declare and witnes before the world that by him alone we
have receved libertie and life ; that by hym alone thou doest
acknowledge us thy children and heires ; that by hym alone we
have entrance to the throne of thy grace; that by hym alone
we are possessed in our spirituall kingedome, to eate and drinke
at his Table ; with whome we have our conversation presently
in heaven ; and by whome our bodies shalbe reysed up agayne
frome the dust, and shalbe placed with him in that endles joye,

S V I P E R AN
och do vllmhuidh tufa a Athair na tro
caire do nmhuintir do togh tu fein ful
do cruthuigheadh an domhan. Agas
tuigmaoid, agas adbhamaoid gurab od
throcaire tfaoirfe, fuaramar na tiodh-
luicthe mora neamhchuimfeachafa ar
fon hen Mhic ghradhaidh Iofa Cri-
ofd. Vime fin atimaoid and fo do
choimhthionolfa, le brofnughadh do
Sbioraide naomhthafa, agtabhairt bu-
idheachais, agas mholaidh, agas ghlo-
ire, agas onora duitfe anois, agas tie
bhioth fior.

PIODH AMHLVIDH

H Na dhiaidh fo brifeadh an Minifdir an taràn, agas
tugadh don pobal è, agas roindhidfcan eatarra e,
do reir aithne Criofd ar flanuighthoir, agas tabhradh
an cupa dhoibh mar an gcedna, agas is inleghtha
don Mhiniftir cuid èigin don Sgriobhtuir bheanas
ris anadhbharfm, ag foillfiughadh bhàis Chriofd> do
chongbhail anamand agcuimhne Chriofd, mar do
bhadar na cedfàdha adtimcheall na Sacramuinte, na
• llnaidh fin akraàh an Miniftir mar fo hos.

A

ATHAIR is mo trocaire ata-
maoid ag tabhairt buidheachais
agas

which thow, O Father of mercye, hast prepared for thyne elect,
before the foundation of the world was layde. And these moste
inestimable benefites, we acknowlege and confesse to have receaved
of thy free mercie and grace, by thy onely beloved Sonne Jesus
Christ : for the which therefore, we thy Congregation, moved by
thy Holy Sprite, render thee all thankes, prayse, and glorie, for
ever and ever.

This done, the Minister hicaketh the breade, and delyvereth it to the people,
who distribute and divide the same amongst theim selves, accordinge to
our Saviour Lhnstes t uniiii.nii !ini<:nt, ami mi likewise geveth the euppe.
During, tiie w hich t\ine, snnie |.l.ic.: -if the Scriptures is read, which doth
lyvely set forth the death of Christ, to the intente that our eyes and senses
may not onely be occupied in these outwarde signes of bread and wyne,
- --':ble woorde ; but that our hartes and myiules also

Uianckes, saying :
Most E mercifull Father, we render to thee all prayse, thankes,

TIGHEARN A.
agas ghloire dhuit, ar fon gur dheon-
aigh tu dhuinn an mheidfin do thiod-
luicthibh, agas do tfaidhbhreas, ar
ngabhail agcumand, agas agcuideach-
adh do Mhic ghradhaidh Iofa Criofd
ar Dtighearna, neoch tug tufa dfulang
bhàis tar ar gceand, agas tug tu dhu-
inn fds mar oileamhain, agas mar bhe-
athaidh inmholta, do chum na beath-
adh futhaine, agas atamaoid aga ghui-
dhe ort anois a Athair neamhdha gan
aleigean duinn tuitim indearmad na
dtioghluiceadh maithfe tugais duinn
acht andaingniughadh, agas ambua-
ladh agclò nar gcroidheadhaibh, i
ondas go bfedfam gach enla fds ni
fa mo, agas ni fa mho, agcreideamh
firindidh, ag fior ghluafacht an deagh
oibrighthibh, agas in gach èn ghnd
mhaith dibh fin, agas go ma mdide a
Thighearna dhaingneochas tù find
is na laithibh cuntabhartachfa, buaid-
hreadh an aibhirfeoir oraind, as go
bfedam feafamh crodha buan do dhe-
namh agadmhail hanmafa, do mhed-
K.

and glorie, for that thou hast vouchsafed to graunt unto us miser-
able sinners so excellent a gifte and threasor, as to receave us into
the fellowship and company of thy deare Sonne Jesus Christ our
Lorde ; whome thou deliveredst to death for us, and haste given
hym unto us as a necessarie foode and norishment unto everlast-
ynge life.

And now we beseche thee also, O heavenly Father, to graunt us
this request ; that thou never suffer us to become so unkinde as to
forget so worthy benefittes ; but rather imprint and fasten them
sure in our hartes, that we may growe and increase dayly more and
more in true faithe, which continually ys excersised in all maner
of goode workes ; and so moche the rather, O Lord, confirme
us in these perilous daies and rages of Satan, that we may
ntly stande and continewe in the confession of the same

DON- POSADH.
ughadh do ghloire mar ata tu ad Dhid
os ciond gach vile neithe beandaigh-
the anois, agas tre bhioth iior.

II B I O D H AMHLVIDH.

H Na dhiaidh fo abradh an Miniftir, agas an pobal an
treas falm ar ched, no Salm eigin eile agcantaireachl
ag tabhairt bhuidheachais do Dhià mar is bes, agas
beandaighthear an pobal, agas leighthear fiubhal

tl.iil.ih on inliurj iui> rnluha fin.

^FOIR M 98

NA ORDVGHADH
an pfdaidh and fo fios

% Deanadh ar tiis gairm do thabhairt tri la traoire india-
idh acheile don pobal, go bfuil contract no gealladli
pòfaidh eidir . N. agas . N. agas ma ta duine aga bfuil
adhbhar cneafda nò ladhamhail, chuireas bacadh no
toirmeafg and fin, agas nochtas nach eidir leo maille
re ladh an PAfadh do dhenamh, indifeadh anois 6, an
la deigheanach dona tri laithibh abradh an Miniftir
mar fo fins.

rt God over all things

1 My soule, give laude,' &c,
r of thancks givynge : which ended. r>nc <<l the blessings befure
mencionede is recitede, and so they ryse from the Table and departe.

The Forme of Mariage.

:er the banes or contracte hathc byn publisshed thre severall dayes in the
Congregation, (to the intent that if any person have intereste or title to

either oft lie parties, they may have sufficient tyme to make theyr i halenge/
the parties assemble at the begynning of the sermon, and the Minister, at

tyme convenient, say I lie as tolloweth :
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DON POSAUH.

UEAGASG DO
chum an pofaidh.

Abhraithreacha inmhuine atama-
oid and fo ar gcruindiughadh ag-
ceand acheile abfiadhnuife De, agas
a choimhthionoil, do cheangal, agas
dfuaidheal an fhirfe, agas na rami re
cheile, aninrahe onoraigh an pofaidh
an ni do tindfgnadh ar tiis, agas do ho
noruigheadh le" Dia fern aparrthus, an
vair do bhi an duine afdaid neamh
lochtaigh. Oi'r anuair do rinde Dia.
neamh, agas talamh, agas gach ni da
bfuil inta fin, agas fds do chruthaigh,
agas do dhealb an duine do reir afhi-
odhrach fein, agas achofamhlachta, an
ti da dtug fe riaghail, agas Tighearn-
tus os ciond gach ainmhidhe ar talm-
huin, os ciond eifg na fairrge, agas en-
laithe anaeir, adubhairt fe and fin, nar
mhaith duine do bheith bed na vath
adh no na enar, denmaoid ar fe anti
chuidigheas leis do reir a chofamh-
K. 2.

Of Mariage.

The Exhortation.

Dearlie beloved Bretherne, we are liere gathered together in the
sight of God, and in the face of his Congregation, to knytt and joyne
these parties together in the honorable estate of Matrimony, which
was instituted and auctorised by God hyrn selff in Paradise, man
beyng then in the state of innocencie. For what tyme God made
heaven and earth, and all that is in theym, and had created and
fasshoned man also after his owne similitude and likenes, unto
whome he gave rule and lordship over all the beastes of the earth,
fisshes of the sea, and fowles of the ayre ; he said, It is not good that
man lyve alone ; let us make hym an helper like unto hym selff.

DON POSAD H.
lachta fe'in, agas do chuir Did codladh
trom ar an duine, & do ghabh afna da
afnuibh as a thaobh, agas do rinde
Ebha de fin, da chur agceill duinn
gurab en chorp, agas enfheoil, agas en
fliuil fear, agas bean, agas do chur ag-
ceill duinn fds an coimhcheangal dia-
mhair ata eidir Chriofd, & a Eagluis,
agas arnadhbhurfin fgaraidh duine
rena Athair, agas rena mhathair, agas
leanaidh fè rena mhnaoi, do dhenamh
chumaind, agas chuidighe ria, agas
dlighidh fe gràdh do thabhairt di mar
tug Criofd gradli da Eagluis .1. acho-
imhthional, agas a pobal beandaigh-
the. Oir tug fè a anam da gciond, &
mar an gcedna atà dfiachaibh ar an
mnaoi toil afir do dhenamh, agas bhe
ith vmhal do, ag denamh atfeirbhife
in gach vile ni onorach Diadha. Oir
atd fi fa fmacht, agas fa riaghail afir an
fad mhairfeas fiad re cheile na mbeath
aidh, agas atà an mheidfin do neart, &
do bhridh fa Pofadh naomhthafa, nach
agan bfear fe'in atd cumas a chuirp odo
nithear

And God brought a taste sleape uppon hym, and toke one of his
ribbes and shaped Eva therof; cloying us therby to understand,
that man and wife are one body, one flesshe, and one blood.
Signifyinge also unto us the mysticall union that is betwixt Christe
and his Churche ; for the which cawse man leaveth his father and
mother and taketh hym to his wife, to kepe company with her ;
the which also he ought to love, even as owr Saviour loveth his
Churche, that is to say, his electe and faithfull congregation, for
the which he gave his liffe.

And semblably also, it is the wives dewtie to studie to please and
obey her howsband, servyng hym in all thynges that be godly and
honeste; for she is in subjection, andunderthegovemanceof her hows-
band, so long as they contynew bo the alj ve. An. I this bolie manage,
beyng a thynge most honorable, is of suche vertue and force, that
therby the howsband hatheno more right 01 y^wji "\ei hisuwnbodie,

DON POSAD H.

nithear an Posadh, acht ag an mnaoi,
agas mar an gcedna ni hagan mnaoi a-
tà cumas a cuirp fe'in ach agan bfear
ddo cheangail Dia iad fa chumandfa
abfochair acheile, do chum gheine-
amhna agcloinde da dtogbhail, agas
da naltrum an eagla Dhe", do mhèd-
ughadh Rioghachta Criofd. Aranadh
bhuriin gidhbe hiad cheanglus Did
mar fo re cheile, ni heidir andealugh-
adh no afgarthain re cheile, acht mur
thograidis do toil ache'ile, feal tamaill,
did 6 chèile do dhenamh vrrnuidhe,
agas throifge, agas do dhenamh bharr
dithill anoirchill na haimfire mead-
honuighe. Agas gan ambeatha do
chaitheamh fada abfegmhuis acheile,
ar eagla ceachtar dhiobh, do dhul ali-
on no agcuntabhairt anaibhirfeoir do
bhridh neamhghloine. Agas ar an-
adhbhurfin do tfeachna thruaillidh an
chuirp nò adhaltrais, atà dfiachaibh ar
gach einfhear, abhean fein do bheith
aige, agas ar gach e'n mhnaoi afear fe-
in, do bheith aice. Iondas go bfuil

but the wyffe ; and likewyse the wyfe hathe no power over her own
body, but the howsband ; forasmoche as God hathe so knytt theym
together in this mutuall societie to the prucreatiun of children,
that they should bryng theym up in the feare of the Lorde, and to
the increase of Christes kyngdome.

Wherfore, they that be thus couppled together by God, can
not be severed or put a parte, oneles it be for a season, with
th'assent of bothe parties, to th'end to gyve theym selves the
more ferventlie to fastyng and prayer ; gyvyng diligent hede, in
the meane tyme, that their longe beyng aparte be not a snare to
biyng them into the daunger of Satan through incontinencie.
And therfore to avoyde fornication, every man oughte to have
his owne wyffe, and every woman her owne howsband : so that

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DON POSAD H.

dfiachaibh ar gach einfhear, agas ar
gach en mhnaoi, ag nach bfuil tiodh-
lucadh geanmnuidheachta 6 Dhià, a
aontughadh Pofadh do dhenamh, ar
aithne Dhè vile chumhachtaigh. Ion-
das go mbiadh Teampul De, & soithe
ach an Sbioraid naomh glan. Oir ofiad
fin ar gcuirpne arna gcoimhed glan
neamhthruaillidhe. Oir ataid ar gcu-
irpne anois na mballaibh do Chorp
Iofa Criofd, agas nach grànda fuath-
mhur, na boillfin, do thruailleadh no
do tfalchadh Ì 6 tfiurtuidheacht no 6
adhaltrandas, no 6 dhroch ghniomhar
thuibh oile? Ar anadhbharfin, ata" dfi-
achaibh ar gach èinneach, a tfoitheach
do choimhe'd glan naomhtha. Oir
gidhbe ar bith thruailleas, no tfalchuis
Teampul Du fgriofaidh, agas millidh
Did è.

^| A Taimfe

so many as can not lyve chaste, are bownde by the commandement
of God to mary, that therby the holye temple of God, which is our
bodies, may be kept pure and undefiled. For synce ovvr bodies
are now become the very members of Jesus Christe, howe horrible
and detestable a thyng is it to make theym the members of an
harlot! Everyone oght theifore to kepe his vessel in all purenes
and holines; for whosoever polluteth and defileth the temple of
God, hym will God destroye.
Here the Minister speakethe to the parties that shalbe mariede, in this wise :

DON POSAD H.

ATaimfe aga iarraidh ortfa a .N. &
agcur a eire, agas a churuim ortfa
a. N. mar fhreigoras fibh là an bhreith-
theamhnuis, anuair fhoillfeochar di-
amhair chroidhe gach ènduine, niata
afhios ag ceachtar agaibh fèin, adh-
bhar toirmifge no moille do bheith
eadruibh, nach bfetar go ladhamhail
bhur gceangal rè chèile a Pofadh, fibh
da admhail fin anois abfiadhnuife an
choimhthionoilfe. Ofr is beite dhibh
adheirbhfhios agaibh, nach bfuil da
mhe'd chuirfithear abfochair acheile
do tflighidh ar bith eile, acht mar do
ordaigh briathra De bhur gceangal re
cheile, nach bfuilti ceangailte abfiadh
nuife De, agas nach ladhamhail an
Pofadh.

& Ut«) ?*

ÌI Muna faghthar locht no toirmeafg bhacas an po-
fadh do dhenamh, abradh an Miniftir marfo fiòs.

ATaimfe aga bhur ngabhailfe dfi
adhnuife, an mhe'id atà fibh do
lathair and fo, nach gcluinim toirme-
K.4.

I REQUIRE and charge you, as you will answer at the daye of
judgement, when the secretes of all hartes shalbe disclosed, that if
either of you do knowe any impediment whie ye may not be law-
fully joyned together in matrimony, that ye confesse it ; for be ye
well assured, that so many as be coupled otherwise then Codes
Woorde dothe allowe, are not joyned together by God ; neyther is
theyr matrimony lawfull.

If no impediment be knowen, then the Minister sayeth :
I take you to wittenes that be here present, besechyng you all
to have good remembraunce hereof ; and moreover, if there be any
of you which knoweth

DON POSAD H.

afg aca fiid ar pofadh do dhenamh, &
guidhim fibhfe fa fin do chuimhniug-
hadh go maith, agas mata agaibhfe fe-
rn enneach aga bfuil afhios, ceachtar
dhiobh fud, do bheith ceangailte re
duine eile, no bacadh ar bith nach
bfe'tar go ladhamhail an Pofadh fo do
dhenamh foillfigheadh anois e.

H Muna raibhe adhbhur bacaidh and leanadh an
Miniftir an tadhbhar mar fo fiòs ag radha na
mbriatharfa.

ONACH bfuil enduine aglabh-
airt anadhaidh anadhbhurfe, ga-
bhfa ort do laimh a .N. agas geall and
fo abfiadhnuife De, & achoimhthio-
noil naomhtha, gur gabh tu, & go bfu
il tii toileach argabhail .N. atà and
fo do lathair in a mnaoi Pofda ladh
amhail, agas go bfuil tu ag gealladh
acoimhed, agas acumhdach, agas ag-
radhughadh in gach èn ni, do reir mar
dhligheas fear pofda do dhenamh da
mhnaoi

that either of these parties be contracted to any other, or knoweth
any other lawfull impediment, let theym none make declaration
therof.

If no cawse be alleaged, the Minister pmcedith, sayinge :
Forasmuche as no man speaketh agaynste this thynge, you,
N., shall proteste here before God and his holy congregation,
that you have takyn, and are now contented to have N., here
present, for your lawfull wyfe and spowse ; promisyng to kepe her,
to love and intreate her in all thynges accordyng to the dewtie of a
faythfttll howsband,

DON POSAD H.

mhnaoi Pofda, ag treigean, & ag diul-
tadh gadh vile mhna eile ar fad abea-
thadhfe, agas do ghearrughadh na
mbriathar, do bheatha do chaitheamh
maille rid, a ngloine, agas aniondracus
pofda, agas in gach èn pone do rcir
thoile De, agas a Tfoifgeil naomhtha.

If Freagrà anfhir and fo.
Is mur fin fein ghabhaimfe 1, agas
ataim aga gabhail and fo, abfiadhnuife
De, agas achoimhthionoil .1. na He-
agluise naomhthafo.

U Labhradh an Miniflir mar fo fids
ris an mnaoi Pofdar and

ATA tufa a .N. agadmhail abfi-
adhnuife De', agas na Heagluife
naomhtha and fo, gur ghabh tii, agas
go bfuil tu anois agabhail .N. andfo
do lathair, ina fhear Pofda dhuid fein,
ag gealladh vmhlachta, agas fhreagra
dho, ag diultadh & ag treigean gach
èmfhir oile, ar fad abheathadhfan, &

forsakyng ill other durynge her lyfe ; and briefelie, to lyve in a
holy conversation with her, kepynge faythe and trewthe in all
poyntes, according as the Worde of God and his holie Gospell dothe

The Anxwere.

Even so I take her before God, and in presence of this his
Congregation.

The Minister to the Spowse also sayethe :
You, N., shall proteste here before the face of God, in the pre-
sence of this holy congregation, that ye have takyn, and are now
contented to have, N., here present, for your lawful 1 howsband ;
promisynge to hym subjection and obedience, forsakyng all other
duryng hys lyfe ;

151

DON POSAD H.
fa dheoidh do bheatha do chaithe-
amh maille ris, angloine, ag dhenamh
firinde dhò ingach vile pone, mar iar
ras Soifgel De do dhenamh.

11 Freagra na mna and fo fids.

Is mur fin fe'in ghabhaimfe e, agas
ataim aga ghabhail and fo abfiadhnui-
fe De, agas an choimhthionoilfe ata
do lathair ag ceand a che'ile.

H Na dhiaidh fin abradh an
Miniflir mur fo fids.

TVgaidh dà bhur naire an Soif-
gel. Iondas go dtuigfeadh fibh,
ciondas do bail ler Dtighearna Iofa
Criofd, an ceangal onorach naomhtha
fa do choimhèd, agas cre'd e daingne
an tfnadhmafa, nach bfetar ar enchor a
fhofgladh no a fgaoileadh, amhail te-
agaifgthear dhuinn fa .9. mhadh Cai-
bidil de'g do Tfoifgel Matha mar fo.

IT Tangadar

and fynallie, to lyve in a holy conversation with hym, kepinge
faithe and truethe in all poyntes, as Godes Worde doth prescribe.

77« Answere.

Even so I take hym before God, and in the presence of this
his congregation.

[The Minister then sayeth :]

Give diligent care to the [words of the] Gospell, that ye may
understande how our Lorde wolde have this holy contracte kept
and observed ; and how sure and faste a knott it is, which may in
no wyse be lowsed, accordyng as we be taughte in the 19. chapter
of S. Mathewes Gospell : —

DON POSAD H.

TAngadar na Pairifidh do chum
Chriofd, da fhiondachtain, & dfi
ds a intinde, & do fhiarfuidheadar nar
ni ladhamhail do dhuine, abhean do
chur vadha fa gach èn adhbhar fuarra
ch ? do f hreagair fè iad, & adubhairt, anè
nar leghabhair an tf do rinde duine 6
thofach, fear & bean dorinde fad, & ad
ubhairt fanadhbhurfm, fgaraidh duine
rena Athair, & rena Mhathair, & lean-
aidh rena Mhnaoi Pdfda. Agus bhudh
èn fhèoil fad an dias fin, iondas nach
dfas fad o fin amach, acht èn fhdoil, ar
anadhbhurfin na fgaradh duine 6 che"
ile, an ni do cheangail Di'a abochair a
cheile.

MAtd go gcreideand fibh gan am
haras, na briathrafa do labhair
Criofd ar Dtighearna, mar do chulabh
air ambeth ga naithris ifin Tfoifgel, is
beite dhaoibh adheirbhfhios agaibh,
gur cheangail Dia abfarradh ache"ile
fibhfe, afdaid no aninmhe naomhtha
an Pdfaidh. Vime fin denaidhfe bhur

' The Tharisies came unto Christe to tempte hym and to grope
his mynde, sayinge, Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wife
for every lighte cawse ? He answered, sayinge, Have ye not read,
that He which created man at the begynnynge, made theym male
and female ? sayeng, For this thyng shall man leave father and
mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they twayne shalbe one
flesshe ; so that they are no more two, but are one flesshe. Lett
no man therfore put asonder that which God hathe cowpled
together. '

If ye beleve assuredlie these woordes which owr Lorde and
Saviour did speake, (accordyng as ye have hard them now re-
hearsed owte of the holy Gospell,) then may you be certayne,
that God hathe evyn so knytt you together in this holy state
of wedlocke. Wherfore applie your selves to lyve a chaste and

DON POSAD H.
nditheall, fa bhur mbeathaidh do chai
theamh, go glan aontadhach abfochair
achèile, an gridh Diadha, a fith Chri-
ofdaidhe, an deagheifimlair, afaor chu-
ngbbail tfnadhma an chaibhneafa gan
bhrifeadh, agas a coimhè'd fhirinde
gach aòin agaibh daroile, mar theagu-
ifgeas briathra De dhaoibh.

«1 Nadhiaidh fin furaileadh an miniCtir ar Dhia
iad ag radha ma mbriathar fo fiòs, nò agcof-

Dià an Tighearna da bhur mbean-
dachadh, agas da bluir naomhadh. Dia
an Tighearna do dhòrtadh tfaibhris
aghras oraibh, do dhenamh a thoile,
agas do chaitheamh bhur naimfire ab-
fochair acheile, i ngràdh naomhtha
godeireadh bhur mbeaahadh.

f BIODH AMHLVIDH

K And finabarthar an .128. pfalmdarabainm isbean-
daidhe an mhuintear ar a mbi eagla an Tighearna,

nu a chofimilas u\W- do Lh.mtaireacht.

Ki*U)?* f FI0S_

liolie lyfe togctlicr, in godlie love, in Christian peace, and good
example ; ever holdinge faste the band of charitie withowte any
breache, kepinge faithe and trueth th'one to the other, even as
Codes Woorde dothe appoynte.

Then the Minister commendeth theyra to God, in this or suche like sorte :
The Lorde sanctifie and blesse you ; the Lorde powre the riches of
his grace uppon you, that ye may please hym, and lyve together in
holy love to youre lyves end. So be it.

COMHFHVRTACHT NA NEASLAN

IT FIOSRVGHADH AGAS
comhfhurtacht na ndaoine dtind
and fo fids.

OIR is ni ro imchubhaidh fiof-
rughadh na ndaoine eaflàna, gid-
headh is ro dhoilidh gach èn riaghail
bheanas ris do fgriobhadh. Vime fin le
igmaoid do chum rèfuin, & do chum
thuigfe an Mhiniftir Dhiadhà" dheifg
ridigh, teagafg do thabhairt do neaf-
lan, ag nochtadh dho trocaire, & grata
agas gealladh firindeach Criofd, mas
duine anteailan arambi eagla dhiogh-
altais Dè ar fon apeacadh. Agas mar
an gcedna, bagar do dhenamh ar ane-
aflan do dhioghaltas De-, mas duine e,
nach mothuidheand apeacuigh, agas
nach faoileand, agas nach dtuigeand e
fein, do bheith ciontach, mar do ni
an liaigh tuigfeach do bheir leigheas
do reir na heaflainte bhi'os aranothar
dhò, agas dà rabh vireafbhuidh riach-
tanais aleas ar aneailan cungnamh leis

The Visitation ok the Sicke.

BecaWSE the Visitation of the Sicke is a thyng verie necessarie,
and yet notwithstandyng, it is hard to prescribe all rules apper-
taynyng therunto, wee refer it to the discretion of the godlie and
prudent Minister; who, accordinge as lie seethe the pacient affected,
either may lift hym up with the swete promesses of Codes mercy
through Christe, if he perceive hym moche afrayde of Godes
thretenynges ; or contrarie wise, if he be not towched with the fel-
inge of his.synnes, may beate hym downe with Godes justice. Ever-
more like a skilfull phisition, framying his medicine according as the
disease requireth ; and if he percey ve hym to wante any necessaries,

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ar feadh anearta no a chumhachta, &
a thabhairt ar chach adhenamh mar
an gcedna. Iondas nach biadh vire-
afbhuidh air. Agas dlighidh an teaf-
flàn fios do chur ar an Miniftir gach
vair da rigfe fè do leas 6, neoch do
ni guidhe ar fgàth aneafflain and fin,
agas ameafg an choimhthionoil, agas
da rabh afheidhm air denamh fein,
guidhe mar an gcedna.

f VRRNVIDHTHE ION-
radha ag fiofrughadh na neafflàn.

OA Dhe" mhaith, a Thighearna,
agas a Athair, achruthuighthoir,
agas afhir choimhede gach en neithe,
a thobar gach vile mhaitheafa, & mhor
chaibhnis, mar do bheir tu flainte do-
na corpaibh daonna, & mar do bheir
tu gach deagh thiodhlucadh eile le'd
ghràTaibh, dona huile dhaoinibh, as go
madh feirrde do thuigfedis do bhuan
tiodhluicthe, agas do thren toirbhear-
tus fin, inddchas gurab mdide, & gurab
vllmhuide,

he not onelie releveth hym accordyng to his abilitie, but also pro-
videth by others that he may be furnissed sufficiently. Moreover,
the partie that is visited, may, at all tymes, for his comforte, sende
for the Minister ; who dothe not onelie make prayers for hym
there presentlie ; but also, if it so requyre, commendeth hym in
the publique prayers to the Congregation.

A Prayer to be said in Visiting the Sicke.
O our good God, Lord and Father, the Creator and conserver of

all things, the fountaine of all g lnes and benignitie, like as (among

other thine infinite benefites which thou of thy great goodnes and
grace doest distribute ordinarly unto all men) thou givest them health
of bodie, to the end that they shulde the better knowe thy great liber-
alitie, so that they might be the more ready to serve and glorifie
156

NA NEASLAN.
vllmhuide, do dhendhaois feirbhis du
itfe, agas do bherdaois gloir, & gnàth
mholadh do tainm Diadha. Mar fin
don taobheile, an tan do nimaoid dro
ch imchar oraind fem, acur fheirge ar
do chumhachtaibhfe, is gnath leat ar
dteagafg, agas ar ngairm chugad, le hil
ghneithibh fmachtaidhe, le leagand
tti go lar ar gcuirp chombruite, agas
ar bfeoil tfobhrifde, agas go fpeifialta
le trom pladhaibh tindis, & gallradh,
agas eafflainteadh, ghnathuidheas tu
do chur oraind, dar ndufgadh, & dar
mbrofnughadh on tromdhacbre agas
on dearmad ata iondaind vile, agas ag
tabhairt tfela ar ndroch bheatha dhti-
inn, leis na heafflaintibhfm, agas leis
na hambgharaibh, a & go fpeifialta an-
tan bhagras tii an bàs fein. Oi'r ataid
na heafflainte fin, & na teachtairidhe
an bhàis, làn do dhochar, & do dhoil-
gheas don fheoil, acht ge" leigheas Ian
fhallàn fad, do Sbioradaibh na ndaoine
toghtha. Oir is leo fin bhrofnuidheas
tii find, dimpodh chugad do chum ar

thee with the same : So contrariwise, when we have il behaved
ourselves in offending thy Majestie, thou hast accustomed to
admonish us, and call us unto thee by divers and sundry chastise-
ments, through the which it hath pleased thy goodnes to subdue
and tame our fraile flesh : but especially by the grievous plagues
of sicknes and diseases, using the same as a meane to awake
and stirre up the great dulnes and negligence that is in us all,
and advertising us of our evil life by such infirmities and dangers,
especially when as they threaten the very death ; which (as
assured messingers of the same) are all to the flesh ful of extreme
anguish and torments, although they be, notwithstanding, to
the spirit of the elect as medicines bothe good and wholesome ;
for by them thou doest move us to returne unto thee for our

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flanuighe, & dod teadarghuidhfe inar
ndoghruind, & mar nddcorahal, dfa
ghail do chuidighfe a Athair ghrddh-
aigh. Agas dà bhridhfin atamaoid gud
gheratachfa. A Dhe ghràdhaidh, go
ma toil led mhaitheas neamhmeafarr-
dha truaighe dodghabhail, agas tro-
caire do dhenamh, ar do chrèatùir bo-
cht fein, neoch do cheangail tufa lis
leabaidhfe, le tindeas trom dofhu-
laing, agas atà fa eire antrom doghru-
indeach le cudrum do laimhefe, a Thi-
ghearna na dena cuntus no comhaire-
amh ris, do thabhairt luadhuidheachta
dhd, do re'ir aghniomharrtha. Acht do
reir do throcaire, agas do ghras neimh
meafarrdha, maith a vile chionta dho.
Oir is ar a tfon fin do fmachtaigh tu
go feimh 6, agas fe'ch ar vmhlacht do
Mhic inmhuin Iofa Criofd duid .1. a-
niodhbuirt bhudh toil leatfa do ghab-
hail chugad, mar làn eraic vile aingid-
heachta na ndaoine ler bhail eifean do
ghabhail, mar a bfirentacht, agas mar
anaomhadh, agas mar anaon flanuigh-
thoir.

salvation, and to cal upon thee in ouv afflictions, to have thine
helpe, which art our deare and loving Father.

In consideration whereof, we most earnestly praye unto thee our
good God, that it wolde please thine infinite goodnes to have pitie
on this thy poore creature, whome thou hast, as it were, bound
and tyed to the bed by most grievous sickenes, and brought to
great extremitie by the heavines of thine hand.

O Lord ! enter not into a compt with him, to render the rewarde
due unto his workes ; but throw thine infinite mercy remitte all his
faultes, for the which, thou hast chastised him so gently, and
beholde rather the obedience which thy deare Sonne Jesus Christ
our Lorde hath rendred unto thee; to wit, the sacrifice which it
pleased thee to accept as a full recompense for all the iniquities of
them that receive him for their justice and sanctification, yea, for
their onelie Saviour.

NA NEASLAN.
thoir. Goma toil leat a Dhè", aigne-
adh agas art! thoil fhirindeach do tha-
bhairt doneafllan, do thuigfm, & do
ghabhail Chriofd chuige mar tflanu-
ighthoir, indòchas tu fe'in da • ghabhail
ad ghrafaibh, minigh fòs, agas maoth-
aidh, na dochair atà air, mar ati eagla
a peacuigh, agas grain ghrànda an
bhàis, 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 charrtha-
naigh do bhreith vaidhe. Agas anmh-
èid atamaoid vile don fdaid, & donin-
mhe 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 thro-
caire dfoillfeachadh air, ar gràdh do
L.

Let it please thee, O God ! to give him a true zeale and affection
to receive and acknowledge him for his 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 death and
dreadful feare of the same, may bring to his weake conscience.
Neither suffer thou, O Lord, the assautes of the mightie adveisarie
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 condi-
tion, 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

COMHFHVRTACHT
Mhic charrthanaigh Iofa Criofd ar
Dtighearna, neach do fhulaing bhàs
fiornair fuathmhur na croiche, & do
imchuir da dheoin fein, cionta aneaf-
flain thruaighfe ar amhuin, do chum
thufa dha athniughadh, mar gach aòn
dar cheandaigh feifean lena fhuil lu-
achmhoir, agas dar ghabh fe chuige
agcumaoineachadh a chuirp ftfin, dfa-
ghail chuidighe don tfolas tfuthain
agcomand Haingeal naomhthafa. Na-
dhiaidhfin, a Thighearna, vllmhuidh
agas gluais a chroidhe led ghrafaibh.
Iondas go ngebhadh fè an fmachtug-
hadh aithreamhailfe do chuiris air le
foidhidin, agas le" fir fhulang Diadha,
agas è da imchur fin maille re" humhla,
& rè deighghean, agà ifliughadh, agas
aga profdail fe'in le" croidhe, agas le
hintind dod thoil bheandaighthefe,
agas dod thre'n trocaire, mar atd Ui a-
nois aga fhios ar an gcorfa, do chum
mhaitheafa do dhenamh dho, agas do
chum atflanaighthe. Goma toil leat
a Thighearna, cuideachadh leis ina
vile

thy deare Sonne, Jesus Christ our Lord : who, having suffered the
moste shameful and extreame death of the crosse, bare willingly the
faute of this poore patient, to the end that thou mightest acknow-
ledge him as one redeemed with his precious blood, and received
into the communion of his body, to be participant of eternal felicitie
in the companie of thy blessed Angels. Wherefore, O Lord, dis-
pose and move his heart to receave by thy grace, with all mekenes,
this gentle and fatherlie correction which thou hast layed upon him;
that he may indure it paciently, and with willing obedience, submit-
ting himself with heart and minde to thy blessed wil and favourable
mercie, wherein thou now visitest him after this sorte for his profit
and salvation. It may please thy goodnes, O Lord ! to assist him

N A NEASLAN.

vile thindeas, agas ghe'r ghuafacht, &
gè tiach bfuil ateangaidh nò a ghuth
aibeil anois, do dhenamh na hoifige
do fhoillfeochadh do ghloirfe, goma
toil leatfa ar a tfon fin, achroidhe do
bhrofnughadh anairde, ag righe riotfa
amhain, ita aten tobar gach vile mha-
itheafa, agas fremhaidh, agas fuidh-
idh go daingean na chroidhe, an ge
alladh gradhach, do rinde tu dhiiinn
an Iofa Criofd do Mhac ar Slanuigh-
thoir, as go nanfa fe' go daingean de-
arbhtha doghluaifle, anadhaidh gach
vile amais, agas iondfuidhe, agas bhu-
aidhridh, is eidir le namhaid ar nanma
dimirt oraind, do bhuaidhreadh ar
gcoinfiafa. Agas ar bfaicin duitfe
gurab i do thoil, an bheatha tfuthain
do chomhroind rinde, lè bds do Mhic
ionmhuin Iofa, agas glanadh, agas ni-
dhe ar peacadh, le dortadh afhola-
fan, agas firentacht, agas beatha tfu-
thain do thabhairt diiinn lena eifeir-
ghe, go mà toil leat an leigheas na-
omhtha niia fhallanfa do bhàis, agas
L. 2.

in all his anguishes and troubles : and although the tongue and
voice be not able to execute their office in this behalf to set foorthe
thy glorie, that yet at least thou wilt stirre up his heart to aspire
unto thee onely, which art the onelie fountaine of goodnes ; and
that thou fast roote and settle in his heart the swete promises which
thou hast made unto us, in Christ Jesus, thy Sonne our Saviour, to
the intent he may remaine constant against all the assautes and
tumultes which the enemie of our salvation may raise up to trouble
his conscience.

And seing ithath pleased thee, that, by thedeathof thydeareSonne,
life eternal shuld be communicated unto us, and by the shedding of
his blood the washing of our sinnes shulde be declared, and that by
his Resurrection also, both justice and immortalitie shulde be given
us ; it may please thee to apphe this holie and holesome medicine

C O M HFHVRTACH T
teifeirghe do chumailt ris an truagh
eafllanfa, ata ingabhadh ghuafachta-
ch, agas a chrith, agas a eagla, do chur
dhe, agas meanma, agas meifneach do
tahbhairt do ina dhoghraing, agas ina
dhocomhal, agas mar atà gach en ni
a Athair neamhdha follas duitfe, agas
gurab aithnidh dhuid fèm gach èn ni,
arabfuil afheidhm no afhurtacht do
t'hreafdal do, do rdir do dheagh thoile
Diadha fèin. Goma toil leatfa a Thig-
hearna, achoimhlionadh, agas a chomh
fhurtacht led ghafaibh, mar is fearr do
cifidhear dod chumhachtaibh Diadha
fein. Gabh chugad a Thigliearna ad
dhidean e. Oir is chugadfa amhain
atà athriall, agas atflighe, agas daing-
nidh 6, a taitheantuibh, agas ad ghe-
alladh, agas maith dhd a peacuidh dhi
amhra, agas fhollafa, ler bhrofnaidh fe
tfeargfa, agas do bhorb bhreitheamh
nus, go dur drochmhein na adhaidh
fein, & ge' dhd thuilleamar vile bis, &
damnadh do reir chdra no cheirt bhre
itheamhnuis, deonuigh dhd an bhea-
tha
to this thy poore creature in such extremitie, taking from him all
trembling and dreadful feare, and to give him a stoute courage in
the middes of all his present adversiteis.

And forasmuche as all things, O heavenly Father, be knowen
unto thee, and thou canst, according to thy good pleasure, minister
unto him all suche things as shal be necessarie and expedient ; let
it.please thee, O Lord, so to satisfie him by thy grace, as may seme
most mete unto thy Divine Majestie.

Receive him, Lord, into thy protection, for he hath his recourse
and accesse to thee alone ; and make him constant and hrme in thy
commandements and promises : and also pardon all his sinnes, both
secret and those which are manifest ; by the which he hath moste
grievously provoked thy wrath and severe judgements against him ; so
as in place of death (the which both heand all wehavejustlymerited).

N A NEASLAN.
tha bheandaighthe, ar abfuilmaoid fe-
rn fos ag feitheamh, do bhridh do
throcairefe, agas do ghràs. Acht che
ana a Athair neamhdha, mas i do dhe
agh thoilefe, e'do mharthuin nf is ffa fa
faoghalfa, medaigh do ghràTa fein and
as go ndena fe feirbhis dod ghloirfe,
& go ndena fe barr dithill, agas freaf-
dail, ara bheith agcofamhlacht vmhla
dod Mhacfa Diofa Criofd, agas e dha
threigean fifin mar fin, agas leanmhuin
don Iofafin amhain, neoch ata ag tab-
hairt eifimlara comhfhurtachta, agas
dochais do, ina vile peacthuibh, ion
das go bfuighe fe' maitheamh a vile pe
acadh, agas locht, do rdir mar rug fe le-
is fuas ar neaffi, an gadoidhe do cefadli
na fhochair fa chrand, do bhridh adho
chiis as. Acht mata anaimfear ar dte
acht ina toil leatfa adhul vainde chu
gad fe'in, tabhair a Thighearna toradh
agas bridh do ghràs do mhothughadh
na chroidhe, agas na choinfias, iondas
go bfuighe fè fafdàil nua, agas fechain
do churaim aithreamhailfe na thim-
cheall ò thofach go deireadh abhea-

thou wilt graunt unto him that blessed life, which we also attend
and loke for by thy grace and mercie.

Nevertheles, O heavenly Father, if thy good pleasure be that he
shal yet live longer in this worlde, it may then please thee to
augment in him thy graces, so as the same may serve unto thy
glorie : yea, Lord, to the intent he may conforme himself the more
diligently, and with more carefulnes, to the example of thy Sonne
Christ Jesus ; and that in renouncing him self, he may cleave fully
unto him, who, to give consolacion and hope unto all sinners, to
obteine remission of all their sinnes and offences, hath caried with
him into the heavens the theefe which was crucified with him upon
the crosse.

But if the time by thee appoynted be come, that he shall
departe from us unto thee, make him to feele in his conscience,
U Lord, the frute and strength of thy grace ; that thereby
he may have a new taste of thy fatherlie care over him
from the beginning of his life unto the very end of the same.

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thadh, ar gridh do Mhic inmhuin Iofa
Criofd ar Dtighearna, Tabhair gràfa
dhd, iondas go madh eidir leis an
comhfhurtacht, agas an faibhreas mor
fa .1. maitheamh apeacuigh an Iofa
Criofd do ghabhail chuige, maille re"
croidhe maith, agas le làn ndòchas
creidim. Oir ati an Tiofa fin anois
aga thaifbenadh fe'in doneafflan amh
gharfa, do bhridh an gheallaidh, do
foillfigheadh dho ad bhriathruibhfe,
do ghnithuighfè ma ràon rinde a Te-
agluis, agas ad choimhthionol naomh
thafa, agnàthughadh do Tfacramuin-
teadh, an ni do ordaigh tufa a Teag-
luis, do dhaingniughadh chreidmhe
gach aoin, ler bhail dochas neimhche-
algach do dhenamh indadfa. Guidh
maoid fos tu a Thighearna, goma fgi-
ath dhaingean diona dhd, an creide-
amh firindeach do bheith anuachtar-
aige, ar indfuidhibh an bhàis, agas
do thabhairt do barr aire do bheith
aige ar an mbeathaidh tfuthain, iondas
ag glacadh na beathadhfin le dòchas
do,

for the love of thy deare Sonne Jesus Christ our Lord.

Give him thy grace, that with a good heart, and full assurance of
faith, he may receive to his consolation so great and excellent a
treasure : to wit, the remission of his sinnes in Christ Jesus thy
Sonne, who now presenteth him to this poore persone in distres,
by the vertue of thy promises reveiled unto him by thy worde,
which he hath exercised with us in thy Church and congregation,
and also in using the Sacraments, which thou therein hast esta-
blished for confirmation of all their faith that trust in thee un-
fainedly.

Let true faith, O Lord, be unto him as a most sure buckler,
thereby to avoyde the assautes of death, and more boldely walke
for the advancement of eternal life ; to the end that he, having a
most livclie apprehension thereof,

1H1

NA NEASLAN.
do, go madh eidir leis bheith maille
riotfa, a dteaghuis neimhe afubhach-
as fidruidhe. Goma toil leat fòs a
Athair neamhdha, è do bheith fad
dhidean fe'in, agas fad dheagh choim-
he"d, agas ge" ta fe" eafllan is aithnidh
dhuitfe a tilanughadh, ge tà fè adtri-
bloid, agas a ndoghruing, is aithnidh
dhuitfe afhdiridhin, agas afhurtacht,
ge' ta fe anbfand, is aithnidh dhuitfe
aneartughadh, atà fè agtuigfin atfal-
chair fe'in, agas aneamhghloine fein, &
a olc fe'in, agas a aingidheachta fèin.
Gidheadh is aitnidh dhuitfe anidhe,
agas aghlanadh, ate fe Ian do lotaibh,
& dàladhaibh, gidheadh is aithnidh
dhuitfe ioctilainte & luibhe, do chur
rena chneadhaibh, & rena chrechtai-
bh, atà crith eagla, & vamhain air Gid
headh is aithnidh dhuitfe meanma,
agas meifheach do thabhairt do. Agas
do chur na mbriathar anaithghiorra,
ata fe mar chaoirighchaillte ar feach-
ran, gidheadh is aithnidh dhuitfe ag-
hairm, agas a thabhairt aris do chum
L.4-

may rejoyce with thee in the heavens eternally.

Let him be under thy protection and governance, O heavenly
Father ; and although he be sicke, yet thou canst heale him ; he
is cast downe, but thou canst lift him up ; he is sore troubled,
but thou canst send redresse ; he is weak, thou canst send strength ;
he acknowledgeth his uncleannes, his spots, his filthines, and
iniquities, but thou canst wash him and make him cleane : he is
wounded, but thou canst minister most sovereigne salves ; he
is fearful and trembling, but thou canst give him good courage
and boldnes : To be short, he is, as it were utterly lost, and as a
strayed shepe ; but thou canst cal him home to thee againe.

COMHFHVRTACHT

do thighe. Da bhridhfin a Thighear-
na, mar atd an creatuir truaghfa, neoch
is doibrighthibh do Mmh fe'in aga tho
irbheart fe'in fuas go huilidhe ad lamh-
aibhfe, gurab amhluidhfin is toil leat-
fa, agabhail ad dhidean trocaireach.
Mar an gcedna go ma toil leat, finde
vile do chreatuire truagha, do dhaing-
niughadh ad Sbioraid naomhtha, agas
do Sbiorad naomhtha do dhaingniu-
ghadh indaind, do chum find fèin do
chofnamh, agas do bhreith bhuaidhe
atainmfe anadhaidh ar namhad ne-
imhnidhe. Oi'r is eigean duinn cath
ughadh, agas comhland do dhenamh
ris, no go dtairrngidh tufa vadha find,
agas fòs guidhmaoid go duthrachtach
thu an dochar, agas an doilgheas, do
fhulaingfe, ata ar neafflanfa, dar mbro
fnughadh fe'in, do chum vmhlachta,
agas iM, le' honòir, agas le heagla roi
mh do laimh chumhachtaighfe do
bheith oraind. Oi'r atà afhios againd,
gurab eigean duinn, teacht abfiadh-
nuife, chathrach do bhreitheamhnuis
fe, antan bhus toil leat ar ngairm.

Wherefore, O Lord, seeing that this poore creature (thine owne
workmanship) resigneth himself wholly into thy hands receave him
into thy merciful protection. Also we poore miserable creatures,
which are, as it were, in the field, ready to fight till thou withdraw
us from the same, vouchesafe to strengthen us by thine Holie Spirit,
that we may obtaine the victorie in thy name against our deadlie and
mortal enemie ; and furthermore, that the affliction and the combat
of this thy poore creature in most grievous torments, may move
us to humble ourselves with all reverent feare and trembling
under thy mightie hand, knowing that we must appeare before
thy judgement seat, when it shal please thee so to appoint.

NA NEASLAN.
Acht cheana a Thighearna, at;i trua-
illeadh ar naduire briflighe, fa fdaid,
& fa ninmhefe, go bfuil vireafbhuidh
gach en tfligheadh oraind, do dhul
atfiadhnuifefe. Acht raur dhearrna
tu fein diongmhalta dhinn do dhul
atfiadhnuife, agas fos mun tuga tii
dhuinn Sbiorad na feimhidheachta &
na humla, do dhenamh gach èn neithe
iarras haitheanta Diadha oraind.

Acht an mhe'id go bfuilmaoid vile
neamhimchubhaidh, do chaitheamh
na dtiodhlucadlifa. Atamaoid gud
ghe"r ghuidhe, far ngairm chugad an-
ainm do Mhic charthanaigh ar Dtig-
hearna, agas ar maighiftir. Oir is am-
bis agas andioluidheacht an Mhicfin
atà vile dhochas ar flanuidhe. Goma
toil leat a Athair, gach vile chomh-
fhurtacht, agas chomhtfdlas do ghràs
do dhortadh ar gach neach, da bfuil
acuidiughadh no a congnamh leis an-
eafflanfa, agas gan iad do ghabhail
fgife no toirrfe da ngnath tfaothar do
chaitheamh ris. Acht fad do ghlua-

But, O Lord, the corruption of our fraile nature is such, that we
are utterly destitute of any meane to appeare before thee, except
it please thee to make us suche as thou thy self requirest us to be ;
and further, that thou give us the spirit of meknes and humilitie,
to rest and stay wholly on those things which thou onely com-
mandest.

But forasmuche as we be all together unworthy to enjoy such
benefites, we beseche thee to receive us in the name of thy deare
Sonne our Lord and Master, in whose death and satisfaction
standeth wholy the hope of our salvation.

It may also please thee, O Father of comfort and consolation, to
strengthen with thy grace those which imploy their travel and dili-
gence to the ayding of this sicke persone, that they faint not by over-
much and continual labour, but rather to go heartilie and cherefully

COMHFHVRTACHT

facht maille re deaghghean, agas rè
deagh croidhe ar anadhaidh, do chom
hfhurtacht an eafflainfe. Agas dà. mbei-
re tii vathadh e, tabhair comhfhurtacht
oile dhoibh, iondas go madh eidir leo
an fgaradhfin dfulang, agas tainmfe do
mholadh in gach e'n nf. Agas fds a
Thighearna neamdha, dena trocaire ar
gach vile dhuine ati eafflan, do reir
chuirp no amhghar eile. Agas fds ar
na daoinibh ati anainbfios nahrinde,
an mhèid bheanas red Rioghachtfa
dhiobh. Mar an gcedna dena trocaire
arna daoinibh atà ag fulang dhibheir-
ge, no dhioghaltais, no thriobloide, no
prifuntachta, ò naimhdib na firinde, ar
fon iad do bheith ag denamh fiadhnu-
ife leis an bfirinde. Agas fa dheoidh
fecli go trocaireach arvile vireafbhad-
haibh na poibleach, agas ar gach vile
dhith no sgrios, da drug Satan ar Hea-
gluis fè"in, a Athair na trocaire, fgaoil
do mhaithis ar gach duine is leat fe'in.
Iondas tare'is ar dtreighthe fèin dufn,
go ndaingnithear find fa dhdchas, &
fa

forwarde in doing their indcvours towardes him : and if thou take
him from them, then of thy goodnes to comfort them, so as they
may paciently beare suche departing, and prayse thy Name in all
things. Also, O heavenly Father, vouchesafe to have pitie on all
other sicke persons, and such as be by any other wayes or means
afflicted, and also on those who as yet are ignorant of thy trueth,
and apperteine neverthelesse unto thy kingdome.

In like manner on those that suffer persecution, tormented
in prisones, or otherwise troubled by the enemies of the veritie,
for bearing testimonie to the same. Finally, on all the necessities
of thy people, and upon all the ruins or decayes which Satan
hath brought upon thy Church. O leather of mercy ! spread
forth thy goodnes upon all those that be thine ; that we, for-
saking our selves, may be the more inflamed and confirmed,

N A N E A S L A N.
fa muinidhin do dhenamh afadfa am
hain. Deonaidh na hiarratuiffe dhti-
inn a Athair ghradhaidh, ar gradh do
Mhic inmhuin Iofa Criofd ar flanu-
ighthoir, neoch ata arabeathaidh, agas
arioghacht maille riotfa, anaon ndiad-
hacht, agas an Sbioradh naomh ad
Dhia fhirindeach trd bhioth fior.

1TBIODH AMHLVIDH.

H Foirm anadhluicthe and fo fids.

BE I R T H E A R an corp go ho-
norach, do chum na huaidhe no
anfhearta, agas an pobal no an coimh-
thionol maille ris, gan ni ar bith eile
do profeffion no dhordughadh, & an
diaidh anadhluicthe, gluaifeadh an Mi-
niilir do chum na Heagluife, acht mu-
na raibhe fi abfad tiadha, agas denamh
Searmoin mhaith eigin don pobal, ad-
timcheall bhàis, agas eifeirghe.

If Dordughadh an fmachtaighe
Eagluife and fo fids.

to rest onely upon thee alone. Graunt these our requestes, O our
deare Father for the love of thy deare Sonne our Saviour Jesus
Christ ; who liveth and reigneth with thee in unitie of the Holy
Ghost, true God for evermore. So be it.

Of Bury all.

The corps is reverently brought to the grave, accompanied with
the Congregation, without any further ceremonies : which being
buryed, the Minister if he be present, and required, goeth to the
Church, if it be not farre of, and maketh some comfortable exhorta-
tion to the people, touching death and resurrection.

The Ordre of the Ecclesiastical Discipline.

y 109

DO SMACHTVGHADH

MA R nach bfetar, baile, no ca-
tliair, no teach, no teaghlach
do chongbhail afdaid, no aninbhe tfo
na gan riaghail, agas gan smacht, is
mur fin nach eidir Eagluis De do cho
ngbhail fuàs, no aneart dfas, gan riag-
hail Sbioratalta, agas gan fmacht Eag-
luife do bheith inte. Oir is glome f,
agas is cdra riaghail do bheith virre
inà ar bhaile eile no ar theaghlach.
Agas mar atàid briathra De, mar bhe-
athaidh, agas mar anam agan Eagluis,
is mar fin ata an riaghail Dhiadhafa
agas an tordughadh Eagluifefe, mar
do bheidis feithe ag fuaidhel, agas fir
cheangal bhall an chuirpfe na Heag-
luife rè che"ile, le hordughadh oirrdhe-
irc, agas le nos niamhghlan. Oir is
frian e" dfofdadh na ndroch dhaoine 6
mhighniomharthuibh do dhenamh,
agas is fbor è, do bhrofnughadh na
ndaoine ndimhaoineach ndotheaga-
ifg ar anadhaidh, agas afe- an fmach-
tughadhfa flat a Nathar ata do ghndth
vllamh efgaidh aibeil, do chaoin chear
tughadh

As no Citie, Towne, howse, or familie can maynteine their estate
and prospere without policie ami governaunce, so the Churche of
God, which requireth more purely to be governed then any citie or
familie, can nut without spirituall Policie and ecclesiasticall
Discipline continewe, encrease, and florishe.

And as the Word of God is the life and soule of this Churche, so
this godlie ordre and discipline is as it were synewes in the bodie,
which knit and joyne the membres together with decent order and
comelynes. It is a brydle to staye the wicked frome their myschiefes.
Il is a spunc to pi icke forward suche as be slowe and necligent ; yea,
and fur all men it is the Father's rodde ever in a readines to chastice
170

N A HEAGLVIS E.
tughadh na nolc do nithear, agas do
thabhairt orra na dhiaidhfm, ambea-
tha do chaitheamh aneagla, agas an
vmhla Dhiadha, agas fòs fa" dheoidh
is ordughadh 6, do fhagaibh Dia aga
Eagluis le ndenaid foghlaim, adto-
ile agas aughniomhartha do riaghladh
do rifir an ladha Diadha, mar atà gach
aon aca do dhenamh theagaifg da die
ile, agas dioghaltus, agas smachtugh-
adh do dhenamh ar na daoinibh dura
droch mheine dotheagaifg, do ni tar-
caifne ar anordughadhfin. Atàid trf
hadhbhair fbeifialta do bheir ar Eag-
luis Dè an fmachtughadhfa do chur
angniomh. An ced adhbhar dhiobh,
do chum nach àirfidhe lucht drocli
ghniomharthadh ameafg chloinde De"
do thabhairt ndire no fgandaile da Na
thair, mar go mbeith Eagluis De', ina
didean, agas ina tearmond do lucht
vile, agas aingidheachta. An dara
hadhbhar, ar eagla go faileochaidhe,
na daoine maithe, le' cumand na ndr-
och dhaoine, agas do tairrngir Pol

gentelye the fautes committed, and to cawse theym afterward to
lyve in more godlie feare and reverence. Finallye, it is an ordre
left by God unto his Churche, wherby men leame to frame their
wills, and doinges, accordinge to the lawe of God, by instructing
and admonishinge one an other, yea, and by correctinge and
ponishinge all obstinate rebells, and contemners of the same.

There are three causes chiefly which move the Churche of God
to the executinge of Discipline. First, that men of evell conversa-
tion be not nombred aim mgest God's childrene to their Father's
reproche, as if the Churche of God were a sanctuary for naughtie
and vile persons. The second respect is, that the good be not
infected with compagnyinge the evell ; which thinge S. Paule

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DO SMACHTVGHADH

naomhthafin, anuair tug fe' a aithne
dona coruinteachaibh, an tadhultrach
coirpthe colach dathchur, agas din-
darbadh vathadh, aga radha mar fo
Cuiridh beagan do thaos tfearbh no
ghoirt, an taran vile afeirbhe no ang-
oirte. An treas adhbhar do chum go
ngebhadh neach, do fmachtughadh
no do churfadh, naire fana lochtaibh,
agas go tiucfadh fe mar fin, le Haith-
righe do chum leighis, & leafaighthe,
agas is don churfadhfa ghoireas an
Teafbul toirbheartas do Tfatan, do
chum a anma no a Sbioraide do bheith
faor aid an Tighearna, is inand fin, &
an droch dhuine do fmachtughadh,
le curfadh, ar eagla go rachadh a an-
am indamnadh futhain. Mafeadh is
inchomhthaarraidh ar tùs, go bfuil an
fmachtughadh, no an tordughadhfa
no an riaghailfe, vaigneach, no follas
vaigneach ar tus, mar ata da ndenadh
duine locht chugad, do ghniomharth-
uibh, no do bhriathruibh. Tu da
chomhairlcachadh go braithreamhuil
eadrad

forsawe when he commaunded the Corinthians to banishe frome
amongst theym the incestuous adulterer, sainge, 'A title leavyn
maketh sowre the whole lump of dowe.' The third cawse is, that
a man thus corrected, or excommunicated, might be ashamed of
his faut, and so through repentance come to amendement ; the which
thinge the Apostole calleth, ' deliveringe to Satan, that his soule
may be saved in the day of the Lord ; ' meaning that he might be
ponished with excommunication, to the intent his soule shuld not
perishe for ever.

First, therfore, it is to be noted, that this censure, cor-
rection, or Discipline, is either private or publike ; private,
as if a man committ either in maners or doctrine against
thee, to admonishe hym brotherly betwixt him and thee.

N A H E A G L V I S E.

eadrad fein agas e, agas eifean do dhi-
ultadh do chomhairle cairdeamhlafa,
no fds dà dhearbhadh dhuit, le" ghnà-
thughadh amhibhes, nach bfuil nin
ro leafaigthe aige and fin, na dhiaidh
fin an dara huair, atheagafg abfiadh-
nuife deife no tri'r, dfiadhnuife maith,
agas fòs eifean danmhuin go dtir dain
gean ina ainbfios fein, agas ina tfeach-
ran. Dlighthear and fin mar iarras ar
Slanuighthoir Crioft, afhoillfeachadli,
agas anochtadh don Eagluis. Iondas
do reir an smachtaighe follais, go dtu-
cthar do chum na Heagluife le haith-
righe e", no go ndentar dioghaltus do
rèir alocht air. Agas ataid and fo tri ne
ithe, is inchomhtharraigh adtimche-
all an fmaclitaighe vaignigh. An ce'd
nf dhiobh, ar gcomhairle', agas ar dte-
agafg do theacht d tflighidh, agas 6
thoil mhaith, agas 6 dheagh choinfias,
agiarraidh chofanta ar mbrathar, nifa
mo ina do iarrfamaois fgandail do tha
bhairt do. An dara nf, adhefrbhfhos
do bheith againd, go dtuillid alochta

If perchaunce he stubbumely resist thy charitable advertisementes,
or els by contynuance in his faut declare that he amendeth not ;
then, after he hath bene the second tyme warned in presence of
two or three witnesses, and continueth obstinately in his error, he
oght, as our Savior Christ commaundeth, to be disclosed and
uttered to the Church, so that accordinge to publike Discipline,
he either may be receyved through repentance, or els be ponished
as his faut requireth.

And here, as towchinge private Discipline, thre thinges are
to be noted. First, that our admonitions procede of a godly
zeale and conscience, rather sekinge to Wynne our brother
then to slaunder him. Next, that we be assured that his faut

DO SMACHTVGHADH

achmlias-an do re'ir bhriathar Nde.
Agas fa dheoidh find do ghnathugh-
adh na mèidefin do ghliocas, agas do
tfeimhidheacht. Iondas da rabh mèid
eigin damharas againd fa nadhbar i-
na mbiain aga theagafg goma heidir
lind maille re briathruibh Diadha, a
tharraing do thuigfin alocht fèin, no
da mbeanaidh anlocht re moran, no
abheith follas do mhoran, ar dteagafg
ne do bheith abfiadhnuife chòda ei-
gin diobh, agas go haithyhearr ma
bheanand antadhbhar ris an Eagluis
go huilidhe, as go madh cofmhuil vr-
choid e'igin do theacht do Neagluis
do bhridh anadhbhuir do cheilt, dli-
ghthear and fin, an tadhbhur no an
lochtfin, dfoillfiughadh dona Mini
flribh, agas dona foirfidheachaibh re'
mbeanand riaghail na Heagluife do
chumhdach. Adtimcheall fmachtai-
ghe follais na Heagluife, ata fo fids
ionchoimhe'da, mar atà gan aoineach
da ndenadh coir no cionta, dfagbhail
gan chiontughadh, le' gne èigin chion-
taighe

be reprouvable by God's Woord. And finally, that we use suche
modestie and wisdome, that if we somewhat dout of the matter
wherof we admonishe hym, yet with godly exhortations he may be
broght to the knowlage of his faut. Or if the faut apperteyne to
many, or be knowen of divers, that our admonition be done in
presence of theym.

Briefly, if it concerne the whole Churche, in such sorte that the
concelinge therof might procure some daunger to the same, that
then it be uttered to the Ministers and Seniors, to whome the
policie of the church doth apperteine.

Also in publike Discipline, it is to be observed that the
Ministerie pretermit nothinge at any tyme unchastised with one
kind of ponishement or other.

N A H E A G L V I S E.
taighe, vair ar bith da mothochuigbe
feachran fa choimhthionol, do dhro-
cheifnnlair, no do fgandail mhibhès,
no neamh chofamhlachta, rena nad-
mhail Criofdaidhe. Mar atà da rabh
duine fantach, no adhaltrach, no fiur-
tuidhe, no fear e'thigh, no gadaidhe,
no fear ghabhala ceandaigh anadha-
idh na c6ra, no fear fiadhnuife breige
do dhenamh, no fear fgandaile, no
fear meifge, no fear labhartha blaifb-
hèime, nò lifuruidhe, no èn pearfa
eafumhal bhuaidheartha, no lucht ei-
ritice, no faobh chreidimh, no droch
tfligheadh. Mar ataid Papanaigh,
Anabaptiflidh, agas a gcofamhlach to-
ile, agas fos go haithgearr gach vile ni
do dhenamh falchur, no càidhe dfag-
bhail ar an Eagluis Chriofduidhe, &
gach ni nach gcuidigheand ris an Ea-
gluis chedna, ni dhligheand fè dul as
gan teagafg, no gan dioghaltas. Agas
ar fon gurab minic theagbhus don Ea-
gluis Chriofdaidhe gurab èigean do-
ibh antan nach bfoghnand leigheas
M.

If they perceyve any thinge in the Congregation, either evyll in
example, sclaunderous in maners, or nol besemynge their profes-
sion, as if there be any covetous personne, any adulterer, or forni-
cator, forsworne, thief, briber, false witnes-bearer, blasphemer,
dronkarde, slaunderer, usurer ; any person disobedient, seditious,
or dissolute ; any heresie or sect, as Papisticall, Anabaptisticall,
and such like : briefly, what so ever it be that might spott the
Christian congregation, yea, rather what so ever is not to edifica-
tion, oght not to escape either admonition or ponishement.

And becawse it happeneth sometyme in the Churche of
Christ, that when other remedies assayed proffitt nothinge,

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DO SMACHTVGHADH
oile and, an tilatfa na neafbul, ris arai
tear, ceartughadh no curfadh do gha-
bhail chuca. Oi'r afi fin flat is mo, &:
is truime bheanas ris an Minifdreacht
Sbioratalta. Vime fin ata arna ordu-
ghadh, gan en m do dhenamh fanadh
bhurfin. Acht maille re comhairle, &:
re toil na Heagluife go huilidhe, agas
fòs dlighid oirchill mhaith, & aire do
thabhairt, nach vllmha do bheidis do
chum dhaoine do chur on gcoimh-
thionol, no dha ngabhail a ris agcomh
aonta, agas agcumand na Heagluife,
mar ataid na daoine ina mothochada-
ois vllmhacht aithrighe, agas fòs gan
agcur ò eifteacht na Searmona, ge
dho bheiddis abfegmhuis chuidighe
na Sacramuinteadh, agas ghnathuighe
oile na Heagluife, do thabhairt tfaoir-
fe, agas tfligheadh do chum aithrighe
dhoibh. Agas fa dheoidh gach fma-
chtughadh, gach ceartughadh, gach
teagafg, gach achmhafan, gach diogh-
altas, agas gach curfadh da ndentar fa
Neagluis, gan andul ni is faide, no
gan

they must procede to the Apostolicall rodd and correction as unto
Excommunication, (which is the greatest and last ponishement
it is ordey

belonginge to the spirituall Ministerie) ; it is ordeyned, that
nothinge be attempted in that behalf with out the determination of
the whole Churche : wherein also they must be ware and take good
heede, that they seme not more readie to expell frome the Congre-
gation then to receyve againe those in whome they perceyve
worthie frutes of repentance to appeare. Neither yet to forbyd
hym the hearinge of sermons, which is excluded frome the
sacraments, and other duties of the Churche, that lie may have
libertie and occasion to repent. Finally, that all ponishementes,
corrections, censures, and admonitions, stretche no farther

N A HEAGLVISE.

gan abheith ni is truime ina mar

iarras focal De" go ladhamhail

maille re trocaire anden-

amh, agas an gnath-

ughadh.

IT Math, xviij.
IT Da ndiulta èn neach an coimhthi-
nol deifteacht, biaidh fe dhuitfe mar
eticeach, no mar puiplicanach.

FOI RM

VRRNAIDHE

inghnathaidhe adtigh
gach Criftaidhe go moch
agas go hanmocli.

1T Vrrnaidhe mhaidne.

M. 2.

then God's Woorde, with mercie, may lawfully beare.

Matth. xv.
They worshipe me in vayne, teachinge doctrine which is men's
traditions.

REVELAT. XVIII.
Come forthe of Babylon my people, that ye be not partakers of her
synnes, nor receyve of her plagues, for her synnes are gone up
to heaven, and God hath remembred her wickednes.

A Fourme of Prayers to be used in Privat Houses, every

MORNINGE AND EVENYNGE.

Morninge Prayer.

VKRNAIDHTHE.

ADHE vile chumhachtaigh, St a
Athair is mo trocaire, ni he" adhb
hur ar dtaifbenta and fo abfiadhnuife
do chumhachtadh Diadhafa, do dhen
amh dhochais as ar ngiomharrthaibh
fein, no as ar dtuillteanas, acht as do
throcaire imarcoidhfe, mar dogheall
tu ar nguidhe deTteacht, & ar niarra-
tuis do thabhairt dtiinn, donimaoid
ort anainm do Mhic inmhuin Iofa
Criofd ar Dtighearn. Neoch tug
aithne dhiiinn, find fein do chruindi-
ughadh, agas do thinol agceand a che
ile, ina ainmfean, le" ldn ghealladh de-
arbhtha, gombi'a fe fein nar meafg, &
nar meadhon, agas ni he- fin amhain,
acht gombfa fe" againd, mar Aidhne,
agas mar theachtaire do thaoibh do
chumhachtafa, dfaghail dufnn gach
vile neithe da bfaicfe do thoil bhe-
andaidhthefe, intugtha dar riachtanas
aleas. Vime fin atdmaoid gud ghuidhe
agas gudgheVatach, a Athair is md tro-
caire, do ghnuis ghrddach dimpodh
chugaind, agas gan ar peacaidh iomar-
cacha

AlMIGHTIE God and most merciful! Father, we do not present our
selves here before thy Majestie trusting in our owne merites or
worthynes, but in thy manifold mercies, which hast promised to
heare our Prayers, and graunt our requestes which we shall make
to thee in the name of thy beloved Sonne Jesus Christ our Lord :
who hath also commaunded us to assemble our selves together in
his name, with ful assurance that he wyll not onely be amongst
us, but also be our mediator and advocate towards thy Majestie,
that we may obteyne all thinges which shall seme expedient
to thy blessed wyll for our necessities. Therfore we beseche
thee, most mercifull Father, to tounie thy lovynge contenance
towardes us, and impute not unto us our manyfold synnes

ITS

M II AID X E.
cacha no ar feachrain fhaobha dagra
no do Ieanmhuin oruind, an ni ler

thuilleamar do reir cdra, & codiruim
tfeargfa, agas do ghe"r dhighaltus do
theacht oruind. Acht gabh find ad
throcaire ar fon Iofa Criofd agabhail
a bhàis, & a phaifefean, mar Ian Eraic
ar nuile olcne, ar fon gurab andfan am
hain atà do thoil, agas nach edir leat
tfearg do bheith rinde thridfin.
Agas ar bfaicin gur chuireamar ano-
idhchefe thoraind a fuan, agas a fua-
imhneas, Deonaidh duinn a Athair
neamhdha, an la aniudh, agas gach en
la eile feadli ar mbeathadh, do chait-
heamh go huilidhe adfheirbhifle, i-
ondas godti dar nuile fmuaintighibh
dar nuile bhriathraibh, agas dar nuile
oibridhibh, gldir hanma naomhthafa
dadhmoladh, agas deagh efimlair do
thabhairt dàgach ennduine, iondas
antan do chffid ar ndeagh oibridhe
go dtiubhraid gloir duftfe ar Nathair
neamhdha. Agas fòs an mheid nàr
lor leat dod throcaire fhaoir fein, agas
M. 3.

and offences, wherby we justely deserve thy wrath and sharpe
punishement, but rather receyve us to thymercye for Jesus Christes
sake, acceptinge his death and Passion as a juste recompence for
all our offences, in whome onely thow art pleased, and through
whome thow canst not be offended with us. And seinge that of
thy great mercies we have quietly passed this night, graunt,
O heavenly Father, that we may spend and bestowe this day
wholy in thy service, so that all our thoghtes, wordes, and deedes
may redounde to the glorie of thy name, and good ensample
to all men, who seinge our good workes may glorifie thee our
heavenly Father. And forasmoche as of thy mere benevolence

VRRNAIDHTHE.

dod ghràdh ar gcruthughadh do re'ir
fhioghrach fe'in, agas do chofmhuluis
amhain. Acht maille ris fin do thogh
tii find, mar oidhreadhaibh maille red
Mhac morghradhach Iofa Criofd ar
an Righeacht robhuainfin, doullmh-
uigh tii fe'in duinn roimh thofach an-
tfaoghail. Atamaoid gud ghuidhe ar
gcreideamh, & ar dtuigfe domhedu-
ghadh, & ar gcroidheadha dfoillfiud-
hadh led Sbioraid naomhtha, as go
bfe'dam anois ar naimfear dochaithe
amh anàmhaillibh Diadha, agas an
glanghniomharthaibh beathadh. Oir
ata a fhios againd nach bfaghaid dao-
ine iodholacha, n<5 daoine adhaltra-
cha, no daoine fantacha, nò daoine
conafiacha, no daoine mefgeacha, no
lucht craois, no a cofmhulus eile fin,
oidhreacht Rioghachta De'. Agas ar
fon go dtug tii a aithne dhiiinn, gach
adn dinn do dhenamh guidhe daroi-
le, nf harar fon fein amhain a Thighear-
na & ar fon na me'ide do ghoir tu roi-
mhefo godtuigfe fhirindigh do thoile
neamhdha, atamaoid ag denamh ar

and love thow haste not onely created us to thyne owne similitude
and lykenes, but also haste chosen us to be heyres with thy dere
Sonne Jesus Christ of that immnrtall kingdnme which thow pre-
paredst for us before the beginnyng of world. We beseche thee
to encrease our faith and knowlage, and to lighten our hartes with
thy Holy Spirite, that we may in the meane tyme lyve in godly
conversation and integritie of lyfe ; knowinge that idolaters,
adulterers, covetous men, contentious persons, dronkardes, glotons,
and suche lyke, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.

And becawse thou haste commaunded us to pray one for
another, we do not onely make request, O Lord, for our selves and
theym that thow hast already called to the trew understandinge of
thy heavenly wyll,

M HAIDN E.
nguidhe. Acht ar foil gach vile po-
buil, agas chinel fa faoghal. Neoch
mur thuigid, as toibrighibh inganta-
cha, gurab tu fein Dià ds na huilibh,
gurab amhluidhfin is toil leat adteag-
ufg led Sbiorad naomh, & a nuile dhd
chas do dhenamh indadfa anadn Sla-
nuighthoir, agas abfear faortha, acht
onach edir led fin do chreideamh,
gan a chloifdin, & nach edir a chloif-
din, acht le Searmoin, agas nach edir
le henduine Searmoin do dhenamh,
acht munacuirthear do chum Searmo
ine fad. Vimefin a Thighearna brof-
nuigh, agas tògaibhfuas anairde ran-
dadoruighe firindeacha firdhiadha ar
do dhiamhraibh fèin. Neoch chuir-
feas ar gcul gach vile tharraing tfaog-
halta, agas iarras do ghloirefe amhain
ina dteagufg, agas ina ndeaghbheath-
aidh. Agas go contrarrdha dhd fin,
Claoi Satan, agas an Anticriofd mail-
le re" na nuile lucht tuaraftail, agas
lena Papanachaibh, ata agadthreigean
fa, agas ar na dtoirbhirt agcedfadha-
M. 4.

but for all people and nations of the World, who as they knowe
by thy wonderful! workus that thow arte < hmI over all, so they may
be instructed by thy Holy Spirite to beleve in thee their onely
Saviour and Redemer. But forasmoche as they can not beleve
except they heare, nor can not heare but by preaching, and none
can preache except they be sent; therfore, O Lord, rayse up faithfull
distributers of thy mysteries, who settinge a parte all worldely re-
spectes, may bothe in theyr lyfe and doctrine onely seke thy glorie.
Contrarely confownd Satan, Antechrist, with all hyrelinges and
Papistes, whome thow hast already cast off into a reprobate sense,

VRRNAIDHTH E.
ibh damanta, impoidh agcroidheadha
no coifg agcumhachta. Iondas nach
ddir led lena flighthibh, no lena fiofm
aibh, no lena nainchreideamh, no lena
feachranaibh, buaidhreadh do dhe-
namh ar do bhegthredfa. Agas ar
bfaicfin a Thighearna, go dtangamuir
ne ifna laithibh deighionachafa, agas
fa naimfir cbuntabhartaighfe, bar
glial )h ainbfios foirmeart, agas ina
bfuil Satan gonamhuintir agiarraidh
gach vile tfligheadh, domhuchadh
thoillfe do tfoifcelfe. Atamaoid gud
ghuidhe, agas gud ghe'ratach, tu do
chothughadh, agas do fheafamh tha-
dhbhuir fe'in, anadhaigh na macdti're
dtrenurchoideachfa, agas tabhair ne
art, & comhfhurtacht dod tfearbhon-
tuibh fe'in, atd andaoirfe agas a prifun
aibh, natugadh tfadfhoighide adbhur
dhoibh, domhedughadh a dtirentacht,
& a bfoirmearta fioraingidhe, no fos
do chur mheatachta ar do mbaothch
loindfe. Agas fòs 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 daung-
erous tymes, 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 mayntayne 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 occa-
sion either to encrease theyr tyrannye or todiscorage thy childrene ;
nether yet let our synnes and wickednes be a hinderance to

MHAIDN E.
cairefe. Acht a Thighearna tabhair
aire go luathgaireach ar amhgharaibh
agas ar ghuafachtaibh, Heagluife edt-
reoraighe fern, atd aninadhaibh imdha
ag fulang dhochar dhoairmhe, 6 chu-
thach chraaigh chalma anamhad.
Agas adbhamaoid a Thighearna, gur-
ab oircheas tigid na dochairfe oraind,
ar fori ar peacadh. (Oir gidh imdha
do thioghluicthe, agas do thoirbh-
ertuis duinn, le dtairrngeand tii find
do thabhairt ghràidh dhuit, & ge" mi-
nic do bhàgar dioghultuis oraind, rer
choir dhm'nn theagla do bheith ora-
ind, & aithridhe efcaidh vllamh do
dhenamh) gidheadh atamaoid do ghn
ath ag anmhuin nar naingidheacht,
& nar nolc fe'in, & nifhuilid ar gcro-
idheadha ag tuigfin trom vrchoide
ar peacadh mar budh coir dhoibh ad
tuigfin. Vimefm a Thighearna cru-
thaidhfe croidhedha nuaidhe inda-
ind, iondas go madh didir lind le in-
tindibh duthrachtacha, ar peacaidh
fein do chaoineadh, le" tuirfe, agas le
dobron, agas le dibeargoid. Agas

thy mercies, but with spede, O Lord, consider these great miseries,
and chieflye the afflictions of our Contrie, which once florished
through thy mercies, and nowe for contempt of thy Worde is plagued
accordinge to thy judgement. Alas, Lord, mayst thow not be in-
treated ? Shall we thus be left in dispayre ? Shall all the world
laugh at our shame for ever? Truthe it is, Lord, that we were more
then sufficiently warned of this thy vengeance to come, both by thy
Worde and exemples of others. For thy people Israeli many
tymes by their synnes provoked thyne anger, and thow ponishedest
theym by thy juste judgement ; yet thogh theyr synnes were never
so grevous, if they once returned from their iniquitie, thow re-
ceyvedst theym to mercie. We therfore, most wretched syn-
ners, bewayle our manyfolde synnes, and earnestly repent us

V R R N A I D H T H E.

aithridhe, agus aithrechas dariribh do
dhenamh, ar fon ar naingidheachta, &
ar nàmhailleadh neamhdhiadha at-
adhaighfe. Agas gè nach aithnidh
duinn, do phardunfa no do mhaithe-
amhnas dfaghail dinn fein, no dar-
ngniomharrthaibh, gedheadh atama-
oid go humhal dmanta, gudghuidhefe
agas gudghèratach, ar fon Iofa Criofd,
do throcaire dfoillfiughadh oraind, &
ar ngabhail ari's atfabhor, agas at-
fiorghrafaibh, Deonaidh a Atbair
ghrddhaigh na hiarratuiffe duinn, agas
na huile nf ar a bfuil ar bfeidhm, agas
feidhm Heagluiffe fe'in go huilidhe,
do rcir do gheallaidh dhufnn an Iofa
Criofd ar Dtighearna, ofr is na ainm-
fean donimaoid teadarghuidhe, mar
do theagaifg fe fern duinn, ag radha,
Ar Nathairne ati ar neamh, &c.

f Vrrnuidhe fheafgair.

A Thighearna, agas a Dhtf, agas

a Athair bhiothbhuain, ati Ian

do

o

for our former wickednes and ungodly behavyor towardes thee ;
and wheras we can not of our selves purchase thy pardon, yet we
humbly beseche thee, for Jesus Christ sake, to shewe thy mercies
upon us, and restore us agayne to thy favour. Uraunt us, deare
Father, these our requests, and all other thinges necessarie for us,
and thy whole Churche, according to thy promes in Jesus Christe
our Lorde : In whose name we beseche thee as he hath taught us,
saying :

Our Father, &c.

Evenynge Prayer.

O Lord God, Father everlastinge and full of pitie,

F H KASHA I K.
do throcaire, atamaoid aga thuigfin, &
agi admhail, nach fid find fein ar fiiile
do thogbhail damharc fuas do chum
neimhe, agus gurab ludha ina fin, is liii
find ar dtaifbenadh abfiadhnuife do
chumhachtadh Diadhafa, Ie dòchas
go neifdfè'afa ar niarratus, no ar nurr-
nuidhe, dà dtugam ar naire don nf do
thuilleamar fein. Oir atàid ar gcom-
fiafa agar nagra, agas atàid ar peacaidh
ag denamh fiadhnuife nar nadhaidh,
agas atà afhios againd fds, gurab brei-
theamh cothrum ceirtbhreathach thu
fa, nach moland nadaoine peactacha
aingidhe, acht fmachtuidheas lochta
vile lucht luath bhrifde haitheantadh.
Gidheadh a Athair is truinie trocaire,
6 do dheonuidhis a aithne do thabh-
airt dui'nn, find do teadarghuidhe
inar nuile thriobloidibh, agas inar nu-
ile amhgharaibh, agealladh cungnamh
agas cuideachadh do dhenamh lind fa
nuairfin fèin, amothuidheinaoid find
fe'in, mar do bheithmaois ar ar (lugadh
don bhàs, agas do neamhdhochas.

we acknowledge and confesse that we be not worthie to lyft up our
eies to heaven, muche lesse to present our selves before thy Majes-
tie with confidence that thow wilt heare our prayers and grawnt
our requestes, if we consider our owne deservinges ; for our con-
sciences do accuse us, and our synnes witnes against us, and we
knowe that thow arte an upright judge, which doest not justifie
the sinners and wicked men, but ponishes the fautes of all suche as
transgresse thy commaundementes. Yet moste mercifull Father,
since it hath pleased thee to commaunde us to call on thee in all our
troubles and adversities, promesinge even then to help us, when we
fele our selves, as it were, swalloued up of death and desperation,

185

VRRNAIDHTHE.

Atamaoid go huilidhe ag treigean ar
ndochais tfaoghalta, agas ag rith, &
ag ro tfiubhal, do chum do throcaire
tromghntdhuighefe, mar aon chad-
has, agas mar aòn tearmand duirm, &
atamaoid gud ghuidhe, agas gud ghe"r
atach, gan ar nuilc no ar naingidhe
acht imarcach do chuimhniughadh
dhui'nn, 16 bfuilmaoid do ghnath ag
brofnudhadh tfeirgefe, agas do dhi-
umdha nar nadhaidh fein. Agas na
chuimhnidh fds ar ndearmuid no ar
ndiomhaoinis, no ar neamh chaibhnis
duinn, ar fon nar thuigeamhar go di-
ongmhalta, agas nar nochtamar ler
mbeathaidh ghloin go himchubhaidh,
comhfhurtacht coimhthre'n do Tfoif-
geilfe", ata ar na fhoillfiughadh dhu-
i'nn, acht go madh mo ghebhas tii
chugad, maille re deaghthoil, vmhla-
cht & bas do Mhic Iofa Criofd, neo-
ch do thoirbhir a chorp fein fuas, mar
ofrail èn vair amhàin na iodhbuirt, ar
fon na nuile, dodhiòl Ian erca ar pea-
caine go himlan. Dena trocaire ora-
ind

we utterly renounce all worldely confidence, and flee to thy
soveraigne bountie as our onely stay and refuge ; besechinge thee
not to call to remembrance our manifold synnes and wickednes,
wherby we contynually provoke thy wrath and indignation against
us ; neither our negligence and unkindnes, which have neither
worthely estemed, nor in our lyves sufficiently expressed the swete
comfort of thy Gospell reveled unto us ; but rather to accept the
obedience and death of thy Sonne Jesus Christ, who by orferinge
up his bodie in sacrifice once for all, hath made a sufficient re-
compence for all our synnes. Have mercie therfore upon us,

FHEASGAIR.
ind vime fin a Thighearna, agas maith
ar negora dhuinn. Teagaifg find fòs
led Sbioraid naomhtha fein, as go
mbreathnochamaois ar peacaidh, do
re"ir marbhudh coir, agas go ndenma-
ois aithrighe da riribh ar afon, agas go
madh mdide a Thighearna, bhus toil
leat fin dadmhail, afhaigfin duid nach
denaid na daoine damanta, no na da-
oine ata ar diultadh vaid, hadhmol-
adh, no hainm naomhtha deadargh-
uidhe. Acht afe an croidhe aithre-
ach, agas aff an intind bhronach, agas
an confias fa eire antrom, ar ambii
ocaras, agas iota do ghràffa, fhoillfeo-
chas do ghldirfe, agas do mholadh
choidhche, agas ge nach bfuilmaoid,
acht nar bpiafdaibh, agas nar nuir
neamhghloin, is tufa ar gcruthuigh-
thoir, agas is finde oibridhe do làmh,
is til fds ar Nathair, agas is finde do
chland, is tu ar naodhaire, agas is finde
do thred, is tu do cheandaigh find, &
is finde an pobal do cheandaigh tu, is
tu ar Ndià, agas is finde thoighreacht.
"Vime

O Lord, and forgive us our offences. Teache us by thy Holie
Spirite that we may rightlye waye theym, and earnestly repent for
the same. And so muche the rather, O Lord, becawse that the
reprobate, and suche as thow hast forsaken, can not prayse thee,
nor call upon thy name, but the repentinge harte, the sorowfull
minde, the conscience oppressed, hungringe and thirstinge for
thy grace, shall ever sett forthe thy prayse and glorie. And
albeit we be but wormes and dust, yet thow aite our Creator,
and we be the worke of thy handes ; yea, thow arte our Father
and we thy children ; thow arte our Shepherde and we thy
flocke ; thow arte our Redemer and we the people whom thow
haste boght ; thow arte our God and we thyn enheritance :

VRRNAIDHTHE
Vime fin na ceartaigh le" tfeirg find, &
nà dtfna dioghaltas do reir ar mi ghni-
omharthadh oraind, acht fmachtaigh
go tròcaireach find, lt£ gràdh aithre-
amhail, iondas go bfaicfe an faoghal
go himlan, gidhbe huair bhus aithrt-
ach leis an peacthach a peacuidh ftfin,
6 iochtar agas ò inmheadhon a chro-
idhe, go gcuirfe tufa amhighiomhar-
tha as do chuimhne, mar do gheallais
le tfaidh naomhtha.

Fadhedidh mar do bhi do dheagh
thoil fa noidhche do chuma don dui-
ne, do dhenamh comhnuidhe dho
inte, mar do chum tii an la dho. do
dhenamh faothair and, Deonaidli
dhufnne a Athair ghradhaidh fuàn
ruin corparrdha, iondas go madh ei-
dir lernanmandaibh, gnàth fhaire do
dhenamh, ag feitheamh ar theacht ar
Dtigheama Iofa Criofd, dar faoradh,
on mbeathaidh mbuaidhearthafa, &
gan aiflinge no taibhfidhe, no Sbiora-
da buaidheartha, do bheith anuachtar
oraind. Acht ar nintinde go huilidhe

C'orrecte us not therlbre in thyne anger, O Lord ; neither accord-
inge to our desertes ponishe us, but mercifully chastice us with a
fatherly affection, that all the world may knowe that at what tyme
so ever a synner doth repent hym of his synne from the botlome of
his hart, thow wylt put away his wickednes owt of thy remem-
brance, as thow haste promesed by thy holy Prophete.

Finally, forasmoche as it hath pleased thee to make the night for
man to rest in, as thow haste ordeyned hym the day to travell,
graunt, O deare Father, that we may so take our bodely rest, that
our soules may contynually watche for the tyme that our Lord Jesus
Christe shall appeare for our deliverance owte of this mortall lyfe :
and in the meane season, that we, not overcome by any tentations.
fantasies, dreames, or illusions, may fully set our mindes

F H E A S G A I R.

do thogbhail chugadfa, iteagla agas id
dhidean. Tuilleadh tile fds gan ar
gcodladh do bheith imarcach do reir
antoile ar gcorp gcomhthruaillidhe,
acht ar gcodladh do bheith foghain-
teach do comhfhurtacht anbfainde ar
nàduire, as gomadh vllmhuide do
bheithmaois do chaitheamh ar mbea-
thadh anamhaillibh, agas adtreighibh
Diadha fin, do mhe'dughadh ghloire
hanma naomhthafa, aga.s do comh-
fhurtacht ar chomharfand, agas ar
mbrathar Criofduidhe do reir do tho
ile Diadhafa. ^ Biodh Amhluidh.

^f Orrtha dhiadha inradha gach vair
da dtoigeora Hi aradha.

ONOIR agas adhmholadh, glòir
agas gnathbhuidheachas duitfe
a Thighearna, agas a Dhè na nuile
chumhacht, agas a Athair neamhdha,
neamhmeafarrdha, ar fon thuile thrd-
caire, agas do chaibhnis charrthan-
aigh, do nochtais, agas dolboillfidhis

upon thee, love thee, feare thee, and rest in thee. Furthermore,
that our sleape be not excessive or overmoche, after the insaciable
desires of our fleshe, but onely sufficient to content our weake
nature, that we may be better disposed to lyve in all godly conver-
sation, to the glory of thy holy name and profett of our brethren.
So be it.

A Godlie Prayer to be said at all Times.

Honour and praise be given to thee, O Lord God Almightie,
moste deare Father of heaven, for all thy mercies and loving
Vvndencs shewed unto us,

VRRNAIDHTHE
oraind, mar do dheonaidh do mhai-

theas grafamhail, led thoil throcairigh
fein, finde do thogha do chum ar fla-
nuighe, roimh thofach an tfaoghail, &
aleithed oile fin do bhuidheachas du-
it, ar fon ar gcruthaidhe, do re'ir cof-
mhulachta fhioghrach fein, & ar fon
ar faortha le" fuil fhior naomhtha do
Mhic mhorghradhaidh fein, fa nam
arabhamur damanta go huilidhe, agas
ar fon gur bheandaidh tti find, led
Sbiorad naomhtha, abfoillfiughadh, &
a dtuigfin do bhriathar mbithbhuan-
fa, & ar fon cuidighe, agas chumhanta
lind, nar nuile fheidhm, agas riachta-
nafaleas, agas ar fon ar bfuafglaidh d
gach vile chuntabhairt chuirp & anma,
agas ar fon ar gcomhfhurtachta go ca-
irdeamhail, nar nuile amhgharaibh, &
ar fon ar bfulaing abfad daimfir gan
dioghaltus ar peacadh do dhenamh
oraind. Acht ag thabhairt aimfire fai-
de re haithrighe dhuinn. Agas mar thu
igmaoid a Athair is mo trdcaire, na ti-
oghluicefe adubhramar, dfaghail du-
inn od

in that it hath pleased thy gracious goodnes, frely and of thyne
owne accorde, to elect and chuse us to salvation before the begin-
ning of the worlde : and even lyke continuall thankes be given to
thee for creating us after thyne owne image; for redeming us with
the precious blood of thy deare Sonne, when we were utterly lost;
for sanctifying us with thyne Holy Spirit in the revelacion and know-
ledge of thine holy worde ; for helping and succouring us in all our
nedsand necessities; for saving us from all dangers of liodie and soule;
for comforting us so fatherly in all our tribulacions and persecutions ;
for sparing us so long, and giving us so large a tyme of repentance.
These benelites, U moste mcrcyfull Father, lyke as we acknowledge

VRRNAIDHTHE.
inn od mhaitheaffa amhàin, mar an
gcedna atàmaoid gudghuidhe anainm
do Mhic inmhuin Iofa Criofd, do Sbi
orad naomhtha fein do dheonachadh
dhuin, as go madh edir lind do ghn-
ath, bheith ag tabhairt bhuidheachais
duitfe, ag fior leanmhuin na firinde, &
ag faghail comhfhurtachta vaitfe, nar
nuile dhoghruindibh, agas dhocamh-
laibh, a Thighearna daignidh ar gcre-
ideamh, & fadoidh 6 nifa mo, adteas,
agas angridh mar dhlighmaoid duit-
fe, agas dar gcomharfandaibh, na fu-
luing dufnn a Athair ghràdaidh, do
bhriathra do dhul nf afia dhuinn indi
omhaoineas. Acht deonaidh dhuinn
do ghnàth, comhfhurtacht do ghras,
agas do Sbiorad naomhtha. Iondas
go bfedmaoid adhragh dod hainrh na
omhthafa, ler gcroidheadhaibh, agas
ler mbriathruibh, agas ler ngiomhar-
thaibh. Medaidh fe'in a Thighearna,
agas cuir aleithead do Righacht, agas
do chumhachta, iondas go bfedaimne
bheith Ian no diolta dod dheagh tho-
N.

to have received them of thyne onely goodnes, even so we beseche
thee, for thy deare Sonne Jesus Christs sake, to graunt us alwayes
thyne Holie Sprit, whereby we may continually growe in thankful-
nes towardes thee, to be led into all trueth, and comforted in all
our adversities. O Lord, strengthen our faith : kindle it more in
ferventnes, and love towardes thee, and our neighbours for thy sake.
Suffer us not, moste deare Father, to receive thy worde any more
in vaine, but grant us alwayes the assistance of thy grace and Holie
Sprite, that in heart, worde, and dede, we may sanctifie and do
worship to thy Name.

Helpe to amplifie and increase thy Kingdome, that whatsoever
thou sendest, we may be heartly wel content with thy good pleasure
and will.

V R K N A I I) H T H E.
ilfe, gidhbe" ar bith ni do dheonuidhis
dhuinn, a Athair ghràdhaidli na leg
oraind vireafbhuidh na neitheand,
nach bfedmaoid theacht na bfegmhu-
is, do dhenamh do tfeirbhife. Acht
beandaidhfe find, agas oibridhe ar
làmh rè chèile, iondas go mbiadh ar
riachtanas aleas againd, gan ar neire
do bheith ar chàch, acht go madh md
bhiam inchuidighe led, dena trdcraire
oraind a Thighearna, agas ar ar nuile
lochtaibh. Agas ar bfaicfin gurab
mdr na fiacha, do mhaith tufa dhuinn
ar fon Iofa Criofd, tabhair oraind an
mhe'idfin do bharr graidh do thab
hairt duitfe, agas dar gcomharfanda
ibh, bhi fein againd ad tathair, agas ad
ceand feadhna & adtfear didin, con
gaibh agad find ad Liimh throcairidh,
anàm ar nuile bhuaidhearrtha, dar fa
oradh ona huile vrchoidibh, agas do
chrichnudhadh ar mbeathadh, a nu
mhlu, agas anonorudh hanma naomh
thafa, trid Iofa Criofd ar Dtighearna
& ar nadn flanuighthoir. Biodh amhlu
irlh

Let us not lacke the thing, O Father, without the which we can
not serve thee : but blesse ; thou so all the workes of our handes
that we may have sufficient, and not to be chargeable, but rather
helpfull unto others : be mercifull, O Lord, to our offences. And
seing our dette is great, which thou hast forgiven us in Jesus Christ,
make us to love thee, and our neighbours so muche the more. Be
thou our Father, our Captaine and Defender in all tentations ;
holde thou us by thy mercyfull hand, that we may be delivered
from all inconveniences, and end our lives in the sanctifying and
honour of thine holie Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord and
onely Saviour. So be it.

V R R N A I D H T H E.
idh. A Thighearna go madh gnàth

dhidean dm'nn, do lamb chumhach
tachfa, & do fgiath diona ar ar fgath,
agas gomadh flanughadh dufnn do
thròcaire, agas do chaibhneas an Iofa
Criofd, do Mhac carrthanach, agas
gomadh Ian teagafg dhiiinn do bhria-
thra naomhthafa, agas go madh comh
tfolas, agas comhf'hurtacht duinn, do
ghrafafa, agas do Sbiorad naomhtha,
go deireadh agas andeireadh ar mbe
athadh go himlan. Biodh Amhluidh.

fVRRNAIDHE IS COIR

do leanamh do radha, gach vaiv

rachas fe agceand foghlutna, ar na

tarraing as an .1 ro. Pfalm.

11 Crcd an nf anullmhuidheand anto-
gan n tilighe ? na riaghladh fdin do
rcir do bhriatharfa, fofgail mo tfd-
ile, agas do gheibhim tuigfe iong-
antach do ladhafa, tabhair tuigfe
dhamh, agas coimheda me do Iadh,
Coimhe'dfa me e le mo chroidhe
NT. 2.

Let thy mightie hand and outstretched arme, O Lord, be std
our defence : thy mercie and loving kyndnes in Jesus Christ thy
deare Sonne, our salvation : thy true and holie word our instruc-
tion : thy grace and Holie Sprite, our comfort and consolation
unto the end, and in the end. So be it.

O Lord, increase our faith.

A Prayer to be said of the Childe, before he stiidie
his Lesson.

Out of the 119. Psalme. — Wherein shal the Child addresse his
ay? in guiding himselfe according to thy worde. Open myne
es, and I shal hnovve the merveiles of thy Law. Give me
iderstanding, and I shal kepe thy Law, yea I shal kepe it
t /, 193

VRRNAI D H T H K.
go huilidhe.

AThighearna neoch is tobar gach
uile ghliocais agas tuigfe, 6 dho
dheonaidh tu amoigefe, flighe the-
agaifg do thabhairt damh, dfoghluim
chriche mo bheathadh do chaithe-
amh, go honorach diadha : go madh
toil leat maille rifsin mo thuigfe do
tfoillfiughadh atà da nàduir fern dall,
iondas gomadh e"dir le'am, an teolus
agas an teagafg muinfidhear dhamh,
do ghabhail chugam, le deagh thuig-
fe, & gomadh toil leat mo chuimhne
do threorughadh, agas do dhaingni-
ughadh, do choimhe'd mfodhluma, &
fos mo chroidhe do cheartughadh,
do ghabhail na nglan teagafg fin le
toil thindeafnaidh, mar is imchubh-
aidh, iondas nach rachadh mo tfao-
thar andolaidh oram, do bhridh mo
dhimhaoinis no mo neamhmbuidhe-
achais ar do thioghluicibh tromdhi-
adhafa, gomadh toil leat fos do Sbio-
rad naomhtha fe'in do dhortadh ora-
ind, da

with mine whole heart.

Lord, which art the fountaine of all wisedome and knowledge,
seing it hath pleased thee to give me the meane to be taught in
my youth, for to learne to guide me godly and honestly all the
course of my life ; it may also please thee to lighten myne under-
standing (the which of it selfe is blinde), that it may comprehend
and receive that doctrine and learning which shalbe taught me :
may please thee to strengthen my memorie to kepe it well ;
may please thee also to dispose myne hearte willinglie to receive
with suche desire as apperteineth, so that by myne ingratitud
the occasion which thou givest me, be not lost. That I ni£
thus do, it may please thee to powre upon me thyne Holie Spri

VRRNAIDH T H E.
ind, d£ choimhlinadh fo .1. Sbiorad
na tuigfe, agas na firinde, agas an
bhreitheamhnuis, agas an ghliocais, &
an ghlaineoluis, lè bfe'tar mifi do dhe-
namh aibdl, do ghabhall thoraidh an
tfothair, & andochair do gheibhthear
remo theagafg chugam. Iondas nach
racha fin andiomhaoineas damh. Agas
a Thighearna gebe" haigneadh ar adti-
ubhra me aire, tabhair oram fin do cai
theamh, do chum na criche Diadha
dlifleanaidhe .1. tufa do thuigfin, mar
Thighearna Iofa Criofd, & gomadh
èdir learn làn ndochas mo tflanuighe
do bheith agam ad ghrafaibhfe, agas
feirbhis dhi'reach dhiongmhalta do
dhenamh dhuit, do reir do thoile fè-
in. Iondas gebe ni do nim dfoghlaim,
gomadh adhbhur cuidighe, agas
cumhanta do chum na ferbhife fin
damh e', agas ar bfaicfin gur gheall
tu gliocas dona daoinidh beaga vmh-
la, agas gur gheall tù claoidh, & comh
thuargaint do dhenamh ar na daoi-
nibh 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 be 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 vamtie of their
wits, and lykewise tn make thy selfe knowen to them that be of an
upright heart, and also to blynde

V R R N A I I) H T H E.

adh agcedfadh, agas gur gheall tii,
thu fein do thaifbenadh do lucht na
gceartchroidheadh. & fos na daoine
aingidhe neamh Dhiadha do dhal-
ladh, ataimfe gud ghuidhe, agas gud
ghe'ratach, me fein do chdrughadh,
agus do chaitheamh, anumhla fhirin-
digh, iondas gurab i tus mfodhluma,
mo bheith vmhal orramach dmanta
dod chumhachtaibh Diadhafa, agas
na dhiaidhfin dona huachtaranaibh,
agas dona haird Thighearnaibh, do
ordaigh tufa os mo chiond, agas go-
madh toil leat mo croidhe dullmhud-
hadh go neamhchealgach, dod hon-
orughadhfa, agas do threigean uile
olc, agas antoile na feola, & in chuirp,
& me dom vllmhugadh fèin, mur fin
do dhenamh do theirbhife, fa ninmhe
ndfa llaid, ina toil leatfa mo chur,
antan thiucfas me do chum aoife fo-
irti, na tiodhluicefe, agas gach tiodh
lucadh maith eile iarraim ort a Athair
na trocaice anainm do Mine Iofa cri-
ofd mur do theagaifg fe fein damh ag
radha

the ungodly and wicked ; I beseche thee tu facion me unto true
humilitie, so that I may be taught first to be obedient unto thee,
and next unto my superiors, that thou hast appointed over me :
further, that it may please thee to dispose mine heart unfeinedly to
seke thee, and to forsake all evil and fillhie lustes of the flesh :
And that in this sorte, I may now prepare my selfe to serve thee
once in that estate which it shal please thee to appoint for me, when
I shal come to age.

V R R N A IDHTHE.
radha Arnathairne ata ar neamh, &c.

IT Pfalm. 25.
IT Foillfeochaidh an Tighearna a
tfeicred fe'in, dona daoinibh ar-
ambi a eagla, agas do bfera fe,
eolas a chaibhneafa fein doibh.

f VRRNAIDHE IN RA-

dha fol thindfgnas neacli a obair.

AThighearna, agas a Dhe, agas a
Athair is mo trdcaire, & a Tflan-
uighthoir, ddo dheonaidh tii aithne
do thabhairt duinn, obair do dhen-
amh, dfurtacht ar nuireafbhadha, &
ar bfeadhma, atamaoid ageadarghui-
dbe do ghràs, ar nobair do bheanda-
chadh as go foitheochadh an bean-
dachadfin chugaind fein. Oir ni
cofmhuil gura buan find na fhegmah-
ais fin, iondas go ndenand, toiibhear-
tus do bheandaidhe oraind, fiadhnu-
ife dhiiinn, ar an gcurum, agas ar an
ngradh aithreamhail ata agat 6s ar
N. 4.

Out of the 25 Psa

A Prayer to be said before a Man begin his Worke.

O Lord God, moste merciful Father and Saviour, seing it hath
pleased thee to command us to travel, that we may relieve our
nede, we beseche thee of thy grace so to blesse our labour, that
thy blessing may extend unto us, without the which we are not
able to continue, and that this great favour may be a

VRRNAIDHTHE.
gciond. Tuilleadh eile a Thighearna,
atamaoid gud ghe'r ghuidhe, ar near-
tughadh led Sbiorad naomhtha, do
thabhairt oraind, obair fhirindeach,
gan fhallfacht gan cheilg do dhenamh
fa fdaid, agas fa ninmhe inar chuir tii
find, & fds gomadh mo an dithcheall
do dhenam, do leanmhuin hordui-
ghe oirrdheircfe, & do reachta rona-
omhtha, no do leanmhuin lionaidh
ar dtoileadh fantacha fèin, & ghràidh
edalà, & mafa thoil leatfa a Thighear-
na, bifeach do bhridh do bheandaid-
he fèin dotheacht arar nobair, tabhair
intinde dhui'nn do chuidiughadh leis
na daoinibh ar abfuil feidhm cuid-
idhe, do re'ir na gcumhachta ina toil
le'd ghrafaibhfm do thabhairt duinn.
agas ar dtuigfin duinn gurab vaitfe tig
gach vile ni maith, deonaidh dhu-
inn find dar numhlughadh, agas dar
nifliughadh, dar gcomharfandaibh, &
gan find dar dtogbhail fe'in indiomus
ofa gciond, gè nach bfuaradar viread
comhranda neith rinde od thrdcaire
fè,

More over, O Lord, we besech thee that thou wouldesl strengthen
us with thine Holy Sprite, that we may faithfully travel in our state
and vocation without fraude or deceit : and that we may indevour
our selves to followe thine holy ordinance, rather then to seke to
satisfie our griedie affections or desire to gaine. And if it please
thee, O Lord, to prosper our labour, give us a mynde also to help
them that have nede, according to that abilitie that thou of thy
mercy shalt give us, and knowing that all good things come of thee,
graunt that we may humble our selves to our neighbours, and not
by any meanes lyfte our selves up above them which have not re-
ceived so liberal a portion, as of thy mercy thou hast given unto us.

VRRNAIDHTH È.
fe, agas mdfa thoil leat finde fein dft?-
chain, agas do cheafnughadh, le barr
bochtaine, agas vireafbhadha, nffa
mo no do bail Id toil ar gcorp, go-
madh toil Ieatfa and fin a Thigheama
gan ar dtreorughadh do thuitim ane-
amhdhochas. Acht do ghrafa do
thabhairt dufnn, do thuigfin, agas dad
mhail go mbeathaidheand, agas go
naltromand tii fein do ghnath, do
bhridh do throcaire faoire find, & go
mbemaoid go foidhideach ag feithe
amh ort, no go dtabhra tufa fàfadh
dhiiinn, ni a mhain do ghràTaibh no
do thioghluicibh corporrdha, acht go
fpeifialta do tfaibhreas neamhdha nua
Sbioratalta, do chum fin dar mbrof-
nudhadh, do thabhairt mholaidh, &
mhòrbhuidheachais duitfe a Thig-
heama, agas mur fin do ghnàth gan
gluafacht do bheith ad throcairefe
amhàin. Eifd find a Thighearna na
tròcaire ar gradh do Mhic inmhuin
Iofa Criofd ar Dtighearna. Amen.

And if it please thee to trye and exercise us by greater povertie and
nede then our flesh wolde desire, that thou woldest yet, O Lord,
graunt us grace to knowe that thou wilt nourish us continually
through thy bountiful liberalitie, that we be not so tempted, that
we fall into distrust : but that we may paciently waite til thou fill
us, not onely with corporal graces and benefites, but chiefly with
thine heavenlie and spiritual treasures, to the intent that we may
alwayes have more ample occasion to give thee thankes, and so
wholy to rest upon thy mercies. Heare us, O Lord of mercie,
through Jesus Christ thy Sonne our Lord. Amen.

V R R X A I D H T H E.
1T Vrrnuidhe in radha gidhbe huair
bhus ail leat.

AThighearna agas a Dhe vile elm-
mhachtaigh, agas a Athair is to-
irbheartaighe trdcaire, ni fhuil aon
neach comhchofmhuil riotl'a ar ne
amh no ar talmhuin, do reir mar oi
bridheas tu na huile neithe, do chum
ghldire hanma fe'in do mhedughadh,
agas do chomhfhurtacht do dhaoine
toghtha, mar do rinde tu fòs an duine
e'nuair, na cheand agas na Thighear-
na, 6s ciond gach vile chre'atuir, agas
tug tu ionadh dhò, ingarrgha na nu
ile aoibhneas, agas faridr ar mbeith fa
ninbhe tfona fin do, nior bfada na
dhiaidh fin, gur dhearmuid fe' do thi
odhluicthefe, agas do mhaithis. Do-
badh gnàth fòs led pobal fèin eland
Ifrahel, ameadhon amuirrne & amor
chonaigh, dul ar feachran iligheadh
vaidfe, ag fior dhi'mheas ar do thrd-
caire mar atà gach vile fheoil agnath-
ughadh dul ar mire, agas ar mdr dhe-
armad,

A Prayer made at the First Assemblie of the Con-
gregation, when the Confession of our Faithe, and
whole Orders of the Church, was there red and
approved.

O Lord God Almightie, and Father moste mercifull, there is
none lyke thee in heaven nor in earthe, which workest all thinges
for the glorie of thy name and the comfort of thyne elect. Thow
dydst once make man ruler over all thy creatures, and placed hym
in the garden of all pleasures ; but how soone, alas, dyd he in his
felicitie forget thy goodnes ! Thy people Israel, also, in their
wealth dyd evermore mnne astray, abusinge thy manifold mercies ;
lyke as all fleshe contynually rageth when it hath gotten libertie
and externall prosperitie.
200

VRRNAIDHTH E.
armad, antan do glieibh ft faoirfe, &
fonas le tiodhluicibh corparrdha.
Gidheadh a Athair inmhuin, ata do
ghliocaffa fuaithe red throcaire, ion-
das go bfechand tu gach e'ntflighe, do
thabhairt do chloinde fe'in, do chum
aithne, agas tuigfe, do bhridh do ghra
idh aithreamhail orra. Agas vimefin
an tan nach bfoghnand fonas, & fo-
cracht dhoibh, is bes duitfe and fin,
daibhreas, agas dochar do thabhairt
doibh, agas huile chland fein do che-
artughadh, agas do fmachtughadh
mar fin, an mhe'id do ghabhais chug-
ad ad theaghlach naomhtha dhiobh.
Vime fin atamaoidne na daoine pe-
acthacha biodhbhochtafa ag tabh-
airt bhuidheachais duitfe, lè croid
headhaibh limhla, ar fon gur dheon-
aigh tu ar ngairm do chum do thèag-
haife, agas do theaghluidh, le fmach-
tughadh aithreamhail, ar fon an dim
heafa do rindeadar ar na grafaibh do
fhurail tii oraind, anam ar focrachta,
agas ar folais. Oir do beidir leatfa le

But sucbe is thy wisdome adjoyned to thy mercies, deare Father,
that thow sekest all meanes possible to brynge thy chyldrene to the
sure sense and lyvely feelinge of thy fatherly favor. And therfore
when prosperitie wyll not serve, then sendest thow adv

graciously correctinge all thy chyldren whome thow receyvest into
thy howshold. Wherfore we, wretched and miserable synners,
render unto thee most humble and hartie thankes, that yt hath
pleased thee to call us home to thy folde by thy Fatherly correction
at this present, wheras in our prosperitie and libertie we dyd
neglect thy graces offered unto us. For the which negligence,
2 C -01

VRRNAIDHTH E.
ceirt bhreitheamhnus, find do thoir-
bheart, agas do thiodhlucadh, dar
nintindibh dura damanta fe'in, & dar
gcroidheadhaibh cruaidhe cealgacha
cloch, ancraic an dimhefafin adubh-
ramar, agas anèraic imad ar peacadh
fuathmhur fior ghrànda oile, atama-
oid dagra oraind fein and fo a tfiadh-
nuifefe, mar do rinde hi ar mhòran
oile romhaind. Acht cheana a Thig-
hearna ata an mhèidfin do mhaitheas
iondadfa, go Lfaicear dhùinne gur
dhearmuid tii ar nuile peacaidh, agas
gur ghoir tii find onuile iodhulacht,
agas vrchoid ina rabhamar baite, do
chum aid admhala hanmafa, & dium-
chur chroiche eigne ar fort fhirinde
do Tfoifgeilfe ameafg do poibleacli,
ag denamh fiadhmuife Id tfaidhlbhfe,
agas le' teafbulaibh, agas ni fa mo led
Mhac ionmhuin Iofa, ar gceand iv: ar
gcodhnach. neoch re'r thindfgain tii
linde do dhenamh cofmhuil, do chum
ar mbeith cofmhuil lis an tan fhoillfi-
dheas fe e fein ina ghloir. A Thighe-
arna

and many other grevous synnes whereof we now accuse our selves

before thee, thow mightest moste justly have gyven us up to repro-
bate myndsand induration of our hartes, as thow haste done others.
But suche is thy goodnes, O Lord, that thow seraest to forget all
our offences, and haste called us of thy good pleasure frome all
idolatries into this Citie most Christianlye refourmed, to pro-
fesse thy name, and to suffer some crosse amongeste thy
people for thy trewth and Gospell's sake ; and so to be thy
wytnesses with thy Prophets and Apostles, yea, with thy
dearely beloved Sonne fesus Christ our head, to whome thow
dost begynne here to fashon us Kkc, that in his glorie »c maj
also be lyke hym when he shall appeare. O Lord God',

V R R N A I D H T H E.
arna, & a Dhe' cre'd finde fein ar abfuil
tufa agfoillfiughadh na ngraffa. A
Thighearna thairife maith dhiiinn ar
neamh nibuideachas, & ar nuile pea-
caidh, ar gràdh Iofa Criofd, a Athair
ghradhaidh medaigh do Sbiorad na-
omhtha fein iondaind fos, do theag-
afg ar gcroidheadh do ghairm Abba.
Athair inmhuin, agas do dhaingni-
ughadh dhuinn ar dtogha tfioruigh-
tlie ag Criofd, agas dfoillfiughadh a
thoile dhuinn ni fa lia, agas nifa lia, &
dar gceangal a tfirindefe. Iondas go
bfedam ar mbeatha do chaitheamh, &
bas dfulang fa bfirinde fin, & gomadh
e'idir lind do bhridh oibrighe an Sbi-
oraid adubhramar, ciintus do thabh-
airt nar gcreideamh, da gach nduine
iarrfas oraind e, le caibhneas, agas le
ceart agas le' coir, mar ataid moran a-
gar nithimradh, agas ag tabhairt fgan-
daile dhuinn, mar do bheithmaois nar
lucht vile imarcaidh, gomà hamhla-
idh fin anois ar bfaicfin ar ndeagli-
bheathaine ag Criofd, bhus e'idir leò

what are we upon whome thowe slinkiest shewe this great mercye ?
O moste lovynge Lord, forgyve us our unthankefulnes, and all our
synnes for Jesus Christ's sake. O heavenly Father, increase thy
Holy Spirit in us ; to teache our hartes to cry Abba, deare Father !
to assure us of our eternal election in Christ ; to revele thy wyll
more and more towards us ; to continue us so in thy trewthe, that
we may lyve and dye therein ; and that by the power of the same
Spirit, we may boldely gyve an accompts of our faith to all men
with humblenes and mekenes, that where as they backbyte and
slaunder us as evyll doers, they may be ashamed and once stopp
their mowthes, seinge our good conversation in Christ lesu,

V R R N AID H T H E.
naire dà ngabhail fan fgandail do bhe
irid go neimhchiontach dhuinne, &
ambeoil do dhrud 6 adhbhur na fga-
ndaile fin. Atamaoid fos gud ghe'ra-
tach a Thighearna, an coimhthionolfa
do bheandachadh, agas do riaghladh
do mholadh hantua naomhtha fein.
Atamaoid fos gud ghuidhe, thii fein do
bheith nar bfocliair, agas a meafg
do chloinde do ni tinol atainm Diad-
ha fein, agas atamuid gud ghuidhe
bheith abfochair, agas abfarradh, ar
nuile bhrathar Criofduidhe ar feadh
an domhain go himlan. Iondas go-
madh e'idir led, agas linde do bhridh
bhrofnuidhe Sbioraid na firinde, gan
fe'chain do chuntabhairt tfaoghalta,
fa" bheith agiarraidh honorafa amhain
agas do gliloire, agas ag adhmholadh
hanma naomhtha ata beanduighthe
afaoghal na faoghal.

IT B I O D H A M HLUIDH

for whose sake we beseche thee, O Lord God, to guyde, governe,
and prosper this our enterprise in assemblinge our Bretherne to
prayse thy holie name. And not onely to be here present with
us thy children according to thy promesee, but also mercifullie to
assist thy like persecuted people, our Bretherne, gathered in all
other places, that they and we, consentinge together in one spirite
and truethe, may (all worldly respectes set a part) seke thy onely
honor and gloiie in all our and their Assemblies. So be it.

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nach fol chaithid Suiper an Tighe-

arna, agas foirceadul aithghearr

an chreidimh Chriostaidhe

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An Deifcibul.
Creidimfe an Did Athair, agas ina
Mhac Iofa Criofd, agas andfa Sbio-
rad naomh. Agas ni fhuil mo tfuil
re ildnughadh dothaobh ele, acht
dontaobhfin amhàin.

M. An Tathair, an Mhac, agas an Sbi-
orad naomh, anè go bfuilid acht ina
naondia amhain i

D. Ni fhuilid gan amharus, acht ina na

The manner to examine children before they are admitted to the
SUPPER OF THE LORD.

The Master.
In whom dost thou believe, child?
The Disciple.
I believe in God the Father, and in his Son Jesus Christ,
and in the Holy Ghost, and look to be saved by none other
but by them alone.
M. The Father the son, and the Holy Ghost, are they any more

than one God ?
D. No truly although they be

FOIRC EA D A L
ondia, ge tdid edir dhealaidhthe
adtri pearfandaibh.
M. Ane nach bfuilid Dee eile and, a-
ga bfuil comas, agas cumhachta do
peacaidh do mhaitheamh dhuitfe,
acht antaòndia fin amhàin ?
D. Is dearbh nach bfuil fin and, agas
gebe iarras maitheamh a phecadh,
ar chreatuir eile. Acht amhain ar an
Gcruthuighthoir, ata fe ar feachran
fligheadh, agas anairde aineoluis
thoile De.
M. Cia tug e'olas thoile De dhuitfe,
mar fin, doragha nach bfedaid aing
il no naoimh, ar peacaidh do mhai-
theamh dhuinne, acht Did fein
na aonar ?
D. Briathra De fein ina bfuil a thoil
follus donuile adhamhchloind, &
damhfa gurab fior an ni adubhra-
mar, òir iarraidh fin oraind, gan mai
theamhnas ar peacadh diarraidh,
acht ar an Nathair neamhdha am-
hain anainm a Mhic Iosa Criofd.
M. Ciondas ele thuigeas tu na bria-
thra
distinct in three persons.
M. Are there no other Gods who are able to forgive thy sin, but

this one God alone?
D. No truly, and whosoever seeks forgiveness from any other
creature save from the Creator alone, he is in error, and in
total ignorance of the will of God.
M. Who gave thee thy knowledge of the will of God so as that
thou canst say that neither angels nor saints can forgive our
sins, but God alone.
D. The word of God himself in which his will is revealed to the
children of Adam, and from which I learn that what we have
said is true, for it requires of us to seek forgiveness of sin
from none but from our Heavenly Father alone in the name
of his Sort Jesus Christ.
M. How then dost thou understand the words

AN CHREIDIMH.
thra do labhair Criofd rena Eafpu-
luibh, antan do iarr fe orra, an Soif-
ge'l dfoillfiudhadh dona huile chre
atuiribh, & an Sbiorad naomh do
ghabhail chuca, agas gebe' damai-
thfidis a peacaidh, go maithfeadh
fefean a peacaidh doibhfin, & gebe
dà nach maithfidis a peacaidh,
nach maitfeadh fefean a peacaidh
doibh ?

I). Is mar fo thuigimfe fin .1. gur iarr
Criofd ar a Eafpuluibh, agas ar a
iliocht, a throcaire fe'in, agas a ghra-
fa dfurail ar gach e'nduine, agas an
mhe'id dibh do dhenadh aithridhe,
iadfan na ainmfean dfoillfiughadh
go rabhadar a peacaidh ar na maitli
eamh dhdibh. Agas an chuid eile
do dhiultfadh aithrighe do dhen-
amh. Gombedis a peacaidh ceang-
aibte dhiobh, gan amaitheamh dhò
ibh, agas go nde'nadh Dià dighaltus
orra.

M. Cre'd eile cuid an Tfagairt no an
Mhiniflir do maitheamh na pea-
O.

which Christ spoke to his disciples when he commanded them
to preach the Gospel to every creature, and to bid them
receive the Holy Ghost, and said that to whomsoever they
forgave their sins they should be forgiven, and to whomsoever
they did not forgive their sins, they should not be forgiven?

D. It is in this way that I understand them, viz that Christ
commanded his disciples and their successors to urge his
mercy and his love on every man, and to preach to them in
his name that to as many as repented, their sins were forgiven.
And that to such as refused to repent, their sins would con-
tinue without forgiveness, and that God would punish them.

M. What place then has the priest or the minister in the forgive-
ness of sin.

FOIRCEADAL.
eadh, antan gheallas fe maithearah
a peacadh dona daoinibh do ni ait-
hrighe ?

D. Ata antainmfin fein miniflir ag fua
fcladh na ceifdefin, oir is inand è rè
ràgha, agas fear freafdail no fritho-
ilte, murfin is fi a chuidfin dono-
bairfin, freafdal bhriathar Tfoifgel
De', agas fritholugh na Sacramuin-
teadh do dhenamh, do reir Thiom-
na naomhtha De, agas is ris fein
amhain bheanas na peacaidh do
maitheamh, le oibriughadh a Sbio-
raid naomh, agas nir dheonaidh fè
na cumhachta fin dfaith no Deaf-
pol, no de'nduine ele riamli, acht
Diofa Criofd fe'in amhain.

M. Crèd ifuim do chreidimh mafe-
adh I

D. Gurabe Dià Athair Iofa Criofd ar
Dtighearna (& ar Nathairne • vile)
is toffach, agas is adhbhur prindli-
palta da gach vile ni, agas go bfuil
fe aga riaghladh, as nach dentar e'n
ni gan a ordughadh, agas a fhrefdal.
Nadhiaidh

when forgiveness of bin is promised by tliem to those who
repent ?

U. The word minister answers the question, for it is equivalent
to saying, one who administers or dispenses, which is their share
of the work, administering the word of Uod's Gospel, and dis-
pensing the Sacraments, according to God's holy revelation,
for to himself alone belongs the forgiveness of sins, with the
inworking of his Hoiy Spirit, and he never communicated this
power to prophet or to disciple, or to any other man, save to
Jesus Christ alone.

M. What then is the sum of thy faith ?

D. That God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (and the
Father of us all) is the beginning and principal cause
of all things, and that he governs, and that nothing is
done without his appointment and his providence.

AN CHREIDIMH.
Nadhiaidh fin go dtainic a Mhac
Iofa Criofd anuas fa faoghal, & gur
choimhlion fe gach vile ni mfheadh-
ma dar flanughadhne, & gondeach
aidh (& fuas ar Neamh, mur a bfuil
fe ar deaflaimh an Atbar, & gurab
aige ata gach vile chumhachta ar
neamh, agas ar talmhuin, agas go
dtiucfa fe aris afsin, do dhenamh
bhreitheamhnais ar an tfaoghal go
huilidhe. Tuilleadh eile fds gurab
Did firindeach an Sbiorad naomh,
arfon gurabe brigh, agas neart, &
cumhachta 1)6 e, agas gurabe' chui-
reas agclo nar croidheadhaibh na
geallaidh do rindeadh dhiiinn an
Iofa Criofd. Agas fa dheoigh go
bfuil an Eagluis ar na naomhadh,
& ar na faoradh ona peacaibh, tnd
throcaire Dhe. Agas go nereocha
idh fi tareis na beathadhfa, do chum
na beathadh futhaine.
M. Ane gurab lor dhiiinn Gn do thu
igfin, agas do chreideamh gan en
ndeaghghniomh do dhenamh ofm

O. 2.

After that, that His Son Jesus Christ came down to the world,
and that he performed all things necessary for our salvation,
and that he ascended into Heaven, where he is at the right
hand of the Father, and that all power is his in heaven, and
on earth, and that he shall come again thence to judge the
whole world. Farther, that the Holy Ghost is true God
because that he is the substance, the strength, and the power
of God, and that it is he that impresses on our hearts the
promises made to us in Jesus Christ. And finally that the
church is sanctified and delivered from her sins by the mercy
of God, and that she shall rise after this life to life eternal.
Is it enough for us to understand this and to believe without
dome one i'i»»l deed from thence forward'.'
2 d

FOJRCEADAL.

araach t

D. Ni lor gan amharus.

M. Crtfd eile iarras Dia oraind maille
ris an gcreideamhfa do bheith aga
ind ?

D. Iarraidh fe oruind feirbhis do
dhenamh do ler gcorpaibh, & ler
gcroidheadhaibh go huilighe.

M. Ciondas is denta dhiiinn an tfeir-
bhis fin do, an do re'ir aitheantadh
De" fe'in, no an do re'ir mar do chu-
madar daoine reacht diiinn, no an
do reir ar dtoile, agas ar meanman
fe'in ?

D. Do reir aitheantadh Dè is denta
dhiiinn feirbhis dò, agas ni do re'ir
reachta daònna, no do reir ar me-
anman fe'in no ar dtoile.

M. Ane go nabrad tuffa nach bfuil
dfiachaibh oruind an reacht doch-
umadar daoine romhaind, agas go
hairighe vachtarain na Heagluife,
fin do chongbhail, agas feirbhis, do
rèir mar do ghnathaidh fiadfan do
dhenamh do Dhia ?

D. Adeirim

D. No, indeed.

M. What more does God require of us besides faith ?

D. He requires of us to serve him with our bodies and with our
hearts altogether.

M. How are we to perform this service to him; is it according to
the commandments of God, or is it according as men may
require of us, or according to our own will and mind ?

D. According to the commandments of God he is to be served,
and not according to the requirements of men, or our own
mind and will.

M. Dost thou say that we are not bound to obey the command-
ments of men, and especially of the rulers of the church, anil
to serve God according as they have served him ?

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AN CHREIDIMH.
D. Adeirim go firindeach, nach bfuil
dfiachaibh oruind en ghnàthugh-

adh ata anadhaidh bhriathar Nde
do leanmhuin, agas fos gur chuma-
dar na Sagairt, moran do ghnathug-
hadh feirbhife dhuinn, do m ma-
ois do Dhià dar ledfan, agas gurab
eafonoir do Dhia a Lin dibh.
M. Cre'd do bheir ortfa fin do ragha,

ane gurab glioca tuffa ina fad !
D. Ni has moghliocas fdin ata modh-
dcas, acht ambriathraibh De, ina
bfuil follus gurab eafonoir do Dhia
moran do tfeirbhis na Sagart fea-
chranach, oir ni hacafan ata re-
acht do chuma dhuinn, & ni mo is
againd fein. Acht ag Did fern am-
hain, agas go speifialta, ni dhlighma
oid vmhla don reacht do chumad-
arfan anadhaidh reachta De.
M. Cre'd eile an tflighe dobail leatfa-
do ghabhail chugad do thabhairt
onora do Dhid, acht an tflighe do
ghnathuigheadar do tfindfir rom-
had, agas do theagaifg an Pàpa, agas
O. 3-
I say in truth, that we are not bound to follow any practice
which is contrary to the word of God and farther that the
priests imposed many observances on us, which we shall
perform to God to our reproach, and that most of them were
a dishonour to God.

What makes thee say so, is it that thou art wiser than they ?
My hope is not in my own wisdom but in the word of God
from which it is clear that much of the service of the erring
priests was a dishonour to God, for it is not they that have to
order the service, nor we, but God only ; and specially, we
have no right to obey any law that is opposed to the law of

What other way wouldst thou desire to follow in order to honour
God except that followed by thy forefathers, and which the Pope,

FOIRCEADAL.

an Eagluis re" fada dhaimfir 1
D. Dobàil leamfa an tflighe ata adti-
omna Dhe do leanmhuin, òir do
bhi fi baite no abfolach, no ar na
truailleadh go romhor, fa naimfir
dochuaidh tharaind, do bhrigh flia
inte, agas ainbfiofa na Sagart, òir
madliail lind dul adte'agliais nei-
nilie, agas fa mbeathaid futhain is
fi ar flighe dhireach, briathra De
deifteacht, agas a aitheanta do cho-
imhed.
M. Cia hiad aitheanta De, no ca

mhed ataid and ?
D. Ataid a deith.
M. Sloind driinn iad.

D. Is vrufa dliamfa fin, dir do fhogli-
laim me fad, affan fhitheadmhadh ca
ibidil do leabhar Exoduis, antan do
labhair Did na briathrafa fids.
Is mife an Tighearna do Dhia, ne
och tug thuffa a talamh na Heg-
bhite : agas a teighais na daoirfe, na
biddh Dee oile agad amfhiadhnai-
fefe. Na dena dhuit fein iomhaigh
ghrafinte,
and the church taught for a long time ?

I would desire to follow the way contained in the revelation
of God, for it was dimmed, or concealed, or corrupted very
much, in the time past, through the covetousness and ignor-
ance of the priests, for if we desire to go to the heavenly house,
and to enjoy eternal life, our direct way is to listen to the
word of God, and to keep his commandments.
Which are the commandments of God or how many are there
of them ?
They are ten.
Repeat them for us.

It is easy for me to do so, for I have learned them in the
twentieth chapter of the book of Exodus when God spoke these
words.

I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of
Egypt and out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no
other Gods bcfoie m<\ Thou shalt not make unto thee any
graven image

AN CHREIDIMH.

ghrafinte, no en fhighuir na neithe atà
tfuas ar neatnh, no ad talmhuin a bhos
no anuifceadhaibh faoi thalmhuin, na
geillfe dhoibh, agas na dena feirbhis
doibh, oir is mife an Tighearna do
Dhià, & is Dia. edmhar me, leanas ai-
ngidheacht na naithreach ar an gclo-
ind, go nuige an treas no an ceath-
ramhadh cent no glun gheinealaidh
ar an droing agambia mfuath. Agas
fhoillfeochas tròcaire do na miltibh
don droing agambia mo ghràdh, agas
choimhedas mhaitheanta. Na tabh-
air ainm an Tighearna do Dhià fein
a ndimhaoineas, òir gebe bhe'ras a a-
inm go dimhaoineach, ni budh ne-
amhchiontach abfiadhnuife De e.
Cuimhnidh la na Sabboide, do chon-
gbhail a faoire, dena hoibrighe a fe
laithibh, agas huile tfaothar, acht a fe
an feachtmhadh la Sabboid no Sath-
urn an Tighearna do Dhià, na dena
en obuir fa 16 fin, na dena fèin, agas na
de'nadh do Mhac, agas na de'nadh
hinghean, no hòglach no do bhanog
O. 4-

or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is
111 the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for
I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth genera-
tion of them that hate me, and shewing mercy to thousands of
them that love me and keep my commandments. Thou shalt
not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou
labour and do all thy work, but the Seventh day is the Sabbath
or Saturday of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt not do any
work, thou, nor thy son nor thy daughter, thy man-servant nor
thy maid-servant,

FOIRCEADAL.

lach, no hainmhidhe, no an taifteal-
lach bhias taoibh aftoigh do dtdrus,
Ofr do rinde an Tighearna neamh, &
talamh a fe' laithaibh, agas do rinde
fe an fhairrge fos, & gach ni dha bfuil
inta fin, agas do ghabh fe" comhna-
idhe an feachtmhadhlà, vimefin do
bheandaigh an Tighearna an Satli-
urn, agas do naomh fe e. Tabhair
onoir do Tathair fe'in, agas dod Mha
thair, iondas go findfidhe do laithe ar
an bfe'rand do bhèra an Tighearna do
Dhià dhuit. Na dena marbhadh, na
dena adhaltras, na dena goid, na de-
na fiadhnuife bhreige anadhaigh do
chomharfand, na fmuain duit fein
arus do chomharfand, agas na fmu-
ain dhuit fein bean do chomhurfand
no a dglach, no a bhanoglach, no a
bho, no a affal, no enni eile bheanas
red chomharfaind fein. Ag fin aithe-
anta De dona daoinibh .1. le freaftal
Maoife do chloind Ifrahel, agas dà
fliocht beandaighthe na ndiaigh.
M. Ciondas roindeas tu na haithean-
tafa?
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; for
In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all
that in them is, and rested the seventh day ; wherefore the Lord
blessed the .Saturday (Sabbath day) and hallowed it. Honour
thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not
kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not
covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maid-
servant, nor his ox nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neigh-
bour's. These are the commandments of God to men, that
is, by the hand of Moses to the children of Israel and to their
blessed race after them.
How do you divide these commandments?
214

AN CHREID1MH.
tafa?

D. Roindfead ar tils indd thabhaill, &
na dhiaighfin andeith naitheanta-
ibh, agas ataid na haitheanta bhea-
nas ris anonoir dhlighid daoine do
thabhairt do Dhia fa ched tabhaill,
agas anonoir, agas an comhghridh
dhlighid daoine fein da chele fa
dara tàbhaill.

M. Ca mhe'd aithne dhibh ata fa
chèd tàbhaill?

D. Ataid a ceathair .1. gan dee eile
do bheith againd, acht antaondia
amhain, na dhiaighfin gan deilbh
do dhenamh no do chumdach, &
gan adhragh doibh, an treas dibh
gan ainm De- do thabhairt no do
ghabhail andimhaoineas, agas fa
dheoigh anfeachtmhadh la do cho
ngmhail na Id faòire.

M. Sa che'd aithne mar aniarrand Dia
gan dee eile do bheith againd, ane
go bfuil nar gcumhachtaibh dee
eile do dhenamh 1

D. Nf fhuil cheana, acht atd nar gcu-

D. They are divided at first into two tables, and afterwards into
ten commandments, and the commandments which concern
the honour which men should give to God are in the first
table, and the honour and love which men owe to one an-
other are in the second table.

M. How many of these commandments are in the first table?

D. There are four, namely, that we have no other Gods but the
one God only, next that we are to make or form no images,
and not to worship them, thirdly that we are not to take the
name of God in vain, and finally that we are to keep the
seventh day as a Sabbath.

M. In the first Commandment when God asks you to have no
other Gods, is it that we have power to make other Gods ?

D. No indeed, but we have power

FOIRCEADAL.
mhachtaibh a nonòir dhlighmao-
id do naondia fhirindeach, dfurail
ar chreatuiribh ele, agas antan do-
nimaoid fin, atamaoid ag denamh
dee eile dhuinn fèin, go feadh ar
nearta, dir antan do bheirmaoid
buidheachas na dtioghlucadh fua-
ramar 6 Dhià do chreatuir ar ne-
amh no ar talmhuin, ane'gmhais
Dè amhain, no fos antan iarrmaoid
foirighin anma no maithearnh ar
peacadh orra, madh aingil madh
naoimh (ad, atamaoid ag briffeadh
na haithnefe, agas ag denamh dhee
breige dhuinn fein.
M. Anabrand tii nach còir dhùinn
deilbh no iomhaigh do chumdach,
no feacadh no adhradh dhoibh \
D. Ataimfe aga ràgha fin, agas ni me
is lidhdar andfin, acht an dara ha-
ithne don chèd tàbhaill.
M. Cre'd do bheir ortfa fin do radha,
agas gur ghndthach na dealbha, &
na hiomhaighe againd fna Team-
pluibh mar fhighradhudh, & mar
chomhtharradh
to give the honour which belongs to the one true God to other
creatures, and when we do this, we make other Gods to
ourselves, so far as we can, for when we give thanks for the
gifts which we have received from God to any other creature
in heaven or in earth save to God alone, or when we ask help
for our souls or the forgiveness of sin from them, whether
angels or saints, we are breaking this commandment, and
making false gods for ourselves.
M. Dost thou say that we ought not to make forms or images, nor

to bow to, nor to worship them ?
I). I say so, and I am not the author of that, but the second

commandment of the first table.
M. What makes thee say so, when it is customary for us to have
forms and images in our churches as figures and as signs

A N CHREIDI M H.
comhtharradh cuimhnidhe ar Dh
ia fein, agas ar na naomhaibh do
fhulaing dochar ar Ton na firinde,
ge nach 1 a nonoir dhiadha dobher
maois doibh I

D. Nf bfuil gnathughadh da fhad ar
bioth, nach dleaghar a chur as, an-
uair is dearbhtha, a bheith anadh-
aigh aithne De, dare'ir fin dligh-
thear na hfmhaighe, dofgrios arfon
go bfuil did agiarraidh gan a nden-
amh, agas gan feacadh, agas gan
adhradh dhòibh.

M. Cre'd eile an cuhuhneachadh bin'
as ar Dhia no ar a naomhaibh ag-
aind.

D. A briathra fein, mar a bfuil fe aga
thaifbenadh don tfaoghal, 6 bheu-
luibh a fhàitheadh, agas a eafpol, fa
tfeintionma, agas fa tionma nuaidh
ata ar na daingniughadh dhuinn le
pais a Mhic Iofa Criofd ar Dtighe-
arna, agas na dhiaighfin, is deilbh
fhirindeach dho ar mbrathair no ar
iitir Chriftaidhe, ata anamhghar

to remind us of God himself and of the saints who suffered
persecution for the truth, though it is not divine worship which
we give them ?

There is no custom however long continued, which should not
be given up, when it is proved to be opposed to the com-
mandment of God, and accordingly the images should be
destroyed because that God has commanded that they should
not be made, nor bowed down to, nor worshipped.
How else are we to be reminded of God and the saints ?
By his own word, as it is made known to the world by the
mouth of his prophets and his apostles, in the Old Testament
and in the New Testament, and which is confirmed to us by the
suffering of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and then oui believing
brother or sister who is in distress is a true representation to us,
2e 2]7

FOIRC EA DA L.

no an anfhocair, agas ifiad dhlig-
maoid do chumdach, & ni deilbh
chloch no mhaideagh no airgid no
6ir ar nach bfuil fe'idm cumhdaigh.
M. Is ingnadh nach roibhe fin aga
theagafg dar ndaoinibh romhaind,
agas è a naitheantaibh D£i
D. Doghoideadar na Sagairt flieach-
ranacha a naithenefe on pobul Chr-
ioflaighe, do chum na ndealbh
bfallfafa dochur mar fgaileadhaibh
breagacha abfiadhnuife an pobuil
na ninadh fein, do tfeachna na fao-
thar do dhlighdis do dhenamh do-
na poibleachaibh, & fos ar ghradh
na tarbha tromghnàthuighe do bhi
an pobal ainbfiollach do thabha-
ht doibh anonoir na ndealbh mal-
laighe fin.
M. Nach bfuil ceadaighthe dhuit v-
air ar bioth ainm De do thabhairt
a bfirinde no ambre'ig, no cred is
modh miond diiinn muna bfuil?
D. Ata cedaighthe dhiiinn Did do
thabhairt antan iarras breitheamh
oraind
and it is they we ought to cherish, and not images of stone, or
wood, or silver, or gold, which do not require to be cherished.
M. It is wonderful that this was not taught to men before now

and that it is in God's commandments ?
D. The erring priests stole away this commandment from the
Christian people, that they might place these lying images
before the people as deceiving shadows in their own place,
and so escape the performance of their own duty to the people,
and besides from love to the gain they might obtain from the
ignorant people in honour of these accursed images.
M. Is it not lawful for thee at any time to use the name of God
either in truth or falsehood, or how otherwise art thou to
swear if not ?
D. It is lawful lor us to take the name of God when a judge
requires us
■its

AN CHRKIDIMH.
oraind fiadhnuife na firinde do
dhenamh aninadh no anait brei-
theamhnuis, do chur na hegiora ar
gcul, agas do chumdach na cora, &
afè Dià fe'in amhain dlighthear do
thabhairt andfin, agas ni creatuir
eile, ar neainh no ar talmhain.

M. Ane nach bfuil ceadaighthe dhii-
inn aingil no naoimh do thabhairt,
mar mhiondaibh, agas gurab fuar-
raighe iad inà Dià ?

D. Ni bfuil fin ceadaighthe 6 Dhia
dhùinn, acht è fe'in do bheith mar
mhiond againd, agas dà re'ir fin is
tarcaifne ar Dhia, aingil no naoimh
no creatuir eile do luighe mar mhi-
ond, agas fos na dadine luigheas
làmha, no vailfe, no cumhachta
Riogh no Tighearna, ataid ag den-
amh bhachlagh mbre'gach dibh, &
ag fadogh fheirge De na nadhaigh
fe'in.

M. Ciondas eile is indearbhtha dhti-
inn ar comhradh fe'in da cheile an-
tan bhias amharus againd arghlor

to give evidence and to speak truth in the place of judgment,

so as to put down evil, and to maintain right, and it is God

alone that is to be taken, and no other creature in heaven or

in earth.

Are we not to swear in any case by angels or saints, and arc

they to be less esteemed than God ?

That is not allowed us of God, but we are to swear by himself

and accordingly it is dishonour to God to swear by angels or

saints, and the men who swear by the hand, or nobility, or

power of King or Lord, are making them a false support, and

are rousing the anger of God against themselves.

How then can we ensure the truth of what we say to each

other when we doubt

FOIRCEADAL.
no ar chomhradh a cheile Ì

D. Abramaoid ifeadh, no ata fin mar
fin, oir an mheid bhias do bharr ca
inte agad ar fin, is o vrchoid tig fè.

M. Cia e an Id da ngoireand tù an
Tfabboid no an fathurm, no cion-
das is coir a chonghmhail fadr Ì

D. Goiream fin don tfeaciitmhadh
là, agas dobè an la da ngoirmaoid-
ne diafathuirrn ag cloind Ifrahel e,
& a fe an la ris a rditear Dia donili-
naidh againde na Crioftaidhe e.

M. Crèd tug an claochlodhfm ar an
la.

D. Ar fon chlaochloidh na nidhbart,
oir amhail tug Iofa Criofd a fhe-
oil fein, agas a fhuil na hidhbairt
fhirindidh aninadh na niodhbart
fcailighe no fighuralta, is mar fin tu
cadh an Tfabboid fhi'rindeach, na
fuaine futhain duinne, le hoftrail
na hidbhbairte fin, agas is da dhe-
arbhadh fin dui'nn do claochloidh
eadh an la adubhramar romhaind.
M. Cred

what is said by one another ?
D. Let us say yea, or it is so, for whatever thou sayest beyond

that cometh of evil.
M. Which day dost thou call the Sabbath or Saturday, or how is

it to be kept holy ?
D. I call the seventh day, the day which was called Saturday by

the children of Israel, and it is the day called the Lord's day

among us Christians.
M. What made this change of the day?
D. The change of the sacrifice, for as Jesus Christ gave his own

flesh and blood as a true sacrifice in place of the sacrifices

which were typical or figurative, so the true Sabbath is given

us, as our everlasting rust, through the offering of that sacrifice,

and it is in proof of that the day has been changed, as we have

said.

AN C H R E I D I M H.

M. Cred i an obair is indenta dhuinn
fa ldfin.

D. Ainm De deadarghuighe, &: a tfo-
ifgel dèifteacht, agas comhnaidbe
do dhenamh d oibrighthibh corp-
arrdha, acht mun tuga ègiontas
oraind andenamh.

M. Mafeadh ata cedaighthe dbiu'nn,
oibrighe corporrdha do dhenamh
fa domhnach, da rabh feidhm iom-
arcach no riachtanas a leas oraind
maille re hegiontas no re huireafb-
huidh.

D. Ata fin landearbhtha, dir is don
duine do rindeadh an tfaoire da
comhfhurtacht, gedheadh ni dli-
ghthear fo do thuigfin, acht ag
cafuibh fpefialta.

M. A Niad fo ceathra haitheanta na
ced tàbhaille bheanas ris an modh
mar is intuctha a ondir fein do
Dia le gach adn dinn I

D. Ifiad gan amharus.

M. Na fè haitheanta eile do airimli
tu, cia re mbeanaid 1

M. What is the duty incumbent on us on that day ?

D. To call upon the name of God, to hear the Gospel, and to rest

from bodily labour, except in cases of necessity.
M. Then it is lawful for us to perform bodily labour on the Lord's

clay, if there be a necessity for such work, or if there be want

pressing us ?
D. That is clear, for the Sabbath was made for man's comfort,

yet this is not to be understood, except in special cases.
M. Are these the four commandments of the first table which

regard the manner in which God is to be honoured in each of

them 1
D. Yes, verily.
M. What do the other mx commandments which thou hast recited

regard ?

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FOIRCEADAL.

I). Rer gcomharrfnaibh .1. ris ano-
noir, agas ris an orraim, agas lis an
vmhlacht dblighmaoid fein do tha
bhairt dar naithribh, dar niaith-
ribh, dar nuachtaranaibh Spiratalta
agas Teampuralta, agas gach adn
againd fe'in daroile do reir aithean-
ta, agas thoile De.

M. Ane go bfoghnand dui'nn do cho-
imhlinadh, agas do choimhe'd na
naitheantaghfa, gan gniomh no
obuir do dhenamh na nadhaigh Ì

D. Ni lòr fin amhain, acht niaille rè
gan gniomh do dhènamh na nadh-
aigh, ata dfiachaibh oraind gan fmu-
aintiughadh, no toiliughadh na
nadhaigh ?

M. Agas an edir leatfa na haitheanta
diadhafa do choimhlinadh fa modh
mor naomhthafa .1. gan gniomh
no toiliughadh do dhenamh na
nadhaigh Ì

1). Ni hedir cheana liumfa, & nirbh-

e'dir le hènneach dofliiol adhaimh

na haitheanta do choimhlinadh

mar

D. They regard our neighbours, namely, the honour, the respect,

and the duty which we owe to our fathers and mothers, our

spiritual and temporal rulers, and to each other according to

the command and will of God.
M. Is it sufficient for the fulfilment of these commandments that

we do nothing against them '!
D. No verily, but besides doing nothing against them, it is required

that we neither think nor will any thing against them.
M. And art thou bound to fulfil these commandments in this most

holy manner, that thou must not will or do any thing against

them?
D. It is indeed impossible for me, nor was it possible for any

of the race of Adam, to fulfil these commandments.

AN CHREIDIMH.
mar a dubhramar, acht le Hiofa
Criofd amhàin. Ni he gurab ifna
haitheantaibh atà anuireafbhuidh-
fe (òir atàid fein naomhtha) acht a
dtruailleadh na naduire daonna, ta-
rèis peacaidh ar lìndfear atà anui-
reafbhuidh, agas anurchoid, odtig
nach bfedmaoid na haitheanta ard
bheandaighthe, tir naomhthafa do
choimhliuadh.

M. Cià mafeadh choimhlinas fad in-
dadfa no ar do tfon Ì

D. An Sbiorad nàomh.

M. Mafeadh antan bhe'ras Did an Sbi-
orad naomh dhuitfe, an tfidir leat
andfin a gcoimhlinadh go hiom-
làn no go huilighe ?

D. Ni hèidir fos.

M. Ciondas fin I & Dia ag mallachadh,
agas ag curfadh gach e'nduine nach
gcoimhlionand a lagh, & aitheanta
go hiomlan na nuile poncaibh.

D. Is fior fin.

M. Crèd i mafeadh an tflighe le bfa-
ghand tuffa llanughadh, agas faor-
P.

as we have said, save Jesus Christ alone. Not that there is
any defect in the commandments (for they are holy) but from
the corruption of human nature, arising from the sin of our
first parents, and their transgression, whence it is that we
cannot fulfil these most blessed and most holy commandments.

M. Who then is it that fulfils them in thee or for thee ?

D. The Holy Spirit.

M. When God gives thee the Holy Spirit must thou then keep
them perfectly ?

D. No, verily.

M. How is that? and that God curseth every man who does not
fulfil his law and his commandments in every point.

D. That is true.

M. How then canst thou obtain salvation and

F O I R C E A 1 1 A I ,

radii 6 mhallachadh Dc, agas gan
tii a coimhlinadh an lagha no na
naitheantadh.
I). Bas & pais an Tighearna Iofa Cri-

ofd, is en tflighe tflanuighe dhamh.
M. Ciondas ata lin firindeach Ì
D. Ata mar fo, nach raibhe e'ruic eile
and do ghèbhadh an Tathair vaind
ar fon ar peacadh, acht bas, & pais a
Mhic, agas nir choimhlion enduine
an lagh diadha, acht 6 amhàin, agas
ar bfulang bhàis do, tug fe beatha
dhufnne lena bhàs, agas ag coimli
linadh an lagha dhò is ar arfoinne
do choimhlion fe' e', agas da bhrigh
fin do rinde fe ar fithne re Dhia
Athair.
M. An bfuil dfiachaibh ortfa buide-
achas do thabhairt do Dhia dachi-
ond fin? no gach ni ar a mbia tfe-
idhm diarraidh air Ì
D. Ata go deimhin, agas donim I'm

amghnath vrrnaidhibh.
M. Cia re ndenand tii hurrnaidhe ?
D. Re Dia Athair a hucht, & anainm
a Mhic
deliverance from the curse of God without fulfilling the law
and the commandments ?
D. The death and suffering of the Lord Jesus Christ is the only

way of salvation for me.
M. How is that true ?

D. Thus, that there was no other satisfaction which the Father
could receive for sin from us but the death and suffering of his
Son, and no man has fulfilled the Divine law but He alone,
and upon his suffering death, he gave us life through his death,
and on his fulfilling the law, it was for us that He fulfilled it,
and accordingly he made our peace with God the Father.
M. Art thou bound to give thanks to God for this ? and for every

thing which thou must ask from him?
D. Yes verily, and I do so always in my prayers.
M. To whom dost thou pray ?
D. To God the Father, from the bosom and in the name of

A N C H R E I D I M H.
a Mhic Iofa Criofd ar Dtighearna.

M. Nach dena ttS vrrnaidhe re Muire
Oigh Mathair Iofa, agas rè haing-
libh, agas re heafpalaibh De', agas
re naomhaibh ?

D. Ni dhen feafta, oir ni fhuil Aidhne
againd edraind, agas Dia Athar do
chofg a fherge, acht Iofa Criofd
amhain.

M.Ata tuffa marfin ag tarcaifne ar
mhuire, & ar ainglibh, & ar naomh-
aibh, ar fon nach iarrand tii orra,
guidhe do dhenamh rè Did ar do
tfon.

D. Ni fhuilim, agas dobo leafg learn
tarcaifne do dhenamh orra, òir a-
taid beandaighthe 6 Dhii, gedhe-
adh ni bheanand doibh offic Chri-
ofd do ghabhail chuca, & ni bhe-
nand rinde fin do thabhairt doibh.

M. Nach gabhand Criofd impidhe a
Mhathar oruinne dar faoradh I

D. Ni fhuil impighe no aidhneas dfi-
achaibh uirrefe no ar chreatuir e-
le do thabhairt ar Dhia darfadra
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of his son Jesus Christ our Lord.
M. Dost thou not pray to the virgin Mary the mother of Jesus,

and to angels, and to the Apostles of God, and to the Saints 1
D. No, never, for we have no Advocate between us and God the

Father to quench his wrath, but Jesus Christ alone.
M. Thou dost thus despise Mary, and the angels, and the saints,

since thou dost not ask of them, to pray to God for thee.
D. By no means, I should be unwilling to despise them, for they

are blessed of God, yet the office of Christ they have no right

to assume, nor have we to attribute it to them.
M. Will not Christ be influenced by his mother to save us?
D. There is no influence nor advocacy which she or any other

creature may use with God to save
2/

FOIRCEADAL

dime, acht ar Chriofd amhain, agas
nir ghuidhthe Muire fe'in, no faith
no eafpal no naomh ele, acht anta-
ondia amhain anainm a Mhic Iofa
Criofd.

M. Cred ele a nondir bheras tti dona
naomhaibh, agas do Muire ?

I). Onoir ifmo fhedaimfe do thabha-
irt doibh. Dià daghmoladh ar fon
a dtogha, agas a faorrtha da ghra-
fuibh, agas da throcaire fein, anuair
nar thuilleadar, acht damnadh, &
na dhiaigh fin a ndeaghbheatha do
leanmhuin mar is ail le Did a ghni-
fta fein do dhortadh orra.

M. Cred ele dhe'nas tti red patrun no
red naomh duthaidh, nach guidhe-
and tii e mar do rindeadar do tlin-
dfir romhad ?

D. Nf ghuidhim fds, & is feachran do
bhi ar mo tfindfearaibh, dodhith
eoluis an Scriptuir dhiadha, oir mu
na bheith ainbfios orra, nibhiadh pa
trun ele aca acht Criofd, oir is va-
idhefin ata ar nainm againd, Crio-
ilaighe

us but Jesus Christ alone, and neither Mary, nor any prophet,
nor apostle, nor other saint are to be prayed unto, but the one
God alone in the name of Christ his son.

M. What honour then shalt thou give to the saints and to Mary ?

D. I may give them the greatest praise. I may praise God for
their election, and their salvation by his grace and mercy,
when they merited nothing but damnation, and after that for
their holy lives, which they lived as Cod willed to pour his
grace upon them.

M. How then shalt thou deal with thy patron or thy national
saint if thou pray not to him, as thy forefathers did ?

D. I do not pray to him, and it was error in my forefathers
and want of Knowledge of the Divine Scriptures, for if they
were not ignorant, they would have no patron but Christ,
for it is from him we derive the name of Christians

AN CHREIDIMH.

flaighe do rdgha rind, agas iffe do
chriochnaidh, agas do dhaingnigh
ar flanughadhne, agas flanughadh
agas fòiridhin na nuile naomh 6
thofach an domhain.

M. Ciondas mafeadh do bail leat crà-
bhugh do dhe'namh no vrrnaighe Ì
no ani do thoil an crabhudh do fgri
os go huilighe Ì

1). Narlege Dià fin damhfa do fnra-
aintiughadh no do labhairt, fgrios
cràbhuidh, acht ifeadh do bail le-
arn, mar iarras Did oram fe'in, agas
ar gach Crioflaighe ele, cràbhadh
do chumhdach, agas vrrnaidhe do
ghnàthughadh, ag eadarghuidhe
an Athar neamhdha anainm a Mhic
ar neifleacht, agas ar niarratuis do
thabhairt ddinn.

M. Caidh e an cor mar bhudh ail leat
fin do dhenamh, no an nos nua do
bail leat do ghnathughadh nar
ghnathaigheadar do tfindfir ag bre
athnughadh gurab gliocca thu fein
ina iadfan vile Ì

P- 3-

and it is he that finished and confirmed our salvation, and the
salvation and deliverance of all the saints from the beginning
of the world.

M. How then wouldst thou worship or pray ? Or wouldst thou
destroy worship altogether ?

D. God forbid, that I should think or speak of, the destroying of
worship, but what I desire is, as God commands me, and every
other Christian, to preserve worship, and to practise prayer,
asking the heavenly Father in the name of the Son to hear us,
and to grant us our desire.

M. How wouldst thou wish to do this, or what is the new way which
thou wouldst seek to practise which thy forefathers never
practised, believing that thou art wiser than they all '!

FOIRCEADAL
D. Ni fhuil gliocas indamfa no an
duine ele, acht mar is toil le Dia a
thioghlaice fe'in do roind ar gach
adn do nadhamchloind, agas ni ni
nuà do bail learn do chuma, acht an
riaghail agas an tordughadh vrrn-
aidhe do fhàgamh ar Slànuight-
hoir Iofa againd, fin do leanmhu-
in, agas do ghnathughadh fa chàno
in a dtuigmaoid fein è do rèir riagh
la an Sgriobtuir dliiadha.
M. Cait a bfuil an riaghail vrrnaidhe

fin cumtha fa Scriphtuir.
I). Sa fefeadh Caibidil do Tfoifgel
Matha le' beul Iofa Criofd fein, ag
tabhairt foirme vrrnaidhe da eaf-
polaibh, aga radha riii a nguidhe
do dhe'namh marfo, ar Nathairne
atà ar neamh, &c.
M. An lor dhdinn ar nurmaidhe do
ghnathughadh martin, gan feirbhis
ele do dhenamh do Dhiri, acht ar
nguidhe fein amhain Ì
D. Ni lor.

M. Cred ele do bharr ar fin ata dria-
chaibh
D. There is no wisdom in me or in any other man, save as God
wills to impart his gift to each one of Adam's race, and it is
no new thing I would desire to follow, but the rule and
method of prayer which our Saviour Jesus has left with us,
that we might follow it, and practise it in that language in
which we understand it according to the rule of the Holy
Scripture.
M. Where is that rule of prayer set forth in Scripture ?
D. In the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, by the mouth
of Jesus Christ himself, giving a form of prayer to his apostles,
saying to them to pray thus, Our Father which art in heaven, &c
M. Is it enough for us to practise praying in this manner, without

doing any other service to God, but our prayer alone ?
I). Xo.
M. What else besides this arc wc bound to do?

AN C H R E I D I M H.
chaibh oraind ?

D. Aitheanta Dtf do choimhlinadh go
feadh ar gcumhachta, agas na Sa-
cramuinte naomhtha do ghnathu-
ghadh an Eagluis De, mar tfelaibh
agas mar tfuaitheantaffaibh ar (la-
nuighe.

M. Ca mhtfd Sacramuint at^id an Eag-
luis Chriofd ar Dtighearna.

L). Ataid da Tfacramuint, Baideadh
agas Suiper an Tighearna.

M. Caidhe na cuig Sacramuinte ele
do ghnathuigheadh againd roimhe
fo?

D. Ni coir Sacramuint do radh riufin
do rèir an Scriptuir, ge do chuma-
dar daoine, mar Tfacramuintibh i-
ad, & os fe'ladha flànuighe na Sacra
muinte, ni dhligheand èn neacli
agcuma acht Dia fein, neoch ille
cumhachtaibh a Sbioraid, oibrigh-
eas flanughadh chloinde hàdhaimh
na gcroidheadhaibh, antan ghab-
haid fad.

M. Cred i ciall Tfacramuinte an Bha-
P. 4-

D. To keep the commandments of God perfectly so far as in our
power, and to observe the holy sacraments in the church of
God, as seals and signs of our salvation.

M. How many sacraments are in the church of Christ our Lord.

D. There are two Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's supper.

M. What are the other five Sacraments which were observed by
us heretofore.

D. We should not call these Sacraments according to the Scrip-
tures, although men observed them as Sacraments, and as the
Sacraments are seals of salvation, no one has any right to
appoint them but God, who by the power of his Spirit works
salvation in the hearts of men when they are received by them.

M. What is the meaning of the Sacrament of Baptism ?

FOIRCEADAL

iRidh 1

D. Is inand ciall dò againde na Cri-
oflaighe, agas an chiall do bhi' ag
teafcadh timchill ris a raitear cir-
cumcifio fa tfeintiomna .1. glanadh
6 pheacadh do be'arar dùinn and.

M. An and fa nuifce ata an bhrighfin
na daoine baiftear les do ghlanadh
ò peacadh %

D. Ni hand, acht Sbiorad De oibrig-
heas, glanadh no maitheamhnas na
peacadh agcroidheaghaibh na nda-
dine, chuireas an fuaitheantas na-
omhthafa impa, no ghabhas chuca
è, & ife' ciall no fuim an Bhaiftidh
fo fios .1. go nglantar ina Bhaifle-
adh gach Crioflaidhe le' fuil Iofa
Criofd, no le bhrigh dhòrtaigh a
fhola, agas nadhiaighfm go bfuil
dfiachaibh oraind, ar naithbhreith
do thuigfin, agas beatha bheand-
aighthe naomhtha nuaghlan do
ghathughadh ofin fuas.

M. An bfuil ceadaighthe do mhnà-
ibh baifleadh do dhenamh deagla

D. The meaning of it is the same among us Christians, as that of
the cutting around, called circumcision in the Old Testament,
viz., cleansing from -.in which is given to us in it.

M. Is it in the water that there is efficacy to cleanse those who
are baptised from sin ?

D. No, but the Spirit of God who works cleansing or the forgive-
ness of sin in the hearts of the men, who put this holy sign
upon themselves, or who receive it unto them, and the mean-
ing or purport of this Baptism is that in his Baptism every
Christian is cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ, or by the
efficacy of the shedding of his blood, and after that we are
bound to apprehend our regeneration, and to live from
thenceforth a blessed, holy, and pure life.

M. Is it allowed to women to baptise from fear lest infants should
die early ?

AN CHREIDIMH.

bhdis dfaghail go luath don clilo-
ind bhig Ì

D. Nf fhuil gan amharas, òir ata toir-
mifce do mhnaibh briathra De do
tfearmoin, agas nf dleaghar na Sa-
cramuinte do fhreaflal acht le Se-
armoin bhriathar Nde, agas mar
fin ni coir do mhnaibh baifleadh
do dhenamh.

M. Cre'd ele da ndeachadh an lean-
amh de'g gan Bhaifleadh, nach bao-
ghlach dhd adhamnadh ar fon bhe
ith gan Bhaifleadh dhd Ì

D. Ni baoghlach, dir da ngearra Did
a Tfaoghal, & e ar dteacht do tfli-
ocht Chrioflaighe dheagh chreid-
migh, agas run vmhla do ghabhail
an Bhaifligh aca dhd, ni fhuil cun-
tabhairt dhamanta andfin, gidhe-
adh ni coir gan a Bhaifleadh da fine
Did a tfaoghal no gomadh intuctha
do chum na Heagluife e'.

M. Cred i anacmhaind is coir do
bheith ag denamh an Bhaifligh.

D. Briathra De, agas vifce do bheith

1). No it is not, for women are forbidden to preach the word of
God, and it is not right to administer the Sacrament but with
the preaching of the word of God, and on that account
women should not baptise.

M. What if the little child die without Baptism, is he not in
danger of perishing through being unbaptised?

D. There is no such danger, for if God shorten his days, and that
he is bom of Christian parents of pure faith, who proposed
receiving baptism for him, there is no danger of damnation
there, yet it is not right that he should not be baptised, if
God spares him, or that he should not be admitted into the

M. What should be the outward observance in Baptism?
D. That the minister use the words of

I' '() I Re: EA 1) A I.
ag an Miniilir, & gan na neithe ele
do gndthuigheadh roimhefo fa Ne
agluis papanaidh do bheith aige.
M. CWd do bhèir ortfa fin do righa ?
I). Do bheir cheana, gun fundamuint
no bun aig na Papanachaibh na
modh BaiRidh fein, òir ni fhedaid
ands BaiRidh ata aca do chunih-
dach le Scriobhtuir diadha, agas ni
na gcandin choimhidigh nach dtu
igeand anpobul dlighthear a fhrea-
Ral, acht fa chanoin choitchind thu
igfeas an coimhthinol go huilighe.
M. Cre'd da ngoireand tti Suiper an

Tighearna.
I). Goirem fin do Tfacramuint chuirp,

agas fhola Iofa Criofd.
M. Ciondas is coir fin do fhreafdal no
do chaitheamh no crcd an chiall a-
tà ag an Tfacramuint fin.
D. An modh freaRail is coir dobheith
ar an Tfacramuintfe ata fin follus fa
fefeadh Caibidil fithead do Tfo-
ifceul Matlia fa gceathramhadh Ca
ibidil de'g do Tfoifceul Mairc fa
dara
God and water, and that none of the other things should be
used by him which were used hitherto by the Popish church.
M. What makes you say so?

D. I say so, because that the Papists have no foundation or
authority for their mode of Baptism, for they cannot support
the form of baptism which they employ from Holy Scripture,
nor is it in a strange language which the people do not
understand that it should be administered, but in the common
language which the whole congregation understands.
M. What is that which you call the Lord's Supper.
D. The Sacrament of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
M. How should that Sacrament be administered or received, and

what does it signify.
D. The mode of administering that Sacrament is clearly shewn in
the twenty sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, in the
fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark,

AN CHREIDI M H.
dara Caibidil tar fhithid do Tfoif-
cel I.ucais, agas fa naon Cliaibidil
cleg don ched Ebiflil do fcriobh
Pol do chum na Gcorintach.
M. Nach e fin an modh bhudh gna-

thach fa naifreand?
D. Nf he go dearbh, oir ataid go di-
reach anadhaidh a che'ile, nds frea-
ftail na Sacramuintefe do reir Chri-
ofd, agas na fuibhifceul, agas na ne-
afpal, & nds anaifrind Papanaidh.
M. Ciondas ele is coir an Tfacramu-

intfe do f hreaftal Ì
D. Le haran agas le' fion do reir mar
ata orduighthe ifna Caibidilibh a-
dubhramar romhaind.
M. An bfuil antaranfin, & an fion acht

mar gach aran ele no gach fion ele 1
D. Ni hinand doibhfin, oir is aran
naomhtha, agas fion naomhtha ta-
reis ambeandaighthe iad, agas ni
claochloighthear fubflaint anarain
no an fhiona, gedheadh goirthear
corp Criofd, agas fuil Chriofd dibh
go dingmhalta, oir is i naduir na

in the twenty second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, and in
the eleventh chapter of the first epistle of Paul to the Corin-
thians.

M. Is not that the mode that was usual in the mass?

D. No indeed, for they are directly opposed to each other, the
mode of administering this Sacrament according to Christ,
and the evangelists, and the apostles, and the mode followed
in the Popish mass.

M. How then should this Sacrament be administered ?

IX With bread and wine as ordered in the chapters we have
mentioned already.

M. Are this bread and this wine just like any other bread and wine?

D. No, for after they are blessed they are holy bread and holy
wine, but the substance of the bread and of the wine is not
changed, yet they are called the body of Christ and the
blood of Christ truly, for it is the nature of Sacraments that

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FOIRCEADAL
Sacramuinteadh ainm an neithe da-
rab Sacrainuinteadha fad do bheith
orra.
M. Ane nach bfuil fuil agas feoil Chri
ofd andfin mar rug anogh e, & mar
do cefadh go corporrdha e.
D. Ni fhuil fe mar fin and, oir ata fe
go corporrdha ar deaflaimh an A-
thar ar neamh, mar theagaifgeas air
teagail an chreidimh dhuinn, acht
ge tà fe go Spioratalta lena chumha
chtaibh fa Sacramuint naomhthafin
M. Cre'd ele tabhacht na Sacramuinte

dhuinne rena caitheamh Ì
I). Is mòr fin gan amharas, oir antan
chaithmaoid an Tfacramuint go
diongmhalta, fa modh inar orduigh
Iofa ar Dtighearna dhuinn, caith-
maoid, agas olmaoid feoil, agas fuil
Chriofd go fpioratalta, agas beath-
aighthear ar nanmanda le corp, &
lc fuil Iofa Criofd do chum na bea-
thadh futhaine, & ni hand fanaran
naomhthafa, is in iarrata dhuinn an
flanughadh fin, acht ar neamh ag
tdgbhail
the names of the things of which they are Sacraments should
be given to them.
M. Arc Tint the flesh and the blood of Christ present as the virgin

bore him, and as he was crucified in the body.
D. No, for his body is at the right hand of the Father in heaven,
as the article of our faith teaches us, although he is spiritually
with his power, present in that holy Sacrament.
M. What farther efficacy is there in our use of the Sacraments ?
D. There is much indeed, for when we use the Sacrament aright,
in the manner which Jesus our Lord commands, we eat and
drink the body and the blood of Christ spiritually, and our souls
are nourished by the body and the blood of Jesus Christ unto
everlasting life, and it is not in this holy bread that we should
seels our salvation but in heaven by raising up our minds to
234

AN CHREIDIMH.

togbhail ar nintìndeadh do chum

nimhe mar a bfuil ar flanuighthoir

Iofa ar deaflaimh a Athar, angloir

tfuthain, dofan maille ris an

Athair neamhdha neamh-

meafarrdha, agas ris an

Sbiorad neartmhar

naomh, biodli gach

vile orraim, agas

onòir a faog-

hal na faoghal.

11 Amen.

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IfALTACHADH RO-
imh bhiadh

ATaid na huile, ag feitheamh ar do
fhreaftalfa, a Dhe & a Thighear-
na, dfaghail bheathadh odlaimhfe fa
naimfir imchubhaidh. Is tuffa thoir-
bhreas ambeatha dhòibh, agas ifiadfan
chruindigheas i, agas le' fofcladh do
laimefe, liontar iad da gach vile dhe-

heaven, where the Saviour Jesus is at the right hand of the
Father, in eternal glory, unto him with the divine, infinite
Father, and the powerful Holy Spirit, be all praise and
honour, world without end. Amen.

Grace before meals.

All things depend upon thy providence, O Lord, to receive at
thy hands due sustenance in time convenient. Thou givest to
them, and they gather it; thou openest thy hand, and they are
satisfied with all thy good things.

A LTACHA D H.
aghbheathaidh. A Athair neamhdha
neoch is kin tobar na trocaire, atama
oid guteadarghuidhe, do grafta do

dhortagh orainde do chland, & find
fèin agas na tioghlaicthefe dogheibh-
maoid od laimh throcairidhfe do bhe
andachadh, anainm do Mhic Iofa
Criofd ar Dtighearna.

If BIODH AMHLVIDH.

H Altachadh tardis bhidh.

DKnadh gach vile chinelach ar
Dtighearna Did. dadhmoladh,
denadh fos gach vile phobul tolas, &
fubhachas ag ardmheas, agas ardmho-
ladh a thrdcaire. Oir ata a chaibhneas
agas a ghrddh aithreamhail ar na dhor
tadh go faidhbhir oraind, & mairidh
a fhirinde tre bhioth fior.
Ar Nathairne ata ar neamh &c.

II Anti do chruthaigh, agas do chean-

daigh & do bheathaigh anois find,

goma beandaighthe è a faoghal na

faoghal.

Oh Heavenly Father which art the full fountain of all goodness,
we beseech thee to shew thy mercies upon us thy children, and to
sanctify these gifts which we receive from thy merciful hand, in
the name of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
So be it.
Grace after meals.
Let all nations magnify the Lord : let all the people rejoice in
praising and extolling his great mercies. For his fatherly kind-
ness is plentifully shewed forth upon us, and the truth of his
promise endureth for ever.

Our Father which art in Heaven, &c.
May lie who created us, and bought us, and presently fed us,
be blessed for ever and ever.

So be it.

ALTACHADH.
faoghal. if Biodh Amhluidh.

II Altachadh ele roimh proind.

ATaid fuile gach en neith ag fech-
ain fuas, agas ag denamh muin-
idhne affadfa a Thighearna, is tù do
bheir doibh biadh, agas beatha anam
iomcliubhaidh, is tu fhoifceolas do
kimh thoirbheartach, agas Unas led
bheandachadh gach vile bheò chrea-
tuir. A Thighearna mhaith beandaigh
frnde, agas do thioghlaice andfo do
gebhmaoid od mhdr thoirbeartas trid
Iofa Ciiofd ar Dtighearna.

II Biodh Amhluidh.

H Altachadh tareis proinde.

GLòir ag moladh, agas mor onòir
duitfe a Athair vile chumhach
taigh. Neoch dod mhaitheas neamh-
meaffarrdha do chruthaidh duine do
reir fhioghra fein, & do chofmhuluis,
neoch fòs do bheathaigh è, agas ata
gach enla ag beathughadh gach vile

Another Grace before meals.
The eyes of all things do look up and trust in thee O Lord:
Thou civest them meat in due season: Thou openest Ihine hand,
and fillest with thy blessings every living creature Good Lord
bless us and the gifts which we receive of thy large libnality
through Jesus Christ our Lord. So be it.

Grace after meals.
Glory praise, and honour, be unto thee, most merciful and
omnipotent Father, who of thine infinite goodness hast created
mall ir .Thine own image and similitude, who also hast fed and
daily feedest 23~

ALTACHADH.

bheo chreatuir le'dlaimh is truime toir
bheartus, deonaigh dhiiinne mar do
oilis ar gcuirp thruaillighe les an mbe-
athaigh chorporrdhafa, go ma hamh-
luidhfin is toil leat ar nanmada dolin-
adh, do thuigfe fhoirfi bhriathar mbe'o
do Mhic inmhuin Iofa Criofd, da dti-
ubhrara glòir moladh, agas onòir an-
ois, agas tre bhioth fiòr.
Biodh Amhluidh. Ar Nathamc, &c.

IT Altachadh ele roimh proind.

ADhe bhithbhuain, agas a Athair
Iofa Criofd ar Dtigheama mar
tugais toradh na talmhan, agas en lai-
the anaier, agas eifg na fairrge, do
bheathughadh na hadhamhchloinde
agas fòs tugais aithne dodchloind fe-
in, le beul teafpal naomhtha, na tiogh
laice fin do ghabhail, & buidheachas
do thabhairt da gciond, oir ata gach
nf glan don ghlan, & ar na naomhadh
led bhriathraibhfe, agas le hurrnaighe,
deonaidh dhuinne na tioghlaicefe do

by thy most bountiful hand all living creatures : Grant unto us
that as thou hast nourished these our mortal bodies with corporal
food, so Thou wouldst replenish our souls with the peifect know-
ledge of thy beloved Son Jesus, to whom be praise, honour, and
glory for ever.

So be it. Our Father, &c.
Another Grace before meals.
Eternal and everlasting God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hast given the fruits of the earth, and the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea, for the sustenance of mankind, and hast
commanded by the mouth of thy holy apostle, thy benefits to be
received as from thine hands with thanksgiving, for to the clean all
things are clean and sanctified by thy word and by prayer, grant
unto us so

A LTACHADH.
ghnathughadh fa modh meafarrdha,
as gotiucfa doileamhain ar gcorp, ar
nanmanda do bheith vrahal, do ghlua
facht in gach vile dheaghghniomh,
daghmoladh hanma naomhthafa trid
Iofa Criofd ar Dtighearna.

H Biodh Amhluidh.

f Altachach ele tare'is Bhidh.

DIa na gloire, agas na gnath fi'th-
chaine, an ti do chruthaidh, agas
do tfaor, agas do bheathaigh anois
find, goma beandaighthe è tre bhioth
fidr. IT Biodh Amhluidh.

DIa do choimhed a Eagluife go
huilighe : Dia do chomhfhur-
tacht na ndadine ata gan chomhfhur-
tacht aca : A Thighearna mè'daigh ar
gcreidimh : a Thighearna ar gradh
Criofd do Mhic dena trdcaire ar na
cinelaibh, & ar na poibleachaibh, aga
bfuil do Tfoifceul aga fhoillfiughadh
go firindeach, agas mar a bfuil daond

moderately to use these thy gifts present, that our bodies being
refreshed, our souls may be more able to proceed in all good works
to the praise of Thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So be it.

Another Grace after meals.

The God of all glory and peace, who hath created, redeemed,
and presently fed us, be blessed for ever. So be it.

May God preserve his whole church : may God comfort the
men who are without comfort : Oh Lord, increase our faith : Oh
Lord, for the sake of Christ thy Son shew mercy to the nations
and the people among whom thy Gospel is faithfully declared, and

BEANDVGHADH

acht bheathadh, agas fafcadh ag bal-
laibh Criofd atà fa dhdchar, & foill-
figh do reir do dheaghtlioile gach
vile chinelach le folas fadr oirrdheirc
do bhriathar naomhtha, trid Iofa Cri-
ofd ar Dtighearna. Biodh Amhluidh.
Ar Nathairne ata ar, &c.

H MODH BEANDA-

ighthe luinge ag dul diondfa

idhe na fairrge.
H Abradh aòn do chàch marfo .1. an Stluradoir.
Beandaighidh ar long.

II Fregra chaicli.

Go mbeandaighe Did Athair i.

1 An Stiu.
Beandaidhidh ar long.

H Fregra.

Go mbeandaighe Iofa Criofd i.

1 An Stiu.
Beandaighidh ar long.

H Fregra.

Go mbeandaighe an Sbiorad naomh i.

1 An Stiu.
Cred is eagail libh is Dia Athair libh !

1 Freg.
Ni heagal en ni.

•H An Stiu.

how there is security for life, and shelter for the members of
Christ that are in trouble ; and enlighten according to thy free
will every nation with the free, glorious, light of thy holy word,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. So be it.

Our Father which art in &c.

The Manner of blessing a ship on going to sea.
Let one of the crew say thus .1. The Steersman. Bless our ship.
The rest respond, may God the Father bless her. The Steersman.
Bless our ship. Response. May Jesus Christ bless her. The
Steersman. Bless our ship. Response. May the Holy Spirit
bless her. The Steersman. What do ye fear and that God the
Father is with you ? Response. We fear nothing.

L V I N G E.

U An Stiu.

Cre'd is eagail libh is Did an Mac libh.

II Freg.

Ni heagail en ni.

1 An Stiu.
Cre'd is eagail libh is Dia an Sbiorad
naomh libh 'Ì

t Freg.
Ni heagail en ni.

1 An Stiu.
IT Did Athair vile chumhachtach ar
gràdh a Mhic Iofa Criofd, le comh-
fhurtacht an Sbioraid naomh, antaon-
dia tug Cland Ifrahel trfd an muir ru-
aigh go mi'rbhuileach, agas tug Ionas
adtir ambroind an mhfl nihoir & tug
Pol eafpol, agas a long gona foirind
6 onfadh iomarcach, agas 6 dheartan
doininde, dar fadradhne, agas dar fe'
nadh, agas dar mbeandughadh, & dar
mbreith le fèn, agas le foinind, agas le"
fòlas do chum chuain, agas chaluidh
do rèir a thoile diadha fern. An ni la
rrmaoid air ag radha. Ar Nathairne
atà ar neamh &c. Abradh each vile.
11 Biodh Amhluidh.

Q.2.

The Steersman. What do ye fear, and that God the Son is with
you. Response. We fear nothing. The Steersman. What do
ye fear and that God the Holy Spirit is with you ? Reponse. We
fear nothing. The Steersman. May the Almighty God for the
sake of his Son Jesus Christ, through the comfort of the Holy
Ghost, the one God who brought the children of Israel through
the Red Sea miraculously, and brought Jonah to land out of the
whale's belly, and brought the apostle Paul, and his ship, with
the crew, out of the great tempest, and out of the fierce storm,
save us, and sanctify us, and bless us, and carry us on with quiet,
and favouring winds, and comfort, over the sea, and in to the
harbour, according to his own good will. Which thing we desire
from him saying, Our Father which art in heaven, &c. Let all
the rest say, So be it.

2 h -"

HAN PAI 1) E AR AME
adarthacht dhana.

Ar Nathairne ata ar neamh

O fe moghean bheith gudghairm

Ag fin mo bheatha is mo bhn'gh,
Go madh beandaighthe a Ri htainm,

Inte ata fonas is fith,

Gan donas, gan dith go brath,
Go dti do Righe is do reacht,

Go fgaoile do cheart ar chàch.

Do thoil goma denta dhuinn
Adtalmhuin gach duil dar dhealbh

Mar do nid aingil gan chre
Thuas a bflaithes De ge dearbh.

Beatha na hanma fa chuirp,

O tharrla dhuit bheith rer mbaidh,

Ar naran laoithuil gach laoi,

Tabhair dhuinn gan dlaòi gan dail.

Na fiachasa dhlighir dhi'un,

Maith dhùinn gan a ndil do ghnath
Maith dhuinn ar peachaidh go lcir
Amhail

The Pater in Metre.
Our Father which art in heaven
Since it is my delight to entreat thee
Such being my life and my health
Blessed O King be thy name,
In it is happiness and peace,
Without misery or want for ever,
Let thy kingdom and government come
Let thy right be extended over others.
Let thy will be done by us
On earth by every creature thou hast made
As is done by the angels who are spirits
Above in the heaven of God in truth.
Life for the soul and the body
Since so it is that thou are merciful to us,
( )ur daily bread each day
Give us without stint or delay
Those debts which we owe to thee
Forgive us, without exacting them always,
Forgive to us all our sins.

AN PAIDEAR.

Amhail mhaithmaoid fein do chach.
O thren ar namhad a Ri,

Den coimheud is din dod tfliocht,
Bi anadhaigh ambuadhridh lind,

Is na leg find ar aniocht.
Edir anam agas chorp,

Saorfa find 6 olc gach la
Righe agas onoir is neart,

Ar gach line 6s leat ata.

11 Ar Nathairne, &c.

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As we forgive theirs to others.
From the power of our enemy, O King,
Preserve and protect thy seed,
Aid us against our temptations,
And leave us not in our sin.
Soul and body together,
Heliver us from evil each day,
Kingdom and glory and power,
For they are thine for all time.
Our Father, &c.

IT LEITHSGEL LAGH

am hail.

ATa a fhios agamfa, go ndènad
daoine cuirialta edtroma, fgige
agas fochuidmheadh, fanamhad
fan tfadthar mbeagfa, ar fon gan fnas
fileadh do bheith ar na briathraibh,
agas gan chruas do bheith ifna focla-
ibh, agas matà vireafbhuidh fhoclor-
achta no chearta fcribhtha, no litre
aninadh litre na leabharfa, nihing-
nadh fin do bheith amhluidh, ar fon
nach raibhe enfhocal gaoidhelce ag fe
ar bhuailte an chid, acht do thuairim
no do bharamhail an clò do chur fids.
Agas ata fds a dheirbhfhios agam, go
nde'naid na Papanaigh, agas go fpe-
fialta na fean Tfagairt fcaiteacha, fgeth
afcandaile amadhaigh fe'in, agas gu-
rab michlu, agas mafia md luaidhidh-
eacht vathadh arfon mhoibre, ged-
headh nimefde fin, agas adeirim do
reir pdil, da ndenaind toil na nda-
dine nachar fliearbhonta dileas do
Chriofd me, agas fds ni mefle an fhi-
rinde

A Lawful Apology.
I know well that ingenious, careless men will ridicule and laugh
at, and mock this little work because that the language wants the
polish of the poets, and because the words want force ; and if there
be a defect in the words used, or in the mode of writing them, or
if one letter be substituted for another in this book, this is not to
be wondered at, as the printer had not one word of Gaelic, but
printed by chance or by guess. And I know full well that the
Papists, and especially the old abusive priests will vomit scandal
against myself, and that my reward from them for my work will
be defamation and reproach, but I am not the worse of that, and
I say as Paul said, that if I do the will of men I am not a
faithful servant to Christ, and farther the truth does not suf-

LEITHSGEL LAGHAMHAIL.

rinde na daoithe da dimoladh, agas

murta arun again cuidiughadh les

na Crioflaidhibh fimplidhe ghebhas

mo dheaghthoil le' gean maith, agas

nach gcuireand mhuireafbhadha an

athais oram, mar fin don taoibh eile

budh fadogh film, cdineadh na pàpa-

nach dombhrofnughadh, do tfiòr

labhairt, agas do tfior fcriobhadh na

firinde, agas do tfiòr nochtadh a nur-

choidefean ar fad mo bheathadh go

himlan, oir ni dheachaidh faith no

eafbal no Mac De fèin as, gan toibhe-

im dfaghail ona fagartaibh, agas 6

naimhdibh na firinde, gedheadh ru-

gadar buaidh le fòighide, tre chumh-

achtaibh De, do naondia fhirindeach

fin adtri pearfandaibh .1. An Tathair

tren tròcaireach, agas an Mac mai-

feach mirbhuileach, agas an Sbio

rad neartmhar naomh, biodh

gach vile orraim onoir a-

gas ardghloir anois &

a faoghal na fao-

ghal. Amen.

Q. 4-

fer by the reproaches of the wicked, and as it is my purpose to aid
plain Christians who receive my good will with pleasure, and who
will not reproach me with my defects, so also on the other hand,
it is far from my wish to provoke abuse from Papists in always
speaking and always writing the truth and in always pointing out
their errors so long as I live ; for neither prophet, nor apostle,
nor even the Son of God himself escaped abuse from the priests,
and from the enemies of the truth, yet they overcame by patience,
through the power of God. To the one God in three persons,
viz., the powerful, merciful Father, and the fair, marvellous Son,
and the powerful, Holy Spirit, be all praise, honour, and glory,
now and for ever, Amen.

IT R A N D.
Mairg darab foirbh an faoghal,

A mhoirnd is mairg do ghebhadh
Dambe ar fn'an ris an faoghal,

Baoghal riar Dè gan denamh.

Do chuir don chrondfa an chiogha
fondfa diona vm fhuil e'bha.

DO CRIO-

CHNVIGHEADH AN

leabhran beag fo, le Heafbug Indfe-
adh gall, an .24. la do Mhi Aprile fa
feachtmhadh bliadhain tar thri fithid
agas ar chuig ced, agas ar Mhile bliad-
hain dandaladh ar Dtighearna Iofa
Criofd. Sa gcuigeadh bliadhain tar
fhfthid do Righe na Rioghna ro chu-
mhachtaighe MARIE Banrighan
na Halban.

% GRAS De is na tho.s atamuid
NI ranuic fe fos finid.
Woe to them with whom the world is prosperous,

Woe to them who obtain its favour,
If our lie be to the woild,
There is danger that the will of God is not done.
The sorrow of this tree has placed
A protecting hoop round the blood of Eve.
This little book was finished by the Bishop of the Isles on the
24th day of the month of Aprile in the fifteen hundred and sixty
seventh year of the annals of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the
twenty fifth year of the reign of the most powerful Queen Marie,
Queen of Alban.

The Grace of God in its beginning we are,
It has not yet reached an end.

DO BVAILE

ADH SO AG C L O AN

DVN EDIN LE RO-

IBEART EEKPREVIK

24. APrilis. 1567.

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Printed at Edinburgh by Robert Lekprevik
the 24th of April 1567.

CORRECTIONS.

Page i, line 9, English, after ' increased' insert, '

Page 6, line II, for 'aòn,' read 'aon.'

Page 13, line 15, for 'mhòr,' read ' mhor.'

Page 18, line 8, for 'dhas,' read 'dhao.'

Page 36, line 4, for ' isè,' read ' ise.'

Page 40, line 4, for ' dfoillsuighadh,' read ' dfoills

Page 52, line l8,y;>;- 'suas,' read 'suas.'

Pafie 53. line I3,/"r 'niheidsin,' read ' mheidsin.'

Page 5S, last line, for ' chuimhori-' read ' chuimhn

Page 61, line 7, for ' neach,' read ' reach.'

Page 70, last Iine,/t»- 'is,' read ' in.'

Page 10S, last line, for 'tbabhairt,' read ' thabhair