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THE BOOK 

OF 

COMMON ORDER 

Commonly callen 9Iol^n iSimf$i liturgy. 

TRjiNSLATED INTO GAELIC ANNO DOMINI 1567 

By Mr. JOHN CARSWELL, Bi/hop of the Ifles, 

Edited by THOMAS M*L AUCHLAN, LL.D. 

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

EDINBURGH 

EDMONSTON h DOUGLAS, 88 PRINCES STREET. 

MDCCCLXXIIJ.

TO HIS GRACE 

GEORGE DOUGLAS DUKE OF ARGYLL, 

Preface, 

TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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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18 

24 

25 

39 

45 

46 

49 

50 

70 

70

The Creed, . 

Tabic of Contents. 

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PREFACE. 

The old Scottish Prayer-book 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 

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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. 

• 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., 

LL.D. 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 

renderinir of them. Some other fragments arc 

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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 

Senatus 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. 

Edinburgh, March 19, 1873. 

THOS. M'LAUCHLAN.

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 Carnassery. 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 Carnassery. 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 1 541, 

John Carswell, a native of Britain, was enrolled in the 

College of St. Salvator.^ Allowing him to have been 

' Wodrow Collections, p. 471.

xiv Notices of Bishop Carsiuell. 

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.' 

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.^ 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.^ 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- 

' 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 'Jho". 

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 the lime. 

= Wodrow Collections, j). 472. ^ Keith's Eibhups, p. 307.

Notices of Bishop Carswell. x\' 

ments. 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 Archibald 

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 

' 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 CarswclL 

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 ofiice. 

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 

^ Worlrow 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 Seal^ 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. Campbell, 

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 

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. Pjot 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 onprofitable ; 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 allowit, 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 dictee abbaticC 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.'^ ' By these presents we make, 

' constitute, and create the said Master John, Bishop ot 

' the said diocese of the Isles, and Abbot of the said Abbey 

' 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 

I Kuitll'.s r.ishons.

Notices of Bishop CarstvcU. 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 predecessor^ 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 v/hich 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 lona,—an office from which they derive some privi- 

leges to this day. 

Carsvvell'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 

* According to the Register of the Privy Seal, M'Lane, as 

ah'eady noticed, was the immediate predecessor of Carswell, and 

this John Campbell was his successor ; for it is recorded (B. xli. 

pp. 75, 104) that John Campbell, Preacher of the word of God 

and Prior of Ardchattan, was elected Bishop of the Isles in 

Carsvvell'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 dilapidated 

the benefice to such an extent as he describes, it must have 

been done after the days of Carswell. The probability is, however, 

that the benefice came in a very dilapidated condition into 

Carswell's hands.

XX Notices of Bishop Cavsiuell. 

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 warld 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 Cioddis causis or the faythfullis, I hoip in 

' God, be assistance of his Spreit, to haue them dissauit 

' that 30 vald report of me (gif zour mening be thus).' 

That the Churcli 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).i 

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- 

546-

shire is very true. . But 

Notices of Bishop Carswcll. xxi 

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 sufiicient 

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 Carsivell. 

the religious improvement of the people of the Highlands. 

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 Carszvcll. x x i i i 

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 17S6, 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 hi 1567, and as it appears in 1786. 

LAOIDH. 

Leis an Easpuig Carsuel (in MS.) 

La do bhitheamsa gu mear, uaibhreach 

A Mhacaidh ud is guirme suil 

Aon fhocal air leas an anama, 

Gur seirbhe bhias no'm fearm ur. 

Eoin a bhaile so shuas, 

Gur truagh nach tuigeadh tu am bàs ; 

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 ge beag, 

Cha teid do'n uaigh chumhainn leat.

xx'ìv Noficcs of Bishop CarszvcU. 

A dhuine thruaigh nach gabh thu eagal, 

'M faic thu'n t-eug thugad na ruith ; 

lonnan s' bhi air bhord na h-uaighe, 

Ged bu tu bii bhuain air bith. 

'N uair bheirear uait an ceann-aghairt, 

'S a theid air fradharc do shhl ; 

Cuiridh iad thu s'int' air mhaidean, 

'S cha'n ann air leabaidh de'n chlòith. 

Cuiridh iad thu'n ciste chumhainn, 

Aon bhrat lln do bhi mu'd chorp ; 

Druim do thighe ri cuinnein do shroin, 

'S cumhann an teach osda dhuit. 

Tri slatan de dh'anart margaidh, 

Theid mu'd chorp, gur beag a phrìs ; 

'S bi' dh do chairdean, 's do luchd comuinn, 

'G a ghearradh mu d' bhonnaibh shios. 

Togaidh iad thu'n dara mhàireach, 

Skiagh mu seach a' dol fuidh d'chorp ; 

Ghille, gc mor leat do mhire, 

Nithear cUiich na cille ort. 

Carbad beag nach bi do shàth, 

Bheir iad leat gu beul an t-sluic ; 

Làmh an ti bu chaoimh air uaire, 

Uir gu tiugh 'g a shhiaistrcadh ort. 

Bheir lad thu gu bcul na h-uaighe, 

Gun neart, gun fhradharc, gun lùth ; 

Do chairdean a d' dheidh gu brònach, 

'S fagar shios a d' ònrach thu. 

A dhuine thruaigh nach fhan thu d' eagal, 

'M faic thu'n t-eug thugad 'n a ruith ; 

lonnan s' bhi air bhord na h-uaighe, 

Ged bu tu bu bhuain air bith.

Notices of Bishop Carswell. 

HYMN. 

By Bishop Carswell. 

On the clay 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 alder. 

John, who livcst 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 ^rave. 

Even although thou shouldst live longest of any. 

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. 

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xxvi Notices of Bishop Carszvell. 

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 ì 

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 : 

In English 

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. 

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 Carsivcll. 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.^ He 

was alive on the 21st June 1572,2 and was dead before 

the 4th September 1572, when a presentation was given 

to the Chancellary of the Chapel Royal, vacant by his 

deathjS and on the 20th September, a license was 

granted to elect a Bishop of the Isles in his room.* 

" 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.'"'" 

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. 

^ Ibid. fo. 30. 4 Ibid. fo. 19. 

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

I^FOIRM NA 

NVRRNVIDHEADH AGAS 

freafdal na Sacramuinteadh, agas foirceadul 

an chreidimh chrifluidhe andfo fios. Mar 

ghnathuighear an eagluifibh alban doghrad- 

huigh agas doghlac foifgel dileas de tareis 

an fhuar chreidimh dochur ar gcul ar na 

dtarraing as laidin, & as gaillbherla in gao- 

idheilg le M. Seon Carsuel Miniflir 

Eagluife De agcriochaibh earra- 

gaoidheal darab comhainm 

eafbug indfeadh gall 

Ni hèidir le henduinc, fundamuint oile do 

tfuidhiughadh acht anfhundamuint ata ar 

na fuighiughadh .i. lofa Criofd. 

I Cor. 3. 

IT Dobuaileadh fo agclo indiin Edin darab 

comhainm diin monaidh an .24. la don 

mhis 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 Cars well Minister 

of the Church of God in the bounds 

of Argyll, whose other name is 

Bishop of the Isles. 

N'o other foundation can any man 

lay save that which is laid 

even Jesus Christ. 

I Cur. x. 

% Printed in EdinburgJi whose 

other name is Dunnwny the 24th day 

of April 1567. 

By ROBERT LEKPREVIK.

DONTRIATH 

CHV M HACHTAC H 

CHEIRTBHREATHACH 

chiuinbhriathrach, do ghiollaeafbuig 

vanduibhne larrla Earragaoidheal, ag- 

as ti'ghearna Ladharna, agas Ardghiuif- 

dis na Halban darab Comhainm Liue- 

tenanda Agcriocaibh Oilen indfeadh 

gall. Agas Airdcheand teaghluigh na 

righruidhe Albanuidhe ata M. Seon 

Carfuel Miniflir Tfoifgeil de aguidhe 

agas ageratach de go diochra duthrachtach 

fa fpioraid an ghlicais agas na 

tuigfe agas na firinde doneartughadh, 

agas domhedughadh and maillere 

fonas futhain dfhaghail do. O 

DHIA ATHAR 

tre losA Criosd 

AR TIGHE- 

ARNA 

FOR THE POWERFUL, 

RIGHT-JUDGING, GENTLE-SPEAKING 

nobleman, for Archibald O'Diiine, Earl of Argyll, and Lord of 

Lome, and chief justiciar of Alban, whose other name is Lieutenant 

in the bounds of Innsegall (the Hebrides), and 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 happiness 

may be found of him. From 

GOD THE FATHER 

through Jesus Christ 

OUR LORD.

NOS 

EBISTIL 

oirrdheirc onorach ata fos 

agas dobhi riamh arbuil, ag na da- 

oinibh ghnathuigheas faothur noobuir 

dodhenamh, dochum antfaothair fm 

dodhul adtarbha dona poibleachaibh 

agas donacineadhachaibh agas da fli- 

ocht agas dalorg ina ndiaigh, toradh 

antfaothairfin dotliiodhlucadh dona 

tighearnaibh no dona cairdibh no dona 

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 dheaghthiodhlucadh 

agas me'd do chomaoine 

graidh imarcaidh oram, agas ar anadhbhurfm 

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 

EPISTLE 

adhafa 

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 to the love of him who did the 

work. I now, most worthy nobleman and excellent Lord, following 

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 of 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 

2

THIOGHLAICTHE. 

adhafa o aois doleanbachta diiinne go 

bhfuil antadhbhar diadhafa cofmlfuil 

rit. Agas fos dodhearbh truime aneire 

doghabhais ort ag cathughadh anadhaidh 

na druinge Lerbhail anfoifgel 

naomhtha dochur ar gcul hfeabhas dai- 

ridhe, air gan sin do dhul ar neifni 

choidhche. Agas gan tainm oirrdheirc- 

fe do dhul ar dearmad go deireadh an 

domliain. Agas getaid naimhde na 

firinde go minaireacli aga ragha nach 

dliglifedis na prindfadha no na tig- 

hearrnaidhe saoghalta curum do bhe- 

ith orrtha adtimcheall hfoifgeil de, 

no adtimcheall dhroch chreidinih do 

sgris. Is fearr do thuig tufa an faidh 

naomhtha ina bhriathraibh, ina murfm 

.1. Daibhith neoch larus ar pri- 

ndfaghaibh na talmhun beith eolach 

neamh ainbfeafach fa ladh dhiadha. 

Is mursin fuaradar na feanaithreacha 

diadha (ful do sgribhadh an ladh) 

faoghal fada, agas tiodhluicthe ma- 

ithe eile : do chum iad fein do bhe- 

ith eolach adtoil de, agas do chum go 

DEDICATORY. 

A. 3. 

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

work is agreeal)le to you. And further, the weight of the burden 

you have borne in contending against those who would seek to 

destroy the holy gospel has proved how worthy you are that this 

should not be forgotten; and that your excellent name should 

not be lost sight of to the end of the world. And although 

the enemies of the truth say without shame that princes and nobles 

of this world have no concern with the gospel of God, nor with the 

uprooting of a false faith ; you have understood better than that the 

words of the holy prophet David, who instructs the princes of the 

earth to know and not to be ignorant of the divine law. 

It was thus that the holy patriarchs (before the law was 

written) obtained long life, and many other good gifts : so as that 

they themselves might know the will of God, and also that

EBISTIL 

toilfin dc do 

gclandaibh, agas da fleachtaibh in a ndi 

aidh. Agas ge do rindeadh meid eigin 

do dhealughadh eidir bifig mhaoife a- 

gas oifig aroin, anuair tugadh an ladh 

do chlandaibhifrahel fgribhtha : gidheadh 

dearbhthar dhuinn le ambraithreas, 

agas leis an gcurum do ghabh maaofi 

air, nach amhain tug fe aire dona 

neithibh faoghalta, acht gurab mo anaire 

do bhi aige aran Ladh dhiadha do 

chongbail gan truailleadh ameafg an 

phobail, ina arna neithibh faoghalta. 

Agas foillfighthear fm duinn go maith 

leis an achmhufan tug fe 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 

naitheata fgribhtha o mher de na nuile 

chumhacht, agas do rinde maoife dio- 

ghaltas ro throm orrtha as fm Do thui- 

geadar na breitheamhain, agas na righ- 

the deaghchreidmheacha do bhi ar 

chloind Ifrahel annife do labhramar 

romhainn, 

E r I S T L E 

they might teach this will of God to their children and to their race 

after them. And although some difference was made between the 

office of Moses and the office of Aaron when the written law was 

rjiven 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 v/orldly 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 tliey made against the will of God, at the time 

when he broke the two tables on which were written the ten commandments 

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,


romhaind, mar do bhi Geidion, agas 

Samuel, agas Daibhitb, agas Ifafat, agas 

Efafias, agas lofias : agas cuid eile dona 

breitheamhnaibh, agas dona rigbaibh 

ara bfuil mafla, agas toibbeim adtimna 

dbe odbeachtadh an fbirad naoimh : A 

fe adhbliar fa dtarrla dhaibh bheith fan 

athais, agas fan imdbeargadh fm odbia, 

nar tbuigeadar go mbeanfadb daibb, 

aire do thabbairt don ladh dhiadha, no 

go raibhe fe dfiachaibhorra, no ma dbo 

tbuigeadar e, gur leigeadar fa lar an 

cburum bbudb coir dhoibb do dheramb 

taireis atbuigfeana. Damadb ail 

lind eacbtradha no fgfeluidbeacbt an 

pbobaill gbeindtlidbe dfecbain, do 

geibthear indta, gurab è antadbbbar 

cedna tug orra anumbla, agas anonoir 

do dbligbfedis do tbabbairt do dia ata- 

bbairt do deibb breige .i. Ainbfis agas 

neambcburum an ladba diadba, agas 

tboile de', do bbeitb ar aprindfagbaibb, 

agas ge dbobbi feacbran agas ainbfis or 

ra fan ladb dbiadba, do bbi cadbas agas 

onoir mbor aca dba tbabbairt dona dc- 

DEDICATORY. 

A. 4- 

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 God 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 ghocais 

geinearalta go huihdhe ameasg an pho 

bail gheindthghe dobheireadh gach aòn 

d'.bh go coitcheand mar mhiondaibh 

na briathrafa fids. Pugnabo pro temphs 

& facris folus & cum alijs. i. Cathochaidh 

me amaonar agas maille re each 

ar fijn na dteampall agas na naltor, agas 

na neitheand naomhtha. Ar anadhb- 

har fin is dearbhtha duinne go raibhe 

curum, agas cadhus, agas creideamh 

agan phoball gheintlighe go huihdhe 

da ndeibh agas da dteampluibh. Da 

reir fin is fi^llas go bfuillid an mhuinte- 

ar iarras ar tighearnaibh agas arprind- 

faghaibh crisduidhe gan curum an rea- 

chtadiadha do bheith orra ina naimh- 

EPISTLE 

dibh 

give to the dumb and deaf gods in whom they beh'eved, 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 tlieir 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 

G


dibh don naduir dhaona. 

Is and fa timnafa lofa ata gch vile ni 

rigmaoid aleas dardteagafg : Ata indte 

an ladh neoch nochtus duind mar fbeclair 

ar nolc fein, 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 aithridheach, oir is andsa le 

dia aithridhe an pheacaidh, ina abhas. 

Agas ata indte oidhreacht fhlaitheamhnuis 

de, arna gealladh da gach neach 

ghabhas criofd ar dtighearna chuige na 

chroidhe maille re deagh chreideamh. 

Maseadh cindus do miichadh, 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 ifmairafirfe 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 

enemies of the human race. 

DEDICATORY. 

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 prefers 

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,

EBISTIL 

oir is mo do chuir tu afuim an ni do dh 

earbh an foifgel diadha dhuit, ina ineid 

oirrdhearcais haoifi, agas fad anghnathuighe 

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 laimh 

I. an timna ina bfuil toil De, agas afoill- 

fiughadh dona poibleachaibh, agas tug 

ama faidhibh agas arna fagartaibh tre 

rath de a foillfiughadh do chlandaibh 

Ifrahel agas do hindarbadh leis an ladh 

truaillidhe tugadar na sagairt shantacha 

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 crifl, gan fhechain 

do dhochar dhamhed da bfedfadh te- 

cht indiaidh anadhbhuirfin. Nir fhech 

maoili da chuntabhairt, anuair do 

gabh fe do laimh ar furaileainh De' 

eland Ifrahel do thabhairt as aneigeift, 

EPISTLE 

agas 

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 followed by your honourable ancestors who preceded 

you, speaking of the holy king Hezekiah (Josiah ?), 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 corrupt 

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 v\'hen he liiidertook at 

God's command to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt,


agas arcl 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 che'd, agas nior bheidir araibhe 

na adhaidh daireamh ar animad 

Nir fhech daibhioth righ agas e na oga 

nach ardteacht 6 aodhuireacht a threda 

do loighead achuirp fein, no dha oige, 

no dha neamh fhoirbhtheacht agcear- 

daibh gaifgidh no eangnamha, gan dul 

do chomhrac re goiHas fomhoir vathmhur 

ainmin 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 .i. Efa- 

chias fgris na ndealbh, agas na nibile- 

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 littleness 

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 tight 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, succeeded 

in destroying the images, and the groves, and in breaking 

the brazen serpents. His work and enterprise succeeded well with 

b 

9

E B I S T I L 

maoife ag tabhairt an pobail trefan bfa- 

irrge, agas aga mbeathughadh fan dith- 

reibh re da fhithead bliadhan leis an 

Manda .i. 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 amhuintear 

ag fechain araibhe na adhaidh do 

chind le daibhith agas e na mhachamh 

6g, an arrfaigh golias neartmhar neimhmeirbh 

domharbhadh denurchur clo- 

iche as a chrandtabhaill. 

Do chind leatfa athighearna ar aith- 

ris na righruidhe ro vaifle fin do raidheamar 

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 ghàbhadh, no do 

ghuafacht da raibhe oraibh .i. Sgris 

fuarchreidimh, agas fuarchradhbhaidh, 

agas lofgadh dealbh, agas drocheif- 

imlara, agas leagadh agas lanbhrifeadh 

altor agas inodh a ndentaoi iadhbarta 

EPISTLE 

breige 

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 Egyptians 

were drowned. It prospered with Gideon when he 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 

lu


breige do bhunadh : agas fgris meirle- 

ach agas mibhefach agas foghla agas 

foireigne. Agas na dhiadh fin medughadh 

agas mor chumhdach, agas 

onorughadh na heagluifsi crifduidhe 

go comhlan. Oir is buaine dhuit an 

caithreimfi abfiadhnuifi de, ina gach 

caithreim faogalta oile marata creachadh, 

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 

heafbulaibh fallsa, agas dona daoinibh 

ata ar feachran creidimh fds breath- 

anadhaidh na mbriatharfa adiibhramar 

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 gidheadh 

adeirimfi gan chuntabhairt da 

reir fin go bfuiht 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 neighbours 

and strangers, and killing and deeply injuring their men, and 

burning and destroying their houses and their places. And notwithstanding 

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 besides 

that destroying the jseople, is the work which you undertake 

; 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 afindfear, ag tabhairt tighearnd- 

tuis, agas vmhladon reacht dhaonda in- 

ar beathuigheadh iad, agas ag tabhairt 

fhuatha don reacht dhiadha, dhhgheas 

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 

dtigheama. Seductor populi dsemonium 

habens .i. Is cealguire an pobail e 

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 bheith dhoibh ag noctadh aithentadh 

agas thoile de, agas arfon bheith dha iar 

raidh orra, a ndee fallfa, agas a ndealbha 

breige, do threigean. Afe antadhbhar 

cedna ata anois agan tfaoghal bhuaidh- 

eartha dhaoibhfe athighearna agas dii- 

inne. Gidheadh is tuicthe dhuitfe athig 

heama agas diiinne fos nach oircheas 

flighe mhaith no adhbhur maith do 

EPISTLE 

threigean 

in the footsteps of their forefathers, giving authority and obedience 

to the human law in whicli they were brouglit up, and hating the 

divine law which it is the duty of ever)' man to love. 

And this want of shame has 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 dremonium 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 gods and their lying 

images. It is the same cause that the wicked world has against them 

and against us, my Lord. Nevertheless, you and we, my Lord, know 

that it is not creditable to for.sake the right way and a good cause 

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threigean arfon chothaighe, agas fhua- 

tha na ndrochdhaoine aderadhfin, Aranadhbhurfin 

do bail linde an ni nach 

gcualamar do dhenamh romhaind do 

thindfgna anois, mar atà foirm, & bridh 

na nurrnaidheadh, agas na Sacramuin- 

teadh naomhtha do chur ingaoidheilg, 

oir do ghabhamar an mheidfin domhe- 

ifnigh chugaind ardhidieall do dhenamh 

ambriathruibh Criofd, do chomh- 

fhurtacht na Heagluife crifdaidhe, acht 

ge nach romhaith ar ngaoidhealg, gidheadh 

is gabhtha mo dheaghthoil vaim 

fe ar fon mhuireafbhadha, & adbhuim 

fein fos vireafbhuidh mhor do bheith 

cram, agcanamhain ghaoidheilge agas 

abfoirm mo dheachtaidh, & ar an adh- 

bhurlin, geallaim vmhla do thabhairt 

don ti is eolcha ina me. Achtcheana ata 

afhis agam, nach amilis bhriathruibh na 

bfeallfamh do cuireadh an Sgriobhtuir 

diadha, & nach bfuil feidhm aige ar dh 

ath breadhdha bregach na bfileadh do 

chur air : oir is lor don fhirinde i fe'in mar 

fhiadhnuife, gan brat oile do chur im- 

pe, acht gèta 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 myself. 

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 fine 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-

EBISTIL 

ghalta ar dhath egfamhail oile dochur 

impe da cumhdach don taobh amuigli, 

ar anadhbhar go bfuil fi lochtach don 

taobh afloigh, & gebe da dtug Dia, do 

thidhlocadh, bheith eolach agceart cha 

namhna fgribhaidh, & deachtaidh, & 

labhartha na gaoidheilge, is mo ata dfia 

chaibh air an tiodhlucadh fin fuair fe 

6 Dhia, do chaitheamh re cumhdacli, 

& re comhmoradh na firinde ata, a Soifgel 

De, ina a caitheamh re cumhdach 

breige, no egora, no feachrain anadha- 

idh an Tfoifgeilfm, An tadhbhar prind- 

fibalta do bhrofnaidh mhe, do chum an 

tfaothairfe do dhe'namh .i. gradh De ar 

tiis, & ar eagla go naigeoradh fe oram 

antalenta .i. an tidhlucadh tug fe' dhamh 

do chur ar dimbuil, agas gnidh Eagluife 

De, agas do dhenamh cuidighe lenibra- 

ithribh Criofdaidhe, ata abfeidhm thea 

gaifg, agas chomhfhurtachta, agas ar ab- 

fuil dith leabhar, & maille ris na hadhbharaibhfm, 

do bhrofnaidh gomdr mhe 

med mo dhochais as do dhaingnefi, 

agas as do bhuaine, fa flighe dhiadha do 

ghlacais as toige, agas as tanfhoirfeacht 

EPIST.LE 

quires some other remarkable colour to be given it as a cover from 

without, inasmuch as it is corrupt vi-ithin ; 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 wickedness, 

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, and love to the Church of God, and to 

help the Christian brethren who have need of teaching and of comfort, 

and who have no books ; and along with these reasons I was 

much moved by my hope in your firmness and consistency in the divine 

way which you chose from your youth and from the days of your im-


athigheama ag breathnughadh agas ag 

tuigfin 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 

thii : agas ios go bfedaid timpiridhe agas 

teachtuiridhe agas minifdrighe na firinde 

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 athighearna 

do bheraind tofach mhindtleachta 

agas mheagna oir do ghabh 

Crifd an da pingind do chuir anbhain- 

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 wise 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 

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B.

EBISTIL 

treabhthach afdoc na hofrala & do tlla 

naidh i ar dtuigfin adeaghchreidimh 

agas adeaghcroidhe do. Gabhfa marfin 

athigheama mo dha pingindfe anois 

chugad, oir da dtugadh an Ri os gach 

righ & antriath os gach tighearna .i. lo- 

fa crifd tidhlucadh bhudh mo inafo dh 

amhfa do ghebhthafa è achtgo mbeith 

gean agad fein ar afhaghail. Oir is doilidh 

gach tofach is na neithibh neamh 

ghnathacha, gidheadh anni do tindfgnadh 

ata fe leathullamh Dia na nuile 

chumhacht ar gradh amhic charthanaigh 

lofa Crifd do choimhed agas do 

chomhfhurtacht hindtinde agas do 

chroidhe maille ris anfpiraid neartmh- 

uir naomh do dhenamh athoile diadha 

ata ama foillfmghadh duit na reacht 

beandaighe, do dhortadh aghras agas 

aghe'r mhirbhuile maille re rath imarcach 

ar do poibleachaibh, agas ar do 

dhuthaidh, agas ar do dhaoinibh agas 

ar do thuathaibh, agas go hairidhe ar 

do mhinifdribh ar feadh do thighearn 

tuis go huilidhe. Bidh amhlaidh. 

E P I .S T L E 

Don. 

put in the treasure of the offering, and he saved her wlien he understood 

her pure faith and pure heart. Receive then, my Lord, my 

two mites now ; for if the King of kings and Lord of lords, viz., 

Jesus Christ, were to give me a greater gift than this, you would 

get it if so be you were willing to receive it. For the beginning 

of a thing to which we are unaccustomed is difficult, but once it is 

begun it is half-finished. May the Almighty God, for the love of 

his dear Son Jesus Christ, keep and comfort your mind and your 

heart by his powerful Holy Spirit, that you may do his divine will 

which is revealed to you in his holy law ; may he pour of his grace 

and his marvellous light with abounding favour on your people, 

and on your country, and on your men, and on your tenantry, and 

especially on your ministers over your whole possessions. So be it. 

To the] 

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Don trinoid thoghaidhe thre pear- 

fandaigh .i. donathair mhor mhirbhaileach, 

& don mhac mhaiseach mhor 

chumachtach, agas don fpirad naomh 

nos oirrdheirc, is coir gach vile onoir 

& ghloir agas bhuidheachas do thab- 

hairt tre bhioth fior. 

DO CHVM 

GACH VILE CHRISDVidhe 

ar feadh an domhain go himlan & 

go hairidhe dfearaibh Alban & Eire- 

and, don mheid dibh ler bhail briathra- 

di'fle De do ghabhail chuca na gcroid- 

headhaibh & na nindtindibh, ata Edin 

Carfuel acur abheandachta agas 

aguidhe an fpirad naomh dho 

ibh odhia athar trid. 

lOSA CRISD 

ARDTIGH- 

EARNA. 

(*t*) 

DEDICATORY. 

B. 2. 

To the most excellent Trinity of three persons, viz. , to the great, 

mai-vellous 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.

ACHT ATA 

NI CHEANA IS MOR AN 

leathtrom agas anuireafbhuidh ata riamh 

orainde gaoidhil alban & eireand, 

tar an gcuid eile don domhan, gan ar 

gcanamhna gaoidheilge dhochur agclo 

riamh mar ataid agcanamhna & adtean 

gtha fe'in agclo ag gach vile chinel dhas 

ine oile fa domhan, & ata vireafbhuidh 

is md inà gach vireafbuidh oraind, gan 

an Biobla naomhtha do bheith agclo ga 

oidheilge againd, marta fe agclo laidne 

agas bherla agas ingach teangaidh eile 

ofin amach, agas fos gan feanchus arfean 

no ar fmdfear do bheith mar an gc 

edna agclo againd riamh, acht ge tà 

cuid eigin do tfeanchus ghaoidheal alban 

agas eireand fgriobhtha aleabhru- 

ibh lamh, agas adtamhlorgaibh fileadh 

& ollamhan, agas afleachtaibh fuadh. 

Is mortfaothair fni re fgriobhadh do 

laimh, ag fechain an neithe buailtear fa 

EPISTLE 

BUT THERE IS INDEED 

chid 

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 histoiy 

of the Gael of Alban and Eireand is written in manuscripts 

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 rapidlv and in 

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T H I O G H L A I C T H E. 

chid araibrifge agas ar aithghiorra bhi- 

os gach 6n ni dha mhed da chriochnughadh 

leis. Agas is mor an doille agas 

an dorchadas peacaidh agas aineolais 

agas indtleachta do lucht deachtai'dh 

agas fgriobhtha agas chumhdaigh na 

gaoidheilge, gurab mo is mian \èo agas 

gurab mo ghnathuidheas fiad eachtradha 

dimhaoineacha buairdheartha bregacha 

faoghalta do cumadh ar thuath- 

aibh de'dhanond agas ar mhacaibh mi- 

leadh agas arna curadhaibh agas fhind 

mhac cumhaill gona fhianaibh agas ar 

mhoran eile nach airbhim agas nach 

indifim andfo do chumhdach agas do 

choimhleafughadh, do chiond luadhu- 

idheachta dimhaoinigh an tfaoghail 

dfaghail doibhfein, I'na briathra difle 

De 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 fior anabruim dobh 

eirid daoine foaghalta ceandach ar an 

mbreig agas ni hail leo an fhirinde do 

DEDICATORY. 

B. 3- 

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, hurtful, 

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 

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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 coitcheand 

as ambriathruibh fein, agas as ad- 

teangaidh ghnathaidh ghaoidheilge. 

Achtchena do fhosguil Dia na nuile 

chumhacht, agas Ri nandul & na nar- 

chaingeal roid agas flighthe fuaithenta 

& doirfi dhiiine anois, da chur agceill 

diiinn go bfuil ceadaighthe againd an 

fgriobhtuir diadha do leghadh agas 

do thuigfin 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 nicheana 

dabfaicind duine e'igin do thaobh 

ghaoidheal Alban no Eireand, do 

ghebhadh do laimh anuireadfa do chu 

idiughadh do dhenamh re heagluis De' 

TO THE 

anleabhar 

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 administration 

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 chiir agcanan>- 

hain ghaoidhilge afatuigfedis each è, 

do badh maith Hum e. Agas nirachaind 

fein afeilbh antfaothairfe do dhenamh. 

Agas onach bfuaras fin, & mata fe and 

nach aithnidh dhamhfa 6 fds do ghabhas 

fein do laimh ar gradh De agas na 

heagluife meifneach is mo ina mhac 

faind, agas mo chumhachta do dhenamh. 

Indochas go gcuideochadh Dia 

Hum imuireafbhuidh agas imaineolas. 

Acht cheana SaoiHm fos nach bfuil 

imarcaidh no eafbhuidh andfo acht 

mar ta fe agclo na laidne & anghaiUber 

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 tearc 

neach agabfuil ceart canamhna na 

gaoidheilge, agas ni na Nalbain amhain 

acht Aneirind fe'in acht mara bfuil fe ag 

beagan daois ealadhna mhaith re dan 

agas re feanchus agas ag meid eigin do 

mhacaibh maithe leighind agas arna- 

READER. 

B. 4. 

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 require, 

and indeed they are very few who know the Gaelic correctly 

either in Alban or in Eireand, unless it be a few learned men 

skilled in poetry and history, and some good scholars ; and 

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E B I S T I L 

adhbharfm da bfaghadh fooi 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 

anegoir tharrfa gan an locht bhios go 

folks indte dfaicfin. Agas nihad fa cho 

ir bhios anlocht adeiridfean do bheith 

indte acht iondtafan fein ar nadhbh- 

arfm nighebha me cumairce na buidhne 

fin, acht ge lionmhar iad, agas ni 

dhena me cothughadh le hainbfios do 

reir mothoile no mo mhiana fein, agas 

ni mo do bhera me tarcaifne no toibheim 

do neach oile no ghebhas tnuth 

no formad mhe ris da ndenadh fe ni is 

fearr ina marta imchumhachtaibh fe'in 

do dhenamh : oir ataim agadmhail go 

bfuil fin fodhenta, acht cheana madhail 

le dia fo do dhenamh maitheafa no 

EPISTLE 

tarbha 

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 generally. 

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 

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tarbha doneagluis, agas mife do mhar- 

thain, do dhena me tuilleadh faothair 

do chur nadhiaidh fo. Dia na nuile 

chumhachd do deonughadh afbiraidi 

naomhta fein diiinne agas daoibhfe abhraithreacha 

agas atfeathracha inmhu- 

ine, agas dar dteagafg do dhe'namh a- 

thoile diadhafun, agas dar feachna 

ar anemhthoil do dhenamh, tre 

impidhe, agas tre fhuraileamh 

Crisd ar dtighearna agas ar 

naon Tflanaighthoir 

agas ar naon aidhne 

agas ar naon 

teachtaire. 

^BIODH AMHLAIDH. 

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.

ÂDHMAD BEAG AND- 

fo do rinde. jSI. Seon Carsuel. 

Do chum an leabhair 

bhig fe fein. 

GLVAIS romhad aleabhrain bhig, 

go hua nduibhne rig ad reim. 

Chomhluath is f huicfeas tù an clò, 

Na àras dò foirbhidh fc'n. 

Na dhiaidh fm fiubliail gach tir 

Arfhud Alban go mi'n mail. 

Acht ort onach bfuil abfeidhm, 

Na tabhair ceim ingort gall. 

Da èis fm taifdil gach tond, 

Go crich Eireand na bfondbfial. 

Ge beag ar na bbraithribh thii, 

Gluais aramharc afiil fiar. 

Gach feancha gan feanchus faòbh, 

Gach fear dàno nar aomh breg. 

Cumand eadrad agas iad, 

Aleabhrain bhig biadh go he'g. 

Gach neach do ghradhaigh an choir, 

Do tfiol adhaimh roimh ni guais. 

Aca fm dena do nid 

Romhad aleabhrain bhig gluais. 

GLVAIS. 

; A LITTLE HYMN HERE 

composed by Mr. John Carswell to this little hook itself. 

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

To O'Duibhne reach in order. 

So soon as thou leavest the press, 

thee, 

Move as the eye directs thee west. 

Prosper then in his dwelling. 

After that travel each land 

Throughout Alban gently, .slowly. 

Everj' teacher without wise teaching. 

Every poet who hates not a lie. 

A distance between thee and the.se. 

But, as there is no need for thee there. 

Do not make one step into the land 

of the Saxon. 

After tiiat, travel over each wave 

To the border of Erin, the liberal 

land. 

Little book, let there be unto death. 

To every one who loves the right 

Of the race of Adam, let no danger 

be. 

With those make thou thy nest, 

Little book, then move onwards. 

MOVE.

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ADMHAIL 

AR GCREIDIMH CHRIfdaidhe 

andfo an mheid atamaoid fa no 

ilenfa darab comhainm crich alaind fhe 

ruaine oirear ghlan Alban, do tflighidh 

tfoifgeil naomhtha bhendaighthe ar na 

irdri, agas ar nimpire. Neoch ata agas 

dobhi agas bhias, agas ata na aondia & 

na diri pearfandaibh .i. an Tathair 

tren trocuireach agas an Mac 

maifeach mor chumhach- 

tach mirbhuileach & an 

Sbiorad neartmhar 

nos oirrdheirc niamh 

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 L 

2S C R E I D I M 

AGAS ADBHVIM GVRAB 

è antaondia mor chumhachtach fin ata, 

agas do bhi agas bhias bithbheo do 

ghnath nach bfetar do mheas no do bhr 

eathnughadh, no dfaicfin go corparrdha 

do chum agas do chruthaidh neamh 

gona naomhainglibh rena ghliocas ag- 

as rena chumhachtaibh diadha, agas talamh 

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 learn dhaireamh 

no dfaifeneis do neifni, agas do 

chruthaidh an duine do reir afhiodh- 

rach fe'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 

refreaflal 

The Confession of our Faith, which are assembled in 

THE Englishe Congregation at Geneva. 

I beleve and confesse my Lorde God eternal, infinite, immeasurable, 

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 glorifiede 

but also by his fatherlye providence, governelh, manteyneth.

AN CHREIDIMH. 

refreaflal agas re toil a Athar do reir 

athoile agas a thromaonta : 

Creidim 

fds agas adbhuim lofa crisd antaontfla 

naighthoir & an Aleffias neoch do bhi 

agcothrom chumh achta re dia fe'in. 

Nihe amhain gur lor leis bheith gan 

inmhe acht doghabh fioghair tfearb- 

hontaigh vime as go mbeith fe cofmh- 

uil rinde ingach enni abfegmhais pea- 

do dhaingniughadh athrocaire 

indaind, & do thabhairt mha 

caidh amhain : 

ithfeachais duind o Dhia anuair frith 

find in ar gcloind mhallaidhe, do bhridh 

tfeachrain ar nathar Adhaimh, ni 

raibhe flighe oile againd do bhe'radh 

find ochuing peacaidh agas dhamhna- 

idh acht lofa buidh nafarrdha dfulang 

paife agas peine arfon ar ndimhainifne. 

I. an ni roba leis onaduir do rinde eland 

dhileas do dhia dhinde, agas anuair fos 

bhudh choimhlionta anaimfear do geineadh 

e o chumhachtaibh anfpioraid 

naoimh agas rugadh è lè Muire òigh 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

A D M H A I L 

fadheoidh le namhadas agas le droch- 

mliein na fagart, anuair do bhi Poindfi- 

us Pilatus na bhreitheamh agcrich na 

niodhbhal, agas anuair do crochadh e 

fein mar ghadaidhe eidir dhias gadui- 

gheadh. Iflruagh agas is tuctha dhuinne 

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 anuaclitar ar an mbas, a- 

gas ar anadhbhar fin do cheangail fe adhaondacht 

agas adhiadhacht abfochair 

agas abfarradh acheile, do chum go bfui 

leonadh fe pian agas pais do thaobh 

adhaondachta, agas bas truagh tribloi- 

deach dofhuilaing do chofg fheirge 

De agas athroimdhighaltais do tfiol 

adhaimh agas ebha, amhail do bheith fc 

anifreand ag fulang peine agas peanda- 

ide : Is vime fin do raidh do ghuth ard, 

a Dhe na nuile chumhacht cred tug 

donihthreigeantu marfo, da thoil fein 

agas 

at lenght, by tyrannye of the priestes, he was giUeles condemned 

under Pontius Pilate, then president of Jurie, and most slaunderously 

hanged on the crosse betwixte two theves as a notorious trespasser, 

where takinge upon hym the punishement of our synnes, he delyvered 

us frome the curse of the Lawe. 

And forasmoche as he, 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 cijed with a lowde voice, " My God, 

my God, why haste thou forsaken me?" Thus of his fre mercie,

AN C H R E I D I M H. 

agas do mliian trocaire do dhenamh, & 

gan eigeantus on Athair no on Spirad 

naomh air, do thiodhluic e fein 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 pais 

Crifd, agas ag buain ahonora dlii, agas 

gur lor an bas fin ar flanaidhthoir do 

dhenamh ar fiothchana re dia, acht 

cheana labhraidh anfgriobhtuir go mi- 

nic ar naithbhreith do bheith an eifeirghe 

Chriofd : oir rena eifeirghe on 

vaidh ar antreas trath do ghabh fe neart 

agas cumhachta ar an mbas : marfm 

ata vachtaranacht agas inmhe argcreidimh 

go comhlan ina eifeirghe : agas 

vimefin abfegmhuis an da choda nach 

eidir lind bri'dh no tabhacht na coda 

eile do mhothughadh : Oir mar do hindarbadh 

an peacadh rena bhas, is mar 

fm fuaramairne firentacht go foirfe rena 

eifeirghe : agas do rinde na dhiaidh 

without compulsion, lie offred up him selfe as the onely sacrifice to 

purge the synnes of all the world, so that all other sacrifices for 

syiine 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.

A D M H A I L 

fin gach en ni do choimhlinadh : agas 

fealbh do ghabhail duinne ina rioghacht 

roghlormhuir fein : Do chuaidh fe 

fuas ar neamh na naomh agas na narch- 

aingeal iar fm : do rahe'adughadh agas 

do mhor onorughadh na rioghachta 

robhuaine fin re cumhachtaibh afbi- 

ruide : Agas is creite duinne go deim- 

hin go bfiiil 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 è : ar dtabhairt 

chumais do ar gach ni da bfuil ar neamh 

agas ar talmhuin : ata fe maille rinde 

6 chumhachtaibh agas biaidh go 

foirceand agas go firdheireadh an dom 

hain : agar gcoimhed agas agar gcear- 

tughadh agas agar riaghladh agas agar 

roidhiorghudhadh re neart achum 

hacht agas achomhghras : Oir anuair 

bhus coimhUonta gach ni do labhair 

imbelaibh afliaidheadh othofach dhomhain 

: is and fan fhoirm agas andfa 

fhirgne 

And because he wolde 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 v,e 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 administration 

of all things, aswel in heaven above as in the 

earthe benethe ; j'et is he present with us his membres, even 

to the ende of the world, in pre5er\ànge and governynge us 

with his effectuall power and grace, who (when all thinges are fulfilled 

which God hath spoken by the mowth of all hys prophets 

since the world began) wyll come in the same visible forme in

AN CHREIDIM. 

fhirgnè agas andfa riocht tfofhaicfeana 

andeachaidh fe fuas thiucfas anuas do 

ridhife : maille re neart nachbfetar do 

mheas no do mhor bhreathnughadh no 

dhaireamh no dhindifin : deidirdhealachadh 

na nuan ris na gabhruibh .i. dei- 

dirdealachadh na bfiren re na gcontradha 

.1. re lucht anuilc : agas ni theid 

enneach da mbia bed anuairfm no fu- 

air bas roimhefin as ona bhrathbhrei- 

theamhnas : Creidim fos go firindeach 

an fbirad naomh do bheith agcothrom 

churaacht ris an Athair agas ris 

an Mac : Neoch do ni finde dhaithbh- 

reith agas do naomhadh, agas do ni ar 

riaghladh go roidhireach in gach vile 

fhirinde : agas go bfuil fe ga dhearbhadh 

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 

the which he ascended, with an unspekable majestic, power, and 

companye, to separate the lambes frome the goates, th'electe from 

tire 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 moste 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 sufficient to beleve that God is omnipotent 

and mercifull : that Christ hath made satisfaction ; or, that the 

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A D I\I H A I L 

achumhachta no achoimhneart fein agan 

fbiorad naomh : acht mur fhuaidheam 

agas mur fhircheanglum find fe- 

in go firindeach rena thoil agas rena 

throm aitheantaibh diadhafan do cho- 

gbhail : do reir mar do thogh fe find 

nar pobal dileas dingmhalta dho fein. 

Creidim agas adbhuim fos go firindeach 

eneagluis naomhta nos oirrdheirc 

do bheith and go huilidhe : Neoch 

ata na ballaibh dille dingmhalta Diofa 

crifd, ata na cheand agas na chodhnach 

virre go himlan : neoch ata anen chreideamh 

criofdaidhe go cumpanta comhaontadhach 

vile : an dochas agas an gra 

dh, ingerinmhuine agas angnath thiog- 

hluicthibh De go teampuralta : agas fos 

go fpioralta : re tarbha agas re trom 

chumhdach na Heagluise fm : & ni fhe 

adaid fiiile daoine an Eagluis fm 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 

Holye Ghoste hath this power and effect, except we do applie the 

same benefites to our selves which are God's elect. 

I beleve theifore and confesse one holye Churche, which (as members 

of Jesus Christe, th'onely heade therof) consent in faithe, hope, 

and charitie, usinge the giftes of God, whether they be temporall or 

spiritual), to the ])rufite and furtherance of the same. WhiclieChurclie 

is not sene to man's eye, but onely known to God, wlio of tlie losle

AN C H R E I D I M. 

ghlan fin .i. eland tfaoghalta tfeachranach 

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 

aflanaighthe da throcaire mhor ghra- 

dhaidhfe'an. Agas goirfidh fe an drongfm 

adubhramar go deigheanach, do 

chum na beathadh biothbhuaine, & 

na gloire futhaine do denamh Eaglui- 

fe gloine glormhuire dho fe'in diobh. 

Acht cheana an Eagluis is eidir dfaicfm 

and. Ataid tri comhtharraidh aice 

ar anaitheantar i, 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 fm 

fhoghnas duine dar dteagafg ingach 

en phone bheanas re flanughadh arnanmand 

go huiUdhe, agas ar anadhbhurfm 

ara dfiaehaibh ar gach aon fo leith 

na briathra fm, 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 integritie 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.

A D M H A I L 

deacht, agas do chomhall & do bheith 

ar cuimhne na gcroidheadhaibh. Agas 

adubhairt an Tighearna fe'in nach eid- 

ir leis an Eagluis le comhairle no le fda 

tuid en 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 fliagaibh 

Criofd againd fa faoghal mar 

chomharrdha naomhtha, agas mar tfe- 

la bheandaighthe aranngealladh tug fe 

dhuin, tareis bheith ar feachran, agas 

ar fogra dhuin tre peacadh ar findfear 

Oir mar fignuidhfear fin agabhail ar 

mbaifdidh chugaind eidir og agas tfe- 

an agar ngabhail chuige na thionol a- 

gas na theaghlach go toileamhail ano 

is. Agas geta fi-emh don peacadh abfolach 

indaind, ata fan ga dhearbhadh 

dhuin nach aigeoradh fe fin ar an mheid 

bhus maith no bhus togtha no bhus 

dingmhalta againd : Marfin fos ata fui- 

per 

For witliout this Worde, neither churche, concile, or decree can 

establishe any point touching salvation. 

The second is the holy Sacraments, 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 receyv'cd, 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 flireafdal 

aithreamhail. Acht go fafand, agas go 

mbeathuideand fe ar nanmanda go Ibi- 

oratalta le tiodhluicthibh, agas le 

troni ghrafaibh losa Criofd, agas is de 

fin ghoireas an Sgriobhtuir ithe afheola 

agas ol afhola. Agas ag freafdal na 

Sacramuinte ni dhligmaoid feachran 

faoghalta do leanmhuin, acht mar do 

ordaidh Criofd fein duinn : agas is 

mar fin is coir dona daoinibh is imchubhaidh 

do dhenamh na hoifige fin 

go ladhamhail a denamh, agas ni har 

chor eile : Ar nadhbhur fin gebe do 

ni flechtain ris na Sacramuintibh do 

thabhairt do Dhia dlioibh, no do bheir 

tarcaifiie dhaibh doghniomh no do 

bhreithir, ata gach neach da ndenand 

fin ag tuilleadli bhiais, agas dhamnaidh 

do fein : An treas comliarr dha ar anai- 

theantar an Eagluis ceartughadh agas 

fmaclit agas reacht Eagluife do bheith 

C. 3- 

So the Supper declareth, that God, as a most provident Father, 

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 sacraments, 

fbllowe 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,

MADMHAIL 

ar bun inte : darabainm fa laidin. 

Diciplina Ecclefiaflica .i. Smacht agas 

ceartughadh bheanas re teagafg locht, 

agas mibhes, agas ife is crioch, agas dei 

readh do fm curfadh re toil na Eaglu- 

ife, da rabh fear na locht dur dotheagaifg 

dlighidh an Eagluis Tighearna no 

vachtaran faoghalta do bheith virre 

darab comhainm fa laidin : Magiflra- 

tus ciuilis, agus dlighidh an tuachtaran 

fin cothrum agas ceart do dhenamh 

da gach aonduine, marta cadhas, agas 

coimhdhidean do denamh dona daoi- 

nibh maithe agas dioghaltas do dhenamh 

ar na drochdhaoinibh ; agas dli- 

ghidh an Eagluis umhla, & onoir do 

thabhairt dona huachtaranaibh fm, ingach 

ni nach bi anadhaidh thoile no 

aithne De : Mar do rinde Maoife, agas 

Ezechias, agas lofias, agas Moran do 

priondfadhaibh oile maith don Eagluis 

roimhe fo : Mar ata aniamhadh & anua 

ghlanadh ò tfal, agas 6 tfalchar an fhu- 

ar chreidimh, agas fgrios a dealb, & ad- 

roch eifimlara, ar eagla go ndendhaois 

daoine 

which standeth 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 

Ecclesiasticall censure, I acknowlage to belonge to this church a 

poUticall Magistrate, who ministreth to every man justice, defending 

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 

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AN CHREIDIM. 

daoine aineolcha ainbfeafacha vmhia 

dhoibh ag tarcaifne ar an ti do chum, 

agas do cruthaidh iad : Is marfin bhe- 

anas coimhed & ceartughadh, agas didean 

na Heagluife Criofdaidlie ris na 

huachtaranaibh Criofdaidhe bhios vir 

re : anadhdaidh lucht cumhdaigh agas 

comhonoraidh na niodhbhal neamhchofmhail, 

agas na ndaoine ndroch 

chreidmheach : Agas agcofmhuileas 

eile do bhallaibh an Aindtecriofd, do 

tharraing as abfremhaibh, gach reacht 

& gach teagafg foirfe firindeach durfhagaibh 

an Spiorad naomh againd : 

Agas do cheangail agas do chomhfhua 

idh na naitibhfm againd, an taifreand 

Papanach gan bhriodh inabhriathruibh, 

& guidhe na naomh & na mbanna 

omh, agas guidhe ar anmandaibh na 

marbh, agas deifirens, & dealachadh 

eidir bhiadhaibh alaithibh feach lait- 

hibh eile, agas neamh ionandtas edaigh 

no earraidh, agas moid geanmnuidhe- 

achtha 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 Ueade ; freewyll, distinction of 

meates, apparell, and days ; vows of single hfe, presence at idoll 

service, man's merites, 

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A D M H A I L 

dhenamh acreatuiribh, agas as ar fmua- 

intighibh neamhglana fein, & is minic 

do bheir Did. cairde, agas fineadh do 

lucht na nolcfa gan dioghaltas rothrom 

do dhenamh orra fa faoghal : Gidheadh 

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 lainndearga 

nach bfetar do mhuchadh no 

do mhorbhathadh : Agas na Dhiaidh 

fm gach drong againde dar lean Dia na 

dheagh oibrighthibh, agas do tfeacha- 

in an gliocas daonda fin, cluinfeam gan 

chundtahairt an bhriathar bhuan tarbhach 

tfubhach fhorbhfhailidhfe da 

radha .i. tigidh alucht na mbeandacht 

dom laimh dheis, & gabhaidh an Riog 

hacht roghlormhar ata ar na hullmhug 

hadh othofach dhomhain o Mathair. 

Agas gluaiffe'm marfin maille ris go nga 

irdeachas nadhbhal ndo fhaifneife nach 

bfetar do riomh no do ro aireamh, & 

racham eidir chorp, & anmain do dhe 

namh 

with 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 wherof, althogh God 

often tymes differreth 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 Ijcginnyng of the world,' 

and so shall go triumphing with him in bodye and soule.

AN CHREIDIMH. 

namh chomhnaidhe ind fhochair inglo 

ir tfutliain mar abfaicfeam Did. gniiis 

fri gniiis, agas adhaidh fri hadhaidh, & 

dreach fri dreich, agas nibia feidhm ar 

theagafg againd ofin fuas, oir biaidh, 

ar dteagafg ar an Athair thren throc- 

aireach maille ris an mac miorbhuile- 

ach, agas ris anfpiorad neartmhar naomh 

moltar le gach vile dhuil maille 

re honoir, agas re gloir tre bhioth fior. 

If 

BIODH AMHLAIDH 

1ID0IFIGE NA MINI- 

OIR 

flreadh and fo fids. 

ata an meidfe do churam, & 

do chumhachtaibh, agas doirrdhearcas 

ambriathruibh difle De, nach 

eidir le henduine diofmafaid no maitheamh 

no fuafgladh do thabhairt orra, 

& iarraidh Pol 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 

sliall 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. 

UVtai /kings are chiefely 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 

sy

DOIFIG NA MINISTREADH 

dhenamh ar an lucht freafdail no ar na 

Miniflribh : agas gurab i is oifige dho- 

ibh diamhra De, agas tiodluice De, 

dfoillfuighadh : agas gan bheith agabhail 

Tighearntuis no neirt no chuma- 

cht OS ceand an treda no an pobail, 

amhail adeir Peadar eafbul ar anadhbhariin 

: gurab i oifige, agas obair gach 

Miniflir, agas gach buachaill Eagluife 

go prindfubalta, briathra De dfoillfiughadh 

dona poibleachaibh agcomhfliurtachtaibh, 

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 thairgfin 

do chur orra : agas da ndenadh aneag- 

luis re hentoil bheith aontadhach le' 

hadhbhar cneafda fa churfadh do dhenamh 

ar an te do thuillfeadh e, dligh- 

idh an Miniflir do reir tfeindens ghen- 

eralta na Heagluife an curfadh fm dfo- 

illfeachadh, do chum gach neithe do 

dhenamh maille re 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 he distribute faithfully the Word 

of God, and minister the sacraments sincerely, ever carefull not 

onely to teache his flock publikly,

DO THOGHA NA MINISDREADH. 

gan tfeachran. 

H DO M H I NI SDRIBH 

Eagluife De & da dtogha lab- 

hrus fo feafda, agas dona coingheallaibh 

dhligheas fiad do 

bheith iondta. 

ENADH an Eagluis togha mha 

Diith ar Mhinifdir ar nach bi toirme 

afg, no bacail do reir aneafbuil Foil, & 

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 churaimfm 

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 thei"with ; and Saincte Paule 

exhorteth to esteme them as ministers of Christe, and disposers of 

God's mysteries ; not lordes or rulers, as S. Peter 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 folks 

amhain acht ofifeal : agas achur agceill 

doibh gach ni do bfearr, agas do bion 

mholta 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 tied no ar an 

pobal is ar Miniflir aigeoras Dia 

fadheoidh e'. 

Ifmurfo is coir gach Miniftir, agas 

gach buachaill Eagluise do thogha ar- 

tus an Eagluis De : anuair bhias di'th 

no vireafbhuidh Miniflir ar Aneagluis 

fe'chadh na Miniflrighe 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 orduidheadh 

an Eagluis dias no triur do dhao- 

nibh maithe dearbtha deaghchoing- 

hiollacha 

The Manner of Electinge the Pastors and Ministers. 

The Ministers and Elders at suche time as there wanteth a 

Minister, assemble the whole Congregation, exhortinge them to advise 

and consider who may best serve in that rowme and office. 

And if there be choyse, the Churche 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 abfiadhnaif(^ 

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 

fein chuige anionad vaigneach. Agas 

eiflear abhriathra, agas atheagafg and 

fm agas dentar a bhreitheamhnas da 

reir fm. 

An dara nf gabhaid fgela abheatha & 

abhuan amhaille nar caith fe andeacha 

idh thairis da aimfir gan guth gan toib 

heim gan michlu dfaghail : & da rabh fe 

dearbhtha inmholta mar fin. Is na nethibh 

adubhramar romhaind. Tugaid 

lucht athogha cairrde go ceand aimfird 

dho : no gonia dearbhtha deimhin le 

each abheith deighbhefach dho : Agas 

na dhiaidh fm iarradh an Miniflir ar an 

pobal I'ad fein do leigean anifle, agas 

anumhla do Dhia re trofgadh, agas re 

hurrnuidhe, agas a iarraidh ar Dia an 

For the triall wherof, they propose hym a theme or text to be 

treated privatly, wherby his habilitie may the more manifestlie 

appeare imto 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 dales 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, 

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DOTHOGHA NA MINISDREADH 

togha fin do dhul adtarbha, agas ad- 

tabhacht don Neagluis : agas da bfagh 

thar en locht re chur na adhaidh oladh 

no 6 dhliglieadh maidi, leitchear fiub- 

hal do. Agas cuirthear neach oile go 

himchubaidh na ionadh, agas mar fa- 

ghthar locht ar bioth re chur na adhaidh 

beirthear do chum na Searmona 

maidne è abfiadhnaifè na Heagluife, & 

beanadh cuid eigin don tfearmoin fin 

re togha an mhiniflir fein : Agas na 

dhiaidh fin tareis an mhe'adhoin laoi 

indeireadh na Searmona brofnuidheadh 

an Miniflir I'ad do chum na togha : 

artiis, ageadarghuidhe De na nuile 

chumhacht amhail do theagaifg an Sbi 

orad naomh, achroidhe do dhenamh 

vrrnuidhe : & mar an gcedna indiaidh 

na togha tugadh an MiniRir buidhea- 

chas do Dhia acuimhniughadh a oifige 

do reir mar toghthar e : agas in diaidh 

na togha marfin moladh an pobal Dia, 

Re salm e'igin ful fgaoilfeas fiad ò che- 

ile. 

H DONA 

that bothe their election may be agreable to his will, and also profitable 

to the Churche. And if in the meane season any thyng be 

brouglit agaynst hym wherby he may be fownde unworthy by lawfull 

pn)bations, then is he dismissed and some other presented. If 

nothing be alleaged uppon some certayne day, one of the ministers, 

at the mornyng sermon, presenteth hym 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 God shal move his herte. In like manner, after the 

election, the Minister giveth thankes to God, with request of suche 

thinges as shalbe necessarie for his office. 

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

and departe.

DOIFIG NA BFOIRFIDHEACH, 

IF DONA FOIRFIDHEAchaibh 

agas da noifige, agas da 

dtogha, and fo fios. 

DLIGHID na foirfidhe blieith 

na ndaoinibh diadha deighbheathadh, 

agas gan adlibhur amharais do 

bheith orra, & curam an treda ò ghlio- 

cas do bheith orra, agas agceand gach- 

uile neithe eagla Dhe go mor do bhe- 

ith orra, agas afi fo anoifige bheith ag- 

riaghladh, agas ag fdiuradh, agas ag ce- 

artughadh, agas ag ordughadh gach neithe 

bheanas re sdaid mhaith na Heglu 

ife maille ris na Minifdribh. Agas afe 

dealughadh ata 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 dhenamh 

abfegmhuis na Minifdreadh. 

Aeas darabhuireafbhuidh ar aireamh 

Of the Elders, and as touchyng their Office and 

Election. 

The Elders must be men of good lyfe and godly conversation, withoute 

blame and all suspition ; carefull for the flocke, wise, and, above 

all thynges, fearing God. Whose office standeth in gouverning with 

the rest of the ministers, in consulting, admonisshing, correcting, and 

ordering all thynges appertayning to the state of the congregation. 

And they differ from the ministers, in that they preache not 

the Worde, nor minister the Sacramentes. In assemblying 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 a agcaile fein. 

UDONA DEOCHANA- 

ibh, agas da noifige, agas da dto- 

gha and fo fios, 

DLIGHID na Deochain bheith 

ina ndaoinibh maithe mor clirai- 

bhteacha dearbhtha deagh choinghe 

allacha gradhacha ghnathumhla, agas 

coinghill mhaithe iondraca do bheith 

iondta mar orduidheas an teafpul naomhtha 

Pol, agas afi fo anoifige, agas 

anobair dhligheas fiad do dhenamh, deirc 

do thinol, agas do thiumfughadh 

go ditheallach, agas do roind arna bo- 

chtaibh 

the minister, by the consent of the rest, wameth 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, discret, 

of good conscience ; charitable, wj'se, 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,

NDEOCH AN 

chtaibh go humhal indruic maille re 

toil na minifdreadh agus na bfoirfidh- 

each, agas freafdal, agas fritheolamh 

do dhenamh ar na daoinibh anbfanda 

eailana vireafbhadhacha egcruaidhe ar 

eagla go gcaithfidhe daondacht na 

ndaoine maithe re daoinibh diomhaoi 

neacha no re ruagairibh : Agus is amhlaidh 

is coir adtogha mar adubhramar 

na Minifridhe, & na foirfighe do thog 

ha, iadfan do thogha ina gcail, agas 

ina gcumhachtaibh, fein da reir fin. 

Dhghid fos na Minifdrighe, agas na 

Deochain, agas an coimhthinol go huihdhe 

dul agceand a ce'ile 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 flanuighthòir na Pairifidh : 

Neoch re bfaicthear andadamh afuil a 

chumpanaigh, agas nach bfaiceand era 

obh mhor ina tfuilibh 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 conversation 

of suche as are called therunto, and also that fautes and 

vices may not by long sufferance growe at length to extreme inconveniences 

; it is ordeyned that every Thursdaye the ministers and 

elders, in their assemblie or Consistorie, dihgentlie examine all 

suche fautes and suspicions as may be espied, not onelie amongest 

others, but chieflie 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 Minifdir enbhall fa- 

lach do bheith air, agas da rabh : is fgan- 

dail mhor Deagluis De fm do bheith 

air, Oir is teachtaire do Dhia e : Agas 

ar anadhbhar fin da bfaghthar na loch 

tafa go hairidhe fa Minifdir dlighthear 

achur as a inmhe, agas as a oifige, agas 

afiad na lochta fin fein : droch chreideamh 

faobh feachranach. Agas fiofma, 

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 afiad fo na lochta fin, nos neamhchofmhail 

na Tfearmoin, ceafda 

vallcha dirahaoineacha 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 

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

the great slaunder of Codes Woorde, whose message he beareth : 

Therfore it is to be understand that there be certajme fautes, which 

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

heresie, papistrie, schisme, blasphemie, perjurie, fornication, thefte, 

dronkennes, usurie, fighting, 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 ; curiositie 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, deceipt, 

covetousnes, tauntyng, dissolution in apparell, gesture, 

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

N D E O C H A N 

gach enduinne, is marfin nacli dleagh- 

ar abfuland ifin duine dara coir bheith 

inafhear teagaifg dona poibleachaibh, 

& ag tabhairh deagh eifimlara dhoibh 

muna dhearna fe aithridlie, agas teagafg 

caich do ghabhail ara lochtaibh do 

threigean. 

IF D O MHINIVGHADH 

agas do thuigfin an Sgrioblituir 

and fo fids. 

DLIGHID an coimhthional va- 

ir gacha feachtmhuine dul agceand 

acheile deifleacht choda eigin don 

Sgribhtuir aga mhiniughadh, & aga thu 

igfm, & ata ceadaighthe ag gach aonduine 

aca labhairt and fin do reir mar 

bhrofnuidheas acroidhe no a indtind 

fein è do reir an teagfa bhias 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 Codes rule, being brotherlie advertised, he acknowledge 

not his faut and amend. 

Interpretation of the Scriptures. 

Everie ^yeeke once, the Congregation assemble to heare some place 

of the Scriptures orderly expounded. At which tyme, it is lawfliU 

for every man to speake or enquire, as Cod shall move his harte, and 

the text minister occasion; so it be without pertinacitee or disdayne, 

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THUIGSIN AN SCRIPT VIR 

bheith ar ti na foghlama nifamo 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 choimhdiio- 

nol eatarra, maille re briathruibh cnea 

fda ciuine le gcuiriithear agconfadh, 

agas agcoimhfhearg argcul : agas afiad 

Minifdrighe na Heagluife is coir do 

dhenamh an reitighfin eidir chach go 

coitcheand, do riaghladh, agas do roi- 

cheartugadh na Heagluife. 

H I N VA I R T E I D AN 

coimhthionol agceand ache'ile, 

labhradli an Minifdir anfhaoi- 

fide fo fios, agas iarradh fe' ar 

an pobal iad fein do radh na 

nabriatharfa fios maille re' croi- 

dheadhaibh vmhla iondraca. 

UROIMH TSEARMOIN. 

^('^y^ IfADHE 

as one that rather seketh to ]3rotTit 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 therof to the ministers and 

elders, to be detennined in their assemblie or Consistorie before 

mencioned. 

When the Congregation is assemliled at the houre appointed, the Minister 

useth one of these two Confessions, or lyke in effect, exhorting the people 

diligently to examine them selves, following in their hartes the tenor of hib 

words. 

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VRRNAIDHTHE 

A DHE bhiothbhuain agas a A- 

thair is mo trocaire, atamaoid aga 

admhail, agas ga thuigfin and fo abfi- 

adlmuife do chuinhachtadh diadhafa, 

go bfuilmaoid vile, agas gach aon di'nd 

leath ar leath inar peacthachaibh truagha 

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 re cheile ag troid, agas ag teand 

chathughadh anadhaidh ar nanmand, 

agas ar Spiorad do ghnath, agas tig da 

bhridh fm dui'nd, bheith ag brifeadh, 

agas ag buan rebadh haitheantadh naomhtha 

neamh fhallfafa, & do thoil? 

diadha in gach vair, agas ingach aimflr 

da dtig dhuind, & da reir fm ag tuille 

adh bhais & dhamnaidh dhuind do re 

ir do cheirt bhreitheamhnuiffe da ma 

dh ceirt bhreitheamhnus bhudhail leat 

do dhenamh oraind. Gidheadh a A- 

thair neamhtha an mhe'id, 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 majestie, that we are miserable 

synners, conceyved and borne in synne and iniquitie, so that in us 

there is no goodnes. For the fleshe 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 foil na peacadli do rindeamar go 

ro vathmhur anadhaidh do thoile fe, 

Atamaoid ag denamh aithreachais, & 

aithridhe neimh chealgaidhe iondta 

fm anois do reir do thoile fe Athigheama, 

agas atamaoid go lanumhal agad 

ghuidhefe anainm, agas anonoir do 

Mhic inmhuin lofa Crifd do throcaire 

agas do thromghrafa do dheonachadh 

dhuind. Agas do Spirad naomhtha do 

neartughadh, agas do mhedughadh in- 

daind, agas ar nuile peacadh do mhaitheamh 

dhuind. londas ar dtuigfin du 

ind ar locht, agas ar lan-vrchoide, agas 

ar ndroch ghniomhartha 6 iochtar, & 

Ò inmheadhon ar gcroidheadh go bfed 

maoid ofo fuas ar dtoile peacthacha do 

mharbhadh, agas do mhor mhuchadh, 

agas ni he fm amhain acht deagh oibri- 

ghthe do dhenamh ina nait, agas ina 

nionadh go himchubhaidh, mar is fe- 

arr tig red thoil mhoir beandaidhefe 

agas ni har fon mhaithis ar noibrigh- 

theagh fein fm an la bhudh 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 raoste 

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 sinfull 

lustes and affections, but also bringe forth suche fruites as may 

be agreable to thy moste blessed wyll ; not for the worthynes therof 

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VRRNAIDHTHE 

acht ar fon thuillteanais, agas throm 

vmhla, agas paise, agas peandaide do 

Mhic mhorchumhachtaidhfe losa Cri- 

ofd ar naon flanuightheoir neoch tu- 

gabhairfe mar ofrail, agas mar iodhba 

irt ar fgath peacaidh na ndaoine : 

agas 

ata adheirbhfhios againd nach diultand 

Ui dhuind fa en ni da niarrmuid 

ort anainm, agas anonoir an Mhic fm, 

agas ata do Sbiorad naomhtha aga dhe 

arbhadh dhuind inar gcoinfianfuibh 

gurab tu ar Nathair tren trocuireach, 

agas go bfuil an mheidfm do ghradh 

agad oraind do chland ar fon lofa Cri- 

ofd nach eidir le henni do ghrafa na- 

omhthafa, agas do chaibhneas aithreamhail 

do tharraing vaind. Duitfe vime 

fin a Athair neamhdha neart chumhachtaidh 

maille ris an Mac mormior 

bhuileach, agas ris an Sbiorad neimh 

meirbh naomh biodh gach vile onoir, 

agas ard ghloir anois, & tre bioth fior. 

IT 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 offeringe 

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 gloi7e, worlde withowt 

ende. So be it. 

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VRRN AIDHTHE 

HVRRNVIDHE OILE 

roimh Tfearmoin and fo ata- 

thar do ghnathughadh an Al- 

bain. 

A DHE is mo dhadhbhur eagla, 

agas vamhain, agas is mo cumha- 

chta, neoch do fhoillfigh thii fein ò 

thofach mar theinidh thren loifgidli, 

anadhaidh lucht dhenta tarcaifne, agas 

toibheime ar haitheantaibh ardnaomh 

tha : Agas fos do nocht thii fein, mar 

Athair comhghradhach do chach, agas 

mar Dhia Ian do throcaire dona daoinibh 

peacthacha do ni aithreachus, & 

aithrighe : Atamaoidne do chreatuire 

& oibrighthe do lamh fein, ag admhail, 

& agindifm find fe'in do bheith neamh 

dhiongmhalta dfofgladh ar fiil do chum 

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 seJfe a consuming fyre against the contemners of 

thy most holy precepts : and yet to the penitent sinners hast ahvayes 

shewed thy selfe a favourable Father, and a God full of mercie 

We, thy creatures, and -workmanship of thine owne handes, confesse 

our selves most unworthye to open our eyes unto the lieavens, 

but farre lesse to appear in thy presence. For our consciences 

accuse us, and our manifest iniquities have borne witnes against us,

VRRNAID HTHE 

nadhaidh, go ndeachamar ar feachran 

vaidfe agas go rabhamar falach neamh 

ghlan aniodhulacht, agas go dtugamar 

an ghloir, agas anghnath ondir bhudh 

coir dhui'n do thabhairt duidfe, do 

chreatuiribh : Agas gur iarramar cob- 

hair no cuideachadh mar nach raibhe 

fe rena fhaghail diiinn, agas go ndearrnamar 

di'mheas, 'agas tarcaifne ar do 

theagafgaibh troim dhiadhafa, ata fds 

truailleadh trenurchoideach ar mbea- 

thadh in gach vile cheim 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 reidhiughadh 

an roid romhaind, do bhridh do 

throcaire do chum do Rioghachta ro- 

ineamhdha, le foillfiughadh do Tfoif- 

geil naomhtha fein 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 kingdome 

by the preaching of thine holy Evangel, the whole body of 

this miserable Realme stil continueth in their former impietie. 

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VRRNAIDHTHE 

chta imarcaidhe. Mar do gnathuidheadar 

roimhe fo. Oi'r fa rior ata an 

chuid is mo dhiobh, ag leanmhuin lu- 

irg na Prion dfadh ndall ndotheagaifg, 

ag tarcaifne, agas ag dimheas ar tfoill- 

fe do Tfoifgeilfe : agas acur anuile 

aoibhnis aniodhalacht. Cuid oile dhiobh 

ag caitheamh ambeathadh mar do 

bheidis gan Dia ds agciond, agas gan 

eagla do bhrathbhreitheamhnuis bhu- 

irbfe orra. Agas cuid oile dhiobh a 

Thighearna aga bfuil do Tfoifgelfa na 

mbelaibh, agas fad ag tabhairt fgan- 

daile dho lene ndroch bheathaidh. 

Agas fos ni fhuil anainbfiòs duinne a 

Thighearna gurab breitheamh cothram 

ceirtbhreathach thufa, nach leigeand 

anaingidheacht go fada gan di- 

oghalt leis na drochdhaoinbh diira 

dotheagaifg : Agas go fbeifialta ar 

bfaicfm duinn go bfuil tufa agar nga- 

irm go caibhneafach dfaghail chuid- 

ighe, agas chomhthoile vaid, tareis ar 

mbeith indoille, agas a ndorchadas, & 

ar fogra fhualhmhuir vaid 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 ly^'e as a people without 

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 olastinate transgressors; especially, O Lord, 

when that after so long blindnes and horrible defection from thee, 

5«

VRRNAIDHTHE 

agas gidheadh atamaoid fos go diir 

drochmhein dotheagaifg acur atadh- 

aidh. Agas anuair fos do bhamar ag- 

cuntabhairt fheirge ar namhad dar fgri 

OS, do rindeamar thufa do ghuidhe, & 

do gher atach, go diochra duthrach- 

tach, agas do ei'fd 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 indaind 

fein. Is tu amhain 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 again d go nuige fo, agas 

maille ris fm ni fhuil comhnuidhe ort 

do ghnath, acht ag toirbheart thiodh- 

luictheadh Sbioratalta, agas teampu- 

ralta dhuinn : Gidheadh fos a Thighearna 

do chimaoid fein go follas, go 

bfuil ar neamhmbuidheachas ar na ti- 

odhluicthibh fin ag tuilleadh dhiogh- 

ahais dfaghail duinn od laimh laidirfe 

so lovingly thou callest us again to thy favour and fellowship, and that 

yet we do oi^stinately 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 u, at libertie 

when we by our foolishnes had made our selves sclaves unto strangiers 

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, 

h 

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VRRNAIDHTHE 

agas ataid achomhtharraidh fin go folks 

abfiadhnuife ar ful : Oir an chomhdhail 

chogaidh, agas tarcaifne ar 

do ghrafaibhfe. Tareis tii dha bfuraileamh 

oraind, agas cumhdach iod- 

halachta nar meafg, is comhtharraidh 

choimhdhearbhtha iad, go bfuil dail, 

agas gealladh do dhioghaltais oraind, 

agas ata 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 lorn 

Ian : Ni fhuil againde a Thighearna, 

en ni fhedmaoid do chur eadruind, & 

do bhreitheamhnuifa : acht do mhor 

throcaire fein amhain, ata ar na furail 

go faor oraind, od Mhac caomh car- 

thanachfa lofa Criofd ar Dthighear- 

na, an ni do chofain fe dhuinn lena 

bhas agas lena Pais. Oir da madhail 

leat breitheamhnus do dhenamh ora- 

ind do chreatuire, agas ar peacthuigh, 

agas ar nuilc imarcacha do chuimhoriughadh 

the signes whereof are evident before our eyes. For the whispering 

of sedition, the contempt of thy graces offered, and the mainteinance 

of idolatrie, are assured signes of tliy farther plagues to fall 

upon us in particular for our greivous offences. And this unmeasurable 

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 replenished. 

We have nothing, O Lord, that we may lay betwixt 

us and thy judgement but thyne only mercio, 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 dhiaidhfm a Athair na trocaire, atamaoid 

gudghuidhe, agas gud gher 

atach, ar gradh do Mhic lofa 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 fds go 

tabhachtach leo fin fad, agas croidheadha 

comhmboga comhmaotha led 

Sbiorad fein do thabhairt duinn. Lemadh 

eidir lind athuigfin, agas achoim 

he'd anumhla agas anonoir, ata imchubhaidh 

rena thabhairt dod chumhach 

taibh diadhafa : fech fein fos 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 

and give unto us hearts 

not bene effectually moved with the same ; 

mollified by thy Spirit, that may both conceive and kepe in mynde 

the reverence that is due unto thy Majestie. 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 mlioladh agas ghloir, anois 

agas afaoghal nafaoghal. 

UBIODH AMHLUIDH. 

^b •...1 * ^ 

o, 

A DHE bhithbheo agas a Dhe 

'bhithbhuain, a Athair lofa Cri- 

ofd ar Dtighearna, neoch nochtas do 

throcaire, agas chongbhus do ghealladh 

don druing aga bfuil do ghradh, 

& umhluidheas dotaitheantaibh Diadha, 

an tan dhoirteas tu teas tfeirge, 

agas cnias do cheirtbhreitheamhnuis 

ama daoinibh olcmhora eafumhla : Atamaoidne 

and fo ag denamh vmhla, 

agas prdfdala abfiadhnuife do chath- 

rach cumhachtaighefe, agadmhail ler 

gcroidheadhaibh gurab coir do fmach 

taigh thii find le foimeart fiorallmhurr 

dha : agas gurab coir do chuirfea an 

chuing, agas an cuibhreach cedna, do 

thogaibh tii roimhe dhind led ghrafa- 

ibh, oraind aris. Oir ataid ar Riogh- 

all honour and praise, now and ever. 

riiidh 

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 foorth thy hote displeasure and just judgments upon the 

obstinat inobedient ; we here prostrat our selves before the throne 

of thy Majestic, from our hearts confessing, that justelie thou hast 

punished us by the tyrannic 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. ()ur kings,

VRRNAIDHTHE 

nuidh & ar Priodfadha, & an pobal vile 

indoille ag diultadh do bhriathar bfirindeach 

futhainfe : & maille ris fin, atamoid 

agdiultadh cheangail do thro 

cairife neoch ata ar nafiirail oraind 

an lofa Criofd do Mhac morthrocaineach 

fa : Oir ge ta do Mhac ina bhri- 

athruibh anois aga fhurail fein oraind, 

fame'idfin do chumhachtaibh : nach 

eidir le en nduine ainbfios do bheithmar 

leithfgel aige, gidheadh do reir 

bhreitheamhnuis daonna. Ata aing- 

idheacht, & ainmein ar lanlionadh na 

Rioghachta ro thruaighefe go huil- 

idhe : agas ata aoibhneas agas ardtlioil 

an Pobail anainbfios, agas aniodhal- 

acht : agas fos farior na daoine ghab- 

has orra gradh do bhriatharfa do bhe- 

ith aca ni fhuiUd agtaifbenadh thorrthadh 

na haithrighe, mar do dhHdh- 

feadh Pobal dar fhoillfigh thii fe'- 

in ad Dhia thromghradhach throcaire 

ach, a fiad fo do cheirtbhreith eamhnuis 

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 sinne by sinne, 

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VRRNAIDHTHE 

dioghaltas do dhenamh ar gach ndui- 

ne do reir a aingidheachta no a vile 

fein, agas ni bfuil crioch no foirceand 

ar mhed 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 chumhacht 

aris ofar gciond, no fos foillfe 

do Tfoifgeilfe do bhreith vaind. Acht 

gidhbe marta an pobal go huilidhe eafumhal 

duidfe. Agas vireafbhadha do 

ghnath oraind, gidheadh ar fon ghlo- 

ire hanma fe'in, agas ar fon ghloire ha- 

oin Mhic charthanaigh lofa Criofd 

(an te do nocht tufa afhirinde agas a 

Tfoifgel dod throcaire tfaoir fe'in eadruind,) 

goma toil leat finde do ghab 

hail ad dhidean, agas ad chaomhcho 

imhed, iondas go bfeicidh an faoghal 

go huilidhe, & go dtuigidh gach aon, 

mar do thiondfgain tu 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 unthankfulnes 

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 glorj' 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 

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V R R N A I D H T H E 

tfaoir fein, go ma hamhluidh fm bhus 

toil leat, agcongbhail againd do ghnath, 

leis an trocaire fin fein. Deonaidh 

fo dhui'nn a Athair na trocaire argradh 

do Mhic charthanaigh lofa Criofd ar 

Dtighearna. 

ITBIODH AMHLVIDH 

^VRRNVIDHE INDIaidh 

Tfearniona ar fdaid na He- 

ADHE 

agluife Criofdaidhe and fo fios. 

na nuile chumhacht, agas 

a Athair is mo trocaire atamaoid 

go humhal orramach, dar leigean fe'in 

anifle, agas agar dtoirrneamh abfiadh- 

nuife do chumhachtadh diadhafa, ag 

aflach, & ageadarghuidhe ort, ò ioch 

tar ar gcroidheadh, an fiolfa do bhriathar 

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, merciful! 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 submit 

our selves, and fall downe before thy Majestie, beseechinge 

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 burninge heate of persecution

VRRNAIDHTHE 

dioghaltais ar neascarad, toradh atfilfe 

do chrionadh, agas nach eidir le curara 

buaidheartha na beathadhfa an fiolfa 

do nihuchadh. Acht mar tfiol ar na 

chur indeighfhearond, no in deigh it- 

hir, agas è do thabhairt thoraidh che- 

adaidh, mar do ordaigh do ghliocas di- 

adhasa, agas dta fheidhm orainde do 

gnath, bheith ag denamh iarratais, agas 

athchuindgheadh oraibhfe. Atamaoid 

go humhal gud ghuidhe a Athair neamhdha 

do Sbiorad naomhtha do dhe 

onachadh dhiiind, mar niarratafaibh 

do dhenamh 6 indtindibh duthrachta- 

cha, mar is md is imchubhaidh, agus is 

ionmholta dhiiind aniarraidh, do reir 

do thoile diadhafa. Agas othuigmaoid 

nach bfuil do neart, no do chumhach- 

taibh agar nanbfainde fein en ni maith 

do dhenamh, abfegmhuis do chuidigh 

fe, agas nach bfuil anainbfios no a na- 

ineolas duitfe, animarcaidli, agas anainmheid 

buaidlirich ata ag teacht inar 

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 forth 

thirtie, sixtie, and an hundreth folde, as thy heavenly wisdome 

hathe appointed. And becawse we have nede continualhe 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 fei-vent minde as may be agreable 

to thy moste blessed wyll. 

And seinge that our infirmitie is hable to do nothinge without 

thy helpe, and that thou arte not ignorant vnth how many and 

great temptations, we poore wretches are on eveiy side inclosed 

and compassed, 

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V R R N A 1 D H T H E. 

agha meirbhe denadh do neartfa a 

Thighearna ar nanbfainde dhiomchar 

iondas go mbiam maille re didean cumhachta 

do ghrafla, ar ar gcoinihed, & 

arar nanacal, anadhaidh gach vile am- 

ais & indfuidhe da dtibhrean Taibhirf 

eoir oraind, neoch ata ag dul nar dtim- 

cheall, niarleomhan bhorb bheiceadh- 

ach, ag iarraidh doiche arar flugadhne : 

Medaidh ar gcreidimhne a Athair 

throcairigh, iondas nach racham ar fe- 

achran lligheadh vair ar bioth, ad bhri 

athruibh neamlidha neamhfhallfafa. 

Acht medaigh iondaind dochus agas 

gradh, maille re coimhed curumach 

huile aitheantadh, iondas nach bfe'd 

cruas croidhe, no crabhadh cealgach, 

no toile na meanmun no na fiil, no tar- 

raing an tfaoghail, fmde do bhreith 6 

tumhlachtfa. Agas odho chi tufa go 

dtarrla dhiiind bheith beo is na laithibh 

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, susteyiie our weaknes, that we beinge defended 

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 merciful! 

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,


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 fos, an mheid agas go 

bfuilmaoid arar dteagafg le teafbul na- 

omhtha, ar nitche, agas ar nurrnuidhe 

do dhenamh ar fon gach vile dhuine 

nifhuilmaoid ag denamh ar nia.rratais 

no ar nguidhe, arar fon fein amhain, an 

mheid atamaoid do lathair and fo, acht 

martamaoid aga denamh ar fon cha- 

ich go coitcheand. Acht mar angcedna 

atamaoid gutaflach, agas gutead- 

arghuidhe, fana daoinibh ata anainb- 

fios, agas anaineolas na tirinde fos, diompodh 

on gceangal, & on gcuibhreach 

thruagh tfeachranach dhoille ina 

bfuilid : go nglantuigfin tfirinde neamhdhafa 

dhoibh, iondas go bfedfam 

vile le' haon 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 chiefely againste the wicked 

rage and furious uproares of that Romyshe idoll, enemie to thy 

Christe. 

Fordermore, forasmoche as by thy holy Apostle we be tauglit 

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 da dtug tii curam, agas co- 

imhed, agas toirbheartas do bhriathar 

naomhtha, agas vachtaranacht os ciond 

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 fds os ad laimhfe ata 

croidhe gach Righ, agas gach ro Thigheama, 

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 bharantuis 

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 Woord, and charge of thy 

chosen people, may both in their lyfe and doctrine be fownde 

faithful!, 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 rulers 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 

Quenes maiestie, and our Prince,

VRRNAIDHTHE. 

ach ata futhadh fin go leir, Denadh do 

ghradh aithreamhailfe niarfin a gcaomhna, 

agas a gcoimhe'd, agas denadh 

do Sbiorad naomhta agroidheadha do 

riaghladh, agas do roidhiorghudh- 

adh, iondas go bfedaid an curam ata 

ortha do fhreafdal, agas do fhritheolamh, 

iondas go mbia do chreideamh 

firindeachfa aga mhedughadh. Agas 

be'fa 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 lofa Criofd, atama 

oid ag denamh ar niarratais, & ar nit- 

che, ortfa a Athair nearnhdha, ar fon 

gach vile dhuine, ata fa engne autfocra 

chta, no thriobloide, marta cogadh, no 

gorta, no plaidh, no eaflainte oile, no 

bochtaine, no chuibhreach, priofi.inta- 

chta, no fogra, na dibirt, no doghal- 

tas, no enghne oile fgiurfaidh, no dochar 

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 ]3reserve her, and thy Holy Spirite so 

governe her harte, that she may in suche sorte 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 he all members of the mystical! 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, imprisonement, 

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 constancie.

VRRNAIDHTHE. 

deife, no go cuire tu fein fuafgladh, 

agas furtacht chuca fadheoidh, agas 

na dhiaidhfm a Dhe Athar vile chum 

hachtaigh, agas a Thigheama is mo 

trocaire, atamaoid go Ian vmhal gud 

ghuidlie, fad throcaire, & fad throm 

gbrafaibh dfoillfeachadh arar mbraith 

ribh criofdaidhe, ata ar fogra no a bpri 

ofunaibh, no ag fulang bhais gacli enla 

ar fgath fhiadhnuife na firinde, otaid 

vile abfegmhuis chuidighthe daoine 

gidheadh na treigeadh do chomhfhur 

tacht diadhafa lad : 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 mhorchumachtaighfe 

lofa Criofd, trid an faoghal go 

himlan, agas is anainm, agas anonoir 

an Mhicfm do nimaoid ar nguidhe, & 

E. 4. 

tyll thou send them full deliverance of all their trouljles. 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 

niercie, 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 tnieth. 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 tiyall as thy godly wisdome shall appoint. So that at 

lenght, aswell by their deathe as by their life, the kingdome 

of thy deare Sonne Jesus Christ may increase and shyne 

through all the worlde." In whose name we make our humble

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

ar nurmuidhe mar do tlieagaifg fein 

duinn ag radha nambriatharfa. 

Ar nathairne ata ar neamh go mo be 

adaighthe hainm, go dti dod righe 

goma denta do thoil adtalmhuin mar a 

ta ar neamh, tabhair dhuinn aniu ar nar 

an laitheamhail, & maidi dhuinn ar bfiacha 

amhail mhaithmaoidne dar bfeic 

heamhnuibh, agas na leig a mbuaidh- 

readh find, acht faor find ò olc : oir is 

leatfa an ri'ghe, aneart, agas a ngloir 

tre bhioth fior. 

^ B I O D H A M H L V I D H. 

A DHE na nuile chumhacht atamaoid 

goteadarghuidhe, go ma to 

il leat foirfidheacht, agas buaine, agas 

daingne do thabhairt diiinn ad chreideamh 

bheodha, aga mhedughadh ion 

daind gach henla, no go bfafam go Ian 

tomhas ar nuile cliearta, agas fhoirfid- 

peticions unto thee, as he hath taught us. 

Our J"ather which arte in heaven, etc. 

heachta 

Almightie and ever lyvinge Gorl, vouchsave, we beseche thee, to 

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 lofa Criofd re ndenam ar 

bfaoifidin ag radha na mbriatharfa. 

CREIDIM 

in Di'a Athar vile 

chumhachtach, cruthuightheoir 

neimhe, agas talmhan, agas an lofa Cri- 

ofd a e'n Mhac foin ar Dtighearna : neoch 

do gabhadh on Sbiorad naomh, & 

riigadh le Muire Oigh, dfulaing pais fa 

Poinc Piolaid, do cefadh, fuair bas, agas 

dohadhluiceadh, do chuaidh fibs anifreand, 

an treas la do eiridh obhas, & do 

chuaidh fuas ar neam, do tfuidh ardeis 

De Athar vile chumhachtaigh, as lin 

tiucfas dobhreith bhreithe, ar bheoa- 

ibh, agas ar mharbhaibh. 

Creidim andfa Sbiorad naomh, agas 

an Eagluis naomhtha go huilidhe, comaoineachadh 

na naomh, raaitheamh 

na peacadh, eifeirghe cholla na marbh 

agas an bheatha hfuthain. 

UBIODH AMHLVIDH. 

jn Christ, wherof we make our confession, sayinge, 

I beieve in God, etc.


N A D H I A I D H SO, A G A S 

indiaidh chandtuireachta na Pfalm, 

abradh an minifdir an beandachadh 

fo fios, & fgaoileadh an pobal ofin 

amach an la fin. 

DIA 

^(M)^ 

an Thighearna dar mbeamd- 

achadh, agas dar gcoimhed : Dia 

an Tighearna dfoillfeachadh, agas do 

thaifbeandh tfoillfe agnuife fe'in duind 

& do dhenamh throcaire oraind, Dia 

an Tighearna diompodh a ghnuife 

gradhaighe chugaind, do dheonachadh 

atfithchaimhe fein diiind. 

GRADH De Athar vile chumli- 

achtaigh, agas grafa, agas trocaire 

ar Dtighearaa lofa Criofd, comaoine- 

achadh, agas comhfhurtacht on Sbio- 

rad naomh, do bheith do gnath maille 

rind go him Ian. 

ITBIODH AMHLVIDH. 

1[ VRRNVIDHE 

Then the people singe a Psalme, which ended, the Minister pronounceth one 

of these blessinges, and so the Congregation departeth. 

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 towardes you, and graunt you his peace. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and communion 

of the Holie Ghoste, be with you all. So be it. 

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VRRNAIDHTHE. 

H VRRNVIDHE EILE 

in diaidh Tfearmona and fo. 

HE vile chumhachtaigh, AD & a 

Athair neamhdha, 6 dho gheallais 

ar niarratais do thabhairt duind, anainm 

& anonoir ar Dtighearna lofa Cri- 

ofd do Mhic inmhuinfe : agas fos atamaoid 

arar dteagafg leis fein, agas lena 

eafbulaibh find fein do thinol, agas do 

chruindiughadh, na ainmfion abfoch- 

air acheile, agà ghealladh dhuind go 

mbeith fè nar meafg, & go ndenadhfe' 

guidhe arar fon riotfa, dfaghail diiind 

gach neithe ar ambeithmaois aontadhach 

adtalmhuin, atamaoid vime fin ag 

tabhairt ar nuidh, agas ar naire do tai- 

thnife ar tus, mar do iarrais oraind guidhe 

do dhenamh ar fon na ndaoine 

do orduidhis do dhenamh na cora, & 

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 

k 

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VRRNAIDHTHE. 

namh an Pubaill, & feidhm gach vile 

dhuine an mheid, agas ata ar gcreideamh 

ar na thogbhail led bhriathruib diadha 

dearbhthafa, agas led ghealladh 

neamhfhallfa : Atamaoid and fo ar 

gcruindiughadh, & ar gcoimhthionol 

agceand acheile atfiadhnuifife, agas anainm 

do Mhic inmhuin ar Dtighearna 

lofa, atamaoid ag denamh ar nguidhe 

ditheallaidhe riotfa, a Dhe is mo 

trocaire, agas a Athair is truime toirb- 

heartus, go ma toil leat do throcaire 

neimhmeafarrdha do dheonachadh 

dhuin, ar gradh lofa Criofd ar nen fla 

nuighthoir, agas ar nen 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 Ò indtindibh duthrachtacha, agas 

fos go mbeam do reir do thoile moir 

bheanduighthefe. Oir afi 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 supphcation 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, v.hich is 

onely to be accepted. 

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

princes 

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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 ata 

orra, agas ris an gcuid eile duachtaranaibh, 

agas do chumunta na Rioghach 

ta, go ma toil leat, do Sbiorad naomhtha 

do dheonachadh dhoibh, agas do 

mhedughadh ionta, 6 aimfir go haim- 

fir, iondas go madh eidir leo maille re 

deagh chreideamh lofa Criofd haon 

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 fein do gach vile chumhachta ar 

neamh, & ar talmhuin, agas da reir fm 

iad fe'in do thoirbheart do, do dhenamh 

atfeirbhife, agas a thoile, do mhedughadh 

Rioghachta lofa Criofd in 

gach Rioghacht, agas in gach Tighearntus 

da bfuil futhaibhfin, agas do 

cumhdach dheighriaghla do reir do 

and rales unto whome thou hast committed the administration of 

thy justice, and namely, as touching the excellent estate of the 

Quenes Majestic, 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 Govemour 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 kingdome 

in her dominions (ruling by thy worde her subjectes,

VRRNAIDHTHE. 

thoilefe, agas do bhriathar don pobal 

ata 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 dhuitfe, 

gach en la ar feadh ar naimfire. A- 

tamuid guteadarghuidhe fos, a Athair 

is mo trocaire, agas a Tflanuighthoir 

anchinidh dhaonda, ar fon gach en 

duine do chuir tu mar Mhiniflir os 

ciond an Pobail Chriofduidhe, da dtug 

tu 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 

6 dheamhan no ò dhomhan : agas agcoimhed 

mar fin led Sbioraid naomhtha, 

iondas go mbeid firindeach deagh 

chreidmheach, ag fior mhedughadh do 

ghloirife, ag caitheamh alaothair vile 

which be thy creatures, and the shepe of thy pasture), that we 

being maintained 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 

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do

VRRNAIDHTHE. 

do chum na haon chrichefe, agas anen 

adhbhair, do thabhairt na gcaorach 

mbocht do chuaidh ar feachran on 

tred, aranais ari's, do chum an Tighear- 

na lofa, ata na mhor bhuachaill, agas 

na cheand os ciond gach eafbuig, iondas 

go bfedaid ò aimfir go haimfir, bhe 

ith ag medughadh abfirentachta, agas 

anaomhdiachta, agas don taoibh oile, 

go mo toil leat, gach vile Eagluis do 

chaomhna, agas choimhed, ò chundtabhartaibh 

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. Tuilleadh 

vile fos, atamaid ag denamh ar 

nguidhe riotfa a Thighearna, a Dhe, & 

a Athair is truime toirbheartas, ar fon 

gach vile dhuine go geineralta, mar is 

ail leat athuigfm, agas a aithniughadh 

gurab tii fe'in is llanuightheoir don tfa- 

oghal go huilidhe, do rear an cheand- 

aigh do rinde do Mhac ionmhuin lofa 

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 ravening 

wolves, and from hirelings, who seke their owne ambicion and 

profit, and not the setting foorth of thy glorie onely, and the safegarde 

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


roimhe fo alaimh, agas andorchadas 

do bhridh ainbfis, agas aineolais, agas 

vireafbhadha do Tfoifgeilfe : go ma ha 

mhluidh fm is toil leat anois bo bhridh 

fhoillfeachaidh do Tfoisgeil, agas tfo- 

illfe gloine do Sbioraide naomhtha, 

each do thabhairt ar ilighidh aflanuigh 

the : Oir afi fm a aithne, agas a admh- 

ail gurab è lofa Criofd do chuiris 

chugaind dar flanughadh. Mar an gced 

na go ma toil leat, na daoine dtugais 

do ghrafaibh, agcroidheadha do tfoill- 

fiughadh, agas dfofgladh da thuigfin 

do bhriathar, I'ad fm do mhedughadh 

in gach vile Dhiadhacht, agas do tfa- 

ibhreas Sbioratalta do dhortadh orra. 

londas go bfedam vile ler gcroidhe- 

adhaibh, agas ler mbelaibh vmhla, agas 

onoir do dhenamh dhuidfe, agas onoir 

imchubhaidh, agas feirbhis do dhenamh 

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 Lawmaker. 

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

VRRNAIDHTHE. 

fhurail crt nar nguidhe ar fon gach 

aonduine arar chuiris dochar no triobaloid, 

na buaidhreadh, no amhgar, mar 

chiontughadh, agas mar fmachtughadh 

a peacadh. Gach aonpobal fos arar 

chuiris plaidh, no gorta, no cogadh & 

gach vile dhuine atà fadhochar bochtaine, 

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 fein, & da gceartughadh, 

agas da thabhairt orthuibh go neimhchealgach, 

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 dhidean 

Diadhafa, ar mbraithreacha Criofd 

aidhe ata fa fhoirrneart na Nainteadh- 

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 persons 

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 

nianer of evil. But especially, we commend unto thy Divine 

protection, all such which are under the tyrannic of Antichrist, 

F.


criofd, agas ara bfuil vireafbhuidh bea- 

tha ar agcorpaibh, agas gan achead a- 

ca hainm diadhafa deadarghuidhe go 

follas, & go hàiridhe ar mbraithreacha 

bochta ata a Priofunaibh no agceangal 

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 ciil do tfirindefe choidhche, 

acht iad danmhuin go biian daingean 

anadmhail do bhriathar, agas do chuinge 

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 

agcoimhed, 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 mbas fadheoidh. 

and both lacke this foode of life, and have not libeitie 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, mainteining 

them in thy safegarde against the rage of wolves, and 

increasing in them the gifts of thy Spirit, that they may glorifie 

thee their Lord God, both in their life and in their death. 

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A Dhè agas a Thighearna is truiine 

trocaire, atamuid do teadarghuidhe, 

adheonachadh dhui'n an mheid atama- 

oid and fo ar dtionol agceand acheile 

anainm do Mhic mhor chumhachta- 

idh lofa Criofd, deifdeacht a bhriath- 

ar, & do chomaoineachadh a Chuirp, 

go bfedam a thuigfin go firindeach ne 

amh chealgach. med thruaighe na fda 

ide damuinte abfuilmaoid ò nàduir, & 

mar atamuid ler ndroch ghniomhart- 

uibh fein, ag tuilleadh dhamnuidh tfu- 

thain duin, agas acur ar ndroch ghniomhartha 

fiias ar muin acheile gach 

e'nla, agas do dhioghaltas tromfa do 

bheith ofar gciond, do bhridh ar ndro 

ch bheathadh Ian fhuathmhuire Peacaidhe, 

iondas ar bfaicfin dum nach 

bfuil en bhraon maitheafa dar naduir 

fe'in indaind, agas nach maireand e'n 

ni domhaith ar fe'an noar fiondfear 

do thuilbfeadh Rioghacht no flaithe- 

as De dhui'n, go bfedmaoid find fein, 

agas ar gcroidheadha go huihdhe do 

thiodhlucadh dhuidfe maille re Ian 

ndochas ad Mhac ionmhuin lofa Cri- 

Finally, O Lord God, most deare Father, we beseech thee to 

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 truely, and without hypocrisie, in how miserable a 

state of perdicion we are in by nature, and how worthely we procure 

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 

/ 

SI

VRRNAIDHTHE 

ofd ar Dtighearna, 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 mhuchadh, 

agas ar nathnuadhughadh ambe- 

athaidh Dhiadha, do mhedughadh o- 

nora a amna naomhthafan, oir is oigh- 

ri ar gach en onoir e, in gach en ionad, 

agas ar feadh an domhain gn himlan. 

Mar an gcedna do bfuil didean, agas 

vachtaranacht agadfa a Athair ofor 

gciond. londas go bfedfam gach en la 

ni famho, agas nifa mho, barr vmhlach 

ta, agas onora, do dhenamh dot chum- 

hachtaibh naomhtha neamhfhallfafa, 

aga nairthear thii ad Righ, & ad Ghuibhearnoir 

os gach vile ni, ag denamh 

riaghla roidhiorgha dot pobal, le cloidheamh 

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 dwelhng in 

us, may mortifie our olde man, that is to say, our sinfull aiTections, 

and that we may be renewed into a more godhe life, whereby 

tliine 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 and governour 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, 

S2

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 onoraighe, 

anuair nochtfas tu thu fein, imbre 

itheamhnus apearfuind do Mhic. Ion- 

das fds 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 choimhlionadh, 

iondas goma denta do 

thoil gan chur na hadhaidh, agas go 

ndena gach en duine adhitheall, fad 

tfeirbhis, agas fad thoilfe do dhenamh, 

agas adtoile fe'in, agas anuile iarratus, & 

ainmian agcoUa do threigean. 

Deonaigh dhum fos a Thighearna 

mhaith, gluafacht ingradh, agas aneagla 

hanma naomhthafa, agas gombeathuightear 

find vile, led mhaitheas, & 

led mhor grafaibh, agas go bfagham 

od lamhaibhfe, gach en ni ar abfuil ar 

bfeidhm no ar bfoghnamh, agas fin do 

F. 3. 

unto suche time, as the ful 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 obedience, 

even as thine heavenly Angels do apply themselves and 

onely to the performnig 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 affectuously acknowledge 

thee to be our P'ather, loking for all good gifts at thine hand.

VRRNAIDHTH E 

chaitheamh go feimh fiodhamhail, i- 

ondas anuair thuigfeam, go bfuil ciiram 

agadfa nar dtimcheall, go bfe'dam 

maille re ditheall duthrachtach, vmhla 

do dhenamh dhuitfe, ar nathair, ag feitheamh 

ar gach en ndeagh thiodhlucadh 

dfaghail odlaimh. Agas ar dtar- 

raing arar nais gan ar ndochas do bhe- 

ith go dimhaoin ahaon chreatuir, acht 

ar ndochas vile do dhenamh afadfa, & 

ar muinighin, agas ar raor dhochas do 

dhenamh afad, agas as do mhor thro- 

caire, ofsi is buaine dhui'n. Agas ata 

anmheidfm do thruaighe, agas danbfa- 

inde orainde, agas do bhrifdidhe, agas 

duUmhacht iondaind do chum peacaidh 

do dhenamh, an feadh mhairfeam 

fa mbeathaidh aithghiorrfa, bheith do 

ghnath ag claonadh, agas ag tuitim, 6 

tilighidh dhirigh haitheantadhfa, atamuid 

gud ghuidhefe ar peacadh do 

nihaitheamh dhuin. Oi'r atàmuid agcundtabhairt 

dhamhnaidh do reir do 

bhreitheamhnuis brathafa, trid ar nol 

caibh imarcacha, iondas nach biaidh 

cumhachta 

and by with-diawing 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 heely 

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VRRN AIDHTHE 

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 agaiteachadh ionda- 

ind do ghnath. Deonaidh dhuin 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 mian 

rer naduir do dhenamh, fgàth agas 

dion & didin ar namhad do dhenamh. 

& Ota an mheidfin danbfaine, & do 

neamh chumhachtaibh iondaind, nach 

bfedmuid cothughadh anadhaidh ar 

namhad ler neart fein, ar feadh en 

mhoimindte do 16 no dhoidhche, agas 

go bfuil anoireadfm do thromdacht, & 

deire imarcach arnamhad oraind, nach 

denad an diabhal, no an faoghal, no ar 

ndroch thoile fein en chomhnuidhe, 

acht ag fior chothughadh mar nadhaidh 

do ghnath, aranadhbhur fm 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 vengeance, 

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. londas go 

bfedam feafamh, agas cothughadh fe- 

arrdha fior laidir do dhenamh, anadh- 

aidh gach vile bhuaidheartha, agas 

bhorb throda, agas cothughadh daingean 

do dhenamh, fa chath Sbioratal- 

ta, no go gcofnam fein vachtaranacht 

an chathafin duin fa dheoidh : agas na 

dhiadh fin, fubhachus fior bhuan do 

dhenamh, ad Rioghacht ro bhuainfe, 

abfochair, agas a bfarradh, ar Riogh & 

ar ro Thigheama, agas ar gcind fheadh 

na fhior laidir, agas ar Ngiubhearnoir 

lofa Criofd ar Dtighearna : da dtiubh 

ram gloir, agas moladh, agas onoir a- 

nois, agas tre bhioth fior. 

^ BIODH AMHLUIDH 

VRRNAIDHTHE BHEG 

tareis an Tfailm roimh Tfermoin. 

*]C.-)[^ 

OIA 

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 govemour Jesus Christ our 

Lord, 

A Short Prayer* 

afler 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 lofa Criofd ar dtig- 

hearna, dfofgladh, agas dfoillfuighadh 

ar gcroidheadh, agas ar nintindeadh 

deifleacht agas do thuigfin, agas do 

chur angniomh, athoile naomhtha niamhgloine 

fein, ata ar na foillfiughadh 

go follas dui'n. areacht ro bheandaight 

he, a Mhic mhoir mhoirbhuiligh, lofa 

Criofd ar dtighearna, do dheonughadh 

dhuinn fos, ar gradh a throcaire fa 

oire, an mheid do rindeamar fein, agas 

gach aondind, degoir agas durchoid, 

agas dainmein, othus ar mbeathadh go 

foithe fo, do leigean lind gan dioghal- 

tus, agas an mheid ata gan chaitheamh, 

agas gan chur tharaind dar naim- 

fir, fin vile do chaitheamh ina vmhla- 

fan, agas ina eagla agas ina ghradh. I- 

ondas goma comhmolta a ainm Diad- 

hafan eadruind, & goma comhfhurta- 

cht duinn gach aon againd fein daroi- 

le, gach ni da ndenam. Do dheonughadh 

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 fm diarraidh air, 

na tioghlaithe maithese agas gach tioghlucadh 

eile imchubhaidh iniarrata, 

iarrmaoid anaim a Mhic ionmhuin lo- 

fa Criofd agradha na mbriatharfa, Arnathairne 

ata ar neamh. 

ff^C*)-^ 

1ÌVRRNVIDHTHE INragha 

gach vair bhus ail leat. 

ADHE 

vile chumhachtaigh, agas 

a Athair neamhda, tuigmaoid inar 

gcoinfianfaibh, agas atamuid aga adm- 

hail, inar nindtindibh : marta fo lids fi- 

rindeach, nach fin find fe'in, ar fiiile do 

thogbhail re flaitheamhnus De : agas 

nach fin find teachth atfiadhnuifefe, 

no an mhèidfin do dhanacht do dhe 

namh, abhreathnughadh no afinuain- 

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 eveiy 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 to be said after the STmon, 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 turne 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 

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VRRNAIDHTHE 

tiugadh, go neifdfeàfa ar nguidhe, no 

ar ngairm da madh ail leat, feachain no 

filleadh ar an ni, atà don taobh afloigh 

indaind. Oi'r ataid ar gcoinfianfa agar 

nagra, agas ataid ar peacaidh iomarca- 

cha ag denamh fiadnufe, agas tuigma- 

oid ni fa mho gurab tufa, an breitheamh 

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 anadhbharfm 

a Thighearna, anuair do bheirmuid 

dar naire, ar mbeatha fein go huihdhe, 

atamuid arar gclaoi inar gcroidheadh- 

aibh, agas ni heidir lind a tfena, no atfe 

achna nach bfuilmaoid ar dtuitim, agas 

ar dtromleagadh fids, aneamh dhochas 

arar slugadh, ambas agas andam- 

nadh. Gidheadh a Thighearna is tru 

ime trocaire, agas toirbheartus, ò dho 

dhednuidhis, dod throcaire neimh 

meafarrdha, afhurail, agas a iarraidh or- 

ainde, hainm onorachfa do ghuidhe, 

dar bfurtacht, agas dar bfoiridhin, ò 

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. Notwithstanding, 

moste merciful Lord, since it hath pleased thee of thine 

infinite mercie, to commande us to call upon thee for helpe, 

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in

VRRNAIDHTHE 

iochtar ifrind, agas gach meid, mar 

mhothuidhemuid duireafbhuidh ora- 

ind fein, is moide dhlighmuid, teacht 

go luathghaireach, lanumhal, diarraidh 

fhurtachta ar do mhor throcairefe fin: 

Oir do gheall tii ar nitche, agas ar nur 

rnuidhe, agas ar niarratus deifdeacht, 

gan aire do thabhairt, don dioghaltus 

do dhlighfemaois do thaob ar peaca- 

igh, acht amhain anainm, agas anonoir 

agas ar gràdh ar Dtigbearna lofa Cri- 

ofd, do reir athuillteanais, & athroimcendaigh, 

neoch na aonar, tug tusa dhu 

in mar aon teacbtaire, agas mar en aidh 

ne : atamuid agar leigean fe'in anifle, 

agas anumblacht, atfiadnuifefe, ag di 

ultadh gacb vile dhochais dimhaoinigb 

6 neart daonda, acht leanmhuin 

ambain red tbrocairefe, agas ar Ian 

ndochas do bbeith angairm hanma na 

ombthafa, dfagbail mbaitbimh ar Peacaidh 

dbuin. Artus a Tbigbeama, 

maille re gacb tiodhlucadb nacb bfetar 

daireamh no dbindifm, tugas dagach 

vile dbuine ar talmbuin, 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 ar.d 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 sinnes. 

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 6 dhaoirfe 

thruaigh an diabhail, aga rabhamar 

a gceangal, agas agcuibhreach, agas a- 

gar faoradh 6 fhuarchreideamh, agas 

Ò chrabhadh fhallfa, agas on tfeachran 

imarcach, arabhamar baite gus anois, 

agas mar tugais find do chumtfoillfe 

futhaine tfirinde. Gidheadh ata an 

mheidfin dolcmhuireacht iondaind, 

agas do dhearmad, agas do chruas cro- 

idhe, go bfuilmuid ag dearmad, agas ag 

dichuimhne, na dtiodhlucadhfin, furamar 

odlaimih thoirbheartaighfe, agas 

go ndeachamar ar seachran vaid, agas 

gur thimpoidheamar, agus gur thilleamar 

otaitheantuibh, agas od reacht ro 

naomhtha, alenmhuin ar nainnieine, & 

ar ndroch thoile fein, 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 rehearse 

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 "iven worthy honor and due obedience to thine holie worde, 

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VRRN AIDHTHE 

fa, no dot bhriathruibh blafda bithbheodhafa, 

agas gan medughadh do 

mhor ghloire mar do dhlighfidhe dhind, 

agas ge nach dearrnuife comhnu- 

idhe no faillidhe, acht bheidi 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 & naire do dhligh- 

femaois dfaghail da chiond fin, agas 

atamaoid aga thuigfin go bfuilmid 

vile lochtach atfiadhnuifefe, da madh 

ail leatfa ceirtbhreitheamhnus do dhenamh 

oraind, do reir mar do thuillea- 

mar. Oir ni fhedmuid atfena gur thu- 

illeamar bas, agas damnadh futhain fi- 

orbhuan, oi'r da madhail lind aradha 

go bfuilmuid glan, & ar leithfgel fe'in 

do ghabhail, do dhenadh ar gcoinfians 

fein ar nagra is na briathruibh fin, agas 

do fhoillfeochadh ar nolc è fein atfiadhnuifefe, 

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, 

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VRRN AI DHTHE 

hearna, is leir lind ar an fmacht, agas 

ar an dioghaltas do thuit oraind, gur 

thuilleamar go mor do tfaobhnoffa. 

Oir marta tufa adbhreitheamh cheart 

chothrum, ni gan adhbhar do ni tii di- 

oghaltas ar do Pobal, aranadhbhurfin 

a Thighearna, 6 dho mhothuidheamar 

do bhuilleadha, tuigmaoid gur thuilleamar 

tfearg go himarcach, agas do chimuid 

do lamh ag bagar ofar gciond, & 

do chimuid an tflat ad laimh, 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 anois 

a thighearna, barr dioghaltais do 

dhenamh oraind, nach dearmuis fos, 

agas mar fuaramar enbhuille gur bhail 

leat ced buille do thabhairt duinn, & 

da madh ail leat gnathughadh na feintiumna 

do chur oraind, mar do chuiris 

ar chlandaibh Ifrahel. Aithnidhema- 

oid nach denta and fm vile acht ceirt- 

bhreitheamhnus cothram, & ni fhedmaoid 

atfena, nar thuilleamar fein an- 

we see by the corrections which thou hast aheadie 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 without 

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 ina do thuileadarfan e. Gidheadh a 

Thighearna, os tii ata 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 tu ar naod- 

haire, agas ar nard bhuachaill, agas gu- 

rab finde do thre'd, agas agfaigfm duid 

fds gurab tu ar flanuightheoir, agas 

gurab fmde an Pobal do cheandaigh 

tu fadheoidh, agas os tufa ar Ndia, & 

OS fmde 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 fein, 

tfeargfa go hiomarcach nar nadhaidh. 

Gidheadh atamaoid agairm agas aguidhe 

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 workmanship 

of thine hands ; since thou art our pastor, and we thy flocke ; 

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, 

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VRRNAIDHTHE 

cliomhtharraidh agas do tfuaidiean- 

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. 

Atc4 afhios agad fos an mheid agas 

do fhulaind bas, agas do Mhill tu do 

bhridh amighniomhartha 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 ghras, afiad fin fhoillfidheas 

do ghloirefe, & do mholadh. Is minic 

fos, do bhrofnaidh do Pobal fein tu, 

eland Irahel do chum fheirge, & dhio- 

ghaltais, lena nolc imarcach, & do rinde 

tufa dhioghaltas mar bhudh coir 

orrthuibh. Acht comhluath, agas do 

thuigeadarfan alochta, agas do thilleadar 

chugadfa, do ghabh tu do chum 

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 conifortles, 

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 required, 

punish them ; but so sone as they acknowledged their 

offences, and returned to thee, thou didst receave them 

G.

VRRNAIDHTHE 

do throcaire fad, & ni raibhe do thruime 

no do mhed apeacadh nar chu 

imhnidh tufa go minic angealladh do 

rinde tu Dabraham, agas Diafag, agas 

do lacob. londas gur impaidh tu va- 

thadh, do tflat dhioghaltach, agus gur 

eifd tu anitche, agas anurrnuidhe. Fuaramairne 

anois od mhaitheas, mor 

chumhachtachfa, gealladh agas tioghlucadh 

is fearr ina a dtugais do chloind 

Ifrahel, an gealladh ata againd an lo- 

fa Criofd, ata ar na dhaingniughadh 

dhuinn, red fhreafdal Aithreamhailfe, 

ambàs agas apais do Mhic inmhuinfe 

lofa. Vime fin a Thighearna, atamu- 

id agar dtreigean fe'in, agas ag treigean 

gach vile dhochais diomhaoinigh, 6 

chuidiughadh dàona fa domhan, agas 

atamuid agabhail chumairce, & chuim 

ridhe do gheallaidh mhor naomhtha- 

fa, \è ndearna ar Dtigheama lofa Criofd, 

achorp do thabhairt fa chrand da 

chefadh, do dhenamh ar fithine riotfa. 

Fech ar anadhbhar fin a Thighearna, 

anadhaidh, agas anguis ghadhaigh do 

Chriofd, 

alwaies to mercie ; and were their enormities and sinnes never so 

gi-ievous, yet for thy covenant's sake, which thou hadst made with 

thy servants Abraham, Isaak, and Jacob, thou hast alwayes withdrawne 

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 death 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,

\^RRNAIDHTHE 

Cliriofd, & narab orainde no ar ar mighniomharthuibh 

fhechfas tii fa nam 

fin. londas go dtraothtuithear tfearg 

rend aflachfan, agas go foillfithear, 

gathain Ian tfoillfe do throcaire orainde, 

do dhearbhadh do chomhfhur- 

tachta, agas do tflanuighe dhuinn, agas 

ofo mach gabh finde ad dhidean naomhtha, 

agas ad choimhed cumhachtach 

led Sbiorad naomhtha. londas 

go bfetar ar naithbhreith do chum na 

beathadh is fearr, iondas go ma beandaighthe 

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 ò olc 

oir is leat fa an Righe, aneart agas an 

gloir tre bhioth fior. 

A 


GAS ge tamaoidne neamhglan 

neamh imchubhaidh dhi'nn fe 

G. 2. 

and not in us, that by his intercession thy wrath may be appeased, 

and that the bright beames 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 

;/ 

9'

VRRNAIDHTHE 

in, do chum ar mbeol dfofgladh diar- 

raidh gach neithe rigmaoid aleas. 

Gidheadh o do dheonaidh tufa a aithne 

do thabhairt dufnn, gach aon aga- 

ind do dhenamh guidhe ar acheile, a- 

tamaoidne ag denamh ar nurrnuidhe 

go humhal riotfa, ar fgàth ar mbrathar 

mbocht Criofdaidhe, neoch ata fad 

fmachtfa, ag eadarghuidhe ort fearg 

dimpodh vathadh, cuimhnigh fos a 

Thighearna gurab eland duid iad, mar 

is eland duid fmde, agas ge do chuadar 

ar feachran no ar mearughadh vaid, na 

treig iad, acht foillfigh do throcaire 

ghnathach orra, mar do gheallais dona 

daeinibh do thogh tii, Deonaidh 

fos a Thighearna, do ghrafa agas do 

ghnath throcaire do dhortadh, ar Heagluifibh 

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 Majestic, yet that it would please thee not 

to cease to precede 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 

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VRRNAIDHTHE 

is mo is imchubhaidh dhoibh afaghail, 

londas go dtuigid gurab foillfiughadh 

do ghraidh orthuibh, andochar inabfii 

ilid, od fmachtughadh da gceartugh- 

adh, agas foidhide do thabhairt orr- 

thuibh, agas traothadh arna docruibh 

fin fadheireadh, agas fa dheoidh, tareis 

afaortha, ò gach Iriobloid 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 ata agadmhail 

tfirinde, agas fad do neartughadh, ma- 

ille re dochas daingean, agas re buaine, 

gan iompodh aranais o tfhirinde. Di- 

din agas cumhdaigh fad in gach aoin 

inadh, agas claoi cealga do namhad, 

& namhad tfirinde, ciiir frein ina mbeolaibh 

da gceartughadh ar an flighidh 

choir, & coifg an tflighe marbhtach 

fhuileachtach, ata fiad do dheilbh do 

ghnath atadhaife, agas anadhaidh 

do Mhic mhor chumhachtaigh, lofa, 

agas amhuintire, impoidh ar anais an- 

G. 3- 

to be most expedient for them, so that thy roddes may be instructions 

for them to assure them of thy favour, and for their amendement, 

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 maintenance 

of thy trueth ; strengthen them, O Lord, with an invincible 

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, turne to their owne confusion

V R RN AI DHTHE 

droch tfliglithe, do chum anuilc fein 

do dhenamh, agas na fulaing Riogh- 

acht na gcriofduidheadh do fgrios le 

foirmeart an Aintecriofd no cuimhne 

hanma naomhtha do fgrios as an talmhuin, 

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 druing droch chreidmh- 

igh oile, do bheradh fgandail no mafla 

dotainm naomhthafa. 


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FOIRM AN BHAISTIDH 

follas nar ordaidh Dla na Sacramuinte do ghnathughadli 

abfolach, no anuaigneas, mar pifeogaibh, no mar 

gliocas. Acht abfaghail aon clioimhthinol, ar na 

gceangal re briathruibh De, mar tfela aithrighe. Ar 

anadhbharfm is intughtha anlenamh bhias da bhaifdeadh, 

do chum na Heagluife alo na hurrnaidhe, agas 

na Sermona, agas a Athair agas anfhiadhnuife maille 

ris, agas tugthar abfiadhnuife an Rlhinifdir 6, andiaigh 

na Searmona, agus fiarfuidheadh an Minifdir an che- 

ifdfe. 

ANE 

^ (%*) ^ 

adhbhar fa dtugabhairfe an le 

anamhfa libh and fo, da bhaifde- 

adh, & diarraidh dha riribh a cheangal 

agas a fhuaidhel re corp diamhair lofa 

Criofd ? freagradh an tathair no anfhi- 

adhnuife è, agas abradh mar fo. 

IF ATAMVID GAN AM- 

T 

haras aga iarraidh fin fein, na dhiaidh 

fin labhradh an Minifdir mur 

fo. 

Vgmuid dar naire abhraithreache 

ha inmhuine, ciondas do rinde Dia 

G. 4. 

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

as charmes or sorceries, but left to the Congregation, and necessarely an- 

nexed to God's Woord as seales of the same : Therfore the infant which is 

to be baptised, shalbe broght to the churche, on the day appointed to comen 

prayer and preachinge, accompanied with the father and godfather. So 

that after the Sermon, the chyld beinge presented to the Minister, he 

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? 

TÀ£ Answer.—Yes, we require the same. 

The Minister procedeth. 

Then let us consider, dearly beloved, how Almyghtie God 

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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 dhui'n maille ris fin, go 

mbeith fe fein in a Dhia dhui'nn, agas 

dar gcloind go nuige an mile ce'im, & 

mar do dhearbh (è fin, da pobal fe'in fa 

tfemtiomna, le facramuint an ghear- 

raidh thimchill. Is marfin, do athnu- 

adhaidh fe an ni cedna dhuinne fa thi 

umna nuaidh, le Sacramuint an bhaif- 

didh, da chur agceill dui'nn leis an tfa- 

cramuintfin, gurab leis ar gcland bhe- 

ag, agas vime fin nach coir agcur ar 

gcul, ona comhtharraibh naomhtha, & 

ona felaibh flanaighthe, re naithneoc- 

har a chland fein, 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. londas goma leo maitheamh 

apeacthaid tre dhortadh fhola lo- 

fa Criofd, do reir gheallaidh Dhe' vile 

chumhachtaidh, an ni ata foUas 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,

B H A I S T I D H 

Foil, mar adeir fe eland na ndaoine, 

aga mbi athair dheagh chreidmlieach, 

do bheith glan naomhtha, agas fos do 

ghabh ar flanuightheoir Criofd chuige 

na fhiadhnuife, agas na vcht an 

chland bheag, agas do bheandaigh 

iad, agas ata an Sbiorad naomhta aga 

dhearbhadh dhui'nn, gurab do pobal 

Be an chland bheag, agas gurab leo 

maitheamh apeacaidh ò Chriofd. Ar 

anadhbharfm ni 'fetar ag congmhail 6 

tfelaibh, agas 6 chomhtharraibh po- 

bail De, acht mun dentar anegoir orra, 

& fos ni fhuil anuireadfin fein dfeidhm 

ar an gcomhtharradh amuig, athuigfm 

gomadh dith flanuighthe dhoibh, an- 

uireafbhuidh, da tiucfadh do dheif- 

riughadh, no do thindeanas bais chuca, 

nach lamhthar go himchubhaidh 

adtabhairt do chum na Heagluife, acht 

fmde ag tabhairt dar naire anumhlacht 

dhligheas gach Criofdaidhe do 

thabhairt do bhriathruibh, agas dordughadh 

lofa 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 Ghoste 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 

Searmoin, agas baifdeadh gach vile 

dhuine do dhenamh, gan eidir dhea- 

lughadh. Atamuid aga bhreathnugadh 

gurab nearnh imchubhaidh do 

chomand Eagluife De, na daoine do 

ni go tarcaifneach, bheith ag diultadh 

na fligheadh riaglialta ro dhiorgha, do 

ordaigh aghliocas Diadhafan, do 

theagafg agas do chomhfhurtacht ar 

gcedfadh tromdhoine. Tuilleadh o- 

ile fos, is follas gur horduigheadh an 

baifdeadh do fhreafdal no do dhenamh 

anduil visge, da theagafg dhuinne 

agas mar eifimlair, mar do ni an tuifge 

nighe no glanadh tfalchuir an chuirp, 

leath amuigh, gurab amhluidhfm do 

ni fuil no bridh fhola Criofd, arnanmanda 

do ghlanadh leathafloigh, on 

tfalchur, agas on puindfiun mharbhthach, 

le rabhamar truailUdhe neamh- 

ghlan, do reir naduire, agas geta deaf- 

gaidh neamhghlan na droch naduire 

fin do ghnàth nar bfeoil, no nar gcorpaibh, 

ni haigeorthar oraind i, do 

bhridh bhàis Chriofd, oir 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. 

P"urthermore, 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 corruption 

and deadly poyson wherwith by nature we were infected. 

Whose venemous dreggs, althogh they continewe in this our 

flesh, yet by the merits of his deathe are not imputed unto us,


entacht Chriofd inar mbaifdeadh, ni 

he gurab inbhreathnuidhe an bhridh 

fin no na cumhachta do bheith leath 

afloigh don vifge, no fa nobair amuigh 

fiîn, oir is imdha duine do baifdeadh, 

agas nar glanadh leath aftoigh riamh, 

acht an ti do ordaidh an baifdeadh do 

dhenamh, ar flanuighteoir lofa Criofd, 

go noibridheand fe bridh an bhaiflidh, 

agcroidheadhaibh na bfirenach, fa 

nairafir imchubhaidh, le neart an Sbiorad 

naomh, agas is de fin ghoireas an 

Sgriobhtuir ar nathbhreith, agas ata 

fin go hairidhe in da pone, amarbhadh 

dhroch thoile an chuirp no na coUa, 

& anuauidheacht no angloine bheathadh, 

mar ata cothughadh maith do 

dhenamh anadhaidh ar namhad ar feadh 

ar naimfire, do chaitheamh ar naimfire 

fa ngloine do ghabhamar vma- 

ind, anam ar mbaifdidh, agas ge ta do- 

char agas cathughadh ar namhad oraind 

agcuairt no adturos aithghearr na 

beathadh fa, neoch ata agar fior iond- 

fuidhe, le neart vmarcach, ni troid gan 

by caiise the justice of Jesus Christ is made ours by baptisme. Not 

that we thinke any suche vertue or power to be inckided 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 points, in mortification, that is to say, a resisting of the 

rebellious lustes of the fleshe, and in nevmes of lyffe, wherby we 

continually stryve to waike in that purenes and perfectipn wherwith 

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. 

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F O I R M AN 

tarblia ar dtroid. Oir an cath gnath- 

ach ata againd, agas an fgiath dainge- 

an do leonta anadhaidh bhais agas If- 

rind, is comhtharrdha Ian daingean e, 

go bfuil Athair cuimhneach againd, ar 

an ngealladh tug fe dhuinn an lofa 

Criofd, agas go bfuil agar mbrofnugh- 

adh, fa chathughadh cruaidh do dhenamh, 

anadhaidh na namhadfin, agas 

ni he fin anihain, acht go bfuil ag tab- 

hairt adheirbh fheafa dhuinn, vachta- 

ranacht an chathuighefin do chofnamh. 

Vime fin abhraithreacha inmh- 

uine is eigean en vair ar mbaifdeadh, 

agas ni he fin amhain, acht teid adtar- 

bha, go mor dhuinn, bheith abfiadhnuife 

an Bhaifdidh agadhenamh, do 

chuimhneachadh an cheangail ata ead 

ruind, agas Dia. Mar do gheall fc 

dhuinn, go mbiadh fe na Dhia dhuinn, 

agas finde nar pobal do, agas go mbiadh 

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 battaill which we fight against synne, deathe, 

and hell, is a most infallible argument, that God the Father, mindfull 

of his promise made unto us in Christ lesu, doth not only gyve 

us motions and courage to resist theim, but also assurance to overcome 

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 ministration 

therof ; that we beingeputt in minde of the leagueand covenant 

made betwxit God and us, that he 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, and to prove our selves, 

IOC

BHAISTIDH 

ilmaoid daingean andeagh chreideamh, 

fa naimfir ina bfuilmaoid, no a 

ndeachamar ar feachran ò Dhia do 

bhridh neimh chreidimh, agas dhroch 

bheathadh neamhghloine, & màtaid 

ar gcoinfianfa aga nagra fin oraind, is 

vrafa dhuinne ara tfon fin, bheith go 

maith do reir ghealladh ghradaidh ar 

Nathar dhui'nn, neoch ata agairm gach 

aonduine maille re haithrighe, do 

chum athrocaire, agas go bfedmaoid 6 

fo amach gluafacht agas ceimniughhadh 

ni bhus furachra, do reir ar ninmhe. 

Tuillead eile fds, is vrafa dha- 

oibhfe a aithreacha, agas a mhaithrea- 

cha, folas mor agas fubhachas do gha- 

bhail chugaibh, ag faicfin bhur gclo- 

inde aga ngabhail anucht an choimht- 

hinoil Chriofdaidhe, da chur agceill 

daoibhfe', go bfuilti fe'in gach enia 

agtogbhail, & ag beathughadh na clo 

inde ata fa ghrafaibh, agas fa throcaire 

Dhe, neoch aga bfuil a vidh, agas a 

aire, do ghnath le freafdal Aithreamh- 

ail ar angcloind fm, & 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 if our consciences do accuse us, yet by hearing the loving 

promises of our heavenly Father, (who calleth all men to mercie 

by repentance, ) we may from hensforthe walke more warely in our 

vocation. 

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 admonished 

that ye norishe and bring up the children of God's favor and 

mercye, over whom his fatherly providence watcheth continually. 

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FOIRM AN 

fo fubhachas fiorbhuan oraibh fa nadh 

bharfm. Oir ata afhios agaibh nach 

dteagmhand en 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 Dhe vile chumhachtaigh, agas da 

ndentar fuarruidhe no dearmad riii, fa 

fhalach thoile an Athar neamhdha or 

ra, ni don cloind amhain do nithear 

anurchoidfm. Acht bhudh damnadh 

dhaoibhfe fein fa dheoidh, afhulang 

an chland do cheanduigh fe, re fuil a 

Mhic dimpodh vadha go graineamhail, 

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 ata bhur 

gcland do thogbhail, adteagafg fhoir- 

fe fhior Chriofdaidhe, & go hairidhe a 

Ian ndochas do dhenamh as firentacht 

lofa Criofd amhain, agas fuath do 

tbabhairt 

Which thing, as it oglii greatly to rejoyse you, (knowing that 

nothing can chaunce unto them wythont his good pleasure,) so 

oght it to make you diligent and careful! to nurture and instruct 

them in the true knowledge and feare of God. Wherin 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 selves, in sufferinge 

his children, boght wyth the bloode of his deare Sonne, so 

trayterously (for lack of knowledge) to tume 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

thabhairt ' 

do 

BHAISTIDH 

chrabhadh fallfa, agas 

dumhlacht dhealbh, agas do riagail an 

Papa, agas do chum afhios do bheith 

againd fa dheoidh, gurab è fo creideamh 

inar bhail libhfe a Athair, agas 

afliiadhnuife an leanamhfa, do thog- 

bhail floindidh fein dhui'nn and fo, 

abfiadhnuife De ar tus, agas na 

Heagluise agas an choimh- 

thionoil Chriofdaidhe, 

fuim an chreidimh 

inarbhail leibh an 

leanamhfa do ' 

thogbhail, 

agas do 

theagafg. 

Î And fin abradh antathair, no munroibhe fe do latliair 

abradh an tathair Spioratalta airteagail an chreidimh 

darab comhain an Chre, nadhiaidh fin minigheadh 

an Miniftir mnr fo fids iad. 

ATA 

an creideamh Criofdaidhe, 

do chulabhair anois go haithghe- 

arr, ar na roind go gnathach, inda. air- 

and flee all superstition, Papistrie, and idolatrie. P'inally, to the 

intent that we may be assured, that you the father and suretie consent 

to the peifourmance hereof, declare here before God and the 

face of his congregation, the somme of that faith wherein you 

beleve, and will instruct this childe. 

Then the father (or in his absence the God-father) shall rehearse the Articles of 

his Faith : which done the Minister expoundeth the same as after followeth : 

Ane Exposition of the Creed. 

The Christian faith whereof now ye have briefly heard the 

somme, is commonly divided in twelve Articles :

F O I R M A N 

teagal cleg. Acht do chum go madh 

feirrde do thuigfemaois fm roind è 

agceithre chuid priondfubalta. Bean- 

aidh an che'dchuid de re Dia Athar, 

an dara cuid, re Hiofa Criofd ar Dtig- 

hearna, Foillfeochaidh an treas cuid 

ar gcreideamh dhuinn fa Sbiorad naomh, 

agas foilleochaidh an ceathramhadh 

cuid dheigheanach. Cre'd e ar 

gcreideamh adtimcheall na Heagluife, 

agas grafa De ar na fiorthoirbheart 

di. Ar tus adtimcheall De' adbhamao- 

id tri neithe .i. gurab e' Dia ar nathair 

ar tus, go bfuil fe vile chumhachtach, 

andara ni, gurab e cruthuighthoir neimhe 

agas talmhana e, antreas ni, goir- 

raaoid ar nathair dhe, agas creidmaoid 

gurab è ar nathair, ni na mhain ar fon 

ar gcruthaidhthe. Oir ata fm coitche 

and duinn vile, agas dona creatuiribh 

eile, ge nach bfuaradar anmhe'idfm do- 

noir, Dia do bheith na Athair gradh- 

ach aca, acht is vime ghoirmaoid ar 

Nathair dhe, ar fon gur thogh fe go 

faor find, mar chloind ochta dho fe'in 

do chum 

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

same, we shal divide it into foure principal partes. The first shall 

conceme 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 and earth. Our Father we 

call him, and so by faith beleve him to be, 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 favourable 

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 

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BHAISTIDH 

do chum na beathadh biothbhuaine, 

ar Ion lofa Criofd, agas is mo mheafmuid 

an trocaire ro oirrdheircfe, ina 

gach vile ni talmhuidhe truaillidhe. 

Oi'r na fhegmhuis fo amhain, ni fhuil 

aoibhneas no ardtfonas, no comhfhurtacht 

criochnuighe agan gcineadh 

dhaonna, agas an tan bhias fo again d, 

is lainndearbhtha dhufnn go dtreoruidheand 

fe find, an vile ghluafacht na 

beathadhfa, leis an ngradhfin fein ler 

thogh fe, go faor find 6 thus. lodas gu 

rab 1, ar gcrioch fadheoidh dhe an Rioghacht 

tfuthain, do vllmhuidh fe da 

chloind thoghtha do chofnamh. Oi'r 

on tobarfa throcaire faoire De. Agas 

ona mhacacht ochta, ata fruth ar 

ngarma, agas ar nglanta, agas ar ngath 

naomhta. Agas fa dheoidh fruth ar 

nglanta ag teacht chugaind, mar do ni 

an Teafbul Pol afhiadhnuife. Adbamaoid 

fos an Di'a fin fein ar Nathair, do 

bheith vile chumhachtach, ni ra mhain 

ar fon, go bfedand fe gach en ni bhus 

ail leis do dhenamh, acht ar fon go 

H. 

And this his most singular mercie we preferre to all things, earthly 

and transitorie : for without this there is to mankind no felicitie, 

no comfort, nor final) 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 possesse 

that immortall 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 sanctification, 

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, 

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bfuil fe ag riaghladh, agas ag ro choimhed 

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, agcongbhail 

anordughadh 6 thus. Agas 

adbhamaoid fa treas cuid, gurab e cru- 

thuigthoir neimhe, agas talmhan è .i. 

go bfuil neamh, agas talamh mar fm na 

laimh, nach dentar en ni ionta anainb- 

fios do, no fos anadhaidh athoile. 

Acht go bfuil fe' mar fin aga riaghladh. 

londas gurab i, is crioch dho fm a ainm 

diadhafan do bheith glormhur ionta, 

& mar fm atamaoid agadmhail, & 

ag creideamh nach bfuil agna diabh- 

luibh no ag lucht dhenta vile ar an 

tfaoghal, cumhachta ar bioth do dhenamh 

triobloide no dithe, no dochair 

do chloind thoghtha Dhe', acht an 

mheid is toil leifean do dhenamh dho 

ibh, mar bhallaibh freafdail do fein 

dfiondachtain, agas dfechain ar gcrei- 

dimh, & ar bfulaing, & ar bfoighide, 

no 

but in consideration that by his power and godly Avysedome 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 Name 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, 

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BHAISTI DH 

dar mbrofnugadh fuas le barr dithill 

deadarghuidhe a anmafan, no do 

ghndth fmuaintiughadh anaoibhnis, 

agas anard tfolais neamhdha, atà ag 

feitheamh oraind tareis na ndochair 

ndimbuanfa. Gidheadh ni ba lei'thf- 

gel dona daoinibh aingidhe fo, ar fon 

nach bfechaid choidhche ar thoil De 

do choimlionadh lena naingidheacht, 

no vmhla fos do dhenamh dho. Tuigmaoid 

da nàduir chomhlana eidir dhe 

alaighthe an lofa Criofd .i. diadhacht 

tfioraighthe, agas daonnacht chomh- 

lan ceangailte re cheile. londas go bfu 

ilmaoid agadmhail, & ag creideamh in 

focal futhain fioraigthe fm, do bhi ro 

imh gach tiis, agus gach tofach, ler cm 

thuigheadh na huile neithe, agas ata 

fos aga ndion, agas aga ndidean mar 

ataid, gur ghabh fe ar naduir dhaonna- 

ine 6 Oigh, le hoibriughadh an Sbiorad 

naomh, fa naimfir ar ordaigh comhairle 

chomhmbuan a Athar neamhdha 

fein. londas go dtuigeam, agas 

go gcreideam nachraibhe e'n 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 

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p

F O I R Î AN 

gheineamhain, acht niamlighloine, & 

naomhthacht, agas fos fa meid adtarrla 

na bhrathair dhuinne e : Oi'r do bei- 

gean, & do bimchubhaidh an tf dhar 

choir each do ghlanadh 6 tfal, agas o 

tfalchur apeacthadh è fein, do bheith 

glan 6 vile tfalchur peacthaidh ina 

gheineamhain, agas fos deis a gheineamhna, 

Agas mar adbhamaoid, agas 

mar chreidmaoid gur geineadh è on 

Sbiorad naomh, is mar fm adbhama- 

oid, agas chreidmaoid go rugadh è lè 

Hoigh darab ainm Muire do threibh 

luda, agas do theaghlach Dauid do 

choimhlionadh gheallaidh De', agas 

na bfaidheadh .i. go mbriffeadh, lli- 

ocht na mna, ceand na nathrach, agas 

go ngebhadh Oigh toircheas gan chion 

fir, agas go mberadh fi Mac da 

bhudh ainm Emanuel, is inand fin re 

radha angaoidheilg, agas Dia maille 

rinde, an tainmfe lofa is iondand fin re 

radha, agas flanuighthoir agaoidheilg, 

an tainm tugadh dho 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 prophecie 

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 bearea 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


hain tflaineochas apobal fein onape- 

acthaibh. Adearar fos Criofd ris is 

ionand fin re radha, agas neach ar ar 

cuiread ola, ar fon na noifigeadh tugadh 

dho 6 Dhia Athar .i. gurab è fein 

na aonar do horduidheadh, na Righ, 

& na Tfagart, agas na Fhaidh, is Ri e, 

ar fon go bfuair fe' gach vile chumh- 

achtha ar neamh, agas ar talmhuin, 

iondas nach bfuil en neach oile, ar neamh 

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 ein 

neach oile ler bfeidir ar nanmanda do 

dhi'on 6 dhaoirfe peacadh, no ar gcu- 

irp do dhion, o fhoirneart aingidhe 

daonna, acht eifean amhain, & oibrighe 

fe fo, le cumhachtaibh abhriathar fe'in, 

le dtairrngeand fe find, 6 chuibhre- 

ach, agas 6 dhaoirfe Tfatain, ag tab- 

hairt Thighearntuis dui'nn 6s ciond 

peacaidh anfad mhairfeam, agas do nimaoid 

feirbhis dar Ndia fein, abfirentacht, 

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 God in righteousnesse and holynes of our life. 

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F O I R M A N 

adh. Is Sagart è atà futhain fioraiglithe, 

agas creidmaoidne, agas adbhama- 

oid fin, ar fon gur dhiol fe ceirtbhreitheamhnus 

a Athar nar nainmne, agas 

ar ar fon, le hiodhbuirt achuirp fein, 

neoch tug fe mar ofrail enuair fuas, fa 

chroich rer ce'fadh e, & mar fm gidhbe 

iarras flighe eile ar bioth, ar neamh no 

ar talmhuin, feach a bhaffan, agas a pais 

da thabhairt do chum ghraidh De, ni 

fgandail amhain do bheirid do, acht 

maille ris an fgandail, go fiu agcumh- 

achta, ataid ag diultadh thoraidh, agas 

thabhachta na hen iodhburtafin. Adbhamaoid 

gurab è is e'n 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 losa, do bheith na 

en Mhac De, ar fon nach bfuil a en le 

theid eile and do reir naduire, acht ei- 

fean fein amhain. Adbhamaoid fds 

gurab e, ar Dtighearna è ni headh am- 

hain ar fon gurab fmd a chreatuire, acht 

go haithghearr ar fon gur cheandaigh 

A Priest, and that perpetual and everlasting, we confesse liim, 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 

God's favour, they do not onely blaspheme, but also, so farre as in 

them is, renounce the fiidt 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 perteining 

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 confesse 

him also our Lord, not only by reason we are his creatures, 

but chiefly because he hath redeemed us by his precious blood, 

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fe


fè find lena fhuil vafail oirrdheirc fe- 

in agas mar fin fuair fe Tighearntus, 

agas vachtaranacht ofar gciond, mar 

Pobal do tfaor, agas do fhuafgail fe, ò 

dhaoirfe peacaidh, agas bhais, agas I- 

frind, agas an diabhail, agas do rinde 

fe Righthe, agas Sagairt di'nd do Dhia 

Athar. Adbhamaoid fds tuilleadh, & 

creidmaoid gur hagradh ar Dtighear 

na lofa abfiadhnuife bhreitheamhan 

talmhuidhe, darbhainm, Pontius Pila- 

tus, agas gur fhulaing fe' bas agcrand 

na croiche cefda, eidir dhias meirrle- 

ach, fan mbreitheamhnus fin, acht 

ge minic do nochtadh and fin abheith 

neimhchiontach, agas mur do bhi an 

bas fin ro fhuathmhur ro ghranda ab- 

fiadhnuife daoine, is mar fin do bhf 

an bas cedna, curfda abfiadhnuife De, 

mur adubhairt, is curfda gach en 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 fe'in, 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 deUvered from bondage of sinne, 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 be our pledge, and 

he that shuld beare the punishment of our transgressions.

F O I R M AN 

dioglialtais ar feachrainne, agas tuigma- 

oid da reir fin, agas creidmaoid gur 

thogaibh fe leis di'nd an curfadh, & an 

mallachadh, do bhi crochaidhe oraind 

ar fon peacaidh. Fuair fe bas gan 

amharas, ag tabhairt a Sbioraide fuas 

alamhaibh a Athar, tareis aradha dho, 

a Athair ataim ag tairbheart mo Sbio- 

raide ad lamhaibhfe. Tareis abhais, ad- 

bhamaoid, gur hadliluiceadh a chorp, 

agas go ndeachaidh fe fios an Ifreand, 

acht ar fon gurab e fein amhain fundamuint 

na beatha, & gurab è fein bliudh 

beatha da riribh and, nir bfedir a cho- 

ngbhail fa dhochar, no fa dhoilgheas 

anbhais. Agas na dhiaidhfin do eirigh 

fe an treas la aris ar ngabhail chumhachta, 

agas bhuadha dho ar an mbas, & 

ar Ifreand, agas tug fe' beatha aris do 

chum an tfaoghail fos, leis anefeirg 

he fin, agas ata fe ag roind na beatha 

fin, le cumhachtaibh a Sbioraid fein, 

arabhallaibh beodha beandaighthe 

fein. londas nach bas doibh anois 

anbas corparradha. Acht dul is teach 

And so we acknowledge and beleve that he 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 Holie Spirit, communicateth 

unto his lyvely memlires ; so that now unto them corporal 

death is no death, but an entrance into that blessed life, 

lis 

fa


fa mbeathaidh mbeandaighthe mbuantfuthain, 

Oi'r tareis na heifeirghe do 

dhearbhadh da dheifgibluibh dho, & 

da gach aon dar an go buan maille ris 

go foithe abhas. Do chuaidh fe fuas 

go fo fhaicfena ar neamh abfiadhnuife 

tful daoine, agas tugadh a ionadh dho 

ar deaflaimh Dhe Athar vile chumlia- 

chtaigh, mar a bfuil fe anois na ghloir 

fein, na en cheand, agas na en teach 

taire, & na en Aidhne, ar fon gach boill 

da chorp, agas ata comhfhurtacht mor 

againd de fin. Ar tiis lena dhul fuas 

ar neamh, do fofgladh teaghdhuis de 

dhuinn, agas do rindeadh llighe dhu- 

inn, as abfedfam go dana dul abfiadh- 

nuife Chathrach gnis, agas trocaire ar 

Nathar neamhdha fe'in, agas na dhia- 

idh fin ata 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 ge' ta fe' go corparrdha 

anois ar neamh, ata fe le cum- 

hachtaibh a Sbioraid and fo do ghn- 

wherein our head, Jesus Christ, is now entred. Pôr 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 Mediator, 

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, 

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F O I R M AN 

ath nar meafgne, agas nar bfochair dar 

gcoimhed, 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 fm, an tan tha 

ifbenfas fe e fein, ina bhreitheamh ar 

bheoaibh, agas ar mharbhaibh. Oir fa 

dheoidh afe fo an ni adbhamaoid ad- 

timcheall lofa Criofd .i. mar do condcus 

6, ag dul fuas go foilleir, & mar do 

fhagaibh an faoghal do reir an chuirp 

fin fein do fhuilaing pais, agas do rinde 

aneifeirghe. Is mar fm chreidmaoid 

go daingean doghluaifde godtiucfa 

fe 6 dheaflaimh a Athar agas go bfaic- 

fe gach vile tfuil e, agas fos go bfaicfid 

fuile na ndaoine ler tolladh athaobh è 

& cruindeochar and fm ar e'n lathair, 

an mhe'id bhias be'o fanaimfirfm agas 

an mheid fuair bas roimhe fm, do ni- 

thear fos dealachadh an tanfm eidir 

na huanaibh, & na gabhruibh .i. 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 scene 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. 

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B H A I S T I D H. 

diobh, an guth fubhach firbhindfe .i. 

Teagaidhfe adhaoine do bheandaidh 

Mathairfe, agas gabhaidh feilbh go fio 

raidhe fa Rioghacht ata ar hullmhughadh 

dhaoibh roimh tfofach an tfao- 

ghail, agas cluinfidh an chuid oile dhiobh 

an bhreath fhuathmhur agarbhfa 

nach gcuirfidhear arahais choidhche .i 

bhfthi agimtheacht vaimfe alucht dhe 

ta na haingidheachta, agas an vile, do 

chum na teineadh nach baithfidhhear 

feafda. Agas ar anadhbhurfa goirthe 

ar fa Sgriobhtuir la an fhindfhuaraidh 

no la anathnuadhaidh don lafa, agas 

fos goirthear la nochtaidh na nuile 

dhiamhra dhe. Oir is and faorfuidhear 

na firenaigh ona nuile amhghar- 

aibh, agas cuirfidhear iad afeilbh an 

ghloire fe'in, ata gan vireafbhuidh, agas 

na adhaidh fin do gheibhid na daoine 

damanta ceirt bhreitheamhnus do dhe 

namh orra, agas cumaoin anuile olc fe- 

in, mas folks no mas diamhair do rin- 

deadar fad, agas mar chreidmaoid go 

daingean in Dia Athar, agas an lofa 

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 otlier 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 

m the Scriptures is called ' the day of refreshing,' and ' of the revelation 

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, and in Jesus Christ, 

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FOIRM 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 lofa Criofd, & con- 

guibhthear find a bfirinde Dhe go dei 

readh ar mbeatha. Agas ar na hadhbha 

raibhfe tuigmaoid go bfuil illradh anmand 

fa Sgriobhtuir agan Sbiorad futhain 

fioraidliefe, ata 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 naduir 

tliruaillidhe, diomchur dheagh thorr- 

thadh. Oir na fhegmhuis fin biaidh ar 

naduirne go huilidhe gan toradh, agas 

fos biaidh fi go huilidhe lomlan dain- 

gidheacht, agas dole. Adearar teine 

ar vairibh eile ris an Sbiorad fin, ar fon 

na foillfe, agas na dteinteadh fhadoid 

heas fe' 

as before is said ; so do we assuredly beleve in the Holy Ghost, 

by 

whome we confesse God equal with the Father and the Sonne ; 

whose working and mightie operation our darkenes is removed, our 

eyes spiritual are illuminated, our soules and consciences sprinkled 

with tlie 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 preceding 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 cori-u]Dt 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 same Spirit is called fyre, by reason of the illumination 

and burning heate of fyre that he kindleth in our hearts. 

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BHAISTIDH. 

heas fe agcroidheadhaibh caich. Adear 

ar fos ola no vindemint ris an Sbiorad 

fin fein, ar fon go mbogand, and go mao 

thuidheand a oibriudhadh criias ar gc 

roiciheadh, & go dtugand fe oraind clo 

na himhaidhe fm lofa criofd, doghabh 

ail indaind, re flaineochar amhain find. 

Creidmaoid fos, go comhdhaingean 

go raibhe and, agas go bfuil and, agas 

go mbia and Eagluis ata naomhtha, 

agas ata vilidhe .i, comaoineachadh 

no coimhcheangal na naomh, ata an 

Eagluiffo naomhta, ar fon gur ghabh fi 

maitheamh a huile peacthadh le creideamh 

abfuil lofa Criofd amhain. An 

dara ni, ar fon tareis a haithbhreitlie, 

go bfuil Sbiorad anaomhtha aice, agas 

comas gluafachta anaomhtacht nua 

bheathadh, & in deagh oibriglithibh, 

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 mollyfieth 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, which is holy and universal 

to wit, the Communion of Saincles. This Church is holy, because it 

receavelh 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, 

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F O I R M AN 

nen bhall di. londas nach beith feidhm 

aice aleigean anifle fa ghrafaibh 

diarraidh. Acht ar fon go bfuilid ahuireafbhadha 

ar na maitheamh dhf, & 

go bfuil firentacht lofa criofd arna tab- 

hairt da gach aon ler bhail leanmhuin 

ris maille re deagh creideamh. Agas 

goirmaoid Eagluis vilidhe no chatharrdha 

dhi, ar fon go bfuil fi da gach 

vile chinelach, agas da gach vile labhra, 

agas da gach vile fdaid, no fdata, no 

inmhe fhear agas bhan, an mheid diobh 

do ghoir Dia 6 dhorchadas do 

chum beatha, agas 6 dhochar, agas 6 

dhaoirfe peacaidh do chum a tfeirbhi 

fe Sbioratalta fe'in, agas do chum ghlan 

gniomharthath, agas is don Eagluiffe 

do bheir fe comhroind a Sbioraide naomhtha 

fein, ag tabhairt en chreidimh 

dhoibh, agas en bheatha, agas e'n Bha- 

ifdidh, agas e'n Tigheama .i. lofa 

Criofd, agas coir ghnathuidhe na Sa- 

cramuinte, agas ceangluidh fe croidheadha 

na buidhnese re' cheile, in gradh 

agas agcoimhcheangal Criofdaidhe. 

Adbhamaoid 

that it nedeth not to stoupe under mercie ; Init that because the 

imperfections are pardoned, and the justice of Jesus Christ imputed 

unto such as by true faith cleave unto him. \Vhich 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 sjnine 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. 

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Adbhamaoid fos go dtugadh, tri ti- 

odhluicthe oirrdheirce onoracha don 

Eagluis naomhthafa, go geinearalta 

.1. maitheamh na peacadh, do geibh 

thear le creideamh firindeach fa mbe- 

athaidhfe, eifeirghe na feola no cholla 

na marbh, do gheibh gach en neach, 

ge nach iondand cail no cofamhlacht 

abfagaid fin. Oir is do chum dham- 

naidh, agas bhreithamhnuis fhuathmhair, 

eirghid lucht anuilc mar adubh 

ramar romhaind, agas eirghid na firenaigh, 

do ghabhail tfeilbhe ingloir, & 

anaoibhneas, agas ni ba macnas meanman 

aneirghe, agas ni eireocha e'n 

chorp and ar fon chuirp eile. Acht do 

gheibh gach ennduine a chorp fein, 

mar do thuill fe afhaghail, go maith no 

go hole, do gheibhid na fireanaigh an 

bheatha tfuthain, mar thiodhlucadh 

faor Ò Dhia, ar na cofnamh, agas ar na 

toirbheart da chloind thoghtha le 

Iliofa Criofd ar nen Aidhne, agas ar 

nen 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 sinnes, 

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 judgement 

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,

F O I R M AN 

gach vile ghloir anois agas aflioghal 

na faoghal. 

^ LEANAIDH AN NUR- 

ADHE 

rnaidhfe na dhiaidh fin. 

bhioth tfuthain, bhuain 

tiodhluicigh na nuile chumhacht, 

odho gheallais dod mhor throcaire, & 

dod mhdr mhaitheas fein, go mbeithea 

ad dhia dhuind, agas ni he fin amhain, 

acht go mbeithea ad Dhia, agas a Ta- 

thair dar gcloind, atamuid gud ghui- 

dhe, mar do dheonuidhis led ghrafaibh, 

ar ngairm dfaghail chumaind, & 

chuidighe dod chreideamh, go nihamhluidh 

fin bhus toil leat an leanamhfa 

do bheandachadh led Sbioraid 

naomhtha, & aghabhail ameafg do chl 

oinde, neoch atamuid do bhaifdeadh 

do reir do bhriatharfa. londas anuair 

thiiicfas fe, go haois fhoirfe, go naideomhadh 

be all honor and glory, now and ever. 

Then the Father, or in his absence the God-father, shal rehearse the Articles of 

his faithe ; which doone, the Minister exhorting the people to praye, sayeth 

in this manner, or suche like, kneeling : 

Almightie and everlasting God, 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 : we beseche thee, that 

as thou hast vouchesaved to call us to be partakers of this thy 

great merci? 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 comming to perfite age, may confesse


omhaidh fe thufa do bheith ataon Dia 

fhirindeach, agas an te do chuireis chu 

gaind dar flanughadh lofa 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 

fm, dfaghail tfubhachais agas tfolais, 

abflaitheamhnus, mar abfuil do Mac- 

fa lofa Criofd, na Rioghacht, agas 

na ro fhlaitheamhnus, agas mar a mbi- 

aidh tre bhioth fior, is na ainm atamuid 

gud ghuidhe mar do theagaifg 

fe fein duind, mar adubhairt ar Na- 

thairne ata ar neamh. 

% Tareis na guidhe fm fiarfuidheadh an Minifdir ainm 

an leinimh agas anuair do ghebha fe fios a anma labh 

radh mar fo fiOs 

«€:)(i;^)(^ 

thee only true God, and whome thovv hast sent Jesus Christ, and 

so serve him, and be profitLible 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, 

which knowen, he saith :

AT 

F O I R M AN 

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 dho, gabhadh 

vifge na laimh, agas cuireadh ar edan 

an leinmh e, agas ar gcriochnughadh 

na hoifigefin do, tugadh buidheachas 

do Dhia mar fo fids. 

AN 

mhe'id nach lor 

naomhtha neart 

leat a Athair 

chumhachtaigh 

is mo trocaire, agas trom ghràfa fmde 

do bheathughadh, le tiodhluicthibh 

coitcheanda, mar an gcuid oile don 

chineadh dhaonna, agas na cheand fin 

ata, ag medughadh iondaind, & ag to- 

irbheart oroind, tiodhluicthe inganta- 

cha egfamhla, Ian tfaidhbhre mar dhli 

gheadh, agas mar fhiachaibh, atamuid 

ag togbhail ar nindtindeadh chugadfa 

agas ag tabhairt mhor 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 foUoweth : 

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 

coodnes, which haste not only nombred us emongest thy sainctes, 

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B H A I S 1' I D H. 

ameafg do naomh dod throcaire 

tfaoir. Acht ati tii agabhail, agas aga 

irm ar gcloinde chugad, aga gcomh tha 

rrughadh leis an Tfacramuintfe, mar ch 

omhtharradh, no mar tfuaitheantus do 

ghradha. Vime fm a Athair inmhuin 

gen go bfuilmaoid imchubhaidh do 

thuilleadh an mhor thiodhluicthe fm, 

agas da madh ail leat dioghaltas do 

dhenamh oraind, do reir ar ndroch 

ghniomharthadh, is dianbhas, agas 

damnadh futhain fiorbhuan do bher- 

tha dhuinn. Gidheadh a Athair vile 

chunihachtaigh, atamuid gud ghuidhe 

go ma toil leat do ghrafa do mhe'dug 

hadh iondaind, nifamho, agas nifa 

mho, agas gabh anaoidhefo, ad choimhed, 

agas ad choimhdhidean, neoch 

atamuid do thabhairt mar ofrail, agas 

mar thiodlucadh dhuid, maille re hurr 

nuidhibh coidcheanda, & na fulaing 

dho, tuitim fa meidfm 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, 

markiiige theim wyth thys Sacrament as a singuler token and 

badge of thy love. Wherfore moste loving Father, thogh we be 

not able to deser^-e this so greate a benefite (yea, if thow wouldest 

handle us according to our merits, we shuld suffer the punishement 

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, 

V 

12S>

S V I P E R AN 

eidir leis a thuigfin do ghnath, thudx 

do bheith dhathair throcaireach aige, 

do bhridh oibrighthe do Sbiorad naomh, 

do bheith na chroidhe, maras da 

chumhachtaibh go madheidir leis bhe 

ith anuachtar ar an diabhal, agus buaidh 

do bhreith air fa dheoidh, agas go 

ma toil leat fos athogbhail afaoirfe do 

Rioghachta tre chumhachtaibh lofa 

Criofd ar Dtighearna. 

UBIODH AMHLVIDH 

H FI NID DORD VGH 

adh an Bhaifdidh. 

F O I R M ^ 

TSACRAMVINTE 

Chuirp Chriofd, re raitear 

Suiper an Tighearna, and 

fo fios. 

H Anla 

but that he may 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 lliy 

kingdome. 

The Maner oe the Lordes Suim'er. 

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T : G H E A R N A. 

Anla bhias Suiper an Tighearna, aga thoirbheart don 

pobal mar is indenta vair fa mi no gach vair bhus 

ail leis an gcoimhthionol,, labhradh an Minifdir 

mar fo fiòs. 

TVgmaid 

dar naire abhraithreac- 

lia ionmhuine, ciondas do ordaigh 

lofa Criofd, Sacramuint naomhtha a 

chuirp fe'in, re raitear Suiper an Tigh- 

earna, do thoirbheart duinn. Mar ai- 

thrifeas Pol easbul, fa naonmhadh cai- 

bidil de'g, don ched Eibifdil do chuir 

fe do chum na Gcorinteach. Fuair 

mife on Tighearna ar fe', an ni tug me 

dhaoibhfe. Anoidhche do braitheadh 

lofa ar Dtighearna, do ghabh fe aran 

chuige, agas tug buidheachas don Athair, 

agas do bhris an taran, agas do 

raidh na briathrafa, caithidhfe fo, agas 

afe fo mo Chorpfa brifiidhear ar bhar 

fonfa, agas deanaidhfe fo, mar chuimh- 

niughadh oramfa. Mar an gcedna. Tareis 

an Tfuiper do ghabh fe an cupa 

agas do raidh na briathrafa, afi fo an 

I- 3- 

The day when the Lordes Supper is ministered, which commonlye is used once 

a monthe, or so oft as the Congregation shall thinke expedient, the Minister 

useth to saye as followeth : 

Let us marke, deare Bretherne, and consider how Jesus Christ did 

ordayne unto us his Holy Supper, according as S. Taule maketh 

rehearsall in the II. chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians 

' I have, ' saith he, ' receyved of the Lorde that which I have 

delivered unto you, (to witt,) that the Lorde Jesus, the same niglit 

he was betrayed, toke breade, and when he had geven thankts, 

he brake it, sayinge, Take ye, eate ye, this is my bodie which is 

broken for you ; doo you this in remembrance of you. Likewise 

after supper, he toke the cuppe, sayinge, This cuppe is 

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timna niia no an cumhnàta amfuilfe, & 

denaidhfe mar fo, gach vair olfas fibh 

ni dhe fo, mar chuimhniughadh oram 

fa, oi'r gach vair lofas 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. Aranadhbhurfm gidhbe 

lofas an taranfa, agas olfas ni don 

chupafo, go neamh imchubhaidh, biadh 

fe ciontach agcorp, agas abfuil an 

Tighearna. Arandhbhurfm, fech- 

adh, agas ceafnaidheadh gach aon- 

duine è fein go maith, agas da ndenaid 

mur fm, ithid ni do naran, agas olaid 

ni dhon chupa. Oir gidhbe lofas no 

olfas go neamh imchubhaidh fo, lofa- 

idh, agas olfaidh fe adhamnadh fe'in 

do chiond nach dtugfe aire no onoir 

do chorp an Tighearna. 

^ Nadhiaidh fo gluaifeadh an Minifdfr, do 

chum na Searmona no an teagaifg, agas abradh 

mur fo fids. 

IT O THAN- 

the newe Testament or covenant in my blonde, 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 ever)' 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 regardeand consideration of the Lordes bodye.' 

This done, the Minister proceadeth to the exhortation.

o 

T I G H E A R N A. 

Thangamar and fo, agceand ache 

ile a pobal inmhuin an lofa Cri- 

adh chumaoinigh chuirp agas fhola 

ar Slanuighthoir lofa Criofd, tugma- 

oid go ger dar naire na briathrafa Foil. 

Ciondas ata fe agiarraidh ar gach en- 

duine, e fe'in dfechain, & do cheafnughadh 

go ditheallach, ful do rachas fe 

do chaitheamh chodach do naranfa 

no dol neithe don Chupafa. Oi'r is 

mar mhorthiodhlucadh do gheibhmaoid 

an Tfacramuintfe, maille re 

croidheadhaibh vmhla aithreacha, & 

le creideamh beodha. Oi'r is mar fin 

chaithmaoid, go Sbioratalta feoil Criofd, 

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 

mor ar gcuntabhairt da gcaitheam an 

Tfacramuint go neamh imchubhaidh. 

Oi'r antan chaithfeam go neamh ghlan 

no go neamh vmchubhaidh i, atama- 

oid ciontach abfeoil, agas abfuil ar 

1.4. 

Dearei.Y beloved in the Lovde, forasmoch as we be nowe assembled 

to celebrate the holy Communion of the body and blond 

of our Saviour Christ, let us consider these vifoordes 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 bloude, 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 unworthely, for then we be giltie of the bodye and bloud


Slanuighthoir, agas caithmaoid, agas 

olmaoid ar ndamnadh feirij fa gan aire 

do thabhairt do chorp an Tighearna, 

agas atamaoid ag fadogh fheirge De 

nar nadhaidh fein, agas ag brofnughadh 

dhioghaltais do dhenamh oraind, 

do ghneithibh imdha tindis agas bais. 

Agas fan adhbhar fm anainm, agas ahudarras 

De bhidibheo, agas a Mhic 

lofa 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 vile 

adhaltrach gach vile lucht vile, & 

tnutha, gach vile lucht eafumhla do 

thabhairt da naithribh, no da Maithribh, 

no da Priondfadhaibh, no da 

Dtighearnaibh, no da naodhairibh, no 

da Minifdribh, agas gach vile ghadaid 

he, & gach lucht cealgtha agcomhar- 

fand. Agas fa dheoidh, gach vile lucht 

caite ambeathadh go direach re cathughadh, 

no re troid anadhaidh De, & 

athoile Diadha, aga aithne, & aga fho- 

sra 

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 j^lague us with diverse diseases and sundry 

kindes of death. 

Therfore if any of you be a blasphemer of Cod, 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 (Ihoibh mar fhreigeoras fiacl abfi- 

adhnuife, an ti ata na bhreitheamh co 

thrum cheirt bhreatach, ga a chroidhe 

do bheith ag enduine 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 mhed 

fuathmhaireacht no olc, no vrchoid 

da ndearrna fe, ma ta fe ag mothughadh 

aithrighe neimh chealgaighe na 

croidhe, ar fon a peacaidh, acht amhain, 

an mhe'id ata dhiobh ag anmhuin 

do ghnath apeacadh gan aithrighe, & 

fos ni fhuil fo aga labhairt anadhaidh 

na ndaoine aga bfuil fuil re barr foir- 

fidheachta dfaghail, tar an bfoirfidhe- 

acht is eidir leo do rochtain fambeat- 

haidhfe. Agas ge nihothuighemaoid 

moran anbfainde, agas feachrain inda- 

ind fe'in, nach bfuil ar gcreideamh co- 

imhthren no comhdhainghean, agas 

bhudh coir dhuinn abheith. Acht fmd 

go minic ag denarah neamh dhochais, 

as niaitheas De, do bhridh thruailHdhe 

Judge therfore your selves, Bretherne, that ye be not judged of 

the Lord ; repent you truly for your synnes paste, and have a ly^•ely 

and stedfast fayth in Christ our Saviour, sekinge oneiy your salvation 

in the merites of his death and passion, from hensforth refusinge 

and forgettinge all malice and debate, with full purjDose 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 perfite and constant as we ought, 

being many tymes readye to distruste Godes goodness through our 

corrupt


ar naduire, agas fos nach bfuilmaoid 

comhullamh, agus bhudh coir dhuinn 

abheith, do dhenamh tfeirbhife De no 

do mhedughadh a onora, agas aghloire 

ag mothughadh do ghnath an mhe'id 

fin do chothughadh indaind, go bfuil 

feidhm againd gach enlà, troid do dhe 

namh anadhaidh thoile, agas ailghis 

ar gcorp. Gidheadh, fos ar dtuigfin 

dui'nn go ndearrna an Tighearna anuireadfin 

do throcaire oraind, gur bhu 

ail fe a Tfoifgel agclo nar gcroidhead 

haibh. londas go bfuilmaoid ar ar faoradh, 

ò thuitim aneamh dhochas, & 

aneamh chreideamh, agas ar dtuigfm 

duinn na dhiaidh fin, go dtug fe bridh, 

agus toil duinn, cathughadh, agas cogadh 

do dhenamh anadhaidh ailghis 

ar gcorp, maille re toil do bheith aga- 

ind feitheamh ar a fhirinde, & ar choi- 

mhe'd a aitheantadhfan. Is eidir lind 

adheirbhfliios do bheith againd nach 

gcuirid na huireafbhadha imdha fin 

adubhramar, moille no bacadh fa nadh 

bhar, dar ndiultadh mar lucht cathuighe 

nature, and also that we are nut so tluoughlye geven to serve 

God, neyther have so fervent a zeale to set forth his glory as 

our duetye requireth, fehnge still such rebellion in our selves, 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 rightousenes 

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, 

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TIGHEARNA. 

ghe imchubhaidh no dhingmhalta do 

theacht do chum an tabla Sbioratalta 

fo. Oi'r ni 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 lofa 

Criofd, ag tuigfm nach bfuilmaoid dind 

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 chumhachtach i, 

da gach anam anbfand, agas nach iarrand 

an Tighearna cuibhdheas no 

dingmhaltacht oile oraind fanadhbhar 

fa, acht ar nuilc agas ar lochia dadmhail 

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 61 firindeach 

afhola, na fuilghemaoid fos dar nmtindibh, 

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 medicine 

for all poore sicke creatures, a comfortable helpe to 

weake soules, and that our Lord requireth no other worthines 

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 

137


neitheand dtalmhuidhe neoch truaill- 

tear go huUamh, mar ataid na neithe 

do chid ar fuile inar bfiadhnuife, agas 

ghlacaid ar lamha, agiarraidh Chriosd 

ionta, mar do bheith fe druite anaràn 

no abfion no mar go nimpoidhfeadh 

fubfdaint na neilemintfa, no na neithe 

andfa, a fubfdaint afheolafan no a fhola. 

Oir is 1 is en flighidh dhileas duinn dar 

nullmhughadh fe'in, & dullmhughadh 

ar nanmand, do ghabhail no hoileamli 

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, tahnhuidhe saoghalta, agas dul i- 

steach mar fin abflaitheamhnus De, do 

ghabhail Chriofd nar nanmandaibh, 

mar abfuil fe gan amharas na Dhia fi- 

rindeach, angloir neamh meafarrdha a 

Athar, da dtiubhram gach vile mhol- 

adh, agas onoir, agus ghloir anois, 

agas tre bhioth fior. 

IFBIODH AMHLVIDH 

H An 

the consideration of these earthlie and corruptible thynges (which 

we see present to our eies, and fele with our handes,) to seeke 

Christ bodely presente 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 fleshe 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. 

138

TIGHEARNA. 

II An cliaidh na Searmona tigeadh an Minifdir anuas 

afan mbuilp'id, agas fuidheadhfe fan Mbord maille 

re gach fear, agas re gach mnaoi da mbia and, agab- 

hail anionaidh vmchubhaidh fe'in, agas gabhadh fe 

an taran, agas tabhradh buidheachas do Dhia leis 

na briathruibhfe fios no le briathruibh oile fa suim 

chedna. 

AATHAIR na trocaire, agas a 

Dhe na nuile tfubhaltaighe, agas 

na nuile tfubhachas, otaid na huile 

chreatuire gutaithne, agas gotadmhail 

mar vachtaran, 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 tii find, do reir tfi- 

odhrach, agas do chofamhlachta fe'in. 

Agas go hairidhe ar fon gur tfaor tii 

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, finde do tfaoradh, acht tufa a 

Thighearna tfaidhbhir ad throcaire, 

agas gan crioch ar do mhaitheas, do 

The Exliortation ended, the Minister commeth doune from the pulpet, and 

sitteth at the Table, every man and woman in likewise takinge their 

place as occasion best serveth : then he takelh bread, and geveth thankes' 

either in these woordes followinge, or like in eifect 

O Father of mercye, and God of all consolation, seinge all 

creatures do knowlege and confesse thee as Gouvemer and Lorde, it 

becommeth us, the workemanship of thyne own handes, at all tymes 

to reverence and magnifie thy Godly Majestic : 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 damnation, 

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, 

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rinde freafdal arar gceandachne, do 

chum go mbeith an taon Mhac carthanach 

neoch dod ghradh firindeach 

tugais duinne, na dhuine chomhchof- 

mhuil rind fein 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 bhas lena eifeirghe, do thabhairt 

bheathadh an's do chum an tfaoghail 

.1. anbheatha 6 rabhadar fiol adhaimh 

vile le fir cheart ar na bfogra. 

A Thigheama ata fhios againde, & 

atamaoid aga admhail, nach bfuil ag- 

cunihachtaibh 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 fos, agas tug beatha mar araibhe 

bas anuachtar, agas doghabh ad 

ghrafaibh finde, anuair nar bhaithnidh 

dui'nn do dhenamh, acht cur anadh- 

aidh 

haste provided our redemption to stande in thy onely and welbeloved 

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 

and so to reduce and bring 

destroye h>Tn that was auctor of death ; 

agayne life to the world, frome which the whole offspringe of 

Adame moste justly was exiled. 

O Lord, we acknowlege that no creature ys able to comprehende 

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 

jrive life where death had gotten victorie ; to receve us into 

thy grace when we could do nothyng but rebell against 

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aidh tfirindefi a Thighearna, & nach 

leigeand tromdhacht no doille, ar na- 

duire truaillidhe dhui'nn, do mhor thi 

odhluicthefe mar adubhramar, do mhe 

as, no do bhreathnughadh mar is inm- 

heafda lad, atamaoid ag teacht abfiadh 

nuife an bhuirdfe and fo, mar do fhag- 

aibh fe da ghnathughadh mar chuimhne 

abhais, no go dti fe aris dafhoill 

fiughadh, & da dhearbhadh abfiadhnuife 

an tfaoghail, gurab vatha fm 

amhain fuaramairne faoirfe, agas beatha, 

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 ghabhmaoid 

feilbh na Rioghachta Sbioratal 

ta, ag ithe, agas agibhe aga bhord maille 

re' bfuil air go fdrafda ar neamh, ne 

och is da chumhachtaibh do nid ar 

gcuirp eifeirghe onuir, agas chuirfithe 

ar lad maille ris, fa naoibhneasfin ata 

gan tus gan chrich gan fhoirceand, ne- 

thy justice. O Lord, the blynde dulnes of our corrupt nature will 

not suffer us sufficiently to waye these thy moste ample benefites ; 

yet, nevertheles, at the commaundement of Jesus Christ our Lorde, 

we present our selves to this his Table, (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,

SVIPER 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 tiodli- 

luicthe mora neamhchuimfeachafa ar 

fon hen Mhic ghradhaidh lofa Criofd. 

Vime fin atamaoid and fo do 

choimhthionolfa, le brofnughadh do 

Sbioraide naomhthafa, agtabhairt bu- 

idheachais, agas mholaidh, agas ghlo- 

ire, agas onora duitfe anois, agas tre 

bhioth fior. 

^BIODH AMHLVIDH 

^ Na dhiaidh fo brifeadh an Minifdir an taran, agas 

tugadh don pobal e, agas roindhidfean eatarra c, 

do reir aithne Criofd ar flanuighthoir, agas tabhradh 

an cupa dhoibh mar an gcedna, agas is inleghtha 

don Mhiniftir cuid eigin don Sgriobhtuir bheanas 

ris anadhbharfin, ag foillfiughadh bhais Chriofd, do 

chongbhail anamand agcuimhne Chriofd, mar do 

bhadar na cedfadha adtimcheall na Sacramuinte, na 

dhiaidh fin abradh an Miniftir mar fo fiùs. 

ATHAIR is A mo


agas ghloire dhuit, ar fon gur dheon- 

aigh tii dhuinn an mheidfm do thiod- 

luicthibh, agas do tfaidhbhreas, ar 

ngabhail agcumand, agas agcuideachadh 

do Mhic ghradhaidh lofa Criofd 

ar Dtighearna, neoch tug tufa dfulang 

bhàis tar ar gceand, agas tug tu dhu- 

inn fos mar oileamhain, agas mar bhe- 

athaidh inmholta, do chum na beathadh 

futhaine, agas atamaoid aga ghuidhe 

ort anois a Athair neamhdha gan 

aleigean duinn tuitim indearmad na 

dtioghluiceadh maithfe tugais duinn 

acht andaingniughadh, agas ambua- 

ladh agcld nar gcroidheadhaibh, i 

ondas go bfedfam gach enla fas ni 

fa mo, agas ni fa mho, agcreideamh 

firindidh, ag fior ghluafacht an deagh 

oibrighthibh, agas in gach en ghne 

mhaith dibh fin, agas go ma moide a 

Thighearna dhaingneochas tu find 

is na laithibh cuntabhartachfa, buaid- 

hreadh an aibhirfeoir oraind, as go 

bfedam feafamh crodha buan do dhenamh 

agadmhail hanmafa, do mhed- 

K. 

and glorie, for that thou hast vouchsafed to graunt unto us miserable 

sinners so excellent a gifte and threasor, as to receave us into 

the felowship 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 everlastynge 

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 dales and rages of Satan, that we may 

constantly stande and continewe in the confession of the same 

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DON POSADH. 

ughadh do ghloire mar ata tu ad Dhid. 

OS ciond gach vile neithe beandaigh- 

the anois, agas tre bhioth fior. 

IfBIODH AMHLVIDH. 

H Na dhiaidh fo abradh an Miniftir, agas an pobal an 

treas falm ar ched, no Salm eigin eile agcantaireacht 

ag tabhairt bhuidheachais do Dhia mar is bes, agas 

beandaighthear an pobal, agas leighthear fiubhal 

doibh on mbord naomhtha fin. 

^ FOIRM ^ 

NA ORDVGHADH 

an pfoaidh and fo fios 

IT Deanadh ar tfis gairm do thabhairt tri la tfaoire indiaidh 

acheile don pobal, go bfuil contract no gealladh 

pofaidh eidir . N. agas . N. agas ma ta duine aga bfuil 

adhbhar cneafda no ladhamhail, chuireas bacadh no 

toirmeafg and fm, agas nochtas nach eidir leo maille 

re ladh an Pòfadh do dhenamh, indifeadh anois e, an 

la deigheanach dona tri laithibh abradh an Miniftir 

mar fo fiòs. 

1[ TEAG- 

to the advancement of thy glorye, which art God over all things 

blessed for ever. So be it. 

soule, give laude,' &c., 

The action thus, the people singe the 103 Psalm, ' My 

or some other of thancks givynge : which ended, one of the blessings before 

mencionede is recitede, and so they ryse from the Table and departe. 

The Forme of Mariage. 

After the banes or contracte hathe byn publisshed thre several! dayes in the 

Congregation, (to the intent that if any person have intereste or title to 

either of the parties, they may have sufficient tyme to make theyr chalenge,) 

the parties assemble at the begynning of the sermon, and the Minister, at 

tyme convenient, saythe as followeth : 

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DON P O S A D H. 

IF TE AG AS G DO 

chum an pdfaidh. 

Abhraithreacha inmhuine atamaoid 

and fo ar gcruindiughadh agceand 

acheile abfiadhnuife De, agas 

a choimhthionoil, do cheangal, agas 

dfuaidheal an fhirfe, agas na mna re 

cheile, aninmhe onoraigh an pofaidh 

an ni do tindfgnadh ar tiis, agas do ho 

noruigheadh le Dia fe'in 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 fos do chruthaigh, 

agas do dhealb an duine do reir afhiodhrach 

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 re'ir a chofamh- 

K. 2. 

Of Mariage. 

The Exhortation. 

Dearlie beloved Bretherne, we are here 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 hym 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, 

1*5 

t

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 

fhuil fear, agas bean, agas do chur ag- 

ceill duinn fos an coimhcheangal dia- 

mhair ata. eidir Cliriofd, & a Eagluis, 

agas arnadhbhurfin fgaraidh duine 

rena Athair, agas rena mhathair, agas 

leanaidh fe rena mhnaoi, do dhenamh 

chumaind, agas chuidighe ria, agas 

dlighidh fe gradh do thabhairt di mar 

tug Criofd gradh da Eagluis .i. acho- 

imhthional, agas a pobal beandaighthe. 

Oir tug fe' a anam da gciond, & 

mar an gcedna ata dfiachaibh ar an 

mnaoi toil aiir do dhenamh, agas bhe 

ith vmhal do, ag denamh atfeirbhife 

in gach vile ni onorach Diadha. Oi'r 

ata fi fa fmacht, agas fa riaghail afir an 

fad mhairfeas fiad re cheile na mbeath 

aidh, agas ata an mheidfin do neart, & 

do bhridh fa Pofadh naomhthafa, nach 

agan bfear fein ata cumas a chuirp odo 

nithear 

And God brought a faste sleape uppon hym, and toke one of his 

ribbes and shaped Eva therof; doying 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, andunderthegovernanceof her howsband, 

so long as they contynew bothe aly ve. And this holie mariage, 

be)Tig a thynge most honorable, is of suche vertue and force, that 

therby the howsband hathe no more right orpowerover his own bodie, 

146

DON POSAD H. 

nithear an Posadh, acht ag an mnaoi, 

agas mar an gcedna ni hagan mnaoi a- 

ta cumas a cuirp fein ach agan bfear 

odo cheangail Did fad fa chumandfa 

abfochair acheile, do chum gheineamhna 

agcloinde da dtogbhail, agas 

da naltrum an eagla Dlie, do mhedughadh 

Rioghachta Criofd. Aranadh 

bhurfin gidhbe hiad cheanglus Did 

mar fo re cheile, ni heidir andealughadh 

no afgarthain re cheile, acht mur 

thograidis do toil acheile, feal tamaill, 

dul 6 cheile do dhenamh vrrnuidhe, 

agas throifge, agas do dhenamh bharr 

dithill anoirchill na haimfire nieadhonuighe. 

Agas gan ambeatha do 

chaitheamh fada abfegmhuis acheile, 

ar eagla ceachtar dhiobh, do dhul alien 

no agcuntabhairt anaibhirfeoir do 

bhridh neamhghloine. Agas ar anadhbhurfm 

do tfeachna thruaillidh an 

chuirp no adhaltrais, ata dfiachaibh ar 

gach einfhear, abhean fein do bheith 

aige, agas ar gach en mhnaoi afear fe'- 

in, do bheith aice. londas go bfuil 

but the wyffe ; and likewyse the wyfe hathe no power over her own 

body, but the howsband ; 

together in 

forasmoche as God hathe so knytt theym 

this mutuall societie to the procreation 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 

bryng 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 

147

DON POSAD H. 

dfiachaibh ar gach einfhear, agas ar 

gach en mhnaoi, ag nach bfuil tiodh- 

lucadh geanmnuidheachta 6 Dhia, a 

aontughadh Pofadh do dhenamh, ar 

aithne Dhe 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 gcuirpne 

anois na mballaibh do Chorp 

lofa Criofd, agas nach granda fuathmhur, 

na boillfin, do thruailleadh no 

do tfalchadh? 6 tfiurtuidheacht no 6 

adhaltrandas, no 6 dhroch ghniomhar 

thuibh oile? Ar anadhbharfin, atà dfi- 

achaibh ar gach einneach, a tfoitheach 

do choimhe'd glan naomhtha. Oir 

gidhbe ar bith thruailleas, no tfalchuis 

Teampul De' fgriofaidh, agas millidh 

Dia e. 

*i Na dhiaidhfin labhradh an Miniftir mar fo ris 

na daoinibh pofdarand. 

^ 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 owr bodies 

are now become the veiy members of Jesus Christe, howe horrible 

and detestable a thyng is it to make theym the members of an 

harlot! Every one 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 : 

14b

DON POSAD H. 

ATaimfe aga iarraidh ortfa a .N. & 

agcur a eire, agas a chiiruim ortfa 

a. N. mar fhreigoras fibh la an bhreith- 

theamhnuis, anuair fhoillfeochar diamhair 

chroidhe gach enduine, mata 

afhios ag ceachtar agaibh fein, adh- 

bhar toirmifge no moille do bheith 

eadruibh, nach bfetar go ladhamhail 

bhur gceangal re cheile a Pofadh, fibh 

da admhail fin anois abfiadhnuife an 

choimhthionoilfe. Oi'r is beite dhibh 

adheirbhfhios agaibh, nach bfuil da 

mhed 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. 

H Muna faghthar locht no toirmeafg bhacas an pofadh 

do dhenamh, abradh an Miniftir mar fo fios. 

ATaimfe 

aga bhur ngabhailfe dfi 

adhnuife, an mheid ata 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 lawfully 

joyned together in matrimony, that ye confesse it ; for be ye 

well assured, that so many as be coupled otherwise then Godes 

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 POSADH. 

afg aca fiid ar pdfadh do dhenamh, & 

guidhim fibhfe fa fin do chuimhniughadh 

go maith, agas mata agaibhfe fe- 

in enneach aga bfuil afhios, ceachtar 

dhiobh fud, do bheith ceangailte re 

duine eile, no bacadh ar bith nach 

bfetar go ladhamhail an Pofadh fo do 

dhenamh foillfigheadh anois e. 

^(*%) ?^ 

I Muna raibhe adhbhur bacaidh and leanadh an 

Miniftir an tadhbhar mar fo fi6s ag radha na 

mbriatharfa. 

ONACH 

bfuil enduine aglabh- 

airt anadhaidh anadhbhurfe, gabhfa 

ort do laimh a .N. agas geall and 

fo abfiadhnuife De', & achoimhthio- 

noil naomhtha, gur gabh tu, & go bfu 

il tu toileach argabhail .N. ata and 

fo do lathair in a mnaoi Pdfda ladh 

amhail, agas go bfuil tu ag gealladh 

acoimhed, agas acumhdach, agas agradhughadh 

in gach e'n 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 nowe make declaration 

therof. 

If no cawse be alleaged, the Minister procedith, sayinge : 

FoRASMUCHE as no man speaketh agaynste this thjTige, you, 

N., shall proteste here before God and his holy congregation, 

that you have tak)Ti, 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 

faythfuU howsband, 

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DON POSAD H. 

mhnaoi Pofda, ag treigean, & ag diul- 

tadh gadh vile mhnà eile ar fad abeathadhfe, 

agas ' do ghearrughadh na 

mbriathar, do bheatha do chaitheamh 

maille ria, a ngloine, agas aniondracus 

pdfda, agas in gach en pone do re'ir 

thoile De, agas a Tfoifgeil naomhtha. 

% Freagra anfhir and fo. 

Is mur fin fein ghabhaimfe i, agas 

ataim aga gabhail and fo, abfiadhnuife 

De, agas achoimhthionoil .i. na Heagluise 

naomhthafo. 

IF 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 fe'in, 

ag gealladh vmhlachta, agas fhreagra 

dho, ag diultadh & ag treigean gach 

einfhir oile, ar fad abheathadhfan, & 

forsakyng all other dui7iige 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 

commaunde. 

T/u- Ansuvn-. 

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 presence 

of this holy congregation, that ye have takyn, and are now 

contented to have, N., here present, for your lawful! howsband ; 

promisynge to hym subjection and obedience, forsakyng all other 

duryng hys lyfe ;

DON P O S A D H. 

fa dheoidh do bheatha do chaitheamh 

maille ris, angloine, ag dhenamh 

firinde dhd ingach vile pone, mar iar 

ras Soifgel De do dhenamh. 

II Freagra na mna and fo fios. 

Is mur fm fe'in ghabhaimfe e, agas 

ataira 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 fios. 

TVgaidh da bhur naire an Soif- 

gel. londas go dtuigfeadh fibh, 

ciondas do bail ler Dtighearna lofa 

Criofd, an ceangal onorach naomhtha 

fa do choimhed, agas cred e daingne 

an tfnadhmafa, nach bfetar ar enchor a 

fhofgladh no a fgaoileadh, amhail te- 

agaifgthear dhiiinn fa .9. mhadh Cai- 

bidil de'g do Tfoifgel Matha mar fo. 

U Tangadar 

and fynallie, to lyve in a holy conversation with hym, kepinge 

faithe and truethe in all poyntes, as Godes Worde doth prescribe. 

The 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 : 

152

DON POSAD H. 

TAngadar na Pairifidh do chum 

Chriofd, da fhiondachtain, & dfi 

OS a intinde, &: do fhiarfuidheadar nar 

ni ladhamhail do dhuine, abhean do 

chur vadha fa gach en adhbhar fuarra 

ch ? do fhreagair fe iad, & adubhairt, ane 

nar leghabhair an ti do rinde duine 6 

thofach, fear & bean dorinde fad, & ad 

ubhairt fana^lhbhurfin, fgaraidh duine 

rena Athair, & rena Mhathair, & leanaidh 

rena Mhnaoi Pofda. Agus bhudh 

en fheoil I'ad an dias fin, iondas nach 

dias I'ad o fin amach, acht en fheoil, ar 

anadhbhurfin na fgaradh duine 6 che 

ile, an ni do cheangail Dia abochair a 

cheile. 

MAtà 

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 acheile 

fibhfe, afdaid no aninmhe naomhtha 

an Pofaidh. Vime fin denaidhfe bhur 

' The Pharisies came unto Christe to tempte liym 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 rehearsed 

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 

U 

153

DON POSAD H. 

nditheall, fa bhur mbeathaidh do chai 

theamh, go glan aontadhach abfochair 

achèile, an gràdh Diadha, a fith Chri- 

ofdaidhe, an deagheifimlair, afaor chu- 

ngbhail tfnadhma an chaibhneafa gan 

bhrifeadh, agas a coimhed fhirinde 

gach aoin agaibh daroile, mar theagu- 

ifgeas briathra De dhaoibh. 

1[ Nadhiaidh fin furaileadh an miniftir ar Dhia 

iad ag radha ma mbriathar fo fids, no agcofmhulacht 

eile. 

Did. an Tighearna da bhur mbeandachadh, 

agas di bhur naomhadh. Dià 

an Tighearna do dhortadh tfaibhris 

aghras oraibh, do dhenamh a thoile, 

agas do chaitheamh bhur naimfire abfochair 

achèile, i ngràdh naomhtha 

godeireadh bhur mbeaahadh. 


IT And fin abarthar an .128. pfalmdarabainm is beandaidhe 

an mhuintear ar a mbi eagla an Tighearna, 

no a chofmulas eile do chantaireacht. 

^(t*)^ f FIOS- 

holie lyfe together, 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 theym 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. 

Then is songe the 128 Psalme, 'Blessed are they that feare the Lorde,' &c., or 

some other, appertaynyng to the same purpose. 

154

COMHFHVRTACHT NA NEASLAN 

H FIOSRVGHADH AGAS 

comhfhurtacht na ndaoine dtind 

and fo fios. 

OIR 

is ni ro imchubhaidh fiof- 

rughadh na ndaoine eaflana, gid- 

headh is ro dhoilidh gach en riaghail 

bheanas ris do fgriobhadh. Vime fin le 

igmaoid do chum re'fuin, & do chum 

thuigfe an Mhiniftir Dhiadhà dheifg 

ridigh, teagafg do thabhairt do neaf- 

lan, ag nochtadh dho trocaire, & grafa 

agas gealladh firindeach Criofd, mas 

duine anteaflan arambi eagla dhioghaltais 

De 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 è 

fèin, do bheith ciontach, mar do ni 

an liaigh tuigfeach do bheir leigheas 

do reir na heaflainte bhi'os aranothar 

dho, agas da rabh vireafbhuidh riach- 

tanais aleas ar aneaflan cungnamh leis 

The Visitation of the Sicke. 

Becawse the Visitation of the Sicke is a thyng verie necessaiie, 

and yet notwithstandyng, it is hard to prescribe all rules appertaynyng 

therunto, wee refer it to the discretion of the godlie and 

prudent Minister; who, accordinge as he 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 Codes 

thretenynges ; or contrarie wise, if he be not towched with the felinge 

of his synnes, may beate hym downe with Codes justice. Evermore 

like a skilfull phisition, framying his medicine according as the 

disease requireth ; and if he perceyve hym to wante any necessaries,

COMHFH VRTACHT 

ar feadh anearta no a chumhachta, & 

a thabhairt ar chach adhenamh mar 

an gcedna. londas nach biadh vire- 

afbhuidh air. Agas dlighidh an teaf- 

flan fios do chur ar an Miniftir gach 

vair da rigfe fe do leas è, neoch do 

ni guidhe ar fgath aneafflain and fin, 

agas ameafg an choimhthionoil, agas 

da rabh afheidhm air denamh fe'in, 

guidhe mar an gcedna. 

II VRRNVIDHTHE lON- 

OA 

radha ag fiofrughadh na neafflan. 

Dhe mhaith, a Thighearna, 

agas a Athair, achruthuighthoir, 

agas afhir choimhede gach en neithe, 

a thobar gach vile mhaitheafa, & mhor 

chaibhnis, mar do bheir tii flainte dona 

corpaibh daonna, & mar do bheir 

tu gach deagh thiodhlucadh eile le'd 

ghrafaibh, dona huile dhaoinibh, as go 

madh feirrde do thuigfedis do bhuan 

tiodhluicthe, agas do thren toirbhear- 

tus fin, indochas gurab moide, & gurab 

vllmhuide, 

he not onelie releveth hym accordyng to his abilitie, but also provideth 

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 goodnes 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 

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NA NEASLAN. 

vllmhuide, do dhendhaois feirbhis du 

itfe, agas do bherdaois gloir, & gnath 

mholadh do tainm Diadha. Mar fin 

don taobheile, an tan do nimaoid dro 

ch imchar oraind fein, acur fheirge ar 

do chumhachtaibhfe, is gnath leat ar 

dteagafg, agas ar ngairm chugad, le hil 

ghneithibh fmachtaidhe, 16 leagand 

tu go lar ar gcuirp chombruite, agas 

ar bfeoil tfobhrifde, agas go fpeifialta 

le trom pladhaibh tindis, & gallradh, 

agas eafflainteadh, ghnathuidheas tii 

do chur oraind, dar ndiifgadh, Si dar 

mbrofnughadh on tromdhachre agas 

on dearmad ata iondaind vile, agas ag 

tabhairt tfe'la ar ndroch bheatha dhu- 

inn, leis na heafflaintibhfin, agas leis 

na hanihgharaibh, a & go fpeifialta an- 

tan bhagras tu an bas fein. Oir ataid 

na heafflainte fin, & na teachtairidhe 

an bhais, Ian do dhochar, & do dhoil- 

gheas don fheoil, acht ge leigheas Ian 

fhallan fad, do Sbioradaibh na ndaoine 

toghtha. Oir is leo fin bhrofnuidheas 

tu 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 chastisements, 

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 nddcomhal, dfa 

ghail do chuidighfe a Athair ghradhaigh. 

Agas da bhridhfin ataraaoid gud 

gheratachfa. A Dhe ghràdhaidh, go 

ma toil led mhaitheas neamhmeafarrdha 

truaighe dodghabhail, agas tro- 

caire do dhenamh, ar do chreatuir bo- 

cht fein, neoch do cheangail tufa ris 

leabaidhfe, le tindeas trom dofhu- 

laing, agas ata fa eire antrom doghru- 

indeach le cudrum do laimhefe, a Thigheama 

na dena cuntus no comhaireamh 

ris, do thabhairt luadhuidheachta 

dho, do re'ir aghniomharrtha. Acht do 

reir do throcaire, agas do ghras neimh 

meafarrdha, maith a vile chionta dho. 

Oir is ar a tfon fm do fmachtaigh tii 

go feimh e, agas fe'ch ar vmhlacht do 

Mhic inmhuin lofa Criofd duid .i. a- 

niodhbuirt bhudh toil leatfa do ghab- 

hail chugad, mar Ian eraic vile aingidheachta 

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 our afflictions, 

helpe, which art our deare and loving Father. 

to have thine 

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, whonie thou hast, as it were, bound 

and tyed to the bed by most grievous sickenes, and brought to 

great e.vtremitie by the heavines of thine hand. 

enter not into a compt with him, to render the rewarde 

O Lord ! 

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. 

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N A N E A S L A N. 

thoir. Goma toil leat a Dhè, aigneadh 

agas ard thoil fhirindeach do thabhairt 

doneafflan, do thuigfm, & do 

ghabhail Chriofd chuige mar tflanu- 

ighthoir, indochas tu fe'in da ghabhail 

ad ghrafaibh, mi'nigh fds, agas maoth- 

aidh, na dochair ata air, mar ata eagla 

a peacuigh, agas grain ghranda an 

bhais, 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 charrthanaigh 

do bhreith vaidhe. Agas anmh- 

eid atamaoid vile don fdaid, & doninmhe 

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 throcaire 

dfoillfeachadh air, ar gràdh do 

Let it please thee, O God ! to give him a tme zeale and affection 

to receive and acknowledge him for liis 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 cleath and 

dreadful feare of the same, may bring to his weake conscience. 

Neither suffer thou, O Lord, the assautes of the mightie adversarie 

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 condition, 

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 

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COMHFHVRTACHT 

Mhic charrthanaigh lofa Criofd ar 

Dtighearna, neach do fhulaing bhas 

fiornair fuathmhur na croiche, & do 

imchuir da dheoin fe'in, cionta aneafflain 

thruaighfe ar amhuin, do chum 

thufa dha athniughadh, mar gach aon 

dar cheandaigh feifean lena fhuil lu- 

achmhoir, agas dar ghabh fe chuige 

agcumaoineachadh a chuirp fein, dfa- 

ghail chuidighe don tfolas tfuthain 

agcomand Haingeal naomhthafa. Na- 

dhiaidhfm, a Thighearna, vllmhuidh 

agas gluais a chroidhe led ghrafaibh. 

londas go ngebhadh fe an fmachtughadh 

aithreamhailfe do chuiris air le 

foidhidin, agas le fir fhulang Diadha, 

agas è da imchur fin maille re humhla, 

& re deighghean, aga ifliughadh, agas 

aga profdail fein le croidhe, agas le 

hintind dod thoil bheandaighthefe, 

agas dod thren trocaire, mar ata tu anois 

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 acknowledge 

him as one redeemed witli 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, dispose 

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, submitting 

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 

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vile thindeas, agas gher ghuafacht, & 

ge nach bfuil ateangaidh no a ghuth 

aibeil anois, do dhenamh na hoifige 

do fhoillfeochadh do ghloirfe, goma 

toil leatfa ar a tfon fm, 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 lofa Criofd do Mhac ar Slanuigh- 

thoir, as go nanfa fe go daingean de- 

arbhtha doghluaifle, anadhaidh gach 

vile amais, agas iondfuidhe, agas bhuaidhridh, 

is eidir le namhaid ar nanma 

dimirt oraind, do bhuaidhreadh ar 

gcoinfiafa. Agas ar bfaicin duitfe 

gurab 1 do thoil, an bheatha tfuthain 

do chomhroind rinde, le bas do Mhic 

ionmhuin lofa, agas glanadh, agas nidhe 

ar peacadh, le dortadh afhola- 

lan, agas firentacht, agas beatha tfu- 

thain do thabhairt diiinn lena eifeir- 

ghe, go ma toil leat an leigheas naomhtha 

nua fhallanfa do bhdis, 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 it hath pleased thee, that, by the death of thy deare Sonne, 

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 applie this holie and holesome medicine

C O AI H F H V R T A C H T ' 

teifeirghe do chumailt ris an truagh 

eafflanfa, atà ingàbhadh 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 atd. gach en ni 

a Athair neamhdha folks duitfe, agas 

gurab aithnidh dhuid fein gach en ni, 

arabfuil afheidhm no afhurtacht do 

fhreafdal do, do reir do dheagh thoile 

Diadha fein. Goma toil leatfa a Thighearna, 

achoimhlionadh, agas a chomh 

fhurtacht le'd ghafaibh, mar is fearr do 

cifidhear dod chumhachtaibh Diadha 

fein. Gabh chugad a Thighearaa ad 

dhidean è. Oi'r is chugadfa amhain 

atà athriall, agas atflighe, agas daing- 

nidh è, a taitheantuibh, agas ad ghe- 

alladh, agas maith dhò a peacuidh dhi 

amhra, agas fhollafa, ler bhrofnaidh fe 

tfeargfa, agas do bhorb bhreitheamh 

nus, go dur drochnihein na adhaidh 

fein, & ge dho thuilleamar vile bàs, & 

damnadh do reir chora 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 Majestic. 

Receive him, Lord, into thy protection, for he hath his recourse 

and make him constant and firme in thy 

and accesse to thee alone ; 

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),


tha bheandaighthe, ar abfuilmaoid t'è- 

in fòs ag feitheamh, do bhridh do 

throcairefe, agas do ghras. Acht che 

ana a Athair neamhdha, mas i do dhe 

agh thoilefe, èdo mharthuin n( is fi'a fa 

faoghalfa, medaigh do ghràfa fèin and 

as go ndena fe feirbliis dod ghloirfe, 

it go ndena fe barr dithill, agas freafdail, 

ara bheith agcofamhlacht vmhla 

dod Mhacfa Diofa Criofd, agas è dhi 

threigean fein mar fin, agas leanmhuin 

don lofafin amhain, neoch atà ag tab- 

hairt eifimlara comhfhurtachta, agas 

dochais do, ina vile peacthuibh, ion- 

das go bfuighe fe maitheamh a vile pe 

acadh, agas locht, do rèir mar rug fe le- 

is fuas ar neam, an gadoidhe do cèfadh 

na fhochair fa chrand, do bhridh adho 

chàis as. Acht mata anaimfear ar dte- 

acht ina toil leatfa adhul vainde chugad 

fein, tabhair a Thighearna toradh 

agas bridh do ghris do mhothughadh 

na chroidhe, agas na choinfias, iondas 

go bfuighe fe fafdail nua, agas fechain 

do chiiraim aithreamhailfe na thim- 

cheall 6 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, 

O 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 gràdh do Mhic inmhuin lofa 

Criofd ar Dtighearna, Tabhair grafa 

dhò, iondas go madh eidir leis an 

comhfhurtacht, agas an faibhreas mor 

fa .1. maitheamh apeacuigh an lofa 

Criofd do ghabhail chuige, maille re 

croidhe maith, agas le Ian ndochas 

creidim. Oir atà an Tiofa fm anois 

aga thaifbenadh fe'in doneafflan anih 

gharfa, do bhridh an gheallaidh, do 

foillfigheadh dho ad bhriathruibhfe, 

do ghnathuighfe ma raon rinde a Teagluis, 

agas ad choimhthionol naomh 

thafa, agnathughadh do Tfacramuin- 

teadh, an ni do ordaigh tufa a Teagluis, 

do dhaingniughadh chreidmhe 

gach aoin, ler bhail dochas neimhchealgach 

do dhenamh indadfa. Guidh 

inaoid fos tii a Thighearna, goma fgi- 

ath dhaingean diona dho, an creideamh 

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 dochas 

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 

foith, 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 jjresenteth hiui to this poore persone in distres, 

by the vertue of thy promises revelled 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 established 

for confirmation of all their faith that trust in thee unfainedly. 

Let true faith, O Lord, be unto him as a most sure buckler, 

thereby to avoyde the assautes of death, and more boldely walkc 

for the advancement of eternal life ; to the end llial he, having a 

most livelie apprehension thereof, 

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do, go madh eidir leis bheith maille 

riotfa, a dteaghuis neimhe afubhach- 

as fioruidhe. Goma toil leat fos a 

Athair neamhdha, è do bheith fad 

dhidean fein, agas fad dheagh choim- 

hèà, agas gè ta fe eafllan is aithnidh 

dhuitfe a tflanughadh, ge ta fe adtri- 

bloid, agas a ndoghruing, is aithnidh 

dhuitfe afhòiridhin, agas afhurtacht, 

gtf ta fe' anbfand, is aithnidh dhuitfe 

aneartughadh, ata fe agtuigfm atfal- 

chair fe'in, agas aneamhghloine fein, &: 

a olc fe'in, agas a aingidheachta fein. 

Gidheadh is aitnidh dhuitfe anidhe, 

agas aghlanadh, ate fe Ian do lotaibh, 

& daladhaibh, gidheadh is aithnidh 

dhuitfe ioctflainte & luibhe, do chur 

rena chneadhaibh, & rena chrechtai- 

bh, ata crith eagla, & vamhain air Gid 

headh is aithnidh dhuitfe meanma, 

agas meifneach do thabhairt do. Agas 

do chur na mbriathar anaithghiorra, 

ata fe mar chaoirighchaillte ar feach 

ran, gidheadh is aithnidh dhuitfe aghairra, 

agas a thabhairt ari's do chum 

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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. 

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COMHFHVRTACHT 

do thighe. Da bhridhfin a Thighear 

na, mar atà an creatuir truaghfa, neoch 

is doibrighthibh do làmh fèin aga tho 

irbheart fein fuas go huilidhe ad lamh- 

aibhfe, gurab amhluidhfin is toil leat- 

fa, agabhail ad dhidean trocaireach. 

Mar an gcedna go ma toil leat, fmde 

vile do chreatuire truagha, do dhaing- 

niughadh ad Sbioraid naomhtha, agas 

do Sbiorad naomhtha do dhaingniughadh 

indaind, do chum fmd ftîn 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 dtaivrngidh tufa vadha fmd. 

agas fos guidhmaoid go duthrachtach 

thii an dochar, agas an doilgheas, do 

fhulaingfe, atà ar neafflànfa, dar mbro 

fnughadh fein, do chum vmhlachta, 

agas ifle, lè honòir, agas \è heagla roimh 

do laimh chumhaclitaighfe do 

bheith oraind. Oir atà afhios againd, 

gurab eigean dufnn, teacht abfiadh- 

nuife, chathrach do bhreitheamhnuis 

fe, antan bhus toil leat ar ngaimi. 

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. 

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N A \ K A S J. A N. 

Acht cheana a Thighearna, atd trua- 

illeadh ar niduire briflighe, fa fdaid, 

&. fa ninmhefe, go bfuil vireafbhuidh 

gach en tfligheadh oraind, do dliul 

atfiadhnuifefe. Acht mur dhearrna 

tu fein diongmhalta dhinn do dhul 

atfiadhnuife, agas fds mun tuga tii 

dhuinn Sbiorad na feimhidheachta & 

na humla, do dhenamh gach en neithe 

iarras haitheanta Diadha oraind. 

Acht an mheid go bfuihnaoid vile 

neamhimchubhaidli, do chaitheamh 

na dtiodhlucadhfa. Atamaoid gud 

ghèr ghuidhe, far ngairm chugad anainm 

do Mhic charthanaigh ar Dtighearna, 

agas ar maighiflir. Oi'r is ambàs 

agas andioluidheacht an Mhicfm 

atà vile dhdchas ar flanuidhe. Goma 

toil leat a Athair, gach vile chomh- 

fhurtacht, agas chomhtfolas do ghràs 

do dhortadh ar gach neach, da bfuil 

acuidiughadh no a congnamh leis an- 

eafflànfa, agas gan iad do ghabhail 

fgife no toirrfe da ngnath tfaothar do 

chaitheamh ris. Acht iad do ghlua- 

But, O Lord, the corruption of our fraile nature is such, that we 

are utterly destitute of any meane to appeare before tliee, 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 commandest. 

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 diligence 

to the ayding of this sicke persone, that they faint not by overmuch 

and continual labour, but rather to go heartilie and cherefully 

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C O M H F H \' R T A C H T 

facht maille re deaghghean, agas re 

deagh croidhe ar anadhaidh, do chom 

hfhurtacht an eafflainfe. Agas da mbei- 

re tii vathadh e, tabhair comhfhurtacht 

oile dhoibh, iondas go madh eidir leo 

an fgaradhfin dfulang, agas tainmfe do 

mholadh in gach en ni. Agas fos a 

Thigheama neamdha, dena trocaire ar 

gach vile dhuine ata eafflan, do reir 

chuirp no amhghar eile. Agas fds ar 

na daoinibh ata anainbfios natirinde, 

an mhe'id bheanas red Rioghachtfa 

dhiobh. Mar an gcedna dena trocaire 

ama daoinibh ata ag fulang dhibheirge, 

no dhioghaltais, no thriobloide, no 

prifuntachta, 6 naimhdib na firinde, ar 

fon iad do bheith ag denamh fiadhnu- 

ife leis an bfirinde. Agas fa dheoidh 

fech go trocaireach arvile vireafbhad- 

haibh na poibleach, agas ar gach vile 

dhith no sgrios, da dtug Satan ar Hea- 

gluis fein, a Athair na trocaire, fgaoil 

do mhaithis ar gach duine is leat fein. 

Iondas tare'is ar dtreighthe fe'in duin, 

go ndaingnithear find fa dhdchas, & 

forwarde in doing their indevours 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 liy 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 Father of mercy! spread 

forth thy goodnes upon all those that be thine ; that we, forsaking 

our selves, may be the more inflamed and confirmed, 

fa

NA NEASLAN. 

fa muinidhin do dhenamh afadfa am 

hain. Deonaidh na hiarratuiffe dhuinn 

a Athair ghràdhaidh, ar gràdh do 

Mhic inmhuin lofa Criofd ar llanu- 

ighthoir, iieoch atà ambeathaidh, agas 

arioghacht maille riotfa, anaon ndiad- 

hacht, agas an Sbioradh naomh ad 

Dhia fhirindeach tre bhioth fior. 

ITBIODH AMHLVIDH. 

H Foirm anadliluicthe and fo fids. 

BEIRTHEAR an corp go honorach, 

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 anadliluicthe, gluaifeadh an Miniflir 

do chum na Heagluife, acht muna 

raibhe fi abfad liadha, agas denamh 

Searmoin mhaith eigin don pobal, ad- 

timcheall bhais, agas eifeirghe. 

^ Dordughadh an fmachtaighe 

Eagluife and fo fios. 

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 Buryall. 

The corps is reverently brought to the grave, accompanied vdth 

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 exhortation 

to the people, touching death and resurrection. 

The Ordre of the Ecclesiastical Discipline. 

-,, 

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DO SMACHTVGHADH 

MA 

R nach bfetar, baile, no ca- 

thair, no teach, no teaghlach 

do chongbhail afdaid, no aninbhe tfo 

na gan riaghail, agas gan smacht, is 

mur fm nach eidir Eagluis Dd do cho 

ngbhail fuas, no aneart dfas, gan riag- 

hail Sbioratalta, agas gan fmacht Eag- 

luife do bheith inte. Oi'r is gloine i, 

agas is cora riaghail do bheith virre 

ina ar bhaile eile no ar theaghlach. 

Agas mar ataid briathra De, mar bhe- 

athaidh, agas mar anam agan Eagluis, 

is mar fm atà an riaghail Dhiadhafa 

agas an tordughadh Eagluifefe, mar 

do bheidis feithe ag fuaidhel, agas fir 

cheangal bhall an chuirpfe na Heag- 

luife re cheile, le hordughadh oirrdhe- 

irc, agas 16 nos niamhghlan. Oir is 

frian è dfofdadh na ndroch dhaoine 6 

mhighniomharthuibh do dhenamh, 

agas is fbor e, do bhrofnughadh na 

ndaoine ndimhaoineach ndotheaga- 

ifg ar anadhaidh, agas afe an fmach- 

tughadhfa flat a Nathar ata do ghnàth 

vllamh èfgaidh aibeil, do chaoin chear 

tughadh 

As no Citie, Towne, howse, or familie can maynteine their estate 

and prospere without policie and governaunce, so the Churche of 

God, which requireth more purely to be governed then any citie or 

familie, can not without spirituall Policie and ecclesiasticall 

Discipline continewe, enciease, 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. 

It is a spurre to pricke forward suche as be slowe and necligent ; yea, 

and for all men it is the Father's rodde ever in a readines to chastice 

170

NA HEAGLVISE. 

tughadh na nolc do nithear, agas do 

thabhairt orra na dhiaidhfm, ambea- 

tha do chaitheamh aneagla, agas an 

vnihla Dhiadha, agas fos fa dheoidh 

is ordughadh e, do fhagaibh Dia aga 

Eagluis le ndenaid foghlaim, adto- 

ile agas aughniomhartha do riaghladh 

do reir an ladha Diadha, mar ata gach 

aon aca do dhenamh theagaifg da che 

ile, agas dioghaltus, agas smachtugh- 

adh do dhenamh ar na daoinibh diira 

droch mheine dotheagaifg, do ni tar- 

caifne ar anordughadhfin. Ataid tri 

hadhbhair fbeifialta do bheir ar Eag- 

luis De an fmachtughadhfa do chur 

angniorah. An ced adhbhar dhiobh, 

do chum nach airfidhe lucht droch 

ghniomharthadh ameafg chloinde De 

do thabhairt naire 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 ndroch 

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 instnicting 

and admonishinge one an other, yea, and by correctinge and 

ponishinge all obstinate rebells, and contemners of the same. 

There are three cawses chiefly which move the Churche of God 

to the executinge of Discipline. First, that men of evell conversation 

be not nombred amongest 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 

171


naomhthafm, anuair tug fe a aithne 

dona coruinteachaibh, an tadhultrach 

coirpthe colach dathchur, agas dindarbadh 

vathadh, aga radha mar fo 

Cuiridh beagan do thaos tfearbh no 

ghoirt, an taran vile afeirbhe no angoirte. 

An treas adhbhar do chum go 

ngebhadh neach, do fmachtughadh 

no do churfadh, nàire 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 alo an Tighearna, is inand fin, & 

an droch dhuine do finachtughadh, 

le curfadh, ar eagla go rachadh a anam 

indamnadh fiithain. Mafeadh is 

inchomhthaarraidh ar tus, go bfuil an 

finachtughadh, no an tordughadhfa 

no an riaghailfe, vaigneach, no follas 

vaigneach ar tiis, mar ata da ndenadh 

duine locht chugad, do ghniomharthuibh, 

no do bhriathruibh. Tii da 

chomhairleachadh go braithreamhuil 

eadrad 

forsawe when he commaunded the Corinthians to banishe frome 

amongst theym the incestuous aduUerer, sainge, ' A litle 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. 

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NA HEAGLVISE. 

eadrad fein agas e, agas eifean do dhi- 

ultadh do chomhairle cairdeamhlafa, 

no fos dd, dhearbhadh dhuit, le ghnathughadh 

amhibhes, nach bfuil run 

ro leafaigthe aige and fin, na dhiaidh 

fm an dara huair, atheagafg abfiadh- 

nuife deife no tri'r, dfiadhnuife maith, 

agas fos eifean danmhuin go dur dain 

gean ina ainbfios fe'in, agas ina tfeach- 

ran. Dlighthear and fm mar iarras ar 

Slanuighthoir Crioft, afhoillfeachadh, 

agas anochtadh don Eagluis. londas 

do reir an smachtaighe follais, go dtu- 

cthar do chum na Heagluife le haithrighe 

6, no go ndentar dioghaltus do 

re'ir alocht air. Agas ataid and fo tri ne 

ithe, is inchomhtharraigh adtimche- 

all an fmachtaighe vaignigh. An ced 

ni dhiobh, ar gcomhairle, agas ar dte- 

agafg do theacht 6 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 ni, adheirbhfhos 

do bheith againd, go dtuillid alochta 

If peixhaunce he stubburnely resist thy charitable advertisementes, 

or els by contynuance in his faut declare that he amendeth not 

then, after he haih 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 

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achmhas-an do rèir bhriathar Nde. 

Agas fa dheoidh find do ghnathughadh 

na meidefin do ghliocas, agas do 

tfeimhidheacht. londas da rabh meid 

eigin damharas againd fa nadhbar ina 

mbiam aga theagafg goma heidir 

lind maille re briathruibh Diadha, a 

tharraing do thuigfin alocht fein, no 

da mbeanaidh anlocht re moran, no 

abheith follas do mhoran, ar dteagafg 

ne do bheith abfiadhnuife chdda e'igin 

diobh, agas go haithghearr ma 

bheanand antadhbhar ris an Eagluis 

go huilidhe, as go madh cofmhuil vr- 

choid eigin do theacht do Neagluis 

do bhridli anadhbhuir do cheilt, dli- 

ghthear and fin, an tadhbhur no an 

lochtfin, dfoillfiughadh dona Mini 

fi:ribh, agas dona foirfidheachaibh re 

nibeanand riaghail na Heagluife do 

chumhdach. Adtimcheall fmaclitaighe 

follais na Heagluife, ata fo fids 

ionchoimhe'da, mar ata gan aoineach 

da ndenadh coir no cionta, dfagbhail 

gan chiontughadh, le gne eigin 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. 

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N A H E A (i L V I S E. 

taighe, vair ar bith da mothochuighe 

feachran fa choimhthionol, do dhro- 

cheifimlair, no do fgandail mhibhes, 

no neamh chofamhlachta, rena nadmhail 

Criofdaidhe. Mar ata da rabh 

duine fantach, no adhaltrach, no fiur- 

tuidhe, no fear ethigh, no gadaidhe, 

no fear ghabhala ceandaigh anadha- 

idh na cora, no fear fiadhnuife breige 

do dhenamh, no fear fgandaile, no 

fear meifge, no fear labhartha blaifb- 

heime, no lifuruidhe, no en pearfa 

eafumhal bhuaidheartha, no lucht ei- 

ritice, no faobh chreidimh, no droch 

tfligheadh. Mar atàid Papanaigh, 

Anabaptiflidh, agas a gcofamhlach to- 

ile, agas fos go haithgearr gach vile ni 

do dhenamh falchur, no caidhe dfagbhail 

ar an Eagluis Chriofduidhe, & 

gach ni nach gcuidigheand ris an Ea- 

gluis chedna, ni dhligheand fe dul as 

gan teagafg, no gan dioghaltas. Agas 

ar fon gurab minic theagbhus don Ea- 

gluis Chriofdaidhe gurab eigean do- 

ibh antan nach bfoghnand leigheas 

M. 

If they perceyve any thinge in the Congregation, either evyll in 

example, sclaunderous in maners, or not besemynge their profes- 

sion, as if there be any covetous personne, any adulterer, or fornicator, 

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 edification, 

oght not to escape either admonition or ponishement. 

And becawse it happeneth sometyme in the Churche of 

Christ, that when other remedies assayed profiitt nothinge, 

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oile and, an tflatfa na neafbul, ris arai 

tear, ceartughadh no curfadh do ghabhail 

chuca. Oir afi fin flat is mo, & 

is truime bheanas ris an Minifdreacht 

Sbioratalta. Vime fin ata ama ordu- 

ghadh, gan en ni do dhenamh fanadh 

bhurfin. Acht maille re comhairle, & 

re toil na Heagluife go huilidhe, agas 

fos dlighid oirchill mhaith, & aire do 

thabhairt, nach vllmha do bheidis do 

chum dhaoine do chur on gcoimhthionol, 

no dha ngabhail a ris agcomh 

aonta, agas agcumand na Heagluife, 

mar atàid na daoine ina mothochadaois 

vllmhacht aithrighe, agas fos gan 

agcur Ò eifleacht 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 

belonginge to the spirituall Ministerie) ; it is ordeyned, that 

nothinge be attempted in that behalf with out the determination of 

the whole Churche : \\-herein also they must be ware and take good 

heede, that they seme not more readie to expel! frome the Congregation 

then to receyve againe those in whome they perceyve 

worthie frates 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 he may have 

libertie and occasion to repent. Finally, that all ponishementes, 

corrections, 

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censures, and admonitions, stretche no farther

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

gan abheith ni is truime ina mar 

iarras focal De go ladhamhail 

maille re trocaire andenamh, 

agas an gnathughadh. 

^ Math, xviij. 

IT Da ndiulta en neach an coimhthinol 

deifteacht, biaidh fe dhuitfe mar 

eticeach, no mar puiplicanach. 

FOIRM 

VRRNAIDHE 

inghnathaidhe adtigh 

gach Criftaidhe go moch 

agas go hanmoch. 

^ Vrrnaidhe mhaidne. 

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

M. 2. 

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. 

MoniiitgL' Prayer.

ADHE 


vile chumhachtaigh, & a 

Athair is mo trocaire, ni he adhb 

hur ar dtaifbenta and fo abfiadhnuife 

do chumhachtadh Diadhafa, do dhen 

amh dhochais as ar ngiomharrthaibh 

fdin, no as ar dtuillteanas, acht as do 

throcaire imarcoidhfe, mar dogheall 

tu ar nguidhe defteacht, & ar niarratuis 

do thabhairt duinn, donimaoid 

ort anainm do Mhic inmhuin lofa 

Criofd ar Dtighearn. Neoch tug 

aithne dhuinn, find fein do chruindi- 

ughadh, agas do thinol agceand a che- 

ile, ina ainmfean, le Ian ghealladh dearbhtha, 

gombia fe fein nar meafg, & 

nar meadhon, agas ni he fin amhain, 

acht gombia fe againd, mar Aidhne, 

agas mar theachtaire do thaoibh do 

chumhachtafa, dfaghail duinn gach 

vile neithe da bfaicfe do thoil bhe- 

andaidhthefe, intugtha dar riachtanas 

aleas. Vime fin atamaoid gud ghuidhe 

agas gudgheratach, a Athair is mo trocaire, 

do ghnuis ghradach dimpodh 

chugaind, agas gan ar peacaidh ioraar- 

cacha 

Almightie God and most mercifull 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 \vyll 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 toume thy lovynge contenance 

towardes us, and impute not unto us our manyfold synnes 

178

M H A I D N E. 

caclia no ar feachrain fliaobha dagra 

no do leanmhuin oruind, an ni ler 

thuilleamar do reir cora, & cothruim 

tfeargfa, agas do ghe'r dhighaltus do 

theacht oruind. Acht gabh find ad 

thrdcaire ar fon lofa Criofd agabhail 

a bhdis, & ' a phaifefean, mar Ian Eraic 

ar nuile olcne, ar fon gurab andfan am 

hain ata do thoil, agas nach edir leat 

tfearg do bheith rinde thridfin. 

Agas ar bfaicin gur chuireamar ano- 

idhchefe thoraind a fiaan, agas a fua- 

imhneas, Deonaidh duinn a Athair 

neamhdha, an la aniudh, agas gach en 

la eile feadh ar mbeathadh, do chaitheamh 

go huilidhe adfheirbhiffe, iondas 

godti dar nuile fmuaintighibh 

dar nuile bhriathraibh, agas dar nuile 

oibridhibh, gldir hanma naomhthafa 

dadhmoladh, agas deagh efimlair do 

thabhairt dagach ennduine, iondas 

antan do chffid ar ndeagh oibridhe 

go dtiubhraid gloir dui'tfe ar Nathair 

neamhdha. Agas fos an mhe'id nar 

lor leat dod thrdcaire fliaoir fein, agas 

M. 3. 

and offences, wherby we justely deserve thy wrath and sharpe 

punishement, but rather receyve us to thy mercye 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 

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VRRNAIDHTHE. 

dod ghràdh ar gcruthughadh do reir 

fhioghrach fein, agas do chofmhuluis 

amhain. Acht maille ris fin do thogh 

tu find, mar oidhreadhaibh maille red 

Mhac mòrghràdhach lofa Criofd ar 

an Righeacht robhuainfin, doullmh- 

uigh tu fe'in dui'nn roimh thofach an- 

tfaoghail. Atamaoid gud ghuidhe ar 

gcreideamh, & ar dtuigfe domhe'du- 

ghadh, & ar gcroidheadha dfoillfiudhadh 

led Sbioraid naomhtha, as go 

bfe'dam anois ar naimfear dochaithe 

amh anamhaillibh Diadha, agas an 

glanghniomharthaibh beathadh. Oi'r 

ata a fhios againd nach bfaghaid dao- 

ine iodholacha, no daoine adhaltra- 

cha, no daoine fantacha, no daoine 

conaffacha, no daoine mefgeacha, no 

lucht craois, no a cofmhulus eile fin, 

oidhreacht Rioghachta De. Agas ar 

fon go dtug tu a aithne dhuinn, gach 

aon dinn do dhenamh guidhe daroi- 

le, ni harar fon fe'in amhain a Thighearna 

& ar fon na meide do ghoir tii roimhefo 

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 immortall kingdome which thow preparedst 

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 l>-ve 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, 

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nguidhe. Acht ar fon gach vile pobuil, 

agas chinel fa faoghal. Neoch 

mur thuigid, as toibrighibh inganta- 

cha, gurab tii fein Did ds na huilibh, 

gurab amhluidhfin is toil leat adteagufg 

led Sbiorad naomh, & a nuile dho 

chas do dhenamh indadfa anaon 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. Vimefm a Thighearna brof- 

nuigh, agas togaibhfuas anairde ran- 

dadoruighe firindeacha firdhiadha ar 

do dhiamhraibh fein. Neoch chuir- 

feas ar gcul gach vile tharraing tfaoghalta, 

agas iarras do ghloirefe amhain 

ina dteagufg, agas ina ndeaghbheath- 

aidh. Agas go contrarrdha dho fin, 

Claoi Satan, agas an Anticriofd mail- 

le re na nuile lucht tuaraflail, agas 

lena Papanachaibh, ata agadthreigean 

fa, agas ar na dtoirbhirt agce'dfadha- 

M. 4. 

but for all people and nations of the World, who as they knowe 

by thy wonderfuU workes that thow arte God 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 respectes, 

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, 

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ibh damanta, impoidh agcroidlieadha 

no coifg agcumhachta. londas nach 

edir led lena flighthibh, no lena fiofm 

aibh, no lena nainchreideamh, no lena 

feachranaibh, buaidhreadh do dhenamh 

ar do bhegthredfa. Agas ar 

bfaicfin a Thighearna, go dtangamuir 

ne ifna laithibh deighionachafa, agas 

fa naimfir chuntabhartaighfe, inar 

ghabh ainbfios foirrneart, agas ina 

bfuil Satan gonamhuintir agiarraidh 

gach vile tfligheadh, domhuchadh 

thoillfe do tfoifcelfe. Atamaoid gud 

ghuidhe, agas gud gheratach, tii do 

chothughadh, agas do flieafamh tha- 

dhbhuir fein, anadhaigh na macdti're 

dtrenurchoideachfa, agas tabhair ne 

art, & comhfhurtacht dod tfearbhon- 

tuibh fein, ata andaoirfe agas a prifun 

aibh, natugadh tfadfhoighide adbhur 

dhoibh, domhedughadh a dtirentacht, 

& a bfoirrnearta fioraingidhe, no fos 

do chur mheatachta ar do mhaothch 

loindfe. Agas fos na bacadh ar pea- 

caine, no ar naingidheacht do thro- 

cairefe 

that they may not by sectes, schismes, heresies, and errors, disquiet 

thy lytle flocke. 

And becawse, O Lord, we be fallen into the latter days and daungerous 

tjTnes, wherin ignorance hath gott the upper hand, and Satan 

with his ministers seeke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy 

Gospell, we beseche thee to mayntaj-ne thy cawse against those 

raveninge wolves, and strengthen all thy servantes, whome they kepe 

in pryson and bondage. Let not thy longe sufferinge be an occasion 

either to encrease theyr tyrannye or to discorage thy childrene ; 

nether yet let our synnes and wickednes be a hinderance to 

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cairefe. Acht a Thighearna tabhair 

aire go luatligaireach ar amhgharaibh 

agas ar ghuafachtaibh, Heagluife edtreoraighe 

fein, atà aninadhaibh imdha 

ag fulang dhochar dhoairmhe, 6 chuthach 

chruaigh chalma anàmhad. 

Agas adbhamaoid a Thighearna, gurab 

oircheas tigid na dochairfe oraind, 

ar fon ar peacadh. (Oi'r gidh imdha 

do thioghluicthe, agas do thoirbh- 

ertuis dufnn, le dtairrngeand tu find 

do thabhairt ghraidh dhuit, & gè mi- 

nic do bhàgar dioghultuis oraind, rer 

choir dhui'nn theagla do bheith oraind, 

& aithridhe efcaidh vllamh do 

dhenamh) gidheadh atamaoid do ghn 

àth ag anmhuin nar naingidheacht, 

& nar nolc fein, & nifhuilid ar gcroidheadha 

ag tuigfin trom vrchoide 

ar peacadh mar budh coir dhoi'bh ad 

tuigfin. Vimefin a Thighearna cru- 

thaidhfe croidhedha nuaidhe inda- 

ind, iondas go madh eidir 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 gi'eat miseries, 

and chieflye the afflictions of our Contrie, which once florished 

through tliy mercies, and nowe for contempt of thy Worde is plagued 

accordinge to thy judgement. Alas, Lord, may.st thow not be intreated 

? 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 receyvedst 

theym to mercie. We therfore, most wretched synners, 

bewayle our manyfolde synnes, and earnestly repent us 

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aithridhe, agus aithrechas dariribh do 

dhenamh, ar fon ar naingidheachta, & 

ar namhailleadh neamhdhiadha at- 

adhaighfe. Agas ge nach aithnidh 

dui'nn, do phardunfa no do mhaitheamhnas 

dfaghail di'nn fîn, no dar- 

ngniomharrthaibh, gedheadh atama- 

oid go humhal omanta, gudghuidhefe 

agas gudgheratach, ar fon lofa Criofd, 

do throcaire dfoillfiughadli oraind, & 

ar ngabhail ari's atfabhor, agas at- 

fiorghrafaibh, Deonaidh a Athair 

ghràdhaigh na hiarratuiffe duinn, agas 

na huile ni ar a bfuil ar bfeidhm, agas 

feidhm Heagluiffe fein go huilidhe, 

do reir do gheallaidh dhui'nn an lofa 

Criofd ar Dtighearna, oi'r is na ainmfean 

donimaoid teadarghuidhe, mar 

do theagaifg fe fdin dui'nn, ag radha, 

Ar Nathairne ata ar neamh, &c. 

o 

^ Vrrnuidhe fheafgair. 

A Thighearna, agas a Dhe, agas 

a Athair bhiothbhuain, ata Ian 

do 

for our former wickednes and ungodly behavyor towardes thee 

and wlieras 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. Graunt 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 : 


Evcnyiige Prayer. 

O Lord God, Father everlastinge and full of pitie, 

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FHEASGAIR. 

do thròcaire, atamaoid aga thuigfm, & 

aga admhail, nach fid find fein ar fiiile 

do thogbhail damharc fiaas do clium 

neimhe, agus gurab ludha ina fin, is fiu 

find ar dtaifbenadh abfiadhnuife do 

chumhachtadh Diadhafa, le ddchas 

go neifdfe'afa ar niarratus, no ar nurrnuidhe, 

da dtugam ar naire don ni do 

thuilleamar fein. Oir ataid ar gcom- 

fiafa agar nagra, agas ataid ar peacaidh 

ag denamh fiadhnuife nar nadhaidh, 

agas ata afhios againd fos, gurab breitheamh 

cothrum ceirtbhreathach thu 

fa, nach moland nadaoine peactacha 

aingidhe, acht fmachtuidheas lochia 

vile lucht luath bhrifde haitheantadh. 

Gidheadh a Athair is truime trocaire. 

6 do dheonuidhis a aithne do thabh- 

airt dunin, find do teadarghuidhe 

inar nuile thriobloidibh, agas inar nuile 

amhgharaibh, agealladh cungnamh 

agas cuideachadh do dhenamh lind fa 

nuairfin fein, amothuidhemaoid find 

fein, mar do bheithmaois ar ar flugadh 

don bhas, 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 Rlajestie 

with confidence that thow wilt heare our prayers and grawnt 

our requestes, if we consider our owne deservinges ; for our consciences 

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, 

2 a l°5


Atamaoid go huilidhe ag treigean ar 

ndochais tfaoghalta, agas ag rith, t^ 

ag ro tfiubhal, do chum do throcaire 

tromghradhuighefe, mar aon chadhas, 

agas mar aon tearmand duinn, & 

atamaoid gud ghuidhe, agas gud ghèr 

atach, gan ar nuilc no ar naingidhe 

acht imarcach do chuimhniughadh 

dhuinn, le bfuilmaoid do ghnath ag 

brofnudhadh tfeirgefe, agas do dhiumdha 

nar nadhaidh fdin. Agas na 

chuimhnidh fos 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 coimhthren do Tfoif- 

geilfè, ata ar na fhoillfmghadh dhu- 

inn, acht go mddh mo ghebhas tu 

chugad, maille re deaghthoil, vmhla- 

cht & bas do Mhic lofa Criofd, neoch 

do thoirbhir a chorp fein fuas, mar 

ofrail en vair amhain na iodhbuirt, ar 

Ion na nuile, dodhiol Ian erca ar pea- 

caine go himlan. Dena trdcaire 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 offeringe 

up his bodie in sacrifice once for all, hath made a sufficient rccompence 

for all our synnes. Have mercie therfore upon us, 

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F H E A S G A I R. 

ind vime fin a Thlghearna, agas maith 

ar negora dhiiinn. Teagaifg find fos 

led Sbioraid naomhtha fein, as go 

mbreathnochamaois ar peacaidh, do 

rèir marbhudh coir, agas go ndenmaois 

aithrighe da n'ribh ar afon, agas go 

madh moide a Thighearna, bhus toil 

leat fin dadmhail, afhaigfin dui'd nach 

denaid na daoine damanta, no na daoine 

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 ambia 

ocaras, agas iota, do ghraffa, fhoillfeochas 

do ghloirfe, 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 lamh, 

is tu fos ar Nathair, agas is finde do 

chland, is tii ar naodhaire, agas is finde 

do thred, is tii do cheandaigh find, & 

is fmde an pobal do cheandaigh tu, is 

tu ar Ndia, agas is fmde 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 forlhe thy prayse and glorie. And 

albeit we be but wormes and dust, yet thow arte 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 : 

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Vime fin na ceartaigh le tfeirg find, & 

na dena dioghaltas do reir ar mi ghniomharthadh 

oraind, acht finachtaigh 

go trocaireach find, le gradh aithre- 

amhail, iondas go bfaicfe an faoghal 

go himlan, gidhbe huair bhus aithre- 

ach leis an peacthach a peacuidh fein, 

Ò iochtar agas 6 inmheadhon a chroidhe, 

go gcuirfe tufa amhighiomhar- 

tha as do chuimhne, mar do gheallais 

le tfaidh naomhdia. 

Fadheoidh mar do bhi do dheagh 

thoil fa noidhche do chuma don duine, 

do dhenamh comhnuidhe dho 

into, mar do chum tu an la dho, do 

dhenamh faothair and, Deonaidh 

dhuinne a Athair ghradhaidh fuan 

cuin corparrdha, iondas go madh ei- 

dir lernanmandaibh, gnath fhaire do 

dhenamh, ag feitheamh ar theacht ar 

Dtighearna lofa Criofd, dar faoradh, 

on mbeathaidh mbuaidhearthafa, & 

gan aifiinge no taibhfidhe, no Sbiorada 

buaidheartha, do bheith anuachtar 

oraind. Acht ar nintinde go huilidhe 

do 

Conecte us not therfoie in thyne anger, O Lord ; neither accordinge 

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 bottome of 

his hart, thow wylt put away his wickednes owt of thy remembrance, 

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 owle of this morlall lyf'e ; 

and in the meane season, that we, not overcome by any tentalions, 

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 eile fos gan ar 

gcodladli do bheith imarcach do rc'ir 

antoile ar gcorp gcomhthruaillidhe, 

aclit ar gcodladh do bheith foghain- 

teach do comhfhurtacht anbfainde ar 

naduire, as gomadh vUmhuide do 

bheithmaois do chaitheamh ar mbea- 

thadh anamhaiUibh, agas adtreighibh 

Diadha fin, do nihedughadh ghloire 

hanma naomhthafa, agas do comh- 

fhurtacht ar chomharfand, agas ar 

mbrathar Criofduidhe do reir do tho 

ile Diadhafa. ^ Biodh Amhhiidh. 

^ Orrtha dhiadha inradha gach vair 

da dtoigeora tu aradha. 

ONOIR 

agas adhmholadh, gldir 

agas gnathbhuidheachas duitfe 

a Thighearna, agas a Dhe na nuile 

chumhacht, agas a Athair neamhdha, 

neamhmeafarrdha, ar foil thuile thro- 

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 conversation, 

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 

kyndenes shewed unto us,


oraind, mar do dheonaidh do mhai- 

theas grafamhail, led thoil throcairigh 

fe'in, finde do thogha do chum ar flanuighe, 

roimh thofach an tfaoghail, & 

aleithed oile fin do bhuidheachas du- 

it, ar fon ar gcruthaidhe, do reir cof- 

mhulachta fhioghrach fein, & ar fon 

ar faortha le full fhior naomhtha do 

Mhic mhorghradhaidh fein, fa nam 

arabhamur daman ta go huilidhe, agas 

ar fon gur bheandaidh tii find, led 

Sbiorad naomhtha, abfoillfiughadh, & 

a dtuigfin do bhriathar mbithbhuanfa, 

& ar fon cuidighe, agas chumhanta 

lind, nar nuile fheidhm, agas riachta- 

nafaleas, agas ar fon ar bfuafglaidh 6 

gach vile chuntabhairt chuirp & anma, 

agas ar fon ar gcomhfhurtachta go cairdeamhail, 

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 md trocaire, na ti- 

oghluicefe adubhramar, dfaghail duinn 

od 

in that it hath pleased thy graciotis goodnes, frely and of thyne 

owne accordcf to elect and chuse us to salvation before the beginning 

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 knowledge 

of thine holy worde ; for helping and succouring us in all our 

neds and necessities; for saving us from all dangers of bodie 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 benefites, O moste mercyfull father, lyke as we acknowledge 

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fnn od mhaitheafla amhain, mar an 

gcedna atdmaoid gudghuidhe anainni 

do Mhic inmhuin lofa Criofd, do Sbi 

orad naomhtha fein do dheonachadh 

dhuin, as go madh edir lind do ghn- 

lith, bheith ag tabhairt bhuidheachais 

duitfe, ag fior leanrahuin na firinde, & 

ag faghail comhfhurtachta vaitfe, nar 

nuile dhoghruindibh, agas dhocamh- 

laibh, a Thighearna daignidh ar gcre- 

ideamh, & fadoidh e nifa mo, adteas, 

agas angradh mar dhlighmaoid duit- 

fe, agas dar gcomharfandaibh, na fuluing 

dui'nn a Athair ghradaidh, do 

bhriathra do dhul ni afia dhuinn indi 

omhaoineas. Acht deonaidh dhuinn 

do ghnath, comhfhurtacht do ghris, 

agas do Sbiorad naomhtha. londas 

go bfedmaoid adhragh dod hainm na 

omhthafa, ler gcroidheadhaibh, agas 

ler mbriathruibh, agas ler ngiomhar- 

thaibh. Medaidh fein a Thighearna, 

agas cuir aleithead do Righacht, agas 

do chumhachta, iondas go bfedaimne 

bheith Ian no diolta dod dheagh tho- 

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 thankfulnes 

towardes thee, to be led into all traeth, and comforted in all 

our adversities. O Lord, strengthen our faith : kindle it more in 

fei-ventnes, 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. 

N. 

101


ilfe, gidhbc ar bith ni do dheonuidhis 

dhuinn, a Athair ghradhaidh na leg 

oraind vireafbhuidh na neitheand, 

nach bfedmaoid theacht na bfegmhuis, 

do dhenamh do tfeirbhife. Acht 

beandaidhfe find, agas oibridhe ar 

lamh re cheile, iondas go mbiadh ar 

riachtanas aleas againd, gan ar neire 

do bheith ar chach, acht go madh mo 

bhiam inchuidighe led, dena trocraire 

oraind a Thighearna, agas ar ar nuile 

lochtaibh. Agas ar bfaicfin gurab 

mor na fiacha, do mhaith tufa dhuinn 

ar fon lofa Criofd, tabhair oraind an 

mheidfin 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 lainih throcairidh, 

anam ar nuile bhuaidhearrtha, dar faoradh 

ona huile vrchoidibh, agas do 

chrichnudhadh ar mbeathadh, a numhlu, 

agas anonorudh hannia naomh- 

thafa, trid lofa Criofd ar Dtighearna, 

& ar naon flanuighthoir. Biodh amhlu- 

idh. 

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 

helpful! 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, .ô be it.

V R R N A I T) H T H I ',. 

idh. A Thigheania go niadh gnJth 

(Ihidean duinn, do Idmh chumhach- 

tachfa, & do fgUlth diona ar ar fgàth, 

agas gomadh flanughadh dui'iin do 

throcaire, agas do chaibhneas an lofa 

Criofd, do Mhac carrthanach, agas 

gomadh Ian teagafg dhiiinn do bhriathra 

naomhthafa, agas go madli comhtfolas, 

agas comhfhurtacht diiinn, do 

ghràfafa, agas do Sbiorad naomhtha, 

go deireadh agas andeireadh ar mbeathadh 

go hiraldn. Biodh Amhluidh. 

tVRRNAIDHE IS COIR 

do leanamh do radha, gach vair 

rachas fe agceand foghluma, ar na 

tarraing as an .119. Pfalm. 

U Cred an ni anullmhuidheand antogdn 

a tflighe Ì na riaghladh fein do 

rtîr do bhriatharfa, fofgail mo tfii- 

ile, agas do gheibliim tuigfe iong- 

antach do ladhafa, tabhair tuigfe 

dhamh, agas coimheda me do ladh, 

Coimhedfa me è le mo chroidhe 

N. 2. 

Let thy mightie hand and outstretched arme, O Lord, be stil 

our defence : thy niercie and loving kyndnes in Jesus Christ thy 

deare Sonne, our salvation : thy true and holie word our instruction 

: 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, bekore he studie 

HIS Lesson. 

Out of the 119. Psalme.—Wherein shal the Child addresse his 

way ? in guiding himselfe according to thy worde. Open myne 

eyes, and I shal knowe the merv'eiles of thy Law. Give nie 

understanding, 

2 /; 

and I shal kepe thy Law, vea ' 

I shal 

li'^ 

kepe it

go huilidhe. 

\' R R N A I D li T H E. 

AThighearna neoch is tobar gach 

uile ghliocais agas tuigfe, 6 dho 

dheonaidh tii amoigefe, llighe the- 

agaifg do thabhairt damh, dfoghluim 

chriche mo bheathadh do chaitheamh, 

go hon orach diadha : go madh 

toil leat maille rifsin mo thuigfe do 

tfoillfiugliadh atà da naduir fèin dall, 

iondas gomadh edir le'am, an teolus 

agas an teagafg muinfidhear dliamh, 

do ghabhail chugam, 16 deagh thuigfe, 

& gomadh toil leat mo chuimhne 

do threorughadh, agas do dhaingniughadh, 

do choimhed mfodhluma, & 

fos mo chroidhe do cheartughadh, 

do ghabhail na nglan teagafg fin le' 

toil thindeafnaidh, mar is imchubh- 

aidh, iondas nach rachadh mo tfaothar 

andolaidh oram, do bhridh mo 

dhimhaoinis no mo neamhmbuidhe- 

achais ar do thioghluicibh tromdhi- 

adhafa, gomadh toil leat fos do Sbio- 

rad naomhtha fèin 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 understanding 

(the which of it selfe is blinde), that it may comprehend 

and receive that doctrine and learning which shalbe taught me : It 

may please thee to strengthen my memorie to kepe it well; it 

may please thee also to dispose myne hearte willinglie to receive it 

with suche desire as apperteineth, so that by myne ingratitude, 

the occasion which thou givest me, be not lost. That I may 

thus do, it mav please thee to powre upon me thvne Holie .Sprit, 

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ind, da choimhlinadh fo .i. Sbiorad 

na tuigfe, agas na firinde, agas an 

bhreitheamhnuis, agas an ghliocais, & 

an ghlaineoluis, le bfetar mifi do dhenamh 

aibel, do ghabhail thoraidh an 

tfothair, & andochair do gheibhthear 

remo theagafg chugam. londas nach 

racha fin andiomhaoineas damh. Agas 

a Thighearna gebè haigneadh ar adti- 

ubhra me aire, tabhair oram lin do cai 

theamh, do chum na criche Diadha 

dlifleanaidhe .i. tufa do thuigfm, mar 

Thighearna lofa Criofd, & gomadh 

èdir leam Ian ndochas mo tflanuighe 

do bheith agam ad ghrafaibhfe, agas 

feirbhis dhireach dhiongmhalta do 

dhenamh dhuit, do reir do thoile fe- 

in. londas gebe ni do nim dfoghlaim, 

gomadh adhbhur cuidighe, agas 

cumhanta do chum na ferbhife fm 

damh e, agas ar bfaicfm gur gheall 

tù ghocas dona daoinidh beaga vmhla, 

agas gur gheall tii claoidh, & comh 

thuargaint do dhenamh ar na daoinibh 

diomhfacha, le comhmbuaidhre 

N. 3 

the Sprit, I say, of all understanding, trueth, judgement, wisdome, 

and learning, the which may make me able so to profite, that the 

paines that shalbe taken in teaching me he not in vaine. And to 

what studie so ever I apply my selfe, make me, O Lord, to addresse 

it unto the right end : that is, to knowe thee in our Lord Jesus 

Christ, that I may have ful trust of salvation in thy grace, and to 

serve thee uprightly according to thy pleasure, so that whatsoever 

I learne, it may be unto me as an instrument to help me thereunto. 

And seing thou dost promise to give wisdome to the lytle and 

humble ones, and to confounde the proude in the vanitie of their 

wits, and lykewise to make thy selfe knowen to them that be of an 

upright heart, and also to blynde

\^ R R N A I D H 7' H K. 

adh agcedfadh, agas gur ghcall tii, 

thu fein do thaifbenadh do lucht na 

gceartchroidheadli, & fos na daoine 

aingidhe neamli Dhiadha do dhalladh, 

ataimfe gud ghuidhe, agas gud 

gheratach, ine fein do chorughadh, 

agus do chaitheamh, anumhla fhirin- 

digh, iondas gurab i tiis mfodhluma, 

mo bheith vmhal orramach omanta 

dod cliumhachtaibh Diadhafa, agas 

na dhiaidhGn dona huachtaranaibh, 

agas dona haird Thighearnaibh, do 

ordaigh tufa os mo chiond, agas gomadh 

toil leat mo croidhe dullmhudhadh 

go neamhchealgach, dod hon- 

orughadhfa, agas do threigean uile 

olc, agas antoile na feola, & in chuirp, 

& me dom vllmhugadh fein, mur fm 

do dhenamh do theirbhife, fa ninmhe 

nofa flaid, ina toil leatfa mo chur, 

antan thiucfas me do chum aoife fo- 

irfi, na tiodhluicefe, agas gach tiodh 

lucadh maith eile iarraim ort a Athair 

na trocaice anainm do Mhic lofa cri- 

ofd mur do theagaifg fe' fein damh ag 

radha 

the ungodly and wicked ; I beseche thee to facion me unto true 

humilitie, so that I may be taught first to be obedient unto thee, 

and next unto my .supeiiois, that thou hast appointed over me : 

further, that it may ]ilease thee to dispose mine heart unfeinedly to 

seke thee, and to forsake all evil and filthie lustes of the flesh : 

And that in this sorie, 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. 

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radha Arnathairne ata ar neamh, «.^c. 

IF Pfalm. 25. 

IF Foillfeochaidh an Tighearna a 

tfeicred fein, dona daoinibh arambi 

a eagla, agas do bfera fe, 

eolas a chaibhneafa fein doibh. 

1[ VRRNAIDHE IN RAdha 

fol thindfgnas neach a obair. 

AThighearna, agas a Dhe, agas a 

Athair is mo trocaire, & a Tflan- 

uighthoir, odo dheonaidh lu aithne 

do thabhairt diiinn, obair do dhenamh, 

dfurtacht ar nuireafbhadha, & 

ar bfeadhma, atamaoid ageadarghuidhe 

do ghras, ar nobair do bheandachadh 

as go foitheochadh an beandachadfm 

chugaind fein. Oir ni 

cofmhuil gura buan find na fhegmah- 

ais fin, iondas go ndenand, toirbhear- 

tus do bheandaidhe oraind, fiadhnu- 

ife dhiiinn, ar an gcurum, agas ar an 

ngradh aithreamhail ata agat os ar 

N. 4- 

Out of the 25 Psalme.—The Lord reveileth his secrets unto them 

that feaie hun, and maketh them to knowe his aUiance. 

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 witnesse 

unto us of thy bountifulnes and assistance, so that thereby 

we may know the fatherlie care that thou hast _over us.


gciond. Tuilleadh eile a Thighearna, 

atamaoid gud gher ghuidhe, ar neartughadh 

led Sbiorad naomhtha, do 

thabhairt oraind, obair fhirindeach, 

gan fhallfacht gan cheilg do dhenamh 

fa fdaid, agas fa ninmhe inar chuir tu 

find, & fos gomadh mo an dithcheall 

do dhenam, do leanmhuin horduighe 

oirrdheircfe, & do reachta rona- 

omhtha, no do leanmhuin lionaidh 

ar dtoileadh fantacha fein, & ghraidh 

edala, & mafa thoil leatfa a Thighear- 

na, bifeach do bhridh do bheandaid- 

he fein dotheacht arar nobair, tabhair 

intinde dhui'nn do chuidiughadh leis 

na daoinibh ar abfuil feidhm cuid- 

idhe, do reir na gcumhachta ina toil 

led ghrafaibhfm do thabhairt duinn, 

agas ar dtuigfm 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 

òfa gciond, ge nach bfuaradar viread 

comhranda neith rinde od throcaire 

More over, O Lord, we besech thee that thou wouldest 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 received 

so liberal a portion, as of thvniercv thou hast given unto us. 

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fe,

V R R N A I D II T H K. 

fe, agas màfa thoil leat finde fein d^è- 

chain, agas do clieafnughadh, le barr 

bochtaine, agas vireafbhadha, nifa 

mo no do bail \è toil ar gcorp, gomadh 

toil leatfa and fin a Thighearna 

gan ar dtreorughadh do thuitim aneamhdhochas. 

Acht do ghrafa do 

thabhairt dufnn, do thuigfin, agas dad 

mhail go mbeathaidheand, agas go 

naltromand tu fein do ghnath, do 

bhridh do throcaire faoire find, & go 

mbemaoid go foidhideach ag feithe 

atnh ort, no go dtabhra tufa fafadh 

dhuinn, ni a mhain do ghràfaibh no 

do thioghluicibh corporrdha, acht go 

fpeifialta do tfaibhreas neamhdha nua 

Sbioratalta, do chum fin dar mbrofnudhadh, 

do thabhairt mholaidh, & 

mhorbhuidheachais duitfe a Thighearna, 

agas mur fin do ghnith gan 

gluafacht do bheith ad thrdcairefe 

amhàin. Eifd find a Thighearna na 

trocaire ar gràdh do Mhic inmhuiu 

lofa 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 I) H T H E. 

U Vrrnuidlie in radlia gidhbc hiinir 

bhus ail leat. 

AThighearna agas a Dlie vile chumhachtaigh, 

agas a Athair is to- 

irbheartaighe trocaire, ni fhuil aon- 

neach comhchofmhuil riotfe ar neamh 

no ar talmhuin, do reir mar oibridheas 

tu na huile neithe, do chum 

ghloire hanma fein do mhedughadh, 

agas do chomhfhurtacht do dhaoine 

toghtha, mar do rinde tu fos an duine 

ènuair, na cheand agas na Thighear- 

na, OS ciond gach vile chre'atuir, agas 

tug tu ionadh dho, ingarrgha na nu- 

ile aoibhneas, agas faridr ar mbeith fa 

ninbhe tfona fm do, nior bfada na 

dhiaidh fm, gur dhearmuid fe' do thi 

odhluicthefe, agas do mhaithis. Uobadh 

gnàth fos le'd pobal fein eland 

Ifrahel, ameadhon amuiiTne & amor 

chonaigh, dul ar feachran fligheadh 

vaidfe, ag fior dhimheas ar do thro- 

caire mar ata gach vile fheoil agnathughadh 

dul ar mire, agas ar mor dhe- 

armad, 

A Prayer made at the First Assemblie of the Congregation, 

WHEN THE Confession of our Faithe, and 

WHOLE Orders of the Church, was there red and 

approved. 

O Lord God Almightie, and Father moste merciful!, 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 raler over all thy creatures, and placed hym 

in the garden of all pleasures ; Ijut how soone, alas, dyd he in his 

people Israel, also, in their 

Thy felicitie forget thy goodnes 1 

wealth dyd evermore runne astray, abusinge thy manifold mercies ; 

lyke as all fleshe contynually raget!i 

and extemall prosperitie. 

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.vhen it hath gotten libertie

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

armad, antan do gheibh fi faoirfe, it 

fonas le tiodhluicibh corparrdha. 

Gidheadh a Athair inmhuin, aid do 

ghliocafia fuaithe red throcaire, iondas 

go bfechand tii gach entflighe, do 

thabhairt do chloinde fein, do chum 

aithne, agas tuigfe, do blaridh do ghra 

idh aithreamhail orra. Agas vimefm 

an tan nach bfoghnand fonas, & fo- 

cracht dhoibh, is bes duitfe and fin, 

daibhreas, agas dochar do tliabhairt 

doibh, agas hiiile chland fein do cheartughadh, 

agas do fmachtughadh 

mar fm, an mhe'id do ghabhais chugad 

ad theaghlach naomhtha dhiobh. 

Vime fm atamaoidne na daoine pe- 

acthacha biodhbhochtafa ag tabh- 

airt bhuidheachais duitfe, le croid 

headhaibli limhla, ar fon gur dheon- 

aigh til ar ngairra do clium do the'ag- 

haife, agas do theaghluidh, le fmach- 

tughadh aithreamhail, ar fon an diniheafa 

do rindeadar ar na grafaibh do 

fhurail tii oraind, anam ar focrachta, 

agas ar fdlais. Oi'r do beidir leatfa le 

But suclie 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 adversitie, 

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, 

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^' R R N A I D H T H E. 

ceirt bhreitheamhnus, find do thoir- 

bheart, agas do thiodhlucadh, dar 

nintindibh dura damanta fein, & dar 

gcroidheadhaibh cruaidhe cealgacha 

cloch, aneraic an dimhefafin adubh- 

ramar, agas aneraic imad ar peacadh 

fuathmhur fior ghranda oile, atania- 

oid dagra oraind fein and fo a tfiadhnuifefe, 

mar do rinde tii ar mhdran 

oile romhaind. Acht cheana a Thig- 

hearna atà an mhe'idfm do mhaitheas 

iondadfa, go bfaicear dln'iinne gur 

dhearmuid tu ar nuile peacaidli, agas 

gur ghoir tu find onuile iodhulacht, 

agas vrchoid ina rabhamar baite, do 

chum ard admhala hanmafa, & dium- 

chur chroiche eigne ar fon fhirinde 

do Tfoifgeilfe ameafg do poibleach, 

ag denamh fiadhmuife le' tfaidhibhfe, 

agas le teafbulaibh, agas ni fa mo led 

Mhac ionmhuin lofa, ar gceand & ar 

gcodhnach, neoch rer thindfgain tii 

finde do dhenamh cofnihuil, do chum 

ar mbeith cofmhuil ris an tan fhoillfi- 

dheas fe' e fe'in ina ghloir. A Thighe- 

arna 

and many other gievous synnes wherof we now acfcuse our selves 

before thee, thow mightest moste justly have gyven us up to reprobate 

mynds and induration of our hartes, as thow haste done others. 

But suche is thy goodnes, O Lord, that thow semest to forget all 

our offences, and haste called us of thy good pleasure frome all 

idolatries into this Citie most Christianlye refourmed, to professe 

thy name, and to suffer some crosse amongeste thy 

{leople for thy trewth and Gospell's sake ; and so to be thy 

wytnesses with thy Prophets and Apostles, yea, with thy 

dearely beloved Sonne Jesus Christ our head, to whome thow 

dost begynne here to fashon us lyke, that in his glorie we mav 

also be lykc hym when he shall appeare. O Lord God.


arna, & a Dhe cred finde fein ar abfuil 

tufa agfoillfiughadh na ngraffa. A 

Thighearna thairife maith dhuinn ar 

neamh mbuideachas, & ar nuile pea- 

caidh, ar gradh lofa Criofd, a Athair 

ghradhaidh medaigh do Sbiorad naomhtha 

fein iondaind fos, do theagafg 

ar gcroidheadh do ghairm Abba, 

Athair inmhuin, agas do dhaingniughadh 

dhuinn ar dtogha tfioruigh- 

the ag Criofd, agas dfoilUiughadh a 

thoile dhuinn ni fa lia, agas nifa lia, & 

dar gceangal a tfirindefe. londas go 

bfedam ar mbeatha do chaitheamh, & 

has dfulang fa bfirinde fin, & gomadh 

eidir 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 mdran a- 

gar nithimradh, agas ag tabhairt fgan- 

daile dhuinn, mar do bheithmaois nar 

lucht vile imarcaidh, goma hamhla- 

idh fin anois ar bfaicfin ar ndeagh- 

bheathaine ag Criofd, bhus e'idir led 

what are we upon whome thowe shuklcj^t shewe this great niercye ? 

O moste lovynge Lord, forgyve us our unthankefuhies, 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 confirme 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 RN AI 1) HTH E. 

naire da ngabhail fan fgandail do bhe 

irid go neimhchiontach dhiiinne, &: 

ambeoil do dhrud ò adhbhur na fga- 

ndaile fm. Atamaoid fds gud ghera- 

tach a Thighearna, an coimhthionolfa 

do bheandachadh, agas do riaghladh 

do mholadh hannia naomhtha fein. 

Atamaoid fos gud ghuidhe, thu fein do 

bheith nar bfochair, agas a meafg 

do chloinde do ni tinol atainm Diadha 

fein, agas atamuid gud ghuidhe 

bheith abfochair, agas abfarradh, ar 

nuile bhrathar Criofduidhe ar feadh 

an domhain go hinilan. londas gomadh 

e'idir led, agas Hnde do bhridh 

bhrofnuidhe Sbioraid na firinde, gan 

fechain do chuntabhairt tfaoghaUa, 

fa bheith agiarraidh honorafa amhain 

agas do ghloire, agas ag adhmholadh 

hanma naomhtha ata beanduighthe 

afaoghal na faoghal. 

UBIODH AMHLUIDH 

^ U\) ^ 

IF MODH 

for whose sake we beseche thee, O Lord God, to guyde, governe, 

and prosper this our entei-prise 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 glorie in all our and their Assemblies. So be it. 

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I M O D H C E 

ASNVIGHE NA NOGAnach 

fol chaithid Suiper an Tigheama, 

agas foirceadul aithghearr 

an chreidimh Chriostaidhe 

and fo fios. 

H AN MAIGHISTIR. 

CIA ina gcreideand tuffa, a dg- 

anaigh Ì 

An Deifcibul. 

Creidimfe an Dià Athair, agas ina 

Mhac lofa Criofd, agas andfa Sbio- 

rad naomh. Agas ni fhuil mo tfiiil 

re flanughadh dodiaobh ele, acht 

dontaobhfin amhain. 

M. An Tathair, an Mhac, agas an Sbi- 

orad naomh, ane go bfuiUd acht ina 

naondia amhain ? 

D. Ni fhuihd 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 beheve 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

F O I R C E A U A I. 

ondia, ge laid edir dhealaidhlhe 

adtri pearfandaibh. 

M. Ane nach bfuilid Dee eile and, aga 

bfuil comas, agas cumhachta do 

peacaidh do mhaidieamh dhuitfe, 

acht antaondia fin amhain I 

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 Dia fein 

na aonar ? 

D. Briathra De fe'in ina bfuil a thoil 

follus donuile àdhamhchloind, & 

damhfa gurab fior an ni adubhramar, 

oir iarraidh fm oraind, gan mai 

theamhnas ar peacadh diarraidh, 

acht ar an Nathair neamhdha am- 

hain anainm a Mhic losa Criofd. 

M. Ciondas ele thuigeas tii 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 Son Jesus Christ. 

M. How then dost thou understand the words 

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thra do labhair Criofd rena Eafpu- 

luibh, antan do iarr fe orra, an Soif- 

gel dfoillfiudhadh dona huile chre 

atuiribh, & an Sbiorad naomh do 

ghabhail chuca, agas gebe damai- 

thfidis a peacaidh, go maithfeadh 

fefean a peacaidh doibhfin, & gebe 

da nach maithfidis a peacaidh, 

nach maitfeadh fefean a peacaidh 

doibh ? 

D. Is mar fo thuigimfe fin .i. gur iarr 

Criofd ar a Eafpukiibh, agas ar a 

fliocht, a throcaire fein, agas a ghra- 

fa dfurail ar gach enduine, agas an 

mhe'id dibh do dhe'nadh aithridhe, 

iadfan na ainmfean dfoillfiughadh 

go rabhadar a peacaidh ar na maith 

eamh dhdibh. Agas an chuid eile 

do dhiultfadh aithrighe do dhenamh. 

Gombedis a peacaidh ceangaibte 

dhiobh, gan amaitheamh dho 

ibh, agas go nde'nadh Dia dighaltus 

orra. 

M. Cre'd eile cuid an Tfagairt no an 

Mhiniflir do maitheamh na pea- 

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 continue 

without forgiveness, and that God would punish them. 

M. What place then has the priest or the minister in the forgiveness 

of sin. 

O.

F O I R C E A L) A L. 

eadh, antan gheallas fe maitheamh 

a peacadh dona daoinibh do ni ait- 

hrighe ? 

D. Ata antainmfin fein miniflir ag fua 

fcladh na ceifdefin, dir is inand è re 

ragha, agas fear freafdail no fritho- 

ilte, murfin is fi a chuidfin dono- 

bairfin, freafdal bhriathar Tfoifgel 

De, agas fritholugh na Sacramuinteadh 

do dhenamh, do re'ir Thiomna 

naomhtha De, agas is ris fein 

amhain bheanas na peacaidh do 

maidieamh, le oibriughadh a Sbio- 

raid naomh, agas nir dheonaidh fe 

na cumhachta fin dfaith no Deaf- 

pol, no de'nduine ele riamh, acht 

Diofa Criofd fein amhain. 

M. Cre'd ifuim do chreidimh niafeadh? 

D. Gurabè Dia Athair lofa 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 en 

ni gan a ordughadh, agas a fhrefdal. 

Nadhiaidh 

when forgiveness of sin is promised by tliem tu those who 

repent ? 

D. 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 God's Gospel, and dispensing 

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 appcHntment and his providence.

AN C H R E 1 D I M H. 

Nadhiaidh fin go dtainic a Mh.K 

lofa Criofd anuas fa faoghal, & giir 

choimhlion fe gach vile ni mfheadh 

ma dar iMnughadhne, & gondeach 

aidh fe fuas ar Neamh, mur a bfuil 

fe ar deaflaimh an Athar, & 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 fos gurab 

Dia firindeach an Sbiorad naomh, 

arfon gurabe brigh, agas neart,

amach ] 

FOIRCEADAL. 

D. Ni lor gan araharus. 

M. Cred eile iarras Dia oraind maille 

ris an gcreideamhfa do bheith aga 

ind? 

D. larraidh fe oruind feirbhis do 

dhenamh do ler gcorpaibh, & ler 

gcroidheadhaibh go huilighe. 

M. Ciondas is denta dhuinn an tfeir- 

bhis fin do, an do reir aitheantadh 

Dt^ fein, no an do reir mar do chumadar 

dadine reacht duinn, no an 

do reir ar dtoile, agas ar meanman 

fe'in ? 

D. Do reir aitheantadh Dè is denta 

dhuinn feirbhis do, agas ni do reir 

reachta daònna, no do reir ar meanman 

fe'in no ar dtoile. 

M. Ane go nabrad tuffa nach bfuil 

dfiachaibh oruind an reacht dochumadar 

dadine romhaind, agas go 

hairighe vachtarain na Heagluife, 

fin do chongbhail, agas feirbhis, do 

reir mar do ghnathaidh fiadfan do 

dhenamh do Dhia Ì 

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 commandments 

of men, and especially of the rulers of the church, and 

to serve God according as they have served him ?

AN CHREIDIMH. 

D. Adeirim go firindeach, nach bfuil 

dfiachaibh oruind en ghnàthughadh 

atà anadhaidh bhriathar Nde 

do leanmhuin, agas fds gur chuma- 

dar na Sagairt, nioran do ghnathughadh 

feirbhife dhiiinn, do ni ma- 

ois do Dhià dar leofan, agas gurab 

eafonoir do Dhia a Ian dibh. 

M. Cred do bheir ortfa fin do ragha, 

ane gurab glioca tuffa ina fad Ì 

D. Ni has moghliocas fein ata modh- 

ocas, acht ambriathraibh De, ina 

bfuil follus gurab eafonoir do Dhia 

moran do tfeirbhis na Sagart fea- 

chranach, oi'r ni hacafan ata re- 

acht do chuma dhuinn, & ni mo is 

again d fe'in. Acht ag Dià f(în amhain, 

agas go speifialta, ni dhhghma 

oid vmhla don reacht do chumad- 

arfan anadhaidh reachta De'. 

M. Cred eile an tflighe dobail leatfado 

ghabhail chugad do thabhairt 

onora do Dhia, acht an tflighe do 

ghnàthuigheadar do tfindfir rom- 

had, agas do theagaifg an Papa, agas 

0.3. 

D. 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. 

M. What makes thee say so, is it that thou art wiser than they? 

D. 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 

God. 

M. What other way wouldst thou desire to follow in order to honour 

God except that followed by thy forefathers, and which the Pope, 

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F O I R C E A D A L. 

an Eagluis re fada dhaimfir? 

D. Dobail leamfa an tllighe atd adtiomna 

Dhe do leanmhuin, oir do 

bhi fi baite no abfolach, no ar na 

truailleadh go romhor, fa naimlir 

dochuaidh tharaind, do bhrigh (lia 

inte, agas ainbfiofa na Sagart, oir 

madhail lind dul adteaghais nei- 

mhe, agas fa mbeathaid futhain is 

fi ar flighe dhi'reach, briathra l)e 

deifleacht, agas a aitheanta do cho 

imbed. 

M. Cia hiad aitheanta De, no ca 

mhed ataid and Ì 

U. Ataid a deith. 

M. Sloind diiinn iad. 

I). Is vrufa dhamfa fin, oir do fhogh- 

laim me' fad, affan fhitheadmhadh ca 

ibidi'l do leabhar Exoduis, antan do 

labhair Dia na briathrafa fios. 

Is mife an Tighearna do Dhia, neoch 

tug thuffa a talamh na Hegbhite 

: agas a teaghais na daoirfe, na 

biodh Dee oile agad amfhiadhnai- 

fefe. Na dena dhuit fein iorahaigh 

and the church taught for a long time ? 

ghrafinte, 

I), 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 ignorance 

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. 

jNI. Which are the commandments of God or how many are there 

of them ? 

D. They are ten. 

M. Repeat them for us. 

D. 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 laiul of 

Egypt and out of the house of ijondage. Thou shalt have no 

other Gods before me. Thuu shall nut make unlu thee any

AN C H R E I I) I M H. 

ghrafinte, no en fhighuir na neithe atà 

tfuas ar neamh, no ad talmhuin a bhos 

no anuifceadhaibh faoi thalmhuin, na 

geillfe dhoibh, agas na dena feirbhis 

doibh, oir is mife an Tighearna do 

Dhid, & is Dia edmhar me, leanas ai- 

ngidheacht na naithreach ar an gclo- 

ind, go nuige an treas no an ceathramhadh 

ce'm no glun gheinealaidh 

ar an droing agambia mfuath. Agas 

fhoillfeochas trocaire do na miltibh 

don droing agambia mo ghradh, agas 

choimhedas mhaitheanta. Na tabh- 

air ainm an Tighearna do Dhia fein 

a ndimhaoineas, oir gebe bheras a ainm 

go dimhaoineach, ni budh neamhchiontach 

abfiadhnuife De e. 

Cuimlmidh la na Sabboide, do chon- 

gbhail a fdoire, dena hoibrighe a fe' 

laithibh, agas huile tfaothar, acht a fe 

an feachtmhadh la Sabboid no Sathurn 

an Tighearna do Dhia, na dena 

e'n obuir fa Id fin, na dena fe'in, agas na 

de'nadh do Mhac, agas na de'nadh 

hinghean, no hoglach no do bhanog 

O. 4- 

or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is 

in 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 generation 

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, 

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FOIRCEAUAL. 

lach, no hainmhidhe, no an taifleal- 

lach bhias taoibh afloigh do dtàrus, 

Oir 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 comhnaidhe 

an feachtmhadhld, vimefin do 

bheandaigh an Tighearna an Sath- 

urn, agas do naomh fe e. Tabhair 

onoir do Tathair fein, agas dod Mha 

thair, iondas go findfidiie do laithe ar 

an bfe'rand do bhera an Tighearna do 

Dhia dhuit. Na dena marbhadh, na 

dena adhaltrus, na dena goid, na dena 

fiadhnuife bhreige anadhaigh do 

chomharfand, na fmuain duit fe'in 

arus do chomharfand, agas na fmuain 

dhuit fein bean do chomhurfand 

no a oglach, no a bhanoglach, no a 

bho, no a affal, no e'nni eile bheanas 

red chomharfaind fein. Ag fm aithe- 

anta De dona daoinibh .i. le' freaflal 

Maoife do chloind Ifrahel, agas da 

fliocht beandaighthe na ndiaigh. 

M. Ciondas roindeas tu na haithean- 

tafa 'I 

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 maidservant, 

nor his ox nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour'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 ? 

2U

tafa] 

AN CHREIDIMH. 

D. Roindfead ar tus inda thàbhaiU, (I^v: 

na dhiaighfin andeith naitheanta- 

ibh, agas ataid na haitheanta bheanas 

ris anonoir dhlighid daoine do 

thabhairt do Dhid, fa ched tabhaill, 

agas anonoir, agas an comhghradh 

dhlighid daoine fe'in da chele fa 

dara tabhaill. 

M. Ca mhed aithne dhibh ata fa 

ched tabhaill? 

D. Ataid a ceathair .i. gan dee eile 

do bheith againd, acht antaondia 

anihain, na dhiaighfin gan deilbh 

do dhenamh no do chumdach, & 

gan adhragh doibh, an tre'as dibh 

gan ainm De do thabhairt no do 

ghabhail andimhaoineas, agas fa 

dheoigh anfeachtmhadh la do cho 

ngmhail na la fadire. 

M. Sa ched aithne mar aniarrand Dia 

gan dee eile do bheith againd, ane 

go bfuil nar gcumhachtaibh dee 

eile do dhenamh ? 

D. Ni fhuil cheana, acht ata 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 another 

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 '

F O I R C E A D A L. 

mhachtaibh a nonoir dhlighniao- 

id do naondia fhirindeach, dfurail 

ar chreatuiribh ele, agas antan donimaoid 

fin, atamaoid ag denamh 

dee eile dhuinn tein, go feadh ar 

nearta, oir antan do bheirmaoid 

buidheachas na dtioghlucadh fuaramar 

6 Dhia do chreatuir ar neamh 

no ar talmhuin, anegnihais 

De amhain, no fos antan iarrmaoid 

foirighin anma no maitheamh ar 

peacadh orra, madh aingil madh 

naoimh fad, atamaoid ag briffeadh 

na haithnefe, agas ag denamh dhee 

breige dhuinn fein. 

M. Anabrand tu nach coir dhuinn 

deilbh no iomhaigh do chumdach, 

no feacadh no adhradh dhoibh ? 

D. Ataimfe aga ragha fm, agas ni mc 

is lidhdar andfin, acht an dara ha- 

ithne don ched tabhaill. 

M. Cred do bheir ortfa fin do radha, 

agas gur ghndthach na dealbha, òv: 

na hiomhaighe againd fna Teampluibh 

mar fhighradhudh, & mar 

chomhtharradh 

to give the honour which belongs to the one true God to otiier 

creatures, and when we do tliis, 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 worshi]) them ? 

D. 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 

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conihtharradh cuimhnidhe ar Dh 

ia fein, agas ar na naomhaibh do 

fhulaing dochar ar fon na firinde, 

ge nach i a nonoir dhiadha dobher 

maois doibh 1 

D. Ni bfuil gnathughadh da fhad ar 

bioth, nach dleaghar a chur as, an- 

uair is dearbhtha, a bheith anadh- 

aigh aithne De, dareir fin dligh- 

thear na himhaighe, dofgrios arfon 

go bfuil dia agiarraidh gan a ndenainh, 

agas gan feacadh, agas gan 

adhradli dhoibli. 

M. Cred eile an cuinihneachadh bhi 

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 lofa Criofd ar Dtighe- 

arna, agas na dhiaighfm, is deilbh 

fhirindeach dho ar mbrathair no ar 

fiiir Chriflaidhe, 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 ? 

D. There is no custom however long continued, which should not 

be given up, when it is proved to be opposed to the commandment 

of God, and accordingly the images shoidd be 

destroyed because that God has commanded that they should 

not be made, nor bowed down to, nor worshipped. 

M. How else are we to be reminded of God and the saints ? 

D. 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 our believing 

brother or sister who is in distress is a true representation to us, 

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2 e

F O I R C E A L) A L. 

no an anfliocair, agas ifiad dhligmaoid 

do chumdach, & ni deilbh 

chloch no mhaideagh no airgid no 

oir ar nach bfuil feidm cumhdaigh. 

M. Is ingnadh nach roibhe fm aga 

theagafg dar ndaoinibh romhaind, 

agas è a naitheantailjh De Ì 

D. Doghoideadar na Sagairt fheach- 

ranacha a naithenefe on pobul Chr- 

ioflaighe, do chmn na ndealbh 

bfallfafa dochur mar fgaileadhaibh 

breagacha abfiadhnuife an pobuil 

na ninadh fein, do tfeachna na fad- 

thar do dhlighdis do dhenamh dona 

poibleachaibh, & fos ar ghradh 

na tarbha tromghnathuighe do bhi 

an pobal ainbfioffach do thabha- 

irt doibh anonoir na ndealbh mal- 

laighe fm. 

M. Nach bfuil ceadaighthe dhuit v- 

air ar bioth ainm De do thabhairt 

a bfirinde no ambre'ig, no cre'd is 

modh miond duinn muna bfuil? 

D. Ata cedaighthe dhuinn Did do 

thabhairt antan iarras breitheamh 

oraind 

and it is tliey 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 ? 

U. 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 for us to take the name of God when a judge 

reijuires us 

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oraind fiadhnuife na firinde do 

dhenamh aninadh no anait brei- 

theamhnuis, do chur na hegiora ar 

gciil, agas do chumdach na cora, & 

afe Did fein amhain dlighthear do 

thabhairt andfin, agas ni creatuir 

eile, ar neamh no ar talmhain. 

M. Ane nach bfuil ceadaighthe dhii- 

inn aingil no naoimh do thabhairt, 

^ mar mhiondaibh, agas gurab fuarraighe 

iad ina Dia? 

D. Ni bfuil fm ceadaighthe 6 Dhia 

dhuinn, acht e fein do bheith mar 

mhiond againd, agas da re'ir fin is 

tarcaifne ar Dhia, aingil no naoimh 

no creatuir eile do luighe mar mhi- 

ond, agas fos na daoine luigheas 

lamha, no vailfe, no cumhachta 

Riogh no Tighearna, ataid ag denamh 

bhachlagh mbre'gach dibh, & 

ag fadogh fheirge De na nadhaigh 

fein. 

M. Ciondas eile is indearbhtha dhii- 

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. 

M. Are we not to swear in any case by angels or saints, and are 

they to be less esteemed than God ? 

D. 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. 

M. How then can we ensure the truth of what we say to each 

other when we doubt 

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FOIRCEADAL. 

no ar chomhradh a cheile 1 

1). Abramaoid ifeadh, no ata Im mar 

fm, oir an mheid bhias do bharr ca 

inte agad ar fin, is o vrchoid tig fe. 

M. Cia è an la da ngoireand tu an 

Tfabboid no an fatliurrn, no cion- 

das is coir a chonghmhail faor ? 

D. Goiream fin don tfeachtmhadh 

la, agas dobe an la da ngoirmaoid- 

ne diafadiuirm ag cloind Ifrahel e, 

& a fe an la ris a raitear Di'a donihnaidh 

againde na Crioflaidhe e. 

M. Cred tug an claochlodhfin ar an 

la. 

D. Ar fon chlaochloidh na nidhbart, 

oir amhail tug lofa Criofd a fhe- 

oil fein, agas a fhuil na hidhbairt 

fhirindidh aninadh na niodhbart 

fcailighe no fighuralta, is mar fin tu 

cadh an Tfabboid fhirindeach, na 

fuaine futhain duinne, le hoffrail 

na hidbhbairte fin, agas is da dhearbhadh 

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 rest, through the offering of that sacrifice, 

and it is in proof of that the day has been changed, as we have 

said.


INl. Crcd i an obair is indenta dhuinn 

fa lofin. 

D. Ainm De deadarghuighe, & a tfoifgel 

deifleacht, agas comhnaidhe 

do dhenamli 6 oibrighthibli corp- 

arrdha, acht mun tuga ègiontas 

oraind andenamh. 

M. Mafeadh ata cedaightlie dhiiinn, 

oibrighe corporrdha do dhenamh 

fa domhnach, da rabh feidhm iom- 

arcach no riachtanas a leas oraind 

maille re hegiontas no re huireafb- 

huidh. 

I). Ata fm landearbhtha, dir is don 

duine do rindeadh an tfaoire da 

comhfhurtacht, gedheadh ni dli- 

ghthear fo do thuigfm, acht ag 

cafuibh fpefialta. 

M. A Niad fo ceathra haitheanta na 

ced tabhaille bheanas ris an modh 

mar is intuctha a onoir fein do 

Dia le' gach aon di'nn Ì 

D. Ifiad gan amharus. 

M. Na fe haitheanta eile do airimh 

tu, ci'a re mbeanaid Ì 

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 

day, 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? 

D. Yes, verily. 

M. What do the other six commandments which thou hast recited 

regard ? 

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F O I R C E A I) A L. 

D. Rer gcomharrfnaibh .i. ris ano- 

ndir, agas ris an orraim, agas ris an 

vmhlacht dhlighniaoid fcin do tha 

bhairt dar naithribh, dar maith- 

ribh, dar nuachtaranaibh Spiratalta 

agas Teampuralta, agas gach aon 

againd fein daroile do reir aithean- 

ta, agas thoile De. 

M. Ane go bfoghnand duinn do cho- 

imhlinadh, agas do choimhed na 

naitheantaghfa, gan gniomh no 

obuir do dhenamh na nadhaigh 1 

D. Ni lor fin amhain, acht maille re 

gan gniomh do dhenamh na nadh- 

aigh, ata dfiachaibh oraind gan fiiiu- 

aintiughadh, no toiUughadh na 

nadhaigh J 

M. Agas an edir leatfa na haitheanta 

diadhafa do choimhUnadh fa modh 

mor naomhthafa .i. gan gniomh 

no toihughadh do dhenamli na 

nadhaigh Ì 

D. Ni hedir cheana liumfa, & nirbhedir 

le henneach dofhiol adhaimh 

na haitheanta do choimhUnadh 

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 (iod. 

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 thin"; arainsl 

them? 

D. It is indeed impossible for me, nor was it possible for any 

of the race of Adam, to fulfil these commandments.

AN C H R K I D I M H. 

mar a dubliramar, acht le Hiofa 

Criofd amhain. Ni he gurab ifna 

haitheantaibh ata anuireafl^huidh- 

fe (dir ataid fein naomhtha) acht a 

dtruailleadh na naduire daonna, ta- 

reis peacaidh ar findfear ata anui- 

reafbhuidh, agas anurchoid, odtig 

nach bfedmaoid na haitheanta ard 

bheandaighthe, lir naomhthafa do 

choimhliuadh. 

M. Cia mafeadh choimhhnas I'ad in- 

dadfa no ar do tfon Ì 

D. An Sbiorad naomh. 

M. Mafeadh antan bheras Dia an Sbi- 

orad naomh dhuitfe, an eidir leat 

andfm a gcoimhlinadh go hiom- 

lan no go huilighe Ì 

D. Ni heidir f6s. 

M. Ciondas fm Ì & Dia ag mallachadh, 

agas ag curfadh gach enduine nach 

gcoimhUonand a lagh, & aitheanta 

go hiomlan na nuile poncaibh. 

D. Is fior fm. 

M. Cred i mafeadh an tflighe le bfaghand 

tuffa flanughadh, agas faor- 

as we have said, save Jesus Christ alone. Not that there is 

any defect in the commandments (for they are holy) but from 

the comiption 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 nmst 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 

P.

FOIRCEADAL 

radh 6 mhallachadh De, agas gan 

tii a coimhlinadh an lagha no na 

naitheantadh. 

D. Bas & pais an Tighearna lofa Criofd, 

is en tflighe tflanuighe dhamh. 

M, Ciondas ata fin firindeach ? 

D. Ata mar fo, nach raibhe èruic eile 

and do ghebhadh an Tathair vaind 

ar fon ar peacadh, acht has, & pais a 

Mhic, agas nir choimhlion enduine 

an lagh diadha, acht è amhain, agas 

ar bfulang bhais do, tug fe beatha 

dhuinne lena bhas, agas ag coimh 

linadh an lagha dho is ar arfoinne 

do choimhHon fe e, agas da bhrigh 

fm do rinde fe ar fithne re' Dhià 

Athair. 

M. An bfuil dfiachaibh ortfa buide- 

achas do thabhairt do Dhia dachiond 

ùnì no gach ni ar a mbia tfe'idhm 

diarraidh air ? 

U. Ata go deimhin, agas donlm fin 

amghnàth vrrnaidhibh. 

M. Cia re ndenand tu hurrnaidhe ? 

U. Re Dla 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 

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a Mhic lofa Criofd ar Dtighearna. 

M. Nach dena tii vrrnaidhe re Muire 

Oigh Mathair lofa, agas re haing- 

libh, agas re heafpalaibh De', agas 

re naomhaibh Ì 

D. Ni dhen feafta, oir ni fhuil Aidhne 

againd edraind, agas Dia Athar do 

chofg a fherge, acht lofa Criofd 

amhain. 

M. Ata tuffa niarfiii ag tarcaifne ar 

mhuire, & ar ainglibh, & ar naomh- 

aibh, ar fon nach iarrand tii orra, 

giiidhe do dhenamh re' Dia ar do 

tfon. 

D. Ni fhuilim, agas dobo leafg learn 

tarcaifne do dhenamh orra, oir n- 

taid beandaighthe 6 Dhia, gedheadh 

ni bheanand doibh offic Chri- 

ofd do ghabhail chuca, & ni bhenand 

rinde fm do thabhairt doibh. 

M. Nach gabhand Criofd impidhe a 

Mhathar oruinne dar faoradh Ì 

D. Ni fhuil impighe no aidhneas dfi- 

achaibh uirrefe no ar chreatuir e- 

le do thabhairt ar Dhia darfaora 

P. 2. 

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 ? 

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/

F O I R C E A D A L 

dhne, acht ar Chriofd amhain, agas 

nil- ghuidhthe Muire fein, no faith 

no eafpal no naomh ele, acht anta- 

ondia amhain anainm a Mhic lofa 

Criofd. 

iM. Cred ele a nonoir bhe'ras tu dona 

naomhaibh, agas do Muire ? 

D. Onoir ifmd fhedaimfe do ihabha- 

irt doibh. Dia daghmoladh ar Ion 

a dtogha, agas a faorrtha da ghra- 

fuibh, agas da throcaire fe'in, anuair 

nar thuilleadar, acht damnadh, & 

na dhiaigh fin a ndeaghbheatha do 

leanmhuin mar is ail le' Dia a ghra- 

fla fe'in do dhdrtadh orra. 

M. Cred ele dhe'nas tii red patrun no 

red naomh duthaidh, nach guidheand 

tii e' mar do rindeadar do tfin- 

dfir romhad ? 

D. Ni ghuidhim fds, & is feachran do 

bhi ar mo tfindfearaibh, dodhith 

eoluis an Scriptuir dhiadha, oir mu 

na bheith ainbfios orra, nibhiadh pa 

triin ele aca acht Criofd, oir is va- 

idhefin ata ar nainm againd, Crio- 

flaighe 

us but Jeûs 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? 

L), 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 God 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 fiom him we derive the name of Christians 

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flaighe do ràgha rind, agas iffe do 

chriochnaidh, agas do dhaingnigh 

ar flànughadhne, agas fldnughadh 

agas foiridhin na nuile naomh 6 

thofach an domhain. 

M. Ciondas niafeadh do bail leat crabhugh 

do dhenamh no vrrnaighe ? 

no ani do thoil an cràbhudh do fgri 

OS go huilighe ] 

D. Narlege Dia fin damhfa do fniu- 

aintiughadh no do labhairt, fgrios 

crabhuidh, acht ifeadh do bail le- 

arn, mar iarras Dia oram fein, agas 

ar gach Crioflaighe ele, crabhadh 

do chumhdach, agas vrrnaidhe do 

ghnathughadh, ag eadarghuidhe 

an Athar neamhdha anainm a Mhic 

ar neifleacht, agas ar niarratuis do 

thabhairt diiinn. 

M. Caidh è an cor mar bhudh ail leat 

fin do dhenamh, no an nos niia do 

bail leat do ghnathughadh nar 

ghnathaigheadar do tfmdfir ag bre 

athnughadh gurab gliocca thu fe'in 

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. 

How then wouldst thou worship or pray ? Or wouldst thou 

destroy worship altogether ? 

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 f'ather in the name of the Son to hear us, 

and to grant us our desire. 

How wouldst thou wish to do this, or what is the new way which 

thou wouldst seek to practise which thy forefathers neve)practised, 

believing that thou art wiser than they all V

FOIRCEADAL 

D. Ni fhuil gliocas indamfa no an 

duine ele, acht mar is toil le Di'a a 

thioghlaice fe'in do roind ar gach 

aon do nadhamchloind, agas ni ni 

nua do bail learn do chuma, acht an 

riaghail agas an tordughadh vrrn- 

aidhe do fhagamh ar Slanuight- 

hoir lofa againd, fin do leanmhuin, 

agas do ghnathughadh fa chano 

in a dtuigmaoid fe'in e do reir riagh 

la an Sgriobtuir dhiadha. 

M. Cait a bfuil an riaghail vrrnaidhe 

fin cumtha fa Scriphtuir. 

D. Sa fefeadh Caibidil do Tfoifgel 

Matha le beul lofa Criofd fein, ag 

tabhairt foirme vrrnaidhe da eaf- 

polaibh, aga radha riù a nguidhe 

do dhe'namh marfo, ar Nathairne 

ata ar neanih, &c. 

M. An lor dhuinn ar nurrnaidhe do 

ghnathughadh marfin, gan feirbhis 

ele do dhenamh do Dhia, acht ar 

nguidhe fein amhain ? 

D. Ni lor. 

M. Cred ele do bharr ar fin ata dfia- 

chaibh 

D. There is no wisdom in me or in any other man, save as God 

wills to imiârt his gift to each one of Adam's race, and it is 

no new thing I would desire to follow, but the iide 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 ? 

f). No. 

M. ^^'hat else besides this arc we bound to do? 

2-2b

AN CHRKIDIMH. 

chaibh oraind ? 

D. Aitheanta De do choimhlinadh go 

feadh ar gcunihachta, agas na Sa- 

cramuinte naomhtha do ghnathughadh 

an Eagluis De, mar tfelaibh 

agas mar tfuaitheantalTaibh ar fla- 

nuighe. 

M. Ca mlied Sacramuint ataid an Eag- 

luis Chriofd ar Dtighearna. 

D. Ataid da Tfacranmint, Baifleadh 

agas Sniper an Tigliearna. 

M. Caidhe na cuig Sacramuinte ele 

do glmathuigheadh againd roimhe 

fo? 

D. Ni coir Sacramuint do radh riiifin 

do reir an Scriptuir, ge do chuma- 

dar daoine, mar Tfacrarauintibh i- 

ad, & OS feladha flanuighe na Sacra 

muinte, ni dhligheand en neach 

agcuma acht Dia fein, neoch ille 

cumhachtaibh a Sbioraid, oibrigheas 

llanughadh chloinde hadhaimh 

na gcroidheadhaibh, antan ghab- 

haid fad. 

M. Cred i ciall Tfacramuinte an Bha- 

P. 4. 

I). 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. 

1). 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 Scriptures, 

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?

iaidh ? 


D. Is inand ciall do againde na Cri- 

oRaighe, agas an chiall do bhi ag 

teafcadh timchill ris a raitear cir- 

cumcifio fa tfelntiomna .i. glanadh 

d pheacadh do bearar diiinn and. 

M. An and fa nuifce ata an bhrighfin 

na daoine baiftear les do ghlanadh 

Ò peacadh Ì 

L). Ni hand, acht Sbiorad De oibrig- 

heas, glanadh no maitheamhnas na 

peacadh agcroidheaghaibh na nda- 

_ 

oine, chuireas an fuaitheantas naomhthafa 

impa, no ghabhas chuca 

e, & ife ciall no fuim an Bhaiflidh 

fo fios .1. go nglantar ina Bhaifteadh 

gach Crioftaidhe le full lofa 

Criofd, no le bhrigh dhdrtaigh a 

fhola, agas nadhiaighfin go bfuil 

dfiachaibh oraind, ar naithbhreith 

do thuigfin, agas beatha bheandaighthe 

naomhtha nuaghlan do 

ghathughadh ofin fuas. 

M. An bfuil ceadaighthe do nihna- 

ibh baifleadh do dhenamh deagla 

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 sin which is given to us in it. 

Is it in the water that there is efficacy to cleanse those who 

are baptised from sin ? 

No, but the .Spirit of God who works cleansing or the forgiveness 

of sin in the hearts of the men, who put this holy sign 

upon themselves, or who receive it unto them, and the meaning 

or purport of this Baptism is that in his Baptism every 

Cliristian 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. 

Is it allowed to women to baptise from fear lest infants should 

die early? 

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bhuis dfaghail go luath don clilo- 

ind bhig Ì 

D. Ni fhuil gan amharas, oir ata toirmifce 

do mhnaibh briathra De do 

tfearmoin, agas ni dleaghar na Sa- 

cramuinte do fhreaflal acht le Searmoin 

bhriathar Nde, agas mar 

fin ni coir do mhnaibh baifleadh 

do dhenamh. 

M. Cre'd ele da ndeachadh an leanamh 

deg gan Bhaifleadh, nach baoghlach 

dho adhamnadh ar fon bhe 

ith gan Bhaifleadh dho 1 

D. Ni baoghlach, oir da ngearra Did. 

a Tfaoghal, & è ar dteacht do tfli- 

ocht Chrioflaighe dheagh chreid- 

migh, agas run vmhla do ghabhail 

an Bhaifligh aca dho, ni fhuil cun- 

tabhairt dhamanta andfm, gidhe- 

adh ni coir gan a Bhaifleadh da fine 

Dia 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 

D. 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 accomit 

women should not baptise. 

M. What if the Httle child die without Baptism, is he not in 

D. 

danger of perishing through being unbaptised ? 

There is no such danger, for if God shorten his days, and that 

he is born of Christian parents of pure faith, who proposed 

receiving baptism for him, there is no danger of damnation 

M. 

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 

church. 

What should be the outward observance in Baptism ? 

D. That the minister use the words of 

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ag an Aliniflir, & gan na neithe ele 

do gnathuigheadh roimhefo fa Ne 

agluis papanaidh do bheith aige. 

M. Cre'd do bkeir ortfa fin do raglia ? 

1). Do bheir cheana, gun fundamuint 

no bun aig na Papanachaibh na 

modh Baiflidh fein, dir ni fhedaid 

anos Baiflidh ata aca do chumhdach 

le Scriobhtuir diadha, agas ni 

na gcandin choimhidigh nach dtu 

igeand anpobul dliglithear a fhrea- 

flal, acht fa chanoin choitchind thu 

igfeas an coimhthinol go huilighe. 

M. Cred da ngoireand tii Suiper an 

Tighearna. 

1). Goirera fin do Tfacramuint chuirp, 

agas fhola lofa Criofd. 

M. Ciondas is coir fin do f lireafdal no 

do cliaitheamh no cred an chiall a- 

ta ag an Tfacramuint fin. 

D. An modli freaflail is coir dobheith 

ar an Tfacramuintfe ata fin follus fa 

fefeadh Caibidil fithead do Tfoifceul 

Matha fa gceathramhadh Ca 

ibidil deg 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 CHREIDIMH. 

dara Caibidil tar fhithid do Tfoif- 

cel Liicais, agas fa naon Chaibidil 

(leg don ched Ebidil do fcriobh 

Pol do chum na Gcdrintach. 

M. Nach è fin an modh bhiidh gna- 

thach fa naifreand ? 

D. Ni he go dearbh, oir ataid go di- 

reach anadhaidh a che'ile, nds frea- 

flai'l 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 fhreaflal Ì 

D. Le haran agas le fidn do reir mar 

ata orduighthe ifna Caibidilibh adubhramar 

romhaind. 

I\I. An bfuil antaranfm, & an fidn acht. 

mar gach aran ele no gach fidn ele ? 

D. Ni hinand doibhfin, dir is aran 

naomhtha, agas fidn naomhtha ta- 

re'is ambeandaighthe fad, agas ni 

claochloighthear fubflaint anarain 

no an fhi'ona, gedheadh goirthear 

corp Criofd, agas fuil Chriofd dibh 

go dingmhalta, dir is i naduir na 

M. 

D. 

in the twenty second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, and in 

the eleventh chapter of the first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. 

Is not that the mode that was usual in the mass? 

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. 

D. 

How then should this Sacrament be administered ? 

With bread and wine as ordered in the chapters 

mentioned already. 

we have 

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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Sacramuinteadh ainm an neithe da- 

rab Sacraimiinteadha fad do bheith 

orra. 

M, Ane nach bfuil full agas feoil Chii 

ofd andfin mar rug anogh e, & mar 

do ce'fadh go corporrdha e. 

D. Ni fhuil fe mar fin and, dir ata fe 

go corporrdha ar deaflaimh an A- 

thar ar neamh, mar theagaifgeas air 

teagail an chreidimh dhiiinn, acht 

ge ta fe go Spioratalta lena chumha 

chtaibh fa Sacramuint naomhthafin 

M. Cre'd ele tabhacht na Sacramuinte 

dhuinne rena caitheamh Ì 

D. Is mor fin gan amharas, dir an tan 

chaithmaoid an Tfacramuint go 

diongmhalta, fa modh inar orduigh 

lofa ar Dtighearna dhiiinn, caith- 

maoid, agas dhnaoid feoil, agas fuil 

Chriofd go fpioratalta, agas beathaighthear 

ar nanmanda le' corp, & 

le fuil lofa Criofd do chum na bea- 

thadh futhaine, & ni hand fanaran 

naomhthafa, is in iarrata dhiiinn an 

llanughadh fin, acht ar neamh ag 

tdgbhail 

the names of the things of which they are Sacraments should 

be given to them. 

M. Are not the flesh and the blood of Christ present as the virgin 

bore him, and as he was crucified in the body. 

U. 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 fartlier 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 

seek our salvation but in heaven by raising up our minds to

AN C H R E I D I j\I H. 

togbhail ar nintindeadh do chum 

nimhe mar a bfuil ar llanuighthoir 

lofa ar deaflaimh a Athar, angldir 

tfuthain, dofan maille ris an 

Athair neamhdha neamhmeafarrdha, 

agas ris an 

Sbiorad neartmhar 

naomh, biodh gach 

vile orraini, agas 

onoir a faog- 

hal na faoghal. 

IT Amen. 

HALTACHADH ROimh 

bhiadh 

ATaid 

na huile, ag feitheamh ar do 

fhreaaalfa, a Dhe & a Thighear- 

na, dfagliail bheathadh odlaimhfe fa 

naimfir imchubhaidh. Is tuffa thoir- 

bhreas ambeatha dhdibh, agas ifiadfan 

chruindigheas i, agas le fofcladh do 

laimefe, liontar lad 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 

tliem, and they gather it; thou openest thy hand, and they are 

satisfied with all thy good things.

ALTACH ADH. 

aghbheathaidh. A Athair neamhdha 

neoch is Ian tobar na trocaire, atama 

oid guteadarghuidhe, do grafla do 

dhortagh orainde do chland, & find 

fein agas na tioghlaicthefe dogheibhmaoid 

od laimh throcairidhfe do bhe 

andachadh, anainm do Mhic lofa 

Criofd ar Dtighearna. 

IT BIODH AMHLVIDH. 

DEnadh 

IT Altachadh tareis bhidh. 

gach vile chinelach ar 

Dtighearna Did dadhmoladh, 

denadh fos gach vile phobul folas, & 

fubhachas ag ardmheas, agas ardmho- 

ladh a thrdcaire. Oir ata a chaibhneas 

agas a ghradh aithreamhail ar na dhor 

tadh go faidhbhir oraind, & mairidh 

a fhirinde tre bhioth fior. 

Ar Nathairne ata ar ne'anih &c, 

H Anti do chruthaigh, agas do cheandaigh 

& do bheathaigh anois find, 

gonia beandaighthe e 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 kindness 

is plentifully shewed forth upon us, and the truth of his 

promise endureth for ever. 

Our Father which art in Heaven, &c. 

May He who created us, and bought us, and presently fed us, 

be blessed for ever and ever. 

So be it.

ALTACHADH. 

llioglial. ^ Biodh Amhluidh. 

ATaid 

IF Altachadh ele rohnh proind. 

fuile gach en neith ag fechain 

fuas, agas ag denamh muinidhne 

affadfa a Thighearna, is tii do 

bheir doibh biadh, agas beatha anam 

iomchubhaidh, is tii fhoifceolas do 

kimh thoirbheartach, agas linas led 

bheandachadh gach vile bheo chrea- 

tuir. A Thighearna mhaith beandaigh 

finde, agas do thioghlaice andfo do 

gebhmaoid od mhor thoirbeartas trid 

lofa Ciiofd ar Dtighearna. 

H Biodh Amhluidh. 

GLoir 

H Altachadh tare'is proinde. 

ag moladh, agas mor ondir 

duitfe a Adiair vile chumhach 

taigh. Neoch dod mhaitheas neamhmeaffarrdha 

do chruthaidh duine do 

reir fhioghra fein, & do chofmhuluis, 

neoch fos do bheathaigh e, agas ata 

gach e'nla ag beathughadh gach vile 

Another Grace before meals. 

The eyes of all things do look up and trust in thee O Lord : 

Thou givest them meat in due season : Thou openest Thine hand, 

and fillest with thy blessings every living creature. Good Lord, 

bless us and the gifts which we receive of thy large liberality 

through Jesus Christ our Lord. So be it. 

Grace after meals. 

Glory, praise, and honour, be unto thee, most merciful and 

omnipotent Fallier, who of thine infinite goodness hast created 

man in Thine own image and similitude, who also hast fed and 

daily fccdest 

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A L T A CHAD H. 

bhed chreatuir ledlaimh is truime toir 

bheartus, deonaigh dhiiinne mar do 

oilis ar gcuirp thruaillighe les an mbeathaigh 

chorporrdhafa, go ma hamh- 

luidhfm is toil leat ar nanmada dolinadh, 

do thuigfe fhoirfi bhriathar mbco 

do Mhic inmhuin lofa Criofd, da dtiubhram 

gloir moladh, agas onoir an- 

ois, agas tre bhioth fidr. 

liiodh Amhluidh. Ar Natharne, occ. 

ADhe 

H Altachadh ele roimh proind. 

bhithbhuain, agas a Athair 

lofa Criofd ar Dtighearna mar 

tugais toradh na talmhan, agas en lai- 

the anaier, agas eifg na fairrge, do 

bheatliughadh na hadhamhchloinde 

agas fos tugais aithne dodchloind fc- 

in, le beul teafpal naomhtha, na tiogh 

laice fin do gliabhail, & buidheachas 

do thabhairt da gciond, oir ata gach 

ni 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 vvouldst replenish our souls with the peifect knowledge 

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 witli thanksgiving, for to the clean all 

things are clean and sanctified by thy word and by prayer, grant 

unto us so 

23S

ALT A CHAD H. 

ghnathughadh fa modh meafarrdha, 

as gotiucfa doileamhain ar gcorp, ar 

nanmanda do blieith vmhal, do ghlua 

facht in gach vile dheaghghniomh, 

daghmoladh hanma naomhthafa tiid 

lofa Criofd ar Dtighearna. 

Dla 

IT Biodh Amhluidh. 

H Altachach ele tareis Bhi'dh. 

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 

fior. IT Biodh Amhluidh. 

Dla 

do choimhed a Eagluife go 

huilighe : Dia do chomhfhurtacht 

na ndadine ata gan chomhfhur- 

tacht aca : A 

Thighearna medaigh ar 

gcreidimh : a Thighearna ar gradh 

Criofd do Mhic dena trocaire 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 

2.

B E A N D V G H A D H 

acht bheathadh, agas fafcadh ag bal- 

laibh Criofd ata fa dhochar, & foill- 

figh do reir do dheaghthoile gach 

vile chinelach le folas faor oirrdheirc 

do bhriathar naomhtha, trid lofa Criofd 

ar Dtighearna. Biodh Amhluidh. 

Ar Nathairne ata ar, &c. 

11 M O D H B E A N D A- 

ighthe luinge ag dul diondfa 

idhe na fairrge. 

TI Abradh aon do chach marfo .1. an Sllurad(')ii-. 

Beandaighidh ar long. 

j Fregra chaich. 

Go mbeandaighe Did Athair i. 

Ì An Stiu. 

Beandaidhidh ar long. 

•[ Fregi-a. 

Go mbeandaighe lofa Criofd i. 

^ An Stiu. 

Beandaighidh ar long. 

^ Fregra. 

Go mbeandaighe an Sbiorad naomh i. 

•I An Stiu. 

Cre'd is eagail libh is Dia Athair libh Ì 

I Freg. 

Xi heagal e'n ni. 

n 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 M.\xner 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. ^L^y the Holy Spirit 

bless her. The Steersman. What do ye fear and that God the 

Father is with you ? Re.-ponse. We fear nothing. 

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1 An Still. 

L V I N G E. 

Cre'd is eagail libh is Did an Mac libh. 

H Freg. 

Ni heagail en ni. 

t An Stiu. 

Cred is eagail libh is Dia an Sbiorad 

naomh libh ? 

H Freg. 

Ni heagail e'n ni. 

H An Still. 

IT Dia Athair vile chumhachtach ar 

gradh a Mhic lofa Criofd, le' comh- 

fhurtacht an Sbioraid naomh, antaon- 

dia tug Gland Ifrahe'l trid an muir ru- 

aigh go mi'rbhuileach, agas tug Ion as 

adtir arabroind an nihil mhoir & tug 

Pol eafpol, agas a long gona foirind 

6 onfadh iomarcach, agas ò dheartan 

doininde, dar faoradhne, agas dar fe 

nadh, agas dar mbeandughadh, & dar 

mbreith le fe'n, agas le foinind, agas le 

fdlas do chum chuain, agas chaluidh 

do reir a thoile diadha fein. An ni la 

rrmaoid air ag radha. Ar Nathaime 

ata ar neamh &c. Abradh each vile. 

IT 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 

2"

HAN P A I D E A R A M E 

aclarthacht dhàna. 

Ar Nathairne ata ar neamh 

O fe moghean bheith gudghairm 

Ag fin mo bheatha is mo bhri'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 chach. 

Do thoil goma denta dhiiinn 

Adtalmhuin gach duil dar dhealbh 

Mar do nid aingil gan chre 

Thuas a bflaithes Dè ge dearbh. 

Beatha na hanma fa chuirp, 

O tharrla dhuit bheith rer mbaidh, 

Ar naran laoithuil gach laoi, 

Tabhair dhuinn gan dlaoi gan dail. 

Na fiachasa dhlighir dhi'un, 

Maith dhuinn gan a ndil do ghnath 

Maith dhuinn ar peachaidh go leir 

Amhail 

The Pater in Metre. 

Our Father whicli 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, 

Our 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 P A I D E A R. 

Anihail mhaithmaoid fein do chdch. 

O ihrèn ar namhad a Ri, 

Den coimheud is din dod tiliocht, 

Bi anadhaigh ambuadhridh li'nd, 

Is na leg find ar aniocht. 

Edir anam agas chorp, 

Saorfa find 6 olc gach la 

Righe agas onoir is neart, 

Ar gach line os leat ata. 

IT Ar Nathairne, &c. 

As we forgive theirs to others. 

From the power of our enemy, O King, 

Presei-ve and protect thy seed, 

Aid us against our temptations, 

And leave us not in our sin. 

Soul and body together. 

Deliver us from evil each day, 

Kingdom and glory and power, 

For they are thine for all time. 


24.1

ULEITHSGEL LAGH 

amhail. 

ATa 

a fhios agamfa, go ndenad 

daoine cuirialta edtroma, fgige 

agas fochuidmheadh, fanamhad 

fan tfaothar mbeagfa, ar fon gan fnas 

fileadh do bheith ar na briathraibh, 

agas gan chruas do bheith ifna focla- 

ibh, agas mata vireafbhuidh fhoclor- 

achta no chearta fcribhtha, no litre 

aninadh litre na leabharfa, ni'hingnadh 

fin do bheith amhluidh, ar fon 

nach raibhe enfhocal gaoidhelce ag fe 

ar bhuailte an chid, acht do thuairim 

no do bharamhail an clo 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, gedheadh 

nimefde fin, agas adeirim do 

reir pdil, da ndenaind toil na ndadine 

nachar fliearbhonta dileas do 

Chriofd me, agas fds ni mefle an fhi- 

A Lawful Apology. 

rinde 

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- 

•224

LEITHSGEL LAGHAMHAIL. 

rinde na daoithe da dimoladh, agas 

murta ariin 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 fum, caineadh na papanach 

dombhrofnugliadh, do tfior 

labhairt, agas do tfior fcriobhadh na 

firinde, agas do tfior nochtadh a nur- 

choidefean ar fad mo bheathadh go 

himlan, oir ni dheachaidh faith no 

eafbal no Mac De fein as, gan toibheim 

dfaghail ona fagartaibh, agas 6 

naimhdibh na firinde, gedlieadh rugadar 

buaidh le foighide, tre chumh- 

achtaibh De, do naondia fhirindeach 

fin adtri pearfandaibh .i. An Tathair 

tre'n trocaireach, agas an Mac mai- 

feach mirbhuileach, agas an Sbio 

rad neartmhar naomh, biodh 

gach vile orraim onoir agas 

ardghloir anois & 

a faoghal na faoghal. 

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 tnith, 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, mai-vellous .Son, 

and the powerful. Holy Spirit, be all praise, honour, and glory, 

now and for ever. Amen.

ir R A N 13. 

IT Mairg darab foirbh an faoghal, 

A mhoirnd is mairg do ghebhadh 

Dambe ar fnan ris an faoghal, 

Baoghal riar De gan denamh. 

IT Do chuir don chrondfa an chiogh? 

fondfa diona vm fhuil ebha. 

DO CRIO- 

CHNVIGHEADH AN 

leabhràn beag fo, le Heafbug Indfeadh 

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 lofa 

Criofd. Sa gcuigeadh bliadhain tar 

fhi'thid do Righe na Rioghna ro chumhachtaighe 

MARIE Banrighan 

na Halban. 

IT GRAS De is na thos atamuid 

NI ranuic fe fos finid. 

Woe to them with whom the world is prosperous, 

Woe to them who obtain its favour, 

If our tie 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 readied an end. 

24(3

DO BVAILE 

ADH SO AG CLO AN 

DVN EDIN LE RO 

IBEART LEKPREVIK 

24. APrilis. 1567. 

Printed at Edinburgh by Robert Lekprevik 

the 24th of April 1567.

CORRECTIONS. 

Page I, line 9, English, after ' increased' insert, ' in him. 

Page 6, line il, /or ' 

aòn,' read ' aon.' 

Page 13, line 15, /or 'mhòr,' read ' mhor.' 

' ' Page 18, line ^/or dhas,' read dhao.' 

Page 36, line \, /or ' isè,' read ' ise.' 

' ' Page 40, line 4., /or dfoillsuighadh,' read dfoillsiiighadh 

Page 52, line l%, /or ' ' suas,' read suas.' 

Page 53, line 13, /or 'mheidsin,' read 'mheidsin.' 

Page 58, last line, /or ' ' chuimhori-' read chuimhiii-' 

Page 61, line 7, /or ' ' neach,' read reach.' 

Page 70, last line,y^r 'is,' read ' in.' 

Page 108, last line, /or 'tbabhairt,' read 'thabhairt.'

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