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72 That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers, and remember his holy couenaunt. 73 And that he woulde perfourme the oth, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to geue vs. 74 That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare, 75 All the dayes of our life, in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym. 76 And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes. 77 To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes. 78 Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs. 79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace. 80 And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites. Luke 1:72-80, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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