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

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
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