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

DO SMACHTVGHADH
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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