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

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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