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

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,