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

E B I S T I L
ibh balbha bodhra fin da gcreiddis, agas
dona feallfamhnaibh, agas dona daoin-
ibh glioca do bhi aca : indas go niarda-
ois comhairle ar a ndeibh anam anei-
geantuis : agas anan shocracht, agas go
ndendaois caitheamh agas cofdus imar
each re ndealbhaibh, agas re naltoraibh
breige. Agas da dhearbhadh fin agca-
thair na haithne do bhi na fgoil ghocais
geinearalta go huihdhe ameasg an pho
bail gheindthghe dobheireadh gach aòn
d'.bh go coitcheand mar mhiondaibh
na briathrafa fids. Pugnabo pro temphs
& facris folus & cum alijs. i. Cathochaidh
me amaonar agas maille re each
ar fijn na dteampall agas na naltor, agas
na neitheand naomhtha. Ar anadhb-
har fin is dearbhtha duinne go raibhe
curum, agas cadhus, agas creideamh
agan phoball gheintlighe go huihdhe
da ndeibh agas da dteampluibh. Da
reir fin is fi^llas go bfuillid an mhuinte-
ar iarras ar tighearnaibh agas arprind-
faghaibh crisduidhe gan curum an rea-
chtadiadha do bheith orra ina naimh-
EPISTLE
dibh
give to the dumb and deaf gods in whom they beh'eved, and to the
philosophers and wise men whom they possessed ; so that they
were wont to ask counsel of their gods in the time of distress and
of necessity, and were wont to spend liberally on their images and
on tlieir lying altars. And this was shown in the city of Athens,
which was a school of wisdom generally among the heathen nations
throughout, where every man commonly took an oath, in these
words, Pugnabo pro templis et sacris solus et cum aliis.— viz. I
shall fight for the temples and the sacred things alone and along
with others. Wherefore it is clear to us that the heathen people
had care and respect for, and faith in, their false gods and their
temples. According to this, those men who desire Christian
lords and princes to have no care for the Divine law are the
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