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

E B I S T I L
maoife ag tabhairt an pobail trefan bfa-
irrge, agas aga mbeathughadh fan dith-
reibh re da fhithead bliadhan leis an
Manda .i. Leis an mbeathaidh tugadh
do doneimh, tareis an righ, agas na
neigifteachvile, do bhathadh. Do chind
le Gedion brifeadh ar anaimhdibh agas
ar a eafcairdibh, acht ger bheg amhuintear
ag fechain araibhe na adhaidh do
chind le daibhith agas e na mhachamh
6g, an arrfaigh golias neartmhar neimhmeirbh
domharbhadh denurchur clo-
iche as a chrandtabhaill.
Do chind leatfa athighearna ar aith-
ris na righruidhe ro vaifle fin do raidheamar
romhaind, gach obair, agas
gach ard tfaothar dar thinnfgain tu, tre'
rath an fbirad naomh, agas le heolas an
fgribhtuir dhiadha, gan fechain do
chundtabhairt no do ghàbhadh, no do
ghuafacht da raibhe oraibh .i. Sgris
fuarchreidimh, agas fuarchradhbhaidh,
agas lofgadh dealbh, agas drocheif-
imlara, agas leagadh agas lanbhrifeadh
altor agas inodh a ndentaoi iadhbarta
EPISTLE
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Moses in leading the people through the sea, and in feeding them
in the desert for forty years with the manna, viz., with that food
which was brought from heaven after the king and all the Egyptians
were drowned. It prospered with Gideon when he broke in
on his enemies and on his foes, and though his numbers were few
when we see the numbers against him. It prospered with David,
and he quite a young man, so as that he killed the old Goliath,
strong and vigorous, with the shot of a stone from his sling.
It has prospered with you, my Lord, in telling of the noble kings
spoken of above, in every work and great enterprise you have
undertaken, through the grace of the Holy Spirit, and knowledge
of the Holy Scripture, without looking to your danger or peril, or
to any trouble you might endure, viz., in destroying the false faith
and false worship, and in burning images, and putting down
evil example, and in breaking down and levelling altars and
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