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

E B I S T I L
luirg afindfear, ag tabhairt tighearnd-
tuis, agas vmhladon reacht dhaonda in-
ar beathuigheadh iad, agas ag tabhairt
fhuatha don reacht dhiadha, dhhgheas
gach aonduine do ghradhughadh.
Agas go dtarrla an mheidfi do mhinaire
do dhruing aca go dtugadar freiteachre
foifgel De dheifteacht agas go nabruid
an bibla naomhtha do bheith bregach,
mar adubhradar na hiubhail le Crifd ar
dtigheama. Seductor populi dsemonium
habens .i. Is cealguire an pobail e
agas ata deamhanand, agas maradubh-
radar eland Ifrahel go minic re maoife,
agas ris na faidhibh eile go raibhe fiad
ag buaidhreadh na bpoibleach, ar fon
a bheith dhoibh ag noctadh aithentadh
agas thoile de, agas arfon bheith dha iar
raidh orra, a ndee fallfa, agas a ndealbha
breige, do threigean. Afe antadhbhar
cedna ata anois agan tfaoghal bhuaidh-
eartha dhaoibhfe athighearna agas dii-
inne. Gidheadh is tuicthe dhuitfe athig
heama agas diiinne fos nach oircheas
flighe mhaith no adhbhur maith do
EPISTLE
threigean
in the footsteps of their forefathers, giving authority and obedience
to the human law in whicli they were brouglit up, and hating the
divine law which it is the duty of ever)' man to love.
And this want of shame has appeared in some of them that they
have vowed against hearing the gospel of God, and say that the
Holy Bible is untrue, as the Jews said of Christ our Lord, Seductor
populi dremonium habens, viz., A deceiver of the people having a
devil ; and as the children of Israel often said to Moses and to the
other prophets that they were deceiving the people, because that
they were showing the commandments and will of God, and because
that they required of them to forsake their false gods and their lying
images. It is the same cause that the wicked world has against them
and against us, my Lord. Nevertheless, you and we, my Lord, know
that it is not creditable to for.sake the right way and a good cause
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