Blair Collection > Book of Common Order, commonly called John Knox's Liturgy

E B I S T I L
ndendaois an toilfin de do theagasg da
gclandaibh, agas da fleachtaibh in a ndi
aidh. Agas ge do rindeadh meid eigin
do dhealughadh eidir òifig mhaoife a-
gas oifig ardin, anuair tugadh an ladh
do chlandaibhifrahel fgribhtha : gid-
lieadh dearbhthar dhufnn le ambraith-
reas, agas leis an gcurum do ghabh ma-
aofi air, nach amhain tug fe aire dona
neithibh faoghalta, acbt gurab mo ana-
ire do bhi aige aran Ladh dhiadha do
chongbail gan truailleadh ameafg an
phobail, ina arna neithibh faoghalta.
Agas foillfighthear fin diiinn go maith
leis an achmhufan tug fè 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
naitheàta fgribhtha o mher de na nuile
chumhacht, agas do rinde maoife dio-
ghaltas ro throm orrtha as fin Do thui-
geadar na breitheamhain, agas na righ-
the deaghchreidmheacha do bhi ar
chloind Ifrahel annife do labhramar
romhainn,
EPISTLE
they might teach this will of God to their children and to their race
after them. And although .nine difference was made between the
office of Moses and the office of Aaron when the written law was
given 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 worldly 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 they made against the will of God, at the time
when he broke the two tables on which were written the ten com-
mandments 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,