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

THIOGHLAICTHE.
agas ard mhonadh nach bfetfuidhe ad-
hul argach taobh dibh. Agas faro le
neart a tfluaigh vile na ndiaidh. Nir
fhech Geidion do Loidhed amhuintire
anuair do indfuidh an fluagh geinnt-
lidhe le tri chtfd, agas nior bheidir ar-
aibhe na adhaidh daireamh ar animad
Nir fhech daibhioth righ agas e na oga
nach ardteacht 6 aodhuireacht a threda
do loighead achuirp fe'in, no dha oige,
no dha neamh fhoirbhtheacht agcear-
daibh gaifgidh no eangnamha, gan dul
do chomhrac re goilias fomhoir vath-
mhur ainrain an arrachta, romhor o
chorp, foirfe anaois, agas e' eolach
intleachtach agcathaibh agas agcomh-
landaibh, agas gidheadh do chind leo
na hoibreacha agas na faothair fin do
ghabhadar do laimh a hucht anfbirad
naoimh, agas araithne Dhe' na nuile
chumhacht Do chind leifm righ rom-
haith doraidhamar romhaind .1. Efa-
chias fgris na ndealbh, agas na rabile-
adh, agas brifeadh na naithreach prais.
Do chind a obair, agas a eachtra le
DEDICATORY.
and the high mountains along both sides of which no man could
go, and Pharaoh with the power of his people behind them. Gideon
did not consider the fewness of his men when he attacked the
heathen with his three hundred, and when the number of those
against him could not be counted for greatness. David, and he a
youth coming from herding his flocks, did not consider the little-
ness of his body, nor his youth, nor his want of skill in the exercises
of war, and dexterity in arms, so as to refuse to fight Goliah, a
great, cruel, and fierce giant, immense in body, mature in age, and
knowing, skilful in fights and conflicts, nevertheless they succeeded
in those enterprises and works which they undertook by direction
of the Holy Spirit, and by the command of God Almighty. The
King of whom we have spoken already, viz., Hezekiah, suc-
ceeded in destroying the images, and the groves, and in breaking
the brazen sei penis. Hiswoik and ciitcr] lise succeeded well with
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