“Ye are oʼ yere faither the deevil; and his wull dae ye. A murderer was he frae the first, and bade‐na iʼ the truth. And whan he speaks a lee, he speaks oʼ his ain; for he is a leear, and the faither oʼ aʼ leears.
But I see anither principle in my bodily pooers, fechtin again the principle oʼ my mind; and takin me prisoner by the principle oʼ sin that is in my bodily pooers.
For the flesh has desires contrar to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrar to the flesh: for thir again ane anither are set; that ye may‐na do the things ye wad itherwise do!
For eʼen we, at ae time, war glaikit, dour, deceived, hauden wiʼ mony hankerins and pleasurs, leevin on in malice and envy, wordie to be detestit, and hatin ane‐anither.