43 “Wae for ye, Pharisees! for that ye glaum at the heid‐places iʼ the kirks, and compliments iʼ the merkits.
“But to what sal I even this race? It is like bairns sittin iʼ the merkit‐place, and cryin oot to their marrows,
“Haud awa frae the Writers, wha are fain to gang aboot in lang manteels, and loʼe compliments iʼ the merkits, and the boonmaist seats iʼ the kirks, and reserved places at feasts;
In britherly love schaw tender affection ane to anither; in giean honor, surpassin ane anither.
Doin naething for strifeʼs sake, nor for prideʼs sake; but in humbleness oʼ mind, lookin aye on ane‐anither as bein better nor yersels.
I wrate somewhat to the Kirk, but he wha is fain to be heid amang them — Diotrephes — bids me nae welcome.