“And he said, “Iʼll eʼen do this: Iʼll thraw doon the biggins oʼ my grange, and bigg lairger; and gaither in yonner aʼ my wheat, and the ootcome oʼ my grunʼ,
“But tak ye tent to yere sels! that yere hearts be‐na owercome wiʼ debauch and druckenness, and fash aboot this life, and that day come on ye aʼ at ance, as a snare.
Gif, like a man, I battled wiʼ wild beass in Ephesus, what is the profit to me? Gif the deid are‐na to be raised, “Lat us eat and drink! for the morn we dee!”
Them that are rich in this present world, chairge ye no to be prood, nor lippen to the uncertaintie oʼ riches; but on God, wha gies us a rowth oʼ aʼ things to enjoy:
For the by‐past time is eneuch to hae wrocht‐oot the desires oʼ the Gentiles; gaun on in wantonness, ill‐desires, an owercome oʼ wine, riotins, feastins, and vile eidol‐worshippins;
“As muckle as she magnifyʼt hersel and leeved daintily, by sae muckle gie her torment and wae; for in her heart she was sayin, ‘I sit a queen, and am‐na weedowʼt, and sal see murnin nane!’