21 “Sae wiʼ him that is layin‐by gear for his sel, and isna rich to God.”
“Sell yere plenishin, and gie awmons: mak to ye wallets that dinna wax auld; gear nevir‐failin aboon! whaur nae reiver comes nar, nor moth dis destroy!
“Gif, than, ye are‐na faithfuʼ in unrichtous gear, who wad gie intil yere keepin the true riches.
“But wae for you, ye rich anes! for ye are noo haein yere consolation.
But, wiʼ yere dour and unrepentin heart, ye are heapin up for yersel wrath in wrathʼs day, and the schawin‐forth oʼ Godʼs richtous condemnation:
As in dool, yet aye rejoicin; as in poortith, yet makin mony rich; as haudin naething, yet haudin siccar aʼ things;
But thae wha bude be rich, are faʼin into a temptation and a girn, and mony glaikit and ill desires; whilk ding men into ruin and destruction.
Hearken, my beloved brethren! Hasna God taen the puir oʼ the warld to be rich in faith, and to hae the kingdom he has promised to thae that loʼe him?
“I ken yere warks, and dool, and poortith (but rich are ye!), and the miscaʼin oʼ thae that caʼ theirsels Jews, and are‐na, but are a kirk oʼ Sautan.