“Then wull the King say to them on his richt haun, ‘Come ye, aʼ blessed oʼ my Faither! Inherit the Kingdom made ready for ye frae the up‐biggin oʼ the warld!
In that vera ʼoor joyʼd he iʼ the Holie Spirit, and said, “I own to thee, Lord oʼ Heeven and Yirth, that thou did hide thir things frae the wyss and the discernin, and did mak them plain to the bairn‐like! Eʼen sae, my Faither! for sae it was weel iʼ thy sicht!
Jesus answerʼt, “My Kingdom isna oʼ this warld: gin my Kingdom was oʼ this warld, my servants wad fecht, that I soudna be gien up to the Jews: but noo is my Kingdom no frae here?”
“Tak tent, than, to yersels, and to aʼ the hirsel, in whilk the Holie Spirit has set ye for bishops; to shepherd the Kirk oʼ the Lord, whilk he coft for his sel wiʼ his ain blude.
For, seein that iʼ the wisdom oʼ the warld, the warld kent‐na God throwe its wisdom, it was Godʼs gude pleasur, throwe the witlessness oʼ preachin, to save them that hae faith.
To whilk end we are eʼen prayin at aʼ times anent you, that oor God may reckon ye wordie oʼ yere joyfuʼ‐biddin, and fill up aʼ the pleasur oʼ his gudeness, and wark oʼ faith in pooer;
And sae, seein we are to hae a kingdom that canna be shucken, lat us hae lovin‐favor, that we may render service weel‐pleasin until God, wiʼ reverence and godly fear.
And nae nicht sal faʼ mair; and they need nae licht oʼ lamp nor shine oʼ sun; for the Lord God wull shed licht upon them; and they sal reign for evir and aye.