9 “ ‘And gin it bear frute thar‐eftir, weel; gif it disna, ye sal hae it cuttit‐doon!’ ”
And he was teachin in ane oʼ the kirks, on the Sabbath‐day,
“But he answerin, says till him, ‘Maister! lat it bide this ae year mair, till whatna time I can delve aboot it, and dung it.
“Ilka branch in me that bears‐na frute he taks awa; and ilka ane bearin frute he prunes it, sae as it soud produce the mair.
Wha slew baith the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Prophets; and us they persecute, and are displeasin to God, and contrary to aʼ men;
But gin it bear thorns and briers, it is no esteemed, and is nar‐haun bein cursʼt; whase end is to be brunt.