Noo, whan she was bapteezʼt, and her househauld, she besocht us, sayin, “Gin ye hae judged me to be leal to the Lord, come awa to my hoose, and bide thar!” And she garʼd us sae do.
But as they set theirsels to oppose and revile, shakin oot his raiment, he said to them, “Yere blude be on yere ain heid; I am clear! Frae this oot I gang to the Gentiles!”
But the Lord says to him, “Gang yere ways; for a favored vessel is this ane to me, for the bearin oʼ my name afore nations, and kings, and the sons oʼ Israʼl.
Kennin than the dreid oʼ the Lord, we perswad men; but to God we are weel‐kent; and I wad hope that eʼen in yere consciences we hae been made weel‐kent.
Gin at least ye bide iʼ the faith, sterk and steive, and no dung?-?awa frae the hope oʼ the Gude‐word ye heard, that was preached till aʼ the creation ʼneath the heevens; oʼ whilk I Paul becam a servitor.