“For thar sal rise fause Christs, and fause prophets, and they sal schaw unco signs and ferlies; sae as to lead awa, gin it war possible, eʼen the waled‐oot theirsels.
“Gin ye, than, bein sinfuʼ, ken hoo to be aye gien gude things till yere ain bairns, hoo muckle mair sal yere Faither wha is Aboon gie gude things to thae that ask oʼ him!
“Gif, than, bein sinfu to begin wiʼ ye ken hoo to be giean gude gifts to yere bairns, hoo muckle mair wull yere Faither wha is in Heeven gie the Holie Spirit to thae that ask him?”
Pit ye on, than, as chosen anes oʼ God, holie and weel‐loʼed, the tender‐affections oʼ compassion, graciousness, humbleness oʼ mind, canniness, patience:
For this cause I thole aʼ things, for the sake oʼ the chosen anes, that they may obteen salvation, that whilk is in Christ Jesus, wiʼ glorie never?-?endin.
Paul, a servitor oʼ God, and an Apostle oʼ Jesus Christ, conform to the faith oʼ Godʼs bidden anes, and knowledge oʼ the truth, that whilk is conform to godliness,
The Lord isna sweir anent his promise, as some men speak oʼ sweirness; but is lang‐tholin wiʼ you, no bein willin that ony soud be destroyʼt, but that aʼ soud airt their ways to repentance.
And they cryʼt oot wiʼ a lood voice, sayin, “To whatna time, O Lord, the Holie and the True, dost thou no judge and avenge oor blude on thae that dwall on the yirth?”
“Sae are they iʼ the presence oʼ the Thron oʼ God, and serʼ him day and nicht in his Temple: and the Ane that sits on the Thron sal unfauld his tent ower him.