And the Angel answerin, says, “The Holie Spirit sal come, and the pooer oʼ the Maist Heigh sal descend upon ye; and sae that that is to be born sal be caʼd holie, the Son oʼ God!
And the demons too war gaun forth oʼ mony — cryin oot and sayin, “Ye are the Son oʼ God!” And he rebukit them; and allowʼt‐them‐na to speak; for they kent he was the Messiah.
But seeinʼ Jesus, he cryʼt oot, and fell doon afore him, and wiʼ a soondin voice cryʼt, “What hae I to dae wiʼ thee, Jesus! Son oʼ God Maist Heigh! I entreat thee, torment‐me‐na!”
Than the hail oʼ the kintra‐side oʼ the Gerasenes entreatit him to depairt frae them; for they war hauden wiʼ a great fear. And he, gaun intil a boat, returned again.
“For oʼ a truth they war gaitherʼt in this citie, again thy Holy Ane Jesus, that thou did anoint, baith Herod and Pontius Pilate, wiʼ Gentiles and folk oʼ Israʼl,
Seein than, that the bairns had pairt in the flesh and blude, he eke in sic mainner had fellowship iʼ the same; that by means oʼ his death he micht ding the pooer oʼ him that had the dominion oʼ death, that is the Adversary;
He that dis sin is oʼ Sautan; for Sautan sins frae the first. And for this end was the Son oʼ God made kent, that he micht whammle ower the warks oʼ Sautan.
“And to the messengers oʼ the Kirk in Philadelphia write ye: Thir things says the Holie Ane, the True Ane, he that has the key oʼ Dauvid, he that opens and nane can steek, and steek and nane can open: