“But loʼe yeʼre enemies, and do them gude, and lend, lookin for naething back; and yere meed sal be great, and ye sal be bairns oʼ the Maist Heigh; for he is kindlie to the ungratefuʼ and the reprobate.
Sae, than, I am content in weaknesses, in skaithins, in necessities, in persecutions, in stretts — on behauf oʼ Christ; for whan I mysel am weak, than am I stieve!
Noo I am blythe to suffer on yere behauf, and am fillin up what was wantin oʼ the Christ‐tribulations in my flesh, on account oʼ his body, that is the kirk:
But, wantin faith, it isna possible to be weel‐pleasin to him; for he that comes to God maun needs hae faith that he is, and that to thae that seek him a Rewarder is he.
“Wha has hearin, lat him hear, what the Spirit is sayin to the Kirks! To him that prevails, wull I gie oʼ the secret man; and wull gie him a white stane, and on the stane a new name inscrivʼt, that nae ane kens savin he that gets it.
“Wha has hearin, lat him hear what the Spirit is sayin to the Kirks! To him wha prevails, I wull gie to him to eat oʼ the tree oʼ Life, whilk is in the Paradise oʼ God.
“He that prevails, I wull mak him a strang pillar iʼ the temple oʼ my God; and oot‐by sal he gang nae mair; and I wull set upon him the name oʼ my God, and the name oʼ the citie oʼ my God, New Jerusalem, she wha is to come doon oot oʼ heeven frae my God: and my new name.
“Whasae prevails sal be buskit in white cleedin; and in naegate wull I delete his name oot oʼ the Buik oʼ Life: and I wull own his name afore my Faither, and afore his Angels.