For oor consolation is, the witness oʼ conscience, that in purity, and aefauldness afore God, no in wisdom oʼ man, but by Godʼs favor, we sae leeved iʼ the warld — and mair owerflowin toward you.
But I fear least in onywise, eʼen as the serpent beguiled Eve wiʼ his craft, sae yere minds soud be airtit awa frae the aefauldness and purity that are for Christ.
That ye may become fautless and innocent bairns oʼ God, wyteless amang a thrawart and perverse generation; amang wham schaw yersels as lichts iʼ the warld;
And for this, we oorsels, frae what day we heard it, cease‐na prayer and seekin, that ye may be filled wiʼ the fuʼ knowledge oʼ his wull, in aʼ wisdom and spiritual discernment;