“ ‘Lat baith grow thegither till the hairst; and at hairst‐time I wull say to the shearers, “Gaither ye thegither the tares first, and burn them; but gaither ye the wheat intil my barn.’ ”
And this was on accoont oʼ fause brethren, secretly brocht in; wha cam in but to spy oot oor liberty whilk we hae in Christ Jesus, that sae they soud bring us intil bondage;
Takin tent gif thar be ony man faʼin ahint frae the tender‐love oʼ God, “least ony rute oʼ bitterness springin up” be makin bitterness, and sae mony corruptit:
But thar war fause‐prophets amang the folk; as eʼen amang you wull thar be fause‐teachers: sic as wull hidlins bring in diabolical sects eʼen denying the Lord wha bocht them; bringin doon on theirsels sudden destruction.
And harlʼt doon was the great Dragon, the auld serpent, he that is caʼd “Deevil,” and “Satan,” he that wrangs the hail yirth — he was cuisʼn‐doon tae the yirth; and his angels war cuisʼn‐doon wiʼ him.
And he beguiles them that dwall on the yirth, wiʼ the ferlies it was gien him to do iʼ the sicht oʼ the beast, and commauns thae that dwall on the yirth to mak an image to the beast, wha had a deid‐straik oʼ a sword, and leeved.
Nane‐the‐less, I hae this again ye, that ye thole that wumman, Jezebel, wha caʼs hersel a prophetess; and she wheedles my servants to commit uncleanness, and to eat eidol sacrifeeces.