“And wha sal speak a word again the Son oʼ Man, it sal be forgien till him; but wha sal speak again the Holie Spirit, it sanna be forgiʼen him, naither iʼ this warld, nor in that to come!
“And he sawn amang the thorns, this is he wha hears the word, and than the cark oʼ the warlʼ, and the glamor oʼ riches, smoor the word, and it bears nae frute.
And as he sat on the Mount oʼ Olives, his disciples cam till him by theirsels, and quoʼ they, “Tell us whan div thae things come? And what is the sign oʼ thy comin? and oʼ the hinner‐end oʼ the warld?”
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.
In whilk ye gaed in time by‐past, eʼen as in the way oʼ this warld, conform to the ruler oʼ the pooer oʼ the air, the spirit noo workin iʼ the bairns oʼ dourness;
Else had it been needfuʼ for him aften to suffer, frae the beginnin aʼ the warld. But noo, ance at the end oʼ the time has he been schawn, for the settin‐by oʼ sin, throwe his sacrifeece.
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.
And the beast was taen, and wiʼ him the fause‐prophet, he that did the ferlies afore him, by whilk he beguiled thae that took the brand oʼ the beast, and thae giean worship to his image; and the twa war cuisten, leevin, intil the loch oʼ fire, lowin wiʼ brunstane.