8 “ ‘This folk come nar me wiʼ their mouʼ, and gie me honor wiʼ their lips, but their heart is far awa!
“Ye fause anes! Esaiah weel foretellʼt oʼ you, sayin,
But he said, “Weel did Esaiah prophesie oʼ you, dissemblers! as it is putten doon:— ‘This nation honor me wiʼ their lips, but their heart they haud faur‐awa frae me!
Jesus lookit up at Nathaniel comin till him, and quoʼ he, “Tharʼs a leal‐heartit Israʼlite, wiʼ nae guile in him!”
“Sae that aʼ men soud gie honor to the Son, eʼen as they gie honor to the Faither.
“Ye hae naither airt nor pairt here; for yere heart isna aefauld afore God!
Tak ye tent, brethren, least at ony time thar soud be, in ony oʼ ye, a dour heart oʼ unbelief, in faʼin‐awa frae the leevin God;
“For ye that wad loʼe life, and see gude days, let him gar his tongue cease frae ill, and his lips that they speak‐na guile.