And the officer, and they that war watchin Jesus, whan they saw the yirth trimmle, and the things that war dune, war uncolie fleyʼt, sayin, “Truly, this was Godʼs Son!”
And sayin, “Men! why are ye doin sic things? We are but men, oʼ like natur wiʼ you; deliverin to ye the Joyfuʼ‐message, that ye soud turn awa frae sic witless things, to the leevin God, wha made heeven and yirth, and the sea, and aʼ things in them.
For Godʼs Son, Jesus Christ, wha was proclaimed amang ye throwe us, throwe me, and Silas, and Timothy, wasna “aye” and “na,” but it becam “aye” in him!
Schawin yersels that ye are a message oʼ Christ, deliverʼt by us, inscrivit no wiʼ ink, but wiʼ Spirit oʼ the Leevin God; no in tablets oʼ stane, but in tablets, in hearts, oʼ flesh.
Or what‐na ane‐ness has a temple oʼ God wiʼ eidols? For ye are a temple oʼ God, wha is a leevin God; eʼen as God said, “I wull dwall in them, and gang in them, and wull be their God; and they sal be my folk.
For they, their sels, tell aboot us, whatna sort oʼ comin‐in we had to ye, and hoo ye turned aboot frae eidols to God, to serʼ a God — a leevin reality.
But, gin aiblins I soud delay, that ye may ken hoo it is necessar iʼ the hoose oʼ God to conduct aneʼs sel, whilk in truth is the Kirk oʼ the Leevin God, the pillar and grund?-?waʼ‐stane oʼ the truth.
For to this end are we toilin and strivinʼ for that we hae putten oor hope in the leevin God, wha is the Saviour oʼ aʼ men, special oʼ thae that believe.
Hoo muckle mair sal the blude oʼ Christ, wha, throwe the ever‐leevin Spirit offerʼt his sel, wantin blemish, until God, purify yere conscience frae deid warks, to the offerin up oʼ a divine service to the leevin God?
But we ken the Son oʼ God has come, and has gien us an inward sicht, that we may comprehend the True Ane; and we are in the True Ane; in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and, and life‐for‐aye.
And I saw anither Angel come up frae the sunrisin, haein the seal oʼ the leevin God, and he cryʼt oot wiʼ a soondin voice to the fowr Angels to wham it was gien to bring skaith on the yirth and the sea,