But as he had thir things in his mind, see! an Angel oʼ the Lord appearit till him by a dream, sayin, “Joseph, son oʼ Dauvid, binna feared to tak till ye yere wife, Mary; for that whilk is begotten in her is by the Holie Spirit.
Noo whan they had gane, tak tent! an Angel oʼ the Lord appearʼt to Joseph by a dream, and quoʼ he, “Rise, tak till ye the wee bairn, and his mither, and flee intil Egypt, and bide ye thar till I tell ye; for Herod seeks the wee bairn to destroy him.”
But whan it was tellʼt him that Archelaus rang in Judea in the stead oʼ Herod his faither, he was fleyʼt to gang thar: but, being instruckit in a dream, he gaed intil the pairts oʼ Galilee:
And as he was on the Judgment‐seat, his wife sent till him, sayin, “Hae ye nocht to do wiʼ yon just man! for I hae dreeʼt mony things this day in a dream, on his accoont.”
And they said, “Cornelius, an officer, a gude man, and fearin God, well‐thocht oʼ by aʼ the folk oʼ the Jews, was tellʼt by a Holie Angel, to send for ye to his hoose, and to hear words frae ye.”
Throwe faith Noah, being tellʼt oʼ things as yet no seen, wrocht‐on by godly fear, made ready an ark to the savin oʼ his hoosehauld; throwe whilk he condemned the warld, and becam heir oʼ the righteousness oʼ faith.
Wha eʼen, as a glint and shadow oʼ heevenlie things, are doin service; eʼen as Moses had word whan aboot to finish the tabernacle: “For tak tent,” says he, “that ye mak aʼ things conform to the paittern schawn to ye iʼ the mount.”