“ ‘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 thae servants gaed oot intil the heigh‐roads, and gatherʼt thegither aʼ, eʼen as mony as they faund, baith ill and weel faurʼd; and the bridal had its guests.
“Whase fanner is in his neive, and heʼse scour‐oot his threshin‐flair, and gaither his wheat intil his girnal; but the cauff wull he burn in nevir‐endin lowe!”
And sae, judge nocht ower?-?sune, till the time the Lord comes, wha wull baith mak plain the hidlin things oʼ the mirkness, and wull schaw the thochts oʼ the hearts: and than, ilk aneʼs commendin sal come frae God.
“And Iʼse slay her bairns wiʼ death; and aʼ the Kirks sal come to ken that I am he that rypes the inwarts and the heart; and I wull return ye — ilk ane — conform to yere warks.
“I coonsel ye to buy frae me gowd made clear wiʼ fire, that ye may be rich; and white cleedin that ye may be weel‐buskit; and that the shame oʼ yere nakitness appear‐na; and ee‐saʼ to anoint yere een that ye may see.