3 “Aʼ things tharfor they bid ye do, observe them. But follow‐na eftir their warks: for they say, and do‐na.
“And he cam to the second, and said the like; and he answerʼt, and quoʼ he, ‘I — aye, Sir!’ and gaed‐na.
“The Writers and the Pharisees are sutten doon in Mosesʼ seat.
“And they bind heavy burdens, and lay them on the shouthers oʼ men; but they winna move them wiʼ ae fingʼer.
Than answerʼt Peter and the Apostles, “It behoves us to mind God, mair nor mind man!
Lat ilka saul submit itsel to the protection oʼ the public authoritie. For thar is nae authoritie but by God; thae existin, exist by God.
Mainteenin a shadow oʼ godliness, but castin awa its pooer; frae aʼ thir turn ye awa!
God they profess to ken; but iʼ their warks they deny him; bein abominable and dour, and until aʼ gude warks rejeckit.