12 “And, sin owerflowin, the love oʼ mony sal grow cauld.
“And mony fause prophets sal rise, and lead mony a‐gley.
“But wha tholes to the hinner end sal be saved.
Sae than, pittin by aʼ vileness and owercome oʼ wickedness, tak till ye in meekness the inborn word, that is able to save yere sauls.
“Be‐na‐fleyʼt as to whatna things ye are to dree. And look! the Enemy is aboot to cast some oʼ ye intil thrall, that ye may be testit; and yeʼse hae dool ten days. Be ye leal to death, and I wull gie ye the croon oʼ Life!
“I ken yere warks, that naither cauld nor het ye are; I wad that ye had been aither cauld or het!