“For thar sal staun up fause Christs, and fause prophets, and wull schaw tokens and wunner‐warks, that they may lead awa, gin it war possible, eʼen the chosen anes.
That nae mair soud we be bairns, tossʼt as on billows, and blawn aboot wiʼ ilka swee oʼ doctrine, iʼ the pawkiness oʼ men, in knaverie; eftir the wiles oʼ wrang.
Lat nane twine ye, by a putten‐on humility, like the worship oʼ an Angel; pratin aboot things he “has seen”; swalled up wiʼ the vain importance oʼ a carnal mind.
But tak ye tent, least some ane may be makin booty oʼ ye, throwe philosophy and vanities oʼ deceit, conform to menʼs instruction, conform to the warldʼs elements, and no conform to Christ.
That nae ane may beguile ye in ony way: for that day winna be, except the gaun‐back comes first, and the Man oʼ Sin be made kent, the son oʼ perdition,