“But watch ye, at aʼ times, makin supplication that ye may hae strenth to escape aʼ thae things that are comin to pass, and to staun afore the Son oʼ Man.”
“And thir on the rock are they wha, whan they hear, wiʼ joy welcome the word; but they hae nae rute — wha believe for a wee, and in time oʼ trial faʼ away.
For, what coudna be by the Law — in that it was feckless throwe oor flesh — God condemned sin iʼ the flesh, in sendin his ain Son iʼ the image oʼ oor flesh, and because oʼ sin.
Nae trial has come to ye but a human ane; and God is leal and true, and winna lat ye be tryʼt aboon what ye are fit to thole; but wull mak wiʼ the trial a gate oʼ escape, that ye may be able to haud oot.
But I am haudin my body under, and garrin it do service; least in onywise, haein proclaimed the Joyfuʼ‐message to ithers, I mysel soud be cuisten aside!
“For that ye did keep the word oʼ my patience, I sal eʼen keep ye oot oʼ the ʼoor oʼ trial, whilk is coming on the hail warld, to test them dwallin on the yirth.