And the Angel answerin, says, “The Holie Spirit sal come, and the pooer oʼ the Maist Heigh sal descend upon ye; and sae that that is to be born sal be caʼd holie, the Son oʼ God!
And the demons too war gaun forth oʼ mony — cryin oot and sayin, “Ye are the Son oʼ God!” And he rebukit them; and allowʼt‐them‐na to speak; for they kent he was the Messiah.
For Godʼs Son, Jesus Christ, wha was proclaimed amang ye throwe us, throwe me, and Silas, and Timothy, wasna “aye” and “na,” but it becam “aye” in him!
“I hae become crucifyʼt wiʼ Christ: nay, I leeve allenar nae langʼer, but Christ is leevin in me; and the life I noo hae iʼ the flesh, I leeve iʼ the faith oʼ the Son oʼ God, wha loʼed me, and gied his sel up on my behauf.
And for this cause, nae mair happin ower my fainness, I sent to ken oʼ yere faith, least by ony means the tempin‐ane had tempit ye, and oor toil soud be aʼ in vain!
Wantin faither, wantin mither, withoot pedigree, haein naither beginnin oʼ days nor end oʼ life; but made to be like the Son oʼ God — bides a Priest withoot interruption.
He that dis sin is oʼ Sautan; for Sautan sins frae the first. And for this end was the Son oʼ God made kent, that he micht whammle ower the warks oʼ Sautan.
“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!