“And again, whan ye are fastin, ye arena to be as the pretenders, wiʼ wae iʼ yere faces; for they mar their looks, that they may kythe afore men as fastin. Aye, aye! say I, they too hae their reward!
“O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that slays the prophets, and stanes them that are sent to thee! hoo aft hae I been fain to gaither in thy bairns, like as a hen her cleckin under her wings — and ye wadna!
“But loʼe yeʼre enemies, and do them gude, and lend, lookin for naething back; and yere meed sal be great, and ye sal be bairns oʼ the Maist Heigh; for he is kindlie to the ungratefuʼ and the reprobate.
Noo I am blythe to suffer on yere behauf, and am fillin up what was wantin oʼ the Christ‐tribulations in my flesh, on account oʼ his body, that is the kirk:
But, wantin faith, it isna possible to be weel‐pleasin to him; for he that comes to God maun needs hae faith that he is, and that to thae that seek him a Rewarder is he.