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Mith. The miniſter is but a mortal man, an there's defections in his members as weel as in mine.

Mag. Ay, but fouk ſhould ay ſtrive to mortify their members,

Mith. An is that your whigry? Will you or ony body elſe. wi' your mortifying o' your members, prevent what is to come to pa's? I wiſh I ſaw the miniſter an his elders, but I'ſe gie him ſcripture for a' he's done yet: tell na me about the mortifying o' your members, an ſin he hae gotten a byſtart, let him an her ſeed it atween them, an they ſude gie it ſup about; but ſhe maun keep it the firſt quarter, an by that time muckle black lady ill be cauſt, an we ſal ſell the cauf, an foſter the wean on the cows milk; that's a better menſe for a faut than a the mortifying o' your members, an a' our repenting ſtools: a wheen papiſt rites in rotten cerimonies, faſhing fouks wit ſack gowns and buttock meals, an I dinna ken what; but bide you yet till I ſee the miniſter.

PART III.
The Wonderful Works of our John, made manifeſt before the Minister, &c.

NOW Jockey and his mither went into the little byre, an held a private meeting,