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

Ay, but fouk ſhould ay ſtrive to their members,

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

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