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Ettle ye perfection! heid for ye canna mak as hair white not black.

37. "But lat yere answer be, 'Aye, aye,' and 'Na, nal' for onything mair comes 0' nae gude.

38. "Ye ken it has been said, 'An ee for an ee, and a tooth fora tooth !’

39. "But say I, Resist-ye na ill; but gin ane clour ye on the ae cheek, turn ye till him the ither as weel.

40. "And gin ony man has a law-plea wi' ye, and task awa yere coat, e'en lat him has the cloak as weel.

41. "And gin ye be impress'd for a mile wi' ane, gang ane mair wi' him.

42 "Gie till him seekin frae ye; and frae him wha wad receive 0' ye turn—ye-no awa.

43. "Ye ken it has been said, 'Ye sal lo’e yere neebor, and hate yere fae'

44. "But say I, Lo’e yere faes; bless the anes that ban and curse ye; seek the gods 0' thae that hate ye; and pray for sic as shamefully ill-treat ye, and seek for yere wrang:

45 "That ye a' may be bairns o' yere Faither in Heeven; for he gars his sun to glint alike on the ill and on the gude; and sends oot his rain baith on the just and the unjust.

46. "For gin ye but lo’e whanr thar is love till yersel, whaur is yere meed? divna e’en the reivin tax-men do the same?

47. "And gin ye but speir eftir yere ain kith, how div ye mair nor ither folk? divna e’en the tax-men sae?

48. "But ye maun be periete, e'en as yere Faither Aboon is perfete!"

CHAPTIR. SAX.

He who hears prayer can weel teach it! Ane sondna has two maisters, nor be sair troubled aboot things o' the yirth.

AK tent no to do yere gude warks i' the sicht 0’ men, that ye may be seen by them; else has ye tint reward frae yere Faither wha is in Heeven.

2. "Whan. than, ye wad do a guide wark, dinna has a bugle-horn soondit afore ye, as the pretenders div in kirks and merkits, that they may be roosed 0' men. Truly say I t'ye, they has gotten a’ their reward!

3. "But when ye wad do a gude wark, lat yere left haun no jalouse what yere richt haun is thrang wi'!

4. " That yere gude works may he dune hidlins; and yere Faither wha sees i' the hidlin place, sal his sin sel reward ye.

5. "And whane'er ye pray be-no as the pretenders; for weel they like to pray i' the kirks, and at the corners o' the braid causeys, sae as folk soud see them. Aye, aye! say I; they has gotten their reward!

6. "But ye, when ye wad pray, gang intil yere bower; and, steekin yere door, pray till yere Faither wha is i' the hidlin place; and yere Faither, wha sees i' the hidlin place, sal his ain sel reward ye!

7. "And in yere prayin, rhyme-na things ower and ower, incontinent, like the heathen-folk: for they trow gin that they speak eneuch, they sal be heard.

8. "Come-na than to be like tae them; for yere Faither kens weel a' yere needs, e'en afore ye ask him.

9. "And sae pray ye: 'Faither 0 us a,' hiding Aboon! Thy name be holie!

10. "'Lat thy reign begin! Lat thy wull be dune on the Yirth as in Heeven!

11. "'Gie us ilka day oor needfu’ fendin.

12. " 'And forgie us a' cor ill deeds, as we e’en forgae thae wha did us ill:

13. "'And lat us no he siitit; but save us free the Ill-Ane! For the 6