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and there's defeetions in his members as well as in mine.
Mag. Aye, but fouk should aye strive to mortify their members.
Mith. Aye, aye mortify their members that's your Whiggery, indeed; But will you or ony body else, wi your mortifying of your members prevent what's to eome to pass? I wish I saw the Minister and his Elders, I'se gie them Seriptures for a' his done yet. Tell nae me about the mortifying of members, gin he has gotten a bystart, let her and him feed it between them, and they gie't soup about; but she maun keep it the first quarter, and by that time muekle blaek Lady will be eauft; we sall sell the eauf and foster the wean on the cow's milk; that's better mense for a faut, than a' your repenting-stools; a wheen Papist rites, and rotten erimonies, fashing fouks wi saek gowns and buttock-mails, and I dinna ken what. But bide ye till I see the Minister.
Now Joekey and his mither went into the little byre and held a private meeting, nane present but auld Bruekie and the twa brutes, the bits of couties, that she might give him eounsel how to behave when he appeared before Mess John, to answer for his bastard; which coucludcs the third and last part.
