After the voycing of the Act, (anent the causes of our by-gone evils,) His Majesties Commissioner consented, verbally, to the said Act, and promised to give into the Clerk in writ, the Declaration of His consent, and that he should ratifie this Act in the ensuing Parliament.
Sess. XVIII. 26 Aug. 1639.
Act approving an old Register of the Generall Assembly.
The whole Assembly, (upon the report made to them anent the old Register of the Assembly, gotten from Master John Rig,) all in one voice, approved the said Register, and ordained the same to make faith in judgement, and outwith in all time coming, as a true and authentick Register of the Kirk of Scotland, conforme to the testimonie subscribed by the Committee, to be insert in the Books of Assembly; whereof the tenor followeth:—
WE under subscribers, Forsameikle as the late Generall Assembly, holden at Glasgow, gave power and Commission to us, To peruse, examine, and cognosce upon the validitie, faith, and strength of the Books and Registers of the Assembly, particularly set down in the Commission given to us thereanent. According whereunto, we did carefully view, peruse, and consider the saids Registers, and gave our testimony thereof under our hands, of the validitie and sufficiencie of the samine, to the said Generall Assembly. And now, having a new Commission given to us from the Generall Assembly now presently conveened and sitting at Edinburgh, To peruse, examine, and cognosce upon the validitie, faith, and strength of another Register of the Assembly, which was not set down and recommended to us by the said former Commission, which Register beginneth at the Assembly holden at Edinburgh the sixth day of March 1572, and endeth at the Assembly likewise holden at Edinburgh 1573, we have carefully viewed, perused, and considered the said Register: And being deeply and maturely advised, as in a matter of greatest weight and consequence, doe attest before God, and upon our consciences declare to the world and this present Assembly, That the said Register above exprest, is a famous, authentick, and good Register, which ought to be so reputed, and have publik faith in judgement and outwith, as a valid and true Record in all things, And findis the same to be of the same handwrit, and subscribed by the same Clerk of the Generall Assembly, as divers of the said other Registers (formerlie perused by us) are. And, in testimonie of our solemne affirmation, we have subscribed these presents with our hands, at Edinburgh, the ________ day of August, 1639.
Act Sess. XIX. Aug. 27, 1639.
Act approving the deposition of the Ministers by the Committees.
THE Assembly, after the receiving of the whole reports from the Committees, appointed for revising of the processes and sentences, led, deduced, and pronounced before, and by the severall Commissions granted by the Assembly at Glasgow, All in one voice approved the saids whole Processes as orderly proceeded, and the whole sentences pronounced thereintill, as just and lawfull decrees, without prejudice of any favour that can be showne to any person or persons, against whom the said sentences are pronounced upon their supplications, or of Justice to such as complaine of their processe, and offers to reduce the same upon whatsoever reason competent, by the Constitutions of this Kirk and Kingdome, before the Generall Assembly and the Commissioners thereof, they being appointed for that effect.