THE which day, the Generall Assembly, upon the report of the Committees anent these who are deposed by Synods, Doe make this Generall Act, recommending to the Synods all these who are deposed before them for subscribing of the Declinator, and reading of the Service-book, and for no other grosse cause, That, upon their true repentance, and submission to the Constitutions of this Kirk, and upon their purgation and clearnesse from any grosse Faults laid to their charge in any new processe against them, they may be found by the Synods capable of the Ministerie, when God grants them an ordinary and lawfull calling by admission from the Presbyterie, either in the Church they served in before, or in any other Church.

Act Sess. XXI. 29 August 1639.
Act anent the keeping of the Lords Day.

The Generall Assembly recommendeth to the several Presbyteries the execution of the old Acts of Assembly against the breach of the Sabbath Day, by going of Mylnes, Salt-Pannes, Salmond-fishing, or any such like labour; and, to this end, revives and reneues the Act of the Assembly holden at Haly-rude-house, 1602, Sess. 5, whereof the tenor follows:—

THE Assembly considering that the conventions of the People, specially on the Sabbath Day, are very rare in many places, by distraction of labour, not onely in harvest and seed-time, but also every Sabbath, by fishing both of white fish and Salmond-fishing, and in going of Mylnes. Therefore the Assembly dischargeth and inhibiteth all such labour of fishing, as well white fish and Salmond-fish, and going of Mylnes of all sorts upon the Sabbath, under the pain of incurring the censures of the Kirk: And ordaines the Commissioners of this Assembly to mean the same to His Majestie, and to desire that a pecuniall paine may be injoyned upon the contraveeners of this present Act.

Act Sess. XXII. 29 Aug. 1639. â meridie.
Articles and Overtures approved by the Assemblie.

THAT some Commissioners be appointed to visit and peruse the whole Acts of Generall Assemblies, and to mark such Acts as are for the use of the Kirk in Generall, To extract the same out of the Registers, to the effect that after they be tryed, they may be printed according to the old Acts of the Assembly at Edinburgh, March 7, 1574, Sess. 9.

The Assemblie appoints the Presbyterie of Einburgh to have a care of this article, and to report their diligence to the next Assembly.