Records of the Kirk of Scotland / containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies from 1638 downwards, as authenticated by the clerks of assembly.

by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

2. The manifest prouocations of the Kinges housse, wiche wee feare are not throughlie repented off, nor forsaken by him to this day; togidder with the crooked and precipitant wayes that wer takin by sundrie of our statesmen for caring one the trettey with the King.

3. The bringing home with the King a grate maney malignants, and indeworing to keepe some of them about him, and maney of them in the kingdome, notwithstanding of publicke resolutions to the contrarey.

4. The not purging of the Kinges familie from malignant and profane men, and the constituting of the samen of weill affected and godlie persons; albeit it hathe beine oftin pressed vpone the parliament and Comittee of Estaits, wndertaking and promissed to be performed by them.

5. The leueing of a most malignant and profaine gaurd of horsse to be aboute the King, quho hauing beine sent for to be purgit aboute 2 dayes befor the defaite, wer suffred to be, and feight in our armey.

6. The exceiding grate slaknes of maney, and auersnes and vntowardnes of some, in the cheiffe judicatories of the kingdome, and in the armey, in guid motione and publick deuties, especially in thesse thinges that concerne the purging of judicatories and the armey from malignant and scandalous persons, and filling all places of powre and trust with men of knowen integritie and trust, and of a blamles and Christiane conversatione; togider with grate inclinations to keepe and bring in malignants to the judicatories and to the armey, as if the land could not be gydit and defendit without thesse; and grate repyning and craying out against all that is done to the contrarie, and studding to make the same ineffectuall.

7. The exceiding grate diffidence of some of the cheiffe leaders of our armey, and wthers amongest ws, quho thought wee could not be saued bot by ane numerous armey; who, quhen wee haue gottin maney thousands togider, wold not hazard to acte aney thing, notwithstanding that God offred faire opportunities and aduantages, and fitted the spiritts of the souldiers for ther deutie; for carnall confidence that was in maney of the armey, to the dispysing of the enimey, and promising victorie to themselues, without eying of God.

8. The lousnes, insolencie, and oppressione, of maney in the armey, and the litle or no caire that was takin by maney to preserue the corne, by wich it hath come to passe that werey much of the food of the poore people of the land haue beine neidlesly destroyed; and quhill wee euen remember this, wee wishe that the prophanitie and oppressione of sundrie of oure officers and souldiers in Ingland, quhen we were fighting for the assistance of the parliament of that kingdome, may not be forgottin, becausse it was matter of stumbling in that land, so it is lyke it is ane of the causses of the sore indignatione now manifested aganist ws by the handes of thesse men.

9. Our grate wnthankefullnes for former mercies and deliuerances, and euen for maney tokins of the Lords fauor and goodnes towards our present armey quhill they wer togider, and the grate impatience of spirit that was to be seine in maney thesse weekes past, quhilk made them limitt the Lord, and to compleine and weerie of his delaying of ane deliuerance.

10. The enuing and eyeing of the Kings intrest, and quarrell by maney, without subordinatione to religione, and the liberties and saueties of this kingdomes.

11. The carnall selue seiking and crooked way of sundrie in our judicatories and armies, quho make ther imployments and places rather ane matter of intrest and gaine, and preferment to themselues, then of aduancing religione and righteousnes in the land.