The Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland / Wherein the Headis and Conclusionis Devysit Be the Ministers and Commissionaris of the Particular Kirks Thereof, Are Specially Expressed and Contained.

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3. Qwha shall await upone the plat for modifieing of the ministers’ stipends.

4. Qwhat answer shall be gine to the King’s Majestie concerning the union and disiunctione of Kirks.

5. That ane uniformitie be used for summonding of persones before the Presbytrie, and proces that is to be led before the same.

6. To suit that the tryall and admissione of all masters of schools be now joynit to the Presbytries.

7. Seeing we of the Synodall of Lawthiane, hes agreit that disputationes sall be every day of the exercise in every Presbytrie, and speciallie upon such articles as are in contraversie betwixt us and the Papists, for avoyding of negligence of ministers, and to the end we may the better withstand the adversar, that the Generall Assemblie will appoynt the forme thereof.

8. What order shall be used with Ministers and Readers that setts their gleibs and manses, as ye oversie the same.

9. That ane article be suitit be the Generall Assemblie at the Parliament, that all marriages without consent of parents, proclamations of bands, or utherwayes without the awne solemnities according to the order of the Kirk, be decernit null.

10. To crave that ane act of Parliament be made against them that pass in pilgrimage, and uses superstitione at wells, crosses, images, or uther Papisticall idolatrie, or observes feasts and dayes dedicated to Saincts, or setts out beanefyris for superstitione.

11. Seeing the act of Parliament appoynts them that are convict of notorious adulterie, and throw the ambiguous expositione of this word notorious, no execution is used thereupon; therefore, for avoyding the plagues of God hingand above this haill countrie for this cryme, That the Generall Assemblie wald crave that ane act be made in Parliament for punishment of all persones to the death, whosoever are lawfully convict of adulterie.

12. Seeing ane act of Parliament is made anent discharging of mercats upon the Sonday, and no executione hes followit thereupon, qwherthrow the people absenting themselves from the Kirk, and waiting upon the mercat, continews in ignorance, and be these means, Atheisme increases, desyre that sum order may be taken in this Parliament—The execution of the said act, that sum punischment may be appoyntit againes the magistrates that puts not the same in executione, notwithstanding any private dispensation in the contrarie.