3. Concernyng such Elders as verses not in the word, thair resort to the Presbytrie shall be no farther straitit, but as the weightiness and occasione, upon intimatione and advertisement made be the Pastors and Doctors, shall requyre; at qwhilk tyme they shall giue their godly concurrence—exhorting them alwayes that may commodiously resort, to be present at all tymes.
4. Such of the ministrie as does not resort to the exercise and presbytry shall be subject to the penaltie arbitrall to be appoyntit at the discretioune of every particular presbyterie, the samen to be agriet upon be the subscriptioune of every minister thereof; and if any be found to disagrie thereto, to be complaint upon to the Generall Assemblie next to come, and the order qwhilk every presbytrie takes, to be sichtit, and thereof, a good order to be established for the haill.
5. It is thocht meit that the same day qwhilk is the day of the exercise, be in lyke manner the day of ecclesiasticall processes; and if the brether thinks necessare for the haisty expeditione of the processes, that they may appoynt dayes, tymes, and places therefore, by the day of the exercise.
6. It is not thocht expedient that the Presbytrie be astrictit to direct their Moderator to the Assemblie, but libertie to chuse such as they think maist expedient for the comfort of the Kirk.
7. It is thocht meet that visitatione be exceptit e re nata, within the bounds of the Presbytrie, and the same not to be limitit to the Moderator, but to such ane or ma, as the Presbytrie shall direct, for the necessitie of the matter, according to the Kirk’s policie.
8. The Clerk and Moderator shall subscryve, in grave matters, ane forme of proceeding in the name of the Elderschip; and quhill God provyde some better contributione in every particular Kirk of the Elderschip for his intertainment.
9. The minister of the paroche shall cause execute the summonds concerning his paroche, and beare the burden of such things as shall be direct from the Presbytrie, or some deput be him, within his paroche.
10. Concernyng ane generall order of admissione to the office of Elders, referris it to the order usit at Edinburgh, qwhilk we approve.
11. As for collatione of benefices, and designatione of manses and gleibs; the Moderator of the Presbytrie where it is requisite, and for the satisfaction of the act of Parliament, that they have a speciall commission of the Kirk for that effect, qwhill it please God to move the King that the laws may be better reformit, provyding the Moderator doe nothing butt the advyce of the Presbyterie.
12. It is proponit to the Kirk qwhair there is no Presbytrie, nor cannot be gottin, qwhat order shall be of admissione, of collatione and designation of benefices.