Attoure that ane brother of Cambowe’s, refuseing to abyde the judgement of the Kirk, and allowes the breaking of the King’s lawes concerning his religione, may be summoned to ane particular dyett, to underly the law.
Item, To remember his Grace anent the Abbot of Halywood, that no licence be gine to him to depart out of the countrie; and suchlyke to remember concernyng Mr David Chalmer.
Anent the citatione direct from the Synodall of Fyffe againes Mr David Russell, baillie of St Androis, to compear in this Assemblie, to hear sentence definitive pronuncit upon ane proces led and deducit before the Presbytrie of the said citie, for publisching of a sclanderous letter upon the 17th day of Marche last, in presence of the congregation of St Androis; as the actione at lenth beares: The said actione and haill proces being publickly read and at lenth considerit be the haill Assemblie, and the samen, with the deductione thereof in all poynts, together with the letter and intimation of the said Synodall Assemblie publischit in the paroch kirk of St Androis publickly, being orderly proceidit, Lykeas the said brethren in ane voyce justifies and allows the proceedings thereof, and of the said Presbytrie in the said cause; and after good deliberatione and resolutione taken upon the sicht and diligent tryell of the said proces and probatione led therein, Hes fund, and finds, that the said Mr David not only hes given heavy sclander, and offendit against the Presbytrie of St Androis, but farder, has sclanderit very heavilie against the Kirk of this realme, as that, sen the Reformatione of religion within the same, the lyke thereof hath not beene offerit in any persone, and speciallie in the particulars following, evidently proven and evictit per testes omni exceptione majores; qwhairof a part also is confest be himselfe, granting he had done amiss, and submitting him to the determinatione and arbitrement of the haill brethern absolutlie:
To witt: In calling the ordinance of the presbytrie a rabble, saying, it sould not pass but an answer—it sould be worse then the faire of Glasgow—and that, four dayes before the famous lybell was published: 2. In giving command with threatenings to publische the letter in face of the Kirk: 3. In penning and forming the said blasphemous letter: 4. In denying first, with attestation, the penning thereof, and thereafter granting the same: 5. In opponing him in all heads of the said letter to the ordinance of the Presbytrie: 6. In wryting thir outrageous words therein—pretendit Presbytrie, usurpitance of the said Presbytrie, without any ground of God’s word, or lawes of the realme—that the said Presbytrie did, against their awne consciences, and Christiane charitie—that some of them were promise-breakers, (howbeit the contrare were verifiet in accusatione of the letter of the Presbytrie), of calumnious objections:—and in contemning not only the jurisdictione of the Presbytrie, but also the Synodall Assemblie: And therefore hes decernit and ordaynit, in ane voyce, that the said Mr David, upon Thursday cum aucht dayes, immediatly after returning from this Assemblie, shall appear in presence of the Presbytrie of St Androis, and with humiliation of heart, and earnest and trew repentance, confessit and acknowledgit before them, that in the particulars abovewritten, and euery ane of them, he hes heavily offendit his God, sclanderit the said Presbytrie, and the haill Kirk of God within this realme;—craving God’s goodness to pardon him, and the said Presbytrie to forgive him, with promise in tyme cuming, to avoyde all such sclanderous behaviour or dealing; quhais humiliation and repentance being fund unfeigned and earnest, be the sicht of the said Presbytrie, and they satisfied therewith, that upon Sonday immediatly thereafter, he appear before the pulpit, in the paroche kirk of St Androis, before noone, after the sermone, and immediately before the prayer, in presence of the congregatione, and there make the said confessione, and acknowledge his offences in particular, and in manner as is above deducit—exhorting all the brethren and the congregatione to the obedience of the Kirk and ordinances thereof, that as they have been sclanderit be his fall, so be his rysing they may receive comfort and good example: Qwherein, if the said Mr David failzies and gives not absolute obedience, according to the tennor of this sentence, in all poynts, that the said Presbytrie of St Androis proceed against him with the sentence of the Kirk.
Anent the order and injunctiones to be wsed against Gavin Grahame and his colleagues, alreadie excommunicat: The Assemblie present hes ordaynit, that they shall satisfy the injunctiones wsed against murtherers, incestious persones, before they be absolvit from the said sentence, the forme qwhairof is contained in ane act made in December 1565, Sess. 4; and the same being dewly satisfyit, and earnest repentence seen in them, ordaynes the said Presbytrie of Glasgow to absolve them from the said sentence.
Sessio 7.
Anent the heads proponit be the Provest of Dundie, and the Laird of Colluchie, his Majestie’s Commissioners: The Kirk, be the Moderator, gave answer, that for expeditione of the first head, the Assemblie sould appoynt their next conventione the sooner, that ane absolute answer may be gine thereto.
Touching the second: they have found, by experience, that Commissione gine to brether, with power to conclude, have done great hurt to the Kirk. As to the novelties, they sould meddle with nane.
Anent the lamentable supplicatione gine in be the Earle of Arrane, bearing, That qwhair, upon the diuerse supplicationes presentit to the Generall Assemblies at Dundie and Edinburgh, to have travillit with the King’s Majestie and Secret Counsell, for his deliverance from his lang captivitie, and restitutione to him of his heritage, maist wrangouslie withholden from him, be the wickit and fraudulent meanes of the present possessor thereof; Nottheless, that ungodlie man, abuseing the youth and favour of his Soveraigne, hes not suffered your suite to be heard, tryit, and allowit be his Majestie, as he is sure it will be qwhensoever his Grace shall be dewlie informit of his innocencie, and the miseries, grieves, and wrangs be him sustainit, in spirite, bodie, and warldlie good, be the crueltie of his enemies; beseiking the Assemblie, therefore, as the only meine in this warld, qwham unto he may haue esperance, to present his regraits and dolences to his Majestie, that they will yet continew their former sute in his favour, and pretermit to the present opportunitie of his Majestie’s good dispositione, not able to be abused be the craft and subtilitie of that his unjust enemie being presentlie removit from his Majestie’s presence; praying them also to labour that his body and living may be committit to the custodie of his very undoubtit friends, qwho will have unfeigned care for the preservatione of the ane and wther, according to conscience, equity, and righteous lawes of all civill countries;—Remembring presently that he is so destitute of all wther meines of intercessione, saving them only, through fear of his enemies crueltie, that among so many naturall friends of all degrees, he can hardly finde ane who will declare himself the presenter of this his supplicatione made to the said Assemblie: the qwhilk necessitie he doubts not their Wisdomes will worthilie supplie.