The Avyce of the Noblemen, Barrones, and Gentlemen anent the purging of the land of Idolatrie and sedicious intysers.
1. That the Lawes of the countrie be without delay execute against all Jesuites, Seminarie Priests, Idolaters, and maintainers thereof, and for that effect every man, alseweel of the gentlemen as of the ministrie, here assemblit, shall, as they will answer to God, and as they tender his glory and the weill of his Kirk, giue up presently in catalogue, to the Moderator and Clark, the names of such as they know and esteem to be Jesuites, Seminarie Priests, traffiquers against religione, receivers, intertayners or mayntainers of such persones: the qwhilks names shall be gine to Sir Robert Melvill, Thesaurer, quha hes promised within 48 houres thereafter to dispatche summonds upon them all. 2. Seeing the danger cravit be the saids persones is imminent, and the formall executione of the Lawes will requyre a longe proces of tyme, his Majestie and Counsell earnestly to soliscit and urged to provyde incontinent some extraordinary remedie for the extraordinary danger, and execute the Lawes without delay upon the chiefest of the Jesuites and thair maintainers, doing as if treasone war intendit against his owne persone and crowne. 3. If the Assemblie shall think expedient, the saids Noblemen, Barrones, and Gentlemen presently assemblit, shall gang togither to his Majestie, and regrait the cause of the Kirk and commonweill to his Heines, and the dangers wherein the libertie of this realme, their lyfes and consciences stands into, be the craft of Jesuites and traffiquers, qwho hes seducit and steirit up enemies, both intestine and forraigne, to bereave them of the same, and offer themselves, their lyfes, lands, and friends, to be imployit at his Majestie’s pleasure, for preventing their most dangerous attempts and bloody devyses.
Sessio 5.
All ministers within their awne bounds war exhortit to travell earnestly with their parochiners, and informe them of the necessitie of the exiled brethren in France for the religione, that they may be supportit: Ordaynes Mrs Robert Rollock, Andrew Melvill, Thomas Buchanane, and Peter Scharpe, to visite the reply made be Mr Peter Blackburne to Mr James Gordowne.
Sessio 6.
The Lords direct to the King’s Majestie reportit they had conferrit concernyng Papists, planting of kirks, discipline, and the poore, and receavit good answers, as, namely, that there was mair mister of executione against Papists nor advyseing, and that his Heines was glad of the solemnitie of their Assemblie, and before the discovering thereof desyrit they sould resorte to him, qwhere they should hear farther of his good will: yet because there was many particulars qwhilk under generalls, his Grace had appoyntit sax of his Counsell to conferr with so many as the Kirk on the other syde sould appoynt the morne. The Assembly nominat for the part of the Kirk, the Lairds of Wedderburne, Culluchie, Capringtoune, Ormistoune, Whittingham, John Johnstoune, Alexander Scrymgeour, William Menzies, Oliver Peebles, Mrs Robert Pont, Andrew Melvill, David Lyndsay, Peter Blackburne.
Sessio 8.
The Assemblie direct the minister of Dysart to charge Mr Patrick Adamsone to compeir personallie before them, and to crave his awne petitione anent the supplicatione of Mr Robert Montgomrie. The Kirk having taken consideratione of the proces laid against him, and circumstances of that matter, ffinds he may be admittit Pastor over a flock qwhere he hes not been sclanderous, provyding that he be found qualified in lyfe and doctrine.
Sessio 9.
The Chancellor being present, desyred the breither to wey if James Gibsone had not offendit the King’s Majestie,—not only that he had uttered in his sermone thir words following againes the King’s Majestie, viz. That he weined that James Stewart and Lady Isobell and William Stewart had been the persecutors of the Kirk; but now he finds be experience that the King himselfe has been the persecutor; as Jeroboam, for erecting of idolatrie and permitting thereof, was the last of his posterity, so he feares if he continued, he sould conclude his race.—But also, that he, acknowledging to the brethrene of the Conferrence that he had offended his Grace, he promised to make satisfactione, and had fealed and broken promise; for after calling of the said James, quho compeared not, my Lord Chancellour desyred the Moderatour to put to the vote of the Assembly if the words aboue specified were offensive: Quho, in respect that non offerit any reasone against the samen, proponit the same termes to them, quho for the maist pairt votit affirmative, the samen words to be offensive.