Forsuameikle as sen the last act of Annexatione, his Majestie hes transferrit the right of the patronages of diverse benefices, from his Heines to temporall men, as Earles, Lords, Barrones, and wthers, and hes annexit the same to their lands; of qwhom some hes gotten confirmatione in Parliament, wthers hes obtainit the same sen the Parliament, and the third sort hes gotten gift of the naked patronage alanerlie, to the evident hurt of the haill Kirk: Qwherefore it is thocht good, that his Majestie be intreatit be earnest sute, that the saids dispositiones authorized, as said is, be Parliament, may be brought back in the next Parliament, and such wthers as hes been grantit sen the said Parliament, in lyke manner may be annullit: and in the meintyme, that it may please his Majestie to close his hands from disponing the said right of patronage, and transferring of the same from his Majestie, qwhilk remayneth as yet undisponit; and that his Majestie will provyde that the Commissioners and Presbytries to qwhom the collatione of the saids benefices pertayns be not processit or hornit for not giving admissione thereupone: Inhibiting in the meantyme all Commissioners and Presbytries, that they on no wayes giue collatione or admissione to any persones presentit be said new patrones, as is above specified, unto the next Generall Assemblie.
Anent the supplicatione given in be James Gibsone, desyring that he may be hard to purge himself of the contumacie for non-compearance in the last Assemblie, and to repone him in his awne functione: the Kirk thought it expedient that he should declare the cause of his non-compearance before the breither of the conferrence; quha reportit that he declareit his conscience, the cause of his absence was never rebellion, stubbornes, nor evill will, but only in respect of the good affection he had to the will of the Generall Kirk, being informed that if he had compeired, and had not bein punischit, the matters of the Kirk wald be casten off: Qwhilk reasone being considerit be the breither, they thought the same sufficient to purge him of contumacie.
Sessio 6.
Compeirit Mr Alexander Forbes, minister and persone of Fattercarden, and in presence of the haill Assemblie, ratified ane promise qwhilk before he made in presbytrie, that he sould sett no tacks nor factorie of the teynds of the said kirk, without the speciall advyce of the Generall Kirk; declareing also in their presence that he hes sett nane yett; and farther promising before them, that he shall not sett in tyme comeing, nor make any right thereof to any persone, without the consent of the Generall Assemblie.
Sessio 11.
Mrs Robert Bruce, David Lyndsay, and John Craige, war direct to his Majestie to understand be qwhat meines the religione shall be maintainit within this realme, and continowit to the posteritie.
Sessio 13.
Forsuameikle as in default of Visiting of the North pairts, qwhere chief and greatest necessitie is, hes great inconvenience followit, albeit no wayes in default of the breither appoyntit to that charge, but for laick of provisione and expenses, the assignatione of their charges being made to be payit be the Bischop of St Androis, qwha contemptuouslie disobeys good ordour, and lyes at the horne: It is not the lesse found expedient that the breither to qwhom commissione was given before, shall yet undertake the burden of the commissione, their charges and expenses being assignit to them out of some readie payment, and that to this effect the Commissioners of the North, viz. Mrs John Keith, Gilbert Garden, and Alexander Rawsone, shall travell with the Lords of the Checker, and delait the necessitie of their Visitatione, and crave the samen assignatione to be alterit, and the commissioners’ payment mair commodiouslie payit.
Anent the request of the Commissioner of Edinburgh, desyreing the Assembly to ratifie the calling of Mr William Watsone to the ministrie of Edinburgh: the Generall Kirk ratifies and approves the same in presence of the said Mr William, desyrand to be transportit from the said Kirk, qwhilk the Assemblie refused.
All ministers and pastors are exhortit, in their sermones to delait openly the prejudice done to the haill Kirk be the spulzie of the patrimonie thereof, and publicly to disallow and oppone against the publick abusers thereof.