Anent the forme of examinatione before the communione, pennit be their brother Mr Craige: the Assembly thought it meet to be imprintit, being be the author thairof contractit in some schorter bounds.
Humble Petitions of the Generall Assembly of the Kirk, cravit of his Majestie and Councill.
It is cravit that the acts of Parliament made for suppressing of the inormities following may be put to execution: ffirst against Jesuites, such as Mr James Gordowne, and the receipters of them; and excommunicants, such as the Laird of Fintrie and the Master of Angus, profainers of the sacraments, priuate men and women givers thereof, idolaters, pilgrimagers, papisticall magistrates, sayers and hearers of masse, givers of the sacraments according to the papisticall forme, and receavers of the samen, committers of apostasies, publick mercats upon the Sabbath day, violent invaders of ministers be strickeing of them or be schedding of thair blood, profaining of the Sabbath day be Robin Hood’s playes, murtherers and bloodshedders, qwhilks overflow the whole land. Item, That the ministrie plantit be sufficiently provydit, and also that ministers may be provydit of sufficient living to the kirks implantit. Item, The act of annexatione to be dissoluit; The new erectiones and patronages dischargit; The act of dissolution of prelacies and benefices, consisting of mae kirks than ane, be ratified and establisched: The act of February without exceptione; The aucht of July eikit to it may have place; that small benefices disponit to ministers may be free of all taxations; That Manses and Gleibs be designit of Kirklands, Abbays, Freir lands, and qwhatsumever Kirk Lands; That Manses and Gleibs have their liberty of ffoggage, fewall, and pasture; That commone kirks be disponit to ministers serving the cure: That every kirk be provydit of ane sufficient pastor, and ane competent living assignit to him for his service.
The Generall Assembly of the Kirk giues full commissione and power to their lovit breither Mrs Robert Bruce, Robert Pont, David Lyndsay, with his Majestie’s Ministers, to present unto his Grace and Councill, humble Petitions and Articles of the Kirk, and with all reverence and humilitie to crave answer thereof, conferre and reasone if need be thereupon, and to report answer to the nixt Assemblie.
The Generall Assembly of the Kirk is appoyntit at Aberdeene, the 17 day of August 1592, in caice ane Parliament interveen not; in the qwhilk caice, the brethren being advertised thereof be the Presbytrie of Edinburgh, shall hald their Assembly qwhaire the Assembly shall be for the tyme, and convein two dayes before the same.
[FIFTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.]
Att Edinburgh, the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, conveint upon the 22 of May 1592.
Exhortatione being made be Mr Nicoll Dalgleische, Moderator of the last Assembly: The Kirk proceedit to the election of ane Moderator, and appoyntit in the leets, Mrs Robert Bruce, David Lyndsay, James Balfour, and James Nicolsone. The said Robert was, be pluralitie of vots, electit Moderator, hac vice.