6. In the administratione of the discipline, collatione of benefices, visitation, and all uther poynts of ecclesiasticall government, he shall neither usurpe nor acclaime to himself any power or jurisdictione farther nor any uther of the rest of his brethren, except he be imployit be his breither, under the paine of deprivatione; and in caice he usurpe any parte of ecclesiastical government, and the Presbytrie, Synodall, or Generall Assemblie, oppose and make any impediment thereto, qwhatsoever he doe after that impediment to be null, ipso facto, but any declarator.
7. In Presbytries, Provinciall and Generall Assemblies, he shall behave himself in all things subject to their censureing, as any of the brethren of the Presbytrie.
8. At his admissione to his office of Commissionarie, thir, and all wther poynts necessar, he shall swear and subscryve to fulfill, under the penalties forsaids, and wtherwayes not to be admitted.
9. And in caice he be deposed be the Generall Assemblie, Synod, or Presbytrie, from his office of the ministrie, he shall also tyne his vote in Parliament, ipso facto, and his benefice shall vaicke.
And farther cautiones to be made as the Kirk pleases and finds occasione.
Anent his name that for the Kirk shall have vote in Parliament: It is advysit, be uniforme consent of the haill brethrene, that he shall be callit the Commissioner of such a place; and in caice the Parliament, be his Majestie’s moyen, may be inducit to acknowledge that name, it shall stand so; if not, the Generall Assemblie shall conclude this questione anent his name.
The questione being demandit, qwhither the Commission of him that for the Kirk shall vote in Parliament sould indure for his lyfe tyme, except some cryme or offence intervene, or for a schorter tyme, at the pleasure of the Kirk? The Commissioners of the Provinciall Assemblies, being of diverse opiniones, thocht good to referr this questione to the next Generall Assemblie; qwhilks haill conclusiones being read in presence of the haill Assemblie, and they being rypelie advysit therewith, ratified, allowed, and approved the samen, and thought expedient that the said cautiones, together with such wthers as shall be concludit upon be the Assemblie, be insert in the body of the act of Parliament that is to be made for confirmatione of vote in Parliament to the Kirk, as most necessar and substantiall pairts of the same.
Anent the supplicatione given in be James Lermonth, younger of Darsie, David Kynnithmonth of that Ilk, John Traill of Blebow, for themselves, and in name of their tennents and wthers, parochiners of the paroche of St Androis, makand mentione, That albeit they are parochiners of the said paroche kirk, lykeas they and their predicessors hes beene continually subject to the discipline of the said kirk, and hes been ever ready to underly qwhatsoever burden was imposit for furtherance of the said kirk, and concurre with the rest of the parochiners according to their rent and portione of the said paroche; nevertheless the minister and sessione of the said kirk refuses to suffer them and their saids tennents to enjoy the benefites of the kirk with the remanent of the said paroche, but debarres them from the hearing of the word, receaving of the sacraments, and benefite of marriage, within the said kirk, butt any reasonable cause; desyrand, therefore, ane command to the minister and session of the said kirk of St Androis to admitt the forsaids persones and their vassals to the hearing of the word and injoying of the haill forsaids benefites of the kirk, as at mair lenth is contained in the said supplicatione.
The Generall Assemblie having considerit the haill premisses, commands and ordaynes the ministry and session of the said kirk of St Androis to admitt the saids complainers, and their vassals and tennents, parochiners of the said kirk, to the hearing of the word, mariage, and receaving of the sacraments of the kirk, within the said kirk of St Androis, as their proper paroche kirk in all tyme coming, ay and qwhill their awn consent be obtainit in the contrare.
Sess. 7. Martii 21.