The Generall Assemblie grants libertie to Mr William Simsone, at Bruntiland, to transporte himselfe from the said kirk, in respect he hes servit thir many years bygane thereat, but stipend; and the Queen’s Majestie and her Chalmerlands, qwho was in use of payment of before of the ministers at the said kirk, refuiss to make payment to the said complainer of the same, and therefore recommends him to the Synodall of Fyfe, to have consideratione of him in planting of their kirks.
The nixt Generall Assemblie is appoyntit to be halden at St Androis the last Twesday of July 1601.
[SIXTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.]
The Generall Assemblie of the Kirk of Scotland, holden at Bruntiland, the 12th of May[45] 1601 year, In the qwhilk the King’s Majestie with his Commissioners of the Nobilitie and Burrows were present.
Sess. 1ma. May 12.
Exhortatione being made be Mr Robert Wilkie, Moderator of the last Assemblie, the brethren proceeded to the election of ane new Moderator, and Mrs Patrick Galloway, Patrick Scharp, Patrick Simsone, John Hall, and James Rowsone, being put in leets; be plurality of votes Mr John Hall was chosen Moderator hac vice.
Sess. 2. Maii 14.
The qwhilk day the brethren having interet in consideratione of the generall defectione from the puritie, practise, and zeall of trew religione in all estates of the countrie, and how the samen must, of necessitie, at the last, be concludit either in Papistrie or atheisme within schort space in the righteous judgement of God, except some substantious remedie be provydit thereto in tyme, and because the evill cannot be well curit unless the originall springs and speciall causes thereof be rypet up, Therefore the brethren, after mature deliberatione and weighing of the causes of the said defection, hes found the principall causes thereof to be as follows:—