8. Unto the pasture onlie apperteins the administratioun of the sacramentis, in lyk manor as the ministratioun of the word: for baith ar appointit be God as meanis to teache us; the ane be the ear, the uther be the eis and other senses, that be baith, knawledge may be transferrit to the mynd.
9. It apperteinis be the same resone to the pasture to pray for the peple, and namelie for the flok committit to his charge, and to bliss thame in the name of the Lord, qwho will not suffer the blissingis of his faythfull servand to be frustrat.
10. He aucht also to watche aboue the maneris of his flok, that the better he may apply the doctrine to thame, in reprehending the dissolut personis, and exhorting the godlie, to continew in the fear of the Lord.
11. It appertenis to the minister, efter lawchfull proceding be the elderschip, to pronunce the sentence of binding and lowsing upone ony persone, according to the power of the keyis, grantit unto the kirk.
12. It belangis alswa, eftir lawchfull proceding in the mater be the elderschip, to solemnizat the contract of mariage betwix thame that ar joint thairin; and to pronunce the blissing of the Lord on thame that entir in the holie band in the fear of the Lord.
13. And generallie, all publick denunciations that ar to be maid in the kirk befoir the congregationis, concerning ecclesiasticall effairis, belang to the office of the ministrie, for he is as messenger and herauld betwene God and the people in all thais effairis.
Off Doctouris and thair Office, and of Scolis.
CAP. 5.
1. Ane of the twa ordinar and perpetuall functionis that trauell in the word, is the office of the Doctour, quha may also be callit Propheit, Bischop, Eldar, Catechesar; that is, teacher of the Catechisme, and rudiments of religione.