15. Na man aucht to haue the office of visitatioun, bot he that is lawchfullie chosine be the presbytrie thairto.
16. The elderschippis being weill establishit, hes power to send out visitouris, ane or ma, with commissioun to viseit the boundis within thair elderschippis. And siclyk eftir compt tane of thame, ather to continew thame, or renew thame frome tyme to tyme, to the quhilks elderschippis thay sall be also subiect.
17. The criminall jurisdictioun joint in the persone of ane pastoure, is ane corruptioun.
18. It aggreit not with the word, that bischoppis sould be pasture of pasturis, pasturis of mony flokis, and ʒit without ane certane flok, and without ordinar teiching.
19. It aggreit not with the Scripturis, that thay sould be exemit fra correctioun of thair brethrene, and discipline of the particular elderschip of the Kirk, whereat they sould serve; nather that thay sould usurp the office of visitatioun of uther kirkis, nor ony uther functioun besyd uther ministers, bot safar as beis committit to thame be the Kirk.
20. Heirfoir, we desyr the bischoppis that now ar, ayther to aggrie to that ordour that Goddis word requyris thame, and as the generall Kirk will prescryue unto thame, not passing that boundis, nather in ecclesiasticall nor civile effairis, or ellis to be deposit frome all functioun in the Kirk.
21. We deny not in the meane tyme, bot ministeris may and sould assist thair Princes quhen thay ar requirit, in all thingis aggreable to the word, quhidder it be in Counsall or Parliament, or utherwyse, providing alwayis thay nather negleck thair awin chargis, nor throw flatterie of Princes, hurt the publick estait of the kirk.
22. Bot generallie, we say, na personis, under quhatsumeuer title of the kirk, and speciallie the abused titles in Papistrie, of Prelats, Conuents, and Chapteris, aucht to attempt ony act in the kirkis name, ayther in Counsall, Parliament, or out of Counsall, having na commissioun of the reformit kirk within this realme.
23. And be act of Parliament it is providit, that the Papisticall kirk and jurisdictioun sould have na place within the same, and na bischop nor uther prelat in tymis cuming, sould use ony jurisdictioun flowing from his auctoritie.
24. And againe, that na uther ecclesiasticall jurisdictioun sould be acknawlegeit within this realme, bot that quhilk is, and salbe within the reformit kirk, and flowing therfra.