Item, It is statute and ordaynit, that for the help of posteritie, and to continue the light of the Gospell with ages to come, the Divinitie Colledge foundit at St Androis, quhilk sould be the seminarie of the Kirk within this realme, be maintainit and upholden, and ane speciall care taken thereof; and because the rent thereof is meine for the present, it is ordaynit that for the provisione of some students in divinitie every diocie shall intertaine two, or according to the quantitie of the dioces so many, as the number may aryse to twenty-sax in haill—respect being had to the mienness of some diocies, and greatness and powers of wthers, so that the leist diocies in their contributione shall be helpit and easit be the greater: in the qwhilk number it is ordaynit that the halfe at the leist be the sonnes of poor ministers, and be presentit be the Bischops of the diocies to the place.
Item, The Assemblie ratifies and approves the former Act made in the Assemblie holdin at Halyrudehouse the tenth day of November 1602 anent the sacrament of baptisme, that the same be not refusit if the parent crave the same, be giving ane Christian confessione of his fayth upon any uther particular pretence of delay to tyme of preaching, with this extentione and additione, that baptisme shall no wayes be denyit to any infant quhen ayther parents of the infant, or ony uther faithfull Christiane in place of the parents, shall requyre the same to the infant, and that the same be grantit ony tyme of day, butt ony respect or delay till the hour of preaching.
Item, It is ordaynit that every minister have ane perfect and formall register quherin he shall have registrat the particular of every baptisme of every infant within his paroche, and quha wer witness thereto, the tyme of the marriages of all persones within the same, and the speciall tyme of the buriall of every ane deceisand within their parochine, and that they have the same to be in readiness to be presentit be every ane at their next Synod Assemblie, under the paine of suspensione of the minister not fulfilling the same, from his ministry; and it is declared that the saids Commissioners in their supplicatione direct to his Majestie, wald crave humbly that his Majestie wald ordaine the extract furth of the said registres to make faith in all tyme comeing; and quho so observes this Act, the Archbischops and Bischopes shall let them have their qoats of their testaments gratis.
Acta Sessione Ultima.
The quhilk day, in presence of the whole Assemblie, compeirit the noble and potent Lord, George Marques of Huntlie, and declareit that he had direct before, John Gordoune of Buckie to present his supplicatione to this present Assemblie, quhereof the tenor is insert before: Lykeas of new, he reiterat the said supplicatione, declaring the sorrow and grieff he had conceivit, in that he had lyen so long under the fearfull sentence of excommunicatione, and, therefore, most humbly desyrit to be absolvit from the same, as he faithfully promised in face of the haill Assemblie to performe and fulfill the conditiones and heads under specifeit, viz.:
First, The said noble Lord faithfully promised before God, his hand holden up, to professe and abyde be the trew religion presently profest within this realme, and allowit be the lawes and acts of Parliament within the same.
2. He faithfully promised to communicat at the first occasione he should be requyrit, and so to continow, conforme to the order of the land.
3. He should cause his children, servants, and whole domesticks, be obedient to the Kirk and discipline thereof, and sould cause them haunt the kirk at ordinar tymes of preaching.
4. He shall not receave Papists, Jesuites, Seminarie Priests, in his house, nor nane of his lands, but put them out of his bounds with all diligence.
5. He allows the Confessione of the Faith presently sett downe be the said Assemblie; and in token of his constant confessione thereof, he hes subscrivit the samen in face of the Assembly.