The haill Kirk assemblit ordaynes, that all questions heirafter be proponit and presentit to the Superintendants and Commissioners forsaids in the saids Synodall Conventions, there to receave their solutions; and gif any questione happins to be hard for them that shall happen to be at the said conventione, then, and in that case, the Superintendant or Commissioner of Kirks, present the said hard questions to the Generall Assemblie, there to receave solutione in their roome, according to the rule; with certification that no questions hereafter shall be receavit in Generall Assemblies from particular ministers.
Sessio 4a.
The Kirk assemblit statutes and ordaynes, that all marriages be made solemnly in the face of the congregation, according to the ordour published; and also inhibits all ministers and exhorters, that nane of them solemnize marriages of any persones of uthers congregationes nor their awne, without sufficient testimonialls from their ministers, or else licence askit to obtaine it be the contractors, under the pains establishit before, against the ministers and contractors, with their parents, to make publick repentance at the commone pillar of repentance, at the discretione of their awne kirks.
Sessio 5a.
The Kirk assemblit ordayns all ministers to inhibit all civil magistrates to hald their courts within Kirks; if need bees, to admonishe.
The Kirke ordaines all Superintendants and Commissioners to plant kirks in their first Synodall conventions hereafter following, with the advyse of their ministers, to reason and appoint publick fasting if it shall be thought necessar; and also that they appoint certaine brethren to creat unitie and concord among the nobilitie of this realme.
Compierit in Assemblie, Mr Robert Wynrahame, collector of Fyfe, and schaw how he was purgit be ane condigne assyse before the civill magistrat, for the slauchter of Thomas Kinries, citicen in St Androis; nevertheless, because the blood was sched against his will, allwayes he willingly offerit himself to the Kirk for satisfaction of the Kirk.
The Kirk ordaines Mr Robert Hamiltone, minister of St Androis, to declare, after the sermone upon ane Sonday, the purgation of the said Mr Robert of the slaughter, and, therefore, call upon him to repaire before the pulpit, exhorting him to enter in consideration with himself, according as is contenit in the book of excommunication, and thereafter to humble himself, ask God, the congregation, and the partie, pardon, and to uthers that were sclanderit with the fault, &c.
Anent excommunicat persons for now adhereing to the established religion, and not joynit thereto of before, yet nottheless, presently of their awne frie will, submitts themselves, and requires to be receavit in the societie of the faithfull. The Kirk ordaines the saids persones to be receavit be the minister in low and humble habite, with sackcloth, observing the order prescryvit in the book of excommunicatioune in all uther poynts.