Transcriber’s Notes:— Italic text has been marked _thus_. Bold and Blackletter text has been marked =thus=. The original accentuation, spelling, punctuation and hyphenation has been retained, except for apparent printer’s errors. RECORDS OF THE KIRK OF SCOTLAND, CONTAINING THE ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE =General Assemblies,= FROM THE YEAR 1638 DOWNWARDS, AS AUTHENTICATED BY THE CLERKS OF ASSEMBLY; WITH NOTES AND HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, BY ALEXANDER PETERKIN, EDITOR OF “THE COMPENDIUM OF CHURCH LAWS,” &c. VOL. I. [Illustration: NEC TAMEN CONSUMEBATUR] EDINBURGH: JOHN SUTHERLAND, 12, CALTON STREET. MDCCCXXXVIII. From the STEAM-PRESS of PETER BROWN, Printer, 19, St James’ Square. CONTENTS Introduction. The National Covenant or, Confession of Faith of the Kirk of Scotland. The Principall Acts of the Solemne Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland. A Breife Collection of the Passages of the Assembly Holden at Glasgow in Scotland, November Last, 1638; With the Deposicon of Divers B.p.p. Their Offences For Which They Were Sentenced; and an Index of All the Acts Made at the Said Assembly. An Index of all the Principall Acts of the Assembly holden at Glasgow 1638. Miscellaneous Historical Documents Relative to the Ecclesiastical and Political Events in Scotland, 1633-1638. Report of Proceedings of the General Assembly at Glasgow, 1638. The General Assembly, at Edinburgh, 1639. The Principall Acts of the Generall Assembly Holden at Edinburgh, in the Year 1639. Index of the Principall Acts Of the Assembly at Edinburgh, 1639. Not Printed. Miscellaneous Historical Documents, Relative to the Ecclesiastical and Political Events in Scotland—1639. Report of the Proceedings Of the Late Generall Assembly, Indicted by the Kings Majestie, and Holden at Edinburgh, the 12 of August, 1639. The Proceedings of The Late Solemne Assembly, Holden at Edinburgh 12 of August 1639. The General Assembly, at Aberdeen, 1640. The Principall Acts of the Generall Assembly Conveened at Aberdene, July 28, 1640. Index of the Principall Acts of the Assembly at Aberdene, 1640. Not printed. Miscellaneous Historical Documents. Relative to the Ecclesiastical and Political Events in Scotland—1639-40. The General Assembly, at St Andrews and Edinburgh, 1641. The Principall Acts of the Generall Assembly Holden at St Andrews and Edinburgh, 1641. Index of the Principall Acts of the Assembly Holden at S. Andrews and Edinburgh, 1641.not Printed. Miscellaneous Historical Documents, Relative to the Ecclesiastical and Political Events in Scotland—1640-41. The General Assembly, at St Andrew’s, 1642. The Principall Acts of the Generall Assembly, Conveened at St Andrews, July 27, 1642. Miscellaneous Historical Documents, Relative to the Ecclesiastical and Political Events in Scotland—1642.