Now the spirit of wisdom and of all grace rest upon you in all your great consultations, as at all times, so especially now when you shall be gathered together in the Name of the Lord Jesus, for the further building up and polishing of his Church; and cause the fruit of all your labour to be to the praise and glory of GOD, and the comfort and rejoycing of the hearts of all _the Israel of God_: He reward all our dear Brethren of that Sister Church and Nation manifold into their bosome, all the labours, love, and sufferings which they have afforded, and still do, cheerfully continue, for our sakes and the Gospels, in this distracted and bleeding Kingdom; suppresse all commotions and bloody practices of the common Enemy, in both, yea in all the three Kingdoms; set up the Throne of Jesus Christ, and make all the Kingdoms to be the Lords, and our Jerusalem to be a praise upon Earth, that all that love her and mourn for her, may rejoyce for joy with her, and may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolation. _Westminster, Jan 6. 1644._ Subscribed by _Your most loving Brethren, and fellow labourers in the Work of the Lord, in the name of this whole Assembly,_ William Twisse, _Prolocutor_. Cornelius Burges, _Assessor_. John White, _Assessor_. Henry Robrough, _Scriba_. Adoniram Byfield, _Scriba_. DIRECT. _To the Right Honourable, and right Reverend, the Generall Assembly of the Church of_ Scotland, _these presents_ _28 Jan. 1645. Post meridiem. Die Martis._ Sess. 5. _Approbation of the Proceedings of the Commission of the two preceding Assemblies._ The Generall Assembly, having heard the report of the Committee appointed to consider and examine the Proceedings of the Commissioners of the two last Generall Assemblies, _viz._ Of the Assemblies held in Edinburgh in the yeers 1643 and 1644. And after mature deliberation, and serious consideration thereof, Finding that the whole Acts, Proceedings, and Conclusions of the saids Commissioners contained in a Book and Register, subscribed by Mister _Andrew Ker_ their Clerk, and by Master _George Leslie_ Moderator, and Master _William Jaffray_, Clerk to the said Committee; Declare much wisedome, diligence, vigilancie, and commendable zeal; And that the saids Commissioners have orderly and formally proceeded in every thing according to their Commissions; Do therefore Ratifie and Approve the said whole Acts, Proceedings, and Conclusions of the Commissioners of the two Assemblies aforesaid. _3. Februar. 1645. Die Lunæ, Post meridiem._ Sess. 10. _Act of the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, for the establishing and putting in execution of the_ Directory _for the publick Worship of GOD._