Anent the conferrence had yesternight with Mr Robert Montgomrie; to the effect that the brethren might understand what fruit had followit thereof:--First, they demanded of him, in presence of God, to tell the simple trewth of the accusationes that was layit to his charge of before, qwho, after prayer to God to be mercifull to him, grantit and confessit as after followes:--ffirst, He confest the command gine him be the Reader of Striviling to desist from his office: 2. Grantit baptizing of bairnes begotten in fornicatione, but tooke cautione of the parents to satisfy the Kirk, but not in presence of the Elders and Sessione: 3. As to the circumcision of women, remembers not that ever he preached it: 4. Grants he made promise to the Presbytrie of Striviling to await on his charge of the ministrie there, qwhilk he hes broken: 5. He confest that, upon the 20th day of Marche, he had mention made of his suspensione be the Presbytrie of Striviling, but he was not certaine thereof, for he could not haue the process of his suspensione: 6. Declareit that howbeit he knew the raising of many of the letters against the breither, yet he keepit the ordinarie dyetts thereof: 7. Grants the usurpatione of Mr David Weymes’ flock, qwhairin he confest that he had heavily offendit: 8. And sicklyke grants he hes heavilie offendit against God and his Kirk, be procureing and raiseing the charges against the Generall Assembly, and in accepting the Bischoprick of Glasgow, without advyce thereof. The said Assemblie, in proceeding be this forme of doing qwhilk he hes used--ffor the qwhilk he submitts himself in the will of the brethrene, willing to abyde their judgement, and to obey and underly such injunctiones as they will ordayne therefore. And as to his simple meaning concernyng the estate of Bischops, and corruptione thereof; being requyrit openly, in the fear of God and uprightness of conscience, to declare the same, desyrit to conferr with Mrs James Lawsone, John Craige, Robert Pont, David Lyndsay, and the Laird of Culluchie, to the effect he might be farther resolvit, and give his simple meaning therein to the Kirk, qwherunto they agriet. Anent the protestationes made be the Presbytries of Edinburgh, Dalkeith, and Linlithgow, against the sentence gine be the King and Secret Councill in favor of Mr Robert Montgomrie, findand them Judges to the saids Presbytries and Kirk, as the same beires; The haill Kirk, after the reading of the same sentence and protestatione, in ane voyce, adheirit thereto, lykeas the said Mr Robert, for his part, allowit the same and adherit therunto. Sessio 12.