In respect of many inconvenients and misorder fallen furth be the ambitioune, covetousness, and indirect dealing of syndrie who gang about to enter in the ministrie, and, being enterit, uses unlawfull meanes to declyne all correctione and punischment for their offences: The whole Assemblie, in ane voyce, hes votit and concludit, conforme to the word of God and most godly acts of antient counsells, That no man pretendand to ecclesiasticall functione, office or benefice, be any absolute gift, collatione or admissione of civill magistrates or patrone, be letters of hornyng and qwhatsoevir uther means then is established be the word of God and acts of the generall Kirk, and hitherto ordinarly used within the reformit Kirk of Scotland; and sicklyke that nane beand receavit to ane ecclesiasticall office or benefice, seek any way be the civill power, to exeme and withdraw themselves from the jurisdictione of the Kirk, nor procure, obtayne, or use any letters or charges, ather be themselves or any uthers in their name, or at their command or instance, to impare, hurt, or stay the said jurisdictione, discipline, correctione of manners, or punischment of their offences and enormities, nor to make any appelatione from the Generall Assemblie, to stope the discipline and order of ecclesiasticall policie and jurisdictione grantit be God’s word to the office-bearers within the said Kirk, under the paine of excommunicatione, summarly and without any proces or admonitiones, to be pronouncit be the judgements of the Elderschip, be Minister or Ministers, to be appoyntit be them thereto, how soon it is knawne that any one of the saids heids is transgressit; and this act to be nowayes prejudiciall to the laic patrones and their presentationes, unto the tyme the laws be reformit according to God’s word. Anent the conferrence with Mr Robert Montgomrie: The said Mr Robert compeirand in face of the haill Assemblie, declared and promised before God, that he sould neither meddle nor attempt farther concernyng the Bischoprick of Glasgow, nor bruik, use, nor take upon him the same, or any office within the Kirk, by the advyce and consent of the Generall Assembly of the Kirk; renouncand the letters and chairges gine be him againes Mr David Weymes, protesting that in this matter concernyng the Bischoprick of Glasgow he meines no utherwayes nor the haill brether does. Forsuameikle as the Sabbath day many wayes is prophaned to the great dishonour of God, and speciallie be halding mercats alsewell in burgh as in landwart that day; The Assembly of the Kirk injoynes straitly to every Elderschip within their awne bounds, to take order therewith as they may, of the law of God, as they will schaw their zeall towards God and the Kirk.