5. Sen your Majestie took the government in your awne hand, many fair promises hes been made that order should be taken for preservatione of the Kirk of God, and continuance thereof to the posteritie: yet, after lang and continuall sute, nothing is performed; but in place of redress, daily the Kirk is bereft of her priviledges and liberties. 6. The thirds are sett in tack for soumes of money, in defraud of the Kirk, so that no minister hereafter can be provydit. 7. Abbacies are disponit, without any provisione made for the ministers serving in the Kirks annexit thereto, directlie against the act of Parliament. 8. Spirituall livings are gine to bairnes, and translatit in temporall lordships. 9. That there is no punischment of incest, adulterie, witchcrafts, murthers, abominable oathes, and uther horrible oathes, in such sorte that daily some increases and provockes the wrath of God against the haill countrie. 10. There is a sair murmuring against your Grace’s leiges, and a lamentable complaint that the lawes of the countrie have no place--that no man can be sure neither of his lands, lyfe, nor goods, qwhilk threatens ane miserable confusione, and the heavie hand of God to insew thereupon. 11. That oftentymes your Majestie interpones your Heines’ authoritie, be letters of hornyng, to stope the executione of the acts made in the Generall Assemblie, in matters properly belonging to the Kirk, and nothing touching the civill estate. 12. Lastly, we most humblie beseik your Majestie to suffer us to lament the great divisione amongest your Heines’ nobilitie and subjects--the ane pairt seeking be all meanes possible, for their awne particulars, to persuade your Majestie to wrack the uther, qwhilk fosters ane continuall stryfe, malice, and rancour, to the great danger of your Grace’s persone, qwham God preserve to keep the Kirk of God and this poor countrie: beseiking your Majestie, for the tender mercy of God, to call to your Heines, some of the most wyse, discreet, and indifferent, to be your Councill; to take a moderate course, that unquiet spirits may be brydlit, good men cherishit and intertained, and the hearts of all your Majestie’s subjects unite, to the maintenance of God’s glory, preservation of your Royall estate, and comfort of all them that bewaill this miserable dissolutione. Particular Instructiones, and maire full Declarations giuen be the Generall Assemblie to their Commissioners, direct to the King’s Majestie, the 13th of October, upone every heid of the Articles generally proponit.