Anent the supplicatione given in be James Hering, desyring the Kirk to call in William Blair, and to trauell with him to giue his consent to the marriage of Agnes Blair his daughter, and if he had not cause of refuseall, to giue command to the minister of the paroche to proclaime their bands and compleit their marriage, notwithstanding qwhatsomever ordinance made be them of before: The Assemblie haveing heard both the saids parties, Finds that the said James hes not yet satisfyit their ordinance, and therefore ordaynes him to delyuer peaceablie in the hands of the magistrates of Perth, the said Agnes to be delyverit to her father, upon conditione and securitie to be tane be the magistrates forsaids for her securitie, or failzieing of the said security, to be delyvered be the saids magistrates to her good father betwixt and the first day of September nixt to come, under the paine of excommunicatione, to be execute against him be the Presbytrie of Dundie, upon the advertisement made to them be the Presbytrie of Perth, before qwhom, after her delyverance, the saids father shall prepare his reasons of refuseall to be judgit be them; and in the meanetyme, discharges all ministers of proclamatione of the saids bands, or compleiting of the said marriage qwhill the said cause be tryit, and delyverance made, as said is. Sessio 14^a. Eodem die. Forsuameikle as it is considerit that the patrimonie of the Kirk hes bein waistit be such as are clad with benefices, qwhilk is the occasione of laike of provisione to the ministrie; Therefore, all presbytries are commandit to try the beneficit men within their bounds, and to examine in qwhat estate and conditione they receavit their benefice, and in qwhat condition they are in presently;--as also qwhat they now were that sett tacks and titles of their benefice, or any pairt thereof, without consent of the Generall Assemblie; and to report to their Synodall Assemblies, what they have found, and alse the said Synodall to try where any thing is neglectit be them, and report to the Generall Assembly. Because great sclander lyes upon the Kirk throw manifold murthers, notorious adulteries and incests, and the parties being under proces, oft tymes evites the Kirk, and chyftes from place to place, qwhairthrough the proces cannot weill be brought to a finall sentence; dureing all the qwhilk tyme the sclanders continows and increasses: _Queritur_, quhither pairties falling into such horrible and odious crymes may summarly, upon the notorietie of the cryme, be excommunicate or not? Answerit to the said questione affirmative. Sessio 15^a. Augusti 12.