According to the directione of the Kirk for the restraining mercats, and profanatione of the Sabbath day, within Edinburgh, be ganging of their millnes, receaving of loads within their ports, selling of flowre and fructuages, and suche other violatione of the said day: The Baillies of the said burgh having direction from the Counsell, declareit that the mynde of the Counsell is, notwithstanding of qwhatsumever difficulties, to doe qwhat may be in their power for removeing thereof, that all the rest of the burghes shall take no sclander be them. Sessio 16. Eodem die. Ordaynes the brether of the Presbytrie of Edinburgh to peruse the answer sett out be Mr Craige, against ane pernicious wryting put out against the Confessione of Fayth, together with the preface made be Mr John Davidsone, and if they find meit the samen be publisched, that they may be committit to print. Sessio 17^a. Augusti 13. Forsuameikle as the dangerous insurrection made at the Bridge of Die being considerit to have notoriously importit speciall prejudice to the trew religion, publickly profest and establisched be the mercy of God, within this realme, Nottheless the speciall authors and interprysers of the same remaining under the said sclander, hes never meinit to purge themselves thereof, be confessione of their offence, and satisfying the Kirk of God therefore; The Generall Assembly for this cause, presently conveint, hes given their full power and commissione to the breither of the Presbytrie of Edinburgh, with the concurrence of ane of the King’s Majestie’s ministers, viz. Mrs Robert Hepburne, William Sandersone, Mrs James Carmichaell, Thomas M‘Gie, George Ramsay, Adam Johnstoune, James Law, John Spottiswood,--to summond before them in Edinburgh, the Earles, Lairds, Barrones, frieholders, qwhilks were at the said insurrectione, and speciall traffiquers and counsellors to the said noblemen, and to charge them to acknowledge and confesse their offence against the trew Kirk of God and his religione, and make satisfactione for the sclander committit be them therethrough, under the paine of excommunicatione; and that betwixt and the first day of February nixt to come: referring to their discretion the particular dyetts and order of proces to be keepit therein; provyding alwayes that this commissione be execute betuixt and the said day--requyring their brother, Mr John Craige, to remember this matter to the saids Commissioners, as he would eschew the blame of the breither in caise of his negligence. Anent the provisione of the Generall Visitors direct to the north and south pairts, as also Commissioners to be nominat to their presbitries: The breither nominat to the said platt be the King’s Majestie, are ordaynit to trauell with the modifiers, that the Commissioners of the Kirk may be provydit, and assignationes given for that effect. [FIFTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.]