(except in the ordinare judgementis) without his Majesties speciall commandement, expres licence, had and obtenit to that effect, under the panis ordinit be the lawis and actis of Parliament, aganis sic as unlawfullie convocatis the Kingis lieges. XIII. The Causes and Maner of Deprivation of Ministers.--Act 1584, c. 5.[39] Our Soverane Lord, and his thrie Estatis, assemblit in this present Parliament, willing that the word of God salbe preachit, and Sacramentis administrat in puritie and synceritie, and that the rentis, quhairon the Ministeris aucht to be sustenit, sall not be possest be unworthie personis neglecting to do thair dewties, for whilkis they accept thair benefices, being utherwayis polluted with the fraill and enorme crymis and vices after specefeit. It is thairfoir statute and ordainit be his Hienes, with auice of the saidis thrie Estatis, That all Personis, Ministeris or Reiddaris, or utheris providit to benefices, sen his Hienes Coronatioun, (not having vote in his Hienes Parliament,) suspectit culpable of heresie, papistrie, fals and erroneous doctrine, commoun blasphemie, fornicatioun, commoun drunkennes, non-residence, pluralitie of benefices having cure, quhairunto they are providit sen the said Coronation, Symonie and dilapidatioun of the rentis of benefices, contrare the lait act of Parliament, being lawfullie and ordourlie callit, tryit, and adjudgit culpable, in the vices and causes abonewrittin, or onie of thame, be the ordinare Bishop of the diocie, or utheris the Kingis Majesties Commissionaris to be constitute in Ecclesiasticall causes, sall be deprivit alsweil fra thair functioun in the Ministerie, as fra thair benefices, quhilkis sallbe thairby declarit to be vacand; to be presentit and conferrit of new, as gif the personis possessouris thairof were naturallie dead: And that it sallbe esteemit and jugeit not-residence, quhair the persoun being in the functioun of the ministerie, providit to ane benefice, sen the Kingis Majesties Coronatioun, makis not residence at his mans, gif he ony hes; and failzeing thereof, at sum uther dwelling place within the parochin, but remainis absent thairfra, and from his kirk, and using of his office, be the space of four Sondayis in the haill zeir, without laufull caus and impediment, allowit be his ordinare. And quhair ony persoun is admittit to ma benefices, havand cure, sen our Soverane Lordis Coronatioun, the acceptatioun of the last sallbe sufficient cause of deprivatioun from the remanent, swa that he be providit to twa or ma benefices havand cure, sen the tyme of the said Coronatioun. And nevertheles this present act sall not extend to ony persoun providit to his benefice befoir the said Coronatioun, nather sall the bruking of the said office, quhairunto he was providit of befoir, induce pluralitie of benefices in this cace, bot he sall allanerlie tyne his richt of the benefice quhairunto he wes providit sen the said Coronatioun alanerlie: And unioun of