kirkis to ane benefice not to be jugeit pluralitie, quhill farder ordour be establissit and providit in that behalf: Likeas alswa, the personis being in the functioun of the ministrie, that sall happin to be lawfullie and ordourlie convict befoir our Soverane Lordis Justice-Generall, or utheris thair Jugeis competent of criminall causis, sik as treasoun, slachter, mutilatioun, adulterie, incest, thift, [commoun oppressioun, usurie aganes the lawis of this Realme,] perjurie, or falset: They being likewayis lawfullie and ordourlie deprivit fra thair functioun in the ministerie, be thair ordinare, or the Kingis Commissionaris in Ecclesiasticall causes. The benefices possest be the saidis personis to vaik, be reasoun of the said convictioun, and deprivatioun. And this to have effect and executioun onlie for crimis, vicis, faultis, and offenceis, that sall happin to be committit efter the dait heirof. XIV. Act for abolisheing of the Actis contrair the trew Religion. [Ratification of the libertie of the trew Kirk: Of Generall and Synodal Assemblies: Of Presbyteries: Of Discipline. All Laws of Idolatrie ar abrogate: Of presentation to benefices.]--Act 1592.[40] Our Soverane Lord and Estaittis of this present Parliament, following the lovable and gude example of thair predecessours, Hes ratifiet and apprevit, and be the tenour of this present act, ratifies and apprevis all liberties, privileges, immunities and freedomes quhatsumevir, gevin and grantit be his Hienes, his Regentis in his name, or onie of his predecessouris, to the trew and haly Kirk, presentlie establishit within this realme; and declarit in the first Act of his Hienes Parliament, the twentie day of October, the zeir of God ane thousand, five hundreth, three-scoir ninetene zieres: and all and whatsumevir actis of Parliament, and statutes maid of befor, be his Hienes and his Regentis, anent the libertie and fredome of the said Kirk: and specialie the first act of the Parliament, halden at _Edinburgh_, the twentie foure day of October, the zeir of God ane thousand, five hundreth, and four-scoir ane zieres, with the haill particulare actis thairin mentionat, Quhilk sall be als sufficient as gif the samyn wer herin exprest. And all uther actis of Parliament maid sensyne, in favouris of the trew Kirk; And siklyk, ratifies and apprevis, the Generall Assemblies appointed be the said Kirk: And declairis, that it sallbe lauchfull to the Kirk and Ministrie everilk zeir, at the leist, and offer _pro re nata_, as occasioun and necessitie sall require, to hald and keip Generall Assemblies: Providing that the Kingis Majestie, or his Commissioner with thame to be appoyntit be his Heines, be present at ilk Generall Assemblie, befoir the dissolving thairof, nominat and appoint tyme and place, quhen and quhair the nixt Generall Assemblie salbe haldin: and in caise nather his Majestie, nor his said Commissioner, beis present for the tyme in that toun,