The Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland: Wherein the Headis and Conclusionis Devysit Be the Ministers and Commissionaris of the Particular Kirks Thereof, Are Specially Expressed and Contained.
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The Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland: Wherein the Headis and Conclusionis Devysit Be the Ministers and Commissionaris of the Particular Kirks Thereof, Are Specially Expressed and Contained.
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11. That Superintendentis be appointit quhair need requiris, and that
ordoure be prouidit how thai salbe obeyit in thair office, and how
thai salbe hable to serue in the same.
Referris the nowmer of the Superintendentis to the roll
maid thairupoun, And the office and jurisdictioun of the
Superintendent to be authorizat be the estatis in parliament.
12. That ordoure may be takin, how that the pure ministeris, quha
lang hes bene defraudit of thair just stipendis, may not onlie be
prouidit heirefter for a sufficient leving, Bot also that thai may
vnderstand how thai may lift vp the same be ourdour of law, and quhat
redres thai sall haif for the bipast, and how thai salbe prouidit in
the present. And, becaus all thir heids require deliberatioun, we
offer owre selfis to communicat w^t. your L. as God sall communicat
w^t. ws.
It is thocht neidfull that, quhill the Kirk be put in full
possessioun of the hale patrimony, the hale thriddis be
assignit to the ministrie, and thai to vptak the samyn be thame
selfis and thair collectors, and all v ... to be dischargeit
thairfra ... and Counsale ... find sum meane ... dettis ellis.
13. That the act of Parliament concerning the mansses and gleibis
may be maid so sensible, that the iniust possessouris find na
cauilatiounis to defraude the pure ministeris of thair ry^t. and of
the peaceable possessioun of that quhilk justlie appertainis thairto.
It is fund that the best manss sall pertene to the minister
with the hale gleib, Providing the said gleib exceed not vj
aikiris of land; And, gif the samyn be mair, the minister sall
be content onlie with vi aikiris thairof nixt adiacent to
the manss; And, gif the samyn be within vi aikiris, he sall
lykewise content him thairwith.
14. That the act for pvnishment of adulterie may be maid sa cleir,
that the offendaris delude not the law be the ambiguitie thairof.
Desyris this act to be clerit be the thre Estaits in Parliament.
14. That na man beir publict office of jugement within this realme
bot sik as professis the puritie of religioun with ws; that nane be
permittit to procure to be admittit in notar, or creat in member of
court, without he likewyis profes the Evangell w^t. ws.
Aggreit w^t.
15. It is thocht gude ffor stancheing of cumer and trouble within
burrowis in tyme cumin, that nane of the inhabitantis thairof
frathyne furth, mak convocatioun within the samyn, or put thameselfis
in armes, without express command ayther of the autoritie, provest or
baillies thairof, under sik panis as the thre Estaits in Parliament
sall think gude.
Apprevit. And referris the pane to be modifiit be the Estaits in
Parliament.
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