12. Seeing ane act of Parliament is made anent discharging of mercats upon the Sonday, and no executione hes followit thereupon, qwherthrow the people absenting themselves from the Kirk, and waiting upon the mercat, continews in ignorance, and be these means, Atheisme increases, desyre that sum order may be taken in this Parliament--The execution of the said act, that sum punischment may be appoyntit againes the magistrates that puts not the same in executione, notwithstanding any private dispensation in the contrarie.
13. That ane act of Parliament be made for provisione of gleibs and manses to such ministers as teaches at Abbay Kirks, lyke as they are provydit for others.
14. Because there is ane act of Parliament that all Presbytries and prebendaries shall be gine to scholers to hald them at the schools, and it is of veritie that there is verie many of these sorte that is of cure of saules and paroche kirks, nottheless, be reasone of the act of Parliament, they are gine to courteors; therefore we desyre that there be ane act of Parliament, that all presbytries and prebendaries that hes cure of saules, may be gine to nane but to ministers, and that if any be gine, to be null in all tyme cuming. Sicklyke, Prebendaries foundit to schools and masters teaching the same be gine, conforme to their foundatione, to schoolmasters for instructing the youth; and if the same be disponit wtherwayes, the dispositioune to be null.
Anent the first article the Kirk hes ordaynit William Chrystesone, Mrs Andrew Melvill, Thomas Smetowne, Alexander Arbuthnott, and James Lawsone, to consider the ordinar and extraordinar houres, and to report their judgement to the Kirk, and Mrs Andrew Hay and Nycoll Dalgleische to assist them.
As to the second, the first part is agreit upon; and qwhair Presbytries are not yet, nor cannot be erectit, the Commissioners qwhilks were before appoyntit to remaine Commissioners yet to that effect.
For satisfying of the third, the Kirk hes nominat the Commissioners underwritten, viz. The Commissioners of Orknay and Zeitland.
For answering to the fourth concerning the King’s Letter, ordayns the Clark Register to be consultit upon the answer.
To the fifth, referrs the forme thereof to be conceivit in wreit be Mrs David Lyndsay and Patrick Adamsone betwixt 6 and 9.