6. And because the conjunctione of marriages pertaynes to the ministrie, the cause of adherents and divorcements aucht also to pertaine to them, as naturallie annexit thereto.
Adulterers, incestuous, and homicids, war ordainit to repair towards their own ministers, there to receave their injunctions, whill the next Convention Synodall of the Superintendants or Commissioners of their own provinces respective, and there to present themselve in linnen cloathes, bareheaded and barefooted, humblie requestand the Kirk there assemblit to receave them to the societie of the faithfull, with farther injunctions, and to bring their testimonialls from their ministers of their behaviour in the mean tyme.
Forsuameikle as it hes been ordainit be the Generall Assemblies, that all adulterers, murtherers, incestuous persons, and uthers committers of hainous crymes, first sould present themselves to the Generall Assembly, there to resave their first injunctione, and at the next thereafter following, to present themselves in linen cloathes, &c.; And forsuameikle as diverse of the saids offenders partly are far distant frae the places of Generall Assemblies, uthers for povertie and deidlie feids may not nor dare not travell through the countrie to present themselves before the saids Assemblies: for thir causes and uthers considerationes moveing the Kirk presently assemblit, they statute and ordaynit that all sic offenders sall be callit heirafter be the Superintendants and Commissioners of provinces, to compeir before them in their Synodall conventions, to be halden be them twyse in the yeir, to receave and take their injunctions, conforme to the order usit before the Generall Assemblies in all sorts.
The haill Kirk assemblit ordaynes, that all questions heirafter be proponit and presentit to the Superintendants and Commissioners forsaids in the saids Synodall Conventions, there to receave their solutions; and gif any questione happins to be hard for them that shall happen to be at the said conventione, then, and in that case, the Superintendant or Commissioner of Kirks, present the said hard questions to the Generall Assemblie, there to receave solutione in their roome, according to the rule; with certification that no questions hereafter shall be receavit in Generall Assemblies from particular ministers.