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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION Anent Elders of Kirk Se&s;sions, 1684.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_CHARLES, by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith;</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Our Lovits,  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as by the Supremacy Inherent in Our Imperial Crown, as one of the Prerogatives thereto belonging; It &s;olely Re&s;ides in Us, to Enact and Emit &s;uch Con&s;titutions, Acts and Orders, concern|ing the Admini&s;tration of the External Government of the Church, and the Per&s;ons to be Im|ployed therein, as We, in Our Royal Wi&s;dom &s;hall think fit, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="5+ letters">ly &s;pecified in the fir&s;t <HI>Act</HI> of Our &s;econd <HI>Parliament:</HI> And therefore We, and Our Predece&s;&s;ors, have always been careful that the Di&s;cipline of the Church, by Kirk Se&s;&s;ions and otherwayes be ob&s;erved; for pre&s;ervation whereof, it being nece&s;&s;ar, that Per&s;ons of good Reputation, and known Loyalty, &s;hould a&s;&s;i&s;t the Mini&s;ters in the exerci&s;e of Eccle&s;ia|&s;tick Di&s;cipline. We therefore&punc; with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, Do hereby Impower the Mini|&s;ters of the re&s;pective Parochs, within this Our ancient Kingdom, to give in Li&s;ts to the Bi&s;hops, their Ordinaries, of &s;uch as are fit to Serve as Elders in the &s;aids Parochs, and being approven by them; We hereby Ordain and Com|mand the Per&s;ons &s;o Named and Authorized, to Serve as Elders, except they can offer &s;uch &s;ufficient Rea&s;ons, to be allowed by the Bi&s;hop, as may excu&s;e them from Serving in the &s;aid Imployment, with Certification to the Per&s;ons who &s;hall refu&s;e, not being lawfully excu&s;ed, as &s;aid is, that upon production of the &s;aid Nomination, and In&s;tru|ments taken upon their refu&s;al, Letters of Horning &s;hall be direct, under the Signet of Our Privy Council, Charg|ing them to accept and Officiate, within fifteen Dayes, under the pain of Rebellion: And to the effect, Our Plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es may be made known, to all Per&s;ons concerned&punc; Our Will is, and We Charge you &s;trictly and Com|mand, that incontinent, the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh;</HI> and remanent Mercat Cro&s;&s;es of the head Burghs of the Shires of this Kingdom, and other places needful, and there, by open Proclama|tion, make publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that all Per&s;ons concerned may give obedience thereto, according to Ju&s;tice, as ye will an&s;wer to Us thereupon, the which to do, we commit to you, conjunctly and &s;everally, Our full power, by thir Our Letters, delivering them by you, duely execute, and indor&s;ed again to the Bearer.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the twenty two day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred eighty and four. And of Our Reign, the thirtieth &s;ixth Year. 1684.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilij. <HI>WILL. PATERSON,</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilij.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave the KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1684.</P>
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