reme Authority, we
are not only encouraged, but confirmed by the Royal favour and Princely
munificence, expressed in Your gracious Majesties Letters, which filled
our hearts with joy, and our mouths with praise, to offer up our prayers
with the greater fervencie to God Almightie for your Majesties happinesse,
our selves for our own parts, and for the whole Kirks of this your
Majesties Kingdome, which we doe represent, to serve Your Majestie in all
humble obedience, our faithful labours for preserving Trueth and Peace
amongst all Your Majesties Subjects, and our example (according to Your
Majesties just commandments laid upon us) to be a presedent to others in
paying that honour, which by all Lawes divine and humane, is due unto Your
sacred Majestie, being confident that your Majestie shall finde at your
coming hither much more satisfaction and content then can be expressed by

_Your Majesties most humble Subjects and faithful Servants, the Ministers
and Elders met together in the vonerable Assembly at_ St. Andrews, _July
20, and_ Edinburgh, _July 27. 1641._

_Act anent the Kirk of_ Campheir.

The which day a motion was made in the Assembly, that it seemed expedient
for correspondencie that might be had from forraigne parts, for the weal
of this Kirk, That the Scots Kirk at _Campheir_ were joyned to the Kirk of
_Scotland_, as a Member thereof: Which being seriously thought upon and
considered by the Assembly, they approved the motion, and ordained Master
_Robert Baillie_ Minister at _Cilwinning_, to write to Master _William
Spang_ Minister at _Campheir_, and Kirk-Session thereof, willing them to
send their Minister, and a ruling Elder, instructed with a Commission to
the next General Assembly to be holden at St _Andrews_, the last Wednesday
of _July 1642._ at which time they should be inrolled in the Books of the
General Assembly, as the Commissioners of the General Assembly of
_Scotland_, from the Scots Kirk at _Campheir_.

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_The Assembly appoints the next General Assembly to be holden at_ St.
Andrews, _the last Wednesday of_ July _next_, 1642.

THE GENERALL ASSEMBLY, CONVEENED AT S. ANDREWS, JULY 27. 1642.

Act Sess. 1. July 27. 1642.

_The Kings Letter to the Generall Assembly, presented by His Majesties
Commissioner, the Earle of_ Dumfermling, _July 27. 1642._

CHARLES R.

In the midst of Our great and weighty affaires of Our