oubting but in
thankfulnesse for your present estate and condition, you will abstaine
from every thing that may make any new disturbance, and that you will be
more wise then to be the enemies of your own peace, which would but
stumble others, and ruine your selves. We have also commanded Our
Commissioner to receive from you your just and reasonable desires, for
what may further serve for the good of Religion, that taking them to Our
consideration, We may omit nothing which may witnesse Us to be indeed a
nursing Father of that Kirk, wherein We were born and baptized, and that
if ye be not happy, you may blame not Us, but your selves. And now what
doe We again require of you, but that which otherwise you owe to Us as
your Soveraigne Lord and King, even that ye pray for Our prosperitie and
the peace of Our Kingdomes, that ye use the best meanes to keep Our People
in obedience to Us and Our Lawes, which doth very much in Our personall
absence from that Our Kingdom depend upon your preaching, and your owne
exemplary loyaltie and faithfulnesse, and that against all such
jealousies, suspitions, and sinister rumors as are too frequent in these
times, and have been often falsified in time past, by the reality of the
contrary events: Ye judge Us and Our professions by Our actions, which we
trust through God in despight of malice shall ever go on in a constant way
for the good of Religion, and the weal of Our People, which is the
Chiefest of Our intentions and desires. And thus We bid you farewell.
_Given at Our Court at_ Leicester, _the 23. of_ July, 1642.

_To Our trusty and wel beloved the Generall Assembly in our Kingdom of_
Scotland _conveened at_ S. Andrews.

Act Sess 3. July 29. 1642.

_Act for bringing in of the Synode Books yeerly to the General
Assemblies._

The Moderator calling to minde that which was forgotten in the preceeding
Sessions, the examination of the Provincial Books, caused call the Roll of
the Provinciall Assemblies, And the Assembly finding very few Provinces to
have sent their Books to this Assembly, notwithstanding of the ordinance
of the former Assembly thereanent, for the more exact obedience of that
ordinance hereafter, the Assembly in one voyce ordaines, That the Books of
every Provincial Assembly shall be brought and produced to every General
Assembly: And that this may be performed, ordaines that every Clerk of the
Provincials, either bring or send the said Books yearly to the Gener