ommission registrar in the books of the Presbytery beareth. And whereas
there should be but one Commissioner from every burgh, except _Edinburgh_,
to the Assembly; at this pretended Assembly, there were two Commissioners
from _Glasgow_, two from _Cowper_, two from St. _Andrews_: whereas there
were no ruling Elders having commission from their Presbyteries at that
Assembly.

IV. When the acts of that pretended assembly were written, the Bishop of
St. _Andrews_ with his own hand did interline, adde, change, vitiate,
direct to be extracted or not extracted, as he pleased: as the scrolls
themselves seen, doe show; wherefore the Clerk did not registrat the acts
of that Assembly, in the books of Assemblies, as may be easily seen by the
blank in the register left for them remaining unfilled.

_The nullitie of the pretended Assembly at_ Saint Andrews, 1617.

I. There is no mention of it in the register of the Assemblies, and so no
warrand for their commissions, their Moderatour or Clerk.

II. The indiction of it was so unformall, that as the scroll declareth, a
great part of the Commissioners from Synods, Burrows, and gentle-men,
would not be present.

III. The Kings Majestie in his letter to _Perths_ Assembly, acknowledged
it was but a meeting, wherein disgrace was offered to his Majestie.

IV. The former corruptions of the foure preceding Assemblies had their
confluence in this and the subsequent Assembly.

_Reasons for annulling the pretended Assembly, holden at_ Perth, 1618.

I. The Assembly was indicted but twentie dayes before the holding of it:
and all parties requisit received not advertisement, as appeareth by their
absence. The untimous indicting of it, is cleared by Presbyterie books.

II. There was no election of the Moderatour, as was accustomed to be in
lawfull Assemblies; The register cleareth this.

III. No formall election of their new Clerk.

IIII. There were five whole Dioces absent, viz. _Orknay_, _Cathnes_,
_Rosse_, _Argyll_, and _Isles_: and many Presbyteries had no Commissioners
there, as the register of that pretended Assembly beareth.

V. There were nineteen noblemen and Barrons, eleven Bishops that had no
Commission from the Kirk. Whereas the act for constitution of Assemblies,
ordaineth every Burgh to have but one Commissioner, except _Edinburgh_,
which may have two (Act at _Dundie_ 1597) yet in that pretended Assembly,
_Perth_ had three Commissioners, _Dundie_, had two, _Glasgo