aching
upon the liberties and jurisdictions of this Kirk, which was set down with
certification of deposition, infamie and excommunication, specially for
receiving of consecration to the office of Episcopacie, condemned by the
confession of Faith, and acts of this Kirk, as having no warrand nor
foundament in the word of God, and by vertue of this usurped power, and
power of the high Commission, pressing the Kirk with novations in the
worship of God, and for sundry other haynous offences and enormities, and
length expressed, and clearly proven in their Processe, and for their
refusall to underly the tryall of the reigning slander of sundry other
grosse transgressions and offences laid to their charge: Therefore the
assembly moved with zeal to the glorie of God, and purging of the Kirk,
hath ordained the saids pretended Bishops to be deposed, and by these
presents doth depose them, not only of the office of Commissionary to vote
in Parliament, Councell, or Convention, in name of the Kirk, but also of
all functions, whether of pretended Episcopall or ministeriall calling,
declareth them infamous: and likewise ordains the saids pretended Bishops
to be excommunicate, and declared to be of these whom Christ commanded to
be holden by all and every one of the faithfull as Ethnicks and Publicans;
and the sentence of excommunication to be pronounced by Mr. _Alexander
Henderson_ Moderatour, in face of the Assembly after Sermon, in the high
Kirk of _Glasgow_: and that the execution of the sentence be intimat in
all the Kirks within this Realme, by the Pastours of every particular
congregation, as they will be answerable to their Presbyteries and Synods,
or the next generall Assembly, in case of the negligence of Presbyteries
and Synods.

_Sentence of deposition against Master_ John Guthry, _pretended Bishop of_
Murray: _Mr._ John Grahame, _pretended Bishop of_ Orknay, _Mr._ James
Fairlie, _pretended Bishop of_ Lismoir: _Mr._ Neil Cambell, _pretended
Bishop of_ Isles.

The generall Assembly having heard the lybels and complaints given in
against the foresaids pretended Bishops, to the Presbyterie of
_Edinburgh_, and sundrie Presbyteries within their Dyocies, and by the
saids Presbyteries referred to this Assembly to bee tryed: the saids
pretended Bishops being lawfully cited, often-times called, and not
compearing, proceeded to the cognition of the complaints and lybels
against them; and finding them guiltie of the breach of