First, the name of a Bischope is commone to all them that hes ane particular flock over the qwhilk he hes a particular charge, alsewell to preach the word as to minister the sacraments, and to execute the ecclesiasticall discipline with consent of his elders, and that is his chief functione in the word of God.
Attour of this number may be chosen some to have power to oversie and visite sic reasonable bounds besides his awne flocke, as the Generall Assemblie shall appoynt, And, in these bounds, to appoynt ministers, with consent of the ministers of that province, and the consent of the flock whom to they shall be appointed; alseweel to appoynt elders and deacones in every congregatione where there is nane, with consent of the people thereof, and to suspend ministers for reasonable causes, with consent of the ministers forsaids; And to the effect that the saids articles condescendit upon be the said Kirk, may be better followit out and ready executione thereupon as appertaineth, Ordaynes the Bishop, who hes not receivit the charge yet of a particular congregatione, to condescend on the morne what particular flocks they will accept to take the cure thereof.
Mrs James Lowsone, Robert Pont, Alexander Arbuthnot, William Chrystisone, John Row, and John Craig, with the Laird of Dunn, are ordaynit Commissioners to visite the Colledges of the Universities of St Androis, and to consider the same, the manner and estate thereof, and what they finde to report to the next Assemblie.
The haill Assembly concludit affirmatively, that they may proceed against any unjust possessors of the patrimonie of the kirks in respect of the notorious sclander; and sicklyke that they may proceed against them, be doctrine and admonitione; and last of all, if no remeid beis, with the censures of the Kirk: and, farther, that the patrimonie of the Kirk qwhairupon the Kirk, the puire, the schooles sould be sustained, _ex jure divino_, leaveand the farther disputation of sic matter to the first of May next; and then the descriptione of the patrimonie of the Kirk to be inquyrit at that day, and farther reasoning had for resolution of the questione.
Certane brethren appoyntit to oversee the booke writtin by Mr George Hay contra Tyrie.