h may prove of ill Consequence to the Church, The Commission shall
interpose their Advice, to such Presbyteries, to sift such procedure, till
either the Synod, or next General Assembly take Cognizance of it; if the
said Commission shall not find a present fit Expedient, to direct them,
for bringing the matter sooner to a Right Conclusion."

"4. That in discussing References, Appeals and Bills, They take care to
purge out all, who upon due Tryal shall be found to be Insufficient,
supinely Negligent, Scandalous or Erroneous."

"5. That this Commission shall have Power of Visiting any Ministers within
the Bounds of any Presbyteries, on this side of the Water of _Tay_, as
they shall find need: And that this Power Reach Presbyterians as well as
others."

"6. That they shall be Careful, that none shall be admitted by them to
Ministerial Communion, or to a share of the Government; but such as upon
due Tryal (for which the Commission is to take a competent time) shall be
found to be Orthodox in their Doctrine, of Competent Abilities, having a
Pious, Godly, Loyal and Peaceable Conversation, as becometh a Minister of
the Gospel, of an Edifying Gift, and whom the Commission shall have ground
to believe, will be True and Faithful to God and the Government, and
diligent in their Ministerial Duties. And that all who shall be admitted
to the Ministry, or shall be received to a share in the Government, shall
be obliged to Own and Subscribe the _Confession of Faith_, and profess
their Submission to, and willingness to Joyn and Concur with the
Presbyterian Church-Government."

"7. That they be very Cautions of receiving Informations, against the late
Conformists, and that they proceed in the matter of Censure, very
Deliberatly, so as none may have just cause to complain of their
Rigiditie: Yet so as to omit no means of Information. And that they shall
not proceed to censure, but upon Relevant Libels and sufficient
Probation."

"8. That this Commission do not take on them, to meddle with any thing,
not expressed in their Commission: And that it be declared, that this
Commission is only given, _Ad hunc effectum & pro praesenti Ecclesiae
statu_."

"9. That this commission be in all their actings, Countable to, and
Censurable by the next Ensuing General Assembly."

"10. That this commission continue till the first of _November_ next: and
in case the General Assembly Interveen; Then this Commission is to
Terminate at the meetting of t