14. Frequent correspondence betwixt presbyteries is a good remedie._

_15. At the visitation of each Congregation, let the Session Book be well
visited, and for that effect, let it be delivered to two or three Brethren
seven or eight dayes before the visitation, that their report of it may be
in readinesse against the Day of Visitation._

The Assembly allows of all these Overtures and Remedies of the Sins of the
Land; And Ordains all of them to be carefully and conscionably put in
practise.

_Act for examining the Paraphrase of the Psalms and other Scripturall
Songs._

The Generall Assembly Appoints _Rouse_ Paraphrase of the Psalms, with the
corrections thereof now given in by the persons appointed by the last
Assembly for that purpose, to be sent to Presbyteries, That they may
carefully revise and examine the same, and thereafter send them with their
corrections to the Commission of this Assembly to be appointed for publick
affairs, Who are to have a care to cause reexamine the Animadversions of
Presbyteries, and prepare a report to the next Generall Assembly;
Intimating hereby, That if Presbyteries be negligent hereof the next
General Assembly is to go on & take the same Paraphrase to their
consideration without more delay: And the Assembly Recommends to Master
_John Adamson_ and Mr. _Thomas Crafurd_ to revise the Labours of Mr.
_Zachary Boyd_ upon the other Scripturall Songs, and to prepare a report
thereof to the said Commission for publick affairs, That after their
examination, the same may be also reported to the next Generall Assembly.

_Overtures concerning Papists, their children, and Excommunicate Persons._

The Generall Assembly considering the manifold inconveniences that follow
upon the sending of the children of Noblemen and others of quality to
Forraign Countries wherein Popery is professed, especially that thereby
such children are in perill to be corrupted with Popery, and so corrupt
these Families and Persons to which they belong, whereby that wicked root
of damnable Idolatry, Errour and Heresie may again be occasioned to spring
up and trouble many, and provoke the most High GOD to wrath, and to cause
his Majestie leave this Land to strong delusions to believe lies;
Therefore They Do in the name of GOD, Charge and Require all the
Presbyteries of this Kingdom to observe and practice the Rules and
Directions which are made in former Generall Assemblies for preventing of
the said fearfull