there is a
doore opened for your Majestie to enter to your Royall Government over us,
in peace, with the favour of God, and cordiall Love and imbracings of all
your good Subjects, You will not suffer your selfe to be so farre abused
and misled by the Councels of men, who delight in war, as to take away of
violence and blood, which cannot but provoke the most high against your
Majestie, and alienat from you the hearts of your best Subjects, who
desire nothing more, than that your Majestie may have a long and happy
raign over them, And that they may live under you, a peaceable and quiet
life, in all Godlinesse and honesty.

_Edinburgh 6 August, 1649._

_Your Majesties most Loyal Subjects and humble servants the Ministers and
Elders conveened in this Nationall Assembly of the Kirk of_ Scotland.

The Generall Assembly not having now time to consider the Reference of
preceeding Assemblies, and the most part of Presbyteries not having sent
their opinions in writ; Thefore do yet againe recommend to Presbyteries
and Provinciall Assemblies to consider all matters referred by this or by
any former Assemblies, And to send their opinions therein in writ to the
next Generall Assembly.

The meeting of the next Generall Assembly is hereby appointed to be at
_Edinburgh_, the second wednesday of _July_, 1650.

A. KER

FINIS

THE PRINCIPAL ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF _SCOTLAND_
HOLDEN AT _EDINBURGH_ THE 16TH DAY OF _OCTOBER_ 1690.

Edinburgh _16 of October 1690. Post Meridiem._ Sess. 1.

I. _The Meeting of the_ General Assembly, _and the Recording of Their
Majesties_ Commission, _to_ John _Lord_ Carmichael, _for Representing
Their Majesties therein._

This day, being a day of Solemn Fasting and Humiliation, the General
Assembly of the Ministers and Elders of this Church; did after Sermons (in
the Forenoon by Mr. _Gabriel Cunningham_ Moderator of the last General
Meeting, and in the Afternoon by Mr. _Patrick Sympson_ Moderator of the
preceding General Meeting) Conveen in the Assembly-House at _Edinburgh_,
according to the Indiction of an Act of the current Parliament, dated the
7 day of _June_ last, and Directions given by the late General Meeting of
the Ministers and Elders of this Church: And after Prayer, there was
produced to them, by an Noble Lord _John_ Lord _Carmichael_, Their
Majesties Commission, for his being Their Majesties High Commissioner and
Representative to this Gener