al Assembly, Dated at _Kensingtoun_ the 10 day
of _October_ 1690. Which was with all due Respect publickly read: And Mr.
_Gabriel Cuningham_, Moderator for the time, did in the Assemblies Name,
Represent to his Grace, how Great a Mercy it was, to this Church and
Kingdom, that Their Majesties had Countenanced this Assembly, with Their
Authority, and Honoured it with a Representative of Their Royal Persons:
And the Assemblies great Satisfaction, with Their Majesties choice of a
person so well Qualified, and so Acceptable to this Assembly, to Represent
Their Majesties therein. To whom His Grace was pleased to give this
return, That it was his firm Resolution, in the Capacity, wherein Their
Majesties had now put him, to lay out himself for their Majesties Service,
and the good of the Church. The Assembly appointed the said Commission to
be Recorded in Their Books, _Ad futuram res Memoriam_: The Tenour whereof
follows.

_GULIELMUS & MARIA_, Dei Gratia, Magnae _Britannia, Francia & Hibernia_,
Rex & Regina, Fideique Defensores, Omnibus probis Hominibus, ad quos
praesentes Literae; Nostrae pervenerint, _Salutem_. Quandoquidem per actum,
in secunda Sessione Currentis hujus nostri Parliamenti, Expeditum, De
stabiliendo Ecclesiae Regimine, in antiquiori hoc nostro Scotiae Regno;
Primum Ecclesiaeillius Generalem Conventum, _Edinburghi_, Tertio die Jovis,
Mensis _Octobris_ Instantis, teneri Ordinavimus: Nosautem (Rebus magni
Momenti alio vocantibus) In dicto Conventu interesse nequimus: Abunde vero
Cupidi, ut Idem Generalis Conventus, ad Religionem veram Reformatam melius
firmandam, Pietatem & Sanctitatem Propagandam, Pacem itaque & Unitatem, in
dicta Ecclesia, & hoc nostro antiquiore Regno acquirendam; methodo debita
& Regulari, Observetur: Cumque Testimoniis perplurimis & probatis, nobis
abunde satisfactum sit, de Praeclaris animi dotibus, & fide eximia,
fidelisslimi & dilectissimi nostri Consiliarii. _Joannis_ Domini
_Carmichael_, quibus ad summae fiduciae Munus infra expressum, debite &
exacte obeundum & excercendum, usque quaque est adaptatus: Noveritis
igitur nos Nominasse & Constituisse, sicuti per hasce nostras Patentes
Literas, Nominamus & Constituimus Eundem _Joannem_ Dominum _Carmichael_,
Supremum nostrum Commissionarium, quoad effectum intra expressum: Damus
pariter & concedimus illi, sacram Nostram Personam & Authoritatem Regiam
Repraesentandi, ac pro nobis praesentiam faciendi, locumque nostrum in
subsequenti Generali C