onventu, Tanquam Commissionario nostro, in hunc
effectum specialiter Constitute, tenendi: Omniaque alia ad Imperium &
Munus Commissionarii, pro Generali Ecclesiae conventu peragendi, tam plene,
adeoque libere, in quovis Respectu, quam Quilibet alius ejusdem Muneris &
Characteris, fecerat, seu quovis tempore retroacto facere potuerat, atque
adeo sicuti Nosmet ipsi personaliter praesentes Possemus. Plenissimam &
amplissimam Nostram Potestatem & Commissionem. Quaequidem omnia & singula,
a dicto _Joanne_ Domino _Carmichael_, In hac nostra Commissione
prolequenda, legitime facienda, Nos firmiter approbamus, Rata habemus, &
habituri sumus. Omnibus & singulis insuper antedicti Conventus, & Ecclesiae
Pastoribus & Presbyteris, ac Caeterii quibuscumque hujus Nostri Regni
Subditis, cujuscunque ordinis seu conditionis, ut eundem _Joannem_ Dominum
_Carmichael_, tanquam Supremum Nostrum Commissionarium, quoad effectum &
modum supra mentionatum, agnoscant, Colant, & dicto ipsius audientes se
praebeant, stricte Mandamus & Imperamus. Et denique hanc Nostram
Commissionem, a die quo Magnum hujus Regni Nostri Sigillum, Presentibus
est appensum, ac durante Prima dicti Generalis Conventus Sessione, aut
usque donec haec Nostra Commissio per nos Revocetur, Continuare
Declaravimus, ac per Praesentes Declaramus. In cujus rei Testimonium,
Praesentibus Magnum Sigillum Nostrum appendi Mandavimus, Apud aulam Nostram
de _Kensingtoun_, decimo die mensis _Octobris_, Anno Domini 1690. Regnique
nostri, Anno secundo.

Per signaturam manu S.D.N. Regis supra Signatam.

(locus figilli appensi)

IN DORSO:

_Sealed at_ Edinburgh _the 16th of_ October 1690. _Alex. Inglis._

_Written to the Great Seal, and Registr at the 16 day of_ October 1690.
Dun. Ronald _Dpt._

Edinburgh 17 October 1690. _Ante Meridiem_ Sess. 2.

II. _His_ MAJESTIES _Gracious Letter to the Assembly._

This Session, His Majesties Gracious Letter Direct to this General
Assembly, was publickly Read and Heard with great Respect; and appointed
to be Recorded in the Books of the Assembly, The Tenour whereof follows.

WILLIAM R.

_Reverend, Trusty and Well Beloved,_

Our Concern for the Good of Our Ancient Kingdom, hath been such, That We
have left nothing undone, that might Contribute to the making of it Happy:
And therefore having been informed, that Differences as to the Government
of the Church have caused greatest Confusions in that Nation; We did
willingly concurre wi