Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Act recognizeing her majesties' royal authority, read the second time and voted and approven, nemine contradicente.
Act adjourning the session till the first of July next, read the second time and voted and approven.
Act for secureing the true Protestant religion and presbiterian government, read the second time.
Sir Alexander Bruce, commissioner for the burgh of Sanquhar, haveing said upon the reading this act that the act of parliament establishing presbiterian government did contain things inconsistent with the essence of the monarchy, he was hereupon called to the barr, and not giveing satisfaction he was ordered to withdraw; and the question being put expell him out of the parliament or not, it carried in the affirmative, nemine contradicente; and a warrand was ordered to the burgh of Sanquhar to elect a new commissioner in his place in manner following.
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Her majesties' high commissioner and the estates of parliament, in respect that Sir Alexander Bruce, commissioner to this present parliament for the burgh of Sanquhar, is expelled the parliament by a sentence of this date, grants order and warrand to the magistrats and toun councill of the said burgh to elect a commissioner to represent the said burgh in this parliament in vice of the said Sir Alexander Bruce at Sanquhar, the eighteenth day of June instant, and ordains intimation to be made hereof in the usual manner.
Thereafter the act, being again read, was voted and approven, nemine contradicente.
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Act declareing the present meeting of parliament to be a lawfull and free meeting of parliament, was read the second time, and voted and approven, nemine contradicente.
Upon information that some advocats had met to draw and signe an address concerning the meeting of parliament or other publict matters, warrand was granted to macers to cite the dean of faculty and advocats to appear before the committee for security of the kingdom to morrow at ten a clock in the forenoon, and to bring with them the said paper each of them who hath or had, or fraudfully have put away the same, as they will be answerable at their highest perill.
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The act for a national fast the second Thursday of July next, read the second time and voted and approven.
Then the above acts, viz. act recognizeing her majesties' royal authority; act adjourning the session; act for secureing the Protestant religion and presbiterian government; act declareing the present meeting of parliament to be a lawfull and free meeting of parliament; and act for a national fast were all, by her majesties' high commissioner, touched with the scepter in the usual manner, and ordered to be published and printed, of which several acts the tenors do follow.
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The estates of parliament, considering that by the decease of the late King William, of ever glorious memory, the crown and royal dignity of this kingdom is, according to the Claim of Right and by undoubted right of succession, devolved upon Queen Anne, our present gracious soveraign, and that her majestie hath duely sworn the coronation oath conform to the said Claime of Right; therefore the estates of parliament, for themselves and in name and behalfe of the whole subjects of this kingdom, do hereby assert, recognize and acknowledge her majesties' royal power and authority over the said kingdom, and her undoubted right and title to the imperial crown thereof, ratifieing and approveing, likeas they hereby ratifie and approve the administrating the said coronation oath to her majestie upon the decease of the late king by the lords of privy council that were then at London and their attestation made thereupon, with the proclamation of her majesties' privy council here in Scotland for proclaiming her majesties' said right and title. And her majestie, with advice and consent of the said estates of parliament, doth declare that it is and shall be high treason in any of the subjects of this kingdom, by writing, speaking or any other manner of way, to disown, quarrell or impugne her majesties' royal power and authority or right and title to the crown; and farder, her majestie, with advice and consent forsaid, statutes and ordains that the oath of alleadgeance hereto subjoined shall be sworn, and the same with the assureance added to it subscribed by all persons of publict trust, civil, ecclesiastick and military, who have not yet sworn and subscribed the same to her majestie, according to the tenor of the sixth act of the fourth session of this present parliament, intituled, act for takeing the oath of alleadgeance and assureance, and recommends it to the lords of her majesties' privy council to cause the said oath of alleadgeance and assureance be farder taken in manner foresaid, at such times and in such methods as they shall appoint.
The oath of alleadgeance:
I, A. B. do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithfull and bear true alleadgeance to her majestie Queen Anne, so help me God.
The assureance:
I, A. B. do, in the sincerity of my heart, assert, acknowledge and declare that her majestie Queen Anne is the onely lawful and undoubted soveraign of this realm, as well de jure, that is of right queen, as de facto, that is in the possession and exercise of the government, and therefor I do sincerely and faithfully promise and engage that I will, with heart and hand, life and goods, maintain and defend her majesties' title and government against the pretended prince of Wales and his adherents, and all other enemies who, either by open or secret attempts, shall disturb or disquiet her majestie in the possession and exercise thereof.
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Our soveraign lady, considering that the sitting of the parliament begun the ninth of June instant may continue for the said moneth of June, whereby the leidges cannot now conveniently attend, do therefore, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, adjourn the session to the first day of July next to come, continueing all actions and causes depending before the lords of session to the said first day of July. And her majestie dispenses in the mean time with the sitting of all inferior courts as if the session had not been adjourned and notwithstanding of the sitting of the parliament. And furder declares that the time and space betwixt the date hereof and the said first day of July shall not be reckoned in any short prescription, and ordains these presents to be published at the mercat cross of Edinburgh, and to be furthwith printed that the leidges may be certified thereof.
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Our soveraign lady the queen's majesty, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, ratifies, approves and perpetually confirms all laws, statutes and acts of parliament made against popery and papists and for the establishing, maintaining and preserveing of the true reformed Protestant religion and the true church of Christ as at present owned and settled within this kingdom, as likewayes, for establishing, ratifieing and confirming the presbiterian church government and discipline, that is to say the government of the church by kirk sessions, presbitries, provincial synods and general assemblies, to be agreeable to the word of God and the onely government of Christ's church within this kingdom; and particularly, without prejudice of the generality forsaid, her majestie, with advice and consent foresaid, ratifies, approves and confirms the fifth act of the second session of this current parliament, intituled, act ratifieing the Confession of Faith and settleing presbiterian church government, in the haill heads, clauses and articles thereof, as if at length herein set down, but prejudice nevertheless to the twenty seventh act of the fifth session of this present parliament, intituled, act concerning the church as to the allowance therein given to certain ministers not actually assumed by the established church judicatures, under the conditions and provisions allwayes exprest in the said act.
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Our soveraign lady the queen's majestie, with advice and consent of the estates of the kingdom presently assembled in parliament, enacts, statutes and declares that the meeting of parliament now conveened, by vertue and warrand of the seventeenth act of the sixth session of this parliament, intituled, act for the security of the kingdom, and by her majesties' adjournment agreeable thereto, is a lawfull and free meeting of parliament for the ends therein mentioned. And farder, in pursuance of the first act of the first session of this parliament, and without any derogation thereto, it is declared that it shall be high treason for any person to disown, quarrel or impugne the dignity and authority of this present meeting of parliament upon any pretence whatsoever, and ordains these presents to be published at the mercat cross of Edinburgh that none pretend ignorance.
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The estates of parliament, takeing to their serious consideration an act of the commission of the general assembly for a solemn national fast and humiliation, and the weighty causes and reasons for the same therein contained; and the said commission haveing made application to her majesties' high commissioner to have the civil sanction thereto interponed, therefore, her majestie, with advice and consent of the said estates of parliament, doth hereby command and appoint that the second Thursday of July next, being the ninth day of the said moneth, be set apart as a day of solemn fasting and humiliation for makeing prayers and supplications to God for the causes and reasons foresaid; and that the said day be religiously and strictly observed by all persons within this kingdom, and ordains all ministers to read this present act with the forsaid act of the commission of the general assembly, publickly in their congregations a Sunday at least before the said second Thursday of July next appointed for keeping the said fast, certifieing such as shall not give due obedience, or shall contemn or neglect the keeping and observeing the said day and duties, that they shall be proceeded against by fineing not exceeding one hundred pounds Scots; and warrands and commands the sheriffs, stuarts of stuartries, lords and baillies of regalities and all their deputes, justices of peace and magistrats of burghs within their several jurisdictions, to proceed against the transgressors and exact the fines accordingly, to be applyed the one half to the judge and the other halfe to the poor of the paroch; and certifieing such ministers as shall faill in their duty in not reading this act with the foresaid act of the commission, and in not observeing the duties therein prescribed, they shall be processed before and punished by the lords of her majesties' privy councill; and all sheriffs, stewarts, lords and baillies of regalities and all their deputes, justices of peace, magistrats of burghs and their clerks are hereby required to make report to the lords of her majesties' privy councill of these ministers who shall faill of their duty. And [also] ordains these presents, with the foresaid act of the commission of assembly, to be printed and this act to be published at the mercat cross of Edinburgh, and haill remanent mercat crosses of the head burghs of the shires and stewartries of the kingdom, that none pretend ignorance, and that copies be dispersed in the usual manner to sheriffs, stewarts, baillies of regalities or their deputes and magistrats of burghs, as likewayes to all ministers that they may seriously exhort all persons to a sincere and devout observance of the premisses.
The committies appointed to meet to morrow at ten a clock.
The lord chancellor, by order of his majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Tuesday next at ten a clock.