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 Therefore the Aſſembly, all in one Voice, hath rejected and condemned, and by theſe Preſents, doth reject and condemn the ſaid Book, as contrare to the Confeſſion of our Faith, and repugnant to the eſtabliſhed Government, the Book of Diſcipline, and the Acts and Conſtitutions of our Kirk, prohibits the Uſe and Practiſe of the ſame; and ordains Presbyteries to proceed with the Cenſure of the Kirk againſt all ſuch as ſhall tranſgreſſe.

III. The Aſſembly having conſidered the Book of Conſecration and Ordination, findeth it to have been framed by the Prelats, to have been introduced and practiſed without Warrand of Authority, either Civill or Eccleſiaſticall; and it eſtabliſheth Offices in God's-houſe, which are not warranted by the Word of God, and are repugnant to the Diſcipline and Conſtitutione of our Kirk; That it is an Impediment  the Entrie of fit and worthy Men to the Miniſtry, and to  Diſcharge of their Duty after their Entrie, conform to  Diſcipline of our Kirk: Therefore the Aſſembly, all in  Voice, hath rejected and condemned, and by theſe Preſent, do reject and condemne the ſaid Book; and prohibits  Uſe and Practiſe of the ſame; and ordains Presbyteries  proceed with the Cenſure of the Kirk againſt all ſuch as  tranſgreſſe.

IV. The Generall Aſſembly, after due Trial, having That the Court of High Commiſſion, hath been erected without the Conſent or Procurement of the Kirk, or Conſent  the Eſtates in Parliament; That it ſubverteth the  and ordinary Judicatories and Aſſemblies of the Kirk-ſeſſions, Presbyteries, provinciall and nationall Aſſemblies; That it  not regulate by Laws, Civill or Eccleſiaſticall, but at the Diſcretion and Arbitrement of Commiſſioners; That it given to eccleſiaſticall Perſons, the Power of both the Swords,  to Perſons meerly Civill, the Power of the Keys and Kirk-cenſures: Therefore the Aſſembly, all in one Voice, hath  allowed and condemned, and by theſe Preſents, doth  and condemne the ſaid Court, as unlawfull in it ſelf, and prejudiciall to the Liberties of Chriſt's-Kirk and Kingdome,  King's Honour, in maintaining the eſtabliſhed Laws and  of the Kirk; and prohibits the Uſe and  of the ſame; and ordaines Presbyteries to proceed with  Cenſures of the Kirk, againſt all ſuch as ſhall tranſgreſſe.

The General Aſſembly of the Church of Scotland, in ſame Aſſembly at Glaſgow, Dec. 13, 1638, judicially ded