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 wonderfull Succeſſe for the good of Religion; That the ſaid Covenant ſuſpendeth the Practiſe of Novations already introduced, and the Approbation of the Corruptions of the preſent Governement of the Kirk, with the civill Places and Power of Kirk-men, till they be tryed in a free Generall Aſſembly: And that now, after long and ſerious Examination it is found, That by the Confeſſion of Faith, the five Articles of Perth, and Epiſcopal-government, are abjured, and be removed out of this Kirk, and the civill Places and Powers of Kirk-men, are declared to be unlawfull; the Aſſembly alloweth and approveth the ſame, in all the Heads and Articles thereof, and ordaineth, that all Miniſters, Matters of Univerſities, Colledges and Schooles, and all others, who have not already ſubſcribed the ſaid Confeſſion and Covenant, ſhall ſubſcribe the ſame, with theſe Words prefixed to the Subſcription, viz. The Article of this Covenant, which was a the firſt Subſcription, referred to the Determination of the Generall Aſſembly, being now determined at Glaſgow, in December 1638: And thereby, the five Articles of Perth and the Governement of the Kirk by Biſhops, being declared to be abjured and removed, the civill Places and Power of Kirk-men declared to be unlawfull. We ſubſcrive according to the Determination of the ſaid free and lawfull Generall Aſſembly, holder at Glaſgow; and ordaineth, ad perpe tuam rei memoriam, the ſaid Covenant with this Declaration to be inſert in the Regiſters of the Aſſemblies of this Kirk, Generall, Provinciall and Presbyteriall.

O all and ſundry whom it effeirs, to whoſe Knowledge theſe Preſents ſhall come; ſpecially to the Reverence and Honourable Members of the future Aſſembly to be holden at Edinburgh the 12th Day of Auguſt, 1639 Years: Me