with a ruling elder for each minister, are erected into another presbytery, to be called the presbytery of the North Isles, to meet at Eday; and in cases of weight and difficulty, one of the ministers of Kirkwall, and the ministers of Evie and Deerness, to correspond with the North Isles presbyteries, and meet therewith.-Act 10.

1724. The parishes of Glenelg, Kintail, Lochailish, Lochcarron, Gairloch, Lochbroom, Assint, are erected into a presbytery, called the presbytery of Gairloch, to have their ordinary meeting in that place. And the parishes of Kilmanivaig, Abertarff, Laggan and Urquhart, and Glenmoristoun, are erected into another presbytery, called Abertarff; to meet at Killiewhimmin. And the whole parishes in the Isle of Sky are erected into another presbytery, named Sky; their ordinary meetings to be at Strowan in Braccadale. These, with the presbytery of Long Island, to be erected into a synod, named Glenelg ; to meet at Glenelg.-Act 5.

1725. The parishes of Kirkwall, Deerness and St Andrews, Holme, South Ronaldsay, Evie and Randall, are united into one presbytery, called Kirkwall; to meet at Kirkwall. The parishes of Birsay and Harray, Firth. and Stenhouse, Orphir, Sandwick, Stromness, Græmsay and Hoy, are united into one presbytery, called Cairstoun; their ordinary meetings to be at Cairstoun, now at Stromness. The parishes of Rousay and Egilshay, Westray and Papa Westray, Cross Burness and North Ronaldsay, Lady Parish, Stronsay and Eday, and Shapinshay, to continue their meetings as formerly at Eday, and to retain the name of the presbytery of the North Isles. And these three presbyteries are erected into a synod, called Orkney; to meet at Kirkwall.-Act 5.

1726. The parishes of Diurness, Edrachilles, Tong, and Far, are disjoined from the presbytery of Caithness, and the parishes of Kildonan and Assint from that of Dornock, and erected into a presbytery called Tong; to meet at Tong. The presbytery of Dornock is disjoined from the synod of Ross, and, along with Caithness and Tong, erected into a synod, called Caithness and Sutherland, to meet at Dornock and Thurso per vices.-Act. 4.

1729. The parishes within the isles of Mull, Tiree, and Coll, and the country of Ardnamurchan, Sunnard, and Morven, consisting of six ministerial charges, viz. Torosay, Morven, Tiree, Ardnamurchan, Kilfinichen, and Kilninian, are erected into a presbytery, named Mull, to meet at Arras in Mull: and the parishes of Lismore and Appin, Ardchattan and Muckairn, Kilmoir and Kilbride, Kilbranden and Kilchatten, Kilninver and Kilmelfort, are erected into a presbytery, called Lorn; their place of meeting Kilmoir.-Act 5.

1740. Presbyteries are discharged from consenting to, or conniving at the suppression or annexation of parishes, without the consent or approbation of the synod of the bounds, or the General Assembly. Act 5.

1742. The parishes of Lochs, Stornoway, Barfas, and Uig, are disjoined from the presbytery of Long Island, and erected into a presbytery, called Lewis, to meet at Carlaway and the parishes of Harris, North Uist, South Uist, and Barra, are erected into another presbytery, named Uist their ordinary meetings to be at Carinish.-Act 4.· 1743. The parishes of Annan, Hoddam, Dornoch, Middlebee, Kirkpatrick, and Gretna, from the presbytery of Middlebee, and the parishes of Cummertrees and Ruthwell, from the presbytery of Lochmaben, are erected into a presbytery named Annan, to meet at Annan. And the parishes of Langholm, Ewes, Westerkirk, Eskdalemoor, from the presbytery of Middlebee, and the parish of Castletoun from that of Jedburgh, are erected into a presbytery, called Langholm; their place of meeting Langholm. -Act 5.

1745. Synods are prohibited to disjoin any parish from a presbytery, and annex the same to another, without first having the authority of the General Assembly; and that what shall be done in virtue of such authority, be reported to the Assembly next following, and their approbation had to any such annexation or disjunction.-Act 5.

1776. The parish of Nenthorn is disjoined from the presbytery of Lauder, and annexed to that of Kelso; and the ministers of Nenthorn declared constituent members of the presbytery of Kelso in all time coming.—Act 8.

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1830. The presbytery of Zetland separated into two presbyteries, to be called the presbyteries of Lerwick and Burravoe, and constituted the synod of Zetland.-Act 8.

APPEALS*.

1639. That in all time thereafter, no appellations be, leaping over either presbytery or synod, but to ascend by degrees; as, from the kirk-session to the presbytery, or from the presbytery to the synod, and from the synod to the General Assembly; except it be after the synod be past, and immediately before the General Assembly, or in the time thereof: and all former acts made to this effect are renewed.-Act Sess. 23, Aug. 30.

1643. That the foresaid acts anent appeals be extended also to bills and references; that all bills whatever of particular concern, whereunto all parties having interest are not cited, be rejected; that all bills be first presented to the inferior judicatures of the kirk, which may competently consider of them, and from them be orderly and gradatim brought to the assembly, according to the order prescribed in the above act; that if all the parties having interest in appellations and references of particular concernment, have been present in the inferior judicature when the appeal and reference was made, there is no necessity for citation; but, in case of their absence, citation of parties is so necessary, that if it be wanting, appellations and references should not be received; that, conform to former acts of assemblies, appellations, post sententiam, be made within ten days after the sentence, and otherwise not to be respected.-Overt. Sess. 2. Arts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Aug. 3.

1648. For clearing the sense of article 5, above mentioned, it is declared, That if appellations, post latam sententiam, be not presented to the judicatory when the sentence is pronounced, the party shall then, immediately after the sentence, protest for liberty of appeal, as he

* Vide Acts of Assembly, 30th Aug. 1639, and Form of Process, c. v. (vol. i, p. 152.)

shall see cause; and accordingly, within ten days, shall give in his appeal, in writ, under his hand, either to the judicatory, or the moderator thereof, otherwise the appeal is not to be respected.-Act Sess. 30, Aug. 5.

1694. That any appeals made in writ under the appellant's hand, with the reasons thereof, in presence of the judicatory appealed from, shall be extracted by the appellant in due form, from the records of the said judicatory, and produced to the judicatory appealed to, at the discussing thereof, with a citation of the parties defenders therein, either apud acta if they be present when the appeal is made, or a separate citation if they be absent; and that all parties who have immediately after sentence verbally appealed, and protested for liberty to give in their subscribed appeals, with the reasons thereof, within the space of ten days thereafter, according to the former practice, shall, within that space, give in their said subscribed appeals, with the reasons thereof, to the clerk of the judicatory appealed from, notwithstanding it may be up before that time: And likewise, that they shall within the same ten days intimate their said appeal, with the reasons of the same, to the moderator of the said judicatory, and leave an authentic copy thereof with him ; which appeals and reasons are allowed to be registrated by the clerk, and summons to be directed by him, for citing the parties defenders thereupon; and extracts thereof, with the citation foresaid, are appointed to be produced by the appellants at discussing, to the judicatory appealed to; and the clerk of the judicatory appealed from is appointed to intimate to the said judicatory, at their first meeting thereafter, that such appeals were given in to him; and all defenders in appeals, who insist upon the discussion thereof, are appointed to produce extracts of the said appeal, and reasons thereof, to the judicatory appealed to. And it is declared, That any appeals or insistings thereanent, otherwise made, shall be rejected.-Act 8.

1696. The appeals and protestations made to the Assembly 1696, from the committee of Assembly 1694, for the North, declared to be deserted and fallen from,

&c. because not insisted in before that Assembly.-Act 26.

1707. Vide Form of Process, ch. v. vol. 1 of Compend. pp. 152, 153, 154.

1732. In explanation of the above § 10. cap. 5. Form Process, It is appointed, That in all time coming, an appeal shall stop the finishing of the settlement of a parish by an inferior judicature, until it is either fallen from or discussed: Nevertheless a presbytery may proceed to take trials, serve the edict, and go on with all the other. previous steps towards the settlement, only the ordination or admission shall stop until the appeal be discussed.-Act 5.

ATHEISM.

---1696. It is seriously recommended to ministers of the gospel, and they are enjoined, where there is any apparent hazard of contagion from the atheistical principles of such as only go under the name of deists, to warn and guard the Lord's people against that infernal course, and to detect the abominableness of the tenets of these men ; such as, the denying of all revealed religion, the grand mysteries of the gospel, viz.." The doctrine of the Trinity, the incarnation of the Messiah, his satisfaction to justice, salvation through him, justification by his imputed righteousness to them who believe in his name, the resurrection of the dead; and in a word, the certainty and authority of scripture revelation: As also, their as-serting, that there must be a mathematical evidence for each purpose, before we can be obliged to assent to any proposition thereanent; and, that natural light is sufficient to salvation." And it is required, that the authors that treat well of these subjects, be named to the people, in order to perusal. As likewise, that ministers deal seriously with the seduced, and such as are most in hazard of being perverted, but especially with seducers and impostors, that, after sufficient instruction and admonition, these may be proceeded against, as scandalous and heretical apostates use to be. And all ministers,