Right Honorable and weel-beloved brethren, after our hearty
commendationes in the Lord Jesus Christ: This present is to advertise
you that we have received your Letter; and, at the requisitione of
our minister and Provest, haveing commissione thereto, hes sighted,
seen, and considered your writting and Act of the Generall Assembly,
in the whilk is contained the great labours taken be Satane and his
members making impediment to the proceedings of the Evangell and
furthsetting of the glory of God, sustentation of the ministrie, the
poor and needy, and the contraire now to be provided be the Assembly
Generall of the Christian Kirk of this realme now to be conveined,
the 20th of July instant, craving of us our concurrence to the effect
forsaid, together with our personal presence. It shall please your
Wisdomes; understand, and most assuredly believe us professors of
the Evangell of the Kirk, within the Burgh of Aberdeen, to be of ane
minde, and, be the grace of God, to continue to the maintenance of
the furthsetting of the Glory of God, teaching of the true Evangell
and sustentation of the ministers, with help unto the poore, and unto
the tyme your Wisdomes, with the nobilitie, find ane order universall
for the ministrie, we shall, for our own part, God willing, sustaine
our minister, so that of reason he shall have no cause to plaint,
and to the poore after our power doe semblablie, as uther burroughs
shall take order; and, as to our personall presence to conveen at
this tyme, hes given and sent our minister, Adam Herriot, to concurr
and assist in our name to the effect forsaid, and to declare unto
your Wisdomes the impediment of our personall presence at this tyme;
praying your Wisdomes, notwithstanding our absence, to credite us
faithfullie to abide at your decree to be sett out be you and the
Assembly, to the effect foresaid, and to maintain the samen with
our bodies and goods as tyme shall reqyre. And, farther, having no
occasione at this present to wryte, committs you to the protectione
of the Highest. Written at Aberdeene, the 12th of this instant, and
subscribed with our Provest’s hand, at our command, at Aberdeene, be
them that are your assured,