Our Souerane Lord, with aduise of the thrie Estaitis of this present
Parliament, hes declarit and grantit Jurisdictioun to the Kirk;
quhilk consistis and standis in the preacheing of the trew word
of Jesus Chryst, correctioun of maneris, and administratioun of
the haly Sacramentis; and declaris that thair is na vther face of
Kirk nor vther face of religion then is presentlie be the favour
of God, establishit within this realme; and that thair be na vther
jurisdiction ecclesiasticale acknawlegit within this realme, vther
than that quhilk is and salbe within the samyn Kirk, or that quhilk
flowis thairfra, concerning the premisses.
And further, Commission was granted to the Earl of Morton and others
“To convene in Edinburgh, the xj. day of Aprile nixttocum, to
searche furth mair speciallie, and to consider quhat wther speciall
poyntis or clauses sould appertene to the Jurisdictioun, priuilege
and auctoritie of the said Kirk; and to report thair declaratioun
thairanent, to our Souerane Lord and thrie Estatis of this
Parliament, sua that they may tak ordour thairintill, and authorise
the samyn be act of Parliament,” &c.