OF

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES

OF THE

KIRK OF SCOTLAND,

FROM THE YEAR M.D.LX.

COLLECTED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC MANUSCRIPTS.

PART THIRD. M.D.XCIII.-M.DC.XVIII.

EDINBURGH, M.DCCC.XLV.

LINCO

Ar an Extraordinary General Meeting of the BANNATYNE CLUB, held in the Apartments of the Antiquarian Society, on Friday the 8th of July 1836:

THE PRESIDENT having stated, that the destruction of the early Registers of the Church of Scotland, in the year 1834, being no longer a matter of doubt, it had become highly desirable that measures should be taken for collecting and printing, in addition to the volume known by the title of "The Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland," whatever else could yet be recovered from authentic sources of the recorded proceedings of the General Assemblies, from the era of the Reformation to the period from which the original Registers were still extant. The Meeting approved of the President's recommendation, and he was requested to take such steps as he might judge fit for preparing a specimen of the proposed Work.

Ar a Meeting of the COMMITTEE of the BANNATYNE CLUB, held at Edinburgh, in the House of the President, on Monday the 13th day of November 1837:

The PRESIDENT stated, that he expected soon to exhibit a specimen of "The Booke of the Universall Kirk,"-and suggested, that it should be put within the option of the MAITLAND CLUB to secure copies of the Work, by furnishing paper and paying a proportionate share of the expense. The Secretary was directed to make a communication to this effect.

AT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the BANNATYNE CLUB, held in the Hall of the Antiquarian Society, on Monday the 29th of January 1838 :

In pursuance of the Minute of the Committee on the 13th of November last, and after communicating with the Committee of the Maitland Club, it was RESOLVED,-That the printing of "The Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland," containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Church, from the year M.D.LX., be proceeded with, under the superintendence of THOMAS THOMSON, Esq., President of the Club, at the joint expense, and for the use, of the Members of the BANNATYNE and MAITLAND CLUBS.

DAVID LAING, SECRETARY.

Ar an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Bannatyne Club, held at Edinburgh, in the Hall of the Antiquarian Society, on Monday the 15th day of April 1839:

RESOLVED, That the First Part of "The Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland, from the year M.D.LX., collected from the most authentic Manuscripts," and now printing for the Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs, be circulated among the Members.

DAVID LAING, SECRETARY.

THE Volume now presented to the Club, embraces the concluding portion of the Recorded Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland, held within the period contemplated in the present Work. Its delivery has been retarded by accidental circumstances, in themselves of little importance; but the delay has afforded an opportunity of rendering this compilation somewhat more accurate and complete.

The Index to the entire Work has been compiled by Mr David Meek, with that extreme accuracy and exact knowledge of the early history of the Scottish Church, for which he has been so long distinguished. It may be proper to mention, that the additions and corrections to the Index were chiefly owing to his great anxiety to render it more perfect, from new sources of information which became available after the sheets had been sent to press.

EDINBURGH, March 1845.