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April 1613. THE SYNOD OF FIFE. 59
wanteth good workis and ane holy lytF is dcid and ineffectual!, and is noclit the instrument of
trevv salvatioune and justificatioune.
I know and am fullie perswadit that fayth cometh hy heiring the Word of God preached,
and that the sacramcntis ar the sealis and confirmatiouns of the samine word ; and thairfor, I
abhorr all kynd of service and administratioune publict in the kirk, ether of the word or sacra-
mentis, in ane \Tiknowen toung.
I acknowledge thair ar two Saeramentis onUe apperteining to all christians in the New Tes-
tament, Baptisme and the Lordis Supper.
I confes that the breid and wyne ar nocht transubstantiate in the Lordis supper, hot only
change in thair vse ; and thairfor, the breid remaines breid, and the wyne, ^^\■ync, efter the
wordis of the institutioune. The elementis, being that way sanctefide, ar nocht onlie signes, hot
also suir sealis of the giffing and receiving of the spiritual! thing signified.
Since God wilbe servit in spirituall worship only according to his commandement, and that
praver is ane of the principall poratis of his service, and since that God be his word hath de-
clarit that to his Majestic only we awclit to pray, as to him who hath power almightie, mercie
endles, knowledg sufficient of all our misteris and miseries, outward and inward ; and since
thair is hot ane God and ane mediatour betwix God and man, Thairfoir to God only will I
pray, and wiU acknowledg and imploy the Lord Jesus allenarlie, and no vther in heavine nor
in the earth, for my mediatour, both of redemptioune and intercessioune.
I acknowledg that the Kings Majestic is supreme governour, immediatelie \'nder God, over all
persons and in all causes, baith civill and ecclesiasticall, within his Majesties awn dominiounes,
and that no foiTeiu estaites or preist hes any jurisdictione over me in any of the foirsaidis
causes.
And finaUie, with my hart I io}Tie my self with the Kirk of Scotland, that publictlie ac-
cording to the present lawes of the countrey professis the reformed religioun, preached be the
ordinar ministeris that pubhctlie and avowedUe preach the same, and as our soverainc lord
the Kings Majestic, in his awin persone, and be his lawes, makis professioune thairof. I acknow-
ledg the said Kirk of Scotland to be ane pairt of the trew visible Kirk, and I ioync thairto as
ane trew member thairof. And theis articles I subscryve and sweir simplie and sincerelie as
thei stand, without equivocatioune or mental! reservatioune, so saue me God in that gryt day.
Sic subscribitur. Gray.
The witnesses, my Lord Archbishop of St. Androis, Mr. Georg Young rectour of the Vni-
versitie, my Lord Commissar, Duncane Balfour provest, Jhone Amot and Mr. Wilham Wcjtus
bailyies. Sir Jhone Lermonth of Balcomie knight, Mr. Robert Lermonth advocat, the Laird of
Corstou-n, Mr. Arthour Futhie, Mr. WiUiam Lumisden, Mr. Andro Mortown, with vthcris dyvers.
Gray. — And becaus the monumentis of idolatrie painted in the kirk
of Fowles ar nocht as yet removed, the Synode gifFes be thir prefcntis full
power and commiffioun to Mrs. Andro Clayhills, Jhone Duncane, Rolicrt