Series 3 > Minutes of the Synod of Argyll, 1639-1651 (1652-1661) > 1639-1651

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SYNOD OF ARGYLL
exact compt and payment thereof to the next assembly
that it may be imployed upon pious uses according to the
Act of Parliament, Ordaineing lykwayes the said pres-
byterie to concur with and assist our said collector here¬
unto as they shall be answereable.
Vacand The vacand kirks within the presbyterie of Lorn :
kirks in Kilchoan—1 yeir, Ylandfinan—1 yeire, Lesmore—5 yeers,
terie presby °f Munne in Glencoan—5 yeers. All the kirks in Mull
are fund vacand for the tyme. Kilvoruy in Aresaig, Kil-
mailzie, Kilmaneveg, thir three kirks hes been vacand
since the reformation.
The assembly appoynts Mr Ard me Caiman their col¬
lector for uplifting the foirsaid vacancies, and to be
comptable to the next synod.
Foliowes the vacancies within the presbyterie of Argyle :
Craignais vacand—2 yeers, Inneraray vacand—1 yeir, viz.,
1648, whereof twa hundreth twentie two marks was given
to the ministers who preached there by turns to beare their
charges be the appoyntment of the provincial!, and what
rests undebursed upon Mr Ewin Campbell hands, if there
be any, the assembly appoynts Mr Dugald Campbell to
exact ane accompt thereof and to uplift all other vacancies
within the presbyterie.
The vacancies within the presbyterie of Kintyre : Kil-
morie in Aran—5 yeers, Kilbryd in Aran since May day
last by reason of Mr Jon Knox his suspension.
The assembly appoynts Mr Dugald Darroch collector for
uplifting the vacancyes within the presbyterie of Kintyre
and to be comptable to the next synod.
Whereas the parishioners of the severall kirks within the
presbyterie of Sky did not as yet subscryb the Legue and
Covenant, The assembly ordaines the said presbyterie to
Eippoynt ane day of solemne humiliation throwout their
bounds, makeing intimation thereof at the severall kirks,
and to requyre them to the subscrybeing of the League
and Covenant according to the ordinance of the generall
assembly thereanent in all poynts, and that under the
paine of deposition, if by there negligence the samine be
procrastinat.