THe Commission of the Generall Assembly considering how greivous a sin against God and scandall to Religion it were for any of this Kirke and Kingdom to joine or comply with any of the Sectarian Enemy, who having most injustly invaded this Kingdom, hath shed so much of the blood of Gods people, is destroying the Land, are so wicked Enemies to the Truth of God, & worke of Reformation. And having heard, that some already have fallen into those sins: Therfore the Commission, for removeing so greivous Scandall, ordaines, that all such, as have, or shall joine in Armes or Councell with the afore said Enemy, upon the cleare notice & evidence therof, shall be excommunicate; And all such as shall be found to have procured pro­tections from the fore said Enemy execute any orders from them, or given them Intelligence, or have spoken favourably of them to the ad­vantage of their Cause: And all such as shall be found in any other way to comply with them, shall be censured according to the degrees of their compliance, as others have bin censured, who have complyed with other Enemies of the Covenant and Cause of God, and the peace of this Kirke and Kingdom: And to the effect that all persons may be made to guard & keepe them­selves from being misled or carried away with any Inticement or Tentation unto such courses, it is appointed that this Act be read in all Congrega­tions of this Kirke.