WHereas the Meeting of the Estates of this Kingdom , by their Proclamation dated at Edinburgh , the thirteenth day of April , of this instant year of God , one thousand six hundred eighty nine , did Command and Require all the Ministers of the Gospel within the Kingdom of Scotland , publickly to Pray for King William and Queen Mary , as King and Queen of this Realm , and to read that Proclamation from their Pulpits upon the several Lords Days therein exprest ; as also , the Estates of the Kingdom did Prohibite and Discharge any Injury to be offered by any Person whatsoever , to any Minister of the Gospel , either in Churches or Meeting-Houses , who were then , viz. on the 13th of April last , in Possession and Exercise of their Ministry , either in Churches or Meeting-Houses , they behaving themselves dutifully under the present Government . And it being most just and reasonable , that the foresaid Proclamation be fully Performed and Obeyed , as most necessary for the Security of the Peace of the Kingdom , and that such Ministers who gave Obedience should be Secure under the Protection of the Law , and that the Pain of Deprivation be Inflicted upon all those Ministers who have Disobeyed the Proclamation . Therefore the Lords of His Majesties Privy Council , in their Majesties Name and Authority , Do strictly Command and Charge , that none of the Leidges take on Hand to do any Violence or Injury to any of the Ministers of the Gospel , whether they be Preaching in Churches or Meeting-Houses , and that all such as were in Possession and Exercise of their Ministry upon the 13th Day of April last , be allowed to Continue undisturbed , and that such Ministers as have been Removed , Dispossessed or Restrained without a Legal Sentence in the Exercise of their Ministry , since the 13th day of April last , shall be Allowed to Return , and Exercise their Ministry without Disturbance . And Ordains the Sheriffs and their Deputs , Stewards , Baillies , and other Magistrats , within their respective Bounds , to give their Assistance for making the Premisses effectual ; As also , that such Ministers who have not read the Proclamation , and prayed for King William and Queen Mary , according to the Tenor thereof , may be Deprived of their Benefice , and Restrained to Officiat in their Churches . The Lords of His Majesties Privy Council do Invite and Allow the Parochioners and Hearers of such Ministers as have neglected and slighted the reading of the Proclamation , and praying for King William and Queen Mary , to Cite such Ministers before the Privy Council ; and grants Warrand for Citing and Adducing Witnesses to prove the same , that such Ministers as have Disobeyed , may by a Legal Sentence be Deprived of their Benefices , and that none of the Leidges at their own hand , without a Legal Sentence and Warrand , presume to meddle in this matter . And Ordains these Presents to be Printed , and Published by Macers of Privy Council , and Messengers , at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh , and other places needful , that none may pretend Ignorance . Extracted by me