ACT For Securing Mr. James Guthrie and others.  
At EDINBURGH the 23. day of August, 1660.  
THe Committee of Estates now presently convened by His Majesty's special Warrant and Authority, Upon Information given to them of a Conventicle and private Meeting of some Remonstrator and Protesting Ministers and others at Edinburgh, for which, they had neither Warrant from the Ordinary, Civil, or Ecclesiastic Courts; And the said Committee, being by His Majesty's special Commission and Commands, Entrusted and Impowered with the Caring, Ordering, and Providing for what may conduce for the Peace of this His Majesty's Ancient Kingdom, and support of His Power and Authority thererein, Finding such unlawful Conventicles, upon what pretence soever, without Public lawful Authority, expressly deregatory to His Majesty's Royal Prerogative, and tending to the disturbance of the present Peace of His Majesty's Dominions: Gave Order and Command to some of their Number, to search and make trial after the occasion and reason of their Meeting, who in the said Inquiry, found them with Petitions subscribed, and some Papers and Letters scroled, to be sent for convocating all of their own Judgement, Containing many particulars reflecting upon His Sacred Majesty, the Government of our Neighbour Church and Kingdom of England, and Constitution of this present Committee, and many other things directly tending to Seditions, raising of new Tumults, And (if possible) rekindling a civil War amongst His Majesty's good Subjects. Therefore, the said Committee have thought fit, and hereby Ordains the Persons, Subscribers of the said's Papers, and these in Company at the updrawing thereof; They are to say, Mr. James Guthrie, Mr. Robert Trail, Mr. John Sterling, Mr. Alexander Moncreif, Mr. John Semple, Mr. Thomas Ramsay, Mr. Gilbert Hall, Mr. John Scot, Mr. George Nairn, Mr. John Murray Ministers, and John Kirko, Ruling Elder, to be Committed Prisoners within the Castle of Edinburgh, therein to remain, until His Majesty's pleasure shall be further made known; And gives warrant to the present Captain of the said Castle, to receive them Prisoners, and to keep them in safe Custody. Extracted forth of the Books of the said Committee, be me  
JO. HAY Cler. Com.   

Edinburgh, Printed by a Society of Stationers, 1660.