XVII.
Ministers shall preside in Order in their Consistories, to the end that none might pretend superiority over each other; and none of them shall give testimony of any matter of importance, until they have first communicated it to the Ministers, his Brethren and Companions.
This Article is only a continuance of the former; for if there is to be an Equality amongst Ministers, so that they cannot pretend superiority one above the other; it is just that when there are several in one Church, that they should preside every one in his Turn and Rank in the Consistory, and that none of them should do any thing of his own head, without taking along the advice of his Brethren, and even of all those who have share in the conduct of the Flock, especially when there is question of any thing of importance.