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No Minister, for saying he is forsaken of his Church, or persecuted, shall thereupon be received by another Church, until that by good Certificates he shall make appear to the Synod, or Colloque, how he shall have behav'd and govern'd himself; and the whole shall be referr'd to the prudence and discretion of a Colloque, or Provincial Synod.
This Article also tends to nothing else but to restrain the Enterprises of such Ministers as shall insinuate them∣selves into Churches without being called, or not ha∣ving good Testimonies of their behaviour, and of the cause wherefore they pretend to be forsaken of their Churches; therefore it is that our Discipline refers the Decision of these matters to the discretion of Synods, according to the Canon of Antioch, in the year 34. Can. 16.