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And to the End the Acts of Synods may be preserv'd, and that future use may be made of them for deciding Questions which may be propos'd in National Synods; the said Acts as well of the time past as to come, and all others which con∣cern the Synods, together with the Articles of Discipline, and confession of Faith of the conformed Churches, shall be left to be kept in Custody of the Deputies of the Province which shall be named for convocating the next National Synod, and
the said Province shall stand bound to carry them to the Synod.
We read in the 86 Cannon of the African Code, which is supposed to be of the Council of Mileua in the year 402, we there read a Decree much like Ours;
It has been thought fit by all the Bishops which have subscribed to this Council, that the Matricule and the Archives of Numidia, may be preserved in the Church of the first See, and in Constantinople, which is the Metropolitan City.