Synodicon in Gallia reformata, or, The acts, decisions, decrees, and canons of those famous national councils of the reformed churches in France being I. a most faithful and impartial history of the rise, growth, perfection and decay of the reformation in that kingdom, with its fatal catastrophe upon the revocation of the Edict of Nants in the year 1685 : II. the confession of faith and discipline of those churches : III. a collection of speeches, letters, sacred politicks, cases of conscience, and controversies in divinity, determined and resolved by those grave assemblies : IV. many excellent expedients for preventing and healing schisms in the churches and for re-uniting the dismembred body of divided Protestants : V. the laws, government, and maintenance of their colleges, universities and ministers, together with their exercise of discipline upon delinquent ministers and church-members : VI. a record of very many illustrious events of divine providence relating to those churches : the whole collected and composed out of original manuscript acts of those renowned synods : a work never be extant in any language.

CHAP. XI. On the Chapter of Colledges and Universities.

17 THE Synod of Anjou petitioned that the Fourth Canon concer∣ning Professors of Divinity and the Hebrew Tongue who are Ministers to be reputed Pastors of that Church wherein the University is seated, might be explained. This Synod confirming the decree of Alez, declareth this to be the sence and meaning of it, That the Churches are not obliged to give them Wages, nor imploy them in such frequent ser∣vices as their ordinary Pastors, but leaveth it to die prudence and discre∣tion of Consistories to agree with the said Professors about their work and maintenance as they shall judge most consonant to reason and equity.

18. In that Fifth Canon by which the Province of Higher Languedoc is censured, after those words, And for not having observed all the Formali∣ties required by the Discipline in the reception of the said Monsieur Beraud into the Professors Chair of Divinity, shall be added these following, When as the said Sieur Beraud had submitted himself unto the most Rigorons Examen, even as the Deputies themselves of that very self-same Province had attested.

19. On the Eleventh Canon which had setled the Colledge of the Province of Sevennes in the Town of Anduze by provision only, till the meeting of this present Synod. This Assembly ordaineth that since by their silence both that Province and the City of Alez do seem to consent unto it, things shall continue in that Estate in which they are at present.

20. Reading that Article about bringing in the Accompts of our Col∣ledges and Universities, Monsieur Basnage and le Clerk Pastors, and Du Port and du Four Elders, were constituted a Committee to examine all such Accompts.