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. VIII. On the Chapter of APPEALS.

* 1.16 WHEN as that Canon was read concerning the Church of Ganges, and Monsieur Codur formerly Pastor of it: The Assem∣bly understanding by the Provincial Deputies of Sevennes that the said Province could not in all this time provide a Church for the said Codur, It doth now decree that the said Province shall present him unto one between this and their next Synod, and in case of their neglect, the said Codur is injoyned to wait upon the Synod of Dolphiny, which is ordered by this Assembly to assign him a particular Church, where he may profitably im∣ploy himself in the Ministry, and not rust in Idleness.

* 1.27. The Canon concerning the Church of St. Laurence, and Monsieur Tuffan their late Pastor, suspended by the Synod of Alez, and whose Sus∣pension was prolonged till the sitting of this Synod, but under this con∣dition, that he might be restored unto his Ministerial Office if so be the calling of this National Synod had been deferred for any longer time. This Assembly being informed by the Deputies of Lower Languedoc, that the said Tuffan hath ever since his suspension demeaned himself with very much Humility and Modesty, and suffered very great hardships in the late troubles for which reasons he had been restored unto his Office in the last Synod held at Ʋsez according as it had pleased the aforesaid Synod of Alez to concede it, had the said Province then and there received the News of the Calling of this Assembly. Wherefore this Assem∣bly approving fully the Decree of the Synod at Ʋsez, and confirming the said Tuffan again in his Ministry, doth overlook that Formality omitted by the said Synod, which should have tarried till the time prescribed by the Synod of Alez were totally expired, and farther it doth mitigate the rigour of the Canon of that Synod, and permits the Synod of Lower Languedoc to assign unto the said Tuffan a particular Church in the Collo∣quy of Nismes, or any one near unto it, but still with the consent of the said Colloquy.

Notes

• * 1.1

  This Codur Apostatized afterward in his Old Age; and was therefore De∣posed by the Synod of Loudun, 1659
• * 1.2

  See of this Tuffan Syn. of Alez. Appeal 63. and the Roll of Apost. in the second Synod of Charenton.