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. XVIII. No Minister to Depart the Kingdom without the Kings Leave.

THE Lord Commissioner declaring that it was His Majesties Will and Pleasure according to Law that none of our Pastors should depart the Kingdom without his Royal License, and that in case any Foreign Princes or States desired that any of our Ministers might be either lent them for a time, or given to them absolutely during Life, that then the said Minister should according to our Laws first obtain His Majesties Licence for his departure. The Council resigned it self and all the Ministers of our Churches most fully and freely, as they have ever done, unto the Laws of the Land.

This Synod inquiring into the causes obstructing the Execution of those particular Canons that the last National Synod had made for the better Government of the Province of Provence, judged that the said Province did justly deserve a Censure in case it cannot vindicate and acquit it self from all impeachments of neglect herein. And whereas the Sieurs Crubellier and Chambrun who were appointed Commissioners by the Synod of Charenton to visit that Province had been counterman∣ded by Monsieur Recent, the said Recent is injoyned to appear before

the next Synod of Lower Languedoc and there to answer unto all Mat∣ters that shall be brought in against him, and the said Synod shall su∣spend him from the Ministry in case he be found to have deserved it. And those Excuses of the Sieurs Crubellier and Chambrun are accepted, but withall, the Reverend Mr. Chauve and Bouteroue, and in case they by some lawful hindrance should be detained, then the Reverend Mr. Le Faucheur and Conel are charged to go unto the next Synod of Pro∣vence, and there see the aforesaid Canons of those former National Sy∣nods to be put in Execution, and to remedy those disorders, which may and do retard their Observation.

The Agreement made between the said Province, and the Widow of Monsieur Toussains is approved and confirmed.

The Commissioners appointed for remedying the Confusions in the said Province shall give judgment in that case complained of by the Church of Lormarin, and brought before this Assembly.

The Synod confirming the Sentence of the Province of the Isle of France, decreeth that Monsieur du Val shall be numbred among the Pastors that be Emeriti, and that a free Portion shall be assigned and payed in unto him as unto others of the same quality, and under his Circumstances.

That the Twelfth Article in the Chapter of Colledges and Universi∣ties may be more accurately observed than heretofore, all Provinces within whose district the said Universities be Erected are earnestly ex∣horted to put forth their helping hand, that they be reduc't into practice, and they shall bring proof of their Obedience yielded to this Canon, unto the next National Synod.

The Province of Guyenne requesting it, this Council doth confirm the R. R. Mr. Alba, and Ferrand in the Pastoral Charge of the Chur∣ches of Agen and Bourdeaux.

Report being made by the Commissioners appointed for examining the Memoirs of Monsieur du Bois a Pastor sent by the last National Synod unto the Church of Fontaines and Crossy till the sitting of the next Synod of Normandy, upon the first Article of his Complaints and Demands, he was ordered to apply himself unto the Province of Anjou, and the said Province should bestir themselves so effectually, that he may have full satisfaction, and all his Debts payd him, espe∣cially by the Lady de la Barce, and upon the Second that the Province of Normandy shall give him an Accompt of his Portion, which they re∣ceived for him under his Name, it being entered under their Dividend. Moreover, they shall either provide him of a Church, or give him an Honourable dismission from the Ministry in their Province, in case there be no vacant Church in it, that demands his Service, Which also shall be notified to him, and that the aforesaid Province hath proceeded to disch••rge him.