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. XII. The Sieurs Bouteroue and Basnage admitted as Deputies to sit and act in the Synod.

2. THE same Day the Sieur Benjamin Banage, Pastor of the Church of Quarentin, and one of the Deputies for the Province of Nor∣mandy, presented himself unto the Synod, craving leave that he might be admitted as a Member into it. The Lord Commissioner bespake him, that the King for divers Considerations had thought good to debar him Entrance into this Synod, and to remove him from his Church and Pro∣vince of Normandy: But having a particular Respect unto the most hum∣ble Petitions of this Assembly, he gave him leave to take his Place and Vote in it during the remaining Sessions thereof, and permitted him to continue the Exercise of his Ministry in his own Church, upon condition that he ordered his Words and Actions with that Moderation and Re∣servedness which became his Calling and Profession.

3. Monsieur Denys Bouteroue, Pastor of the Church of Grenoble, and Deputy for the Province of Dolphiny, coming also in like manner, and de∣siring to be admitted into the Synod, according to his Majesty's Permissi∣on; the Lord Commissioner told him, That he had given the King occa∣sion to be displeased with him, because of a Book which he had printed in June, 1628, and was condemned by Decree of the Parliament of Gree∣noble; but that the Prosecution which was against him for being the Au∣thor of it, and for which he deserved to be put out of the Synod and Pro∣vince of Dolphiny, was remitted by his Majesty's great Goodness, in Confidence that for the future he would comport himself with all Mode∣ration, and keep within the due and proper Bounds of the Discipline, as appeared from the Charge and Letter Missive of his Majesty unto the said Lord Commissioner; the Tenor whereof is as followeth.