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. APPEALS.

1. THE Churches of Divonne and Grilby, in the Land of Gex, ap∣pealing from a Judgment in pecuniary matters, their Appeal is according to the Discipline sent unto the Province of Burgundy: And the Deputies of that Province, are Ordered to take into their Custody all Papers of both Sides relating to it.

2. That right may be done the Church de la Fite upon their Appeal, this Assembly judgeth, that the Province of Lower Guyenne hath exceed∣ed the stated Rules. First, In removing Monsieur de Bourdieu from the Church in that Town, unto which he was by a particular Covenant ob∣liged, and without hearing the Church, as is evident from the Acts of the said Provincial Synod. 2. For fixing the said Monsieur de Bourdieu, absolutely in the Church of Bergerac, notwithstanding the Appeal of that of La Fite. 3. That when the said Church of La Fite re-demanded their ancient Pastor, they provided for them Monsieur Belon, a Person never desired by them, and against whom very many Members of the said Church made their Exceptions, as being one by whom they could not profit. Wherefore that said Province and all others, are forbidden for the future, to use any such manner of dealings; and the said Pro∣vince is enjoyned to comfort and accommodate the said Church of la Fite, as soon as possibly they can, by providing a Pastor for it, who may be more pleasing and acceptable to them than Monsieur Belon, and to settle the said Belon in some other place, where he may employ his Gifts more usefully. And whereas Bergerac is a Church of no small im∣portance, and its Necessities are very great and urgent, and Monsieur de Bourdieu is exceeding Successful in his Ministry there, this Synod doth approve of his being in that Station, and confirmeth him in the Pastoral Office of that Church. And whereas the Lord of Rabas, his Majesties Commissioner in the Synod of St. Foy, who made this Change, hath complained by Letters, that the Act of Monsieur de Bourdieu's Removal was passed before a Publick Notary, an Answer was Voted to be re∣turned, assuring him how great Deference this Assembly hath for his Lordship's Person and Quality, and to the truth of that Testimonial ren∣dred by the Deputies of Lower Guyenne concerning what was transact∣ed in their Provincial Assembly, and that whilst Judgement was passed upon the said Appeal, that Act was not in the least regarded.

3. Upon Hearing the report of the Committee, who were ordered to inspect the Appeal of Monsieur Reynault, Pastor of the Church of Realville, and the Proceedings against him by the Synods of Mauvezin and Realmont, this Assembly conserving the Honour of his Ministry untainted, and confirming the Judicial Acts of the Province, to whose care and kindness, he is yet notwithstanding particularly recommended, doth exhort him to enjoy his Quietus the remainder of his Days, that in case his many and frequent Sicknesses shall not permit him to go

through with the Duties of his Calling, yet he may Edifie the Church of God by his Exemplary Life and Conversation.

4. Report being made by the Commissioners, appointed to examine the Letters and Memoirs of Monsieur Moysnier, who appealed, because the word of Censure was not inserted into the Act of the Synod of Higher Lan∣guedoc, and had formed a Complaint against the Sieur Crubel: This As∣sembly, as to the first Article judgeth, that his Appeal was ill grounded. And as for his Complaint, in as much as he never gave notice of it unto Monsieur Crubel, it shall be carried unto the Consistory of the Church of Montauban, to whom the care of restoring him unto his charge is particularly recommended.

5. The Colloquy of Condommois appealing from the Synod of Lower Guyenne, for taking to themselves the Cognizance of Monsieur Rival's Complaint, and of that of the Province of Bearn, and not having ordered any Person to appear for them, nor sent any Memoirs whereby to sustain their Appeal, this Assembly declareth the said Appeal null and void, and the Appealers worthy of the greatest Censures, for having by a kind of Chicanery of Law, obstructed the final Decision of that Af∣fair; and requireth the very next Synod of that Province to give Judg∣ment on it, and not only to denounce the Censures, but to see them as zealously executed, and to exert their Authority; that whatever Le∣gacies have been heretofore, or may be hereafter bequeathed unto the Church of Marsan, be punctually and faithfully applied according to the Intention of the Testators; and that the right of Alternation ex∣pressly declared in this Testament, be kept inviolably for the Province of Bearne.

6. Memoirs sent from the Church of St. Hippolite were read, in which they maintained their Appeal from the Decree of the Synod of Seven∣nes, who had forbidden them to seek after Monsieur Poujade, now in the Ministry of the French Church of Canterbury in England. And the Deputies of the Province produced and alledged the Reasons of their Prohibition; and the whole affair having been maturely considered and debated, this Assembly confirmeth that Decree from which they have Appealed, and forbids that Church of St. Hippolyte of ever any more entertaining a Thought for the said Poujade; and this also shall be obser∣ved as a standing Rule by all the Churches of that Province.

7. Although the Appeal of the Consistory of the Church of St. John de Gardonengues be not of the nature of those things which are to be brought unto these Assemblies, yet nevertheless this Assembly de∣sirous of the Peace of that Church, and for the procuring and effect∣ing of it, hath took cognizance thereof; and vacating the Judgment of the said Synod of Sevennes, which had approved that Monsieur Bony the Younger, should erect a Seat for himself in the Temple, directly con∣trary to the advice of the Consistory, retaining the ancient Custom of that Church. It Declareth, that excepting the Lords and Magi∣strates, and Judges of that Place, every one should be at liberty to sit where they pleased. And it is farther Ordained, that in all such like cases, every Consistory shall have full Power to Act and Provide what will be most for the Peoples Edifying, without any Appeal at all from them. And that for the future, no Appeals of this kind shall ever be admitted into the National Synods.

8. The Acts of the Synod of Sevennes, and a Letter written from Mon∣sieur Tubert, complaining of his being Deposed from the Holy Mini∣stry, without ever confronting of the Witnesses, being all read, and the Deputies of that Province heard, who had no Memoirs given them by their Principals for justifying of their Judgment, the Assembly

dismissed this Cause to the Cognizance of the next Synod of Lower Languedoc, and enjoyneth the Parties to appear in Person before it, and to bring with them all their Acts and Evidences that may serve to the clearing up of this matter, and impowereth the said Synod to give forth a final Judgment on it.

9. The Appeal of the Church of Brenoux, concerning their Con∣junction with that of Laval, is disannul'd; because that such Matters as these about Uniting one Church unto another, are to be judged So∣vereignly without Appeal, by every Provincial Synod.

10. The Church of Vixan Appealed from the Synod of Sevennes, for rejecting their Petition, when they craved leave to get for themselves a Second Pastor. This Assembly disannulleth their Appeal, because that the said Church had not sent any Memoirs for the upholding of their Appeal, and because the Ground of it is now wholly remo∣ved.

11. That Sentence pronounced by the Provincial Synod of Lower Guyenne is confirmed in all its Branches and Articles, and the Consisto∣ry of Tonneins hath incurred the greatest Censure, for having (under the pretext of a particular Counsel offered by the same Synod unto the Church of Bergerac, and propounded by them as an Example to be fol∣lowed by all others in the Province,) deprived Monsieur Fevron (who now Appealed) of a Right acquired by him through a long and unin∣terrupted Possession, without any Complaint brought in against him. 2. For Suspending Monsieur Fazas the Younger, maintaining his Father's Right; yea, since he had entred his Appeal, without any the least re∣gard had unto his Father's unjust Deposal from his Office in the Eldership. 3. For refusing to notifie unto the Church, the Restitution of the said Monsieur Fazas, unto his Office, whom they had Deposed, although the Provincial Synod had ordered them so to do, and that according to the Canons of our Discipline. Moreover this Assembly Decreeth, that the Judgment of that Provincial Synod shall be fully and most effectually performed; and that the Pastors and Elders of the Church of Tonneins, who shall not acquiesce in it, shall be Censured and Suspended from their Offices by Monsieur Brignos, (another Copy hath Brinol) Pastor of La Parande, who was ordered by the Provincial Synod to inflict the Censures on them. And the Lord of St. Blancard, by reason that his House is Situated on the other side of the River, shall be at liberty to joyn himself unto that Church which is nearest to him. And farther, all Consistories are strictly forbidden to bring any Appeals of this Nature unto these National Synods; and although it be not our Intention to trouble our Selves with particular Customs, which have obtained in the Churches, about seating of Persons in our Temples, yet we do declare our Judgment, that there are less and fewer Inconveniences in leav∣ing them free to all Comers, than to assign them unto particular Per∣sons of a Private Condition, who have no Right nor Priviledge to arrogate and claim unto themselves a preheminence above any o∣thers.

12. This Assembly desiring to preserve those Lords who have the priviledge of high Justice, and other Gentlemen in the possession of those Advantages granted them by the Edict, and doing right unto the Lord of Marcassargues, upon his Appeal, Ordaineth, that the Province of Sevennes shall yield unto his Lordship's Demand, upon those Con∣ditions expressed in his Memoirs, and produced by him in this Assembly, to wit, that the Pastors shall come unto his House at his Charges, and without prejudice to those Religious Exercises, which are to be per∣formed

formed on certain Days of the Week; and that there be the like Con∣sideration had for Persons of the same Quality and Character.

13. A Man going by the Name of Michael, dwelling at St. Stephens de val Franscisque being Condemned by the Provincial Synod of Sevennes, to separate himself from the Niece of his Deceased Wife, whom he had espoused, Appealed unto this Assembly; who having considered the Case, judged that Monsieur Sauvage the Pastor, and the whole Con∣sistory of St. Stephen's, had deserved the greatest Censures for their Dis∣respect shewn unto the Laws of the Land, and the Canons of our Dis∣cipline, in publishing the Banes of the said Michael, and afterwards for having given him a Certificate of their Publication. The Synod also of Sevennes was justly blamed for admitting a Fellow so deep in Guilt, and engaged and resolved to continue in his Sin, to take an Oath in their Presence. And the Sieur Ausez is ordered to appear before the Provincial Synod of Lower Languedoc, and to be accountable unto them for what he hath done in this business. And the said Michael and his Wife are commanded to give Glory unto God, and to refrain each others Company, and no more to wound their Consciences, by conti∣nuing in a Life so Scandalous, Condemned by the Word of God, and the Statute Laws of the Kingdom. And whereas the said Consistory of Saint Stephens, have took upon them by their Letters to maintain the Cause of these Delinquents, and that there is very much reason to sus∣pect, that the Signature of Monsieur Barjon, affixed to the Lower end of the said Letters is Counterfeited, they shall be all carried to the next Synod of that Province, which shall inform themselves of the matter of Fact, and in case the Suspicion be found to be well grounded, they shall immediately proceed to censure the Person or Persons guilty of this Forgery.

14. The Acts and Memoirs sent from the Sieur de Combalasse, and those Joyning with him on the One Party, were read in this Assembly; and on the other, the Deputies of the Province of Higher Languedoc were heard, giving in the Reasons of that Judgment, which the Pro∣vincial Synod held at Mauvezin, had prononuced, both against the said Sieur de Combalasse, and those who had Accused him. Whereupon the said Judgment was Confirmed in all its Articles and Members. And forasmuch as there have been very many Defaults in the Proceedings on all Hands, which deserve a Censure, it was Decreed, that sith the Mi∣nistry of the said Sieur de Combalasse can be no longer Edifying to the Church of Realmont, he shall be removed from it, and another Pastor Substituted in his Stead. And whereas upon Reading those Acts pro∣duced, divers Articles of Accusation appeared, which were not suffici∣ently cleared nor proved, the Colloquy of Albigeois is charged at their next Meeting; as also the Synod of higher Languedoc, to revise this mat∣ter, and to take new Information thereupon; and as things alledged, shall be averred and proved, to apply the Censures appointed by our Discipline.

15. Monsieur Guyonnet, Pastor of the Church of Chastillon upon Seine, having Appealed unto this Synod, that right might be done him, a Decree past, that he should continue to serve the said Church one Year however, until the Meeting of the Provincial Synod of Burgundy; upon the breaking up of which, he shall be at full Liberty. And the Sieur de Carouge shall be sent unto the Church of Beaune, to continue there for a time, and at the departure of the said Monsieur Guyon∣nelt, he shall be settled in the Church of Chastillon, as its peculiar Pastor.

16. That Judgment pronounced by the Province of Berry, upon the Sieur de la Galere, was Confirmed, and his Appeal from it disannulled; yet forasmuch as the said Province, and that of Anjou, in which he hath heretofore exercised his Ministry, have given him an Honourable Te∣stimony; this Assembly Decreeth, that he shall be left upon the Roll of Pastors, who are by the National Synod to be distributed among the Churches, and shall be imployed in such an One as the good Hand of God shall direct him to.

17. The Sieur Codure, formerly Pastor and Professor of Divinity in the Church and University of Nismes, having sent Letters with a Dia∣tribe of his, Dedicated unto this Assembly, in which he pretends to reconcile the Differences between the Protestants and the Church of Rome concerning Justification, and demanded Audience of it: Accor∣ding to his Request, he was admitted to propound the Reasons and Motives of his Design. Which having done, there was a most serious Remonstrance made him of the great wrong he had done; First, Unto the Truth of God, in taking upon him to reconcile Contradictory O∣pinions, and utterly inconsistent one with the other. And then Se∣condly, How injurious he was unto the Protestants, in oppugning as er∣roneous their common Confession, that so to their prejudice he might advantage the Romish Church, which doth notoriously confound Two of the greatest Blessings of God, and inseparable one from the other, though yet always distinct in themselves; to wit, The Sinners Absolu∣tion before the Tribunal of God, upon the account of the Merits of Christ Jesus, his Obedience imputed to him, and Regeneration wrought in the Heart of Man, by the Sanctifying Operation of the Holy Ghost. And Lastly, how much an Enemy he was unto himself, in Forsaking his Ministry, and the Cure of Souls, to become an Advocate of such a Vile and Ungodly Cause as is this of the Papacy, which is altogether unrea∣sonable in him, for that he undertakes things impossible. But he still protesting that he never intended to, and never would depart from the Orthodox Creed professed in our Churches, and offered to purge and acquit himself from all Suspicions that might be had of him by his Vo∣luntary Subscribing the principal Articles of the Doctrin of Truth, from which he was supposed to have swerved and declined: They were there∣upon offered to him; which when he had as freely and in general Signed and Subscribed, as he had offered to do it, yet it being done with hesitation for some time, and this also attended with ambiguous Expressions, the Assembly was constrained to doubt of his Sincerity; and it was the rather feared, for that after the Subscription required, he resolutely refused to follow his Vocation, and the Counsel of his Bre∣thren, discovering an unworthy Disdain and Scorn of that Holy and Honourable Employment in the Ministry of the Gospel, whereunto in his Younger Days he was called by God. All which considered, the Synod interdicted him all the Offices of the Sacred Ministry, and of the Profession of Theology, and injoyned both the Province, and that particular Church where he constantly Resideth, to Watch over his Deportments, and to give an accompt of him and his Conversation un∣to the next National Synod, which may, according to what Testimo∣nials they shall receive of him, and his future Carriage, proceed unto his Restauration.

18. The Sieur Roux, coming with Letters and Memoirs written by Twelve Persons (or thereabout,) in the Name of the Consistory of Ay∣margues to sustain their Appeal, which he and others who had Deputed him, had made from the Judgment past against them in the Synod of Lower Languedoc; and on the other side, an Appeal of Monsieur Sigillory,

Pastor of the Church of Aymargues being read, and the Deputies of that Province heard, giving an Account of the Reasons of their Judgment; this Assembly Declared, that those Appeals ought not to have been brought unto it, nor should the Provincial Synod have suffered it, and doth therefore dismiss the Cognizance of their Affair, to the Provincial Synod of Sevennes. And whereas divers matters have been alledged, but not proved against Monsieur Sigillory, concerning violent Actions pretended to have been done by him, bitter and injurious Words utter∣ed in his ordinary Talk and Discourses, Sermons fraught with Invectives, Perverse and Unworthy Wrestings of the Word of God; the Consisto∣ry of Sauva is Commissionated to send Deputies unto his Church, and to inquire and inform themselves of these things, upon the Places where they have been said to be uttered and acted, and to make report of the whole unto the said Synod, which shall have full power to dispose of the Ministry of the said Sigillory, according as will most contribute to the Edification of God's Church.

19. The Church of Duras having demanded of the Province of Lower Guyenne, that Monsieur Thoroud might be bestowed upon them for their Pastor; and being denied their Request, they brought in an Appeal from them unto this Assembly, but sent no Memoirs at all for the up∣holding of it. The Church of Leyras also opposed their Petition, and requested of that Provincial, and of this National Synod, that it might not be deprived of the Ministry of their Pastor, the said Monsieur Tho∣roud. Upon the whole, the Judgment of the Provincial Synod was Confirmed, and the Sieur Thorold fixed in the Pastoral Office of the Church of Leyras, and the Appeal of the Church of Duras declared null and void.

20. Whereas the Lord de la Baume complained by Word of Mouth, and produced Letters and Memoirs from Four Elders, and a great many Heads of Families living at Saint Foy, and who were Appellants with him, opposing the Settlement of Monsieur Privat, in the Pastoral Office of their Church, and petitioning that Monsieur Alba (who was set at Liberty by the last Synod of Lower Guyenne, to officiate in his Majesties Army in Germany, under the Conduct of his Excellency the Lord Mares∣chal de Turenne as his Chaplain,) might be given to them as their Pastor. And the Sieur Guyon Pastor of the Church of Bourdeaux being heard speak on behalf of his Province, and the Sieurs Privat and Alba for what particularly concerned themselves: And the Assembly being well assu∣red of the Consent of Mademoiselle de Bouillon, (who remitted in her Brothers Name the Lord Mareschal of Turenne, whatever right he could lay claim unto in the Ministry of the said Alba,) and condescending to the desire of the Plaintiffs, and to put a final end to all their Com∣plaints, did Ordain, that those Ministers aforesaid, the Sieurs Privat and Alba should serve joyntly the said Church of St. Foy; and that the said Church may be fully settled, and its divided Members mutually and per∣fectly reconciled among themselves in a cordial Peace and Union, the Sieurs Garrissoles and Darashus are Commissionated and Expresly ordered as they return unto their own Province to ride over unto St. Foy, and to use all possible means for the Peace and Repose of the said Church; and in case they be not able to remove all the Obstructions, and to sur∣mount all the Difficulties which may occur, the Synod of higher Lan∣guedoc is nominated and appointed to hear all Parties, and to put a final Period to their Contentions, by his last Judicial Sentence from which there shall be no Appealing.

21. The Sieur Pejus Appealed from divers Judgments past upon him by Synod of Berry, in pursuance of an Act made on his Account, in the last National Synod of Alanson. This Assembly declareth his Appeal not admittable, and ordaineth that the next Synod of Berry shall exert their Authority, and see that all his Arrerages due from the Church of Argenton be paid him Honestly, and without delay at the rate of Three Hundred and Twenty Livers a Year; and that for the future they do constantly furnish him with Three Hundred and Fifty Livers Yearly. And in case of any default herein, that then the said Pejus shall be set at Li∣berty, to provide for himself in any other Church either within or with∣out the Province.

22. The Lady Dutchess of Trimouille, having desired Audience of this Assembly, which was granted her; she proposed, that it was very needful for the Peace and Welfare of the Church of Vitre in Brittain, that the Sieurs Petre and Jortain its Pastors should be removed from it, because of the Misunderstandings and Divisions, which have been be∣tween them for many Years together. Moreover the Province of Anjou requested, that the Church gathered at Terchant (which was only joyn∣ed for some time to that of Vitre, by the National Synod held there in the Year 1583,) might be reincorporated with that of Laval, because the said Church of Terchant lieth, and is situated in the County of Laval, and was from its first Foundation United to, and a Member of that of Laval. The Deputies of the Province of Brittain were also heard speak on behalf of their Synod, who reported how opposite the Intentions of the Lady of Montmartin were unto this Separation, be∣cause the Discords between the Pastors, had divided the Body of the Church of Vitre; which being at length tired with their Contentions and Debates, in which they have been unavoidably ingaged through their Means, did entreat by Letters the Lady Dutchess of Trimouille to get them discharged from their Ministry in it. This Synod Decreeth, that according to the desire of the said Lady Dutchess, those Two Pa∣stors who have hitherto served in the said Church of Vitre, shall be transferred elsewhere. And that Monsieur Jortan shall be sent unto the Church in the Isle of Gast and Lassay, provided the said Monsieur Jor∣tane and the Church do Consent unto it; and the Church of Vitre, shall be provided of a Pastor, adorned with Gifts and Graces meet for their Edification. And as for that of Terchant and Vieuville, the Sieurs Bas∣nage and de L'Angle, together with the Sieurs Guesdon and Caillard, or in case of their Lawful Hindrance, then two other Pastors, and Two Elders, Members of the Colloquy of Constantin, taking with them the Memoirs and Acts brought hither unto this Synod from the Church of Vitre, shall pass over to it at the Charges of the said Church, and shall proceed to Censure those Persons, whom they find guilty of these Divi∣sions. And they shall send Monsieur Petre to the Church of Terchant and la Vieuville; and that they may effectually compose the Discords which do trouble the Church of Vitre, they shall endeavour to gain the Con∣sent of the Lady of Montmartyn, for the settling of Monsieur Petre, in the said Church of Terchant, and to yield unto the Dismembring of the said Church from that of Vitre, and dispose the said Lady to follow the Intention of this Assembly: And they shall give an Accompt here∣of unto the next National Synod.

23. Monsieur Huron, Pastor of the Church of Barbigneres, sent Letters with his Appeal from the Synod of Lower Guyenne, which had inter∣dicted him the publishing of some certain Discourses of his about State Affairs, because they did not conceive them to be any wise Edify∣ing unto the Church of God. This Assembly Declareth, that the said

Appeal ought not to be admitted, nor can it be of right brought be∣fore it; and farther, the said Huron is injoyned to acquiesce in the judgment of his Province.

24. Monsieur Charron Advocate in the Parliament of Bourdeaux, and Elder of the Church of Bergerac, Complained and Appealed from the Synod of Lower Guyenne, by the Mouth of the Lord of Pyrarede, with whom he had deposited his Memoirs. This Assembly reversing the Judgment of that Provincial Synod, taketh off the Censure which was inflicted on him by the Colloquy of Perigord, there being an Error in it, and declareth that the Consistory of Bergerac hath acted very ill in their Proceedings; and that the Sieur Jacob Tourneau having carried himself so unnaturally and unhumanly to his own Father, as is pub∣lickly and notoriously known to the whole World, ought not to have been chosen unto the Office of an Elder in that Church of Christ.

25. The Synod of Higher Languedoc shall judge finally of that Appeal brought by the Church of Saint Foy, which was condemned by the Sy∣nod of Lower Guyenne, to pay the Arrerages due unto the Heirs of the Sieurs Hesparian and Mizaubin their Deceased Pastors for their Work and Service in the Ministery among them.

26. The Appeal of Monsieur Crane shall be signified unto the Consi∣story of St. Maixant, and by them carried unto the Synod of Xain∣tonge, who shall by the Authority of this Synod pass a final Judgment on it.

27. Mr. Giles Marchand, Advocate in the Parliament of Rouen, pre∣sented a Petition unto this Assembly, requesting that there might be some Alteration made in the Government of the more Populous Churches of this Kingdom; and he Complained, that because he had insisted on such like Proposals, he was Suspended from the Lord's Sup∣per by the Consistory of the Church of Rouen; and this Sentence of Suspension was Ratified by the Authority of the Provincial Synod of Normandy. Answer was return'd him in these Words, that the Na∣tional Synod injoyned him to abandon these his Designs and Fancies which could never be effected according to his Intentions. And inasmuch as he hath promised to acquiesce in what shall be here Ordained; if he do, let him be again admitted to Communion with the Church at the Lord's Table.

28. The Sieur de Coutures Appealing from a Judgment given by the Isle of France; and not sending any Memoirs to abet and maintain it, his Appeal is declared null and void.

29. Le Sieur Toussaints de Roussannes Appealing from the Synod of Lower Guyenne, for giving leave to the Sieur de Blancard, to sit ordinarily a∣mong the Elders in the Church of la Fite, (which they did out of re∣spect to his Old Age, and many Infirmities; and because of those conside∣rable Services he had done the Church of la Fite;) and not sending any Memoirs to sustain his Appeal, it was declared null.

30. Those Appeals of the Churches of Navarrins and Ortez from the Judicial Sentence pronounced in the Synod of Bearn held at Lambeze are declared null.

31. Monsieur Rondel who had been Deposed from his Office of Elder by Sentence of the Consistory of Vitre, which also was Confirmed by an∣other of the Provincial Synod of Brittain, having Appealed from them, shall declare his Grievances unto the Sieurs Basnage and de L'Angle, who are Commissionated by this Assembly to remedy those disorders in the Church of Vitre, and to judge finally of those matters, without any Ap∣peal from them.

32. The Sieur Aymin, at present Pastor in the Church of Manosques Appealed from the Synod of Dolphiny, held in the Year 1642, at Nyons, which had by their Decree removed him from his Ministry in the Church of Die, and given him liberty to provide himself elsewhere, either within or without the Province, according as the good Providence of God should direct him. The Assembly having heard him open par∣ticularly his Grievances, and the Answers made unto them by the De∣puties of that Province, doth Confirm the Decree of the said Synod of Nyons, and at the request of those aforesaid Deputies, doth in compli∣ance with the said Province and Church of Die, now settle him in the Church of Manosques; nor may he on pretence of any Bargain and A∣greement made betwixt him and the Church of Die, demand or claim a Farthing from them for the time in which he hath exercised his Mini∣stry among them. And farther, License is given unto the Church of Manosques, to provide themselves of another Pastor, as God shall give them Ability and Opportunity for so doing, either within or without the Province, in case the said Aymin shall leave them destitute and un∣supplied, to follow his Suits at Law, which he hath already, or may hereafter Commence, or in case he shall Abandon them without their Consent first had and obtained.

33. The two Synods of Poictou and Xaintonge, having agreed and joyntly consented to the Uniting of the Churches of Champagne-Mouton and St. Claud, and after reading those Letters sent from the Right Ho∣nourable the Earl of Roussy (by whose Contribution the said Church of Champagne-Mouton is principally maintained,) and who requested that Monsieur Ferrand might be continued in his Ministry there, notwith∣standing the means used by the Church of Courtelles to remove him thence, and gain him for themselves; as it appeareth by their Letters, Appeal and Memoirs sent unto this Synod for this very end and purpose. This Assembly confirmeth the Union of those said Churches of Champagne and St. Claud, and Ordaineth the Synod of Poictou to take all possible care for the speedy supply of the Church of Courtelles, by some able and worthy Minister, who may be for its Edification. And on default here∣of, the Church of Courtelles shall be reincorporated with that of Cham∣pagne and St. Claud, and shall be served alternatively by the said Monsieur Ferrand, who also shall assist alternatively at the Synods of Xaintonge and Poictou.

34. Monsieur Homel, Deputy for the Province of Vivaretz, came charged with the Memoirs of the University of Die, and declared in the audience of this Synod, the Grievances they had sustained by Judgments past upon them the 21st Day of March, 1638, and the 7th of March, 1643, by the Consistory of Lion, to whose Cognizance the Difference betwixt the said University and Monsieur Aymin had been remitted, up∣on occasion of an Accompt which should have been rendred by him of a certain business, with the management whereof he was intrusted by that University: And the said Mr. Aymin was heard in his Answers to them. Upon the whole, this Assembly amended these Judgments afore∣said, and hath regulated and reduced the Payments to be made unto the said Aymin, to Sixty Sous by the day for his Journeys, and those Days to the Number of Six Hundred, Fifty and Nine; so that the Sum due for them, amounts to Sixteen Hundred Forty and Seven Livers, and Ten Sous. Moreover it is Ordained, that those aforesaid Judg∣ments of the 21st of March, 1638, and the 7th of March, 1643, shall stand good for those other Sums, which have been adjudged him, ari∣sing to Seven Hundred, Forty and Seven Livers, Seven Sous; out of which there shall be deducted the Sum of Two Hundred and Ten

Livers received by Monsieur Aymin, and couched by himself in his Ac∣compt of the 4th of January, 1638. And the Sum of an Hundred and Thirty Livers, Five Sous, which he received of the Consistory of Lyon, March the 27th, 1634, together with the Sum of Eight Hundred, Thir∣ty and Four Livers, Sixteen Sous, owned by him on account of the 17th of January, 1642, all those Payments amounting to the Sum of 2982 l. the said Mr. Aymin shall restore and make Payment out of them the Sum of Five Hundred Eighty and Seven Livers, Four Sous, unto the said University; and of all other Sums received by him, which he ne∣ver charged, nor brought in himself Debtor for on his Account; as al∣so all Papers, Deeds, and Instructions belonging to the University of Die, and lying by him and in his Custody, he shall Surrender to them.

35. Whereas the University of Saumur, have brought in an Appeal, upon a business of Monsieur Forbes their Professor of Eloquence, it is declared null.

36. The Appeal of the Church of Lassay about their Pastor Monsieur Rouvean is declared null.