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.
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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.
Author
Quick, John, 1636-1706.
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London :: Printed for T. Parkhurst and J. Robinson ...,
1692.
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Subject terms
Eglises réformées de France.
Protestants -- France.
Huguenots -- France.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56905.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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CHAP. III.
XV. AS to the case propounded, whether a Dumb and Deaf man giving E∣vidence by signs and gestures of his Faith and Godliness may be ad∣mitted to Communion at the Lords Table, this Assembly judgeth that he may be received, especially if they have had long experience of his holy Life, and the Church do testifie of his Faith and Knowledge in the things of God.
XVI. A Woman may if she please, and do consent unto it live sequestred with her Leprous Husband. But in case of her refusal, 'tis the judgment of this Assembly, that she ought not to be enforced, because the Commonwealth
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is concerned in this matter. Onely she must not be wanting in her duty o∣therways.
XVII. Whenever Elders and Deacons are received into Office, they shall subscribe our Confession of Faith and Church Discipline, or else make a pub∣lick protestation to observe it.
XVIII. It is ordained that those words (of the twenty ninth Article of our Discipline) Where the Ministry is established, and those also, As much as possi∣ble, shall be razed out of the said Article.
XIX. Difficulties that cannot be determined by the Consistory, shall be remitted to the Colloquy or Classis, and from thence to the Provincial Sy∣nod.
XX. When any differences arise between Gentlemen professing the true Religion, they shall be admonished to refer them unto their Friends and Kin∣red, that so they may be amicably composed.
Notes
A woman may not be compelled to live with her Lepours Hus∣band.