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. X. Particular Orders about publishing of Books.

* 1.1IX. ACcording to the 12th. Article, The Colloquy of Beauvosin is order'd to receive Books from all parts of the Kingdom, and all other Mini∣sters shall send Controversial Books, written by our Adversaries, unto them, that they may be answered. To this purpose are named Messieurs de Saulete, de Chandieu, de L'estre, des Bordes, Houlbeac, Despina, Daneau, Daniel Touslain, de Villfort, de St. Paul and Merlin: And these Books shall be sent from all the Provinces unto the said Monsieur d'Estre: And the said Colloquy of Beauvosin shall determine which of the Eleven Deputies is to undertake an Answer, and what may be needful or convenient for them.

X. At the close of the 4th. there shall be this Addition, And they shall be exhorted to be moderate and reasonable in selling their Books, and to rest contented with indifferent gain.

XI. The 13th. was thus contracted, No other Confession shall be printed but what begins thus, We believe, for this is properly our own, having been read in this Synod, after that it had been formed by that of Paris, the 19th. day of May, 1559.

XII. Under the if 15th. Advice was given, the Queen of Navar not to sell her vacant Offices, especially those of Judicature, nor to bestow them upon ano∣ther's Recommendation, without her Personal knowledge of their Qualifications and Abilities who are to discharge them.

XIII. In lieu of those words, in the 17th. Article, the King's Ordinances shall be observed, let there be inserted these, They shall be exhorted to observe.

* 1.2XIV. There shall be this Article added, All Plays forbiddaen by the King's Edicts, and those which notoriously waste time, or evidence Avarice, or give Offence, shall be reproved, and the Actors censured in the Consistory, according to the Circumstances.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The Catalogue of their Names who must refute the Books of our Adversa∣ries.
• * 1.2

  Scandalons Plays are pro∣hibited.