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.

THE CONTENTS of this SYNOD.

• CHap. I. Monsieur de la Place Moderator and Scribe.
• Chap. II. Observations upon the Discipline, Confession of Faith, and last Synod of Rochel.
• Chap. III. A Case about Apostates turn'd Persecutors. More Obser∣vations upon the Disciplines and Canons made.
• Chap. IV. Method of dealing with Contentious Persons quarrelling with Doctrine, Discipline, Worship, Catechising, and Marriage.
• Chap. V. Manner of Electing Ministers.
• Chap. VI. General Matters. Various Cases of Conscience, about Elders, Colloquies Rights to a Minister, Marriages, restoring of Apostates, Magistrates, &c. to the Churches Peace. Of Mar∣riage-Promises, a great Case, Art. 8. Incest. Creating of Do∣ctors of Divinity. Banes opposed by those of the Romish Reli∣gion. A Father's Composition with the Murderers of his Son. Whether Dignities and Knight-hoods may be counted among Be∣neficed Persons, and such admitted to the Lord's Supper.
• Chap. VII. Particular Matters about the Province of Normandy. Cozain's Books, Ramus, du Rozier, Bergeron, and Morellius. History of the Albigenses to be translated by Monsieur D'Alier.
• Chap. VIII. Catalogue of Vagrants.