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. The Deputies Names, Monsieur La Faye Moderator, Covel and La Nouaille Scribes.
• Chap. II. General Matters, Impotent Persons may not marry, The Aunt of a dead Wife may not be married, Apostates censured, Of Names given Children in Baptism, Care taken for a Succession of able and worthy Ministers, General Matters 5. Synods to be held annually, Pastors must come with an Elder to them. Sure∣ties must consider their Engagements at Baptism, Some Crimes to be always Registred, Scruples about communicating with sickly Persons.
• Chap. III. Several Cases of Conscience, as about a Monk's Wife who returned to his Vomit, Ministers Words at the Lord's Table. Of Benefices, Of Farmers of the Clergies Temporal Estate, Of Godly Parents having Idolatrous Children, who will marry Idolaters. How Publick Penance is to be inflicted. No Scripture the Subject of Plays, The Orders of particular Churches and Provinces must be for substance the same with the Canons of the Discipline. Mi∣nisters cannot promise themselves to any Church. Canon for Mini∣sters out of Employment. Tythes possessed by Protestants must be devoted to pious Ʋses, Art. 24. Of Burials. Dances forbidden, Suspended Persons cannot be Sureties for Children at Baptism. Reading of Psalms line by line before Singing condemned. Bare Head and Kneeling in Prayer. Legal Terms and Formalities ba∣nished out of all Acts of Church-Discipline. A kind of Censure for∣bidden 3. Care taken for their Ministers Stipend, Canon of Marri∣age explained 35. A Vagrant Minister deposed and notified to the Churches 36. The Confession of the Dutch Churches appro∣ved. Call of the next National Synod.
• Chap. IV. Remarks.