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. III. Containing the Canons which were removed, Observations changed in, and added to those in the Body of our Church-Discipline.

• ...CHap. I. 4. At the Fourth Article of the first Chapter, the Second Section, after those words, The whole shall be related, you must add, Ʋnto the Colloquy or Synod.
• ...CHap. VII. At the end of the Seventh Article, instead of saying, According to the Form which hath been ordained, it shall be said, As followeth. And there shall be brought and inserted here all the said Form, which is at the end of the Articles of our Discipline.
• ...CHap. XIII. The 13th Article shall be removed unto the Chapter of the Colloquies.
• ...CHap. XXI. The One and twentieth Article was wholly razed, and instead of it, there was this placed: Lords and Princes demanding of a Church a Minister to serve theirs for some certain time, shall be careful not to demand him of that which hath but one. And he shall not be granted them without leave first had from his Church and Colloquy.

  The Twenty third Article is wholly razed.

• ...CHap. XXVI. The Sixth, and Twenty third Article shall be totally razed; and instead of it there shall be this substituted: If that a Minister intrude into a Church, although he were approved by the People, yet shall he not be approved by the Neighbour-Ministers or others, but the Cognisance of this Matter shall be referr'd unto the Colloquy or Provincial Synod.
• ...* 1.1CHap. XXXI. The One and thirtieth Article shall be wholly razed out, and to the end of the Thirty third Article there shall be this Addition made, Or to the Colloquy, in case the Churches be of one and the same Colloquy.
• ...* 1.2CHap. XXXIV. The Four and thirtieth Article shall be wholly razed out and for∣med a new after this manner: Ministers may with their own consent be lent by the Consistory, if it make for the Churches edifying; and yet this Loan shall not be without consulting two or three Ministers, or the Colloquy, if it be for any longer time than six Months.
• ...CHap. XXXVI. & XLV. The Six and thirtieth, and the Five and fortieth Arti∣cles shall be wholly razed out.
• ...* 1.3CHap. XLVII. Towards the close the Seven and fortieth Article, instead of these words, That so by those worldly Cares he may not he diverted from his Work, there shall be this inserted, That so he may be freed from all suspicion of Covetousness.
• ...* 1.4CHap. LV. Towards the end of the Fifty fifth Article, in lieu of those words. The Consistory shall judge, this shall be inserted, Those who ordered the Deposi∣tion shall take Cognisance of it.* 1.5
• ...CHap. LVI. The Fifty sixth Article shall be thus worded: National Synods shall be informed by the Provinces of their deposed Ministers, that so they may not be entertained by them.
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• ... CHap. LVII.* 1.6In the Fifty seventh Article, instead of National, read Provincial Synod.
• CHap. LIX. After Vagrants in the Fifty ninth Article, there shall be inserted, A∣postates, and in the end of that Article there shall be this clause, And a Cata∣logue of these shall he brought from the Provinces unto the National Synods.
• ...Chap. II. 4. After these words in the Fourth Article, To be employed in the Ministry,* 1.7 this shall be added, Ever preferring the Children of poor Ministers, if ingenious, whereof the Colloquies shall take special care.
• ...Chap. III. 6. The Sixth Article of the Third Chapter shall be thus read, but the decision of Points of Doctrine is principally reserved unto Ministers and Pastors of Churches.
• ...Chap. V. 20. The twentieth Article of the Fifth Chapter shall be wholly razed; because 'tis included in the One and twentieth, and Two and twen∣ty foregoing Articles, the Four and twentieth shall be also blotted out.
• ...Chap. VIII. 6. In the Sixth Article of the Eighth Chapter, next after these words, And one of the Pastors shall be President, there must be added, Toge∣ther with one or more Scribes.
• ...* 1.8CHap. XII. Artie. To th of the Twelfth Article there shall be this added, And where the Province becomes ingrateful, the Deputy thereof shall make re∣port of it unto the Provincial Synod, which shall provide for them.
• ...Chap. IX. 6. To the sixth Article of the Ninth Chapter there must be ad∣ded, And Ecclesiastical.
• ...CHap. VIII. In the Eighth Article after these words, Ample Memoirs, shall be ad∣ded, With lawful excuses for their absence.
• ...CHap. XI. To the last clause of the Eleventh Article these words shall be added, Which shall before-hand be advised to prepare for it.
• ...Chap. X. 3. To the third Article of the Tenth Chapter, in the close of it, shall be this added, As much as may be done, considering the conveniency of Times and Places.
• ...CHap. V. And to the Fifth Article these words shall be added, And such as accom∣pany the Dead unto their Graves, are exhorted to demean themselves with all Christian Modesty, meditating according to the Nature of the present Object, upon the Misery and Brevity of this present Life, and that blessed Hope of Im∣mortality in the World to come.

  And the Tenth Chapter shall be closed up with this Article, Forasmuch as Mourning lieth not in the Habit but Heart, the Faithful shall be advised to comport themselves with all Modesty, shunning all Ambition, Hypocrisie and Superstition.

• ...Chap. XI. 11. In the Eleventh Article of the Eleventh Chapter, instead of these words, Attributed unto God in the Scripture, shall be added, As Ema∣nuel and all others.
• ...Chap. XIII. 7. In the Seventh Article of the Thirteenth Chapter instead of those words, The Synods do esteem, shall be inserted, They do declare.
• ...CHap. VIII, IX. Between the Eighth and Ninth Articles this shall be placed, The betrothed Person may not marry the Mother of his deceased Spouse.
• ...CHap. X, XI. Between the Tenth and Eleventh Articles this shall be inserted, A Man shall not after the death of his Wife marry her with whom he had commit∣ted Adultery whilst she was living, unless the Consistory have first had Cogni∣sance of the same, and maturely considered thereof.
• ...CHap. XXII. After these words in the Two and twentieth Article, Solemnly mar∣ried, there shall be this addition,* 1.9 Whether that their Offence were known before or after the solemnizing of the Marriage. And those words shall be razed, If they demand to be. And in the same Article this word also shall be blotted out, And forasmuch, and these shall be inserted, Although this had been avoid∣ed before the Celebration of the Marriage, yet he shall proceed to, &c.
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• ... CHap. XXII. XXIII. This Article shall be placed between the Two and twenti∣eth, and the Twenty third, That those Inconveniences may be avoided, which ensue upon a long delay of solemnizing Marriage, all Pastors of Churches, and o∣thers in whose Power the espoused Persons are shall he advertis'd not to defer the celebrating of their Marriage above six weeks after their Espousals.
• ...Chap. XIV. 1. This word Much shall be left out, and the last clause of the first Article. And to the Fourth Article these shall be added, Ʋnless in case it be for suppressing the Preaching of God's Word, and the setting up of Mass.
• ...CHap. XIX. These words excessive and scandalous shall be left out of the Nine∣teenth Article.
• ...CHap. XXI. The word Excommunication shall be left out in the close of the One and twentieth Article, and instead of it this shall be inserted, Suspension from the Lord's Supper.
• ...CHap. XXIV. XXV. This ensuing Article shall be placed betwixt the Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth: Swearers and Blasphemers of the Name of God shall in no wise be tolerated in the Church, but they shall be admonished with the greatest seriousness to desist from those sins; and in case of non-forbearance, they shall be prosecuted with all Church-Censures, as the Consistories in their Wisdoms may judge most fit.

Notes

• * 1.1

  'Tis now the 29th Article of the Disci∣pline.
• * 1.2

  This is now the 30th Ar∣ticle of the Discipline.
• * 1.3

  This is now the 41st Arti∣cle of the Di∣scipline.
• * 1.4

  This 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••ow the 4•••••• Arti∣cle of the Di∣scipline.
• * 1.5

  This is now the 50th Arti∣cle of our Di∣sicipline.
• * 1.6

  This is now the 57th Ar∣ticle of our Discipline.
• * 1.7

  This is now the 53d Arti∣cle of our Di∣scipline.
• * 1.8

  This is now the 11th Arti∣cle, and in∣stead of the Provincial it is the National Synod, that is to provide for those Widows and Orphans of deceased Ministers.
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