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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Title: 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.
Publication: 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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CHAP. IV. Of the Deaconship, or Office of dispensing the Churches Charities unto the Poor.

CANON I. MOneys belonging unto the Poor shall not be dispensed by any other hands than those of the Deacons, by and with the advice and con∣sent of the Consistory.
CAN. II. It is very requisite, that one or two Ministers be always present at the ordinary distributions, but most especially at passing of accompts.
CAN. III. The People shall be informed of the days of Accompt, that so they may have liberty all of them, if they please to see the making of them up, as well for their discharge, who have the handling of those Moneys, as for notifying unto all the Necessities of the Church and Poor, and also that thereby they may be excited to more liberal Contributions.
CAN. IV. To prevent those Disorders which daily fall out by reason of Certificates given unto the Poor, every Church shall endeavour to maintain its own: and in case any one be constrained through the urgency of his affairs to travel, Ministers shall examine with the greatest care in their Consistories the just causes of his Journey, and thereupon shall give him Letters di∣rected unto the next Church, lying in the straight way by which he must go, specifying his Name, Age, Stature, Hair, and the Place whither, and the Cause of his Travel, and the Assistance which was given him; nor shall the Date of the Day and Year be omitted; which Letters the Church he is directed to, shall keep by it, and give him others unto the next; and all Certificates formerly given shall be torn in pieces.