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 the Synod of GAP.

• Chap. I. DEputies from the Provinces. The Lords General Deputies. des Fontaines Agent for Monsieur Palot Receiver of the Churches moneys. Synodical Officers chosen. The Provinces censured for not sending their full number of Deputies. Brittany censured for a particular fact.
• Chap. II. Observations upon the Confession of Faith, the Original always to be brought unto the National Synod, the 18, and 20, and 22d. Articles explain∣ed, our Righteousness by the imputation of Christs Active and Passive Obedience. 2. The Call of our first Reformers was extraordinary and not from the Church of Rome. 4. The Pope is the Antichrist. 5. Of the word Super-intendant. 6. The Confession Sworn and Subscribed. 8. Monsieur Chamier to write an Apology for it, as Bishop Jewel did for the Church of England.
• Chap. III. Observations upon the Discipline, no private Ordination. 1. Unifor∣mity in Ordination. 2. Irregular Preaching. 4. Canons for Professors of Divi∣nity. 7. Orders for maintaining young Students in Divinity. 8. Elders shall have no Impositions of Hands. 9. A Canon about Penitential Confession. 12 A Case propounded by the Deputies of Burgundy. 13. The Churches of several Provinces Incorporated with those of France. 15, 16, 17. An Inquiry for the Original Acts of these National Synods. 19. Publick Common Prayers laid down, and why? 21. Whether Ministers may attend on Funerals? 22. The Discipline ratified by the Oath of all the Deputies.
• Chap. 4 Observations on the Synod of Jergeau. Instructions to a censured Mi∣nister how to justify himself. 2. Letters to the Professors of Geneva about our Proposans. 8. A Canon for the Deacons of Bearne in Switzerland. 9. the Church of Paris censured. 10. The Petition of a Minister deposed for his in∣sufficiency, and desiring to be restored is rejected. 15. Thanks given to the Lord of Ple••••••s for his Book of the Eucharist. 17. The Petition of a deposed Minister for restoration unto his Work and Office rejected. 18.
• Chap. V. Appeals. Two Ministers at Variance reconciled. 9.
• Chap. VI. General matters. A petition of the exiled Protestants of the Martqui∣sate of Salluces to the Synod. 1. Pastors must not be Non-Residents. 2. A Canon about Pastors not Deputed to the National Synods, & yet sitting in them. 3. An answer to the complaint of the Pastors of Geneva. 4. That the Pope is Antichrist, shall be inserted into the Articles of the Confession of Faith. 5. A great case, whether the Faithful may say they be of the pretended Reformed Religion? 6. Another case of Conscience about a place of Burial. 7. Form of Certificates. 8. Moneys to begin the University of Die. 9, 10. A motion and means for reuniting the Lutherans with our Churches. 11. A Case, whether a Child Baptised by a Proposan should be Rebaptized. 12. A Case about Oaths. 13. A∣bout Theological disputations. 14. About a Lord of misrule. 15. A Committee to draw up a body ••f Laws for our Schools and Universities. 18. Moneys paid unto the General Deputies. 21. The King of Spains Bible to be set up in our Uni∣versities. 300 Crowns given to the Academy of Sedan.
• Chap. VII. Particular matters. A suspected Gentleman cleared. 5. The Histo∣ry of a Possession. 9. Letters from the Faithful in the Valley of Barcellona an∣swered. 17. Settling of Religion at Issoire, 18. Letters sent to the Faithful fallen in Salluces. 19. The Synod of Burgundy censured. 22. The Poverty of the Church of Aubenas. 28. A Book Intituled Hypotoposes Theologicae to be revised. 30. the Ʋniversity of Sedan incouraged. 40. Election of General Deputies. 44.
• Chap. VIII. A Dividend of 45000 Crowns between the Churches and Universities.
• Chap. IX. An Accompt of Moneys allowed the Sieurs Palot & du Candal.
• Chap. X. A Dividend of 135000 Crowns among the Churches and Universities.
• Chap. XI. A Catalogue of all the Reformed Churches of France.
• Chap. XII. Remarks upon three of the Deputies to this Synod.