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. The Oath of Ʋnion sworn by all the Deputies of the Reformed Churches of France assembled in the National Synod at Privas in Vivaretz, and subscribed by them all, the day, month and year above-mitten.

WE whose Names are here under written Deputies for the Reformed Churches of France Assembled in a National Synod at the Town of Privas in the Province of Vivaretz, knowing by past-experience, that nothing is more needful to preserve the Weal, Peace, and good Estate of the said Churches than an holy Union and unviolable Concord both in Doctrine, Discipline and their Dependencies, and that the said Churches cannot long subsist without a good, intimate and mutual Conjunction one with the other, and better kept than formerly. Being for this cause desirous to remove all seeds of disunion and occasions of divisions which may hereafter trouble the said Churches, and to prevent all Impostures, Calumnies, private Factions, Plots and Practices, by which divers persons ill-affected to our Religion, do endeavour to dissipate and ruine them: Which quickens us more than ever to find out by joynt accord, and Common Consent, the proper and most effectual means of our just, lawful and necessary conservation in the aforesaid Union, under that obedience due unto his Majesty our Soveraign Lord and the Queen his Mother. We have in the Name of all our Churches, and for their good, and for the service of their Majes∣ties Sworn and Protested, and we do Swear and Protest, (Promising also our utmost Endeavour that these very self-same protestations shall be ratified in and by all our Provinces,) to remain inseparably united and conjoyned in that confession of Faith of the Reformed Churches of this Kingdom read in this Synod, approved and ratified by every one of us, Swearing not only in our own Name, but also in the re∣spective Names of all the Churches of our Provinces, which have Deputed us unto this Synod, that we will live and die in it. As also we Protest in our own and their Names to keep inviolably that Ecclesiastical Discipline Established in the Reformed Churches of this Kingdom, and to see its Canons observed, for the better Government of these our Churches, and the reformation of life and manners: Acknowledging that it is Most agreeable to Gods holy Word, whose Authority is Supream; And we Protest and Swear to yield all obedience and fidelity to their said Majesties, desiring nothing else, but that under the Protection of their Edicts, we may serve our God with Liberty of Conscience.