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1. MOnsieur John Constans, Pastor of the Church at Mazgravier, ap∣pealed from the Decree of the last Synod of Higher Languedoc held at Mauvesin, for refusing him leave to withdraw from that Town, tho' requested by him because of his Wifes sickness, which could not brook the Air of Maz, and because of those many unkindnesses he hath for divers years
received from them; and the Sieur Darder for from the Decree of the same Synod, which permitted the said Monsieur Con∣stans to live at Montauban until the next Provincial Synod: Both of them be∣ing heard, and the Deputies of that Province declaring the reasons which swayed them to pass that Decree; This Assembly doth discharge the said Monsieur Constans from all Pastoral relation unto the said Church of Mazgra∣vier, on condition that the next Colloquy do provide a Pastor for the said Church who shall reside with them, and the said Constans of another Church; And Ordaineth, that till this can be performed, he shall continue to serve the said Church as before, but without being obliged unto residence, and the said Church is injoyned to make full payment to him of all his Arrears of Salary, or they shall not be provided of another Pastor.
2.* 1.1 The Appeal of some Elders in that Church of Mazgravier from the same Synod, was rejected, because it was of the Nature of those things which might be finally determined within the Province; and the parties were told that they deserved a very sharp reproof, for presenting unto this Synod Acts attested by a Publick Notary, as also for that (contrary to the Canons of our National Synods) Elders going out of office had named their successors, whereas they ought to be chosen by the common suffrages of their Consistory.
3. The like Judgment was past upon the pretended Appeal of Isaac Per∣rier, it being a matter which ought to be determined by the Provincial Sy∣nod.
4. John Froment suspended from his office of Elder by the Synod of Higher Languedoc in opposition to a decree of his Colloquy which had restored him although neither the Consistory, nor his adverse party nor any other had Appealed, was now heard upon his Appeal: The Deputies of the Province making no answer to the reasons of his complaint, this Assembly Censured the said Province for proceeding so unjustly, and contrary to all order, and therefore re-instateth the said Froment in the Eldership.
5. Monsieur Paul Banquemar a Citizen of Rouen complained of the Con∣sistory of that Church for not suffering the Banes of his Daughter to be published after the contract had been past before the Notary, unless she were first of all Betrothed by the Pastor; he judging this act of theirs contrary to the Canon of the Synod of Privas,* 1.2 appealed from the Provincial Synod of Normandy held at Sees in the year 1613. by which that Custom of calling in the Pastors before the publishing of Banes, tho formerly practised, was not confirmed, and imposed upon all their Churches. This Assembly finds the Consistory of Rouen to be too severe in in this matter, and that the Synod should not have made it necessary, and for the future it injoyneth them to leave those parties to their Liberty: And on the other hand it exhorts the Appellant to be more Moderate than he has been in his Letters, remon∣strating to him, that it is his duty not to revive those old quarrels, which through the vigilance of the Consistory, and his own silence, had been long ago buried in oblivion.
6. The Sieur Fevry Pastor of the Church of Tonne-Charante Appealed from a Decree of the Province of Xaintonge for detaining him in the Mini∣stery of that Church, notwithstanding the Petition of his Father, who rede∣manded him. This Assembly grants him his Liberty, provided he make it appear unto the Colloquy or Synod of the Church he serveth, that he is called by another Church near unto that of his Fathers, according to the methods observed by us, whereof the said Synod or Colloquy shall take cognisance within the space of one year at the farthest.
7.* 1.3 The differences between the Provinces of Poictou and Brittany about dismembring the Churches of Montagu and of Viellevigne are dismissed over to the Province of Anjou with full Authority from this Assembly to put a final
period to them: Because the Church of Montagu was not heard in the Sy∣nod of St. Maixant, as the Deputies of Poictou do relate it.
8. The Sieur Textor being Emeritus, a discharged Pastor, Appealed from an Ordinance of his Synod of Burgundy for diminishing his portion granted that Province in his Name, and for his use.* 1.4 This Assembly injoyneth the said Province to restore him all his Arrears, and for time to come to give him the quiet injoyment of the whole. And this order shall be of-force not for him only, but for all others in the like circumstances with him, nor may the Provinces dispose of their Moneys to any other uses.
9. The Sieur Collinet having Appealed from the Decree of the Synod of Burgundy,* 1.5 this Assembly Ordaineth that the Province shall pay the C not only of the said Collinet, but also of the Messenger, who was sent unto Court with the verbal processes of the Churches of Chaalons, Paray, &c.
10. The Colloquy of Chaalons Appealing from the Ordinance of the Synod of Burgundy which had adjudged the Church of Mascon unto the Colloquy of Lions, and by Consequence would dispose of the Sieur Perreaud formerly Pastor of Pont de Vaux. This Assembly Decreeth that the Church of Mascon should remain incorporate with the Colloquy of Chaalons, until such time as the Church of Pont de Vaux may be provided of another Pastor, which shall be done without any delay.
11. The Sieur Rigert a Pastor Emeritus in the Province of Dolphiny com∣plained in his Appeal against the Synod of that Province for taking his por∣tion to the common Charges with others.* 1.6 It was Decreed that the said Pro∣vince should for the future leave his portion wholly free unto him.
12. Clement le Servier, otherwise le Dauphin having Appealed from the Sentence of the Provincial Synod of Dolphiny, for deposing him from the Sa∣cred Ministery, and not appearing to defend it in this Assembly, his Ap∣peal was declared null and void.
13. The Church of Val Francesque Appealed from the Synod of Sevennes, because it granted unto the Quarter of St. Romans that the Lords Supper should be celebrated amongst them upon a Sabbath day: But this Appeal of theirs was declared null, for that its contents was of the nature of those things which might be finally determined in the Synod of their Province.
14. The Appeal of Monsieur Massouverain Pastor of the Church of Poussin in Lower Languedoc was declared null, because he neither appeared in Per∣son nor by Letters to prosecute it. And the said Massouverain is injoined to appear before the Province of Sevennes there to answer unto such matters as shall be brought in against him.
15. The Appeal of the Church of Teyrac in the same Province about the Ministry of the Sieur Guerin was declared null, because none appeared for them, nor did they send any Memoirs concerning it.
16. The Appeal of the Church of Vigan about the Free School of that Province granted to the Church of Anduze, was rejected, because it was of the Nature of those businesses which might be determined finally by the Province.
17. It was also judged needless to bring into this Assembly an Appeal from the Decree of the Provincial Synod of Sevennes for their refusing to annex the Churches of the upper Rouargue unto their Province.
18. Whereas an Appeal was brought in by the Province of Burgundy re∣demanding Monsieur Margonne formerly a Minister of their's in the Church of Noyers,* 1.7 but at present serving the Church of Chastillon on the Loire: And the Deputies of Berry assuring this Assembly that God hath eminently own∣ed and blessed his Ministry there, with singular success: All which being seriously considered, His Call unto the Church of Chastillon was confirmed by the authority of this National Synod; and it farther ordained that the Province of Berry should give unto the Province of Burgundy a Proposan
meet and sit for the Sacred Ministry, and such an one as shall be acceptable unto the said Province, and this against the sitting of their next Provincial Synod.
19. An Elder of the Church of Castel-Sagrat, and Monsieur Tinell the Fa∣ther appealed from the Synod of Sevennes for refusing to give them Mon∣sieur Tinell his son at present Pastor in the Church of Anduze, whom they earnestly demanded to be bestowed on the Church of Castle-Sagrat as their own peculiar Pastor. This Assembly (approving that decree of the Synod of Sevennes, because the ordinary forms in the request of those of Castle-Sa∣grat were not observed) doth ordain that Tinell the Father, and the said Church of Castle-Sagrat shall observe those regular and necessary forms and courses injoined by our Discipline, and shall apply themselves to the Synod of Lower Guyenne, or to the nearest Colloquy of the upper Agenois, who shall judge of the carriage of the said supplicating Church, and what interest those of Puymirol may have in their Minister, and in case the Colloquy or Province before-mentioned do yeild unto the demand of the Father, and of those of Castel-Sagrat, the Synod of Sevennes or the next Colloquy of Anduze shall approve thereof, and grant the young Tinell according to their desire unto the said Church of Castle-Sagrat.
20. The Colloquy of Sauve appealing from an Ordinance of the Synod of Sevennes, which had injoined every Colloquy to defray its own charges: This Assembly answered, that the judgment of that Synod was wrong, and the Colloquy did well in its Appeal. And that for time to come the Decree formerly made shall hold good, and be in force not only to the defraying all charges about Deputations, but also for their share and participation in cha∣ritable gifts, and in all other Moneys of the like Nature.
21. The Letters of Charles Roy publick Notary at Loudun, together with his Appeal from the Sentence of the Provincial Synod of Anjou being read,* 1.8 were rejected, and the said Roy was exhorted to conform himself unto the Orders of our Church in the administration of Baptism, which have been approved, ratified, and confirmed by the common and unanimous consents and suffrages of all the Provinces represented in this National Synod.
22. The Province of Champagne complaining of a decree past in the Pro∣vincial Synod of the Isle of France, which had devolved upon the same Sy∣nod the right of calling it unto any place as in their discretion they should judge meet, provided it were carried by plurality of Votes: This Assembly or∣dained that the Colloquy of Champagne shall have the priviledge every fourth year in course of appointing time and place for the meeting of that Synod.
23. The Church of Pons appealed for that the judgment of their Collo∣quy was confirmed by the Provincial Synod of Xaintonge, whereby they were condemned to pay the Sieur du Perier his sallary during his suspension. But this Appeal of their's was dismissed over unto the Province of Poictou and there finally to be decided,* 1.9 according to their Canon established about pecuniary matters: and the same Province shall finally judge and determine of their complaint who were deprived of all assistance and supplies from the Moneys of his Majesties liberality ever since they had been destitute of a Pa∣stor; in case the Province of Xaintonge (to whom for this purpose they shall make their first addresses) refuse to do them right.
24. The Sieur* 1.10 Gouside Pastor in the Church of Gevaudan appealed from the Synod of Lower Guyenne, because they refused to discharge him from that Church, and the Synod of higher Languedoc together with the Church of Villemur, demanding the said Gouside to be their own appropriated Pastor, joined with him in the said Appeal. This Assembly (acknowledging that the Synod of Lower Guyenne have a right to detain him) yet, because of the great want and earnest desire of the Church of Villemur, and the necessary
affairs of the said Gouside which call him into those parts, and would other∣wise very much distract him in his studies, doth grant both to him, and to that Church and Province their joint requests, but with this condition, that the said Province shall provide an able Proposan fit for the Ministry to serve in the Church of Gevaudan, and shall present him unto the next Colloquy of higher Agenois, in case the Province of Lower Guyenne cannot bestow upon them another Pastor.
25. The Deputies of the Church in the Sheriffdom of Nerac took out an Appeal against the Synod of Lower Guyenne, which had grievously censured the said Church, and obliged it to receive the Sieur Latanné for their fourth Pastor, who was formerly Pastor in the Church of Senitot in Normandy, tho' he professed that he was only a Loan unto that Church, he having been pre∣engaged by his Father, and with his own consent unto the Church of Nerac, yea and in his absence, and before he was ordained unto the Ministry of the Church of Senitot, to which he had never gone, but on this condition, that the Church of Nerac might recall him any time when they pleased. This Assembly having patiently heard their several discourses, and seen the Wri∣tings produced by the respective Parties, doth judge that the actings and proceedings of the Consistory of Nerac, are justly censurable, and it doth de facto censure them, declaring that it hath done very great wrong unto the said Sieur Latanné, in taking him off from that Church wherein he served, and not employing him in theirs whereunto they had called him; that they began ill, in lending a Minister that was never theirs, and that they ended ill, in producing divers acts and deliberations of their own expresly contra∣dicting one another. And as for the said Sieur Latanné, this Assembly testi∣fieth for him, that he did not in the least intrude himself among them, and that he had a right to take his leave of the Church of Senitot upon the re∣calling of him back unto them by his Father and the said Church of Nerac; from which nevertheless, for peace sake, and the bettering of its estate, he is set at liberty and discharged, and may be presented unto any other; and the said Church of Nerac is ordered to pay unto him the said Latanné his wages due unto him ever since his coming among them, deducting only what he hath re••eived for serving of other Churches, unto which he was sent by the Colloquy.
26. The said Sieur Latanné remonstrating that the Act delivered to him, and to those of Nerac, had some ambiguity in it as to what con∣cerns the payment of his Salary, which might possibly be refused him, and cause a greater difference between him and that Church than ever. This Assembly having heard Monsieur Marmet upon this subject (who was concerned in it, and declared his purpose about it) did ordain, that the aforesaid Latanné should receive from Monsieur Gorton out of the first mo∣neys of the Portions assigned unto the Church of Nerac the sum of three hundred Livers, and give a general release unto the said Church of Nerac, nor shall any of the Churches in which the said Sieur Latanné hath exercised his Ministry since his return into Guyenne be either by them of Nerac, or by the said Latanné, troubled with demands of money on his Account.
27. Whereas Anthony de Roussan Ballance-maker in the City of Lions (ano∣ther Copy reads Achilles Bulliond Advocate for the King in the election of Lions) appealed from a decree of the Synod of Burgundy and Lionnois,* 1.11 injoin∣ing him on pain of excommunication to take away his son from the Jesuits School: The Assembly having heard his arguments inducing him thereun∣to, do judge them frivolous and null, and consequently his Appeal also, and approves and ratifies the Decree of that Provincial Synod.
28. Master Isaac Ferrier appearing in person to prove his being acquitted and justified by the Province of Vivaretz,* 1.12 and demanding to be restored un∣to the Sacred Ministry: The Assembly Commissionated two Pastors and two
Elders to inspect the Papers produced both by him and that Province, and to make report thereof in order unto sentence; which being done by them, and they Reporting what he had owned and confessed at the Synod of Privas, and also that there was required a more ample evidence and testi∣monial as to his life and deportments since, than he hath yet offered. For these Papers of his were all examined in the Consistory, Colloquy and Pro∣vincial Synod. Moreover the Deputies of Vivaretz declared what had pass∣ed in their Synod about his pretended Justification: and the said Ferrier hav∣ing been heard upon the whole, and his assertions, denials, and replies be∣ing all maturely considered, it was found that he had not given any satis∣faction in the least unto that order of the Synod of Privas, nor lived since with that regularity as one who was bound by his conversation to have got∣ten the Churches approbation, but rather hath given new grounds and oc∣casions for new accusations to be brought in against him. Yet because that in the most principal points he seems not to be fully convicted, this Assem∣bly continues on him his suspension untill the next National Synod, and in the mean while he shall retire unto some certain Church in the Province of Higher Languedoc, or unto the City of Geneva, at his own liberty: but so to live, that he procure either from the said Church or Province a publick and honourable Testimony of his Repentance: And as to what is past, we give him leave to use all lawful means for his justification, which also he shall produce in that Synod, that they may take cognisance thereof: And in the mean while a portion shall be continued him for his subsistence out of the Moneys assigned to the Province of Higher Languedoc, which shall be paid him in free of all Charges, and power is given him to recover the Ar∣rears granted him the last year, and now lying in the hands of the Lord du Candal, or of the Receiver for the Province of Higher Languedoc.
29. The Church of Beziers appealed from the Synod of Lower Languedoc for refusing to pay the Wages of the Sieur Codur during the time of his ab∣sence from them about the general Affairs of the Church, and for which the said Sieur Codur hath obliged himself by promise not to demand a penny from the said Church of Beziers: This Assembly considering the long time of his absence (during which he served the whole Province in general) and for that the said Church of Beziers hath paid the said Sieur de Codur his Wages all along, and been besides at other charges in getting Ministers to supply his place, doth ordain, that the Province of Lower Languedoc, by way of re∣compence, shall pay in unto the said Church the sum of four hundred and fifty Livers, without casting in to this payment, or making any allowance for it the portion of Moneys granted us by the King; and also the said Church shall cancel that obligation the Sieur Codur hath given them.
30. The Church of Beziers brought another Appeal, upon another account; Monsieur Codur had been lent for six months unto the Church of Ganges by the Province of Lower Languedoc, but was since redemanded by another Sy∣nod of the same Province; whereupon at the earnest request of the Sieur Codur, who desired to be set at liberty, he prevailed with both Parties to re∣fer his disposal unto the Judgment of this Assembly. After hearing the De∣puties of the said Church of Beziers, and the said Sieur Codur in their com∣plaints, demands, reasons and answers, the said Codur was yielded up for fixed Pastor unto the Church of Ganges, who should enjoy him as their own; and it was further decreed, that the Province of Lower Languedoc shall send unto the said Church of Beziers two Pastors, who shall serve them by way of Loan, until such time as they can be provided of a Pastor to be wholly appropria∣ted to them, which shall be done as soon as possible. And for the present the Elder of the Church of Ganges binds himself for the whole Church, that the said Sieur Codur shall minister to them of Beziers for three months longer.
31.* 1.13 Monsieur Mernyeur the younger, Pastor of the Church of Pompignant
and la Cadiere, appeared in this Assembly to prosecute an Appeal brought by him from the Synod of Sevennes, which would have deprived the Church of St. Hyppolyte of its hopes ever to enjoy him for their Pastor, and enjoyning the said Mernyeur to make his Residence in any one part of his Church, ex∣cepting that which is contiguous unto that of St. Hyppolyte: And several De∣puties in the name of sundry the Inhabitants of the said St. Hyppolyte, ap∣peared also as Appellants from the same Synod, for declaring that they could not maintain two Pastors, and had rejected their Petition, wherein they humbly requested of them that the said Sieur Mernyeur might be given them for their Minister, and that those Churches of Pompignant and la Cadiere might be incorporated with theirs of St. Hyppolyte. After a fair hearing of all these Appellants, and of the Deputies for the Province of Sevennes, this As∣sembly ordained, that the next Colloquy or Synod of the Province shall make a Deputation of some Pastors and Elders, who shall upon a Lord's day assemble that Church of St. Hyppolyte, and by the Majority of Votes learn from them their will, and ability to maintain two Ministers, in which case they shall joyn another Pastor unto him that is upon the place, and the said Sieur Mernyeur shall remain affixed unto his own Churches, which he shall carefully serve, especially because the Sieur Boni hath from the Colloquy of Sauve engaged himself for the punctual payment of his Salary. And farther, it ratifies the Judgment of the Provincial Synod of Sevennes in that Article of his not living at St. Hyppolyte, and commands the said Mernyeur, that he do this very next ensuing morning return home unto his Church, and per∣sonally reside at it.
32. The Church of Nismes appealed from the Province of Lower Langue∣doc, for refusing them the grant of the Ministry of Monsieur Chauve, at pre∣sent Pastor in the Church of Sommieres, urging for themselves the great im∣portance of their Church, and the indispensible necessity they had of a Pastor, whose Age and Experience might be able to undergo the burdens of so nu∣merous a Congregation. After hearing the Letters of the said Church of Nismes, and their request, uttered by the mouth of the Sieur de* 1.14 Pucchredon their Deputy, and the Arguments of the Provincial Synod by their Deputies to the contrary, this Assembly ordained, that the said Sieur Chauve should be lent for three months unto the Church of Nismes, after which term the Pro∣vincial Synod (having heard both the Churches, and the said Sieur de Chauve) may judge whether it be needful or not to dispose of his Ministry, and if they find it necessary, then by the Authority of this Assembly they shall give him unto the Church of Nismes, and they shall provide that of Sommieres with another Pastor either taken from Nismes or elsewhere.
33. The Sieur de la Faye,* 1.15 Pastor of the Church of Aubenas in Vivaretz, ap∣peared in this Assembly Appellant from the Judgment of the Provincial Sy∣nod, which had threatned him with the greatest Censures, as if he had de∣served them; and farther had ordained, that the next Synod of his Province should remove him unto some other Church, which in their wisdom they should conceive to be more expedient for him, and that in the mean while the Colloquy should have a watchful Eye over his conversation. But this Assembly condemned all the proceedings of that Province in this Affair, particularly, for receiving Informations against the said Sieur de la Faye un∣attested, and for censuring him without any cause or Reason, and for not having recorded that their Censure, nor brought hither any Record there∣of; and therefore approving the Appeal of the said Sieur de la Faye, it doth abrogate that Sentence of the said Provincial Synod as infamous and unjust in every article, branch and member of it.
34. Certain Inhabitants of Caussade Appealed from a Decree of the Pro∣vincial Synod of Higher Languedoc,* 1.16 importing that the Sieur Grand formerly their Pastor, but afterwards suspended for three months, and then removed
from three years, should now at last the term being expired be im∣posed again upon them. This Assembly (over-looking the formalities which ought to have been observed in their Appeal, but were not) did graciously receive both them and it; and having heard the Province, and seen the Decree declaring several miscarriages whereof the said Grand had been guilty, or∣dained that he be summoned to make his personal appearance before us, and to be heard speak with his own mouth what he hath to say for himself, and then to be Judged according to the merits of his cause. Whereupon, the said Sieur Grand having been examined by a Committee appointed for that End, and they making report of his confessions and answers, this Assembly aggravated his Censure, and Judged that he could not exercise his Ministry to the edification of that Church of Caussade, and therefore doth ordain that he be disposed of somewhere else, by the Colloquy of Lower Quercy at their next meeting, and that he be for ever made uncapable of returning to Caus∣sade, nor may the said Church ever have power over him, or his Father who became bound for him, to redemand the Moneys disbursed by them on his Studies, because they enjoyed the exercise of his Ministry for some space of time.
35. The Colloquy of the Isles Appealed, for that Monsieur de la Forest for∣merly Pastor in the Church of St. John d' Angely was given by their Provin∣cial Synod unto the Church of Mauze in the Colloquy of St. John d' Angely. The Sieur Cocq' a Minister having been heard speak for that Colloquy, and the Deputies of the Synod of Xaintonge for the Province, this Assembly con∣firmeth the said de la Forest in the Pastoral office of that Church of Mauzé and ordaineth that the Province shall provide for the Church of St. John d' Angely as soon as possible they can.
36. The Church of Agen Appealed, because having demanded their por∣tions free of all taxations, the Synod of Lower Guyenne had refused it: This Assembly rejected their Appeal, and dismissed over the affair relating to it unto the said Province, which shall provide for their Pastors mainte∣nance, as soon as one shall be setled with them.
37. The Church of Boislebeque appealing from the decree of the Synod of Normandy, by which Monsieur Simson was not only excluded from the said Church of Boislebeque but also from all other Churches of Normandy; this their Appeal was made null and void, and the judgment of the said Province confirmed, which is intreated to take care that the said Church of Boislebeque be supplied with a second Minister, in case they shall judge it needful.
38. The Colloquy of Albigeois brought an Appeal from the Judgment given in their Provincial Synod of Higher* 1.17 Languedoc, about the affair of Monsieur Josion one of the Pastors of the Church of Castres, relating to the Censures past against the said Colloquy and their Deputies. After hearing the Sieur Raffin Pastor of the Church of Realmont for the said Colloquy, and the Deputies of the said Province, together with the said Josion, and the Sieur de la Garrigues Deputy of the Church of Castres, and the report of the Commissioners deputed to inspect the writings produced by the several par∣ties, and who were ordered to examine and hear Witnesses dwelling upon the place, and who were particularly mentioned by name unto them, this Assembly took off the Censure inflicted upon the said Colloquy and its Com∣missioners by the said Synod; and yet approveth of its judicial sentence in all other particulars, and ordaineth that all Papers concerning this business be deposited with Monsieur Gardesy, that so the remembrance of them may be for ever forgotten.
39. The appeal of Monsieur Raffin Pastor of the Church of Realmont from the Synod of Higher Languedoc, which had confirmed an Ordinance of the Colloquy of Albigeois, obliging the said Church to visit the annexed Church of la Fenasse every six weeks, was disannulled, and the decrees of the Pro∣vincial Synod and Colloquy were both confirmed.
40. The Consuls of Pamiers appealed from a decree of the Synod of Higher Languedoc, which would not grant them the precedency claimed by them, to communicate first at the Lords Table before the Judge of that City: But this their appeal was rejected, because it was of the nature of those things, which might be finally determined by the Synod of their own Province.
41. The appeal of Monsieur Graue, Elder in the Church of Pamiers from the Decree of the Synod of Higher Languedoc, about Moneys ordered to be kept by Monsieur Ligonnier in his hands, was declared null and rejected, and the act of that Synod was ordered to be put in execution, and made effectual.
42. The Sieur Collinet appealing from the decree of the Provincial Synod of Burgundy, this Assembly ordained that that Province should defray the expences of his journey to Court, because he was sent thither to carry the verbal process of the Churches of Chaalons, Paray, &c.
43. The Consistory of Mornac appealed from the Decree of the Synod of Xaintonge, which had ordained that the said Church should pay unto the Sieur Cocque their Pastor his arrears due unto him from them; but this their appeal was rejected by this Assembly, who also injoin the said Church to make full payment unto him of his just dues, or otherwise they should be deprived of the Sacred Ministry of the Gospel by the next Colloquy of the Isles, or by the Provincial Synod, who have all authority given them so to do from this Assembly.
44. The Sieur Suffran appealed from the Colloquy of Lionnois which had suspended him from his Ministry, to which he saith he submitted purely out of fear. This Assembly having heard the Deputies of that Colloquy, and the arguments of the said Suffran comprised in a Script of His presented to us, finds the Colloquy to have judged prudently and piously in every parti∣cular of their Sentence, and ordaineth that he be provided of a Church as soon as may be in the Province of Lower Languedoc or in some neighbour Province; and that in the mean while a portion of Moneys allotted unto the Pastors shall be detained in the hands of the Lord du Candal to be paid unto him. With this condition, that when as he shall be provided of a Church, that portion shall be put upon the score of the Province, wherein it lieth and he officiates.
3. Rochel, g m. 2. and observat. 11.
Privas, obs. 9.
St. Maixant, p. m. 17. 2. Vitré, obs. 3. on the former Synod.
See below Art 11.
Gap App. 15.
See above Art. 8.
2 Vitré, obs. 5. upon the fore∣going Synod.
See above the 6. obs. on the former Synod.
See 3 Recl••d g. m. 8.
In two o∣ther Copies he is called Gau∣d••••••e. Gesille.
Gap, App. 8. below p. m. 38.
Privas, Ap. 28
Another Copy reads Meenyers.
Another reads Pierre d'Or; another Pinedon.
This was razed out by the second of Vitré, Obs. 6. upon this pre∣sent Synod.
This was re∣verst in the 2d Synod of Vitré, p. m. 12.
Another Copy Higher Guyenne.