Articles of the Synod of Dort [pp. 239-255]

.Jrticles of the Synod of Dort.
quisition of every important subject there taught. Secondly,
That it is the part of modcsty, duty, and wisdom, to confine
himself to the circle of attainments, prescribed by the academical corporation. Thirdly, That the special and appropriate preparations for the ministry, and the active labours of
the same, should not be anticipated at this important period.
The details of the foregoing observations may appear to
some of our readers to be unimportant and uninteresting, yet
nothing should be so considered which bears directly upon
the training of the ministry. The noble resolution of the
Assembly's Board of Education, to take on their funds every
qualified young man who shall apply to them for aid, will
call forth at once an army of youthful candidates. Many of
them will be placed in our colleges, and be exposed to the
temptations which have been mentioned. Those who are
specially charged with their supervision will be the last to
consider these suggestions unimportant.
ART. VII.-ARTICLES OF THE SYNOD OF DORT.
The./rticles of the Synod of Dort, and its rejection of er rors, with the history of events which made way for
that Synod, 4c. Translated from the Latin, by Tho mas Scott, rector of JIston and Sandford, Bucks. Utica,
William Williams, Genesee street.
THE history of the Synod of Dort, from which Dr. Scott
translated this work, was drawn up by the delegates from
South Holland, at the request of the Synod; and when the
Acts of the Synod were published by authority, this narrative was prefixed. It was probably written by Festius
Hommius, who was one of the deputies from South Holland;
and a man of great worth and learning; who, from the commencement, had as much to do with this controversy as any
other person. No Synod has ever met in the Reformed
Churches, the proceedings of which were so important and
interesting as that of Dort. It was not merely a national
Synod, but received delegates from most of the Reformed
Churches in Europe. Those who were about to attend from
France, were, for some political reasons, prevented from tak
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