The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France, 21 (Tonneins) · Chapter 1 – Chapter 2
CHAP. I. Deputies Names. Officers choſen.
1. AFTER Invocation of the Name of God, the Letters of Deputation were read, that ſo the Call of every perſon aſſiſting in it, might be known, and the Oath taken by them, that they had not by any ſecret, under-hand or undue practices gotten themſelves Elected Deputies, and that they knew not any of this Aſſembly to have ſo done; after which they choſe the Sieur Gigord Moderator, and Monſieur Gardeſy Aſſeſſor, and Monſieur Rivett a Paſtor, and Monſieur Maltret an Elder, to be Scribes.
2. The Aſſembly proceeding in their Examination of the Letters of Commiſſion begun with the Province of Higher Languedoc, and Higher Guyenne, for which there appeared Monſieur John Gardeſy, Paſtor in the Church of Mauveſin, and Bennet Balarand, Paſtor in the Church of Caſtres, with Peter du Puy, Lord of Sabournac, Elder in the Church of St. Paul la Miate, and Denys Maltret, Advocate in the Court of Caſtres, Elder of the Church in that City.
3. For the Province of Poictou, Monſieur Andrew Rivet, Paſtor of the Church at Touars, and Peter de la Vallade, Paſtor of the Church in Fontenay Compte, with Jonas de Beſſay, Lord of Beſſay, & Elder in the Church of Marueil, and Giles Begaud, Lord of la Begaudiere, Elder in the Church of St. Fulgentius.
4. For the Province of Brittany, Monſieur de la Place, Paſtor of Sion, and Andrew le Noir, Lord of Beauchamp, Paſtor of the Church gathered in the Houſe of my Lord the Duke of Rohan, with Stephen Groyer, Lord of Kerbouchart, Councillor of the King, and Alloué de Guerrande, Elder in the Church of Croiſis, and James de Beaulieu, Elder in the Church of Rennes.
5. For the Province of the Iſle of France, Picardy, Champagne, and the Land of Chartres, Mr. James Imbert Durant, Paſtor in the Church of la Ferté of the Vidame, and Abraham de la Cloche, Paſtor of the Church of Chaltray, together with Elijah Bigot, Advocate in the Parliament of Paris, and Elder in the ſaid Church, who tendered Letters of Excuſe from the Sieur Vauquet, Elder of the Church of Laon, declaring the Reaſons of his abſence from this National Synod, of which his Province ſhall take cogniſance, and they be exhorted to take care that for the future there may be none of their Deputies wanting.
5. For the Province of Vivaretz, Vellay, and Forreſt, Monſieur Daniel Chanforan, Paſtor of the Church of Pouſſin, and Monſieur John du Croy, Paſtor in the Church of Villeneuve de Berg, together with James Olivier, Advocate in the Court of that place, and Elder in the ſame Church, and James Garnier, Elder in the Church of Privas.
7. For the Province of the Lower Guyenne, Monſieur Jeremy Bancons, Paſtor in this Church of Tonneins, and Ezechiel Marmett, Paſtor in the Church of Nerac, together with Francis de Luſignan, Baron of Luſignan, Governour for the King in his Town and Caſtle of Puymirol, and Elder of the Church there gathered; and John de la Nouaille, Elder in the Church of Genſac.
8. For the Province of Xaintonge, Aulnix, and Augoulmois, Monſieur Louis le Chevelier, Lord of la Cappelliere, and Jerom Colomiers, both Paſtors in the Church of Rochel, together with Leon de St. Maure, Baron of Montoſier, Elder in the Church of Bene, and Peter de Breuil, Lord of Fontenelles, Elder in the Church of Barbezieux.
9. For the Churches in the Principality of Bearn, Monſieur John de Dizerotte, Paſtor in the Church of Olleron, and Peter de Nauguey, Doctor of Phyſick, Elder in the Church of Leſcar.
10. For the Province of Anjou, Touraln, le Maine, Condomnois, Vendomois, and the Lower Parche, Monſieur Samuel Bouchereau, Paſtor in the Church of Saumur, together with Eleazar de la Primauday, Lord of la Barree, Elder in the Church of Bourgueil, and Abeſ dit Val, Lord of Villiers, the King's Attorney in the Election, and Granary of Salt at Chaſteaugontier, and Elder of the Church there, who related unto this Aſſembly, that Monſieur Daniel Coupe, Paſtor in the Church of Tours, their Fellow-Deputy, was abſent through the oppoſition of his Conſiſtory, which alſo was confirmed by the Brethren that paſſed through that Town. Whereupon the Synod judged the Authors of his abſence highly cenſurable, and cannot approve of the ſaid Coupés compliance with their will, to the prejudice of what had been decreed in the Provincial Synod. And that a meet Cenſure, according to the merits of the Cauſe, may be duly inflicted on them, expreſs order is given to the Paſtors and Elders of the Iſle of France and Anjou, that in their return from hence homeward, they ſhall paſs unto Tours, and particularly inquire into this fact, and by Authority of this Aſſembly ſhall paſs Sentence on them, and all their Charges ſhall be defrayed by that ſaid Church, and they ſhall make report of their duty herein either in Perſon or by Letters unto the next National Synod.
11. For the Province of Higher Languedoc, Monſieur John Gigord, Paſtor and Profeſſor of Divinity in the Church and Univerſity of Montpellier, and John Banſillon, Paſtor of the Church in Aiguemortes, together with Peter de Maſſanes, Councillor for the King, and General in the Court of Aſſiſtants at Montpellier, and Elder of that Church, and Henry de Farrell, Lord of St. Privat, Elder in the Church of Uſez.
12. For the Province of Sevennes and Gevaudan, Monſieur John Bony, Paſtor in the Church of Sauve, together with James de Combier, Lord Baron of Fonds and of Serignac, Elder in the Church of Juiſſac, and Peter de Sduorin, Lord of Pomaret, and of St. Andrew de Valborgne, Elder in the Church of the ſame place, who preſented Letters from Monſieur John Fitz, Paſtor in the Church of St. John of Gardenengue, excuſing his abſence by reaſon of ſickneſs befallen him in his Journey; which excuſe being warrantable, was accepted by this Aſſembly. Since, there arrived Monſieur Eſaiah du Marez, Paſtor of the Church of Alez, who being ſubſtituted in his ſtead, and tendering the Act of Subſtitution unto this Synod, he was immediately admitted.
12. For the Province of Provence, Monſieur Samuel Touſſain, Paſtor in the Church of Luc, with Balthazar Geronte, Lord of Verages, Elder in the Church of Aiguieres.
13. For the Province of Dolphiny, Mr. Paul Guyon, Paſtor in the Church of Dieu le Fit, and Denys Bouteroue, Paſtor in the Church of Grenoble, together with James de Veze, Lord of la Lo, Elder in the Church of Montlimart, and Francis de la Combe, Elder in the Church of St. Marcellin.
14. For the Province of Burgundy, Lyonnois, Bea…jolois, Broſſe and Gex, Monſieur Peter Colinet, Paſtor of the Church of Paray in Charolois, and Peter Eliot, Paſtor of the Church of Arnay le Duc, together with John de Jaucour, Lord of Villarnou, Elder in the Church of Avalon, and John Grace, Elder in the Church of Lion.
15. For the Province of Normandy, Monſieur Benjamin Banage, Paſtor of the Church at Karentan, and Samuel de l'Eſcherpiere, Lord of la Riviere, Paſtor in the Church of Rouen, together with Paul du Vivier, Lord of Beaumont, Elder in the Church of Bayeux, and James le Noble, Lord of la Leau, Elder in the Church of Dies.
16. For the Province of Orleans, Berry, Blezois, &c. Monſieur Daniel Jamett, Paſtor of the Church of St Amand in Bourbonnois, and Samuel de Chambaran, Paſtor of the Church of l'Orges and Marchenoir, together with Lewes de Courcillon, Lord of d'Angeau, Elder in the ſaid Church, and James de Briſſay, Lord of Jenonville, Elder in the Church of Gergeau.
17. There appeared alſo in this Aſſembly Stephen Cheſneverd, Lord of la Millitiere, General Deputy of the Reformed Churches in this Kingdom, who was admitted, and had both his deliberative and deciſive Votes granted him.
CHAP. II. An Order about Letters of Deputation.
See the third Synod of Rochel, Art. 1. after the choice of the Moderator. 2. Vitré, Art. 1. after the Roll.1. ALL the Provinces for the future are enjoyned to expreſs the proper names and ſurnames of the Paſtors and Elders deputed by them unto theſe National Synods, and to ſpecifie that particular place wherein they exerciſe their reſpective Offices. And whereas that failure obſerved by former National Synods about Submiſſion and Obedience, is ſtill found wanting in ſeveral Letters of Deputation from divers Provinces; it is ordained, that it ſhall be promiſed in expreſs terms, without any condition or modification whatſoever, unto all things which ſhall be determined and decreed by theſe National Synods.