The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France, 22 (2nd Vitré) · Chapter 10

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · 22 (2nd Vitré) · Chapter 10

p. 501CHAP. X. Of particular Matters.

1. THE Lord of Monis, Governour of Pons, having writ unto this Aſſembly of his great known expences in keeping and repairing the Town of Pons, and deſiring that he might be reimburſed. An Anſwer was ſent him to this effect, That this Synod could not, though it would, give him any ſatisfaction, becauſe the moneys which are in its diſpoſal, do belong unto the Miniſtry, and cannot be diverted to any other uſe. However we will intreat the Lords General Deputies to addreſs themſelves unto the King on his behalf, that ſo his Majeſty may be pleaſed to grant him … Order for the reimburſement of his charges.

p. 5022. Simeon Conte of St. Damian, one of the Refugees of the Marquiſate of Saluces, preſented a Petition on behalf of Monſieur Bernardin Moilleur, another Refugeé of the ſame Marquiſate (as appeared by his Atteſtation from the Church de la Tour de la Serre, dated the 14th of October, 1616.) craving relief for him from this Aſſembly:St. Maixant. 1. of diſtributions. But it in no wiſe approved that the ſaid Conte ſhould run up and down from one Church unto another begging their Charities, foraſmuch as the Churches of this Kingdom have already contributed, and with very great liberality, towards the maintenance of the Exiles of that Marquiſate, and therefore commanded him to depart. However it orders that ſixty Livers ſhall be taken out of our Churches ſtock, and delivered unto Monſieur Chambrun, one of the Paſtors in the Church of Niſmes, to be given unto the Son of the ſaid Monſieur Bernardin Moilleur, who is a Student in the Univerſity of Niſmes, to incourage him in his ſtudies.

3. The Lady Dutcheſs of Tremouille is intreated by this Aſſembly to write unto the Prince of Orange, that his Excellency would be pleaſed to ſhow that kindneſs unto the Sieurs Julian and Alary, and their Families, as to give them leave to return and dwell in his City of Orange, and to injoy their Eſtates and Offices as formely. She is alſo intreated to write unto Prince Maurice, and to the Lord Duke of Tremouille her Son, that they would join their requeſts with hers unto his Excellency for the ſame purpoſe. And the Lord Mareſchal Duke of Bouillon, ſhall be writ unto from us, intreating him to improve his Intereſt with his Excellency on the behalf of thoſe poor diſtreſſed Gentlemen.

4. Aſcanius Allion was heard in his Complaints againſt the Province of Dolphiny, St. Maixant p. m. 6.as alſo the Deputies of the ſaid Province in their defence againſt him. Whereupon this Aſſembly adviſed the ſaid Allion to carry himſelf with more meekneſs and moderation, and to ſubject himſelf unto the Diſcipline of our Church, and in caſe he refuſe obedience to it, that then the Province ſhall cenſure him according to his demerits. And becauſe of his Poverty, this Synod ordered thirty Livers to be given him, but withal injoined him immediately to return to his own home, and not to trouble us any more with his needleſs Company.

5. Quintin Mareſchall, See the ſame demand, Privas p. m. 11.a Printer, preſented unto this Aſſembly a certain Article of the Provincial Synod of Berry, held at Chaſtillon upon the Loir, whereby he was ordered to Petition this National Synod for ſome moneys to ſet his Preſs at work. This Aſſembly not approving of that Article, doth however order that Province to give the ſaid Quintin, once for all, at one intire payment, fifty Livers.

6. Monſieur Imbert appeared in perſon before this Aſſembly, and declared on what terms and conditions he was received into the Province of the Iſle of France, and that he ſhould be at his own liberty at what time he pleaſed to leave it; which yet hath been ſince conteſted by the ſaid Province. However he is now diſcharged by them from the Church of La Ferté, and lent by the Colloquy of Beauſſe to the Church of Orleans, until the ſitting of this Synod. The Deputies of the Iſle of France claimed a right of redemanding him, as now they did: And on the contrary, thoſe of Berry, and the Deputies of Orleans inſiſted, that he might be fixed in the Church of Orleans, becauſe of the ſingular ſucceſs and fruitfulneſs of his Miniſtry, and the very great neceſſity whereunto they were reduced, before the good Providence of God ſent them this worthy Miniſter. This Aſſembly adjudgeth Monſieur Imbert unto the Church of Orleans for their proper Paſtor, and injoineth the Province of Berry, to give unto the Iſle of France, between this and the next National Synod, a Propoſan ſit to be imployed by them in the ſacred Miniſtry.

p. 5037. The Province of Sevennes declared unto this Aſſembly, that they were ordered by the National Synod of St. Maixant, to receive three Portions for the Churches of Auvergne, and to pay them in unto them, which they have done all along ever ſince from that of St. Maixant to thoſe National Synods of Privas, Tonneins, St. Maixant. p. m. 13. Tonneins p. m. 2.and this preſent Synod now ſitting here at Vitré out of their own Purſes; but yet notwithſtanding the Orders of thoſe Synods, their Receiver could never get one farthing of that moneys. This Aſſembly ordained, that inaſmuch as the Deputies of Sevennes had not brought with them the Acquittances from thoſe Churches, evidencing their payment of thoſe ſums unto them, that they ſhould carry unto the next Provincial Synod of Higher Languedoc, the Catalogue of Paſtors actually ſerving thoſe Churches of Auvergne, together with their Accounts of the aforeſaid moneys diſtributed by them, and atteſted by the ſubſcription of the Moderators, ſuch as they tendered unto the National Synod of Tonneins, as alſo the Acquittances given them by the Paſtors that have been ever ſince actually imployed in thoſe Churches. And the ſaid Provincial Synod ſhall put a final period unto this affair. And till they have heard and determined it, the Lord of Candall ſhall keep by him thoſe demanded Portions: but when as the Order of the ſaid Synod ſhall be offered him, then he ſhall make payment of them. Or elſe the ſaid Lord of Candall ſhall be accountable for them unto the next National Synod.

8. The Deputies of the Iſle of France made report, how that Monſieur Perrery, at preſent Miniſter in the Province of Higher Languedoc, but formerly maintained by their Province, had quitted the Church of Paſſavant in the Colloquy of Champagne which was aſſigned him, and hath not ſince returned, though the time allotted him, by the Synod of Ay, in the year 1613. be expired, nor hath he reimburſt them of the charges they had been at for his Education and Studies in the Univerſity, for which cauſe he was ſummoned to appear before the ſaid Colloquy of Champagne, but he neglecting it, and excuſing his abſence by Letters, declaring his intent and purpoſe never to return more into the ſaid Province, he was thereupon ſuſpended the holy Miniſtry for one year, and this ſuſpenſion was notified unto him, as appears by his Letters dated the third of March of this preſent year 1617. written unto the Synod of the ſaid Province. This Aſſembly having peruſed the Letters of the ſaid Perrery, and heard the Deputies of the Higher Languedoc, and maturely debated the whole affair, finds that the Colloquy of Champagne has dealt too ſeverely with the ſaid Perrery, and therefore amending and reforming their cenſure, ordaineth, that in caſe the ſaid Perrery hath not forborn the exerciſe of his Miniſtry ſince the ſignification of that his ſuſpenſion, he ſhall abſtain from it for the full ſpace of two Months, to commence from that very day on which the ſaid ſuſpenſion ſhall be notified to him by the Deputies of Higher Languedoc; which ſhall be done by them immediately after their return home unto their own Province, and they ſhall urge him to pay in the moneys owed by him unto the Iſle of France within ſix months time, it being injoined him by this Aſſembly. And on default hereof the Province of Higher Languedoc ſhall be obliged to ſend him back again to the Province of the Iſle of France, there to exerciſe his Miniſtry. And the Colloquy of Armagnac is grievouſly cenſured for having admitted the ſaid Perrery unto a Paſtoral Office among them, contrary to the Canons of our Church-Diſcipline.

9. The Deputies of the Iſle of France complained, that Monſieur Richer, St. Maixant p. m. 9. Alez. p. m. 44.who was maintained at their charges, both at School and Univerſity, and promoted in their Province unto the holy Miniſtry, hath ſince abandoned the Church whereunto he was aſſigned, and wherein he had ſerved divers years, without ever reimburſing them their expences in his Education, and hath joined himſelf unto the Province of Xaintonge. This Aſſembly having p. 504conſidered the whole affair as it was repreſented by the Deputies of the Iſle of France, and by thoſe of Xaintonge, declares, that the Iſle of France ſuffered the ſaid Richer to depart too eaſily from that Church wherein he miniſtred: And that the Province of Xaintonge is very much to blame in taking him into the Miniſtry among them as they did without an Atteſtation, it being injoined by the Church Diſcipline. And the ſaid Richer is grievouſly cenſured for not having ſought his Diſmiſſion lawfully and with Atteſtation, which might have given Evidence of his Doctrine and Converſation; and he is injoined by this Aſſembly to come to an accompt with the Iſle of France, and to give them ſatisfaction to a penny of all their expences on him before his Reception into the Sacred Miniſtry, and this within the ſpace of ſix months. On default whereof the Province of Xaintonge is ordered to enforce him to perform this his duty by all Church-Cenſures.

10. The Lords of Laudouiniere, and of la Begaudiere, Gergeau p. m. 15. Above Obſ. 3. upon the Syn. of Tonneins.Elders in the Churches of Mountagu and Viellevigne, were heard ſpeak about the differences betwixt thoſe two Churches. Whereupon this Aſſembly granted the Church of Mountagu its demand, that one half of the Portions of the Kings money received under the Seal of Monſieur Ferguſon, who was equally Paſtor unto both thoſe Churches of Mountagu and Viellevigne, lying in the Provinces of Poictou and Brittaine, from the year 1599. until the month of December in the year 1616. when they were ſeparated, and had each of them diſtinct Paſtors, ſhould henceforward be paid in unto them; and therefore it ordaineth, that out of the remaining ſtock of thoſe Portions in the hands of the Elders of the Churches of Mountagu and Viellevigne, there ſhall be a Dividend made, and the one half only ſhall be allowed to the payment of the Salary of Monſieur Ferguſon, according as the accounts ſhall be cleared up betwixt them by the Acquittances, and Papers to be produced by the ſaid Ferguſon, and the Elders of thoſe Churches, and this moity ſhall take in not only the moneys of his Majeſty's bounty, but all other contributions made by particular Perſons towards the maintenance of the ſaid Paſtor. And it ordaineth farther, that by this means the Church of Viellevigne ſhall give full ſatisfaction unto that of Mountagu, for the overplus of the moity paid in by them towards the maintenance of the ſaid Paſtor.

11. The Province of higher Languedoc demanded,T…n…ins p. m. 4. that it would pleaſe this Aſſembly to make a Decree, that the Churches of Vic, Figenſeac, Eutre, and Leyran, now lying in the Province of lower Guyenne, and joyned to it, might be ſeparated from it, and incorporated with the Colloquy of Armagnac, lying in the Province of higher Languedoc. It was ordered, That the two Provinces ſhould confer about it, and hear the Opinion of thoſe Churches upon the caſe, and afterward they ſhould determine, that which they conceived would be moſt expedient for them.

T…neins Appeal 34.12. Monſieur Grand, Paſtor in the Church of Cajarc in the Province of higher Languedoc, did by Letters humbly petition this Aſſembly to take off the Cenſure filed againſt him by the National Synod of Tonneins, which had forbidden him any more to Preach in the Church of Cauſſade. The Conſuls and Elders alſo of the ſaid Church and Town joyned with him in the ſame Petition. This Aſſembly having conſidered the Teſtimonials given of him by the Colloquy of upper Quercy, and alſo by the Synod of higher Languedoc, do give power unto the ſaid Province to licenſe Monſieur Grand to return and exerciſe his Miniſtry as formerly in the Church of Cauſſade; but in the firſt place they ſhall moſt diligently conſider whether his Preſence and Preaching there will be for its edification, and that the Church of Cajarc be duly ſupplied by another Miniſter.

13. The Church of Saumur conteſted with the Province of Brittain about a Penſion and Maintenance exhibited by them unto Julian Fournier, who had quitted the Convent of Capuchins in the City of Blois. The Deputies p. 505of Anjou and Brittain having been both heard, this Aſſembly moderated the ſaid Charges, and reduced them to the Sum of fifty Livers, to wit, twenty Livers for his Diet, and thirty for his Cloths, which ſaid Sum ſhall be paid unto the Church of Saumur, by the Province of Brittain, out of the Monies granted us by his Majeſty's liberality.

14. The Lord Baron of Tournebu writ unto this Aſſembly by an Elder of the Church of Falaiſe, that his late deceaſed Lady hath bequeathed as a Legacy ſome conſiderable Sums of Money which are in the Province of Zealand, to be employed in the educating of a Scholar, either of Zealand, Baſil, or Geneva, that may hereafter ſerve the Church of Eſſars in the Miniſtry of the Word and Sacraments. And whereas the Sum bequeathed will not ſuffice for that purpoſe, the ſaid Lord promiſeth on his Honour to make up the reſt. After the Deputies of Normandy had been heard, the Aſſembly, applauding the Deſign and Zeal of this noble Lord, orders the Province of Normandy to intreat the ſaid Lord not to chuſe any Scholar out of this Kingdom, and that he would be pleas'd to adviſe with his Colloquy and Synod about him, and in caſe he ſhould not grant unto us our deſire, he ſhall be at his full liberty to chuſe him whence and where he will, but with this Proviſo, That as ſoon as he ſhall be ſit for ſervice, he be preſented unto the Province, and admitted by it according to the Canons of our Church-Diſcipline.

15. The Colloquy of Foix, in the Province of Higher Languedoc, writ and ſent their Complaints unto this Aſſembly, of thoſe grievous Oppreſſions the Churches in thoſe parts have undergone for theſe laſt ſix Years, and the great Sums they have been neceſſitated to expend in keeping poſſeſſion of our Cautionary Towns there, and to ſupport themſelves in the Courts of Parliament, Chambers of the Edict, and the Council of State. This Aſſembly adviſed the ſaid Colloquy firſt of all to apply themſelves unto their own Province: For we could not divert the Monies given for our Miniſter's ſubſiſtence unto any other uſes.

16. The Colloquy of Gex petitioned this Aſſembly to compaſſionate the deep Poverty of their Miniſters, and to add ſomething by way of augmentation to what was given them in the Synod of Tonneins for their better maintenance. Whereupon a Decree paſt, that the Lord of Candal ſhould be deſired to pay thoſe Miniſters in the firſt place, before any others, and that the ſixty Livers heretofore allotted towards the maintenance of their Colledge, and taken out of the Common Stock of the Churches, ſhould not any longer be allowed, becauſe there is proviſion made for the ſaid Colledge another way.

17. Monſieur Codur, Profeſſor of Hebrew in the Univerſity of Montpellier, complained, that he was never paid his Salery, ſince he exerciſed his Miniſtry in the Province of Provence. This Aſſembly diſmiſſed his Affair over to the Paſtors and Elders of Lower Languedoc, who are ordered by this Aſſembly to viſit the Synod of Provence, and to ſee that thoſe Churches which have been ſerved by the ſaid Monſieur Codur, do account with him, and give him full ſatisfaction.

18. The Province of Berry declaring, that the laſt National Synod of Tonneins had by a ſpecial Order appointed the Lord of Candal to detain by him one portion under the Name of Monſieur Hume, and to be paid into that Province, in which he ſhould be imployed as a Paſtor; and he being called to the Cure of Souls in the ſaid Province, yet they could never receive a Penny of the ſaid portion, as was evident from the Accompts of the ſaid Lord Du Candal. Whereupon this Aſſembly did expreſly injoyn him immediately to accompt with the ſaid Province, and to pay them out of hand what is owing to them.

19. David Chauveton, a Scholar,Alez. Obſ. 10. upon this Syn. maintained by the Province of the Iſle p. 506of France, and ſince received into the Miniſtry, and ordained Paſtor to the Church of Claye, from which, having firſt obtained licence for three Months, he departed to viſit his aged and diſeaſed Father, Paſtor in the Church of Limeueill in the Province of lower Guyenne, but returned not according to his promiſe: for which cauſe the ſaid Province hath cenſured him, and condemned him to make a full reſtitution of all their Charges they were at in his preparatory Studies to the Sacred Miniſtry. Which he not having done, they complained of him unto this Aſſembly; who conſidering, that the ſaid Chauveton had ſerved full three Years in the Miniſtry among them, and that he came back unto the Conſiſtory of Paris, and offered himſelf to miniſter as formerly in the Church of Claye, or in any other they would be pleaſed to provide for him, did nevertheleſs reprove him for not being punctual to his promiſe, in returning at the time prefixed, nor ſending ſome lawful excuſe for his abſence; and the Province of Lower Guyenne could not receive the ſaid Chauveton without the conſent and diſmiſſion of the Iſle of France, whoſe he was, and therefore ordaineth, that the ſaid Chauveton ſhall pay within one Year the Sum of three hundred Livers unto the ſaid Province, in lieu of all their Demands from him for Charges they were at in his Education at School and Univerſity. And in caſe he be not able to do it, the Province of Lower Guyenne ſhall disburſe the ſaid Monies for him.

20. The Province of Higher Languedoc made report in this Aſſembly of the Judgment paſſed by them in the difference between Monſieur d' Anglade, T…nneins, of Univerſity-Accompts. Art. 10. Alez. Obſ. 11.and the Province of Lower Languedoc, which was remanded to them by the National Synod of Tonneins, and that Monſieur d' Anglade required payment of a certain Sum of Monies owing him as Wages for his Profeſſion of Hebrew in the Univerſity of Niſmes, and due unto him from the Year 1603, unto that of 1607. By which Judgment of theirs the Province of Lower Languedoc was obliged to pay in unto the ſaid Sieur d' Anglade the Sum of four hundred Livers: but the ſame Province pleading, that they had no notice given of the time when the Synod of Lower Languedoc was held, this Aſſembly having conſidered the whole matter, doth ordain, that the ſaid Province ſhall be accountable for this unto the next Synod of Sevennes, and ſhall pay in unto the ſaid Sieur d' Anglade, either in good Bills or in ready Monies, all his Arrears. Which it they do not, the Judgment of the Synod of Higher Languedoc ſhall ſtand in force againſt them, and be fully executed.

21. The Deputies of the Province of Lower Guyenne demanding,… p. m. …. that thoſe three free Portions, which were ordained by the National Synod of Tonneins unto the Churches of Soulés (taking in that alſo which was adjudged unto Monſieur Buſtonoby, Paſtor in Berne, and ſerving the ſaid Churches of Soulé) might be continued: This Aſſembly conſidering, that the Monies formerly given were not employed to maintain a Paſtor in actual ſervice, cannot for the preſent give any more than two Portions free of all charges, which ſhall be delivered them by the Receiver of the Province of Lower Guyenne, and farther ordaineth, that becauſe thoſe Churches are at a very great diſtance from thoſe of the Lower Guyenne, they ſhall be for the future incorporated with the neareſt Colloquy of Berne until the next National Synod, and then the ſaid Churches ſhall by the Deputies of Berne declare what courſe they have took in obedience to this Decree, for providing themſelves of a Paſtor, and of their juſt and faithful employment of the moneys that have been granted them.

22. The Sieur Piloty came unto this Synod,… M…, p. m. …. A… p. m. …8. bringing with him an Order of the General Aſſembly held at Niſmes, by which he was diſmiſſed hither to be recompenſed for his loſſes ſuſtained, and charges expended in ſecuring the Town of Aubenas for the Churches, and this in purſuance of his Oath p. 507and Promiſe made by him unto the firſt Aſſembly of Chaſtelheraut. This Aſſembly doth not in the leaſt conceive it ſelf obliged to reward him, nor that the moneys in its diſpoſal ſhould be alienated from their proper uſe to the defraying of ſuch expences: yet nevertheleſs conſidering the great neceſſities to which this worthy Gentleman is reduced by his good and faithful ſervices done the Churches, whereof he hath valid and ſufficient Teſtimonials, there was granted him for his Journey hither, three hundred Livers, which ſhall be paid him at ſight by the Lord of Candall, and to relieve him under his preſſing wants, four Portions, free of all Taxes, on the Province of Sevennes, and this to be continued till the ſitting of the next National Synod.

23. John le Febure, Bookſeller at Geneva, writ unto this Aſſembly,Alez. Obſ. 14. on this Synod. humbly requeſting it to take cognizance of the great Injury done him in the perſon of his Daughter, by Monſieur Mainvill the younger, at preſent Paſtor in the Church of Orthez in the Province of Bearn, who had debauched his Daughter. After hearing the Deputies of Bearn, this Aſſembly exhorted their Synod to injoyn the ſaid Mainvill to go out of hand unto Geneva, and there to clear himſelf before the Magiſtrates of that City, of what is laid unto his charge, that ſo the Holy Miniſtry may be freed of all Reproaches. And in caſe he refuſe obedience unto their Order, that they puniſh him according to the Diſcipline of our Churches, with Suſpenſion from his Sacred Office: and the Informations, and other Papers ſent unto this Aſſembly were depoſited with the Deputies of Bearn, and to be produced at the next meeting of their Synod.

24. Whereas the Conſiſtory and Church of Moulins in the Province of Berry, have petitioned this Aſſembly,Alez. Obſ. 12. on this Synod. that they might be joyned unto that of Burgundy, and that Monſieur de la Roche, who was lent them but for ſix Months, might be ſetled among them as their own and ordinary Paſtor. After that the Deputies of Berry had been heard, this Aſſembly ordained, that the ſaid Church ſhall carry their Petition unto the next Provincial Synod of Berry, which is intreated to conſider the matter ſeriouſly, and to deal in it according to the Laws of Charity.

25. The Deputies of the Iſle of France and Champagne made report of the ſingular ſucceſs of the Goſpel at Langres, Alez. p. m. 52.and what a fair proſpect there is of a far larger harveſt, but withal, that they were embarraſt with a world of difficulty in ſetting up the publick Exerciſe of our Religion, unleſs in the Bailiwick of Sens, which is the one and only place they can meet withal, and they pray, that it may he granted them in lieu of their Meeting-place at Atigny, which is at preſent, and hath been for a long time altogether uſeleſs to them. After that the Deputies of Berry were heard, who inform'd, that they had no order from their Province as to this matter, and yet were very importunate to retain the Temple for thoſe of Sens; this Aſſembly ordained, that the ſaid Province of Berry ſhould yield up the ſaid place of the Bailiwick of Sens unto the people of Langres; and in caſe of refuſal, then it doth adjudge the Bailiwick of Sens to be incorporated with the Province of the Iſle of France and Champagne, who are fully impowered to make choice of any place, that will moſt contribute to the edifying of God's Church.

26. Monſieur de la Place, Paſtor in the Church of Sion, complained, that David de la Place his Brother, though upon examination he was approved as a perſon fit and qualified for the Miniſtry, yet hitherto he hath been wholly neglected by the Province of Brittain, who have maintain'd him as their Propoſan, and that therefore he might be ſet at liberty from them. This Aſſembly ordaineth, that the Province of Brittain ſhall preſent him unto ſome Church within two Months; and in caſe they do not, then he ſhall be given for Paſtor unto the Church of Lavall in the Province p. 508of Anjou, where he ſhall ſerve one whole Year, and that expired, he ſhall be wholly freed from the Province of Brittain, who ſhall forfeit their power of recalling or aſſigning him unto any other Flock.

27. Monſieur Babat acquainted this Aſſembly, that it was utterly impoſſible for him to comply with their Order,See above, on g. m. 28. injoyning him to reſide on the Church of Iſſoyre, until the next meeting of the Provincial Synod of Sevennes, becauſe he hath not any maintenance at all allowed him for his ſubſiſtence, and that of his poor Family. The Deputy of the Lord du Candal being now in Town, was commanded to pay in unto the ſaid Monſieur Babat immediately one hundred and fifty Livers out of the Portions attributed to the Churches of Auvergne, and the ſaid Babat ſhall be accountable for this Money unto the next Colloquy of St. Germain, and ſhall bring with him to it an Elder of the ſaid Churches to ſee thoſe Accounts ſo tendred by him audited and accepted, and the Commiſſioner of the ſaid Province of Sevenues ſhall take the Acquittance of the ſaid Monſieur Babat for the Moneys ſo paid by the Lord du Candal.

28. Monſieur Guerin, Paſtor of the Church of Baugency, made report unto this Aſſembly,Alez. Obſ. 13. on this Synod. how that he and ſeveral other perſons of the ſame Province were obliged in great Sums of Money, disburſed for the conſervation of the Town and Fortreſs of Gergeau, during the late Troubles, for which he is now proſecuted at Law, and in danger of Arreſts, and to be made a Priſoner during Life, unleſs it ſhall pleaſe this Aſſembly to take ſome effectual and ſpeedy courſe for payment of this Debt out of the Augmentation-moneys granted unto the Churches by the Treaty of Loudun. This Aſſembly being informed, that by the Treaty of Loudun a certain Sum of Money was ordered to be paid in to the Lord Marqueſs of Roſny for this ſelffame purpoſe, and that he hath received it, decreed that Letters ſhould be written unto the ſaid Marqueſs, that he would be pleaſed out of thoſe Moneys which have been paid in unto him for the reparation and fortifying of Gergeau, to indempnifie the ſaid Monſieur Guerin, and thoſe other Gentlemen bound together with him, and theſe our Letters ſhall be put into the hands of the Lords our General Deputies, that they may themſelves deliver them unto him, and prevail with the ſaid Marqueſs, that the Debt may be paid, and the ſaid Guerin and the reſt of the Sureties legally diſcharged. And the Province of Berry ſhall joyn with them in the ſame demand, and in caſe they ſhould gain nothing from him, that then the ſaid Province ſhall inform all the other Provinces, that ſo the Deputies unto the next National Synod may be charged particularly to conſider the Petition of the ſaid Sieur Guerin.

29. The Deputies of Dolphiny brought in their Accompts of Moneys formerly given unto the Proteſtants exiled from the Marquiſate of Saluces, P…i…as, p. m. 29.which were examined and allowed, and deliver'd unto the Scribes of this Aſſembly, with all the Acquittances, that they might be carried unto Rochel, and lodged up in the Archives there, and the ſaid Province of Dolphiny was diſcharged.

30. Monſieur Sonis, Paſtor and Profeſſor of Divinity in the Church and Univerſity of Montauban, did by Letters petition this Aſſembly to aſſiſt him with a Sum of Money to help to print ſeveral Books compoſed by him. And whereas divers Provinces had it in their Inſtructions to move, that for the future no recompences might be given unto any on ſuch occaſion, unleſs they had written at the deſire and order of a National Synod: This Aſſembly applauding the Zeal and Pains, the Diligence and Faithfulneſs of the ſaid Profeſſor in his Place and Calling, recommends it to the Province of Higher Languedoc to peruſe the Manuſcript Copies of the ſaid Monſieur Sonis, and to teſtifie their reſpect unto him, ſo as that none of his worthy Labours be buried in ſilence and forgetfulneſs, but that they be publiſhed for the common benefit of God's Church.

p. 50931. Mr. Chriſtian and Jacob Huberus, Brethren, and Sons of Monſieur Huberus, Paſtor of the Church of Berne in Switzerland, came unto this Aſſembly, bringing Letters from the Lords of Berne, and from the ſaid Huberus their Father, demanding great ſums of money, which the late Monſieur Sturmius, Father of the Wife of the ſaid Huberus, Alez. g. m. 10.had lent (partly of his own, partly of what he had borrowed, and ſtood ingaged for unto others) for the good and ſervice of the Reformed Churches in this Kingdom about forty years ago, whereof they tendered in an Account, and ſeveral Memoirs relating to it; which having been peruſed and examined, this Aſſembly did not believe that the Papers produced did at all oblige our Churches to make ſatisfaction for any of thoſe great ſums; and this ſhall be notified by Letter from us unto the Lords of Berne, and to the ſaid Monſieur Huberus; and two hundred Livers were ordered to be paid immediately by the Lord du Candal, unto theſe two young Gentlemen, the Sons of Monſieur Huberus, to help to defray the Charges of their Journey hither.

32. Monſieur Solera a Spaniard born, who having forſook his Native Country, retired into France, and hath for a good ſpace of time followed his ſtudies hard in the Church and Univerſity of Saumur, and the Deputies of the Province of Anjou underſtanding by his Teſtimonials from the Conſiſtory and Profeſſors there, of his progreſs in Piety, good Learning, and knowledge of Divinity; The Province of Normandy demanded him for their Propoſan, and deſigned to exhibit a Penſion to him, till ſuch time as he ſhould be found fit and qualified for the holy Miniſtry. This Aſſembly ordained, that the Portion attributed unto the ſaid Province for a ſecond Paſtor in the Church of St. Lo, ſhall be diſpoſed of towards the maintenance of the ſaid Solera; and in caſe he be called forth unto the Miniſtry, and be imployed in the ſaid Church of St. Lo, or in any other of the ſame Province, that the ſaid Portion ſhall be continued to him as unto the other Paſtors.

33. Monſieur de la Viale, Deputy for the Province of Higher Languedoc, Tonneins p. m. 5.Petitioned on behalf of Laurence de Fernandez, that the ſum of an hundred and twenty Livers, which by the National Synod of Tonneins had been ordered to be paid in yearly to him, might be continued for the future. This Aſſembly declared, that in as much as the ſaid Fernandez had learnt a Trade, and was Married, and took up his reſidence at Montauban, the ſaid Relief could not be continued to him: and in caſe he be pinched with wants, the Church of Montauban ſhall aſſiſt him out of their Poors ſtock, with their Charities.

34. Peter Mercurin a Provencal, maintained out of the Churches money,Alez. Appeal 9. ever ſince the laſt National Synod of Tonneins until now, preſented his Teſtimonial from the Univerſity of Montauban, and Petitioned, that whereas he had been aſſiſted with the ſupply of an hundred and twenty Livers, that it might be continued to him for ſome longer time. This Aſſembly ordered the Lord of Candal to pay him once for all the ſum of ſixty Livers, that ſo he may return home unto his own Province of Provence, and be put upon Employment according to his abilities, and the Decree of the National Synod of Tonneins.

35. Monſieur Suffran, a Paſtor in the Province of Lower Languedoc, Tonneins Appeal 43.Petitioned by Letters this Aſſembly, that the Order of the Colloquy of Lyonnois, and ratified by the National Synod of Tonneins, forbidding him the exerciſe of his Miniſtry within the Colloquy of Niſmes, might be repealed. This Aſſembly having received a very good account of the ſaid Suffran from faithful Witneſſes, doth grant him his requeſt, and injoineth the Province of Lower Langùedoc to provide him a Church in any Colloquy, as they ſhall judge expedient.

p. 51036. Nicolas **In another Copy he is called Joucune, in another Jouann….Jane having lately abjur'd in this Church of Vitré the Errors and Idolatries of the Papacy, was recommended to the Province of Normandy, to take care that he might be employed in ſome way of living as he is beſt qualified, and the Lord of Candal is ordered to give him thirty Livers to help carry him into the ſaid Province, whereof he is a Native. And foraſmuch as the Deputies of Normandy have informed us, that it will be a full year e'r their Provincial Synod do meet, the Colloquy of Caen is intreated to take care of him, till that time, and that ſome proviſion be made for him.

37. Monſieur du Bois, Alez. p. m. 61.a Miniſter, having been diſcharged from the Church of Laval, by reaſon of its poverty, by the Synod of Anjou, was put into the Catalogue of Miniſters, who were to be diſpoſed by this Aſſembly, and in caſe that it ſhould break up without preſenting him to ſome vacant Congregation, he hath full liberty given him to diſpoſe of himſelf in any one Province, as the Lord ſhall be pleaſed to direct him; and there ſhall be one Portion out of the moneys of his Majeſty's bounty, retained by the Lord of Candall, to be given unto that Province in which he ſhall be imployed, and thoſe moneys of his Majeſty's bounty ſhall be paid in to the ſaid Monſieur du Bois until the firſt of July, as if he were an actual Paſtor in the Church of Lavall: and this in purſuance of that agreement made by that Church with him, but with this Proviſo, that he be always employed in a Church whereunto this Aſſembly ſhall have adjudged a Portion of thoſe moneys. And the Province ſhall give advice hereof unto the Lord of Candal, who ſhall be accountable for it unto the next National Synod.

38. Monſieur Mahaut having been put into the Catalogue of Paſtors, who are to be diſpoſed by this Aſſembly,Above Appeal 4. Alez. Appeal 54. was preſented by it this day unto the Church of Giſors in Normandy, and the ſaid Church was exhorted to receive him, and to entertain him lovingly, and the Lord, of Candal ſhall reſerve his portion in his own hands, becauſe the ſaid Mahaut will receive that which is allotted unto the Church of Giſors, wherewith he was well ſatisfied.

39. The Lord of Vieville requeſted this Aſſembly to intreat the Paſtors of the Church of Vitre to viſit the Church gathered in his Houſe as often as conveniently they can, whereunto the ſaid Paſtors did voluntarily conſent, and promiſed that they would go once a Month, but could not quit their own Church upon the Lord's days. The Aſſembly acknowledging that this affair did properly belong to the cogniſance of the Provincial Synod of Brittain, yet becauſe it would be a very long time before they met together, intreats the aforeſaid Miniſters to give that Church in the Lord of Vieville's Houſe, ſix Sermons on ſo many Sundays yearly, and ſix more on ſuch Days as they ſhall conſider and agree on.

40. The Province of Lower Guyenne complained unto this Aſſembly,T…nn…s p. m. …. that the three hundred Livers which were granted to Monſieur Buſtonoby, by the Synod of Tonneins, are not yet paid by the Lord du Candal, but were paid by the ſaid Province out of its own Purſe. Order was now given unto the Lord du Candal, to reimburſe the ſaid Province out of the moneys remaining in his hands on his laſt Accompt.