The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France, 25 (Castres) · Chapter 30
CHAP. XXX. A Donative to Monſieur Chamier.
44. MOnſieur Chamier Paſtor of Montlimard, preſenting unto this Council the very learned Works of his moſt Reverend Father, which he publiſhed at the deſire of ſeveral former National Synods. The Council judging it equitable to teſtify that great reſpect and honour they ever had for his Father, of bleſſed Memory, and to give ſome acknowledgment of the Churches Debt and Thankfulneſs for the many and eminent Services he had once rendered them, and theſe his incomparable Labours now dedicated to it, do offer the Sum of three hundred Livers preſently to be given him by Mr. Cooper, out of the general Stock of the Churches: And further, there ſhall two free Portions more be diſtributed to him out of the Dividend, which will befal the Province of Dolphiny, and ſhall be paid in unto the ſaid Monſieur Chamier, betwixt this and the next National Synod.
45. This Synod conſidering the long-continued Sufferings of the Sieur Conſtant, during his Impriſonment in the Clink of the Common Goal of Bourdeaux, and the great Expences he muſt needs have been at for the getting his Enlargement, voted and decreed, That out of the general Stock of Monies belonging to all our Churches, there ſhall be drawn out three free Portions, and delivered to him,1616. The 25th Synod. betwixt this and the next National Synod, by the Lord of Candall.
46. Monſieur Belliot petitioning the Synod to have compaſſion on him, becauſe of his many and great Neceſſities, ſore Afflictions, and Loſſes which he hath ſuſtained, during his long Impriſonment in Bourdeaux; There was a Portion and half free of all Charges and Taxes whatſoever, ordered to be paid him by the Lord of Candall, until the next National Synod.
47. The Sieurs Petit and Duranty, Deputies from the Church of Niſmes, made their Addreſſes unto this Synod, That it would be pleaſed to grant them Monſieur Baux, Paſtor of the Church of Mazamet, to be their Miniſter. After hearing the Provincial Deputies of Lower Languedoc on the one hand, who joined with the ſaid Gentlemen in their Demand; and on the other hand the Deputies of Mazamet aforeſaid, Monſieur Baux himſelf, and other Deputies of the Higher Languedoc who oppoſed their Petition; A Vote paſt, that this Buſineſs ſhould be carried back unto the next Synod of Higher Languedoc, which is ordered to provide for the Church of Mazawet, and to grant the Church of Niſmes effectually their Requeſt.
48. The ſaid Sieurs, Petit and Duranty, did farther petition this National Synod, That by their Authority Monſieur Chambrun, who was removed unto the City of Orange by the National Synod of Alez, might be reſtored back again unto the Church of Niſmes. But the Synod anſwered, That the ſaid Deputies ſhould apply themſelves unto the Church of Orange; and in caſe of their refuſal, then unto the Colloquy of Baronniers in Dolphiny, and ſo to get their Petition anſwered according to their Hearts deſire.
49. The Church of Ʋſez deputed the Sieur L' Exque with Letters unto this Council, petitioning that Monſieur Buez, Paſtor in the Church of Cournon-Terrail, might be conferr'd upon them for their Paſtor. The ſaid Church was ordered to apply it ſelf unto the next Synod of Lower Languedoc, which is injoined to diſpoſe the ſaid Buez to comply with the Deſire of the Church of Ʋſez, becauſe of its great Importance, and for that there is very great and good Reaſon the ſaid Synod ſhould yield unto their Requeſts.
50. The Synod being informed by the Deputies of Burgundy, that the Church of Paillac was at preſent unprovided, and conſidering its great Importance, ordereth that Monſieur Repaſſeau, a Paſtor now at Liberty, ſhall be ſent unto that Church, to ſerve them as their own Paſtor; and notice hereof ſhall be given them, by Letters ſigned by the Officers of this National Synod.
51. The Lord of Quelus preſenting Letters from the Church of Anduze, petitioning, that Monſieur Vinay, Paſtor of the Church of Annonay, might be given them for their Paſtor. After that the ſaid Vinay, and the Deputies of the Province of Vivaretz and Sevennes had been heard, their Petition was remanded back unto the next Synod of Vivaretz, who were intreated to have a particular reſpect, both to the Perſon of the ſaid Monſieur Vinay, and his Preſervation, and the great Importance of the ſaid Church; that ſo, as the Welfare of that Church on the one hand, and Chriſtian Charity on the other required, that worthy Miniſter might be treated with all poſſible Reſpect and Kindneſs.
52. The next Synod of Lower Languedoc, which is charged to call Monſieur Reſſent to account for his Actings, ſhall be informed, that the Sieur Mercurin declared in this Council, that the ſaid Reſſent ſent him, againſt his will, unto the Commiſſioners, Crubellier and Chambrun; and abuſing of his eaſineſs and good Nature, never declared to him the Contents of the Letter of Credit he ſent by him; inſomuch that when he came unto Vouert and Orange, he was conſtrained to make up his Errand from what he could recollect of Diſcourſes paſt betwixt him and the ſaid Reſſent.
53. The Colloquy of Ambrun is ordered to judg finally in that Difference betwixt the Church of Ciſteron, and the Sieur Mercurin, and that by Authority from this Council.
54. There is given an hundred Livers unto Mr. Repaſſeau, for the Supply of his preſent Wants, and to help tranſport his Houſhold-Goods unto Paillac, and the ſaid Sum ſhall be paid him out of the common Maſs of Moneys belonging to all our Churches.
55. Whereas Monſieur Barre, Doctor of Civil Law, and Advocate at Montlimard, hath compoſed a Treatiſe concerning Antichriſt, and which hath been peruſed by ſeveral Divines commiſſionated thereunto, and they giving a very laudable and good Account thereof, it was approved alſo by this Synod.
56. Monſieur Sarazin, Paſtor of the Church of Campagne, had leave given him to quit the Province of Higher Languedoc, and to accept of a Call from any Church in the Province of Burgundy, but always upon this Condition, That he do not leave the Church of Campagne before the Seſſions of the Colloquy of Lower Quercy, who are impowered fully to diſcharge the ſaid Sarazin, and to take care that that Church be not left deſtitute.
57. The Lord Commiſſioner Galland was humbly intreated to write unto the Lord Preſident of the Parliament of Tholouſe, on behalf of divers Inhabitants of Briteſte, becauſe Warrants were iſſued out to apprehend them, and make them Priſoners, although the Matter for which they are in Trouble, hath been pardoned by his Majeſties Act of Grace and Indemnity.
58. The Memoirs of Monſieur Rennoy, Paſtor of the Church of Coluiſſon, were preſented unto this Aſſembly by Monſieur Petit, and were delivered unto the Deputies of Lower Languedoc, who were to carry them unto their next Provincial Synod, which was charged in an eſpecial manner to conſider of them.
59. Thirty Livers were ordered unto Nicolas Severin, out of the common ſtock of our Churches, but on this Condition, that he never trouble us with his Petitions more; and the Provinces ſhall take care to detain their Poor at home, that theſe National Synods may be no more urged with their Importunities.
60. There was given as a Gratuity out of the beſt Moneys belonging to the Churches, four hundred and fifty Livers unto Monſieur Cooper, Deputy to the Lord of Candall.
61. An hundred Livers were ordered unto Sir Auguſtus Galland, his Majeſties Commiſſioner in this Council, out of the cleareſt Moneys of our Churches, to defray the Charges he was at in the Buſineſs of the Church of Froqualquier.
62. Out of its ſupernumerary Portions, the Province of Lower Languedoc ſhall pay the Sum of thirty Livers unto Monſieur Noguier, at which the Charges of his Journey hither, have been aſſeſſed by the Council.
63. Over and beſides what he may elſe need to get off the Writ of Impriſonment, iſſued forth againſt him by the Privy Council, and which had turned over his Cauſe to be heard in the Court of Beziers, there was granted the Sum of one hundred Livers unto Monſieur Pontel, which he ſhall receive out of the common Stock of the Churches Moneys.
64. Twenty Livers out of the ſame Fund was given unto the common Crier of the City of Caſtres.
65. Sixty Livers were given to the Door-keeper of the Council, out of the ſame Stock; and he is recommended unto the Lords, Conſuls and Magiſtrates of this City of Caſtres, that they would be pleaſed to reſtore him unto his Office of Regent, which he hath formerly exerciſed in their Colledg.
66. The Lord of Candall is intreated to advance out of the half Portion granted unto Monſieur Mercurin, Paſtor of the Church of Graſſe, as much as will be requiſite to take off the Writ of Arreſt againſt him in the King's Privy Council, that ſo the Parliament of Provence may be deprived of the Knowledg of thoſe Matters, for which he is in Trouble, and do ſo very much hinder him in the Diſcharge of his miniſterial Duties and Calling.
67. The next Synod of Higher Languedoc, are charged to preſent Monſieur Graſſet, Paſtor of the Church in the Iſle of Jourdain, unto the Miniſtery and paſtoral Care of the Church of Mazamet, and to provide the Church in the aforeſaid Iſland of another Miniſter.
68. The Matters concerning the Church of Sarverettes, were particularly recommended unto the Lord of Montmartyn our General Deputy.
69. The Province of Higher Languedoc is intreated to conſider the Loſſes ſuſtained by Monſieur Daneau, Paſtor of the Church of Caſtres, in the former and latter Wars, that ſo out of their Charity he may receive ſome Relief and Comfort.
70. Seven hundred Livers were given unto the Children of Monſieur Cameron deceaſed, as a Teſtimony of that Honour we have for his Name and Memory, and they ſhall alſo receive a yearly Portion from the Lord of Candall, until the next National Synod. Moreover, Monſieur Olier, who pleaded for the Church of Montauban, was told by the Council, that in caſe the ſaid Church did not pay the eight hundred Livers in unto his Children, which they owed unto Monſieur Cameron their Father, and who was ſometime Paſtor and Profeſſor in their City and Univerſity, the like Sum ſhould be detained from them by the Lord of Candall, out of the Moneys ſettled upon their Univerſity, that ſo their juſt Debts might that way be pay'd unto theſe poor Orphans; and the Moneys now given them, and thoſe others due from Montauban, ſhall be depoſited with their Guardian for their Uſe.
71. An hundred Livers were ordered to be paid unto Monſieur Banſillon, a worthy Miniſter, in Conſideration of the many Damages he hath ſuſtained, and they ſhall be paid him out of the general Stock of our Churches; nor ſhall this occaſion the leſſening of his Relief from the Province, who ſhall aſſiſt and help him in the Proſecution of his Suit; the Accompt whereof ſhall be brought in to the next National Synod, to be peruſed and conſidered by them.
72. The Church of Vezenobre is recommended to the Charity of the Province of Sevennes.
73. Monſieur|Another Copy calls him Merlat. Mercat petitioning the Council to conſider the Charges the Church of Pons have been at in getting the Inlargement of their Paſtor Monſieur Conſtans, their Petition was remanded back unto the next Provincial Synod of Xaintonge, which is exhorted to aſſiſt that poor Church out of the ſupernumerary Portions couched in their Dividend.
74. In like manner the poor Churches of Maſedazill, le's Bordes, Savarat, and Camarades, are recommended to the Charity of the ſame Province, as is alſo Monſieur Marſillon, who hath been a very great Sufferer, that they would conſider him more than ordinary.
75. Monſieur Baux informed this Synod, that if he ſhould go to Niſmes, and exerciſe his Miniſtry there, he had no certain Stipend promiſed him; and the Lords Petit and Duranty their Deputies, did tell him as much, that they had no Order from that Church, to make any Agreement with him about it, and the ſaid Petit did confirm the ſame in open Council. Whereupon the Church of Niſmes was exhorted fully to content and ſatisfy the ſaid Mr. Baux; and in caſe any Difference ſhould ariſe about this matter, then it ſhould be referred unto the Conſiſtory of Montpellier, who were impowered by this preſent National Synod to decide it finally.
76. Monſieur Bardon, Receiver of the Moneys appertaining to the Province of Higher Languedoc, is intreated to advance unto the Family of Monſieur Voiſin, out of the firſt Moneys he ſhall receive, that free Portion, which was granted by this National Synod unto the ſaid Family.
77. The Petition of the Church of Vielle Vigne, requeſting that an hundred Livers might be granted them for the keeping up of their School, was remanded back unto the Province of Brittain, who were charitably to conſider of it.
78. A Petition from the Church of Treſſans was preſented unto this Council by the Sieur Razes, who ordered the Province of Lower Languedoc to give the belt Aſſiſtance to it; and an Accompt of their Condition is to be brought in unto the next National Synod.
79. The Reverend Mr. Conſtans and Erondelle, gave in their Judgment about a Book writ by the Sieur Bufon, and peruſed by them: whereupon a Vote paſs'd; that it ſhould not be printed; and the Reaſons moving the Council thereunto, ſhall be reported unto the ſaid Buſon by Monſieur Fort, one of the Deputies of the Lower Guyenne.
80. For as much as three free Portions had been allotted by the laſt National Synod of Charenton, unto the Churches of Soulés, in caſe they were provided of a ſecond Paſtor: This Aſſembly authorizeth the Colloquy of Condonnois to examine that Propoſan, who was ſaid to be fit for the Miniſtry; and the Province of Lower Guyenne is charged to advance ſuch a Sum as they ſhall judg needful for the Maintenance of a ſecond Paſtor, and to make Report thereof unto the next National Synod, which ſhall reimburſe them thoſe their Moneys.
81. This Council decreed, that out of the firſt Moneys which ſhould be received, the Sum of two hundred Livers ſhould be preſented to each of our Profeſſors in the Univerſity of Montauban and Saumur, for the Years one thouſand ſix hundred twenty one, and twenty two, in which they receieved nothing.
82. The Province of Higher Languedoc underſtanding that there was a Dividend of Moneys made by this Council, demanded the Reimburſement of four hundred Livers, which in Obedience to a Decree of the laſt Synod at Charenton, they had paid in to Monſieur Berauld Profeſſor of Divinity in the Univerſity of Montauban. But this their Demand was ordered to be brought into the next National Synod, who will take Care to ſee them have Reſtitution made of that aforeſaid Sum disburſed by them.
83. The Accompt rendred by the Iſle of France, for its Colledg, was accepted; and the Council voted, that the Cenſure pronounced againſt the ſaid Province, ſhould be razed out of the Acts of the laſt National Synod.
84. This Aſſembly not judging it convenient unto Reaſon to repeal its own Ordinance about Mr. Percy, did depoſit that Act concerning ſeveral Heads of Families in the Church of Montflanquin, and thoſe Acts of the Church of Bourdeaux, and of Monſieur Ferrand, in the Hands of the Deputies of Lower Guyenne, who ſhould make Report of them unto the next National Synod, to whom the final Judgment of this Affair is diſmiſſed.
85. The Deputies of Dolphiny preſented Letters from Monſieur de Piotet, Paſtor of the Church of Molines, together with the Canons of our National Synods and Church-Diſcipline, compiled by him into a juſt Volume. Whereupon Commiſſioners were nominated to peruſe this his Collection, and they bringing in a very favourable Report concerning it, Thanks were voted unto the ſaid Monſieur Piotet, and that he ſhould by Letters from this Aſſembly be adviſed of the Defects noted by the Commiſſioners in this his Work, that ſo he might compleat it, and render it more uſeful and ſerviceable to the Churches.
86. The Lord of Montmartyn, Deputy-General for our Churches, reporting unto this Aſſembly, that there were divers Orders which greatly imported the common Good of all our Churches, and which he had obtained ſome Years ago from the Privy Council, and of which it is very needful he ſhould have the keeping, that he may produce them upon all Occaſions and Occurrences, for the better Service of our Churches. And whereas ſeveral Deputies of the Provinces have remonſtrated, that for the Information of their Provinces, and the better inabling them to purſue and execute thoſe Orders of Council, there is a Neceſſity that they ſhould be poſſeſs'd of the ſaid Originals, or at leaſt of Copies moſt exactly tranſcribed from, and faithfully compared with them. This Aſſembly taking into Conſideration the many Copies of thoſe Orders neceſſary for the Provinces, all of which cannot poſſibly have the ſaid Originals, but with a great deal of Time and Expence of Moneys, did intreat the Lord Galland, his Majeſties Commiſſioner to us, that he would be pleaſed to give himſelf the Trouble of collationing the Copies with the Originals, that ſo they may be of better Uſe and Service to the Deputies and Provinces which have ſent them, according as the Neceſſity of their Affairs may require.
87. The Magistrates of Caſtres having paſt a Judgment againſt Peter Peris, at the Requeſt of Monſieur Conſtans, now that the Charges may be defrayed of that Proceſs, an Order was given that the ſaid Sieur Conſtans ſhould preſently receive four and twenty Livers.
88. Forty Livers were ordered unto the Tranſcriber of the Copies of that Cahier brought by the Magistrates of this City unto the Lord Montmartyn, and of the Accompts given us by the Lord of Candall.
89. As ſoon as the time of the Sieur Fabre's Suſpenſion is expired, the Colloquy of Albigeois ſhall immediately aſſemble, and provide the Church of La Caune another Paſtor.
90. Monſieur Combalaſſe, Paſtor of the Church of Venez, prayed this Aſſembly to aſſiſt him, and the Widow of Monſieur Raffin deceaſed, with ſome Moneys, that they might bring their Law-ſuit to an End, about the Settlement of their Temple in the Town of Venez: But their Demand, as had been before in the like Caſe practiſed by the National Synod of Alez, was diſmiſſed over to the next Provincial Synod of Higher Languedoc: And in the mean while this Council aſſured him, that they would improve all their Power and Intereſt to procure the ſaid Settlement.
91. The Provincial Deputies of Burgundy, and the Lord of Beaufort, Deputy for the Province of Sevennes, ſhall in their Return homeward paſs through the Towns of Sauve and Anduze, and acquaint the Conſiſtories there with the Intention of this Council, and ſhall do their beſt Indeavours to reconcile the Sieurs Bony and Aldebert, and put to their helping Hand, that the Overſeer of the Poor in the Town of Anduze, and the ſaid Mr. Bony do agree upon Arbitrators, who may put a Period to their Differences.
92. The Proceedings formed againſt the Sieurs Peris and Jolly, were delivered unto the Provincial Deputies of Xaintonge and Higher Languedoc, in which Provinces they both lived before their Depoſal: And the Proceedings againſt the Sieur Beraut was put into the Hands of Monſieur Baux.
93. The Council being informed of thoſe excellent Gifts which the Lord hath liberally beſtowed on Monſieur Godefrey, Doctor of the Civil Laws, and Profeſſor of that Faculty in the Univerſity of Geneva, ordered Letters ſhould be written to intreat him, becauſe of his ſingular Knowledg in Antiquity, that he would diſcover and publiſh to the World thoſe Artifices and Diſguiſes uſed by Cardinal Baronius, and other Doctors of the Church of Rome, to corrupt and alter the true Hiſtory of the Ancient Church.
94. The Lord Commiſſioner was intreated to write unto the Lord Preſident of Tholouſe, in Behalf of Monſieur Bidac, impriſoned at Sommieres, for abjuring the Errors and Idolatry of the Romiſh Church; and Mr. Petit was charged to carry unto that Parliament his Majeſties Letters and Command, and to join themſelves with the young Mr. Galland, the Lord Commiſſioner's Son, who will be ſent thither for this very End by his Father.
95. The Lord of Candall is deſired to pay unto Monſieur Mercurin the Sum of ſixty Livers, which were given him by the National Synod of Vitré, and it ſhall be allowed him in his Accompt for the Moneys appertaining to our Churches.
96. Mr. Meſtrezat and d'Huyſſeau preſented Letters from the Church of Paris, moſt humbly petitioning that Monſieur Chauve, whom they had ſo often and earneſtly requeſted for their Miniſter, might now at length be beſtowed upon them: The Deputies alſo of the Iſle of France joined with them in their Petition: But Mr. Chauve as earneſtly intreated the Council that he might be continued in his Miniſtry unto the Church of Sommieres, becauſe of its great Afflictions and preſent Neceſſities: And the Provincial Deputies of Lower Languedoc did with as much Importunity requeſt that the Rights of that Church, and of the Province might be preſerved, and he in no wiſe removed from his Paſtoral Charge. This weighty Affair having been maturely deliberated, the Council conſidering the Deſire of the Reverend Mr. Chauve, and the ſingular Importance of the Church of Paris, and the preſent Condition of that of Sommieres, decreed, That the Church of Paris ſhould carry their Demand unto the next Synod of Lower Languedoc, which is injoined to pay all juſt Deference unto this Requeſt of the Church of Paris, and to gratify them fully in it, provided that it be not a Caſe of Conſcience with that Reverend Miniſter, and determined by him poſitively, that 'tis his Duty to live and die with his ſaid Church of Sommieres.
97. A Letter was read from the Church of Vigan, and the Lord of Villencufve their Meſſenger, and the Deputies of the Province of Sevennes were heard ſpeak as to its Contents. After which the Council gave leave unto that Church to ſeek a Paſtor for it ſelf without the Province of Sevennes, and injoineth the Colloquy of Sauve to aſſiſt the ſaid Church, until ſuch time as they be provided of a Miniſter to their Contentment.
98. Mr. Conſtans and Mr. Belot repreſented unto the Council the great and preſſing Neceſſities they labour under, through their Inability of paying thoſe Moneys they borrowed during their Impriſonment at Bourdeaux. Whereupon the Receiver of the Province of Xaintonge was ordered to pay them thirteen Portions and an half (which were given them for the Years 1627, 1628, and 1629.) out of the Arrears due in the Year 1621. And that the ſaid Receiver may come to no Trouble about it, he ſhall join the ſaid thirteen Portions and an half unto thoſe other Portions which were given them, that ſo they may divide them equally between them, as has been accuſtomed.
99. If any Church in the Colloquy of Niſmes ſhould deſire Monſieur Baux for their Miniſter, who is at preſent Paſtor of the Church in Cucque; This Aſſembly decreed, That he might have his Liberty, and accept of ſuch a Call, without any Obſtruction or Moleſtation.
100. The Deputies of Sevennes are charged, as they return homeward, to paſs through the City of Beziers, and to recommend to the Judges and Counſellors of that Court the Affairs of the Church of Alez, and of thoſe Reverend Miniſters Mr. Paulet and Banzillon.
101. For as much as in the Dividend to the Province of Higher Languedoc, there were two Portions couched for two Profeſſors of Divinity in the Univerſity of Montauban, although it had been before determined by this Synod, that the ſaid Profeſſors ſhould receive but an half Portion, and give Acquittance unto their Church for it; now the Lord of Candall is ordered to detain in his Hands one of thoſe Portions, and to accompt for it unto the next National Synod.
102. The Relation of Mr. Banzillon's Troubles was read, as alſo Letters written by the Lord Marqueſs of Varennes, Governour of Aguemortes, unto his Lordſhip his Majeſty's Commiſſioner in this Aſſembly. Whereupon the Lord Commiſſioner was moſt importunately intreated to intercede for Mr. Banzillon, with the Lords Judges in the Court of Bezieres, and with the ſaid Lord of Varennes; and it was unanimouſly voted, that a moſt humble Petition ſhould be preſented unto his Majeſty, that his Majeſty would be graciouſly pleaſed to permit our Churches, and Miniſters officiating in them, their injoyment of that Peace and Liberty, and their comfortable Effects, which by his Edicts are accorded to us; and that his Majeſty would order the ſaid Lord Marqueſs, and all other Governours of Places, to follow and imitate his Majeſty in his favourable Inclinations and Diſpoſition towards us, and to cauſe his Subjects of the Reformed Religion, both Miniſters and People, who live within their Governments and Juriſdiction, to reap the refreſhing Fruits of his Majeſty's moſt gracious Favour and Protection. Moreover, this Council ordained, that till ſuch time as Mr. Banzillon may be reſtored unto the Exerciſe of his Miniſtry in the Church of Aigueſmortes, that Church ſhall be ſupplied by the Neighbour Paſtors, to whoſe Chriſtian Charity the ſaid Church is in a moſt ſpecial manner recommended; and that they would, upon all Occaſions, aſſiſt it in its great and preſſing Neceſſities.
103. Mr. Petit made report of what had been done by him and Mr. Galland junior, in their Conference with the Lord Preſident in the Parliament of Tholouſe, and they preſented his Lordſhip's Letters unto this Synod: And they received the Thanks of this Synod for the Pains taken by them: And an Anſwer was voted unto the Letters of the ſaid Lord Preſident; and the Conſuls of Montauban and Caſtres were deſired to paſs over to Tholouſe immediately after Martin-maſs, and to ſollicit the Enrollment of his Majeſty's Letters of Command unto that Court of Parliament, and to ſee that the Reſtrictions oppoſed by that Court unto his Majeſty's Declaration be removed.
104. The Deputies of Dolphiny giving an honourable Character of Monſieur Agard, who had lately quitted the Convent of the Jacobins at Avignion, a Vote paſſed in the Council, That Report hereof ſhould be made in the next National Synod, and what Relief the ſaid Agard hath, and ſhall receive from that Province, that ſo there may be ſome care taken to reimburſe them.
105. That Monſieur de la Vallade may be maintained in his Sickneſs; and whilſt the Hand of God is heavy upon him, he being now viſited in this City, The Council ordered, that out of the Sum of Ten thouſand Livers given by his Majeſty to defray the Charges of this Aſſembly, a fourth part of that Portion of it, which would have accrued unto the Province of Anjou, ſhould be preſently taken out and beſtowed upon the ſaid Sieur de la Vallade, and he ſhall not be obliged to be accountable for it. And Mr. Cooper is requeſted to pay in this Money before-hand unto him.
106. This Synod ordained, that all Papers brought by Mr. Bony and the Lord Aldebert, ſhould be depoſited by Mr. de Puy and de Grenouilleau, into the hands of the Provincial Deputies of Higher Languedoc; which was done accordingly.
107. Mr. Buſthonoby, Paſtor of the Churches in Soulés, informed the Council, That however the laſt National Synod of Charenton had ordered a Maintenance for him in thoſe Churches, yet there remained due, October Quarter, in the Year 1624, and the full Years 1625, and 1626. And he humbly prayed the Council to compaſſionate him, under his preſſing Wants and Neceſſities. The truth of this his Information being undoubted and unqueſtionable, the Lord of Candall was intreated to pay in unto him all thoſe his Arrears; and if the ſaid Lord would, of his Chriſtian Charity and Generoſity, advance it before-hand, we aſſure him he ſhall reimburſe himſelf out of the firſt Monies he receiveth for the Service of our Churches.
108. The Synod obſerving, that by the Dividend made in the National Synod of Charenton, there was granted unto the Univerſity of Montauban, over and above its accuſtomed Allowance, the Sum of Eight hundred and fifty Livers, which were to be paid them till the ſitting of this Aſſembly; and through inadvertency, that ſelf-ſame Sum was again imployed in a late Dividend, as if it were now due, and to be paid unto the ſaid Univerſity. The Synod therefore ordaineth, that out of the ſaid Eight hundred and fifty Livers, there ſhall be One hundred Livers only given in lieu of the Principal unto the ſaid Univerſity, and Sixty Livers to their Beadle and Porter; and that the remaining Overplus, amounting to Six hundred and ninety Livers, and alſo Nineſcore and nine Livers and eight Sous, for a Portion cut off from the Province of Higher Languedoc and Higher Guyenne, of thoſe which were imployed in the ſaid Dividend, ſhall be detained yearly by the Lord of Candall from the ſaid Univerſity and Province, and he ſhall bring his Receipt and Accompt for all this unto the next National Synod.
109. The Lord of Candall is intreated to pay unto the Province of Berry, over and above the Portions which were allotted it, one Portion omitted in the Account of the ſaid Dividend.
110. The Portion of Monſieur Dacier, a Paſtor Emeritus, having been omitted by the Synod of Charenton, through forgetfulneſs, when they made a Dividend of Monies belonging to the ſaid Province of Higher Languedoc, ſhall be now reſtored him, and paid into his Hands out of the very firſt Monies that ſhall be received for the Churches.
111. Whereas the Sum of Four hundred Livers was ſettled upon another Colledg beſides that of Nerac, out of the Dividend for the Province of Lower Guyenne, the laid Sum ſhall be detained by the Lord Candall, becauſe there was a particular Article of Four hundred Livers paſt for the Colledg of Bergerac.
112. In caſe Monſieur Conſtans ſhould be moleſted by the Apoſtate Peris, the Council reſolves to ſtand by him, and to make his their common Cauſe, and to maintain his Innocency, and to defray all neceſſary Charges that he may be put to in the Suit.
113. The Lord*Another Copy calls him Chanitrier. Chintrier, formerly Receiver of the Monies (given us by his Majeſty's Bounty) for the Province of Xaintonge, ſhall deliver unto the Lord of Angoulins, an Acquittance of the Lord du Candall, for the Arrears due unto the ſaid Province for the Year 1621, and for which the ſaid Chintrier ſhall be diſcharged by the Lord of Angoulins, and ſhall himſelf draw up, in due Form of Law, the Diſcharge and Acquittance, which is to be ſubſcribed by him.
114. The deep Poverty of the Church of Varis being reported by the Deputies of Dolphiny, who alſo preſented their Letters unto the Council, a free Portion was voted for them out of the Dividend for the Province of Dolphiny, to be delivered unto the ſaid Church of Varis, between this and the next National Synod.
115. The Deputies of Dolphiny preſented Letters from Monſieur le Veilleux a Paſtor; which being read, the Council commending his Zeal and Piety, and approving his Retreat from the City of Niſmes, doth charge that Province of Dolphiny to provide a Church for him, in which he may employ thoſe excellent Gifts, which the God of all Grace hath ſo plentifully ſhowred down upon him, for its edification.
116. The Council exhorted the Province of Anjou to get the laſt Tome of Mr. Cameron's Theological Works printed, and promiſeth that the next National Synod ſhall take care to ſee them reimburſed the Charges they muſt of neceſſity be at in that Impreſſion.