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be_v bind_v to_o call_v in_o to_o the_o draw_v up_o of_o the_o say_a process_n a_o assessor_n of_o the_o say_a religion_n which_o say_v assessor_n shall_v be_v present_a at_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o competency_n and_o at_o the_o definitive_a judgement_n of_o the_o say_a process_n which_o competency_n may_v not_o be_v judge_v but_o in_o the_o next_o presidial_a court_n in_o a_o assembly_n of_o the_o principal_a officer_n of_o the_o say_a court_n who_o shall_v be_v present_a upon_o those_o very_a place_n upon_o pain_n of_o nullity_n unless_o that_o the_o accuse_v shall_v require_v that_o the_o competency_n shall_v be_v judge_v in_o the_o say_a chamber_n ordain_v by_o this_o present_a edict_n in_o which_o case_n as_o to_o what_o concern_v the_o inhabitant_n in_o the_o province_n of_o guienne_n languedoc_n provence_n and_o dolphiny_a the_o substitute_n of_o our_o general-attorney_n in_o the_o say_a chamber_n shall_v cause_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o say_a
shall_v be_v destitute_a of_o employment_n the_o colloquy_n or_o provincial_a synod_n be_v of_o duty_n bind_v to_o provide_v he_o of_o another_o church_n within_o one_o month._n and_o if_o within_o that_o term_n the_o colloquy_n or_o synod_n have_v not_o provide_v for_o he_o he_o shall_v be_v then_o at_o liberty_n to_o get_v himself_o a_o church_n out_o of_o that_o province_n in_o any_o place_n where_o god_n shall_v open_v a_o door_n unto_o he_o according_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o our_o discipline_n can._n xxx_o authority_n be_v grant_v unto_o provincial_a synod_n for_o divers_a consideration_n to_o remove_v minister_n from_o their_o church_n their_o church_n have_v be_v first_o hear_v and_o their_o reason_n well_o and_o sufficient_o weigh_v but_o in_o case_n of_o discord_n the_o whole_a shall_v be_v determine_v by_o a_o national_a synod_n and_o till_o the_o sit_v of_o which_o nothing_o shall_v be_v innovate_v can._n xxxi_o when_o as_o a_o minister_n be_v persecute_v or_o for_o some_o other_o reason_n can_v exercise_v his_o ministry_n in_o that_o church_n unto_o which_o he_o be_v appoint_v he_o may_v by_o the_o say_a church_n be_v send_v elsewhere_o or_o they_o may_v exchange_v he_o with_o another_o for_o a_o certain_a time_n by_o the_o good_a will_n and_o consent_n of_o both_o the_o church_n but_o and_o if_o the_o minister_n shall_v not_o submit_v unto_o the_o judgement_n of_o those_o two_o church_n he_o shall_v give_v the_o reason_n of_o his_o refusal_n unto_o the_o consistory_n and_o in_o it_o their_o equity_n shall_v be_v debate_v and_o determine_v and_o in_o case_n they_o be_v not_o esteem_v valid_a and_o the_o minister_n shall_v notwithstanding_o persist_v in_o his_o resolution_n of_o not_o accept_v the_o say_a employment_n the_o difference_n shall_v be_v refer_v unto_o the_o next_o provincial_a synod_n or_o else_o unto_o the_o colloquy_n if_o both_o those_o church_n do_v belong_v unto_o the_o same_o colloquy_n can._n xxxii_o minister_n may_v with_o their_o own_o consent_n be_v lend_v by_o the_o consistory_n according_a as_o the_o edification_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v require_v but_o the_o loan_n shall_v not_o be_v do_v without_o the_o advice_n of_o two_o or_o three_o minister_n or_o of_o the_o same_o colloquy_n if_o it_o be_v for_o any_o long_a term_n than_o six_o month_n can._n xxxiii_o minister_n that_o have_v be_v lend_v when_o as_o the_o time_n of_o their_o loan_n be_v expire_v shall_v be_v restore_v again_o unto_o their_o church_n from_o which_o they_o have_v depart_v can._n xxxiv_o if_o a_o church_n do_v not_o redemand_v its_o pastor_n within_o one_o year_n after_o the_o time_n for_o which_o he_o be_v lend_v be_v expire_v he_o shall_v then_o appertain_v unto_o that_o church_n unto_o which_o he_o be_v lend_v provide_v always_o that_o the_o say_a pastor_n do_v yield_v his_o consent_n unto_o it_o but_o and_o if_o he_o do_v not_o give_v his_o consent_n he_o shall_v dispose_v of_o himself_o according_a to_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o colloquy_n or_o synod_n of_o that_o church_n to_o which_o he_o have_v be_v lend_v and_o this_o canon_n shall_v be_v of_o force_n with_o reference_n to_o those_o minister_n who_o because_o of_o persecution_n have_v betake_v themselves_o unto_o the_o service_n of_o other_o church_n and_o the_o persecution_n cease_v they_o be_v not_o redemanded_a by_o their_o former_a church_n within_o one_o year_n which_o shall_v begin_v from_o that_o time_n in_o which_o those_o minister_n give_v notice_n of_o it_o unto_o those_o aforesaid_a church_n can._n xxxv_o a_o minister_n destitute_a of_o a_o church_n and_o unemployed_a in_o his_o province_n and_o lend_v by_o the_o colloquy_n to_o a_o church_n out_o of_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o province_n till_o the_o next_o session_n of_o his_o provincial_a synod_n if_o he_o be_v not_o employ_v by_o that_o synod_n within_o their_o province_n he_o shall_v remain_v appropriate_a unto_o that_o church_n to_o which_o he_o be_v lend_v provide_v that_o he_o and_o the_o church_n do_v mutual_o consent_v thereunto_o can._n xxxvi_o that_o church_n may_v perform_v their_o duty_n to_o their_o pastor_n according_a to_o those_o obligation_n on_o they_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o that_o pastor_n may_v have_v no_o just_a ground_n of_o offence_n give_v they_o nor_o to_o abandon_v their_o say_a flock_n they_o shall_v be_v admonish_v to_o minister_v unto_o their_o pastor_n all_o thing_n necessary_a for_o their_o comfortable_a subsistence_n can._n xxxvii_o and_o to_o prevent_v their_o ingratitude_n who_o by_o experience_n be_v know_v to_o have_v deal_v unworthy_o with_o their_o painful_a minister_n this_o order_n shall_v be_v observe_v one_o quarter_n of_o the_o yearly_a pension_n which_o be_v promise_v they_o shall_v be_v pay_v in_o unto_o they_o by_o way_n of_o advance_v beforehand_o can._n xxxviii_o and_o for_o the_o future_a lest_o through_o any_o ill_a management_n of_o this_o matter_n the_o church_n shall_v happen_v to_o be_v dissipate_v those_o who_o be_v choose_v moderator_n in_o colloquy_n shall_v inquire_v of_o the_o elder_n in_o every_o church_n about_o the_o maintenance_n afford_v by_o they_o unto_o their_o minister_n and_o of_o their_o care_n in_o supply_v their_o want_n according_a to_o the_o canon_n before_o ordain_v that_o so_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o colloquy_n provision_n may_v be_v make_v for_o they_o can._n thirty-nine_o when_o as_o necessary_a maintenance_n shall_v have_v be_v detain_v from_o a_o pastor_n and_o three_o month_n be_v lapse_v since_o his_o complaint_n and_o remonstrance_n it_o shall_v be_v then_o lawful_a for_o the_o say_a pastor_n to_o join_v himself_o unto_o any_o other_o church_n by_o consent_n of_o his_o colloquy_n or_o provincial_a synod_n and_o the_o colloquy_n or_o synod_n may_v shorten_v the_o term_n of_o three_o month_n if_o there_o be_v urgent_a necessity_n for_o it_o yea_o if_o that_o the_o necessity_n be_v press_v and_o three_o month_n be_v expire_v and_o the_o pastor_n be_v not_o supply_v though_o he_o have_v enter_v in_o his_o petition_n to_o be_v discharge_v it_o shall_v suffice_v if_o he_o call_v into_o his_o consistory_n two_o neighbour_n minister_n and_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v bind_v to_o wait_v for_o the_o sit_v of_o the_o colloquy_n or_o synod_n to_o obtain_v their_o advice_n and_o consent_n unless_o that_o one_o of_o the_o say_a assembly_n be_v convocate_v and_o to_o meet_v in_o that_o very_a selfsame_a month_n in_o which_o he_o be_v to_o have_v depart_v can._n xl._n in_o that_o trial_n and_o judgement_n which_o shall_v be_v pass_v upon_o a_o people_n ingratitude_n at_o the_o complaint_n of_o a_o minister_n all_o circumstance_n shall_v be_v prudent_o consider_v and_o special_a regard_n shall_v be_v have_v unto_o the_o poverty_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o the_o plaintiff_n estate_n that_o so_o they_o may_v use_v those_o mean_n which_o will_v be_v most_o likely_a to_o promote_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n the_o edification_n of_o his_o church_n and_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o ministry_n can._n xli_o a_o church_n be_v find_v ungrateful_a shall_v not_o be_v provide_v of_o a_o pastor_n till_o such_o time_n as_o they_o have_v give_v entire_a satisfaction_n according_a to_o their_o ability_n unto_o he_o of_o who_o they_o be_v deprive_v and_o this_o pastor_n shall_v in_o the_o mean_a while_n remember_v always_o to_o keep_v himself_o disengage_v from_o the_o church_n of_o any_o other_o province_n but_o his_o own_o unless_o by_o a_o decree_n of_o the_o say_a province_n it_o may_v have_v be_v otherwise_o determine_v n.b._n the_o last_o clause_n of_o this_o canon_n be_v not_o in_o four_o copy_n of_o different_a edition_n as_o that_o of_o the_o year_n 1653._o that_o of_o geneva_n 1666._o that_o of_o quevilly_n 1678._o and_o a_o english_a translation_n of_o the_o discipline_n print_v for_o bourn_n in_o the_o year_n 1642._o but_o yet_o i_o find_v it_o in_o the_o paris_n edition_n by_o vandôme_n in_o the_o year_n 1663._o and_o in_o another_o impression_n of_o it_o at_o quevilly_n i_o think_v in_o the_o same_o year_n 1663._o for_o i_o have_v not_o the_o original_a now_o by_o i_o which_o i_o return_v twenty_o year_n ago_o to_o my_o friend_n but_o the_o translation_n i_o make_v of_o it_o can._n xlii_o minister_n though_o they_o have_v estate_n and_o land_n of_o their_o own_o may_v yet_o nevertheless_o take_v wage_n from_o their_o flock_n yea_o and_o it_o be_v expedient_a that_o they_o shall_v so_o do_v in_o regard_n of_o its_o consequence_n lest_o other_o minister_n and_o church_n be_v prejudice_v by_o this_o their_o example_n yet_o shall_v they_o be_v advise_v so_o to_o manage_v this_o liberty_n as_o the_o church_n necessity_n and_o their_o quality_n shall_v require_v it_o can._n xliii_o no_o pastor_n under_o the_o title_n of_o a_o pastor_n shall_v be_v permit_v to_o possess_v a_o inheritance_n but_o in_o case_n his_o stipend_n or_o any_o part_n thereof_o be_v
inhabitant_n to_o be_v bring_v in_o to_o they_o those_o accusation_n and_o information_n which_o be_v make_v against_o they_o that_o it_o may_v be_v know_v and_o judge_v whether_o those_o action_n be_v triable_a in_o the_o provost_n court_n or_o not_o that_o so_o afterward_o according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o crime_n they_o may_v be_v by_o those_o chamber_n remand_v back_o unto_o the_o ordinary_a or_o judge_v by_o the_o provost_n according_a to_o law_n and_o reason_n they_o observe_v the_o content_n of_o this_o our_o present_a edict_n and_o those_o presidial_a judge_n provost_n of_o mareschal_n vice-bailiff_n vice-seneschals_a and_o other_o who_o judge_v sovereign_o and_o without_o appeal_n shall_v be_v bind_v respective_o to_o obey_v and_o satisfy_v those_o command_n which_o shall_v be_v make_v they_o by_o the_o say_a chamber_n and_o all_o even_a as_o they_o have_v be_v accustom_v to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o say_a parliament_n upon_o pain_n of_o be_v deprive_v of_o their_o 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