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A85896	The generall and particular acts and articles of the late national synod of the reformed Churches of France, assembled by the permission of the King at Charenton neare Paris, beginning the 26th of December, 1644. Where by the present estate of those churches, as also their doctrine and discipline may be knowne. With divers other remarkable passages, and letters from the King and Q. Regent of France, to the said synod, and of the synod to their Majesties, and other great personages. Never before printed either in French or English, and now faithfully translated out of a written French copy. Whereunto is added a formulary of baptisme for those who from paganisme, Judaisme, and Mahumetisme, are converted to the Christian faith; as also of those Anabaptists who have not bin baptised before, composed in the nationall synod set forth at Charenton in the yeare 1645. and now faithfully Englished.	Eglises réformées de France. Synode national (1644-1645 : Charenton-le-Pont); Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666.; France. Sovereign (1643-1715 : Louis XIV)	1646 (1646)	Wing G488; Thomason E361_5; ESTC R201205	74,805	110

your spirits with just sorrow and griefe so you may be edified and comforted by his Repentance Amen A Formulary of Baptisme OR The manner of Baptizing those who from Paganisme Iudaisme and Mahumetisme are converted to the Christian faith as also of those Anabaptists who have not been Baptised before Drawne and Composed in the Nationall Synod of the Reformed Churches of France Assembled at Charenton in the yeare of our Lord 1644. Being the 26 of December Printed first in French by Samuel Petit c. in the yeare of our Lord 1645. and now faithfully Translated into English AFter that the Catechumen or party that is to bee Baptised hath been sufficiently Instructed and Catechised so that hee is able to give an account of his faith and that the Church by irreproveable witnesses is satisfied concerning both the integrity of his life and his Instruction he shall by the said Witnesses be presented to the whole Congregation to be Baptised in their presence And the Minister shall say unto him 1 Quest Doe you not ack●owledge that by nature you are a child of wrath worthy of death and eternall malediction Answ I doe 2 Quest Are you not sorry and grieved for all the sinnes you have committed since you were borne and doe you not promise that you will forbeare henceforth for ever Answ Yes 3 Quest Doe you not from your heart renounce to the seducements and wiles of the Divell and his Angells to all the Pomps and vanities of this world and to all the Affections and concupisence of the flesh Answ I doe If hee be a Pagan or Heathen the Minister shall say 4 Quest Doe you not perceive that there is but one God who hath created Heaven and Earth who upholdeth all things by his powerfull Word and in whom wee have our being live and move Answ I doe 5 Quest. Doe you not believe that this great God who hath created heaven and earth is one Essence distinct in three Persons of the same power and eternity the Father the Sonne begot of the Father from all eternity and the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Sonne Answ I doe 6 Quest Doe you not beleeve that this great God who never left him selfe without witnesse did manifest himselfe unto men not onely by his Workes which from their first Creation doe incessantly declare his praise and glory but also by Revelation of his Counsell for the salvation of mankind contained in the holy Scripture commonly called the Old and New Testament Answer I doe 7 Quest Doe you not beleeve that all these holy Scriptures are by Inspiration of God and containe in them a perfect rule both of our beliefe and of our lives Answ I doe 8 Quest Doe you not ptotest that to the last breath of your life you will resist the Devill whom hitherto you have adored serving either Idolls made with hands or the Host of heaven or briefly those which by nature are not Gods Answ I doe 9 Quest Rehearse the summary of your faith Answ I beleeve in God the Father Almighty c. 10 Quest Doe you not beleeve that this good God who by the preaching of his Word doth call us all to life and salvation hath Instituted some Signes and Sacraments in his Church which seale and confirme the truth of the Covenant of grace which is proposed to us by the preaching of the Gospell Answ J doe 11 Quest How many Sacraments doe you beleeve there be in the Christian Church Answ Two to wit Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. 12 Quest Doe you desire to be instructed concerning the nature and use of Baptisme for which you are a suiter unto the Church Answ I doe 13 Quest Our Saviour sa●ing to us that wee must bee borne againe shewe unto us what wretchednesse and misery wee are all borne in for if our nature must be renewed to have entrance into the Kingdome of heaven it is a signe that it is altogether perverse and cursed In that therefore hee doth admonish us to humble our selves and to be displeased in our selves and by that meanes he doth prepare us to desire and crave his grace by which all the perversnesse and cursednesse of our first nature may bee abolished for wee are not capable to receive it except wee be first emptied of all confidence of our owne vertue wisdome and justice unto a perfect condemnation of all that is in us Now when hee doth put us in mind of our misery hee doth likewise comfort us by his mercy promising to regenerate us by his holy Spirit unto newnesse of life which may be to us an entrance into his Kingdome This regeneration doth consist in two parts first we must renounce to our selves not following our owne reason pleasure and will but captivating our understanding and heart to the wisdome and justice of God mortifying all that is ours and of our flesh Then we must follow the light of God to obey submit to his good pleasure which he doth shew unto us in his Word and to which hee doth lead us by his Spirit The accomplishment both of the one and of the other is in our Saviour JESUS whose death and passion hath such vertue that partaking of it we are as it were buried to sinne to the end that our carnall concupiscence may be mortified in us In like manner by the vertue of his Resurrection wee rise unto newnesse of life which is from God in that his Spirit doth lead and governe us to produce in us such workes as may bee acceptable unto him Neverthelesse the first and principall point of our salvation is that by his mercy he doth forgive us all our sinnes not imputing them to us but blotting the memory of them that they may not bee reckoned unto us when we shall appeare before him to be judged All these graces are conferred upon us when he is pleased to incorporate us into his Church by Baptisme for by this Sacrament hee doth testifie unto us the remission of our sinnes and for this cause he hath instituted the Signe of Water to figure unto us that as by this Element all corporall filthinesse is cleansed so he will wash and purifie our soules that no further spot or staine may appeare Besides it doth represent unto us our renewing which as wee said before doth consist in the mortification of our flesh and that spirituall life which he doth produce in us So wee receive a double grace and benefit from G●d in Baptisme provided that wee doe not voyd the vertue of this Sacrament by our ingratitude first we have a certaine assurance that God will bee a propitious Father unto us not imputing to us our sinnes and offences Secondly that he will assist us by his holy Spirit that wee may be able to fight against the diuell sinne and the concupiscence of our flesh unto victory that we may live in the liberty of his kingdome which is a kingdome of Justice Since then these

two things are in us accomplished by the Grace of JESUS Christ It will follow that the vertue and substance of Baptisme is comprised in him and in very deed we have no other washing but by his blood nor no other renewing then in his Death and Resurrection but as he doth communicate unto us his riches and his blessings by his Word so he doth distribute the same by his Sacraments Now in this doth appeare the marvellous love of God towards us in that these Graces which are conferred upon us in Baptisme having before the comming of the Redeemer been confined to the nation of the Jewes the middle wall of partition which did separate the Jewes from the Gentiles being by the death of the Lord JESUS taken away hee hath poured upon mankind these saving waters of his grace in such abundance that in him now there is neither Jew nor Greeke neither Male nor Female neither Circumcision nor uncircumcision nor any other difference of outward estate or condition which can exclude us from this great Salvation which JESUS Christ will have preached to all Nations and from the Covenant of peace ratified by Baptisme according to the charge given by him to his Apostles saying Goe ye and teach all Nations baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost And of this grace it is that you my brother desire to bee made partaker by Baptisme Is it not Answer It is 14 Quest But because entring into the house of GOD every one is bound to looke unto his wayes lest hee prophane the Sanctuary in presuming to offer there according to the saying of the wise the sacrifice of fooles and impious men and that hee ought to bee purged from all leven of errour and malice Doe you not detest all errours contrary to the holy doctrine taught in our Churches Answ I doe If the Catecumen or party to bee Baptised bee a Jew or Mahumetane after those words in the sift Question Doe you not renounce c. the Minister shall adde 4 Quest Doe you not beleeve that this great God Creator of Heaven and earth is one Essence c. as before in the fift Question Answ I doe Then hee shall as he unto the Jew 5 Quest Doe you not detest the Rebellion and hardnesse of heart of the Jewes and doe you not aske God forgivenesse that you have continued in it so long Answ I doe 6 Quest Doe not you beleeve that whatsoever God hath beene pleased to reveale unto us of his will is contained not onely in the Books of the Old Testament but also in those of the New Answ J doe 7 Quest Doe you not beleeve that JESUS the Sonne of the blessed Virgin Mary conceived in her by the ineffable power of the holy Ghost and since by the unjust sentence of Ponce Pilat upon the flanderous accusation of the Jewes condemned to the death of the Crosse risen from the dead on the third day and now raised to glory is God manifested in the flesh the eternall Word of the Father by which hee hath Created and upholdeth this Universe the blessed Seed which was promised unto Adam presently after his fall by vertue of which the head of the Serpent hath been bruised the comming of whom all the Patriarks in Faith and Hope have expected that great Prophet and true Messias both by Moses and other Prophets which have been since him foretold Answ I doe 8 Quest Doe not you beleeve that the Lord Jesus is the fulfilling of the Law in righteousnesse to every one that beleeveth the truth of the Types and figures of it the true Lamb of God which takes away the sinnes of the world and that in him dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodily Answ I doe 9 Quest Doe not you beleeve that now the observation of the Ceremonies of the Law is not onely superfluous but also altogether prejudiciall to the conscience Answ I doe After this the Minister shall propose the Questions that are set downe before Rehearse the summary of your faith c. and those which follow ¶ If the Catecumen or party to be Baptized be a Mahumitane after those words before mentioned Doe not you beleeve that this great God Creator of heaven and earth is one Essence c. the Minister shall adde 5 Quest. Doe not you beleeve that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were inspired by him and c●ntaine all his Counsell for the salvation of men and are the onely and perfect Rule of faith and manners Answ I doe 6 Quest Doe not you beleeve that JESUS the Sonne of the blessed Virgin Mary conceived in her by the power of the holy Ghost and according to the flesh formed of her proper substance is God and Man blessed for ever perfect God and perfect man Man made of a Woman in the fulnesse of times and God begotten of God the Father from all Eternity Answ I doe 7 Quest Doe not you beleeve that the Lord JESUS from his first Conception according to the flesh hath beene Holy Innocent without spot and separated from sinners and that hee hath not suffered death for any businesse of his owne but for ours only Answ I doe 8 Quest Doe not you beleeve that his death is the propitiation of our s●nnes yea of the sinnes of the whole world and that this propitiation i● of infinite merit by which salvation and eternall glory is acquired unto us Answ I doe 9 Quest Doe not you beleeve that Mahomet was a notorious Impostor and that his Alcaron is a sacrilegious rapsody of dreames full of absurdities and of purpose devised to establish a false and an abominable Religion Answ I doe 10 Quest Doe not you beleeve that the Gospell of the Lord JESUS is the power of God to salvation to every one that beleeveth that the Christian Religion is the onely Religion by which God the Father hath manifested his good pleasure for the salvation of men unto the end of the world that since the manifestation of it there is no other to bee expected That the Lord JESUS CHRIST onely is that great Prophet promised to the faithfull of the old Testament and that God having formerly spoken in divers manners unto men before the Law and under the Law hath spoken to the Church of the New Testament by the mouth of his onely begotten Sonne JESUS Answ I doe After that the Minister shall adde Rehearse the Summary of your faith c. and the other questions which follow If the Catecumen or party to be Baptized be an Anabaptist after that the 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. and ninth Questions set downe before shall have beene proposed the Minister shall goe on thus 10 Quest Doe not you beleeve that the Lord JESUS is and shall be true God and true man in both his natures eternally that according to his humanity he was like in all things unto other men sin only excepted so that he was the true

of the Province thither the Ministers shall come with one Ancient of every Church Article 2. Such Assemblies and Colloques shall be made to advise concerning differences and difficulties which may be propounded and which may happen in the said Churches Article 3. Thence also the Ministers shall propound the word of God every one in his turne to the end that men may know how every one hath done his duty by exercising himselfe in the study of the Scriptures as likewise of the method and forme he useth in the handling of them Article 4. The Authority of the Colloques is subject to that of the Provinciall Synod as the Consistory is to the Colloques Article 5. The Colloques and Synods shall advise to limit the bounds of the places within which every Minister may exercise his Ministery Article 6. The Censures of the Pastours and Ancients shall be upon the issue of every Colloque CHAP. VIII Of Provinciall Synods IN every Province the Ministers of every Church shall assemble themselves once or twice in the yeare as they may according to the wisdome and discretion of the Synod CHAPTER IX Of Nationall Synods Article 1. NAtionall Synods shall be Assembled from yeare to yeare so far forth as possibly they may The Synod of Montpellier and another of Gorgeau have ordered the Convocation of Nationall Synods to bee from three yeare to three yeare Article 2 3. And because it is at this day difficult and dangerous to assemble a Nationall Synod in great number of Ministers and Ancients It is decreed for this time onely and during such difficulties that the Brethren assembled in every Provinci●ll Synod so far-forth as possibly they may choose two Ministers and two Ancients the most expert in the affaires of the Church for to send them thither in the name of all the Province and that the Deputies come thither with sufficient Testimonies and charged with good Instructions signed by the Moderator and Scribe of the Nationall Synod And to the end there be no failing the Provinciall Synod shall name three or foure Pastours and as many Ancients because if they which were first named be hindered by sicknesse or other lawfull impediments to undertake the journey there bee others which may serve in their place In the Nationall Synod at Charenton 1644. and 1645. expounding the third Artic●e of the fourth chapter of the Discipline The Assembly declares that the Instructions wherewith every Province chargeth the Deputies which she sendeth unto the Nationall Synod ought to be resolved in the Provinciall Synods by plurality of voyces and signed in the said Assemblies by the Moderators and for default thereof they shall no more regard what they propound then they doe the Propositions which particular men shall advance of their owne heads and without Commission In the same Synod it is inserted that because of divers defects met withall in sending Letters from the Provinces it is enjoyned unto all to insert in them the proper names and sur-names of the Deputies To wit of good Letters in the bottome of which the submission shall be set downe in these words for substance Wee promise before God to submit our selves to all which shall bee concluded and resolved on in your holy Assembly to give obedience and to execute them with all our power and that wee are perswaded that God will governe there and will conduct you by his holy Spirit in all truth and equity by the rule of his Word for the good and edification of his Church and to his great glory and this is that wee demaund of God in our prayers This is that which was framed in the generall Synod at Vitrey held in the yeare 1617. conformable whereunto shall bee the submission required in the Letters of them which are deputed in Provinciall Synods Article 4. In the beginning of Nationall Synods shall be read the Confession of Faith of the Church of France with the Articles of the Discipline Article 5. 6. 7. All Ecclesiasticall things may be definitively decided and resolved in a Nationall Synod CHAP. X. Of holy Exercise Article 1. THey shall correct the irreverence which they shall perceive in many when they are present at publick prayers or domestick in not uncovering their heads nor bowing the knees a thing which is repugnant to common piety causeth suspition of pride and may scandalize the good and therefore the Pastours and Ancients yea and the chiefe of every family are war●ed to watch carefully for this that during the said prayers every man without exception or acception give by exteriour signes testimonie of the humility of his heart and of the homage which he owes and is to make unto God except any one be hindered for so doing by sicknesse or otherwise whe●eof the determination shall be lef● unto the testimony of his owne conscience Article 2. The Congregations of the faithfull being likewise ordained to sing to the praise of God and to comfort and fortifie themselves by the use of Psalmes all shall be admonished to be present in the Congregations and they which shall thence absent themselves through contempt shall be censured as also they which uncover not their heads so long as they sing as well as in the time of the Celebration of the Sacraments so farforth as they may as at other times Article 3. In the time of sharpe persecution be it of Pestilence of Warre of Famine or other great affliction when they will choose the Ministers of the word of God and when there shall be question of Assembling Synods they may if necessity require it denounce on a certaine day one or more publick and extraordinary prayers with fasting howbeit without scruple or superstition and all upon great causes and considerations and the Churches are admonished to conforme themselves one unto the other in celebration of the Fast so far-forth as possibly they may according to the conveniency of time and place Article 4. The Churches which have beene accustomed to make publick prayers upon certaine dayes may keepe the order which they have a long time happily observed and other Churches are to conforme themselves therein according to the meanes it shall please God to give unto them hereafter The Pastours ought to reprove them which contemne the frequenting of Sermons and neglect the use of prayers which ought to be performed in private houses by the chiefe of the Families and their domesticks Article 5. They shall not make Prayers nor Sermons at the enterrment of the dead to prevent all superstitions and they shall not give publicke Almes at the said enterrments to prevent the inconveniences which may happen and they shall be exhorted which accompany the body to the grave to behave themselves modestly during the Convoy meditating according to the object which presents it selfe as well of the miseries and shortnes of this life as of the hope of the happy life to come Article 6. Because mourning consists not in the habits but in the heart the faithfull