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A56905	Synodicon in Gallia reformata, or, The acts, decisions, decrees, and canons of those famous national councils of the reformed churches in France being I. a most faithful and impartial history of the rise, growth, perfection and decay of the reformation in that kingdom, with its fatal catastrophe upon the revocation of the Edict of Nants in the year 1685 : II. the confession of faith and discipline of those churches : III. a collection of speeches, letters, sacred politicks, cases of conscience, and controversies in divinity, determined and resolved by those grave assemblies : IV. many excellent expedients for preventing and healing schisms in the churches and for re-uniting the dismembred body of divided Protestants : V. the laws, government, and maintenance of their colleges, universities and ministers, together with their exercise of discipline upon delinquent ministers and church-members : VI. a record of very many illustrious events of divine providence relating to those churches : the whole collected and composed out of original manuscript acts of those renowned synods : a work never be extant in any language.	Quick, John, 1636-1706.; Eglises réformées de France.	1692 (1692)	Wing Q209; ESTC R10251	1,424,843	1,304

got out of God's Ark and the Deluge is about thee Where wilt thou pitch the Sole of thy Foot Go then as the Dove and return unto thy place Salvation is not to be had any where else Thou knowest it as well as I. Whether art thou gone Where art thou a going Dost not thou know that Jesus Christ only hath the Words of Eternal Life Thinkest thou to find it any where else Why Man He only is the Way the Truth and the Life Thou hast changed thy Riligion thou hast quitted thy Party thou hast abandoned thy Flock Good God what hast thou done O Friend I forbear to speak my Fears But once again What hast thou done Thou hast quitted the Rich Pearl with the Cock in the Fable for a Grain of Wheat See from whence thou art fallen and consider I beseech thee Dear Friend what thou hast gotten by thy Fall Thou embracest a Religion patch'd up of Human Ceremonies Thou knowest it well a Religion which is an Hodge-podg of Jewish and Pagan Ceremonies blended together Thou hast thrown thy self into its Arms thou liest in its Bosom thou wearest its Livery and art marked with its Marks And thou very well knowest why and wherefore Thou wast remiss in thy Duty Thou wast not payed thy Sallary This was thy frequent Complaint Thou idle and slothful Servant oughtest thou to forsake thy Lord's Service and his Flock Thou wast not serious enough nor caredst to take pains in thy Calling Instead of studying and giving thy self to reading thou hauntedst wicked Companies which thou knowest corrupt good Manners and being such an one thy self thou couldst not chuse better Birds of a Feather will Flock together More I might say but I spare thee Well Man what hast thou done Consider I beseech thee and I adjure thee to it by the Bowels of our ancient Friendship that 't is the true Religion which thou hast forsaken and that only in which Salvation is to be had and that the very Church of Rome her self believeth all the Articles that the Reformed Church believeth And I can speak it and thou knowest it as well as I that in case she were divested of all her Jewish Ceremonies and Human Inventions and of Men's Traditions which are set up in the room of God's Word the Romish Religion would be no longer Roman but Reformed What then hast thou done Thou hast took the Shadow for the Substance the Ceremonies for the Truth I protest unto thee upon my Soul that thou art out of the way Friend Give me thy Hand and I will once more set thee in the right way and thou shalt taste how gracious the Lord is to them that fear him that he is ready to forgive most willing to shew Mercy and if thou hast recourse unto him by Prayers and Supplications in the Name and Merits of his Dear Son thou shalt certainly obtain the Remission of thy Sins thro his Name My Friend thou hast joyned thy self to the Communion of Idols and art a Partner with Idolaters and dost thou think in their Communion to work out thy Salvation Be not deceived God will not be mocked No Idolaters shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Ah! dost not thou know that our Religion which thou hast quitted giveth the Glory of Man's Salvation unto the Christ of God only That it ascribeth the Salvation of Believers to the Lord Jesus only That it preacheth nothing else but what the Elect Apostle of the Gentiles preached even Jesus Christ and him Crucified That it putteth Confidence in none but God And as David seeketh for none in Heaven but God That it adoreth no Creature whatsoever but adoreth God only Father Son and Spirit Three Persons in one God That it invocateth God only because besides him there never was nor never will be any that can help save and deliver That with the blessed Virgin she calleth him her God and her Saviour That it teacheth not the Doctrin of Devils nor forbiddeth Marriage nor to obstain from Meats which God hath created to be used by the Faithful and those who have not known the Truth with Thanksgiving That it is not Sacrilegious to rob the People of the Cup against the express Commandment of God That it reacheth God to be a Spirit and that such as worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth That it teacheth to fear God and to honour the King whom may the Lord of his Mercy long preserve To sanctifie the day of Rest but not Festivals which are only Men's Inventions To keep Promise and Covenant tho to a Man's Loss and Hurt Rather to serve God than Men And forasmuch as God hath spoken the Word that he will not give his Glory unto another nor his Praise unto Graven Images it teacheth all to ascribe Glory unto God only and to give him the Thanks of all our Mercies because he is the sole Author and Donour of them Our Religion doth not take away any of God's Commandments nor suffereth any Images to be made nor Pictures to be hung up that they should be served and adored A Religion neither addeth to nor taketh any thing from the Holy Word of God for it well knows that such as do so the Plagues written in that Word shall be inflicted on them and their Names shall be blotted out of the Book of Life It teacheth with St. Paul that the Divine Scriptures can make us wise unto Salvation and with St. John that the Blood of Jesus cleanseth us from all Sin and that there is none other Purgatory for our Sins than Christ's Blood Time would fail me and I should but waste it if I told thee That the Death of the Son of God is our Life his Wounds our Health and that there is none other Sacrifice for Sin than that one only and never to be repeated Sacrifice of his Death Friend our Religion teacheth that by this Sacrifice we have the Remission of all our Sins and that where the Remission of Sins is there is no more Oblation for Sin and therefore no Mass Take heed unto thy self Friend for if thou sinnest wilfully after Admonition after that thou hast received the knowledge of the Truth know of a Truth that there is no more Sacrifice for Sins Do not then count the Blood of the Covenant a prophane thing for thou knowest that 't is a most fearful thing to fall into the Hands of an incensed God Be zealous therefore and Repent In short thou knowest that all the Doctrins of our Religion are contained in th● Holy Scriptures and yet thou hast quitted it What hast thou done Thou art return'd unto Babylon from which God hath brought thee forth in the Loyns of thy Fathers that thou mightst not participate in her Sins nor in her Plagues Thou hast return'd with the Dog unto thy Vomit and with the Sow that was washed to wallow in the Mire My Friend my Bowels are troubled for thee Believe and follow my Counsel Awake and

to attain the saving Knowledge of God and to return unto him that he doth not so much as make a right use of it in Natural and Civil things but rather doth in divers wayes soyl and pollute it and holds it under Hatches through Unrighteousness by doing whereof he is left inexcusable before God CANON V. And as it is with the light of Nature even just so it is with the Decalogue which God particularly gave unto the Jews for it doth indeed discover the hainousness of Sin and doth more and more convince the Conscience of it but not propounding any Remedy nor imparting any Strength or Power whereby to get rid of this Misery and being weak as to the Flesh it leaves the Transgressor under the Curse so that he cannot possibly obtain any saving Grace CANON VI. This gift then which neither the Light of Nature nor the Law of God can give is wrought effectually by the vertue of the Holy Ghost through the preaching of the Word or Ministry of Reconciliation to wit the Gospel concerning the Messias by whom it hath been and still is the good pleasure of God to save all Believers both under the Old and New Testament CANON VII God revealed this Secret of his Will under the Old Testament to very few But since under the New Testament that the partition Wall of difference between People is broken down and removed God hath manifested it unto more Persons The Cause of which Dispensation must not in the least be attributed to the Dignity of any one Nation above another or because they do better Husband and improve the Light of Nature but wholly and solely to the most free ●race and Love and good pleasure of God And therefore those who be made partakers of so great a favour infinitely above their Deserts should ever acknowledge it with all humbleness of Heart and Thanksgiving But others who be destitute of this Grace they should with the Apostle adore the Severity and Justice of Gods Judgments but not pry into them over-curiously CANON VIII And as many as are called by the Gospel are called in good earnest For God doth by his Word declare most truly and seriously what is well-pleasing to him to wit that all who are caled by him should come unto him and therefore he most seriously promiseth that all who come and believe in him shall have rest unto their Souls and Everlasting Life CANON IX And whereas many being called by the Ministry of the Gospel do not come nor convert themselves unto God the Gospel is not in fault nor is Jesus Christ who is offered in the Gospel nor is God who by the Gospel calleth them and doth also bestow divers gifts upon them but the fault is their own and to be found in themselves who are called some of whom through their carelessness do not receive the Word of Life and others indeed do receive it but not into their hearts and therefore after the flashy joyes of a temporary Faith they turn back again and others do choak and strangle the Seed of the Word by the Thorny Cares and Pleasures of this present World and yield no fruit This was the Doctrine preached by our Saviour in the parable of the Sower CANON X. And whereas others called by the Ministry of the Gospel do come and are converted this must not be ascribed unto Man as if he himself by his own free will made himself to differ from others who are as well provided with sufficient Grace for Believing and Conversion For this is the main butteress that under-props and supports the proud Heresie of Pelagius but it must be only attributed unto God who as he hath chosen his own from all Eternity in Jesus Christ so also doth he effectually call them in their time giveth them Faith and Repentance and having delivered them from the power of darkness he doth translate them into the Kingdom of his dear Son that so they may show forth his Vertues who hath called them out of their Darkness into his marvellous Light That they may not boast nor glory in themselves but in the Lord. And this is the true Apostolical Doctrine legible in their Holy Writings CANON XI Moreover when as God executeth this his good pleasure upon the Elect and doth convert them he doth not only procure that the Gospel be preached outwardly to their Ear only nor doth he only powerfully illuminate their Understandings by the Holy Ghost that so they may know and discerne aright the things which are of Gods Spirit but by the Effectual Power of the same Spirit of Regeneration he pierceth even into the most inward Recesses of their Souls he opens their heart which was fast shut softens their heardned heart circumciseth the foreskin of their Souls infuseth new Qualities into the Will and causeth this dead Will to live yea and to become lively of Evil Good of unwilling stubborn and perverse most obedient he works upon it and fortifies it that as a good Tree it may produce good Fruits CANON XII This is that Regeneration which is so much celebrated in the Holy Scriptures this is that Renovation and new Creature this is that first Resurrection from the Dead this is that quickning which God worketh in us without us Nor is this at all done by mere teaching only striking the Ear or by moral perswasion which is made up of perswasive Arguments or by any other the like means so that after God hath done his part it remains in the power of Man to be regenerated or not to be converted or not No but it is an Operation totally supernatural most efficacious and yet at the same time most sweet admirable secret and unutterable which according to the Scriptures inspir'd of God the Author of this Operation is as to its efficacy not in the least inferiour to the Glorious Work of Creation or the Resurrection of the Dead so that they in whose hearts God worketh after this wonderful manner are most certainly infallibly and efficaciously regenerated and do actually believe and then their Will being already renewed is not only excited and moved of God but being excited of God it doth also work together with him so that we may well enough say that Man believeth and repenteth by reason of that Grace which he hath received CANON XIII The Faithful during this Life cannot fully comprehend the manner of this Operation but yet they may be very well satisfied sith they know and feel that by this Grace they do from their heart believe in and love their Saviour CANON XIV So then Faith is the gift of God not because it is offered of God unto the free Will of Man but because in very truth it is bestowed upon inspired and infused into Man and also not only because God giveth the power of believing and then waits till the Will of Man consenteth and doth actually believe but because that he who worketh both to will and to do yea who worketh