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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

may then be published as if there had been no Impediment at all That so all Frauds which might otherwise be committed in this Matter may be prevented and avoided Article IV. Let no Stranger coming from a Foreign Land be admitted unto Marriage unless he bring with him good and vallid Certificates or undoubted Letters of Credit or that he have a Testimony from Godly Persons here upon the Place who will attest for him that he hath not a Wife elsewhere The Fifth DECREE THE next Query is about Bonds of Marriage and their Dependencies ANSWER Article I. Let the Banes be published on three several Sundays in the the Church before that the Marriage be Solemnized and let the first Syndick give it under his hand that he knoweth both the Parties so that immediately after the third Publication the Marriage may be then celebrated If one of the Parties belong to another Parish let him bring his Certificate from that Parish with him Article II. Let not the betrothed Persons cohabit together as Man and Wife till such time as they be solemnly married in the Church in that manner which is constantly practiced among Christians If any shall have done otherwise let them be imprisoned for three days and fed only with Bread and Water and be called into the Consistory and convinced of their Sin that they may be ashamed and humbled before God The Sixth DECREE THE next Query is about the Celebration of Marriage ANSWER Article I. Let the Parties to be married come upon their Wedding-day modestly unto the Church without Drums or Minstrels demeaning themselves orderly and gravely as becometh Christians and let them come before the Bell hath done Tolling that so the Marriage may be solemnly blessed before Sermon And if they be negligent and should come too late let them be turned away unmarried Article II. Let it be lawful to celebrate Marriages on any day yea upon any Working-day which shall seem good unto the Parties themselves provided there be a Sermon or upon the Lord's-day by Nine in the Morning or on any other day of the Week at the same hour when as the Word of God is Preached excepting only that day when the Lord's Supper shall be Administred that so there may be no distraction in the Worship of God and that all may be the better prepared for Communion with Christ at his holy Table The Seventh DECREE About the Man's dwelling with his Wife ARTICLE LET the Man and his Wife cohabit together in one and the same House having all things in common between them And if either of them separate from the other to live apart let them be called into the Consistory and convinced of their Sin and in case of differences betwixt them let them be made up and return home reconciled each with the other The Eighth DECREE IT is Queried What are the Degrees of Consanguinity which hinder Marriage ANSWER Article I. No Marriage may be contracted in the direct Line between the Father and his Daughter or the Mother and her Son and so consequentially between none other of their Descendants because this is destructive of natural Modesty and Piety and is expresly forbidden by the Law of God and the Civil Laws Article II. In like manner no Uncle can marry his Neice or Grand-niece nor the Aunt her Nephews or Grand-nephews because an Uncle represents a Father and an Aunt the Mother Article III. Nor may a Brother marry his Sister either of the whole or half Blood As for those other Degrees tho they be not forbidden neither by the Law of God nor by the Civil Law of the Romans yet nevertheless because such Marriages have not for many years been practiced and that we may shun all Scandals and that ignorant Persons may not blaspheme God and his Word Let not Cousin Germans contract Marriage together till that time h●th gotten a better Opinion of such Marriages among us As for Intermarriages in other degrees let them not be hindered The Ninth DECREE IT is Queried What are those Degrees of Affinity which hinder Marriage ANSWER Article I. Let no Father marry his Son's Widow nor let any Woman marry her deceased Daughter's Husband so consequently in those degrees which descends in a direct Line Article II. Let no Man marry his Wife's Daughter nor her Grand-child nor any in this Line downward Article III. Let not the Woman marry her Husband's Son nor Grand-son nor any in this Line downward Article IV. In like manner let none marry the Widow of his Nephew or of his great Nephew Article V. Let no Man marry his Brother's Widow nor any Woman him who was her Sister's Husband Article VI. A Man having committed Adultery with his Neighbour's Wife if it be afterward discovered he shall not marry the Adulteress because of the Scandals and Dangers that will ensue upon such a Marriage The Tenth DECREE THE next Query is about the Discords Variance and Contentions between married Persons ANSWER Article I. In case a Man doth not live peaceably with his Wife but that there be Strifes and Quarrels betwixt them let them be called into the Consistory and be admonished to live in Godly Concord and Union and Love together and let each of them be reproved for their Faults according as the Exigency of their case shall require Article II. If a Man shall evil intreat his Wife abusing beating and tormenting her or if he threaten outragious Mischief to her and it be known that he is a very disorderly and cholerick Fellow he shall be turned over to the Council who are humbly intreated by their Authority expresly to require him not to beat his Wife and that under some certain Penalty The Eleventh DECREE IT is Queried For what Causes may and ought a Marriage to be declared null ANSWER Article I. In case a Woman should complain that her Husband is bewitcht and naturally impotent for any Congress with his Wife and this shall by Confession or Visitation be found true let the Marriage be then declared null and the Woman also set at liberty from her Husband and the Man strictly forbidden not to abuse any other Woman in this manner Article II. If a Man should make the same Complaint of his Wife that he cannot have carnal Knowledge of her because of some defect in her Body and that she will not suffer it to be remedied and the Truth hereof being well known let the Marriage be declared null The Twelfth DECREE IT is Queried For what Causes may and ought a Marriage to be dissolved ANSWER Article I. In case a Man accuse his Wife of Adultery and prove it by Witnesses and clear Evidence and demand hereupon to be separated from her let him be divorced and also have leave to marry again with whom he best pleaseth Yet may he be exhorted to forgive his said Wife but he may not be urged importunately nor compelled against his will to keep her Article II. Altho in ancient times the Wifes priviledge was

if it be done out of contempt and through fear of being obliged to renounce all Idolatry after divers admonitions given them and they not reforming they shall be cut off from the Body of the Church but if it be through infirmity they shall be born withal for some space of time till they be more established in the Faith CAN. XII Such as care not to come unto our publick Christian Congregations but only upon those days when the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper is Celebrated shall be reproved and admonished of their duty and to this purpose they shall join themselves unto one certain particular Church N. B. This last Clause is only in my Edition of Paris and Rouen 1663. CAN. XIII The Faithful who make a trade of hearing the Word of God in one Church and of receiving the Sacraments in another shall be censured and by the advice of the Colloquy or Provincial Synod they shall be appointed to join themselves unto that Church which is nearest and most convenient for them N. B. Provincial Synod is only in my Parisian and Quevilly Edition CAN. XIV Chap. XIII Of Marriages Although it hath not been the Custom to administer the Lord's Supper in the greatest part of our Churches more than four times a year yet it were to be desired that it might be oftner so that the Reverence which is needful for this holy Sacrament could be kept up and observed Because it is most profitable for the Children of God to be exercised and grow in Faith by the frequent use of the Sacraments and the Example of the Primitive Church doth invite us to it And therefore our National Synods shall take that care and order in this matter as is requisite for the weal and happiness of our Churches CHAP. XIII Of Marriages CANON I. SUch as are under Age shall not Contract Marriage without the Consent of their Parents or of those other Persons under whose power they be Howbeit if their said Parents should be so unreasonable as not to yield unto so sacred and needful an Ordinance yea and refuse their consent meerly out of hatred to Religion the Consistory shall advise the Parties to apply themselves unto the Civil Magistrate CAN. II. Such as are of Years and in possession of their Estates shall be admonished by the Minister in the publick Church-Assemblies not to make any Promise of Marriage but in the presence of their Parents Friends Neighbours and Persons in reputation for Godliness And such as do otherwise shall be censured for their lightness and contempt of the said admonition And it were very meet that those Promises of Marriage were performed with solemn Prayers CAN. III. The Faithful that are of Age although they have been Married shall notwithstanding so far honour their Parents as not to Contract Marriage without having first acquainted them therewith and in case of failure herein they shall be censured by the Consistory CAN. IV. Fathers and Mothers professing the Reformed Religion whose Children being Idolaters would marry themselves unto Idolatrous Women shall be advised if possibly they can do it to hinder their said Children from Contracting such Marriages especially if they be not as yet emancipated from under their Authority and Fathers shall employ their Paternal Power to prevent and hinder them but and if they cannot so far prevail yet at passing the Marriage Contracts they shall protest their abhorrency of that Idolatry into which their Children will deeper plunge themselves And this being done the Parents may consent unto the Promises and Conditions about the Dowry and other such like matters and they shall give in evidence unto their Consistory of those endeavours they have used to hinder such Marriages CAN. V. For time to come all Promises of Marriages and Espousals shall be performed by words de futuro which shall not be counted as indissolvible as words de praesenti Because words de praesenti do not so much promise Marriage as in effect consummate it Yet nevertheless those promises by words de futuro shall not be dissolved without very great and lawful causes Wherefore the Custom of those Churches is condemned which celebrateth Espousals betrothings by the Ministry and Benediction of their Pastors with gift of Body and words de praesenti For by such Solemnity the Parties are truly and actually conjoined in Marriage so that the Banes are preposterous and published after the Marriage is Consummated and a second Benediction is rendred needless and superfluous True indeed 't is not thought evil that Pastors should assist at Espousals and pray and exhort the Parties unto mutual love faithfulness and the fear of God provided that they forbear all other formalities which are of none other use than to make a Bond indissolvible which oftentimes we are constrained to break again upon oppositions made when the Banes are published and because of other accidental hinderances For these reasons also those Churches which solemnize Espousals in their Temples with the same publick Benediction as at Marriage are exhorted to lay down this their Custom and to conform themselves unto our Churches in all the other Provinces of this Kingdom N. B. The addition unto this Canon which is Printed in another Character is only found in my Parisian and Quevilly Editions of the Discipline yet grounded upon very many Acts of several National Synods See Syn. of Poictiers Art 2. of Partic. Matters 1560. The Syn. of Saumur 1597. Art 25. concerning Observations upon the Discipline The Synod of Privas 1612. Art 9. of Observations upon the Discipline The Syn. of Alez 1620. Art 14. of Observations upon the Discipline CAN. VI. In Consanguinities and Affinities the faithful may not Contract Marriage but with the Kings Licence according to the Edict CAN. VII It is utterly unlawful to Petition the Pope for a Dispensation of the Impediments of Marriage which is already or may be hereafter accomplished because in so doing there would be an owning of his Tyranny Yet we may warrantably address our selves unto the King for a Dispensation in degrees not prohibited by God nor by the Civil Government CAN. VIII Spiritual Kindred as they be called are not at all comprehended nor understood by those words of Consanguinity and Affinity in the Kings Edict nor do they hinder any Marriage-Contracts CAN. IX It is not lawful for any Man to Marry the Sister of his Deceased Wife for such Marriages are prohibited not only by the Laws of the Land but by the word of God And although by the Law of Moses it was ordained that when the Brother died without Children his Brother should raise up Seed unto him yet that Law enacted for the Children of Israel was temporary relating only to the preservation of the Tribes of that People But the Marriage of a Sister of a Betrothed and Deceased Wife is of another Nature because that Alliance was not Contracted by a Commixture of Blood therefore such a Marriage may be admitted and approved Yet notwithstanding

and joyned to the Acts of the aforesaid Synod DECREE the First THE Question moved is Who are those Persons that cannot Marry without Leave first had and obtained ANSWER Article I. All young Persons who were never Married be they Sons or Daughters and whose Parents are yet alive cannot dispose of themselves nor contract Marriage without the Consent of their said Parents unless they have attained their due Age in Law to wit the Son that of Twenty Years and the Daughter Eighteen and then they are dutifully to demand it in their own Persons or by others that they may be Married But and if their Parents should slight and make no account of their Request they may lawfully Marry without their Authority Article II. And this Self-same Rule shall be observed with Reference to Pupils and Orphans who are under the Authority of their Trustees and Guardians Nor may Mothers nor the Guardians themselves of their own heads dispose of their Children or Pupils committed to their Charge and Trust in Marriage without calling in some of their Parents or Kindred in case they have any Article III. In case two young Persons should foolishly and rashly of their own Wills without consulting Parents or Guardians contract Marriage together let them be punished or chastised and let this Marriage at the Request of Parents or Guardians be rescinded Article IV. And in case they have been inticed and decoy'd by any Man or Woman into this Marriage let these Cheats be prosecuted by the nearest Parents or Guardians of these Orphan-Pupils and forced to confess their Crime publickly in a Court of Justice and to ask pardon of the Judge and be punished by fasting three whole Days having given them but a little Bread and Water Article V. And let those Witnesses who were present at the making of such a Marriage be punished likewise with fasting one whole Day and nothing allowed them for their Nourishment Article VI. Let no Promises be made by young Persons that were never Married but Conditionally and let there be Two Witnesses present at them or else they shall be null and void Article VII In case that Children should Marry without their Parents Consent when they be come to Age allowed them by Law as in the first Article let the Magistrate take Cognisance of the Matter and if it was lawfully done by them by reason of the Supine negligence or over rigorous Severity of their Parents then let those very Parents be compelled to give them a Portion or to settle them in such a Way and Condition to live in the World as if they had given their plenary Consent unto the Marriage of their Children Article VIII Let not Parents constrain their Children to Marry against their Wills and Consent And in case either a Son or Daughter should refuse the Party offered them by their Father let their refusal be expressed with all modesty and filial Reverence And let them not be punished for this their Refusal And the same Course shall be observed as to Minors under Guardians Article IX Let not Parents or Guardians be allowed to contract their Children or Orphans in Marriage till such time as they become in Age and capable to confirm it Nevertheless if it so fall out that a Child having refused to Marry a Person chosen by his Father should a while after Marry another who is not so much to his Profit and Advantage let not the Father for such a Rebellion against and Contempt of him be obliged during Life to give or allow him one Farthing The Second DECREE IT is Queried Who are the Persons that may Marry without leave ANSWER Article I. Such as having been once married be they Men or Women tho' their Parents be living shall nevertheless have full power and liberty to remarry themselves provided they be in Age as was declared in the first Article of the first Order viz. The Son if he have his Twentieth and the Daughter her Eighteenth Year provided that they were emancipated as from under their Fathers Authority so from his House and Family and kept House by themselves apart Yet it would be always a most decent thing if those Children would be advised by their Fathers in their second Marriages Article II. Let all Promises of Marriage be made decently and in the fear of God not in Dissolution nor lightly over a Glass of Wine as if they were only to drink together but with all possible seriousness after they have well considered of it and are perfectly agreed about it and in case any should do otherwise let them be chastised And in case the Minister declareth that he was surprized let the Marriage be dissolved Article III. If a Man should Sue a Woman at Law alledging that she promised to Marry him unless there were two Witnesses Persons of Credit and Godliness to attest it let the Oath of God be tendered to the Defendant and in case she deny it let her be absolved The Third DECREE IT is Queried For what Causes a Marriage-promise may and ought to be rescinded ANSWER Article I. There be two Cases in which Promises of Marriage may be rescinded when made bewixt Persons capable of them 1. If upon good Evidence it should appear that the Party married were not a Virgin tho before Marriage she was taken for granted and she avowed herself to be one 2. When one of the Parties is utterly unfit for Generation Article II. The Non-payment of Dowry or of Portion or Wedding-Cloaths ought not to hinder the effectual Performance of Marriage-promises because those things are not of the Essence but Accidents and Accessories unto Marriage Article III. Altho' in a Treaty of Marriage and Discourse about it its lawful enough to add Conditions or to make a Salvo that such a one Consenteth Yet nevertheless when as the Promises come to be made they shall be pure and plain nor shall those be reputed Marriage-promises which are Conditional The Fourth DECREE IT is Queried What distance of time is there to be observed between the Promise of Marriage and its Performance ANSWER Article I. The Accomplishment of Marriage shall not be deferr'd above six Weeks after the Promise of it And in case the Parties shall delay beyond that time they shall be called into the Consistory and be admonished to fulfil the Marriage and if they be disobedient to these Counsels they shall be dismissed over to the Civil Magistrate who may if he please compel them to celebrate it Article II. In case the Marriage should be opposed the Minister shall refer the Party opposing unto the Consistory and require him to appear at the next Consistorial Sessions However let no Person be admitted to make any Opposition unless he live in Town or be very well known or that he bring with him a known Person of his Acquaintance that so an honest Maid may not be blemished in her Reputation Article III. And if the Oponent should not appear at the Day appointed the Banes of Marriage