III. NO Perfon of the Province can be fent nor have Entrance to the said Synod who is not actually of the Confiftory of the Place which has deputed him, and who does not actually re fide in the faid Place; and in cafe any one comes thither on pretence of giv ing an Account there of fome Com miffion, he cannot remain in the Synod to have any Vote there. ? IV. HE cannot hold any Conferences but in the Synods, and during their Seffion, according to the Decree of the Council of State of the Fifteenth of December, 1660. and the General Act of Regulation made the Fifth of Octaber, 1663. V.. HE must not fuffer any Propofition to be made contrary to his Majesties Service, nor any Doctrine or Maxim to be establish'd but in conformity to I 4 what what has been allow'd to those of the Reform'd Religion, in confequence of their Confeffion of Faith. VI. FOR this end he muft regulate with thofe of the Reform'd Religion, the time of holding their Synods, and Conferences at different Hours, that he may be prefent at all the Affemblies that are made, not fuffering any to be held but in his Prefence. VII. IF it fhould happen that any Propo fition be made there, contrary to the Edicts and Declarations of his Majefty, to the Acts of his Council, and to this present Inftruction, he fhall forbid them in the King's Name to go any farther, and in cafe they do not yield to him, he fhall draw up his Verbal Process of it, in which he shall mention those Perfons that were Authors of the Difobedience, that they may be refponsible for it in their own Names. VIII. HE muft not fuffer them to have any Communication from Province to Province; and let him make known to the Synod that his Majefty expects that the Prohibitions made by the Commiffion fent by him to prefide in the Synod fhould be fubmitted to, and in cafe of refufal, that he has Orders to make the Moderator, the Affiftant, and others who compofe the Table refponsible for it.. IX. HE must take care that the Acts made October the 5th 1663, for the Regulation of the Synods, be read in his Prefence, that the Execution of them may be conform'd to in what concerns General Matters. X. HE fhall take care that the Synod do not order any Place to be ferv'd by Ministers not belonging to it; but that they affign to each of the faid Mini fters fters the Place of his Refidence, where he may perform his Functions in Conformity to the Edicts, not suffering him to go preach in other Places, as it is enjoyn'd by the Act of Regulation, XI. HE fhall draw up a Verbal Process of all that paffes in the faid Synod, he fhall bring with him a Copy of all the Deliberations which have been taken here; and in fine he fhall do all that is neceffary to imprint in them a refpect ful Obedience to all the Orders they fhall receive from the King, or from the Commanders for his Majefty in the faid Province, Given---, &c. ME |