And  the  Presbytery  appoint  Messrs.  Todd,  Wright,  and  Davies,  a
committee  for  that  purpose  ;  to  meet  in  the  lower  meeting-house  in
Hanover  the  last  Wednesday  in  April.*'

At  the  time  appointed,  the  parts  of  trial  received  the  approbation
of  the  committee;  and  examination  was  held — ^^upon  the  Hebrew,
and  in  sundry  extempore  questions  upon  the  doctrines  of  religion,
and  some  cases  of  conscience,  his  answers  to  which  were  generally
sustained.*'  He  was  requested  by  the  committee  to  prepare  a
sermon  on  Galat.  2d,  20th.  "The  life  which  I  now  live  in  the
flesh** — and  an  exposition  on  Isaiah  61st,  1,  2,  3, — The  spirit  of  the
Lord  is  upon  me.  At  Goochland  Court  House,  July  7th,  1756,  the
sermon  and  the  exposition  were  |delivercd  before  some  members  in  a
private  capacity,  as  the  Presbytery  failed  to  meet — "which  the
ministers  and  elders  present  do  highly  approve  of  and  think  worthy
to  be  received  as  part  of  the  trials,*'  and  they  desire  him  to  com-
pose a  sermon  against  the  next  Presbytery  on  1  John  5th,  10th,
first  part — He  that  believeth  on  the  Son  of  God  hath  the  witness  in
himself.  In  the  succeeding  August,  the  25th  day — "  The  Pres-
bytery met  by  appointment  of  the  Moderator — and  farther  examined
Mr.  Martin,  in  sundry  extempore  questions  upon  various  branches
of  learning  and  divinity,  and  reheard  his  religious  experience ;  and
upon  a  review  of  the  sundry  trials  he  has  passed  through,  they
judge  him  qualified  to  preach  the  gospel ;  and  he  having  declared
his  assent  to,  and  approbation  of  the  Westminster  Confession  of
Faith,  Catechism  and  Directory,  as  they  have  been  adopted  by  the
Synod  of  New  York,  the  Presbytery  do  license  and  authorize  him
to  preach  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry  of  the  gospel,  and  recom-
mend him  to  the  acceptance  of  the  churches.  And  they  order  Mr.
