III.
The Doctors and Professors in Divinity shall be Elected by the Synod of the Province where the Academies are, and shall be Examin'd, as well by the Lessons they shall make on the Old and New Testament, according to the Authentick Texts of Hebrew and Greek, which shall be delivered to them, as by Disputation, of one or more days, as shall be thought fit; and being found capable, if they are not Pa∣stors, the hand of fellowship shall be given them, having first of all promised faithfully and diligently to discharge their Duty, and to Teach the Scripture with all purity, according to the Analogy of Faith, and according to the Confession of our Churches, which they shall subscribe.
The Council of Chalons, which was cited upon the first Article, refers to Bishops, and by consequence to their Synods, the Choice and Establishment of those which are to Teach Divinity, and the Mystery of Sal∣vation;