CHAPTER XXII.

The Baptists multiplied after the Revolution, and continued--what

they had been before--often obscure, but always staunch supporters

of independence and voluntaryism. In this respect they differed from

Presbyterians, and often went beyond Independents. The representatives

of more than one hundred churches met in London in the year 1689, and

continued in conference a few days. They republished a Calvinistic

confession of faith, adopted in the year 1677, but their business in

the main was with practical matters and the religious improvement

of their denomination. One doctrinal question which they discussed

was whether believers were _actually_ reconciled, justified,

and adopted when Christ died; this they resolved by affirming that

reconciliation and justification have been infallibly secured by the

grace of God and the merit of Christ; but that their _actual_

possession comes as the result of individual faith. They took a gloomy

view of spiritual affairs, and, although looking at them from a very

different point of view, reached conclusions resembling those of the

Nonjurors. And this is noteworthy: they referred to the Jews, and

entreated their brethren to “put up earnest cries and supplications

to the Lord for the lineal seed of Abraham.” In furtherance of their

objects they appointed a general fast, and directed that the causes

and reasons of it should be explained. With respect to government

and discipline, they disclaimed authority, nor did they attempt to

settle differences even in respect to communion. They projected a

sustentation fund, in aid of churches, ministers, and students; at

the same time they pronounced it expedient for small churches, in

the same neighbourhood, to unite together for the support of the

ministry. They ventured to commence an attack on the long periwigs of

men, especially ministers, and the bravery, haughtiness, and pride of

women, who walked “with stretched-out necks and wanton eyes, mincing

as they went.” They deplored worldly conformity, and though they did

not deny that ornaments were allowable, they said every ornament which

opens the mouths of the ungodly ought to be cast off. Baptists had

been reproached as Trimmers under James II. for the sake of their own

liberty; but the representatives on this occasion declared that, to

their knowledge, not one congregation had ever countenanced a power

in the King to dispense with penal tests, and that William III. was a

Divine instrument for the deliverance of England.[536]

[Sidenote: 1688–1702.]

A second assembly of the same nature met in London upon the 2nd of

June, 1691, and another on the 3rd of May, 1692. They proposed to

divide their annual assembly into two--one for the east in London, and

the other for the west in Bristol, and they enjoined the making of

quarterly collections for objects specified, at the same time expressly

repudiating all idea of exercising synodical control.

[Sidenote: NONCONFORMISTS.]

Musical harmony had been a cause of discord; some of the Baptist

celebrities, including Kiffin and Keach, had plunged into disputes on

the subject, and it was alleged that facts had been misrepresented

and unwarrantable reflections published to the world. The matter

came under the notice of a committee, which appears to have given an

impartial decision. They declared that both parties were in the wrong;

that, granting some statements might be true, they had laid open one

another’s errors in an unbecoming spirit; that they ought to remember

how Ham, for discovering the nakedness of Noah, was accursed of God,

and how failings were forbidden to be told in Gath and Gilgal. They

recommended that all the publications produced by the dispute should

be called in and disposed of by the Assembly; and they finished their

award by entreating, as upon their knees, that the brethren would keep

the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.[537]

Kiffin and Keach were amongst the Baptist magnates at the end of the

Revolution, and were far more influential than Bunyan. Of Kiffin I

have had occasion to speak. It only remains to add, that he continued

his ministry to old age, and that his latter days were adorned by an

act of beneficence. After the French Protestants had been driven from

their own land, he took under his protection and entirely supported a

family of rank, nor would he when these refugees recovered a portion of

their fortune, accept any return for past services. He died in 1701,

leaving a reputation for piety, consistency, and theological knowledge,

and also for moderation, together with firmness in the maintenance of

Calvinistic and strict communion views.

[Sidenote: 1688–1702.]

Of Benjamin Keach I have also spoken. Although a good man, and of an

ingenious turn, he must have been rather pugnacious, for his works are

of a controversial stamp, relating to the seventh-day Sabbath and the

question of psalmody. He was one of those who have not the smallest

doubt of being themselves right, and of everybody else being wrong.

Adult Baptism he described as _Gold Refined_; the Athenian Society

he attacked for what it had said respecting Pædobaptism; he rectified

a Rector by proving Infant Baptism unlawful in his _Axe Laid to the

Root_, or one blow more aimed at that practice, which one blow would

beat down for ever the arguments of Mr. Flavel, Mr. Rothwell, and Mr.

Exell; finally, by _A Counter Antidote_, he strove to resist the

assaults upon what his antagonists would call _Anabaptism_. His

congregation is spoken of as the first to sing in public worship. So

cautious were they, because of the prejudices of their brethren, that

they went on step by step, for a long time restricting the practice

to the close of the Lord’s Supper, then venturing upon a hymn amidst

the exultation of a thanksgiving-day, and at last, after a struggle of

fourteen years, becoming so bold and yet so temperate, as to sing every

Sunday, after objectors to the practice had been allowed to retire.[538]

The distinction between Particular and General Baptists assumed sharper

form and greater prominence after the Revolution. The General Baptists

of the county of Somerset, in the year 1691, published an original

manifesto of doctrine. These articles, upon the Will of Man, the

Work of the Spirit, God’s Decrees, and the Saints’ Perseverance, are

decidedly anti-Calvinistic, and the final chapter bears a millenarian

impress; but, to avoid being charged with the excesses of the old fifth

monarchists, the brethren declared that the “kingdom ought not to be

set up by the material sword,” that being “contrary to the very nature

of Christianity.”[539]

[Sidenote: NONCONFORMISTS.]

Matthew Caffin was a celebrated man amongst the General Baptists. Five

times he suffered imprisonment for his Nonconformity, besides which he

was repeatedly fined under the Conventicle Act. Opposed to the doctrine

of Calvinism, like the rest of his brethren, he also distinguished

himself by opposition to the Athanasian Creed. He objected to its

definition and to its damnatory clauses, although he did not adopt

either Socinian or Arian tenets.

Caffin appears to have been one of those one-sided people who, with

a repugnance to all assumption on the part of the Church, and with a

dislike of what are called dogmas, do not sufficiently consider the

importance of principles as resting-places for faith and as sources

of religious inspirations. In his horror of ultra-Calvinism, he

forgot that dangers may arise from other points of the horizon. Not

foreseeing the consequences of his course, not intending to open the

door of heresy, he, through lack of sufficient positiveness, became

the forerunner of those lax opinions which afterwards injured the

churches of the General Baptist order. Orthodoxy is not identical with

scholastic definitions; neither is it a foe or a stranger to charity.

Caffin’s forgetfulness of this involved him in disputes with his own

and with other denominations, and brought upon him suspicions which he

did not deserve. Of his pugnacity, evidence exists in the account of

his debates; and as a specimen of his wit, the following incident is

related: A Quaker called on Caffin, saying he had a message from the

Lord. “Come in then and do thy message,” replied Caffin. The Quaker

rejoined: “I am come to reprove thee for paying tithes to the priests,

and to forbid thy doing so any more.” “I think I can fully convince

thee,” said the Baptist, “that thou art deceived, and that the Lord

hath not sent thee; for I assure thee I never did pay any tithes,

nor am ever like to be charged with any.” The land he rented was

tithe-free.[540]

[Sidenote: 1688–1702.]

Turning to the Quakers, we find them placidly thankful for toleration,

yet vexed by demands for tithes and church-rates--sufferings, of which

records were drawn up and sometimes printed and circulated. When they

approached the Throne, both the King and the Lord-Keeper treated them

with respect, and gave them assurances of friendship. Parliament

listened to their expostulations, but of course the laws of the country

rendered it impossible that they should be exempted from the payments

in question any more than other people. Justified by the substitution

of affirmations for oaths, the members of their community did not

shrink from an anti-Socinian test; but the continued requirement of

oaths in various relations exposed them to much hardship, for as they

would not swear in legal exigencies, they were often defrauded of their

rights. The policy of the Revolution opposed this condition of things,

and in 1695 the complaints of Quakers and the efforts of their friends

secured a beneficial change: affirmations were substituted for oaths in

civil as well as ecclesiastical concerns.

Fox and Barclay remained leaders, visiting societies and promoting the

spread of their principles. Identifying their own cause with the cause

of humanity, regarding themselves as charged with a pacific mission to

the world, they continued to serve their generation in the spirit of

the angels’ song: “On earth peace, goodwill toward men.”

[Sidenote: NONCONFORMISTS.]

Barclay died in 1690, signifying, as it is quaintly said, with a good

understanding, that it was well with him as to his soul. “God,” he

remarked to a friend, “is good still, and though I am under a great

weight of weakness and sickness, yet my peace flows: and this I know,

whatever exercises maybe permitted to come upon me, they shall tend to

God’s glory and my salvation; and in that I rest.”

Fox died in 1691, saying to those around him: “All is well; the Seed

of God reigns over all, and over death itself. And though I am weak in

body, yet the power of God is over all, and the Seed reigns over all

disorderly spirits.” By “the Seed,” we are informed that he meant the

Divine Saviour. A few hours before his departure he exclaimed: “Do not

heed: the power of the Lord is above all sickness and death; the Seed

reigns, blessed be the Lord.”

William Penn, although adhering to Quaker principles, was too much

occupied with other things to allow of his being in later life very

prominent as an apostle of the Quaker faith.

Friends continued to maintain their self-government. The poor were

taken care of; widows and orphans were provided for; local meetings

were held by each congregation for the supervision of affairs every

week, fortnight, or month, according to numbers; quarterly meetings

were held in every county; and a general yearly meeting was held

in London in Whitsun-week, “not,” it is cautiously said, “for any

superstitious observation the Quakers have for that more than any

other time, but because that season of the year best suits the general

accommodation.”[541] In the genial spring, therefore, the Friends met

in the days of King William; and with the men attired in their drab

garments, might be seen matrons and maidens clothed in the finest

raiment, like troops “of the shining ones.” Nonconformity to the

world in point of dress was an important article of practice, and

sorely were the spirits of the Elders vexed by the tendency of younger

members. The question was discussed: Friends were warned against the

fashions of the world, and were forbidden not only to wear but to sell

any garments of vanity. Earnest exhortations were delivered touching

religious education and simplicity of speech.[542]

[Sidenote: 1688–1702.]

Mysticism, at the close of the seventeenth century, found a home

almost exclusively amongst Quakers. It had won wide sympathies at one

time; Davenant had predicted that in a hundred years religions would

come to a settlement in a kind of “_ingeniose_ Quakerism;” and

Hales, as he studied writings of the mystical Familists’ school, used

to say that some time or other these fine notions would take in the

world. But, instead of a widening flow, these “fine notions” came to

be contracted within a single channel. Instead of an “_ingeniose_

Quakerism” leavening the world, the world left this leaven to ferment

all but entirely amongst the people called Friends. Norris was the

principal person outside that circle who, in the reign of William III.,

cultivated a mystical spirit; and he did so in a limited degree. But

few of the many pieces written by him indicate any marked quietest

sentiments. In a paper entitled _An Idea of Happiness_, he speaks

mystically of the fruition of God and of seraphic love, but in the

same paper he speaks of the mystical doctrine of infused virtue as

being a paradox in Divinity, like the doctrine of occult qualities

in philosophy.[543] Norris’s mysticism did not go beyond that of a

Platonistic divine. The Quakers had almost all the English mysticism of

the age to themselves.

[Sidenote: NONCONFORMISTS.]

[Sidenote: 1688–1702.]

Amongst them, too, there was more of religious enthusiasm than amongst

any other body of Nonconformists as a whole. Then occurred what is

a curious but not uncommon fact, that as a rationalistic spirit was

creeping over theology, sobering the spirit of most denominations, the

fires of excitement were kept burning in two extreme divisions of the

Christian camp. The Quakers and the Nonjurors were the two most fervent

religious bodies at the end of the seventeenth century.

* * * * *

Here for the present I lay down my pen. I have endeavoured in preceding

volumes to tell the story of ecclesiastical change, theological

development, and religious life, amidst political scenes and incidents,

of which that story was partly the cause and partly the effect.

It is impossible to understand such an inner circle of thought,

experience, and conduct, without an examination of national events

occurring outside, nor can the state of one religious section be fully

understood apart from its bearing on other communities: therefore

I have interwoven the threads of their respective destinies, and

of their mutual relations and antagonisms. The series of struggles

portrayed present something of an Epic interest; for during the Civil

Wars there was strife for _Ascendency_, which ended in the

triumph of Puritanism, and in the treatment of Anglicans, somewhat

after a wretched fashion which had been set in former days. After the

Restoration, the resentment of Anglicans came once more into play,

and severe persecutions followed; yet efforts at _Comprehension_

were made by healing spirits on both sides without effect. At the

Revolution, as I have largely shown, experiments with a view to reunion

were attempted with no better result, but a great and most beneficial

change was accomplished by the legalising of freedom in religious

thought and ecclesiastical action. The shield of the constitution

was extended over previously persecuted Englishmen, and the age of

_Toleration_, as it is termed, then began. Local interferences

with the liberty of worship continued to occur, but they were contrary

to law. The steps by which this consummation was accomplished I have

somewhat minutely traced, and the earlier causes of the Revolution

I have endeavoured to explore. The reign of William III. was the

beginning of a new era in English History, and its ecclesiastical

consequences can be ascertained only through a careful study of the

great religious movements of the eighteenth century.

Whether I shall ever be able to pursue my investigations into that

interesting subject depends on circumstances, which I must leave in the

hands of Him whom in all the labours of my life I desire to serve.

APPENDIX.

I.--P. 107.

The following is a copy of the Bill after certain omissions and

additions had been made, and the subjoined paper will give an idea of

the extent of the latter:--

_A Bill for uniting their Majesties’ Protestant Subjects. First

reading, March 11, 1688; second reading, March 14, 1688._

Whereas the peace of the State is highly concerned in the peace of

the Church, which therefore at all times, but especially in this

conjuncture, is most necessary to be preserved: In order therefore

to remove occasions of differences and dissatisfaccons which may

arise amongst Protestants, Be it Enacted by the King and Queen’s most

excellent Ma^{ties,} By and with the advice and consent of the Lords

Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this present Parliam^t

assembled, and by the authority of the same, That in order to y^e being

a Minister of this Church, or the taking, holding, and enjoying any

Ecclesiastical Benefice or promotion in the same, noe other subscripcon

or declaracons shall from henceforward be required of any person, but

onely the Declaracon menconed in a Statute made in the thirtieth year

of the Reigne of the late King Charles the Second, Intituled, An Act

for the more effectual preserving the King’s person and Governm^t

by disabling Papists from sitting in either House of Parliam^t,

and also the Declaration following, viz^t: I, A. B., doe submit to

the prnt Constitucon of the Church of Engl. I acknowledge that the

doctrine of it contains in it all things necessary to Salvation, and

I will conforme myself to the worship and the government thereof, as

established by Law; And I solemnly promise, in y^e exercise of my

Ministry, to Preach and practice according thereunto.

And Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that in order

to the being Collated or Instituted into any Benefice or promotion noe

more or other Oaths shall be required to be taken of any person than

onely the two Oaths menconed in the late Statute made in the first

year of the Reigne of King William and Queen Mary, Intituled, an Act

for removing and preventing all questions and disputes concerning the

assembling and sitting of this present Parliament, and alsoe the Oath

of Simony, and the Oath of Residence, any Statute or Canon to the

contrary notwithstanding.

And Be it further Enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that the Two

Declaracons aforesaid shall be made and subscribed in y^e said Oaths

menconed in the s^d Stat, made in the first yeare of the Reigne of

King William and Queene Mary, shall be taken in the presence of the

Bishop or his Chancellor, or the Guardian of the Spiritualities, by

every person that is to receive any Holy orders, or keepe any public

Schoole, and alsoe the p^r Oathes and Declaracon, together with the

said Oathes of Simony and residence by every person that is to have a

Lycence to preach any Lecture or that is to be Collated or Instituted

into any Benefice, or that is to be admitted into any Ecclesiastical

dignity or promotion before such his Ordination, Lycencing, Collation,

Institution, or Admission, respectively.

And be it further Enacted, that every person that shall from

henceforward take any Degree in either of the Universities, or any

fellowship, headship, or professors place in the same, shall, before

his admission to that degree, or fellowship, or headship, or professors

place, subscribe the aforesaid Declaracons and take the said Oaths

mentioned in the said Statute, made in the first yeare of the Reigne

of King William and Queen Mary, in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor

or his Deputy. Provided that if any of the persons herein before

required to make and subscribe the said Declaracons be not in Holy

orders, such person shall not be obliged to make and subscribe all

the Declaracon hereinbefore expressed, but onely this part thereof,

viz.: I, A. B., doe submitt to the psent Constitucon of the Church of

Engld. I acknowledge that the doctrine of it contains in it all things

necessary to Salvacon, and I will conforme myselfe to the worship and

the Governm^t thereof, as established by law, together with the other

Declaracon aforesaid menconed in said Statute, made in the Thirtieth

year of the Reigne of the late King Charles the Second.

And be it further Enacted, that the making and subscribing the said

Declaracons, and taking the said Oaths as aforesaid, shall be as

sufficient to all intents and purposes aforesaid as if the parties had

made all other Declaracons and subscripcons, and taken all other oaths

which they should have taken by vertue of any law, Statute, or Canon,

whatsoever.

And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from

henceforth noe Minister shall be obliged to wear a surplice in the time

of reading prayers or performing any other Religious Office--Except

onely in the King and Queen’s Ma^{ties} Chappells, and in all Cathedral

or Collegiate Churches and Chappells of this Realme of England and

Dominion of Wales. Provided alsoe that every Minister that shall not

think fitt to wear a surplice as aforesaid shall nevertheless be

obliged to performe all y^e Publick Offices of his Ministry in the

Church in a Black Gowne, suitable to his Degree. And if it be in a

place where a Gowne is not the dayly constant habit of the Minister, in

every such parish the parish shall provide a Gowne for him, to be worne

by him dureing the time of his officiating in the Church.

And be it further Enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that no Minister

from henceforward shall be obliged to use the signe of the Crosse in

Baptisme, nor any parent obliged to have his Child Christned by the

Minister of the Parish if the said Minister will not use or omitt the

signe of the Cross, according to the desire of the parent, who in that

case may procure some other Minister of the Church of Engld to doe it.

And be it further Enacted, by y^e authority aforesaid, that noe

Minister or Ecclesiastical person shall oblige any person to find

Godfathers or Godmothers for any child to be baptized, soe as the

parents or parent or other friend of such Child shall present the same

to be Baptized, and shall answer for such child in like manner as the

Godfathers and Godmothers are now required to doe.

And be it further Enacted, by y^e authority aforesaid, that noe

Minister that shall officiate in the administracon of the Sacram^t of

the Lord’s Supper shall deny or refuse to any person that desires to

be admitted to the same, in a pew or seate in the Church, altho’ such

person shall not receive it kneeling.

And whereas the Liturgie of y^e Church of England is capable of

seve^{ll} alteracons and additions, which may free it from exception,

and may conduce to y^e Glory of God and y^e better Edefication of

the people, And whereas the Book of Canons is fitt to be reviewed

and made suitable to the present state of the Church, And whereas

there are divers abuses and defects in y^e Ecclesiastical Courts

and Jurisdiction, and particularly for reformacon or removeing of

scandalous Ministers, And whereas it is very fitt and profitable that

Confirmacon be administred with such due preparacon and solemnity as is

directed in the late King Charles the Second’s Declaration concerning

Ecclesiastical affairs, issued in the yeare of our Lord 1660, And a

strict care be used in the Examinacon of such persons as desire to be

admitted into Holy Orders, both as to their learning and manners:

Wee, your Ma^{ties} most dutifull and Loyall Subjects, the Lords

Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this present Parliam^t

assembled, doe most humbly beseech your Majesties to issue out a

Comission under yo^r Great Seale, directed to the Arch Bishops, and

such Bishops, and such others of the Clergy of the Church of England,

not exceeding the number of thirty in y^e whole, impowering and

requiring them, or any twelve of them, to meet from time to time, and

as often as shall be needfull, and to make such alteracons in the

Liturgie and reformacon of the Canons and Ecclesiastical Courts as may

conduce to the Establishm^t of the Church in peace and Tranquility,

and to present such alteracons and reformacons to the Convocation and

to the Parliam^t that the same may be approved and established in due

forme of Law.

ALTERATIONS MADE IN COMMITTEE.

COMPREHENSION.

1 sh. 6 l.--For (of) Reade (in).

„ 14 l.--Instead of (as containing) reade (w^{ch} I doe

acknowledge to containe), and before (promise) add

(solemnely).

„ 18 l.--Before (Oathes) insert (two), and leave out (of

fidelity).

„ 21 l.--After (Symony) Add (And the Oath of Residence).

„ 24 l.--Leave out (of fidelitye), and add (mentioned in the s^d

Stat, made in the first yeare of the Raigne of King

William and Queene Mary shall be).

2 sh. 2 l.--After the first (or) insert (keepe any publiq schoole,

and alsoe the s^d oathes and declaracon, together

with the s^d oathes of Symony and Residence by every

pson).

„ 4 l.--After (admission) add (respectively).

„ 8 l.--Leave out (of fidelity) and reade (mentioned in the

s^d Stat made in the first yeare of the Raigne of

King William and Queene Mary).

„ 9 l.--Leave out from (Deputy) to (Provided) in the 11^{th} l.

„ 15 l.--For (as containing) reade (w^{ch} I doe acknowledge to

containe).

2 sh. 22 l.--Leave out from (And Bee it) inclusive to (And Bee it)

in the 5^{th} l. of the 3rd sheet.

3 sh. 11 l.--Leave out from (degree) to (And) in the 14th line.

„ 18 l.--After (Ministers) add (of the Church of Engld).

„ 1 l.--Leave out from (And) in the to (And) in 4th l.

4 sh. 4 l.--For (improvements) reade (additions).

„ 5 l.--For (if) Reade (is).

„ 5 l.--Before (edificacon) reade (better).

„ 16 l.--For (twenty) reade (thirty).

„ 20 l.--After (Reformacon) reade (to the Convocacon and).

1 sh. 14 l.--I, A. B., doe submit to the present Constitution of

the Church of England. I acknowledge that the

Doctrine of it contains in it all things necessary

to Salvation, and that I will conform my selfe to

the worship and the government thereof as

established by law.

And I solemnely pmise, in the exercise of my ministry,

to preach and practice according thereunto.

Agreed to.

2 sh. 14^a 15 l.--Instead of the 14^{th} and 15^{th} l. reade (I,

A. B., doe submit to the prsent constitucon of

the Church of Engld. I acknowledge that the

doctrine of it contains in it all things

necessary for Salvacon, and I will conforme my

selfe to the worship and the government

thereof as established by Law).

4 sh. 3 l.--After (same) add (in a Pew or Seate in the Church).

II.--P. 114.

_The Toleration Act, entituled, An Act for Exempting their

Majesties’ Protestant subjects dissenting from the Church of

England from the penalties of certain Laws._

[Sidenote: 1 Will. and Mary, cap. 18.]

Forasmuch as some ease to scrupulous consciences, in the exercise of

Religion, may be an effectual means to unite their Majesty’s Protestant

subjects in interest and affection:

[Sidenote: The several Laws against Dissenters repealed.]

I.--Be it enacted by the King’s and Queen’s most excellent Majesties,

by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,

and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the

authority of the same, That neither the Statute made in the 23^{rd}

year of the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth, entituled, [Sidenote:

23 Eliz., cap. 1.] _An Act to retain the Queen’s Majesty’s Subjects

in their due obedience_; nor the Statute made in the 29^{th} year of

the said Queen, entituled, [Sidenote: 29 Eliz., cap. 6.] _An Act for

the more speedy and due execution of certain branches of the Statute

made in the 23^{rd} year of the Queen’s Majesty’s reign_, viz., the

aforesaid Act; nor that branch or clause of a Statute made in the

1^{st} year of the reign of the said Queen, entituled, [Sidenote: 29

Eliz., cap. 2, f 14.] _An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer and

service in the Church, and administration of the Sacraments_; whereby

all persons, having no lawful or reasonable excuse to be absent, are

required to resort to their Parish Church or Chapel, or some usual

place where the Common Prayer shall be used, upon pain of punishment by

the censures of the Church; and also, upon pain, that every person so

offending shall forfeit for every such offence twelve pence. Nor the

Statute made in the 3^{rd} year of the reign of the late King James

the First, entituled, [Sidenote: 3 Jac. I., cap. 4.] _An Act for the

better discovering and repressing Popish recusants_. Nor that other

Statute, made in the same year, entituled, [Sidenote: 3 Jac. I., cap.

5.] _An Act to prevent and avoid dangers which may grow by Popish

Recusants_. Nor any other Law or Statute of this realm made against

Papists or Popish recusants, [Sidenote: Exception.] except the Statute

made in the 25^{th} year of King Charles II., entituled, [Sidenote:

25 Car. II., cap. 2.] _An Act for preventing dangers which may happen

from Popish recusants_. And except also the Statute made in the 30^{th}

year of the said King Charles II., entituled, [Sidenote: 30 Car. II.,

Stat. 2d, cap. 1.] _An Act for the more effectual preserving the King’s

person and Government, by disabling Papists from sitting in either

House of Parliament_, shall be construed to extend to any person or

persons dissenting from the Church of England, that shall take the

oaths mentioned in a Statute made this present Parliament, entituled,

[Sidenote: _Supra_, cap. 1.] _An Act for removing and preventing all

questions and disputes concerning the assembling and sitting of this

present Parliament_, and shall make and subscribe the Declaration

mentioned in a Statute made in the 30^{th} year of the reign of King

Charles II., entituled, [Sidenote: Car. II., Stat. 2d, cap. 1.] _An

Act to prevent Papists from sitting in either House of Parliament_.

Which Oaths and Declaration the Justices of Peace, at the General

Sessions of the Peace to be held for the County or Place where such

person shall live, are hereby required to tender and administer to such

persons as shall offer themselves to [Sidenote: Taking Declaration to

be Registered.] take, make, and subscribe the same, and thereof to keep

a Register. [Sidenote: Fee for register and Certificate.] And likewise,

none of the persons aforesaid shall give or pay, as any fee or reward,

to any officer or officers belonging to the Court aforesaid, above

the sum of 6^d, nor that more than once, for his or their entry of his

taking the said oaths, and making and subscribing the said Declaration;

nor above the further sum of 6^d for any certificate of the same, to be

made out and signed by the Officer or officers of the said Court.

[Sidenote: Persons convicted, &c. taking the oaths, &c. shall be

discharged.]

II.--And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all

and every person and persons already convicted, or prosecuted in

order to conviction of Recusancy, by Indictment, Information, Action

of Debt, or otherwise grounded upon the aforesaid Statute; or any of

them that shall take the said Oaths mentioned in the said Statute,

made this present Parliament, and make and subscribe the Declaration

aforesaid in the Court of Exchequer, or Assizes, or General or Quarter

Sessions, to be held for the county where such person lives, and to be

thence respectively certified into the Exchequer, shall be thenceforth

exempted and discharged from all the Penalties, Seizures, Forfeitures,

Judgments, and Executions, incurred by force of any the aforesaid

Statutes, without any composition, fee, or further charge whatsoever.

III.--And be it further enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That all

and every person and persons that shall, as aforesaid, take the said

Oaths, and make and subscribe the Declaration aforesaid, shall not be

liable to any pains, penalties, or forfeitures, mentioned in an Act

made in the 35^{th} year of the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth,

entituled, [Sidenote: 35 Eliz., cap. 1.] _An Act to retain the Queen’s

Majesty’s Subjects in their due obedience_. Nor in an Act made in the

22^{nd} year of the reign of the late King Charles II., entituled,

[Sidenote: 22 Car. II., cap. 1.] _An Act to prevent and suppress

seditious Conventicles_. [Sidenote: Ecclesiastical Court.] Nor shall

any of the said persons be prosecuted in any Ecclesiastical Court, for,

or by reason of, their Non-Conforming to the Church of England.

IV.--Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid,

[Sidenote: Private Meetings excluded.] That if any assembly of persons,

dissenting from the Church of England, shall be had in any place for

Religious worship, with the doors locked, barred, or bolted, during

any time of such meeting together, all and every person or persons

that shall come to, and be at such meeting, shall not receive any

benefit from this Law, but be liable to all the pains and penalties of

all the aforesaid Laws recited in this Act, for such their meeting,

notwithstanding his taking the Oaths, and his making and subscribing

the Declaration aforesaid.

[Sidenote: Tithes saved.]

V.--Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed

to exempt any of the persons aforesaid from paying of Tithes, or other

Parochial Duties, or any other duties to the Church or Minister, nor

from any prosecution in any Ecclesiastical Court, or elsewhere, for the

same.

[Sidenote: Officers scrupling Oaths, &c. allowed to act by Deputy.]

VI.--And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if

any person dissenting from the Church of England, as aforesaid, shall

hereafter be chosen, or otherwise appointed to bear the office of

High-Constable, or Petit-Constable, Church-Warden, Overseer of the

Poor, or any other Parochial or Ward Office, and such person shall

scruple to take upon him any of the said offices, in regard of the

Oaths, or any other matter or thing required by the law to be taken

or done, in respect of such office, every such person shall and may

execute such office or employment by a sufficient deputy, by him to

be provided, that shall comply with the laws on this behalf. Provided

always, the said deputy be allowed and approved by such person or

persons in such manner as such officer or officers respectively should

by law have been allowed and approved.

[Sidenote: Persons in Orders, how exempted from 17 Car. II., cap. 2,

13, 14 Car. II., cap. 4.]

VII.--And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That

no person dissenting from the Church of England in Holy Orders, or

pretended Holy Orders, or pretending to Holy Orders, nor any Preacher

or Teacher of any congregation of dissenting Protestants, that shall

make and subscribe the Declaration aforesaid, and take the said Oaths,

at the General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be held for the

County, Town, Parts, or Division where such person lives, which Court

is hereby empowered to administer the same; and shall also declare his

approbation of, and subscribe the Articles of Religion mentioned in

the Statute made in the 13^{th} year of the reign of the late Queen

Elizabeth, except the 34^{th}, 35^{th}, and 36^{th}, and these words

of the 20^{th} Article, viz. [Sidenote: 13 Eliz., cap. 12.] [_The

Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in

controversies of faith, and yet_] shall be liable to any of the pains

or penalties mentioned in an Act made in the 17^{th} year of the reign

of King Charles II., entituled, [Sidenote: 17 Car. II., cap. 2.] _An

Act for restraining Non-Conformists from inhabiting in Corporations_;

nor the penalties mentioned in the aforesaid Act, made in the 22^{nd}

year of his said late Majesty’s reign, for or by reason of such persons

preaching at any meeting for the exercise of Religion; nor to the

penalties of £100 mentioned in an Act made in the 13^{th} and 14^{th}

of King Charles II., entituled, [Sidenote: 13 and 14 Car. II., cap. 4.]

_An Act for the Uniformity of public prayers, and administration of

Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies; and for establishing the

form of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and

Deacons, in the Church of England_, for officiating in any Congregation

for the exercise of religion permitted and allowed by this Act.

[Sidenote: Taking the oaths, &c., to be registered.]

VIII.--Provided always, that the making and subscribing the said

Declaration, and the taking the said Oaths, and making the Declaration

of approbation and subscription to the said Articles, in manner

as aforesaid, by every respective person or persons hereinbefore

mentioned, at such General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace as

aforesaid, shall be then and there entered of Record in the said Court,

for which 6^d shall be payed to the Clerk of the Peace, and no more.

Provided that such person shall not at any time preach in any place but

[Sidenote: Meeting doors to be unlocked.] with the doors not locked,

barred, or bolted, as aforesaid.

[Sidenote: Anabaptism.]

IX.--And whereas some Dissenting Protestants scruple the baptizing of

infants, be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every person

in pretended Holy Orders, or pretending to Holy Orders, or Preacher

or Teacher, that shall subscribe the aforesaid Articles of Religion,

except before excepted; and also except part of the 27^{th} Article

teaching Infant baptism, and shall take the Oaths, and make and

subscribe the Declaration aforesaid, in manner aforesaid, every such

person shall enjoy all the privileges, benefits, and advantages, which

any other Dissenting Minister, as aforesaid, might have or enjoy by

virtue of this Act.

[Sidenote: Teachers exempt from Offices.]

X.--And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every

Teacher or Preacher in Holy Orders, or pretended Holy Orders, that is

a Minister, Preacher, or Teacher of a Congregation, that shall take

the Oaths herein required, and make and subscribe the Declaration

aforesaid; and also subscribe such of the aforesaid Articles of the

Church of England, as are required by this Act in manner aforesaid,

shall be thenceforth exempted from serving upon any Jury, or from being

chosen or appointed to bear the Office of Church-Warden, Overseer of

the Poor, or any other Parochial or Ward Office, or other Office in any

Hundred of any Shire, City, Town, Parish, Division, or Wapentake.

[Sidenote: Justices of Peace may tender the Oaths, &c.]

XI.--And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That any

Justice of the Peace may at any time hereafter require any person that

goes to any meeting for exercise of Religion, to make and subscribe the

Declaration aforesaid, and also to take the said Oaths or Declaration

of fidelity hereinafter mentioned, in case such person scruples the

taking of an oath, and [Sidenote: Penalty for refusing.] upon refusal

thereof such Justice of the Peace is hereby required to commit such

person to prison without bail or mainprize, and to certify the name of

such person to the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be

held for that County, City, Town, Part, or Division, where such person

then resides; and if such person so committed, shall, upon a second

tender at the General or Quarter Sessions, refuse to make and subscribe

the Declaration aforesaid, such person refusing shall be then and there

recorded, and shall be taken thenceforth, to all intents and purposes,

for a Popish Recusant convict, and suffer accordingly, and incur all

the penalties and forfeitures of all the aforesaid laws.

[Sidenote: Quakers, how exempted.]

XII.--And whereas there are certain other persons, Dissenters from the

Church of England, who scruple the taking of any oath, be it enacted by

the authority aforesaid, [Sidenote: Altered as to Quakers by 8 Geo. I.,

cap. 6.] That every such person shall make and subscribe the aforesaid

Declaration; and also this Declaration of Fidelity following:

[Sidenote: Declaration of Fidelity.]

_I, A. B., do sincerely promise, and solemnly declare, before God and

the world, that I will be true and faithful to King William and Queen

Mary; and I do solemnly profess and declare that I do from my heart

abhor, detest, and renounce, as impious and heretical, that damnable

Doctrine and Position, That Princes excommunicated, or deprived by the

Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered

by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, that no

foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State, or Potentate, hath, or ought to

have, any Power, Jurisdiction, Superiority, Pre-eminence, or Authority,

Ecclesiastical or Spiritual, within this Realm._

And shall subscribe a Profession of their Christian Belief in these

words:

[Sidenote: Profession.]

_I, A. B., profess Faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His

eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God blessed for

evermore; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New

Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration._

Which Declaration and Subscription shall be made and entered of Record

at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County, City, or

Place, where every such person shall then reside. And every such person

that shall make and subscribe the two Declarations and Profession

aforesaid, being thereunto required, shall be exempted from all the

pains and penalties of all and every the afore-mentioned Statutes

made against Popish Recusants, or Protestant Nonconformists; and also

from the penalties of an Act made in the 5^{th} year of the reign of

the late Queen Elizabeth, entituled, [Sidenote: 5 Eliz., cap. 1.] _An

Act for the Assurance of the Queen’s Royal Power over all Estates and

Subjects within her Dominions_, for or by reason of such persons not

taking, or refusing to take, the Oath mentioned in the said Act; and

also from the penalties of an Act made in the 13^{th} and 14^{th}

years of the reign of King Charles II., entituled, [Sidenote: 13 and

14 Car. II., cap. 1.] _An Act for preventing mischiefs that may arise

by certain persons called Quakers refusing to take lawful oaths_,

and enjoy all the other Benefits, Privileges, and Advantages, under

the like Limitations, Provisions, and Conditions, which any other

Dissenters should or ought to enjoy by virtue of this Act.

[Sidenote: How purged after Refusal of the Oaths.]

XIII.--Provided also, and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid,

That in case any person shall refuse to take the said Oaths when

tendered to them, which every Justice of the Peace is hereby impowered

to do, such person shall not be admitted to make and subscribe the two

Declarations aforesaid, though required thereunto, either before any

Justice of the Peace, or at the General or Quarter Sessions, before or

after any conviction of Popish Recusancy, as aforesaid, unless such

person can, within thirty-one days after such tender of the Declaration

to him, produce two sufficient Protestant witnesses to testify upon

oath, that they believe him to be a Protestant Dissenter, or a

Certificate under the hands of four Protestants, who are conformable

to the Church of England, or have taken the oaths, and subscribed the

Declaration above mentioned, and shall produce a certificate under the

hands and seals of six or more sufficient men of the congregation to

which he belongs, owning him for one of them.

XIV.--Provided also, and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That

until such certificate, under the hands of six of his Congregation, as

aforesaid, be produced, and two Protestant witnesses come to attest his

being a Protestant Dissenter, or a certificate under the hands of four

Protestants, as aforesaid, be produced, the Justice of the Peace shall,

and hereby is required to take a Recognizance, with two Sureties, in

the penal sum of fifty pounds, to be levied of his goods, chattels,

lands, and tenements, to the use of the King’s and Queen’s Majesties,

their heirs and successors, for his producing the same; and if he

cannot give such security, to commit him to prison, there to remain

until he has produced such certificates, or two witnesses, as aforesaid.

[Sidenote: Laws for Divine Service in force.]

XV.--Provided always, and it is the true intent and meaning of this

Act, That all the laws made and provided for the frequenting of Divine

Service on the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday, shall be still in

force, and executed against all persons that offend against the said

laws, except such persons come to some Congregation, or Assembly of

Religious Worship, allowed or permitted by this Act.

[Sidenote: Papists, &c., excepted.]

XVI.--Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority

aforesaid, that neither this Act, nor any Clause, Article, or thing,

herein contained, shall extend, or be construed to extend, to give

any ease, benefit, or advantage, to any Papist or Popish Recusant

whatsoever, or any person that shall deny in his preaching or writing

the Doctrine of the blessed Trinity, as it is declared in the aforesaid

Articles of Religion.

[Sidenote: Disturbers of Religious Worship.]

XVII.--Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid,

That if any person or persons, at any time or times, after the 10^{th}

day of June, do, [Sidenote: How punished. See 1 Geo. 1, stat. 2,

cap. 5, f 4.] and shall willingly, and of purpose, maliciously, or

contemptuously, come into any Cathedral, or Parish Church, Chapel, or

other Congregation, permitted by this Act, and disquiet or disturb the

same; or misuse any Preacher or Teacher, such person or persons, upon

proof thereof, before any Justice of Peace, by two or more sufficient

witnesses, shall find two sureties to be bound by recognizance in the

penal sum of fifty pounds, and in default of such sureties shall be

committed to prison, there to remain till the next General or Quarter

Session; and upon conviction of the said offence, at the said General

or Quarter Sessions, shall suffer the pain and penalty of twenty

pounds, to the use of the King’s and Queen’s Majesties, their Heirs and

Successors.

[Sidenote: Place for Worship to be certified.]

XVIII.--Provided always, That no Congregation or Assembly for religious

worship shall be permitted or allowed by this Act until the place of

such meeting shall be certified to the Bishop of the Diocese, or to the

Archdeacon of that Archdeaconry, or to the Justices of the Peace, at

the General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County, City, or

Place, in which such meeting shall be held and registered in the said

Bishop’s or Archdeacon’s Court respectively, or recorded at the said

General or Quarter Sessions; the register or clerk of the Peace whereof

respectively is hereby required to register the same, and to give

certificate thereof to such person as shall demand the same, for which

there shall be no greater fee nor reward taken than the sum of sixpence.

III.--P. 229.

_Extracts from Macpherson’s Original Papers._

To prevent the possibility of misapprehension, it may be proper to

remark that the extracts I have given from _Macpherson’s Original

Papers_, are intended simply to show what was reported and desired

by the Jacobite party. Many statements in the correspondence are

utterly untrustworthy. History has to do not only with what has been

actually accomplished or attempted, but with what has been thought

and said; for rumour and falsehood have been powerful factors in the

affairs of this world.

IV.--P. 263.

_The Writ summoning a Bishop to Parliament._

Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, to the * * * * * Greeting.

Whereas by the advice and assent of our Council for certain arduous and

urgent affairs concerning us, the state and defence of our said United

Kingdom and the Church, we have ordered a certain Parliament to be

holden at our City of Westminster on the * day of * next ensuing, and

there to treat and have conference with the Prelates, Great Men, and

Peers of our Realm. We strictly enjoining command you, upon the faith

and love by which you are bound to us, that the weightiness of the said

affairs and imminent perils considered (waiving all excuses) you be at

the said day and place personally present with us, and with the said

Prelates, Great Men, and Peers, to treat and give your counsel upon the

affairs aforesaid. And this, as you regard us and our honour, and the

safety and defence of the said United Kingdom and Church, and despatch

of the said affairs, in no wise do you omit. Forewarning the Dean and

Chapter of your Church of * * and the Archdeacons and all the Clergy of

your Diocese, that they the said Dean and Archdeacons, in their proper

persons, and the said Chapter by one, and the said Clergy by two, meet

Proctors severally, having full and sufficient authority from them,

the said Chapter and Clergy, at the said day and place, be personally

present to consent to those things which then and there by the Common

Council of our said United Kingdom (by the favour of the Divine

clemency) shall happen to be ordained. Witness ourself at Westminster,

the * of * in the * * year of our Reign.

To the Right Reverend Father in God.

* *

A writ of Summons to Parliament, to be holden the * day of * next.

INDEX.

Abney, Sir Thomas, 254, 431

Aikenhead, Thomas, 225, note

Aldrich, Dean of Christchurch, 127, 128, 292

Alex or Allix, 114, note

Allybone, Justice, 14

Alsop, Vincent, 71, 411, 425, 426

Anne, Princess, Daughter of James II., 46, 49, 57, 248, 253

Annesley, Dr. Samuel, 405, 410, 411

Account of him, 443

His Death, 444

Arundel, Archbishop, 275

Ashton, John, 167

Ashurst, Dr., 272

Atterbury, Francis, 250, 264, 269, 285, 310

His Correspondence, 271, note, 274, 283, 287

At Meetings of Convocation, 273, 290–293

Baptists, their Hopes in William III., 10

Their Views regarding Comprehension, 110

Advocates of Toleration, 115, 116

Protected by Toleration Act, 120

Present an Address to William, 254

Their Numbers Increase, 451

Their Conferences, 451–453

Their Ministers, 453

Distinction between Particular and General, 454

Barclay, Robert, 456

Barrington, Sir Charles, 309, note

Barrow, Dr. Isaac, 184, 193, note

Bassett, Josiah, 415

Bates, Dr. William, 425, 426

Favourable to Comprehension, 110

Refuses to take Part in Calamy’s Ordination, 410

His Death, 445

Baxter, Richard, 72, 152, 328, note,

Desires Comprehension, 110,

His Explication of the Doctrinal Articles, 178

His Last Days, 179

His Death, 180

His Book on Witchcraft, 338

Anecdote of, 403

Beau, Bishop of Llandaff, 312, note

Benbow, Admiral, 366

Bennet, Joseph, 415

Bentinck, William, 3, 76

Bentley, Richard, 265

His Boyle Lectures, 341–343

Beveridge, Archdeacon of Colchester, 277, 325

Member of Ecclesiastical Commission, 125, 128, 131, 132

Preaches before Convocation, 140

Declines the See of Bath and Wells, 172, 173

At Meetings of Convocation, 288–292

His Writings, 314

Beverley, John, 422

Biddle, John, his Tracts, 211, 220

Binckes, Dr., 263, note

Bingham, Joseph, 215

Birch, Colonel, 74

Birch, Samuel, 415

Bishops, 9, 12

Summoned by King James, 20

First Meeting with the King, 21

Second Meeting, 23

Collects drawn up by them, 24

Charges against them, 25

Third Meeting, 29

Fourth Meeting, 31–33

Their Popularity, 33

Their Interviews with Clarendon, 64

Meetings at Lambeth, 68, 69

Desire a Regency, 69, 75

Their Reluctance to take the Oath of Allegiance, 96

Some of them Support Toleration Bill, 116

Ten appointed as Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 125

Nonjurors amongst them, 146

Prayers for James II. ascribed to them, 157

Some of them Ejected, 169

An Assembly Convened by Tillotson for Drawing up Ecclesiastical

Regulations, 191, 203

Tenison addresses Circular to them, 205

Their Declaration, 233

Responsibility of Nominating Dignitaries of the Church left to

them, 247

At Meetings of Convocation, 271–276, 277–282

Account of some of them, 298–314

Blackhall, 343

Blackhead, Stephen, 188, note

Blackmore, Richard, 365

Blagge, Margaret, 83

Blount, Charles, 349

Bold, Samuel, 345

Bostaquet, Isaac Dumont de, 34, 36, 40

Bowdler, 388

Bowerman, Edmund, 324

Boyle, Charles, 265

Boyle, Robert, Lectures Founded by, 341, _et seq._

Boyne, Battle of the, 159, 161, 164

Bradford, Dr., 343

Brady, Nicholas, 325

Bray, Dr., his Interest in the S.P.C.K., 364

And in Foreign Missions, 369, 370, 373

Broghill, Lord, 338

Brokesby, 388

Browne, Dr. Thomas, 350

Browne, Sir William, 303, note

Bryan, Dr., 189

Bulkeley, Sir Richard, 369

Bull, George, Archdeacon of Llandaff, 279, 315, 397

Bunyan, John, Popularity as a Preacher, 175

His Death, 176

Burden, George, 415

Burkett, William, 315

Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 5, 51, 52, 57, 69, 70, 335

At the Hague, 8

William’s Declaration Revised by him, 27

Comes over with William, 35, 37

Preaches at Exeter, 40

His Interview with Clarendon, 48

Preaches before the Commons, 73

Opposes the idea of making William sole King, 76

Made Bishop of Salisbury, 84

Preaches Coronation Sermon, 99

A Member of Ecclesiastical Commission, 129–133

At Meetings of Convocation, 139–143

His Liberalism, 139

His Dispute with Dr. Jane, 142

Extols Tillotson, 192

Preaches on Thanksgiving-Day, 243

Preceptor to the Duke of Gloucester, 244, 249

Supports the Bill against Popery, 245

His _Exposition of the XXXIX. Articles_ censured by Lower House

of Convocation, 277–282

His Quarrel with Woodward, 291

His Impressions of William’s Character, 296

His Writings, 298, 299

His Influence, 308

His Estimate of Compton’s Character, 309

Anecdote of, 311

Mourns over Inconsistency of the Clergy, 327

Predicts the Speedy Decline of Nonconformity, 404

Bury, Dr., 213, note, 218, note

Busby, Dr., 143

Busher, Leonard, 119

Button, Ralph, 416

Caffin, Matthew, 455

Calamy, Dr., Edmund, junior, 136, 137, 174, 225, 256, 306

A Student at Utrecht, 10

His Reading, 408

His Nonconformity, 408

His Preaching, 409

Accepts an Invitation to assist Sylvester, 410

His Ordination, 411

Calvin, 215

Carey, Lady, 38, note

Carstairs, 35, 37

Cartwright, Thomas, Bishop of Chester, 29, 30, 146, 308

Chadwick, 191

Chamberlayne, 371

Chandler, Benjamin, 439

Charles I., 203, 204, 333

Charles II., 204, 222

Charnock, Robert, 231

Cherry, Francis, his Hospitality, 387–390

Chicheley, Archbishop, 207, 208

Chorlton, John, 415

Clarendon, Henry Hyde, Earl of, 21, 22, 58, 63, 140

Joins the Prince of Orange, 47

His Private Conference with William, 48

His Interviews with Burnet, _ib._

Interviews with Bishops, 64, 65, 69

His remark about Churchmen, 267

Clarges, Sir Thomas, 86, 106, note

Clark, Samuel, 352

Clarkson, David, 181, 428

Clergy,

Present an Address to William III., 59

Uphold the Cause of Hereditary Monarchy, 70

Refuse to Read James II.’s. Declaration, 75

Question of Requiring Oaths from the Clergy, 89

Their manner of Taking the Oath, 97

Many of them Oppose the Toleration Bill, 116

Nonjurors who Voluntarily left their Cures, 151

Accounts of some of the Clergy, 314–320

Character of the, 325–328

Their Circumstances, 328–331

Costume, 331

Preach on Behalf of Societies, 361

Cobham, Lord, 275

Cogan, Richard, 41

Colchester, Colonel Maynard, 364

Collier, Jeremy, a Nonjuror, 151, 152, 168

Absolves Friend and Parkyns at Tyburn, 232

Defends what he did, 233, 234

Collinges, Dr. John, 176

Commission, Ecclesiastical

Appointment of, 125

Their Proceedings, 125

Discussions concerning the Apocrypha, 125

Prayer-book Version of Psalms, 126

Liturgy, 128

Manner of receiving the Sacrament, _ib._

Godfathers, _ib._

Calendar, 129

Athanasian Creed, _ib._

Ordination, 130

Daily Prayer, 134

Communion Service, 135

Baptism, 135

Catechism and Confirmation Service, _ib._

Visitation of the Sick, _ib._

Burial Service, 136

Sittings of Commission Ends, 138

Their Labour Lost, _ib._

Commons, House of, Assemble, 73

Declare the Throne Vacant, 74

Provisions for Securing Religious Liberty, 75

Conference with the Lords, 76

Declare William and Mary King and Queen, 78

Their Comprehension and Toleration Bills, 105, 106, note

Appeal to the King to Suppress Books against the Trinity, 224

Debate on the Bill for Fenwick’s Attainder, 239

Comprehension Bill, 101–109

Difficulties of Comprehension, 112

Tillotson’s Views on Comprehension, 122

Compton, Bishop of London, 12, 33, 75, 77, 270

Summoned to Attend James II., 20

Signs the Invitation to the Prince of Orange, 27

At Interviews with James, 29–31

Accompanies Princess Anne in her Flight, 46

Presents an Address to William, 59

Wishes Mary to be Queen Regent, 70

Assists at the Coronation of William and Mary, 99

Promotes Union, 107

His Note to Strype, 115, note

A Member of Ecclesiastical Commission, 127, 128

His Liberalism, 139

His Discontent at not being made Primate, 140

Preaches at Opening of St. Paul’s, 243

Becomes a Tory, 283

His Character, 309, 310

His Interest in Foreign Missions, 369, 371

Con, Father, 56

Convention, The, 63, 65, 69, 73, 85

Convocation, 107

Meets, 138

Houses differ about the Address, 141

Effect little, 143

_Letter to a Convocation Man_, 261–264

Little Resemblance between English Convocations and Early Synods,

268

Restored to its Sessional Rights, 269

Contests between the Two Houses, 272

Disagree about Prorogation, _ib._, 289

Present an Address to William, 274

Examine Toland’s Book, 275

Prorogued, 276

Reassembles, 277

Lower House Censures Burnet’s Book, 277

Incidents connected with Presentation of Censure to the Upper

House, 278–282

Prorogued, 282

Dissolved, _ib._

Kennet’s Book on Convocation, 284

Reassembles, 287

Fresh Contentions, 288

Illness and Death of Prolocutor, 292, 293

Prorogued, 294

Interest in Foreign Missions, 370

Cook, a Nonjuring Clergyman, 232, 233

Cornbury, Edward, Viscount, 46

Cranburne, Charles, 241

Cressey, a Nonjuror, 376

Crew, Nathaniel, Bishop of Durham, Present at Interview of Bishops

with James II., 29, 30

His Character, 77, 312

Crisp, Dr. Tobias, His Works, 424–427

Cromwell, Richard, Visits Howe in his last Illness, 448

Crowther, Joseph, 319, note

Cudworth, Dr., 181, 220, 341

Cumberland, Bishop of Peterborough, 303, 308

Currency, Debased State of, 209

D’Adda, the Papal Nuncio, 56

Danby, Earl of, 12, 50, 86

Appointed President of the Council, 82

Dartmouth, Lord, 21, note

Davis, Richard, 423

De Foe, Daniel, 53, 54, 327, 417, 443

_His Enquiry_, 431

Devonshire, Earl of, 10

De Witt, 2, 3, 158

Dodwell, Henry, a Nonjuror, 151, 152

Advocates Nonjuring Cause, 380

His Interest in the Colonies, 381

His Correspondence with Tenison, 381, 382

His Ecclesiastical Opinions, 389

His Pupil Hearne, 390

Doolittle, Thomas, 416

Du Moulin, Prebendary of Canterbury, 130, 131

Dunton, John, 310, 443

Dyer, 114, note

Edward I., 262, 285

Edwards, Dr. Jonathan, 427

Edwin, Sir Humphrey, 429, 430

Elizabeth, Queen, 11, 203, 204

Entwich, Sir Edward, 170

Evelyn, John, 73

His Letter to Sancroft, 25

Meets the Bishops at Lambeth, 69

Boyle’s Trustee, 341

Appoints Bentley as Lecturer, 341, 342

Evelyn, Thomas, 338

Fairclough, 59, 72

Fenwick, Sir John, a Conspirator against William III., 231

Arrested, 234

His Disclosures, 235–238

Bill of Attainder against, 239

Attempts to Save his Life, 239, 240

His Execution, 241

Ferguson, Robert, 35, 40, 41, note

Firman, Thomas, 212

Flavel, John, 177

Fleetwood, 209

Fog, Dean of Chester, 361

Ford, Dr. Simon, 325

Fowler, Bishop of Gloucester, 304, 308, 365

Fox, George, 456, 457

Frampton, Bishop of Gloucester, 97, 308

A Moderator Nonjuror, 149

Ejected, 171

Frankland, Richard, 413

Freeman, Dean of Peterborough, 272, 274, 290

Friend, Sir John, 232

Gailhard, John, 225

Gale, Theophilus, 415

Galmoy, Lord, 235

Gastrell, 343

George, Prince of Denmark, 46, 248

Gibbons, Grinling, 243

Gibbs, John, 321

Gilbert, 16, 17

Gleanes, Sir Peter, 336, note

Gloucester, Duke of, Son of Princess Anne, 244

Anecdote of His Childhood, 248

His Education, _ib._

His Death, 249

Burial in Westminster Abbey, _ib._

His Death Mourned by the Nation, 250

Goodall, Charles, 328, note

Gooderick, Sir Henry, 49

Goodridge, Richard, 324

Goodwin, John, 119

Gordon, Patrick, 372

Grabe, Dr., 388

Grafton, 46

Griffith, 407

Grove, Dr., 132

Guildford, Lord, 364, 366

Gwyn, Nell, 195

Hale, Sir Matthew, 302, 338

Halifax, Lord, 83, 86

Hall, John, Bishop of Bristol, 195, 306

Hall, Timothy, Bishop of Oxford, 18, 308

Hardwick, Lord Chancellor, 251

Harris, Dr., 343

Harrison, Michael, 413

Hearne, Thomas, 373

Henry V., 207

Henry VIII., 204, note

Henry, Matthew, 71, 362

Preaches at Opening of the Chapel at Chester, 403

His Education, 416

His _Discourse concerning the Nature of Schism_, 428

His Ministry, 433–435, 436, note

Henry, Philip, 71, 416

Desires Comprehension, 109

His Death, 442

Herbert, Admiral, 10, 28

Heywood, Oliver, takes part in Ordinations, 405–407

His New Place of Worship, 413

Preaches at Wakefield, 422

His Death, 445, note

Hickes, George, Dean of Worcester, a Nonjuror, his Character and

Writings, 151, 383, 389

Authorship of Prayers for James ascribed to Him, 158

Protests against his Ejectment, 171

Suspected of Treasonable Intrigues, 188

His Visit to St. Germains, 374

Nominated Suffragan Bishop of Thetford, 374

His Friendship for Dr. Grabe, 388

Attends Pepys in his Last Illness, 393

A Spiritual Fanatic, 398

Hobbes, Thomas, 116, 304, 341

Holcroft, Francis, 181, 182

Holmes, a Nonjuror, 376

Holt, Sir John, 338

Hooper, Dr., Chaplain to Princess Mary, 5, 6, 148

Prolocutor of Lower House of Convocation, 271–282

Hopkins, 324, 433

Horneck, Dr., 317, 356

Hough, John, Bishop of Oxford, Translated to Lichfield and

Coventry in 1699, 270, 306, 308

Horton, Lord, 50

Howard, John, 367

Howe, John, 184, 254, 404

Accompanies Clergy to present an Address to William, 59, 72

Desires Comprehension, 110

His Conversation with the King on Indulgence and Comprehension

Bills, 113, note

Anxious for Union, 175

Takes part in Trinitarian Controversy, 221

Reproves Profane Swearers, 333

Objects to take part in Calamy’s Ordination, 410

Lecturer at Pinners’ Hall, 426

His Answer to De Foe’s _Enquiry_, 432

Laments the Change in Dissent, 441

His Last Days, 445–448

Richard Cromwell Visits him, 448

His Death, 449

Hulton, 362

Humphreys, Humphrey, Bishop of Bangor, 279, 280, 282

Hussey, Joseph, 405

Inch, 155

Independents, their Hopes in William III., 10

Their Meeting with Presbyterians, 60

Their Views regarding Comprehension, 110

Advocate Toleration, 115, 116

Protected by Toleration Act, 120

Their Political Views, 258

Their Places of Worship, 401

Efforts at Union with Presbyterians, 420

Difference between Presbyterians and Independents, 436

Their Reception of a New Minister, 437

Mode of Conducting Worship, 438

Ireland, James lands in, 144

James’ Declaration to his Subjects in, 145

Battle of the Boyne, 159, 164

Irish Night, The, 54, 55

Jacobites, their Form of Prayer ascribed to Nonjuring Prelates, 157

Their Conspiracy, 167

Exult in Death of Mary, 201

Trouble the Church, 206

Their Hatred of Sherlock, 216

Their Correspondence with the Court of St. Germains, 229

Their Conspiracy against William, 231

Executions of, 232

Their Intrigues, 236–241, 387

Some who had taken Oaths Retract, 393

James II., his Misgovernment, 9

Birth of a Son, 9

The Child is Baptized in the Romish Church, 10

James Disbelieves in Rumours of Dutch Invasion, 13

His Conduct after the Bishops’ Acquittal, 14

His Proceedings in Reference to the Church, 18

His Declaration, 20

Summons the Bishops, _ib._

Interviews with the Bishops, 21, 23, 29, 31–33

His Concessions, 20, 23

Approves of the Bishops’ Collects, 24

Authorises Mew to Settle Troubles at Magdalen, 25

His Alarm at William’s Declaration, 29

Receives Loyal Addresses from Scotland, 43

Goes to Salisbury, 43

Advised to Treat with William, _ib._

His Faith in the Bishops, 44

Deserted by his Daughter Anne and many others, 46

His Return to London, 47

Issues New Proclamations, _ib._

Flies to Sheerness, 53

Returns to London, 56

Forced to Surrender, 57

Goes to Rochester, _ib._,

and to France, _ib._

His Letter to Sancroft, 63

Lands at Kinsale, 144

Issues a Declaration to his Irish Subjects, 145

Scheme for his Restoration, 167

His Declaration, 227

His Court at St. Germains, 228

His Knowledge of Insurrection, and Assassination Plot, _ib._

His Religious Sincerity, 252

Last Words to his Son, 253

Louis XIV. visits him, 253

His Death, _ib._

James, Prince of Wales, 76, 251

His Birth, 9

Suspected to be Supposititious, 10, 63

His Baptism, 10

Proclaimed King of England by Louis XIV., 253

Jane, Dr. William, Dean of Gloucester, 271, note

Member of Ecclesiastical Commission, 125, 127, 128

Made Prolocutor, 140

His Dispute with Burnet, 142

Jefford, or Gifford, Mayor of Exeter, 16, note

Jeffreys, Sir George, 38, note, 47, 52

Elected Chancellor of Oxford by James II., 18

Falls into the Hands of the Mob, 54

Johnson, Dr., 303, note, 307

His Anecdote of Burnet and Sprat, 311

Jollie, Timothy, 415

Jurieu, a French Theologian, 138

Juxon, 207

Keach, Benjamin, 452–454

Keith, George, 367, 368

Ken, Thomas, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 23, 68, 379

Chaplain to the Princess Mary, 6

Summoned to Attend the King, 20

Preserves his Allegiance to James, 42

Refuses to take the Oath, 97, 147, 148

A Moderate Nonjuror, 148

Ejected, 171

His Departure from Wells, _ib._

A Letter finding Fault with Tenison ascribed to him, 200

Troubled by the Abjuration Bill, 256

Receives Half the Income from the See of Bath and Wells, from

Kidder, 305

His Character, 308

His Retirement at Longleat, 390

Kennet, White, 292, 294, 373

His Book on Ecclesiastical Synods, 284–286

Kentish, Thomas, 410, 411

Kettlewell, John, a Nonjuror, 151

His Character, 152, 383, 399

Authorship of Prayers for James ascribed to him, 158

His Ecclesiastical Opinions, 377, 389

His Benevolence, 378

His Death, 379

Keyes, Thomas, 231

Kidder, Richard, 126, 384

Made Bishop of Bath and Wells, 304

His Character, 305, 308

Boyle Lecturer, 343

Kiffin, William, 452

King, Lord Chief Justice, 326

Lake, Bishop of Chichester, a Nonjuror, Summoned to Attend the

King, 20

His Death, 146

Lamplugh, Thomas, Bishop of Exeter, 16, 17

Created Archbishop of York by James II., 39

Landen, Battle of, 207

Laud, Archbishop, 204, 320

Lauderdale, Duke of, 338

Le Clerc, 117, 345, 417

Lee, Dr. Francis, 383

Leeds, Duke of, 208

Le Neve, 191

Leslie, Charles, a Nonjuror, 349, 388

Licensing Act, 201

Limborch, 117, 345

Litany, Alterations made in, by Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 134

Lloyd, William, Bishop of Norwich, a Nonjuror, 97, 147

His Letters to Sancroft, 155, 165, 166, 169, 170, 189, 322

Appointed Sancroft’s Vicar, 189, 374

Assured of James’ Favour, 230

A Non-Compounder, 239

Discipline exercised by him, 321

Lloyd, William, Bishop of St. Asaph, calls on Patrick, 58

At Meetings with Clarendon and Bishops, 64, 68, 69, 101

Votes for a Regency, 75

Takes part in the Coronation, 99

A Member of Ecclesiastical Commission, 127, 133

Made Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1692; Translated to

Worcester, 307, 335

Practical Joke played by him, 308, note

Lobb, Stephen, 71, 426, 439

Locke, John, Advocates Toleration, 116

His Writings, 344–348

Lords, House of, 63, 73

Vote for a Protestant Succession, 75

Dispute with the Commons about the Throne being Vacant, 76

Declare William and Mary King and Queen, 77

Prosecute Author and Printer of a Book on the Trinity, 221

Louis XIV., 2, 7, 9, 13, 144, 145

Visits James on his Death-bed, 253

Acknowledges Prince of Wales, King, _ib._

Lovelace, Lord, 45, 105

Lowick, Edward, 241

Lowth, Dr., 172

Lucy, Lady Theophila, 384

Lumley, Lord, 10

Luther, Martin, 215, 265, 275

Macclesfield, 111, note

Mackworth, Sir Humphrey, 364

Macpherson, 229

Magdalen College, 23, 25

Manlove, 412

Manningham, 365

Manton, Dr., 425, 443

Mapletop, 365

Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 46, 248

Mary, Princess, Daughter of Charles I., 1

Mary, Princess, Daughter of James II., 28, 66, 207, 247

Her Marriage, 4

Her Chaplains, 5, 6

Her Low Church Principle’s, 7

Burnet’s Counsels to, 8

Her Affection for the Church of England, 9

Proposals to make her Queen Regent, 69, 70

Declared Queen by the Lords, 77,

and by the Commons, 78

Proclaimed Queen, 81

Sends to Sancroft for his Blessing, _ib._

Her Coronation, 99

Receives Tidings of William’s Wound, 159

Highly esteems Tenison, 195

Attacked by Small-Pox, 196

Her Death, _ib._

Her Last Hours, 196–199

Her Funeral, 199

General Sorrow, _ib._

A Lock of her Hair found on William III. after his Death, 296

Mason, John, his Fanaticism, 317, 319

Mawburn, a Nonjuror, 376

May Fair, Riot in, 363

Maynard, Sir John, 83, 85

Mayo, 59, 72

Mead, Matthew, 410, 426

Meggot, Dean of Winchester, 125

Melmoth, William, 365, 371

Mew, Peter, Bishop of Winchester, 22, 23, 270

Summoned to Attend the King, 20

Authorised to Settle Troubles at Magdalen, 25

His Letters to Sancroft, 45, 56

Middleton, Charles, Earl of, 5

Takes part in Jacobite Intrigues, 236

At the Death-bed of James II., 254, note

Mill, Dr. John, 139

Milner, a Nonjuror, 375

Milton, John, 397

Monmouth, James, Duke of, 38, note

Montague, 320

Moore, John, Bishop of Norwich, 308

His Extensive Library, 303

Mordaunt, Lord, 105, 111, note

More, Henry, 300

Morley, Bishop of Worcester, 21, note

Morton, Charles, 415

Namur Besieged by William, 207

Nelson, Robert, a Nonjuror, 239, 332

His Writings, 356, 385, 397

Abandons Nonjuring Party, 358

His Character and Appearance, 384

A Guest at Shottesbrook, 388

Newcome, Henry, 362

Newton, Sir Isaac, 156

His _Principia_, 342

Nicholson, Bishop of Carlisle, 392

Niebuhr, 349

Noncompounders, 238, 239

Nonconformists, 18, 73, 101, 106, 137, 358

Present Addresses to William, 59, 60, 254

Their Opinions concerning the Revolution, 70–72

Failure of Efforts in their Favour made in Parliament, 93

Differences of Opinion with regard to Comprehension, 109

Toleration Act passed for their Relief, 114–121

Thankful for the Revolution, 174

Deaths amongst their Ministers, 175–183

Preach Sermons on Behalf of Societies, 361

Their Places of Worship, 400

Ordinations, 405

Ministers, 408

Seminaries, 413

Attempt at Union amongst them, 420

Antinomian Controversy, 422

Their Worship, 433

The Fund Board, 439

Trotman’s Trust, 439

Sundays at Home, 440

Deaths among them, 442–449

Their Social Separation from Churchmen, 450

Nonjurors, their Objection to taking the Oaths, 89, _et. seq._

Their Disaffection, 146

Prelates, 146

Clergy, 151

Their Numbers, 154

Authorship of Prayers for James ascribed to them, 157

In Ireland, 166

Their Sympathy with Jacobite Conspirators, 167

Treated with Consideration, 169

At last Ejected, _ib._

Find Fault with Tenison’s Funeral Sermon, 200

Trouble the Church, 206

Join in a Conspiracy against William, 232

Divisions among them, 238

Their Political Views, 259, 395

Their Judgment of Ministers who took the Oaths, 325, 326

Appoint Bishops, 374

Circumstances of Clergy among, 375

Eminent Divines among, 377–384

Laymen, 384

Centres of Influence, 387

Deaths of Prelates, 391

Religious Spirit, 396

Modes of Worship, 398

Norfolk, Duke of, 50

Norris, John, his Writings, 315, 333, 350

His Mysticism, 458

North, 190

Nottingham, Earl of, 102

Appointed Secretary of State, 83

Moves Toleration Bill, 107

Oath of Allegiance, 80, 88–97

Coronation Oath, 97

Oglethorpe, Sir Theophilus, 231

Oldfield, Joshua, 415

Oldfield, Nathaniel, 410

Overall, Bishop, his _Convocation Book_, 162

Owen, James, 429

Oxford University, Supports the Prince of Orange, 50

William’s Visit to, 209

Condemns the Doctrines of Sherlock and Bingham on the Trinity,

222

Presents an Address to William, 243

Palmer, 415, 416

Paman, Dr., 59

Parker, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford, 302, 308

Parkyns, Sir William, a Jacobite Conspirator, his Execution, 232,

233

Parliament, Debates on Oaths of Allegiance, 88

Bill for Repealing Corporation Act, 92

Coronation Oath, 97

Comprehension Bill, 101–107

Requests William to Summon Convocation, 107

Comprehension Bill dropped, 107

Passes Toleration Act, 114

Excitement at Election of New Parliament, 156

In 1698 passes Act against anyone Denying the Doctrine of the

Trinity, 225

Repealed in 1813, 226

Passes Bill against Roman Catholics, 245

Succession Bill, 250

Abjuration Bill, 256

Patrick, Dr. Simon, receives Tidings of William’s Intention to come

to England, 13

Visited by Tenison and Lloyd, 58

An Ecclesiastical Commissioner, 127, 128

Made Bishop of Chichester, 300

Translated to Ely, 300

His Writings, 301

His Character, 308

Discipline Exercised by, 322

His _Century of Select Psalms_, 324

Deplores Carelessness in Religion, 333

His Letter to the Rector of Dodington, 418, note

Payne, William, 439

Pelham, Sir Nicholas, 160

Penn, William, 71, 114, 457

Pepys, Samuel, 392, 393

Petiver, 309

Phillips, Sir John, 367

Plunkenet, 309

Pool, his _Annotations_, 176

Portland, Earl of, 122, 295

Powle, 74

Prayers for King James ascribed to Nonjurors, 157

Authorship Denied by them, 158

Attributed to Hickes, Kettlewell, or Sherlock, _ib._

Presbyterians, their Hopes in William III., 10

Their Meeting with Independents, 60

Advocates of Comprehension, 110

Present an Address of Condolence to William on the Death of Mary,

200

Their Political Views, 257

Their Places of Worship, 401

Ordinations, 405

Synods, 407

Attempts at Union with Independents, 420

Lord Mayors, 429–431

Difference between Independents and Presbyterians, 436

Preston, Richard Graham, Viscount, Head of the Jacobite Conspiracy,

167

Tried and Convicted, _ib._

Pardoned, 167

Psalms, Prayer-book Version, 126

Other Versions, 324, 325

Pullin, 234

Quakers, 114, 398

Advocates of Toleration, 116

Protected by Toleration Act, 120

Special Provision for their Relief, 121

Their Political Views, 258

Attempts to Convert them, 368

Benefited by the Revolution, 456

Their Leaders, 456

Self-government, 457

Mysticism, 458

Rapin-Thoyras, 35–36

Ray, 309

Reresby, Sir John, 97

Richard I., 206, 207

Robartes, Francis, 30, note

Rochester, Earl of, 140

Roman Catholics, Bill against them, 245

Their Political Views, 259

Attempts to Convert them, 368

Rooke, Sir George, 366

Rookwood, 241

Rosse, a Nonjuror, 376

Roussel, a French Protestant Minister, 145

Russell, Lady Rachel, 186

Russell, Lord William, 152, 252

Ryswick, Peace of, 242, 244

Sacheverel, 107, note

Sackville, Major-General, 231

Saint Germains, 57

James’ Court at, 228, 229

St. Paul’s Cathedral, 243, 352

St. Vincent de Paul, 356

Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, 5, 25, 42, 59, 63, 204, 229

Trelawny’s Letter to him, 16

Admonitions to his Clergy, 18

His Scheme of Comprehension, 19

Summoned to Attend the King, 20

Excuses himself, 21

Signs Paper of Advice, 23

His Interviews with the King, 30, 31–33

Denies Signing Invitation to William, 30, 31, note

Mew’s Letters to him, 45, 56

His Discourse with Clarendon and Tenison, 65

Favours a Regency, 66–68, 82, 91

Refuses to Attend the Convention, 69

Reprimands his Chaplain for Praying for William and Mary, 2

Objects to Burnet being made Bishop of Salisbury, 85

Refuses to take Oath of Allegiance, 97

Favours Comprehension, 101, 108

Shuts himself up at Lambeth, 147

Lloyd’s Letters to him, 155, 165, 166, 169, 170, 189, 322

Ejected from Lambeth, 171

Retires to Freshingfield, 187

Suspected of Intrigues against William, 188

His Hatred against the Establishment, 189

Appoints Lloyd his Vicar in Ecclesiastical Matters, 189, 374

Last Days, 190

His Character, 191, 192, 308

A Tory, 195

Sanderson, 348, note

Sawyer, Sir Robert, 156

Schomberg, Count of, 34

Scot, Dr., 132, 133

Scotland, 28

Scotch Bishops Send an Address to James II., 43

Constitutions for the Church of, 204, note

Searle, 39, note

Seymour, Sir Edward, 39, note, 64

Sharpe, Dean of Norwich, 101, 414

Proposes Tillotson as Prolocutor, 140

Made Archbishop of York, 306, 308

Objects to Religious Societies, 357, 362

Sheldon, Gilbert, 302

Sherlock, Dr. William, 68, 70, 158

A Nonjuror, 161

Change in his Opinions, _ib._

Takes the Oaths, 162

Outcries against him, 163

Takes part in the Trinitarian Controversy, 214–222

Shorter, Sir John, 429

Shower, Sir Bartholomew, 263, note

Shower, John, 410

Shrewsbury, Duke of, 10, 83, 208, 363

His Letters to William III., 234, 237, 248

Fenwick’s Accusations against him, 235, 236

Shute, 365

Slingsbie, Sir Henry, 376

Smith, John, 300

Smithies, 356

Snatt, a Nonjuring Clergyman, 232, 233

Societies for Religious Purposes, their Origin and Development,

354–357

Advocated from the Pulpit, 361

S.P.C.K., 364

S.P.G., 369

Somers, Lord, 208, 363

Sophia, Princess, 250, 251

South, Dr. Robert, 160, 194, 223, note

Joins in the Trinitarian Controversy, 216–221

Speke, 52, 54

Spinoza, 341

Sprat, Thomas, Bishop of Rochester, 23, 77, 270

Summoned to Attend the King, 20

Present at the Interview of the Bishops with the King, 31

Extract from his Account, 32, note

Takes Part in Coronation, 99

An Ecclesiastical Commissioner, 126–128

Arrested on Charge of Conspiracy, 188

Exposes Falsehood of his Accusers, 189

His Want of Principle, 284

His Popularity as a Preacher, 310, 311

Stamford, Earl of, 105

Stancliffe, 59, 72

Standish, 392

Stanhope, Dr., 344

Sternhold, 324

Stillingfleet, Dean of St. Paul’s, 101, 122, 427

An Ecclesiastical Commissioner, 125, note, 131, 132

Bishop of Worcester, 195, 299, 308

His Writings, 299, 302

Bentley’s Patron, 342

Stratford, Nicholas, Bishop of Chester, 306, 308, 361

Stretton, Richard, 411

Strutwick, 176

Strype, John, 115, note, 316, 324, 365

Sunderland, Earl of, 20, note

Swift, 265

Sylvester, Matthew, 179, 180, 410, 411

Symms, a Nonjuror, 376

Symons, 366

Synods, 268, 269, 285

Tallard, the French Ambassador, 244, note

Tallents, Francis, 415

Tate, Nahum, 325

Taunton, Maids of, 38, note

Taylor, Jeremy, Advocates Toleration, 116

Taylor, Nathaniel, 410

Temple, Sir William, 4, 265

Tenison, Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln, 68, 101, 261, 381

His Interviews with Patrick, 13, 58

His Discourse with Sancroft and Clarendon at Lambeth, 65

His Library, 143

Made Archbishop of Canterbury, 195

His Funeral Sermon for Queen Mary, 196–199

Censured in a Letter supposed to have been Written by Ken, 200

Defended in another Letter, 201

Seeks Church Reform under Cover of Royal Authority, 203, 204

His Circular to his Bishops, 205

Appointed one of the Lords Justices, 206, 208

Urged to Plead with William for Fenwick’s Life, 239

His Pastoral Letter, 246

At Meetings of Convocation, 271, 277–281, 287–295

Presents an Address to William, 274

Prorogues Convocation, 276, 294

Attends William on his Death-bed, 295

His Character, 298, 308

One of Boyle’s Trustees, 341

His Interest in Foreign Missions, 369, 371

Test Act, 94

Thomas, Bishop of Worcester, 97, 128, 146, 308

Thomond, Earl of, 148, note

Thoresby, Ralph, 322, 411, 412

Thorpe, Edmund, 415

Tillotson, John, 19, 101, 159, 181, 261, 353, 357

His Views on Comprehension, 122

His Committee, 124

An Ecclesiastical Commissioner, 129, 132, 133

Proposed as Prolocutor, 140

Rejected, _ib._

Made Archbishop of Canterbury, 162, 186

Account of him, 184–187

Seeks Church Reform under Cover of Royal Authority, 203, 204

His Archiepiscopal Career, 191, 203, 204

His Death and Character, 192, 382

His Writings, 193–195

A Latitudinarian, 192, 384

His Influence, 308

His Wig, 332

Toland, John, his _Christianity not Mysterious_ Examined by

Convocation, 275, 277

His Works, 348, note, 350–352

Toleration Bill, 105, 114, 211

Locke’s Letters on Toleration, 116

Advocates of, _ib._

Causes of the Bill being Passed, 118

What it Accomplished, 119, 120

Tong, William, 428

Tories, 93, 96, 110, note, 156

Their Discussions with Whigs, 251

Trapp, Dr., 303, note

Trelawny, Bishop of Exeter, Translated from Bristol, 52, 75, 270

His Letter to Sancroft, 16, 17

Summoned to Attend the King, 20

Denies that the Bishops Invited the Prince of Orange, 30, note,

283

His Character, 310

Trenchard, Secretary, 41, note

Trinitarian Controversy, 211–226, 327, 333

Trotman’s Trust, 439, 440

Turner, Francis, Bishop of Ely, 23, 53, 63, 64, 69, 76, 97

Summoned to Attend the King, 20

His Interview with the King, 21

His Letter to Trelawny, 52

Holds a Meeting at Ely House, 68

A Nonjuror, 148

Accused of Joining in the Jacobite Conspiracy, 168

His Death, 392

Unitarians

Join in Trinitarian Controversy, 211, 220

Their Doctrines Condemned by the House of Lords, 221

William urged to Deprive them of the Liberty of the Press, 225

Upton, Dr., 410

Veal, Edward, 415

Vernon, Secretary of State, 362

Vincent, Nathaniel, 444

Vincent, Thomas, 416

Voltaire, 349

Wagstaffe, Thomas, a Nonjuror, 169, 171, 374

Wake, Dr., 19, 285

His Answer to _Letter to a Convocation Man_, 264, 266

Walgrave, Lady, 235

Wallis, Dr., his Pamphlet on the Trinity, 213, 218

Walter, Hubert, Archbishop, 207, 208

Ward, Seth, 84

Warren, Matthew, 415

Warton, 303, note

Watson, Bishop of St. David’s, 30, 31

His Trial and Deprivation, 312

His Death, 314, note

Watts, Dr., Isaac, 439, 440

Wesley, John, 330

Wesley, Samuel, 87, 307, 365, 439, 443

His Eulogy on Queen Mary, 200, note

His _Athenian Oracle_, 325–331

His Domestic Life, 328

Anecdotes of, 330, 334, note

Enters himself as a Servitor at Exeter College, 415

Weymouth, Lord, 390

Wharton, Henry, 316

Wharton, Lord, 46, 63, 94