276 Mr. N E A L'S Ind Vol. of the Fury and Violence of the Current, that there was no {topping or flemming of it, and his Ma- ' jelly found himfelf under fuch hard Circumilances and Difficulties, that he was even compell'd to ' yield to this moll `-xtravagant Requefl.' Again, * ' Thusdid they not only refolve to Conquer, but to Triumph,and this was allo to be a little kind of ' Shibboleth for the Clergy ; for whoever did fpeak againft this Declaration of their Loyalty and Fide- ' lily to their King, which it was vet y difficult for Men of Senfe to believe, and therefore more hard ' for Men of Confcience to declare, were certain to be efteem'd Malignants, and upon the leaft Complaint, were fure to be fent for as Delinquents into Cuftody.' Neal, p. 488. September 6. Order'd, flat it be lawful for the ParUhioners of any Parifh to fit up a Leaure, and to maintain an Orthodox Minter at their own Charge, to preach every Lord's Day, where there is no Preaching ; and to preach one Day every Cheek, where there is no Meekly Lecture. ' If any grave and learned Minifter (fays Lord Clarendon) refufed to admit into his Church a Le¿lurer recommended by them, (and I am confident that there was not from the beginning of this Parliament, one Orthodox and Learned Man recommended by them to any Church in England,) he was prefently requir'd to attend upon the Committee, and not difcharg'd till they met again ; and then likewife if he efcap'd Corn- ' mitment, continued to his intolerable Lofs and ' Trouble; few Men having the Patience to endure that Opprefiáon, againft which they ' knew not whither to appeal, and therefore in the g end fubmitted to what they could not raft : and * Nalfon, P. 467. -1 Clarendon, Vol. 1 p. 2330 fo
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