7he HISTORY oj the PuRI'rANs. VoL. II. King " mity, and there feems to be no doubt of their fincerity - if ever Ja~6egg~I. :: God brings us into a fettled ftate, out of the ftorms into which our paf- ~ lions and folly, as well as the treachery of others, have led m, it cannot " be imagined, that the bia1ops will go off from thofe moderate refolu~ " tions, which they have now declared ; and they continuing firm, the " we8k and indifcreet paffions of any of thofe inferior clergy muft needs :• vani!h -~and I w_ill ~1old ly fay, ~hat , if the church. if England, af- ' ter /he has got out oj thts jlorm, ~vtll return to hearken to the peevijb– " mfs if.fome Jour men, foe will be abandoned both if God and man, and " will Jet heaven and earth again/1 her. The nation fees too clearly how " dear the difpute about conformity has coil: us, to to ftand upon fuch punc– " tilio's; and thofe in whom our deliverance is wrapt up, judge too righr, " that ever they will be priejl -ridden in this point --and if any argu– " ment was wanting to conclude the certainty of th is point, the wife and "generous behaviour if the main body of the di!fenters in this prifent junc– " ture, has given them fo jujl a title to our friendfoip, that 7Ve mufl refoh;e '' tofet all the world againjl us if we can ever forget it ; and if 7Ve do " not make them all the returns if eaje andfavour, ~1/hen it is ill our po~v" er to do it." Remarkt, The reader has now feen the various and ftrong a!Turances of favou r, given by the church party in dijlrefs, to the non-conformifts, all which, Calamy, p. in a few months, enti'rely evaporated. Neverthelefs I am fully of opinion, 384;. that the low church clergy meant honeftly, and defigned to be as good ~ s Sufpelled birth of the prince of Wales, their word; for which purpofe, a fcheme was propofed to review and amend the liturgy, by corrections, and additions, and leaving fome few ceremonies indifferent; but there was anotber party, which lay behind the curtain, and meant no more by their protefrations and promifes, than to deliver themfelves out of trouble; who as they renounced the doCtrine of non-rtjiflance only to ferve their turn, when that was effected, they feemed willing to forget what they had done, and were defirous of becoming as cruel perfecutors as ever; they were enemies to re·vo!ution principles; and when the prince of Orange bad refcued them, they would have fent him back from whence he came : Thefe men were afterwards di!1ingui!h– ed by the names of non jurors, jacobites, and high-fliers, whofe numbers were grea.ter than the low church clergy imagin~d. They prevailed in convocation, intimidated the friends of liberty and moderation, and put an effectual ftop to all further attempts of a general comprehen-– fion. While the bilhops were in the Tower, and the princefsAnne at the Bath; the queen was declared to be delivered of a prince on Sunday June 1 o, between the hours of nine and ten in the morning. This myfierious birth, was conduCted witl? great artifice or great imprudence; no care had · been
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