Chap. XII. The HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRI rANs. 799 When a bill was brought into the houfe of lords, for abrogating the King oaths of allegiance and jitpremacy, and framing other oaths in their !lead, ~illiam • · d · r J r. k l ,n; nl' anu quem a committee was appomte to m•ert a c au.e, to ta e away ttJe neceuzty q; Mary. receiving the Jacrament, in order to make a man capable if enjoying any 1689. office, emplo)•ment, or place tif trlfll; but when the claufe was reported to~ the houfe, it was rejeCted by a confiderable majority, the earls of Stam- chang!,~ the ford and Chejler.fleld, the lords Love/ace, De/amere, North and Grey, Wbar- oaths. ton and Vaughan, entering their protefis. After this, another claufe was offered, by which it was provided, that fuch lhould be fufficiently qualified for any office, wbo 7vithin a year be– fore, or cifter their admijjion, did receive the Jacrament either according to the ujage of the church tif England, or in any other protejlant congrega– tiolt, and could produce a certificate under the hands o/ the minijler, and t~vo other credible perjims members of foch a congregation. On the quef– tion, whether this claufe lhould be a part of the bill, it patTed in the ne– gative; the lords Oxford, Love/ace, Wharton, Mordaunt, Montague, and Poget, entering their protefis. It was propofed further, in a committee of the houfe of lords, to difpenfe with kneeling at the focrament, but when the quefiion was put, whether to agree with the committee in leaving out the claufe, the votes Burnet. were equal, and fo according to the u!age of the houfe it patTed in thep. 11. negative. The like fate attended the motion about the crofs in baptifm; and explaining the words ojfent and confent in fubfcription. Thus the fe... vera\ attempts for alterations in thechurch fe rvice, at a time when the legif.:. lature was in temper for accommodating letTer differences, were frufirated by a riling party of jacobites and tories, who threatened the new government with a revolt, unlefs they were humoured, and for fear of them, all promifes of accommodation with the di!fenters were of no. avail. Soon after a bill for toleration o/ protejlant di.ffinters was brought in- AB of tole– to the houfe, and had an eafy patfage ; though fome propofed, that the ration . aCl: lhould only be temporary, as a necetfary relhaint, that the di!fenters bhrouh'ght;,nto _. · h r d h r 1 • h . f . ] t e o~~;e an.. m1g t 10 emean t em.e.ves, as to men: t e contmuance o Jt, w 1enpajfed. the term of years fir11granted fhould expire ; but this was rejeCted. Bilhop Burnet fays, that his zeal for this act lofi him his credit with the church party, by which it appears they did not much like it. It is entitled, an aCl for exempting their majejly's protejlant jitbje!Js di.ffinting from the church of England, from the penalties of certain laws therein mentioned. But the corporation and tejl a!Js were not inferted in this act, and therefore remain in full force: There is an exception likewife of fuch as deny the doCtrine of the trinity; and quakers are excufed taking•the oaths to the government, upon their making a folemn declaration therein mentioned
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