Excerpt from Trelawny Papers So little of papistry, hoivever, had he in him, that, though he had been willing to carry out, so far as was consistent with his own principles, the wishes of the Court for conciliation, there was soon to arise a point to which he could not assent. After the King's Declaration of toleration, and for liberty of conscience in England, Humet' says, Some of the Bishops, that were gained by the Court, carried their compliance to a shameful pitch; for they set on Addresses of thanks to the King for the promise he had made in the late Declaration of main taining the Church of England. Some few were drawn into this. But the Bishop of Oxford had so ill success in his diocese, that he got but one single clergyman to concur with him in it. The letter of Lord Sunderland, which I copy from the State Paper Office, proves not only that the Addresses were of government manufacture, but were anxiously looked for from those prelates who had received Court favour. The draft answer of the Bishop gives the first intima tion of that strong feeling which afterwards led him to the Tower; and, though the actual answer sent was somewhat modified in terms, it was in substance as positive. The other documents sufficiently explain themselves. The Bishop was translated to Exeter in 1689, and to Winchester 1707; and died 1721. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.