Ontario High School History of England . , blindly ignoring the angry opposition to his plans,took^ in April, 1687, a step which brought on a Charles II he issued a Declaration of Indulgence(p. 331), which ordained thatno religious tests should berequired from persons holdingoffice, and that restrictionsupon the public worship ofthose who differed from theChurch of England shouldcease. James found that someProtestant nonconformists wereready to support him. TheQuakers (p. 310) had alwaystaught that the state oughtnot to meddle with any onesreligion, and their leader, Wil-li
Ontario High School History of England . , blindly ignoring the angry opposition to his plans,took^ in April, 1687, a step which brought on a Charles II he issued a Declaration of Indulgence(p. 331), which ordained thatno religious tests should berequired from persons holdingoffice, and that restrictionsupon the public worship ofthose who differed from theChurch of England shouldcease. James found that someProtestant nonconformists wereready to support him. TheQuakers (p. 310) had alwaystaught that the state oughtnot to meddle with any onesreligion, and their leader, Wil-liam Pcnn, who was in , now worked hardfor a policy of toleration. Nevertheless the great massof Protestant nonconformists and of Anglicans was in-tensely hostile to the Declaration of Indulgence. The trial of the seven bishops, 1688.—Resolved to havehis Declaration announced from Anglican pulpits, Jamesissued it a second time, in April, 1688, and ordered theAnglican clergy to read it in their churches on two successive. William Penn (1614-1718)The founder of Pennsylvania. 340 HISTORY OF ENGLAND Sundays. James now found a rebellious temper in themost conservative body in England. When Bancroft, Arch-bishop of Canterbury, with six other bishops, presented tohim a petition, which was really a refusal to obey the order,James flew into a rage. The Anglican clergy had longbeen teaching the duty of obedience to the king, and nowthese prelates dared to beard him! He declared that, inthis petition, the bishops had issued a seditious libel,promptly sent them to the Tower, and, brought them atlength to trial. The nation watched the trial of the bishopswith intense interest. Would the judges dare to opposeJames? Would a jury dare bring in a verdict of -notguilty? Soon came the answer. A verdict of acquittal wasgiven, and received with a frantic exultation which oughtto have revealed to James hi^ danger. Even his soldiers onHounslow Heath gave a great shout of joy at the n
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