[225] [Note XIX.]

[226] Two pamphlets were published, urging the necessity of an alliance between the church of England and the Dissenters; and warmly exhorting the latter not to be cajoled to serve the purposes of their joint enemies of Rome, by the pretended toleration which was held out as a snare to them. One of these, called "Reflections on the Declaration of Indulgence," is ascribed to Burnet; the other, called "Advice to Dissenters," is supposed to come from the masterly pen of Halifax.

[227]Ον Βριαρεων καλέουσι θεοι, ανδρες δε τεπαντες Αιγααιων.

[228] [Note XX.]

[229] The power claimed, and liberally exercised, by the king, of dispensing with the penal statutes.

[230] That is, wishing the accession of the Prince of Orange, then the presumptive heir of the crown.

[231] [Note XXI.]

[232] The refugee Huguenots. See [Note XXII.]

[233] James II. See [Note XXIII.]

[234] The Catholic chapel in Whitehall.