Note 649 — Chapter XI · (continued 2)
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Kennet, 293, 300. Burnet; Baxter, 23. The design was to act on the principle of the declaration of 1660, so that presbyterian ordinations should pass sub modo. Tillotson and Stillingfleet were concerned in it. The king was at this time exasperated against the bishops for their support of Clarendon. Burnet, ibid.; Pepys's Diary, 21st Dec. 1667. And he had also deeper motives.