Excerpt from History of English Nonconformity, Vol. 2: From the Restoration to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Characterisation of the period, 175. The Nonconformist aim, 17 5. Larger toleration was the Nonconformist quest, 176. Assault on Non conformity unlikely, 176. George the First and the Nonconformists, 177. Instability of the general political situation, 177. Jacobitism, 177. Mood of the Church, 177. Atterbury, 178. Addison on the Jacobite creed, 178. Local persecutions, 178. Doddridge's Academy, 179. Attacks on Non conformist buildings at George's accession, 179. Nonconformists and the Rebellion of 1715, 179. Repressive laws becoming inoperative, 180. But Nonconformists were lukewarm, 181. Government not likely to encourage aggressive action, 181. Distinction between toleration and equality, 181. Archbishop Wake, 181. Nicholson, Bishop of Carlisle, 182. The Quakers are bolder, 182. Legislation as to the Quaker affirmation, 183. Failure of Quaker attempt in the matter of tithe, 183. Members of the Commons resolve on action on Nonconformity's behalf, 184. The King's wishes, 184. Results of excluding Nonconformists from Corporations, 184. Reluctance in Church and Parliament, 185. The Nonconformists fix their hopes on a smaller boon than repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 18 5. Stanhope's Bill repeals the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts, 185. The Regium Donum, 186. Nonconformist activity hampered by it, 188. Nonconformist protests against it, 188. The Three Denomina tions form a Committee, 188. The Annual Indemnity Acts, 189. Forma tion of the Dissenting Deputies, 190. Election of 1734, 190. Walpole and the Nonconformists, 190. Plu'met's motion, 190. Deputation to Walpole, and his reply, 190. Nonconformist feebleness, 191. Growth of the Socinian tendency, 191. Possible connection between Arminianism and tendency to Socinianism, 192. The deistic controversy, 193. The Salters' Hall meetings, 193. The Exeter dispute, 193. Split at the Salters' Hall Assembly, 194. Subscribers and non-subscribers, 194. Spread of Socinianism among the non-subscribing ministers and their flocks, 195. The General Baptists fall into Socinianism, 195. Also the Presbyterians, 196. First Unitarian congregations, 196. The non-socinian Presbyterians for the most part join Congregationalism, 196. Dissolution of Presbyterian Congregational union, 196. The general decline of religion, 197. Low state of society, 197. Activities of a kind going on, 198. Numbers, 198. Secession of N onconformist ministers to the Established Church, 199. Doddridge, Watts, and Abraham Taylor, 199. The Quaker Assemblies remonstrate on dying zeal, 199. Stennett, 199. Watts, 199. Aylesbury and Berkhampsted Nonconformists, 199. The King's Head Society, 200. Summary, 200. How the writer of 1730 prescribed remedies, 201. Yet with the lowest point reached, the upward movement of return began, 202. How such a return movement may be influenced, 202. 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.