Thomas Sherlock would not be either himself or his father's son, were he not caustic, logical and direct.

But Hoadly and Law between them exhaust the controversy, so far as it has meaning for our own day.

The less essential questions like Hoadly's choice of friends, his attitude to prayer, the accuracy of the details in his account of the Test Act, the cause of his refusal to answer Law directly, are hardly now germane to the substance of the debate.

Hoadly's position is most fully stated in his _Preservative against the Principles and Practice of Nonjurors_ which he published in 1716 as a counterblast to the papers of Hickes; and they are briefly summarized in the sermon preached before the King on March 31, 1717, on the text "My Kingdom is not of this world," and published by royal command.

Amid a vast wilderness of quibbles and qualifications, some simple points emerge.