Yet there was still much anxiety and much difference of opinion among those who had to decide whether, on Sunday the twentieth, they would or would not obey the King's command.

The London clergy, then universally acknowledged to be the flower of their profession, held a meeting.

Fifteen Doctors of Divinity were present.

Tillotson, Dean of Canterbury, the most celebrated preacher of the age, came thither from a sick bed.

Sherlock, Master of the Temple, Patrick, Dean of Peterborough and Rector of the important parish of St.Paul's, Covent Garden, and Stillingfleet, Archdeacon of London and Dean of St.Paul's Cathedral, attended.