But I cannot consent to be bound by the vote of the majority.

I shall be sorry to cause a breach of unity.

But this Declaration I cannot in conscience read." Tillotson, Patrick, Sherlock, and Stillingfleet declared that they were of the same mind.

The majority yielded to the authority of a minority so respectable.

A resolution by which all present pledged themselves to one another not to read the Declaration was then drawn up.