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and the liberties that some of them took from the 

 Act of Indulgence.'' (And this brought upon him 

 the personal reflection from Lord Wharton, rnen- 

 tioned above, viz. his favouring the seminaries of the 

 non-jurors.) He thereupon took occasion to make 

 three motions. " One, for putting a stop to the semi- 

 naries and schools of the dissenters, and for remedy- 

 ing the laws which were deficietit as to the bishop's 

 power over schools. A second, for explaining the 

 Act of Toleration, that ministei^s might not be in- 

 suited by the dissenters baptizing children, and mar- 

 rying and burying within their parishes. And a 

 third, that provision might be made to oblige men to 

 go to some Church, or to some meeting, and not to 

 stay at home on the Lord's day." Whether he had 

 not good reason to make these motions, after 

 the little satisfaction he had received, and the 

 doubtful answers that were made to his enqui- 

 ries upon these points, in order to have them 

 put upon some more certain footing, let the 

 impartial reader judge. The first of them was 

 thought so reasonable, that it was insisted upon 

 by the House, and at length carried in part, but 

 not perfectly. As to the question which was 

 put in the House, that all who went about insinu- 

 ating that the Church was in danger under her 

 Majesty's administration, were enemies to her person 

 and government (and which was carried), he 

 voted against it; but would enter into no pro- 



