44 James Muilenburg 



matic stroke of Dykvelt's was his creation of a split among the 

 Catholics. 193 He was able to inspire a hate towards France among 

 one section of the Catholics, who evidently viewed their King 

 with suspicion. This schism weakened the Court party, and the 

 jeers of James proved to have little justification. 



The rash steps of the King in disregarding the Parliamentary 

 advance of a century proved too much for the Anglican party, 

 who had favored his accession and had connived at his earlier 

 indiscretions. We have seen the effect of James's dismissals. 

 Many of the injured officers in the realm stood high in their sup- 

 port of the Anglican Church, which they considered a mighty 

 bulwark for the safety and stability of the English government. 

 Compton, Bishop of London, who had suffered from the rigor of 

 James, 194 was the High Church leader of the opposition against 

 the King. He was in touch with the Prince before the coming of 

 Dykvelt, and he assisted the envoy to gain his party for the Prince. 

 Dykvelt pointed out to the Anglicans that the Prince considered 

 the maintenance of the Episcopal Church a necessary guarantee 

 of loyalty. Their interest was, then, to unite with him, in spite of 

 his leaning toward Presbyterianism because the heir-presumptive 

 to the crown could not and would not favor the republican doc- 

 trines which had dethroned Charles I. 195 Surely this was a sufficient 

 coup. The Bishop of London promised Dykvelt the support of 

 the clergy if the Prince would do what he could to win over the 

 Non-conformists to his side so that they might not ally themselves 

 with the Court. 196 



The position of the Non-conformists caused no little anxiety 

 to the parties pitted against the King. There was, indeed, 

 great cause for apprehension. Since the Restoration, the Angli- 

 cans had frequently dealt with the Non-conformists in a high- 

 handed fashion. One has only to recall the Clarendon Code 



193 Mazure, in summing up Dykvelt's activity with the factions, mentions only 

 this phase of the negotiations with the Catholics, — the fact that Dykvelt had 

 inspired a hate between the pro-French and anti-French parties. 



194 Macaulay, vol. ii, p. 900. 



195 Mazure, vol. ii, p. 246. 

 190 Ibid, idem. 



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