History of Religion in England from the Opening of the Long Parliament to 1850, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of Religion in England From the Opening of the Long Parliament to 1850, Vol. 6
The reign of George II. was of far more religious importance than is generally supposed. The settlement of 1688, with its attendant national liberties, though accepted generally after the death of Anne, was not finally and completely confirmed until the period on which we now enter. So long as the Stuart claims were unrelinquished, ecclesiastical, no less than political interests, remained really in a precarious condition. Had the rebellion of 1714 been successful, the Government of the country would have relapsed into a state like that which existed a quarter of a century before. Religous freedom would have depended on the Monarchs will, and would have been so shaped and controlled as to forward the designs of the Church of Rome. The same may be said of the rebellion of 1745. The old fires, not thoroughly stamped out, had continued to smoulder, until they burnt into a new and fiercer blaze, threatening an amount of mischief unapprehended at the passing moment. How near England was to a counter revolution, which would have overturned the work of William III., we shall see as we proceed.
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