CHAPTER IV.
A. D. 1690—1694.
Controversies.—Collier.—Controversy respecting the Oath.—Sherlock.—Some Compliers retract.—Controversy respecting the Deprivations.—Stillingfleet.—Grascome.—Williams.—Sharpe,—Hickes.—Hill's Solomon and Abiathar.—Answered by Grascome.—The earlier Writings of some of the Compliers contrasted with their Productions subsequent to the Revolution.—Bisby's Unity of the Priesthood.—Hody and the Baroccian MS.—Dodwell.—He engages in the Controversy with Hody.—Kettlewell's Views of the Separation.—Stillingfleet on the Oath of Allegiance.
n the previous chapter the principal facts connected with the separation have been detailed; but there are other matters referring to the same period, which require a distinct notice. I allude to the various controversies which sprang out of the separation: some of which were carried on among the Nonjurors themselves, while others arose between the latter and the supporters of the National Church. In the present chapter I shall confine myself to the disputes of the latter description.
Discussions arose almost as soon as it was foreseen, that the debates in the convention were likely to issue in the settlement of the crown on William and Mary. Collier was one of the first to enter the controversial
