By Independents 407 Nonconformists return thanks for Declaration 408 Grants to Nonconformists 410 Charles II. and the Quakers Carver and Moore 412 Pardon of Quakers 414 CHAPTER XXII. Opening of Parliament 416 Political parties 417 Debate on the Declaration 418 Measures for Relief 421 Test Act 425 Cancelling of the Declaration of Indulgence 428 State of Nonconformists 429 CHAPTER XXIII. Earl of Danby 434 New Test 436 Comprehension 438 Persecution of Nonconformists 441 Coffee Houses 443 Comprehension and Toleration 444 Bishop Croft 447 CHAPTER XXIV. Roman Catholicism 450 The Duke of York 451 Protestant Opposition 455 St. Germain and Luzancy 458 Parliament 459 Committal of Four Lords to the Tower 462 Bills against Popery 463 Act for Better Observance of the Lord's Day 465 Act for Augmentation of Small Livings 467 Repeal of the law _De Hæretico Comburendo_ 467 Bill for Exclusion of Papists from Parliament 469 CHAPTER XXV. Bishops--Sheldon 470 Ward 474 Morley 477 Cosin 478 Hacket 481 Wilkins 483 Pearson--Reynolds 485 Croft 487