Clearly, so far as consistency is in question, the Nonjurors might with justice contend that they had right on their side.

And even if it is said that the policy of James introduced a new situation the answer surely is that Divine Right and non-resistance can, by their very nature, make no allowance for novelty.
The root, then, of this ecclesiastical contention is the argument later advanced by Leslie in his "Case of the Regale and the Pontificate" in which he summarized the Convocation dispute.

The State, he argues, has no power over bishops whose relationship to their flock is purely spiritual and derived from Christ.

The Church is independent of all civil institution, and must have therefore within herself the powers necessary to her life as a society.

Leslie repudiates Erastianism in the strongest terms.