But the spirit of the eighteenth century made for toleration, and the Whigs were as unostentatious in their own piety as they were indifferent to the piety of others.
The killing of "witches," however, went on in Scotland and in England long after toleration had been secured for Nonconformists.

As late as 1712 a woman was executed for witchcraft in England.[67] GROWTH OF CABINET RULE William III.

began with a mixed ministry of Whigs and Tories, which included men like Danby and Godolphin, who had served under James II.

But the fierce wrangling that went on over the war then being waged on the Continent was decidedly inconvenient, and by 1696 the Whigs had succeeded in driving all the Tories--who were against the war--out of office.

Then for the first time a united ministry was in power, and from a Cabinet of men with common political opinions the next step was to secure that the Cabinet should represent the party with a majority in the House of Commons.
Our present system of Cabinet rule, dependent on the will of the majority of the Commons, is found in full operation by the middle of the eighteenth century.