Burnet foresaw the effect of this vote.

The whole scheme, he said, was utterly ruined, [482] Many of his friends, however, thought differently; and among these was Tillotson.

Of all the members of the Low Church party Tillotson stood highest in general estimation.

As a preacher, he was thought by his contemporaries to have surpassed all rivals living or dead.
Posterity has reversed this judgment.

Yet Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic.