"I hope," she said, "that you will put your notions in practice." Her hope was not disappointed.

Whatever may be thought of Burnet's opinions touching civil and ecclesiastical polity, or of the temper and judgment which he showed in defending those opinions, the utmost malevolence of faction could not venture to deny that he tended his flock with a zeal, diligence, and disinterestedness worthy of the purest ages of the Church.

His jurisdiction extended over Wiltshire and Berkshire.

These counties he divided into districts which he sedulously visited.

About two months of every summer he passed in preaching, catechizing, and confirming daily from church to church.