On this subject the Whig peers were almost all of one mind.

They mustered strong, and spoke warmly.

Why, they asked, were none but members of the sacerdotal order to be intrusted with this duty?
Were the laity no part of the Church of England?
When the Commission should have made its report, laymen would have to decide on the recommendations contained in that report.

Not a line of the Book of Common Prayer could be altered but by the authority of King, Lords, and Commons.

The King was a layman.
Five sixths of the Lords were laymen.