He was the King of a prelatical kingdom.

He was the Prime Minister of a presbyterian republic.

His unwillingness to offend the Anglican Church of which he was the head, and his unwillingness to offend the reformed Churches of the Continent which regarded him as a champion divinely sent to protect them against the French tyranny, balanced each other, and kept him from leaning unduly to either side.

His conscience was perfectly neutral.

For it was his deliberate opinion that no form of ecclesiastical polity was of divine institution.