His venerable mother the Church had spoken; and he, with the docility of a child, accepted her decree.

The government which had sprung from the Revolution might, at least since the battle of the Boyne and the flight of James from Ireland, be fairly called a settled government, and ought therefore to be passively obeyed till it should be subverted by another revolution and succeeded by another settled government.
Sherlock took the oaths, and speedily published, in justification of his conduct, a pamphlet entitled The Case of Allegiance to Sovereign Powers stated.

The sensation produced by this work was immense.

Dryden's Hind and Panther had not raised so great an uproar.

Halifax's Letter to a Dissenter had not called forth so many answers.