David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ Michael Malard was a French proselyte from the Romish Church who came to London for liberty of conscience. He was appointed French tutor to the three royal princesses, Anne, Amelia Sophia Eleonora, and Elizabeth Carolina. Himself and the other proselytes imported much disputation and irritation among the refugees. Their deliverance from spiritual despotism seems to have surprised them into a boisterous excitability and a petulant impatience as to doctrinal standards. ”

“ The torments inflicted on the Protestants, and the fortitude, patience, and humility of the sufferers, led him to inquire into their faith. “It was wonderful to see (he writes) , with what true Christian patience and constancy they bore their torments, in the extremity of their pain never expressing any rage, but calling upon Almighty God, and imploring His assistance. ”

“ Rival, a French minister, Mr. Justice Pealing, Sir John Philipps, Dr. Wilcocks, and an ecclesiastic proselyte to be chosen every third year by casting lots (p. 236) .
5. Francis de la Pillonnière was in his youth a Jesuit, but dismissed for his inquisitive studiousness and want of blind submission. His father, who lived at Morlaix, in Brittany, and who was opposed to the Jesuit order, welcomed him home, but designed him for priest’s orders in the Romish Church. Young Francis, however, pursued his inquiries, and avowed a theoretical Protestantism. ”