Editing Book of Common Prayer (section)

====1662–1832====
[[File:1689 Prayerbook Collect for 5 November.jpg|thumb|right|220px|A Collect for 5 November in the ''Book of Common Prayer'' published in London in 1689, referring to the [[Gunpowder Plot]] and the arrival of [[William III of England|William III]]]]
Between 1662 and the 19th century, further attempts to revise the ''Book'' in England stalled. On the death of Charles II, his brother James, a Roman Catholic, became [[James II of England|James II]]. James wished to achieve toleration for those of his own Roman Catholic faith, whose practices were still banned. This, however, drew the Presbyterians closer to the Church of England in their common desire to resist 'popery'; talk of reconciliation and liturgical compromise was thus in the air. But with the flight of James in 1688 and the arrival of the Calvinist [[William III of England|William of Orange]] the position of the parties changed. The Presbyterians could achieve toleration of their practices without such a right being given to Roman Catholics and without, therefore, their having to submit to the Church of England, even with a [[liturgy]] more acceptable to them. They were now in a much stronger position to demand changes that were ever more radical. [[John Tillotson]], Dean of Canterbury pressed the king to set up a commission to produce such a revision.{{sfn|Fawcett|1973| p=26}} The so-called ''Liturgy of Comprehension'' of 1689, which was the result, conceded two thirds of the Presbyterian demands of 1661; but, when it came to [[convocation]] the members, now more fearful of William's perceived agenda, did not even discuss it and its contents were, for a long time, not even accessible.{{sfn|Fawcett|1973| p=45}} This work, however, did go on to influence the prayer books of many British colonies.